Chapter 18 The Tang Dynasty Patrol and Arrest

The Flying Money Gang has been running Flying Money for many years, and how much wealth it has accumulated is unknown to outsiders, and it has become a legend. It is said that Tang Wanchun once helped the official disaster relief and famine relief and the distribution of military salaries, which shows the depth of the flying money.

Tang Wanchun Shenlong saw the tail and saw no head, and all kinds of rumors spread. Some people suspect that it is a relative of the emperor, some people say that it is a feudal official who has returned to his hometown, and some people speculate that it is the four ghosts of the Feiqian Gang: the East Ghost, the South Ghost, the West Ghost, and the North Ghost take turns to be the villager, and there is no Tang Wanchun himself at all.

There are many opinions, but none of them are conclusive.

※ In the third year of the Tang Dynasty, Cui Huguan was promoted to Jing Zhaoyin, the highest administrator of Chang'an. In order to check and balance the status and right to speak of the Dali Temple Supervision Yuan, the court handed over all criminal cases such as beating, smashing, burning, robbing, rape, killing, kidnapping, and theft in the jurisdiction of Chang'an to the Jingzhao Mansion for supervision.

Kyoto is the vane of the Tang Dynasty, Cui Hu knows the heavy burden on his shoulders, suffering from having no military power, being controlled everywhere, and unable to show his hands and feet.

Yuan Xuegui, a judicial member of the army, saw that Jing Zhaoyin was worried all day long, and he had the heart to share his boss's worries and solve problems, so he summoned Niu Zhengshan, the commander of the guards, to discuss countermeasures.

Niu Zhengshan is as vicious as hatred, iron bones, and his guard career is proud of the same door: dozens of enemies have risen, some are stormy and dangerous, and some are swords, and their lives are hanging by a thread; There are more than 100 thieves, some of whom come easily, and some of whom look for needles in a haystack. In order to track down the truth, Niu Zhengshan can be unsightly for ten days and ten nights, and in order to track down key criminals, Niu Zhengshan can lie in the pile of dead people for three days and three nights.

Niu Zhengshan analyzed: "From Taizong Li Shimin to Empress Zetian, Chang'an is controlled by the army. In the first year of Emperor Xuanzong's first year, the governance and defense of Chang'an was completely handed over to the management of Jingzhao Mansion. Due to the accumulation of some major and difficult cases, which has fueled the arrogance of the ferocious and disgusting criminals, criminals are very rampant in the jurisdiction. ”

Yuan Xuegui was silent for a long time, Niu Zhengshan's words were not without some truth. Yuan Xuegui has been in contact with several major difficult and miscellaneous cases, either with insufficient testimony or interrupted clues; Either they have a deep background, or they are colluded by prisoners. None of them can bring the perpetrators to justice, and the laws of the Tang Dynasty have been mocked and their dignity has been trampled on repeatedly.

"Three fires for the new official! The first fire might as well burn to the backlog of cases. Niu Zhengshan courageously suggested, "Lord Jing Zhaoyin can take advantage of the new official to take office to retry the representative doubtful, difficult, and major cases in the past ten years." First, it shows that Jingzhao Mansion has the attitude that cases must be solved and mistakes must be corrected. Second, it was announced that Jingzhao Prefecture would strictly enforce the law and never let criminals go unpunished. ”

Although the idea of the general leader Niu Zhengshan is good, Yuan Xuegui, who joined the judicial army, still has a lot of worries, and these old cases of Chen Guzi's rotten sesame seeds may become more and more chaotic the more they are tried, and the deeper they will fall, and in the end, they will not only be unable to get their feet, but will be burned.

Niu Zhengshan made a position at the moment: "If Lord Cui is determined to rectify the capital, Niu Zhengshan will go to Tang and swear allegiance to Jingzhao Mansion." ”

Niu Zhengshan came from the bottom of his heart, and Yuan Xuegui was very satisfied.

After Niu Zhengshan left, Yuan Xuegui informed the general leader Niu Zhengshan's suggestion to Jingzhao Yin Cui Hu.

Cui Hu applauded after hearing this: "This matter is very proper, just what I want." It not only extinguished the prestige of the wicked, but also grew the ambition of Jingzhao Mansion, and the prestige of Jingshi was seriously just around the corner. ”

In fact, Cui Hu already had a plan to rectify the law and order in Kyoto. The subordinates volunteered to contribute to the security of Kyoto, and Cui Hu was extremely pleased. The time was ripe to implement the long-brewing plan in his mind.

Cui Hu made a decision on the spot: set up an iron army dedicated to investigating crimes, arresting rape and eliminating evil: the Tang Jingshi patrols!

Jingzhao Mansion issued a government decree on the same day: Jingshi patrol arrest is subordinate to the Judicial Military Yuan, and there are four cards under it. Each card is 10 fast catchers, and the four cards are a total of 40 fast catchers. The candidates for the chief head catcher and deputy head catcher are appointed by Yuan Xuegui, who is a judicial member of the army, and the four cards are determined by the chief head catcher.

Niu Zhengshan, the commander-in-chief of the guards, was the best choice for the chief catcher, Yuan Tiancheng decided without thinking, and the deputy head catcher referred to Niu Zhengshan's opinion, and promoted Li Yu, the former leader of the forbidden army stationed at the north gate. Li Yu was dismissed for accidentally killing a market bully, and he has been sulking at home.

Niu Zhengshan has four sworn brothers with skills and skills: Ge Junjie, Fu Yunbiao, Ye Xianhong, Guo Zimin, Niu Zhengshan invited four good brothers to join the patrol camp. With the consent of Yuan Xuegui, the four brothers Ge Junjie, Fu Yunbiao, Ye Xianhong, and Guo Zimin respectively served as the head of the four cards.

Niu Zhengshan named the four cards as wind, cloud, thunder and electricity, Ge Junjie was the head of the wind road brand, Fu Yunbiao was the head of the cloud road brand, Ye Xianhong was the head of the thunder road brand, and Guo Zimin was the head of the electric road brand.

Niu Zhengshan arranged for the wind road to patrol the streets, the cloud road to sit at the gate of the town, the thunder road to follow Li Yu to arrest the criminal, and the electric road to follow him to investigate and collect evidence.

The four cards of feng shui rotate.

With the support of Jingzhao Yin Cui Hu, Niu Zhengshan and his Tang Jingshi patrols blossomed everywhere, and Fengdao and Yundao solved several major mystery cases, allowing justice to be served; The thunder road card and the electric road card dug three feet into the ground, and all the criminals who defy the law will be arrested and brought to justice. The chief catcher, Niu Zhengshan, and his Datang Jingshi patrol became famous in a battle.

With the recent cases of beating, smashing, burning, robbing, rape, killing, kidnapping, and theft being cracked one by one, the prestige of the Datang Kyoto patrol has spread far and wide. The commercial port of Chang'an Avenue is unprecedentedly prosperous and orderly. The people applauded, the face of the judicial army was bright, Jing Zhaoyin was full of spring breeze, and even the Dali Temple Supervision Institute was full of praise for the security of the capital, not to mention the satisfaction of the court.

※ A cloudy autumn night, the official residence of Kyung Zhao Yin.

Jingzhao Yin Cui Hu was sitting in danger, and Yuan Xuegui, the judicial officer, Niu Zhengshan, the chief catcher, and Li Yusu, the deputy catcher, stood aside.

Cui Hu said a terrible piece of news to his subordinates:

Someone told the court that the gold and silver treasures looted by some feudal officials could not be transported back to their hometowns, and they borrowed the hands of the Feiqian Gang to take them for themselves in disguise, and the amount was staggering. Now the treasury is in deficit, and the huge economic pressure has made the court miserable. When Emperor Wenzong, who was in a hurry, heard the news, Long Yan was furious, and summoned Shangshu of the Criminal Department, Dali Siqing, and Jing Zhaoyin overnight, and ordered the three departments to jointly investigate the case thoroughly.

Considering that Tang Wanchun, the chief helmsman of the Feiqian Gang, had helped the official disaster relief and famine, before there was conclusive evidence, the Criminal Department, the Dali Temple Supervision Yuan, and the Jingzhao Mansion kept the matter a secret, and sent Jiang Tao, the first secret agent of the Dali Temple Supervision Institute, to secretly investigate the Feiqian Gang.

Jiang Tao didn't find it well, but after checking, he actually found Jingzhao Mansion, and found the heads of Ge Junjie, the head of the Datang Jingshi patrolling the wind road brand, and Ye Xianhong, the head of the Lei Dao brand.

The largest jeweler in the capital pledged an out-of-print imperial jade in Feiqian to help the North Branch Rudder in exchange for Feiqian. The out-of-print imperial jadeite is a rare treasure, from the royal family, how the jeweler got it, causing the peach to be alert,

Because the amount of flying money tickets is too large, the north rudder tent did not dare to be the master privately, and sent two masters to escort the imperial jade to the Jiangnan helmsman, and asked the helmsman Tang Wanchun to look at it.

The two masters of the Flying Money Gang who escorted the Imperial Jade were none other than Ge Junjie and Ye Xianhong, who were at the helm of the Flying Money Gang at that time.

Niu Zhengshan had heard about it. The four major rudder masters of the Flying Money Gang, drunkards, perverts, gamblers and smokers, which one of the rivers and lakes does not know? The story of the main smoke ghost in the north branch to see the flowers in the fog, and the story of identifying the imperial jade is still passed down on Chang'an Street.

Ge Junjie and Ye Xianhong only told Niu Zhengshan about their experience as an errand in the Feiqian Gang North Branch, and never mentioned the matter of escorting the Imperial Jade.