The people waited in the woods for about an hour when they heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from the avenue. When I got out of the woods, I saw a team of knights coming from the direction of Liangxiang County. The first person was Zhong Fu, who they sent to report the case, followed by more than a dozen horsemen, looking at the dress, it was estimated that he was a servant of Liangxiang County.

When the horse team approached, Zhong Fule jumped down, ran to Qingchen, and said a little breathlessly: "Qingchen Dao Chief, Xiao Ke went to Liangxiang County to report the case, the county magistrate attaches great importance to it, and has already sent Zheng Boming, the head of the fast arresting team, to lead a group of fast arresting officials. Before he finished speaking, a shorter and slightly thin officer among the officials behind him had already dismounted, and with all the officers behind him, he came to Qingchen and said with a smile on his face: "This is the Qingchen Dao Chief!" Below is Zheng Boming, the head of the third class of Liangxiang County, who was ordered by the county master to inspect the corpse of the gangsters who blocked the road. Please also point out the location. ”

Qingchen raised his hand and saluted: "There is Lao Zheng Zhutou, Zheng Zhutou, please come with the trail." So saying, he led the servants to the place where the bodies of the wicked men were.

The servants saw the nine corpses on the ground, all of them were sturdy, but these Taoist priests were all white and pure, and they looked weak and weak, if they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, it would be hard to believe that the two sides would have won. Presumably, these seemingly ordinary Taoist priests have been cultivating for many years and are equipped with peerless martial arts. They were thinking nonsense here, and the noon work that came with them had already begun to examine the corpses. Zheng Bantou was also beside him and looked through the body with Wu Zuo, but he was shocked in his heart while watching. As the head of Liangxiang County, he is naturally very familiar with the three religions and nine streams in this county. He looked at the corpses one by one and found that these gangsters were all ** people registered in Liangxiang County. Especially when I saw the back, the corpse of a black-faced man was the ** leader in Liangxiang County, known as Shi Feihu, known as the "Liangxiang Tiger". This ** boss is also a figure in Liangxiang County, although the county government has tried to arrest him many times, but he has not succeeded. First, this person has some kung fu, and three or four people can't get close to him. Second, this person has a lot of eyeliner in the county, and he also holds the handle of some officials, and every time the county government acts, he can get the news in advance and slip away. They were reprimanded by the magistrate for this, but there was nothing they could do. Unexpectedly, such a difficult character was killed here today. The officers took a breath of evil in their chests, and the magistrate had confessed before he came, these Taoist priests were his friends, so they were quite polite and affectionate to these Taoist priests.

While the others were still discerning and carrying the corpses, Zheng Zhutou and Qingchen had already returned to the woods. That Zheng Zhutou only roughly heard what Qingchen said - of course, there is no need to mention the part of the magic instrument - and said lightly: "Dao Chief, don't worry. These people are all well-known villains in Liangxiang County, especially that Shi Feihu, well, it is the big black man who died in the west, and it is a big scourge of Liangxiang. Now that he has been removed by the Taoist Chief, it is a very happy thing. All the Taoist leaders are not only not guilty, but have merit. Moreover, the Taoist is a good friend of the county magistrate and Zhong Yuanwai, Zheng will definitely report to the magistrate according to the truth and ask for a reward for the Taoist chief. ”

Qingchen thought for a moment and said tentatively: "Xiaodao and all the senior brothers are all outsiders, and it is useless to take credit to us. Why don't you take the credit for killing that Shi Feihu to Zheng Zhutou and all the errand soldiers, I don't know what Zheng Zhutou thinks? ”

Hearing that Qingchen was going to give himself the credit for killing the "Good Country Tiger", Zheng Boming's eyes lit up. You must know that in order to solve this scourge, Hu Zhixian has given a hundred rewards. Moreover, when the housekeeper Zhong reported the case, he did not say the specific fighting process, but only said that he went into the city to buy, and met a strongman on the road, and now that the strongman has been dispersed, he asked the county government to send someone to investigate. As long as he said hello to the other errands, when he went back to make up a survey, he found Shi Feihu hiding in the woods and killed him in one fell swoop. Even if you can't get the 100 guan alone, it's not a problem to get the lion's head out of it. It's just that although he wished for this in his heart, Zheng Zhutou repeatedly refused, until Qingchen was annoyed, and then he reluctantly agreed. As a result, the servants benefited, the Taoist priests gained connections, and both parties rejoiced.

After all the bodies were identified and moved to the woods by the roadside, Zheng Zhutou sent people to a nearby village to find a guard to collect the corpses. By this time, the sun had set to the west, and the sound of horses' hooves was heard from the western avenue. Qingchen, Zhang Weixin and others came to the side of the road to take a look, and saw five or six horsemen galloping towards them along the avenue. When I got a little closer, I saw that it was Wang Feng and Zhong Ziqi who went to Huangjiadian to report the news to Zhong Yuanwaifu, followed by Zhong Shiwen, the eldest young master and two family members.

When the five horsemen approached, they reined in their mounts and jumped off their horses. As soon as Zhong Shiwen got off the horse, he hurriedly walked in front of Zhang Weixin, and after the two sides hurriedly saluted, he said: "Brother Zhang and his companions are fine, but they scare the little brother." I don't know if the official mission of Liangxiang County has arrived? ”

Zhang Weixin replied: "Thank you Young Master Zhong for your concern." The official mission of Liangxiang County has arrived, and it is Zheng Boming who leads the team, and the scene has been investigated. Because human life was involved, for the sake of insurance, I had to bother Young Master Zhong to make a trip. ”

Zhong Shiwen waved his hand and said, "Brother Zhang, what do you say about this kind of friendship, what do you say about the word tiredness." Where is Zheng Zhutou, I will meet him. ”

Zhang Weixin led him to the woods to meet Zheng Boming. Zhong Shiwen and this Zheng Zhutou are also acquaintances, and after greeting each other, they began to get to the point. Zhong Shiwen conveyed Zhong Yuanwai's meaning, hoping that this matter would not cause any trouble to the magistrate, nor would it cause any trouble to his Taoist friends. If you can solve it as soon as possible, you can solve it as soon as possible, and it doesn't matter if you spend a little more money. This is about to be the Duanyang Festival, so let's have a happy day. Zheng Zhutou naturally agreed, and assured Young Master Zhong with a smile on his face: "Young Master Zhong can rest assured. These gangsters who blocked the road have all been tested, and they are all ruffians and bullies in Liangxiang County, and the county government has long wanted to punish them, but they have never found a suitable opportunity. Now that they have been beheaded by the swords of the Dao Masters, it is too late to reward them for meritorious deeds, how can they be held responsible. ”

When Zhong Shiwen heard him say this, he also put his mind at ease, and praised a few more words about the county master's judgment of the case like a god, and Zheng Da's clever means of catching heads. Zheng Boming was a little flattered, and it was easy to control himself from being fluttering on the spot. patted his chest vigorously and packed the ticket, so that Young Master Zhong could relax, although he went back with all the Dao Masters, he would definitely handle this matter properly. ,

The two sides chatted for a while, and seeing that it was getting dark, Bao Zheng from a nearby village also brought the villagers over and began to move the corpses. Zhong Shiwen said goodbye to Zheng Zhutou and took everyone back. At this time, there are ten people and six horses, and there are only two people riding one horse on the return trip, the Zhong family brothers and sisters and Zhang Weixin are riding alone, and the others are sharing.

Because there are two people and one horse, the speed is not fast, and by the time I get to Zhoukou Town, it is completely dark. Counting the time, it should be around eight o'clock in the evening, and everyone is inevitably a little sleepy and hungry. Especially people like Wang Feng and Zhong Ziqi, who fought for a long time in the afternoon, ran around non-stop, and their hearts were already hungry and stuck to their backs. So when they arrived in the town, Zhong Shiwen beckoned everyone to eat, and everyone naturally raised their hands in approval. When I was discussing where to eat, I heard someone shouting in front of me, "Is it Senior Brother Qingchen in front?" ”

When everyone looked up, they saw a ride along the way, and the one who was sitting right away was one of the Taoist boys who went back to report the news, followed by two big carts. Qingchen hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Why are you back again, didn't I ask you to go back and report a message, and then you don't have to come back?" The road to Guanzhong is tortuous, and it is a waste of time to go back and forth. If you hadn't met here, wouldn't you have to run more than ten miles in vain? ”

When the Dao boy heard this, he looked very aggrieved, and just as he was about to explain, he heard a person in the cart say: "Brother Qingchen Dao, don't blame him, this matter is the idea of the poor Dao, and the poor Dao asked him to lead the way." The man got out of the car as he spoke, and Qingchen looked up at Wang Kunjun in the "returnees". It was expected that he was worried about the safety of his companions, so he was relieved. Zhang Weixin and the others saw that it was Wang Kunjun, and they all rushed up, and on the big car, six or seven people came down one after another. Take a closer look, Zeng Zhilin, Qian Yuanshan, Tang Chao, Cheng Fei, Liang Ziyue and Lin Xiaoyu are all here, and Qian Yuanshan, Tang Chao and Cheng Fei are all carrying a backpack with a strange shape behind them, looking at the bulging appearance, it may be a Type 95 automatic rifle. Everyone squeezed up one by one, and kept asking this and that. The not wide street in Zhoukou Town was blocked by this group of true and false Taoist priests for a while. Seeing this, Qingchen hurriedly stepped forward and said to Wang Kunjun; "Brother Wang, this can't be done. It's a bit too conspicuous for so many of us to be crammed here. When Wang Kunjun heard this, he also felt that this was not a thing, it was too attractive. So he nodded, turned to the people who were still greeting and shouted: "Everyone, don't be busy greetings, this is not a place to talk, let's find a place to eat and talk about it later." When everyone heard him shout, they all reacted, and they were busy getting on the car, getting on the horse, and under the leadership of Zhong Shiwen, they went to the largest restaurant in the town, "Feihong Building".

This Feihong Building is said to be a building, but in fact there are only two floors. But in Zhoukou Town, it can be regarded as a tall building. Although the meal has passed at this time, there are still many customers in the building, which shows that this restaurant is also very famous here. Everyone entered the Feihong Building, and the shopkeeper and the men in the building and the diners were startled, I don't know why so many Taoist priests came to their own store, and later saw that the acquaintance Zhong Shiwen was also among them. Pei Bai'an, who was in charge of the shopkeeper, hurriedly ran over, waved at Zhong Shiwen, and asked with a smile on his face, "I've seen Young Master Zhong here." Today, Young Master Zhong brought these Taoist elders over to ......" Zhong Shiwen saw that he wanted to speak and stopped, knowing that he was a little strange to see so many Taoist priests, so he smiled and said: "Don't be surprised by the shopkeeper Pei, these are the Taoist leaders of the Yuxu Palace, and they are all friends of Zhong. I went to Liangxiang County today to do something, and I came back a little late, and I met Zhong in this town. Zhong is going to invite them to dinner, and the restaurant in Zhoukou Town is spacious for you, so he came to find your shopkeeper Pei. When Pei Bai'an heard this, he naturally couldn't ask for it. Many people came to eat, and Young Master Zhong was willing to spend money, so it was certain that he would make a lot of money today. So he hurriedly asked the man to clean up the largest private room on the second floor, and invited everyone to sit upstairs.

Two tables were arranged in the largest private room upstairs, and everyone sat down on their own, and various dishes were brought up at a low price. Everyone has been hungry for a long time, and at this time, they can't care about any reserved etiquette, so they shake off their cheeks and start to pinch them. After a gust of wind and clouds, everyone ate a ditch and flattened it. One by one, they sat on chairs with their stomachs upright, drinking tea, picking their teeth and chatting. The content is naturally inseparable from the robbery and killing of people on the road today. Those who have experienced it say that they are painted with sound and color, and those who have not experienced it are thrilling to listen to. Later, when it came to shooting gangsters, Wang Feng, the kid, even boasted himself as a genius sharpshooter, and was despised by everyone except Zhong Ziqi. Now in the eyes of the simple little sister Zhong full of little stars, this contemporary Zhou Lang who saved his life is already extremely tall and mighty. Whatever he says is right, believe it yourself. Although Zeng Zhilin, Tang Chao and others despised this kid who fooled the innocent girl, they were also very addicted to the fighting process, and they regretted why they didn't go to the county seat with them. After being full of wine and food, under Zhong Shiwen's arrangement, some went back to Zhongfu and Yuxu Palace to report safety, and the rest spent the night in the inn.

Early the next morning, everyone reloaded their horses and rode towards their destination, gradually disappearing into the avenue outside Zhoukou Town, but they did not notice that a pair of hateful eyes were staring at them in the woods by the roadside, and the owner of these eyes was one of the gangsters who had escaped yesterday. His name is Shi Feibao, and he is the younger brother of Shi Feihu, the "Liangxiang Tiger". This boy was not as strong and burly as his brother, but he had a Scud, and yesterday when he saw that the opportunity was not good, he ran away, but he was the first to run the range of a pistol. However, after he ran away, he didn't go far, and he kept secretly observing this group of extremely powerful Taoist priests. followed him from the scene of the fight to Zhoukou Town, thanks to his good legs, otherwise he might not be able to keep up with everyone. Last night, he had planned to carry out a sneak attack while everyone was sleeping, killing one was enough to make one, and killing two to earn one. However, because the night guard system was also implemented in Zhoukou Town as always, there was no chance to find a night. So early in the morning, I could only watch these Taoist priests go out of town, and I couldn't think of any way. Zuihou was ruthless, stomped his feet, and said secretly: "It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge." We'll see. As soon as he turned around, he headed in the direction of Liangxiang County. At this time, he had already made up his mind, since these stinky cow noses are not easy to deal with, then first find the escaped subordinates, and then go to the initiator who harmed our brothers like this, and deceived his brother into settling accounts with clever words.

Twenty days later, a major news broke out in Liangxiang County, Xu Wuchi, the son of Mr. Xu, a doctor of county studies, was kidnapped. Dr. Xu spent a lot of money after several setbacks, but he couldn't get his son back, so he had to go to the county master. Hu Zhixian was naturally furious when he heard this, so he handed over the case to Zheng Zhutou to solve the case within a time limit. Zheng Zhutou took over the case, did not dare to slack off, and sent a large number of people to visit in many ways. In the end, he really found clues and determined that the kidnappers were Shi Feibao, the younger brother of the "Liangxiang Tiger", and his followers, and discovered their hiding place. Zheng Da immediately reported to Hu Zhixian, who immediately ordered him to bring people to arrest him, because there were many thieves, and sent the county lieutenant with a hundred officers to help round up. After a big battle, except for Shi Feibao and a confidant who failed to be arrested because they were not in the thief's den, none of the remaining 20 thieves escaped the net. Since then, the public security of Liangxiang County has changed, and the people have all praised Huzhi County as the master of the blue sky. When Hu Zhixian was fluttering, he naturally did not forget the county lieutenant and Zheng Zhutou, rewarded him greatly, and wrote a document to report to the Nanjing government to ask for credit for everyone. The only regret is that although Xu Wuchi Xu Gongzi was rescued, he had been cut off by the thieves and had one of his hands and feet cut off and became a cripple. Of course, this is mainly due to the fact that Dr. Xu did not pay the ransom in time, and the thieves used his son's hands and feet to urge him to pay the money. This little regret is also inevitable, as the so-called flaws are not concealed, and the merits of all officials cannot be erased.

This Liangxiang county is very happy, needless to say. Just said that Shi Feibao, who was super lucky and escaped twice. Now in Liangxiang County, he has really become a street rat and has nowhere to hide. In desperation, he had to take his only subordinate and defect to the bandits on the Xiayun Ridge not far from here.