In the dark sewers, Lu Wu stepped on the mud with a torch, endured the stench and walked slowly, followed by a group of officials, every time he reached a fork in the road, he would divide two officials, and mark the intersection at the same time, so as not to come back and find the way.

"Brother Wu, we can't go any further, we're running out of torches!" At this moment, an official behind Lu Wu persuaded him that they had been walking in the sewers for most of the day, and the torches they had brought with them were getting less and less, but they had not gained anything at all, which made everyone a little frustrated.

Lu Wu also scolded secretly when he heard this, and hesitated for a moment before finally ordering: "Withdraw!" ”

With Lu Wu's order, the servants behind him were also relieved, after all, this sewer is stuffy and smelly, if it weren't for the investigation of the case, I'm afraid they wouldn't want to come down, after this day, they felt that their whole body was full of stench, and their noses were numb, and they might not even be able to eat when they went back.

Lu Wu and his team began to return, and the servants who went to the fork in the road had already returned, because they brought fewer torches, and generally started to go back before the torches ran out, after all, the route of the sewer road was complicated, and there was no light, if there were no torches to get lost, I am afraid they would have to die inside.

After everyone gathered, Lu Wu counted the number of people again, and found that there were no fewer people, so he was relieved, and then asked about the situation of each team, but everyone shook their heads together, and they didn't find anything at all, which made Lu Wu also scolded again, and then led people out of the sewer.

"Lu Bantou, have you found someone?" As soon as Lu Wu came out, a middle-aged man rushed up with red eyes and asked, his face was full of expectation mixed with despair, this is an alley mouth, surrounded by residents living in this alley, and the middle-aged man in front of him is the bitter master of this case.

Although Lu Wu didn't want to disappoint the other party, he still shook his head weakly at this time, and as a result, the old man cried "wow~" on the spot, and a middle-aged woman behind him fainted to the ground with a "bang", and when the people around her hurriedly woke her up, the other party screamed "son", and the crying sound resounded throughout the alley, and many onlookers also cried, and many people scolded those ghost beggars for not being people.

It turned out that in the past few days, there have been a number of missing cases of children and women in the city of Tokyo, several of which occurred in Xiangfu County, Lu Wu is the head of the team, this kind of case is naturally responsible for him, and he quickly found out that these missing children and women were all taken away by ghost beggars in the sewers, such as today's case, a boy was dragged into the sewer by ghost beggars under the noses of others.

"Damn ghost beggar!" Lu Wu scolded again at this time, he had been running around for the ghost beggar's case of plundering people in the past few days, but in the end he found nothing, which made him doubt his ability, but he couldn't be blamed for it, after all, those ghost beggars were haunted, and by the time the incident happened, they had already run away along the sewer, and it was impossible to find them.

"Go back to the Yamen!" Lu Wu didn't want to stay here anymore to watch the bitter lord and his wife crying, and immediately opened his mouth again and ordered, his servants were also tired, and when they first came out, they all sat on the ground, and now they stood up one by one when they heard Lu Wu's order.

"Brother Wu, have our carriage and horse money confiscated?" But at this moment, a servant suddenly came to Lu Wu's side and whispered. The wages of the officials were very low, and if they only relied on the little money in the yamen, I was afraid that they would all starve to death, so when they went out to handle cases, they would collect money from the bitter lord for carriages and horses, including travel expenses, food and lodging, etc., which was also the main income of the ancient officials.

", you see they're all crying like this, are you too embarrassed to collect the money?" Lu Wu scolded angrily when he heard this, today the bitter master couple is over forty years old, and the four daughters who gave birth to them in front of them are all daughters, and finally had a son a few years ago, but now the only son in the family was snatched away by the ghost beggar, and the two of them were crying and were about to die, anyway, Lu Wu really couldn't bear to ask for money.

was scolded by Lu Wu like this, no one dared to mention the money anymore, and then they all silently followed behind Lu Wu and prepared to go back to the yamen, but when they were halfway through, Lu Wu said that he had something to leave and let the rest of the yamen go back to the yamen by themselves.

At this time, it was not early, and after Lu Wu got rid of the servants, he immediately walked quickly through the streets, and finally came to the restaurant last time, and when he went to the box on the second floor, Luo Chongxun was already waiting for him inside.

"You can't fall into the toilet, why do you stink so much?" As soon as Lu Wu came in, Luo Chongxun immediately covered his nose and said.

"You try it in the sewers for a day!" Lu Wu was not angry, and then he was not polite, he sat down and ate a lot, Luo Chongxun would order a table of dishes every time he came, all of which he liked to eat, and Lu Wu, as the head of the team, did not earn much, and often pointed to this beating of teeth.

"Okay, what are you doing in the sewers?" Luo Chongxun stood up at this time and opened the window next to him to breathe.

"During this time, the underground ghost beggars are too rampant, there have been more than a dozen cases of children and women being robbed, and today another child was robbed, our gang runs behind their butts every day, but we haven't even seen a ghost!" Lu Wu said angrily at this time, in fact, this kind of ghost beggars robbing people happens every year, which is why he hates ghost beggars so much.

"It turned out to be because of the ghost beggar, but don't talk about you, a few days ago there was a palace maid missing in the palace, and later found out that the iron fence of a sewer was sawed open, it just so happened that this palace maid was still a person around the concubine, and the result was accused to the mother, this time the mother was also furious, and that night let the forbidden army enter the sewer to search for people, and in the end there was nothing, so the sewer fence could only be reinforced again." Luo Chongxun said in a low voice at this time, because this matter is a scandal in the palace, so the palace has also issued a gag order, and few people in the outside world know about it.

"Even they dare to break into the palace, won't the court make up its mind to completely wipe out those ghost beggars?" Lu Wu said again when he heard this, he couldn't bear these ghost beggars, but there was no way, after all, he was a small team leader, and there were only a few dozen people under his command at most, and he couldn't hear the sound of people throwing them into the sewer.

"Of course the imperial court wants to take care of it, in fact, a few days ago, someone went to the fold, hoping that the imperial court would send a large army to clean up the underground beggars, but the city of Tokyo is so big, and the underground waterways extend in all directions, especially those drainage ditches built to prevent flooding, and they can be connected to the outside of the city.

Luo Chongxun paused when he said this, and then said: "The army will cost money when it moves, and you also know that because of the turmoil over the years, the treasury has long been empty, so the court can't come up with money at all, and even if the army is sent down, those ghost beggars can escape to the ground to hide, and when the limelight passes, they will still go underground to be ghost beggars, and they will kill them endlessly, so in the end, Niangniang did not agree." ”

The sentence "making a lot of noise" in Luo Chongxun's words actually refers to Zhao Heng's efforts to seal Zen over the years, and as a result, the Tianshu Movement has spent all the treasury, and now the Great Song Dynasty is rich on the surface, but in fact, it has long been poor and wants to be pants.

Lu Wu was also angry when he heard this, but in the end he could only sigh weakly, he had been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he once naively thought that everything in the world could be solved with his fists, but then he slowly discovered that there are too many things in the world that cannot be solved by force, and even he learned martial arts, but he didn't even have a place to show it, and in the end he could only stay in the small county government to make a living.

"Okay, don't be too depressed, the ghost beggars are just like the stubborn disease in Tokyo City, and even the princes in the court can't do anything, why should you bother about this matter?" Luo Chongxun patted Lu Wu's shoulder at this time and comforted him, although he is the chief eunuch in the palace, but intrigue is everywhere in the palace, usually he doesn't even have a person who tells the truth, but Lu Wu and him have no interests, plus the personal relationship between the two is very good, so it is rare for him to show some truth at this time.

"Tell you a good thing, Niangniang has already said, let's find a way to disclose the identities of the Li family and his son after a while, and then seal them to an official position, and you don't have to stay in the yamen anymore and worry about these things!" Luo Chongxun suddenly thought of something at this time, and said with a smile on his face.

"This ......" Lu Wu immediately raised his head when he heard Luo Chongxun's words, and then showed a thoughtful expression, and after a long while, he said in a deep voice, "Did Niang Niang say the exact time, and what position will be arranged for the Li family and his son at that time?" ”

"This is not there, but I estimate that it will only be in the past two months, as for the official position, although I didn't say it, it should be an idle position with no real power, after all, our relatives of the Great Song Dynasty are arranged like this."

When Luo Chongxun said this, he suddenly thought of one more thing, and said again at the moment, "By the way, the last time the party was arrested, it was even related to the Li father and son, and the mother already knew about it, and even praised that little one." ”

"Ahem, he is also lucky, no one expected that the rented yard used to live in the party's meticulous work, and he inadvertently found the troop deployment map, which made some contributions." Lu Wu didn't seem to want Li Zhang to attract too much attention, so he tried to reduce Li Zhang's connection with this matter as much as possible.

"If it's just luck, you won't be able to do business in Tokyo in just one month, and you will make a contribution to the court, Niangniang not only praised him, but even wanted to see this child in advance, after all, you also know Niangniang's temperament, no matter what others say, the most believe is your own eyes." Luo Chongxun said with a smile again at this time.