In the morning.

Inside the Rifle Inn.

Xiao Er, who had just run out, ran back again out of breath.

Behind him were seven or eight catchers.

When the shopkeeper saw the people in official uniforms coming in, he immediately greeted them.

One of the arresters standing at the front asked, "Is that the case you reported?" ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly said respectfully: "Yes, it is the case that the villain called Xiao Er to report." ”

Yu Kuai looked around and said, "Tell me about the specific situation." ”

"Yes." The shopkeeper replied as he asked Xiao Er to bring the tea.

"The specific situation is like this, that is, I got up early in the morning, and when I saw that the weather was good, I thought about ....." The shopkeeper looked into the distance and thought carefully.

"Getting to the point." Catch Kuai frowned slightly and said seriously.

"Yes, yes, yes, I just opened the door not long ago, and I saw a half-naked man holding a disheveled woman to stay in the hotel, and they didn't have the money to pay, so they took the same knife as the adult to mortgage."

The shopkeeper poured tea for the catcher, and said: "I committed an accident last year, this kind of knife was on my neck, and I recognized it at a glance, thinking that there must be something strange in it, so I sent this little two to report the case." ”

He took the tea and asked, "Do you remember what they looked like?" ”

"Naturally, I remember, the naked man is very tall and quite thin, but his face is swollen in many places, as if he has been beaten, but his temperament is still quite elegant."

"What about the woman?"

"The woman was wrapped in a piece of cloth, and her head was buried in the man's arms, but she couldn't see her face clearly."

Catcher nodded thoughtfully.

Reaching out and summoning a shorter catcher with a swollen nose.

The catcher nodded to him, and wandered around the inn casually, then suddenly lying on the ground again, staring at a wet footprint on the ground.

The shopkeeper said proudly: "This man was barefoot when he came in, naturally stained with snow, I thought that this footprint is a very important evidence, so I kept it, hehe, I haven't done business, I'm afraid that a guest will come in and destroy this evidence, but the adults are still late, and this footprint has dried a lot." ”

The shopkeeper was thirsty, poured himself another cup of tea, and said as he drank it: "If the adults had come earlier, this footprint would have been well preserved, and it would have been a conclusive proof." ”

Catching fast was obviously not moved by the shopkeeper's words, and he ignored it, just looking at the catcher lying on the ground in front of him.

And the catcher who was lying on the ground swung his head to the left and moved his waist to the right, after clearly knowing the size of the footprint.

I sniffed it unexpectedly.

The big nose is like a shrunken vacuum cleaner, sucking not only the air out of the surrounding area, but also a lot of dust along the way.

His face was a little solemn, and he moved his big nose, as if he didn't smell anything.

He moved his gaze to the next footprint, measured the size again, and inhaled hard with his nose.

The smell is in his nose, and he is good at handling cases with smells, and he is already the owner of this footprint.

He immediately smiled and nodded.

But at this moment, the crowd retreated respectfully to the side, and a middle-aged man in his thirties walked in.

This middle-aged man is Li Fansheng, the famous leader of Yangzhou County.

The shopkeeper and the juniors all knew this chief catcher, and quickly knelt down and bowed respectfully.

Li Fansheng didn't pay attention to them, but said a little impatiently to Fang Cai, who was smelling the footprints: "Old Xu, you won't have a problem with your nose, why is it not okay?" ”

The catcher raised his head and said with a smile: "Uncle De's big steamed buns this morning are so fragrant that the smell of steamed buns is still in his nose now." ”

He stood up and added, "It took a little longer, but I can already smell it." ”

Li Fansheng asked: "But they?" ”

Lao Xu nodded and said, "It's indeed them." ”

Hearing Lao Xu's confirmation, Li Fansheng's impatience instantly vanished, and a palpable smile appeared on his serious face.

"Come here." Li Fansheng said to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper was obviously afraid of the chief catcher, but looking at the smile on his face, he was also a little bolder.

He hurriedly caught up with him and said, "Li Zhutou, are these two really prisoners who escaped from the yamen?" Are you going to arrest them? I'll lead the way. ”

"Don't catch them." Li Fansheng took the knife handed by the catchers, it was Li Lianyi's one.

He stroked a special part of the scabbard, and smiled even more.

After a moment, the smile fades.

He touched it in his bosom, took out a large handful of broken silver, and put it on the table, as if he didn't think it was enough, he touched it in his belt again, and took out some more silver.

Looking at the silver that was about to be spent on the table, Li Fansheng turned his head ruthlessly, and said to the shopkeeper: "The two people who went up just now, you are so entertaining, what you eat and drink, make up for what you lack, don't treat them badly." ”

"This?" The shopkeeper looked at the silver, and he didn't know why.

Li Fansheng's face became a little stern, and he said, "If I find out that you have treated them badly, you see that I don't skin you, and besides, I can't let them know about my coming here." ”

The shopkeeper was afraid of Li Fansheng and hurriedly agreed.

After signaling the shopkeeper to retreat, Li Fansheng did not leave.

He looked at the corridor to the second floor for a long time, and couldn't help but smile with relief on his face.

He muttered to himself, and said with tears in his eyes: "After a lot of hardships, I have scattered all my family wealth, and finally ......"

"Father, mother, what you explained, I finally did it......"

"Li Lianyi, you want to be happy."

......

Truman, who was sleeping soundly, naturally didn't know that Li Fansheng already knew that he was here.

I don't know why, he slept exceptionally soundly this night.

It was noon and noon when he woke up.

He didn't wake up naturally, but inexplicably felt a little cold around him.

Some of them opened their eyes, but they saw that the quilt they were covering had fallen to the ground at some point.

He and Li Lianyi were covered with a quilt, and the quilt fell to the ground, which meant that Li Lianyi had nothing to cover at this time.

He lowered his head to look, but saw Li Lianyi hanging on his body, his head resting on his arm, and his body curled up in a ball, like a kitten.

The head hidden in Truman's arms drilled into his body as much as possible, seeking more warmth.

Some blushes and pushed Li Lianyi away, he picked up the quilt from the ground with sleepy eyes and was about to continue sleeping, but he couldn't sleep anymore.

Because he found that soon after the quilt was closed, it would fall to the ground again.

This Li Lianyi, kicking the quilt.

Helplessly, when the quilt was picked up from the ground and covered the two of them again, it was a sudden startle.

Fang Cai was a little confused and didn't notice it, but at this time, he saw Li Lianyi, who was sleeping next to him, his brows furrowed and trembling.

He hurriedly stepped forward and pressed the back of his hand to her forehead.

It's bitterly cold.

"Why is it so cold?"

Truman touched her hands and feet again, which were also unusually cold.

He rushed out of the room, and without the clothes that the shopkeeper had placed at the door, he shouted loudly to the bottom: "Shopkeeper, shopkeeper......"

The shopkeeper had been waiting for a long time, and when he heard Truman's voice, he hurriedly said, "It's here." ”

"Go find Lang Zhong."