A knife in love

Chapter 522

Li Qiufeng shook his head, and said: "I came here to handle the case, but I didn't inform your family in advance. Catcher Fan was loyal to his duty, not only innocent, but also meritorious. After the case is over, I will issue a letter to the Ministry of Punishment. Let me tell you about Fan's achievements in arresting the head."

Fan Tong showed confusion, he didn't know whether Li Qiufeng's words were true or not.The other three arresters were delighted, they looked at each other, and thought in their hearts: "If this lord of a hundred households can applaud the meritorious service for us, then we can at least get a few taels of silver reward. Maybe that's it." Registered with the Ministry of Punishment, it is not difficult to fill in any vacancies."

Although Fan Tong had some doubts in his heart, he still cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Lord Baihu, for your help. I am grateful to you. If there is anything Master Baihu can do for you, please feel free to say it..."

While talking, Fan Tong glanced at Situ Qiao standing on the stone platform.Since several people broke into the stone room, Situ Qiao has been standing beside the coffin, neither slipping away nor destroying the coffin, just listening to everyone talking.Li Qiufeng knew that Fan Tong was still suspicious, so he smiled slightly and said to Fan Tong: "Captain Fan, I have chased this suspect for more than 1000 miles, if he wanted to take him, he would have tied him back to the capital. It's just that there are still many incomprehensible points in this case, and I also want to see if he has any accomplices, so I have been holding back. I appreciate the kindness of Catcher Fan, but if he captures such a tomb robber, If you still need help from your family, how can I have the face to return to the capital?"

Fan Tong saw that Li Qiufeng didn't want to intervene, but he couldn't say anything more, so he lowered his hand and said, "Yes, what your lord said is very true..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Li Qiufeng suddenly heard Li Qiufeng shout: "You have been listening for so long, you should come out and let me have a look?!"

Fan Tong and the others were shocked, not knowing what Li Qiufeng meant.At this moment, only a sneer was heard in the tunnel, and then someone said: "It turns out that the eagle dogs of the imperial court have been watching here, and today I will send you to the west together!"

As soon as the words fell, there was a sharp "chi chi" sound, and countless small hidden weapons shot in from the tunnel.

When Li Qiufeng was talking to Fan Tong just now, he already heard the slight sound of breathing in the corridor.In terms of martial arts, Li Qiufeng and others are separated by five or six zhang, so it stands to reason that his whereabouts would not be leaked.It's just that the corridor is narrow, if there is a sound, there will be an echo.Therefore, although the man's martial arts were high, he forgot that he was in the tunnel, and even though he was breathing with great care, Li Qiufeng still heard it.

When the man fired the hidden weapon, Fan Tong and the three police officers turned their backs to the corridor, and when they realized something was wrong, the hidden weapon was already behind the four of them.Fan Tong's martial arts is far superior to the other three police officers.So he jumped up to the ceiling of the stone room with his body, his hands and fingers were hooked, and he was grasping the two gaps in the ceiling, and pressed his body tightly against the ceiling.

The deputy head catcher who is proficient in mechanical skills is named Liao Dagang, but his martial arts are not weak. Hearing a loud noise behind him, he immediately threw himself forward.It's just that his body barely fell to the ground, and several silver needles flew past his head.Liao Dagang was so frightened that he felt a chill in his heart and almost cried out.

It's just that the martial arts of the other two fast arresters are much worse than Fan and Liao Er.Seeing Fan Tong and Liao Gang dodge one by one, they were startled, before they had time to move, they only felt a pain in the back of their hearts, as if they were bitten by mosquitoes.Just when they were terrified, they felt their eyes go dark, and the two of them fell to the ground almost at the same time, their bodies twitched a few times, and then became stiff and motionless.

Fan Tong was leaning against the ceiling of the stone room, turned his head and looked down, only to see the two policemen fell to the ground, their faces had turned black.His heart trembled, knowing that the hidden weapon was poisonous.Looking at Li Qiufeng again, he has already floated behind the altar, grabbing the altar with his right hand and blocking it in front of him.There was only a dense "ding ding" sound, and more than ten silver needles had all been hit on the altar.

Fan Tong saw the corpses of the two subordinates lying on the ground in the blink of an eye, he was shocked and angry, his body spun twice like a windmill, and he fell from the ceiling to the ground.At this moment, a person came out from the corridor.This man was tall, dressed in black, and his head was covered by a black cloth, leaving only two small holes where his eyes were, making it difficult for people to see his eyes clearly.

This man Shi Shiran walked into the stone room, sneered, and said in a hoarse voice: "Eagle Claw, you really have some skills."

At this time, Liao Dagang got up from the ground, his hat fell to the side, and he looked very embarrassed.He put the steel knife in his hand across his chest, and said to the man in a trembling voice: "We are the messengers of the prefect's yamen in Luoyang. You openly killed the public, so you want to rebel?"

The man chuckled and said, "Rebellion? If I wanted to rebel, you would have already turned into flesh, how can you still show off your power here? Be sensible, wipe your neck with a sword, so that I won't do anything. Otherwise, you will not survive. Please die."

Seeing that this man was confident, Fan Tong was furious, and shouted: "You killed two officials, and you will be punished with death! If you plead guilty and subdue the law, maybe your nine clans will not be executed!"

The man laughed loudly, and the laughter shook the walls of the stone chamber.After a while, he suppressed his laughter and said to Fan Tong: "I know you. The people in Luoyang call you a 'rice bucket', and you only cheat and flatter the prefect of Han. Do you think I don't know?"

This Fan Tong's martial arts is not weak, since he became a policeman, he has handled many major cases in the past ten years.It's just that the officialdom was wasted, and he was never promoted by the Shangguan.Gradually, he lost the enthusiasm he had at the beginning, and he realized that it would be difficult to get promoted just by focusing on handling cases.Since five or six years ago, he has been wholeheartedly flattering his superiors, only thinking about getting promoted.This hard work was not in vain, and soon he was promoted from a small catcher to the small leader of the team.Later, he gave the former magistrate 150 taels of silver and was promoted to deputy team leader.Three years ago, the Ministry of Officials transferred Han Qusi to be the magistrate of Luoyang. Fan Tong was careful to fawn on him, and served Han the magistrate comfortably. In less than half a year, he became the head arrester of the magistrate's yamen.It's just that since Fan Tong was focused on being promoted, he neglected to handle cases, and focused on flattering officials and superiors.The people in Luoyang City were very dissatisfied with him, and following the homonym of his name, they nicknamed him "rice bucket".This nickname spread more and more widely, and finally everyone in the magistrate's yamen knew it.It's just that no one mentions it in front of him because he is afraid of hurting Fan Tong's face.

At this time Fan Tong heard that the man humiliated him openly, he was furious, he drew his long sword with his right hand, and stabbed the man's throat with one stroke.

The man sneered, and said in his mouth: "Eagle Claw, can't help but make a move?"

I saw his right hand stretched out from his waist, and there was a short knife about a chi long in his hand.Hearing the sound of "Dang", the long sword in Fan Tong's hand was already blocked by him with a short knife.As soon as the man succeeded in the move, he straightened up, the dagger in his right hand circled and flew, and attacked Fan Tong's vital point in the chest.

When Fan Tong saw that this man's sword was like lightning, his heart shuddered.In the blink of an eye, the short knife in the man's hand had stabbed him in front of him.Before he had time to think about it, he swung his sword to block the knife, and stabbed the man's lower abdomen with a backhand.The two men exchanged swords and swords, and immediately hit each other.

Liao Dagang held a steel knife in his hand, and wanted to attack several times, but the two of them were extremely fast. Although he wanted to use the knife, he couldn't find the time to do it, so he could only stand by and watch the battle nervously. .

Li Qiufeng had put down the offering table at this time, and stood in front of the stone platform, watching Fan Tong and that man fight fiercely.Li Qiufeng thought to himself: "Although the martial arts of these two people can't be called first-class masters, when they strike, they are extremely fierce. They are not like ordinary martial arts masters fighting in a disciplined manner, but rather like street thugs fighting. Some insidious moves. Judging from the moves used by the two, it is not a decent martial art. If this fight continues, it is hard to see who will win."

Fan Tong and that man fought together, in a short while more than ten moves have been passed.He was determined to capture this man, arrested him and tortured him severely, and asked him about his background.Otherwise, if two tolerance officers died, the case would have to be reported to the governor of Henan Province and the Ministry of Criminal Justice. I'm afraid that his bright future would turn into a dream.

It's just that the man's martial arts is really not weak, and there is a sinister air in his moves.Fan Tong went all out to attack and kill, even though he had a slight advantage, it was definitely not an easy task to defeat and capture this person in one fell swoop.After forty or fifty straight fights, the man's moves slowed down, he was outstretched, and his defeat was revealed.Liao Gang saw the advantage, and swung his knife to join the battle group.It was already difficult for that man to deal with Fan Tong, but with the addition of Liao Dagang's steel knife, he was immediately at a disadvantage.At the end of the fight, the steel knife in Liao Dagang's hand slashed towards the man's abdomen, while Fan Tong's long sword pierced the man's face.The two flanked one from the left and the other from the right, and the man was no longer able to parry.

Seeing that they were about to defeat this man, Fan Tong and Liao Dagang were overjoyed.Unexpectedly, the knife and sword have not yet attacked the man.Suddenly the man raised his left hand, the two of them felt the silver light flashing, and a dozen silver needles flew towards them.

Fan Tong's martial arts is higher than that person's, but when he makes a move, he is quite afraid of the person's hidden weapons, so when he makes a move, he saves some strength to prevent the person from hurting others with hidden weapons.Liao Gang was also in a normal state of mind. Although he was attacking with swords and knives, he was always on guard against the man launching a sneak attack with a hidden weapon.Therefore, seeing the hidden weapon flying out at this moment, although Fan Tong and Liao Dagang were shocked, they did not panic.I saw the two people spinning rapidly with their knives and swords in front of them, there was a slight sound of "clinking", and all the dozen or so silver needles fired by the man were knocked out.

After a few silver needles were knocked into the air, they flew towards the surrounding stone walls without losing momentum.There were oil lamps hanging on the stone wall, but five or six lamps were instantly knocked out by flying silver needles.As soon as the oil lamp was extinguished, the stone room immediately became dark.

Li Qiufeng saw that the three of them were having a lively fight, and thought to himself: "When the three of them used their moves, there were many flaws in their moves, but their moves were vicious and somewhat weird. If we talk about The power to kill people is not much less than that of the famous and decent martial arts in the martial arts world."

When the silver needle fired by the man was knocked flying by Fan Tong and Liao Dagang, five or six oil lamps were knocked out, and the stone room became dark in an instant.Li Qiufeng's heart trembled, and he thought to himself: "Oops! If this person is clever enough to knock out all the oil lamps on the stone wall, Fan and Liao will not be able to see where this person is, and the two will be at odds again. If you want to tell the winner, it will be even more difficult!"

When he was thinking about it, he saw the man waved his left hand again, and immediately extinguished seven oil lamps.At this time, there were only five oil lamps left on the stone wall, and the whole stone room became darker in an instant, and only the shadows of people could be seen vaguely.

(End of this chapter)