A knife in love

Chapter 826

Xiuwu County has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. It has experienced countless wars for thousands of years, and the original ancient city walls have long since disappeared.Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there have been no weapons for more than a hundred years. It is a rare peaceful era, so Xiuwu County has slowly regained its vitality.

After Li Qiufeng walked out of the Town God's Temple, he walked along a street from east to west.I saw that the houses on both sides were very neat, and the clothes and clothes of the people on the road were by no means insufficient.He thought to himself, Huang Chong has been an official here for many years, and he managed Xiuwu County in an orderly manner.No wonder the people of Xiuwu County were reluctant for him to leave here.However, according to the legal system of the imperial court, the county magistrate has been in office for three years, and then he needs to be transferred from the original government office.Huang Chong has been staying in Xiuwu County as the county magistrate, and it is definitely not the power of the people to keep him.It was probably because he was too clean and honest as an official, which was disliked by the Shangguan, so he was suppressed in Xiuwu County.Otherwise, with his qualifications, he should have taken the post of magistrate long ago.

Li Qiufeng walked forward at a leisurely pace, and before he knew it, he had arrived in front of the county government office.I saw that although the main gate of the yamen was closed, the corner gates on both sides had been opened, and people came in and out from time to time. It seemed that Huang Chong was already sitting in the hall to handle business.Eight arresters stood in front of the door, each with steel knives on their waists and water and fire sticks in their hands, they were very majestic.

Just as Li Qiufeng walked to the door, he suddenly heard a policeman say, "Isn't this the hero Li?"

Li Qiufeng was startled, and looked intently, but it was a policeman who was knocked to the ground by Situ Qiao at the foot of Yuntai Mountain.He was a little embarrassed, so he coughed and said, "Is the magistrate here?"

The catcher suffered a great loss under Situ Qiao's hands, and knew that Li Qiufeng was even more powerful, so he respected Li Qiufeng very much.With a smile on his face, he said: "Master Xiancheng came to the yamen early in the morning to handle matters. If Daxia Li is looking for him, he can just go to the back hall."

Li Qiufeng thanked him and hurried to the county office.He walked through the front yard, bypassed the courtroom, and went straight to the back hall.At this time, there were still quite a few arrests patrolling the courtyard, and after seeing Li Qiufeng, they were all very respectful.Li Qiufeng found Yu Fan in the right wing of the back hall according to the path pointed by a tolerance.

Yu Fan was reading an official document, when he saw Li Qiufeng walking in, he got up to greet him.After the two of them sat down, Li Qiufeng told the news that Wan Congyun and others had inquired about.He said to Fan: "Master Yu, so many people from the rivers and lakes have arrived in Xiuwu County. I'm afraid it will not be a good thing. The county magistrate should make preparations in advance."

Yu Fan nodded, sighed, and said in his mouth: "I really don't know where to start with such a complicated matter. I'm afraid that brother Li doesn't know yet, even the commander of Ruyang Guard, Master Hu Kunhu We have also arrived at Xiuwu County."

Li Qiufeng naturally knew that Hu's father and son had arrived, and he also saw Hu Yiyue fighting with Japanese pirates last night.It's just that Yu Fan didn't tell about this matter, so he pretended to be surprised, and said to Fan: "According to the imperial court's laws and regulations, the generals in the guards never deal with local officials, let alone Ru Yang who is a martial arts practitioner. It's hundreds of miles away. What is Master Hu doing in Xiuwu County?"

Yu Fan said: "I heard that Master Hu's trip is not for official business. I heard from Master Feng that Master Hu and Huang Zhixian are old friends, and this time he is here as a guest."

Having said that, Yu Fan walked quickly to the door, poked his head out of the door and scanned around, then closed the door tightly, walked back to Li Qiufeng, and said in a low voice: "Master Hu brought him on this trip. This Mr. Hu is young, and he has already become a thousand households of Ruyang Guard. But he is a bit frivolous, and he almost caused a catastrophe last night."

Li Qiufeng's heart moved, and he thought to himself that the "big disaster" mentioned by Yu Fan was naturally the fact that Hu Yiyue was ambushed by Japanese pirates and almost died.If Hu Yiyue died in Xiuwu County, Hu Kun would naturally not want to quit.The generals who led the troops became angry, and maybe they sent people to smash the county government.What's more terrible is that Hu Yiyue is a thousand households of the imperial court, and his position is not low.If he died in Xiuwu County, he would not be able to escape from the magistrate to the head arrester.As the magistrate of the county, Yu Fan was in charge of the county's money and food, criminal names, arrests and robbery.If the thousand households of the guard were killed in Xiuwu County, Yu Fan would definitely be questioned.

Seeing Li Qiufeng thoughtful, Yu Fan felt a little skeptical, and said, "Brother Li doesn't seem surprised, do you already know what happened last night?"

Li Qiufeng's heart trembled, fearing that Yu Fan would see his mind broken, he hurriedly shook his head and said, "I don't know what happened last night. It's just that Mr. Yu just mentioned the matter of Mr. Hu, which makes me a little worried. These When the senior officials arrived in Xiuwu County, the burden on our shoulders was even heavier. If they made any mistakes, I'm afraid we would be unable to bear it. Therefore, I was thinking about how to mobilize the manpower so that these people could not move around in the city. As for what went wrong."

Only then did Yu Fan feel relieved, and said to Li Qiufeng: "Brother Li is thoughtful, but he thought of going ahead of me. To be honest, most of the clerks in the yamen are now sent to protect Hu Kun and the others, and we have to arrange Some brothers stayed in the county office, in case someone took the opportunity to make trouble. Therefore, there is not enough manpower at the moment, and I am also worried about this matter."

Hearing what he said, Li Qiufeng saw that he no longer had any doubts about himself, so he took the opportunity to ask: "Master Yu just mentioned that Mr. Hu almost got into a big disaster last night. I don't know what happened to him?"

Yu Fan said: "After Mr. Hu and his party entered the city, the magistrate Huang welcomed him into the county government office. The two of them talked in the back house. As for what they said, we naturally don't know. Although Mr. Hu rode lightly, he also took him with him. There were more than 30 people, and the county government naturally couldn't accommodate them. Mr. Huang borrowed the old house of Liu Dahu in the city, and arranged for Mr. Hu and his party to live in. Mr. Hu stayed in the county government all the time, drinking tea and chatting with Huangzhi county. Mr. Hu went to Liu Dahu After the old house, without the restraint of Mr. Hu, he took a few servants to rush around the city. First, he ate at two restaurants, and then went to the brothel to visit Hu Tian and Hu Di. After dark, He just left from the brothel and returned to the Liu family's old house. However, he met Miss Huang on the way, Mr. Hu was so daring that he even molested Miss Huang..."

Li Qiufeng let out an "ah" and said in a trembling voice, "Miss Huang, is nothing wrong?"

Yu Fan always thought that Li Qiufeng and Huang Xu were having an affair, but seeing that Li Qiufeng was so nervous now, he believed even more that they were a couple.He shook his head and said in his mouth: "Miss Huang didn't suffer a loss. She fled back to the yamen when Mr. Hu was unaware. It happened that Yin Butou was on duty at the yamen, so Miss Huang told Yin Butou about this matter." Detective Yin heard that someone dared to be rude to Miss Huang, so he immediately brought fifty or sixty police officers to chase after him. But when he arrived, he found that Mr. Hu's servants had been killed. Judging by Mr. Hu's appearance, it seems that he has also suffered a big loss. But I don't know where there are many people from the world, and they are on the side of Mr. Hu. These tolerances in our yamen will definitely suffer a lot if they fight with these people. Fortunately, Hu When the young master saw that catcher Yin had arrived, he immediately revealed his identity. Butcher Yin got off the donkey and slipped away with his brothers. Otherwise, if a scuffle broke out and hurt Young Master Hu, we would be in trouble. Early this morning, I As soon as I arrived at the yamen, Catcher Yin found me and told me about the matter. He asked me if I wanted to tell the magistrate about it, and I asked him not to mention it for the time being, lest Master Hu and Master Huang would be dirty again. .Fortunately, Miss Huang didn't suffer a loss, so it's not a big deal."

Li Qiufeng nodded, and said in his mouth: "Master Yu is far-sighted, and I admire you. These young masters are the most difficult to deal with. If they make trouble, they can't be beaten or scolded. I only hope that Master Hu will leave Xiuwu County soon, so that we can Breathe a sigh of relief."

Yu Fan said: "Brother Li is right. As the saying goes, the King of Hades is easy to see, and the little devil is hard to deal with. When Master Hu came to the county government yesterday, I had the honor to have a few words with him. This Master Hu is calm and speaks extremely Cautious, he is indeed a person who has experienced many ups and downs in the officialdom. He just gave birth to a son but failed to live up to it. If this quarrel continues, he is afraid that it will bring disaster to the Hu family. Henan is not far from the capital, and the news spread very quickly. And There are dragons and crouching tigers hidden in the province. Not only are the elders of the former court who have become officials and lived in seclusion, but there are no less than fifteen princes in Henan. Although these people are not in the center, they are old friends, disciples and officials all over the world. They must not be offended. Mr. Hu said so Nonsense, if one day offends these people, even if Master Hu is in charge of Ruyang Guard, I am afraid that he will not be kind."

While the two were talking, they suddenly heard footsteps outside the door.The two men's hearts froze, and they stopped talking about Hu Yiyue, but chatted casually.After a while, I heard footsteps approaching the door, and then someone said: "My lord, the magistrate has something to do, please go to the back house to talk."

Yu Fan walked quickly to the door, stretched out his hand to open the door, but saw a boy from Huang Chong, the magistrate, standing at the door talking.He nodded and said to the little boy, "Go and reply to the county magistrate, saying that I will go right away."

The little boy stood at the door and said, "Master Yu also ordered that Mr. Yu take a Mr. Li with him."

Yu Fan was stunned for a moment, and was about to ask, but then he thought, this boy is just Huang Chong's personal servant, even if he asked him, he might not know the reason.So Yu Fan nodded and said to the boy: "I see, you go and reply to Master Huang."

After the little boy left, Yu Fan closed the door tightly, then returned to Li Qiufeng, and said: "Brother Li, did you hear that too? Since the county magistrate has invited you, brother Li will go with me. "

Li Qiufeng didn't know why Huang Chong wanted to see him, but he was a little surprised.Seeing him groaning and not answering, Yu Fan only said that Li Qiufeng was a man in the grass and was afraid of meeting people in the government, so he comforted him and said: "Brother Li, don't worry, if you go with me, even if there is any difficulty, I will definitely help you." Brother Li, resolve it. Huang Zhixian is a very good person, no matter what he asks you, Brother Li just tells the truth."

When Yu Fan said this, he seemed to suddenly think of something, frowned, and then said: "But the Mr. Zhang next to him is eccentric. He is not a good person. Brother Li, you must be careful about this person."

(End of this chapter)