Yongju City, located south of the imperial capital, happens to be the southernmost small city of the five states of Gyeonggi. Originally, it had not been included in the jurisdiction of Jingzhao Mansion in the previous dynasty, but also after arriving in Dayin, Mu Churan's grandfather, Emperor Gaozu Mu Qingnian, with a stroke of his pen, circled Yongzhou City from the map section.

The four states of Gyeonggi became five states. The jurisdiction of Jingzhao Mansion is larger, and it is also the control area of the imperial capital.

The old emperor was delicate and considered how to stabilize the country in the troubled times.

When it came to Mu Churan's father's generation, the territory was subdivided, and the map of Da Yin was also remade twice, once after a three-year bloody battle with Nanfeng to draw a clear line, and once with the Hu tribe in Saibei, they were forced to retreat outside Hongguan.

Although Mu Churan is not as ambitious as his father, he must keep the territory intact, so that the people can live in peace, business can be happy, the wind and rain are smooth every year, and the world is peaceful every year.

But if there is a foreign enemy to attack, he will not bend easily, his backbone is the country, and it is not easy to bend when he stands straight.

Although the crown prince Tang Qinghua is in power and interferes in politics, after all, he also taught Mu Churan a lot of things. For example, the way of the king.

Heaven and earth are unkind and regard all things as dogs, and emperors are unkind and take the people as dogs.

Speaking of Yongzhou, dozens of years ago there was the title of land wharf, all because of its geographical location in all directions, although not as prosperous as the imperial capital, but the south and north will rest here, stop.

Yongzhou people are good at business, from a small village for more than 100 years, can be with other ancient cities to inherit the world's sixteen states. From his claw you may know the lion. The so-called mountains and rivers raise people, and people also raise mountains and rivers. If it weren't for a group of hard-working ancestors, the people of Yongzhou would not be able to sit back and enjoy their achievements now.

This Qing'an Dart Bureau is located in the most prosperous mule street in Yongzhou City, and it is said that this road was brought out by the mules that were transported by pack goods. Many years ago, the owner of the largest commercial bank in Yongzhou had a team of mules to pull goods and run business, although it was not as magnificent as the horse team, but it was indeed much more economical.

The name of this street was also changed by the government to Chunmao Street, which was slightly more table, but the locals were used to calling it, and it was still called Mule Street.

The current chief dart of the Qing'an Dart Bureau wears a green mountain, a new father, holding a bamboo pole at the door of the dart bureau and hanging a long string of firecrackers. He covered his ears with one hand and stretched the bamboo pole as far away as he could with the other.

The neighbors in the past, those who don't know, those who know and those who don't know, all have to listen to him talk to people, and he is excited to be a father for the first time. was laughed at by his mother-in-law, "It's like being admitted to the top of the championship by yourself." ”

It took half an hour for the firecrackers to stop, and there was a thick layer of red firecracker scraps at the door of the dart board.

The miscellaneous dumb man came out to sweep, but was stopped by Dai Qingshan, "Don't worry about sweeping!" Keep it for me to be happy for a while, this red place, how festive! The big mute grinned, stretched out his hand and gestured in response.

Seeing that it is almost Chinese New Year's Eve, this child came to the world before the end of the year, and he is also an urgent child.

Dai Qingshan washed his hands twice, wiped them twice, and then carefully took the small ball of meat from the nurse's arms, "You can run off the ground next year, and my father will take you to the imperial city to meet your aunt." As soon as he thought about it, he slipped through his words, and immediately changed it again, "Go and meet your uncle, your uncle is a big official in the imperial city." ”

The daughter-in-law lay on the bed, shook her head with a smile, and said angrily, "This stupid person." ”

If she didn't like him for being stupid and honest, she wouldn't marry him. Darts are dangerous jobs to make a living, which good family is willing to marry their daughter to a dart master these days? If it weren't for her own insistence, her family would not have agreed to this family matter.

After Dai Qingshan took over the dart game from his father, he rarely took long darts anymore, all short darts, and he went back and forth that day, also to take care of the family.

It was night, and Brother Li, the dart master, counted the darts that would be released tomorrow again, and stopped in the backyard. You can go straight to the moment of dawn. After the counting, Brother Li went to report to the chief dart, thought about it and added: "The chief dart, otherwise tomorrow's dart, I will go by myself, you accompany your sister-in-law at home." ”

"Zhangshan is the mountain of Xinbai, our dart bureau opened this dart for the first time, it's not that I don't worry about you, I'll go with it, just drive this trip, and I'll count on you to pull the banner in the future." Dai Qingshan patted him on the shoulder and explained.

"Okay, then it depends on the meaning of the dart head. It's not getting early, so I'll go down and rest first. "Brother Li hugged his fists.

Dai Qingshan responded, "Okay." ”

The big dumb man was still packing up his things in the front yard, Dai Qingshan walked over, and said while gesturing with him, "Let's get up tomorrow morning and collect it, anyway, it's not in a hurry, don't work too hard." The big mute smiled and nodded, and went down with a broom.

Dai Qingshan looked at the red confetti scattered in the courtyard, he was very satisfied, and pondered about the beginning of the year, and he personally went to the imperial capital to take a look at Xiao He, and by the way, he also informed her of the good news, so that she could also be happy.

Just as he turned to go back to the back room, there was a dull knock at the door outside.

Dai Qingshan is still a little strange, at this time, who will come to the door?

He stepped forward a few steps, opened the door, and saw a man in a dark robe, standing with his hands in his hands, his face calm, and his breath steady. Dai Qingshan immediately realized that this person was a Lian family, so he was a little more vigilant, "May I ask what Your Excellency is doing?" ”

The man seemed to look at Dai Qingshan, and said in a deep voice: "I'm looking for you to be in charge." ”

"It's the head of the Qing'an Dart Bureau wearing Qingshan, I don't know what Your Excellency is called?" He clasped his fists and saluted, but saw that the man's eyes were shining with cold light.

It was a long night, and the winter sky seemed to be very high above the ground, and even the stars hung in the night were much darker.

Thousands of miles away from the imperial capital, Xiao He didn't know what happened that night.

It is often said that when a loved one is killed, there will be signs such as panic, but that night Xiao He slept peacefully, and he did not dream until the light of day all night.

More than ten days later, the news reached the imperial capital. That's another story.

In the early morning of the next day, the owner of Liu Jimi's shop opposite the Qing'an Dart Bureau got up early, removed the door panel, and opened the shop. At dawn, he didn't notice when he walked down the stairs and suddenly slipped on the soles of his feet and almost fell.

After stumbling and barely standing firmly, he crossed his waist and was about to open his mouth to scold who was so immoral and splashed water on the street in the middle of the night, and it froze into an ice scraper all night, causing his old man to almost break his waistbone.

The mouth opened itself, but it couldn't close for a long time.

Because what he saw in front of him stunned him.

The door of the Qing'an dart board was wide open, and a scarlet long cloth stretched out from the inside of the dart board and stretched out into the street. Reflecting the black gate, the snake mouth of a giant python stretched out the boss, and spit out a snake letter unscrupulously. Along this snake letter, the ground was full of people, all of whom had lost their breath.

The blood under their bodies merged into a small meandering river of blood, which now could not flow, and was frozen by the cold of the night, forming a strange red puddle, which was dazzling to see.

When the yamen came, this Boss Liu was still in a panic while describing to the official, and he couldn't help but want to vomit.

This is probably the first time in decades that Yongzhou City has suffered such a horrific tragedy.

No one knows who the Qing'an Dart Bureau offended and suffered this catastrophe, the whole family of more than 30 people, none of them were spared, and even the baby who was just a few days old was thrown to death in swaddling clothes.

It is really sad for those who hear it, and tears for those who see it.

The inspection found something strange and hurried back to Lord Yin. Yin Jiang Zhiyan of Yongzhou Governor, such a tragedy occurred during his tenure, and he should not be taken lightly, if someone treats the people of Yongzhou as a mustard and kills innocents indiscriminately, not only is it intolerable under the law of the country, but also intolerable in Skynet.

An order was immediately issued, and it must be strictly investigated, and the book was played to Jingzhao Mansion according to the truth.

Now the position of Yin of Jingzhao Mansion is still vacant, and Shaoyin received the news of the Yongzhou bloody case and reported it to the Ministry of Officials, and fell into the hands of Wang Siyi, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials. Wang Shangshu glanced at it and sneered, "It's just a homicide, what's the fuss, just let him send more people to investigate." ”

It took 20 days for the news to come and go.

But there was no progress for the past 20 days. It was found that except for Dai Qingshan, the head of the dart, the rest of the people were cut by sharp weapons and bled to death, and only Dai Qingshan seemed to have been tortured, all the bones of his body were broken, his fingers were cut, and one of his ears was cut off.

There was almost no intact part of the whole body, and according to the color of the wounds on the corpse, he was first picked off by someone to cut off the meridians of his hands and feet, then broke the bones, and finally cut off the finger bones and cut off the ears.

Who would torture a dart boss in such a way? What is it to be pressed? What kind of hatred and hatred can be so ruthless?

The yacha asked all the customers who had business dealings with the dart board, and they all said that there could be no enemy in the dart head, and his family was known for their kindness and never grudged with others. I also checked the account books and records of the dart bureau in the past year, and they were all clean and clean.

If you find this place, it is a dead end. The master suggested, "It's better to put up a list, give a red reward, and have your own capable people." ”

Jiang Zhiyan pondered for a moment, and then agreed.

The next day, a reward was posted at the gate of Yongzhou City, and if you can provide clues to the bloody case of the Qing'an Dart Bureau, you will be rewarded with 10 taels of silver, and if you can help the government solve the case, you will be rewarded with 100 taels of silver.

On the day when Bangwen went out on the street, many people came to the government to report the case, claiming that they saw someone and heard something on the night of the crime. But after coming and going, asking for some details, it is difficult to justify.

Jiang Zhiyan was furious, and all those who swaggered and deceived and lied about the news were pulled out to play the board.

After two or three people were punished, it was deserted again, and it was difficult to see people at the yamen gate. A few days later, no one reported it. This gave Jiang Zhiyan a headache, if this case was not solved, it would eventually make him have doubts in his heart, which became a big regret for his officialdom.