21. The three states are the head catchers

Behind the man, a team of archers appeared from the forest, and they all stood up with arrows and bows, forming a semi-encirclement formation against Chen Ran.

'Longquan Villa, these people came so fast. Chen Ran observed the archers behind the man in brocade. I don't know where Longquan Villa found so many masters.

He had no intention of clashing with the people in the villa, so he had to explain: "The two people lying on the ground are the giant thieves of Taihang Mountain, and they are making trouble in Guishan Villa, so we have pursued them all the way here, and we have no intention of offending, please forgive me." ”

"If you want to apologize, you have to kneel down first." The man in brocade sneered: "In addition, if you kill someone in my Longmen Mountain, no matter what the reason, you will have to abolish your martial arts and send it to the dungeon of my Longquan Villa." ”

Chen Ran heard the man in brocade clothes speak so arrogantly, and sighed: "That's why you don't have to talk about it?" ”

"Talk? You are not eligible. The brocade-clothed man sneered, stretched out his right hand, and pointed at Chen Ran.

Seeing the order of the man in brocade, these people immediately tied up their front lunges, straightened their upper bodies, pulled the bowstrings full, their muscles were knotted, and their movements were neat.

Some of these arrows were towards Chen Ran, and some were pointing at Han Qingying under Chen Ran.

Obviously, they had already planned that if the bow and arrow missed Chen Ran, then Han Qingying, who was lying on the ground, would definitely become a hornet's nest.

Chen Ran understood that the situation was critical at the moment, these archers were waiting for the order of the man in brocade, and they could shoot arrows at any time.

He secretly thought in his heart that if he did his best, it would indeed be easy to kill these people.

But there were too many of them, and they couldn't take care of any of them, and Han Qingying on the ground couldn't support them.

Although he has miraculous skills at the moment, he is not very rich in actual combat, and many combat skills have not been verified, so he is not completely sure in his heart.

The man in brocade had just made a move to Chen Ran, and at this moment, the qi and blood in his body were surging, and his breathing was also abnormally disordered.

He was very shocked in his heart, a little boy could shake himself into a bad breath with just one move, what kind of skill is this?

At this moment, his internal breath was in a mess, and he didn't want Chen Ran to see the flaws, so he eagerly wanted to order the archers to shoot a volley of arrows.

But when he saw Chen Ran's staring gaze at him, he was a little flustered for no reason.

If you really shoot arrows, can you kill him? Annoyed him completely, are you sure to deal with it?

He suddenly wanted to call for help, but he couldn't pull it down. Besides, if it recedes, where is the face of Longquan Villa?

The archers behind the brocade-clothed man couldn't wait for the order, and they were also a little puzzled in their hearts, when did their master become so hesitant?

When there was a stalemate, suddenly another voice sounded from the west: "Longmen Mountain is worthy of being called the place where dragons fly and phoenixes fly. ”

This voice sounded very suddenly, and with Chen Ran's ears and eyes, he didn't even notice it.

I saw a man come out from behind the tree, looking at everyone with a smile.

Chen Ran turned his head to see that this person was of medium age, wearing a black official uniform, a Chinese face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he looked extremely extraordinary.

'Here's another master. Chen Ran frowned slightly, there were more and more troubles tonight.

I saw a middle-aged man stepping into the middle of the door and saluting the man in brocade: "Meet the little marquis." ”

The brocade-clothed man known as the little marquis had an ugly face and said, "It turned out to be Mr. Shi's head catcher." My Longquan Villa's idle affairs, do you want to take care of it? ”

"Don't dare." The head of the release of the catcher smiled and said: "A head catcher under the lower official is here to hunt down the giant thief, so the lower official rushed over to support." ”

The little marquis pointed at Chen Ran and asked, "This kid, is this your subordinate?" Lord Shi is quite good at recruiting talents from all over the world. ”

Master Shi shook his head and said, "The woman lying behind him is Xia Guan's subordinate. She is the new head catcher of Luoyang Mansion. ”

Hearing this release head say this, Chen Ran finally breathed a sigh of relief, since he was Han Qingying's superior, he would not be an enemy of Han Qingying.

I saw Master Shi bent down, investigated the two corpses, and said with a smile on his face: "Sure enough, these two people, one is the advocate of Yanlongzhai in Taihang Mountain, and the other is Zhang Shen, the fifth leader of Yanlongzhai. I said that Qing Ying disappeared in the middle of her meal, and it turned out that she ran out to arrest the thief. ”

As he spoke, he snorted twice and said with a smile: "I caught two big fish at once, and I really am a young talent." ”

The little marquis looked uncertain, and said coldly: "It's nothing for your yamen to handle the case, but when the case is handled by us, isn't it a little bit out of my Longquan Villa?" ”

In the face of the reproach of the little marquis, Lord Shi stood up unhurriedly, took out a waist card from the corpse, and raised it in his hand; "I'm sorry to disturb Guishan Villa, but Guishan Villa is also the land of kings, how can you give a Taihang Mountain thief a waist card for passing?"

The little marquis's face changed, and he said coldly: "I do things in the villa, and I don't need you to dictate to the inspectors. ”

"It's just a routine inquiry, why should the little marquis be angry?" Master Shi was always smiling, but he stood between Chen Ran and Xiao Houye.

The anger on the face of the little marquis grew, and he said, "Doesn't Lord Shi have to protect these two people today and embarrass me in Longquan Villa?" ”

Master Shi shook his head and sighed, "I'm not protecting them, but protecting you." ”

The little marquis's expression suddenly changed greatly.

"Little Hou Ye understands what I'm talking about, right?" Master Shi smiled.

The little marquis was suddenly speechless, Fang Cai's battle must have been seen by this Lord Shi, and he also saw this young man's good martial arts.

He originally suspected that his group couldn't beat Chen Ran, so it confirmed his judgment even more, he was by no means the opponent of this young man!

I had to come back another day to find the field.

Thinking of this, his face returned to normal, waved his hand at his hand, and turned away without saying a word.

Although his men were a little confused, they still obeyed their master's orders, withdrew their arrows and bows, and walked away in an instant.

After the people from Longquan Villa left, Master Shi turned around and looked at Chen Ran with a friendly smile on his face.

"Thank you, sir." Chen Ran bowed down and said, "I just don't know who the adult is?" ”

"This official releases Ling Tian, and the chief catcher of the three states of Shanxi, Shaanxi and Henan." Master Shi said loudly.

Chen Ran was taken aback. Shi Lingtian's name is known to everyone in the rivers and lakes. I didn't expect to see a real person today.

Due to the prevalence of martial arts in this dynasty, in order to suppress these warriors, the position of head catcher has always been in a very important position in the government.

The yamen usually arrests ordinary criminals, and they are usually called by messengers. On the other hand, the head catcher and the head catcher were independent of the yamen and were under the direct jurisdiction of the state government's judges.

And the chief catcher of the three states like Shi Lingtian can't even be restrained by the judges, and can only be directly managed by the three law divisions of the imperial court. can also be regarded as a feudal official.

It is precisely because of the existence of officials like Shi Lingtian that the imperial court can effectively restrain these martial arts people who are violent and murderous at every turn.

When encountering such a big person, of course Chen Ran had to bow his head and admit it, so he immediately bowed down and saluted: "The kid doesn't know that Lord Shi has arrived, it is rude, please forgive me." ”

Shi Lingtian immediately stepped forward to support Chen Ran, and laughed in a low voice: "Young heroes don't have to be polite. Shaoxia Buddhism and Taoism double cultivation, pedantic heaven and man, profound skills, the official is also admired. ”

When Chen Ran heard this, he raised his head to look at Shi Lingtian who was smiling all over his face, and the shock in his heart was beyond measure.