son-in-law

Chapter 512 Embers (four)

In the heavy rain, the turbulent river water surged towards the sharp bend ahead, and the waves surged.The huge body plunged into the water, like a rushing winter bear, and after a while, the figure rushed ashore again.

The figure named Lin Eichan rushed forward a few steps along the river bank, looking at the river, while running, he continued to grab stones and threw them out, hitting the water column high on the river.After counting like this, he stopped smashing with stones and ran a few more steps, slowing down.

"Haha." He seemed to smile mockingly, but in the river, there was no obvious trace of the girl who fell into it.

Experts make tricks, omissions between several tricks, I am afraid that there will be a price to pay.In this battle between the two, although Lin Yechan has been fighting Xigua so much that he has no power to fight back, in terms of cultivation, Xigua and Chen Fan are young people who have already reached a certain threshold of transformation. Evil Zen's water quality is only average, but I don't know how good the watermelon is in this regard. If the watermelon's water quality is perfect, it is not impossible for him to take a few knives from the water when he is seriously injured.

He had just returned to the arena, and at this time he had the upper hand. Before facing Zhou Tong, he still wanted to be safe.In addition, if it is really possible that the opponent's water is very good, because of the serious injury, it is impossible to really stand up for a long time in such water.When the rain fell, his figure paced along the river, staring at the scene on both sides of the river like a falcon.

It was already evening, and in the rain, the mountains were all gray, and opposite the narrow river was a lead-blue forest, blurred and low, and when the river roared down, between heaven and earth, because of the fat figure moving forward, it still remained. It's a deadly murder.

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In the flood, the girl clenched the short knife in her hand, trying her best to keep the last trace of sobriety.But in the river, the undercurrent was surging, and her body slammed into the sand at the bottom of the river without a sound.

The light was dim, and the water was turbid, but the flow rate was surprisingly fast, and the sand and algae swirled around her body. Just when the next corner suddenly came, she tried to adjust her body with the remaining consciousness and opened her eyes. big eyes.

In front of him, the raised reef at the bottom of the river slammed into the head!

The shadow enlarges--

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The rain became lighter in the evening, but the sky was still dark in advance, and there was a little light among the mountains and hills soaked by the wind and rain.

In the mountainous area near Sipinggang, the camp was already muddy. When Zong Feixiao walked into the camp, it was dinner time. The flames were barely burning in the wet shack. The guards of the shift and night shifts are wearing scorpions and changing the guard. Seeing him coming, the rules and regulations are enforced even more strictly.

The Ministry of Punishment calls for arresting yamen from all over the country. In terms of resources, they still have to rely on local government yamen.In these days, there is no taboo for the government to do business without disturbing the people.But this time things were different after all.

The green forest hero, to put it bluntly, is a three-religion and nine-tiered group. The group of people under Fang Baihua is an elite among the elites. If they rely on the facilities of villages, counties and towns to set up camps, after all, they cannot drive out the surrounding idlers and others, and they may be drilled. empty.For the sake of expediency, Zong Feixiao and Tie Tianying chose to build their camp independently according to the marching method, and strive to understand everyone under their opponents clearly and avoid being infiltrated by outsiders.

The huge criminal department is in charge of criminals across the country. There are a total of seven chief arresting officers, all of whom are outstanding people.Tie Tianying is shrewd and capable, and he sits inside. Although Zong Feixiao looks burly and tall, and looks fierce and hot, he is actually a thoughtful person.In the past few days, he led the arresters to set up a net outside, and occasionally a single bandit was caught and concentrated among the prisoners.

Although it was necessary to use the power of Lin Yechan and others to deal with top players such as Fang Baihua, it was Zong Feixiao's layout that effectively compressed the opponent's escape space in one step.

This camp has been set up in Siping Gang for several days, and within a few days, the bandits who broke up have been captured one after another.But for the people in the Ministry of Punishment, these people alone are not enough.

This time, Fang Qifo was escorted north, and the explicit order to Tie and Zong was only to escort Fang Qifo to the capital for trial.But in the eyes of the two of them, if it is just one such thing, anyone can do it.It was Tong Guan's credit for defeating Fang La, and Xin Xingzong for defeating Fang Qifo. There was nothing wrong with the military taking all the credit, but for the two of them, if they could seize the opportunity to stand out, naturally they would take the lower Baihua, Empty all the remnants of Yongle.

The chief detainees of the Ministry of Justice are said to have great power, but in fact, they belong to a transition from local to central.These people often rise from the bottom and are familiar with specific affairs. They are witty and strong in martial arts, but in the imperial court, such people are only cruel officials, not official officials.In other words, they were "craftsmen" rather than "administrators", and "war kings" rather than "generals".

The gap between the two is huge, and many capable officials may only sit in the position of general arresting for a lifetime.But if you can cross this hurdle and enter the center of the punishment department, even if you have completed the transformation, you can have a better name in the future.

Acquired the art of literature and martial arts to sell and the imperial family, but the difference between literature and martial arts is so big.Of course, the world is like this, and for them, they will not feel that there is anything wrong.The status of the general arrester is not a big one, and it is only relative to the central officials. For ordinary people, it is always a big official.

Walking all the way into the newly built hut in the camp, Tie Tianying was eating wine and rice at the table.The living conditions are not very good, but the food, wine and vegetables are abundant. Zong Feixiao eats a lot, but he doesn't drink. He took the leftover rice from the sea bowl, and snorted and ate a big bowl before speaking.

"Only three people were captured today. We lost seven brothers and injured 13 people. Nine of them refused to be captured without a fight, and they all died."

Tie Tianying took a sip of wine and sneered: "If you can escape until this time, it's hard to be lucky to go to the capital. They understand in their hearts, and naturally they don't want to be tied."

"Yuzhen seems to have found the traces of Fang Baihua and others. Some people have fought with the Ba Dao people. They should change places again. But tonight I plan to go and have a look."

"Have you informed the side with the surname Lin?"

"Then Lin Zongwu is weird, we told them, but they didn't want to reveal anything, it's really uncomfortable..." Zong Feixiao shook his head and snorted, "But I should tell them what to say. "

Tie Tianying smiled: "They use us, and we use them too. These people are mysterious, but it's commonplace, let them go first, and the rest will be discussed after finding Fang Baihua..." Neither of them are stupid. , he said these words casually, not explaining anything to Zong Feixiao, he paused for a while, but said in a low voice: "Magic Buddha Lin Evil Chan... It was also very powerful back then..."

"That fat man..." Zong Feixiao thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Cultivation is really not to be underestimated. He said he wanted to challenge Zhou Tong, so I'm afraid it's not a lie."

"Ha." Tie Tianying smiled and sneered, "Just look at it, the name of the world's number one expert in the Royal Boxing Gym is so simple."

The two chatted a few words about this, Zong Feixiao quickly ate two big bowls of rice, and then chewed it slowly.While eating the dishes, he remembered something, and said casually: "In the past few days, the people from the Secret Investigation Division have been inquiring about this matter from the surrounding officials."

Tie Tianying squinted his eyes, and after a while, he said as usual: "It's inevitable that there will be some movement over there when things are so big."

"It's not right, what are these people trying to do?"

"In an emergency, use it for expediency." Tie Tianying smiled, "Just by looking at the attitude of the top, you can see that the sage is not at ease with them. They are only qualified to watch on the sidelines. When the war in the north is over, you can see this. What is the fate of helping people? Cai Xiang didn't have such power in the beginning, how can one faction and one faction dominate the court."

Zong Feixiao nodded, then lowered his voice: "Not long ago, Liu Qinghe and I chatted privately, there is this secret investigation department, maybe it is set up to fight against Cai Xiang. Above the court, Li Xiang only He was able to compete with Cai Xiang when he was upright, after all, the one who was really powerful was that Prime Minister Qin. If he hadn’t retired back then, he would be the one who could really stand up to Cai Xiang now.”

"How can you and I know about such things?" Tie Tianying also said in a low voice, "But speaking of which, among the cases you and I have handled before, think about how many are related to Cai Xiang. Cai Xiang’s party has a big family, and how many people were involved in the business with the Liao people back then. If there were no one who could fight against Cai Xiang, this Northern Expedition would not be possible.”

"Cai Xiang also wants to promote the Northern Expedition."

"Cai Xiang and Tong Shumi, who do not want to promote the Northern Expedition... They want to leave their names in future generations." Tie Tianying said, "But the group of people behind them may not be, if Qin Xiang suddenly appeared , Zhishi had no worries for many years, and beat the group of people in the face, and who was willing to make concessions here and withdraw from the business with Liao. Only then can he push the boat along the river, and tell his family that the sage is determined to go to the north, and Qin Xiang will not give face to anyone, and he can't afford to offend him..."

After he finished speaking, he sighed again: "However, in these extraordinary times, how many people have you seen who use such drastic means to end well? people hate."

Zong Feixiao also shook his head.They were talking about a national event at this time, but in fact, they were still displeased with the involvement of the Secret Investigation Division.In the past, they were the authority in this area, and the upper management of the Punishment Department was nothing more than that. A small yamen who had only been established for a few years and a small-scale yamen dared to stare aside, obviously anyone would be unhappy.

"However, this time the Secret Investigation Division investigated a little bit." After a long silence, Zong Feixiao said.

Tie Tianying frowned: "Fine?"

"A lot of things have been transferred from the nearby county government office. They seem to be trivial and don't want to attract our attention, but the transfer of the nearby government office, the arrest of the fast, the injury situation, these are all. Someone mentioned, they also went to the nearby hospital for investigation. I've been out...the people who do this are well-arranged, like a veteran."

"We've done things right this time..." Tie Tianying said after hesitating for a while, "What did they want to do?"

"Sikongnan, Lin Zongwu, Wang Nanda..." Zong Feixiao said softly.

Tie Tianying's eyes were blurred, he pondered for a moment, and looked at Zong Feixiao together: "Can they afford it?"

"Since the incident in Liangshan last year, the secret investigators have paid more attention to Lulin. They used to be unmanned, and they were in the book business. "

"Hey..." Tie Tianying laughed, but he didn't make a comment after all.

"Don't underestimate him too much. After the Liangshan incident, the name of the demon spread all over the northern green forest. Just last year, Liu Qinghe knew about five or six groups of people who went to the capital and wanted to assassinate him to become famous. already."

Among the seven general arresters of the Ministry of Punishment, Liu Qinghe was the head arrester in charge of Gyeonggi, so what he said naturally had weight.However, Tie Tianying shook his head: "With the power of the Right Prime Minister, it is natural for ordinary people to end up in the capital. It has little to do with Ning Yi's ability. I look at the matter of Liangshan. Although this person is fierce, he is full of tricks. , but he acts like a scholar who manipulates others, and I'm afraid it's just a counselor from the prime minister's mansion. Now that all parties are intervening, the situation is already chaotic enough. If he is a scholar, he doesn't know how to intervene... Hey, I don't know how it will end."

Tie Tianying said these words, although he disapproved of the inner demon in his words, in fact, he still understood the truth of not despising the other party.He has worked in the public gate for many years, but he understands the ruthlessness of Confucian scholars the most.

On the Green Forest Road, he lived a life of licking blood with a knife, but many times he still paid attention to morality.In particular, they read a lot, know a lot of things, act recklessly, and the means are endless, and it is impossible to guard against it.The case of Liangshan is evidence that tens of thousands of people were directly overwhelmed by a series of strategies. Although the Department of Secret Investigation was in charge of that matter, and the Ministry of Criminal Justice did not intervene very much, Tie Tianying and others knew about it occasionally and could know the benefits.Many survivors still had lingering fears after the incident. Later, the green forest shook and the name of the heart demon spread. Unlike ordinary people in the green forest, the reputation was made by the opponent, and the other party was completely built up with human life.

Although the Ministry of Punishment is also official, no one dares to take tens of thousands of lives to set the scene.Those who can manipulate so many lives are either the military's actions on the battlefield, or the Confucian scholars are doing things.

At this time, in this place near Sipinggang, the participation of the two chief arresters of the Ministry of Justice was a force that would shock any Green Forest force.But Sikong Nan was a former saint of the Demon Sect, and her subordinates reappeared, her martial arts skills were inestimable, and there were shadows of a big family that no one dared to move.As for Fang Baihua's family, although they are now in a predicament, they are also the embers of this rebellion that shook Tiannan. At the beginning, they could shake the power of the imperial court.

In such a situation, if the inner demon intervenes with a strange and unpredictable mind, it will be an extremely unpredictable result for them.Although the Department of Secret Investigation now only has the power to supervise and does not have the power to step into the command, but who knows what the other party has in mind.The twists and turns of Confucianism, it is difficult to know if you really want to do something.

Most importantly, he also hated the feeling of being stared at and not triggered.Especially when the other party is an existence like a demon.

After discussing this for a while, Zong Feixiao went out to investigate Fang Baihua's affairs after eating and resting for a while. Suddenly, someone came to report: "Someone who claims to be the Secret Investigation Division is out with a disc of the Right Chancellor's Office to ask for an interview."

Tie Tianying and Zong Feixiao looked at each other, frowning greatly, and both thought, "Is it really here?"

They thought that the Secret Investigation Division would be watching everything in secret, but they didn't expect that the other party would suddenly come to the door to ask for an interview.

The Secret Investigation Division does not have much coercive power in the local area. Of course Tie Tianying and Zong Feixiao can not let each other in, but it is better to offend the gentleman than the villain. With the secret investigation division's actions, the inner demon leads, It's not good to refuse.Zong Feixiao took the disc and asked, "Who is it?"

After taking a closer look, he handed it over to Tie Tianying: "You can deal with it first, I'm going out."

Looking at the name, the other party is a Xixi of the Prime Minister's House, named Cheng Zhouhai.They were talking about Ning Yi just now, and when the servants came to report, they couldn't help but wonder if it was that demon?At this time, if it wasn't, they didn't treat it as a big deal. In fact, it was just weird. Even if Ning Yi really came, they wouldn't really think it was that serious.

When Zong Feixiao went out, Tie Tianying ordered his men to clean up the shack, and the descendants came in.

(End of this chapter)