Seeing Qiu Mingli asking him about the strategy of catching demons, Xu Ke thought for a while, and then replied:

"The culprit of this case has now been ascertained, it is the notorious cat demon, her name is Mao Jiaojiao, and she also has a nickname called 'He Alloy Fairy'! Now the cat demon is in the dark, I am waiting for the light, I have discussed it with His Royal Highness King Zhao, and the two of us disguise themselves as ordinary men every day, specifically to attract the cat demon to appear, and then capture her!"

"Then ......," Tyumen then asked:

"Did you ever draw out that cat demon?"

Xu Ke was ashamed and said: "The introduction is the introduction, but it was ...... that night."

So, Xu Ke had to go deep into the dense forest twenty miles outside the South City Gate on the night of the third day of the third month of March, after changing his disguise, and finally met Mao Jiaojiao.

"Confused!" Qiu Mingli had just finished listening to Xu Ke's words, and immediately slammed the wine glass in his hand on the table, and sighed:

"There is no disease, demons are demons, people are humans, since ancient times, the two races of demons have been incompatible! How can you have good thoughts about demons? Do you know that it is easy to catch a tiger and difficult to catch a tiger! Ten days ago, because of your thoughts, eight innocent men died on the streets in the past 10 days. Think about it, next, how many young and strong men will have to be brutalized and killed by that cat demon?!"

Xu Ke lowered his head and said gloomily: "The teacher blames the student, if the teacher is sick and meets that cat demon again, he will definitely use the Kunwu sword in my hand to take off her cat head!"

Qiu Mingli said: "However, you and King Zhao have not found anything in the past ten days?"

"......" Xu Ke nodded, silent.

At this time, the two of them were also exhausted of wine and food, so they each stopped their cups and threw their cups, Qiu Mingli pondered for a moment, and then asked:

"Is that 'disguised demon lure' plan good, but, why are there only the two of you?"

The implication of Qiu Mingli's words is naturally that the emperor issued an order this time to order Li Yi, the king of Zhao, to take charge of this strange case in the capital, and those who were responsible for solving the case included Tsing Yiwei, Jingzhao Mansion, the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and even the forbidden army joined in. These yamen included almost all the confidential departments in the capital, which shows that the emperor was very concerned about this case! According to the emperor's will, King Zhao could control all these yamen alone, and he could transfer all the soldiers under his command at will. But why are the only people who really contribute now, Xu Wuxian and Li Yi? The capital is so big, just rely on the two of you to catch demons, how can it be enough?

Xu Ke thought about it, but couldn't find a reasonable answer, so he had to speculate to himself: "Perhaps, according to my senior brother's intentions, I don't feel at ease with others, right?"

Qiu Mingli immediately said: "Your strategy of catching demons was originally good, but now, I'm afraid it won't work much." ”

"Why?" Xu Ke asked.

Qiu Mingli said: "After the strict curfew is implemented in Chang'an City, all men will no longer go out, if there are still beautiful men in the streets and alleys at this moment, they will attract monsters to come and seize the essence." However, only the two of you are afraid that it will never work! Think about it, your senior brother, a noble deputy pavilion master of the Great Qianshen King Pavilion, has always been the nemesis of demons, and his prestige has long been outside, does that cat demon dare to provoke him? And you, there was originally a chance, but now ......" Qiu Mingli wanted to speak and stopped, he knew his student's temper, and when the words came to his mouth, he still took it back.

Xu Ke naturally knew what his teacher was referring to, Zhao Wang Li Yi was too famous, even if Li Yi disguised himself, the cat demon would not dare to provoke easily, so the only one who could attract the cat demon to show up was himself. But just ten days ago, he had just gone out to attract the demon, and the cat demon had already appeared, and he had already succeeded in his sword at that time, but it was a pity that he had a bad thought, and it was too late to regret it!

Xu Ke said: "It's all to blame for the student's soft-heartedness for a while......"

Qiu Mingli waved his hand and said: "Don't mention the previous things, don't blame yourself too much." Now the cat demon is still harming people, there are men in Chang'an City who die violently on the streets every night, if this goes on for a long time, there is no disease, the situation of you and His Royal Highness King Zhao is really worrying!"

Xu Ke hurriedly said: "This matter is to blame for my lack of determination, if the emperor wants to blame it, he will blame the sick person who is fine, it's a big deal, I'm a thousand households, it's not appropriate!"

Qiu Mingli was dissatisfied: "No disease, a gentleman has a way, poor and strong! How can you suffer a little setback, and then have the intention of retreating? If everyone in my big court is like you, and they abandon their official positions without saying a word, then who will clean up this pile of bad things? Who will arrest this monster that is a disaster in the world?!"

Xu Ke bowed his head and said, "What the teacher taught is that the students remember!"

Qiu Mingli sighed: "The emperor originally had high hopes for His Royal Highness King Zhao, and he entrusted the trial of the case to King Zhao with full authority, and gave it to King Zhao's most capable subordinates in the capital. Who knows, in the past half a month, there has been no trace of the cat demon, but people in Chang'an City have died tragically on the streets one after another. Nowadays, the people are panicked, and there are many discussions in the court, and even a cadre of my household department is worried and uneasy every day...... If the old man's expectation is not bad, in half a month at most, if there is still no progress in the case, the emperor will inevitably issue a decree to exempt King Zhao from the right to try the case!"

"Ah......" Xu Ke said hurriedly: "At most half a month, the emperor will punish my senior brother......?" That cat demon is extremely skillful, and her haunts are uncertain, how can we ensure that we can catch her within half a month?!"

Qiu Mingli waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, the emperor will not punish King Zhao, but King Zhao's full power to hear cases will be exempted by the emperor's decree!"

"This ......" Xu Kewu shook his head and said: "This is not good! Although my senior brother is a casual and inactive person, but his heart is very lonely and conceited, if the cat demon is not eliminated, he will be dismissed by his father's decree, so how can he swallow this breath in his heart?"

Qiu Mingli said: "There is no way to do this! Who has let you not even catch a single hair of the cat demon so far? Moreover, the emperor dismissed King Zhao from his post, and that was not a punishment, but out of love! If someone else had been the mastermind of this case, he would have been dismissed from office by the emperor and thrown into the prison of your Tsing Yi Wei!"

Xu Ke was speechless for a while, he said in his heart, it seems that this morning, what Brother Nangong said is indeed true!

It is true that since the sudden surprise case in the capital, twelve men have died tragically on the streets, and now, the news of the monster for Chang'an has spread in the streets and alleys, the people are originally timid and afraid of things, and there are terrible corpses of death every day on the streets of Chang'an, and the people are inevitably more panicked. Because of the excessive panic of the people, the original prosperous city of Shenzhou has gradually withered, not only after nightfall, but also in the daytime, the streets and alleys are sparsely populated, and the restaurant is gradually deserted.

The people are in a state of panic, and the capital is already showing signs of withering, so how can they get it if it goes on like this? But the "Beijing Trial Group" responsible for investigating the case has done nothing! Usually at this time, the imperial court will inevitably raise its knife and severely punish a group of people who handle the case, so as to calm the anger of the people and appease the people's minds. And the first person to be punished is naturally the official in charge of the trial, if it were not for Zhao Wang Li Yi personally in charge, I am afraid that the impeachment of the officials alone would have already submerged the person in charge of the trial......

Xu Ke raised his head and asked, "Mr. Qiu, even if the cat demon's whereabouts are uncertain, I can't be sure to hold her for a while." However, if we take in all the homeless beggars scattered in the streets and alleys of Chang'an, so that the cat demon has no way to do it, and control the number of the dead, in this case, can we delay the emperor's decree?

Qiu Mingli nodded and said: "It stands to reason that this should be the case, if there are no new dead bodies in Chang'an City, and the people are at ease, I don't think the emperor will be so anxious." ”

Xu Ke then said: "So...... Can we ask the emperor to let the court come up with a silver tael to accept these exiles?"

Qiu Mingli waved his hand again and again: "No disease, don't think about this matter, don't say that it is you and I to write a letter to ask, even if His Royal Highness King Zhao personally comes to the palace to plead, the emperor will never agree!"

Xu Ke was puzzled: "Why is this? Previously, there were a large number of disaster victims wandering here in Chang'an City, didn't the emperor issue an order to let the household department allocate silver taels and let Jingzhao Mansion set up a porridge shed for widespread relief?"

At that time, what the emperor wanted to save was the victims who were displaced here, and it was the court's responsibility to help the victims, and it also reflected the emperor's love for the people. But who are these people now? These people are just a group of homeless scoundrels who do not work as farmers and do not want to work! They have nothing to do in Chang'an City all day long, either begging along the streets, or stealing and robbing everywhere; in the eyes of the people of Chang'an, these people are tantamount to 'rats crossing the street,' and everyone is eager to expel them from now on, and who will sympathize with them? Even if the emperor can get the money, he will never help such a group of 'rats crossing the street'!"

Xu Ke sighed with emotion: "What a 'rat crossing the street'......" He suddenly thought that he lost his parents at a young age and had been growing up in a lonely and helpless situation.

Qiu Mingli naturally couldn't understand Xu Ke's mood at this time, so he only heard him sigh again: "No disease, if you think about it carefully, these homeless people are like mice, hiding in dark corners, the government can't control them, but the cat demon can easily catch them." Now, the cat demon won't provoke the two of you, and she has no other man to do it. Therefore, the old man concluded that if there were other Chang'an men who died violently on the streets in the future, it would be those homeless beggars...... If the displaced people are not eliminated for a day, Chang'an will be unsafe for a day!"

Xu Ke asked again: "According to Mr.'s opinion, is it ...... Isn't there anything that can be done about these Chang'an refugees?"

Qiu Mingli said: "It's not that there is no way, but it's inevitable that it's not fair to these displaced people." He had been thinking about this question since before eating, and it was only then that he had the answer in his mind.

Xu Ke hesitated: "Could it be that Mr. also agrees with Shen Huan's opinion, and wants to arrest all these homeless people in the prison of Tsing Yiwei and leave them to fend for themselves?"

Qiu Mingli immediately shook his head and said: "That is a decisive decision! If all of them are arrested in Tsing Yiwei, it will be tantamount to sentencing all these people to death, and they will be brutally tortured to death, which is really very inappropriate! Second, such a large-scale arrest will inevitably cause even more panic and riots among the people at a time when everyone in Chang'an City is in danger!"

Xu Ke couldn't help but nod again and again, and then asked, "So, what does the teacher mean, do you still want to take them all in and settle them? As for the silver taels that placed them, they were raised from other places?"

Qiu Ming Liwu shook his head and said: "It is impossible to contain and settle them! If you can raise silver taels in other places, the old man will also use them as silver." For now, we can only send troops to secretly arrest them, and then expel them all!"

"Secretly arrest and expel them all?" Xu Ke couldn't help but be disappointed in his heart, and he asked, "In Mr. Qiu's opinion, where should these people be expelled?" He had heard Yin Zhong Xingming of Jingzhao Mansion in the council hall this morning, saying that these homeless people were extremely difficult, and every time the government sent people to expel them, they always had a way to sneak back to Chang'an.

Qiu Mingli said: "For these homeless people, the old man knows that Jingzhao Mansion is also very troubled. However, Zhong Xingming had only ordered people to expel the displaced people on the spot, and most of the people of Chang'an were willing to give up this 'anointed land'? Therefore, in order to completely eliminate these displaced people, they could only be released again by arresting them all and forcibly expelling them 600 miles away, at least in Xuchang, the capital of Suzhou. In this case, even if they want to walk back, they won't be able to come back without the light of the moon......"

When Xu Ke heard his teacher's words of expulsion from the homeless, the first thought in his heart was to oppose it. In his mind, if he sent troops to expel all these people to 600 miles away, he would inevitably have to make a big move in the middle, and the soldiers might not be able to treat these lowly people who were like ants all the way, and even if they came to Xuchang City safely one by one, they would lose the "kindness and generosity" of the people of Chang'an, so how could they live?

However, he thought about it for a long time, but he still couldn't think of a better way......

At this time, Qiu Mingli saw that it was getting late, and the two had been talking for a long time, and they had roughly said everything. He suddenly grabbed Xu Ke's arm and said earnestly: "No disease, don't think about it anymore! For the sake of today, these homeless people should be expelled as soon as possible, the sooner the better! You can go to meet your senior brother tonight and tell him the old man's policy for dealing with the homeless people as soon as possible!"

After a pause, Qiu Mingli solemnly admonished again: "There are many people in Chang'an, and it is not enough to rely on a group of officials in Jingzhao Mansion. If His Royal Highness King Zhao agrees with the old man's policy, he will inevitably order the forbidden army to go out, however, when the forbidden army soldiers and horses are arrested, they must wear the soap clothes of the officials of Jingzhao Mansion, remember!"