Li Qiufeng heard that the old lady Nie was going to have a treat, and it was Huang Chong and Han Qusi who were invited, and he secretly thought in his heart that the Nie family had spent so much effort and was willing to take risks, wanting to borrow the power of the Japanese to eliminate the Lu, Zhao, and Du families. As the saying goes, there is no good banquet, and Mrs. Nie's wine is not good. It was he who pondered for a moment before he spoke: "I was ordered to run an errand this time, and I did not inform the Henan Governor Yamen, the Luoyang Prefect Yamen and the Xiuwu County Governor Yamen. If you have a drink with Lord Han, Lord Huang and other adults, it will be a little embarrassing. I appreciate the kindness of Old Lady Nie, and after I finish my errand, I will have a drink with Old Lady Nie and all the adults, but it is not too late. ”

Old Lady Nie nodded and said, "Since that's the case, let's not bother Lord Li." The old decay is retired, please forgive me. ”

After Old Lady Nie finished speaking, she arched her hand towards Li Qiufeng, and then turned around and left. Nie Dingnan followed behind Old Lady Nie, and the two of them walked straight to the corner gate one after the other.

By this time, the sky had already brightened, and the last few lanterns in the courtyard had been extinguished one after another. Although Li Qiufeng had already made up his mind to stay in the City God Temple, he had already said that he wanted to go outside, so naturally he couldn't turn back to the wing room immediately. It was when he saw that Old Lady Nie and Nie Dingnan walked into the backyard, turned around and walked out of the temple gate, and walked west.

It's just that he just walked out a short distance, but he saw a group of people rushing over in a hurry. When this group of people walked in front of him, Li Qiufeng couldn't help but be stunned, but saw that the person opposite was Wan Congyun. Wan Congyun also recognized Li Qiufeng, first showed a look of surprise, and then greeted him with a smile on his face, and said: "Lord Li, we were about to go to the City God Temple to find you, but I didn't expect to meet your old man here." ”

After Wan Congyun finished speaking, he respectfully knelt down on one knee and gave Li Qiufeng a big gift. Wan Congyun knelt down, and more than a dozen apprentices behind him also knelt down. There were two or three rude people, who didn't know the etiquette, but when they saw the master and the brothers kneeling, the two of them actually fell down on both knees, and "bang, bang" knocked their heads three times in a row.

Li Qiufeng listened to Wan Congyun no longer call himself "Li Commander", but called himself "Lord Li", knowing that this person recognized himself as a big official from the capital, so he would make this great gift. He hurriedly took two steps, helped Wan Congyun up from the ground, and said, "Why do you have to be so polite, brother? ”

Wan Congyun was helped up by Li Qiufeng, and said respectfully: "How dare a villain have a relationship with an adult's peers? Being able to do things for an adult is a blessing that the villain cultivated in his previous life, and an adult must not kill a villain." ”

Li Qiufeng was too lazy to talk to him about these trivial things, knowing that if Wan Congyun was touted, he didn't know when it would be the end. He hurriedly asked: "Before dawn, my brother is going to look for me, is something wrong?"

Wan Congyun then remembered the purpose of his arrival, slapped his thigh, and said, "Yes, yes, the villain almost forgot to get down to business." Lord Li, last night, Mei Dali, a bastard, had a few apprentices missing, and he led people to look for them all night before he found these people in Majia Lane. I heard that these people were beaten and their noses were swollen, and even their old women couldn't recognize them. Lao Mei is the most narrow-minded and loves to be angry with others. If it were in the past, he would definitely suspect that the villain and Ba Yuyan had done something. But this time his apprentice suffered such a big loss, and Lao Mei didn't come to find the villain's life, which is really incomprehensible. ”

Li Qiufeng knew that Xu Chengzong had knocked down Mei Dali's apprentice last night, and when he heard Wan Congyun say that these people had been rescued, he was relieved. After Wan Congyun finished speaking, Li Qiufeng said, "You came to me for this matter?"

Wan Congyun shook his head and said, "There is one more thing, I'm afraid it's much more important than this matter." The villain obeyed Lord Li's orders and sent someone to monitor the group living in the north of the city. Different from those Jianghu characters who gathered in the north of the city a few days ago, after these people stayed, they rarely went out, and their whereabouts were quite secretive. But just yesterday afternoon, the villain's apprentices noticed that these people suddenly began to move. Not only did they string up with each other, but some of them didn't know where they had taken out their swords and weapons, and they didn't know what they were planning. “

Li Qiufeng knew that the heads of the Nie, Lu, Zhao, and Du families lived in the Chenghuang Temple, and the rest of the children lived in the north of the city. Old lady Nie is extremely strict, and in order not to attract the attention of others, she must restrain the children of the four families from flying high. If the children of the four families in the north of the city took out their swords without any scruples, there was no doubt that Old Lady Nie gave the order. In other words, Old Lady Nie already knew that the Japanese were about to attack on a large scale, so he had to prepare the children of the four families. It's just that Old Lady Nie didn't know that the widow and Xu Chengzong had already discussed and wanted to do it the day before the Lantern Festival. In this way, although Old Lady Nie was on guard, she was afraid that she would be caught off guard by the Japanese robbers.

Wan Congyun saw that Li Qiufeng's face was solemn, and he only said that the news he had found out was very important, and he couldn't help but feel proud, and then said: "Lord Li, you can rest assured, the villain has sent five or six shrewd apprentices to stare at those guys in the north of the city. Whenever these guys do something wrong, they will come and report it immediately. At that time, if the adults wanted to take those people, they could send a post to the yamen, and it was expected that Huang Chong and the others would not dare to disobey the orders of the adults. ”

Wan Congyun looked at Li Qiufeng's style and Han Qusi's attitude towards Li Qiufeng, and already knew that this person had a great background. Since Han Qusi, the prefect of Luoyang, did not dare to be arrogant in front of Li Qiufeng, Huang Chong was just the magistrate of Xiuwu County, so he naturally did not dare to offend Li Qiufeng. It was because he changed his previous attitude that the original "Lord Zhixian" finally became "Huang Chong" in his mouth.

Li Qiufeng came back to his senses and said to Wan Congyun: "Brother is doing a good job, and this credit is not small. ”

After he finished speaking, he took out a silver ingot from his bosom, which weighed five taels, handed it to Wan Congyun, and said, "You can take this bit of silver and give it to the brothers to drink, which can be regarded as a little thank you to me." ”

Wan Congyun said a few polite words, and finally took the silver in his hand. Li Qiufeng said: "Brother, immediately go back and gather people and stand by near the left side of the City God Temple." But brother, you must keep in mind that even if there is any chaos in the City God Temple, you must not enter the City God Temple without my order. What the elder brother wants to do is to take the people near the temple as far as possible when there is an accident in the temple of the city god, so as not to cause harm to the people. ”

Wan Congyun was stunned for a moment, and said: "There will be chaos in the City God Temple today? This, how is this possible? Tomorrow is the Lantern Festival, and our Xiuwu County has never had a mess before and after the Lantern Festival." ”

Li Qiufeng said: "There is no harm in taking precautions." This year is not as usual, the prefect of Luoyang and the prefect of Henan have all arrived in Xiuwu County, if there is anything wrong, something must happen. The elder brother is a native of Xiuwu County, and he is very familiar with Xiuwu County. If something happens, you have to do something?"

Wan Congyun nodded again and again, and said, "Obey your lord's orders." ”

Li Qiufeng said: "You send someone to inform Mei Dali and Ba Yuyan, so that the two of them also bring their apprentices and stand by with their brother on the left side of the City God Temple." This matter is urgent, and there must be no delay. ”

Wan Congyun agreed, and then hurried away with his apprentices. Li Qiufeng thought for a moment, and then walked forward.

By this time, it was already getting bright, and the streets were gradually becoming more and more crowded. Li Qiufeng was thinking about his thoughts while walking, and before he knew it, he had walked out of more than two miles, and it was not far from the county office. He was stunned, thinking how he got here?

It's just that when he was about to bypass the county office, he saw Yin Zhutou walking out of the yamen with three or four catchers.

When Yin Zhutou saw the strong autumn wind, he hurriedly stepped forward, bowed down, and said, "The villain has seen the adult." ”

Li Qiufeng waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Yin Zhutou doesn't need to be polite, he took his brothers out on patrol so early?"

Yin Zhutou said: "Before dawn, Master Bai from the Yamen of the Judge Department arrived at the county office, saying that the team of the Yamen of the Judge will arrive in Xiuwu County today, and he wants us to prepare food for the house." I heard that this time, four or five hundred people rushed to Xiuwu County, and many of them were masters of handling cases. Lord Huang didn't dare to slack off, and ordered the villain to hurry up and prepare the house and settle these old men. So as not to pick bones in these bastards' eggs and find us trouble. ”