As the saying goes: The moon is dark and the wind is high at night, and the day of murder and arson.

The dark night in front of me, the wind howling, is the best annotation of this sentence, the ordinary kind and timid little people have turned off the lights early, hugged their wives and children to chat with Zhou Gong.

However, the house of Hu Yuanwai on the rich side of Mengzhou City was brightly lit, not only that, but even outside the house, there were a group of officials patrolling back and forth with torches in their left hands, and they all held the sabers at their waists in their right hands, full of tension waiting for the battle, as if something could happen at any time.

Inside the house, in the richly arranged hall, the golden furnishings can't hide a terrifying atmosphere, obviously it is the cold weather of late autumn in October, Hu Yuanwai who is sitting on the Taishi chair is frequently wiping sweat, but he can't stop the beads of sweat from sliding down, and the fat on his body is shaking at a speed no less than the beads of sweat sliding.

But don't get me wrong, Hu Yuanwai's sweat has nothing to do with his weight, in fact, these days, Hu Yuanwai's weight has already dropped by more than a dozen pounds, of course, every day I am afraid of tea and dinner, anyone will lose weight, the reason why Hu Yuanwai still looks so fat is thanks to the good foundation he used to lay in supplements.

"Lu... Land... Land... Total Headcatcher,... You said... Bad... Scoundrel... Yes... Yes... Are you coming? Hu Yuan's upper and lower teeth had been fighting, and he finally made a sound and asked a twenty-six or seven-year-old young man who was sitting in the guest seat and dressed as a head catcher in the official mansion, he was the most famous in Mengzhou City and the most famous "Jiangnan Famous Catcher" Lu Tingqi in the whole of Jiangnan.

Lu Tingqi glanced at Hu Yuanwai contemptuously, coughed lightly, and then pretended to be majestic: "The gangsters have taken the lives of the four people, and they all came on time, since he set a time for Hu Yuanwai in advance, then, for the sake of his reputation, he will not miss the appointment." ”

After a pause, Lu Tingqi asked as if intentionally and unintentionally: "But the gangster specified in the letter that he wanted you to prepare 10 million taels of silver, are you ready?" ”

"Ten million taels of silver! Mr. Lu catches his head, what's the difference between this and asking for my life!? As soon as he heard the money, Hu Yuanwai shouted in distress, his speech was actually a lot more fluent, and his body was not so shaky, which made people can't help but admire that the power of "money" is really higher than that of the gangsters.

"But if you don't hand over the money, won't the gangsters also take your life?" Lu Tingqi asked rhetorically, "And you should also know how Boss Zhao, Master Sun, and He Yuanwai died in front of you." ”

Yes, more than two months ago, a gangster suddenly appeared in Mengzhou City, which has always been peaceful, and he seemed to know the situation of the rich merchants well, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he demanded all the property of each family, and set a date for withdrawing money, and if he did not give it, that day would become the victim's death date, and even the hour was indicated.

The rich people thought it was alarmist at first, and the gangsters were really big mouths, so the members of the family ignored them accordingly, but when the time came, the four people such as Sun and He Yuanwai all died one after another, and what was even more terrible was that they didn't even see the shadow of the gangsters, and they couldn't check the cause of death of the deceased after the incident.

No, it's time for Hu Yuanwai to be designated by the gangsters, just today's second watch, seeing that the time is approaching little by little, Hu Yuanwai's wives and concubines and children have already been so frightened that they are hiding in the dormitory, under the bed, and in the cabinet...... There were several layers of thick quilts pressed on his body, and several people hugged each other tremblingly, sweating cold and hot sweat together, for fear that the gangsters would find him.

Only Hu Yuanwai stayed outside, and the people who came to the government were invited by themselves, and they needed to rely on them to save their lives and money, and they did not dare to slack off; The second and most important thing is to stay by the side of the chief catcher, if there is anything Lu Tingqi will block for him first, it is better than being with those helpless family members.

Having said that, seeing that the second watch day is coming soon, how can Hu Yuanwai not be frightened?

Lu ...... Mr. Lu, you must protect me! Hu Yuanwai swallowed his saliva and strengthened his courage before he said.

"Outside of Hu Yuan, my Lu Tingqi's responsibility is to do my best." Lu Tingqi said lightly, but he thought very unscrupulously in his heart, another guy who wants money and doesn't want to die, hum!

"Bell! Clang! There was a sound of beating outside, the second watch, the courtyard and the courtyard suddenly became nervous, Lu Tingqi "Teng" got up, came to Hu Yuanwai's side, holding a waist knife, his sharp eyes patrolled around, and Hu Yuanwai tried to shrink in the Taishi chair, and his face was colorless.

Time walked quietly, and before I knew it, it was almost a pillar of incense, but the gangsters still did not appear, and a servant hurriedly walked into the hall and saluted Lu Tingqi with a fist: "Chief arrester, brothers patrol around, and have not found anything suspicious so far." ”

Lu Tingqi breathed a long sigh of relief, reinserted the waist knife in his hand into the scabbard, turned to Hu Yuanwai and said: "Hu Yuanwai, it's almost the third watch, I think it's probably because the guards are heavily guarded here, and the gangsters don't dare to appear." ”

"It's... Is it? Hu Yuanwai also took a long breath, with a little smile on his face, "Then I'll let it go" Before he could say the last word, his face was suddenly full ......of horror and he didn't move.

"Hu Yuanwai, what's wrong with you!?" Lu Tingqi found that the situation was wrong, and hurriedly stepped forward to inquire, only to see that Hu Yuanwai's mouth had not been closed, but his frightened eyes gradually lost focus, he hurriedly went to probe Hu Yuanwai's snort and heart, but found that Hu Yuanwai had died of anger.

Lu Tingqi "whoosh" pulled out his saber, and quickly searched inside and outside the hall with light skills, but found nothing, he had no choice but to return to the hall.

The courtyard and the courtyard are full of manpower, and Mr. Lu is guarding Hu Yuanwai's side, but everyone doesn't even know how Hu Yuanwai died, it's really a dereliction of duty.

"It seems that the only way to ask the imperial court to send someone is here." I don't know who muttered to himself, but this said to everyone's hearts, yes, otherwise, no one can escape the charge of dereliction of duty.

Only Lu Tingqi's face was blue and white for a while, no wonder, asking the court to send someone, wouldn't it be a big shame to sweep his face as a "famous arrest in Jiangnan", but whoever told him that he couldn't even find the shadow of the gangster, and no one would take his own future to save his face, so "please send someone from the court" is the wish of everyone to inform the lord of the mansion......

Capital

Palace

Mandarin duck honey cake, eight treasure gold and silver cake, seven star cake, lotus cake, almond cake, Dongpo cake, Guanghan cake, osmanthus fresh chestnut soup, Lanren lotus cake, winter Rong cake...... The table full of delicious snacks was finally empty, and a handsome young man in white finally put down his chopsticks contentedly, and also burped by the way to express his satisfaction.

"It's finally time to get down to business, right?" The yellow-robed young man beside him, who had been watching him eat, couldn't help but sigh secretly, and began to wonder for the Nth time whether he was wise or confused for the Nth time when he tricked him into staying.

"Well, let's talk about it." The young man in white waved his hand generously, with a look of kindness, regardless of the fact that the person talking to him next to him was the current man - Li Mu.

Li Mu was also accustomed to his unrestrainedness, and entered the topic without care: "The Criminal Department came to report again this morning, Mengzhou ......"

"Mengzhou? Is it Mengzhou with osmanthus fresh chestnut soup, Yushan butter cake, Diqiao fresh lotus soup and other delicious things? Without waiting for Li Mu to finish speaking, the young man in white asked with glowing eyes.

"Rain flute!" Li Mu stroked his forehead helplessly and sighed, he really couldn't live without three sentences!

With a long sigh of relief, Li Mu returned to the topic, "Recently, a strange case occurred in Mengzhou, many rich households have received blackmail letters, lingering for a huge amount of silver, a limited time, saying that if they do not pay at that time, they will take their lives, some rich people do not believe it, but when it comes to the time mentioned in the letter, the rich family is really strange death, the government has also sent people to visit, and also sent people to protect the threatened rich households, but when the time comes, the rich family died suddenly in front of everyone's eyes, and after examination, there are no scars on the whole body, and there are no traces of poisoning, Mengzhou Mansion Yin is now helpless, The Criminal Department has also sent experts to investigate, but there is no clue so far, and everyone in Mengzhou is now in danger......"

“…… Mengzhou is the land of fish and rice, a prosperous place for merchants, this kind of thing will seriously affect this year's taxes, and it is not good for the face of the imperial court, the criminal department has no choice but to ask me to send two Qincha lords from the 'Heaven Patrol Hunting' to solve the case, who are you and Linfeng going to go? After Li Mu finished speaking, he picked up the tea cup, it was not easy to be an emperor, he didn't even have half of Lin Yuxiao's good appetite.

"Well, this case is so bizarre, it must be a lot of danger, and I don't feel at ease when Senior Brother Linfeng goes alone, so let's go together, and take care of each other." It sounds like a good reason, but in fact, it is a wishful thinking, Yue Linfeng went to handle the case, and he himself went to eat, the best of both worlds!

I knew it! Li Mu sighed weakly, he had already seen his little abacus, but as long as they were willing to go, because Linfeng had always been the only one who was willing to go, as long as Yuxiao was willing to go, and it was such a dangerous place, Linfeng would definitely not worry that he would go alone.

In addition to being able to eat Yu Xiao, his head is terrifyingly good, and his medical skills are even more exquisite, and he can even determine whether a person is injured, where the injury is, and how heavy the injury is, and although he doesn't use poison, he knows all the poisons in the world, and none of them can be solved.

Well, Li Mu began to feel for the Nth time that he was really wise and martial arts when he tricked Lin Yuxiao to stay, hehe...... He is indeed a rare famous monarch throughout the ages! Unconsciously he became self-absorbed again.

Lin Yuxiao didn't bother to pay attention to the smirking emperor, his mind had already flown to Mengzhou, which was full of food. As for that pitiful case, it has long been thrown out of the sky by this pair of "unprofessional" monarchs......