A knife in love

Chapter 548

Du Tiexin smiled flatteringly and said, "My lord, if there is nothing else, we will take our leave."

Li Qiufeng said: "You can't leave yet."

As soon as he said that, the expression of Du Tiexin and Lama Duoji, who were relieved, changed drastically, for fear that Li Qiufeng would change his mind again.Li Qiufeng naturally knew what the two of them were thinking, and said, "Do you have any silver on you?"

Du Tiexin and Lama Duoji breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the word "silver", and they both thought: "As long as you ask for silver, this matter will be much easier to handle."

Du Tiexin hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, you can just tell us how much money you need. Even if we don't have enough money, we can send someone back to Biyunwu to get it. If it's inconvenient for your lord to handle the case here, we You can send the silver to the capital and give it to your family."

Lama Dorji naturally refused to lag behind, and lowered his voice and said to Li Qiufeng: "My lord, I have a banknote on my body, which is issued by the Zuojia Bank in Shanxi, and the capital can also be exchanged. I would like to dedicate all the banknotes to my lord." .”

Li Qiufeng smiled and said: "I'm afraid you two have misunderstood. It's not that I want your money. You have fought here and killed yourself. You must spend some money to appease these people. Otherwise, they will go to the yamen. I just wanted to suppress this case, but it turned out that "the county magistrate is not as good as the present." When the local magistrate reports the case to the Luoyang prefect's yamen and the Henan governor's yamen, they will definitely issue arrest documents at sea, arresting Wanren Temple and Bi Yunwu. I'm afraid the two of you will be in big trouble by then."

Du Tiexin and Lama Duoji suddenly realized, and they both thought in their hearts: "This Jinyiwei is right. If I pat my ass and leave, these troublemakers will naturally report to the officials. If there is a murder case, the county magistrate is like a nine-rank sesame official." Naturally, we can't deal with it, so we have to report to the prefect's office in Luoyang. We're yelling here, thinking that the villagers already know where we came from, and we'll report to the government that it was Biyunwu and Wanren Temple that killed people, the prefect's office in Luoyang and the governor of Henan. The yamen will naturally send people to Shanxi to arrest people. We have a lot of contacts with local officials in Shanxi. If this case falls into their hands, it will naturally make a big deal a small one. It’s just that if the yamen in Henan gets involved, This matter is difficult. Although it costs a little money, as long as the mouths of these troublemakers can be sealed, the benefits will be great."

Thinking of this, Du Tiexin and Lama Duoji fumbled in their bosoms.It's just that Lama Duoji took out a 700 taels of silver note, but what Du Tiexin took out was a 200 taels of silver note, in addition to two ingots of silver ingots, and a few pieces of scattered silver.

Li Qiufeng shook his head and said: "In such a remote place, these people probably have no place to exchange bank notes, and they have to get cash to talk."

Lama Dorji hurriedly turned his head and said to more than 20 lamas under his command: "If you have any cash on you, take it out and give it to me."

The 20 or so lamas knew that this was a critical moment of life and death, but they didn't dare to hide their secrets. They hurriedly took out all the silver taels they had on their bodies, and unexpectedly gathered more than 140 taels of scattered silver.Lama Dorje thought to himself: "You bastards! No wonder there has been a lot less scattered silver in the merit box recently. It must have been stolen by you bastards. After going back, we need to send a few more people Look at the merit box, so as not to be wiped out by these bastards again!"

Du Tiexin also ordered Zhuang Ding of Biyunwu to hand over the scattered silver.It's just that these Zhuang Ding are quite shabby, most of them only carry a hundred and ten copper coins on their bodies, and only a dozen or so Zhuang heads with positions carry silver on their bodies.Du Tiexin scraped together more than 200 taels of silver and thousands of copper coins, held them in front of Li Qiufeng, and said, "My lord, please take a look."

Li Qiufeng turned to shopkeeper Hu and said, "Shopkeeper, please collect the money. After we leave, we will pay the money to Mr. Jia's family. If there is any leftover money, it will be counted as compensation for the tables, chairs, dishes and dishes in your shop." .”

Shopkeeper Hu didn't dare to accept the money at first, but finally seeing Du Tiexin and Lama Duoji glaring at him fiercely, he took the money tremblingly, and said in a trembling voice: "My lord doesn't know something, Mr. Jia... Mr. Jia is a lonely old man with no family, look at the money..."

Li Qiufeng pondered for a while, and said: "Use the money to buy a piece of land, and then choose a good coffin to bury Mr. Jia. The rest of the money will be distributed to the poor people in the town. Remember, I will do it." After finishing the case, I will come back here. If you don't divide it fairly, watch out for your head!"

Shopkeeper Hu heard Li Qiufeng's harsh words, shrank his head in fright, and said repeatedly: "Don't dare, the villain will definitely do what the adults say. If the villain does something wrong, the adults just punish the villain!"

The lamas of Wanren Temple and Biyunwu put together the money, which was 400 taels of silver.These people have worked hard for a year, but they can't earn a few taels of silver. At this moment, when they saw the amount of silver, their eyes lit up, and they were thinking about how much silver they could get, but they completely forgot that Mr. Jia died tragically just now. The situation at hand.

Seeing the appearance of these common people, Li Qiufeng sighed in his heart.But Lama Dorji said to the people: "Fathers and elders, we are here today to assist the government in catching thieves. It's just a misunderstanding and hurt the life of a commoner. Of course it's our fault. It's just that you I also killed a few friends from Biyunwu, if you talk about crimes, the crimes you committed are much more serious than ours..."

Before Lama Dorji finished speaking, all the people turned pale with fright.Just now dozens of civilians rushed into the tavern and killed four Zhuang Ding of Biyunwu, and then killed another person outside the tavern.Calculated in this way, only one person died among the common people, while five people died on the other side. When the government knew the news, they would naturally punish the murderer.Thinking of this, the joy of all the people just because they could get a share of money was replaced by the fear of committing a felony murder in an instant.

Hearing what Lama Dorji said, Li Qiufeng knew that he was using the death of Zhuang Ding in Biyunwu to intimidate these people not to report to the officials.He thought to himself: "This lama is not only strong in martial arts, but also so meticulous in his mind. He is indeed a remarkable person."

I just heard Lama Dorje say: "But now the misunderstanding has been resolved. Both of us have casualties, so we will not pursue it. After you bury this old man, divide the money and live well. We will not report you to the government. Killing five people is considered a tie!"

After Lama Dorji finished speaking, all the people immediately felt relieved and nodded their heads in agreement.Someone said loudly: "Grand Monk, you have already spoken, you must not go back on it!"

Lama Dorji thought to himself: "I am afraid that you will repent!" But even though he thought so in his heart, his face was solemn and compassionate.He clasped his hands together, recited a Buddhist mantra, and said, "Monks don't tell lies. If I repent, I will teach me to fall into Avici Hell, and I will never be reborn."

Seeing Lama Dorje swear a heavy oath, all the people felt relieved.It's just that some people were dissatisfied and shouted in the crowd: "It was Li Chef who took the lead in rushing into the tavern and beating people. The government wants to punish him. Just arrest him, but don't implicate others!"

Before the man finished speaking, the cook of the tavern jumped up from the ground, pointed at the man who spoke and scolded: "Xu San'er, are you jealous that I slept with your wife, and you want to kill me? Since you turned your face today, Lao Tzu I don't have any taboos, to tell you the truth, it was your wife who seduced me. If you are a man, settle accounts with your wife, don't make things difficult for me!"

The two opened their mouths to quarrel, and then waved their fists and were about to fight.Some people nearby tried to persuade the fight, and some took the opportunity to fuel the fight, and the scene was extremely chaotic.

Lama Dorji whispered to Li Qiufeng: "My lord, I know that you feel pity for these people. But look at the appearance of these unruly people, they deserve what they deserve..."

Li Qiufeng waved his hand without waiting for him to finish speaking, and said, "Isn't it because you, the great lama, are smart enough to make these people dare not report to the officials with a few words?!"

Lama Dorje sneered twice, but didn't dare to say anything more.Li Qiufeng said to Du Tiexin and Lama Duoji: "There is nothing else going on here, you should go back to Shanxi as soon as possible."

Du Tiexin and Lama Duoji said a few polite words as if they were being pardoned, and then hurried away with their disciples.

Li Qiufeng saw that the villagers were still in a mess, but he didn't want to get entangled in it, so he gave Situ Qiao a wink, and the two quietly walked north.

It was already midnight when the two walked out of the town.A bright moon in the sky has moved to the western sky, reflecting the surrounding mountains and fields like a layer of hoarfrost.The official road at the foot stretches straight to the north, disappearing under a low hill as far as the eye can see.There was silence all around, only the footsteps of the two of them could be heard far away in the wilderness.

Situ Qiao said: "Brother Li, why didn't those two people who were walking with you just follow up?"

Li Qiufeng said: "These two are the county magistrates who went to Xiuwu County. Just now I heard that I called myself Jinyiwei, and took out the badge of Jinyiwei. They are quite afraid of me. If you want to find another way, let's go."

Situ Qiao said: "I see that these two people's martial arts are not weak. They are civil servants, but their martial arts are so powerful, I'm afraid there is something strange about them."

Li Qiufeng said: "Although I have only known these two people for a few days, but looking at their words and deeds, they don't seem to be evil people, and they don't intend to make things difficult for me. Therefore, whether their martial arts are strong or weak, there is something hidden behind their backs. For what purpose, I'm too lazy to bother with them."

At this point, Li Qiufeng glanced at Situ Qiao, and then said, "I'm quite interested in what Mr. Situ has done."

Situ Qiao said with a smile: "Brother Li, I didn't mean to hide it from you, but I was interrupted by those two people when I got to something important. It happens that there is no one here, so I might as well tell you what happened in detail... ..."

Li Qiufeng waved his hand and said, "I've been tossing around all day today, and I think Mr. Situ is exhausted. Let's find a safe place to rest for the night, and we'll talk about it tomorrow. It's the two masters who just made trouble in the town , I don’t know where they fled to. The whereabouts of these two people are strange, I’m afraid they have a lot of background.”

Situ Qiao chuckled and said, "Brother Li wants to find them, but it's not difficult."

Li Qiufeng was taken aback, and said, "Mr. Situ, what advice can you give me?"

Situ Qiao shook his head and said, "In front of Brother Li, how dare I say the word 'advise'. It's just that Brother Li has something they must get. Even if Brother Li doesn't look for them, they will come to look for him brother!"

(End of this chapter)