A knife in love

Chapter 521

Situ Qiao looked carefully, and although Li Qiufeng's face was stained yellow, he recognized him.Situ Qiao has a weird personality and has always been arrogant and domineering. Apart from respecting Liu Yong, the star-picking swordsman of the Huashan School, he doesn't even pay attention to the leaders of the major martial arts gangs such as Kunlun, Emei, and Qingcheng.In the cave under the Hutou Rock, he and Lin Yilang, the leader of the Songshan School, and Deng Yao, the leader of the Beggar Gang, turned against each other at the first word, and finally broke out in internal strife, which almost caused everyone to die in the bottomless abyss.It's just that although Situ Qiao is defiant, he is afraid of Li Qiufeng, knowing that this man is ruthless, cruel, and cunning, unlike Liu Yong and others who respect their status and act openly.Therefore, when I was at Hutouyan, I was extremely afraid of this person.He sneaked into the Guan Tomb, thinking that no one would notice, but Li Qiufeng suddenly appeared, frightening him out of his wits, thinking to himself: "Oh no, why did this kid come with him? Could it be Guan's second son?" It’s really like in the legend that you become a god after death, and you want this kid to spoil Lao Tzu’s good deeds?!”

Li Qiufeng was attacked in the tunnel, and he realized that the enemy's martial arts were extremely high, so he broke into the stone room and fired copper coins in mid-air. He didn't expect to kill the enemy with this hidden weapon, but he just wanted to delay the enemy's pursuit. It's all about gaining time to calmly face the enemy.It's just that he didn't expect that there were more than one enemy, and he almost fell to the ground. Four people rushed in from the corridor, holding knives and swords in their hands, and surrounded him.

Only the leader said in a deep voice: "Sure enough, someone is planning to plan the tomb of Emperor Guan. Good friends, since we met each other, there is no need to hide it. It is considered a heroic act to announce your name!"

Only then did Li Qiufeng realize that the person speaking was wearing a black gauze official hat with feathers on his head, black soft armor on the outside, and robes on the inside. He turned out to be the head of the state and county police officers.This man was in his thirties, with a dark complexion and a somewhat rough air.It's just that only the oil lamp on the stone wall is bright in the stone room, after all it's still a little dim, so this person looks gloomy and uncertain, which is a bit weird.Although the other three were also dressed in police clothes, their grades were lower than that of the squad leader.

Li Qiufeng had worked in Jinyiwei for five years, so he was very familiar with the costumes of officials at all levels in the Ming Dynasty.Since the founding of the country by Taizu, the Ministry of Punishment has been responsible for the investigation and arrest.The officials of the Ministry of Criminal Justice who are responsible for the investigation and pursuit of criminals are the chief arresters of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Generally, there are five to eight people, who are fifth-rank officials.It's just that the Ministry of Criminal Affairs mostly governs civil cases, and then the chief arrester of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is responsible for the arrest of officials. Generally speaking, the Metropolitan Procuratorate has four chief arresters, who are also fifth-rank officials, and only govern the officials involved. case.There are also two chief arresters under the jurisdiction of the procuratorate in each province. Although they are also fifth-rank officials, their status is lower than that of the chief arrester of the Criminal Ministry and the chief arrester of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.And each governor's yamen has head arresters, the number of which is variable, and they are sixth-rank or seventh-rank officials.According to the chief arrester of the procuratorate's yamen and the head arrester of the governor's yamen, they generally don't investigate the case, but are only responsible for the ceremonial staff and guards of the ministers when they travel.However, it is the head arresters of the magistrate's yamen and the head arresters of the county yamen who are really responsible for the detection and arrest of criminals.The arresting head of the magistrate's yamen is the sixth rank or seventh rank, and is responsible for the public security, detection, and arrest of the state capital.And the head-hunters of the county yamen are seventh-rank to ninth-rank, and they are in charge of the public security, detection, and arrest of a county.Li Qiufeng saw the clothes of the speaker, and immediately recognized that he was wearing the official uniform of the magistrate's yamen, and the other three were eighth-rank officials from the appearance of their clothes, presumably they were deputy squad leaders.Under the official system of the Ming Dynasty, ordinary arresters are only allowed to hold iron rulers, and are not allowed to carry swords.Among these four people, the one who spoke was holding a long sword, while the other three were holding steel knives, their status was naturally much higher than that of ordinary arresters.

Li Qiufeng said: "Are you the police of Luoyang Mansion?"

Seeing that Li Qiufeng didn't answer his question, the person who spoke asked him about his origins instead, with a look of hesitation on his face, he snorted, and said in his mouth: "Daming law, tomb robbers will die! I can kill you on the spot." You are executed. It’s just that the heavens have the virtue of good life. If you obey the law honestly, when we go back and report to the magistrate, we can intercede for you, and maybe there is still a glimmer of life..."

The other three held steel knives on one side, echoed the voice, threatened Li Qiufeng not to resist, and surrendered immediately.Li Qiufeng looked at the person who spoke, and said in his mouth: "Dare to ask this official's name?"

The man saw that Li Qiufeng was neither arrogant nor humble, although he was surrounded, he was not afraid, and felt a little uneasy.He thought for a moment, and then said: "This official is Fan Tong, the arresting head of the Yamen of Luoyang Prefecture."

Li Qiufeng let out an "oh" and said, "It turns out that it is Fan Tutou, disrespectful, disrespectful."

After he finished speaking, he took out Jin Yiwei's badge from his pocket, held it up in front of Fan Tong, and said in a deep voice: "Since Catcher Fan is also a member of the officialdom, he naturally recognizes this badge, right?"

Holding the long sword in his right hand, Fan Tong carefully looked at the sign in Li Qiufeng's hand, and when he saw the words "Jinyiwei", his expression changed drastically.He looked up at Li Qiufeng, as if he couldn't believe it.Li Qiufeng smiled slightly, and said: "Fan Tutou, you can take this waist card and examine it carefully to see if it is fake."

Ever since Emperor Taizu established Jinyiwei, there has been an imperial franchise, and when handling cases, government offices all over the world have to provide convenience.Although Emperor Taizu took back Jinyiwei's right to handle cases for a time, after Emperor Chengzu ascended the throne, in order to deal with the remnant party of Emperor Jianwen, he gave Jinyiwei the right to investigate and torture again, and his power became even more arrogant.Therefore, the police from the Ministry of Criminal Justice, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the procuratorates of various provinces, prefectures, prefectures, and county yamen were all terrified when they heard Jin Yiwei's name, for fear that they would accidentally offend these emperor's troops and be played by them. Originally, losing an official position is still a trivial matter. If you don't manage it, you will be sent to Jinyiwei's imperial prison, and you will have to shed a layer of skin if you don't die.

This Fan Tong has been a headhunter in Luoyang Mansion for many years, so he naturally knows how powerful Jin Yiwei is.Facing the waist card handed over by Li Qiufeng at this time, he hesitated whether to take it or not.If he accepts it, if this person is really Jin Yiwei, he will inevitably offend him.If you don't answer, you don't know if he is real or not.If this person is a tomb robber, pretend to be Jin Yiwei to commit the crime.When the crime happened in the future, he committed the serious crime of "faintness and ignorance, allowing criminals to escape".So Fan Tong thought about it, looked at the badge in Li Qiufeng's hand with a troubled expression, but didn't know whether he should take it or not.

Li Qiufeng naturally knew what he was thinking, smiled slightly, took a step forward, put the waist badge into Fan Tong's left hand, and said: "Fan Butou, you don't have to worry. We are all members of the Gongmen, I still understand the rules Yes. If we change places, I must check Fan Toutou's badge."

Hearing what he said, Fan Tong was a little relieved, and held the waist badge in front of his eyes to examine it carefully.After reading the front side, he turned over the badge again, and the official title of Li Qiufeng was engraved on the back.Fan Tong didn't expect that the person in front of him was only in his 20s, but he was already a member of a hundred households, so he hurriedly handed the badge back to Li Qiufeng respectfully, and said, "It turns out that he is a master of a hundred households. I have offended you so much. Haihan."

Li Qiufeng took the badge and put it back in his arms, and said with a smile: "Fan catcher's duty is, so it's right to be so careful. I was ordered by Mr. Xu Yingyang, the governor of Jinyiwei North Town, to Luoyang Mansion On business. Because the matter is confidential, I didn't inform your family in advance, I don't want to cause misunderstandings, so don't worry about Catcher Fan."

Fan Tong even said that he didn't dare, his three deputy arresters knew that the man in front of him was Jin Yiwei, and they were also afraid, so they had to stand aside tremblingly, with a smile on their faces, for fear of offending Jin Yiwei, which would lead to disaster.

Li Qiufeng said: "Where did Catcher Fan get the news that some thieves have come to Guandi Shengjun Temple?"

Fan Tong put his sword back into its sheath, and said in a deep voice: "I want to teach the hundred families to know that the people came to report the day before yesterday that a large tomb in the west of the city was stolen. The prefect of Han issued an official document asking us to solve the case quickly. Everyone was running around all day, and finally got some clues. We found out that the suspect lived in the Chenghuang Temple in the east city of Luoyang. Last night we surrounded the Chenghuang Temple, but the suspect was cunning and escaped. We chased all night, but did not find this People's whereabouts. Around noon today, the historians in the city sent people to the magistrate's yamen to report the case, saying that the young master of the historian was killed. The historian is a big family in Luoyang, and the patriarch Shi Nianhao is the head of the Shijia sword. His martial arts are very good. These two days We arrested suspects everywhere, and issued documents to some Jianghu sects in Luoyang City, asking them to help arrest suspects. Shi Nianhao sent his eldest son Shi Tianbao to lead people to assist in handling the case. Shi Tianbao led people to chase from Luoyang City to Guan The Temple of Emperor Shengjun had an affair with the Thunder Fist Sect entrenched outside the city of Luoyang. It is said that the fourth master Wei of the Thunder Fist Sect killed Shi Tianbao, and the historian killed the head of the Thunder Fist Sect in order to avenge Shi Tianbao Yang Ziqiao's only son, Yang Xiao. These two sects are not small. If such a big incident happened, the two factions must fight each other. The magistrate Han was afraid of trouble, so he sent someone to inform the masters of Shijiadao and Leiquan sect to restrain them. The disciples were not allowed to cause trouble, and at the same time asked the subordinate officials to lead people to patrol around the city to prevent Lei Quanmen and Shijia Dao from fighting. The subordinate officials originally led people to guard the Qili River, but I heard that Shi Tianbao tracked down the suspect. Guandi Shengjun Temple, I guessed that the suspect was probably related to this Guandi Temple. It was the next official who brought three brothers to rush here. But when they found Guanzhong, they found a figure flickering. Behind Guan Zhong disappeared."

When Fan Tong said this, he pointed to a 40-year-old policeman on the left and said, "This Brother Liao is proficient in organ information. He said that since the figure disappeared here, there must be an organ nearby. Thanks to Brother Liao who opened it." There is a hole in the organ of the Guanzhong. I have lived in Luoyang for 30 to [-] years, and I have never known that there is another world in this round hill. After the four of us entered the corridor, we walked quietly, and suddenly found that the lord was hiding in the Peeping from the entrance of the cave, I identified my lord as a tomb robber, and immediately attacked with my sword. Fortunately, my lord's martial arts is so strong that my subordinates didn't cause a catastrophe."

Li Qiufeng nodded, took a quick look at the policeman surnamed Liao, and then said to Fan Tong: "Captain Fan's eyes are as bright as a torch. To tell you the truth, this suspect is from the capital. I have chased him for more than 1000 miles. Luoyang City found his trail, and followed him all the way here. It's just that there are too many cases on this man, and I plan not to take action for the time being, to see if he has any accomplices, so I didn't take action to capture him."

When Li Qiufeng said this, Fan Tong's heart trembled, and he cupped his hands and said, "Your official was careless and ruined the scheme of Lord Baihu. He deserves death. Please punish him."

(End of this chapter)