"Open the door! Open the door!"
"The government is searching for fugitives all night long!"
A famous government official, Xiang Yong, holding a torch opened the door of a house.
Then one by one, sleepy-eyed Changxian people were called out from their March Warm quilts.
Whenever you encounter someone who is slow to open the door, you will immediately get a tense shouting match.
"Why did you open the door so slowly when I asked you to?"
"Is there a fugitive hiding in the house?"
"Search this family in detail!"
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It was supposed to be a peaceful night, but at this moment, the sky above the west of Chang County was broken by the sound of barking dogs, human voices, and the clash of soldiers and armor. There was a lot of noise everywhere.
The torch is like a long snake.
It lights up the west side of the city brightly in the dark night.
These government officials and village warriors took the portraits of wanted criminals and searched every house, no matter it was a large house or a small family, and they spared no one.
It is the time of the Qingming Temple Fair, and people from all walks of life in Chang County are mixed together. I am afraid that someone will take the opportunity to cause trouble. This is the time when the nerves of the government are at their most tense, and they will not be polite to you whether you are a commoner or a wealthy gentry.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
A house was beaten vigorously by Xiang Yong. After a while, someone came out to open the door. He was still wearing a belt and looked like he had just gotten up.
Xiang Yong who knocked on the door was about to reprimand loudly why he opened the door so slowly, but when he saw that the person who opened the door was a famous monk with a ring scar on his head, Xiang Yong, who had a vicious attitude at first, softened his attitude a little.
"It turns out to be Master Pu Zhi. I didn't expect that Master Pu Zhi lived here and disturbed Master Pu Zhi late at night. My brothers and I are searching for two fugitives throughout the city. The two fugitives have now escaped into the west side of the city. We are doing our best to hunt them down.
Those two fugitives."
Xiang Yong said politely.
In the past few days, news had spread in their office that Feng Baotou specially invited an expert from outside to help with the Qingming Temple Fair.
So naturally they all recognize Monk Pu Zhi.
The person who opened the door in front of me was none other than monk Pu Zhi who was acting as an escort.
As soon as Monk Pu Zhi heard that the Yamen were looking for fugitives all over the city, the rough, meat-and-potatoes monk immediately stepped aside and said, "It is the duty of every citizen who abides by the laws and regulations of the country to cooperate with the Yamen in arresting fugitives. Please
Several people entered the house to search."
"If the Yamen is short of manpower and someone needs help from me, Monk Pu Zhi, I, Monk Pu Zhi, will definitely cooperate fully with the government in hunting down the fugitives."
"Hahaha, if everyone in Ruochang County is as reasonable as Master Pu Zhi, our Chang County will definitely be prosperous." A steady, generous laugh came from behind the village heroes.
It was Feng Baotou who was injured.
But the only visitor was Feng Baotou, and Jin An was not seen.
Seeing that it was Capt. Feng, the village heroes quickly saluted. Capt. Feng raised his hand, exempting them from these etiquettes and letting them enter the house to search for the fugitives. They knew each other, but they still had to do business.
After the villagers said hello, they went into the house to search.
Capt. Feng did not enter the house to participate in the search of the house. Instead, he hugged Monk Pu Zhi and apologized: "I have disturbed Monk Pu Zhi late at night. Please understand that Feng is doing it out of duty."
Monk Pu Zhi gave a rough and cheerful smile: "Captain Feng is too polite. We should cooperate with the government in handling the case."
After Monk Pu Zhi finished speaking, he changed the subject and said, "I wonder what kind of serious crime the criminals we are chasing this time have committed, which requires the government to mobilize forces and mobilize people throughout the city to search for them?"
"Captain Feng helped me, Monk Pu Zhi, find the missing brother from the Escort Bureau. I, Monk Pu Zhi, have never been able to repay this kindness. If Capt. Feng is short of manpower, it's okay to ask. Monk, I have always wanted to find an opportunity to repay Capt Feng.
I owe all my kindness to my brothers."
When Feng Baotou heard that Monk Pu Zhi took the initiative to ask for help, he was overjoyed and said: "This is very good. It can be said that it is even more powerful than a tiger."
"To be honest, the fugitive wanted by the whole city this time is the culprit who killed our Chang County arrester Zheng! These two people, by killing our Changxian arrester, are enemies of our Changxian government! Death is not a pity!
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While the two men continued to talk, several people who had entered the house to search the house quickly came out and reported to Capt. Feng that there was nothing unusual.
Later, Capt. Feng invited Monk Pu Zhi to hunt down the fugitives together, and Monk Pu Zhi readily agreed.
"Captain Feng, wait for a moment. I'll go to the house to pick up some weapons while the monk is waiting. I'll be right there and I'll be back."
Monk Pu Zhi said to Feng Captou. Feng Captou did not doubt that he was there. Looking at the leaving figure of Monk Pu Zhi, he turned his head to look in the direction of the night with confusion. Mr. Jin An left suddenly just now. How did he get there?
Not back yet?
Moreover, before Mr. Jin An left, he made a strange statement to him, asking him to come to Monk Pu Zhi's house to see if Monk Pu Zhi was at home?
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I love rain on a spring night. Good rain knows the season, and when spring comes, spring will come.
The patter of rain.
Tonight, suddenly a slanting drizzle began to fall. The drizzle carried the cold wind in the spring night. Although it was not strong, the rain strands slid down the back with its force, but it was especially cold.
This made the government officials and village warriors who were searching for fugitives in the west of the city turn a little pale from the cold.
Bang bang.
Amidst the drizzle of spring night, there was a knock on the door of a private house facing the street at night.
"Who?"
An old man's old voice came from the private house. It seemed that the old man was not in good health and would cough after saying a few words.
"I."
"Who am I?" The old man in the room coughed as he walked towards the door.
"That's me."
elder:"?"
Bang bang, the knock on the door is still there.
"Stop knocking, stop knocking. Old man, I heard you. Old man, I'm not deaf. I'm urging you to hurry up."
An old man with weak legs and feet walked over with a hunched back and grunting dissatisfied. When he opened the door, he saw two government servants with knives and a young man standing outside the door in the rain.
The two government officials with swords were shivering from the cold in the spring wind and cold rain. Even though everyone hid under the eaves of their house, half of their bodies were still wet from the slanting wind and drizzle, making them a little embarrassed.
The person who knocked on the door just now was the young man.
When the old man saw the young man in front of him, he looked surprised at first, and then said happily: "It turns out to be Mr. Jin'an. Mr. Jin'an and the other gentlemen please come in quickly. It's raining outside, so be careful of the cold."
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"Thank you, old man. Do you know me, old man?" Jin An walked into the house and looked around at the family's family situation.
This family is from an ordinary family. The furniture in the house is old and there is almost no new furniture. This shows that the family's financial income is not wealthy.
But looking at the clothes on the old man in front of me, although they are a bit white and old from washing, they do not look like they are patched and poor. It can be seen that the usual food and clothing of two meals a day should not be a problem.
The old man invited the three people into the house, and after diligently serving three more cups of tea, he said with a smile: "Mr. Jin'an is now in Chang County, and he is a well-known expert in solving cases. He has solved strange cases many times, old man. I naturally recognize you, Mr. Jin'an."
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"In Chang County, everyone from old men like me to children as young as three years old have been listening to Mr. Jin An's stories recently. I am not afraid of your jokes, Mr. Jin An. Old man, I can still dream about Jin An from time to time.
Young Master."
Jin An: "It's indeed not funny at all."
Old man: "?"
"Old man, you don't have to be so polite to serve tea. We are not thirsty for the time being. Tonight, the government is looking for two fugitive murderers in the city. One of them is disabled and has lost his lower body, which makes it difficult to move. We mainly want to ask, but I don't know if the old man
Have you ever seen these two people?"
The two government officials were clever and quickly took out the wanted portraits that they had folded and hidden in their arms.
The hunchbacked old man looked at the two portraits carefully. After pondering for a while, he shook his head and said he had not seen them before.
"Is that so..." Jin An looked thoughtful, and he looked around at the furnishings in the room.
At the same time, he did not forget to look up at the rafters.
To be continued...