Da Song's fast-catching uniform is very good-looking, with clothes and pants with red edges on a black background, fast boots with thin bottoms and high edges, an angular hat on his head, and a steel knife with a sheath on his waist.

The woman in black didn't come with again, which couldn't help but make Xu Zizhen a little disappointed, but it's normal to think about it, even if she helps report to an official, after all, she is still a snitch, and it is not the same way as catching fast.

The head catcher who led the team walked over, burly and sharp-eyed, but his attitude towards Xu Zizhen was quite kind, and he hugged his fists and said: "This brother, please come with us." ”

Xu Zizhen got up with a bone, and Mo Li'er had already handed over a steaming handkerchief in his hand, such a small gentle gesture made his depression a little less depressed this night.

Eight arresters took four kidnappers, more than a dozen kidnapped women, and Xu Zizhen, a hero who saved people, and the group came to the Suzhou Mansion.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, the region above the military supervision of Fuzhou was called "road", and the highest institution and official at the road level were the supervisor and the commander, of which the commander was the pacification department, and the chief was the pacification envoy, and the military officials such as the general manager of the Mabu military capital of the first-level forbidden army military region of the road were also concurrently serving as the magistrates of a certain prefecture and a certain prefecture.

Suzhou Mansion belongs to Jiangnan East Road, and the prefect Wen Chengyan is the pacification envoy of this road, and the official rank is from the third grade, which is really a party member.

These are all things that Xu Zizhen heard from chatting with those officials along the way, and he has no concept of official rank, but when it is converted into the region of his era, it is calculated that this Wen prefect can manage almost half of Jiangsu, and he is also a big official.

To Xu Zizhen's surprise, Governor Wen had already sat in front of the hall and waited for them, to know that it was only dawn for a long time, and usually the bigger the official, the bigger the shelf, it was really rare to be so diligent as Governor Wen, Xu Zizhen's first impression of Wen Chengyan in his heart fell on the word good official.

There were already a lot of people crowded outside the yamen of Suzhou Mansion, it was the parents and relatives of the dozen or so missing women, they all came to the yamen of the mansion early in the morning, but they didn't expect to shout injustice not long after, they saw their daughters come back safely, and they were all excited to pounce, and the dozen or so women didn't care about the others, and they hugged their relatives and cried.

There was a commotion outside the yamen, and the head catcher who led the team waited for them to cry enough, stepped forward to separate the people, and brought all the people to the hall.

The four kidnappers were thrown to the ground, and the dozen or so women bowed to the hall in unison, and said coquettishly: "The people girls meet your lordship." ”

Looking at the well-behaved appearance of those women, Xu Zizhen was a little difficult, he had just come to the Northern Song Dynasty not long ago, and he didn't know how to salute when he saw the official, so he was afraid that one would accidentally make people laugh.

Wen Zhifu didn't care about this, seeing him scratching his ears and cheeks in the hall, he smiled faintly, waved his hand to the side, and a four-legged round stool moved to the side: "Strong man, please sit." ”

Xu Zizhen was surprised, and learned the set of fists on TV: "Villain Xu Zizhen, thank you." As he spoke, he secretly glanced at Governor Wen's mansion.

Old handsome man! He had such an abrupt idea when he saw Wen Chengyan for the first time, Wen Zhifu was wearing a round-necked and large-sleeved red robe, a leather belt around his waist, his head was upright, his face was like a crown and jade eyes were like a star, and his three strands of long hair were gently brushed with his nod.

"Bang!"

Governor Wen was shocked and shouted: "Lang Lang Qiankun, you dare to kidnap a woman from a good family in broad daylight, can you be convicted?" ”

Those robbers were kicked a few times or poked with sticks by those big girls from time to time at night, and they were already embarrassed, but their expressions were surprisingly proud, and they looked disdainful of Governor Wen's questioning, and the little black brother even rolled his eyelids and sneered.

Xu Zizhen saw it in his eyes, secretly surprised, according to their appearance, either they have a huge backer behind them, and this backer is not small, so they don't put Wen Zhifu in their eyes at all, or they already know that they will definitely die, and they don't plan to deny the quibble at all, so they simply wait for death.

I have seen arrogance, but I have never seen such arrogance, and the bitter masters who watched the trial in the hall had already called out, and they asked Governor Wen to reprimand these four thieves.

Governor Wen frowned slightly, but he remained silent, the evidence was ironclad, he didn't talk nonsense, and directly ordered the four thieves to be beaten on forty boards, and finally made a decisive decision.

More than a dozen women in the hall and the people who were judging outside the hall were all grateful, and sang in unison to the hall Lord Qingtian, Wen Zhifu smiled and calmed everyone back, but beckoned Xu Zizhen over and retreated to the inner hall together.

Xu Zizhen was pondering what to do in the future, but he didn't expect Wen Zhifu to call him, but he was startled, he didn't look like a person in the Great Song Dynasty, he was afraid that they would check his identity, if that was the case, he really didn't know how to explain it, but this Wen Zhifu looked very kind, and he probably wouldn't do anything to himself, so he hesitated for a while and followed.

When he came to the inner hall, Governor Wen saw that he looked confused, and couldn't help but smile: "Xu Zhuangshi doesn't need to be restrained, this mansion is just a little more inquired about the details of this case, please take a seat." ”

Oh, just to make a routine record, Xu Zizhen immediately put his mind at ease and sat down with a big grin.

"Xu Zhuangshi, I wonder what those thieves said at that time?"

Wen Zhifu went straight to the point, Xu Zizhen thought about it carefully, and repeated the conversation of the robbers almost word for word, Wen Zhifu frowned slightly and groaned, obviously these few sentences of dialogue are extremely ordinary, and there is no trace to be found.

At this time, someone outside the door coughed lightly, and then a big man walked in, it was the head catcher who led the team in the morning.

Governor Wen introduced Xu Zizhen: "This is the head catcher of my mansion, surnamed Lei Mingzhen." ”

Xu Zizhen stood up and gave a nondescript fist salute: "Lei catches his head." ”

Lei Zhen didn't have the slightest shelf as a head catcher, returned the salute seriously and respectfully, turned around and stood aside.

Governor Wen waved his hand and said with a smile: "Xu Zhuangshi, sit down, I asked Lei Zhen to come over to bother Xu Zhuangshi." ”

Something for me to help with? Xu Zizhen was stunned for a moment and looked at Lei Zhutou.

Lei Zhen nodded, took over the topic, and asked in a deep voice: "Xu Zhuangshi has fought with those thieves, I wonder if I can rehearse the tricks of several of them?" ”

Xu Zizhen pondered for a moment and stood up: "I probably remember something, what kind of little black brother is holding a knife......" He didn't care that this was in the inner hall, and pulled the knife around the waist of Lei Zhu's head, and waved it a few times according to his memory.

He has no background in martial arts, let alone played this kind of waist knife, these few dances are messy, but he finally still relies on a few rare little black brothers' tricks.

Lei Zhen frowned and looked at his chaotic dance, and said in a deep voice: "My lord, the sword technique made by Xu Zhuangshi seems to have some shadows of the Qingcheng knife and some of the appearance of the Taizu fast knife, but Xu Zhuangshi learned it...... The subordinates did not dare to make their own conclusions. ”

Qingcheng knife method is the kung fu of Sichuan Qingcheng faction, the move is simple and ruthless, but it is not a unique trick, most of the people who know the knife on the rivers and lakes will play a few times, and Taizu fast knife is some origin, according to legend, it was created by Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, this knife technique has no fancy action, the knife goes straight to the vital point, it is the most basic knife technique in the army, and is often used when the battle is short-handed.

Xu Zizhen didn't know what to say, and the literati of Wen Zhifu didn't know what to do, but Lei Zhen, the head catcher, knew it clearly, and when he said this, Wen Zhifu's brows wrinkled deeper.

Looking at Governor Wen's contemplative appearance, Xu Zizhen was a little embarrassed: "That...... Master Wen, I haven't practiced kung fu, so I may have learned a little out of shape. ”

Governor Wen was interrupted by him, but he didn't get angry, but he suddenly realized another question: "Xu Zhuangshi, you said that you don't know kung fu, so how did you fight the four thieves alone?" ”

Xu Zizhen organized his language and said: "I don't know how to learn martial arts in the Great Song Dynasty, but I know another kind of kung fu, which we call fighting there." ”

Governor Wen said curiously: "Oh? What is Fighting? Can you show us some of this? ”

Lei Zhen is a martial arts idiot, his eyes began to light up when he heard the new word martial arts, Xu Zizhen did not shirk it, stood up and smiled at Lei Zhen: "Lei Zhutou, let's try a few tricks for Lord Wen to see?" But you'll have to be merciful. ”

Lei Zhen stepped forward and swung his fist and shouted, "Please!" ”

The two of them didn't talk nonsense, they started fighting directly, Lei Zhen has a good foundation, one move and one style shows his skills, his fists are like meteors and legs with the wind, while Xu Zizhen is standing loosely and casually, with no feet under his feet, his hands are slightly clenched into fists, and he looks like he has not eaten enough.

But after a few moves, Lei Zhen began to have a headache, Xu Zizhen's moves don't follow the routine at all, every move is simple and direct, punches, feet, elbows, knees and even the head can attack everywhere, if you are ruthless, you can beat him, but if you come to this case, you will also be injured, and secondly, this is a competition that adults care about, and it is impossible to play really.

More than 20 rounds have passed, and the two of them are still back and forth, Wen Zhifu finally stopped, waved his hand with a smile and said: "Let's stop, Xu Zhuangshi is really good, this mansion has opened his eyes today." ”

Xu Zizhen withdrew his hand and straightened his clothes, sat back again, and said with a smile: "My lord is polite, it's okay for me to fight with ordinary people, if I really want to meet a master like Lei Zhutou, it will still be the life of the dish." ”

Governor Wen saw that he had a clear mind, but he was so modest and low-key, and smiled slightly: "I don't know what Xu Zhuangshi is doing now?" ”

Speaking of this, Xu Zizhen couldn't help but smile bitterly, and said the words that were made up on the road: "My ancestors went to sea to do business a long time ago, until a few days ago my parents passed away, and asked me to go back to the Great Song Dynasty before they died, which can be regarded as the meaning of returning to the roots, no, I just came to Suzhou and encountered such a thing...... Don't hide it from adults, let alone make a living, now I'm penniless, and I don't even have breakfast today. ”

So that's the case, Governor Wen nodded secretly, and said, "Then I don't know if Xu Zhuangshi is willing to stay in my Suzhou Mansion as a catcher?" ”

Xu Zizhen couldn't help but be stunned, and then he was happy. Catch fast? This is a public office, and I will eat the emperor's food?

He didn't think much about it, and nodded hurriedly: "Yes, Lord Xie Luxi!" ”

As soon as Xu Zizhen left with his front feet, a graceful figure suddenly appeared in a small door in the inner hall, looked at his back and said softly: "With his frizzy temperament, I am afraid that he will have to suffer some hardships." ”

If Xu Zizhen hadn't left, his jaw would have dropped to the ground in shock, isn't this the female snitch?

Governor Wen stood up the moment she appeared, stood aside with a respectful expression, and said with a smile: "Wei Chen thinks that those who suffer are afraid of others. ”