Zhang Zhen said goodbye to Wu County's order and left the county government and got into Old Man Xin's carriage. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info old man Xin seems to be indeed a solid family, the materials and workmanship of the carriage are excellent, and there is a coachman who specializes in driving.

Zhang Zhen praised casually, that Xin Lao'er was lively, and after being modest, he reported to his family, saying that he was a businessman who made a little money by selling goods from south to north.

Zhang Zhen only brought Yang Bantou alone on this trip, and he originally had the intention to take Xing Jianxun with him, but seeing Xing Jianxun's cold face and his eyes were a little unkind, he didn't speak, so he didn't open his mouth, so he didn't have to be bored.

In the past, when Zhang Zhen opened a noodle shop, he often gave him silver, and he saw that he was called a brother and a brother, and he was very affectionate, but now he probably resented himself for robbing him of the position of catching his head, and turned his face when he said that he turned his face. Because of the interests, Zhang Zhen didn't care too much.

Before leaving the county seat, Zhang Zhen asked the coachman to take a detour, planning to go home and tell Xue Qi in person. In Tongyu City, offending the Black Tiger Gang is making enemies on all sides, it is difficult to distinguish who should believe and who should not, although Wu County Ling has promised to send someone to take Xue Qi to the county office, he still has to say hello to her in advance, which can make her feel more at ease.

When the carriage passed by Tongping Street, Zhang Zhen looked out and was surprised to find that there were still people in his burned noodle restaurant. Zhang Zhen stopped the coachman, got out of the car to look, and saw that the man was the fat cook in the store, who was cleaning up the burned house.

Zhang Zhen shouted first, the fat cook stopped what he was doing and turned his head to look at it, stretched out a black hand to wipe the sweat on his face, and said in surprise: "Shopkeeper!" ”

Zhang Zhen asked, "What are you busy with?" ”

The fat cook said: "The noodle restaurant was on fire, and I was idle anyway, so I came over to clean up." Shopkeeper, our noodle shop looks very badly burned, in fact, it has ruined the door and some household items in the front hall, and the wall skin is blackened, nothing else. Change some tables, chairs and benches, and find someone to paint the walls again, and you can reopen without having to find another place. ”

Zhang Zhen walked to the door and looked inside, the burned tables, chairs and benches were stacked in the center of the hall, and the plaque with blurred handwriting was taken down and stood on the door frame. The container was charred and broken, and the wine jar that had been placed on it was brought down, and it was neatly laid along the foot of the wall, and the wood ash on the outside of the wine jar had been wiped off with a rag.

There is only one fat cook, and if he wants to clean up the noodle restaurant like this, he has to get up and work at least four watches.

Zhang Zhen was a little moved, although this is his noodle restaurant, the fat cook is more interested than him. He stretched out his hand and touched it in his arms, took out all the silver on his body and gave it to the fat cook, and said, "You take this money, buy what you should buy, and hire people who should hire people." Saying that, he flashed the saber on his waist and said: "Your shopkeeper is now the new head catcher of Tongyu County, I promise you that our noodle restaurant will definitely be able to open smoothly in the future, and no one else will dare to cause trouble." I have a case to investigate now, you clean it up first, don't be afraid to spend money, and when I come back, our noodle restaurant will reopen! ”

The fat cook's face was full of excitement, and he slapped his chest vigorously: "Gotcha! Look, shopkeeper! I'm sure I'll give you a better bang than the original! ”

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Then Zhang Zhen went home again and explained the situation to Xue Qi, this supple little girl didn't say anything, just nodded very obediently, so that Zhang Zhen could rest assured to investigate the case.

On the way to Beixinzhuang, the carriage swayed, and Zhang Zhen's heart fluctuated a little. At first, he gave up running away and stayed in Tongyu City, just for Wu Xiaoran's revenge, but now, seeing people and things, Tongyu City's ties to him are getting deeper and deeper.

Old man Xin originally intended to let Zhang Zhen go to his house to settle down first, entertain him and then talk about the investigation of the case, no matter whether Old Man Xin was polite or sincere, Zhang Zhen didn't have the leisure to eat, and directly let the carriage pull to the foot of the small hill where the demon dog was rumored to be infested.

The hill is very short, less than 100 meters high, like a small hill drilled out of the flat ground, and the name is also very appropriate - earth mountain.

Zhang Zhen climbed directly to the top of the mountain, and Old Man Xin followed with great effort behind. When I went up the mountain, I saw a small dilapidated temple at the top of the mountain, with only three walls, and the south side was supported by two pillars, half of which had been lost, and the handwriting on the other half was difficult to legible. Under the thatched eaves, there is a black-bottomed plaque, and the three words "Pangu Temple" are written in seals.

There is a standing statue in the temple, with a dog's head and a human body, and the paint on the outside of the statue has fallen off, revealing the mottled mud tire inside, but the big red cloak tied around the neck seems to be newly draped.

There are three plates of melons and fruits on the offering table in front of the statue, which look very fresh. The original incense burner had cracked open and was thrown aside, and I don't know who took an iron pot and sat on the ground, and the three incense sticks were still burning in it.

"Since the spirit of Master Pan Gu appeared, the incense in this temple has been booming." Old man Xin gasped and introduced, doing his best to be a landlord.

Zhang Zhen smiled and said, "The melon and fruit tributes are all just put up, right?" Look at this temple should have been abandoned for a long time, you usually don't burn incense, and when something happens, do you hold Buddha's feet, does it work? ”

Old man Xin smiled wryly and didn't speak.

At this moment, Yang Bantou, who was looking around on the side, suddenly stretched out his hand and said, "Whose yard is that?" It's built in style. ”

Although the earth mountain at the foot is not high, the view is very good, standing on the top of the mountain and looking at it, the whole Beixinzhuang is clear at a glance. Zhang Zhen looked in the direction of Yang Bantou's finger, and sure enough, he saw that in the middle of the neat billet wall and gray tiles, a large courtyard stood out like a flock of chickens, which was particularly eye-catching.

The compound is not only high and wide, but also has four towers built at the four corners of the courtyard, and it is faintly visible that people are patrolling with dogs.

"Dogs?" Zhang Zhen's heart moved.

Old man Xin said, "Oh, that's the courtyard outside Hu Yuan. Hu Yuanwai is a rice merchant, the business is very big, more than a year ago in our village settled down, built such a yard, said to find people who know how to see, here feng shui is excellent, easy to make a fortune. Old man Xin paused, smacked his lips and said: "People who do big business are different from those of us who make small fuss, Xiao Lao'er has never believed in things like feng shui, maybe it's really useful." Uh-huh, I'll have to find someone to show me back. ”

Zhang Zhen ignored Old Man Xin's self-talk, glanced at Hu Yuanwai's compound twice, and went straight down to the col of Tushan, which is where the murder occurred.

There are many trees growing around the col, and although it is autumn, the branches and foliage of the trees are still very luxuriant, and the shade is cloudy, and at first glance there is a chill on the skin. The center of the col used to be a puddle, but when the weather was dry, there was no water in the puddle, leaving a damp black mud.

Old man Xin stopped outside the col and craned his neck to look in, but he didn't go inside. Yang Bantou followed Zhang Zhen a few steps away, his eyes flying around, obviously feeling a little weak in his heart.

Zhang Zhen stood on the periphery of a piece of black mud and carefully examined it, and saw that there were many messy footprints on the black mud, as well as some animal paw prints, which looked like they were left by dogs.

Yang Bantou leaned over and said cautiously: "Zhang Zhutou, do you see any clues?" ”

Zhang Zhen walked to a paw print and squatted down, stretched out an index finger and pressed it on the black mud floor, and then put his finger into the paw print to compare, then stood up and looked around.

Yang Bantou saw that Zhang Zhen didn't speak, thinking that he had found nothing, so he comforted him: "Don't be discouraged Zhang Zhutou, the first time you investigate a case, you will encounter more cases in the future, and you will be experienced, so you will naturally be able to touch the door." I think I was stupid when I investigated the case for the first time, a thief stole someone's money bag, and was chased all over the street. I was young, in good health, and I was running very fast, so I stopped the thief. As a result, I searched the thief, and guess what, the money bag ran to me for some reason. Fortunately, people know that I can't steal quickly, otherwise, I will inevitably be beaten unjustly......"

Yang Bantou babbled about his case-handling experience, Zhang Zhen grinned at the corner of his mouth, and turned around and walked out while listening, Yang Bantou hurriedly followed.

Seeing that he was about to walk out of the mountain pass, Old Man Xin came up and asked with concern: "Did the two tolerance masters find out anything?" ”

Zhang Zhen said: "I remember you said that you found a few hunters to search here, did they come with dogs?" ”

Old man Xin nodded yes.

Zhang Zhen said: "What kind of dogs are they?" Are there some local dog skewers, and a few Hedong thin dogs? ”

Old man Xin thought about it, slapped his face and said, "Yes! Be! My lord is really discerning and judging the case like a god! ”

Yang Bantou originally wanted to continue to talk about his set of case-handling scriptures, but when he heard this, he was a little puzzled and said, "Zhang Zhutou, how did you see it?" ”

Zhang Zhen said: "The average villager in the village will not spend a lot of money to buy any precious breeds, and the most raised ones are naturally some local dog skewers, and those light and shallow paw prints should be left by the local dog." There are several deep paw prints that are thin and narrow, with relatively open toes and a strong grip, which should be a good hound, large but relatively elongated. There are basically no large beasts in the territory of Tongyu City, and the hunters raise dogs that chase rabbits and hunt pheasants. ”

Yang Bantou was stunned for a moment, and when Zhang Zhen finished speaking, he was stunned and said, "Zhang Zhutou is really ...... Is...... Awesome! Headcatcher, you ...... What was it for? ”

Zhang Zhen smiled and said, "Open a noodle restaurant." ”

Old man Xin also had a shocked expression, and only said a few words of compliment after a while.

Zhang Zhen then asked: "Does anyone in your village have a large dog of about 100 catties?" ”

Old man Xin stroked his beard and thought for a moment, and said: "I haven't heard of anyone raising a big dog of about 100 catties, but Xiao Lao'er has been doing business outside all the year round, and he doesn't know much about the situation in the village, so I'll help you inquire when I go back." ”

Zhang Zhen nodded.

Yang Bantou asked, "Catch the head, what are we going to do now?" ”

Zhang Zhen has just taken office, and he is a hairless young man, Yang Bantou is honest, and he doesn't have much exclusion and disdain for Zhang Zhen, but he has always had a little contempt. It wasn't until he listened to Zhang Zhen's words just now that his attitude was truly respectful.

Zhang Zhen could naturally detect this, and he didn't pay too much attention to it, but he just remembered Hua Lianrui's sentence "Plain is not mediocre" for no reason.

"Let's go to the village first." Zhang Zhen said. After that, he took the lead and walked down the mountain towards Beixinzhuang.