A knife in love

Chapter 800

Without waiting for Yu Fan to finish speaking, Li Qiufeng shook his head and said, "Master Yu, I'm afraid your guess is wrong."

Yu Fan was startled, and was a little surprised when Li Qiufeng suddenly changed his name and called himself "Master".He glanced at Li Qiufeng and said, "Brother Li, if you have any advice, Yu is willing to listen."

Li Qiufeng said: "My lord, although you have been in the officialdom for more than [-] years, but you have not been in the center, I am afraid that you are not clear about some things in the capital. Although the Jinyiwei is the emperor's pro-army, there have been cases that have not been tried by the Ministry of Criminal Justice. That is the case of arresting criminals. However, killing people at will is not allowed by the imperial power. It is said by the people that Jin Yiwei acts unscrupulously and can beheaded first and then played. There must be an investigation by the Ministry of Punishment, or an order from the emperor. Not to mention killing hundreds of Taoist priests and monks in Wuji Temple, Xiaoyao Temple, and Kongming Temple in one fell swoop. If it is pursued, it will be a felony.”

When Li Qiufeng said this, he pointed to the corpses on the ground and said, "There are 71 corpses here. If Jinyiwei didn't ask for an order, or if there was no investigation by the Ministry of Criminal Justice, even the commander of Jinyiwei would definitely not have the guts to order to kill so many people. What's more The current emperor has entered the Datong as a vassal king, and Lu Bing, the old man of the vassal mansion, is in charge of the affairs of the Jinyiwei. This Lord Lu is extremely cautious. The situation. Although Lu Bing was in charge of Jinyiwei later, the real power was handed over to Yang Zhenzhong. Yang Zhenzhong was a very deep city, and Lu Bing was the leader in everything. Therefore, Jinyiwei has been very restrained over the years and will not easily kill or injure people. My lord, Li might as well tell you one thing, the old man who arrived at the Xiuwu County Yamen is the epicenter of Yang Zhen."

Hearing what Li Qiufeng said, Yu Fan was startled, and said in a trembling voice: "He, he is really Yang, Yang epicenter?"

Li Qiufeng nodded, and continued: "The Japanese pirates have become more and more violent in the past few years. Jin Yiwei has sent a lot of eyeliners to operate in the southeast coast. Mr. Yu also said just now that Jin Yiwei's investigation in Henan this time is related to the Japanese pirates. Before we set off from Luoyang, didn’t Japanese pirates hunt and kill Sir Yu on the way? A few days ago, we also encountered a large number of Japanese pirates in the back mountain of Kule Temple. Master Yu will never forget it? So Jin Yiwei entered Henan in a large scale, I’m afraid It’s really related to the Japanese pirates, not to destroy Wuji Temple.”

After hearing Li Qiufeng's words, Situ Qiao, Monk Xuanji, and Yu Fan looked at each other, and no one spoke for a while.

At this moment, Master Feng, who led five or six arresters behind him, also followed.Listening to Yin Butou briefly explaining what happened just now, Master Feng was also taken aback. He hurried to Yu Fan's side and said, "My lord Yu, so many lives have been lost, I can't suppress them if I want to." ..."

Yu Fan raised his eyebrows, sneered, and said, "Suppression? Did the officer say that he would suppress this case?"

Seeing Yu Fan's appearance, Master Feng knew that he had said something wrong, so he hurriedly said with a smile on his face: "It's out of a hurry, so don't be angry, Mr. Yu."

Yu Fan snorted, and said in his mouth, "You might as well eat more of this food, but talk less. Maybe a word offends someone, and the days to come will be difficult."

Master Feng nodded again and again, and said in his mouth: "My lord taught you the right thing, I will definitely remember it."

Yin Butou and Master Feng have always been friends, and they communicated with each other in the yamen. Over the past ten years, the two have cooperated seamlessly.Seeing that Master Feng was embarrassed at this time, he wanted to smooth things over, so he cupped his fists and said to Fan: "Master Yu, we can't just spend it here? Please make a decision, sir. We should stay here and investigate." case, or rush back to Xiuwu County first, and then thoroughly investigate the case tomorrow after all the teachers and wives are settled?"

When he said this, he deliberately kept silent, and carefully observed Yu Fan's expression by the light of the torch.Seeing that Yu Fan was silent, he went on to say: "Master Yu, 71 people were killed here. It can be said that this is a huge case, and it is not a case that our Xiuwu County can handle. The magistrate of Huang County must make a report. The prefect’s yamen in Luoyang. And the prefect’s yamen in Luoyang has to report this matter to the governor’s yamen in Henan in detail. This way, the report will go up level by level, which is the right way to handle the case.”

At the beginning, Yu Fan thought that Catcher Yin was asking for instructions from him, but later, he suddenly realized, and thought: "This Catcher Yin is indeed an old fritter who has been working in the Xiuwu County Yamen for decades. This person Knowing that this case could not be handled by Xiuwu County, but he didn't want to point fingers in front of me and make me unhappy, so he made side-effects and reminded me not to meddle in this case and that it should be handed over to Shangguan. This person is right, although I am The county magistrate, but so many lives have been lost, the county magistrate must come forward in person. If I step forward, first, I will offend the superior, and second, if there is any mistake, I will have to take the blame."

Thinking of this, Yu Fan smiled slightly, and said: "I understand the idea of ​​Catcher Yin."

Yin Butou hurriedly bowed and said: "My lord is just joking, how can the villain have any ideas? The villain is just listening to the adults' instructions."

Yu Fan was quite happy to see that Yin Tutou was so sensible, so he pondered for a while, and then said: "Leave ten brothers here to guard the scene, and the rest of the brothers will return to Xiuwu County tonight. Report to Huangzhi County in Ming Dynasty, and tomorrow morning, Huangzhi County will lead a group of people from the yamen and so on, and then come to the site for investigation. We have no office here, and it is useless to stay here."

Every time Yu Fan said something, Yin Butou said "yes" beside him.After Yu Fan finished speaking, Catcher Yin bowed his head and handed over his hands, and turned around to arrange for people to guard the scene.Yu Fan rushed to him and said: "This is a barren mountain, and it must be difficult to guard it all night. Yin Butou told his brothers that if anyone is willing to stay and guard the scene, in addition to the monthly money, the yamen will pay an extra tael of silver this month. "

Yin Butou was stunned for a moment, then his face was full of joy, and he said to Fan: "My lord is sympathetic to my brothers, but this villain is more grateful to my lord on behalf of you."

Li Qiufeng knew that the monthly salary of the arresters in the yamen was only a few hundred cash, so it was not easy to support himself.If you don't blackmail the people, you can't make a living with monthly money alone.This tael of silver is worth at least five months' monthly money, so it is extremely hard to stay on this mountain at night, but there must be a brave man under the heavy reward, I am afraid that for this tael of silver, he is willing to stay There are not a few fast catchers.

Sure enough, after a while, Yin Butou walked back quickly, and said with a smile to Fan: "Master Yu, the villain has arranged ten capable brothers to guard here, please rest assured, Sir Yu."

Yu Fan nodded, and said in his mouth: "Yin Butou wants to tell the remaining brothers, you must be careful, and don't accidentally slip into the valley."

Yin Butou smiled and said: "Master Yu, don't worry, the villain must restrain all brothers, and wait for the county magistrate to come here to inspect the site in person tomorrow."

Yu Fan was taken aback, and said, "Are you going to stay?"

Yin Butou said: "The villain is worried about what will happen here, so he wants to stay with the other brothers, and I hope the adults will agree to the villain's invitation."

Yu Fan's heart is clear, knowing that Catcher Yin also wants to get this tael of silver.It's just that if Catcher Yin can also stay here, it is indeed more appropriate than leaving only ten cops.So Yu Fan didn't say anything, and gave Yin Butou a few words, and then led them away.All the arresters heard that if they stayed here for one night, they would get a tael of silver, and they all wanted to stay with catcher Yin.It's just that the number of places is limited, and in the end I had to curse myself for bad luck.Some people even took their anger out on the nuns in Kule Nunnery, thinking to themselves, if they hadn't been with these nuns, how could they not have gotten the one tael of silver that fell from the sky?

After Yu Fan made all the arrangements, he led everyone down the mountain.There was no words all the way, and at nearly midnight, all the people arrived at the south gate of Xiuwu County.According to the law of the imperial court, the gates of the city will be closed after nightfall.It's just that Yu Fan had already sent people back to the city to make arrangements. The guards on the city heard that it was the county magistrate who came back, and hurriedly opened the city gate three feet apart, and let everyone into the city.An officer who went back to the city first was waiting at the city gate, but there was still an old woman dressed as a Taoist standing beside him.The yamen servant said to Fan: "My lord, I have invited the head of the Ziyang Temple in the north of the city, and she promised to bring all the masters from Kule Temple to rest in the temple."

Li Qiufeng saw the old Taoist nun's terrified face, standing aside trembling, whoever "invited" to come here, in all likelihood, she was forcibly "carried" by the guard.

Yu Fan glanced at the old Taoist aunt, and said: "This is the best." After he finished speaking, he turned to Master Feng and said, "Old Feng, please take all the masters from Kule Temple to Ziyang Temple to rest. Just in case Don't disturb the practice of the Taoist priests in the temple."

Master Feng agreed, and immediately took Yuan Jue and others to follow the old Taoist girl to Ziyang Temple.Yu Fan called him to stop again, took out a few scattered pieces of silver from his bosom, about seven or eight coins in weight, handed it to the old Taoist nun, and said: "These silvers can be considered as the board and lodging expenses of the teachers and ladies." .If it’s not enough, you can just ask me for it.”

The old Taoist nun was forcibly dragged out of the Ziyang Temple by the guards in the evening, and waited at the gate of the city for two or three hours, frightened and frozen, her whole body was already shaking.After hearing that these nuns were only brought to live in the temple for a few days, my heart fell back into my stomach.At this time, seeing Yu Fan handing over the money, she didn't dare to take it at first, but she was afraid of offending Yu Fan, so she stretched out her hand to take the money and said, "That's enough, that's enough, thank you sir."

Huang Xu whispered a few words to Yuanjue, seeing Yuanjue and others leaving with Master Feng and the old Taoist nun, he felt rather reluctant.

Yu Fan turned his head and said to Li Qiufeng: "Brother Li, you and this Mr. Situ and Master Xuanji go to the inn to rest. Brother Yu has to go back to the county government office to discuss matters with Huang Zhi County, so I can't accompany everyone to the inn .”

Li Qiufeng and others said a few words to Yu Fan, then followed a guard and left first, walking north along the street.After crossing two streets, he turned west again and walked more than a hundred steps, but saw an inn not far away, with two wind lanterns hanging at the door.The guard pointed to the inn and said, "Everyone, rest in this inn tonight."

(End of this chapter)