Lu Chuan opened the door a crack, and saw that Shui Er and his party had left the inn, so he closed the door and sighed: "They look like this, don't say half a day, I see half a month, and I can't catch the murderer for half a year." ”

Jiang Bin sat on the chair and said casually: "If you want me to say that we should hurry out of the city." ”

Lu Chuan frowned and said, "How easy is it to get out of the city now? The city gate is closed at night, and I don't have the strength to open such a heavy city gate." And now that something has happened, more people must have been dispatched, and if you break in, you will have to kill one or twenty people. ”

Jiang Bin had just taken a sip of tea, and when he heard this, he suddenly squirted out all of a squirt, half of it was sprayed on the table, and half of it was sprayed on Wang Shouren, who was sitting opposite.

Wang Shouren couldn't help but feel a little angry, but saw Jiang Bin choking, lying on the table and coughing vigorously, his face was purple, and he said after a while: "I'm sorry, Brother Wang, I'm really sorry, you have a lot of responsibilities, if you are angry, just beat me, I will not fight back." ”

As soon as these words came out, Wang Shouren was happy, who can really be angry with this hob meat?

"That's it, but you'll have to dress with me. ”

"Well, Sensei, it's right to buy you a tailor's shop. I said brother, my own brother, do you want to laugh at me? Your dignified little North Devil, since you became famous, you have killed from east to west, from south to north, if you don't kill eighty, you have to have a hundred, not to mention far away, let's just say that the twenty or so brocade guards outside Hangzhou, you are one by one, like chopping melons and vegetables, you don't blink your eyes, what's the matter today? More than a dozen officials are still taking it seriously? You won't put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot, yes, I'll bring you a sword, you won't be soft when you have a sword in your hand......

Lu Chuan blinked his eyes and said, "Don't be busy yet, what do you call me?"

"Call you brother, I don't always call you that. Oh, brother, to be honest, I don't accept anyone in our generation, what ten absolute disciples, what Wudang Twelve Swords, Wushan Nine Dragons, that's all a fart, I'll obey you. Brother Wang, don't be picky when I say this, I'm a rough person, let's not mention the things in the bookbag. Brother, in short, I will treat you as my own brother, you have to recognize this, you have to recognize it, you have to recognize it, the younger brother will kowtow to you a few times before ......"

Jiang Bin said that he was about to kneel down and kowtow as soon as he bent his legs, Lu Chuan hurriedly supported it with his hand, smiled slightly and said, "Since you said so, it's okay, kowtow or something." But since your name is brother, you have to listen to me. ”

"Listen, I must listen! If you let me go east, I will never go west, if you let me beat a dog, I will never scold a chicken, if I am ......"

"Okay, okay, let's talk about the first thing, you quit gambling for me. ”

Jiang Bin was stunned for a moment, and then began to play with his second face, "Brother, I have this hobby, you asked me to quit ......"

Lu Chuan's brain suddenly hurt, and he hurriedly said, "Stop, stop, I'll make a joke." If you want to say that I kill people, a hundred will definitely not be able to stop, and I will design to kill five hundred Tatars in the wolf's cave ditch alone. ”

Wang Shouren's color changed suddenly, and Jiang Bin was also stunned, "Obediently, I killed more than me." ”

Lu Chuan ignored them, but continued: "But I killed all the damned people, at least I think they deserve to die. Those officials and errands, eating and taking cards, although they are not good people, they have not done too many things that hurt nature and reason, they are guilty, but they are not guilty to death. I know that there are many people who kill people at the border gates to reward them for their merits, and if you return to the court in the future, you must not kill innocents indiscriminately, otherwise I will never spare you. ”

This sentence was naturally said to Jiang Bin, Jiang Bin smiled and said: "It's not good for me to follow my brother to the rivers and lakes, why go back to be an official?"

Lu Chuan shook his head and said: "Things must be used to the fullest, and people must also do what they are good at, so that they can live an extraordinary life, and they can be a fourteen-year-old official at the age of fourteen or fifteen. Senior brother, did you say that?"

Wang Shouren nodded frequently, and the three brothers chatted all night and did not mention it for the time being, but said that the next morning, the whole city of Quzhou City was under martial law, and ordinary people were afraid of getting into trouble for themselves, so they did not dare to move around at will at home, and there were few people in sight on the street except for officials who came and went from time to time. After all, the murderer can't be found, and it is common for officials to take responsibility for their own sins.

Lu Chuan and the others naturally won't wait in a hurry, what kind of thing is Shui Er, how much ability can they have to protect the three of them?

Therefore, after breakfast, they got up and left the inn, and after several interrogations along the way, they touched the prefect's yamen, and now the prefect is dead, and the person in charge is Tongzhi.

There were several officials standing at the door of the yamen as usual, and Lu Chuan stepped forward and arched his hand: "Brothers, you can tell you that you can be in the mansion? ”

As the saying goes, how big a master is, how big a slave is, these officials wear crooked hats and squint, more horizontal than a bald-tailed dog, and they don't say anything when they open their mouths, "Go and go, get away!"

If you don't look at the official uniforms and just look at the posture, it's as if they are the same acquaintances of Quzhou Mansion.

Lu Chuan wasn't angry this time, he just glanced at Jiang Bin, Jiang Bin didn't say a word, and walked up with square steps to carry the collar of the person who spoke. Take Jiang Bin's strength, and if you slap it with strength, you may be able to pull your head off, even if you don't exert yourself, it won't be light, and the person will be bleeding from his mouth and nose, and his brain will be buzzing, and he will be blank. The remaining few still wanted to come up to rescue, but they were slapped by Jiang Bin, and they were all knocked down after a few blows.

Wang Shouren climbed the steps and said in a deep voice: "Hurry up and report, the three of us are from the capital!"

Several officials were beaten up, but they could be regarded as obedient, and they didn't dare to delay at all, and they all ran away with a hula.

Not long after, a senior official wearing a black gauze hat and a round-necked court uniform walked out with a group of officials.

"My lord, that's them!"

Tongzhi shook his head, "Take it down for me!" More than a dozen people suddenly came over and surrounded Lu Chuan and the three of them.

Looking at the three of Lu Chuan again, they were not afraid at all, they stood with their hands in their hands, their expressions were leisurely, but the murderous aura that faintly emanated could not allow anyone to get close.

Tongzhi frowned, "Who are the three of them, why do you beat the official in front of the court?"

Jiang Bin grinned and asked rhetorically, "Lord Tongzhi really wants to know?"

Tongzhiyi gritted his teeth, "Yes." ”

"The ninefold decree is under the Danqi, facing the face of heaven and giving brocade clothes. ”

Tongzhi knelt down directly when he heard it, although these two poems were written by Tang Dynasty Weng Chengzan, but after Taizu set up Jinyiwei, these two sentences became the incision of Jinyiwei, others may not know, but he, Jin Zhongming, as a dignified five-grade Tongzhi, can he not know this?

Jin Yiwei is in charge of the honor guard and guards of the Son of Heaven, and he can arrest the emperor's relatives and relatives, and he can arrest the people of Li, interrogate him privately, and try him to death, if he doesn't beat him, he should be grateful, and dare to ask the reason?

Jin Zhongming said in a trembling voice: "I don't know that the three superiors have arrived, and they have never been far away, and the lower officials are guilty of capital crimes, capital crimes." ”

Jiang Bin pulled his chest and raised his face, and said lightly: "Lord Tongzhi, let's go inside and talk." ”

"Yes, yes, three adults, please. ”

When they arrived at the main hall, Wang Shouren took his seat, Lu Chuan Jiangbin was left and right, Jin Zhongming stood under the hall with his head down, and the rest of the people were not even qualified to stand under the hall.

Wang Shouren twisted his beard and said: "The three of us were ordered by Lord Shi to inspect and arrest Lu Chuan, a thief who stole the dart silver of the Canghai Dart Bureau in Chuzhou, and stayed in Quzhou for one night...... Why were we killed as soon as we arrived at your prefect?"

The Lord Shi in his mouth is Shi Yiwen, the commander of Jinyiwei, and Chen Danyun is just a pacification envoy in Jinyiwei, and there are two commanders on it, and the two commanders are still far from Shi Yiwen.

"Xiaguan...... is investigating, and the lower officials will definitely be able to find out the murderer, bring him to justice, and avenge the prefect!"

Lu Chuan said coldly: "Check, how to check, let your subordinates who can only eat and take cards to check?"

Jiang Bin sneered, "Last night, your men went down to check the inn and took our two hundred taels of silver, hehe, Lord Tongzhi is really good at governing it." ”

When Jin Zhongming heard this, his heart suddenly cooled for a while, and he secretly scolded in his heart: "These grandsons, beasts! Don't cause trouble on the ground, go to cause trouble in the sky, I can't hide it, you fucking still go to provoke, two hundred taels of silver, Lao Tzu's black gauze hat is worth two hundred taels of silver?"

Thinking of this, Lord Jin didn't say a word, he knelt down with a puff, kowtowed like a chicken Chitose, and begged for mercy vigorously.

Seeing this scene, Lu Chuan and the three of them held back their laughter and their stomachs hurt, this scene can be performed thanks to Jiang Bin, he was taken by Jinyiwei to end up in this field, and Lu Chuan and Wang Shouren both dealt with Jinyiwei, how do you know what Jinyiwei's tone and face are to other officials?

Wang Shouren coughed and said: "Get up, we didn't come to ask you about the blame this time, but now that the city gate is closed, we can't get out of the city, I don't know if the Lord Tongzhi may ...... How convenient is it?"

"It's convenient and convenient, the three adults will sit less, and the lower officials will go down to make arrangements. ”

didn't ask what Lu Chuan and the three of them meant, Jin Zhongming went down as if he was running away after speaking. Lu Chuan and the three of them glanced at each other, but no one moved.

After a while, a person dressed as a master came in and asked Lu Chuan and the three of them to move to the inner hall.

When he arrived in the inner hall, he didn't talk much, first offered fragrant tea, and then quietly retreated.

Seeing this scene, Jiang Bin muttered a little in his heart, and said in a low voice: "Brother, what do you mean by dog officer? Could it be that he has seen some flaws, first use the army stabilization strategy to stabilize us, and then he will arrest us alive?"

Hearing Jiang Bin say this, Wang Shouren also felt a little bottomless in his heart, "Senior brother, do you think it will be that the plan to fake death has been exposed?"

Lu Chuan frowned, but still shook his head, "I don't think so, the fear of Jinyiwei is deep in the bone marrow, and there is no reason for him to have such a clear mind in addition to fear." And even if he saw through it, what could he do? If he could have a supreme master under him, then the prefect would not die. As long as he dares to make a move, let's hold him first and make sure he can get out of the city. As for the matter of Hangzhou, the bureau I set up should not be so easily exposed. ”

"So what do we do now?"

"Do whatever you have to do, take it easy, but the tea, wine, and food will be dried until I have tasted it......

As soon as Lu Chuan said this, he suddenly heard footsteps outside, and suddenly stopped talking, only to see more than a dozen maidservants rushing in, each holding a food box in their hands, and before approaching, he gave a gift to the three of them, and then took out the dishes in the box, carefully placed them on the table, and then retreated after giving a salute again.

After a while, a table of fine feasts was set on the table, a hundred and eight dishes.

"Zhou Li" cloud: "Where the king's gift, eat six grains, drink six clear, shame one hundred and twenty products, treasure eight things." ”

The magnates of later generations took this as an example, and only went to eight of them to show their courtesy, but it was also the best of feasting.

However, Lu Chuan and the others were amazed by the speed of the food, although there was no most time-consuming and troublesome Bazhen, but in less than an hour, who could make more than 100 dishes that were not the same?

Sure enough, as soon as the dishes were served, Jin Zhongming walked in with four big men and a jar of wine.

The wine altar is big and the waist of ordinary people, the fine official kiln porcelain altar, carved auspicious clouds, the outer pattern is colorful eight dragons, the mouth of the altar is also inlaid with a circle of pigeon egg size of the night pearl, the mud seal is not opened, wrapped with silkworm silk satin, which also embroiders a longevity word with gold thread.

This jar alone is a treasure, not to mention the wine inside. If there is no sixty years of age, I am afraid that it is not worthy of this vessel.

Jin Zhongming smiled and said: "The three adults have been waiting for a long time, and the lower officials have prepared a little thin wine to pick up the wind and wash the dust for the three adults." ”

Jiang Bin raised his nose and sniffed, swallowed his saliva, and said, "More than a hundred dishes, it's not thin wine." ”

Jin Zhongming smiled and said: "Xia Guan doesn't know the taste of the three adults, so let people make a few more, the three adults taste it first, if it doesn't suit the taste, Xia Guan will let people do it." "And when he spoke, he was about to open the jar of wine.

"Slow down!" Lu Chuan broke off and scared Jin Zhongming.

"What else do you command?"

Lu Chuan sneered: "Lord Tongzhi, even if the dishes are forgotten, you dare to open this wine?"

Jin Zhongming grinned without a smile and said, "This is specially begged by the lower officials from the local rich family, and I ask the adults to taste it first......"

"Put your mother's bullshit, you dare to say that this is not for Liu ...... If the factory knew that his birthday gift had been ruined by the three of us, would you think we would still be alive?"

No need to ask, Lu Chuan can guess with a guess, except for Liu Jin, the "eunuch emperor" who criticized the Chinese and foreign chapters, who else dares to accept this kind of birthday gift?

Jin Zhongming's legs and stomach were weak, and he knelt down again, and the four officials who were so frightened that they also knelt down.

"The capital offense of the lower official, the capital crime of the lower official ......"

Lu Chuan was about to get angry at that time, and he was angry when he saw this kind of humble and servile appearance, could it be that the same was true for the people?

But I heard Wang Shouren cough and said: "Lord Tongzhi should get up and speak, since we have a request, we might as well say it directly, and there is no need to spare so many bends." ”

"Xiaguan...... Xia Guan just wants to honor the three ......"

Lu Chuan was really angry, slapped the table hard, shook the cups and bowls, and shouted: "If you want to say it, you can say it, what do you say!"

Jin Zhongming shuddered, and replied in a trembling voice: "Lord Hui, the lower officials think that the three adults have chased Lu Chuan all the way to here, maybe Lu Chuan is also in Quzhou, maybe it was Lu Chuan who killed our prefect, if the three adults left, ......"

Lu Chuan glanced him up and down, and said quietly: "...... You want us to find the murderer for you, right? But it's also possible that Lu Chuan is probably in Quzhou. Let me ask you, your prefect was killed, but what was stolen?"

"Xia Guan has already asked, and the gold and silver jewelry plus one piece is almost eight thousand taels. ”

"The murderer is alone?"

"It's a person. ”

......

After asking the news, Lu Chuan and the three of them casually dealt with a few mouthfuls in the prefect's yamen and left, and they couldn't keep acting, in case they accidentally showed their feet, it would be troublesome.

After coming out, when he walked to a place where no one was, Jiang Bin asked: "Brother, can't we just leave and it's over?" Why do you have to go to the trouble to help him catch any murderer, I can't see that I can't catch it, the court blames him and arrests him and kills him." Anyway, none of these dog officers have a good thing. ”

Lu Chuan shook his head slightly, "I don't know what this Tongzhi Lord means, although his words are humble, but there is obviously a sense of temptation, from wine to food, and what he said later, it is." I think if we don't do what he says, something could happen. ”

Jiang Bin pondered: "I can understand wine, after all, it is such a valuable thing, and I understand a little bit when you say this, but is there anything wrong with the food?"

Wang Shouren nodded and said: "I understand this, during the Tianshun period, when Lu Gao was the commander of the Jinyi Guard, he sent the captain several times to check various places, wantonly arrest the good, and the gate was imprisoned. The prince's mansion is not terrified, and no one dares to ask about the land and taxes. Later, although Lu Gao was afraid that the emperor would blame him, he took the matter in the name of a fake school captain, but the dominance of Jinyi Wei did not diminish a little. We haven't eaten a table of one hundred and eight dishes of first-class banquets a few times, but it is commonplace for Jinyiwei, if we feast on it, I am afraid it will be exposed. But what I can't figure out is the wine, isn't it...... You want to keep it for ......."

Lu Chuan said with a smile: "Exactly, once Liu Jin is overthrown in the future, it is inevitable to raid the house." When the time comes, I will see how this giver will explain!"

Wang Shouren shook his head and said: "At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao was defeated, Cao Cao won a complete victory, and there was a cart full of things obtained, all of which were letters exchanged between Cao Cao's subordinates and Yuan Shao. But Cao Cao said, 'When Shao is strong, he can't protect himself, let alone others?' so he burned these bamboo slips in public and didn't care about it anymore. If Liu Jin falls and investigates officials with gifts, I am afraid that most of the officials in the world will suffer, and it is inevitable that it will be too implicated. Everyone in the world says that Cao Cao is narrow-minded, doesn't the junior brother have Cao Cao's mind?"

Lu Chuan smiled, "Senior brother, don't say it, it's really not." Cao Cao is the hero of the world, but I am a reckless, and my vision is incomparable. In my eyes, these people who are greedy for life and afraid of death are the ones who deserve to die. ”

Wang Shouren sighed, diverted the topic and said, "What are you going to do next, junior brother? If we look for the murderer, we don't know many clues." ”

Jiang Bin put his arm on Lu Chuan's shoulder and said, "There are not many clues, but I believe that my brother must have a way, right?"

Wang Shouren shook his head, he didn't understand where Jiang Bin's blind worship of Lu Chuan came from.

Lu Chuan said: "It's really enough, eight thousand taels of silver, five hundred catties, one person can't take that much, so it should be more jewelry, but not much silver." But there is no way to directly call for jewelry, and to exchange it for gold and silver, it must be through pawnshops, money dealers, and jewelers......"

"And the casino. ”

"Casino?"

"Yes, anything in a casino can be exchanged for silver, not to mention jewelry, even tattered clothes and boots, and sometimes arms and legs can be exchanged for silver. ”

"Uh...... The casino is really terrible, since this is the case, let's go separately, I will check the jewelry merchant, you go to check the casino, you are not allowed to be greedy for fun! The senior brother waited at the inn and asked Jin Zhongming to send someone to check the pawnshop and the money bank. ”

After everything was assigned, the three of them went their own way, the first day was fruitless, and the second day was still fruitless, but when Lu Chuan and the two returned to the inn the next night, they learned a terrible news.

A brocade guard has entered the city.

Jin Zhongming has a banquet tonight, and he has already sent someone to invite him.

Seeing Lu Chuan coming back, Wang Shouren said: "Senior brother, Master Jin said that he would invite us to have dinner with a few colleagues tonight, I am a little unaccustomed, do you think we should go?"

He bit the four words of water and soil adaptation a little harder, thinking that Lu Chuan would push it away when he heard it, but he didn't want Lu Chuan to say without thinking about it: "Go, of course you have to go." How can they drink wine and eat meat, let's run errands? You go and tell Lord Jin that we will be there soon after changing clothes, and let him hurry up to arrange wine and food, and after running for a day, he is hungry. ”

As soon as he left, Wang Shouren asked: "Senior brother, this is the matter of Li Ghost seeing Li Kui, let's fool Jin Zhongming, won't you be seen through at a glance when you see the real card?" At that time, even if you hold Jin Zhongming, I'm afraid you won't be able to get out of the prefect's yamen." ”

Lu Chuan said in a deep voice: "But if we don't go now, it will really be leaked." How could it be so coincidental, we just played a Jinyi Guard, and a Jinyi Guard entered the city? I think either Jin Zhongming is looking for someone to pretend to be to test us, or I'm afraid it's for Jiang Bin. ”

"For me?"

"Yes, it is impossible for them to know the whereabouts of me and my senior brother, but the Jinyi guards we killed outside Hangzhou City may all be counted on your head. They came from the capital, there is no trace of you along the road, they will naturally look south, and there are only two roads south from Hangzhou, one through Jinhua and the other through Quzhou. It's no surprise that I happened to find it. ”

"Then as soon as I show up, won't I be recognized?"

"Anyway, Jin Zhongming has already seen you, and it's impossible to hide it. Let's just treat them as if they were Jin Zhongming looking for someone to pretend, and after they met, they didn't recognize it, and they did it directly. If it was really Jin Zhongming who was looking for someone to pretend, then he wouldn't doubt it, and even if it was true, I don't think he would be able to tell which of us was true and which was false. ”

"That's great, but you have to be careful. ”

"Well, when the time comes, senior brother will sit next to Jin Zhongming, keep an eye on Jin Zhongming, let's act when we see the opportunity, once the situation is not right, we will immediately lift the table and kill him. ”