The entire prefect's yamen was in chaos.

The prefect did a red thing, and received a gift and received a head, in the three hundred years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid this is the first time. Some people began to take advantage of the chaos to flee out, and Su Zhengyuan, the chief catcher of the six gates, saw this, and had already sent people to transfer troops from the front yard to guard all the exits.

Zhou Xiao didn't expect it, and ordered the maid to carry the old lady down, looking at Fan Wuchang with a gloomy face, "Can you explain?"

Fan Wuchang was already stupid, he obviously sent a Buddha head, how come it was that in less than an hour, the Buddha head became a human head, hearing Zhou Xiao's question, his head was in chaos, and he said indiscriminately: "A little heart, courtesy is light and affectionate." ”

Zhou Xiao sneered, "Your Excellency's mind is not light. Su Zhengyuan, put this villain in prison, and the official will personally interrogate him later!" Su Zhengyuan hurriedly received the order, and several messengers locked Fan Wuchang on the spot and sent him to the prison.

Zhao Lanjiang was about to stop it, but was stopped by Xiao Jinyan, "There is a big mystery in this matter, it should be considered in the long run, Squire Fan is imprisoned, but it is a good thing for him." Zhao Lanjiang asked, "Why?"

Xiao Jinyan said that he would explain later, took two steps forward, came to the lobby, turned the head upside down, and was shocked in his heart. This head is not an outsider, it is none other than the inspector of the Dengwen Academy, who had a relationship with him yesterday, and was ordered to come to secretly investigate the rebellion.

Xiao Jinyan only felt a fire burning in his heart.

Back then, in Dengwen Academy, Vancouver had a very good relationship with him, Xiao Jinyan was young and frivolous, and caused a lot of trouble, if it wasn't for him to take care of him, I am afraid that he would have been beaten half to death by Li Chuntie. Unexpectedly, we only met a few days ago, and today we died in Suzhou City.

Xiao Jinyan felt strange, the sword passing with him was not weak in martial arts, and he was inseparable, although Vancouver's martial arts were not high, but ordinary masters were not opponents, how could they be plotted? He glanced at Zhao Wou-ki, only to see that Zhao Wou-Ki was also stunned, thoughtful.

Zhou Xiao and Su Zhengyuan discussed for a moment, Su Zhengyuan said loudly, "This person is a gangster from Wansheng Gambling House in the south of the city, he fought to death a few days ago, and the corpse was docked in the corpse in the front yard.

Zhou Xiao obviously woke up from Fang Cai's shock, took a deep breath, stood up, and said, "Today's matter, please keep it a secret, if it spreads, this official will not spare it." "That being said, this kind of order pales in the face of weakness and cannot stop the mouths of the people. Then he said: "Within ten days, this official will give you an explanation." ”

That night, Su Zhengyuan ordered all the people involved, and wrote a promise not to spread the matter, and promised not to leave Jinling City in the next month, and to follow the rumor, so everyone was released.

Backyard.

When he learned that the deceased was Lord Qincha, who was about to come to Suzhou to supervise Su Jin, Zhou Xiao's blood was cold. If it is an ordinary gangster, then forget it, the imperial court Qincha died in his own jurisdiction, if this kind of thing reaches the higher yamen, it will be a disaster to kill the head.

He took a few sips of hot tea and breathed a sigh of relief, "Hurry up and clean up." ”

The master asked, "My lord, who are you?"

"Qin Cha is dead, we don't run away, are we still waiting for others to come and collect our bodies?"

Master Yao said: "My lord is confused, this is the Great Tomorrow, even if you want to run, where can you run? What's more, this is not a good thing." ”

"Good thing, or else, you can be the prefect. ”

Master Yao analyzed: "He came to Weifu for a private visit this time, and no one has ever seen Qincha. It's really not good, when the time comes, get Feng Jing to be Ma Liang, as long as you find his documents and seals, come to Suzhou City and walk out, the adults will do a big job, and send the Qin Messenger out of the city under the noses of the whole Suzhou City, whether it is dead or alive when the time comes, what do we have to do?"

"Isn't this a crime of deception?"

Master Yao said that when did it happen, it was time to act cheaply, not to mention, didn't you do the same back then.

Zhou Xiao then understood, and said that this is also a way, you can do this matter, and no one is allowed to reveal the rumors.

Master Yao said again, "Also, this gift was not given by Fan Wuchang, haven't you been thinking about his family's industry, just take advantage of this opportunity, hehe...... It's a win-win-win The top priority is to find the body of Lord Naqincha first, as well as the body and official seal. ”

Zhou Xiao's hanging heart settled, "Leave this matter to Su Zhengyuan." ”

Zhou Xiao looked at the human head in the study again, and was not so scared, and asked, "Then what to do with this human head?" Master Yao said that death is great, so let's find a coffin for a thick burial. The prefect said that my cheap mother didn't have a coffin in the backyard, and it was still a golden silk nanmu, so I used this to cheapen this head.

The old lady had come to her senses at the moment, and just walked to the study, and when she heard this, she even said no, this coffin is left to me a hundred years later, you can't move like this.

Zhou Xiao said when is it, you are still worried about this, if you like it, Ming'er will buy you ten or eight, and when you go over there, you want to live in a single room and a single room. Then he ordered people to open the coffin, put the head of the Qin Cha in it, and the head rolled in the coffin, and found a ball of cotton, plugged the coffin, and buried it in the backyard of the official mansion.

On the roof of the backyard, Xiao Jinyan, Li Chengcheng, and Zhao Lanjiang took a real look at the whole situation.

The three of them returned to the Xiaoyao Inn and discussed in the firewood room.

Vancouver's death touched Xiao Jinyan greatly. He didn't want to get involved in the dispute between the rivers and lakes, if it was the life or death of ordinary people in the rivers and lakes, Xiao Jinyan wouldn't care, but Vancouver was different, he was a brother who had fought side by side in Dengwen Academy. If Dean Li Chuntie is like a violent parent, Vancouver is more like a brother who takes care of him.

Xiao Jinyan decided to find out, even if he was re-involved in the dispute between the rivers and lakes.

Li Chengcheng looked at Xiao Jinyan, although he didn't speak, he sensed the killing intent on his body, "You have a murderous intent." Xiao Jinyan said in a deep voice, "No matter who it is, as long as I find him, I will take his head." ”

Zhao Lanjiang said, "I'll go and kill the dog official first." ”

Li Tingcheng said count me in.

"Killing him won't solve the problem. Xiao Jinyan remembered the conversation with Vancouver that day, Dengwen Yuan and Yuwen Tianlu were fighting in the capital, and the emperor secretly sent him to investigate the rebellion, although Vancouver did not say it explicitly, it must be related to Yuwen Tianlu, and it is estimated that the emperor was suspicious of Yuwen Tianlu. As soon as Vancouver arrived in Suzhou, Zao Wou-Ki from Yixiao Hall rushed over, which should not be a coincidence.

"What do you say? We listen to you. Zhao Lanjiang asked.

Li Chengcheng and Zhao Lanjiang are both talented people, although they are not used to each other, they always have an inexplicable trust in Xiao Jinyan. This kind of trust was accumulated in previous interactions, and it had nothing to do with whether Xiao Jinyan helped them snatch the "Martial Scripture", but more importantly, it was a trust between brothers.

Xiao Jinyan said: "The first thing at the moment is to find the sword first, the guard next to Lord Wen, he is from the sixth place of the Dengwen Academy, it stands to reason that he should not make this kind of mistake, either he fell into the opponent's strategy, or the opponent's martial arts have an overwhelming advantage." ”

Li Chengcheng said that I will handle this matter, although I am from Jinling, it is not unrelated in Suzhou City.

"Finding a way to find Lord Wen's body can be regarded as giving Dean Li an explanation. ”

Zhao Lanjiang said I'll go.

Xiao Jinyan shook his head, "You have other things to do, our owner is still in prison." ”

"If you nodded at that time, I would have snatched him out. ”

"He is a native of Suzhou, and he is not a Jianghu guest, what can he do when he comes out, as long as he can't get rid of suspicion, the government can find an excuse to arrest him at any time, Zhou Xiao's virtue is not something you haven't seen, if we come hard, maybe he will be charged with colluding with bandits and assassinating Qincha. It was a ruined family. ”

Xiao Jinyan is a person who misses the old love, these days, they live in Fan's house, although there is some friction, in general, they get along with Fan Wuchang quite well, Fan Wuchang is still more tolerant of them except for being a little stingy, he doesn't want to drag Fan Wuchang in because of his own affairs.

Xiao Jinyan said again: "Tomorrow, I will go to Su Zhengyuan and make a deal with him." ”

"What deal?"

"Ask him if he is interested in the Suzhou prefect. ”

After that, Xiao Jinyan walked out, and Li Chengcheng asked where you were going? Xiao Jinyan replied, "I'm in a bad mood, of course I'm going to drink." ”

Xiao Jinyan came to the Li family's wine shop, but he didn't go to drink.

Li Yinyang's tavern had already closed, and he was cleaning the shop with a broom at the moment, and when he saw Xiao Jinyan coming, he knew that there was nothing good going on, and said, "Why are you here again? Our tavern is closed." ”

Xiao Jinyan said lightly, "Vancouver is dead." ”

Li Yinyang's eyes flashed with shock, Vancouver is the supervisor of the Dengwen Academy, and it is the second person in addition to the dean Li Chuntie, he died in Suzhou City, what does it mean, of course Li Yinyang knows that it will definitely attract the anger of the Dengwen Academy, not to mention Suzhou, the entire rivers and lakes will be turned upside down because of this matter.

Xiao Jinyan said again: "Zao Wou-Ki is here. ”

Xiao Jinyan did not connect these two things, but these two sentences pointed directly at Yixiaotang. If this matter has nothing to do with Yixiaotang, he won't believe it if he is killed. Jiangnan is the territory of Yuwen Tianlu, and the Dengwen Academy sent a supervisor to come, so how could Yixiaotang sit idly by.

Li Yinyang looked at Xiao Jinyan, sensing that there seemed to be a cold true qi in his body, and asked, "Did you fight?"

Xiao Jinyan nodded, "I took a move from him, but fortunately I didn't lose my life." ”

Li Yinyang said, "Then you are enough to laugh at the martial arts." ”

Zhao Wou-Ki is one of the eight evil kings, although he is subordinate to Yuwen Tianlu, but he is also a master of the earth rankings, and his shots have always been ruthless, Xiao Jinyan and Li Tingcheng escaped from him, and there are also some luck elements in it.

Li Yinyang picked up the wine ladle, filled Xiao Jinyan with a pot of wine, and said, "I invited you to this wine." ”

"I'm not here to ask you for a drink, I'm here to beg you for something. ”

"Can I say no?"

Xiao Jinyan said: "I know, you have an appointment with the Xichu Crazy Knife, but with Wang Banxian here, most of this fight can't be fought." I want you to help me hold Zao Wou-Ki back, and I'll do the rest. ”

Li Yinyang sighed, "I really shouldn't be living in seclusion here. ”

"Just drink so much wine from me and don't pay for it, you must help me with this favor. ”

Li Yinyang said speechlessly, "I found that your shameless appearance is very much like a Wang Banxian." ”

Xiao Jinyan sighed slightly, "I can't compare to him in this regard, so I am restrained by him everywhere." ”

……

Su Zhengyuan almost didn't rest all night, and at this moment he had a rare moment of leisure, and he was leaning on the Taishi chair in the study, ready to take a nap.

Zhou Xiao sent an order overnight, restricting him to block the news, find the body of Lord Qincha within three days, and get the golden seal of the document within one day. Su Zhengyuan sent six doors overnight to arrest the fast, conducted a carpet investigation of Suzhou City, and bought off "Xiaosheng Jianghu" and "Bagua Weekly" to spread the news to the outside world according to the method discussed last night. Su Zhengyuan kept an eye on it, and said two different versions to Xiaosheng Jianghu and Gossip Weekly, and then spread the third version through the Yamen catch, which is the so-called real is false, and virtual is real.

After a night of fermentation, the matter of collecting people's heads at the prefect's banquet has already spread, some say it is a vendetta in the rivers and lakes, some people say that it is a gambling debt and is killed, some people say that it is a hookup with the prefect's sister-in-law and is killed, and there are even rumors that the head sufferer is a suicide.

The more it is spread, the more outrageous, the more exaggerated, and the more people believe it.

As for the clerical gold seal, Su Zhengyuan really had no choice, so he sent someone to the east of the city to lock up Blacksmith Li, and let him forge the iron seal overnight to fool the past. Anyway, no one has seen it, and I said that this is the belongings of the Chin Cha, who can say that it is not?

At this moment, a subordinate came down to report, "Chief catcher, there is a young man who calls himself Xiao Jinyan who came to visit." ”

"Xiao Jinyan?" Su Zhengyuan became angry when he heard this name, he was unlucky enough today, why did this guy come here, so he said, "Tell him that I'm not there." Before the words fell, Xiao Jinyan had already come to the courtyard, "Su Zhutou, he is also a guest, it is not appropriate to close the door, right?"

Su Zhengyuan said with a cold face: "What are you doing here?"

Xiao Jinyan smiled and groaned, "I want to make a deal with Su Zhutou." ”