A knife in love

Chapter 1000

Li Qiufeng had already heard about this from Yin Butou and others, and knew that although Liang Huan, the procuratorial envoy, had arrived in Xiuwu County a few days ago, he had brought more than 100 officials from the procuratorate's yamen with him.However, the case of Yuntai Mountain was too big, and several groups of Jianghu figures were ambushed on the way to Yuntai Mountain, and 300 people died.This kind of big case is extremely rare, so after Liang Huan left, the Yamen of the Procuratorate issued an urgent official document calling all the Tolerance Detectives who stayed at the Yamen of the Procuratorate and were stationed in various places to handle the case, and wanted to go to Xiuwu County to thoroughly investigate the case of Mount Yuntai. .It's just that Li Qiufeng didn't expect these people to arrive so quickly, which was beyond his expectation.

Yin Butou went on to say: "Tomorrow is the Lantern Festival. In the past few days, Xiuwu County has come to watch lanterns and merchants. The inns in the city are already full. Five or six years ago, there was a commotion in the north of the city. The plague killed many people. After the plague, the house was regarded as an ominous place by the people. No one dared to live in it, so it was abandoned. In the past few years, every Lantern Festival, many people will go to the north of the city to find a place Rest your feet. Right now, the house in the north of the city is full of people. The county magistrate has no choice but to ask the villain to discuss with a few big families in the city, and ask them to vacate some more houses for the gentlemen of the Chasi Yamen to rest their feet."

Li Qiufeng thought to himself that he was worried that when the Japanese pirates came to attack, there would be insufficient manpower in the city.If the four to five hundred people from the Chasi Yamen rushed to the city, they would be able to help a lot.As long as they can withstand the Japanese pirates' surprise attack and hold them back temporarily, when Liu Yong, Chu Danyang and others lead the various sects to the Chenghuang Temple, they will be able to fight the Japanese pirates.

Thinking of this, Li Qiufeng said to Yin Butou: "Since this is the case, Yin Butou should hurry up and get busy. When we have free time, we might as well have a few drinks."

Yin Butou was full of joy, and said in his mouth: "Thank you, Lord Li. After the Lantern Festival, I must prepare a little wine, and get drunk with Lord Li."

After Yin Butou led the people away, Li Qiufeng didn't want to wander the street anymore, so he turned back.When he arrived in front of the Town God's Temple, he saw that the open space in front of the temple was already full of people coming and going, quite lively.Dozens of cabins have opened their doors to sell goods, and the cries of hawkers keep coming and going.There are also a few men carrying a load to sell tofu nao, fire, wheat cakes and other food. The steaming wooden barrels and the fragrant fire attracted 30 to [-] people to gather around the burden.

Li Qiufeng thought that Miao Zhu and the old servant had already hid, and no one would prepare breakfast for him anymore.You might as well eat something outside the temple.There may be a fierce battle today, but you can't fight the Japanese pirates on an empty stomach.So he squeezed into the crowd, bought a bowl of tofu nao, ordered two more fires, stood next to the burden and ate it hungrily, and then walked to the temple gate satisfied.

I saw that fifty or sixty pilgrims had gathered at the gate of the temple, and they were arguing around a few people.And Nie Dingnan had a gloomy face, leading a dozen people to stand on the stone steps, his eyes lingering among the crowd.When he saw Li Qiufeng, he was startled for a moment, and then he squeezed out a smile, and nodded to Li Qiufeng with a half-smile.

Li Qiufeng walked up the stone steps, and said to Nie Dingnan, "Tell you who are in charge of the Nie family to meet me in the wing."

Nie Dingnan had long disliked Li Qiufeng, but he knew that this person was a member of Jinyiwei Baihu, but he didn't dare to offend him.Although Li Qiufeng didn't even look at him when he spoke, and his words were extremely rude, Nie Dingnan still suppressed his anger, bowed and said, "Yes, I will follow your lord's orders."

Li Qiufeng was about to push open the temple door when he heard someone among the fifty or sixty pilgrims at the foot of the stone steps yell loudly: "Why can he enter but we can't?!"

Li Qiufeng was startled, turned his head to look down the stone steps, and saw all the pilgrims were full of anger, and they were about to rush up the stone steps.Around Nie Dingnan, a dozen or so Nie family disciples hurried forward to stop him, and the two sides became entangled immediately.These pilgrims are common people, so naturally they don't know martial arts.The dozen or so Nie family disciples were all from the Lian family, and when they saw all the pilgrims rushing up, they stretched out their hands in panic and pushed.There was a sound of exclamation, and more than a dozen pilgrims were pushed to the ground by the children of the Nie family and rolled down the stone steps.

Seeing this situation, Li Qiufeng was startled, walked quickly back to Nie Dingnan, and said sharply: "Quickly tell your subordinates to stop! So many people are rushing forward, it is easy to trample and hurt people, don't you want to make a fuss?" No way?!"

When Nie Dingnan saw Li Qiufeng ordering him, although he was dissatisfied with it, he didn't dare to explode, so he had to suppress his anger and said to the Nie family disciples: "Everyone stop, don't be as knowledgeable as these foolish people."

More than a dozen Nie family disciples retreated together, but they still blocked Nie Dingnan, forming a human wall.Several pilgrims who were pushed down rolled down the stone steps, their noses and faces bruised.In addition to the injury from the fall, another person was trampled on by the chaotic crowd. He was lying on the ground moaning and couldn't get up for a while.

Seeing that someone was injured, the rest of the pilgrims were even more angry, but they didn't dare to rush forward any more, and retreated to the bottom of the stone steps.It's just that they were not convinced, and they clenched their fists one by one, staring angrily at Nie Dingnan and the others.

Li Qiufeng said to Nie Dingnan: "What's going on, why are these pilgrims not allowed to enter the temple to burn incense?!"

Nie Dingnan looked at Li Qiufeng with a smirk, and said, "Your Excellency, this is the first time I have come to Xiuwu County to see lanterns. According to the rules over the years, in order to prevent thieves from committing crimes, starting the day before the Lantern Festival, Pilgrims are not allowed to enter the temple to burn incense. As for when the ban will be lifted, we must follow the orders of the yamen..."

Li Qiufeng could hear the sarcasm in Nie Dingnan's words, and knew that he hated himself.But right now there is no need to turn against this person, so he sneered and said, "Thank you, Mr. Nie, for reminding me. But this matter can be discussed with the common people, so why go to war?!"

Nie Dingnan said: "Yes, your lord is right, I will definitely remember it."

Li Qiufeng turned around and said to the pilgrims: "Is this also the first time for everyone to come to Xiuwu County to watch the lanterns?"

The pilgrims looked at each other, and many of them nodded.Li Qiufeng said: "The yamen has an order that you are not allowed to enter the temple to burn incense the day before the Lantern Festival. I think everyone rushed to Xiuwu County to see the lanterns. The yamen also has good intentions. Before the Lantern Festival starts, the Town God's Temple will be cleaned up. Make up a new dress. Go back and have a good rest, tomorrow is the day of the Lantern Festival, so come to the temple early.”

After hearing what Li Qiufeng said, most of the pilgrims dispersed immediately.There were more than a dozen pilgrims standing on the spot, shouting at Li Qiufeng: "You injured someone, how will this account be settled?!"

Li Qiufeng turned to Nie Dingnan and said, "Mr. Nie, how do you think about this matter?"

Nie Dingnan said to a disciple of the Nie family: "Old Jiu, do you have any money?"

The disciple of the Nie family took out a handful of broken silver from his pocket, and said: "That's all I have on me, if it's not enough, I'll go back and get some."

Nie Dingnan said: "Give it to them, let them take the injured to treat them."

Although the disciple of the Nie family was reluctant, he did not dare to disobey Nie Dingnan's wishes, so he walked down the stone steps and handed the broken silver to the pilgrim.The pilgrims wanted to make a fuss at first, but when they saw that the other party had paid so much money, they were afraid that Nie Dingnan would break his promise, so after receiving the money, he immediately helped the injured person up from the ground, gone.

Seeing that the pilgrims had dispersed, Li Qiufeng ignored Nie Dingnan and the others, and walked into the Town God's Temple on his own.I saw a huge front yard, except for the tall poles standing around and hanging lanterns, there was no one in it.The cold wind blew, and the lanterns on the high poles swayed around, making creaking sounds, which sounded palpitating.

Li Qiufeng returned to the wing room, just sat down, but heard the sound of footsteps in the yard, someone came straight to the wing room.After a while, someone knocked lightly on the door twice, and then an old voice said: "I am ordered to come to see Lord Li."

Li Qiufeng sat at the table and said in a deep voice, "Come in."

As soon as he finished speaking, the door was pushed open.I saw Mrs. Nie walking in slowly.Nie Dingnan followed Old Mrs. Nie, without the arrogance he had just shown in front of the temple gate, and stood respectfully by the gate with his hands down.

Old Mrs. Nie walked up to Li Qiufeng, cupped his hands and said, "Master Li summoned the old man, what orders do you have?"

Li Qiufeng raised his left hand falsely, motioning for Mrs. Nie to sit down.After Mrs. Nie sat down, Li Qiufeng did not speak, but pursed the corners of his mouth with a troubled look on his face.The left hand was placed on the table, and the index finger and middle finger tapped the table lightly, making a slight "click" sound.

(End of this chapter)