Xiaoshan County.

In the eleventh year of Dahao, Yongxing was renamed Xiaoshan, named after Xiaoran Mountain.

Legend has it that the Yue King Goujian was defeated by Wu Wangfucha, and led the remaining soldiers to stay here, looking around Xiao Ran, so this mountain is called Xiao Ran Mountain, also known as Xiao Mountain.

Xiaoshan County ordered Hongyan to stand in the back hall of the county government for half an hour, and he didn't even dare to come out. The county Cheng Lu Chuan was even more cautious to accompany the next head.

There was an old man sitting on the chair, who was the hottest figure in today's imperial court - Shen Wanshan, the third ancestor of the rivers and lakes.

Shen Wanshan, a person from Jingzhou, entered the rivers and lakes at the age of twelve, and the thief Tan Wanli, the divine doctor An Wanquan formed a righteous Jinlan, and called the golden triangle of the rivers and lakes, the latter three turned against each other, and at the age of twenty-five, he founded the Guiyi Church alone and served as the leader of the sect. At the age of thirty-eight, there were more than 10,000 followers. At the age of forty-five, he led nearly 50,000 followers to join the imperial court and became a legend of the Jianghu generation.

But Shen Wanshan was not an official, and the imperial court only symbolically sealed an idle marquis, the Marquis of Xiangyang, who had no fiefdom and no authority.

However, in the forty-fourth year of Dahao, Queen Wu Cao suddenly announced the abolition of the emperor and the emperor, and regarded Shen Wanshan as a henchman of the think tank.

Shen Wanshan picked up a grape, threw it into his mouth, and said to the county commander Hong Xiang: "Lord Hong, I heard that you arrested a lot of people in prison today, right?"

The county commander Hong Xiang said in a trembling voice: "Sixty-nine people died in the tragedy of Wangcheng Village in West Lake, and the prefect sent the first god in Jiangnan to arrest Huo Qiguang and lead six doors to cooperate with the county government to arrest a total of twelve suspects in Xiaoshan County, and they are now detained in the county government prison and escorted to Hangzhou tomorrow." ”

Shen Wanshan snorted and said, "No, leave the person to me." ”

The county commander Hong Xiang was excited, and arched his hand: "Master Hou, this... It doesn't seem like much.... I mean, even if I agreed, then Huo Qiguang wouldn't..."

Shen Wanshan glanced at Hong Yan and asked, "Where is Huo Qiguang?"

The county magistrate Hong Xiang said: "Huo Zhutou was worried that the prisoner would make a mistake, so he personally guarded the prisoner. ”

Shen Wanshan thought for a while, raised his glass and took a sip of tea, and said, "Immediately ascend to the court, and try the suspect at night." ”

Hong Xiang was puzzled: "This..."

Shen Wanshan twisted his head to the county Cheng Lu Chuan, and said, "You take the arrow to the prison to pick up people." ”

Lu Chuan looked at the county commander Hong Xiang, who nodded helplessly and said, "You go, otherwise Huo Zhutou will not release people." If he has doubts, ask him to bring someone over himself. ”

Shen Wanshan turned his head to look at the entourage Qingyi beside him, and said, "You go with the county lord." If you stand in the way, you will be killed!"

The man in Tsing Yi nodded and followed Lu Chuan out.

The county hall hall.

Huo Qiguang looked at the county magistrate Hong Xiang, and arched his hand: "Lord Hong, the arrest of the suspect in the West Lake Wangcheng Village tragedy, there is a sea arrest official document under the sea, and after the arrest, he was only temporarily imprisoned in Xiaoshan Prison, but today why is it suddenly interrogated by Xiaoshan County overnight? This does not seem to be in accordance with the rules. ”

The county magistrate Hong Yan said: "It's no problem for Huo to arrest people. The official also acted on orders. May I ask Huo Zhutou, why do you think that these people are the murderers of the Wangcheng Village tragedy?"

Huo Qiguang said: "The real cause of death of 69 people in the Wangcheng Village tragedy was caused by poisoning in the well, and this requires a large amount of poison. Huo Qiguang pointed with his hand, and one of the twelve suspects did have small ears.

Huo Qiguang then took out a portrait from his arms and said: "This is the portrait painted by Mr. Wu Daoren according to the description of the shopkeeper of the Xinglin Baicao Pavilion, and it was sent to all counties and counties along with the official document of sea fishing. Judging by the portrait, Nine Achievements is this person. ”

"Wu Daoren, but Wu Daoren, who is known as the holy hand of Jiangnan and has painted a portrait of the queen of heaven when he entered the palace?"

"Yes. And..."Huo Qiguang continued, "In the process of our arrest, these twelve people gathered to resist arrest, and a total of three were killed and nine injured in Xiaoshan, and a box of carved arrows was found in their gathering place, and these arrows were the same as those on the corpse of the Wangcheng Village tragedy. ”

"Arrows, what arrows?"

After the person was killed, the murderer inserted more than 200 arrows into the corpse, making it look like he was killed by an arrow, intending to blame others. ”

The county commander Hong Yan frowned and said, "So, there are all the human and physical evidence, so what about the motive for the crime, what is the motive?"

"The case is not being tried and the circumstances are unknown. Huo Qiguang said: "The evidence mentioned above is enough to arrest people through six doors, and as for the motive for the crime, I will know it when I go back to Hangzhou for the first trial." Of course, it is precisely with this evidence that they are shackled and shackled. These murderers are extremely vicious, and I beg you to send more men to guard them with me, so as not to cause accidents. ”

The county commander Hong Yan slammed his mouth in embarrassment and looked at the back hall.

Shen Wanshan slowly walked out of the back hall, and said as he walked: "Huo Zhutou's analysis is thorough, reasonable, and well-founded, and he really deserves the title of the first god catcher in Jiangnan." ”

Hong Yan got up and beckoned, "Master Hou, look..."

Huo Qiguang looked suspicious and said, "Lord Hong, who is this?"

Hong Yan said: "This is Marquis Shen of Xiangyang. ”

Shen Wanshan smiled and said, "Huo Zhutou has worked hard. The Wangcheng Village case was then taken over by the National Guard, so these suspects did not have to be escorted to Hangzhou. ”

Huo Qiguang saluted, and said with a straight face: "Does Master Hou have the handover document of Hangzhou Mansion?"

Shen Wanshan said: "The incident happened suddenly, hand over the official document first and then supplement it." ”

Huo Qiguang said awe-inspiringly: "I am ordered to arrest the murderer, where my duty lies, I can't hand over people to you with a word from you, Master Hou, and it will be difficult to obey your orders!"

"Presumptuous!" the man in Tsing Yi behind him drew a knife in his hand.

Shen Wanshan waved his hand and said kindly: "Huo Zhutou is loyal to his duties, very good." Then Ben Hou, please ask Huo Zhutou, you said that the Wangcheng Village tragedy was a poisoning murder case, why did there appear at the scene with a cloud-piercing sound and eagle arrows?"

"Naturally, I want to blame the blame. Huo Qiguang said.

"Who will you marry?" and who will you plant the dirty?" asked Shen Wanshan.

Huo Qiguang was speechless and did not answer.

"Ben Hou came and told Huo Zhutou. This kind of cloud-piercing sound is the special arrow of the Twelve Bow Guards under the command of Dahao's rebel general Xu Jiye, which is a military material supervised by the Ministry of Industry and supervised by Yangzhou Chuanyunfang. Therefore, this case involves a wide range of people, relying on the strength of Hangzhou's six doors alone, it is not to underestimate Huo Zhutou, it is really not enough to see. ”

Huo Qiguang pressed the knife in his hand and said loudly: "Master Hou, as a person in the public family, you have to do your best to live up to your mission." Even if you can't do it, you will move forward, and it is not a pity to die. If Hou Ye has to intervene in this case, it is not difficult, and it is enough to ask the Hangzhou prefect to issue a handover document. It's just..."

The words are not thorough, but they are cold.

Shen Wanshan squinted his eyes, looked at Huo Qiguang, and suddenly said, "Okay! Huo Zhutou is really loyal and brave." Lord Hong, according to Huo Zhutou's request, he will send more people to guard him strictly tonight, if something happens, you are the only one who asks. He turned around and walked out of the lobby.

Behind him, a man in green clothes followed out.

Nothing happened overnight.

The next day, 19 Liumen arrested Huo Qiguang and rode a horse to escort a group of prisoners on the road.

Passing through the black pine forest, Yan San caught up with Huo Qiguang through the six doors, handed over the water bladder, and said tentatively: "Huo Ye, I always feel that something is wrong along the way. ”

Huo Qiguang took the water bladder, unscrewed it and took a sip, wiped his mouth and said, "What's wrong?"

Yan San: "I have walked this road eight times out of ten times, and the road has never been so quiet." This is the only way for Xiaoshan to Hangzhou to transport sea goods, in the past, there was an endless stream of carriages and pedestrians, but today it is not quite right, there is no convoy of traders on the road. ”

Huo Qiguang picked up his bow and arrows, and looked around: "You send two people to the forest to see if there is an ambush." Others are ready for battle. ”

Yan San arranged for two people to ride into the forest.

The rest of the catchers reined in the reins of their horses, drawing their knives and guarding them.

Suddenly, several screams came, as if they were about to be attacked by entering the forest, and then a team of people rushed out of the black pine forest.

The person at the head of the group has a green horse under his crotch, a halberd painted in the middle of his hand, a black scarf masked, and the people accompanying him are all masked and carrying a crossbow. The person in front of him waved his halberd to open the way, and the tip of the halberd was still carrying blood, and it was estimated that he had suffered an accident when he entered the forest to catch quickly.

Huo Qiguang was full of bows and arrows, and said loudly: "Who is it? ”

The leader looked fierce, sneered, and squeezed out a sentence between his teeth: "Put down your weapons, leave the prisoner car, and get out of here with your people, otherwise there will be no one left." ”

Huo Qiguang's right hand was loosened, and the arrow on the bow came out of the string, with a strong wind, "whoosh" the arrow hit the horse's neck, and the arrow entered more than half a foot, and the horse headed fell in response. "Shoot people and horses first", Huo Qiguang still has leeway.

Unexpectedly, the leader kicked his feet, and the person rose from the saddle and fell to the ground. said that it was too late, it was fast, the masked leader landed non-stop, Fang Tian painted the halberd behind his back, rushed in broken steps, and came to the front of the capture in the blink of an eye, wielding the halberd obliquely, cutting when he saw someone, and killing anyone when he saw him. After a few breaths, the four catchers were quickly cut off their horses.

The rest of the masked men rode forward, shooting out a series of crossbows in their hands, and after a round passed, most of the catchers who had not had time to prepare were instantly put down. The horses circled, and another round came, and there was almost nothing left of the six gates.

Yan San had three crossbows in his body, his blood-stained robe, and he rolled off his horse.

Huo Qiguang kept bending his bow and shooting arrows, and several people in black fell off their horses in the blink of an eye. Seeing that the six doors were fighting with the masked leader, Huo Qiguang abandoned his horse and drew his knife, jumped down, and slashed at the masked leader from top to bottom.

When the masked leader heard the news, he turned around and raised his halberd to block it. As soon as the weapons of the two sides touched, the masked leader's spiral swept towards Huo Qiguang's head, and the castration was swift. Huo Qiguang's footsteps landed unsteadily, he dodged half a beat slower, his shoulder was swept by the tip of the halberd, and blood splashed out.

Suddenly, an arrow rose into the air not far away, and exploded in mid-air.

Everyone was stunned.

The figure flashed, and everyone only felt that their eyes were sparkling. One person had already approached the prisoner cart, and the sword in his hand flew up and down, and within five breaths, all twelve prisoners were pierced through the Adam's apple and killed by cutting their throats. The assassin seems to be quite confident in his assassination skills, only a sword, never look again, turn his head and leave.

The figure flashed again, and the man disappeared into the woods.

Seeing that everyone had fallen, the masked leader was stunned and did not love to fight, jumped on a horse, took the reins of the horse, and turned his head and shouted, "Withdraw!" Soon, the sentry roared away, leaving only a mess behind.

Yan San was covered in blood, staggered to his feet, his eyes were red, he brandished his knife at the people and horses flying away in the dust, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Bastard, don't go!"

Huo Qiguang hurriedly took a few steps forward, supported Yan San, who was about to fall to the ground, and said, "Don't chase, it's important to save people." "Hurriedly set up arrows to stop bleeding and bandage for Yan San and the others.

Yan San had tears in his eyes and sobbed: "Huo Ye, not a single prisoner has been left alive, and the brothers have suffered heavy losses, this is killing people and destroying their mouths!"

Huo Qiguang looked at the crossbow arrows that came out of Yan San's body, gritted his teeth and said, "It's a preparation in the barracks, this is a blatant crime of rebellion." You and I will go back to Hangzhou first, and then come back to settle the account. ”