In the capital tonight, the officials, guards, head catchers, etc., of the Kaifeng Mansion and the Yamen of the Three Law Divisions, are destined to not be able to sleep.

During the examination, the deceased was divided into six places, and one of them was still at the door of the Yamen of the Three Law Divisions. Naked provocation. Bai Dao, although he worked for the imperial court, was actually a part of the rivers and lakes, and this kind of provocation naturally aroused the anger of everyone in the Yamen of the Three Law Divisions.

In addition, it is foreseeable that tomorrow morning the Son of Heaven will definitely inquire into this matter, and Dali Siqing, the Criminal Department Shangshu, and the Yushitai have also urgently recruited their respective responsible persons in the Yamen of the Three Law Divisions overnight, among them, the Yushitai is slightly better, and the Patrol Division under its jurisdiction mainly handles cases of collusion between officials and bandits, although this matter will affect the reputation of the entire Yamen of the Three Law Divisions, but after all, it does not belong to the scope of the Patrol Division.

Tai Pengbin, the secretary of Dali Temple, and Du Gang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, were all furious, if it was another day, it would be forgotten, this test was not over, and the division of corpses in six places in the capital was simply a provocation to the imperial court. The two lords directly ordered that they must catch the murderer tomorrow before they go to court and are questioned by the Son of Heaven.

Immediately, the whole capital was full of chickens and dogs, and there were knocks and questions everywhere.

Meifeitai, deep in the courtyard, in the boudoir, Chun Jianli bowed her head and lowered her hands. In the darkness, a voice, seemingly out of nowhere, reached her ears. In the end, the man said: "When the government comes to you, you will answer like this, and the matter of the list must not be said in any way." ”

Chun Jianli said in a low voice: "Jianli knows! ”

Bang bang! There was a knock on the door outside, and a woman asked who it was in the courtyard, and a shout shouted: "The detailed inspection department handles the case, open the door!" ”

Chun Jianli's face changed slightly...... How fast did it come?

Someone outside went to open the door. Chun Jianli said in a low voice: "Anyway, they have no evidence, why didn't I try to leave the capital overnight, hide from them, and wait for the real murderer to be caught before coming back?" ”

The man in the dark sneered: "You don't know much about the Yamen of the Three Law Divisions, the main gate knocked loudly, there are already many masters in ambush around, if you don't run, they may not suspect you, if you run, don't say escape from the capital, you can't even escape from this street." At that time, whether you are guilty or not, go to prison first, and then lose your skin. You don't have to worry, just do what I just said, naturally someone will protect you in the dark and help you wash up. The figure floated, like green smoke, and the ghost left.

The person outside had already stepped into the courtyard, and Chun Jianli settled down, first loosened her waistband, and then pretended to get up from the party, and floated out while tying the colorful silk around her waist.

***

On the night of March 22, the three divisions were furious, and the capital was in turmoil, and many people could not sleep during the day.

Ning Jiang slept peacefully in the examination room, and during the day on the 23rd, he considered his strategy sentence by sentence, re-studied it, and only after feeling that there was no problem did he copy it correctly.

Although he was ready to leave the stage by this time, he was still here, bored all day, until the drums of the end of the test sounded.

With a brush, someone outside opened the examination shed, and Ningjiang strolled out. Behind him, two officials entered the examination booth and sealed his papers.

Walking out of the tribute courtyard, in the distance, a girl wearing a honey-colored full-breasted skirt with a sword at her waist waved her hand to him: "Brother! ”

walked towards his sister, and behind her, he followed Qin Wuyan and Qin Xiaoya'er. For Xiaomeng, the nine days that she will try are probably the longest period of time she has been away from her brother, and she is happy to see her brother come out at this moment.

Ning Jiang came to them and said with a smile: "You have been waiting for a long time? "He had told them to come back in the evening to pick him up, but now it seems that they should have arrived early.

Qin Wuyan said with a smile: "The girl can't wait until noon, she has to wait for the master here." ”

Ning Jiang's heart warmed, and he took them out of the square and walked towards the outer city. Along the way, his sister asked him how he did in the exam, and Ning Jiang smiled and said that it was okay. Immediately afterwards, Qin Wuyan told the master that he heard that there was a big case in the capital last night, and someone was divided into six bodies, and the murderer has not been found in the Kaifeng Mansion and the Yamen of the Three Law Divisions until now.

Ning Jiang smiled and said, "Really? ”

After dark, Qin Ze and Qin Kan also returned to the mansion, and Ning Jiang began to give them new tasks, the most important of which was to further contact the lower ninth-rate sects that had been suppressed by Bao Qing in the past few years, and in addition, they only had to boldly develop their own Jianghu forces, and they didn't have to worry too much about it at present.

Ning Jiang is convinced that with the energy of the Yamen of the Three Law Divisions, it is impossible not to find out the secret contact between Chun Jianli and Bao Qing last night, and if the forces behind Chun Jianli and the Quanqing faction have no ghosts, it will be forgotten, they who were originally hiding a conspiracy were suddenly targeted by the Kaifeng Mansion and the Yamen of the Three Law Divisions, and at this time, they would definitely not dare to act rashly. And those ninth-rate gangs that were suppressed and persecuted by Bao Qing in the past will definitely take the opportunity to regain the territory that originally belonged to them.

In such chaos, Qin Ze and Qin Kan happened to be in the middle of the fire.

At this moment, the four ghosts of Qinchuan who are here have already guessed that Bao Qing's death must be related to their master. The day before, the master asked them to list the various means of assassinating Bao Qing, and then asked them to make an "alibi" for themselves on the second day, and that night, Bao Qing was killed, it wasn't the master who did it, who else could it be?

However, how did the old man, who was obviously still taking the exam in the Tribute Academy, do this? Although they were curious, they didn't ask much.

At this time, in their hearts, Ning Jiang had already become "unfathomable", although he was a scholar, but the exercises and cheats that Ning Jiang handed them were like specially designed for their respective strengths and weaknesses. is obviously not a person in the rivers and lakes, but he seems to know the rivers and lakes very well. Be cautious and cautious, but don't miss any opportunity to make a move.

And this time, how Ning Jiang killed Bao Qing, they were completely confused, even if they were sued by the government, no one would believe it...... Who would believe that a scholar can leave the heavily protected tribute courtyard on the way to the examination, calmly kill and disown the corpse, and then return to the original place silently?

***

That night, on the Dye River, the flower boats came and went, and there was a commotion, and the sound reached the house.

Ning Jiang and his sister took Qin Wuyan and Qin Xiaoya'er to go shopping, and on the streets of the outer city, there were obviously a lot more patrols, and from time to time, they could see people showing their waist cards in those shops, and then asking people.

With a bang, someone was thrown out of a blockade, and several men rushed up and held the person down. The man shouted, "I didn't break the law, I didn't break the law," and then, a man with a knife at his belt walked out of the shop and sneered: "Whether there is a crime, how can you know if you don't try the first trial?" He shouted, "Take it away!" ”

The man was immediately dragged away by the chain.

For the ordinary people in the capital, most of them are onlookers and watching the excitement, but the outsiders in the rivers and lakes can't help but make people panic because of last night's corpse splitting case, especially those rangers and gang members who can't prove their whereabouts last night, and they are afraid that they will be found by the "six doors".

Even if they are arrested by the Kaifeng Mansion, it's okay, the decent government still talks about the law after all, and these people from the Detailed Inspection Department and the Inspection Department, although they belong to the Three Law Divisions, but because they come from the rivers and lakes, they naturally know how to deal with the people in the rivers and lakes more than the serious government.

Of course, although these white masters in the yamen of the Three Law Divisions do not talk much about the law, they talk about the "rules of the rivers and lakes".

And the so-called rules of the rivers and lakes, one is righteousness, and the other is human affection. Don't look at them arresting people so aggressively, in fact, everyone who is arrested is very particular.

First of all, the person who was arrested may have nothing to do with last night's case...... Well, in fact, it has nothing to do with it, but there must be a handle in the hands of the Yamen of the Three Law Divisions.

Then, arresting someone is not the goal, if you arrest a person, then the person's relatives and friends must intercede. If it is the Kaifeng Mansion, or other departments of the Criminal Department, it is useless to intercede, everything is done according to the law, but we are white and a part of the rivers and lakes, and we are righteous.

You come to intercede, I can sell your face, sell your face not because of anything else, but because of "Jianghu love", then, I am in trouble now, brothers, righteousness, should you also help some favors?

So, through such rules of the rivers and lakes, coupled with the various "feelings of the rivers and lakes" accumulated in the past, these white road masters invisibly quickly built a network of rivers and lakes throughout the three religions and nine streams, and they were able to find Meiyutai overnight, relying on such a network of rivers and lakes.

After all, the so-called "rivers and lakes" exist among gangs, among beggars, pawns, rangers, Taoists, and so on. Relying on such a network, all kinds of news, large and small, will quickly flow to the Yamen of the Three Law Divisions...... Although the Yamen of the Three Law Divisions also owes a lot of affection to the rivers and lakes for this, there is no way, because this is the "rules of the rivers and lakes", unless you don't want to mix in the rivers and lakes, or simply go to be a "scum in the rivers and lakes", or you have to follow the rules of the rivers and lakes.

It's a pity that "scholars" and "rivers and lakes" are fundamentally two worlds, no matter how far the fishing net called Jianghu is spread, at least now, it is difficult to hurt Ningjiang.

This kind of network of rivers and lakes built with the yamen of the three law divisions as the center can be said to be a big killer for ordinary people in the rivers and lakes, and any person in the rivers and lakes who is slightly suspicious cannot escape its selection. However, whether it is a talent or a person, they are all outside this kind of network of rivers and lakes...... Of course, from the very beginning, the Yamen of the Three Law Divisions did not consider those scholars who were powerless, not to mention, even if it was a showman, it was not something they dared to touch casually.

***

In the middle of the night, it was already dark outside, because it was the end of the month, and the moon was only a little tooth left tonight, and the courtyard outside the window was dark.

At this moment, Xiaomeng, after taking a bath, had already gone to bed, and suddenly, there was a gentle knock on the door outside.

Supporting his delicate body with one arm, Xiaomeng exclaimed, "Who? ”

My brother's voice came from outside: "Little dream, it's me!" ”

"Brother?" Xiaomeng put on a white dress, got up and said, "Brother, come in." ”

Ning Jiang pushed the door in, and beside the bed, Xiaomeng had already blown a fire fold and lit the candlestick. Ning Jiang walked over, and the younger sister at this moment was originally a white dress worn as a undergarment, which was quite light, and the red breast pocket loomed in the candlelight, outlining the developing figure.

"Brother, what's wrong?" Xiaomeng tilted her head slightly. Obviously, she was still with her brother just now, why did her brother come over again after she lay down?

"Little dream, I have something to tell you." Ning Jiang sat cross-legged on his sister's bed.

Xiaomeng sat on the edge of the bed, looking at his brother suspiciously, his smooth calves were close to the bed.

Ning Jiang stared at her face: "You already know about the corpse dismemberment case in the capital last night, right?" ”

Xiaomeng nodded: "Hmm! Then he exhaled again: "It's scary, it turns out that the capital is not so peaceful." ”

Ning Jiang continued to look at her: "Do you know, who is the murderer?" ”

Xiaomeng's eyes widened: "It's difficult, is it ......?"

Ning Jiang shook his head: "It wasn't Qin Mo who did it!" ”

Xiao Meng saw that his brother suddenly found him and said about it, thinking that Qin Mo, Qin Ze, and Qin Kan did it. Qin Wuyan and Xiaoya'er were with her last night, so naturally there was no suspicion, but the other three might not be able to tell. After all, such a person had made human meat buns before, and now when she heard her brother say that they didn't make it, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and patted her chest...... It's okay, it's okay!

Ning Jiang said: "It was your brother and I who did it!" ”

Xiaomeng froze, looked at her brother's face that was looking at her seriously, and then burst out laughing: "Brother, this joke is not funny at all." ”