A knife in love

Chapter 812

Li Qiufeng thought to himself that although most of the so-called "miracles" spread by word of mouth among the common people were unreliable, when it comes to the origin of the incident, there could still be some traces of the truth.Henan was originally a battleground for military strategists, and Xiuwu County was the gateway to the north of Luoyang City, an important town in Henan.Since ancient times, I don't know how many tragic battles have been fought here.After the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, Jiedu envoys from all over the country supported their troops to stand on their own. Not only did they have a lot of filth with the court, but they also attacked each other. The war lasted for more than a hundred years.Thinking about it, there was indeed an extremely tragic siege in Xiuwu County back then, which brought the whole city people to the brink of extinction.However, the so-called Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva came down to save the common people with eighteen arhats, which is of course an anecdote of future generations.

The two talked and chatted, and they arrived in front of the Chenghuang Temple in a short time.I saw a large open space in front of the temple, enough to accommodate ten thousand people.The Town God's Temple sits facing south and is close to the city wall.Li Qiufeng looked towards the temple gate, and saw carved beams and painted buildings, more than one zhang five feet high, with a corner gate on each side.The whole body of the wall is about Zhang Zhang high, painted with white powder on the outside, and covered with black tiles on the top.The main entrance is painted in colorful colors and looks extremely gorgeous.

Li Qiufeng looked around and said in his mouth: "This Town God's Temple is so gorgeous, why is it so deserted and there is no one there?"

Yin Butou smiled wryly, and said: "This place is very lively on weekdays, but if it is the day when the righteous people gather, ordinary people will not come here, so as not to cause trouble. At present, there is no ghost here. If you want to come here Many local ruffians have arrived, and they are all gathered in the temple at this time, so naturally no common people dare to come to offer incense."

Li Qiufeng said: "I see Huang Zhixian is quite a shrewd person, doesn't he know the disadvantages of gathering these people together?"

Yin Butou shook his head, and said: "The magistrate is a good official. He has served as a magistrate in Xiuwu County for more than ten years. He can be called fair and honest. I heard that he is excellent in the evaluation of the Ministry of Officials every year. The Henan Governor's Yamen wanted to promote his official position several times. Every time we heard the news, the people of Xiuwu County would elect three elders and implore Huangzhi County to stay. But these are all rumors outside, I don't know if it is true or not The so-called "righteous people" disadvantages, with the shrewdness of Huangzhi County, how can there be no reason? But the strange thing is here, that Master Zhang is obviously a bastard, but Huangzhi County treats him very well, although It can't be said that he was obedient, but he didn't even say a word to him. Mr. Zhang used righteous people to collect money, and Huang Zhixian also turned a blind eye. It makes us feel strange. In the county government, if In terms of ability, Master Feng's ability is more than ten times that of Master Zhang, but it happened that Master Zhang became the magistrate's desk master and became his confidant. Although the magistrate treats Master Feng well, he only listens to Master Zhang when it comes to important matters idea."

At this point, Catcher Yin saw no one around, so he lowered his voice and said to Li Qiufeng: "We have heard one thing, but we don't know if it is true or not. It is said that the county magistrate was from a poor family before he was elected. I can't even get enough money to go to Beijing to catch the exam. This Mr. Zhang is a fellow townsman of the county magistrate, and he has a lot of money. However, although Mr. Zhang's family is rich, he is not the same as the magistrate. It's just that the two have a good personal relationship. Master Zhang asked his father, Mr. Zhang, what kind of business in the world can earn ten times the profit. Mr. Zhang replied that Shu brocade and Jiangnan silk are famous all over the world, but the middle of Shu is far away and the road is steep, and Jiangnan and the north are separated by the Yangtze River and the Yellow River. It is extremely difficult to transport the silk from these two places to the north. Therefore, if someone can find a proper way to transport the silk from central Shu and Jiangnan to the north, the profit will be more than ten times? Mr. Zhang asked again, if you want to get The profit is hundreds of times, what business should I do? Mr. Zhang said that selling illegal salt can make huge profits. Selling illegal salt from the coastal provinces to the inland can make a hundred times the profit. Master Zhang asked again, if you want to make thousands of times and tens of thousands of times, So what? The old man Zhang laughed, and said to Master Zhang, the business that can earn thousands of times and tens of thousands of times of profits is to become an official.

"After listening to the old man, Mr. Zhang thought that he was not a material for studying, so he put the treasure on Huangzhi County. He took the silver and funded Huangzhi County to go to Beijing to take the exam. In the end, the champion of Huangzhi County's high school was awarded the Imperial Academy. Officer. In order to repay Master Zhang's kindness, he invited him to be his master. Therefore, although he knows that Master Zhang is greedy, as long as he doesn't do too much, the county magistrate can only turn a blind eye... "

Li Qiufeng saw Yin catcher's spittle, and thought to himself, this is obviously a copy of Lu Buwei and his father's private discussion on whether to help Qin Yiren return to Qin. It's just a legend, it's not reliable at all.Although the magistrate of Huangxian County was born in a proper way, but for so many years, he has only been a small official with the size of sesame and mung beans.It can be seen that most of the private opinions of the people are unreliable.It's just that Li Qiufeng didn't bother to talk about these things with Yin Butou. Seeing that he was talking excitedly, he just smiled, but didn't expose it.

When the two were talking, they had already arrived at the gate of the Town God's Temple.Yin Butou stretched out his hand and pushed open the temple door, only to hear the voices of people inside the temple, which was very lively.The two walked into the courtyard, only to see that 80 to [-] people had already gathered in the courtyard, and they were dividing themselves into several groups, gathering together to talk loudly.When they saw Yin Butou coming in, these people immediately stopped talking, and the courtyard became quiet in an instant.

Yin Butou put away his cautious appearance in front of Li Qiufeng, walked in front of the crowd, put his hands on his hips, smiled, and said, "Why don't I talk when I see you? Is there something you can't tell me?" ?”

But I saw a person coming out of the crowd, cupped his hands to Yin Butou, and said with a smile: "We don't dare to hide anything from Yin Butou, it's just a joke together. When Yin Butou arrived, everyone shut up." Say, respectfully listen to the instruction of Yin Butou."

Standing behind Yin Butou, Li Qiufeng saw the speaker, and immediately recognized him as Wan Congyun who had met several times before.Knowing that this person is a man of influence in Xiuwu County, he is called Lord Wan Er but not by name.Then Li Qiufeng scanned the crowd again, and suddenly saw Mei Dali and others crowded in the crowd.Li Qiufeng was annoyed and funny in his heart, and thought to himself that as Yin Butou said, these so-called "righteous people" in Xiuwu County are indeed local ruffians, not to mention low-level skills, but extremely cunning.Huangzhi County relies on these people to maintain law and order in the county, and I'm afraid it will backfire and cause trouble.

Yin Butou smiled and said: "Old Wan, you are making fun of me. How dare I, a little Butou, teach you? But early this morning, Huangzhi County sent a message to invite a hero with great ability Sergeant, come to be your commander."

At this point, Catcher Yin turned to Li Qiufeng and said, "Hero Li, come here and meet everyone."

Li Qiufeng took two steps forward, stood in front of the crowd, clasped his fists in his hands, and said, "I'm sorry, Li Qiufeng, I've seen you guys."

Although Li Qiufeng and Yin Tutou walked into the Town God's Temple one after the other, it's just that small people like Wan Congyun and Mei Dali are best at following the wind and making a big fire.Seeing that catcher Yin arrived, all his thoughts were on catcher Yin, so why would he pay attention to Li Qiufeng?At this time, after listening to Catcher Yin saying that Li Qiufeng was the leader of the righteous people appointed by Huangzhi County, his thoughts suddenly changed, thinking how to flatter Li Qiufeng.It's just that when everyone saw Li Qiufeng's face clearly, they were all stunned and couldn't believe their eyes.

After Huang Xu left, the magistrate of Huang County once summoned volunteers to assist Tolerance in finding Huang Xu.Wan Congyun and others fought with Li Qiufeng and Situ Qiao at the entrance of Wangmiao Village, but these people suffered a great loss under Li Qiufeng's hands.Afterwards, Wuji Temple, Xiaoyao Temple, and Kongming Temple in Yuntai Mountain were burnt to the ground. Jin Yiwei ordered Xiuwu County to send a tolerance to Yuntai Mountain to assist in handling the case.Huangzhi County summoned Wan Congyun and others, and accompanied Yin Butou and others to Yuntai Mountain on business.It's just that after arriving at Yuntai Mountain, important officials from Jinyiwei, Henan Governor's Yamen, and Luoyang Prefect's Yamen were all on the mountain. The so-called righteous people from Xiuwu County and Wan Congyun naturally couldn't get into the eyes of these high officials, so they were sent away Go to the foot of Yuntai Mountain and be responsible for interrogating the suspects.It just so happened that Li Qiufeng and Situ Qiao passed down the mountain, and they faced Wan Congyun and the others again.After these two incidents, Wan Congyun and others knew that Li Qiufeng was a master who was extremely difficult to provoke, and they were stunned when they saw that this person had become the leader of the righteous people.

Seeing the expressions of Wan Congyun and the others, Li Qiufeng knew that everyone was terrified, so he smiled slightly and said: "As the saying goes, there are no encounters in life, Li and everyone are really destined. It is the order of the county magistrate to work together with everyone to maintain law and order in this county. Li is new here, please take care of him."

Wan Congyun is the team leader in the group of villains, and what he is best at is to follow the wind and flatter the horse.Among these so-called "righteous people", his mind turned the fastest.As soon as Li Qiufeng finished speaking, Wan Congyun had a flattering expression on his face. He took a few steps forward and walked up to Li Qiufeng. He bowed to the ground and said, "Young man Wan Congyun, I have met Commander Li."

Li Qiufeng raised his right hand falsely, and said in his mouth: "Why does Wan Er Lord do such a big gift, I can't bear it."

Wan Congyun stood up straight, and said with a smile on his face, "Commander Li's words are ridiculous. In front of Commander Li, the villain is just a grass-roots person, and the word 'Second Master' is just a joke of the villagers. Commander Li must not mention these two words, otherwise he will kill the villain."

Mei Dali's brain is not as flexible as Wan Congyun's, but at this time he also reacted, and bravely squeezed in front of Li Qiufeng, imitating Wan Congyun's appearance, and also bowed to the ground, saying in his mouth: "The villain Mei Dali, I pay my respects to the commander. Hero."

Hearing his nondescript address, Li Qiufeng felt annoyed and funny.But talking to these small people in the market, but you can't be particular about it.So he signaled Mei Dali not to be too polite, and exchanged a few words with him.At this time, another person squeezed out from the crowd.I saw that this person was as thin as a bamboo pole, with a very ugly horse face.It looks like 30 years old and 40 years old, but it is not unusual to say that he is 50 years old.In short, this person has a strange face, which is really unforgettable.

The man squeezed in front of Li Qiufeng, clasped his fists in his hands, and said in his mouth: "Little man Ba ​​Yuyan, I pay my respects to Commander."

(End of this chapter)