Ten days later, in the South Gate Tower of Beijing, there were two bloody human heads, which were said to be the heads of the flying thief Ding Piaopeng and his accomplice Wang Xiaoer. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Under the castle tower, a "notice" from the Criminal Department was posted, the full text of which was as follows:

Bandit Ding Piaopeng, also known as Ding Asi, known as the "flying thief" in the rivers and lakes, is twenty-four years old, unmarried, from Macheng, Hubei, a descendant of the Tianshan faction, excellent martial arts, especially good at light skills, and is the first in the list of light skills in the rivers and lakes. This criminal was the first offender of the Macheng riot five years ago, burned down the county government, robbed the state treasury, and killed dozens of county officials and government service soldiers;

Wang Xiaoer is an accomplice to the Ding bandits, now 17 years old, unmarried, from Changshu County, Suzhou Prefecture, originally a valet at the Moon Palace Hot Spring Inn in Beijing, and then followed the Ding bandits, wandering around to commit crimes, colluding with each other, acting for the tiger.

For a long time, the criminal department arrested quickly, fearless of hardships and dangers, and the bandit Ding Piaopeng, and encountered bloody battles several times, but because of the Ding bandit's cunning and excellent martial arts, he was lucky to escape. After that, the Criminal Department was not discouraged by the arrest, and continued to mobilize elite soldiers and strong generals, probe and investigate, and persevere. After learning the top-secret information, knowing that Ding Piaopeng could not forget his feelings, he broke the connection with the singer of the Moon Palace Hot Spring Inn, so he carefully planned, carefully organized, secretly weaved a net, and waited for the rabbit. Sure enough, on a certain day in a certain year, Ding Piaopeng changed his appearance, was full of guts, and went to the Moon Palace Hot Spring Inn again to have an affair with the singer, fell into a trap and did not know it. On the way to escape, Ding bandits' poison attacks from time to time, tossing and turning on the sickbed, miserable, busy with their lives, seeking medical treatment everywhere, but because the poison melted into the blood, the medicine stone was ineffective, and the Ding bandit was sick, sometimes good and sometimes bad. Accomplice Wang Xiaoer was unrepentant, unrepentant, desperate, nursing Ding bandits, driving day and night, running in the wilderness, hoping to get away with the King of Skynet. During this period, he caught fast wind and slept in the open, did not be discouraged, followed the traces, bit reluctantly, and traveled thousands of miles to reach the border of Yunnan. A month later, according to reliable reports, the pursuit and arrest quickly learned the exact whereabouts of the Ding bandits, and under the guidance of the informant, they besieged Ding and Wang Xiaoer in a small inn on the outskirts of Lijiang. In order to save the hostage's life, the general arrest was faster than the critical moment, and decisively ordered the two archers to release arrows, 100 steps through Yang, 100 shots, Ding Cheng pierced the heart with an arrow, Wang Xiaoer hit the eyebrows with an arrow, Ding Prisoner and Wang Xiaoer both drank arrows and died, the hostages were rescued, and the bandits were rescued, and they were all happy. The hostages were frightened, but unscathed. At this point, Ding Piaopeng, a criminal who had been rampant for several years, was killed, and the criminal department won a complete victory and returned to Beijing with honor. Everyone in the world applauded.

In order to reward the meritorious personnel, the Criminal Department decided to reward 300,000 taels of silver to the Criminal Department's arresters, informants, guides, and related personnel.

Since the promulgation of the wanted warrant for a reward, there have often been irregular villains who are greedy for money, or fabricate or guess what they look like suspects, and report to the Criminal Department for investigation, hoping to get away with a huge reward. Now, if someone falsely reports that the criminal Ding Piaopeng has reappeared, he will definitely be investigated for the crime of spreading rumors to confuse the public and disturbing people's hearts, and he will be severely punished and will not be soft-hearted.

Hereby announce to the world, celebrate the Qin offender Ding Piaopeng and the head of the law, and now hang the heads of Ding bandits and accomplices Wang Xiaoduo at the head of the city, and show the public for seven days, so as to be the king of the law Tianwei. Skynet is magnificent, negligent but not leaky, and good is also good.

Daming Criminal Department

A certain day, a certain month, and a certain year

The onlookers under the city tower were blocked, and everyone was talking about it, and some people hid their faces and wept. Among the onlookers, there were two white-haired old men, one in a green shirt and the other in a blue shirt, the two elders looked at each other and smiled, squeezed out of the crowd, and came to the roadside teahouse to drink tea.

Everyone in the teahouse was talking loudly, and all they talked about the flying thief Ding Piaopeng. There are those who scold the government for catching fast, and there are those who sigh and regret, and the buzzing is endless. The two old men chose a secluded corner to sit down, and Xiao Er served tea.

The old man in the blue shirt is played by Ding Piaopeng, and the old man in the green shirt is played by Liu Sange.

Third Brother Liu said: "Brother, listen, everyone is upset for you." Okay, hero. Third Brother Liu cocked his thumb.

The old man in the blue shirt said in a low voice: "Brother, where are you talking, I can't compare with you." Hey, who are those two ghost-substitutes? ”

The old man in green shirt said: "No, they are cheap, they are two Jiangyang thieves who kill people without blinking, one is found from the prison of Baoding Mansion, and the other is found from the prison of Jinan Mansion, they look like you and Xiao Er." Doing this kind of thing, Qiao Wanquan is very old. ”

The old man in the blue shirt smiled: "From now on, there will be no me and Xiao Er?"

The old man in green shirt said, "Yes." This notice will be posted in all cities and towns across the country, and in a month's time, the news of the killing of the Skyplows will spread throughout the country. ”

The old man in the blue shirt said: "The father and mother of the second child will be very sad when they see it." ”

The old man in green shirt said: "The second brother has many brothers, and his father and mother will be fine after a while." ”

The old man in the blue shirt said: "After a while, Xiao Er will go to see his father and mother, and he will not scare his father and mother to death! ”

The old man in green shirt said: "You think a lot, as much as you don't think about it, you can't go and tell them the truth quietly, lest Xiao Er's father and mother be frightened when they see Xiao Er." ”

The old man in the blue shirt smiled and said, "Yes." Brother, this notice is really interesting, even if someone recognizes me, they don't dare to report the case, not only will there be no reward for reporting the case, but they will also be severely punished. Who wrote the notice?"

The old man in green shirt said: "It is a masterpiece of the article of Master Yu of Shaoxing of the Criminal Department, and the content of the notice was ordered by Brother Xiang Prince Yi." ”

The old man in the blue shirt said: "How can the emperor be at the mercy of Prince Yi?"

The old man in green shirt said: "The emperor is fine, he is wary of Prince Yi, and he deprives the prince of his military power little by little, and he will personally hold the military power and never let go." The prince wanted military power, so he found an excuse to prevaricate and refused, but after all, the prince was a meritorious man and a cousin, and he was stiffened and did not look good on his face. In addition to the military power, the prince's other twists and turns, he was happy to be a good person, allowed to play, and the criminal department did what the prince wanted. ”

The old man in the blue shirt said: "Yes, haha, brother, you are really good." Looks like I'm done. ”

The old man in the green shirt smiled and said, "Happy, right?"

The old man in the blue shirt said, "Happy." ”

The old man in green shirt said: "But the people are unhappy, the hero in their hearts is dead, don't make trouble." ”

When the two of them came out of the teahouse, they saw that the door of the teahouse picked out the spirit flag, the white cloth strip was written with four words "the soul returns", not only the teahouse picked out the spirit flag, in the blink of an eye, all shops, houses, regardless of the size of the rich and poor on the façade, each picked out the white spirit flag, on the banner is written "the soul returns", there are also written "the return of the flying canopy", and even more simply write "the return of the flying thief", the people are full of grief and indignation, the crowd is full of emotion, there is no taboo. At the intersection of the street, people are lighting candles and incense, burning paper money, crying, praying and worshipping, and reciting words in their mouths, praying that the flying thief Ding Piaopeng will go all the way to heaven and go straight to heaven. In the meantime, there were women and children dressed in linen and filial piety, beating their chests and feet, like mourning and examining, crying to shake the sky, and seeing off the flying thieves. Throughout the city of Beijing, millions of people coincidentally held the most solemn, sorrowful, and pious memorial in the world at the same time and in different places. Seeing Ding Piaopeng's eyes with tears in his eyes, his blood was boiling.

The next day, the two heads on the tower of the South Gate were missing.

There are three main versions: one is that the emperor took the initiative to remove and bury the head in order to calm down the people's grievances and calm the people; some people also say that there is no place in the world where Liu Sange can't go, and it was Liu Sange who stole the human head in the middle of the night, carved two bodies with rosewood, glued the human head, transported Ding Piaopeng and Wang Xiaoer back to Suzhou overnight, and buried them next to the grave of the singer Xiao Tao; the last said, there are very few people who know: Afterwards, Liu Sange learned from the empty hand that it was no one else who stole the human head, it was Cui Da'an, the head of the Sihai Dart Bureau, and his wifeIn the dead of night, the husband and wife both wore masks, flew up to the city tower, took off their heads, and crossed the water through the forest. As for where they buried their heads, no one but them knew what they were. It is even more unlikely that anyone will tell them that those two human heads are actually the heads of two Jiang Yang thieves who kill people without blinking.

For the stolen head, the emperor and the court were very low-key, as if they had seen nothing, as if nothing had happened, as if the head was still hanging on the city tower. When the last dynasty was discussing politics, no one talked about Ding Piaopeng, even the most scathing people and counselors, they never mentioned this matter, and even the most flattering favorite ministers were silent about this matter. The court paid tribute to the people, let it do whatever it wanted, and turned a blind eye. It shows a rare calmness, thoughtfulness and generosity.

It's just that there are ten times more horse teams patrolling the streets than usual, and a large number of fully armed catchers and soldiers have been added to important departments, intersections, and checkpoints.

After Prince Yi learned everything, he sighed: "The emperor has grown up, it's not simple, it's easy to shake the mountain, and it's difficult to shake the Zhu family." ”

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The full moon is like a cake, and the moonlight is like silver. In the study room of Prince Yi's mansion, there were three brothers Liu and Prince Yi sitting next to the coffee table.

Third Brother Liu said: "The prince's face has been a little bad lately. ”

Prince Yi said: "Yes, there is the sound of chanting Buddhas everywhere, and the people are overspending Ding Piaopeng." Ben Wang thought a little more, and he didn't sleep well. ”

Third Brother Liu took out two secret letters from his arms, handed them to Prince Yi, and said, "Please check it." ”

Prince Yi took the secret letter, walked to the lamp and checked it repeatedly, and after confirming that it was correct, he sighed as if relieved, lit the secret letter, threw it into the copper basin, and watched the secret letter burn to ashes before pacing back to his seat.

Third Brother Liu said: "The transaction between the two of us is clear. ”

Prince Yi said: "It's clear." ”

Third Brother Liu returned the royal bronze token to the prince, and the prince said: "You take it, if you have something to do in the future, just come to this king, it will be much more convenient." Perhaps, you still have a place where you can use this king. ”

Third Brother Liu took back the token and said, "Thank you." ”

Prince Yi said: "To do this kind of thing, you shouldn't have left a note, and you should have used secret envoys to pass on the words orally. But if you don't believe in this king, you insist on it, otherwise you don't need to talk about it. In desperation, this king wrote these two fatal letters. If there was no faith, there would not be so much tossing. ”

Liu Sange said: "No, as the saying goes, if people don't know, unless they don't do it." The ancients also had a famous saying, called 'the machine is deep and the disaster is deeper', presumably the prince is well-informed and strong-willed, and he must have heard of it. ”

Prince Yi looked at Third Brother Liu in a daze and said, "Third Brother is really insightful. I wonder where the third brother is from?"

"Wuyi Mountain, Fujian, the tenth grandson of the lyricist Liu Yong. Prince, why are you asking this?"

"These days, this king suddenly remembered an old man?"

"Who?"

"Twenty-five years ago, the secretary of the ministry was still Liu Renkuan. Prince Yi's eyes were blazing, staring at Third Brother Liu, and asked, "Who are you from Liu Renkuan?"

Liu Sange's heart was "Geden", but his face was calm as usual, and said: "I don't know why Liu Renkuan is a person, and he has nothing to do with Liu Renkuan." ”

Prince Yi said: "Today, presumably the third brother has also changed his face, can you let this king see your true face?"

Third Brother Liu said: "No. In the rivers and lakes, he caused a lot of things that should not be provoked, and in order to protect himself, he had to change his appearance and hope that the prince would forgive me. ”

Prince Yi said: "The third brother is very strange, from the perspective of the bone image, the pole is like Liu Rukuan, the best friend of the king. ”

Third Brother Liu smiled: "There are more similar people in the world. ”

Prince Yi pondered: "This is also true. ”

Prince Yi picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and said, "Longjing, good tea." Third brother, please use tea. ”

The third brother looked at the teacup and said with a smile: "Thank you, I'm not thirsty." ”

Prince Yi laughed and said, "There is no poison in the tea, he is really a cautious person, the third brother still can't trust this king." He picked up the third brother's teacup and drank all the tea in the cup. And said: "Every time I mention my best friend Liu Rukuan, this king is extremely heartbroken, the eleven members of the Liu family suffered a tragedy, and were intercepted and killed by gangsters in the barren mountains and mountains in northwest Zhejiang, I heard that only a baby son was saved by a well-wisher, and his whereabouts are still unknown." Hey, the things on the rivers and lakes are really treacherous and dangerous. Speaking of this, Prince Yi's eyes were moist, his expression was gloomy, and he was very sad, he said: "I heard that the third brother is a chivalrous man, and he is chivalrous everywhere, I don't know if I can help this king find the killer, avenge the family of his best friend Liu Rukuan, and also comfort the pain in the king's heart." This king is willing to provide all the manpower and material resources for this matter, and after the matter is completed, the reward will be one million, third brother, how about it?"

Third Brother Liu's heart was pounding, but his face was still calm and natural, and he arched his hand and said: "The prince has won the prize, he is not a flying thief, there are many injustices in the world, how can he manage so much! This matter is finally over, but many of his own things have been delayed, the prince's trust, keep it in mind, and after taking care of the house, come to obey the command, and hope that the prince will forgive me. After a long time of trouble, he took his leave. ”

After speaking, the sleeves of the robe waved, and the person floated towards the window like a light cloud. In fact, the conditions proposed by the prince are too tempting, he is afraid that he will not be able to control himself, so he can't help but agree, find the killer, and recover the blood debt, for him, there is nothing more important in the world. However, he didn't believe in Prince Yi, he didn't believe in this old fox, maybe, this was just a trap, maybe, Prince Yi had something to do with the assassination of his father, perhaps, Prince Yi had ulterior motives in the middle, deliberately involved himself in the whirlpool of power struggles in the palace, and when the time came, he couldn't stop making trouble and it was difficult to get out. Dealing with this old fox, he has to pay a few more attention, he will not go to Prince Yi until the last resort, how can he easily trust such a dangerous person!

Prince Yi walked quickly to the window and shouted, "Think about it again, this king has figured out what the king has entrusted you, but come to me." ”

The moon outside the window was as bright as water, several bodyguards heard the shouts, and made a mess under the door and window, and Liu Sange had long disappeared from the court, and a voice came from the moonlight: "Okay, let me think about it again, I will come to the prince in the future." ”