The knife of the man in front of Fan Yun was still dripping blood, Wang Yu couldn't believe that the group of people in front of him would make a move, but they still did it, and they were so decisive. The old man's eyes didn't close, and he fell to the ground because those eyes seemed to be begging him to save him, but he didn't.

The villagers were crying, and they didn't know what to do. Fan Yun said: "As long as you lay down your weapons and let me wait to return to the mountains and forests, we can let these fishermen go." If you insist on arresting us again, then we will only ...... them one by one."

Wang Yu said: "Let me let you go, it's a dream-"

"Then please keep your eyes open—" With that, Fan Yun motioned for his men to pull out another old woman from among the villagers. The blood on the man's knife had not yet dried up, and he slashed down again.

The old woman screamed and then did not say anything more, two people had fallen in front of him, and if he did not retreat, the village would probably suffer. His stepfather had always told him that once he laid down his arms, the enemy would have a chance to fight back, but his morality told him that he should save the poor villagers in front of him.

The villagers were crying, and some people couldn't help but say, "Let's go quickly—I really don't want to die—" As soon as he said this, the person who spoke was brought to Fang Cai's two corpses by Fan Yun's subordinates, and the executioner's knife was raised, and Fan Yun said to Wang Yu: "Commander Wang, hear it——"

Wang Yu's hand tightened tightly at the red dragon on his waist at the moment, and he didn't say a word.

The man roared and said, "Hurry back...... Hurry back—" Fan Yun shook his head, waved his hand to the executioner, and with another knife, the man fell to the ground.

"Ahh

"Kill—" Wang Yu shouted, and the soldiers all killed the group of people in the Yellow Lion Society, the winter sun had just shone on the river beach, and the sound of fighting and crying were mixed together.

The power of the red dragon was unleashed, and the other two lions also died at the hands of Wang Yu. Wang Yu whipped Fan Yun, Fan Yun held it with a knife, and was shocked back several steps in an instant, Wang Yu moved tightly, Fan Yun was forced to the river beach, and jumped onto the boat after one, Wang Yu whipped it, and it was full of strength. Fan Yun blocked the vertical knife, and the red dragon whip head touched the blade, Fan Yun's knife was directly shocked out of his hand, and he was also pushed heavily on the boat by that force. As soon as Wang Yu jumped onto the boat, Fan Yun was a little flustered, jumped off the boat and ran into the water quickly, wanting to dive away, Wang Yu performed a light leap and threw out the red dragon directly, only to see that the whip was like a python entangled Fan Yun, and Fan Yun couldn't move for a while. Wang Yu swooped down and flew to Fan Yun's side, grabbed the handle of the whip with one hand and pulled it, Fan Yun spun directly out of the water and fell heavily to the ground, Fan Yun propped up his body and tried to run into the city, but Wang Yu jumped to the shore with light skills, raised his hand and hit his back with a whip, and after a crisp sound, Fan Yun directly knelt on one knee and fell face down.

Wang Yu used a mixed iron chain to tie it up, picked up his head, and glared at him viciously, Fan Yun was struggling at this time because the pain in his back had not dissipated, and the fighting on the side was over, and the soldiers and generals all surrounded Wang Yu.

"Bury these villagers and their fallen brothers...... Chop up the corpses of the bandits into eight pieces and sacrifice them to the villagers and brothers. Wang Yu said. After saying that, he threw Fan Yun aside, and Fan Yun smiled tremblingly: "Hahaha...... They all said that I waited for the Yellow Lion Club to be ruthless, but I didn't expect it...... The king is much more ruthless than I am...... I can look at three ...... Three people died in front of you......" His laughter was intermittent mixed with coughing, and from time to time he coughed up some blood, thinking that he had been seriously injured by Wang Yu.

Wang Yu grabbed Fan Yun and shouted, "You are forcing me step by step and testing my conscience...... Even if you are fighting, you dare to use the villagers as a shield - pigs and dogs are not as good as -"

Fan Yun didn't reply, he was just laughing loudly, Wang Yu pushed it in, took off the red dragon from his waist and wanted to kill it, and the hand that raised the whip stopped instantly, as if there was a thousand catties of strength grabbing his hand - he knew that if this person in front of him died, it would be bad for them, even if he wanted to kill Fan Yun very much, he could only leave this person alive. Fan Yun looked at the laughter and coughing.

"Escort him down...... Send a signal and let all the people patrolling the lake come back......" Wang Yu said, then he sat on the ground, raised his hand and asked the generals to retreat.

He looked up at the sunlight and looked down at the soldiers who were collecting the corpses, and felt very uncomfortable. He had never been in such a contradictory situation. This is even more cruel than the assessment of the selection in the palace, and the cruelty is doubled. The last time he faced this predicament, he was surrounded by a group of people who shared this mentality with him, as well as the lake tour and banquet given by the emperor, but this time there were only some cold corpses left in front of him.

The red sun at the end of the river gradually crept up to the middle, and the corpses of the fishing village were cleaned up. The generals came to reply to their orders, and Wang Yu said to one of the generals: "Take them back to the boat, rest for a while, and continue to search along the search that the sailors searched last night." Also, I went to ask if the garrison had lunch ready, and when I found Shen today, we turned the boat around and went to the Soldiers and Horses Division of Dongting Mansion, and detained that guy first. ”

The general replied to the order and evacuated the village with the rest of the soldiers. The generals had gone away, and Wang Yu lay on the ground, closing his eyes, and there was no sound in the village except for sighing and sighing. When he was young, he got up, glanced back at the fishing village, and walked straight out of the fishing village.

In the government office of Xiangyang City, Pu Mu is checking the file, and the prefect on the side is waiting-in the past few days, Pu Mu and the other three have begun to investigate the officials of various prefectures and counties.

Pu Mu finished reading the dossier and said to the prefect: "Prefect Zhao, the dossier has been checked." Has the county magistrate Zhao Zhifu, who is under the jurisdiction of the Xiangyang Prefecture, informed him?"

Governor Zhao said: "According to Lord Pu's instructions, the lower officials have summoned all the county officials to go to the Xiangyang Mansion, and after lunch, they should come to the Mansion one after another." ”

"Thank you so much Governor Zhao. Pu Mu said.

Governor Zhao asked: "At this time, it is noon, and the lower officials have prepared a little wine in the restaurant in Xiangyang to entertain Lord Pu, can Lord Pu appreciate his face?"

Pu Mu said with a smile: "You have prepared a thin wine, do you think I can still not appreciate my face? But Governor Zhao, right now is when the emperor ordered me to wait for the trial of the corruption case of the Ministry of Rites, at this time, Governor Zhao invited, I'm afraid something is wrong, right?"

"Don't get me wrong, Lord Pu, Xia Guan only ordered some home-cooked food in the restaurant, not for the delicacies of the mountains and seas, and fine wine. But if the lower official went to the lower official's house to eat, he would definitely attract criticism; if he dined in the public court, the imperial court also stipulated that officials were not allowed to eat when they consulted the official documents and files in the public court, so the lower official ordered a few days' home-cooked meals for Pu in the restaurant for Pu to eat. Governor Zhao said.

Pu Mu said: "I see, Governor Zhao is really bothered, okay, I have lunch with Governor Zhao today." ”

After that, Governor Zhao led Pu Mu out of the mansion, and the two got into the carriage. The coachman drove away, and when he was young, he arrived at a restaurant, which had a book on the restaurant "Drunken Immortal Building". The two got off the carriage one after another, and Zhao Zhifu led Pu Mu into the restaurant together, and the little two of the restaurant immediately stepped forward when they saw the two of them: "The grass people have seen Zhao Zhifu, and the lunch ordered by Zhao Zhifu in the restaurant today has been placed in the No. A room on the second floor, and the pot that has just come out can be used when you go upstairs." ”

Governor Zhao said: "Thank you so much, little brother, come-" After that, Governor Zhao took out a piece of silver from his cuff and gave it to the little second's hand, and said: "This adult will come here for two meals in the next few days, you are so good at serving, I have paid all the money to your shopkeeper." ”

Xiao Er smiled: "Thank you so much to Governor Zhao, two upstairs, please-"

In this way, Xiao Er led Pu Mu and Zhao Zhifu to the room on the second floor. It was really just some common things on the table, and Pu Mu smiled: "Governor Zhao is really honest, please take a seat-"

Governor Zhao said with a smile: "How could the lower officials do such an eye-opening thing, since the Beijing Qin sent to do the work, the imperial court can only let the officials of the prefectures, prefectures and counties receive them according to the law, and they eat four dishes and one soup, and live in the inn under the official post." ”

Pu Mu nodded, ate two bites of food, and said, "Governor Zhao abides by the law and is honest and honest, which is worthy of praise—" Pu Mu said as he put the dish into his mouth.

"Governor Zhao eats together—" Pu Mu said.

"Okay, Master Pu-" After that, Governor Zhao also took chopsticks, picked up some dishes, and ate them. Lunch was eaten quickly, and soon the table was full of wind and clouds.

Pu Mu said with a smile: "In the past few days, Pu has never been able to eat a meal openly like today, and the cups and plates are messy at this moment, please forgive Governor Zhao." ”

Governor Zhao said: "Where does Lord Pu speak, adults are tired of running around to investigate the case, and it is common for them to be hungry. The lower official is sleepy, and he needs to go home to rest for a while, and take a leave of absence with the adults here. ”

"Governor Zhao, please take care of yourself, I will handle the matter of the court. Pu Mu said.

"In this way, Lord Pu can take a rest here first, or go back to the government to rest, if the county order has been to the government office, there will be officials who come here to find the adult, of course, if the adult is in the government office, you can know that the official is out of company. After that, Governor Zhao said goodbye to Pu Mu and went downstairs.

The sun was shining, the winter sun was only warm, and just after noon, Xiao Er entered the door. Pu Mu had fallen asleep on the chair on the side, and the little two tiptoed away the dishes and chopsticks and quietly closed the door.

Pu Mu slept soundly, and someone entered the door when he was young. That person was none other than Xiahou Xue. I saw Xiahou Xue glancing at Pu Mu, so she gently closed the door again, and went up to a room on the third floor, where some strong men were sitting, and some of them said: "Boss, I think that person has been drugged and has fallen asleep, it is better to do it now-"

Xiahou Xue said: "Not yet." This person is scheming, he was able to escape when he was in Longbi Pass, but now he can't act arbitrarily in my place. ”

Another person said: "Boss, this medicine doesn't work long, he will wake up after a while, while he doesn't notice it now, let's do it-"

"Why are you so breathless—he still needs to be here for days, why are you only allowed to put a little bit of the drug today? To do so, we need to make him completely relaxed from our vigilance. Don't only drink wine and eat meat all day long, grow your brain-" After that, Xiahou Xue pinched the big man's arm hard.

The big man said frequently: "The owner of the village has taught a lesson, and the lesson has to be ......."

"Wait until he is out of the city and tell the family to send more men. "Xiahou Snow Road.

There is another person in this group of big men: "Owner, these days on the waterway is either a roadcar, or a patrol boat, and the brothers at home are hiding, I can't get in touch with them in the next few days." ”

"What are you afraid of-" After that, Xiahou Xue slapped the speaker on the head and continued: "You haven't shown your face, and you have always been the coachman who supplies this restaurant, how can the government check you and wait? If you encounter a navy to check the goods, you can generously check with them, there are so many rivers in this Dongting, don't you want to think about which one to take? How many soldiers and horses does Dongting Mansion have? Can you fill up the 800-mile Dongting? Go to the old place to find the brothers first, if the government searches the mountain, just say to get spices, and the spices were originally planted on the mountain at home. ”

"Yes, yes...... The owner of the village is wise-"That big Han Dao."

The whispered conversation upstairs lasted for a while, and at this time, Pu Mu opened his eyes, stretched, shook his head, and sighed: "Hey, I think I'm too tired these days, and I missed the time." ”

Xiao Er outside the door heard the sound at this time, entered the door, and said: "The official is awake, just now Governor Zhao came, let the official wake up and go to the mansion, Governor Zhao only told me that someone is coming." ”

Pu Mu thought for a while and said, "I know, thank you little brother—"

After that, Pu Mu hurriedly went downstairs, and Xiao Er caught up and said: "Official, the little one has prepared a horse, let Xiao Er bring it for you——"

"So, little brother has bothered a lot-" Pu Mu replied.

When he was young, Xiao Er led the horse to the door, and Pu Mu got on the horse and went straight to the mansion.

When Pu Mu went to the government office, all the county orders were already in the court, and the Zhao prefect's mansion was also on the side, and he did not go to the court. Pu Mu hurriedly arrived at the hall and immediately said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I'm really sorry, Pu Mou has been a little tired these days, so he took a nap after lunch, but he overslept." I beg your pardon—"

The five county magistrates all replied and said, "Lord Pu has worked hard, and I am willing to help Lord Pu solve the strange case——"

Pu Mu raised his hand and said, "Okay...... Okay, then, all of you have come to the official bank records and the files involved in the case. ”

The county magistrates nodded, "So it's all presented—" Pu Mu said. The county magistrates submitted files and records one after another, and Pu Mu placed them in a stack after receiving them.

"In this way, the five of them will go to the back hall one by one, and I will speak to all of you alone. Pu Mu picked up the file and went straight to the back hall. The five county commanders discussed for a while, and someone arrived in the back hall.

After about an hour like this, after the five county orders had finished asking, Pu Mu came out of the back hall and said: "Pu has finished asking, your lords are busy with affairs, you need to prevent the people of the Five Lakes and Three Gangs from escaping these days, and you will return to the county government to step up the guards of the city gate." ”

The five county commanders returned the order and went out of the government office one after another.

Governor Zhao asked, "Master Pu, the lower officials have some ideas that I don't know whether to talk about or not?"

"If Governor Zhao has any thoughts, you might as well say it directly. Pu Mu said.

Governor Zhao said: "These dossiers are nothing to see. ”

"Why is that?" said Pu Mu.

"Master Pu doesn't know that the master books in the county that record files are all incompetent. Every month, the lower officials sent people up to talk to me about the things in the dossier, and nine out of ten people said it without boundaries. Therefore, many records were written and corrected by the lower officials and other officials in the government in the counties. Governor Zhao said.

Pu Mu asked, "Why don't you remove such an official?"

Governor Zhao sighed: "According to the law of this dynasty, state officials are not allowed to remove county officials, and only government officials can temporarily remove county officials. The lower officials have reported the proposal to remove the official and reappoint him many times, but Governor Liu has repeatedly rejected it, only saying that most of the county's main books are of low quality, and this is the case no matter how they are changed. For this reason, Xia Guan was also very distressed. ”

"I see, we will record some of the cumbersomeness and some imperfections of the law, and then propose to the emperor after learning about the case in the palace. Pu Mu said.

Governor Zhao said: "So, thank you Master Pu." At this time, it was already evening, and the lower officials needed to go home for dinner, and when they went home for a nap after eating lunch during the day, they thought that they were suffering from a cold, and their heads were slightly sore at this time...... Pu people go to the original place for dinner, the guest room of the official post I also opened with Pu people, then Pu people go to the good, if you encounter difficulties, come to the official house, the next official and Pu people to solve it. ”

"So, thank you Governor Zhao—" Pu Mu replied.

The two of them left the mansion one after the other, Pu Mu got on the horse, and slowly drove the horse to the Zuixian Tower. Pu Mu has ruled out the suspicion of Zhao Governor's Mansion at this moment - when he finished lunch, he knew that he had been drugged, and at that time he doubted whether it was done by Zhao Governor's Mansion, but the amount of medicine was not large, so he had doubts, so he slept first, and deliberately said something after waking up, stabilizing the people with ill intentions in this inn. His suspicion was only that he had been drugged, and in the conversation with the Zhao Governor's Mansion, he felt that this person talked about the laws of the imperial court everywhere, and the food and accommodation arranged by him were in accordance with the law, and the Zhao Governor's Mansion did not show any nervousness when talking to him, unlike Governor Liu, who had flaws exposed from time to time. In addition, from the words of Governor Zhao, he did not hear any compliments that were the same as those of Governor Liu, and he was full of the laws of the imperial court that he talked about with himself, and he did not specify who he had just told him, and he did not mean to blame him at all. In this way, Pu Mu first ruled out the suspicion of Governor Zhao, but he didn't ask anything from those county orders today, and there were really no clues to be found in the words of those county orders.

But there are still important clues to check at the moment, which is the Drunken Immortal Building. Pu Mu stopped the horse, Xiao Er went out to greet him, and said, "Official, the food has been prepared, it's still an old place, you can go up and have dinner." ”

Pu Mu went upstairs for dinner, but this meal was drugged. At this time, Pu Mu was very puzzled, why did this happen? Could it be that his thoughts were exposed or his actions after being fascinated aroused suspicion?

"Little Er—" Pu Mu said.

The little second immediately came and asked, "What do you have to say?"

"Sit down—I have something I want to ask my brother. Pu Mu said.

"If a ruler asks him anything, as long as he knows about it, he will know everything. "Xiao Erdao.

"This drunken immortal building is a famous restaurant in the south of the Yangtze River, originally in Yangzhou, and there has never been news of the relocation of the drunken immortal building in Yangzhou, why is it also called the drunken immortal building here?" asked Pu Mu.

The little two replied with a smile: "The officials don't know, this drunken fairy building is indeed from Yangzhou, and our shopkeeper here is the brother of the shopkeeper of the drunken fairy building. ”

"I see, thank you, little brother. Pu Mu said.

After dinner, Pu Mu left the Drunken Immortal Building and stayed in the inn.

The drugs he had in the day convinced him that there must be a clue in the shop, but he couldn't say anything wrong.

It is only said that the drunken fairy building that entered the night, after closing, the lights gradually went out. But in the shopkeeper's room, a voice came—

"Why did Pu Mu ask Xiao Er about the origin of this Drunken Immortal Building today?"

"I don't know, he didn't say anything. ”

"He dares, lady, he didn't say a word, but a county official came to Xiangyang today, and he thought he was the one who invited him to ask questions. How's that going to be?"

"Only one of those county orders has anything to do with us, so why bother with him, and why am I afraid of hiding here?"

"Talk to your shopkeeper quickly, and let you get out of the three gangs and do business with me." ”

"I want to, too, but ...... Now, the comers are not good at ......"

There was a knock on the door, and Xiao Er went to open the door.