Li Qiufeng shook his head and said, "This official came here to handle the case, and he did not inform your mansion in advance. Fan Zhutou is loyal to his duties, not only innocent, but meritorious. After the case is concluded, the official will submit a document to the Criminal Department, recounting the merits of Fan Zhutou. ”

Fan Tong looked confused, not knowing whether Li Qiufeng's words were true or false. The other three catchers were overjoyed, looked at each other, and thought in their hearts: "If this Lord of the Hundred Households can report to the Criminal Department for us, then we can at least get a few taels of silver." Maybe he registered in the Criminal Department, and he made up for the vacancy, but it was not a difficult thing. ”

Although Fan Tong was a little suspicious in his heart, he still arched his hand and said: "Thank you for the support of Lord Baihu, the lower officials are grateful." What else is there to use the Lord of the Hundred Households, please just say that it is ......"

Fan Tong said as he glanced at Situ Bridge standing on the stone platform. Since a few people broke into the stone chamber, Situ Qiao has been standing next to the coffin, neither slipping away nor destroying the coffin, just listening to everyone's conversation. Li Qiufeng knew that Fan Tong still had doubts in his heart, so he smiled slightly and said to Fan Tong: "Fan Zhutou, this official has chased this suspect for more than a thousand miles, if you want to take him, you would have taken him back to the capital with ropes." It's just that there are still many incomprehensible points in this case, and I also want to see if he has any accomplices, so I have been holding back. Fan Zhutou's kindness is appreciated by the official, but if such a tomb thief is arrested, and you need the help of your mansion, where will the official have the face to return to the capital to restore his life?"

Fan Tong saw that Li Qiufeng didn't want to interfere by himself, but he didn't want to say anything more, so he had to lower his hand and say, "Yes, the adults are very ......."

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard Li Qiufeng shouting: "You have listened to it for so long, you should also come out and let the official take a look?!"

Fan Tong and the others were shocked, not knowing what Li Qiufeng meant. At this moment, I only heard a sneer in the corridor, and then someone said: "It turns out that the eagle dogs of the imperial court have been watching here for a long time, and I will send you to the west with me today!"

As soon as the words fell, only a loud "snort" sound was heard, and countless small hidden weapons had shot in from the corridor.

When Li Qiufeng was talking to Fan Tong, he had already heard the faint sound of breathing in the corridor. If it comes to people's martial arts, they are five or six zhang away from Li Qiufeng and others, and it stands to reason that they will not leak their deeds. It's just that the corridor is narrow, and if there is a sound, there will be an echo. Although that person's martial arts skills were high, he forgot that he was in the middle of the road, and although he was extremely careful when breathing, he was still heard by Li Qiufeng.

When the man fired the hidden weapon, Fan Tong and the three catchers turned their backs to Yongdao, and when they realized that something was wrong, the hidden weapon had already reached behind the four people. Fan Tong's martial arts are far higher than the other three catchers. With his body, he had jumped to the roof of the stone chamber, hooked his fingers with both hands, grabbed the two gaps in the ceiling, and pressed his body tightly against the roof.

The deputy catcher who was proficient in mechanical techniques was named Liao Xuan, but his martial arts were not weak, and he heard a loud noise behind him, and his body immediately fell forward. But he was on his knees, and several silver needles flew over his head. Frightened, Liao Gang's heart chilled, and he almost screamed.

It's just that the other two are much worse than Fan and Liao Eryao's martial arts. Seeing that Fan Tong and Liao Outline dodged the past one by one, they were shocked, and before they could move, the two of them only felt a pain in their hearts, as if they had been bitten by mosquitoes a few times. When he was frightened, he only felt that it was dark in front of him, and the two of them fell to the ground almost at the same time, and their bodies twitched a few times, and then they stiffened and did not move.

Fan Tong leaned against the roof of the stone chamber, turned his head to look down, but saw the two catchers falling to the ground, and their faces had turned jet black. He felt a pang in his heart, knowing that the hidden weapon was fed with poison. Looking at the strong autumn wind again, he has floated behind the offering table, and grabbed the offering table with his right hand to block it. Only a dense "ding" sound was heard, and more than ten silver needles had been hit on the offering table.

Fan Tong saw the corpses of the two subordinates in the blink of an eye, his heart was shocked and angry, and his body spun twice like a windmill, and it had fallen to the ground from the roof. At this moment, a man walked out of the corridor. This man was extremely tall, dressed in black, and his head was also wrapped in a black cloth, leaving only two small holes in the position of his eyes, so that people could not even see his eyes clearly.

This person, Shi Shiran, walked into the stone room, sneered, and said in a hoarse voice: "Eagle Claw, you really have some ability." ”

At this time, Liao Xuan had already gotten up from the ground, his hat fell to the side, and he looked very embarrassed. He put the steel knife in his hand across his chest, and said to the man in a trembling voice: "We are the messengers of the Luoyang Prefect's Yamen. You openly murdered the public, can't you rebel?"

The man smiled and said, "Rebellion? If Lao Tzu wanted to rebel, you would have already become a meat mud, and you would still be able to show off your power here?" Otherwise, you will not be able to live, you will not be able to die. ”

Seeing that this person had no fear, Fan Tong was furious in his heart, and shouted: "If you kill two officials, the crime should be punished with death! If you confess your guilt and surrender to the law, you may not be punished by the Nine Clans!"

The man laughed, and the laughter shook the walls of the stone chamber. After a while, he suppressed his laughter and said to Fan Tong: "I know you, the people of Luoyang call you 'rice bucket', and you will only deceive and conceal it, and pat the sycophants of the Han Governor's Mansion, do you think Lao Tzu doesn't know?"

This Fan Tong's martial arts are not weak, and since he has been a fast catcher, he has also handled many big cases in the past ten years. It's just that the officialdom is sluggish, and he has never been promoted by the officials. Slowly, he lost the enthusiasm he had at the beginning, and he understood that it would be difficult to be promoted just by burying his head in handling cases. Since five or six years ago, he has been bent on meeting the officials, and only thinking about promotion. This effort was not in vain, and he was soon promoted from a small catcher to a small leader who led the team. Later, he gave the former prefect 150 taels of silver and was promoted to deputy team leader. Three years ago, the Ministry of Officials transferred Han Qusi to be the prefect of Luoyang, Fan Tong was careful to wait for the prefect of Han's mansion comfortably, and in less than half a year, he became the head catcher of the prefect's yamen. It's just that since Fan Tong was promoted, he neglected to handle the case, and was bent on accepting officials and bosses. The people of Luoyang City were very dissatisfied with him, and according to the homonym of his name, they gave him the nickname "rice bucket". This nickname spread more and more, and finally everyone knew it even in the prefect's yamen. It's just that I'm afraid of damaging Fan Tong's face, and no one mentions it in front of him.

At this time, Fan Tong heard that the man was openly humiliating himself, and his heart was furious, and he pulled out a long sword in his right hand, and stabbed the man in the throat with a single sword.

The man sneered and said, "Eagle Claw, can't you help but do it?"

I saw that his right hand reached out from his waist, and there was already a short knife a foot long in his hand. only heard the sound of "dang", and the long sword in Fan Tong's hand had been blocked by him with a short knife. As soon as the man made a successful move, he immediately went straight up, and the short knife in his right hand swirled and flew, directly attacking Fan Tong's chest.

Fan Tong saw that this person was like lightning, and his heart was also cold. In the blink of an eye, the short knife in the man's hand had stabbed in front of him. He didn't have time to think about it, he swung his sword to block the knife, and stabbed the man in the lower abdomen with a backhand. The two slashed back and forth, and they fought together.

Liao Jian was holding a steel knife in his hand, and wanted to step forward to attack several times, but the two of them were extremely fast, although he wanted to make a knife, but he couldn't find the time to start, so he could only stand aside and watch the battle with great nervousness.

Li Qiufeng had already put down the offering table at this time, stood in front of the stone platform, and watched Fan Tong and the man fight very fiercely. Li Qiufeng thought to himself: "Although the martial arts of these two people are not first-class masters, when they make a move, they are fierce and abnormal, not as disciplined as ordinary martial arts masters fighting, but like street scoundrels fighting, all of which are vicious moves." Judging from the tricks used by the two, it is not a decent martial arts, and if they continue to fight like this, they can't see who can win. ”

Fan Tong and the man fought together, and more than ten moves had passed in a moment. He was bent on arresting this man, arrested him and tortured him, and asked him where he came from. Otherwise, two people will die, and the case will inevitably be reported to the Henan Governor and the Criminal Department, and his bright future will become a sweet dream.

It's just that that person's martial arts are really not weak, and his moves exude a poisonous aura. Fan Tong attacked and killed with all his might, although he had a slight upper hand, and it was not easy to defeat and capture this person in one fell swoop. After forty or fifty moves, the man's tricks slowed down, and his defeat was revealed. Liao Xuan saw that it was cheap, and waved his sword to join the battle group. The man was already struggling to deal with Fan Tong, and he had another steel knife from Liao Xuan, and he immediately fell into the wind. When the fight reached the interval, the steel knife in Liao Gang's hand swept towards the man's lower abdomen, but Fan Tong's long sword stabbed at the man's face. The two of them flanked one left and one right, and the man was no longer able to parry.

Fan Tong and Liao Ganggang were overjoyed when they saw that they were going to defeat this person. I don't know that a sword or a sword has not yet attacked that man. Suddenly, the man's left hand was raised, and the two of them only felt that the silver light flashed, and more than a dozen silver needles had flown in front of the two.

Fan Tong's martial arts are higher than that person, but when he made a move, he was quite afraid of that person's secret weapon, so when he made a move, he kept a little strength to prevent that person from hurting people with a secret weapon. Liao Outline is also a general mind, although the knife is rushing, but he is always guarding against the person from launching a secret weapon to sneak attack. Seeing the hidden weapon fly out at this moment, although Fan Tong and Liao Xuan were shocked, they were not flustered. I saw the two of them spinning rapidly in front of them, and there was a slight sound of "clanging", and the dozen or so silver needles fired by the man had all been knocked out.

After a few silver needles were knocked away, the remaining momentum continued unabated, and flew straight towards the surrounding stone walls. There were oil lamps hanging on the stone wall, but five or six were instantly extinguished by the flying silver needles. As soon as the oil lamp went out, the stone chamber dimmed when it was neutral.

Li Qiufeng saw that the three of you were fighting very lively, and thought to himself: "When these three people make moves, there are many flaws in their tricks, but the moves are vicious and a little weird. When it comes to the power of killing, it is not much better than the martial arts of the famous and decent martial arts in the martial arts. ”

When the silver needle launched by the man was knocked away by Fan Tong and Liao Xuan, extinguishing five or six oil lamps, the stone room instantly became dark. Li Qiufeng's heart sank, and he thought to himself: "Oops! If this person is clever enough to extinguish all the oil lamps on the stone wall, Fan and Liao can't see where this person is, and they are easy to talk about again." It's even harder to tell the winner!"

While he was thinking about it, he saw the man wave his left hand again, and immediately extinguished seven oil lamps. At this time, there were only five oil lamps left on the stone wall, and the entire stone chamber became darker in an instant, and only a vague figure could be seen.