A knife in love

Chapter 1276

Xiao Dongdao: "Master Jiang, this matter is of great importance, and the ship must be retrieved as soon as possible. Otherwise, the important affairs of the court will be delayed, and officials, big and small, in the magistrate's office of Dongliao County will be punished for it."

Master Jiang said solemnly: "Yes, the villain will follow the orders of the adults and investigate this case immediately."

After he finished speaking, he bowed to Xiao Dong, then turned to Li Zhisheng and said, "What are your orders, sir?"

Li Zhisheng said: "This case will be handled by you and Butou He. All the people in the yamen are under your control. Just feel free to do it, don't have any scruples."

Master Jiang bowed and saluted, saying yes.After he straightened up, he said to Xiao Dong again: "The history of this matter is tortuous, and I need to trouble the adults and villains to explain it in detail, and the villains know it well."

Xiao Dong nodded, pointed at Zhang Shi and said: "This Zhang Yuanwai has been traveling with me all the time, let him tell you in detail."

Master Jiang took a look at Zhang Shi, nodded, and said, "This is the best. Then I will have Mr. Zhang accompany me to the office, so we can have a chat."

Zhang Shi thought to himself, the goods on the ship were all to be transported to Fusang for sale, so naturally this matter could not be brought up to Master Jiang, it seemed that they had to be told to Master Jiang according to what everyone had discussed before departure.But this person is extremely shrewd, whether he can hide it from him, I am not sure.Thinking of this, Zhang Shi cupped his hands and said, "Lord Xiao, do you want to invite a few shopkeepers to go with the villain? They have stayed on the boat all the time, and some things are clearer than the villain. Let's inspire each other, and the things we tell will be There will be no omissions, so it will be convenient for Jiang Shiye and He Butou to handle the case."

Xiao Dong knew that Zhang Shi was acting cautiously, but he quite agreed with it, so he nodded and said: "Alright, then Zhang Yuanwai and all shopkeepers will be in trouble."

Master Jiang led Zhang Shi, shopkeeper Hu and others to the outside of the main hall, Li Qiufeng was about to follow, but he heard Xiao Dong say: "Brother Zhu, stop for a while, I trouble you to untie the acupuncture points in the courtyard. It was a misunderstanding, please don't hurt your peace."

Li Qiufeng nodded and walked quickly into the yard.I saw that more than a dozen arresters who followed Master Jiang back to the yamen had helped the arresters who had been knocked down by him to the corridor on the left.It's just that the acupoints of these catchers have not been released, so they can only lie on the corridor.These people only felt sore and weak all over, unable to move or speak, so they were all terrified.When he saw Li Qiufeng walk out of the main hall, he went straight to the corridor.The arresters lying on the ground were terrified and their faces changed drastically.The dozen or so arresters who were not recruited were originally sitting and resting under the corridor, but when they saw Li Qiufeng arrived, they stood up one after another, and some of the arresters even drew their swords, wanting to fight Li Qiufeng.

Li Qiufeng stopped in front of the corridor, cupped his hands and said: "It was a misunderstanding just now, I have offended you, please forgive me. Master Xiao ordered me to come down to unlock the acupuncture points for you, not to fight with you, you don't have to Worry."

The dozen or so policemen put away their swords and watched Li Qiufeng walk into the corridor.I saw him circling among the arresters lying on the ground, his right hand kept moving on the arresters.In the blink of an eye, he had walked around the corridor.After a while, only groans were heard.However, although the acupoints of the arresters were unlocked by Li Qiufeng, the blood vessels were only blocked for a while. Once the acupoints were untied, they felt tingling all over their bodies, and some of the arresters couldn't help but screamed.

Li Qiufeng said: "Everyone who has just opened the acupoints, you will feel some numbness and tingling pain on your body. It's not because of internal injuries, so don't worry. Just move your hands and feet a little, and the tingling pain will disappear."

After he finished speaking, he quickly bowed his hands to the arresters, turned around and left.These police officers hated and feared him, seeing him turn and leave, but no one dared to step forward to stop him.

Li Qiufeng barely walked to the main hall door, and was about to go to the meeting room on the right, but he heard Xiao Dong say in the main hall: "Brother Zhu, please come in and talk."

Li Qiufeng walked into the main hall, stood in front of Xiao Dong, cupped his hands and said, "What orders does Master Xiao have?"

Xiao Dongdao: "We lost our boat, we have to find another place to rest tonight. Just now Master Li said that there is a Dongsheng Inn in the city that is very clean and tidy, we might as well rest there. Zhang Yuanwai, shopkeeper Hu and others are talking with each other Master Jiang couldn’t get away while talking, so I want to trouble Brother Zhu to go to the pier and take Qin Lao Wu and the three boatmen to Dongsheng Inn.”

Li Qiufeng said: "Since Lord Xiao ordered you to come down, how dare I refuse to obey?"

Xiao Dong nodded, and said: "Then there is brother Laozhu. As for this person..."

While talking, Xiao Dong glanced at Wei Erbao who was trembling in a corner of the main hall, and then said: "This shopkeeper Wei is from Dongliao County, so he must be very familiar with the roads in the city. Let him go with you to the pier, and then take I will lead you, Qin Laowu and others to Dongsheng Inn."

Li Qiufeng agreed, then turned around and walked out of the main hall.Wei Erbao bowed to the ground towards Xiao Dong, and then quickly caught up with Li Qiufeng.After the two walked out of the main hall, they saw that the arresters whose acupuncture points had been tapped had stood up from the ground, stretching their arms and moving their legs.Seeing Li Qiufeng and Wei Erbao coming out, the arresters were startled for a moment, and then several of them drew their swords.Li Qiufeng ignored these people and walked out of the gate on his own.

After Li Qiufeng and Wei Erbao walked out of the yamen, it was already late at night, and there was no one on the street.Wei Erbao had just seen Li Qiufeng knock down more than 20 policemen without much effort, and he admired him more and more, and made up his mind to be careful to curry favor with him.So as soon as he came out of the gate of the yamen, he nodded and bowed his head and said: "The uncle first arrived in Dongliao County, and he doesn't know the roads in the city, so let the villain lead the way to the pier for the adults."

Li Qiufeng nodded and followed Wei Erbao to the pier.Along the way, when Wei Erbao and Li Qiufeng talked about what happened in Wangjiazhuang, they still had lingering fears in their hearts.He said to Li Qiufeng: "To be honest, this villain is also the first time to enter Wangjiazhuang. I didn't expect that the Zhuang Ding inside is so fierce, and he is unreasonable than the officials in the yamen. The villain was arrested by them and locked up. In a stone house, the villain was not given food or drink, but a few rough men beat and kicked the villain, and forced him to ask who was instigating the villain to make trouble in Wangjiazhuang. The villain had heard that outsiders were not allowed to enter the Wangjiazhuang. , I thought it was rumors, but I didn't expect these rumors to be true. If it weren't for the uncle's help, I'm afraid the villain will suffer even more in Wangjiazhuang."

Li Qiufeng responded with a few words casually, and thought to himself, after hearing Miss Wang mention, there are indeed many villains who are worried about the property of the royal family, and the Wang family has to be careful not to allow outsiders to enter the village.But fortunately, Wangjiazhuang is located in Dongliao County outside the Guan. If it is located in other parts of the Central Plains, even the elders who have become officials would definitely not dare to be so arrogant.Otherwise, if the censor reads a book, he will inevitably be severely punished.As the saying goes, "the sky is high and the emperor is far away", remote places also have the benefits of remote places.Seeing how confused Li Zhisheng and Master Pan are, they can also dominate Dongliao County.If the two had been officials in the Guannei Yamen, they would have been dismissed and investigated long ago.

When the two arrived at the pier, they saw Qin Laowu and three boatmen sitting on the stone pillars on the shore, talking in low voices.When Qin Laowu saw Wei Erbao, he was not very angry, but he admired Li Qiufeng very much, and he didn't get angry with Wei Erbao because Li Qiufeng was by his side.Li Qiufeng briefly talked about the yamen's affairs, and finally said: "Master Xiao wants us to go to Dongsheng Inn to rest first, and this case will be handed over to the magistrate's yamen of Dongliao County. Therefore, Fifth Brother doesn't have to guard here anymore."

At this time, Qin Laowu was not as panicked as when he first saw the big boat missing. After hearing Li Qiufeng's words, he took three boatmen, Li Qiufeng and Wei Erbao together and left the pier.The three boatmen found wooden sticks, cotton cloth and lamp oil from somewhere, and made some torches, and now they lit the torches to light the way for everyone.Qin Laowu pointed to the empty houses near the pier and said, "Brother Zhu, I walked around the pier just now. According to a rough calculation, there are at least 300 people living in these houses. After a few hours In the meantime, not only the dozens of boats, large and small, disappeared from the pier, but even the 300 people disappeared. If someone really deliberately made things difficult for us, their power is probably beyond our imagination."

When Qin Laowu said this, his voice trembled slightly.I only heard him continue to say: "This time I went to sea, I encountered all kinds of strange things that I have never seen before. I don't know if I can return to Ningbo alive. I just blame my greed for a moment, and I went to sea with the surname Xiao to go to this messy water. I injured myself and died. It’s nothing, if my brothers are involved in an accident, it’s a crime that can’t be redeemed! Sigh.”

(End of this chapter)