The news of the castle lord's contest was finally made public, and although it was no longer a secret, the residents of Biyu City were still lively about it, repeatedly arguing about the pros and cons, and the wise men in the midst of it spat out one prophecy after another, which led to a series of gambling games.

With this news, the name of Pang Jing, a native of the Central Plains, was widely known, and according to his performance in the past few days, Biyucheng gave him a nickname that could be interpreted at will - Feng Shuai, at best, to describe his actions in a fiery and energetic manner, and another meaning was that the Central Plains sent a madman to pacify the Western Regions.

Pang Jing really doesn't like to follow common sense, he may proudly meet important people, or he may personally go to the most remote alley to meet a small character that no one has heard of, and even on a whim, go to the Four Noble Truths Garan overnight, and stay outside the mountain gate until dawn, without waiting for the stunned monks to come out to greet them, people have already returned to the city.

After hearing the nickname "Feng Shuai", Pang Jing liked it very much and personally gave it a new explanation, "I am the wind, the wind, the wind, the place I pass, I have to change my appearance." ”

Hearing this, the experienced old businessman immediately had an extra heart and began to bury his wealth and transfer his family, but in general, the residents of Biyucheng, who were indulged in pleasure, still welcomed this enthusiastic Central Plains man, and the only regret was that Pang Jing didn't like women and wine, and he didn't participate in gambling, which made many people who wanted to please him feel nowhere to do their best.

Gu Shenwei's information about Pang Jing on the table accumulated more and more, so that it lost its reference value, and behind the contradictory and strange behavior, Feng Shuai's true face became blurred.

Zhong Heng, who had just become a guard lieutenant, also served as a liaison officer, thinking that this would be an easy task, but he didn't expect Pang Jing to attach great importance to him, summoning him almost every day, and even jokingly suggesting that Zhong Heng stay in the governor's mansion.

Zhong Heng had no choice but to resign from his position as a guard lieutenant and concentrate on dealing with Feng Shuai to ensure that there would be no mistakes in the city lord's martial arts competition.

Gu Shenwei decided that Long Chuanyun would take over as the captain of the guard.

Long Chuanyun was both surprised and nervous about this, he came to see the Dragon King in person, and told his opinion, he was still a pure swordsman in the Great Snow Mountain when he lost consciousness in his legs, and he did not have clichés such as gratitude, but directly expressed his worries, "I haven't tried the case, I don't know how to adjust the dispute, I can't even recognize the words, how can I convince everyone?"

"The red bat will help you read and write, as for the trial, let it go, as long as you feel fair, there is no need to satisfy everyone, you are the patriarch of Huagai Peak, just treat Nancheng as a big snow mountain with more sincerity." ”

Nancheng is not a snowy mountain, the residents here and the mountain people have completely different surnames, although they all like to use swords to speak, but when it comes to lawsuits, it is a different scene, each has its own reason, both sides are full of righteous indignation, true and false, and it is difficult to distinguish between the gods and immortals.

Long Chuanyun obeyed the order to take office, and on the first day, he was confused by several cases, and he didn't even figure out the most basic facts, not a single sentence was made, plus the cases left by Zhong Heng, there was a backlog of more than 30 cases.

After thinking about it for a night, Long Chuanyun came up with an idea.

Biyu City is a snobbish city, here, due to mutual distrust, there are very few money disputes, and most of the people who come to the Protector Mansion to seek coordination are brawls, which are nothing more than who slashes whom, and the other party has to pay back.

The next morning, Long Chuanyun called the swordsmen of his clan and the swordsmen under Hu Shining, and said to the parties crowded in the courtyard: "Come, fight with my people, whoever wins, I will judge whoever is justified, and the other party apologizes and loses money." ”

For this novel and simple way of adjudicating the case, several pairs of parties looked at each other, and felt that it was unnecessary, they didn't know each other if they didn't fight, and instead of fighting with the people of the Dragon King, it was better to drink together, so they turned around and left, and the content of the argument changed from the original grievance to which tavern could open at this time.

Afterwards, the defeated four swordsmen sat in the tavern like friends, covered their swollen eyes, and said to the curious audience: "Actually, it's not that we can't beat it, but if we think about it carefully, what can we do if we win?" If you win the case but offend the dragon king, it's not cost-effective, just give the dragon king a face, forget about it, anyway, there is no deep hatred." ”

As a result, the cases received by the Nancheng Protector Mansion dropped rapidly, but the tavern's business was more prosperous than before.

But it is impossible to make Biyu City a city without killing overnight, and the impulsive swordsmen are still accustomed to pulling out their weapons to resolve disputes, although Jinpeng Fort no longer provides killers, and the proud building has been closed, there are many people rushing to enter the industry, and there are even several large-scale fires for this purpose, just to prove which side is more suitable to be a killer.

Hu Shining didn't expect that the killer he had worked so hard to cultivate would one day change his name to the Protector Warrior, and his duty would change from killing people to preventing killing, but he was not disgusted by this change, and he cooperated with Long Chuanyun tacitly, one sitting in the Protector's Mansion and the other patrolling the streets.

Gu Shen asked Xu Xiaoyi to join in and provide information so that Hu Shining could stop several killings in advance.

The warriors of the Protectorate Mansion did not waste any training as killers, and in order to maintain the Dragon King's ban on killing, they killed people almost every day, so as to show the swordsmen inside and outside the city one thing: the Dragon King's ban was not just talk, and the Dragon King was not a soft-hearted parent.

At the same time, Long Chuyun recruited a large number of swordsmen and organized them into the warrior camp to become part of the patrol force.

About half a month later, the killings in Nancheng decreased significantly, and the warriors under Hu Shining even began to have nothing to do, and the territory of the Protector Mansion was expanding almost every day, and more and more streets and trading houses were willing to accept the protection of the Dragon King.

At first, it was only a few people who tried to pay the protection fee, but after asking the Dragon King for instructions, Long Chuanyun accepted the money, and when the people who paid the money came in groups, he set a fixed share, neither too much, nor too little, enough to feed the warrior camp.

The territory of the Kun Society was originally not large, and it was naturally integrated into the scope of the Protector Mansion, and the Tianshan Sect adopted a tolerant attitude towards this, and the territory gradually shrank, and finally only a small piece of southwest of the southern city remained, but it was a stubborn piece, attracting many outlaws.

The Tianshan Sect also issued an order prohibiting killing, but it was never seriously implemented, in the area controlled by Zhang Ji, although the killing was no longer carried out publicly, it was rarely restrained, which brought a big trouble to the Protector's Mansion, many swordsmen fled there immediately after killing, but the warriors had no power and no way to punish them.

The only thing Long Chuanyun could tell the relatives and friends of the victim party was, "As long as the murderer enters the jurisdiction of the Protector Mansion, I can avenge you." ”

This is not a satisfactory statement, and a new industry was born - the catcher.

The catchers are all swordsmen, and they are swordsmen with good martial arts, they can't look down on the meager salary provided by the Protector Mansion, and they don't dare to risk offending the Dragon King as a killer, so they launched a business to sneak into the territory of the Tianshan Sect to arrest people, as long as they give money, let whoever they catch be caught, and throw them directly to the door of the Protector Mansion after they get their hands, and the warriors will carry out public punishments.

At the end of winter and spring, Long Chuanyun tirelessly carried out the duties of the captain of the guard, but the city lord competition, which attracted much attention from the whole city, did not make much progress, and there were many details to be solved, such as when to compete, where to compete, who could participate, how to determine whether to win or lose, and so on, each of which would cause endless debates.

Zhong Heng went all out, didn't let the Dragon King worry, Dugu Xian returned to the Dragon Army, Wu Zongheng controlled the Shule [***] team, Gu Shenwei was actually idle, and was able to carefully study the Book of the Dead, and integrate the experience of Duo Yue together, Old Man Mu and Tugou gave him a lot of help, Chu Nanping and Tie Linglong were the objects of his trial.

If it weren't for the accidental death of a catcher, Gu Shenwei's leisure might have lasted until the tournament began.

The catcher's name is Wu Xuan, and he is well-known in this new industry, and in less than a month, he has captured at least eleven people from the territory of the Tianshan Sect, and no one knows how much silver he has obtained, but many people have found that he often spends the night in Liuren Alley now, which was too extravagant for him in the past.

Catchers naturally offend people, but Wu Xuan's death has nothing to do with vendettas.

He died in an uninhabited house in the southern city, and his body was found three days later by the handyman who had come to clean the house, and just as the handyman had a headache and did not know what to do, he found a broken gold nugget in the deceased's left hand.

The news spread quickly, and before the nuggets could melt, a large number of swordsmen from all forces rushed to the door, making the miscellaneous servants tremble, and explaining over and over again, "Just this little piece of gold, there is nothing else." ”

Wu Xuan's body had been slightly decomposed, but he could still clearly see that the wound was in the back, his martial arts were good, but he didn't even have time to pull out the knife, and there were obvious traces of rummaging on his body, and the miscellaneous servant swore that it was never his doing, and the corpse stinked strongly, if it weren't for the flash of gold, he wouldn't have approached at all.

Experienced observers could tell at a glance that Wu Xuan had been killed by his accomplices.

No one cared about the corpse, everyone was interested in the piece of gold, after a short period of fighting, most of the forces retreated, only the Protector Mansion and the Tianshan Sect could not hold each other, and the miscellaneous servants held the gold in their hands, and found it so hot for the first time.

The owner of this mansion has already moved to other places, and it happens to be located at the junction of the Protector Mansion and the Tianshan Sect, so it is really unclear whose territory it is.

Both masters wanted to get this piece of gold, not because they coveted this little money, but because of the half mark on the gold nugget, which was clearly recognizable on the right half of the word "Meng", and there was a small word "Nei" in the lower right corner, which undoubtedly proved that the original owner of the gold nugget was the Meng family.

The Meng family was a big businessman, and it was normal for money to appear outside the mansion, but this piece of gold was different, and the word "inside" on the seal indicated that it was the private collection of the Meng family, and it had to be remelted to remove the mark before flowing out of the Meng mansion.

This piece of gold clearly belonged to the stolen wealth of the Meng Mansion, and the enthusiasm it ignited in Biyu City even surpassed that of the city lord's competition.

Gu Shenwei couldn't help but be surprised after receiving the news, only he knew where the Meng family's money was hidden, and he had never taken it out, how could there be a fish that slipped through the net?

Soon news came that Pang Jing, the protector of the Western Regions, went to Nancheng in person and snatched the gold nuggets.

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