A knife in love

Chapter 952

At this time, although there are still police guards at the gate of the county government office, they are no longer as heavily guarded as they were a few days ago.Presumably, a large number of police officers on duty were transferred to the vicinity of the Town God's Temple, and the officials in the yamen were not there, so these police officers also relaxed.Li Qiufeng didn't want to stay here any longer, so he quickened his pace, and walked past the county government office after a while.

Li Qiufeng recalled Liang Huan's demeanor just now, and saw the laziness of the arresters at the gate of the county government office. He thought to himself, how could these officials and tolerance be able to fight against the Liusheng clan?Although Mr. Liu and others were determined to eliminate the Japanese pirates, Yagyu Zongyan and others never showed up.The more the conspiracy of these Japanese pirates is not carried out, the more serious the conspiracy will be when it is launched.It may not be an easy task to thwart the conspiracy of the Japanese pirates.

Li Qiufeng walked forward while thinking.The streets were empty, with few pedestrians seen.I want to know that some high-ranking officials want to go to Chenghuang Temple to offer incense, and the people in the city rushed to the east of the city to watch the excitement.

After he walked westward for more than three miles along the road in front of the county government gate, he could already see the archery tower on the gate of the west city.Li Qiufeng looked up into the sky and saw that it was already afternoon.He thought to himself that Liang Huan went to the Temple of the City God to offer incense because of the great reputation of the Temple of the Town God in Xiuwu County, so he went to the temple to have a look.A senior official of the third rank like him spends his days in rich clothes and fine food, greedy for enjoyment. When it is cold and freezing, he will only stay in the house to enjoy the blessings, and will not stay outside for too long.It has been more than half an hour since I left the Temple of the City God, and I think these officials should also leave the Temple of the City God, it is better to turn back.

Li Qiufeng thought about this, and was about to turn around and walk back when he heard the sound of horseshoes, as if a horse team was coming towards the west of the city.Li Qiufeng turned around in astonishment, only to see several horsemen galloping over a hundred paces away.Li Qiufeng hastily retreated to the side of the road.As soon as he retreated to the side of the road, four horses had already galloped over.I saw that the passengers on the horse were all dressed as policemen, all of them looked nervous, and kept waving their whips to urge the horses to run wildly.

These horses passed by Li Qiufeng in the blink of an eye, and headed straight for the gate of the west city.Standing by the side of the road, Li Qiufeng thought to himself, although these arresters could not be called by their names, they looked familiar, presumably they were arresters from the county magistrate's office.In the past few days, dragons and snakes have been mixed in the city of Xiuwu County. Although there are 500 police officers in the magistrate's yamen and the Luoyang magistrate's yamen, they are still short of manpower.But these few policemen actually rode out of the city, it seemed that something important must have happened.

He was terrified, thought for a moment, and then turned and walked towards the east of the city.Just a short distance away, another five riders rushed over, and the passengers immediately were all arrests from the county magistrate's office.Seeing these people hurrying, Li Qiufeng knew that something must have happened, so he quickened his pace immediately, and returned to the county government office after only half a stick of incense.

At this time, a lot of people gathered in front of the county yamen, all of them were police officers on official business in the yamen, and almost everyone was leading a horse.These people come together and it seems like someone is talking to them.It's just that the man was surrounded by police officers and horses, so Li Qiufeng couldn't see who was speaking.He thought to himself, could it be that after Liang Huan arrived, he realized that the city was short of manpower, and that's why the county government sent people to ask for help from the surrounding counties?

Li Qiufeng walked eastward while thinking, and was about to pass the county government gate, when he heard someone behind him shout loudly: "Brother Li?"

Li Qiufeng was stunned, turned his head to look, but saw a person walking out of the crowd.This person was wearing a black gauze official hat and a green official uniform. He was Yu Fan, the county magistrate of Xiuwu County.

Li Qiufeng hated Fan in his heart, and didn't want to have any dealings with this person.If it was changed to another place, Li Qiufeng would naturally turn around and leave, ignoring this person.But at this time in front of everyone, it's not good to blatantly deny Yu Fan face.So he stopped in his tracks, nodded at Yu Fan, and did not speak.

Yu Fan turned his head and said to the tolerance police behind him: "You can do what I say. You have to send the news to various places today without delay. In addition, tell them that if you don't prepare everything within the deadline, you will be sent to the police station in the future." Don't think about going to the city to do business!"

The Tolerance Detectives bowed and saluted one after another, then got on their horses and galloped away in two directions, east and west.

Yu Fan walked up to Li Qiufeng quickly, and said with a smile: "Brother Li, today is really a coincidence. I just wanted to find you again, but I don't know if you are in the north of the city or in the Temple of the City God. I don't know how to do it." , I didn’t expect that you happened to pass by here again, which saved a lot of things.”

Li Qiufeng said: "It's really too coincidental. Li was in the north of the city in the morning, and Mr. Yu also went to the north of the city. At noon, Li went out for a stroll, and was bumped into by Mr. Yu again. If it is not arranged by God, I am afraid that no one will come out." Believe."

Yu Fan is also the kind of person who has nine orifices in his heart, how can he not hear the sarcasm in Li Qiufeng's words?It's just that he is really good at self-cultivation, so he didn't change his face, and said with a smile: "Why don't you say that you and I are destined. Otherwise, Luoyang City is so big, but I also bumped into brother Li."

Li Qiufeng didn't want to get entangled with him, so he said: "Your Excellency, if you have something to do, just tell me, if there is nothing else, Li will go back to the Town God's Temple and sleep."

Yu Fan was stunned, and said: "Master Niesi is offering incense in the Temple of the City God. Martial law has been imposed inside and outside the Temple of the City God. I'm afraid Brother Li will not be able to go back now if he wants to."

Li Qiufeng sneered, and said: "Yes. This Lord Liang is a very powerful official. Not only did he take eight sedan chairs, but he also sent people to clean the streets and drive out all the pilgrims in the temple. Lord Yushi has heard about the incident, I'm afraid Lord Liang will be in a lot of trouble."

Yu Fan didn't expect Li Qiufeng to know the travel rules of court officials, so he was surprised.He forced a smile and said: "Master Liang is a disciple of Mr. Chen Ge. I heard that he and Mr. Zhang Cong also had the same year's friendship. Mr. Zhang is being reused today. Even if Yu Shi knew about it, he would not dare It’s boring to write notes.”

Li Qiufeng let out a "hey", and said to Fan: "So, Mr. Yu is quite protective of Mr. Liang. Could it be that Mr. Liang has some benefits?"

If someone else were to talk to Yu Fan like this, I'm afraid he would immediately fly into a rage.It's just that Yu Fan knows that Li Qiufeng is a man of great ability, and he has to rely heavily on him, so he must not turn against him at this time.So Yu Fan just smiled slightly and said: "Brother Li is thinking too much. I am a small official transferred from Fujian. Even if I want to cling to Mr. Liang, where can I find a way? Brother Yu is just admonishing Brother Li. The government has always formed gangs and fought against dissidents. Even if Master Liang is a bastard, if there is no one in the court, you will not be able to bring him down. Why bother to be angry with these people and hurt yourself for nothing?"

Li Qiufeng knew what Yu Fan said was right, but he couldn't refute it, so he snorted, but didn't speak.Yu Fan said: "We don't need to worry about Mr. Liang's affairs. It's just that he was in the City God's Temple just now. He heard that Xiuwu County will hold a Lantern Festival as usual on the first day of the Lunar New Year. He paid attention to it. After offering incense, he In the temple, the prefect of Han and the county of Huang were summoned, and they said that five days later will be an auspicious day, so it would be better to hold the Lantern Festival in advance, wouldn’t it be better?”

Li Qiufeng was taken aback for a moment, thinking to himself that Mr. Liang is really so arrogant that he even wants to take care of folk festivals.He sneered, and said in his mouth: "I have heard from Miaozhu that the Lantern Festival originated in the late Tang Dynasty, and it has been nearly a thousand years. Such a folk festival with a long history, Mr. Liang will change it if he wants to change it. I'm afraid that in Xiuwu County The people won't agree?"

Yu Fan shook his head, smiled slightly, and said, "Brother Li, you are wrong. Of course the people in Xiuwu County will agree."

Li Qiufeng was a little strange, glanced at Yu Fan, and said, "I would like to hear more about it."

Yu Fan said: "Brother Li, have you ever thought about who organizes this Lantern Festival?"

Li Qiufeng said: "I heard that the whole city of Xiuwu County participated. Every household will make lanterns. On the day of the festival, lanterns will be placed all over the city. Those who are selected as the oiran will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver." .”

Yu Fan smiled and said, "Brother Li is right. But do you know who paid the 100 taels of silver?"

Li Qiufeng was taken aback, he just heard Miao Zhu said about the Lantern Festival, as for who paid the reward, Miao Zhu didn't say, and he didn't ask either.Hearing Yu Fan's question at this time, he naturally didn't know.After pondering for a while, he said hesitantly: "I guess the yamen will take out the reward."

(End of this chapter)