A knife in love

Chapter 1013

After arriving outside the gate of the main hall, everyone stopped in their tracks.A man with a black beard stood up and said to the crowd: "Divide into two teams, one team guards outside the main hall gate, and the other enters the temple to protect the adults."

When Li Qiufeng saw the people in front of him walking towards the temple, he also followed.At this time, there were five or sixty people in front of the temple gate.Some of these people walked towards the temple, while others turned their heads and retreated into the courtyard, so there was chaos in front of the main hall.Li Qiufeng, who was crowded in the crowd, entered the hall without any effort.He thought to himself, he heard that the Chasi Yamen quickly summoned all the Tolerance arresters stationed outside, and rushed to Xiuwu County to help.Thinking about these people in casual clothes, they are the tolerance of handling cases outside.They didn't know each other well, so it was God's help that I was not recognized among them.

After Li Qiufeng entered the main hall, he saw Liang Huan's sedan chair quietly placed in front of the statue of the City God Empress, and the eight bearers had retreated to the left wall of the main hall, standing with their hands down.The dozens of policemen who followed Liang Huan's sedan chair into the hall stood around the hall, all of them keeping their eyes on each other, with their waist knives in their hands, as if they were about to draw their swords to fight at any moment.

Although the hall is spacious, but three or forty people poured in at once, and it suddenly seemed narrow.The man with the black beard kept giving orders and arranged for people to guard everywhere.Li Qiufeng and the other three were sent by the black-bearded man to the left of the statue of the City God Empress, and they happened to stand at the left rear of the sedan chair.

At this moment, the sound of footsteps in the courtyard was suddenly heard, and then someone shouted loudly: "The Japanese pirates are coming! The Japanese pirates are coming!"

Li Qiufeng's heart trembled when he heard the cry.The arresters in the main hall were motionless, like statues in the temple.Li Qiufeng looked out from the gate of the palace, and saw a gap in the gate of the Town God's Temple. A disciple of the Nie family who was guarding outside the temple squeezed in. He ran up to Han Qusi in panic, and whispered a few words .Han Qusi nodded, discussed with Huang Chong in a low voice, and the two turned around and walked towards the backyard.

Li Qiufeng thought to himself that the leaders of the four families of Nie, Lu, Zhao, and Du were meeting with the big Japanese pirates, so naturally the government should not be involved.Han Qusi and Huang Chong were wearing official uniforms. If the Japanese pirate leader saw it, he would be scared away immediately, so these two people took shelter in the backyard.But in this way, who will come forward to lure the leader of the Japanese pirates into the temple?

While he was thinking, he suddenly saw Ji Dingzhong appearing in front of the crowd. With a wave of his right hand, dozens of arresters gathered around him from the prefect's office in Luoyang and the prefect's office in Xiuwu County ran to the backyard one after another.In the blink of an eye, only Ji Dingzhong and dozens of children from the three families of Nie, Lu, and Zhao were left in the front yard.According to the three or four hundred policemen of the Chasi Yamen, they were divided into four teams and gathered in the four corners of the front yard to stand by.

After Ji Dingzhong made arrangements, he slowly walked out of the temple gate with his hands behind his back.

Li Qiufeng watched Ji Dingzhong walk out of the temple gate step by step, and when his figure disappeared outside the temple gate, the temple gate slowly closed.

In an instant, the front yard of the Town God's Temple was completely silent, and it seemed that even the howling cold wind had stopped.The lanterns hanging high in the courtyard are still in the air, not like paper, but like iron balls.

I don't know how much time passed, just heard a "squeak", the temple door opened slowly, and then Ji Dingzhong walked in.After he crossed the threshold, he stopped, turned sideways, and made a gesture of invitation.Then a middle-aged man with five short stature appeared in front of everyone.This person is about 40 years old, wearing a green robe, with a round face and sly eyes.The two mustaches are extremely thin and long, which are somewhat similar to the eyebrows of ordinary people.Although this person is not tall, he is extremely stocky, and he walks powerfully, as if he could bounce off the ground at any time.

The green-robed man bowed slightly to Ji Dingzhong who was standing by the door, and then strode into the courtyard.Ji Dingzhong followed closely behind the green-robed man, and then a dozen more people walked in.These people were dressed in ordinary clothes, some looked like businessmen, and some looked like ordinary people farming.But everyone's eyes were like knives, and they followed closely behind the green robed man.

The man in green robe walked to the center of the courtyard, and then stopped.He looked around, and saw Shijiadao and other gangs all over the wooden city, and four teams of police officers lined up in the four corners of the courtyard.

Seeing this person stop, Li Qiufeng thought to himself, when he saw so many people in the courtyard, he might be surprised that the Nie family had bad intentions.It's just why Liu Sheng Zongyan didn't show up, didn't he participate in this matter?

When Li Qiufeng was startled and suspicious, he heard the green-robed man laugh and said, "Mr. Nie, I thought you were bragging, but when I entered the city just now, I believed [-]% of what you said. When I got here and saw the situation in the temple, I realized that Mr. Nie really has great supernatural powers. Instead, I saved the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain."

Ji Dingzhong pretended to be surprised, and said to the green-robed man, "Why did Lord Shidao say that? Nie is going to ask for advice."

Shidao Master walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, and then said to Ji Dingzhong: "When I formed an alliance with Mr. Nie, I heard Mr. Nie talk about the power of the Nie family in Henan. To work for the Nie family. At that time, I thought that Mr. Nie was talking nonsense to strengthen our courage. But just now when we walked here from the city gate, there was no one on the street. Naturally, Mr. Nie cleared away the idlers. I believe [-]% of what I said. Now that I entered the temple, I saw that there are not only heroes in the world here, but also so many police officers on official missions, so I know that Mr. Nie is definitely not lying."

Ji Dingzhong chuckled, and said: "Island Master Shi Jinkou praised it, and everyone in the Nie family is honored. However, compared with Master Shi Island, we are far behind. Master Shi Island sits on Jinshan Island and has five thousand people under his command. Soldiers, thousands of warships, from Liaodong in the north, to Hongyi country in the south, no one dares to stop Shidao Lord's banner. If it weren't for this, how could we invite Shidao when we wiped out the enemy Lord's Lord?"

Shi Daozhu said: "Mr. Nie's words are on point. Your Nie family is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, and the leaders are black and white. Our Jinshan Island stretches across the sea, even if it is the Ming Navy, it will not be placed on us. In my eyes, if the Nie family can join forces with Jinshan Island, the world will belong to our two families."

Ji Dingzhong said with a smile: "Island Master Shi has a far-sighted vision and has the power to swallow the world. Nie admires it very much. Today we will first deliver the money for the first battle in Haizhou, and then we will talk about big things."

Shi Daozhu said: "Mr. Nie, you underestimate me. I traveled thousands of miles from Fujian to Henan, not just for a mere 10 taels of silver."

Ji Dingzhong said: "Master Shi's ambitions, Nie naturally knows. It's just that this matter is very important, and our Nie family alone can't decide. Before we formed an alliance, Vice-Island Master Tian went to Fengmen Village in person, and The family members of our family had an interview, and then we made a big plan. Our family has always been united, advancing and retreating together. If Master Shidao wants to continue to join hands with us to do great things, all the heads of the four families must be present. However What a coincidence, the people in charge of the four families happened to be here in the past few days, so we can get together to discuss this matter."

Shi Daozhu said: "It's best like this. It's not too late, Mr. Nie, please come out and meet with the patriarchs, let's discuss this matter carefully."

Ji Dingzhong said some polite words, but Shidao Master kept urging him to invite the patriarchs of the four families to speak.In the end, Ji Dingzhong had no choice but to say: "To be honest, several patriarchs are resting in the backyard. I would like to ask Master Shi to move to the backyard and have an interview with several patriarchs."

Li Qiufeng knew that Ji Dingzhong wanted to lure Island Master Shi into the backyard, and then set out to ambush him, killing Island Master Shi and the dozen or so people around him.It's just that Li Qiufeng thought to himself, this stone island master looks extremely shrewd, but judging from his body shape and footwork, his martial arts are not weak.It's just that this person's appearance and tone of voice are the same as those of Han people, so how could he be the leader of the Japanese pirates?But judging by Ji Dingzhong's appearance, before besieging the Xu family, he must have had secret discussions with Shidao Master many times.Since Ji Dingzhong brought this person into the temple, he must not make a mistake.Could it be that the leader of the Japanese pirates is actually a Han Chinese?

When Li Qiufeng was thinking about it, the owner of Shidao shook his head and said with a smile: "I didn't expect this Temple of the City God to be so grand, but I have to take a closer look. I heard that the Goddess of the City God enshrined in this temple is very efficacious. I came up with an idea. Why don't you invite the patriarchs of each family to come to the front yard to discuss, and if everyone agrees, they can make a covenant in front of the City God Empress and plan great things together, wouldn't it be a good thing?"

(End of this chapter)