A knife in love

Chapter 525

Fan Tong stood on the side with his hands down, thinking to himself that Master Ji is worthy of being called "Nanyang a pen" and "the reincarnation of Kong Ming", and the writing of this article is indeed incomparably exquisite.First of all, it is said that the thieves are not stubborn local bandits in Henan, but fled from Hebei to Henan to commit crimes, and then completely ignore the responsibility of the governor of Henan and officials at all levels below the governor.Then it was said that the governor of Henan and the prefect of Luoyang issued arrest documents in time, and all the officials and righteous people bravely captured the thieves. Fu Zhong, Gao Gui and Shi Tianbao were killed on duty. Duty, the people's eagerness to do justice, are naturally the achievements of the prefect of Han.He said he had killed seventeen thieves, rounding off the number to make it more believable.As for the bodies and surnames of the seventeen thieves, for the magistrate's yamen, forgery is nothing more than a piece of cake.At the end of the article, the governor of Henan was asked to order the governments and county offices around Luoyang to be on strict alert to prevent the escaped thieves from fleeing and committing crimes.This article was handed over, explaining that the imperial court, the Ministry of Punishment, the Henan governor's office, and the Luoyang magistrate's office were not responsible for the case, and officials at all levels were naturally relieved.It can only be said that Luoyang arresters are loyal to their official duties, and the people are loyal to the court.After Shangguan received this official document, he was definitely elated and no longer pursued the responsibility of Luoyang Mansion.I heard that Mr. Han spent a full 5000 taels of silver to invite this master Ji, and he would give a big red envelope of 1000 taels of silver every year.This article alone is worth 1 taels of silver.The prefect of Han's money is well spent.

While he was thinking about it, he heard Magistrate Han say with a smile: "Lao Ji, I really have you. It's just that I will work hard for you tonight. After we go back, please ask Master Ji to write the official document according to this intention, and send someone tonight Send it to the governor's office in the provincial capital urgently."

Master Ji said: "Students take orders, adults can rest assured."

Han Qusi turned to Fan Tong and Liao Dagang and said, "You guys take the bodies of Lao Fu and Lao Gao back to Luoyang City, and appease their families first. In the morning, I will come to the door to pay the compensation in person."

Fan Tong and Liao Dagang claimed it was true, and Han Qusi continued: "I received news a few days ago that something must have happened to the capital. I heard that a group of pirates from Fujian fled to Shandong and sneaked into the capital to make trouble. However, although these people are fierce, they are outnumbered. The imperial court dispatched soldiers and horses from the two towns of Xuan and Da to guard around the capital, and even the cavalry from Shanhaiguan rushed to Yong'an City to intercept and kill the pirates. Most of these pirates were killed, and the remaining The few of them are not doing well and want to flee back to Fujian. The imperial court has strictly ordered the governor of Shandong to close the docks in Dengzhou and other places and the main roads to the south to prevent these Japanese thieves from escaping. Luoyang has not been very peaceful these two days, so it’s hard to say It's the pirates who fled to Luoyang to commit crimes. Lao Fan, you have to keep an eye on Luoyang City, and don't make any big troubles, so that I won't be able to explain to the court."

Fan Tong hastily bowed and said: "My lord taught me that. I will do my best to arrest the thieves as soon as possible. Please rest assured, my lord."

Han Qusi nodded, yawned again, and said listlessly: "My right eyelid keeps twitching tonight, and I wonder if something is going to happen. Fortunately, I took Master Ji to Qilihe and left." Otherwise, you won’t know that such a big incident happened in Guandi Temple. Lao Fan, you can do as Master Ji wants.”

Fan Tong repeatedly said yes, Han Qusi said: "You can take care of the rest. I will go back to the city first."

Fan Tong and Liao Dagang stood with their hands down, and said in their mouths, "I respectfully send the magistrate back to the city."

Master Ji followed behind Han Qusi, and the two walked towards the third hall together.It's just that Master Ji walked a few steps, and suddenly turned his head to look at Fan Tong and Liao Dagang, and said with a smile: "Fan Boss, you have to be careful, don't make any big troubles, it will be hard to deal with it at that time."

Fan Tong's heart shuddered.This Master Ji is named Ji Dingzhong, and although he has not obtained any fame or official position, he is the person Han Qusi relies on the most.Everyone in Luoyang prefect's yamen respectfully called him "Ji Shiye" or "Ji Ye", and no one dared to offend him.So after hearing what he said, Fan Tong hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Master Ji, don't worry, the subordinate officials will handle their duties carefully, and there will be no loopholes."

After Han Qusi and Ji Dingzhong left, Fan Tong called more than a dozen policemen in, first carried away the bodies of Fu and Gao, then cleaned up the front, back, left, and right sides of Guanzhong, and finally sent four policemen to the Guanzhong. Emperor Shengjun stayed behind in the temple, and if something happened again, he would send an urgent report to Luoyang City.After everything was arranged properly, Fan Tong led Liao Dagang and others back to Qilihe.

After Li Qiufeng jumped up the wall, he pretended to jump out of Guandi Shengjun Temple.It's just that he went around in a circle, sneaked into the temple from the east side, hid in a big tree, and saw clearly the situation after Han Qusi and others arrived.After everyone left, there was silence before Guan Zhong.Li Qiufeng thought to himself, all of these people are veterans in the officialdom, and they are extremely shrewd in their calculations.However, according to the magistrate's opinion, not only the six departments of the imperial court, but also the governor's yamen in various places don't know much about Hutouyan.Presumably, when Emperor Jiajing arrived at the imperial mausoleum and met Emperor Zhengde, whose alias was Shounanshan, he knew that the various factions in the imperial court were extremely complicated, and they could not punish the culprit of this chaos. Otherwise, the imperial court would undergo drastic changes. Only then did all the changes in soldiers and horses around the capital be pushed to the Japanese pirates.These so-called "thieves" arrested by the imperial court are, in all likelihood, people from the world who were deceived to the imperial mausoleum and Hutouyan.These governors, governors, and general soldiers are all good people, and they caused such a big disturbance that the court did not dare to punish one person.It only suffered from the heroes of the rivers and lakes, and hundreds of lives were lost in vain.He had to bear the scapegoat and was chased and killed by governments all over the country.

Thinking of this, Li Qiufeng felt worried for Liu Yong, Xu Chenghe and others who had returned to Huashan and Shuzhong.Just thinking about it, Liu Yong, Xu Chenghe and others are not only strong in martial arts, but also extremely shrewd, and they have many contacts with the government, so they will be able to protect themselves.On the contrary, the identity of the person who just broke into Guan Yu's mausoleum is unpredictable.It doesn't look like Situ Qiao's accomplice, and the martial arts used are neither Shijia Dao's Kung Fu nor Lei Quanmen.It's just that why it suddenly appeared and disappeared mysteriously is really beyond my comprehension.

He thought for a long time, and finally thought: "These things in Luoyang have nothing to do with me. After the man arrives, I will tell him about the things in the capital, and then I will go to the south of the Yangtze River to visit Miss Murong."

Thinking of Murong Danyan, Li Qiufeng suddenly felt tenderness in his heart.It's just that in an instant, thinking that Murong Danyan's life and death are unknown, I feel sad again.

At this time, it was Zi Shi, and the gates of Luoyang City had already been closed.Li Qiufeng jumped down from the big tree, quietly left Guandi Shengjun Temple, and traveled northward. When he arrived outside Luoyang City, he found a forest and found a clean place to lie down.He was running around all day and was extremely exhausted. He fell asleep shortly after lying down.

When Li Qiufeng woke up, it was already daylight.He walked out of the woods and thought to himself: "I originally planned to follow Situ Qiao, but Luoyang City is so big, how would I know where this person is hiding? But most of what this person did has nothing to do with me, if I don't see him , but don’t worry.”

He made up his mind and went back to the inn in the city.Because he had met with Situ Qiao, Fan Tong, Liao Dagang and others, he washed the jute off his face, bought some medicines at the pharmacy, and turned his face dark.But he didn't care about the beard on his face. When it was noon, he looked in a mirror and his face changed a little.He asked Xiaoer to buy a set of coarse clothes to change into, and he looked like an idler in the market.

In the afternoon, he had nothing to do, so he walked out of the inn again.I saw people coming and going on the street, it was really lively.Li Qiufeng has not been to Luoyang City for five years, and he feels that there are some changes everywhere, but after looking carefully, there is no big change.He thought to himself: "When I came with him before, everything was handled by him, and I just had to follow behind him. In the blink of an eye, five years have passed, and it really seems like a fleeting moment. In the meantime, has there been any change?"

When he was strolling around, he suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes behind him, and the pedestrians around him suddenly became chaotic.Li Qiufeng turned his head to look, but saw a group of soldiers running freely from west to east.It was led by three officers, riding on horses, waving whips in their hands, constantly making false strikes in the air, and shouting: "Get out of the way!"

There were three or forty soldiers in this army, and they ran across the street at high speed.Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen policemen in black appeared on the street and shouted at the people: "The magistrate has an order. There are thieves in the city. Everyone, go home quickly and don't go out! If you find suspicious people , you must immediately report to the police, otherwise you will be punished as an accomplice!"

After the people heard this, they scattered and ran in all directions. For a while, the whole street was flying and dusty.But after a while, the street was empty, except for a group of policemen, Li Qiufeng was the only one left.

Holding iron rulers in their hands, the two catchers saw Li Qiufeng standing on the side of the street, and ran over immediately, shouting fiercely, "Who are you, why do you dare to stay on the street?"

Li Qiufeng didn't want to conflict with these police officers, so as not to cause side issues.Hastily cupped his hands and said: "The villain passed by Luoyang and was working at the inn. I don't want all the officials to clean up the street suddenly. The villain's inn is still half a mile away from here. What should I do?"

Seeing Li Qiufeng's anxious face, one of the arresters did not seem to be lying, so he said to him: "Hurry up and go back to the inn, the army stationed outside the city will arrive in a while, maybe they will arrest you and put you in prison. At that time, a meal of army sticks was indispensable, and it was not uncommon to be imprisoned until death.”

Li Qiufeng didn't know what happened in the city, so he wanted to ask clearly.Therefore, he took out two scattered pieces of silver from his bosom, handed them to the two police officers, and said with a dejected look: "The villain has never seen such a situation before, if I go back, I'm afraid it will be difficult to talk to the army. Can the official send the villain back to the inn? This small amount of money is the hard-earned money that the villain gave to the two officials."

The monthly salary of the arrester is only [-] Wen, and these two scattered pieces of silver are enough to cover the monthly salary of the two of them for four months.The two policemen looked at each other, and the elder policeman said: "Seeing that you are a foreigner, we brothers will send you back."

Li Qiufeng thanked him repeatedly, and followed the two police officers to the inn.Sure enough, there were several interrogations along the way, but with the company of these two police officers, they did not encounter any trouble.It wasn't until he reached the entrance of the inn that Li Qiufeng thanked the two policemen, and asked casually, "My lord, what's the big deal and why is it so serious?"

The young policeman said: "At noon, there was a man at the north gate who was going out of the city. For some reason, a skull rolled out of his backpack. Naturally, the officers and soldiers guarding the city must ask clearly. The man knocked down several people, and wanted to force his way out, but was stopped by the officers and soldiers. Seeing that he couldn't get out, he retreated back into the city. The prefect's yamen has issued an order to lock the four cities tightly, and the whole city searches for this person. Listen It is said that even the officers and soldiers stationed outside the city have been transferred to the city to help capture people, so it is better for you to hide in the inn and not go out."

(End of this chapter)