Si Wenzhong looked at the sky, at this time the rain was still dripping and dripping, and the road must be delayed, and he wanted to rush back before the next day.

He said, "Let's go." ”

"Yes."

The yacha gave an order and summoned the fast hand and the catcher.

Kuaishou, capture, should be arrested, the common people are commonly known as catching fast. In the legal provisions of the Ming and Qing dynasties, it is called "should be arrested" or "should be arrested", that is, "a person who has the responsibility to arrest the criminal".

In some large states and counties, the fast catcher is often equipped with horses to perform official duties, so it is also called "horse fast". Hikers, on the other hand, call them "fast steps", "healthy walking" or "chuzu". The number of people in charge of the "regular service" in each prefecture and county is determined by the size of the prefecture or county.

The investigation tasks undertaken by the arrest are all time-limited, called "comparison limit", generally five days for a "ratio", and three days for a major homicide. If the case cannot be solved after a "comparison limit", they will be punished if they are caught quickly.

In ancient times, it was a "cheap business", and it was strictly stipulated that their descendants could not participate in the imperial examination, so as not to insult Sven. Even if they leave the industry, their children and grandchildren must be three generations later to be eligible to take the imperial examinations.

There is no salary for catching fast, and the annual food subsidy, that is, "working food silver", is only about ten taels of silver, and it is difficult to support the family, so extortion and extortion have become a kind of atmosphere, and they often set up various names to collect benefits and fees, and even collude with state and county officials, or create unjust, false and wrongful cases, or extort money from the common people, and arrest them arbitrarily.

In the poetry of the past dynasties, the eagle dog of the ruling class has often become the object of whipping. Guo Tingxi, a Qing scholar, wrote in "The Abuse of Police Arrests": "Displaced people become thieves and are forced to do so; Arresting people is also a thief, how can you say this? There are still a few displaced people in the world, and the arrests are all over the government, and the arrests are happy and the displaced people are miserable. "The homeless people are forced to become thieves because of their lives, but the real thieves are caught all over the government. Jiang Tan, another Qing man, also described the miserable survival of poor peasants: "The front is sent away, the back is sent back, the old grain is paid, and the new grain is urged." The uncooked cloth shirt of the country silk was broken, and the quality library threw out a cry of mourning. But the yamen's rent urging was in a hurry to spark and couldn't hand it over, so he had to arrest people quickly, "the Ming Dynasty didn't have any money to charge, and the old man was caught after that." It can be seen from this that at the behest of the official, the Arrest Standing Committee participates in activities such as rent collection, arrest, and arrest.

These catchers are dressed in casual clothes on weekdays, with waist tags to indicate their identities, and iron rulers and ropes in their arms.

It is said that the head of the fast catching team of Fengyang Mansion is surnamed Xu Dake. This person is more than eight feet tall, as strong as an ox, and has a bold nature, but this boldness is a character like Zhen Guanxi.

Xu Dake was originally slaughtering and selling meat in the market, because of years of slaughtering and slaughtering, there is always a bit of blood on his body, others are most afraid of seeing the bloody scene, and he is unwilling to go to the scene of the murder, but he has no scruples, but because he is domineering, everyone dodges, bribed the people in the public gate, and got the official position of the head of the Fengyang Mansion.

Since he has the reputation of catching heads, he is even more beautiful, employing more than a dozen knife men, but he dares to call himself a tyrant. He forced the media to guarantee the real money, bullied men and women, and even took the singing sister-in-law as a concubine, and when he got tired of playing, he knocked people out of the house.

prostitutes don't give money, and when they get tired of playing, they go out the door, which shows how shameless and hateful this man is.

He stood in front of Si Wenzhong and asked with a smile, "Does Si Lao want to go with me?" ”

Si Wenzhong is a literati, and he has always hated people like Xu Dake, and the fishy smell on his body made him almost vomit.

Xu Dakesheng is tall, but his appearance is extremely ugly, with a big square face, as if someone has sprinkled a handful of sesame seeds, full of pockmarks, and because of this, everyone calls him "Xu Hezi" behind his back.

Si Wenzhong said: "Lord Futai has an order, and I will go with me to investigate the case." ”

Xu Dake grinned, revealing a mouthful of big yellow teeth, and there was a little green vegetable leaf hanging in the tooth flower in Shanghai, and said: "Haha, it's good to go together, but Si Lao has to go quickly, I heard that there are wild wolves and big insects on Tu Mountain, if Si Lao is bitten, we can't catch up." ”

Si Wenzhong knew that he was mocking his weak literati, so he snorted lightly, and he didn't want to offend the villain.

Said slowly: "Okay, it's okay to have two servants to accompany me, just take someone first." ”

It is said that the Fengyang Mansion sent servants to Tushan to investigate the case, but at this time, Shen Kang and the others had already given up visiting Mr. Le, and instead went down the mountain first, to find Jingyue.

Wang Bolun ran around all morning, and when he returned home, he told his subordinates that after Wang Lucao returned home, he asked him to meet him in the study, so he locked himself in the study.

Wang Bolun's mind is very confused, and he needs to think quietly about how to get Wang Lucao out of this matter.

But after thinking about it, killing Wang Lucao and the three was Zhao Hongchuan's order, did he really dare to resist him?

He was confused, he was confused.

Shen Kang and the others, who came down from Tu Mountain, did not return to the palace directly, but went to Fuhualou first.

These people walked for a day and a night, and when they left, they were still refreshed and extraordinary, but when they came back, they were embarrassed one by one.

The personable boy and brother in the past became like this in a blink of an eye, and the butterfly dance couldn't help laughing.

While arranging for someone to boil water and go out to buy clothes, she asked with a smile: "You have only been with Yuan Hui for a day and a night, why do you learn from him not to wash his face and tie his hair?" ”

Wang Lucao only felt that he was romantic, but he smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "No matter what, we are still alive, but we don't know whether Jingyue is dead or alive." ”

"Jingyue?" Butterfly Dance could hear that this was a woman's name, and she looked at Zeng Guangxi in surprise, wanting to ask what was going on.

Zeng Guangxi just witnessed the Panruo Temple from existence to nothingness, those fresh lives from birth to death, and because he had thought about the death of Shitai, his mind was a little unclear, and all he was thinking about was how he would face Mr. and how to explain all this to Mr.

Butterfly frowned slightly, and looked at Jiang Liushu again.

Jiang Liuxuan shook his head dejectedly and did not explain.

Just as he was about to ask Shen Kang, Shen Kang tapped the table, got up and walked out of the door, and said to Wei Wuyi outside the door: "Go to the government office to check whether you have taken in Jingyue, a nun from the Praruo Temple, and whether anyone has reported to the official." ”

Wei Wusu arched his hand: "Yes, Childe." Just about to leave, Shen Kang hesitated and said, "Wait! ”

Wei Wuyi turned his head, and Shen Kang said, "Secretly inquire." ”

Wei Wuyi didn't know why Shen Kang wanted to ask secretly, so he just did it, and then arched his hand and turned to leave.

Shen Kang hesitated and entered the door, Wang Lucao raised his eyes and asked him, "What do you think?" ”