Fan Tong stood aside with his hands down, thinking in his heart that this Master Ji deserved to be called "a pen in Nanyang" and "reincarnated Kong Ming", and this article was indeed written exquisitely. First of all, he said that the thieves were not local bandits in Henan, but had fled from Hebei to commit crimes in Henan, and he completely brushed off the responsibilities of the governor of Henan and officials at all levels below the governor level. Later, it was said that the governor of Henan and the prefect of Luoyang issued a document to arrest and arrest in time, the officials and the righteous people bravely captured the thieves, and Fu Zhong, Gao Gui and Shi Tianbao were killed in the line of duty. He said that he killed seventeen thieves, and this number was taken from zero and discarded, which made it even more believable. As for the bodies and surnames of the seventeen thieves, for the prefect's yamen, the counterfeiting was nothing more than a piece of cake. At the end of the article, the governor of Henan Province ordered the yamen of all prefectures and counties around Luoyang to be on strict alert to prevent escaped thieves from committing crimes, and it was even more confirmed that the thieves were rogue bandits, and it was definitely not caused by the lax education of Luoyang Prefecture. This article was handed over, making it clear that the imperial court, the criminal department, the Henan governor's yamen, and the Luoyang prefect's yamen were not responsible for this case, and officials at all levels were naturally relieved. It can only be said that Luoyang is loyal to official affairs, and the people are loyal to the court. After Shangguan received this official letter, he was definitely overjoyed and no longer held Luoyang Mansion responsible. I heard that Lord Han invited this Master Ji and spent a full 5,000 taels of silver, and he also gave a big red envelope of 1,000 taels of silver every year. This article alone is worth 10,000 taels of silver. The money of the Han Governor's Mansion is really worth it.

He was thinking about it, but he heard Governor Han smile and said, "Lao Ji, you really have you." It's just that I'm going to have to work hard for you tonight. After we go back, please ask Master Ji to write an official document according to this meaning, and send someone to the provincial governor yamen tonight. ”

Master Ji said: "The students receive the order, and the adults can rest assured." ”

Han Qusi turned his head to Fan Tong and Liao Xuan and said, "You will take someone to bring the bodies of Lao Fu and Lao Gao back to Luoyang City, first appease the families of the two, and tomorrow morning, the official will personally come to the door to pay for the funeral." ”

Fan Tong and Liao Xuanlian claimed that it was, and Han Qusi continued: "This official received news a few days ago that something must have happened to Jingshi. I heard that a group of Fujian thieves fled to Shandong and sneaked into the capital to make trouble. However, although these people are fierce, they are outnumbered after all. The imperial court transferred soldiers and horses from the two towns of Xuan and Da to guard the periphery of the capital, and even the cavalry of Shanhaiguan rushed to Yong'an City to intercept and kill the thieves. Most of these thieves were killed, and the few who remained were unable to escape back to Fujian. The imperial court had strictly ordered the governor of Shandong to close the wharves in Dengzhou and other places and the main transportation routes to the south to prevent these thieves from escaping. In the past two days, our Luoyang has not been very peaceful, and if it is not good, the thieves fled to Luoyang to commit crimes. Lao Fan, you have to keep an eye on Luoyang City, don't make any big trouble, so that the official will not be able to explain to the court. ”

Fan Tong hurriedly bowed down and said, "What the adults have taught is this." The lower officials will do their best to arrest the thieves as soon as possible, please rest assured. ”

Han Qusi nodded, yawned again, and said listlessly: "This official's right eyelid kept jumping tonight, and he wondered if something was going to happen. Fortunately, I took Master Ji to Qili River for a while, otherwise I wouldn't have known that there was such a big thing in the Guandi Temple. Lao Fan, you just do what Master Ji wants. ”

Fan Tong said yes again and again, and Han Qusi said: "You can watch and do the rest of the things." The official went back to the city first. ”

Fan Tong and Liao Jian stood with their hands down, and said, "Congratulations to the prefect to return to the city." ”

Master Na Ji followed behind Han Qusi, and the two walked towards the third hall together. It's just that Master Ji walked a few steps, suddenly glanced back at Fan Tong and Liao Xuan, and said with a smile: "Fan Zhutou, you have to be careful, don't cause any big trouble, it will be difficult to clean up when the time comes." ”

Fan Tong's heart sank. This Master Ji's name is Ji Dingzhong, although he has not gained any fame and has no official position, but he is the person Han Qusi relies on the most. The Yamen of the Luoyang Prefect called him "Master Ji" or "Master Ji" up and down, and no one dared to offend him. Listening to what he said, Fan Tong hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Master Ji, rest assured, the lower officials will definitely be cautious and will not leave any loopholes." ”

After Han Qusi and Ji Dingzhong left, Fan Tong summoned more than a dozen arresters, first carried away the bodies of Fu and Gao, and then cleaned up the front and back of the Guan Mound left and right, and finally sent four catchers to stay in the Guan Emperor Shengjun Temple, if anything happened again, he would send an urgent report to Luoyang City. After everything was arranged, Fan Tong took Liao Outline and the others back to Qilihe.

After Li Qiufeng jumped on the wall, he pretended to jump out of the temple of Emperor Guan Shengjun. It's just that he went around in a circle, sneaked into the temple from the east side, and hid in a big tree, so that he could see the situation clearly after the arrival of Han Qusi and the others. After everyone left, there was silence before Sekizuka. Li Qiufeng secretly thought in his heart, these people are all old fritters in officialdom, and they are extremely shrewd. However, listening to the meaning of this prefect, the matter of Hutouyan is not only the six departments of the imperial court, but I am afraid that the governors and yamen in various places do not know much. Thinking that Emperor Jiajing arrived at the imperial tomb and met with Emperor Zhengde under the pseudonym Shou Nanshan, he knew that the forces of various factions in the court were extremely complex, and they could not punish the culprits of this chaos, otherwise there would be drastic changes in the court, which pushed all the changes in the soldiers and horses around the capital to the Japanese Kou. Nine times out of ten, these so-called "thieves" who were arrested by the imperial court were people in the rivers and lakes who were deceived into going to the Imperial Mausoleum and Hutou Rock. These governors, governors, and commanders are all human beings, and they have caused such a big mess that the imperial court does not dare to punish a single person. only suffered the heroes of the rivers and lakes, and gave hundreds of lives in vain. also had to carry the black pot on his back and be hunted down by the officials in various places.

Li Qiufeng thought of this, and took care of Liu Yong, Xu Chenghe and others who returned to Huashan and Shuzhong. Just thinking about it, Liu Yong, Xu Chenghe and others are not only strong in martial arts, but also extremely shrewd, and they also have a lot of contacts with the government, so they will definitely be able to protect themselves. It was the person who broke into Guan Yu's mausoleum just now, and his identity was unpredictable. It doesn't look like Situ Qiao's accomplice, and the martial arts used are neither the kung fu of Shi Jiadao's kung fu, nor have anything to do with Lei Fist. It's just that I can't figure out why it suddenly appeared and disappeared mysteriously.

He thought about it for a long time, and finally thought: "These things in Luoyang have nothing to do with me, but after that person arrived, I told him about the affairs of the capital, and then I went to Jiangnan to visit Miss Murong." ”

As soon as he thought of Murong Danyan, a trace of tenderness surged in Li Qiufeng's heart. It's just that in an instant, thinking of Murong Danyan's unknown life and death, I felt sad again.

At this time, it was already a child, and the gates of Luoyang City had long been closed. Li Qiufeng jumped off the tree, quietly went out of the Guandi Shengjun Temple, traveled all the way north, and when he arrived outside Luoyang City, he found a forest and found a clean place to lie down. He was so tired from running around that day that he had just laid down that he fell asleep.

When Li Qiufeng woke up, it was already bright daylight. He walked out of the woods and thought to himself: "I originally planned to follow Situ Qiao, but Luoyang City is so big, how can I know where this person is hiding? But most of what this person has done has nothing to do with me, if I can't see him, I don't have to worry." ”

He made up his mind and returned to the inn in the city. Because of the past with Situ Qiao, Fan Tong, Liao Outline and others, he washed the jute on his face, and went to the pharmacy to buy a few medicines, which turned his face black. But the beard on his face did not pay attention to it, and when it was noon, he looked in a mirror, and his face changed a little. He asked Xiao Er to buy a set of coarse cloth clothes to change into, and he looked like an idle man in the market.

In the afternoon, when he had nothing to do, he walked out of the inn again. I saw people coming and going on the street, and it was very lively. Li Qiufeng hasn't been to Luoyang City for five years, and he only feels that there are some changes everywhere, but he just looks carefully, but there are no big changes. He thought to himself, "When I came with him before, he had everything to do with him, and I only had to follow him." In the blink of an eye, five years have passed, and it is really like a white horse. I don't know if anything has changed in the past five years. ”

As he was strolling, he heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him, and the pedestrians around him were in a mess. Li Qiufeng turned his head to look, but saw a group of soldiers running freely from west to east. At the head were three officers, riding on horses, waving horsewhips in their hands, constantly striking in the air, and shouting: "Get out of the way of Lao Tzu!"

The group, which numbered thirty or forty men, ran swiftly through the streets. Immediately after that, more than a dozen black-clad hunters appeared on the street and shouted at the people: "The prefect has an order, thieves have appeared in the city, everyone should hurry back to their homes and not go out! If any suspicious person is found, he must immediately report to the police, otherwise he will be punished as an accomplice!"

After hearing this, the people scattered and ran around, and for a time the whole street was full of chickens and dogs, and sand and dust were everywhere. Just a moment later, the street was empty, except for a group of fast catchers, only Li Qiufeng was left.

The two catchers were holding iron rulers in their hands, and when they saw Li Qiufeng standing on the side of the street, they ran over and yelled fiercely: "Who are you, why do you dare to stay on the street?"

Li Qiufeng didn't want to clash with these catchers, so as not to cause trouble. Hurriedly arched his hand and said: "The villain passed by Luoyang and played in the inn. I don't want the officials to suddenly clean the streets. The villain's inn is still half a mile away from here, how can this—how is this good?"

Seeing Li Qiufeng's anxious look, a catcher didn't seem to be a fake, so he said to him: "You hurry back to the inn, the army stationed outside the city will arrive in a while, maybe they will arrest you and put you in prison." At that time, a military stick was indispensable, and it was not uncommon to be locked up in prison until death. ”

Li Qiufeng didn't know what was going on in the city, but he had to ask clearly. He took out two pieces of loose silver from his bosom, handed them to the two catchers, and said with a dejected face: "The villain has never seen this situation, if you go back, I am afraid that it will be difficult to talk to the army." Can the two officials send the villain back to the inn? This bit of silver is even the hard-earned money that the villain has given to the two officials. ”

The monthly money is only 700 Wen, and these two pieces of loose silver are enough to be worth four months' monthly money for two people. The two catchers glanced at each other, and the older catcher said, "Seeing that you are a foreigner, our brothers will send you back." ”

Li Qiufeng thanked him repeatedly, and walked towards the inn with the two catchers. Sure enough, there were several checks along the way, but with these two catchers accompanying him, he didn't encounter any trouble. It wasn't until he was almost at the door of the inn that Li Qiufeng thanked the two catchers and asked casually, "Official, what's going on, why is it so bad?"

The young catcher said, "At noon, there is a man at the north gate who is going out of the city. As a result, I don't know what happened, and a skull rolled out of his backpack. The officers and soldiers defending the city naturally wanted to ask for an understanding, and the man actually shot down a few people and tried to break out, but the officers and soldiers stopped them. When the man saw that he could not get out, he withdrew into the city. The prefect's yamen has issued an order, the four cities are closed, and the whole city is searching for this person. I heard that even the officers and soldiers stationed outside the city have been transferred to the city to help take people, so it is better for you to hide in the inn and not go out. ”

(End of chapter)