Volume 1 Xiao Yuanba Chapter 174 The old Taoist priest jumped into the well
After midnight, Lao Dao still didn't move. Feng Shen wondered in his heart, could he wait until dawn before leaving? Fake sleeping face in, but stay vigilant and listen to the door at all times.
Unexpectedly, something in the yard "plopped" to the ground, and immediately someone shouted, "Who is it? Catch him!" Then I heard the sound of a gong.
Feng Shen was taken aback, and shouted in his heart, "Not good!" Immediately turned over and went to the window to inspect, and saw several fishing nets falling from the sky, and torches illuminating the yard.
Someone on the house trampled the roof loudly, and many people poured into the courtyard from the back of the house.
Feng Shen lowered his head and thought about it, so he went over and stretched out his hand to open the door and walked out, and saw several people holding bright weapons looking down at the ground. Seeing him come out, Inspector Mei straightened up and asked, "Where are the people?"
"Who?" Feng Shen was stunned for a moment, and then he heard the back window of the house "click" sound.
"Oops!" Shen Jie and Li Tiedao, who were closer to the door, screamed and jumped into the house at the same time, Feng Shen hurriedly came in with a "sigh" sound, and saw that Shen Jie was slapping his thigh fiercely under the shaking back window, and said:
"We were all fooled, he didn't leave the house at all, and the iron knife told the master to chase after him!" Turning his head to Feng Shen and whispering:
"Don't go, leave it to us!" After speaking, he jumped out of the back window of the house.
Li Tiedao and Mei Inspector each brought twenty or thirty people to chase down. At this time, Feng Shen was annoyed in the house, and dared to play the golden cicada out of the shell, first attracting everyone's attention, and then ran away through the back window. But when did he find out about the ambush?
Feng Shen thought about it, not sure that he had been exposed. Of course, Yun Hezi may have noticed his abnormality, or he may have felt something wrong a long time ago, but he is really determined to be able to hold back all the time.
Feng Shen felt that it was very likely that when he followed Inspector Mei to the kitchen, Lao Dao had already figured out the inside and outside of the house, and even thought of a way out. This old thing is not as innocent as he appears!
He whispered a foul word in annoyance. However...... He suddenly remembered what the old Tao said, could the so-called tasks he said be true, the truth?
Anyway, this old way can't let him go back to Dongxiang no matter what! As soon as Feng Shenyi made this decision, he immediately asked Mingxiang Yong to inform Jian Jie and Tie Dao: If you can't be captured alive, you must kill him!
At this time, Feng Shen was no longer interested, he was going to find a monk in the temple, and killed this Taoist priest with one sword, and the monk was still a monk.
If the monk insists on breaking the law, then sooner or later God will not allow him. But this Taoist priest with high martial arts and great scheming can't let go in front of him no matter what!
"Hey, why is the judge here?" He suddenly remembered and asked.
"The trial hero was ordered by the capital inspection to inspect the inspection department here, and as soon as he got off the boat, he heard that martial law was under martial law, and he inquired about the situation here, so he immediately rode a horse and rushed here, just in time for this." Zhang Xunjian replied.
Feng Shen nodded, and suddenly there was an idea in his mind, and he immediately pulled Zhang Inspector: "You quickly send someone to ride a horse to deliver a message to Yu Zhiyong, Lao Dao may go to assassinate him!"
"What?" Inspector Zhang was taken aback, and immediately replied, "That Taoist priest's good methods, I'm afraid that our people won't be able to catch up with him.
In this way, I will light a beacon fire warning here, so that they will be on guard there, and it will be difficult for them to say even if they go to Meigang, and at the same time I will send someone to ride a horse to send a message to the past. The Lord must also quickly send someone to tell the judge and Li that they know!"
"Yes, that makes sense!"
The beacon fire was lit here, and the people were sent out, seeing that the sky had already brightened, and the chickens had crowed. The messenger who went first ran back, and Feng Shen hurriedly asked, "How?"
"Back to my lord's words, that, that Taoist priest jumped into the well!"
"What? Impossible!" Feng Shen said to Zhang Inspector almost at the same time, and the two then looked at each other.
Feng Shen will not be surprised to jump off cliffs, rivers and deep pools, people with martial arts like him will jump into a well, isn't this a joke? "Where did you jump into the well? Who's there?" Feng Shen asked again.
"Really!" The messenger grinned very aggrievedly: "In Hougaodian, Inspector Mei was afraid that he would enter the mountain, so he took someone to drive over from the west, and the bull nose saw that he couldn't escape, so he ran to the north of the village and jumped into the well.
Mrs. Yu got up early to feed the chickens, and when she went out, she heard the sound of 'cooing, ran out to see, there was a cloth shoe on the ground, and she screamed. The neighbor came out and saw that it was a person below, and the crane on his body was not a Taoist?"
"Still not right!" Feng Shen frowned and looked at Inspector Zhang: "This Yang Xing has nothing to do when he is full, so he will send us a human head?" I can't say it!
Besides, the one who wears the crane is not necessarily the crane." After speaking, he turned his face and asked, "Can your Mei patrol be on the spot?"
"The iron knife master is here, Mei Inspector, we sent someone to the mountain to shout, and he didn't come back when he left."
"Isn't the judge here?"
"The judge saw the beacon fire here, so he rushed to Meigang."
"Damn, why do I always feel wrong?" Feng Shen scolded and said to Inspector Zhang, "I have to go to Hougaodian, I know the characteristics of that Taoist priest, and I can tell the truth at a glance."
"You suspect it's fake?" Zhang asked Inspector.
"I don't know if it's true or not, but I'll know if I've seen it." Feng Shen asked for a knife and hung it on his waist: "Maybe this guy is doing some tricks, I suspect he didn't admit it so easily!"
The stakes are high, and I'm going to see for myself!" borrowed the black mule from the police station, Feng Shen, and rode to Hougaodian accompanied by the herald and two village warriors.
The village was small with only twenty families, on a small raised hill. To the south is a pond, 200 paces to the west, connecting a large bamboo forest to the ridge, and the rest of the surrounding area is full of fields.
When they came to the well, they saw a lot of people around them. Xiang Yong stepped forward and shouted for everyone to get out of the way, Feng Shen got down from the mule's back, handed the reins to the messenger, and he stepped forward and arched his hand to the oncoming Li Tiedao, and asked, "Where are the people?"
"Here." The iron knife guided him: "When we arrived, we asked people to go down to fish, who thought that the wall of the well was quite slippery, and it took a lot of effort to fish it up." With a wave of his hand, someone went over to uncover the mat covering the corpse.
"No need." Feng Shen frowned, waved his hand, and said, "Sure enough, it's not him!"
"How do you know if you haven't seen it yet?" Iron Dao asked in surprise.
"I recognize a black scar on that Taoist's ankle, but this person doesn't." Feng Shen sighed.
"Admire, Feng has good eyesight!" Iron Knife smiled, "This is indeed not the old way. The people in the village have already recognized it as the master of the Zhenqingguan at the entrance of the village, and it is estimated that he was knocked unconscious and thrown into the well."
"Is there anyone else in the view?"
"There was only a dumb fireman, and when we went to Guanli, he gestured and said that in the morning, the master would go to the vegetable garden after saying a word to him, and he had not seen him since." At this time, Inspector Mei hurriedly walked over and said, "My lord, it is estimated that it is another golden cicada shell!"
"Damn!" Feng Shen gritted his teeth with hatred.
"The golden cicada has come out of its shell twice, attracting all of us here. What about the Taoist priest?" Iron Dao asked suspiciously.
"Run, sure!" Inspector Mei said, "Can he stay here and wait for us to arrest?"
At this time, there was a commotion outside, and several locals didn't know what to call in the local language, and a local villager went out with a red tassel gun and asked, and then pulled a child in:
"My lord, this kid said that he tripped over pigweed in the early days, and when he ran to the ditch to wash the mud and blood on his legs, he saw the back of a Taoist priest going in the direction of Yingtian Temple!"
"Yingtenji?" Several people were inexplicable.
"Eh, this cloud crane is interesting, a Taoist priest has nothing to do with the monk!" As soon as Feng Shen finished speaking, his face suddenly changed: "No, he didn't go to Yingtian Temple, he went to the Inspection Division!"
"What do you mean?" Li Tiedao hadn't figured it out yet.
"Isn't the outside of Yingtian Temple the fortress of the Inspection Division?" Mei Patrol explained.
"He said that he was going to assassinate Yu Zhiyong, is he telling the truth?" After Feng Shen finished speaking, he said "eh", turned his head and ran towards the mule.
"Raised by the little lady, the golden cicada has come out of its shell twice, hey!" Li Tiedao was also anxious, and shouted at the pale-faced Mei Inspector: "You clean up here, let's chase people!" After that, he chased and shouted:
"Don't be too anxious, Sen Zuo, Suo Tiangang (Shen Jie) has already gone over there
Now, don't worry about it for a while!" As he spoke, he asked aloud, "Which family has a livestock to lend me, quick!"
When the two of them rushed to the inspection sub-division out of breath, they heard wails in more than one place.
There is a checkpoint on the side of the road, family members come and go, and a villager is probably injured in the leg and is being helped by his own woman to sit on the donkey cart. Feng Shen grabbed the reins and showed his waist card, and asked, "What's wrong?"
"My lord," the villager said, propping himself up, "there is an evil man who has done a murderous job and injured all five of us."
"Is the weapon used to whisk dust?"
"That's right, my lord, he broke through the level, he shot without saying a word, and he moved quickly!"
"Where did you go?" Iron Dao asked angrily.
"I walked towards the Patrol Division, and I still heard shouts and chases, I don't know what happened over there."
Feng Shen comforted him with two words such as raising him well, and Li Tiedao was worried about the safety of Jujie and had already driven the cattle to take the first step. When they arrived at the entrance of the village, they saw two more corpses, and the Wu chief, who was sitting on the ridge, saw them crying.
His own subordinates were all killed and wounded at once, not to mention that he was injured, and the two key casualties were of the same clan, but how to explain it?
Feng Shen saw that the situation was not good, so he simply didn't ask and went directly to the door of the inspection department. Forty paces away, he saw Shen Jie sitting on a large rock, bound by the medical guards of the Inspection Division.
Feng Shen rolled off the mule's back in surprise, shook his body despite the pain in his crotch and asked, "Injured?" What about people?" It is not easy to make Shen Jie suffer!
Juan Jie grinned: "That old boy is so good at stabbing, if I hadn't dodged quickly, I would have pierced my arm in this instant!"
Then he looked at Li Tiedao, who was running behind him and looked at him with concern, shook his head and said, "Run, run faster than a rabbit." We chased him to the river, and the old boy jumped down and saw that he had swam to the other side."
"Is there a boat catching up?"
"Yes, more than a dozen boats have gone after them, and some people have reported to the other side and the white horse."
"So, what about Yu Zhiyong?" Feng Shen asked tentatively.
Jujie sighed, and the medic looked up and replied with tears in his eyes, "My family is gone."
"What's going on?"
"When the adults heard the commotion, they were bumped into by the Taoist priest as soon as they walked into ...... yard." The paramedics wept silently.
Feng Shen gritted his teeth silently, and then suddenly said, "Give me a boat, I want to go back to Yugan!"
"You mean ......?"
"This guy is probably going to assassinate the Metropolitan Patrol!"
"He dares!" Li Tiedao was furious.
Shen Jie waved his hand, first asked the medical soldiers to retreat, and instructed him to clean up Yu Zhiyong's body and find Hu Congxi, the deputy of the district squadron stationed here.
Then he whispered to the two of them: "You can't find an adult when you go back to Yugan, he should have arrived in Song Xiaoniu's camp in Yangbu by this time."
The two of them were surprised and delighted when they heard it, and the surprise was that when they came out, they didn't know that they were already transferring troops to the south, let alone knowing that the army was swearing to be a soldier, and they were happy that they had finally waited until the day when they were going to fight against Yang He's father and son!
"I was ordered to come to Meigang to convey the inspection instructions to Yu Zhiyong and you." After speaking, Shen Jie took out a letter from the pocket and handed it to Feng Shen, sighed and said:
"I didn't expect that Yu Zhiyong just finished reading the letter last night, and he was killed this morning, so he shouldn't have had time to convey instructions to the following. Senza, you're the highest-ranking here, get an idea!"
"Then, what do you mean by calling Hu Congxilai?" Li Tiedao was puzzled.
"I thought, this inspection sub-division can't be led by no one, Hu Congxi is a local clan, or let him act first?
Yu Meiguang is also suitable, and her martial arts are more outstanding and her courage is better, but he is in Chiling Fort, and he can't quench his thirst from far away. Besides, the fortress is the last line of defense for our Meigang, so it's very important!"
"I agree!" Feng Shen thought for a moment and nodded: "Squadron Leader II is a veteran who joined Ge Yangwei, and it should be no problem for him to take it on his own!" Is the secretary of the branch office?
Ask him to immediately write a "Letter of Attorney for Representation", and at the same time send a letter of recommendation to the Yu Gan Staff Headquarters for their approval."
Originally, the Tsing Yi team had a rule: if the team lost its command, the person with the highest military rank on the spot would be authorized to act as the commander on the spot, and a "Command Recommendation Letter" would be issued to the superior for approval.
"In addition," he paused, "I suggest that after I leave, Meigang will immediately impose full martial law and issue a mobilization order for the villagers. Judging Daxia, you will stay here for a while to preside over for a while, and then leave when the inspector sends someone to take over.
Now we don't know why Yang Xing suddenly made such a ruthless attack on Yu Zhiyong, to prevent him from attacking Meigang when Yu Gong died and there was no one to preside over it."
"Then I'll go to Dongxiang." Li Tiedao said: "According to the original arrangement, we will burn down the grain storage and armament sites in Dongxiang, and this plan will be implemented. By the way, see if there is any movement of the Jiangshan Army. How?"
"Wait, maybe you need to adjust it. I'll pass on some of the information and informants I have to you." After Feng Shen finished speaking, he saw a young man with thick eyebrows, big eyes and sideburns and beard striding towards this side, this person was Hu Congxi.
Although he is a showman, he likes to dance and play with swords, and he is an alternative in the family, but he didn't expect it to be useful in the chaotic season. At this time, he already knew the news of Yu Zhiyong's murder, and his face was full of grief and indignation.
Yu Zhiyong's family is not a big family in the local area, but this person is anxious for justice and righteousness, and he first advocated the repair of the library of Yingtian Temple, so he can get a wide response when fighting against the Jiangshan Army, and became the first sub-inspector of the Meigang Branch.
Yang Xing only thought that this person was just a squire who was against him, but unexpectedly, the act of killing Yu Zhiyong was equivalent to stepping on the tail of an angry snake.
"Humble Hu Congxi, I've seen Feng join the army!" He recognized Shen Jie and Li Tiedao, but Feng Shen, who had always been low-key, didn't.
Under the introduction of Xianjie, Hu Congxi immediately understood that Feng Shen was the highest-ranking person among the three, and hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted. Since he was not a member of the Tsing Yi team, it didn't matter if he did the military salute or not, Feng Shen immediately returned the salute and asked him to sit down and talk.
"You already know about the assassination of Lord Yu (Yu Zhiyong is from Jiupin)?" Feng asked.
"I've heard of it, and it's ...... Alas!" Hu Congxi slapped his thigh hard: "Hurting Duke Yu is against all the people of my Meigang, don't think about stopping from now on!" He said through a vicious grit of teeth.
"Hu Jun and mourn, listen to me, the deceased has passed away and cannot be resurrected, but the will of the adults will continue." Feng Shen said:
"Now we are worried that this is a precursor to a rebel attack on Mei Harbor. The division is in an important position, are you willing to carry this burden for the time being?"
Hu Congxi was taken aback, looked at the three of them, and said, "Well, I am afraid that I will be sparse in my studies, and I want to say that Wuyi Zhangcheng (Yu Meiguangzi) is much better than me!"
"The more important thing for the branch is household registration management, arrest and preservation, maintaining local law and order, suppressing lawlessness and mediating disputes, so it is more important to be able to understand the written language, understand the facts, and understand the laws and regulations."
has been in the staff headquarters for so long, and has been with Li Dan and Zhao Jingzi a lot, Feng Shen can actually speak decently, and when he heard Jujie nodding again and again, Li Tiedao admired it.
Although he is inferior to the two of them in martial arts, his cultural level and momentum are much higher.
He remembered that he had to pretend to be stupid in front of people like You Sanjiang before, and a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Where do others know, they still think that this is a sign of self-confidence.
"If you can't do it or it's not suitable, your lord will remove your humble post at any time!"
"Good!" Feng Shen secretly breathed a sigh of relief and laughed happily. I didn't expect this Hu Congxi to be rough, but he was a careful and serious person, it seems that it should not be wrong to hand over this division to him!
"To say that this old Taoist cloud crane is really ruthless, ruthless and slippery!"