Be a master through ancient times

On the fourth watch day, when the watchman knocked on his clapper and walked past the door of the post house, something seemed to flash past his eyes, which made his hair stand on end in fright, and he kept chanting "Don't be surprised", "Amitabha Buddha" " and the like.

But the thing that flashed was not the mountain spirit he imagined, but a few people in night clothes.They nimbly climbed up the courtyard wall of the post house, jumped down like cats, walked with their waists bent, and kept shaking their heads from side to side, probably to distinguish the direction.

According to the adults, that person's room should be the third one on the left side of the yard.After they found the room, they found that the candles inside had been extinguished, and a faint but steady breathing sound came from inside. There was still a lot of medicine smell in the room. If it wasn't for the sick people staying here, why would there be medicine smell?It seemed that this was the man's room.

By the moonlight, you can see the figure lying on the bed.No need to order, the sharp edge of the knife has already pierced the chest of the person on the bed. Whether it is analyzed from the angle or strength of the knife, it shows that the person who stabbed the knife is determined to kill with one blow.

However, the imaginary feeling of the knife piercing the flesh seemed so weird at this time, as if... inserted into the cotton.

The leader of the man in black was startled, before he could react in his heart, his body had already rushed towards the door spontaneously, and the others also realized what was happening, and quickly followed behind him.

The originally dark and quiet courtyard seemed to have received some signal suddenly, and the lights were brightly lit within a few breaths.The killers who had been wandering in the darkness in night clothes suddenly had nowhere to hide. They could only stand in the middle of the courtyard, looking into the majestic eyes of the crowd.

"Sure enough, the old man has been waiting for a long time." Mu Yuanxiu said.He just made a bet with Chu Ci that these people would not come when the sky was coming.Unexpectedly, Chu Ci said, the closer the day is, the more likely these people will come. When the day is about to dawn, people's defensive psychology will be minimized. At this time, the possibility of success is the highest.Moreover, that maidservant has already been arrested. Before finding out the truth, the person surnamed Lin should choose to act first.

Before he could argue with Chu Ci, he heard the sound of insects, indicating that the prey had entered the net, and he had to admit defeat.

"Do you know we're coming?" The leader of the man in black stared, with an expression of disbelief under his mask, "It was Ruby who betrayed us!" They didn't act until the spies came to report it. It turned out that they fell into that bitch's trick!

Chu Ci sneered, why do those people's subordinates love to make up their minds so much?Obviously he is too stupid, but he wants to push everything to the conspiracy theory. With this kind of heart, he is not as good as the woman named "Hongyu" in his mouth.

"Don't worry about how you were discovered, you should think about it, whether you want to get caught or fight." Mu Yuanxiu stayed up all night and lost the bet just now, and he was not in a good mood at this time.

Those men in black were obviously not so obedient, and rushed forward with a knife in hand.Mu Yuanxiu was also polite, and with a wave of his hand, he ordered his subordinates to rush forward. After a struggle, they were all captured at the cost of two minor injuries.

In order to prevent these people from committing suicide, Mu Yuanxiu had their jaws removed, bound their hands and feet for interrogation, and threw them into the woodshed together, waiting to confront those two in the morning.

Chu Ci did not interrogate with him, and after arresting him, he went back to his room.At first Mu Yuanxiu thought that he was going to rest, but when he passed by his door, he found that the door of his room was ajar, sitting at the table by candlelight, as if he was writing something.He took a closer look and saw that it was an account book.

"Nephew!" Mu Yuanxiu suddenly said, with a little surprise in his tone, "Then housekeeper Zhao really hid an account book?" With this thing, there is still no way to be convicted?

However, he immediately realized that if there was such a thing, why would they pretend to be ghosts?I'm afraid they have already brought someone to arrest him.He walked into the room, turned a few pages with his hands, and found that the back of the ledger was indeed blank.

"Forgery of evidence is a serious crime. Nephew, this is the next best thing to do." Mu Yuanxiu guessed what Chu Ci was thinking, and persuaded him earnestly. As the young secretary of Dali Temple, he naturally would not allow anyone to know the law and break the law. .

Chu Ci stopped writing and smiled slyly: "Uncle Mu, my nephew is writing his own account books, what are you doing as evidence?"

After hearing this, Mu Yuanxiu frowned, and picked up the account book from the table to have a look. Sure enough, there were some irrelevant things recorded in it.

It's just... no matter how you look at this account book, it is very similar to the one described by the Japanese spy Zhao Kuan, especially the handwriting inside is different from Chu Ci's before, and it looks familiar.

"I don't know that nephew still has such abilities..." Mu Yuanxiu sighed, "You want to use this to make that old man jump over the wall?" The handwriting clearly imitated that of Zhao Kuan.

"Mu Shuyingming, he rushed here during the day because he was afraid that Steward Zhao would hide other evidence? If he wants it, I'll give it to him." Chu Ci's face darkened, recalling Lin Futong's contempt for the law. If this person is not eliminated for all kinds of behaviors, Nan Fujian Province will not be able to find peace for a day.He had a hunch that if he couldn't be convicted this time, Lin would definitely start to deal with him once the imperial envoy left.Whether it's public or private, he must drag the man surnamed Lin into the water this time.

Mu Yuanxiu frowned, and wanted to say something, but felt unable to.After all, he is not that kind of pedantic person. After a moment of silence, after thinking it over, he put down the account book and patted Chu Ci on the shoulder, then walked out.

Chu Ci's heart relaxed, knowing that he had no objection, he settled down and continued to fill in the blank books...

He could calm down at this moment, but in the governor's yamen, some people couldn't sit still.

"Are you back?" Lin Futong propped himself on the table and stood up suddenly, his eyes filled with anticipation, and his hands supporting the table were faintly pale.

Qi Luzhi's face was gloomy, he closed the door carefully, and then shook his head.

"Trash! They're all a bunch of trash! It takes so long to deal with a half-dead person!" Lin Futong scolded with a ferocious face, gnashing his teeth.

"My lord..." Qi Lu spoke with deliberation, "I think they are... caught."

Lin Fu was shocked, "Impossible! How do they know...it's your informant!" He stared at Qi Luzhi with his bloodshot eyes. The sleepless night and the fear during this period made him thin Quite a lot, and his face was pale and feeble.Such a face coupled with this expression made him look as terrifying as Shura who climbed up from the underworld.

Qi Lu shuddered all over, and a terrible thought came to his mind, Governor Lin might really be doomed.He had only seen this kind of expression on animals in cages, if it wasn't for being desperate, why would it have become like this.Is there a part of this matter that he doesn't know?

Seeing that Qi Lu remained silent, Lin Futong was even more sure of his guess, that if he sent someone to do something with this thing that was more than successful, he would fail!

Wait... Lin Futong suddenly calmed down, and looked at Qi Luzhi with a strange look.

"Master Qi, we have worked together for many years, and my surname Lin has always treated you kindly." He sat down leisurely, reached out and took a sip of the cold tea.

Qi Lu didn't understand why he suddenly calmed down, but the sense of crisis in his heart did not diminish at all.

"Your Excellency treats you as a reborn parent, and it is difficult for you to repay your love if you die in an official position."

Lin Futong smiled with satisfaction: "I remember that when I first came here, you were forced by that old man Du Yu to make it difficult for you to move forward. If you hadn't borrowed my authority, you would have been able to succeed in the Education Department for so many years." No matter in terms of talent, learning or ability, you are not as good as him, but there is only one thing you are better than him, that is, you have a wink and a sense of proportion."

Qi Lu laughed awkwardly, not understanding why Lin Futong suddenly exposed the matter so bluntly, without giving him any face.As everyone knows, in Lin Futong's view, dead people don't need face.

"You don't have to worry about it. For officials, these two points are very important. Don't look at how majestic I am in front of you, but in front of my boss, why don't I be like you, obedient?" Lin Futong got up slowly, not sure if his body was numb from sitting, but he staggered a little when he came out from behind the table.

Qi Luzhi immediately took a few steps quickly, stepped forward to support him, and before he could say "My lord, be careful", he heard a "chi" sound, which was the sound of a knife piercing his stomach.

He lowered his head and looked at the bright white dagger inserted into his chest in disbelief.It was sent up by the people below. It was said that the dagger was cut like mud, so he dedicated it to Mr. Lin for self-defense, but he never expected that this dagger would return to him in this way.

Lin Futong looked at Qi Luzhi lying on the ground with staring eyes, and slowly shook his head: "Don't blame me, this is your fate. If you don't die today, I will die tomorrow."

After finishing speaking, he pulled out the dagger and watched Qi Lu swallow his last breath.Suddenly, he slashed his arm with a dagger, and shouted, "Come here! Qi Lu is going to assassinate me!"

When the servants rushed in from the outside, they saw Lin Futong covering his bleeding arms with a panicked face, and Qi Luzhi lying in a pool of blood holding a knife in his chest.

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As soon as Chu Ci lay on the bed and closed his eyes, he heard the sound of the door being slammed.

"A Ci, get up, something serious has happened!"

It was Mu Yuanxiu who knocked on the door. Chu Ci hurriedly got out of bed, pulled a piece of clothes on his body and opened the door, and then saw Mu Yuanxiu standing outside the door with a complicated expression, even a little heavy.

"Is that Butler Zhao dead?" Chu Ci guessed.

Mu Yuanxiu shook his head: "It is true that someone died. However, it was not that Steward Zhao."

Without waiting for Chuci to make a guess, Mu Yuanxiu immediately said, "Master Qi is dead."

"Which Lord Qi?" Chu Ci almost stayed up all night, and his mind was still a little unclear at the moment. Hearing the name of Lord Qi at first, he still couldn't react.

Mu Yuanxiu sighed heavily: "Who else is Mr. Qi? Isn't it your immediate boss, who wants to learn from Qi Luzhi?"

Chu Ci was shocked: "Master Qi is dead?! He is not too old, how could he die suddenly?"

Mu Yuanxiu sneered: "He didn't die suddenly! It is said that he broke into the yamen to assassinate Governor Lin at dawn, and committed suicide in the governor's yamen after his deeds were revealed. This incident has now spread throughout the government. gone."

Chu Ci snorted, and directly denied: "How is it possible? They are like dogs, how could Lord Qi suddenly go to assassinate Lord Lin. He committed suicide after the attempted assassination. A person like him would not act so impulsively."

"Obviously there is an inside story here. The most urgent thing is to go to the governor's office first." Mu Yuanxiu said.

Chu Ci nodded, he had a vague guess in his heart, and he didn't know if it was true or not.All of this still has to wait to go to the governor's office to uncover it.