Becoming an Immortal from the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 125

Jin Biao's eyes jumped, he suppressed the anger in his heart, and said in a cold voice:
"Zhang Shichang didn't know that the old system of 400 taels was decided by Nayan Gudao when he was the head arrester, and it cannot be used as the current rule."

Zhang Yuqing smiled, then stood up, left his seat, and came to Jin Biao:
"Which rule to follow, now I have the final say."

While talking, Zhang Yuqing flattened the creases on Jin Biao's collar, and then patted him on the shoulder.

Although Jin Biao was furious, he still forcibly suppressed it, and Zhang Yuqing still did all this on himself.

The policemen and the members of the Jusha Gang became tense, waiting for the leaders of both sides to order to act.

Zhang Yuqing stared into Jin Biao's eyes and continued:

"I heard that Chairman Jin is very skilled, and I also like to practice martial arts. Why don't we take advantage of today's opportunity and let's compete. I don't know what President Jin wants?"

Provocation, this is simply unscrupulous provocation, Jin Biao only felt that his lungs were about to explode.

But he really couldn't figure out the depth of this Zhang Yuqing's strength. Even the gangster Wei Ba died in his hands, and his own strength was not much different from that of Wei Ba.
Jin Biao finally gave up his plan to fight. Although he was sure that Zhang Yuqing would not kill him, if he lost, he would be completely humiliated at the pier in the future.

In the end, Jin Biao glared at Zhang Yuqing viciously, and said in a cold voice:

"The remaining 100 taels, I will send someone to deliver it later. Mr. Jin is busy with business, so I will take my leave!"

After finishing speaking, Jin Biao waved his sleeves, led the gang and left downstairs.

Seeing Jin Biao leaving like this, all the policemen couldn't react.

They thought there would be a fierce confrontation, but they didn't expect that Jin Biao, who has always been known for his fierceness, would be willing to suffer this loss today.

Zhang Yuqing returned to his seat and said, "Continue to drink!"

Only then did the police officers wake up from a dream, and cheered one after another. The bad breath that had been accumulated in their chests for many years finally came out this time.

The beautiful woman Wang Yan also became more and more enthusiastic, frequently pouring wine for Zhang Yuqing, with a pair of beautiful eyes also secretly sending off glances.

Zhang Yuqing didn't take Jin Biao seriously, after all, warriors in the Tongli realm were no longer a threat to him.

What's more, since I'm new in office, these three fires should be burned, and I still have to burn them.

He handed over the brocade box to Wang San, and a large part of the tribute had to be handed over to the head catcher Hong Kun, and a large part of the money Hong Kun received had to be handed over to the county magistrate, who had to return the money after receiving it. Divided with the county magistrate.Only a small part belonged to Zhang Yuqing and the ten policemen.

Zhang Yuqing didn't bother to intervene in the unspoken rules, so he simply handed it over to Wang San.

Everyone ate and drank for a while, and it was dusk in a blink of an eye.

Zhang Yuqing asked suddenly: "I don't know if there are any recent cases in our jurisdiction?"

In his position, Zhang Yuqing was unwilling to just sit idle.

A police officer hastily replied: "Brother Zhang, don't worry, our brothers will handle cases like petty theft. Brother Zhang, you can just sit in this Zuixiaolou every day!"

The beautiful woman Wang Yan also said with a smile: "It's an honor for Brother Zhang to come here. I don't charge any money for Brother Zhang's expenses in the small shop. This is regarded as my filial piety to Brother Zhang."

Zhang Yuqing was not proficient in solving cases, so he was unwilling to intervene in detail.But big things, he still has to pay attention.

So Zhang Yuqing asked, "The outskirts of the city are the closest. Is there a murder case?"

Asking such a serious question, Wang Yan tactfully found an excuse to leave.

It wasn't until after Wang Yan left that another policeman said, "There is no homicide, but... during this period of time, people often disappeared by the river at night. Including the girl who disappeared last night, there are six missing people. "

Wang San followed up and said: "We have also investigated these disappearance cases. According to the investigation situation, it is very likely that it is a ghost. The matter has been reported. It is estimated that it will be determined early tomorrow morning, and then it will not be our business. Night patrol The guards will handle it."

"Night patrol?" Zhang Yuqing just remembered that he seemed to have heard Hong Kun say that the captain of the night patrol is a master of the four extremes, "What do they do?"

Just listen to Wang San's explanation: "Let's put it this way, let's catch the daytime affairs and the living people's affairs; while the night patrol is responsible for the night affairs and those unclean things. Although the night patrol belongs to The government, but they have great power, they don’t have to listen to the orders of the county magistrate at all, they only report to the prefect. And the members are also dispatched by the top, and others are not qualified to enter.”

Another police officer also echoed: "We investigate the case. Once it is classified as a ghost incident, it will be handed over to the night patrol for handling. But we just demarcate the area for security to prevent people from entering by mistake."

Zhang Yuqing's heart moved when he heard the words, could it be that this is the power in the government that can subdue demons?

Only one policeman sighed and said: "The Xuanhe River surged in the early days, and a lot of other things rushed in. The disappearance of people only started at that time."

"Isn't it?" Another policeman also said, "The coffin and those dead that floated from the river two days ago are scary."

"Those dead people were wearing the clothes of the ancients, and they were fine in the water. But the boatman Wu Laoer hooked one up, and it rotted into a pile of stinky meat after a while. Wu Laoer is not disgusting, and wants to I found some jewelry from the rotten meat, and fiddled with the hook for a long time before I realized that those dead people didn't even have bones!"

"And the coffin was washed to the shore by the water. The embossment on it was so beautiful that it was used by nobles. Later, the night guards came and took the coffin away. I secretly asked the royal official who collected taxes, and he said It must be an ancient tomb near the upper reaches of the Xuan River, which was washed away by the torrential rain in the past two days, causing the coffin inside to float into the Xuan River before reaching us."

"Since then, people have been missing at night by the river. I have been investigating on merchant ships these days, and I heard from merchants who stayed on board at night that they can often see a few red lanterns floating on the river bank in the middle of the night. I know if it is related to the disappearance case."

Zhang Yuqing frowned secretly as he listened to the policemen's discussion.

Unexpectedly, in this peaceful Yangcheng, the shadow of demons can be seen.

After a while, the members of the Jusha Gang sent someone to deliver the remaining 100 taels of silver.

The feast ended before nightfall, and as darkness fell, people hid at home and stopped going out easily.

The night belongs to something cold and unknown
Wang San knew that Zhang Yuqing had no place to live, so he planned to use the money Zhang Yuqing got today to rent a house.

Zhang Yuqing also had no objection, but he didn't go back to the city, but said that he wanted to take advantage of the hangover.

All the arresters laughed knowingly, and then left one after another.Only the proprietress Wang Yan was left with a flushed face, hesitation and apprehension in her eyes.

After everyone had left, Zhang Yuqing pulled two tables and put them together as a temporary bed. He said to Wang Yan who was still behind:

"Miss Boss, please feel free to do so. I'm only staying on the second floor for one night, and I won't disturb you."

Wang Yan blushed and nodded, and went downstairs without saying a word.

Night quickly enveloped the land, Zhang Yuqing stood outside the window and looked out, the beautiful scenery in the daytime looked eerie and terrifying in the night.

The moon rose to the top of the dome, and the stars in the sky were like pairs of cold eyes, looking down mercilessly on the earth and the common people.

There was no one to be seen by the river, and the weeping willows looked like sinners hanging on the gallows with disheveled hair.The surface of the Xuanhe River is even more dark in color, which seems to contain unknown mysteries.

The surrounding area is quiet, and occasionally a gust of night wind blows in, causing the wide river to roll.

The ships were already moored at the pier. According to Wang San, there were no fewer strange things in the water than on the ground after nightfall, so sailing at night was extremely dangerous.

Zhang Yuqing kept staring quietly out of the window, not letting go of any movement during the night.

He didn't know if the disappearance was really related to ghosts.If so, will the ghost appear tonight.

Following a burst of footsteps, a soft halo slowly came up from downstairs.

Zhang Yuqing turned around and saw the beautiful woman Wang Yan walking towards her holding an oil lamp.

She was only wearing a pink embroidered apron on her upper body, and the large area of ​​skin exposed on her body was like cream.It was obvious that she had just bathed, and her wet hair was hanging loosely, tightly attached to the tender white flesh on her shoulders and back.

The makeup on the face has also been redrawn, the red lips are full, and the eyeliner is high, not only more refined, but also more charming and attractive.

Wang Yan first avoided Zhang Yuqing's gaze, then shook her lower lip with her white teeth, raised her head and met him with her eyes.

She was always hesitating in her heart. She didn't expect that the new police chief who had just known him for less than a day would stay here overnight. She wanted to refuse, but she couldn't say anything. This new chief was in the limelight, and even the giant shark Bangbang has to back down in front of him, and his restaurant still needs his care in the future, how can he refuse him as a commoner?
What's more, this Xin Shizhang looks young and capable, gentle and kind-hearted, and not ugly. Wang Yan feels a strong side from him. For some reason, Wang Yan doesn't feel very repelled
Seeing Wang Yan's appearance, Zhang Yuqing already understood.

He abruptly chose to stay here tonight, and all the arresters misunderstood, even Wang Yan misunderstood, which is not surprising.

Zhang Yuqing didn't mind other people's opinions either. He turned around, looked out of the window, turned his back to Wang Yan and said:
"Miss Boss, you misunderstood, I really just want to spend the night here, I have no other ideas."

Wang Yan was still slowly walking towards Zhang Yuqing. In her opinion, Zhang Yuqing was just duplicity and playing hard to get.Men are like this.

She put the oil lamp on the table, and she was already standing behind Zhang Yuqing.

Wang Yan's towering chest couldn't help heaving rapidly, and amidst the shame, there was also a burst of excitement and thrill.

She began to feel hot all over, and it was the first time for her to take the initiative to a man like this.

"Brother Zhang." Wang Yan called softly, then stretched out her soft and beautiful arms, and hugged Zhang Yuqing from behind.

Zhang Yuqing smiled and struggled lightly.

Wang Yan's whole body was bounced back a few steps by the huge force, and she almost didn't fall down. She couldn't help but looked at Zhang Yuqing in amazement.

Seeing that Zhang Yuqing didn't know how to turn his head, he said: "Miss Boss, you really misunderstood, please go back."

Wang Yan was stunned, with shame and annoyance on her face, stomped her feet and opened her red lips:

"you"

In the end, she embarrassedly picked up the oil lamp on the table and hurried downstairs.

The light on the second floor dimmed again, Zhang Yuqing stood quietly in the darkness alone, but his eyes were piercing.

He has already seen a faint red lantern floating on the path by the river in the distance.Sometimes walking along the road, sometimes shuttling among the trees.

The red lanterns are evil and evil, which is particularly abrupt and strange in this dark night.

"Has it finally appeared?"

Zhang Yuqing put his hand on the window sill, and he jumped out of the window.

After falling to the ground on the street, Zhang Yuqing touched the public knife on his waist, and then walked quickly towards the red lantern.

The red lantern was erratic in front of the road, but Zhang Yuqing was not in a hurry to move forward.

He jumped into the drain on the side of the road, bowed his body and slowly approached the red lantern.

It was only ten meters away from the red lantern that Zhang Yuqing could see clearly that it was not a lantern at all, but a blood-red light cluster.

The light cluster was red and bright, and it was hard to see what was inside.

Zhang Yuqing hesitated for a moment, but still did not continue to approach.

This was the first time he had seen such a thing, and he didn't know if he could deal with it.

I saw that group of red light constantly hovering around, as if looking for something.

Suddenly, the light group stopped moving, and then flickered rapidly.It looked like a light bulb that was turned on quickly.

Zhang Yuqing quietly watched the light ball flashing rapidly, not understanding what the light ball was doing.

After a while, there was a sudden sound of footsteps.

Zhang Yuqing followed the prestige, and saw that the night watchman on a merchant ship slowly walked out of the cabin, went up to the pier, and then walked slowly along the path.

"Is there anyone who is not afraid of death?"

Zhang Yuqing was puzzled. After dark, very few people would go out for a walk.What's more, many people have disappeared here these days, and there is such a conspicuous and weird thing as the red light group.

It wasn't until the boatman got closer that Zhang Yuqing realized something was wrong.

The boatman was expressionless, his eyes fixed on the red light ball.

His steps and movements were stiff and limp, as if he were a walking corpse without a soul.

"Is it sleepwalking? Or was it hooked by the red light?"

Zhang Yuqing only felt that the appearance of this boatman was very similar to the sleepwalking he had seen.

As the boatman approached slowly, the red light flickered faster and faster.

It stands to reason that if people look directly at such a fast-flickering light cluster, the eyes and brain will not be able to bear it after a long time.

However, the boatman didn't even blink his eyelids, and came to the light group step by step before stopping.

I saw the ball of light floating close to the boatman's face, flashing rapidly for a while, then gradually subsided, and the red light gradually dimmed.

Throughout the process, the boatman remained expressionless and motionless.

The next scene made Zhang Yuqing frown.

I saw several black limbs like spiders or crabs suddenly protruding from the dimming light cluster.

Those limbs were spread wide, like a thin hand with seven or eight fingers, they hugged the boatman's head.Then, the whole light group came to the boatman's face.

(End of this chapter)