Chapter 20: The Phantom Hall Master
The waning moon is like a hook, occasionally leaking a few rays of cold light between the flowing clouds and Shu scrolls, and the city of Ezhou hidden in the night has become full of shadows.
Rows of houses stretch in all directions along the long cross street, and the shops and restaurants that come and go during the day are all quiet as if they have been abandoned for a long time. The sparse and dim windproof lamps hung high on the lampposts by the roadside, and the faint light was dotted like ghost fire.
On the roof ridge more than 20 zhang away on the left side of the Ezhou Branch of the Golden Lion Dart Bureau, several black shadows lurked in the darkness, watching the movements inside and outside the dart game.
By the time the last rays of light disappeared into the sky, they had already appeared here without a sound. From the killing at the beginning of the night, to the appearance of Pony and the others, to the sudden encirclement of hundreds of officers and soldiers of the Inspection Division, they were always motionless and silent, as if they were integrated with the boundless night.
The only brief conversation that breaks the silence occurs when Pony and the others return to the courtyard in the hallway in front of the courtyard after searching the dart game, and the candlelight of the three lanterns reflects their physiognomy.
Several dark shadows lurking on the ridge of the roof looked at it by candlelight for a moment, and one of them shrank back and whispered nervously, "There is no doubt that these are the people." ”
This person's speech is leaky, and his words are a little blurred, but he was taught a lesson by the pony on the official road that day, and Ma Liu, the small leader of the Blood Monster Hall who broke off two front teeth and cut off half of his fingers.
In the dark, a rough voice scolded in a low voice: "Ma Liu, you don't have any other fucking abilities, and your braggadocio kung fu is the best in the world." A few days ago, the boy with the knife and the monk said that they were invincible as if they had three heads and six arms, and the brothers were stunned, but now it seems that this is nothing more than that. Look at your bear-like appearance, eighty percent of them scared the thing under the crotch in Tianmu Mountain. ”
Ma Liu sneered and said: "The little brother is a useless person, and in the future, he will rely on the second brother Tao to take care of him and enjoy food." If it's not the little brother bragging, those people in the courtyard are really good, but the second brother Tao's martial arts and sword skills are superb, they really have three heads and six arms, and they are definitely not your opponents. ”
"You're less flamboyant. Since they didn't die on Dongmen Street, it's time for me to give up my chance to make a name for myself, and when I take them down, I'll avenge the severed finger for you. ”
"Second Brother Tao's kindness is unforgettable, he is soaring day by day, sitting on the position of the hall master, little brother I ......"
"Stop!" Tao Qi looked back abruptly, his eyes were as cold as an ice knife and snow sword, "You are fucking tired of life, and you dare to talk nonsense about such disrespectful words to the hall master, believe it or not, Lao Tzu killed you with a knife?"
Ma Liu picked up a life in Tianmu Mountain that day, and fled from Lin'an overnight like a lost dog. Along the way, I was distressed in my heart, I didn't know where to go, I remembered that I had vaguely heard that the Phantom Hall under the Holy Father's banner was developing its power in Hubei, and now although the Blood Demon Hall has collapsed, everyone is under the Holy Father, and I don't want to reject people thousands of miles away, so I took the road to Hubei.
After doing this for a few days, I happened to meet Tao Qi and others who went to Lin'an to inquire about the news. Ma Liu and Tao Qi were originally fellow villagers, and they had some friendship when they were young, and this encounter was overjoyed, and they have been following Tao Qi these days. Although Tao Qi is a person of Lu Yong, he has taken care of this young playmate and has never been estranged, but now this look scared Ma Liuyi, and he only felt a chill in his back, and he was shimping for a long time, and he couldn't make a sound.
"The master of the hall is a genius, Wen Taowu is the best in the world, he is deeply respected by the Holy Father, he is decisive and capable, and the rewards and punishments are clear, and the brothers are all admired and admired. If you didn't know those people, you wouldn't even be worthy to stand here, and you would dare to talk nonsense? My life was given by the hall master, and next time, you will only die. ”
The voice was not loud, but it was loud, and Ma Liu was frightened and added a little awe to the hall master of the Phantom Hall who he had never met.
The wind tore at the signboards on the long street with the chill, and the small sound made the night even more silent. Dozens of torches flickered, and the faint scent of burning flowed through the air.
Lei Fang frowned, staring at the half-open courtyard door with a gloomy face, his limited patience had been exhausted by a moment of waiting. He was not a reckless and impatient person, but he felt that it was superfluous to wait even a moment for the pony and others, who were surrounded by two or three hundred officers and soldiers, who were already unable to escape. If it weren't for the mysterious man's repeated instructions that he should not be reckless, he would have rushed in.
Thinking of the mysterious man in the black robe, Lei Fang couldn't help but feel furious in his heart, coughed and shouted again: "Listen to the people inside, the official counts to three, and if you don't surrender if you don't disarm and surrender, it will be regarded as resisting arrest and stubborn resistance, and there will be no mercy for killing." One ......"
"Two ......"
"Archers prepare!" Ray raised his right hand in the light of the blazing fire.
"If there is anything, send someone to summon it, why do you need Lord Lei to mobilize the people and run in person. Di Mou has not been far away, please atone for your sins......" Di Ren said loudly, walked out of the courtyard, and bowed to Lei Fang. Pony and the others followed.
"The official received a report that there was a life case in the Ezhou Branch of the Golden Lion Dart Bureau, and the matter was very important, so the official rushed over. If you delay for a while, won't you let the others escape and get away with it...... Come on, take them down. ”
Di Ren, the grass man, is the master of the Golden Lion Dart Bureau, from Hangzhou Mansion, not long after arriving here, 32 brothers of the Ezhou Branch were murdered by thieves, Di was about to go to the government to report the case, and did not want to come to the adult. Su Wen Lei loves the people like a son and enforces the law like a mountain, and begs the adults to see what is going on, catch the real culprits as soon as possible, and give them justice. ”
Lei Fang sneered and said, "Human life is at stake, and this official will naturally investigate to the end." Don't say that I can't clarify your identity now, even if you are really the owner of the Golden Lion Dart Bureau? It's not the first time that the thief has shouted to catch the thief, and the official's heart is like a mirror, how can you fool the past with a few words, and what to say to the Inspection Department. ”
"The adults have orders, and the grass people should fully cooperate. It's just that the grass people have something to ask for, and the victims are all brothers of the Golden Lion Dart Bureau, and the grass people want to repair a book, so they are tired of sending someone to the Liu shopkeeper of the Wuchang Branch of the Golden Lion Dart Bureau, so that he can come to take care of the aftermath, appease the relatives of the deceased, and ask for your permission. ”
Di Ren thought to himself that he had entered the inspection department this time, but he was afraid that it would be more auspicious than lucky, if he could really inform the shopkeeper Liu, firstly, the aftermath of the 32 deceased people in the Ezhou Branch could be properly handled; second, since he was in prison, it was difficult to ensure that the mysterious people would not take the opportunity to make trouble, so that the shopkeeper Liu would inform the dart bureaus of the alliances and take precautions.
Lei Fang glanced at Di Ren and said arrogantly: "Now that you have become a prisoner of the ranks, you should take care of yourself first, these things ...... Oops......"
Before he finished speaking, he felt a flower in front of him, and after a crisp sound of broken bones, the sharp pain in his heart rushed from the bridge of his nose to his brain, and tears and snot were mixed with blood dripping. If it weren't for the placket on his chest, he would have fallen to the ground.
After a long time, Lei Fang came back to his senses, looked at it, but saw that the monk who was originally behind Di Ren didn't know when he arrived, his eyes were wide and staring at him like a fierce god, and he couldn't help but feel weak in his heart, and muttered: "You, you, you ......."
"Dog official, it's the monk and grandfather who punched you, what are you going to do? Talk well, don't show off your power there, provoke the monk's sex, and you must be good-looking. Shanyuan let go of his hand and pushed, Lei Fang staggered back a few steps before he stopped, and the guards on the left and right hurriedly stepped forward to help.
Lei Fang, as the inspector of Ezhou City, naturally still has some skills, he was hit by Shanyuan just now, although Shanyuan is skilled, but he didn't expect that the other party would dare to make a sudden move under heavy surrounding, so he was beaten up. Now frightened, he pulled out the sword at his waist and pointed at the pony and the others, and neighed: "You, you have rebelled, I will kill you......"
When he felt two cold rays pressing over, he pierced his heart, and instantly wilted like an eggplant beaten by frost, and said to Di Ren: "The dead are great, and this official has always loved the people like sons, so I will allow you to return to the camp in this matter." Lei Fang gritted his teeth secretly in his heart, and when he entered the Inspection Division, he would let you know what it means to have no way to go to the sky and no way to enter the ground.
"Second Brother Tao, what now?" On the roof, everyone watched the officers and soldiers walk away, gradually turning into a string of lights and shadows, and someone asked in a low voice.
"The hall master ordered me to wait here, originally because I wanted to take the opportunity to create chaos when the people of the Golden Lion Dart Bureau fought with the officers and soldiers, so that they would become fire and water, and fight to the death. If those few people escape, we will slaughter the officers and soldiers, and in this way, the Golden Lion Dart Game will never recover, and there will be no day to turn over. ”
"I never thought that they would be arrested like this, and Lao Tzu would not know what to do. What the hell to do, Old Yan, you can say something. Tao Qi looked up at the taller house next to him and said respectfully.
"Everything is in the master's hands, your task has been accomplished, go back and wait for new instructions. The old and dry voice came slowly, and in the end it was dozens of feet away.
There is a bustling street and alley in the north of Ezhou City, every night falls, look at it, the lights are red and green, and the warblers sing and dance. The luxuriously and elegantly decorated Qinglou Chu Pavilion is lined up, and those women who are greased and whitewashed and displayed are soliciting pedestrians in the windowsill corridor. Occasionally, some idlers whistled and made a few lewd moves to provoke the girls.
Among the many green buildings, the layout style of Qiyu Building is the most classy, and the girl is the best. And the top Ruolan girl among them is even more talented and beautiful, which makes countless officials and gentry, businessmen, and talented heroes chase and welcome, all want to win the hearts of the people and be the guests of the scene.
At this time, there was a young man in Chinese clothes with a weak crown in the age world sitting in the Ruolan girl's room, listening leisurely
"Childe, Mo Lao is back. ”
"Well, please ask him to come. The young man in Chinese clothes said.
Ruolan stood up, leaned over and said, "Ruolan will retire first, and then play for the public later." ”
"Go and rest, if it's still early, I'll let Xiao Yan call you. ”
Ruolan turned around and walked away, met Mo Lao at the door, and bowed to herself, and Mo Lao ignored it and went to the inner room.
"Uncle Mo is back, and he has worked hard all the way. Sit down and say," the young man in Chinese costume had a lot of respect for Mo Lao's words.
"The young master is a noble person, and he really shouldn't linger in such a place of fireworks. ”
"There are dragons and snakes in this place, all kinds of people, etc., but come here to have fun, drink and prostitutes, although the description is ugly, the form is obscene, but it also avoids a lot of unnecessary troubles, not to mention every move in Ezhou City, in these places are very well-informed, I think this is a good place. ”
"It's just that you ...... childe"
"Needless to say, what's going on over there at the Golden Lion Dart Bureau?" asked the young man in Chinese costumes, waving his hand.
Di Lao'er and Xiaoma and his entourage did not fight with the officers and soldiers, and had already returned to the Inspection Division with Lei Fang. ”
The young man in Chinese clothes played with the teacup in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "It's really good to think about it, and they are not stupid." It's just that in this way, I can't ask for it, and when they figure it out, I've already made up my mind. ”
"Childe is clever, and there are many rumors in the rivers and lakes that are exaggerated, and Xiaoma and others are just like that. ”
"Uncle Mo's words are wrong, Hall Master Cao has been entrenched in Zhejiang for more than ten years, and his power is extraordinary, but he is still planted under this person, the whereabouts of the Red Fox Treasure Box are unknown, and the Zhurong Altar is extremely dangerous, but they can get out, how can this be done by luck alone?"
"Along the way, we have had several encounters, although we have tried to confuse them, but each time we have lost our troops and fallen short, it shows how terrible this man is, if I can use it, it is tantamount to adding wings to a tiger, otherwise we will have to find ways to eradicate him, so as to prevent future troubles. ”
Lei Fang put some pressure on him, trapped Di Ren, and ordered him to go down and get Mr. Di into a life lawsuit, and the court ordered a strict investigation and the news of shutting down the Golden Lion Dart Bureau spread. I believe that in a few days, it will spread all over the rivers and lakes, the Golden Lion Dart Bureau will fall, and the remaining four of the alliance, Hu Yanzhi, the master of the Changfeng Dart Bureau, have returned to my Phantom Hall, Wang Ziyang of the Wantong Dart Bureau, Song Yan of the Weiyuan Dart Bureau, and Zhang Erbao of the Xinhai Dart Bureau are not a problem. ”
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