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Black clouds cover the moon, and the remnant leaves corrupt the trees;

The wind hangs and crows chirp, and the dogs bark in the air. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

At midnight, outside the eastern suburbs of Le'an County, the wind is quiet and silent, the farmland is vast like sinking into the Dead Sea, a small farm yard is isolated in it, and the sound of dogs barking is heard in the courtyard, and the sound is sad, tearing the night sky.

The windows lit up with fire, and the sound of men swearing could be heard in the room.

"You dead dog, you don't even dare to fart when you see a living person on weekdays, what's the name of the ghost of the third watch in the middle of the night?!"

"Whew-woo-woo-"

The barking of the dog became more and more terrible.

"Still barking, and then tell me to kill your old dog tomorrow and eat dog meat!"

"Whew!"

The dog howled and screamed, and then stopped abruptly, and there was no more sound.

In the dead silence of the night, the trumpet blew in the wind and whined, like a ghost crying.

"Big hair, big hair?!"

The man in the house shouted twice, but there was no reply, and he could not help being annoyed, and got up and opened the door with a curse, rushed to the kennel, and scolded:

"You dead dog, I'll pretend to be dead if I scold you twice......"

Suddenly, the voice suddenly disappeared, as if swallowed by a ghost.

The man was clad in a coat, his eyes were bulging, his face was as white as paper, and he stared at the pitch-black ground next to the kennel.

There, lying flat on the back of a long object, the whole body is entangled in fine and dense silver silk threads, like a strange silkworm chrysalis, at the top of the silkworm chrysalis, is a hole the size of a bowl, poking out a dog's head, the mouth is wide open, the tongue is extended, the corners of the eyes and ear holes are bleeding, and on the top of the dog's head, there is a dark deep hole, from which flows a meat-colored minced tofu-like viscous liquid.

The man's feet were soft, and he sat on the ground with a plop:

"Ahhhh

The miserable screams pierced the dark clouds in the sky, picking out the red moonlight.

The moon sets and the sun rises, and the clouds are pressing.

In the small courtyard of the farmhouse, more than a dozen catchers stood in a circle with solemn faces.

The first person, wearing a black cloak, is about forty years old, with bright eyes and a small mustache on his chin, which is Sun Mang, the head catcher of the county government of Le'an County.

And the group of young people standing around, all with pale faces, standing far away with their noses covered, all looking eager to hide eight feet away.

There was only a lean catcher, carefully circled next to the dog corpse, took out a pair of black gloves and put them on, squatted down and peeled off the silver silk thread that entwined the dog corpse, pulled out the corpse, held the dog's head and looked at it, sighed, took off the gloves and hugged the head catcher next to him:

"Sun Zhutou is exactly the same as the previous two cases. ”

The head catcher Sun Mang touched the mustache on his chin, frowned, and knocked the dog's head with the scabbard that had already turned into an empty shell, and muttered:

"In less than a month, a rabbit and two dogs died tragically, and they all died in such a strange way......"

Speaking of this, Sun Mang looked up at the catcher who had just examined the dog's corpse: "Cui Zheng, what do you think?"

The catcher named Cui Zheng frowned into a pimple and shook his head: "This thing is weird, this old dog is the same as the previous two times, he was first strangled to death by this strange silver filament, and then was penetrated by a sharp object on the top of his head and his brain was removed...... The subordinates had never seen such cruel methods, but fortunately only a few domestic animals died, if it was ......"

Speaking of this, Cui Zheng shook his head and stopped talking.

Sun Mang was also silent.

A few small catchers next to you quickly look at me, I look at you, you push me forward, and express my opinion:

"Sun Zhutou, according to the analysis of our brothers, this thing must not have been done by people!"

"Yes, yes, look at the silver silk on this dog's body, it's just like spider silk!"

"That's right, that's right, in my opinion, this must be a spider spirit in our county!"

"Boss, let's hurry up and find a Taoist priest to catch the demon!"

"Shut up!"

Sun Mang was immediately furious and scolded sharply: "What spider spirit, what kind of is this, I am the Ming Dynasty and the people, how can such a demonic thing appear?!"

A few small catchers immediately fell silent and retreated.

Cui Zheng glared at a few small catchers with a look of hatred, and stepped forward and said: "Sun Zhutou, according to what his subordinates have seen, such a strange thing, if it is not a monster, I am afraid it can only be - from the rivers and lakes!"

Sun Mang touched his mustache and nodded: "I also deduced it, so I went to visit Xu Liangshan, the master of the Wumen Gate of Juyi Gate, seven days ago, but unfortunately ......"

"Could it be that the master of the Xu Sect is unwilling to help?" Cui Zheng asked.

Sun Mang shook his head: "I didn't see the master of the Xu Sect at all, according to his subordinates, the master of the Xu Sect went to the Tianxing Dart Bureau to deal with a trivial matter in the rivers and lakes, and I am afraid that he will not be able to come back for a while." ”

"Then, it's better to ask Feng Yu who divides the rudder damper. "Choi Jeong-do.

Sun Mang let out a long sigh: "Feng Dong's eyes are greedy for money, and he is not right, if you go to beg him, I am afraid that you will slaughter us for a sum of money." ”

"How should that be......" Cui Zheng also made a difficulty.

"However, when I went to Juyimen this time, I heard a piece of news. Sun Mang touched his mustache and looked at Cui Zheng, "It is said that there are two masters in our county, who have excellent martial arts and high moral character, and have the ability to catch turtles in the sky and the sea, so they live in Sangsi Lane." Cui Zheng, if I'm not mistaken, did your sister marry a blacksmith in Sang Si Lane?"

"This ......" Cui Zheng was a little embarrassed, "I have also heard a little about the two of them, but I heard that they are just helping the people do some trivial things to make up the house and catch cats, I'm afraid it is...... Embarrassment is of great use. ”

"Now it's a dead horse as a live horse doctor!" Sun Mang sighed, "You can inquire for the time being, if you can use it yourself, it is the best, if you can't-alas, it really can't work, just tell your lordship, prepare some money and go to Feng Yu to help." ”

“…… Yes, subordinates obey. Cui Zheng responded with a fist.

At lunchtime, the Loctite Restaurant is a busy scene.

"Xiao Er, add a pot of wine here!"

"Little Er, it's time to order!"

"Xiao Er, we haven't served our braised meat yet, hurry up!"

"Hey, uncle, don't worry, just come!"

Chen Dongsheng threw his handkerchief and shuttled between the tables and chairs, pouring water, ordering and shouting prices, so busy that he didn't touch the ground and sweated profusely.

But even so, the two ears are still erect high and straight, and the six gossip covers the pinna.

Here, the two black-faced men looked excited, discussing topics that have been of interest to men throughout the ages:

"Hey, have you heard, the kiln next door to Chunhua Lane has another beautiful woman like a flower. ”

"I know, that beauty is the concubine of a big official in the capital, that big official offended the West Factory, and as a result, he was cut down, and all his family members filled the official kiln! ”

It's boring and boring.

Chen Dongsheng shook his head secretly and turned to leave.

Two more steps, two more sons discuss current affairs and politics:

"Now the West Factory dominates one side, the East Factory has become the minions of the West Factory, the Jinyi Guard is the tiger, and the imperial court departments have been reduced to decorations, this world is already the world of the prison party, what is the use of us reading these books!"

"Shhhhh

The common people don't talk about current affairs, they don't talk about current affairs!

Chen Dongsheng meditated silently and walked away quickly.

In front of the window, several batches of big vegetable farmers are discussing the latest hunting news.

"Hey, does the old Lu who delivered food to my house know?"

"Oh, that old bachelor, what's wrong, did you marry a wife?"

"Hey, just his stinky temper, either scolding the sky or the earth, except for his old dog who doesn't dislike him, who else can live with him?"

"Hey, now that old dog doesn't go with him, that old dog - dead!"

"Dead? How did you die?"

"Tell me to scare you to death, that old dog was killed by a spider spirit!"

"What?spider spirit?!"

"That's right, I heard that the dog died miserably, his whole body was wrapped in spider silk, and the top of his head was opened by a spider spirit, and his brain flowed for ten miles!"

"Oh my gosh!"

"Tell me about this world, it's really a bad country, and demons are rampant!"

"Oh, you can't say that, be careful of your life!"

"Yes, yes, don't talk about this, drink and drink!"

Chen Dongsheng's eyes flashed, he stepped forward, pulled a smile and said, "A few masters, what else do you need......?"

Before he finished speaking, he heard a loud shout from the door.

"Xiao Dongzi, someone is looking for you!"

Chen Dongsheng's smile froze, he hurriedly apologized to several guest officers, hurried to the door, fixed his eyes, and couldn't help but be stunned: "Brother Cui?"

The person who came was dressed in regular clothes, lean, dark complexion, and resolute eyes, it was Chen Blacksmith's brother-in-law, the county government arrested Cui Zheng.

"Xiao Dongzi, how are you doing?" Cui Zheng smiled and rubbed Chen Dongsheng's hair.

"Why does Brother Cui have time to come to see me today?" Chen Dongsheng said excitedly.

Cui Zheng smiled and lowered his voice: "I'm here to ask you something important." ”

Chen Dongsheng's eyes lit up immediately, and he hurriedly pulled Cui Zheng's cuffs and sat in the corner, and said in a low voice: "Brother Cui asks, the younger brother must know everything!"

Cui Zhengding looked at Chen Dongsheng: "I heard your sister-in-law say before, you are very familiar with the two guys from the Sang family's tea stall?"

"You mean Brother Hao and Brother Corpse?" Chen Dongsheng's eyes brightened, "It's quite familiar, isn't it that Brother Cui has something to ask them for help?"

Cui Zheng nodded and approached Chen Dongsheng: "It's a matter of the yamen, don't be sloppy!"

Chen Dongsheng took a breath of cool air, looked around with his eyes, and also leaned over: "Brother Cui, it can't be the one who is the spider spirit, right?!"

As soon as these words came out, Cui Zheng's face immediately changed, and his eyes swept around: "Isn't it that everyone knows about this matter?"

Chen Dongsheng waved his hand: "Not yet, but I estimate that within three or five days, the people of the whole county will probably know." ”

"It's going to be difficult now, and if rumors spread, I'm afraid it's going to be bad. Cui Zheng's brows furrowed into a pimple.

"Didn't I hear that only a few dogs died? Not really. Chen Dongsheng said strangely.

"But those livestock died too strangely, we have to guard against it, I'm afraid of the future-" Cui Zheng looked solemn, "We originally wanted to find some people from the rivers and lakes to help arrest the murderer, but the Wumen Gate Master who had no choice but to gather the Yimen Gate rudder traveled far away, and the Fengmen Gate Master was ...... Alas......"

"The owner of the wind gate is that Feng Dong. Chen Dongsheng looked disdainful, "I heard Brother Hao say it, it's really not a thing." ”

As soon as these words came out, Cui Zheng's eyes lit up: "Your big brother Hao has something to do with Juyimen, can you follow his path and help us find a clue?"

"This ...... I'm afraid not, Brother Hao, they have already torn their faces with Feng Dong......" Chen Dongsheng touched his chin, "However, recently, Brother Hao received a bookkeeper a month ago, maybe he can help." ”

"Mr. Accounts?!" Cui Zheng was surprised, "How can a settler help?"

"Brother Cui, don't you know, that Mr. Bookkeeper-" Chen Dongsheng showed an indescribable expression, "It's not an ordinary person!"

The light clouds are obliquely shining, the breeze is soft and fragrant, the mulberry leaves are low and green, the three people sit around the table, and the tea is fragrant.

"Clerical student, how's it going, how much did we earn this month?"

Hao Se lay down at the small table under the Portuguese shelf, and looked at the bookkeeper who was sitting behind the table.

The corpse Tianqing sat upright, holding a tea bowl, glancing at Wen Jingmo from time to time.

Wen Jingmo's face was gloomy, his left hand was hanging in the suspender, and his right hand was crackling on the abacus, and suddenly, his fingertips paused, and he looked up at the two people opposite, almost squeezing out the voice from between his teeth:

"Earned!"

"Wow!" Hao Se raised his hand and cheered, glaring at the dead fish eyes and asked, "How much did you earn?!"

Wen Jingmo tugged at the corners of his mouth: "Sanwen money!"

"Eh?!" Hao Se was shocked, grabbed the account book, and flipped through it for a while, "It's impossible, Lao Tzu has obviously received ten commissions this month, and all of them are well paid! How can he make three pennies?!"

Corpse Tianqing frowned: "Is it a miscalculation?"

"Miscalculated?" Wen Jingmo squinted, leaning back on the back of the chair, "It's just a few pennies in total, how could I miscalculate?!"

"This and this, help Aunt Li wash her clothes, Lao Tzu obviously received two baskets of radish!" Hao Se shouted pointing to the account book.

"Brother Hao, didn't you forget, you said that you wanted to promote neighborhood relations, so you sent five catties of radishes to each of the neighbors, and the last two were not enough catties, and they even paid for two catties in the market themselves!" Wen Jingmo said coldly.

"Uh-" Hao Se scratched his head and pointed to another item, "Then this, to help Uncle Lu's family move, we can charge ten cents!"

"Didn't Brother Hao spend another fifteen yuan to buy a vase for Uncle Lu's house, saying that he was going to warm the house for Uncle Lu?" Wen Jingmo picked up the teacup.

"Eh......" Hao Se scratched his face, "Then there is this, clerk, you help Aunt Zhou write a letter to his son, and ask him to come back to attend Miss Zhou's wedding next month...... It's earned, it's earned...... Forehead ......"

"After-sales service, free project...... This is what Brother Hao said yourself!" Wen Jingmo snapped and put down the tea bowl.

Corpse Tianqing coughed lightly and lowered his head to drink tea.

Hao Se shrank his neck, silently sent the account book back, and laughed dryly:

"Haha, I knew that it would be better to live with Gu Sang's sister-in-law and go to Aunt Zhou's house to help Miss Zhou embroider the dowry, that is a high price of two taels of silver......"

"Do you two know how to embroider?!" Wen Jingmo glanced.

Hauser shrunk his neck and grabbed his hair.

The corpse is bored and drinks water.

Wen Jingmo held his forehead with his index finger and took a breath: "Brother Hao, if we continue like this, it won't take half a month, and the three of us will 'stand in the south of the mountain, full of hesitation, but empty of tragedy'!"

"Huh?" Hauser scratched his head, "what do you mean?"

"Drink the northwest wind ......," the corpse Tianqing annotated on the side.

"Oh, good poetry, good poetry!" Hao Se immediately chirped and applauded, but in Wen Jingmo's cold gaze, he slowly shrunk.

Corpse Tianqing glanced at the two of them, and the corners of his mouth quietly hooked.

Wen Jingmo took a deep breath, drank tea and calmed down, and said, "Brother Hao, do you remember what Gu Sang's sister-in-law told you before she went to Zhou's house?"

"Huh?" Hao Se looked up, "Isn't it just for us to take care of the tea stall, don't waste the business, the business of the tea stall has been taken care of properly these days!"

Wen Jingmo squinted and looked at Hao Se quietly.

"By the way, there is also Boss Gu asked the clerk to be in charge of housekeeping. Hao Se patted his head, "Anyway, the clerk, you have done a great job, you see how thoroughly the yard is cleaned, the useless sundries in the corner of the wall have also been sold, the lumps of fallen leaves have also been swept clean, the windows are bright and clean, shiny as new, the clothes are washed like new, and the quilts are folded as neatly as tofu blocks......

"You're embarrassed to carry clothes and quilts!" Wen Jingmo slapped the table, his eyebrows upside down, "Brother Corpse has to chop wood and carry water for cooking every day, and he doesn't forget to clean the house, but Brother Hao, you don't even fold the quilt when you get up in the morning, and the dirty clothes are thrown into a ball next to the bed, and the smell is ......"

"How can it be so exaggerated......" Hauser disagreed.

"Arthur has always been uninhibited...... "Corpse Tianqing tried to solve Hao Se.

"Shut up!" Wen Jingmo glanced sideways at the corpse Tianqing, and suddenly took out a bag from his feet and threw it on the table, and the clothes, pants and socks in the bag immediately scattered on the table, each piece wrinkled, exuding an unknown smell.

"What's the matter with these socks?!" Wen Jingmo yelled as he picked up a weirdly shaped dirty sock between his fingertips.

"I can't find the other one......" Hauser laughed dryly.

"And what about this coat?!" Wen Jingmo picked up another one.

"I think this piece is pretty clean...... Hao Se picked up the tea bowl and drank water with a weak face.

"And what is this?!" Wen Jingmo grabbed the third.

Hao Se raised his eyes and looked-

"Poof—"

A sip of tea instantly turned into a sharp jet of water, spraying Wen Jingmo's head and face.

Wen Jingmo's face was dripping, his deer eyes were bursting, his face was shocked, and his face was blue and green, so wonderful.

The corpse Tianqing next to him stared widely, his palm protected his tea bowl, his body retreated slightly, glanced at Wen Jingmo, whose hair was dripping, lowered his head and lowered his eyes, and his shoulders trembled slightly.

Wen Jingmo's face was hideous, he shook his sleeves to wipe the water droplets on his face, and shouted: "Hao Se!"

"Ahhhh......h Ahhh

As he spoke, he stuffed the object of "two covers and three straps" in his hand into his arms.

"Yo, is it still something valuable?" Wen Jingmo squinted at Hao Se.

"This is a priceless treasure, the only one thing left by Lao Tzu, a piece of ......"

The modern "bra/cover" ahhh

Hao Se stubbornly held back the second half of the sentence, and his face was flushed, like a ripe persimmon.

"What is it?" Wen Jingmo sat back in his seat and looked at Hao Se with raised eyebrows.

Hao Se gritted his teeth, his red face muffled.

"That's Arthur's blindfold. Corpse Tianqing, who had been silent, suddenly burst out.

Wen Jingmo and Hao Se suddenly shot their gazes at Corpse Tianqing.

"The stitches are fine, the materials are exquisite, and the embroidery on them is incomparably fine, which must be Arthur's treasured eye patch. The corpse's eyes were clear, and his face was straight.

I'm going to make a big slot!

Hao Se's eyes darkened, and he almost fainted: So, so the corpse brother, have you studied it a long time ago?!

"Cut, it's just an eyepatch, why make such a fuss. Wen Jingmo rolled his eyes.

"Lao Tzu has no face to see Jiangdong's father is old, ahhhhh

"Xiao Dongzi, this, these are the three masters in your mouth?"

Cui Zheng, who was standing outside the gate of the Gu family courtyard and witnessed the whole process, his face twitched faintly.

"Ahem, heroes are also human beings...... Chen Dongsheng's face turned red, and he explained dryly.

Before the words fell, Cui Zheng felt a cold gaze shoot at him, which made his back cold.

The corpse in the courtyard Tianqing didn't know when he looked at this side.

Cui Zheng couldn't help but be secretly frightened, and immediately urged Chen Dongsheng to admit himself to the hospital.

"Brother Hao, Brother Corpse, Brother Wen, this is my sister-in-law's eldest brother, Cui Zheng, who works for the county government-"

Before Chen Dongsheng's introduction was finished, Hao Se jumped up, hugged his fists with a smile on his face and said, "You are Cui Zhu, look up for a long time!"

"Brother Hao. Cui Zheng hugged his fists to Hao Se, and saluted Corpse Tianqing and Wen Jingmo one by one, "Corpse Brother, Brother Wen." ”

Corpse Tianqing hugged his fists in return, and Wen Jingmo raised his hanging arm: "There are injuries on your body, please don't be surprised by Lord Hurry." ”

"It's okay, it's okay. Cui Zheng smiled and sat down with everyone.

"Cui Yu is here for official business?" Hao Se said with a pair of dead fish eyes, full of anticipation.

"It's not a secret, the county government does have a difficult matter that I want to ask the three for help. "Choi Jeong-do.

"What's going on with the Yamen?" Hao Se immediately came to his senses, "Could it be that there is some big case?!"

Cui Zheng frowned: "It's ......"

"It's a case of spider spirits killing animals. Wen Jingmo on the side said idly.

"Huh?" Hausel was surprised.

Cui Zheng glanced at Wen Jingmo and was slightly surprised: "This son is really well-informed," paused, and nodded heavily, "Yes, this is the case." ”

"Damn, there are really spider spirits?!" Hao Se hurriedly raised his head and glanced at the sky, but he didn't find any wolf, tiger and leopard flying with the sword, so he secretly patted his chest.

scared Lao Tzu to death, did you think that Lao Tzu went to the wrong Xiuzhen fantasy set?

"Brother Cui, can you tell me more about this matter?" said Corpse Tianqing.

Cui Zheng nodded, and briefly described several strange cases that occurred in Le'an County, and finally hugged his fists and said: "This matter is related to the safety of the people in Le'an County, and I hope the three brothers will help." ”

"Hmm-" Hao Se touched his chin and thought about it, then turned his eyes to look at Corpse Tianqing and Wen Jingmo, "Brother Corpse, clerk, what do you think?"

Corpse Tianqing pondered for a moment and nodded: "I am willing to help." ”

Wen Jingmo raised his eyebrows: "The errand of the yamen is better than the two of you helping people do laundry and move every day." ”

"Thank you three!" Cui Zheng was overjoyed, thanked again and again, thought about it, and asked, "I don't know how much honor the three of you want to receive for this case?"

"Oh, what kind of honorarium do you want! Serve the people......"

Before Hao Se finished speaking, he was slapped aside by Wen Jingmo next to him:

"Cui Zhu, this case is full of risks, and the reward is naturally indispensable!" Wen Jingmo sat upright and said with a smile.

Cui Zheng nodded solemnly: "I don't know how much the three of you plan to receive?"

The jade-faced scholar smiled sincerely, and the deer's eyes narrowed slightly, like fox eyes.

"One hundred taels!"