ancient criminal minds

The night in Qingxi County has always been extremely quiet. Except for some special service agencies, most of the city is completely dark, with only a little bit of cold light from the moonlight on it. Occasionally, a wild cat runs across the roof, with a pair of eyes Like a little light in the dark night, it flashed by.

But on such a night, several people in black night clothes flipped over the wall of the county government office lightly, and landed on the ground like cats.Several people made a gesture and surrounded the courtyard where the people lived.One of them came to a room, poked a small hole in the window, and saw that the bedding on the bed was raised, and there were snoring sounds from time to time.

The man was sure that there were people inside, and he nodded to his accomplice, then someone came over with a bamboo pipe and blew misty smoke inside, until the people in these rooms were fascinated, the few people Retreat to the yard and spill a few bottles of spirits on the doors and windows.

One of them took out a fire bag, blew on the sparks on it, and threw the fire bag over with a murderous look in his eyes.

However, the expected flame did not ignite. Instead, this person was directly pierced by a sharp arrow on the screen wall.The fire in his hand fell to the ground, and the sparks on it flickered and went out.

The men in black reacted immediately, and hurriedly fled in all directions. Unexpectedly, as soon as they moved their feet, they saw soldiers holding bows and arrows standing on all sides of the wall, and the person they were about to kill was under the protection of a few soldiers. Slowly walked into the courtyard.

Lu Zheng smiled arrogantly: "Good evening!"

The leader quickly understood that this was exactly the trap that Lu Zheng had set for them. The other party was well prepared. He was afraid that this time it would be a bad luck, so he stopped hiding and covered his face The black cloth was torn off, it was Fang Yuan.

"Master Lu is really calculating!"

Lu Zheng showed an obvious disappointed expression: "I thought I could catch a big fish, but it turned out to be just a few small shrimps."

Not only Fang Yuan frowned, but the men in black around him all glared at Lu Zheng. If Fang Yuan hadn't stopped him, they might have rushed to fight Lu Zheng to the death.

Lu Zheng didn't realize how much he said, but Fang Yuan smiled and said: "Mr. Fang, my original plan was not to arrest you, but since I have caught you, don't waste so many brothers' hard work, how about us?" How about a deal?"

Fang Yuan refused extremely resolutely: "No."

"Even if you, Mr. Fang, regard death as your home like this, your other brothers may not think so."

As soon as Lu Zheng said this, the other men in black immediately became angry: "You boy, don't look down on flat people!" "I was arrested, so I don't plan to go back alive." "Puppets are afraid of death."

Lu Zheng still said indifferently: "Although it's okay to kill you, it's really not worth it. If you make a deal with me and exchange my official seal, you won't suffer a loss, right?"

Unexpectedly, Fang Yuan suddenly laughed: "It turns out that Master Lu is not without desires!"

Lu Zheng spread his hands: "Isn't this normal? I didn't intend to embarrass you at first. If you didn't steal my official seal, why would I spend so much effort to catch you?"

"So, it's my fault?"

"It's not bad. Besides, I think you stole my official seal for fun. I think Mr. Jin should have taken my official seal to use armor and weapons in the warehouse at this moment, right?"

Fang Yuan was startled, and a bad premonition flashed in his heart.

This is also the crux of what Lu Zheng couldn't figure out. Even if Jin Hanxuan is obsessed with Qingxi County and doesn't want to let himself stay here, he has many ways. He can use the trick of stealing the official seal to directly kill the two of them. Putting it on the opposite side, it would be a big deal for him not to be an official, but once this matter is really pursued, he will not be able to do anything good.And from Lu Zheng's point of view, what the red-clothed thief has done these years has gradually pushed him to a dead end. He doesn't believe that Jin Hanxuan can't see this, and he doesn't believe that he won't consider this issue because of his personality. .

Then, there must be something that supports Jin Hanxuan to do things only after obtaining his official seal.

As for the county lieutenant, apart from the few catchers in the county government, the most important thing is the arsenal.Of course, Qingxi County is not a military center, and the arsenal didn't have many useful things at first, but who would have thought that Lu Che led troops to come to help, and Qingxi County has a superior geographical location, so he put all the food, grass and weapons in Qingxi county.

Although Jin Hanxuan has the right to manage the warehouse, it does not include the armory. After thinking about it, Lu Zheng felt that the opponent's target must be the armor and weapons here.

In the Great Xia Dynasty, elite soldiers were the main force, so the weapons and armors used would not be bad, even spare ones. Most of the [-] soldiers left by Lu Che were sent by Lu Zheng to take care of the arsenal.If Jin Hanxuan came up with the idea of ​​these things, he would either grab them by force, or use official seals to lie about his ideas.

It is precisely because of this that Lu Zheng thought of this, so he sent You Xiaowu to pay attention to Jin Hanxuan's behavior of mobilizing vehicles and manpower, but at the same time he arranged the current set of formations, on the one hand to divide the troops, and on the other hand to confirm some things .As expected, although Jin Hanxuan did not come, Fang Yuan did, which also confirmed the fact that they attached great importance to the thing they took from the Jiang family.

Lu Zheng's plan was not explained, but Fang Yuan had already guessed it, he said with a wry smile: "Lord Lu is very calculating, I'm willing to bow down."

"It's just that I thought Jin Hanxuan would come in person based on how much you valued that thing. I made a mistake in my calculations, so I can't call it a good calculation." Lu Zheng said, "It's just that it's all in the current situation. Keep the hole cards, do you think I am a soft-hearted person who will take the initiative to let you go?"

Fang Yuan sneered and said, "The Fire Thunderbolt must be used with a special barrel. Lord Lu already knew about it, so why bother to use it?"

Lu Zheng was surprised, of course he lied to Fang Yuan by what he said earlier, he did send Qingluan and a team to the arsenal to block Jin Hanxuan, but for him, he was more concerned about their never ending What exactly did the Jiang family take away? For this thing, they could wipe out the whole family of the Jiang family. When angry, one would lose one's mind, and Lu Zheng wanted to use this method to trick Fang Yuan into telling the truth.

But now that Fang Yuan finally said it as he wished, Lu Zheng only felt scared for a while. After listening to Fang Yuan's description, why does the Fire Thunderbolt feel so like gunpowder?

In order to verify his statement, Lu Zheng deliberately said: "I thought that you have obtained this thing for so many years, you should have improved a lot, it seems that I overestimated you."

Knowing that there was no hope of escaping, Fang Yuan simply said directly: "The firebolt is extremely destructive, even if it is not improved, it is still powerful enough. I think the news from the north will soon spread the name of this firebolt all over the world. In time, Lord Lu will naturally know its power."

The expression on Lu Zheng's face froze, but fortunately Fang Yuan didn't notice it, and he still said: "I will die soon anyway, and it will be a pleasure to drag the northern border army to be buried with me. If you accompany me, this life will not be in vain."

Lu Zheng suppressed the anxiety in his heart, and said coldly: "Do you think this thing is really so powerful? You think I know, don't the king of Chu know? I have already passed the news on, and the king of Chu has already prepared .”

But Fang Yuan laughed loudly: "Master Lu is so naive, you didn't know about Firebolt until you investigated the case of Chai Shuang, right? So what can you do sooner? I'm afraid the Northern Xinjiang Army will have been defeated long ago. And what if the king of Chu knows, he can only do nothing..."

"Take him down and imprison him!" Lu Zheng interrupted him, and immediately a group of soldiers grabbed Fang Yuan and the others and put them in prison.

It wasn't until they all left that Lu Zheng showed a dignified look, and Bao Zheng couldn't help asking: "My lord, what is this fiery thunderbolt? Is it really so powerful?"

Lu Zheng was in a state of confusion. He knew that the firebolt was probably gunpowder. Although the gunpowder at this time had many problems, it was like a protective umbrella for this cold weapon era, not to mention that they had already prepared for it. Rong Zhen can find out the clues early, so don't fall into their trap.

And at this moment, Qingluan walked in cheerfully with Jin Hanxuan who was bundled like rice dumplings: "Young Master Lu, I am lucky that I did not disgrace my life. He was caught and the official seal was brought back."

Unexpectedly, Lu Zheng ignored him at all, but directly rushed to Jin Hanxuan, staring at him straightly: "How many firebolts did you bring to the northern border?"

Jin Hanxuan's description at the moment was extremely embarrassing, but after hearing Lu Zheng's question, he showed a strange smile: "Maybe it can blow up the entire Northern Border Army, why don't Lord Lu guess it himself?"

Lu Zheng directly punched him and knocked him to the ground.

Qingluan was stunned, and he glanced at Bao Zheng who was just as stunned beside him: "What's wrong with Young Master Lu? Also, what is that firebolt? How did it get involved with the Northern Border Army?"

Unexpectedly, when he asked this question, Jin Hanxuan's face changed, and he shouted at Lu Zheng in a hoarse voice: "Your surname is Lu, you lied to me!"

If it was normal, Lu Zheng would definitely go back, but now he is only thinking about what to do if Rong Zhen is overwhelmed by this gunpowder, so he waved his hand impatiently and asked Jin Hanxuan, who kept scolding, to be given to him. I took it down.

Qingluan still wanted to ask Lu Zheng, but suddenly his face changed slightly, and he whistled softly with his finger on his mouth, a bird with extremely dark fur that looked like a crow landed, and its sharp claws directly grabbed Qingluan. On the leather armor of Luan's arm.Qingluan took out a piece of dried meat from his bag and fed it into its mouth, and then untied a small bamboo tube tied around its ankle.

There was a rolled up note inside the bamboo tube, Qingluan opened it, and his expression changed immediately.

Seeing his expression, Lu Zheng didn't care about his privacy, so he hurried over and looked at the note.

There are only a few words on it.

"The master is seriously injured, return quickly."

Volume Five: Flame Rising