Within a few days of Qin Lin's leisurely life, the work of the Qizhou Hundred Households Office gradually began to get busy, from the general flag, the small flag to the bottom of the army, all of them were scattered to all parts of the city and countryside, streets and alleys, carefully investigating the movements of the White Lotus Sect.

Because a big man with a heavy burden is about to lead his troops through this place, it is a matter of military importance, and there is no room for a difference.

Since last year, the rebellion of the White Lotus Sect in Jingxiang has risen one after another, most of them have been suppressed by the Ming army and Jinyiwei in time, only the golden Taoist couple of the Miao people in Mayang in Xiangxi is extremely rampant, pretending to bewitch the people under the heresy of the motherless mother, and colluding with the 36 cave masters of Miao Yao in Xiangxi, the army is very large, has captured the county seat of Mayang, and is in full swing to march to Chenzhou Mansion, and the soldiers are pointing to Changsha and Wuchang.

The local Ming army has not been able to eliminate the Jin Daolu for a long time, and the thieves are becoming more and more arrogant, and the cave owners of the nearby Jiuximan and Yongshun Xuanwei Division have also begun to waver, if they are not extinguished quickly, the situation in Xiangxi is very likely to festering and out of control.

Therefore, the imperial court urgently transferred Deng Zilong, a veteran of the anti-Japanese army who commanded the affairs and was in charge of the command of the envoys in Zhejiang, to lead 3,000 elite Zhejiang soldiers to reinforce Jingxiang with the rank of general, and rushed to Mayang to suppress the rebels.

Deng Zilong rushed from Zhejiang to Xiangxi, of course, by boat up the Yangtze River and across Dongting Lake into Chenzhou. For many years, Qizhou Wei has undertaken the transportation of the Yangtze River, and has a complete wharf, a ship repair yard and a mountain of grain, and the sailor ships of the Zhejiang soldiers will repair their ships and replenish military rations here before entering Dongting Lake.

Deng Zilong is a famous general who resisted the Japanese, and his Zhejiang soldiers are the division of a hundred battles trained by Qi Jiguang, his arrival is tantamount to a blow to the rebels in Xiangxi, then, the White Lotus Sect, which is known for its tricks, will definitely not sit still, and will definitely try his best to prevent Deng Zilong from leading the army to participate in the war.

The transit station of Qizhou is undoubtedly the best place for them to start, and the Beizhen Fusi and Qianhu Office have sent orders, requiring the Qizhou Baihu Office to make a secret visit to thwart the conspiracy of the White Lotus Sect and ensure that the counterinsurgency army arrives in Chenzhou as scheduled.

As soon as Qin Lin joined Jinyiwei, he encountered an important task, and he was faintly excited, but he didn't find any useful news for several days.

Qizhou is the place where the White Lotus Sect flourishes, as long as Qin Lin inquires, some people will say how Peng Yingyu and Monk Peng were back then, and how tragic it was for Zhang Yuan to go out to report the White Lotus Sect for the first time in 20 years...... can ask about the real content, such as where is the White Lotus Sect now, who has worshipped the childless mother, and so on, all of them shake their heads, and they don't know what to ask.

At first, Qin Lin thought that he couldn't touch the door when he first arrived, but when the hundred households were ordered, the brothers summarized the situation, and only then did they know that everyone was about the same.

The White Lotus Sect is a thing that usually seems to be around you, and all kinds of rumors are flying all over the sky, but you really want to catch it, but you can't see it or touch it, and you grab it and empty it.

Shi Wei frowned, his face as black as the bottom of a pot.

Chen Sihai arched his hand upwards and said with a smile: "We searched for the White Lotus Sect demon bandits a few days ago, and we have wiped out all the bandits inside and outside Qizhou, and now I am afraid that we will not even be able to find a shadow of the White Lotus Sect in Qizhou." ”

"It's a pity that I didn't catch the senior brother Gao Jackal Yu who opened the altar to preach." Shi Wei had some regrets.

Qin Lin smiled secretly, the person you want to arrest is still buried in Thorn Ridge, most of them have turned into white bones, right?

"In short," Shi Wei said again, "Brothers must cheer up, if we can't catch the White Lotus Sect, we will strictly guard to ensure that General Deng, who crosses the border in ten days, is foolproof." ”

All the brocade guards clasped their fists together and let out a loud bang.

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At the entrance of Qizhou Yamen, Liu Hua's family of three supported each other and cried and cried, constantly shouting grievances, Cui Zhutou was next to him to do a good job of persuasion, and on a hot day, he was sweating on the door of his head.

Looking at his mournful mother and his father, who wanted to cry without tears, Liu Hua's fist was about to clench out of the water, and his voice became hoarse and low because of grief and resentment: "Daddy Cui, is my sister dying so inexplicably?" Is there still a royal law in the world of the Ming Dynasty? ”

Cui Zhutou cried with a sad face, and cried bitterly: "Our master Zhang and the commander of the king of Qizhou Wei, the civil and military are not subordinate to each other, and the local government can't manage the guard, not to mention that your sister doesn't even have a corpse, even if she sues, she doesn't have this law!" Now that Master Zhang is sympathetic to the people, he is willing to pay out of his own pocket to subsidize your thirty taels of burned and buried silver, which I think is also very interesting - to put it mildly, even if it is really found out that your sister was beaten to death, the beating of slaves and maids according to the elders will only be a hundred rods, and three years in prison. What's more, how big a backer do you have, and you can tell the commander of the three products? ”

Liu Hua's chest was like a blazing fire, but the power of rushing left and right had no place to vent, and his eyes were red. His father, Liu Carpenter, and his mother, Liu Fengshi, were both timid and honest people, and they were hesitant at the moment, just kept wiping their tears with their hands and weeping sadly.

Although a few people at the yamen were also hard-hearted, seeing that this family had suffered a misery, they couldn't help but feel a little sympathy, and whispered beside them:

"The flowery girl entered the Wang family as a maid, and when she got to the back, a coffin was carried out, and the iron nails were sealed to prevent the corpse from being seen, and the relatives were put into the ground and buried immediately, which is also too strong and domineering!"

"Isn't it the work of his precious son? It's just that I didn't expect to get a life lawsuit this time......"

"The Liu family is tough! The steward of the Wang family said that he was willing to pay 100 taels to burn the silver, but the old couple simply pushed it out and wanted to fight the lawsuit to the end. ”

Sympathy is sympathy, Cui Zhutou and his brothers who catch fast can't help, and don't say that they catch fast, why doesn't Zhang Gongyu, who is hiding in the inner hall, want to be the master of the blue sky who is the master of the people? But for the sake of a maid, she fought in the ring with the commander of Zheng Sanpin, even if there were one or two of these state officials, they were definitely not in Qizhou.

Zhang Gongyu was not clear-minded, and he couldn't bear to listen to it in the back hall, and finally came out and said to the three members of the Liu family: "The dead can't come back alive, since the wood has become a boat, in the end, we still have to take care of the living, in the eyes of this official, I received the burned silver compensated by his family, and the official here will fund another sum of money to form a good family affair for your son, isn't it better than pestering a lawsuit?" ”

"Lord Qingtian!" Liu Hua knelt and kowtowed, his eyes were hot and painful: "According to what you say, we little people have no place to reason?" On the top of your court, there are four big words 'Mirror hanging'! ”

Zhang Gongyu's face was hot, he had read sages and sages since he was a child, talking about loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, but he cowered when it came to the end, and he was so ashamed of this robbery.

When Liu Hua saw his expression, he knew that there was no hope, and his heart was as dead as if he was dead: The old man Qingtian can't avenge his sister, who else can the little people find?

Suddenly, someone behind him asked, "I saw Zhang's parents in the evening, hey, what's going on?" ”

Liu Hua looked back and saw two brocade guards squirming towards Zhang Gongyu.

It was Qin Lin and Han Feilian who came, they came out of the hundred households and passed through the gate of the state government, and when they saw this situation, Qin Lin couldn't help but ask.

Zhang Gongyu uncharacteristically did not talk to Qin Lin, but said in a slightly hurry: "Qin Xiaoyou, this matter is in the command of the embassy, and it is not under the control of our state government." ”

Qin Lin once promised that if there was a difficult case in the state government, he would come to help solve the case, Zhang Gongyu's implication was that our state government can't control this matter, and you don't take care of it, so as not to cause trouble.

Han Feilian hurriedly wanted to pull Qin Lin away, joking, Shi Weicai, the official of the hundred households of Jinyi Wei, was the sixth grade, Zhizhou Zhang Gongyu was from the fifth grade, but the commander of Qizhou Wei was the third grade! Although the military attache of the guard station is not valuable, the third-rank officer is not something that a small lieutenant can provoke casually.

Liu Hua didn't know whether Qin Lin was a general flag or a small flag, anyway, seeing that he was wearing a flying fish suit and came to ask about it, he took it as a life-saving straw, knelt on the ground, pulled the corner of his robe, and anxiously told his sister how to go to the Wang family to be a maid, two months ago, my sister went home and said how the young master of the Wang family was so lascivious and shameless, and how the Wang family suddenly brought the coffin today, and said it one by one about the fact that the soldiers were in prison to be buried.

"Even the corpse is not allowed to be seen by us, and we don't even know whether people are dead or alive, and we don't even know if there is my sister in the coffin!" After Liu Hua finished speaking, he looked at Qin Lin with anticipation.

Han Feilian sighed and shook his head, and said in a low voice, "The Liu family is pitiful. But our Jinyi guards visited and annihilated the great evils, arrested the imperial court criminals, and ignored all local lawsuits such as murder, fighting, and robbers......"

Qin Lin thought about it for a while, and suddenly laughed: "What did Brother Han say?" Lord Shi just asked us to pay attention to all kinds of changes, thinking that General Deng led his troops here, and Commander Wang must be responsible for contacting all matters, if something happens in his mansion, Anzhi has nothing to do with the counterinsurgency army? ”

Han Feilian's eyes lit up: "You mean?" ”

Qin Lin blinked.

Han Feilian laughed and poked him in the chest: "Brother Qin, tell me what is good about you!" ”

Thinking that the death of a handmaiden could not be related to such a militaristic matter as the extermination of the White Lotus Sect traitors, Brother Qin said this is nothing more than using this as an excuse to seek justice for the Liu family.

Qin Lin arched his hand to Zhang Gongyu again: "Can Zhang's parents go to witness together?" ”

Zhang Gongyu didn't take the case, he felt sorry for the people under his rule, and since Qin Lincoln took the case next in the name of Jinyiwei, he had no worries about going to testify.

"Brocade clothes and blue sky!" Liu Hua kowtowed to Qin Lin, blood was dripping on his forehead, and when he got up, he grabbed his parents' arms, "Now my sister's revenge can be avenged!" ”

The old couple of the Liu family looked at Qin Lin, a hairy young man, who could fight the commander Wang? I can't help but be uncertain.

Han Feilian gathered the ten regular troops and the rest of the twenty brocade soldiers, and Qin Lin asked the coffin to stop at Liu's house, so he asked Liu Hua to lead the way, and the group walked to his house.

As soon as he walked to the door, he saw seven or eight fierce soldiers surrounding an old man dressed as a housekeeper, yelling viciously at the relatives invited by the Liu family to help. The old man looked at the sky with his eyes and looked at people with his nostrils, and his arrogance was very arrogant: "I said that your Liu family doesn't know what to do, and it's worth messing around if a maid dies?" Our adults live in three grades, and we will let you die and come back to life with a casual word......"

"No, it's not good!" The pro-soldier pointed to the outside of the courtyard gate, "The Liu family sued the official, and brought someone here!" ”

The old housekeeper snorted in his nose: "It's useless to bring someone, it's useless for anyone to come, something like a dog in the Liu family ......"

Before he finished speaking, he saw the boss slap with a whirring wind fan, and unexpectedly, those pro-soldiers not only did not stop the comers, but timidly retreated to both sides.

Syllable! A sturdy slap knocked the old butler into a daze.

But he still saw Qin Lin's sneering face, as well as the flying fish suit he was wearing, and the brocade-clothed lieutenants who had countless numbers outside the courtyard gate for a while and a half, all murderous.

In this kind of formation, the old steward was immediately frightened: "Mom, it's terrible, I'm just afraid that the old man will make a mistake, this is going to take us to prison!" ”

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