Li Qiufeng had heard about this from Yin Zhutou and others, and knew that although Liang Huan, the envoy of the inspectorate, had arrived in Xiuwu County a few days ago, he had also brought with him more than 100 officials from the Yamen of the Imperial Inspectorate. However, the case of Yuntai Mountain is too big, and several groups of Jianghu characters were ambushed on the way to Yuntai Mountain, and two or three hundred people died. This kind of big case is extremely rare, because after Liang Huan set off, he issued an urgent official document according to the Yamen of the Prosecutor's Department, summoning all the people who stayed behind in the Yamen of the Prosecutor's Department and the people who were stationed in various places to handle the case, and wanted to go to Xiuwu County to thoroughly investigate the case in Yuntai Mountain. It's just that Li Qiufeng didn't expect these people to arrive so quickly, which was much beyond his meaning.

Yin Zhutou continued: "Tomorrow is the Lantern Festival, and in the past few days, many people and merchants have come to Xiuwu County to watch the lanterns, and the inns in the city have long been full. Five or six years ago, there was a plague in the north of the city, and many people died. After the plague, the house was regarded as an ominous place by the people, and no one dared to live in it, so it was abandoned. In recent years, every Lantern Festival, many people will go to the north of the city to find a place to rest. Right now, the house in the north of the city is also full of people. The magistrate had no choice, so he had to let the villain negotiate with a few big families in the city, so that they could vacate some more houses and rest for the old men who were appointed to the judges' yamen. “

Li Qiufeng thought to himself, he was originally worried that when the Japanese invaded the city, there would be a shortage of manpower in the city. If the four or five hundred people rushed to the city according to the judge's yamen, it would have been able to help a lot. As long as they can withstand the surprise attack of the Japanese Invaders, temporarily drag the Japanese Invaders, and wait for Liu Yong, Chu Danyang and others to lead the various major factions to the City God Temple, they will be able to let go of the battle with the Wolves.

Thinking of this, Li Qiufeng said to Yin Zhutou: "In this case, Yin Zhutou should go and get busy." When we have some free time, we might as well have a few drinks. ”

Yin Zhutou's face was full of joy, and he said, "Thank you, Lord Li." After the Lantern Festival, the villain must prepare a little wine and get drunk with Lord Li. ”

After Yin Zhutou led people away, Li Qiufeng had no intention of wandering on the street anymore, so he turned back. When he arrived in front of the City God Temple, he saw that the open space in front of the temple was already full of people coming and going, which was quite lively. Dozens of small wooden houses have opened their doors to sell their wares, and the cries of hawkers have come and gone. There are also a few men carrying a burden to sell tofu brains, fire, wheat cakes and other food, steaming wooden barrels, fragrant fire, attracting twenty or thirty people around the burden.

Li Qiufeng thought to himself that Miao Zhu and the old servant had already hid out, and no one was preparing breakfast for him. You might as well eat something outside the temple. There may be a fierce battle today, and you can't go hungry and fight with the Japanese invaders. It was because he squeezed into the crowd, bought a bowl of tofu brain, asked for two fires, stood next to the burden and devoured it, and then walked to the temple gate with satisfaction.

I saw that fifty or sixty pilgrims had gathered at the entrance of the temple, and they were arguing and shouting around a few people. And Nie Dingnan had a gloomy face, standing on the stone steps with more than a dozen people, and his eyes were not in the crowd. When he saw Li Qiufeng, he was stunned at first, and then squeezed out a smile, and nodded at Li Qiufeng without smiling.

Li Qiufeng walked up the stone steps and said to Nie Dingnan: "Ask the person in charge of your Nie family to see me in the wing." ”

Nie Dingnan had long been displeased with Li Qiufeng, but he knew that this person was a hundred households of Jinyi Wei, but he didn't dare to offend him. Although Li Qiufeng didn't look at him when he spoke, and his words were extremely rude, Nie Dingnan still held back his anger, bowed down and said, "Yes, I will obey the orders of my lord." ”

Li Qiufeng was about to push open the temple door, when he suddenly heard one of the fifty or sixty pilgrims under the stone steps shouting: "Why can he enter, but we can't enter?!"

Li Qiufeng was stunned, turned his head and looked down the stone steps, only to see that the pilgrims were full of anger one by one, and they were about to rush up the stone steps. More than a dozen Nie family disciples around Nie Dingnan hurriedly stepped forward to stop them, and the two sides were immediately entangled. These pilgrims are all ordinary people, so they naturally don't know martial arts. The dozen or so children of the Nie family were all practicing family members, and when they saw the pilgrims flocking up, they stretched out their hands and pushed them in a panic. Hearing only an exclamation, more than a dozen pilgrims were pushed to the ground by the children of the Nie family and rolled down the stone steps.

Seeing this, Li Qiufeng was shocked, walked back to Nie Dingnan's side quickly, and said sharply: "Hurry up and let your subordinates stop! So many people rushed forward, it is very easy to trample and hurt people, do you want to make a fuss about people's lives?!"

Nie Dingnan saw that Li Qiufeng had given an order to him, although he was not convinced, he didn't dare to attack, so he had to suppress the anger in his heart, and said to the children of the Nie family: "Everyone, stop, don't be like these fools." ”

More than a dozen Nie family disciples retreated in unison, but they still stopped in front of Nie Dingnan, forming a human wall. Several of the pilgrims who had been pushed down tumbled down the stone steps, bruised and swollen faces. In addition to being injured by a fall, one person was trampled on by the chaotic crowd a few times, lying on the ground and moaning, and couldn't get up for a while.

The rest of the pilgrims, who were even more angry when they saw that someone was injured, did not dare to rush forward any further, and retreated to the bottom of the stone steps. It's just that he was not convinced, clenched his fists one by one, and stared at Nie Dingnan and the others angrily.

Li Qiufeng said to Nie Dingnan: "What's going on, why don't these pilgrims enter the temple to burn incense?!"

Nie Dingnanpi looked at Li Qiufeng with a smile, and said: "My lord, I think it's the first time I've come to Xiuwu County to see the lanterns? According to the rules of the past years, in order to prevent thieves from taking advantage of the chaos to commit crimes, pilgrims are not allowed to enter the temple to burn incense from the day before the Lantern Festival. As for when the ban will be lifted, we must listen to the instructions of the yamen......"

Li Qiufeng heard the sarcasm in Nie Dingnan's words, and knew that he hated himself in his heart. But at the moment, there is no need to turn his face with this person, so he sneered and said, "Thank you Mr. Nie for reminding me." But this matter can be well talked about with the people, why make a big fuss?!"

Nie Dingnan said: "Yes, my lord is right, I must keep it in mind below." ”

Li Qiufeng turned to the pilgrims and said, "Are you also coming to Xiuwu County for the first time to watch the lanterns?"

The pilgrims looked at each other, and many nodded. Li Qiufeng said: "The yamen has an order, the day before the Lantern Festival, you are not allowed to enter the temple to burn incense. I want to come to Xiuwu County, all to see the lanterns. The yamen also had the good intentions to clean the temple and dress it up before the Lantern Festival began. Everyone go back to rest and rest, tomorrow is the day of the Lantern Festival, everyone hurry up and come to the temple. ”

When the pilgrims heard Li Qiufeng say this, most of them dispersed. More than a dozen pilgrims stood on the ground and shouted at Li Qiufeng: "You have injured someone, how can this account be calculated?!"

Li Qiufeng turned his head to Nie Dingnan and said, "Mr. Nie, how do you think this matter should be handled?"

Nie Dingnan said to a disciple of the Nie family: "Lao Jiu, do you have any silver?"

The disciple of the Nie family took out a handful of broken silver from his bosom and said, "That's all I have on me, if it's not enough, I'll go back and get some." ”

Nie Dingnan said: "Take it to them, let them take the injured to heal the wounded." ”

Although the disciple of the Nie family was reluctant in his heart, he did not dare to disobey Nie Dingnan's wishes, so he had to walk down the stone steps and hand the broken silver to the pilgrim. This broken silver is enough for three taels, and several pilgrims originally wanted to make a noise, but when they saw that the other party compensated so much silver, they were afraid that Nie Dingnan would break his promise, so after taking the silver, he immediately helped the injured person up from the ground and walked away.

Li Qiufeng saw that the pilgrims had dispersed, but he no longer paid attention to Nie Dingnan and the others, and walked into the City God Temple by himself. I saw a huge front yard, except for the tall poles standing everywhere and the hanging lanterns, there was no one in the empty space. The cold wind blows, and the lanterns on the high poles sway around, making a creaking sound that makes the heart palpitate.

Li Qiufeng returned to the wing room and just sat down, but he heard the sound of footsteps in the courtyard, and someone came straight to the wing room. After a while, I heard someone knock lightly on the door twice, and then an old voice said, "The old man has been ordered to come to see Lord Li." ”

Li Qiufeng sat at the table and said in a deep voice, "Come in." ”

As he spoke, the door had been pushed open. I saw Old Lady Nie walking in slowly. Nie Dingnan followed behind the old lady Nie, his face was completely devoid of the arrogance of Fang Cai in front of the temple gate, and he stood by the door with a respectful face, standing with his hands down.

Old lady Nie walked up to Li Qiufeng and arched his hand and said, "Lord Li summoned the old man, I don't know what to order?"

Li Qiufeng raised his left hand and motioned for Old Lady Nie to sit down. After Old Lady Nie sat down, Li Qiufeng didn't speak, just pursed the corners of his mouth, and a look of embarrassment appeared on his face. With his left hand on the table, his index and middle fingers are lightly tapping on the tabletop with a slight "click" sound.

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