Volume 1 Plum Yellow Time Rain Chapter 38 Plum Yellow Time Rain
The person who came was Zhang Youqian, one of the "Four Sons of Beijing", I wondered in my heart, it was supposed to be the two of us who went south together to escort Xu Kaishan, but then Lu Zhongyuan temporarily changed his mind, but for some reason, as soon as I arrived on the front foot, Zhang Youqian followed on the back foot.
I opened my mouth and asked, why are you here?
Zhang Youqian pursed his lips, rolled his eyes up, and said: What you said, Jinling City is not opened by your family, why can't you come to me?
It dawned on me that Zhuge said that the six doors would send someone from the capital, and that person was Zhang Youqian! Thinking of having to work with him in the future, I couldn't help but get bigger. This kid is very arrogant and arrogant, and he speaks impulsively, which makes people very uncomfortable.
Zhang Youqian continued, If it weren't for the fact that I, Zhang Million, that old rabbit cub made a stumbling block and gave silver to the chief catcher, where would I get your turn to escort Xu Kaishan? I said that I have died nine times along the way, and it is a great luck to be able to live to Jinling, and you are still talking cool here.
Zhang Youqian snorted, that's your low martial arts, no wonder others.
Only then did I notice that Zhang Youqian was followed by an old servant. This person is dressed in sackcloth, with his hands in his sleeves, leaning forward, squinting his eyes, and his divine light is restrained, but he doesn't know which way he is a master. Zhang Youqian saw me staring at the servant, so he said, This is Lao Xue, called Xue Yinglong, sent by my Lao Tzu, saying that he was protecting me, but in fact he was monitoring me.
I am awe-inspiring in my heart, Xue Yinglong was the hero of the Mobei generation back then, also known as the six-fingered night owl, and was one of the masters of the black list of Xiaosheng rivers and lakes. Twenty years ago, he suddenly went incognito, and it turned out that he was a bodyguard for the Zhang family. No wonder he had his hands in his sleeves, presumably unwilling to let people see his six fingers.
I even bowed my hand and said, it turned out to be Senior Xue, I am fortunate to be lucky.
Xue Yinglong even turned sideways to avoid it, saying that it was just to earn some silver and eat with a mouthful of food, and Su Zhutou broke the old servant. I wonder in my heart, the six-fingered night owl used to be rampant in Mobei and had a perverse personality, but now he seems to have changed as if he is a different person.
Zhang Youqian said that Su is still here, first come, don't you have to invite me to a cup of tea?
I said in my heart that there are quite a lot of requirements, I have a Ming Qian Longjing in my room, but it is a bit of a waste to drink for him, so I took out the teapot, made a cup of leaf tea and handed it over, Zhang Youqian took a sip, almost didn't come out, said such a difficult tea, you are embarrassed to entertain people?
I said that now the imperial court is strictly economical, and I still bought this tea out of my own pocket. Speaking of Chongjiangnandao, Jiangnan, this is Deputy Zhang's head catcher, and he contracted the tea money of our Jianghu Division in the future, so don't thank you for the deputy head catcher?
Zhang Youqian laughed, took out a silver ticket and threw it to Jiangnan, saying that he would buy some good tea, and he would ask me for it again. Jiang Nan saw that the gold lord was coming, said hello, and trotted out. I secretly scolded this kid for not being able to resist the temptation, and to be bought so easily.
After hearing that I lived in Wuyi Lane, Zhang Youqian instructed Xue Yinglong to also go to Wuyi Lane to buy a house. I took Zhang Youqian to report to Zhuge Baked Cake, as soon as I entered the door, I met Zhuge Baked Cake and was about to go to a meeting, when I saw me and said, you came just in time, the prefect is discussing official business in the government today, you go with me.
I introduced Zhang Youqian, and specially said that this is the only son of Zhang Million, the richest man in the capital, Zhuge Baked Cake looked Zhang Youqian up and down, Zhang Youqian held his head high, and looked proud. This made Zhuge Baked Cake very displeased, and said, I know, let's go. Just hung Zhang Youqian here.
Passing through the ear door, came to the main hall of the mansion, the Song prefect has not yet arrived, the two adults of Tongju and Tongzhi saw us, bowed their heads slightly, and immediately closed their eyes to recuperate. I whispered to Zhuge what was going on, and Zhuge said that I brought you here to let you learn more and watch more, and I didn't let you talk nonsense.
After listening for a while, I knew that there had been a missing case in Jinling City recently, eight cases had occurred in the past half a month, and most of the missing girls were young girls, and now people in Jinling City were panicked, rumors were spreading, and the governor of Zhejiang issued a supervision order, requiring a time limit to complete, and the Song prefect pressed the case to Zhuge Baked Cakes, and Zhuge Baked Cakes were distributed to his subordinates, and now ten days have passed, but there is no clue, for which several people have been hit by the board in the six doors.
Governor Song came to the main hall, didn't say a word, looked at everyone with a gloomy face, I lowered my head when I saw this, I didn't want to cause trouble. This case is sponsored by Six Doors, and it is not a matter for Zhuge to stare at it when he sees it, so he said tentatively, Lord Song......
Before he could continue, Governor Song slapped the table and scolded, a group of rice buckets!
Zhuge Baked Cake shut up.
Governor Song scolded a few words and said: "Zhuge is the head catcher, you made a military order in front of you that day, and now that the deadline has arrived, how is the matter going?"
Zhuge Baked Cake bowed his head and said, Lord Qiqi, things ...... It's a little tricky.
Hearing this, the prefect of Song was furious, knocked on the table, and said coldly, I will give you time, but I didn't want you to say these two words to me, now I can't solve the case, and the governor will withdraw the official Wusha when the time comes, rest assured, before that, don't think about your position.
Zhuge baked cakes with cold sweat.
Song Zhifu also said, now that the Flower God Festival is approaching, the security in Jinling City is so poor, as the head of the six gates, you have to come to tell the official, do you want to hold this year's Flower God Festival again?
The Flower God Festival is a traditional festival in Jinling City, held in the area of Qinhuai River and Confucius Temple in late February every year, and has lasted for more than 200 years, so it is only ten days.
Governor Song said to other people, and several of you also expressed their opinions. Now that the prefect is angry, the general judge, the magistrates and others don't dare to touch the mold, and they are silent, but the same is the same as the people, the people of Futai, in my opinion, these cases should be done by the people of the rivers and lakes, it is better to give Lord Zhuge some more time, how about it?
Zhuge said cautiously, and asked the adults to give a few days of grace, and the villain must close the case before the Flower God Festival.
I intend for you to make meritorious contributions, but on the day you made a military order, I won't spare you, come and pull out the chief catcher, and beat you to 30 kills!
Zhuge Baked Cake begged for mercy again and again, Song Governor insisted on going his own way, several team leaders came up, said sorry, forked Zhuge Baked Cake out, and there was a heart-rending wail outside the door, and not long after, Zhuge Baked Cake Rack came back.
Song Zhifu's face softened slightly, and then he said leisurely, Zhuge Ao, this matter is not for me to embarrass you, now the people of Jinling City are panicked, we, as the parents of a city, can't sit idly by!
Song Zhifu also said, this year's Flower God Festival, there is a noble person coming above, all of you here are the core team of Jinling City, you must work together to do a good job of the Flower God Festival, do it well, if something goes wrong, I'm afraid there will be no good life.
If ordinary people are beaten, they have to shed their skin if they don't die, I saw Zhuge Baked Cake beaten, but he spoke with full anger, either those squad leaders were merciful, or Zhuge Baked Cake was strong in martial arts, in my opinion, it was the former that was the majority.
Lord Song said a few words and threw up his sleeves and left. Tongzhi, Tongju and other adults came to greet one after another, Zhuge baked cakes comforted a few words, and then with my support, limped out of the mansion. Just past the ear door, just past the ear door, Zhuge baked cake broke away from me and walked as usual.
I said that adults are good at kung fu.
Zhuge Baked Cake didn't mention anything about Fang Cai, but asked rhetorically, What have you learned? I was stunned for a moment, and I was full of doubts, and said, What have you learned? How can you be beaten so that it doesn't hurt? Zhuge Baked Cake snorted and said that rotten wood cannot be carved.
In the afternoon, the Ministry of Public Affairs issued the "Notice on Doing a Good Job in Security Work During the Flower God Festival", requiring the six departments and county offices in the city to investigate the potential safety hazards during the Flower God Festival, strictly monitor the dynamics of all kinds of petitioners and Beijing-controlled households, especially the six gates, and carry out safety investigations on all major factions in Jinling City.
Zhuge baked cakes are usually hanging, but now the situation is grim, and the three classes of the six doors were convened overnight to hold a meeting, implement the spirit of the notice, and formulate relevant work arrangements. The first is to set up a security team, Zhuge Yao Bi personally took command, implement the responsibility system, and conduct security inspections of all major factions in Jinling City; the second is to strictly control the entry and exit of Jinling City, establish a rapid response mechanism, and immediately control suspicious persons when they are discovered; and the third is to implement the system of slicing and contracting Jinling City, dividing Jinling City into two groups and doing all the work to the group, and implementing a 24-hour patrol system.
The most important thing is to crack the case of missing people in Jinling City, set up a special case team, and scatter all kinds of arrests to carry out a carpet investigation.
Zhang Youqian and I were new to the city, and we did not join the task force, but we were transferred to the inspection team to be responsible for maintaining public order. Zhuge took care of us and assigned us to the Confucius Temple.
After the meeting, Zhang Youqian invited a few catchers to eat supper on the grounds of coming for the first time, and Liu catchers told us that although Zhuge was strict, he loved his subordinates very much, especially the two of you who were new, let you be in charge of the Confucius Temple, and really take care of you.
I wondered, how do you say this?
Liu Zhutou said, you don't know, the area around Confucius Temple is a place where businessmen in Jinling City gather, every time this kind of safety inspection, there is a lot of oil and water, you two boys are really cheap!
My heart is gloomy, whether it is the capital or Jinling, the six doors are all ordinary. The monthly income of the six doors is low, and a large part of the income comes from the filial piety of the businessman, as well as the color in the process of handling the case, and the oil and water in Liu Zhutou's mouth, I naturally know what it means.
However, Zhang Youqian and I are a little special, I have no concept of money, Zhang Youqian is a rich son, and he doesn't care about money at all.
In the next few days, every morning, Xu Kaishan and I practiced martial arts in the courtyard for two hours, under his tutelage, my golden snake marksmanship has made great progress, and without internal force, I can walk three or four moves under Xu Kaishan, which makes me excited.
Zhang Youqian and Jiangnan patrolled Wuyi Lane every day, formulated a safety inspection plan, and did their best, of course, some businessmen still took the initiative to give us filial piety, but I refused, but Jiangnan, who came, did not refuse, and the income was quite rich.
Within a few days, Zhang Youqian got bored with these things, made some friends in Jinling City, and chatted with me every day.
In late February, Jiangnan enters the rainy season, and there is a continuous light rain every day, which makes people happy. On this day, Jiang Nan was patrolling the streets, I was drinking tea in a tea shop on the side of the road, I was bored, looking at the pedestrians on the street, and suddenly five Jianghu people with knives caught my attention.
The battle between Xu Kaishan and Feng Wanli is imminent, and many people from the rivers and lakes have poured into Jinling City, but most of them are knights who come to admire it. These five people were in a hurry, their appearance was suspicious, and they looked around from time to time, and I didn't have time to inform Jiang Nan, so I paid for the tea and followed.
Although these five people can't compare to my stealing the door, they are also superior, and after several turnovers, they came to the cliff of the broken arm of the General Mountain in the south of the city. There is an ancient temple here, called Tongshan Temple, it is rumored to have been built in the early Tang Dynasty, when Yue Pengju had been injured here, also called Longquan Temple.
The five of them did not knock on the door and entered through the wall of the temple.
I was suspicious and followed in.
There is a stone platform at the cliff of the broken arm, I heard that there is a humane, the third, is your news reliable? You said that the person came to help us, why is there not even half a figure?
Another man said, big brother, don't be impatient, my friend's martial arts are much higher than ours, it seems that he has a grudge against the demon girl, there is no need to lie to us. Since he asked us to meet here, he will not miss the appointment.
That's humane, preferably. Damn, I think how majestic our five ghosts in Jiangnan were back then, but now they are chased by the demon girl like a lost dog, this revenge will not be avenged, I swear not to be a man!
I said in my heart that these five people were very famous in the Jiangnan underworld back then, namely: big-headed ghosts, unlucky ghosts, happy ghosts, hanged ghosts, and lustful ghosts, specializing in abducting and selling women, young ~ children, but later disappeared for some reason, and now they have appeared in Jinling City, if this is the case, I am afraid that the recent disappearance in Jinling City is inseparable from these five people. However, from their conversations, it seems that they have provoked some powerful person.
I only heard one person laugh and said, the Netherworld Sect Master is ruthless and has strong martial arts, but it is not difficult to kill the demon girl.
I don't know when, a black-robed man appeared on the cliff platform, I looked at it from a distance, the black-robed man was thin, his face was sickly, and his voice was a little familiar, but I couldn't remember who it was for a while.
When the third of the five ghosts in Jiangnan saw this person, they connected and saw Yang Protector.
Only then did I remember that this black-robed man was actually the left protector of the Netherworld God Sect that I met outside Jinling City that night-the sick tiger Yang Yin, and I couldn't imagine that this woman's disappearance case was actually involved in the Netherworld God Sect, and I couldn't help but feel big in my heart.
Big-headed ghost road, why should I believe you?
Yang's invisibility moved slightly, the cold light flashed, and the big-headed ghost's bun was cut in half, and his hair was scattered, which frightened the big-headed ghost into a cold sweat.
Yang Yin said coldly, if I take your life as easily, you provoked people back then and were forced to flee to the outside of the Saiwai, if it wasn't for me to dredge up the relationship, would you be able to return to Jiangnan?
Big-headed ghost Dao, you let us go back to our old business, started the old business, and provoked the pursuit and killing of the Netherworld Sect Master, how did we have a good heart? How do we know if you are the opponent of the demon girl?
Yang Yin said, whether it is good or bad, if you want to go back to Jiangnan, you have to pay some price, don't you? Moreover, this time there is no need for me to make a move, there is another person who will deal with the Netherworld Sect Master.
As soon as the words fell, another gray-clothed old man appeared on the platform with his broken arm, the gray-clothed old man was masked and turned his back to me, and I couldn't see who it was. Yang Yin said to the old man in gray, this time I was able to invite Mr. to help, and Yang was extremely grateful.
The gray-clothed old man said, you and I each take what we need, how thank you, friend? After this deed is completed, you will be your Netherworld Sect Master, and I will get back what I want, and no one will lose.
Yang Yin sneered, what a decent gentleman, then I wish us a happy cooperation.
The gray-clothed old man said to the five ghosts, your recent actions have attracted the attention of the demon girl, and in the past few days, I want you to wait until the day of the Flower God Festival to kidnap a person, this is some information about that person. As he spoke, he handed a note to the big-headed ghost.
Seeing this, the big-headed ghost said loudly, "It's impossible!"
The old man in gray frowned and said, Are you bargaining with the old man? Since the old man can let you return to Jiangnan, he can naturally make you evaporate from the world.
The five ghosts of Jiangnan were immediately deflated.
I thought that this place should not stay for a long time, so I performed light skills and quietly left the cliff platform.
Unintentionally, I actually found out some clues about the disappearance case, and I wondered if I would tell Zhuge Yaobi. Unconsciously came to the Tongshan Temple, it is the rainy weather, there are not many pilgrims in the temple, for the ghosts, gods and Buddhas, I have always been respectful and far away, but since I came, I put a stick of incense in the main hall and donated some incense money.
Before I went out, I saw a little monk waving at me.
It was the little novice I met a few days ago who wanted to eat chicken legs, and I rejoiced in my heart, so you are here.
The little monk said that as soon as he entered Jinling City, he was pulled here by his senior brother, eating fasting and chanting Buddha, I was about to suffocate, big brother, when will you invite me to eat chicken legs. I said that I am in the Confucius Temple on weekdays, and if you are free, come to me. The little monk cried and said with a sad face, Senior Brother won't let me go out. I laughed and said, why are you so obedient. The little monk pouted and said that I am better at preaching the scriptures than my brother, but my brother likes to reason with my fists.
I deeply believe that I also have a senior brother who likes to reason with a stick, and I deeply sympathize.
The little monk said that it doesn't matter, in a few days we will make an appointment with someone from the Netherworld God Sect to discuss in Momoyama, and then I will secretly go out to play with you.
It's the Nether God Cult again, and I said in my heart that there have been a lot of Nether God Cult things lately.
When I went down the mountain, the rain suddenly became heavier, and there was a pavilion halfway up the mountain, so I walked a few steps quickly to avoid the rain. When I entered the mountain, I followed the people, and now I stand at the foot of the General Mountain, and see the smoke curling in Jinling City, shrouded in the smoke and rain in the south of the Yangtze River, which has a unique style.
A fragrant breeze wafted in, and a young girl came in the gazebo.
The woman was seventeen or eighteen years old, with bright eyes and bright teeth, looking like a fairy, with a slight heroic spirit between her eyebrows, and she looked at me a little, then turned around and overlooked the scenery under Jinling City. Although it was a glimpse, I could see that my heart was agitated and I couldn't take my eyes off it for a while.
After a while, the girl frowned and said, What do you see?
I was in a trance, and I burst out of my mouth: I have never seen a woman as beautiful as you.
The girl's face turned red, and then she was indifferent, and said lightly: Do you know that the last man who looked at me like this was blind?