When Zhang Zhen walked out of the hotel door, the oil seller happened to say that he was about to rest, and the onlookers gradually dispersed. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhang Zhen saw him smack a few times, swallowed his saliva, and knew that he was thirsty, so he turned around and went to the hotel to bring out a bowl of tea and send it to the oil seller.

The oil seller hurriedly thanked him, then took the bowl and drank it in one gulp, then stretched out his sleeve and wiped his mouth to return the bowl to Zhang Zhen.

Zhang Zhen took the opportunity to ask: "I heard that you have seen the haunting with your own eyes, that is...... The dog. ”

As soon as the oil seller heard that Zhang Zhen was going to inquire about the haunting, he immediately looked at Zhang Zhen twice, probably because he was not a local, and the oil seller blinked his eyes and said a little slyly: "Do you want to inquire about the old man?" ”

Zhang Zhen shook the tea bowl in his hand and nodded.

The oil seller looked at his oil picker and said, "If you are willing to beat me half a catty of oil, I will tell you." ”

Zhang Zhen smiled bitterly: "I'm not a local, and I don't have a place to put your oil." ”

The oil seller waved his head and said, "Then I don't care, if you don't beat my oil, you can ask others." But I want to warn you first, except for me, few people have seen Master Pan Gu with their own eyes. ”

Zhang Zhen examined the oil seller in front of him, he was very young, seventeen or eighteen years old, maybe his family was in difficulty, so he came out alone early to do some small business. The oil seller has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and although he is contaminated with a lot of businessman's spirit, he still looks like a lover.

At this time, Yang Bantou walked over, looked at the oil seller and said to Zhang Zhen: "Catch the head, I have opened the room, how can I ask if there is anything?"

Zhang Zhen deliberately smiled contemptuously and said to Yang Bantou: "This kid shouldn't have seen it, he just took the opportunity to make a little money." ”

When the oil seller heard Zhang Zhen say this, he suddenly became angry, raised his voice and said, "Who said I haven't seen it!" What I saw with my own eyes was just a few days ago, at the foot of the Dirt Mountain, and it was a little late and I didn't see it very clearly. ”

Zhang Zhen said triumphantly to Yang Bantou: "Look! I'm not mistaken, he hasn't seen it with his own eyes. I don't know what I came across at night, so I ran back and said it was haunted, maybe it was just an ordinary dog, or maybe someone's goat ran away. Hehe! Haunted? What a haunting! They are all fools who have never seen the world, scaring themselves. ”

Saying that, he pulled Yang Bantou and made a gesture to leave.

The oil seller was in a hurry, and said: "It's really haunted, I don't believe you ask others, everyone in the village has heard its howl, and the sound is definitely not from an ordinary dog." ”

Zhang Zhen looked back at the oil seller and said jokingly: "Oh? Just sound? Someone ran up the hill and screamed twice, and you said that you dare to be haunted? ”

Seeing that he couldn't convince Zhang Zhen, the oil seller hesitated, as if he had made up his mind, leaned closer to Zhang Zhen, lowered his voice and said very carefully: "I have a buddy who grew up together, and he works as a servant for other people's families. One night he came to my house, his face was pale, half of his soul was gone, and I will always remember what he looked like! 'I've seen hell! He said to me, 'Like a dog but definitely not a dog, very large, ugly in appearance and terrible in bark, one bite can bite off a pillar, suddenly appear and disappear like a shadow.' ’”

As he spoke, he was scared, and he looked around uneasily, and said, "I...... I'm talking too much, Mr. Pang...... Will blame me...... I ......" Before he finished speaking, he ignored Zhang Zhen, picked up the picks and left as if he were running away

Yang Bantou was a little stunned when he heard this, and when the oil seller walked away, he said uneasily: "This ...... This...... Zhang Zhutou, you see...... Shall we continue to check? ”

When Zhang Zhen heard the oil seller say that his friend worked as a servant for a family, he naturally remembered the Jingyu Villa he had seen on the mountain before. The villa is full of towers, and the people in the village are disciplined, and they will never be just a rice merchant's courtyard as Old Man Xin said.

Zhang Zhen intuitively felt that there was some secret hidden in it, so he said: "Go to Jingyu Villa and take a look." ”

Jingyu Villa is easy to find, and I asked people casually for directions. Zhang Zhen was puzzled about this place, so he asked a few more questions, but the people in the village said that the villa was not bad with Old Man Xin, and it was also rumored that the villa was built by a rice merchant, and they didn't know much about anything else. It is only said that the people in the villa are very mysterious, and they don't see people coming in and out much on weekdays, and as for the owner of the villa, no one has seen his true face for more than a year.

Zhang Zhen took Yang Bantou to the gate of the villa, and saw from a distance that the four big-shouldered and round-waisted men outside the gate stood motionless and straight like door gods, all of them looking very vigilant and patrolling around.

In the vicinity of Tongyu County, it seems that there is a lot of power, Zhang Zhen's heart moved, and he asked Yang Bantou: "Is this villa the territory of the Black Tiger Gang?" ”

Yang Bantou thought for a while, shook his head and said, "The Black Tiger Gang often comes to the village to collect protection money, but I haven't heard that there is their territory here. ”

Zhang Zhen listened carefully to Yang Bantou's words, and said, "The Black Tiger Gang's people who collect protection money are sent from the county town?" ”

Yang Bantou let out a "hmm".

In this case, the villa should not belong to the Black Tiger Gang, otherwise why bother so much.

Zhang Zhen glanced at the gate of Jingyu Villa twice, and also saw some clues, most of the people in the Black Tiger Gang are hooligans and ruffians, there is no lack of fierceness but no discipline at all, and these gatekeepers are meticulous and serious and orderly, more like the style of the army.

Zhang Zhen then asked, "Have you heard that there are any troops stationed here in the imperial court?" ”

Yang Bantou said with certainty: "Zhang Zhutou, do you suspect that they are from the army?" No, our country of Lu is small and outnumbered, and it has never been a military power, and the original army is now firmly controlled by the Emperor Wu Sect and stationed around Hanyang City. The only one loyal to the current saint is the Imperial Guard, who has been guarding the palace and will never come here. ”

Zhang Zhen pondered for a while, and said, "Yang Bantou, you go back to the hotel first, and I'll look for you there later." ”

Yang Bantou's face fell, and he said sullenly: "Is the head catcher thinking that my old Yang is in the way?" ”

Zhang Zhen smiled: "What did Yang Bantou say...... The team leader was willing to follow me, a newly appointed half-man, to investigate the case, did not complain about the hardships of running around and toiling, nor did he show me a look, Zhang Zhen was already grateful. I just think that according to the current situation, I am afraid that I will not even be able to enter the gate of the villa with the identity of a Tongyu City catcher, so I want to pull another tiger skin. Considering that the team leader is quite old in Tongyu City, I am afraid that they will recognize it, so I let the team head go back to the hotel to wait first, and there is no dislike for it. ”

Yang Bantou suddenly realized this, and hurriedly praised Zhang Zhen with two words such as "wit" and "smartness", and then went back to the hotel by himself.

Seeing Yang Bantou leave, Zhang Zhen turned around and glanced at the compound twice, then quietly took off his waist card, kept only his saber, and walked towards the heavily guarded gate alone.

Under the steps of the gate of the villa sat two gatekeeper stone lions, the right male and the left female, the male lion put a hydrangea between the two front paws, the female lion stroked the lion cub under the body with her left front paw, the gate plaque is written on the mirror jade villa four big characters, silver hook iron stroke, vigorous extraordinary.

A mountain village, not a courtyard or mansion of any one family, is generally called a place where a group of people live. If it is really as rumored that the owner of this house is just a rice merchant who took a fancy to the local feng shui before settling here, it is common sense that he will never take the name of Jingyu Villa.

Zhang Zhen also noticed that when he first approached the compound, the family on the south tower was already looking at him very vigilantly, and the family was followed by a wolf green with his ears pricked up and a fierce expression.

When Zhang Zhen came to the bottom of the steps of the gate, three of the four guards were still not moving, not only did they not look at him, but their eyes spread around, and only one took a step forward and stretched out his hand to resist Zhang Zhen.

The family member who stepped forward did not have the Black Tiger Gang's outburst of flying and domineering on his face, but asked seriously and carefully, "Who are you?" What are you doing here? ”

Zhang Zhen glanced at him coldly, made a look of an official master, and said slowly: "I am the head catcher of the Criminal Department, and I was ordered to come here to investigate the case. ”

Jia Ding frowned, examined Zhang Zhen's eyes, and finally fell on Zhang Zhen's saber, he hesitated, turned around and whispered a few words to another Jia Ding, and the man walked quickly to the courtyard with a very rhythmic pace.

After explaining, he turned back to Zhang Zhen and said, "The messenger comes with me." ”

Zhang Zhen walked in in a big way, deliberately looked around with a critical eye, and saw that this Zhuangzi was built very specially, there was no leisure arrangement such as pavilions and gardens, but houses were built layer by layer. Moreover, the servants in the Zhuangzi were all strong men, and the huge Zhuangzi did not see a single woman.

The family leader glanced back at Zhang Zhen, and saw that he was looking around, his expression was a little unkind, and he was just about to say something, Zhang Zhen took the initiative and said with a casual attitude: "Hurry up and call your master to come to see me, this head catcher has something to order." Also, what good tea is there for me, after such a long journey, I am dying of thirst. ”

As soon as Zhang Zhen spoke, the family Ding swallowed back what he wanted to say before, and replied lightly: "Okay, our owner will meet in the living room, and I will explain to the owner of the village what the master asks." ”

Mingming? What an arrogant tone! The etiquette of serving tea to the guests has to be revealed, and it seems that their fake criminal department head arrester can't scare them at all. In response to his previous guess, the owner of this mountain villa has a lot of background.

Zhang Zhen thought about it in his heart, but his face was silent, he went straight into the living room, sat down with a big thorn, and shouted very dissatisfiedly: "What about you old men? Hurry up and let him come. ”

The housekeeper who brought him stopped at the door of the living room and said, "The master will come soon." After saying that, he stood in place, watching Zhang Zhen without shying away.

Soon someone brought tea, and even the people who served the tea were men, who didn't say a word, respectfully put down the tea bowl and left.

To do a full set of plays, Zhang Zhen simply cocked Erlang's legs, took a sip of tea, and squinted his calves to admire the big painting of the tiger hanging in the middle hall of the living room.

Then he heard the sound of footsteps, turned his head to look, and saw a middle-aged man nine feet tall and majestic walking in.

Zhang Zhen took a sip of tea, didn't get up, pointed to the other side, and said slowly: "Sit!" ”

Dahan ignored Zhang Zhen's anti-guest-oriented move, and sat down until the head of the house, and asked lightly in a thick voice: "I am the owner of Jingyu Villa, I don't know what to teach when I come to the village?" ”

Zhang Zhen cleared his throat and said in an official manner: "I don't know what the owner of the village is called?" ”

Dahan said: "My surname is Hu." ”

Zhang Zhen said: "Master Hu Zhuang, my name is Zhang Zhen, and I am the head catcher of the Criminal Department. Recently, it has been rumored that your Beixinzhuang is haunted and killed, and the impact is extremely bad, and our Lord Langzhong is very concerned about this matter, so he sent me here to find out the truth. ”

Hearing that the big man surnamed Hu didn't mean to buy it at all, he said coldly: "Lord Tolerance wants to investigate the case, and he will investigate it by himself, what are you doing in my village?" ”

Zhang Zhen's face became grim, and he shouted: "This catcher suspects that your village has something to do with the haunting. ”

The big man surnamed Hu smiled faintly and said: "Nonsense, the village has always been peaceful and self-contained, and there is no offense with the villagers outside, so don't listen to slander." Rather than wasting effort here, Lord Tolerance should go to the village to check more, the owner of the village has something to do, so he won't send it. "Then pick up the tea bowl.

Seeing this, the family guarding the door walked directly to Zhang Zhen, waved his arm towards the door, and said, "Lord Tolerance, please." ”

Seeing Master Hu's attitude, Zhang Zhen couldn't figure out the details of him, and it was difficult to continue to investigate. Just got up to leave, suddenly heard a dog barking from behind the living room, deep and deep, and very penetrating, obviously a very large dog.

Zhang Zhen suddenly stopped, frowned, turned to look at Master Hu, and asked, "...... is this?"

Lord Hu Zhuang's expression remained unchanged, and he said: "There are a few animals who have raised a few guards, maybe some thieves came in and shouted a few times, which frightened the adults of tolerance, so take care of them." ”

Zhang Zhen said meaningfully: "Guizhuang is so tightly guarded, can you still get in thieves?" ”

The owner of Hu Zhuang smiled and said: "There are always poor and crazy people who think about money, some small things, this village can handle it, and the adults who don't work are worried." Tolerance adults go well, I will not send it far. ”