Chapter 20: The Dragons
When Tang Yun rushed back to the Yamen of the Demon Hunting Division, he ran into a head catcher from the Shendu Mansion at the door. Although Yin of Shendu Mansion is unlucky, the iron-clad official of the Yamen and the flowing water, for such a huge institution as Shendu Mansion, the loss of the chief official will not affect the continuation of official business as usual.
"I heard that your Shendu Mansion is well-informed, tell me, is there anything interesting?"
Fang Sanfang, Fang Fang, Fang Qisan, and the three people sat around the head catcher and chatted with him. Although the three children have the ability to kill people, they are still too tender to deal with monsters, and they still need to be tempered in the yamen.
Today, the shadow of the monster was found in Gyeonggi, Jing Liang and Du Cheng went out together, the eldest grandson Lingxiu had just come back from patrol, and when he saw Tang Yun coming back, he just said hello and walked into the courtyard. All this made the head catcher who came here wonder, and if the captain in the yamen of his family had greeted the chief officer like this, it was estimated that he would have been suspended from his post for investigation a long time ago.
Since he saw Tang Yun coming, the head catcher was not ready to continue chatting with the three little guys, patted the dust on his clothes, stepped forward and said, "My lord, you are back." ”
"You're the one who sent me the message?"
A small official passed by the door, and just happened to see Tang Yun, so he put a stack of official documents in front of Tang Yun. These are the certificates that require the cooperation of all yamen in the operation of the Demon Hunting Division, and they need to be stamped with the seal of the chief officer.
Seeing that Tang Yun was still busy, he hesitated: "Actually, this matter is in charge of my Shendu Mansion, and I shouldn't bother my lord." It's just that the yamen once said that if there is a case involving monsters, it must be reported to the Demon Hunting Division first. ”
Seeing that Tang Yun had finished stamping the official document, the head catcher walked up to Tang Yun and said in a low voice: "Regarding the news of the ghost-faced rakshasa, Lord Du of the Demon Hunting Division once said that as soon as there is a clue, he will come to report it immediately. That's ......"
Tang Yun nodded, and gave a few orders to the little official, asking Du Cheng and Jing Liang to come to him after they returned.
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"The person who reported the case was a scholar, who had the identity of a lifter, and came to the capital to participate in the examination. It's a pity that I won't be able to pass the test, so I have no choice but to study in Cangyun Academy, and at the same time rent a shop to do a calligraphy and painting business, selling calligraphy and painting for a living. Last night, he saw the ghost-faced rakshasa enter his house, and he hurried to the yamen early this morning to speak. ”
The head catcher said while driving the horse, Nanshi was crowded with people, and the speed of the two of them driving the horse was very slow.
With that, the two turned into an alley. Outside the alley, there are also stalls of merchants from the Western Regions, whose bright fruits look very attractive, and several merchants from the Western Regions shout and sell them in the broken Da Zhou language.
Nanshi is very large, covering an area of almost two squares. There are countless alleys hidden in the depths, there are many shops here, all-encompassing, the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty respect the wine fragrance is not afraid of the deep alley, maybe many shops on the side streets and paths are a century-old shop.
There were high walls on either side, and there were occasional shops, and the shopkeeper had moved out of the wicker chair and sat in front of the door, opening a slit to observe the two intruders.
"That's the scholar's home, and he has a teenage daughter."
As he spoke, the two of them had already arrived in front of a private house. Although Nanshi is dominated by shops, there are still many houses far from the main street. It's a bit dilapidated, and it's out of step with the prosperity that surrounds the streets of Nanshi.
The door was hidden, and when the head catcher pushed the door open, there was someone behind the door, and he pushed the door and knocked down the person's back.
"Who dares to touch Lao Tzu!" The man who was hit was knocked to the ground, and immediately became angry and shouted.
The room was full of people, looking at the tattoos on his body, and then looking at the angry face, he knew that these people were all members of the gangs in the capital.
An old man with a grim face was on crutches, and his crutches were right on the back of a scholar. The crutches were sturdy, and the scholar gasped, his face turning white with pain.
The head catcher came in to see this scene, and said angrily: "What are you doing, who let you come here!" ”
When several gang thugs saw the clothes on the head catcher, their faces became calm, and the person who was knocked down just now stopped shouting, but they didn't take half a step back.
The old man took away his crutches, walked up to the head catcher and said, "Fan Tou, this person owes our gang silver, and we are here to collect money, you can't care about it, right?" ”
The head catcher glanced at it with his eyes, and said coldly: "What kind of money can this poor scholar have, and he can bother the old gang leader to come here?" ”
The old man smiled: "Someone is in my place and kills my subordinates, Fan Tou, do you think I should come and see it?" ”
The rest of the gang thugs couldn't help but get closer, and the head catcher had no doubt that if he dared to do it, these people's knives would definitely fall.
"Where's the body?"
Tang Yun said in a deep voice, he didn't dare to be interested in gang fighting.
The head catcher turned around and dragged a gang thug in his way away, glancing at the three bloody corpses lying on the ground. Only the white ribs of the corpses were exposed, and the flesh on them looked as if they had been removed. Now that the weather is hot, the corpse already has a pungent smell, and although it is covered with a white cloth, there are still many mosquitoes and flies buzzing.
The bones are incomplete, and the flesh is blurred.
Tang Yun picked up the white cloth, the death of these people was very familiar, and it was really related to the ghost-faced rakshasa.
"That's how you protect the scene?" Tang Yun turned his head.
The face of the head catcher was a little ugly: "The body was only discovered when he reported the crime this morning, and at that time, because we had to report to the adults in advance, we were afraid of moving something, so we didn't carry the body away, and prepared to keep the scene." ”
Tang Yun glanced at the people around him and sneered: "That's how you keep the scene." ”
The headhunter was very embarrassed, and it was obvious that the people he stayed here had already been driven out by this group of gang members.
"This adult looks at the face and dares to ask the honorable name?" The old man asked with a smile.
Tang Yun raised his head, glanced at everyone present, and said, "I'll give you three a count of time, hurry up!" ”
Tang Yun stood up from the shadows, and at this moment his embroidered python brocade robe was very obvious. The old man's eyes were very sharp, although he couldn't see the strangeness of this brocade robe, but judging from the fish bag he wore around his waist, he should be a big official.
Even so, the old man still did not have the slightest timidity.
He smiled and said, "Since the adults are here, the little ones won't join in the fun." ”
The old man led a group of people away, and the scholar was almost paralyzed on the ground. Tang Yun glanced at the backs of several people leaving, their eyes seemed to be full of rebelliousness, even in the face of officials, there was no fear at all.
What's more, he saw the shadow of the Great Zhou Army from the steps of several people.
"Where did these people come from?" Tang Yun asked.
The head catcher sighed: "They are members of the Dragon Gang, and the old man at the head is named Jia Peng, and he is the leader of the Dragon Gang." They were all punished by the guards and driven out of the barracks. Liang Wangfu took pity on these people and took them in. I didn't expect them to rely on the name of Liang Wangfu to do evil, alas, that is, to bully others, bully the soft and fear the hard. Therefore, the top and bottom of the Shendu Mansion also turn a blind eye, as long as they don't go too far, they generally won't ask. ”