Forty-six years ago, Emperor Xuan set up Longwei to search for the fish that slipped through the net of the Yuan Tianjiao, after three generations of emperors, Longwei has become a monster that patrols and arrests lawbreakers, and can supervise hundreds of officials.

Longwei's mansion has always been in charge of the emperor's cronies, and the current Longwei mansion is the younger brother of the Son of Heaven, Ning Wang Shi Fangshou. Compared with the monstrous power of Longwei, the yamen of Longwei Mansion is inconspicuous, and the headquarters of Longwei in the capital is on the west side of Ningwangfu, not far from Fanglin Gate in the north of Yongchang.

The door of Longwei Mansion is open in a deep alley, in fact, it is not appropriate to say that the alley, this alley is wide and parallel to eight horses, nearly fifty zhang long, and every five steps from the mouth of the alley stands a man dressed in a Huoyun Biao suit and carrying a scimitar at his waist. The whole alley is deep and solemn, it is called "the alley of no return", the officials and people of the capital would rather bypass far away when they have something, and they really want to go to the side, and they are also in a hurry, as if someone is chasing behind.

More than ten fast horses galloped in, dismounted in front of the Longwei Mansion, headed by the age of thirty, the face was like white jade, slightly bearded, wearing a three-beam crown, rhino hairpin, purple martial arts clothes, waist wrapped jade belt, feet on cowhide boots, wearing a black big coat, looking heroic and cool, the atmosphere is extraordinary.

The guards standing in front of the door hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "See the princess." Shi Fangshou threw the reins in his hand and strode inside, the guards beside him following closely.

King Ning Chitose came in person, and the officials of Longwei Mansion were all alarmed, and Han Zhi, the commander of Longwei Mansion, hurriedly greeted him with the townsmen and guards at home. Shi Fangshou's face sank like water, and he didn't look at Han Zhi and the others, but entered the main hall and sat down in the center. Han Zhi and the others looked at each other, it seems that the prince of the house is in a bad mood, everyone be careful, don't touch the mold.

Han Zhi took the palace guards up and down to bow down, "See the mansion duke."

Looking at the fiery Yun Biao clothes under the hall, Shi Fangshou snorted coldly, and did not let everyone get up, and shouted in a deep voice: "King Gu came from the imperial brother and was reprimanded by the imperial brother, the imperial brother scolded the corpse of the lonely vegetarian meal, Long Wei only deserves to go to the street to catch the thief, and you will lose all your face." ”

Han Zhi was so scolded that he didn't dare to raise his head, but dared to respond loudly: "I am willing to share the worries of the government." ”

"That's it, get up." Things have to be done by his subordinates, Shi Fangshou waved his hand and motioned for Han Zhi and the others to get up. Han Zhi kowtowed before he dared to get up.

After drinking back everyone, Shi Fangshou asked Han Zhi, who was standing on the side with his hands down: "What are you going to do with the emergency report sent by Bingzhou?" ”

Yesterday, an urgent report was sent from Bingzhou that the bandits on the Heishui River had hijacked disaster relief money and food, abducted Zuo Weiwei's soldiers, and that there were Yuantian sect members in various counties of Bingzhou to encourage the victims to rebel. Long Wei was established to target the Yuan Tianjiao, and after more than 40 years of purging and suppressing, the Yuan Tianjiao has been hiding and hiding, although the purges are inexhaustible, but they dare not speak out. This time it's good, I blatantly jumped out and wanted to rebel again.

This is the top priority of the Longwei Mansion, Han Zhi begged to see King Ning overnight, and King Ning broke the convention of not having an early dynasty and rushed into the palace early in the morning. Today is not a great dynasty, the Son of Heaven is discussing in the Zichen Palace, and when he heard that King Ning asked to see him, Shi Fangzhen suddenly had an ominous premonition.

Ordered the ministers to retreat temporarily, and King Ning submitted an urgent report sent by the state to the Son of Heaven. Shi Fangzhen was originally in a hurry, seeing that the grain ships for disaster relief had been robbed, the Yuantian Sect actually dared to carry out large-scale activities, how could he endure the anger, and scolded Shi Fangshou to the blood, so that he quickly exterminated the bandits and arrested the Yuantian Sect.

When the anger of the Son of Heaven subsided, King Ning smiled bitterly: "Brother Huang, the extermination of the bandits is Zhu Zhipu, and a holy decree orders him to send troops, as for the Yuantian disciples, don't look at them dancing happily, the younger brother guarantees that they can't run away." However, the Yuan Tianjiao has arrested a group of people in Dezhou two years ago, and now they have appeared again in Bingzhou, these traitors have not been destroyed for decades, I am afraid that the foundation is deep, and the younger brother thinks that he might as well close the net later to see if he can uproot them. ”

Shi Fangzhen scolded with a dry mouth, took a sip of tea to moisten his throat and said: "You are right, this gang of ringworm scabies is really annoying, you send someone to check, whether these water bandits are from the Yuan Tianjiao, if the Yuan Tianjiao has thousands of soldiers and horses in Bingzhou, it will be a big trouble, maybe there are still soldiers and horses of the Yuan Tianjiao hidden there, Long Wei supervises the world, why can't such a big thing be investigated." ”

As he spoke, Shi Fangzhen's anger began to rise again.

"Yes, it's the dereliction of duty of the minister, please long live the punishment."

Seeing that Ning Wang Cheng agreed in fear, Shi Fangzhen slowed down and said, "Fang Shou, I was angry just now, and I couldn't hold back for a while, don't take it to heart." ”

Shi Fangshou said in his heart, you are the Son of Heaven, I dare not go to my heart, it is said that the Heavenly Family is selfless, I better be careful.

Picking up the report, Shi Fangzhen read it again and said, "Duan Cizong acted decisively and eliminated a catastrophe, and I want to reward him after returning to Beijing." Jiang Anyi, this kid, actually got into the water village of the water bandits, well, bold and clever, and really dry material. Send Long Wei to contact Jiang Anyi as soon as possible to find out the situation of the bandits, and be sure to save Jiang Anyi's life. ”

After King Ning retreated, Shi Fangzhen pondered for a moment, summoned Wei Yishen to discuss for more than half an hour, and the government hall issued an edict and ordered the Ministry of Works and the Shaofu Supervisor to send personnel to Bingzhou to supervise the construction of warships. In the end, Shi Fangzhen summoned Feng Zhong, the eunuch of the palm print, to teach him face-to-face, and Feng Zhong took the order and left.

King Ning was reprimanded by the Son of Heaven, and when he returned to Longwei Mansion, he naturally wanted to vent his anger to his subordinates, and after the pressure was transmitted downward, he began to discuss the matter.

The 81 squares of the imperial capital of Yongchang are inhabited by more than 2 million people, and hundreds of thousands of floating people enter and leave the imperial capital every day, bringing vitality to the imperial capital. Gu Hui, a famous scholar of the former dynasty, once ridiculed the great poet Bai Yi, who was not yet famous, "It is not easy to live in Kyoto", indicating that it costs money to eat, wear, live and travel in Kyoto, and it is not easy to survive in Kyoto.

Eighty-one square has always had the saying of "the north is cheap in the south, the east is cheap in the west", the north is close to the imperial city, and most of the civil and military officials and nobles live, and it is convenient to go to court here. A little farther away is the mansion of the princes and nobles, richly decorated, with clean streets and patrols by soldiers at night. The further south you go, the houses gradually become low, the color becomes gray, the decoration becomes shabby, except for the main street, the side streets and alleys become dirty, and the shacks that have been built grow like weeds in the corners, tenacious and hard.

Anlefang is in the southernmost part of Yongchang, and the Qingming Canal runs down from the North Sea and runs through the whole of Kyoto, because of the convenience of the canal, Anlemen has become an important passage in and out of the capital.

Old man Su followed his father to Anle Fang forty-three years ago, and a small shack was propped up with branches at the base of the wall. Forty-three years have passed, and the shack has become a two-entry snack shop, and the little offspring has become Old Man Su and has children and grandchildren.

The snack shop sells steamed buns and baked cakes and the like, paying attention to small profits and quick turnover, and has created a good reputation for decades, many officials have eaten steamed buns made by old man Su when they entered Beijing to catch the exam, and the signboard of the small shop is the handwriting of Lord Wu, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and the three words "Qili Xiang" are still clear after the wind and rain.

With this signboard, many people come to eat a baked cake, just to see the three words "Qili Xiang", especially when they go to Kyoto to try, the shop is full of more than ten tables, who doesn't know that Wu Shangshu ate Old Man Su's steamed buns and baked cakes before he was on the list of high schools. In fact, only old Kyoto knows that "Qili Xiang" refers to the stewed donkey meat made by Old Man Su, which is fragrant and makes people have a long aftertaste after eating.

Now, Old Man Su is sixty-five, his back is bent, his legs and feet are not dexterous, and when the weather is cold, he coughs and breathes. The shop has been handed over to the eldest son to take care of, and the old man Su took advantage of the sunshine to move a reclining chair and sit at the root of the city gate to bask in the sun, and after a lifetime of hard work, he should enjoy a few days of happiness.

The sound of horses' hooves was like thunder, waking up the old man Su's sleepiness. More than twenty fast horses stopped in front of the snack shop, and Old Man Su recognized the acquaintance in front of him, Zhang Dianshi of Longwei Mansion. Zhang Dianshi jumped off the horse and said to Old Man Su: "Old Su Tou, cut ten catties of braised donkey meat, take a hundred to burn, and the money is here." ”

Old man Su agreed with a smile, staggered forward to take the money, Zhang Dianshi saw that no one was paying attention, and lowered his voice and spit out two words, "Merge State". Soon, the cavalry disappeared outside the city gate, Old Man Su told his son a few words, put his hands behind his back, and slowly walked towards Changmingfang, where Old Man Zhao, who sold chickens and poultry, was his chess friend, and the two always had to play a few games when they were free.

In the afternoon, a flock of pigeons rose from the houses in Changmingfang, and the melodious pigeon whistle drew a free arc under the blue sky. No one noticed that one of the pigeons flew with the pigeons for a while, then turned north and never returned.

On the second day, a carrier pigeon fell in the pigeon loft of Qingshan Water Village, and the minions guarding the loft took the bamboo pipe from the foot of the letter and hurriedly sent it to Juyi Hall. Wang Tiangang took out the secret letter in the bamboo tube, eight words: "Biao out of Yongchang, the sword points to the green mountain."

"It seems that the court wants to kill me, and a bloody battle is inevitable." Wang Tiangang handed over the letter to Li Qing.

Li Qing said with a smile: "I haven't spoken out for too long, it's time for the people of the world to see the prestige of the Yuan Tianjiao, those dog officers and soldiers have just arrived, I must have asked them to feed the fish and turtles." Tiangang, go to Houzhai with me, to deal with these minions of Long Wei, you still need the uncle and their group of worshippers to take action. ”

Jiang Anyi has been in Chaoshui Village for more than ten days, staying with the "rough people" all day long, which makes Jiang Anyi feel like he has returned to his hometown when he was a teenager, cordial and warm. These bandits around them are actually like those neighbors in their hometown, they have both kind and simple care for themselves, as well as the cunning of bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, as well as the second girl of the cook Aunt Ma, who always looks at herself with those watery eyes, and when she sees too much, there is always some budding in her heart.

The sound of the waves came slowly, and Hong Chun beside him was already snoring in a dream. The more people he knew in the water village, the more uneasy Jiang Anyi's heart became, these ordinary people named water bandits were actually simple villagers. When the officers and soldiers attacked, they were afraid that they would all turn into dead souls under the swords and guns, and the clear eyes and sweet smiles of the second girl flashed in front of them, and Jiang Anyi couldn't fall asleep.