female catcher

Chapter 220
In a capital city as big as Xijing, murders are not uncommon, but there were many murders within a few days, and all the dead were officials. This was obviously a provocation against the court.

Su Zhen was so furious that he took Yao Zhiyuan to the Imperial Study Room and asked him to solve the case within a time limit.Yao Zhiyuan's head grew big, and the fear on his rigid face couldn't be concealed. First, apart from the deaths of officials in these cases, there is no other connection at the moment. Purposeful killing, or killing officials at random.

Secondly, he was afraid that he would be the one in charge of the case next.

On the night when Yao Zhiyuan returned from the imperial study, something happened to Gu Chizhang from Zhongshushe.Fortunately, Gu Chizhang brought his own guards with him, so the murderer didn't succeed this time.

The coachman died, and Gu Chizhang injured his arm when he defended himself, but the guard was unscathed, and the two drove directly to the government office with the coachman's body and blood all over his body.

At that time, Yao Zhiyuan was worrying about the case in the government office, and when the door came to tell that something happened to Gu Chizhang, the teacup in his hand shook and fell to the ground, his face turned pale, and he suddenly got up and said, "He died again?!"

"Dead..., dead..." Menzi swallowed, "The coachman died, Mr. Gu was only slightly injured."

Yao Zhiyuan was so frightened by the panting door that his heart almost stopped beating, he was relieved after listening to it, grabbed the hem of his clothes and ran outside, "Look."

Tonight, Chang Qing and Zheng Lian are on duty in the government office. At this time, Gu Chizhang is in the police room and Zheng Lian is treating the wound, while Chang Qing is taking notes for the guard.Zheng Lian's hand was a little stronger, and Gu Chizhang yelled at him. After being scolded, he retreated angrily.Chang Qing looked up and said: "Brother Zheng, you said that you can't wrap your thick hands and feet well, and you hurt your lord. It's better to help lord Gu take it apart quickly, and find a doctor."

Zheng Lian was delighted when he heard it, and said: "It is said, Mr. Gu, you have a lot of adults, and the small ones will be dismantled for you." After finishing speaking, he was about to pull Gu Chizhang's arm, Gu Chizhang dodged, Swinging his arm on the armrest, he yelled again in pain.

Yao Zhiyuan pushed the door open, frowned, and said to Zheng Lian, "What's going on!"

Gu Chizhang was a fifth-rank official, lower in rank than Yao Zhiyuan, so when he saw him coming in, he hurriedly got up and greeted him.Yao Zhiyuan nodded to him, and sat down first, "Master Gu, what's going on today?"

Gu Chizhang clutched his arm, and said with a little fear: "Master Yao, it's thanks to the fact that I brought guards with me, otherwise there may be more murders." He sighed, "These days the Ministry of Education There are a lot of things to do, as you know, Xiaguan left a bit late, just turned into Chongyefang and saw that he was home, when someone jumped out of nowhere, he came up and killed my coachman."

Gu Chizhang stroked his forehead and pointed at the guard next to him, "My guard started fighting with him. I wanted to get out of the car and rush home, but the man kicked the guard away and chased me! Seeing I swung the knife, and I blocked it with my arm, no, that's it."

Yao Zhiyuan's eyebrows were furrowed into a line, "What happened later? How did Mr. Gu escape?"

"Later the guard came behind him and stabbed him with a dagger, and he ran away after being wounded." Master Gu waved his hands repeatedly after speaking, "It's so dangerous, it's so dangerous!"

Yao Zhiyuan glanced back at Chang Qing, Chang Qing quickly shook the pen in his hand, and said, "I remember all of this." Yao Zhiyuan nodded, and then asked Gu Chizhang, "What does that person look like, and is his height?" How much, did you say anything?"

"Master Yao, here is the transcript of Niu Manpo's guard." Chang Qing walked over with the transcript, handed it to Yao Zhiyuan, and said, "It is said that this person is about five feet taller, a little shorter than him, and his face is covered I can’t see the face, but I can see the thick eyebrows. The man only said one sentence, “Where are you running?” It doesn’t sound like a Xijing accent, but like a northern one.”

"that's it?"

Niu Manpo nodded and came over, smiling flatteringly, and said: "That's all. The little one went up to his death and hurt his right shoulder before saving the adult. The man turned around and slashed over with a knife, thanks to the little one With kung fu, you can be quick and agile so you don't get hurt."

Gu Chizhang snorted, glanced at Niu Manpo and said nothing.After hearing this, Yao Zhiyuan stroked his beard and thought for a while, "Does Mr. Gu know who this person is?"

"How does this official know?" Gu Chizhang said with a wry smile.

"Then Mr. Gu has made enemies with others recently?"

Gu Chizhang was stunned for a moment, his face looked a little difficult, he hesitated to speak, but said: "It is inevitable to offend people when doing things in court, this kind of enmity..., there should be no such thing."

Seeing this expression, Yao Zhiyuan couldn't help frowning and solemnly said, "Master Gu, there have been many murders in Beijing, and now you are the only one who has escaped to heaven. You must not report it without knowing about it. You must know that this person wants to kill you. If it doesn’t work, there may be a second time, not for your colleagues but also for yourself, Mr. Gu must speak up.”

"This..." Gu Chizhang hesitated for a while, and looked up at the few people in the room after pondering for a while.Yao Zhiyuan understood, so he stood up and said, "Master Gu, let's move to the study to talk."

After the two adults left, Zheng Lian stood beside Chang Qing, and said with a worried expression: "Chang Qing, do you think the murderer can catch it? I heard that Master Yao went to the palace this morning to face the saint. The matter has come to the emperor, if it can't be solved, will we also eat melons together!"

"The sky is falling and there's a tall one to hold it up. We're small policemen, and now we're just taking care of stealing things." Chang Qing folded his arms and curled his lips.

Niu Manpo was unhappy when he heard it, and interrupted in a loud voice: "Hey! What do you mean by my words, my lord? Our lord's hurt is in vain! Isn't the government office known as the blue sky of the people?"

"What's the matter with you!" Chang Qing turned around and snorted disdainfully, and muttered, "Returning the sky to the common people..."

"Okay, okay." Zheng Lian patted Chang Qing's shoulder, "Anyway, that's it, let's hang out for a day, why not live it, and now we can spend less time thinking and enjoy leisure."

Chang Qing secretly sighed.Since the change of days in this government office, he has not been involved in any major cases, and Zhong Fuming and his people took all the meritorious things that showed his face, and he only cares about trivial matters.Seeing that the reputation of Jiang Xiyuan and Xia Chu's government office was getting worse day by day, he also simply broke the pot.

Others stuffed the money into his hand with a smiling face, and turned around to scold him. He also knew that he couldn't tell what it was like in his heart.Anger at the status quo, aggrieved, nostalgia for the past, all of which can be attributed to two words in the end: Boring.

"I went to Anfengfang a few days ago, I wanted to see our boss, but..." Zheng Lian said.Chang Qing hummed, "Aren't you there? I've been there twice, but there's no one there. Maybe it's a long trip."

"Alas..." Chang Qing and Zheng Lian sighed in unison.

Turning the other day, Yao Zhiyuan had a gloomy face since he got up early, which made the air pressure in the whole mansion lower.By noon, all the arresting officers of the government office had obtained an arrest warrant, with a masked man with thick eyebrows painted on it, and his height and physical signs written on it. Chang Qing knew at a glance that it was Gu Chizhang's case last night.

"Listen to me!" Zhong Fuming walked in front of them with his hands behind his back, cleared his throat, and said, "This man is the murderer of several murders in Xijing recently! Let me see the arrest warrants clearly and keep them in mind." , Post it everywhere in Xijing! Two people in a team, let me search all of Xijing!"

Zheng Lian elbowed Chang Qing and snorted, "Look at it, I'm sure it's the murderer of several murders. If the boss is here, he will definitely be scolded."

Chang Qing stuffed the document into his bosom, and said in a low voice: "Hey, you can just listen to what he says, go for a walk in the street, anyway, it's not that hot anymore."

"What are you muttering about?" Zhong Fuming glanced at Chang Qing, and Chang Qing laughed at him, before he continued: "I have been a policeman for a long time, why don't you search me for nonsense. Inns, restaurants, brothels , teahouse! I searched all the crowded places carefully, and no one wants to go home if no one is found! Do you understand!"

The police officers agreed, and then dispersed together.

Chu Xia knew nothing about these.She didn't care much about the court affairs, she only knew that Su Zhen was very busy recently, and that Jiang Xiyuan was promoted again after his return, so she was very happy for him, and she didn't ask about other things

Now her injury has almost healed, but the scabs have not faded, and the wound is very itchy.Yuan Fang dutifully stared at Xia Chu, and reminded her whenever she saw her hands on her buttocks.

Xia Chu was really uncomfortable being stared at his butt like this all day long. Today, if he got a doctor girl, he could go out for a walk, so he rushed to Fengyi Palace in a hurry.When going out, the nurse was still behind her and said loudly: "Servant Xia Dian, be careful, don't let the wound catch water and get cold wind."

Xia Chu couldn't laugh or cry, she thought that what she hurt was her butt, how could she get out of the cold wind in the water?Yuan Fang also couldn't stop laughing, and walked slowly towards Fengyi Palace while holding Xia Chu's arm and talking all the way.

Yongwei was in the palace looking at the Shangfu Bureau's Shanggong News' show women's clothing system this time. When she heard that Xia Chu was here, she just hummed, and said after a moment of silence: "Let her wait."

It was the first time Xia Chu was stopped outside Fengyi Palace, and when the envoy waited, she understood Yongwei's attitude in her heart, and became more at ease.The matter must be clarified, don't wait a while, she is willing to come out with a quilt and let her sleep here for two nights, let alone wait a while.

About half an hour later, Shang Gong from the Shangfu Bureau came out, and the young envoy of the palace gate led Xia Chu into the palace.Xia Chu went in and saw Yong Wei was reading a book on the couch, without even looking at her, he endured the pain in his buttocks and knelt down with a big gift, "Servant Xia Chu kowtowed to the empress."

Yong Wei stared at the book in her hand, but actually didn't read a single word. She felt tense and relaxed, uncertain about her attitude, and said after a long while: "Qianqian, help Xia Dian get up."

Qianqian helped her up with a face of reluctance, and Xia Chu smiled gratefully, "My servant, thank you for your compassion."

Yong Wei hummed without raising her head, then put down the book in her hand, but picked up the tea again, "Servant Xia Dian isn't recovering from his injuries, what's the matter with coming to see Bengong?"

"My maidservant has something very important to do. I originally wanted to write a letter to my empress, but I was afraid that I might misunderstand it if I couldn't explain it clearly. Therefore, my maidservant just got pardon today and was able to come out, so I came to ask to see her, and wanted to talk to my empress face to face."

"Misunderstanding?" Yong Wei only glanced at her at this time, put her sleeves on the teacup and said, "I have nothing to misunderstand, I have seen everything that should be seen, and I have asked my brother about the guesswork." , you know everything you need to know.”

She smiled faintly, "But you don't have to worry, I won't do anything to you. You will be in the palace for a long time, and there are many sisters, so you are not bad."

"The servant is not afraid that the maid will misunderstand the past between the servant and the emperor, but is afraid that the maid will misunderstand the future between the servant and the emperor. The servant likes the lady very much, but..." Xia Chu lowered his head and pursed his lips, then raised his head again, and said clearly: "The servant girl never thought of being a sister in the sense of a concubine."

(End of this chapter)