The sun was in the west, and Yang Yulang and the thin and tall man walked out of Yihong Courtyard with endless fun, chatting about the ten thousand customs of the wind and dust women along the way.

In the evening, the thin man and Yang Yulang returned to the grass house, and the butcher was already waiting at home.

"Second brother, how is the situation in Shanxi?" The tall and thin man asked.

"A small village, more than 20 families, live a life of coarse tea and light food, without much oil and water." The butcher said.

"In that case, tonight we will go to the East Boundary Pai Town, where there is a Yihong Courtyard, ** has saved a lot of silver, we will go and get her." The tall and thin man said.

"That's right! I heard the girl inside say, ** I have earned seventy or eighty thousand taels of silver in the past few years, and I am very black-hearted, so I might as well teach you a lesson tonight. It's just that the night in Yihong Courtyard is also very lively, and we can't start. Yang Yulang said.

"Afraid of what? After the third watch, Yihongyuan should not think of the idea of someone beating them. Besides, they were all women, and they might have been so scared to pee their pants when they saw the big blade in our hands. The butcher said. The discussion was decided, and the three buddies got ready, took advantage of the darkness to come to the depression in Shandong, changed into night clothes, covered their heads, and walked towards the town with a big knife in their hands.

The first time Yang Yulang did this kind of thing, his heart went up and down. Unlike the tall and thin butcher, he painted his face like a demon escaping from the Netherworld, and followed them both with a two-foot-long wooden stick in his hand.

"Third brother, it's the first time you've done this kind of thing, don't talk nonsense when you enter the courtyard, everything is up to the two of us to deal with. Your task is to pack up all the real gold, silver, and all kinds of jewelry in Yihong Courtyard, and we will meet them at the door. The tall and thin man admonished.

"Little brother understands, I hope our operation is smooth sailing." Yang Yulang said.

Coming to the gate of Yihong Courtyard, the three of them rested outside for a while, until the third watch, the lights in Yihong Courtyard went out, and the courtyard was quiet.

The shops on both sides of the street were closed without a single movement.

"Big brother, can you start?" Yang Yulang asked.

"Wait a minute, everyone has just fallen asleep, and once there is a disturbance, all the work will be wasted." The tall and thin man said.

"So—what to do?" Yang Yulang asked.

"In another half an hour, we can do it, second brother, third brother, you two take a rest here first, and I'll go and have a look at the back." The tall and thin man quickly left and went to the backyard.

Half an hour passed, and the tall thin man walked over and whispered: "The back door wall is not high, let's go over the wall and go in, ** live in the room in the backyard." ”

"Capture the thief and capture the king first, let's start with the **, she has the most money." The butcher said.

"Action!" The tall and thin man took the butcher and Yang Yulang to the back door wall, and jumped up, and the butcher also jumped up, only Yang Yulang couldn't jump up after a few attempts.

The tall and thin man simply jumped down and opened the door to let Yang Yulang in.

The three of them entered the backyard, went straight to the room where ** lived, pried the door latch and walked in.

The tall and thin man lit the candles, and the three of them rummaged through the room, packing up and rolling up all the valuables.

Although the movement was very small, she still woke up**, and she shouted loudly: "There is a thief - catch the thief -"

The butcher was angry for a moment and waved his knife to cut off the ** head.

When Yang Yulang saw this scene, his face turned pale with fright.

When all the people in Yihong Courtyard heard the shouting, they all woke up.

The butcher and the tall and thin man were so commotion that they went into every room and slaughtered all the men and women who tried to resist or escape.

Although Yang Yulang was afraid, when he saw so many gold and silver treasures, he didn't care about being afraid, and he packed all the valuables in each room and took them away.

There were more than 20 men and women in Yihong Courtyard, and none of them were killed by the tall and thin men and the butcher.

By the time the neighbors arrived, the three of them had already fled.

The owner and customers of Xinglong Hostel came the fastest, and when they came to Yihong Courtyard, they found that the door was open, and they knew that something was wrong.

When everyone entered the hall, they saw that the tables and chairs in the hall were in a mess, leaving bloody footprints.

"Not good! Yihongyuan may have been baptized in blood. The shopkeeper realized this, and waited in the hall until the mayor and the local security officer came, and then dared to go upstairs to see what was going on.

When I came upstairs, I saw corpses lying in every room, and fresh blood and footprints on the ground were a mess. Look at every room is rummaging through the cabinets, and all the valuable things are looted.

"Oh my God! Who killed so many poor women with all their conscience, did they have a holiday with Yihong Courtyard? But I've been in town for so many years, and I've never heard of ** and girls offending prostitutes. Are they here for the money? What if they robbed my inn one day? The innkeeper was terrified when he saw this terrible scene.

The mayor of the town, the local security guard, and the neighbors were also frightened one by one, and the three souls were out of the body and the seven spirits were smoking.

A few brave ones looked at the wounds carefully, and they were all killed with a single stab. They unanimously believed that it was Jiangyang's thieves, so they discussed going to the county government to report the case.

Early the next morning, the mayor of Jiepai Town, the local security guard, and several well-known figures jointly came to the county government of Taiping County to report the case.

After receiving the report, Liu County immediately ordered Master Tian to take the officials and servants to the scene of Jiepai Town to investigate.

After examining the corpse, Master Tian asked about the incident, and everyone in Jiepai Town did not know, only the innkeeper diagonally opposite the door provided a little clue.

"Yesterday morning, a tall, thin and medium-sized young man went to Yihongyuan, and they stayed there for an hour or two, not knowing what they were doing.

I looked at the tall and thin man with a familiar face, but I couldn't remember who it was.

At eleven o'clock in the evening, my inn closed, and after midnight, I suddenly heard Yihongyuan ** shouting to catch the thief, I got up and listened, and then there was no sound.

I thought nothing was going to happen, so I went back to sleep. As soon as I fell asleep, I heard the shouts of the women, and the candlelight was lit in the Yihong courtyard, which I thought was the work of the prostitutes, so it was not the same thing.

Later, there was no sound, and I vaguely felt that something had happened in Yihongyuan, so I called all the guys and customers in the store, and called the neighbors again.

When we all came to Yihong Courtyard, we saw this terrifying scene. The shopkeeper said.

Master Tian asked a few more people, and what they said was roughly the same as the clues provided by the shopkeeper.

Master Tian is very shrewd and very serious, he made a record one by one and then returned to the county government to report, and sent a few officials to inquire about the news around Jiepai Town.

Jiepai Town belongs to a small town in Taiping County, and it is only forty miles away from Taiping Town, where the county seat is located.

"A few months ago, there was a bloody case in Taiping Town, and the perpetrator was said to be a butcher in the town, could this bloody case be done by Tuhu again?" Master was skeptical.

"So many people died in Yihong Courtyard in an instant, how could Tu Hu do it alone? Besides, Tu Hu is on the run, how could he come here? Jiepai Town and Taiping Town are only a few dozen miles, it is impossible for him to appear here, the perpetrator is so cruel, it must be the work of Jiangyang thieves. Liu Guangyi, the head catcher, said.

"I heard that there is another person who assisted Tu Hu in committing the crime, this person is his brother Murong Gang, a tall and thin man who has practiced kung fu and has certain skills. Murong Gang and Tu Hu are both practitioners, and it shouldn't be a problem for them to sneak into Yihong Courtyard late at night to deal with these defenseless and weak women. Master Tian said.

Murong Gang is thin and tall, and Tu Hu is the butcher who killed pigs, and the two of them hid in Jiepai Mountain after killing people in Taiping Town and started to rob houses.

The bitter lord of Taiping Town went to the county government to report the case for a few months, but Liu County Ling ignored it, and Master Tian sent the officials to track down the murderer everywhere, and there was no news for more than a month, and the matter was over.

Unexpectedly, such a tragic incident happened here a few months later, and this case made the mediocre county magistrate have to focus on tracking down the murderer.

The county magistrate has a nickname, known as the 'cricket king', and he doesn't have much ink in his belly, but he has a soft spot for fighting crickets.

He obeyed Master Tian's words, and all the big and small things in the yamen were decided by the master.

"Master, do you see—this case—how to deal with it?" Liu Xianling asked.

"First of all, put a reward on the list and catch the murderer at all costs. At the same time, Xiu Shu reported to the imperial court, asking the imperial court to send a first-class detective Xu to help solve the case. Master Tian said.

"This plan is very good, I heard that Lord Xu Wenbin is young and promising, smart and wise, and is a veritable detective, I want to see how he solved this case and arrested the murderer." Liu Xianling said.

Master Tian was busy writing the declaration documents and the reward list, and Liu Xianling was happy with his wife and children in the back hall.

Master Tian wrote the declaration document and sent people to the capital for 800 miles to expedite it, and sent two officials to the streets and alleys to post the reward list.

On the second day, Master Tian sent twelve more catchers to inquire about the news.

After everything was arranged, Master Tian came to the back office to report to the county commander.

Liu Xianling nodded frequently after hearing this, and praised: "Master is worthy of being my good helper, with you to take care of yamen affairs, I can rest assured." ”