Zhu Zhilian crossed his arms in front of his chest, his face was incredible, not long ago, Inspector Cao sent someone to invite the magistrate of this place here, and after careful inquiry, he realized that things were not as simple as he imagined. According to the county, it turned out that the ancestors of He Yan's family were members of this place, known as He Bancheng, when it was a spring breeze, if people were rich and wanted to live a long life, this He Bancheng did not know where to find an ancient prescription, it may be the legendary white bone and flesh resurrection pill, so he poured all his energy into refining this pill, and the final result was an ancestral defeat and depression, although He Yan, who had been pampered since childhood, had no strengths, but his father's death did give a big blow, Fortunately, when he was young, Hou's family Jingying went to private school for a period of time, and he can read and hyphenate and can also help people choose a name and write a letter or something. The two brothers of the Feng family are also locals, and they have been mingling under the overpass in the early years, doing some speculative acts of bullying and dominating the market. Later, the second eldest of the Feng family came to this Yichun Hall step by step to do a steward, everyone knows that Yichun Hall has deep roots and leaves, and it is quite influential here, and the brother has done the stewardship, the boss of the Feng family is even more unscrupulous, some time ago, I don't know where to learn that the herbs purchased by the father of the He family in the early years are still part of the inventory, which can make the boss of the Feng family greedy, so he gathered a group of scoundrels to buy it, and the roar and the rain some time ago This He Wang family actually fell ill. This He Yan went to the overpass to find Boss Feng's theory, and this Boss Feng paid a little bit of silver and got a few pieces of medicine for him to take home, who would have thought that this He Wang died violently, and later He Yan sued Boss Feng for murder. Accusing others of murder without any evidence, isn't it lawless, so he was beaten and kicked by the officials and coaxed out. After hearing these words, not only Zhu Zhilian looked incredible, but even Inspector Cao, who was originally calm and composed, secretly smacked his tongue.

Zhu Zhilian looked at the magistrate sitting on the chair and said: "Yao Zhixian, the deputy hall master Yao here is your own family, how old are you and me, I will dare to call you Brother Yao." ”

Yao Zhixian, who was sitting on the chair, said with a smile on his face: "It's okay, Brother Zhu, you can call whatever you want." ”

Zhu Zhilian clenched his fists and said: "Lord Cao, Brother Yao, you two may not know that there is another thing, in fact, there was an incident when Feng Zhijiang was promoted, that is, Governor Liu used to mention him intentionally or unintentionally, and he was just curious at the time, but now when he looks back, he feels that it was because of that incident." That's why the prefect always mentions him intentionally or unintentionally. Lord Cao, do you remember the Valley of the Dead, what I mentioned to you. ”

Inspector Cao nodded and said, "The impression is quite deep!" ”

Zhu Zhilian said in a deep voice: "At the beginning, Feng Zhijiang was only in charge of some daily chores, he was quite clever, and he was also deeply loved by me and Deputy Hall Master Yao. ”

Inspector Cao nodded suddenly and said: "You mean that Feng Zhijiang knew your whereabouts back then, and your guess is that this Feng Zhijiang revealed your whereabouts to the prefect, so that the prefect returned to his hometown and saved you by chance when he encountered a fire on the way?" ”

Zhu Zhilian hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Lord Cao, I didn't say this, arbitrarily arranging court officials will be punished." ”

Inspector Cao was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then laughed and said: "That's that, you can't arrange it privately by hearsay, now Feng Zhijiang has died in Huangquan, and he can't talk nonsense without proof." It's just that why Feng Zhijiang died, and he hasn't given a clear answer to this work so far. Hall Master Zhu, you sent someone to see how it went! Zhu Zhilian answered, got up and went out to make arrangements.

After Yao Zhixian saw Zhu Zhilian go out, he said to Inspector Cao: "My Zhu Tang master has always been very good, you don't know that Zhu Tang Master is not only the master of this place, but also the representative of the hundred chambers of commerce in Qingzhou City. Stomping in Qingzhou City is also a figure who trembles on the ground. Even this kind of errand inquiry is done by himself, which is so admirable! ”

Inspector Cao was about to reach out for the teacup on the table, but when he heard Yao Zhixian say this, his hands couldn't help but shake and said: "To be able to do it so big, there is naturally a reason!" "Pick up the teacup and drink it all.

Not long after, Zhu Zhilian walked in with a piece of paper in his hand, walked briskly down the aisle, and Inspector Cao put the paper in front of him with both hands in his mouth and said: "In fact, the inspection has already been completed, but I didn't dare to draw conclusions." ”

Inspector Cao looked at the paper in his hand and handed it to Yao Zhixian, Yao Zhixian took it with both hands and looked at the conclusion written on it and took a long breath, but said to Zhu Zhilian with a puzzled face: "Suicide, all limbs are broken, and all five organs are broken, how much hatred does this have for yourself." Since the conclusion has been given, the case will be closed when the official returns. I don't know if it was Zhu Xiandi who went to notify the family, or if my government came forward to notify it? ”·

Zhu Zhilian sighed and said, "Steward Feng has been here for more than ten years, let's notify the family." ”

Yao Zhixian said goodbye to the two of them and turned to leave.

Ah Si secretly muttered in his heart that the white-haired old man in front of him was really powerful, and he could talk and laugh with those people so much, and these people were still quite respectful to the old man in his words. You must know that among these people, there are executioners who have killed countless people with money, and there are bullies who are rampant in the countryside on weekdays. On weekdays, I feel that my hair stands on end, and dog days will bring people a biting chill, and today's posture may be what handle is in the hands of the old man, and I muttered so blindly in my heart. His hands were not idle at all, and he put the dishes on the table in the same way.

To say that there are not many flies and insects in this late autumn, but there are still some in the place of wine and food, I don't know if it is because the murderous aura on these people is too heavy or something else, there are occasionally one or two in the house, and they are also lying in the dark and not making a sound. There was only one that might be hungry and fly impartially on the plate in front of the old man. Raising his hand to gently fan the flies away, everyone didn't notice any difference, but they were all embarrassed or coughing or laughing. Nowadays, these people are in demand, and being so troubled by flies and insects makes it seem that this place is a little simple and pickled. Entertaining such an honorable person here is a bit out of gear.

Wu Haishan, as the proprietor, was about to open his mouth to scold Ah Si when he saw this, but he was interrupted by the old man's words: "It's okay, it's just flies and insects, just drive it away, why bother with a trot." Everyone didn't say much when they saw this, but Ah Si had a slight strangeness in his heart, and the cuffs just touched the tip of his nose at the moment when the old man just stretched out his hand, and if there was no trace of women's fragrance, it was fleeting. But the man in front of him is obviously an old man with white hair, which makes Ah Si strange. After finishing the food, Ah Si retreated and left, and when he left, he couldn't help but look at the old man again. It's okay not to look at it this time, just when he saw the old man's eyes staring at him, Ah Si suddenly felt that his eyes were dark. Everyone didn't notice what would happen to a runner, but they just saw Ah Si standing there stupidly.

Wu Haishan saw that Ah Si was still standing and said: "You don't need to serve here, you are waiting outside the door, and the master will call you in if necessary." Ah Si didn't seem to hear it, but he still stood there.

At this time, the old man smiled and said, "Go down and have something, this Wu Ye will greet you." Ah Si seemed to understand this time, so he opened the door and walked out.

The old man looked back at these people and said: "Actually, I already know what you are doing, I don't know if you have noticed anything unusual, although it is not a hot summer now, then these people have ever felt the slightest feeling of heat?" Have you ever been bitten by mosquitoes, rats and ants on weekdays? Even people are afraid to talk to people? ”

Everyone was in a cold sweat when they heard this, and their situation in the past was the same as what the old man said. Everyone hurriedly raised their glasses and said to the old man: "Please ask the old fairy to come to the rescue." ”

The old man waved the feather fan in his hand and said, "It's not difficult to save you, just a dose of gentian!" ”

Wu Haishan asked in surprise, "Gentian?" Forgive the coarse people who don't know what it is."

The old man smiled and said, "Have you heard the saying that people's hearts are not enough and snakes swallow elephants. This proverb comes from this gentian. ”

Everyone still looked at the old man blankly, although they had heard this saying, they didn't know what this saying had to do with gentian. The old man shook his head when he saw everyone's expressions and said: "This starts with a legend, according to legend, a long time ago in a mountain village there was a poor young man surnamed Zeng, people called him Zeng Tong, this young man herded cattle for the rich lord all the year round, one day by chance I saw a beautiful woman bathing in the pond of the mountain stream. So he secretly hid and watched, and after a short time the woman who was bathing went to the shore and transformed into a large snake, and spat out a glittering bead from her mouth. Zeng Tong walked up and took the bead in his hand to play, it turned out that this snake was the snake god here, and he had been cultivating for many years and could transform into a human form, and that bead was his snake pill. After the snake god woke up, he found that his snake pill was gone, so he looked around, and when he saw the young man not far away, he stepped forward and asked if he had seen his snake pill, Zeng Tong took out the snake pill from his pocket and returned it to the snake god. When the snake god saw the kindness of the child, he accepted him as a righteous son. Since then, this Zeng Tong has lived in a cave with the snake god. After a few years, Zeng Tong had grown up, and the snake god said to him: Now that you have grown up, your mother will give you a chance to become an official, and now the emperor's crown prince is seriously ill, you can go to the belly of your mother to find a snake gall and take a drop of bile, and use this thing to heal the prince. When the time comes, you'll be in good luck. Zeng Tong listened to the words of the snake god, took the snake bile, went to Beijing to unveil the emperor's list, and healed the prince, and the emperor Longxin Dayue gave the name Zeng Xiang, and waited until the prince ascended the throne in the future to worship the prime minister. A year later, the princess also had the same disease as the crown prince, and the emperor summoned Zeng Xiang and said, "If you can, if you can cure the princess's illness, I will recruit you as a concubine." ”

Zeng Xiang returned to the mountain stream to find the snake god, the mother and son were very happy to get together, the snake god already knew what Zeng Xiang meant when he came back, so he opened his mouth to let him go in to get the juice, and told him before going in that he could only take it once, and he should not be greedy. Zeng Xiang entered his stomach and took a drop of snake god bile, but he thought to himself: This bile is so effective, so he simply took a little more, so he raised his hand and stabbed a few stitches in a row. The snake god outside was in unbearable pain, and as soon as his mouth was closed, he passed out. Zeng Xiang was also suffocated inside. The snake god woke up and felt disgusted, so he vomited and vomited bile onto the grass in front of him. Although the snake god complained about Zeng Xiang's greed, he also loved the princess, and disguised himself as an old woman who picked the snake herb in front of him and came to the palace, saying that Zeng Xiang died violently and that his mother would deliver the medicine. The emperor asked what kind of medicine he offered, but he didn't hear it clearly, but he heard it as gentian grass, and the emperor Chrysostom opened the snake and turned into a dragon because this medicine was spit out by the snake god, which is equivalent to the emperor sealing the snake god and becoming a dragon god. As she spoke, the old woman disappeared with a flash of golden light. According to this legend, later generations have the saying that the human heart is insufficient, and the snake swallows the elephant. ”

After the old man finished speaking, he looked at everyone, and saw that everyone had empty eyes and dull eyes, as if they had lost their souls.