But it was said that after Du Jiu left Tumi Villa, he rushed back to the Jinyi Wei Yamen, everyone said that the adults were not there, and Du Jiu was not polite, so he rushed into the lobby and searched for it, and then sat in the lobby and waited.

Finally, Menda was wise and knew that there was no way to avoid it, and the next day came with a gloomy face. When Du Jiu saw it, he stepped forward and grabbed him and said, "My lord, it's terrible! Lord Wen's villa was attacked, and even Lord Wen disappeared, and at the feet of the Son of Heaven, someone dared to commit such a murderous act! ”

Menda said angrily, "I know, the subordinates of the Wen Mansion have come to report the case, saying that they are bandits in the rivers and lakes, robbing people and demanding ransom." "Du Jiuyiqi" asked for ransom? Or did someone from the Wen Mansion report the case? My lord, are you not mistaken?" "Of course not, those bandits only arrested Master Wen, and all the subordinates were safe and sound, and the bandits also left a letter, asking for a thousand taels of gold, well, the letter is here, do you want to read it?"

Du Jiu blinked his eyes for a long time, and said, "Wrong, wrong, my lord, those are not ordinary bandits, they rushed in to arrest people when Tieling Xue Bingyu was a guest, and they are definitely first-class villains in the rivers and lakes." Menda stretched his waist and said, "Is it? Tie Ling Xue Bingyu has already arrived in the capital?"

"Yes, those people are strong in martial arts, and they are by no means ordinary bandits. "Of course, the martial arts are high, otherwise they would dare to ask for a thousand taels of gold?" "No, no, they dare to commit murder in front of Tie Ling Xue Bingyu, how can they be ordinary people?" "You have been in Jiangnan for a long time, how do you know that there is also a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger on the northern road! They have always acted like they want money and do not want their lives, and even Wen Shilang dares to arrest them, how can they be afraid of those Jianghu people in Tieling?"

"But this is not an ordinary robbery, it seems that a group of people came after that, and they fought with the people before~" "Who is it!" "I don't know~ Tie Ling, they don't seem to know. ”

"That's right~ There must be more than one gang of bandits, they came back and forth, fighting to grab people. By the way, you said that Tie Ling Xue Bingyu was also there? They didn't fight the thieves?"No, they weren't there~" "Why aren't they there?" "Uh~ I called them out, and when I came back, the case had already happened." ”

Menta sighed, and after a while, Du Jiu's mind was a little clear, "My lord, no matter who those people are, since Lord Wen is missing, the yamen will always have to take care of it, hurry up and catch the murderer." Menda shook his head and said, "It's not easy. Du Jiu hurriedly said, "What?

Menda said with a flaw, "Du Jiu, you stay at the gate of the city every day, and you don't return to the yamen for a long time, I don't know that there are changes in Beijing now." Wen Shilang was recently co-opted for, saying that he had embezzled a lot of money over the years, and that Yousi was investigating him. ”

"Corruption! Why haven't I heard of it?" "Of course you haven't heard of it, if you have heard about it, this matter has already been implemented, and his head has already fallen to the ground! You see, as soon as he said that he was corrupt, some bandits came to rob him and demanded a thousand taels of gold. ”

Du Jiu was dumbfounded, and said, "But even if it's corruption, you can't just stop catching the bandits, right? "Of course, we must arrest and investigate, but we must not make a big fuss, the emperor is very disgusted with Wen Shilang's corruption, and now that he has been arrested by bandits, you can just see how many silver taels he has looted in his house! You know, although the emperor hates these evil people who commit murder, he is even more disgusted with officials who are corrupt and bribe-taking, and if he arrests them with great fanfare, everyone will know about it, and finally save people, but he also says that Wen Shilang deserves to be executed, won't it become a joke? The emperor loves face the most, and he definitely doesn't like this kind of practice! Of course, I am also an official in the same dynasty as Wen Shilang, and I will definitely help if I should help! It's just that I can only secretly visit for the time being~ If you want to help, you can also join us. ”

Du Jiu didn't know what to say for a while, so he had to say, "But I heard that Lord Wen also set up a banquet to entertain Tie Ling and them~" "That's right, someone secretly participated in him, how could he know? Although I am friendly with him, there is no reason to secretly communicate to him! He heard that his daughter is back, of course, he happily ran to greet him~ I am inconvenient to go with him on this cusp~ Otherwise, one day someone will join me and say that I have accepted his bribes and shielded him, you say, is this the reason?"

Du Jiu opened his mouth, and when Menda saw it, he was finally a little proud in his heart, and asked, "By the way, Tieling Xue Bingyu didn't come back with you?" "Oh, Wen Shilang is missing, and they didn't come to report it?" "They told me to report to your lordship." ”

Menda scolded in his heart, so he had to keep a straight face and not speak. The more Du Jiu looked at it, the more suspicious he became, and asked, "Lord Men, you really didn't do this thing?"

Menda hurriedly said, "Bah, what nonsense are you talking about? Could it be that my Jinyiwei will pretend to be a bandit and force Wen Shilang to take out the silver taels, so that he can't be guilty of bribery? My Jinyiwei's means of handling the case are all kinds of tricks, and I won't do this to the court officials!"

Du Jiu had no choice but to say, "I'm not talking about this, I'm saying ~ Lord Men, you summoned Tieling and them into Beijing, really to reward them, no other intention?"

Menda Zhengse said, "What other intentions do I have? They have made great contributions to the Khan's court, and they keep claiming to be the leader of the martial arts alliance, and it is too late for me to convince them." Besides, if I send people to arrest them, who will those people come after? So, ah, this is a case done by a few gangs of gangsters. ”

Du Jiu thought about it, and said discouragedly, "I also think that's the case, those people came and led Tie Ling Xue Bingyu away with me, just by coincidence~ It's just that Tie Ling, they don't seem to believe it." ”

Menda hurriedly said, "Hmph, they saw that you robbed Cheng Xuchuan of the first skill, and saw that you were on duty in Jinyiwei, of course they felt uncomfortable! Seeing that the bandits arrived just after you, they naturally blamed you, but I didn't expect that they would even rely on me!"

Du Jiu said angrily: "I'll go to them for a theory." Menda wanted him to go quickly, and hurriedly said, "Yes, you go to them to clear up the misunderstanding, and ask them to come to me." Wen Shilang is greedy for bribes, with my friendship with him, maybe I can still ensure that he resigns and returns to his hometown, if he has been in the hands of the bandits for a long time, how can he still have his life?

Du Jiu nodded, ran out in the wind, and arrived at the Wufu Inn, but it was still early, and there was no one in sight of Tie Ling's son, Du Jiu walked around the city, but he couldn't find the two of them, and he couldn't clarify his grievances, so he wasn't depressed.

finally retreated passionately, and his brain recovered a little, "No, this matter is still strange, a thousand taels of gold resting on officials is a big number, but it is nothing to the rich." Even if there are masters on the underworld in the north, they should rob the rich if they want to make money, why do they come to rob the Beijing officials? It's too unwise, not to mention that they come and come twice, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a robbery~ But why did Menta insist that it was Wen Shilang's greed that attracted the thieves?

After thinking about it, he gradually became suspicious, "Menda was very angry when he saw me, is it because Xue Bingyu didn't come to see him?" No, I haven't opened my mouth yet, he has that look, what is he angry about~ Could it be that this matter is really related to him?"