Volume 32 Chapter 18

Just over two hours later, at the end of a remote alley in a residential area east of Youzhou City, Zhang Tie once again saw the young thief who stole his money.

When Zhang Tie arrived, even though there was still snow in the sky, within 100 meters around this alley, including the walls and roofs, there were already people wearing chilling black uniforms. Armed with weapons such as crossbows and sabers, there are densely packed criminal arrests in the Tingwei Temple, which is like black impermanence.

"Let those people standing on the roof and walls come down, those who celebrate Chinese New Year, don't scare people!" Before walking into the alley, Zhang Tie ordered the people around him indifferently.

After hearing Zhang Tie's words, the people around him just made a gesture, and those criminal arresters of Youzhou City who were standing on the roof and eaves disappeared one by one.

Waving next to Zhang Tie was an old man, his eyebrows were as serious as iron, his eyebrows were a bit malicious, and he had a serious expression on his face. This old man was Ting Weicheng from Tingwei Temple in Youzhou, equivalent to Zhang Tie's deputy, Zhang Tie When he was not in Tingwei Temple, it was this Tingwei Cheng who presided over Tingwei Temple.

Ting Weicheng of Tingwei Temple in Youzhou is no stranger to Zhang Tie. The two had known each other since they were in Huaiyuan County. That time, Zhang Tie returned to Zhang’s old house for the first time after becoming a knight. The eldest wife of the old man had a big birthday. Because of the relationship with the daughter of the Wang family, some unscrupulous sons of the Zhang family made some nasty things during the birthday banquet. His descendants were none other than Zhang Yuanshan, the Grand Secretary of Jinhai City at that time.

For Zhang Tie, the position of Da Silu in Huaiyuantang is the family's criminal law and justice. Huaiyuantang asked Zhang Yuanshan to be Tingweicheng of Tingwei Temple. They just complement each other perfectly.

Compared with Zhang Tie, Zhang Yuanshan has sophistication and experience in criminal law and justice. And the cold and capable ability that he developed in the Huaiyuantang Criminal Law Pavilion is the best supplement to Zhang Tie.

Earl Changfeng is very good at arranging people. When Zhang Tie was no longer in Youzhou City these days, Zhang Yuanshan was in charge of Tingwei Temple, and everything was in order. In the entire territory of Youzhou, there was no disturbance at all within the scope of Tingwei Temple's responsibility.

It is precisely because of this that Zhang Tie was particularly angry at Tuntang's sinister impeachment.

In this alley, there are some sundries in the residential area. Those sundries are all things like chicken coops, honeycomb piles and broken boxes. Like other places, no matter how good Taixia is, and no matter how big Youzhou City is, there are also poor and rich people in this city, and some people The residence can be magnificent, pavilions. Some people's families can only squeeze into a house of tens of square meters in an ordinary residential area-this is where the latter kind of people gather.

In a big city like Youzhou City, flowers and sunshine are not everywhere, and there are places where there are no flowers and less sunshine. There are also people living.

The falling snowflakes covered the sundries in the alley, and the snow piled up almost a foot thick.

The ground of the alley was a little dirty, it was snow melted by countless people's footsteps. On the snow that has not completely melted, you can even see the clear lines on the soles of the leopard-headed combat boots worn by the Youzhou criminals...

Those footprints left in the snow. Also talking silently, before Zhang Tie came here. How many criminal arrests have entered this alley.

Even the residents in the nearby residential area did not expect that in this unblinking place, there would be so many Sansi yamen gathering like wolves and tigers one day. No matter which continent you are in, if you can do a good job in this profession, it is estimated that it will be difficult to find a few people who can make people look amiable. Such people,

How can he be able to hold down a whole night of small treacherous, bully and murderous people.

In this snowy day, the criminals from Tingwei Temple in Youzhou City appear here, like black vultures, always carrying some ominous aura that makes ordinary people daunting. People in the nearby residential areas, at this time, All the houses drew up the curtains, and Yezhi dared to look over here quietly from behind the curtains.

Walking to the bottom of the alley and turning a corner, Zhang Tie saw the young man with whom he had just met in the morning.

The man was lying face down next to a pile of sundries packed in burlap bags like a broken tree root that had been discarded by someone. A layer of snow had already accumulated on his body, and he had no breathing.

There was no sound around.

Zhang Tie sighed, squatted down in front of the man's body, and turned the man's body over.

It was a young and thin face, which looked only thirteen or fourteen years old. When Zhang Tie turned him over, that face had lost all blood, and corresponding to it was that person There was a pool of dark red blood on the chest of the clothes he was wearing, and because the weather was too cold, the blood on that person's body was frozen before even bleeding out, so there was not much blood on the ground around that person.

The man's eyes were still open, staring at the gloomy sky, with a hint of pain and surprise on his face.

Zhang Tie looked at this face seriously. He didn't expect that the young man who had only met him this morning would turn into a cold corpse at this time. It was just an ordinary crime of theft. , After a year and a half in prison, he will be released, and there is still a chance to be a new man. Why is this so, Zhang Tie sighed in his heart.

"This man is called Lu Xiaoshuang. He is homeless and jobless. A few years ago, when the Northeast Protectorate decided to build Youzhou City, it was said that a million people entered Youzhou. He came here together. He was originally just a beggar, and he also did some small things in the city to help people run errands and pass on the news to make a living. Two years ago, a local ruffian in Youzhou City took him in and taught him the skills of pickpocketing. Lu Xiaoshuang also followed Wang Wu, earning a living by pickpocketing under Wang Wu's hands. Two hours ago, someone saw Wang Wu and Lu Xiaoshuang walking into this alley together, and in the end only Wang Wu left alone!" Zhang Yuanshan introduced According to the feedback from below, "Wang Wu's body was also found in his home, and he committed suicide by swallowing medicine. Besides Lu Xiaoshuang, Wang Wu also had seven or eight thieves under his command. Those little thieves have already died. All of them have been arrested by Tingwei Temple and are being interrogated right now!"

Zhang Tie listened. Without saying a word or moving, he just covered Lu Xiaoshuang's face with his hands. It seemed that he wanted to close Lu Xiaoshuang's eyes.

In the eyes of those around him, there was nothing strange about Zhang Tie's actions, it was just Lord Tingwei showing compassion, so Zhang Tie's hand covered Lu Xiaoshuang's head for a few seconds, everything was natural.

No one knows that what Zhang Tie "sees" and "hears" in his mind at this moment is already a different scene.

Zhang Tie lowered his head and seemed to be watching Lu Xiaoshuang. Naturally, others could not see the strange light flickering in Zhang Tie's eyes.

After Zhang Yuanshan finished speaking, Zhang Tie's fingers trembled slightly, and then gently wiped it off. When Zhang Tie's hand left Lu Xiaoshuang's face, Lu Xiaoshuang had already closed his eyes.

Zhang Tie stood up, sighed again, and seemed to be out of interest, "Find a place and bury him well. I'll use the few gold coins you found that I lost to buy a good coffin. Those little thieves don't need to be interrogated anymore, they are all helpless poor people. They are sent to the righteous hall in Youzhou City, and let the righteous hall take care of them. All Wang Wu's property will be confiscated and confiscated. Send all of them to Yitang, and take out 100,000 gold coins from my salary this year. Also send them to Yitang in Youzhou City, so that Yitang can pay attention to the homeless teenagers and beggars inside and outside of Youzhou City. Don't let it be used by traitors and go astray!"

After listening to Zhang Tie's words, Zhang Yuanshan straightened his face, and bowed his hands to greet Zhang Tie, "My lord is benevolent!"

It can be said that because of Zhang Tie's words today and the donation of 100,000 gold coins, the homeless teenagers and beggars in Youzhou City will have another way out in the future. 100,000 gold coins are not small. The amount, even if the money is only stored in the bank every year, the interest is enough for Youzhou Yitang to adopt and educate thousands of orphans and beggars every year.

The righteous hall in Youzhou City was officially established and put into operation two days after the battle for the governor of Youzhou came to an end. Naturally, everything started from scratch, and there were many places that could not be taken care of. In the past, Youzhou was not upgraded Before the establishment of the system, there were no righteous halls in the newly built Youzhou City.

Zhang Tie smiled, and seemed to have put this "little matter" behind him, "Okay, let's go back, follow me to other places in Youzhou City, and see if there is anything that needs attention in Youzhou City It’s the New Year’s Eve, let the people of Youzhou City have a peaceful year!”

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When Lord Tingwei wanted to leave here, a wolf-like prisoner and an official from the third department in Tingwei Temple would naturally follow him, and someone would naturally carry out the words that Zhang Tie explained.

In the next hour or so, Zhang Tie really took a group of officials and criminal arresters from Tingwei Temple and braved the wind and snow to go around Youzhou City. However, wherever the big shots of the three yamen go, the ordinary people in Youzhou city who are waiting for nothing will stay away and dare not approach easily.

That is to say, within a few hours, Youzhou City experienced a short and severe "strike hard" before the Chinese New Year. In the prison of Tingwei Temple, there were more than a hundred more sneaky city foxes and community mice. A ruffian and bully with a bad reputation in peacetime. Those people are probably going to spend the New Year in prison. In front of ordinary people, these people are usually domineering, but in front of the criminal arresters and officials of the Sansi Tieya, these people are simply more obedient than a mouse after seeing a cat. That's not an exaggeration at all.

After walking around Youzhou City, Zhang Tie returned to Tingwei Temple.

When the others left, Zhang Yuanshan came over, his face became a little more serious, "My lord, what happened today is a little strange!"

Zhang Tie's eyes moved, but the man laughed, and said lightly, "It's really a bit strange. I was looking for someone here, but something happened to the person over there. It seems that the third division of the Yamen in Youzhou City , Someone is showing the wind to the outside, there are so many people who are spreading the word to the outside at any time, small things have become big things, you should screen after the Chinese New Year, although some people working in the Tingwei Temple They are closely related to people from all walks of life, but it’s not good to have too many people, and those who should be cleared should be cleared!"

Looking at Zhang Tie's face, Zhang Yuanshan seemed to want to say something else, but Zhang Tie had already waved his hand, "Let's stop here. It's the Chinese New Year, so don't make trouble for everyone to have a bad New Year!"

After hearing Zhang Tie's words, Zhang Yuanshan swallowed the words in his stomach again, and then bowed to quit. As a person who has experienced the world and is in a strict institution like Tingwei Temple, he knows very well what he should say as Zhang Tie's deputy. do something. This matter is indeed strange, but Mr. Tingwei seems not to want to make it too big during the Chinese New Year. Let's pursue it further, then. That's all. In the final analysis, only two insignificant people died.

"By the way, is there someone on duty in Tingwei Temple during the Chinese New Year?" Seeing that Zhang Yuanshan was about to withdraw, Zhang Tie seemed to remember something, and asked in a casual tone.

"During the Chinese New Year, the lower officials will be on duty at Tingwei Temple, and the officials of the other three divisions will also be on duty in shifts."

"That's good. The deacons who entered the Tingwei Temple in Huaiyuan Hall should not go back this New Year. They should exercise more in Tingwei Temple and get acquainted with their respective affairs and business. Now I don't know how many people are watching Our Huaiyuantang, don't let people see the jokes of our Huaiyuantang, important institutions like Tingwei Temple, as the children of Huaiyuantang, at this time, we have to put on a little show to let people see!"

"Yes, I'll arrange it later!" Zhang Tie made sense, and Zhang Yuanshan accepted the order.

Zhang Tie nodded, and said with some self-deprecation. "Today, I came to Tingwei Temple for another round. Originally, I just wanted to see how the gate of Tingwei Temple faces south and north, and let those who have never seen me see what I, Youzhou Tingwei, look like. To save others from chewing their tongues. I didn't expect such bad things to happen, forget it, I'm going back to Golden Crow City..."

Zhang Tie dared to let the children of the Huaiyuantang family stay in Tingwei Temple to exercise during the Chinese New Year. But no one dared to let Zhang Tie stay in Tingwei Temple to exercise during the Chinese New Year, such words. It is estimated that Zhang Taixuan did not dare to tell Zhang Tie.

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Half an hour later, Zhang Tie boarded the airship again. After leaving Youzhou City, all officials from Tingwei Temple went to see Zhang Tie off.

Mr. Tingwei came to Youzhou City once and beat it a little, which not only lifted the spirits of the officials in Tingwei Temple, but also made Youzhou City a little cleaner before the New Year. There is no doubt that , During the Chinese New Year this year, the number of cases of things lost at home and outside the entire Youzhou City will definitely be greatly reduced.

Seeing Zhang Tie leaving in the airship, someone in Youzhou City heaved a sigh of relief.

On the airship, Zhang Tie looked at the re-shrunk Youzhou City under his feet, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and the corners of his mouth were unconsciously pursed.

Although the people below said that he had found his wallet and gold coins, and showed him to him, the wallet was real, the gold coins in the wallet were real, and the quantity was the same, but Zhang Tie knew that those gold coins were not his own. The gold coin, the gold coin he marked with Tracking Touch, is still somewhere in Youzhou City at the moment.

For such a long time, after Lu Xiaoshuang touched the wallet and turned it in, those gold coins had already been transferred back and forth twice in other people's hands.

Those people are very efficient and very well organized.

Lu Xiaoshuang has been following Wang Wu for these years, and has also vaguely known and seen some things.

Especially before dying...

At that last moment, what Lu Xiaoshuang saw in his eyes was Wang Wu's face that suddenly turned hideous, followed by a heart-piercing pain.

Lu Xiaoshuang fell down, and the last voice he heard was the last few lines of dialogue between a strange voice and Wang Wu——

"Five days later we will be doing big things in Youzhou. At this time, we must not go wrong. That Zhang Mushen is known as the tiger of Youzhou, and he is a new official. He is trying to start a fire." Come on, there are many tricks in the prison of Tingwei Temple, we have to guard against it, and I will wrong you later, if you have any unfulfilled wishes, just say it at this time!"

"May the patriarch of Tongtian rule the world, and my disciples wish to be a boy holding flowers in front of the patriarch in the next life..." The voice was panting heavily, carrying an inexplicable frenzy.

"Okay, I'll tell Patriarch that this is the Brain Breaking Pill bestowed by the Altar Master, and it will free you if you take it without any pain..."

"Thank you Zuo Protector, please Zuo Protector to tell the altar master on Wang Wu's behalf, Wang Wu will not be able to present a toast to him in person at the Golden Basin Washing Ceremony of his old man's first day of junior high school..."

"Relax and go..."

With just a few short words, Lu Xiaoshuang's consciousness was full of unwillingness, and he fell into complete darkness...

Zhang Tie knew that Broken Brain Pill is a very advanced poison. Compared with ordinary poisons, taking Broken Brain Pill can not only quickly destroy a person's vitality, but also destroy the tissue structure of a person's brain. Letting a person's brain die at the fastest speed is the fastest and cleanest way to die. Even if you die, it is impossible for people to learn any news from your brain.

In the Weiyi sub-continent, those who use the brain-breaking pill are dead men or spies. Like strong rat poison, unless the brain is dissected, it is difficult for people to tell what the person took to commit suicide.

Therefore, in order to avoid alarming others, Zhang Tie didn't even go to investigate Wang Wu's body, but minimized the incident...

Zhang Tie didn't expect that during his trip to Youzhou City, his unintentional little move would lead him to get in touch with members of the Tongtian Sect and fall into the conspiracy of the Tongtian Sect.

The so-called big chalk incident of the Tongtian Sect is naturally rebellion, nothing else.

Zhang Tie didn't know whether it was his own luck or Tongtianjiao's bad luck...

At this time, in Youzhou City, there must be someone nervously watching his every move...

Therefore, Zhang Tie simply left generously first, and let those people breathe a sigh of relief first...

However, the control of the Tongtian Sect's opponents can make people like Wang Wu look at death at critical moments, which also makes Zhang Tie feel a slight chill in his heart...

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