Chapter 3 Chapter Two

Quanzhou Prefecture a month later. "Miss Xiaohan, the beaded crown you entrusted me to sell has been sold, and I got twenty taels of silver. The girl took it away." An old woman came to a dilapidated wooden house with a wooden stick and handed over two ingots of silver. Put it on the table. A woman in white sitting at the table turned her head, smiled, and stood up: "Mother Yu, thank you very much." "Is there any news from the capital?" She asked eagerly. Mother Yu sighed: "My boy just came back from selling cloth in Beijing, and I heard from him that the current emperor is seriously ill, and the government affairs have been left alone, and the crown prince and the third prince are fighting fiercely for the throne!" ——Your Eleven No one seems to have brought up the brother's case, because there has been no news of the trial."

Li Sihan breathed a long sigh of relief, and tears of gratitude welled up in her eyes. She knew that the King of Peking had fulfilled his promise, and was working hard for this case to delay it. She only thought about others, but she didn't worry about her own predicament at all: she lived in seclusion for a month, and in order to avoid being hunted down, she couldn't "take" other people's gold and silver as she used to.This beloved pearl crown was sold for her by the elder brother himself in the capital, so she had no choice but to pawn it off because of her livelihood.

But her smile was still so bright and carefree, as if the wind and frost of the world hadn't eroded her in the slightest. "Miss Xiaohan, the old man will take his leave first." The old woman said tremblingly. "Mother Yu, go slowly." Sihan hurriedly got up to see her off. The door opened, but the sun did not shine in.A tall figure had stood under the porch at some point—a black suit, a big black cloak... an iron face! Li Sihan didn't even think about it, and immediately flew back.She knew that she was by no means his match, and only by running away immediately would she have a chance!Her qinggong ranks among the top ten in martial arts, and she is familiar with this place, so there is always a chance.

However, she was wrong again.When she flew onto the roof amidst the exclamations of the people around her, she found that those eyes sharper than a falcon were already looking at her coldly. In just a dozen or so moves, she was completely at a disadvantage. After the last move, she fell from the roof to the street, and her acupuncture points were sealed.As if nothing had happened, Iron Mask shook out an iron chain, locked her hands, pulled her forward, and said coldly, "Follow me." Li Sihan staggered a few steps from being dragged, and when she struggled, she protested, "I'm not a dog! If you let go, I'll walk by myself!"

Before the voice fell, I only felt a sharp pain in my jaw.She wanted to yell, but she couldn't make a sound! Looking at her furious face, Tie Mian Shen Zhang said calmly: "Twist off your jaw, firstly to prevent you from biting your tongue and commit suicide, secondly to prevent you from hurting others with hidden weapons, and thirdly...to prevent you from talking too much." He has always been very reasonable, and he always speaks clearly every time he does something, even to prisoners.He turned back to walk again, but he had already let go of the iron chain, and said indifferently, "Go on your own."

Walking through this street is Li Sihan's greatest shame since he was born.Those local people who had been rescued by her and regarded her as a chivalrous woman, all surrounded the street watching her being taken away with iron chains, talking a lot—— "Hey, isn't this Miss Li?" "Snow-clothed chivalrous girl! How could she..." "Yes, she used to pay to save many refugees after a flood. She is a very good person!" "Oh, I heard that the money was stolen. There are tens of thousands of taels!" "That's no wonder! I know that the Iron Man never catches the wrong person."

"Hey, you can't say that either. When your house was washed away by the water, it was Miss Li who subsidized you fifty taels." "Hey, hey, if I knew it was stolen money, I wouldn't have asked for it." "Hmph, stop pretending to be serious." "..." Li Sihan was in a mess at the center of this discussion.She always thought that what she did was doing justice for the heavens, and that justice would be at ease in people's hearts, but she never thought that even the common people she helped would say the same! Was she really wrong, was she really just a thief?

The stinging pain at that moment was far worse than when being hunted down by the Iron God. Tears filled my eyelashes.But instead, she raised her head even higher and walked out of the street without hesitation. The Quanzhou government office finally arrived, and the iron-faced arrester handed Li Sihan over to several guards, and went into the mansion first to inform the magistrate Yang Shoucheng.Prefect Yang is also struggling with the long-suspended major case, and now he hears that the criminal has been arrested and brought to justice, he is very happy.No matter what the third aunt's boiled soup was served, she immediately beat the drums.

"Hey, bring the prisoner to the hall!" Yang Zhifu gave an order, and amidst the chorus from left and right, Li Sihan, who was dressed in white and had long hair draped over his shoulders, was brought in.She raised her head and looked sideways at the magistrate, sneered slightly, but refused to kneel stubbornly. The guards came up and kicked her legs wildly, Li Sihan used his skills to protect himself and stood still. Yang Zhifu had nothing to do and was very embarrassed.While he was in a hurry, the iron-faced god catcher flicked his hands, and his two fingers pierced through the air.Li Sihan snorted softly, and immediately knelt down on the ground.Her knees were in severe pain, and she knew that the acupuncture points had been tapped in the air, so she couldn't help but look up at the iron-faced god who was sitting on the side.

Yang Zhifu let out a sigh of relief, he couldn't help being very annoyed, and slapped the gavel: "Bold and unreasonable, you actually openly steal a huge amount of silver, and the snow-clothed female thief, are you guilty?" Li Sihan snorted, but did not answer.The magistrate was furious: "Come here, slap your mouth!" There was a response from the left and right, and immediately a wolf-like guard came forward and prepared to do it.Li Sihan closed her eyes and raised her head, with a disdainful expression on her face, she was waiting for a big slap to come from the sky, when she suddenly heard a voice stop: "Wait a minute."

"What advice does the god catcher have?" The magistrate was terrified. "I twisted this man's chin, so I can't answer, sir, don't get angry." A hand stretched out and gently squeezed her chin and pushed it, and she felt a sharp pain again, and she looked at the iron face again with hatred one glance. "Well, I'll ask you again, the snow-clothed female thief, can you be convicted?" Yang Zhifu asked again, he was amazed that she had such a beautiful face, and his heart was itchy. Li Sihan said coldly: "This girl deserves no shame in what she has done. I don't know what crime she has committed?" "Bold!" Yang Zhifu slapped the gavel and scolded angrily, "You ransacked five wealthy households in Quanzhou a year ago and stole 170,000 taels of silver. Can you plead guilty?" Li Sihan smiled and said proudly: "That's right, one person does the work and the other is responsible. The 170,000 taels of silver was taken by the little girl. Come on, let's close the case!" Everyone in the hall couldn't help being startled: This female thief is so straightforward!Seeing her beautiful appearance, Yang Zhifu felt sorry for her, hesitated for a moment, and then ordered someone to take the verdict.After finishing the drawing, Li Sihan threw the pen away, looked back at the iron-faced God Catcher sitting aside, and sneered: "Congratulations God Catcher for making another new contribution!" The stern gaze fell on her like lightning, and Li Sihan was completely unafraid, confronting his cold and stern gaze without flinching. The iron-faced god catcher's gaze fluctuated a little - the female thief's gaze was so pure and firm!Without the slightest fear of darkness, the light is as open as a pool of clear water.How could a female thief have such a gaze? When being dragged out of the hall, Li Sihan was still not to be outdone and stared at the stalwart, but found that he was bowing his head and thinking about something. "The god catcher has been exhausted for many days, and my subordinates specially cleaned up a nice house, please let the god catcher rest in peace." Yang Zhifu stepped forward to greet him politely. "No need." The iron-faced god caught Fang startled from his contemplation, waved his hand, stood up and said calmly: "I'm just a catcher, as long as I share a room with the general servants in the government, the prefect doesn't need to bother." The cold moon hangs high above Quanzhou City, and he tosses and turns in the soft and beautiful quilt without sleeping. ——After so many years of eating and sleeping in the open, I am not used to sleeping in such a comfortable place. In the dark night, he opened a pair of eyes sharper than a falcon, looking at something in the night - he has been thinking about the pure and firm eyes he saw in the court during the day, feeling deeply puzzled. If he is not a kind-hearted and open-minded person, how can he still have such a gaze under his gaze?But that fierce and arrogant woman is obviously a gangster!Why is she still so confident? At this time, there was a slight sound of walking next door, and two people walked under the window. A voice complained: "In the middle of the night, it's Lao Tzu's turn to guard the prison again. It's really hard to live a job as an officer. When will I be as majestic as an iron-faced policeman!" ——He blinked his eyes in the dark night, so it turns out that the guards are about to shift? Another voice who was also exhausted continued: "Boy, you think beautifully, and you don't take a pee to see yourself! But... I don't think the two of us need to be on duty tonight... Hee hee, Right?" He smiled obscenely, and the other suddenly realized: "That's right! That chick today is really a beautiful girl! Now the magistrate can taste the sweetness again—what else are we going to do on duty? Go to sleep!" The two laughed for a while, and turned back when they reached the door. In the darkness next door, those eyes suddenly glowed with a light that was sharper and colder than the blade! In the dark prison, only torches are burning. Li Sihan has stopped resisting, the shackles on her hands and the restraint of the acupoints of her legs made her almost unable to move.She didn't call for anyone, because she knew that no one would come to rescue her if she shouted out loud, maybe it would only make this beast in clothes even crazier! As soon as she stopped resisting, those hands tore her clothes more brazenly, and the man pressed on top of her, panting and said: "Little beauty...you...as long as you obey me, you will definitely... forgive your death penalty and get a lighter sentence ..." As soon as those dirty hands touched her skin, she couldn't help but tremble all over! She told herself over and over in her heart: Don't be afraid, don't be afraid!At most, it was just as if she had been bitten by a mad dog—but as she cheered herself up over and over again, unprecedented fear, despair, and shame were also pressing on her step by step. In a trance, she seemed to have returned to the time when she was surrounded by people and beat her up for stealing a piece of sesame seed at the age of eleven—the same fear, helplessness and shame that she could not get rid of in the next nine years nightmare. "Go away, you bastard, go away!" She finally couldn't help shouting sharply, desperately resisting the insults imposed on her.But the man entangled her like an octopus, still tearing off her naked clothes with both hands. She slightly put the tip of her tongue between her teeth... Suddenly, she felt a light weight on her body, and the guy who was pressing on her fell straight backwards! "Prefect Yang." The man said every word, his voice was as cold as ice, "It's so late, are you still in prison?" When Zhifu Yang was rejoicing that he was about to succeed, he was suddenly thrown out by the neck, and his whole body was in pain like a frame falling apart.He was so angry that he was about to hurl insults.But when he heard that ice-cold voice, his heart suddenly turned cold, and he asked in a trembling voice, "God...God catcher?" He was thinking about how to defend himself cleverly, only to hear the iron-faced arrester coldly say: "I will take the criminals away in person immediately, and escort them back to Beijing for further trial. Prefect Yang, do you have any objections?" Yang Zhifu originally wanted to say a few words, but when he met his cold eyes that contained anger and disdain, he was too guilty to say a word.The Iron God Catcher took off his cloak, threw it on Li Sihan's body, flicked his fingers repeatedly, and unlocked the acupuncture points of her feet, and whispered: "Can you still go?" Li Sihan was shocked, and the arrogance of unwillingness to be wronged in her nature spontaneously rose, and she said proudly: "Of course I can go!" She struggled to get up, stared at Yang Zhifu bitterly, and walked out after the iron-faced god catcher. The wind outside was very strong, and the cloak was blown up, but Li Sihan's hands were still handcuffed, and he couldn't pull the cloak.The night wind poured straight into the cloak, chilling her disheveled body.A gust of wind passed by, and she couldn't hold the cloak with her left hand. When she loosened her hand, a corner of the cloak fluttered with the wind.Suddenly one hand grabbed the corner of the cloak like lightning, and the other hand reached out and squeezed her wrist, the iron shackles snapped and fell to the ground. "Follow!" The faint voice ordered, and the tall figure turned back. Inexplicably, a warm current surged up in Li Sihan's heart, and he blurted out, "Aren't you afraid that I will run away?" The Tie Mian Shen catcher said without looking back, his deep voice was full of unquestionable confidence: "Can you escape?" Under the cold moon in Quanzhou City, Li Sihan didn't make a sound, and walked out obediently behind him—she knew that this trip would be a journey of thousands of miles.If she wanted to escape from this person, she had to be more patient and careful! "Liu...Master Liu, what should I do!" Before dawn, Yang Zhifu urgently called his confidant master, who was running around like a headless fly in the back hall, "This stinking head is always soft and hard. If he doesn't eat evil, if he returns to Beijing to read a copy, the black veil on my head will definitely be lost! Master, you have to save me!" Master Liu was woken up in the middle of the night, knowing that something serious must have happened. Hearing what Yang Zhifu said, he couldn't help feeling embarrassed.After pondering for a while, he gritted his teeth and slapped the table: "Okay, that's the only way to do it!" He turned his head and said to the magistrate: "Master Yang, I have a clever plan, and I promise to get rid of this serious worry for you!" He spoke carefully in a low voice, and saw that Zhifu Yang went from anxious to doubtful to smiling, and finally couldn't help nodding his head and praised: "Master has a good plan! I will do as I said immediately!" Master Liu shook the paper fan lightly, and said, "The white and the black will go together. I don't care if he is caught or not. I will tell him not to make it to the capital alive!" "I said, can you stop and rest? After walking for a long time, you are not tired but others are tired. When I arrive at the government, I will sue you for abusing prisoners!" Li Sihan stopped to breathe, and finally couldn't help it. . From early morning to noon, she kept walking with this stinky policeman non-stop, and she was exhausted to death.At first she refused to admit defeat and held on, but then her feet became weak and she was so hungry that she finally yelled out. Anyway, there is Pingchuan City ahead, so it's time to take a rest. As soon as she finished speaking, the iron-faced god glanced at the notice posted under the city, and his face suddenly changed: "Go!" She didn't react, but felt a tightness on her shoulders, and she had been carried into an alley. "What the hell are you doing?" She was not willing to be carried around like a toy, and she became very angry. "Shut your mouth." Tie Mian ShenCatcher suddenly turned his head and said word for word.His eyes were as stern as a knife, and even Li Sihan, who had always been fearless, couldn't help but shut up, followed him quickly through the suburban dense forest, and returned to the official road. "The government is arresting me." The Iron Faced God Catcher said calmly, "Be more careful in the future." "What?" Li Sihan was taken aback, "Isn't that wrong? You are a god arrester, and they are still on the list to arrest you?" The iron-faced arrester said slowly: "The government thought that I fled with a female thief because of my lust for beauty, and wounded the magistrate Mr. Yang, so the governor of Guangdong ordered me to be arrested." He still spoke without the slightest emotion, without resentment or injustice, as if he was just stating a fact. Li Sihan was surprised and couldn't help gloating, and sneered coldly: "It's really interesting to be arrested instead of being arrested!" Iron-faced god catcher took out a Fan Yang hat and put it on: "Speak less, let's go!" Staying in a remote inn, Li Sihan lifted the old quilt that had covered countless people on the bed, and couldn't help frowning: "It stinks!" The inn was almost dilapidated, there was nothing in the room except a table and a bed, and there was a stench everywhere, making people sick. "Guest officer, the meal is here." Xiao Er brought in two bowls of brown rice, and a plate of pickled cucumbers. "Can this food be eaten?" Li Sihan burst out on the spot. Although she is a bandit, she has a lot of gold and silver on hand, and she is more particular about food, clothing, housing and transportation than ordinary people. In her opinion, such food is no different from pig food. But when the iron-faced godcatcher sat down and began to move her chopsticks, she couldn't get angry again.Because when he ate with peace of mind, it seemed that he still ate deliciously—even he wasn't picky, so what right did she, a prisoner, have to be picky? The rice was rough, the cucumber was bitter, and Li Sihan couldn't move after eating a few chopsticks. At this time, the iron-faced god who had been silent all this time said coldly: "If you don't eat by yourself, don't complain that you can't walk tomorrow." Li Sihan gave him a blank look, picked up the bowl angrily, and took a big mouthful of rice, swallowing the rice in two or three mouthfuls, then filled another bowl, and ate it with big mouthfuls, even eating the pickled cucumbers on the plate in front of him. sweep away. "Are you satisfied?" She put down the empty bowl and responded coldly. The iron-faced god catcher didn't seem to want to argue with her at all, so he got up and packed the dishes, and put them on the table for someone to collect.Then he checked the furnishings in the room, and finally put his luggage and sword beside the desk. Li Sihan stared in a daze - this person...it turns out... After Xiaoer took away the bowls and chopsticks, he brought candles.At this time, the sky outside was gradually darkening, and the iron-masked godcatcher leaned over and lit the candles on the table.The flame flickered on and off, reflecting his face.When he turned his head, he saw Li Sihan's ecstatic gaze, and couldn't help frowning slightly - this female thief is really unscrupulous, she doesn't have the appearance that a good girl should have. "How old are you?" Li Sihan couldn't help asking, "How can you be so young with such a great reputation?" She was incredulous, and stared straight at him—it was the first time she noticed the man's age after following him for so long. Tie Mian ShenChang was not ready to answer, but Li Sihan continued on by himself: "Tie Mian ShenChang actually lives in such a restaurant, eats such rough food, and packs things by himself... It's unbelievable!" She said as she spoke. Shaking his head, he was amazed. "What do you think?" He finally answered, but his voice was still calm, "Could it be that like you, you can rob gold and silver and spend a lot of money?" "You have dealt with so many gangsters, solved so many cases, and made great achievements, the court will definitely reward you heavily," Li Sihan said sarcastically, showing a fascinated expression, "you should be surrounded by people everywhere you go, You are rich and rich, rich and rich. Who are you pretending to look like when you are so hard and simple?" The Iron-Masked God Catcher only glanced at her, neither angry nor answering. He lit another candle and said, "I'm sleeping on the floor outside. You just stay here." But she persisted and asked, "You worked for the court, didn't you just for these benefits? Unfortunately, this time even the government is arresting you. In fact, they treat you as a lackey at all, and you can do whatever you want if you don't like it." Kick you casually." She deliberately wanted to irritate him, and unconsciously her tone became more and more harsh - the more calm he was, the more she wanted to irritate him, to see how long he could endure. Tie Mian Shen raised her head, and her lightning-like eyes startled her who was talking non-stop, she couldn't help but stop, but then said: "Why are you staring at me? Am I afraid of you?" ?” The iron-faced god catcher picked up the candle from the table, walked to the door, and stopped suddenly: "This matter has arrived in the capital, and I will explain it to Dali Temple. Right and wrong, good and evil are in the hearts of the people. I think I have a clear conscience, and what others say is meaningless." .” "That's right!" Li Sihan actually agreed loudly this time, "If you think you have a clear conscience, what do people say?—I, Li Sihan, also think that you have a clear conscience, so what's the point of being considered a bandit?" Tie Mian ShenChang paused by the door, and asked word by word: "You——do you really think you have a clear conscience?" "Yes!" Li Sihan said proudly. "Even as a thief?" "Not bad!" The same decisive answer. He suddenly turned around, his eyes fell on her again like a shock, and looked at her eyes like a scrutiny—frank and fearless, as bright as the bright moon, without a trace of guilt and darkness, confronting him without any evasion. Like last time, he fell into deep thought again. Under the light, his profile is extremely resolute and graceful. "It turns out that he is also very good-looking." Li Sihan couldn't help thinking in his heart, "But why do you hide half of your face?" While thinking about it, she said without paying attention: "Hey, why do you hide half of your face? Are you afraid that people will see it?" The iron-masked god catcher suddenly raised his head and gave her a cold look: "Speak less." He didn't seem to want to say any more, and turned to leave.Put the candle on the outside floor, and spread the cloak on the floor. "Hey, you...you just sleep on the floor?" Li Sihan asked a little bit apologetically, but she had never heard of such preferential treatment for prisoners, "Aren't you afraid that I will run away by myself in the middle of the night?" The iron-faced god catcher didn't answer, but closed the door behind his back. Four more. Li Sihan woke up from the nightmare covered in cold sweat, trying to cry out silently, his throat was congested.Just now in her dream, she dreamed that eleven elder brothers were pushed to the execution ground and tortured by Ling Chi! After waking up, my heart was beating wildly, cold sweat was dripping down my face, and two lines of hot tears fell silently—it was all her fault!She shouldn't pester her brother to come to the capital, and she shouldn't get carried away on the street and attract attention.She has always caused trouble for her brothers, but every time they resolve it for her. She used to think that the generous shoulders of her brothers would be the warmth of her life.But...but now... Suddenly, she felt a deep and deep hatred for that iron-faced god outside! Originally, in the past few days, she had gradually changed her view of him invisibly, but at this moment, she recalled the mortal blood feud again, which made her wish to cut the person outside the door to death. "No! I can't just accept my fate like this! I want to save my life to save my brothers." This thought suddenly came to her mind. He listened with bated breath, the room was very quiet.She thought about it carefully, and a bold idea popped up. She dressed lightly, tiptoed out of bed and came to the window.First pour half a pot of tea on the table into the window shaft, and then push it lightly, and the window with the wet window shaft opened silently.She hesitated for a moment, but jumped out of the window like lightning, and immediately hid under a bush. The moment she landed, she heard a soft knock on the door, and someone broke in. ——It’s amazing, the police think it’s so fast? ! Li Sihan held his breath nervously.He only heard him pause in the room for a while, and sighed softly.Her heart was shocked: this sigh contained a trace of disappointment and anger, which was never heard in his calm and light voice. She was in a daze, with an inexplicable ray of remorse in her heart, only hearing the wind passing by above her head, when she looked up, she saw that the cloak had disappeared into the night like lightning.She breathed a long sigh of relief and looked at the bright moon in the sky.She is free!But she was not very happy in her heart, but felt as if she had lost something.She ran out in the opposite direction. The night wind was so cold that she couldn't help shivering.But a strong sense of danger made her grit her teeth and run forward, she understood the horror of being caught by the iron face!Instead of taking the small road, she chose the big road, which was taught her by years of experience in the world. The night was not very dark, only a hazy waning moon accompanied her.Helplessness, confusion, loneliness... All kinds of feelings that had been buried deep in her heart for nineteen years surged up inexplicably. She was running, but she didn't know where she was going. After leaving the city, she just wanted to stop to take a breath when she suddenly froze. "You are finally here, Snow Clothes Girl." The familiar voice said coldly on the barren hill lit by the cold moon outside the city. There was no resentment, no anger, or even sarcasm in the voice, just like the voice she heard when she was first arrested at the Yunpeng Inn—it was a voice without any emotional factors at all!She suddenly felt cold all over. "You ran away." The iron-faced god catcher suddenly turned his head, and said each word clearly, there was an indescribably stern look on his face that matched the steel, and against his indifferent and stern gaze, it was even more chilling. Li Sihan couldn't help but stop.This time, in his gaze, she could no longer look directly at him calmly, and silently lowered her head. The Iron-faced God Catcher jumped down from the hill, and before he landed, he raised his hand and slapped her hard!He struck really hard, Li Sihan staggered back a few steps from the beating, and bloodshot eyes appeared at the corner of his mouth.But this time she didn't say anything, just silently raised her hand to wipe the blood from the corner of her mouth. There was a sound of "Zheng", and there was a light thud on the wrist, a shackle made of fine iron had been handcuffed to her right hand, while the other end was handcuffed to the left hand of the iron-faced god. "Follow me!" Another cold command. Li Sihan knew that she had lost his only trust in her. She suddenly felt a little regretful.