Chapter 952

Although there are still police officers guarding the gate of the county government at this time, it is no longer as heavily guarded as it was a few days ago. It seems that a large number of official police officers have been transferred to the area around the Chenghuang Temple, and the officials in the government office are not here, so these police officers are

He also relaxed. Li Qiufeng didn't want to stay here any longer, so he quickened his pace and walked past the county government office after a while.

Li Qiufeng recalled Liang Huan's behavior just now, and saw the laziness of several police officers at the county government gate. He thought to himself, how could they fight against the Yagyu clan with just these officials and servants? Although Mr. Liu

They are determined to eliminate the Japanese pirates, but Yagyu Sogan and others never show up. The more these Japanese pirates' plots are not revealed, the more serious they will be when they are launched. It is not easy to defeat the Japanese pirates' plot.

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Li Qiufeng thought as he walked forward. The streets were empty, and there were very few pedestrians. It seemed that some high-ranking officials were going to the Chenghuang Temple to offer incense, so the people in the city rushed to the east of the city to watch the excitement.

When he walked west for more than three miles along the road in front of the county government office, he could already see the arrow tower on the west city gate in the distance. Li Qiufeng raised his head and looked into the sky, seeing that it was already afternoon. He thought that Liang Huan had arrived.

The reason for offering incense in the City God's Temple in Xiuwu County is simply because the Temple of the City God in Xiuwu County is very famous, so I went to the temple to have a look. A high-ranking official like him, who is a third-rank official, spends his days in fine clothes and fine food, coveting enjoyment, even when the weather is freezing.

, I will just stay in the house and enjoy the happiness, and will not stay outside for too long. It has been more than half an hour since I left the City God's Temple. I thought it was time for these officials to leave the City God's Temple, so they might as well go back.

Li Qiufeng thought about this and was about to turn around and walk back when he suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves. It seemed that a cavalry was coming to the west of the city. Li Qiufeng turned around in shock, only to see several horses running over a hundred steps away. Li Qiufeng hurriedly

He retreated to the roadside. As soon as he retreated to the roadside, four horses were already running over. The passengers on the horses were all dressed as police officers, and they all looked nervous. They kept whipping their whips to urge the horses to run wildly.

These horses passed by Li Qiufeng in the blink of an eye, heading straight towards the gate of the West City. Li Qiufeng stood on the roadside, thinking to himself, although these detectives could not be named, they looked very handsome.

They are a bit familiar. They must be the policemen of the magistrate's Yamen. These days, Xiuwu County has been a mixed bag. Although the magistrate's Yamen and the Luoyang magistrate's Yamen have a total of four to five hundred people, they are still short of manpower. But these days

The famous detective actually rode out of the city. It seemed that something important must have happened.

He was filled with surprise and doubt, and after thinking for a moment, he turned around and walked towards the east of the city. Not far away, five more riders came running towards him, and the passengers on them were all police officers from the county magistrate's office. Li Qiufeng saw these people walking in a hurry,

Knowing that something must have happened, I quickened my pace and arrived back in front of the county government office in only half a stick of incense.

At this time, many people gathered in front of the county government office. They were all police officers from the government office, and almost everyone was holding a horse. These people gathered together, and it seemed that someone was talking to them. However, that person was beaten by the police officer and

The horses were surrounded, and Li Qiufeng couldn't see who was speaking. He thought to himself, did Liang Huan realize that there was a shortage of manpower in the city after arriving, so he had to ask the county government to send someone to the surrounding counties for help?

Li Qiufeng was thinking as he walked eastward. He was about to pass by the county government office when he suddenly heard someone behind him shout loudly: "Is it brother Li?"

Li Qiufeng was startled. He turned around and saw a person walking out of the crowd. This person was wearing a black gauze official hat and green official uniform. He was Yu Fan, the county magistrate of Xiuwu County.

Li Qiufeng was quite disgusted with Fan and did not want to have anything to do with this person. If he were in another place, Li Qiufeng would naturally turn around and leave, no longer paying attention to this person. But at this time, in front of everyone, it is not easy to openly refuse to give up.

Yu Fan wanted to save face, so he stopped and nodded at Yu Fan without saying a word.

Yu Fan turned to the police officer behind him and said: "You just do what I say. You must send the news to everywhere today without delay. Also tell them that if they don't prepare something within the deadline, we will

Don’t even think about going to the city to do business!”

The police officers bowed and saluted one after another, then got on their horses and galloped away in two directions: east and west.

Yu Fan quickly walked up to Li Qiufeng and said with a smile: "Brother Li, what a coincidence today. I just wanted to find you again, but I didn't know whether you were in the north of the city or in the City God's Temple. I didn't know what to do.

, I didn’t expect you happened to pass by here again, which saved me a lot of trouble.”

Li Qiufeng said: "It's really a coincidence. In the morning, Mr. Li was in the north of the city, and Mr. Yu also went to the north of the city. At noon, Mr. Li went out for a stroll and was bumped into by Mr. Yu. If it wasn't God's intentional arrangement, I'm afraid there was no one there.

believe."

Yu Fan is also a person with a clear mind, so why can't he hear the sarcasm in Li Qiufeng's words? It's just that his self-cultivation skills are so good that he doesn't even change his expression and says with a smile: "Why don't you and I have a destiny? Otherwise, Luoyang City

It's so big, but it also caused me and Brother Li to bump into each other."

Li Qiufeng didn't want to tangle with him anymore, so he said, "If you have anything to do, sir, just give me your instructions. If there is nothing, Li will rush back to the City God's Temple to take a nap."

Yu Fan was startled and said: "Lord Si Si is offering incense at the City God's Temple. Martial law has been enforced inside and outside the City God's Temple. I'm afraid Brother Li won't be able to go back even if he wants to."

Li Qiufeng sneered and said: "Yes. This Master Liang has such great official power. Not only did he sit in the eight-carriage sedan, he also sent people to clean the street and drive out all the pilgrims in the temple. If he was from the capital,

My lords, the royal censors, have heard about the incident, and I'm afraid that Lord Liang will be in serious trouble."

Yu Fan didn't expect that Li Qiufeng knew the rules of travel for imperial officials, and was surprised. He forced a smile and said: "Master Liang is a disciple of Mr. Chen Ge. I heard that he and Master Zhang Cong are the same age.

Mr. Zhang is being held in high esteem today. Even if the imperial censor knew about this, he would not dare to write an excerpt to ask for trouble."

Li Qiufeng made a sound and said to Fan: "So, Mr. Yu is quite protective of Mr. Liang. Isn't there any benefit from Mr. Liang?"

If someone else had spoken to Yu Fan like this, he would immediately become furious. However, Yu Fan knew that Li Qiufeng was a man of great ability, and he still relied on him, so he must not talk to him at this time.

He turned his back. So Yu Fan just smiled and said: "Brother Li is overthinking. I am a junior official transferred from Fujian. Even if I want to attach myself to Mr. Liang, where can I find a way? Brother Yu just advised Brother Li.

, the officialdom has always been about forming cliques and fighting against different parties. Even if Mr. Liang is a bastard, if there is no one in the government, you can't bring him down. Why should you be angry with these people and hurt yourself in vain? "

Li Qiufeng knew that what Yu Fan said was right, but he couldn't refute it, so he snorted but said nothing. Yu Fan said: "We don't need to worry about Mr. Liang's affairs. It's just that he was in the City God's Temple just now. He heard that on New Year's Eve

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Xiuwu County held a Lantern Festival as usual, so he paid great attention to it. After offering incense, he summoned Magistrate Han and Magistrate Huang in the temple and said that it would be an auspicious day in the next five days, so it would be better to hold the Lantern Festival in advance.

, wouldn’t it be good?”

Li Qiufeng was startled, thinking to himself that Mr. Liang was so arrogant that he even wanted to interfere with folk festivals. He sneered and said, "Li heard from the temple Zhu that the Lantern Festival originated from the Tang Dynasty.

It’s been nearly a thousand years since the end of the year. It’s such a long-standing folk festival. Mr. Liang will change it if he wants. I’m afraid the people of Xiuwu County won’t agree?”

Yu Fan shook his head, smiled slightly, and said: "Brother Li, you are wrong. Of course the people of Xiuwu County will agree."

Li Qiufeng was a little strange. He glanced at Yu Fan and said, "I would like to hear the details."

Yu Fan said: "Brother Li, have you ever thought about who organized this Lantern Festival?"

Li Qiufeng said: "I heard that the whole city of Xiuwu County participated. Every household had to make lanterns. On the day of the festival, the lanterns were placed all over the city. Those who were selected as oirans were rewarded with a hundred taels of silver.

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Yu Fan smiled and said: "Brother Li is right. But do you know who paid for the one hundred taels of silver?"

Li Qiufeng was startled. He had only heard Miao Zhu talk about the Lantern Festival. As for who gave out the silver reward, Miao Zhu didn't say it, and he didn't ask. When Yu Fan asked about it, he naturally didn't know. So he thought about it.

After a moment, he said with some hesitation: "I think it is the Yamen who will come up with the silver reward."
Chapter completed!