Wan Yuzhi sighed, patted Lin Ling's shoulder lightly, and said: "Although we are parents and officials, we should stand up for the people, but we should not be pedantic people. Lin Ling, you have to remember that if you have the power, If you don’t get caught, don’t force yourself to support yourself.”
Lin Ling knew Wan Yu's character and how much his master loved the people. Now that he could say these words, Lin Ling was really moved. He cupped his hand and said, "You can save yourself by taking a humble position."
Wan Yuzhi nodded, "Go down."
Lin Ling cupped her hands again and retreated.
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It was night, and the watchman passed by Dingyuanfang. The news about the death here during the day had spread, so the watchman naturally heard about it.
When passing by the victim's family, one of the watchmen looked inside curiously. Thinking of the bloody scene accompanied by the endless night, the watchman couldn't help but shudder.
He tightened the collar of his clothes, feeling warmer and safer.
The watchman who was traveling with him was already quite old. Seeing the young watchman like this, he smiled and said, "What? Are you scared?"
The young watchman was indeed a little scared, but who didn’t want to save face? He forced himself to calm down and said, "I don't care, I just think it's a bit cold today."
The older watchman did not reveal the truth, but shook his head and said: "In our line of work, you can't have fear. As the old saying goes, the more courage you have, the more yang you will have. As long as you are fearless, the monsters and monsters at night will also hurt you." I’ve been looking for you at night in Jinling City for twenty years. Now that I’m used to walking at night, I’m not afraid anymore.”
The young watchman nodded seriously.
The two of them walked farther and farther into the night, but they didn't know that there was a dark shadow behind them.
The night was dark, and there were no lights in Dingyuanfang. The face of the man in black was really hard to see, but if you looked carefully, you could see the corners of the man's mouth turned up slightly by the moonlight.
…
The next day, Wan Yuzhi, who had not slept well all night, rubbed his brows, cheered up and went to court.
A major crime occurred in Jinling City, and the murderer has not yet been found. As a parent official, he will inevitably worry about the people.
The morning of this day was relatively smooth, and nothing major happened.
After waiting for the morning court, Wan Yuzhi had just arrived at the government office and found that everyone in the government office had serious faces.
An unknown premonition flashed through Wan Yuzhi's heart, and he immediately asked, "But what happened?"
The officer at the door immediately bowed and said, "Sir, two watchmen have been killed."
Wan Yuzhi narrowed his eyes and asked, "Where is it?"
The officer immediately replied: "Dingyuanfang."
Wan Yuzhi took a breath, "Dingyuanfang again? Where is Lin Ling?"
The officer replied: "Lin Baotou went to Dingyuanfang."
Wan Yuzhi nodded and entered the government office. He was somewhat uneasy and had no intention of reading any official documents. Fortunately, Lin Ling came back not long after.
Seeing Lin Ling, Wan Yuzhi quickly stood up and asked, "What's going on over there at Dingyuanfang?"
Lin Ling shook his head and said: "The two watchmen died, just like the family of seven the night before, they were both killed with a sword. The murderer should be the same person."
Wan Yuzhi asked again: "Do these two watchmen have anything to do with the seven people in front of them?"
….
Lin Ling shook his head again and said, "It's not related."
Wan Yuzhi was surprised now. There must always be a reason for killing people. It is obviously impossible to do it for money. If it was for money, he should not go to Dingyuanfang to kill people. After all, the people here are too poor and don’t have much leftover at home. fiscal.
Is there any grudge? It doesn't look like it, after all, these two watchers have nothing to do with the seven people in front of them.
Wan Yuzhi couldn't understand and couldn't sit still. Apart from such big things, Jinling City was no longer within the control of his government and family. He hurriedly asked someone to prepare a car and went into the palace.
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There are rumors in Zhanshi's house that Lang Lang is a poor scholar. Now there are not many students in Zhanshi's house. The older ones like Fu Rang and Zhou Ji have all been taken over by Zhu recently.
Yuan Zhang was recruited into the front office of Jinyi Guards Hall, and he took turns to stand guard in the palace every day.
As a result, Zhang Ren is the oldest in the current James Mansion, and the youngest of the other noble children is only three or four years old. In order to accommodate the younger noble children, Mr. has been teaching the Three Character Classic, Hundred Family Surnames, and Thousand-Character Classics and other elementary school reading materials.
Although Zhang Ren didn't know these things, he didn't listen well. Instead, he slept soundly with the sound of reading, and there was even glistening saliva hanging from the corners of his mouth.
In a daze, Zhang Ren was shaken awake. He rubbed his eyes and looked up, only to see a chamberlain standing in front of him.
Zhang Ren also directly asked: "My father-in-law, what do you want from me?"
The chamberlain smiled and nodded, saying, "Your Majesty, please invite Zhang Baihu to enter the palace."
Entering the palace? Zhang Ren felt that nothing good would happen if he entered the palace, but he still patted his face to make himself feel more energetic and followed the chamberlain into the palace.
When they arrived at the Imperial Study Room, many people were already standing here, including the new Minister of Punishment Tang Duo, the commander of the Jinyi Guards Jiang Ying, the Commander-in-Chief of the Left Army Li Jinglong, and Yin Wan Yuzhi of the Yingtian Prefecture.
Zhang Ren also bowed his hands to these people one by one. Others were quite friendly and nodded towards Zhang Ren. Only Li Jinglong ignored Zhang Ren at all.
Thinking about it, this is normal. The two of them have no friendship at all. After what happened at Shochiku Pavilion last time, they may never be friends again in this life.
Zhang Ren said to Zhu Yuanzhang, "I have seen your Majesty."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, motioned for Zhang Ren to straighten up, and then said: "You didn't study well in James's house, and went to sleep again?"
Zhang Ren didn't know why Zhu Yuanzhang was so sure. He quickly waved his hand and said: "How can it be possible? I have been studying hard, and I am just waiting to be successful in my studies and relieve His Majesty's worries."
Li Jinglong, who was standing next to him, snorted coldly and said, "Female is a sycophant."
Zhang Ren pretended not to hear at all, but Zhu Yuanzhang said, "You still say you haven't slept? The saliva marks on your face are still hanging there!"
After saying this, both Tang Duo and Jiang Wei smiled.
Zhang Ren also wiped his face quickly.
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and smiled, "Forget it, I won't punish you for your crime of deceiving the emperor. Now that everyone is here, Wan Yuzhi, you can tell me."
Wan Yuzhi came out and told the story of the murders that happened in the past two nights. Li Jinglong was very thoughtful. Before Zhu Yuanzhang could give instructions, he had already spoken: "I didn't expect that there would be such a murderer in Jinling City. Your Majesty, please rest assured. As long as With our left army here, Your Majesty will be safe."
….
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled slightly and said: "No one in the world dares to do anything against me. What I am worried about is not myself, but the people of Jinling City. If I don't capture this thief, the people may panic. I am here In this position, I want to protect the safety of the people."
Li Jinglong bowed deeply and said, "The people of this world are truly lucky to meet such a wise king as Your Majesty."
Zhang Ren curled his lips and secretly called him a flatterer, but he didn't know that he was also a flatterer in the eyes of many people.
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled slightly and directly ordered: "From now on, the three families of Fuya, Punishment Department and Jinyiwei will work together to arrest the thief. Zuo Junqi will send sergeants to cooperate and patrol the city day and night."
The courtiers quickly said yes.
Zhang Ren couldn't understand why the people here were all ***, but he was just a member of a hundred households. He really didn't understand why Zhu Yuanzhang asked him to come.
After assigning the task, Jiang Wei directly acted as a hands-off shopkeeper and directly asked Zhang Ren to cooperate with several companies.
Zhang Ren originally wanted to ask for more helpers, but Jiang Yu did not relent. For this mission, only Zhang Ren was sent by Jin Yiwei.
This also made the government's criminal department somewhat dissatisfied.
Zhang Ren didn't have much choice but to follow Wan Yuzhi to Yingtian Mansion Office.
When he arrived at the government office, Zhang Ren directly discussed the case with Lin Ling.
The two of them have the same opinion. Although they don't know the identity and purpose of the criminal yet, they think they will kill someone in Dingyuanfang tonight.
The two of them also made an appointment
We have decided on a time and plan to wait together at Dingyuanfang tonight.
After leaving the Yingtian Mansion Office, Zhang Ren went to find Ji Gang again. He didn't ask him to help, but just told him not to cause trouble recently. After all, Zhang Ren already knew that the murderer was good at martial arts, and he was afraid that Ji Gang's brothers would have trouble. The long-sighted person offended such an expert.
After doing this, Zhang Ren went directly back to his house to sleep. It must be a sleepless night tonight.
After a good sleep all afternoon, Zhang Ren didn't put on his brocade guard leather armor until the sun went down, took his embroidered spring knife and headed towards Dingyuanfang.
When they arrived at Dingyuanfang, they found that Lin Ling was already waiting here.
Zhang Ren also hurriedly stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "I've asked Lin to wait for a long time."
Lin Ling shook his head, "It's still early and Zhang Baihu is not late."
Zhang Ren looked around and asked in confusion: "Captain Lin, why are you the only one? Where are the other agents in the government office?"
Lin Ling said: "Isn't there only one member of Jin Yiwei, Zhang Baihu?"
Zhang Ren wiped his nose awkwardly.
Lin Ling smiled slightly and said, "I'm just making some jokes. Don't mind Zhang Baihu. I'm not afraid of Zhang Baihu making fun of me. The policemen in our government office are usually good at catching some thieves, but now they are big murderers." In this case, Lin has a general understanding of the thief's martial arts. Our government's head catcher is by no means his opponent. If there are too many people here, they will not be able to help. Instead, their lives will be wasted. Lin is not talented, although his martial arts is mediocre. , but I think I can get away with that thief."
Zhang Ren thought for a while, wouldn't he become the main force? But that’s okay, it’s good to be able to do some practical things for the people.
After all, they were two grown men, and there was a slight age gap between them. There was quite a generation gap. Naturally, the two of them didn't have much to talk about, so they simply closed their eyes and stared.
Time passed like this little by little, and the night finally fell in Jinling City.
There was a gentle breeze tonight, and the two of them didn't feel cold if they had the time to do it. They just listened carefully to see if there were any idle sounds around them.
After a while, the two of them opened their eyes at the same time.
The two of them communicated with each other with their eyes, and seemed to have discovered something.
Night rivers and lakes.
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