Anyang City, the city lord's mansion.

A middle-aged man in a fourth-grade official uniform was pacing back and forth in the hall irritably, his brows almost furrowed into Sichuan characters.

As the city lord of Anyang City, Wu Zhi is also quite satisfied, he was born in a family of merchants, failed the imperial examination, and spent money to donate an official after being over thirty years old. It can be regarded as his flexible brain and ability to do things, and his net worth is good, and he has been promoted all the way in ten years, and now he has finally achieved the position of the lord of a city.

The city lord is the county guard, governing hundreds of thousands of people, usually Wu Zhi wants the wind to be windy, to rain and rain, as long as there is no major problem, every year to send some gifts to the peak, it is no problem to sit firmly in the position of the county guard to retire.

But now, Wu Zhi is very upset.

Of the five nobles who came from the capital, three of them were actually killed and died in Anyang City, which was under his jurisdiction! If we don't find out who is the perpetrator as soon as possible, I am afraid that he will not be able to keep his position as the county guard.

I thought it was a good opportunity before, but now Wu Zhi knows what it means to be a disaster from the sky!

As soon as he knew about this, Wu Zhi immediately sent someone to investigate, and all the servants of the entire yamen were sent out, and the murderer must be captured before he escaped from Anyang City! But so far, there has been no news, and he is anxious.

was upset, Li Wei, a confidant of the Chengfa room, tiptoed in and said, "My lord, it's the end of the month in a few days, shouldn't you send someone to send this batch of goods away?" The two little ladies cried for most of the night last night, and one of them almost hanged himself. ”

"What, dare to seek death and life?"

Wu Zhi's attention immediately turned to this.

Recently, it was easy for him to climb to the maiden relatives of Concubine Li Guifei in the palace, and he wanted to take the path of the three princes, if it was successful, maybe he would be able to change one party to become an official, and he would not have to defend this small Anyang City. It just so happened that he learned a secret news.

After the third prince came back from Xichu, he didn't know what kind of fetish he had committed, and suddenly began to search for beauties. In addition, Wu Zhi also heard that the three princes secretly collected all kinds of underwear worn by beautiful women, used items, etc., in short, it was the kind of thing that men liked.

Wu Zhi also secretly envied, he married a wife in one room and a concubine in four rooms, and he was already a little unable to deal with it, but the three princes actually searched for beauties all over the country, could the three princes really have a secret medicine that the royal family did not pass on, so they could be so brave? He also collects intimate items such as women's underwear......

Tsk tsk, this kind of quirk is only so novel that only princes play.

Hehe, I don't know what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince likes in private, it really makes him infinitely curious!

In order to curry favor with the third prince Xiao Tianci, Wu Zhi immediately began to search for beauties throughout the city.

His target is naturally the daughters of ordinary people, as long as they are beautiful, give some money or take them away, there is no need to bother at all. If it moves the daughters of those rich people or officials, I am afraid that there will be trouble at that time.

Wu Zhi was very lucky, and within ten days he found two women, sixteen years old, both daughters of tenants on the outskirts of the city. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he couldn't believe that the poor family would have given birth to such a beautiful daughter. It is simply a clear water out of hibiscus, a flower with water spirit.

One of them was preparing to get married, and Li Wei, a confidant he ordered to handle the matter, found out and snatched it back that night.

With the dream of rising to the top and making a fortune, Wu Zhi immediately uploaded the news layer by layer, and soon, the Three Princes' Mansion specially sent five guards to take over the two beauties. Naturally, the women who were secretly transported into the capital were not only Wu Zhi and Anyang City, as far as he knew, officials from several surrounding cities, and even some wealthy businessmen, also followed the trend to collect beautiful women to offer.

It's just that this kind of thing is done in secret, and no one knows about it on the surface.

But Wu Zhi never expected that it was just a few days of delay, and these five guards wanted to collect some gadgets that the third prince liked, women's personal belongings, etc., but they didn't expect something to happen!

Five guards from the Three Princes' Mansion were killed, and the death was miserable, outrageous!

When he was investigating closely, these two beauties were going to hang themselves again, if they died, wouldn't his hard work be in vain?

"These women who have no eyesight still dare to seek death and life? Do you want to spoil the good deeds of the official? Wu Zhi scolded angrily.

Li Wei immediately said: "What the adults said is, isn't this also for their good?" I don't want to think that once I enter the Three Princes' Mansion and become a prince's woman, I will have all the glory and wealth, which is definitely better than being a poor girl for a lifetime! If you are pregnant with another child, it is a mother who is more expensive than a child, and maybe she can become a concubine or a side concubine! ”

These two women simply don't know what to do.

"Adults, according to the small ones, it is better to tie them up, and save them from death. Or ......" Li Wei rolled his eyes and looked sly: "Wouldn't it be more reassuring to just give them some drugs and faint all the way?" ”

After thinking about it, Wu Zhi paced with his hands in his hands, nodded and said, "Okay, you hurry up and do it, there must be no accident." ”

Li Wei nodded, and was just about to go out, but someone rushed in from outside again and almost collided with him.

When I looked closely, it was Qiu Kui, the official of the torture room, who was also an adult's henchman like him, and the two often drank in private.

Li Wei frowned and pulled Qiu Kui and said, "Old Qiu, what are you rough, haven't you seen anything wrong with adults......

Before he finished speaking, Qiu Kui brushed him away, and rushed in in a panic and shouted: "My lord, it's not good, something's wrong!" ”

"Smack!"

A slap hit him in the face, Wu Zhi was already upset, and when he heard the words, he was even more angry: "Something is a ghost!" Let you catch the murderer, as soon as you come, you will touch Lao Tzu's head, and you want to die, don't you? Will you talk well? ”

After a series of accidents, Wu Zhi was also anxious, and when he heard Qiu Kui's shouting, he couldn't control it.

Covering his face that was beaten painfully, Qiu Kui didn't dare to fight back, and said in a panic: "But my lord, it's really, really something's wrong!" The murderers of the three guards were found, and they were at the Fulinmen Inn in the city, but they ......"

"What...... Could it be that there is more than one murderer? Wu Zhi's eyes widened when he heard this, and he grabbed the placket of his clothes.

"Not just one, but dozens!"

Qiu Kui's frightened eyes were about to fall out, if he hadn't heard about it, he hurriedly glanced at it and ran away, I was afraid that even he would suffer. The fallen officials in the inn, with blood all over the ground, screamed one by one with broken hands and legs...... From a distance, he also saw the group of murderers coming out of the inn, looking magnificent, and he was running away!

His panicked words were incomplete: "My lord, they must be the murderers of the three personal guards, otherwise how could they resist arrest!" They have already hurt many of us, they are simply bold and frenzied, my lord, if you don't send anyone to arrest them, I'm afraid they will flee! ”

Wu Zhi's heart moved, he really found the murderer so quickly!

But there are so many murderers, dozens? Is there any mistake, how can there be so many, is it a gang of bandits?

But soon, Wu Zhiyi gritted his teeth and said viciously: "Bastard, you dare to kill the palace guards with a large number of people, and this official must kill them all!" Someone, mobilize all the manpower, and catch the murderer! ”

Hmph, now that you've found out, are you still running?

How dare a group of bandits be so arrogant, just kill people, and do such bloody and terrifying? If he doesn't catch these people and punish them severely, I'm afraid that the black gauze hat on his head will also be removed. It just so happens that by killing this group of bandits, he will not only clear his responsibility, but also eliminate harm for the people, and gain fame and fortune!

Soon, all the officials on duty and on leave in the government were summoned, and all those who went out to work were called back. One by one, they are fully armed, with swords hanging from their waists, and they are menacing, waiting for a big fight.

Qiu Kui also immediately strengthened the defense force at the gate of the city to prevent this group of bandits from forcibly escaping, and when everything was ready, a group of officials with a solemn expression were like soldiers rushing to the battlefield, and they all set off towards the Fulinmen Inn.

Such a big battle attracted the attention of countless ordinary people within a moment.

The news of being rushed into the inn to search for the suspect by the messenger before also spread, and countless people watched outside the inn, one by one frightened, but curious to peek from afar. The groaning servants on the ground, the smashed messy inn, the curiosity in everyone's hearts reached its peak.

Who is so powerful that he has beaten so many servants?

What a bold man, he actually went against the government!

Leading the Bailai Messenger, Qiu Kui's previous panic also disappeared. No matter how powerful the bandits are, there are only more than 20 of them, but he has gathered all the servants of the entire Anyang City, half of them are gangsters who can fight, can't he deal with more than 20 people? Even if it's five against one, how can you win.

Usually, he is also very disdainful of these gangsters who rely on the name of the government to show off their power outside, eat and drink, and never look down on them. But now Qiu Kui is a little lucky, these bastards' servants are first-class in terms of fighting, and it is absolutely no problem to clean up more than 20 bandits!

As they trotted down the street, the officials rushed to the inn and arrested the bandits.

But the lord promised, fifty taels of silver for the head of a person, and if anyone kills the leader of the bandits, two hundred taels! I heard that the bandit also brought a female dependent, if the woman of the bandit leader is captured alive, I am afraid it will also be a heavy reward!

The people watching on the side of the road also whispered and pointed: "See, there are so many officials dispatched, I'm afraid that something big is going to happen!" ”

"You don't know yet, three palace guards died in the City Lord's Mansion, and the death is miserable! The adults are angry, and the murderer must be caught! ”

"I saw it with my own eyes, in the Fulinmen Inn, those people injured a lot of officials and resisted arrest!"

"It's terrible, when did so many bandits appear in our Anyang City, and they even killed people, begging these officials to arrest them!"

"Those bandits are so vicious that they dare to kill people and sneak into the city, what if they harm the common people?"

Listening to the discussions of passers-by and the expectant eyes, Qiu Kui felt excited for the first time.

The time has come to make a fortune, fifty taels for a person's head!

He's going to just kill a few!

Not far ahead, he had already faintly seen the signboard of the Fulinmen Inn, Qiu Kui's eyes lit up, and he pulled out the long knife on his waist and shouted: "Brothers, those murderous bandits are in front, the adults said, none of them can be let go!" If there is resistance, kill on the spot! ”

At the same time, all the officials replied loudly: "Yes! ”

They all looked excited, as if they had seen the silver of the white flowers......