Just over two hours later, Zhang Tie once again saw the young thief who stole his money at the end of a remote alley in a residential area east of Youzhou City.
When Zhang Tie arrived, although there was still wind and snow in the sky, the 100 meters around the alley, including the walls and roofs, were already covered with people wearing solemn black uniforms and carrying bows. Weapons such as crossbows and sabers are densely packed with prisoners in Tingwei Temple, just like black and impermanent.
"Let those people standing on the roofs and walls come down. Those who are celebrating the New Year, don't scare people!" Before entering the alley, Zhang Tie calmly ordered the people around him.
After listening to Zhang Tie's words, the people around him just made a gesture, and the prisoners of Youzhou City who were standing on the eaves of the roof disappeared one by one.
The person waving next to Zhang Tie was an old man. His eyebrows were as serious as iron, his eyebrows were a bit sinister, and his face was unsmiling. This old man was Ting Weicheng of Tingwei Temple in Youzhou, who was equivalent to Zhang Tie's deputy. When he is not in Tingwei Temple, it is Tingweicheng who presides over Tingwei Temple.
Ting Weicheng of Tingwei Temple in Youzhou is no stranger to Zhang Tie. The two have known each other since they were in Huaiyuan County. That time, Zhang Tie returned to the Zhang family's old house for the first time after becoming a knight, and they happened to meet each other. The old man's eldest wife had a birthday. Because of the Wang family's daughter, some unscrupulous sons of the Zhang family caused some dirty things during the birthday banquet. At that time, Zhang Tie Zhao came to rescue him and also taught a few unscrupulous sons and grandsons in the old house a lesson. It was none other than Zhang Yuanshan, the chief minister of Jinhaicheng at that time.
The post of Da Si Lu in Huaiyuan Hall controls the family's criminal law and justice. Huaiyuantang asked Zhang Yuanshan to be the Tingweicheng of Tingwei Temple, which for Zhang Tie just complemented each other.
Compared to Zhang Tie. Zhang Yuanshan's sophistication and experience in criminal law and justice, as well as his cold and capable ability gained from working in the Huaiyuantang Criminal Law Pavilion, are the best complement to Zhang Tie.
Earl Changfeng is very good at arranging people. When Zhang Tie is no longer in Youzhou City, Zhang Yuanshan is in charge of Tingwei Temple, and everything is in order throughout Youzhou. There has been no trouble at all within the scope of Tingwei Temple's responsibilities.
It is precisely because of this. Zhang Tiecai was particularly angry at Tuntang's sinister impeachment.
In this alley, there are piles of debris from residential areas, those debris. They are all piles of chicken coops, briquettes, and broken boxes. Just like other places, no matter how good Taixia is, no matter how big Youzhou City is, there are also poor and rich people in this city, and some people's residences can be magnificent. , pavilions, and some families can only squeeze into a house of tens of square meters in ordinary residential areas - here. This is where the latter kind of people gather.
In a big city like Youzhou City, there are not flowers and sunshine everywhere, but in places where there are no flowers and less sunshine. There are also people living.
The falling snowflakes covered the debris in the alley, and the snow piled up almost a foot thick.
The ground in the alley is a little dirty. It is snow that has been melted by the footsteps of countless people. On the snow that has not yet completely melted, you can even see the leopard-head boots worn by the Youzhou prisoners. The clear lines on the soles of the boots…
The footprints left on the snow are also silently telling. Before Zhang Tie came here, how many criminals had entered this alley.
Even the residents in the nearby residential area did not expect this unblinking place. One day there will be so many Sansi Yamen gathering like wolves and tigers to arrest people. No matter which continent you are on, if you can do well in this profession, it is probably difficult to find a few people who can make people look like and feel amiable. How can such a person be able to suppress a bunch of little villains and bullies? Fierce person.
On this snowy day, the prisoners from Tingwei Temple in Youzhou City appeared here, like black vultures, always carrying some ominous aura that made ordinary people afraid. People in nearby residential areas, at this time, Every household has drawn up their curtains, and those who are brave enough only dare to stand behind the curtains and look around quietly.
When he reached the bottom of the alley and turned 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 debris packed in burlap bags, like a discarded broken tree root. A layer of snowflakes had accumulated on his body, and he was no longer breathing.
There was silence.
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, looking to be only thirteen or fourteen years old. When Zhang Tie turned him over, the face had lost all the color, and corresponding to it, that person The clothes he was wearing had a pool of bright red blood around his heart. Because the weather was too cold, the blood on that person had been frozen before it even flowed out, so there wasn't much blood on the ground around that person.
The man's eyes were still open, staring at the gloomy sky, with an expression of pain and surprise on his face.
Zhang Tie looked at this face seriously. He did not expect that the young man he had just met this morning would turn into a cold corpse at this time. It was just an ordinary theft. Even if he was caught , he was released after a year and a half in prison, and he still had a chance to start a new life. Why would this happen, Zhang Tie sighed in his heart.
"This person's name is Lu Xiaoshuang. He is homeless and unemployed. A few years ago, when the Northeast Protectorate decided to build Youzhou City, it was said that millions of people entered Youzhou. He came with the construction army and those who wanted to find opportunities. , was originally just a beggar, doing small things in the city to make a living by running errands for people. Two years ago, a gangster in Youzhou City, Wang Wu, took him in and taught him the skills of pickpocketing. Lu Xiaoshuang was just Follow Wang Wu and make a living by pickpocketing under Wang Wu. Two hours ago, someone saw Wang Wu and Lu Xiaoshuang walking into this alleyway together. In the end, only Wang Wu left!" Zhang Yuanshan introduced the following feedback According to the latest situation, "Wang Wu's body was also found in his home. He had committed suicide by swallowing medicine. In addition to Lu Xiaoshuang, Wang Wu had seven or eight thieves under his command. All of those thieves have been arrested by the court at this time. Arrested by Wei Temple. The interrogation is ongoing at the moment!"
Zhang Tie listened and did not say anything. He just put his hand on Lu Xiaoshuang's face, as if he wanted to close Lu Xiaoshuang's eyes.
In the eyes of the people nearby, there was nothing strange about Zhang Tie's actions, it was just Lord Tingwei's expression of compassion, so. Zhang Tie's hand covered Lu Xiaoshuang's head for a few seconds, and everything happened naturally.
Nobody knows. What Zhang Tie "saw" and "heard" in his mind at this moment was already a different scene.
Zhang Tie lowered his head and seemed to be watching Lu Xiaoshuang. Naturally, others could not see the strange light flashing in Zhang Tie's eyes.
Zhang Yuanshan finished speaking. Zhang Tie's fingers trembled slightly, and then he wiped it down gently. When Zhang Tie's hand left Lu Xiaoshuang's face, Lu Xiaoshuang had already closed his eyes.
Zhang Tie stood up and sighed again, as if he was losing interest, "Find a place and bury him properly. Just use the few gold coins you found that I lost. Buy a good coffin and bury him properly." There is no need to interrogate those little thieves, they are all helpless poor people. They are sent to the Yitang in Youzhou City, and let the good people of the Yitang take care of and educate them. All Wang Wu’s property is confiscated, and all the materials obtained All of them will be sent to the Yitang. In addition, one hundred thousand gold coins from my salary this year will also be sent to the Yitang of Youzhou City. Let the Yitang pay attention to the homeless young people and beggars in and outside Youzhou City, and be sure to order them. Don’t let the traitors take advantage of you anymore. You’ve gone astray!”
After listening to Zhang Tie's words, Zhang Yuanshan's face straightened, he bowed his hands and saluted Zhang Tie, "Sir, you are kind!"
It can be said that because of Zhang Tie’s words today and the donation of 100,000 gold coins, homeless teenagers and beggars in Youzhou City will have another way out in the future. 100,000 gold coins are not a small thing. The amount, even if the money is only deposited in the bank every year, the interest will be enough for Youzhou Yitang to adopt and educate thousands more orphans and beggars every year.
Youzhou City's Yitang was only officially established and put into operation these two days after the dispute over the governor of Youzhou came to an end. Naturally, everything was started from scratch, and there were many things that could not be taken care of. In the past, Youzhou had not been upgraded. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, there was no righteous hall in the newly built Youzhou City.
Zhang Tie smiled and seemed to have forgotten this "little thing", "Okay, go back, follow me to other places in Youzhou City, and see if there is anything else that needs attention in Youzhou City." It’s the New Year in our place, let the people of Youzhou City have a peaceful New Year!”
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Lord Tingwei was about to leave here, and a wolf-like prisoner and an official from the Third Division in Tingwei Temple naturally followed him. Someone will naturally carry out the words Zhang Tie told him.
In the next more than an hour, Zhang Tie really took a group of officials and criminals from Tingwei Temple and walked around Youzhou City in the wind and snow. Although it was not as fast as a tiger crossing the street, But wherever the big shots from the Sansi Yamen went, the ordinary people in Youzhou City stayed away and did not dare to approach them easily.
Within these few hours, Youzhou City experienced a brief but fierce "severe crackdown" before the Chinese New Year. In the prison of Tingwei Temple, more than a hundred clandestine Fox Clubs suddenly appeared. Shupei is a ruffian and bully who usually doesn't have a good reputation. I'm afraid those people will have to spend the New Year in prison. In front of ordinary people, these people are usually domineering, but in front of the arresters and officials of the Sansi Iron Yamen, these people are simply better behaved than mice after seeing a cat. That's terrible No exaggeration at all.
After walking around Youzhou City, Zhang Tie returned to Tingwei Temple.
After the others left, Zhang Yuanshan came over, his face a little more serious, "Sir, what happened today is a little strange!"
Zhang Tie's eyes moved, but he laughed and said lightly, "It's indeed a bit strange. I'm looking for someone here, but something happened to the person over there. It seems that among the three yamen of Youzhou City , someone is showing off to the outside. There are so many people spreading words to the outside at any time, and small things have become big things. After the New Year, you should do a good screening. Although some of the people working below in Tingwei Temple are people from all walks of life. Everyone has a close relationship, but it’s not good if the staff is too mixed. Those who should be eliminated should be eliminated!”
Zhang Yuanshan looked at Zhang Tie's face and seemed to want to say something else, but Zhang Tie had already waved his hand, "Let's end this matter here. It's the New Year, so don't make it difficult for everyone to have a good New Year!"
After hearing Zhang Tie's words, Zhang Yuanshan swallowed back the words in his stomach, and then bowed to exit. As a person who has experienced the world. And in a strict institution like Tingwei Temple, he knew exactly what he should say and do as Zhang Tie's deputy. There is indeed something fishy about this. But Mr. Tingwei doesn't seem to want to make this matter too big during the Chinese New Year and pursue it further, so that's the end of it. In the final analysis, only two insignificant people died.
"By the way, are there any people on duty at Tingwei Temple during the Chinese New Year?" Seeing Zhang Yuanshan about to withdraw, Zhang Tie seemed to think of something. asked in a casual tone.
"During the Chinese New Year, the lower officials will be on duty at Tingwei Temple, and the officials in the other three divisions will also be on duty in shifts."
"That's good. The disciples and deacons from Huaiyuantang who entered Tingwei Temple should not go back during the Chinese New Year. They should exercise more in Tingwei Temple and become more familiar with the business at hand. I don't know how many people are watching now. We are Huaiyuantang. Don’t let people see our Huaiyuantang’s jokes. Important institutions like Tingwei Temple. As a disciple of Huaiyuantang, at this time, we have to make a show to let people see!"
"Yes, I will make arrangements later!" Zhang Tie made sense, and Zhang Yuanshan accepted the order.
Zhang Tie nodded and said with some self-deprecation, "I came to Tingwei Temple for another round today. Originally I just wanted to see again whether the entrance of Tingwei Temple faces south or north, and let those who have never seen me see it. See what I, the Youzhou Tingwei, look like, and save others from gossiping. I didn’t expect such bad things to happen. Forget it, I have to go 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. In this case, Zhang Taixuan probably would not even dare to follow Zhang Tie Say it.
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Half an hour later. Zhang Tie got on the airship again and left Youzhou City. All the officials from Tingwei Temple went to see Zhang Tie off.
Lord Tingwei came to Youzhou City once and did a little beating, which not only cheered up the officials in Tingwei Temple, but also made Youzhou City a little cleaner before the New Year. There is no doubt that this year, During the New Year, the number of cases of things being lost at home and outside the home in Youzhou City will definitely be greatly reduced.
Watching Zhang Tie board the airship and leave, some people in Youzhou City breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
On the airship, Zhang Tie looked at Youzhou City, which had shrunk again under his feet, with a cold light flashing in his eyes, and the corners of his mouth pursed tightly unknowingly.
Although the people below said that they had found his wallet and gold coins and showed them to him that the wallet was real and the gold coins in the wallet were real and the number was the same, Zhang Tie knew that those gold coins were not his. The gold coin, the gold coin he marked with the trace, is still somewhere in Youzhou City.
For such a long time, after Lu Xiaoshuang touched the wallet and handed it over, those gold coins had already been transferred back and forth between other people's hands.
Those people are very efficient and very well organized.
Lu Xiaoshuang has been following Wang Wu for many years and has vaguely known and seen some things.
Especially before death...
At that last moment, what Lu Xiaoxiao saw in his eyes was Wang Wu's face that suddenly became ferocious, and then there was a sharp pain in his heart.
Lu Xiaoshuang fell down, and the last voice he heard was a strange voice and the last few words of Wang Wu's conversation -
"We will do big things in Youzhou in five days. At this time, we must not make any mistakes. That Zhang Mu is known as the Tiger of Youzhou, and a new official has taken office. He is just about to light a fire. Tingwei There are many tricks in the temple prison, we have to guard against it, otherwise you will be wronged later, if you have any unfulfilled wishes, please tell us now!"
"May Ancestor Tongtian rule the world, and in the next life, my disciples may wish to be the boy holding flowers in front of Ancestor..." This voice was breathing heavily, with an inexplicable fanaticism.
"Okay, I will tell the ancestor that this is the brain-breaking pill given by the altar master. If you take it, there will be no pain and you will be relieved..."
"Thank you, Protector Zuo, and please Protector Zuo tell the altar leader on Wang Wu's behalf that Wang Wu will not be able to come in person to toast the old man during his golden basin hand-washing ceremony on the first day of the new year..."
"Go with ease..."
In just a few words, Lu Xiaoshuang's consciousness fell into complete darkness with a sense of unwillingness...
Zhang Tie knew that the Brain-Breaking Pill was a very advanced poison. Compared with ordinary poisons, taking the Brain-Breaking Pill could not only quickly destroy a person's vitality, but also destroy the tissue structure of a person's brain, leaving a person The human brain dies at the fastest speed. This is the fastest and cleanest way to die. Even if you die, it is impossible for anyone to learn anything from your brain.
In the Hawaiian subcontinent, people who use Brain-Breaking Pills are dead soldiers or spies. Once they are caught, they will be killed with Brain-Breaking Pills. Moreover, the performance of suicide by taking Brain-Breaking Pills is similar to the use of "powerful rat poison". "Similarly, unless a brain autopsy is performed, it is difficult to tell what the person took to commit suicide.
Therefore, in order to avoid alerting the enemy, Zhang Tie did not even go to explore Wang Wu's body, but made the matter as minor as possible...
Zhang Tie did not expect that during this trip to Youzhou City, one of his unintentional actions would suddenly put him in contact with the people of Tongtian Sect and lead him into the conspiracy of Tongtian Sect.
The so-called major event of Tongtian Sect is of course causing chaos, and nothing else.
Zhang Tie didn't even know if this was his own luck or the Tongtian Sect's bad luck...
At this time, there must be someone in Youzhou City nervously paying attention to every move he makes...
Therefore, Zhang Tie simply left openly and let those people breathe a sigh of relief first...
However, the Tongtian Sect's control over its followers can make people like Wang Wu feel comfortable with death at critical moments, which also gave Zhang Tie a slight chill in his heart...
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