In Qiantang County Government, Lord Zhang, 50, was sweating profusely with a young man wearing a black uniform, embroidered spring sword, and a scar on his face. The man's eyes were half-closed and half-opened, and he said without any yin and yang: "Lord Zhang is a good method. Hundreds of horse bandits are just a mustard in the memorial of the master. If the merchants who came and went to beat the Wentian Drum, I would have been in the dark!"

"Stop the anger of Ma, calm down. I didn't expect that such a vicious person would appear near Qiantang County. After I learned about it, I immediately notified General Jiao of Shenji Camp to transfer his troops to suppress the bandits. Unexpectedly, the bandits were fierce and the entire battalion of soldiers disappeared. This ~ this ~"

‘Bang!’ A pot of tea was swept to the ground, splashing all over the official uniform, but Lord Zhang didn’t dare to move: “Zhang De! You still want to argue at this time! According to the spies from the Six Gates, the horse bandits clearly started their activities in the middle of last month, but you reported to the prefect at the beginning of this month, but you didn’t report it! You are so brave! If you hadn’t delayed the ruling, how could Lord Jiao’s actions have made the horse bandits get news! Three hundred soldiers in a battalion were killed, who knows whether your Qiantang County Magistrate had an affair with the horse bandits! It would be considered light to punish you for a death sentence!"

"Master Ma, please spare me!" Zhang De screamed and knelt on the ground, crying: "I have selfish intentions. My three-year term is over. If the horse bandits wander around under the county, an evaluation of the middle and lower level is indispensable. Zhang did this just to make the career smooth. Unexpectedly, the horse bandits are so fierce that the yamen runners in the county could not suppress them, so he had to inform General Jiao. General Jiao was hiding under Jimingling, and he was not aware of it. Even when General Jiao led his troops to come, he did not inform the county. The horse bandits did not have any relationship with Zhang!"

"Hmph! Why did Lord Zhang clean up his silk and run away that night after hearing General Jiao's death? If it weren't for the 800-mile rush, Lord, I'd probably be the sky high and the birds were flying now!" Ma Cai sneered.

"Below--"

"Shut up!" Ma Cai shouted, "Don't think that a minister of the Ministry of Revenue can escape the disaster. I really think that I can't kill you!" He took out a jade plaque from his sleeve and slapped it on the table, "Look at what this is?"

The jade plaque is engraved with four large characters "Shizhao for the Heavenly Swords" with four golden hooks and silver marks. There are eight small characters written in the lower right corner, "Imperial orders for all officials to be executed first and then report!"

"Jinwu Order! Is Your Majesty..." Zhang De's face was ashamed.

Ma Cai's expression calmed down, helped Zhang De up, and whispered in his ear: "Mr. Zhang is doing a bad job. Where is the back of Qiantang County? Luodu, this dynasty's accompanying capital. There are a lot of royal relatives inside. How can these princes and princes not be worried about the riots? It's useless for anyone to plead for this matter. Please beg for your own blessing!"

"Come on! Put the criminal Zhang De into prison and wait for his death." Two young men with pointed hats and green clothes and a simple knife on their waists took the order and dragged Zhang De away like a walking corpse.

"Before the imperial court's order is issued, I will temporarily take charge of Qiantang and exercise the power of the county magistrate. You need to commit crimes and make meritorious contributions! Don't miss your own life!" Ma Caiying looked at the wolf, and the yamen runners on both sides responded sternly.

"Sir! There are three people outside asking for a visit!" A fanzi whispered to Ma Cai, "This is the jade pendant of the old man!"

Ma Cai looked at the jade pendant, took a breath of air conditioning, and immediately said, "Please meet these three people in the back hall."

In the back hall of the county government office, Ma Cai hurried over and found out that it was three teenagers. Ma Cai was confused but his face remained unmoved, and bowed: "I wonder what the relationship between the three and Senior Zhou Xunzhou? Why do you hold this Lantian Pisces Jade Pendant?"

Zhou Gan scratched his head and said, "I am his apprentice! This is my eldest brother Wang Hu and my second brother Li Sanshan. The master asked us to help you catch the horse bandits, so that we can listen to you in everything."

"I don't know where Senior Zhou is? I'm going to visit him." Ma Cai frowned and looked at the three young men, thinking that this senior was too strange, what is the purpose of these three young men?

"This is a letter from the master who asked me to give it to the adults." Zhou Gan took out a letter from his arms.

Ma Cai took it, and after seeing it, his face changed slightly, and he immediately said, "Since it is Senior Zhou's request, I should obey it. My spies from the six gates found traces of horse bandits at the mouth of the mouth of the river. I would like to ask the three young heroes to investigate." Then he ordered a Fanzi to take the three of them to the mouth of the river.

Ma Cai looked at the disappearing backs of the three of them and said without saying a word for a while. A Fanzi behind him said boldly: "Sir, although Zhou Xun is the best person in the world, he is the guard with swords in front of the imperial guard and the head-in-law of the Jinyi. Wouldn't it be a joke to let these three young men do this?"

"What do you know?" Ma Cai turned around and scolded, "The Lantian Pisces Jade Pendant was given by His Majesty. Seeing Yuru meets people. Besides, there are many strange people in the world, and their martial arts are unpredictable. My Six Gates suffered heavy losses in this case, so I have to borrow the power of these people. Don't say this in the future. How many martial arts people are called by you and others?"

"Ghost Leg Zhao San, General Qian of the Sihai Escort Bureau and his twenty Silver Order Escort Master, Jin Jian Wang brother and sister, Fakong Monk, Kuaidao Afei, Jin Qianbiao Liu Shou, as well as Liu Yifan, the head of the Qiantang Sword Sect of the local gang, and three elders, Hua Beiguy Feng Buyan. Lord, is it a big deal to invite so many martial arts masters?" Fanzi said carefully.

"This matter is never simple. As long as the horse bandits are well-headed, they will not cause trouble under Luodu. Moreover, how could there be people in the Evil Valley and the Shanwu people? They are definitely not just planning ordinary property!" Ma Cai cuts the railway line.

Zhou Gan and the other two rushed to the estuary with the Fanzi. The estuary of the lower reaches of Qiantang Lake was in a gourd shape, with dense jungles on both sides. During the tide of Qiantang, the surging river water flowed backwards, and the embankment could not be blocked. The four people's trousers had long been submerged by the lake water. Li Sanshan complained to this. "Is this old senior Zhou dizzy and confused? Why did you ask us to investigate what case? Is this what we ordinary people do? That high-ranking official is really! He sent him with a letter! The officials should not be all coaxed, why do you listen to the old man so much?"

"Shut up!" Wang Hu shouted, "The senior has his intentions in his actions. As juniors, we should not guess by ourselves."

"Boss, why are you so obedient?" Li Er Ge murmured.

Fanzi led the three of them to a remote place, took out a strange-looking whistle, and blew three short and one long whistle. After a while, three men in straw raincoats walked out of the depths of the jungle.

"What's the matter?" said the gloomy man in the lead.

Fanzi stepped forward a few steps and said a few words to the gloomy man. The man looked at the three of them with suspicion, and then said for a while: "Since the three little brothers are willing to assist in the case, it is better! In Gongyi, the lower six doors, please follow me."

Gong Yi asked Fanzi to retreat and led the three of them to walk and said, "Shenji Camp was buried in Jiming Valley. After learning the news, he took people to investigate immediately after getting off the horse. Who knew that the horse bandit was crazy! All three hundred soldiers, regardless of their lives, were made into horse stakes..."

"What is a stake?" Zhou Gan said curiously.

"Sharpen the top of the wooden stake, insert it from the buttocks, stick it out of the mouth, nail it to the ground, and cut off the limbs of the person. The victim will be unable to survive and die!" Gong Yi looked at Zhou Gan with dissatisfaction and said coldly.

A chill came out from the backs of the three of them at the same time. How crazy it was!

"I set up a spy to investigate around and happened to find four men in black sneaking outside the Jiming Valley. They fled when they saw me. They chased and fled into the jungle of the river. The four men had been injured by us. Who would have expected that the thief would be a flying rocket and a large number of accomplices came in a cup of tea. After a fierce battle, the men in black snatched the body of their companions and escaped. We couldn't pursue them."

When they arrived at the fight scene, it was indeed a mess. The grass and trees around were chaotic and scattered. Dozens of Six Gate constables were scattered around them. Sixteen people died, and more than a dozen constables were bandaging their wounds. It seems that Gong Yi’s fierce battle was probably because one of the Six Gate suffered a lot of losses.

Gong Yi seemed to be quite dissatisfied with Zhou Gan and the other two. After greeting him, he led his subordinates to command and deploy, leaving the three people behind to look at each other in a glance.

Indeed, Liushemen is worthy of being a secret spy institution of the court. It has extremely high efficiency and clear division of labor. Some explore the terrain, some examine the autopsy, some guard the surroundings, and some survey the scene. The three of them did feel a little redundant.

Zhou Gan came close to a spy, and the spy was muttering toward a knife mark on a tree, writing constantly on parchment paper in his hand—

"The sword is 17 feet long, about three inches into the wood. The thief should have held the knife in his right hand. The sword technique is fierce and thick. This knife is a horizontal slash, so it is about six feet and four inches tall, and the arms are long..."

"So amazing!" Zhou Ganqing couldn't help but say.

The man frowned and glared at Zhou Gan. Zhou Gan was embarrassed and knew that he had disturbed others. He applied oil to the soles of his feet and flashed to the side.

It happened that there was a coroner nearby who was undergoing an autopsy, so Zhou Gan was not afraid of the body and came to him.

The coroner squatted beside the corpse, gloves in both gloves, checked the deceased's wound for a long time, took out a small black bottle, dripping two drops of colorless liquid on the wound, and the wound immediately turned black, and a foul stinking to his nose. The coroner immediately stood up and said to Gong Yi with a serious expression: "The enemy's knife is poisonous!"

"Despicable!" Gong Yi cursed angrily and said quickly: "Can you get an antidote?"

"This poison itself should be wolf tooth grass juice, and it is not very toxic. As long as the antidote is made within one hour, it should be fine, but—" the coroner hesitated for a moment.

"Speak straight!" Gong Yi said impatiently.

"The six dead were all killed, with a knife in the throat, and the wound was about half a foot, all of which were fatal! The murderer's sword technique was extremely ruthless and profound; since that's the case, is it a bit unnecessary to apply poison to this knife? In other words, with the status of such a master, even if you use poison, it shouldn't be such a superficial poison!"

"This..." Gong Yi frowned and pondered, "What do you mean is that this group of people deliberately concealed their identities and dared not use their own weapons?"

"I dare not speak nonsense." Corps said humbly: "It's just that the enemy intends to lead us to the estuary, and in a short time, he can summon a large number of masters. He evacuated quickly after the fierce battle. We can't find a trace of the enemy, unless the enemy can fly to the sky or go to Qiantang Lake by boat, but the estuary has long been blocked by the water army at the outlet of Qiantang Lake, so..." Corps said this and shut up very simply.

"Do you suspect there is a traitor in the navy?" Gong Yi's eyes were like lightning and he stabbed the coroner hard.

"I don't know, but I heard that when Ma San, the deputy governor of the Qiantang naval army, had a nickname "One-knife sealing the throat". The leader of the black-clad man's sword skills were fast, accurate and ruthless. Isn't it very similar to the governor of Ma back then?" The coroner looked at his nose, his nose and his heart, and his face was expressionless.

"Enough! Fraudulently accusing the court of appointing an official is a death sentence!" Gong Yi shouted in a low voice. "This matter is not allowed to be mentioned again in the future!"
Chapter completed!