The hour had passed, the streets had long since become deserted, and no one dared to walk on the riverside. Everything that has just happened has made many people tremble, and the people around the bridge have already dispersed in all directions when the sound of the piano that stirred up the turmoil, but the surrounding residents heard the sound of killing echoing in their ears, and the fear in their hearts can naturally be imagined.

The moonlight is still bright, and there are no more killing machines around, except for Qiu Pingdao, after diving and escaping, there are only a few remaining killers who died when they fought with the fast catchers. These swordsmen were all handcuffed by the capture brought by the Golden Catcher. Chen Renhai tore off the cloth on the corner of his shirt at this time, and simply bandaged his wounds, Jin Zhutou stepped forward and asked, "May I ask Brother Tai ......?"

"Chen Renhai of Chenjiabao is now working in Dingnan Palace. Chen Renhai was already very proficient in saying this—he had only introduced himself like this at the Prime Minister's Mansion two hours ago.

Jin Zhutou said: "It was originally a subordinate of the prince of Dingnan, patrolling Fang Jinwen in the lower capital. ”

"Jin Zhutou wants to ask for the details of Fang Cai's here-" Chen Renhai took care of his wounds and continued: "Just now I rescued a violinist here, the leader of that group of killers is called Qiu Pingdao, who also ambushed me at Longbi Pass a few days ago. ”

Jin Zhutou thought of what Yan Yu said in the patrol room a few days ago, and after thinking about it, he said, "Thank you Chen Gongzi for what you said." ”

"Today, I would like to thank Jin Catcher and many catchers for arriving in time, otherwise my life will be lost. Chen Renhai said.

Jin Zhutou said: "Brother Chen doesn't need to say thank you, it's a coincidence, I waited for the night patrol street to find the street, and heard that the people said that there were people going to die here, so I immediately rushed here." Later, several brothers were ordered by the prince of Dingnan to go here as well—"

While speaking, the two teams on the bridge quickly quarreled, and when Jin Zhutou saw this, he immediately went to the bridge, Chen Renhai did not stay, so he got on the horse and rushed back to the Dingnan palace without mentioning it.

Jin Zhutou said, "Why are you arguing here-"

I saw a bearded head catcher and said: "The golden head catcher came just in time, and your brother is in a hurry to ask for credit, so he is going to escort people away-"

"Liang Zhutou, no matter who escorts these killers, they need to be sent to the cell in the patrol courtyard for temporary custody, and then reported to the Criminal Department for arraignment, how can you ask for merit?" Jin Zhutou said.

Liang Zhutou said with a smile: "Jin Zhutou, last night was the criminal department where your brother escorted people, the Mid-Autumn Festival gift box issued by the criminal department, a box of fast catchers under your command, and some of the fast catchers under my command have not been sent? Isn't this the praise of the adults of the criminal department?"

Jin Zhutou replied angrily: "The Mid-Autumn Festival gift box is distributed by the Criminal Department, if there is a catch and it is not obtained, it will also subsidize the silver, what does Liang Zhutou mean by this? And don't you all want to report hastily that night, so that you can go home for the Mid-Autumn Festival-even if you have merit, why don't you invite it at that time, and you want to come here to go over the old accounts?"

"Don't misunderstand Jin Zhutou, although I was on duty last night, the person was caught by Jin Zhutou, and Liang didn't dare to grab the credit. But tonight's team of people and horses was brought by me, and these killers died the most under my sword, so Liang can't give in to this work. Liang Zhutou said.

Jin Zhutou looked gloomy and said, "I told you that this is not a merit - I still need to report to the Criminal Department......"

"Alright, alright, don't be angry. Liang lost his words, and came - escorted them to the patrol yard. Liang Zhutou said.

After that, Liang Zhutou took the capture under his command and rushed to the patrol yard with the remaining killers, Jin Zhutou looked at the team in the distance and did not make a sound, and one of the brothers who stayed with Jin Zhutou said: "This Liang Ren has a gun and a stick on his left, and he deceives people too much——"

"That's right, that night was supposed to be a rest for Jin Zhutou, he was on duty, and Xiang Ye sent an envoy to borrow someone to visit Tianxiangyuan at night, and he actually said that Xiang Ye invited Jin Zhutou, and asked his subordinates to invite Jin Zhutou - now he has the face to say this - if the adults in the criminal department open their eyes, they will not send him anything, and reward him with a board——"

"It's just that I always mention the third generation of his family as an official, and my father as an important member of the Ministry of Rites, which is really not ashamed-"

"Maybe the embezzlement case of the Japanese Ministry of Rites some time ago was his father......"

Jin Zhutou motioned to these catchers to stop talking about what happened just now, and said: "Brothers have worked hard tonight, those who are on duty will return to the patrol room, and those who are not on duty should go home quickly." ”

The brothers said goodbye to Jin Zhutou and scattered away, Jin Zhutou smiled bitterly at the full moon above his head, sighed deeply, and went down the bridge with his sword - he knew who he worked with all day, and he also knew what kind of character those people were, and when he was promoted from the local state capital to the capital, he thought that he could get rid of the government environment that he once hated, but now at a glance, the effect does not seem to be much better.

The lights on the street have dimmed, it is not August 15 at this time, but the moon on the 16th is rounder, but the 16th is not the best day, so there are not so many people to appreciate the moon that day, and no one will worship the moon and worship God at this time - Jin Zhutou walked on the moonlit street, and he was out of the patrol room before today, he was finally busy with everything, and he could go home to have a good Mid-Autumn Festival, but the Criminal Department issued an urgent order to increase patrols on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival. I shouldn't have been patrolling the night by myself, but this matter still fell on me.

There was no one on the quiet street, and it seemed that only Jin Zhutou was in a hurry in the dark night, but someone was coming, and the two looked at each other, and Jin Zhutou saw that the person in front of him was a swordsman - the sword at his waist was about two feet long, the hilt was held by him, and the scabbard was very ordinary, which could be matched in the weapons of any blacksmith shop.

The swordsman saw the official uniform of the golden catcher, looked at it, and was ignored. Jin Zhutou felt that the person in front of him was not simple, and he could know from his breath that this person's internal strength was not shallow, and from his steps, he could also conclude that this person's light skills should also be superior.

The two of them were staggered at this time, the swordsman's pace did not stop, but Jin Zhutou stopped his steps, turned around and said, "Brother Tai stays-"

The swordsman turned his head, stopped his steps, and said, "The official patrols the night alone, and he doesn't have any subordinates?"

Jin Zhutou said: "Brother Tai is in a hurry at night, but he doesn't have a good sword?"

"Of course, this sword is too ordinary in the eyes of officials, but I'm afraid it's not ordinary to officials—" The swordsman said.

Jin Zhutou said: "Brother Tai's martial arts are certainly not ordinary. It's just that there was something wrong in front of him, and when he was a head catcher, when he saw a master like Brother Tai, he naturally wanted to ask a few questions——"

"But I don't want to be questioned by the officials—" the swordsman said.

Jin Zhutou didn't know whether this person was good or evil, but he thought of Pu Mu and Wei Feng's entry into Beijing, and guessed whether this person was also a master of the rivers and lakes invited by which prince and minister to run for the leadership of the Ouchi - but what Yan Yu said during the day and what happened just now made him feel that this person was probably also a person under the prince of the palace.

The swordsman turned his head and continued to walk forward.

At this time, on another street next to the patrol yard, Liang Zhutou and the others only needed to turn the street corner in front of them to reach the patrol yard. "Wait and watch carefully, don't go away with these killers. Liang Zhutou said.

The streets were full of houses, all of which were closed at this time, and not a single window facing the street from the street had a glimmer of light—a figure seemed to run out of one of the eaves, and the sound of such a quiet street, though it was a slight collision of tiles, was amplified several times over.

Liang Zhutou stopped and looked up at the eaves of the street - a figure had just flashed - a black cat jumped on the roof, and Liang Zhutou said, "It turned out to be a cat." ”

The group continued to walk forward, only to see the black cat jump onto a catcher, stretched out his claws and grabbed it, the face of the catcher was directly out of three blood marks, and another catch, the catcher covered his left eye and fell to the ground - the rest of the catcher immediately sheathed his sword, the black cat did not escape, wanted to jump onto the tortured killer, was blocked by one of the catchers, and the cat jumped back to the eaves with the blade of the sword.

A group of black-clothed men were killed on the roofs around them, trying to rob the tortured killers, and it was another scuffle - Mingyue moved quietly, and it happened that a black shadow was reflected on the roof, and the black cat jumped into the arms of the black shadow, only to see that the black shadow was a man in a purple robe and white hair, but he was about thirty years old, and his fingers were slender and slender, stroking the black cat - "You go play by yourself for a while, you did a good job just now, and I will reward you later-" The man said.

I saw the white-haired man perform light skills, jumped up, took out an iron fan from his sleeve, and the fan was fanned, and the smoke and ash overflowed, these catchers were not prevented, panicked, and a few catchers fell under the sword of the man in black, Liang Zhutou immediately said: "Shut your mouth and nose-" Some catchers slowed down by half a step, and instantly foamed at the mouth and fell down.

Liang Zhutou also inhaled some dust as he spoke, his head was a little dizzy, and he immediately used his internal strength to shake his head, and the man in white smashed an iron fan into the chaotic crowd, and two slashes untied the shackles bound by those killers. Those killers immediately fought shirtless with the gang of hunters.

The man in white wanted to escape from the crowd, but was surrounded by Liang Zhutou and the three catchers, and fought for a while, the man's iron fan was unpredictable, and the four of them were still down for a while, Liang Zhutou's sword tried to pick off the man in white several times, but he didn't have a chance to get close to the man- The speed of Liang Zhutou's sword is obviously slower than that of the man's fan, the person's body is as light as a cat, and the iron fan he uses is also as fast as a cat's claw, and it is quickly retracted, and the four people surround the man, and they are unable to win, only to see that the rest of the people who catch the head have been knocked down by the people in black, and suddenly Liang Zhutou is attacked by the enemy before and after - the four of them have gained some advantages, but now they are disadvantaged.

With a crisp sword blow, the iron fan that had just almost hit Liang Zhutou's cheek was directly shaken away, and the man took a few steps back, only to see that there was one more person in the formation - that person was the swordsman who had just fought with Jin Zhutou. The swordsman held a sword and directly pressed the man in white, Liang Zhutou took advantage of the chaos, slashed with a sword ring, rolled over on his side, turned out the crowd of fighting, and shot a firework into the sky - that firework is a unique symbol of the patrol room, as long as the sign is released, there will be colleagues to come to help.

The swordsman and the white-haired man fought for a while, and then they hit the roof, and the swordsman said: "I met the 'white-faced black cat' Mo Li again-how can I stop me from entering Beijing, and I want to come to the capital to make trouble-"

Mo Li said: "I won't fight with you more today-" The black cat jumped into his arms, only to see that he waved an iron fan again, and the swordsman blocked it with his sword, and the smoke and ash were directly blocked by the sword, and the white fox disappeared into the night.

The smoke dispersed, and the swordsman sheathed his sword and jumped off the eaves.

The rescue came soon, and I saw that there were still Liang Zhutou and three fast catchers, but the men in black and the killers who had just been detained had been killed—I saw that they were all lying on the street, foaming at the mouth and stiffening their bodies like the catchers who had just fallen in the smoke and dust.

"The bodies were all sent to the patrol yard and sent to the police for an autopsy. Liang Zhutou said.

The swordsman was about to leave, and Liang Zhutou said, "Heroes stay—"

"They've all been poisoned by the Mo's strange poison, and they're dead, so the officials won't have any clues—" said the swordsman.

"Mo Li, Mo Bu's original 'cat bite', it is said that this poison is produced by a raccoon cat that grew up with medicine - the particles condensed in the cat's mouth are taken out, and then ground into ......powder," Liang said the head.

The swordsman said: "It seems that the head catcher in Beijing is really well-informed, and I admire it——"

Liang Zhutou didn't know how to answer for a while, and in a blink of an eye, the swordsman had left everyone, and Liang Zhutou asked, "I haven't asked the hero's name yet-"

"Don't give your surname Guo-" Later, the swordsman did not reply again.

In the blink of an eye, it was morning, patrolling the house.

The murder had not yet been detected, and all the catchers had arrived in the courtyard of the mortuary, and the courtyard had erected a grass hut for the purpose of the autopsy, covering the only bit of sunlight in the small courtyard - the work in the capital government had already come, but no one could accurately determine what kind of poison was among the poisoned people.

Although Liang Zhutou speculated last night that it was a cat bite of Mo Li, he could consult the classics of the rivers and lakes in the class room this morning, and the record of the cat bite can be traced back to the serial case of the abduction of a girl in Jiangzhou ten years ago.

"How could Mo Li come to the capital again?"

Liang Zhutou said: "Luo Zhutou, it is not difficult to speculate on this matter, I wonder who ordered this person to kill people and kill people, isn't this the case in Jiangzhou last time? ”

"This Mo Li is committing crimes everywhere, and now he dares to commit murder at the feet of the Son of Heaven, this is against our criminal department - if it reaches the ears of the emperor, I guess I won't be able to escape a meal. We can't let him go so easily—" Luo Zhutou said.

Liang Zhutou said: "Luo Zhutou's words are wrong, how did Mo Li enter the capital, the capital is surrounded by a city pass, and the capital gate is heavily guarded. How did Mo Li come to the capital? We are only responsible for the security in the capital, but entering and leaving the capital is not under my patrol......

"Liang Zhutou's meaning, is Mo Li's robbery on the street this time, and it has nothing to do with us?" Luo Zhutou said.

Liang Zhutou said: "Even if it is related, it can't be fully responsible, right?"

"Of course you don't have to take full responsibility, your father is a waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and he has a very good personal relationship with several adults in the Criminal Department, we can't compare to you, I still want to think about how to catch Mo Li-" With that, he grabbed his saber and said to his subordinates: "Go out of the city and patrol the streets-"

Liang Zhutou smiled, he was a little uncomfortable with Luo Zhutou just now, but he didn't want to refute. Turning his head to a few head catchers, he said: "Brothers, I think this matter will be discussed in the future, and it is better to send the autopsy documents to the Criminal Department for the time being." ”

"That's natural, Brother Jin, what do you think?" Someone asked Jin Zhutou, and Jin Zhutou said: "Brothers, handle it yourself, this case is not under my hands, and I will be absent for a while--guarding and preparing horses-"

Jin Zhutou had little confidence in these colleagues for a long time, but remembering what he had just said, there were swordsmen to help him last night, combined with the incident of Mo Li's robbery, I am afraid that it was related to what happened to Pu Mu before, he needed to rush to the Prime Minister's Mansion immediately to inform Xiang Ye, and he knew that it would be much more useful to tell Pu Mu and Wei Feng about the matter than these colleagues.

In the prime minister's mansion during the day, the left minister entered the palace and did not return - Jin Zhutou bowed and entered the reception room, but he did not see the left minister, so he notified his subordinates to invite Pu Mu and the strange wind. The subordinate led the gold catcher to the back garden, and the two were busy with their own things at the stone table at this time.

Jin Zhutou took a closer look, Wei Feng was grinding the medicinal powder, and Pu Mu was reading a book.

"The two of you are so good at Yaxing - yesterday's Mid-Autumn Festival moon appreciation, today a reading in front of a flower, and a study under a tree. Jin Catcher smiled.

The two looked up and saw Jin Zhutou, looked at each other and smiled, Pu Mu said, "Jin Zhutou is here to find Xiangye?"

"Xiangye is not in the house at this time, but this matter is the same as what you say—" Jin Zhutou said.

Wei Feng smiled: "Brother Jin looks up to the two of us so much, it's really love." ”

"Don't make fun of Mr. Trick Wind, last night's Mid-Autumn Festival, something happened in the capital-" Jin Catcher said, as soon as the words fell, there was no smile on the faces of Trick Wind and Pu Mu.

Jin Zhutou told the two of them everything about yesterday, and Pu Mu sighed and said: "Qiu Pingdao has appeared again, so it doesn't count, there is also a Mo Li." I don't know which prince it is, it's really hand-eyed-"

"You said yesterday you met a strange swordsman, and another swordsman rescued the head catcher of your patrol room?" said Strange Wind in surprise.

Jin Zhutou said: "I don't know if it's the same swordsman, the night is too dark, and my colleagues and I can't see that person's face, so I don't know if it's the same person." ”

"I hope it's the same person, otherwise it's unprovoked, and I'm afraid there will be one more opponent—" Pu Mu said.

Jin Zhutou said: "This is also what I am most worried about, the swordsman I have encountered, I think his martial arts are afraid to match the two." ”

Brother Jin teased. Pu Mu said: "I think I can go to the palace and ask the maid of the prince of Dingnan." ”

Jin Zhutou looked full of questions and said, "Maid?"

"Brother Jin didn't know that Miss Yan had been accepted as a maid by the prince and had been kept safe. "Treacherous Wind.

Jin Zhutou said, "That's very good—"

Pu Mu sent people to prepare horses, and after a while, the three horses went out of the Prime Minister's Mansion and went straight to the Dingnan Palace.

After a while, the three of them arrived at the Dingnan Palace, worshiped the post, and the three entered the palace, the King of Dingnan also went out at the moment and did not return, Chen Renhai was in the guest house, and heard that someone in the patrol room came to find the prince's maid, so he thought of Yan Yu, and immediately walked out of the guest house, but saw Pu Mu and the other three people were dealing with the next person - the prince's maid, if there is a quick question, you need to get the order of the criminal department, and the prince needs to be present.

When Chen Renhai saw such a scene, he said, "You go and invite Miss Yan—"

"Chen Gongzi didn't know, Miss Yan was playing with the prince next to the garden building, and the princess was ...... on the side."

Chen Renhai said: "So, wait a minute, I'll go and please-"