"In emergencies, follow the authority. Magistrate Zhang, don't blame me for being reckless." Chen Yan's shrill voice floated over from afar before anyone arrived. When Chen Yan, Wei Jinxian, and Long Yin stepped into the living room, Chen Yan
He slightly raised his hand to Zhang Luyao as a greeting. Seeing the tall man next to the magistrate, he was slightly surprised and said: "Hey, Capt. Ji is here too? Mr. Zhang, a group of thieves stole the white scarf that was brought here this morning.
After being robbed, why do you still have Yaxing to listen to the opera? Who are these two?"
Zhang Luyao's face sank and he said: "I've been going to beg for alms day and night for days and nights, showing off my old face and asking for money and things. There are also a lot of people blocking the door saying they can't buy food. It's rare to hear this.
To relieve my depression, do you need your approval, Mr. Chen? Mr. Chen has so many people, how can such a big mistake happen in a prison? Our nest in Jiangling Mansion is about to be overthrown!"
Chen Yan thought to himself that the old fox was very clever. He put all the blame on me first, so don't blame me for being rude. He raised his injured right hand and said, "What are you talking about, Mr. Zhang? It's not you who has the final say in Jiangling Mansion.
Besides, this government office has always been guarded by Chief Ji, so the official tried his best, even the dog was kidnapped by the thieves."
Long Yin took a step forward, bowed to Li Jichen, and then said to Zhang Luyao: "Sir Zhang, I am here to serve Long Yin, the minister of punishment and punishment. He has been busy with official duties before. I hope you will forgive me for not having time to visit you in the future.
What Mr. Chen said is true. That group of thieves are bold and have strong martial arts skills. We can't mess up the position ourselves first. It's better to think of countermeasures first. Ji Captou's face doesn't seem to be very good. Is he injured?
Do you want me to take a look?"
The tall man was Ji Sheng. Seeing that he was talking about himself, he could no longer pretend to be confused. After all, he had the smallest official position among these people. There were exactly six Taishi chairs in the hall, so he had to stand up and give his hands to the three people who came in.
He said: "I have met you gentlemen. I was slightly injured while working on a case a few days ago. Now I am fine. I thank the chief police officer for his kindness." After saying this, he walked behind Zhang Luyao.
Zhang Luyao asked the servant to bring another chair in, and then said: "Mr. Long, I'm glad to meet you. Let's sit down and talk. These two are the famous Mr. Zhenzhu of Jinling Sect and his disciple Mr. Xu Mu.
The Jinling faction has already raised a lot of money and food for the Jiangling Mansion, and today they have sent another boatload of rice. Mr. Li, these two are Chen Yan, the co-president of the Mansion, and Wei Jinxian, the Secretary of the Wuchang Mansion."
Seeing that he was talking about himself, Li Jichen stood up and said: "Prefect Zhang, gentlemen, it's up to you to help the victims. I originally thought that coming here at night would not hinder your business. Since the adults still have important matters to discuss, let's
I won’t bother you, the Jinling sect will raise thousands of stones of food in a few days, so I’ll take my leave.”
Seeing this, Chen Yan hurriedly said: "Mr. Li, I have long admired your name. I have a gracious request. I hope you can stay for a while."
Li Jichen raised his face slightly and said calmly: "Let's talk about it, Mr. Chen."
Chen Yandao: "The person who robbed the prison today is probably a bandit from Qimen Mountain. He has extremely strong martial arts. The three foreigners who appeared in Jianghu Tower at noon and the two young people from Jiangjun County are all suspects. Mr. Li should have seen these people."
I have been here, and my master Xu Gongzi also had a conversation with them. I have sent people to invite the two young people here. When the time comes, I will tell you in detail what happened today. Mr. Li, you have great martial arts skills and are well-informed.
, can you help me find some clues to determine the identity of the criminal so that the government can solve the case? In addition, the dog was kidnapped, and the subordinate was very worried and asked Mr. Li for help."
Li Jichen did not sit down. He turned his head and said to Xu Mu: "Then you stay and listen, and do what you can to help." Then he walked out and said: "I have never cared about government affairs, but if you
Call me if your son is found and needs me to take action."
Chen Yan looked at Li Jichen's back with a gloomy expression, but he still said thank you. Zhang Luyao hurriedly stood up to see him off. Li Jichen seemed to have eyes behind his back and said, "Master Zhang, there is no need to see you off. You can go about your business."
After saying that, he moved away. It seemed that he only took two or three steps, but in the blink of an eye, he walked out of the courtyard and disappeared. Long Yin was stunned to see him, thinking that he might never reach that state in his life.
After Li Jichen left, Long Yin was not polite and sat directly on the host and guest seats where Li Jichen was sitting. Xu Mu frowned, but still resisted leaving his seat. Everyone took their seats one by one, but Ji Sheng just lazily
Sitting on the newly moved round stool behind Zhang Luyao, Chen Yan asked Xu Mu with a smile: "Mr. Xu, how long have you been here? There was a lot of commotion when thieves appeared in the west and north of the government office. Are you?
The masters on the martial arts examination list have extraordinary achievements, have you ever sensed it?"
Xu Mu rolled his eyes. He didn't want to talk at first, but it seemed more awkward not to speak. He pretended to think about it and then said: "We have been here for about half an hour. Of course we heard the noise, but you also saw that the master has always been
I'm not the kind of person to meddle in other people's business. I'm not that high in cultivation. Just sitting here, I can hear the ugly Yin Mao. But just now when the yamen servant noticed something was going on at the concierge, the master asked me to take a look. It was fine. I was just hit.
If you are drugged, you will wake up in a few hours." But I thought in my heart, do I still need to look at the medicine that I personally administered?
Zhang Luyao continued: "Mr. Chen, didn't the province just transfer a battalion of officers and soldiers? Don't wait any longer. Send more troops to guard the government offices and prisons. Others should go to the whole city to search for Chen.
This kid, Qi, has never experienced any hardships before. If he goes late, he might suffer the consequences."
Chen Yan kept complaining, you are such an old fat man, you just want to save your own life, and you also want to gloat, but it is not easy to have an attack on the spot, so he just comforts himself. Although the master who restrained him is a bit cruel, except when he is forced to question himself,
Apart from the broken and dislocated three fingers, it seems that he didn't kill anyone else, and he did as the person wanted in the end. That person should be able to keep his promise and let him go.
At the moment, he could only hold back his anger and said: "Thank you, Mr. Zhang, for your concern." Then he continued to ask: "Zhifu Zhang, Mr. Xu, and oh, there is also Ji Baotou. Someone may have jumped into the magistrate's residence from Zouma Street just now. In another quarter of an hour,
Someone entered the Tongzhi’s office before and attacked me. They were only a few steps into the courtyard from here. Did you really not notice any movement at all?"
The three of them looked at each other and shook their heads. Ji Sheng asked paralyzed, "Mr. Chen, did that man have any fights when he entered your office? Did he make any kind of noise? Tell me, maybe.
I heard something."
Chen Yan was a little dumbfounded. The two guards arranged outside his official office were very good, but they didn't make a sound until the man restrained him. How could he ask others what they heard? He was speechless for a moment, so he could only wave his hands and watch.
Ji Sheng glanced at the reply and wondered for no reason, Ji Sheng was tall, could he be the person who fought against Long Yin, or escaped Chi Yuan's pursuit? He knew the government offices and other places well, maybe
I participated in it, but let's wait until Chi Yuan and the others came over with the two boys from Dan Guiju. Just as I was thinking about it, someone announced outside the door that Wang Ling had brought someone.
Previously, Wang Ling and his party of more than 30 people rode horses to Danguiju. Danguiju is close to Osmanthus Alley. There are obviously many more pedestrians and horses than there are at the government office. Many of them are considered powerful people in Jiangling City.
Seeing the sweeping force of the horse team, they all tried to avoid it. Some yelled, some were frightened and avoided, and there were even many meddlesome people who followed the horse team to the door of Danguiju to find out what was going on.
Wang Ling didn't care about the attitude of the passers-by, and ordered more than half of the people to guard the surroundings of the hotel. He dismounted and walked directly into the hotel with more than ten people. The waiter hurriedly called the second shopkeeper on duty, who was the old man who arranged for He Qizhou to check in. Wang Ling
When he told the shopkeeper about the characteristics of He Qizhou and the two men, the old man immediately remembered that he had never seen such a stingy guy. Regarding the movements of the two men, the old man replied: "Master Wang, have those two boys committed any crime?
, they seem to be quite honest, they didn’t seem to notice that they went out after they came in in the afternoon, I have been guarding the counter. "
Wang Ling said angrily: "Don't be nagging, we adults want to question them. Are you sure they have never left the inn? And has the thin young man who came in with them ever gone out? Please take me there.
Their room.”
The old shopkeeper is also a person who has seen the world, and the boss behind the scenes is the Liu family. Seeing Wang Ling's menacing look, he doesn't want to pay attention to it, and said: "Master Wang, I may also be dim-sighted, and I can't walk fast, so let the little one
I'll take you over there to look for me. I hope you don't scare the other guests. I won't be able to explain to my boss then."
The waiter was about fifteen or sixteen years old, and he was not timid. He said diligently: "Sir, I know the person you are talking about. Those two people did not leave the inn, but lived in the innermost room of the southwest corner.
There was a skinny young man who came in with them. He seemed to have gone out with his master an hour ago, probably for dinner. I will take you to the inner room to find the two young men."
The old shopkeeper saw countless people and sighed secretly. That boy must have not received the benefits of those customers. Alas, such people's hearts...
The main entrance of Danguiju faces east, and there are two-story guest rooms on the other three sides. While Wang Ling led everyone inside, he silently counted the time. When he returned to the Yamen from the lake and came out of the Yamen, it was almost two sticks of incense time.
, it took nearly a stick of incense to rush to Dangui House east of Guihua Street, less than half an hour, and the boat rowed from the lakeside of the government office to the place found in the southwest corner, which was at least three or four miles away.
The water journey, no matter how fast it is, will take about two sticks of incense. Then from the southwest corner of the shore to Danguiju, it is almost six miles away. Unless you use your Qinggong with all your strength, it is impossible to come back in two sticks of incense, and
If someone was running at full speed in the streets, how could so many cavalry patrolling along the lakeshore not notice it at all? Those two guys didn't look like experts. I guess Mr. Chen was overly worried.
After walking through the courtyard for about a hundred or so steps, everyone walked up to the small building on the west side. Through the carved wooden windows on the corridor, the lights of Osmanthus Street were dimly visible. As they walked towards the south of the corridor, the noise of Osmanthus Street was heard.
The clearer the smell became, the more the smell of wine and drinking water came faintly from the depths of the alley outside the building. Wang Ling frowned and thought, how come there is such a room in Dangui Residence? I can give it to me to live in.
don't want.
The waiter had already walked to the door of the room first and looked back at Wang Ling who was three or four steps behind. Wang Ling nodded and motioned for the waiter to knock on the door.