- Huo Meteor also clearly remembered that after a lecture by Lord Shangshu, Zhao Xiaotian, an official surnamed Zhao who was born in the side branch of the royal family, stopped applauding because he was the first to pay attention, and sat down first.

That night, Zhao Xiaotian was like the air evaporated, and it was only half a month later that the handyman found the head of the prince in the manure tank of the thatched toilet in the backyard of the "Criminal Department".

Since then, every time the "Criminal Department" holds a regular meeting to give lectures, no one dares to stop sitting without waiting for the king of Yama to stop applauding and sitting on his own.

Now, in the living room of the back hall of the "Criminal Department", Chen Yuan saw this "smiling tiger".

- King Zhu Yanluo, the boss of the "Criminal Department".

On the surface, the "Ten Palaces of Yama" King Yama of the "Criminal Department" Shangshu "Ten Palaces of Yanjun" is short, short and fat, fat and white, with a lovely smile, full of sincerity, and a sincere face, holding your hand, with tears in his eyes, when he greets your parents, wife and children, when he is healthy and happy, it is like he wants to take out his whole heart to you.

However, in the next moment, he may turn his face ruthlessly, and execute all the men, women, and children of your family, and behead all the houses, and no one will be spared, and he will never blink an eye or frown.

He was now holding Chen Yuan's arm with a smile on his face, and greeted and thanked him kindly.

Chen Yuan has been in the "Beijing Division" for more than ten years, and he has dealt with this "Criminal Department" boss a few times, of course he knows what kind of character the fat man in front of him is.

I remember that once before, Mr. Bu would have warned the three Chenyuan brothers like this: I would rather make a hundred more enemies than offend a friend like Yan Fatzi.

- A person like King Yama cannot be regarded as a "person" at any time, and he may at any time abuse and kill his best friend or dearest relatives like pigs and dogs instead of adults.

When he praises and praises you, you must be careful, be careful that he will set a trap that will never recover, so that you will fall unknowingly, and you will not feel grateful and grateful for his kindness to you.

When he flatters and flatters you, you have to pay more attention to whether you have some shady tricks that have fallen into his hands, and he may play you half dead and half alive without knowing it all the time, like a raccoon cat playing with a mouse......

Even when he pats you on the shoulder to express intimacy and condolences, when you return home, it is best to peel off your clothes inside and outside, carefully check your neck and shoulders, and see if you have poisoned him or planted stolen goods.

Chen Yuan would rather face the white-fronted tiger in the iron cage in Gao Taiwei's house, and he would not want to deal with someone like King Yama. The king of Yama seemed to like to see him very much, he not only praised him and greeted him, but also patted him on the shoulder and hugged his waist, and even invited Chen Yuan to drink tea with him.

It's like an old friend who has been absent for many years.

In the living room of the back hall of this "Criminal Department", except for a little girl who waits for tea, does not leave flowers and does not lose the light, there are only two people, King Yama and Chenyuan.

"This 'Dragon Valley' famous tea, but Xiao Chai Wang Ye gave me the old partner's Suo Lord's private belongings, there is a 'one or two Dragon Valley and one or two gold' on the market, although it is exaggerated, but it is not far from the right, I cheekily begged for a long time, only to beg for half a jar in the hands of Suo Lingchi's iron rooster, the eldest prince came to taste. ”

King Yama invited the guest Chenyuan to drink tea, politely.

"Our 'Bianliang' water and soil are biased towards wet alkali, which is not suitable for the growth of peanuts, but in the 'southeast' area, the soil is soft, the climate is pleasant, the flower growth is gratifying, the fruit is sweet and crisp, raw food nourishes the stomach, and it is best to cook and drink. No, Zhu Shaozai knew that the grass people liked this, so he sent someone to the 'Jingshi' to bring some, and he came to visit the adults today, and by the way, he also brought them to invite the adults to taste. ”

Chen Yuan invited his master, King Yama, to eat peanuts as he pleased.

The two of them drank a burst of tea, ate peanuts for a while, talked about some of the customs of the "East China Sea", and talked about the romantic and elegant things of the past few days in the "Beijing Division".

As soon as Chen Yuan walked on the front foot, the little girl with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, no flowers left behind, and no light was lost, stepped forward and asked, "Master, Chen Yuan just left?"

King Yama replied with a smile, "That's it." ”

"He didn't even say a word about business, and just left?" the little girl asked.

He had already said everything that needed to be said, and when he was done, he naturally left. King Yama, with his skeletal ghostly eyes, stared at every inch of the little girl's skin.

"Did he say it?" The little girl sat directly in the arms of the king of Yama, her smooth and pink arms hooked the thick and fat neck of the king of Yama from behind, and took another breath, and asked three questions in a row: "What did he say? When did he say it? Why didn't I hear it?"

"He said that the peanuts given to him by Zhu Mian, the 'King of the Southeast', were delicious. King Yama only replied with a smile.

"This dead cripple is using Zhu Mian's hillbilly to suppress the master?!" the little girl snorted coldly dissatisfied, disdainful, and even more resentful.

"Smack!"

This time King Yama answered the little girl with a loud and crisp slap!

The little girl's smooth body as satin immediately slipped off her master's lap, she was red and swollen with half of the "pig's head face", and her petite body was trembling on her knees, like a frightened little white rabbit that had only been shot by a hunter with an arrow on her ass.

"Do you know what's wrong? King Yama cocked his "Erlang legs", he was still smiling, kind and kind, and serious.

"Ruyi is stupid, please make it clear to the master. The little girl crawled over on her knees and licked the soles of King Yama's shoes.

"First, there is no one to put pressure on me, King Yama. King Yama smiled and said: "Second, Zhu Mian is not a 'hillbilly', even Captain Gao dare not despise a person, you little dare to look down on him?"

"The little is wrong, please punish the owner. ”

Ruyi was lying on the ground in front of the feet of the king of Yama, with white flowers and hips pouting, and long black braids, hanging behind the thighs, like the tail of a mink.

............

Chen Yuan walked out of the yamen of the "Criminal Department", turned east and west, and came to the "wonton" stall in a dark alley, asked for a bowl of steaming lard chaos, squatted on the side of the road and ate slowly.

Then, another one-armed young man with fiery red hair wrapped in a turban walked in from the other end of the alley, also asked for a bowl of chaos, squatted beside Chen Yuan, and ate it one by one.

"Are you in a hurry?" asked Chen Yuan in a low voice.

"I only have a moment, Ban Ma'er is staring at me very closely, and after a long time of coming out, he will be suspicious. The youth's voice was even deeper.

"Two questions. Chen Yuan said in a low voice: "The head of the 'Heavenly Prison' 'Ghost Sees Sorrow' Suo Lingchi, has he been very close to 'Xiaoliang King' Chai Ruge recently?"

"Why do you ask?" the red-haired young man asked rhetorically.

"Because this is the information that your master, King Yama, deliberately leaked to me when I was drinking tea just now," Chen Yuan still chewed and said slowly: "The famous tea of 'Dragon Valley' is Chai Ruge's private collection, and he can give it to a fourth-grade torturer as a gift, which shows that the relationship between the two of them is unusual." ”

"Yes. The young man still devoured and said: "Prince Xiao Chai has indeed been going to the 'Heavenly Prison' a lot recently, and Master Suo himself is now in the 'Liang Wangfu', drinking and talking with Prince Xiao Chai. ”

"Second question," Chen Yuan used his chopsticks to break through a chaos, clear out the lard inside, and asked, "Who is the little girl who served by the king of Yama without clothes?"

"Ruyi. The young man who ate the chaos in the bowl was already drinking the soup at the bottom of the bowl in "Gu Dong Gu Dong": "She is an orphan girl adopted by King Yama since she was a child, a carefully cultivated killing machine, before, there was a royal grandson Zhao Xiaotian surnamed Zhao, who was on an errand in the 'Criminal Department', secretly liked Ruyi, and then one night inexplicably fell into the dung pit and died.

Some people say that it is because this little guy does not know the current affairs in front of Lord Yan and does not applaud and offends his boss; some people say that he is a secret son who has entered the 'Criminal Department' system and wants to seize power, and he was attacked by the adults first; I guess his death must be related to his liking to harass Ruyi, who has always been the forbidden belly and pet of King Yama, and it is strange that the kid wants to touch her, and he is not dead. ”

"Ruyi, what a cheesy name, this name should have been given by the adults of your family, right?" Chen Yuan suddenly said in a low voice: "Should she have a brother named Jixiang?"

"She does have a twin brother named Ji Xiang who looks exactly like her, and they are all loyal cronies and playthings of the king of Yama, even if their masters ask them to assassinate the emperor or eat, they will do it without hesitation. The young man was already licking the bottom of the bowl with his long tongue, and he seemed unwilling to waste a little food, even though the silk scarf around his fiery red hair was worth a lot of money from the "Western Regions".

Chen Yuan sighed slightly: "I'm done asking." ”

"I'm done with it, too. The young man stood up straight, exchanged the clean dishes and chopsticks for the vendor selling Chaos, and said, "My Chaos money is counted in the account of that lame gentleman." ”

Chen Yuan cried angrily and smiled: "Old man, if you give me these two pieces of news, I will pay you two hundred taels of silver, you are not even willing to pay for a bowl of chaos three eldest sons, you are too picky, right?"

Before Chen Yuan's words were finished, the red-haired young man had already walked away.

Chen Yuan could only smile helplessly, and then he found that the chaos stall vendor who didn't look amazing also showed two rows of neat white teeth, laughing happily.

"Isn't it funny?" Chen Yuan took out six coins from the cloth jacket and threw them on the case, among which there were two copper coins, which bounced up on the table mischievously, fell to the ground, and rolled out of the way.

The peddler bent down to chase and pick up the copper plate, and said with a smile: "I can't imagine that the gold medal killer Huo Meteor, who has a commission of 40,000 taels of gold, actually has to rub someone else's money for a wonton." ”

"Are you embarrassed to laugh at others?" Chen Yuan leaned on the stall in the night, staring at the hawker and said: "The first whirlwind of the dignified Zuo Xiangfu 'Tencent Hall', the chief manager of the boat and the morning boat, isn't it also for a small copper coin to bend his waist?"

The peddler didn't care at all in the grass, picked up the second copper coin, and reached his mouth to blow the dirt and grass clippings on it, and said with a smile: "Small business, mixed food, no way." ”

Chen Yuan pursed his lips good-looking: "Li Xiangye's right-hand man 'Sword God' traveled early, and he also came to this kind of place to live and sell chaos?"

"I not only sell chaos," Zhou Xingzao said with a philistine face: "I also sell news, the price is fair, and Tong Su is not bullied." ”

Chen Yuan threw the cloth over and said, "The broken silver in it is about one hundred and eighty taels, what news do you think you can buy?"

"There are two pieces of news," Zhou Xing had already taken out a small scale from under the board and weighed the broken silver one by one: "One is the executioner of the main knife who beheaded the noble relatives Sana Caien in this execution, and Jiang Behead, who has just been promoted from 'Beiliang County' to the chief deacon of the 'Criminal Department' in the capital because of his merits." ”

Chen Yuan's heart sank, and he said without moving: "What about another news?"

Zhou Xing was already in the dim moonlight, and he was squinting his eyes to check the fineness of the broken silver one by one: "I will give you another news, Leng Ruoqian, the fourth girl of the 'Liangcheng Inn', has secretly entered the capital in order to avenge the murder of her adoptive mother, Mrs. Dugu, by Jiang by her severed head. ”