Strange events in the imperial capital

Chaoyangmen Inner Street, where the Fusi Yamen of Beizhen is located.

Under the night, the four red lacquered doors of the government office were tightly closed, and a row of lanterns floated faintly under the eaves.A ghost car with a human face stands on top of the big stone lions on both sides, and stands on one foot with its wings folded. At night, it still looks around vigilantly, watching all directions with its eyes, which is more faithful than keeping a watchdog.

There are bronze men standing guard outside the gate.In the courtyard of a gate, the guards on duty at night formed a square formation, walking from left to right, and then walking back from right at a pace like smashing piles.

Sure enough, as soon as the mighty mount Yingzhao of the two governors showed up at the door, a small school immediately went in to report, shouting "Hurry up and invite adults".After a while, the people inside stooped and trotted out to meet him.

The leading man was wearing a hemp-colored official gown, wearing caps and boots, and he looked like he was dressed as a high-ranking official in the mansion; and he ran all the way hastily trimmed his clothes and carried his trouser belt, obviously crawling out of the hot bed.The man bowed respectfully in front of Chu Han's mount: "Master Liao! Oh, I don't know that you two came to visit the official mansion late at night. Your clothes are disheveled and you are far away. Please forgive me!"

The pattern on the chest of this man's official robe and the pendant jade on his belt are fourth grade, which is comparable to the rank of Tantai Jingting in Nanfu. He should be the Fushi of Beizhen who is in charge of the deep prison.

Chu Han smiled slightly, and said in a low and gentle voice, "I'm sorry to bother you in the middle of the night, it's an adult's courtesy."

哊?The word "surprise" was written on the face of Mr. Cheng, Fu Shi of Beizhen, holding a strange expression. Liao Wuhen, Mr. Liao, is in such a good mood today?He even learned how to speak hypocritically to his colleagues!Who is this man smiling at?

Chu Han could only slightly imitate the voice of the real commanding governor Liao Wuhen based on his impressions, and he didn't even care about whether his tone sounded like it.This black light is blind, and he uses a blindfold to cover his face. He is a young man with a long face. Will anyone pay close attention to it?He was about to get off his mount, but suddenly Yingzhao's left front hoof collapsed, his left wing dropped to the ground, and spread out again, like a section of red carpet was flung out.

Chu Han was stunned, very cleverly not going to the ground, and sneaking a glance at Mr. Fang next to him, what kind of etiquette is there on the red carpet in Shendu?

With a stern face, Mr. Fang despised the Fushi Beizhen standing beside him.After the mount knelt down and spread its wings, Mr. Fang swindled his legs and slid down. At the same time, he stepped on the shoulder blade of Yingzhao's big fleshy wing, shook off his cloak and jumped down handsomely.

Chu Han hurriedly imitated the example, stepping on Yingzhao's wings, slid and hopped gracefully, shook off the cloak in a serious manner, and flicked the hatband.

Holding the handle of the Xiuchun knife, Fang Qiansui didn't look at the senior official surnamed Cheng at all, stepped on his official boots and walked straight in, his voice drifted coldly behind him: "Hmph, go in and have a look, you can do what you want, you don't have to Be with me, get in the way!"

Bei Zhen caressed Mr. Cheng to feel much more comfortable immediately, and his expression of constipation, which had been suppressed for a long time, suddenly became clear, and he burst into a smile.Liao Wuya Master Liao raised a horse face, obviously more in line with this person's domineering, arrogant and arrogant demeanor in the court. He has always been smelly and cold and unwelcome, this pissing attitude is right.

The two of them had passed the first test, and just like this, they were able to confuse the eyes and ears of others.Presumably, the people below were not familiar with their superiors enough, and they didn't dare to inquire carefully. When they saw the official badge of the commanding governor and the heroic moves of the two beasts, they thought that the ones who came were the right ones.

Two big birds and ghost cars outside the door rolled their eyes and necks to watch them enter the door, and let them pass without making a sound.Chu Han thought to himself, the ghost car didn't even smell the little white dragon brand essence on both of them.The spirit beasts in the Godshunting Realm don't have good noses at all, so how can they tell whether he is a living person or a ghost guard?The bastard surnamed Fang, I will deal with you later.

After the two entered, they sat down in the lobby first, chatted a few words with the adult Cheng in official language, sipped the tea served by the servants, and then got up.

One of them was holding the handle of the knife, the other was holding his hand behind his back, and they both looked around seriously, scanning all the ghost guards, guards, servants, and bronze men on night duty in the front and back yards, looking for familiar faces that might appear...there was no hesitation son.

Chu Han rolled his eyes, Mr. Cheng, please lead the way, let's go to the prison.

Beizhen Fushi finally showed caution, this, the two adults visited the prison late at night, who are they going to visit?

Chu Han half-smiled: "I don't investigate anyone. Did you find Zi Chou Yinmao among the few people you arrested in the past half a month? We won't come to see you in person, and you don't bother to report it."

The one surnamed Cheng quickly apologized when he heard this: "What are you talking about, Master Liao! I'm afraid you are busy with business, so I don't dare to bother you, and I don't dare to work for you. Do you... have a letter from the commander?"

Chu Han sneered: "Okay, now that the time has passed, Wu Ya and I will go to the Commander to make up a copy of the letter. Cheng Beiyuan, just stand here and wait!"

When Chu Han had just taken a sip of tea, he quietly twirled his fingers on the table.He has sharp eyes, and by glancing at the official letters handed to Mr. Cheng, he earns his name.

He deliberately turned around, and the surnamed Cheng caught up with him and pulled him back, smiling extremely obsequiously, with a dahlia blooming on his facial features: "Just kidding, why do you have to do this, sir Wuhen, please."

Chu Han knew what to say after a few rounds of observation, and Cheng Beiyuan was obviously afraid of their identities, and was too busy trying to curry favor.The two masters, Liao Wuhen and Liao Wuya, usually domineering among their colleagues, their reputation is very useful.

Beizhen Fusi is the official prison under the jurisdiction of Jinyiwei.It's just that, in the big prison run by the ghost guards, what was imprisoned was not the prison censor general of the Ming Dynasty, but the spirit beasts who violated the precepts and laws on the territory of the Godshunting Realm and were arrested and escorted here.

The prison is gloomy, with will-o'-the-wisps dancing, and lampposts reaching up to the sky are erected on both sides of the deep corridor.A candle snake is entrenched on the top of the pillar, and the snake oil lamp is lit with a snake letter, and the light is dim and quiet.

One by one, the dungeons, water prisons, and flame pools were all imprisoned by evil animals who had committed crimes, and they were forced to show their embarrassing true colors.

There was one buried in the soil of the dungeon over there, with his big head upside down, with two big holes glistening with blood, and moaning in pain when his horns were pulled out by the ghost guards.This kind of burial method with the head up and down is that the death is too fast, and it needs to be tortured bit by bit.

In the water prison, a huge object can be seen faintly.It was a huge sea beast with two thick chains piercing its collarbone.The two chains were hung on the high roof, and they were still hanging on the delicate pulley device, being driven by the pulley to rotate slowly.The iron chain kept turning like this, passing through the bowl-sized wound on the sea beast's collarbone.Under the water, layers of painful and twisted water ripples emerged.

Chu Han looked along the corridor calmly for a few times, then couldn't take it anymore, fearing that his unbearable expression would reveal his identity.

Another upper body humanoid man was dragged in by several bronze men.The man's face was handsome and thin, very young, his shirt was stripped off and he was trembling, and a blue-black long snake tail stained with blood was exposed under his robe.

Fang Qiantui was expressionless, only his eyes moved, watching the man being dragged in in front of him...

Cheng Beiyuan smiled slightly: "Hehe, this man is so long?"

The subordinates continued: "Yes, Mr. Cheng, he is so long!"

Cheng Beiyuan's eyes showed a sinister light: "How many ribs does he have?"

The subordinate said: "A total of two hundred and eight, my lord."

"Okay." Cheng Beiyuan laughed with her neck up, with a chilling smile on her pale and handsome face: "Tonight, there is a good dish, 'playing the pipa bone'. Take a small knife and cut ribs rib by rib. Pick him up!"

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Chu Han silently turned around and left.

In this land of "hunting on behalf of the gods", there are such a group of vicious people, and they take pleasure in it, and enjoy it.

Fang Chitose's face was gloomy and cold, and the suppressed hot flames in his pupils were concealed: "There's no need to read it. Cheng Beiyuan, come out and talk to me!"

Here are all the spirit beasts of the gods who violated the rules of heaven, obviously there is no one they are really looking for.Mr. Shen is a mortal man with naked eyes, in terms of wealth and status, he really can't get into this kind of prison.

What they are looking for is another group of people transported here, those living people who fell in from the human world.

Sure enough, in another large courtyard behind Beizhen Fusi, they saw many escort prison carts lined up, which were the kind of large wooden carts they used to sneak into the city from Xuanwumen.The skins that fell into the God Realm were piled into a large pool that was dug deep.

These poor skins are used to forge and pour into the bronze men who defend the city.The ghost guards are very good at collecting materials locally, and they don't need to recruit from all over the world. It is easy to build a mighty bronze army with mighty fighting power, and they can take whatever they want.

After seeing it, Chu Han calmly asked, "Master Cheng, which day did you collect these things from outside the city?"

Cheng Beiyuan said: "The ones who just came in at noon today are here."

Chu Han thought, isn't it the call they came in just now?It's so fast.

Fang Chitose asked: "When will it be done? Don't you put it in the stove tonight?"

Cheng Beiyuan was proud: "It's late today, oil and sealing wax will be applied early tomorrow morning, put in the furnace, and then pour the copper molds. Don't worry, my lords!"

Start so soon? !

There was a "boom" in Chu Han's head.At this speed, if Cheng He, who came over three or four days ago, was caught, wouldn't he have entered that huge and terrifying human refining furnace early?Can Dahehe still have a little life left? !

Are they too late...

There are many thick rosters on the table, all of which are the rosters of the real bodies who were forged into the bronze guards of the Xiao Iron Camp.

Chu Han suppressed the trembling of his fingers, and quickly flipped through the rosters.

He started flipping through the most recent one. The book was dripping with ink and scribbled.He read ten lines at a glance and quickly, without flipping through a hundred or so pages, he suddenly found the names of the missing youths in No. 3 courtyard of Daxiangfeng Hutong.At that time, Liu Xuecheng asked him to help look at the case, and he could easily remember the names of the people on the missing list.Sure enough, as Fang Qiantui explained, people who have done evil things in the world will be swallowed by the black hole and fall to this place. People, guarding the vast territory and city walls, and being servants of the God Realm, may never be able to leave here and be freed.

His younger brother Shen Chenghe, although he usually brags and commits crimes, flirts with women, and owes a lot of money to others, he really can't be regarded as a villain, and he has never done anything unforgivable.This person is at best a living treasure, how can he deal with such a strange creature!

Mr. Fang helped Mr. Chu look through the roster at the beginning, but Chu Han was worried that he had to go through the pages that others had turned over by himself.

So Fang San'er didn't look at it, but just watched Chu Han wishing he could get up on the table on all fours and get busy.Cheng Beiyuan stared at them from the side, very surprised and secretly suspicious, but dared not ask.

Chu Han bit her lower lip and stubbornly flipped through the roster from beginning to end, unwillingly flipping through several large volumes, for fear of missing acquaintances.

He has turned over from this year to last year's roster, and it is impossible to have it in the future.

He did not find the name "Shen Chenghe".

No cranes.

So Mr. Shen is not in this ghost place.

This person has never been here at all, never got into a wooden cart, was never brought in from Xuanwu Gate, was never thrown into a big pool or an alchemy furnace!

Chu Han rested his hands on the table and let out a long breath, exhausted physically and mentally.The fluttering names on the pile of rosters became blurred in front of him, and his eyes were moist.Just now I had an old heart hanging on my face, I was about to cry, I was really afraid to find Chenghe's name among these things.

Then Chenghe might be hiding in other places in the city, or be taken in by some handsome man and woman with a big velvet tail behind his ass, maybe he will visit Hualiu Lane in the red light district, and sleep on someone's boudoir bed.Feel a little relieved.

Or maybe he wasn't in the Godshunting Realm at all, and was visiting the Heaven Realm.

Since there is no place here, there is no need to stay for a long time, Master Chu winked at Master Fang, withdrew, and shouted in Yingzhao.

"Master Liao wait a minute!"

Just as Chu Han was about to step out of the threshold, he was stopped by someone behind him.Cheng Beiyuan stepped forward to block his way.Cheng Beiyuan's eyes shone brightly: "Master Liao, please wait a moment, there is still something to say about humble positions."

Chu Han remained expressionless: "Speak."

Cheng Beiyuan half-smiled: "Master Liao worked so hard tonight? He even asked about small things like smelting and forging armor and guards in my bureau. These things are enough for a thousand households to ask..."

Chu Han's eyelids twitched: "The commander personally ordered my brother to come over and see how you are doing. I dare not neglect his old man, do you?"

Cheng Beiyuan's smile deepened: "Yes, yes, no neglect. The two adults take a step to talk, look at this..."

At first, Chu Han thought that the two of them had been exposed, but unexpectedly, the adult adult dragged them under the lamp, took out two expensive black lacquer inlaid mother-of-pearl boxes from his sleeve, and said with his head down, "I have to trouble you two adults." , put a few good words for me in front of the commander, and let the little one have a chance... This is something my nephew brought back from the south, it looks strange, and I'm afraid it will be ruined if I put it in my hands, adults appreciate it."

It turned out that this guy was just ingratiating and offering a small bribe.

Chu Han also wondered, how big of a face are the Liao brothers who are two scumbags?The governor of Beizhen is said to be not a low-ranking official, but he still has to climb up Liao, so that he can get promoted and make a fortune?

Under the lamp, I can clearly see Master Cheng's appearance.This person also has eyebrows and eyes drawn, with thick ink lines, bright red lips, handsome appearance, and even a bit of enchanting charm.It's a pity that this Cheng Beiyuan's eyes, the black eyeballs are slightly smaller and the white eyeballs are too much, it's a standard four white eyes, and her lips twitch and tremble when she smiles.According to physiognomy, this guy either restrains his wife or Kefu, restrains his whole family and nine clans, a typical goblin appearance that will bring disaster to the country and the people.

At that time, Chu Han hadn't understood the meaning of "speak a few words of kindness for someone in front of the commander".

Third Master Fang snorted, with a disgusted face hanging on his face, thinking that the other party dirty his hands, so he didn't reach out to pick it up.

Chu Han took the things Cheng Beiyuan handed over, and smiled: "Master Cheng is a person who has experience and mastery, I have remembered it in my heart. Don't worry, you and I will talk about it another day."

Cheng Beiyuan actually took advantage of the situation and grabbed his sleeve, rubbed her fingers a few times, and deliberately touched his wrist, very lingering and ambiguous: "If Master Wuhen has orders, I can order the younger ones at any time, and the subordinates are on call. I am willing to serve you on the saddle and on the horse. ..."

Chu Han was disgusted for a moment, and even pulled back his arms and sleeves.He opened two lacquer boxes casually.

A fine ice-species jade Guanyin jade pendant, half the size of a palm.

There is also an exquisite pocket watch with old-fashioned workmanship and a gold chain. The case is a erotic picture of the late Qing Dynasty with cloisonné enamel inlaid with opals!

Chu Han stared straight at these two things, his eyes shrank suddenly, and he turned to stare at Cheng Beiyuan!

He didn't even need to open the hidden clasp mechanism of the pocket watch to verify whether there was a line of very small initials engraved on the inner case of the erotic picture.

He has known Mr. Shen for more than 20 years, and he is a very careful person.As for the gaudy things that Shen Chenghe usually wears and hangs on his body, he knows everything and has an unforgettable memory.He memorized the position of a tiny scratch on the case of the pocket watch, and it was absolutely correct.

The very valuable Jade Guanyin was given by Mr. Chu to his eldest nephew when his family Hehe celebrated his 20th birthday.It was a gift from Chu Xun.

Shen Chenghe is obviously here.