At the entrance of the sacrificial temple in Tangjia Village, Zhao Zhutou sat on a stool with a golden knife, and the youngest daughter of Tang Laosan next to him trembled and handed over a cup of tea, Zhao Zhutou took it with one hand, and touched the little white hand with his hand:

"This little lady is soft-skinned, hahaha...

A group of people on the left and right hurriedly accompanied them and laughed, and Tang Laosan even laughed: "If Zhao Zhutou takes a fancy to it, he only needs a load of goods and half a horse of silk to carry the little girl into the door!" ”

Zhao Zhutou took a sip of tea, gargled in his mouth and spit on the ground with a "poof" sound, probably because of his strength, and the tea splashed Donald Eryi's shoes.

Zhao Zhutou laughed and said, "Hey, it's the wrong place!" ”

Tang Lao Er hurriedly waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's okay, the old man will go back and wipe it!" ”

Zhao Zhutou nodded, stood up and glanced at the officials who were searching for people everywhere in the house and the villagers who came over one after another: "Tang Laosan, what kind of spring and autumn dream did you have, you look at your daughter's ass, she is so thin that she doesn't even have two taels of meat, and she can't give birth to a handle at a glance, but you will earn grandpa to raise your daughter for nothing!" A good abacus! ”

Donald Laosan's daughter, who is fifteen years old and ashamed, was teased by him before and blushed early, and suddenly listened to such hooligan words, where can he hold back, covered his face and squatted on the ground and began to cry.

When Zhao Zhutou saw it, he was annoyed, his eyebrows were instantly squeezed together, and Boss Tang quickly interjected when he saw it: "Little girl, go home quickly!" Let your mother come over sooner! ”

Xiaoya nodded and ran away with her face covered.

"I said Donald!" Zhao Zhutou sat on the bench again, shaking his legs while looking left and right: "Your widow's village is a neat one. ”

Donald arched his hands and smiled: "Look at what you said, the village is full of girls who love cleanliness, of course, they will pick up some neatness." ”

Zhao Zhutou laughed.

After drinking a cup of tea, I looked up and saw a large group of men, women, young and old gathered in the square, and they were talking to each other there, and about 30 old men next to them were standing obediently with their donkeys.

Zhao Zhutou coughed when he saw it, and the next few catchers waved the waist knife in their hands and shouted and scolded, and the chaotic crowd quieted down.

People can shut him up, but animals can't!

Listening to the sound of a donkey barking, Zhao Zhutou was upset for a while, and turned his head to Tang Lao Dao: "Can't you let it wear a chewing head?" ”

Donald nodded hurriedly, turned around and ran into the group of old men, and after a while, the old peasants threw the reins on the ground, and each went home to get their mouths and chew their heads, and there was another commotion, and the surroundings quieted down.

Zhao Zhutou coughed, looked at the eyes that looked over and said: "Recently, two thieves stole into the city to steal things, and they also shocked the officials in the yamen, which is really rampant!" Therefore, the official commanded that a careful search should be carried out! ”

Tang Laosan on the side interjected: "There are no thieves in Zhao Zhutou and my village. ”

With a whip sound, Zhao Zhutou withdrew the whip and scolded him:

"Grandpa speaks, where is your turn to interject! Get down! ”

Tang Laosan confessed his guilt, covered his arms and took a few steps back.

Zhao Zhutou squinted at the people around him, and saw that no one came to interject again, so he re-spoke: "These two thieves, relying on their superb kung fu and courage, have committed crimes many times. That's why we've come to search your village today. ”

After speaking, he turned his head to Tang Lao Avenue: "Tang Cunzheng!" ”

Donald responded.

Zhao Zhutou continued to ask: "Are you all in this village?" ”

Boss Tang turned his head and nodded: "Back to the head, except for a few people from my village who are doing business outside, the others are here!" ”

Zhao Zhutou nodded and said, "What about the roster?" Why didn't you see it? ”

Donald confessed his guilt, turned around and went back to the sacrificial temple, carefully took out an iron box wrapped in a bag from the hut in the west wing, walked quickly to Zhao Zhutou, took off a key from the rope tied around his waist, opened it gently, and reached out to put the contents on the small table in front of Zhao Zhutou.

Zhao Zhutou nodded, stretched out his hand and picked up a yellow booklet in front of him, flipped through it casually, coughed and handed it to a scribe next to him.

The scribe took it, turned his head and shouted loudly to the old and young people standing in front of him: "Listen to me with my ears straight, whoever shouts, whoever calls me will give me a reply, and the slow and careful whip will whip you!" ”

A crowd of people replied yes in a haphazard manner.

This scribe held up the booklet Tang San, Tang Si, Tang Huaniu, and Tang Guodi, and occasionally replied slowly, regardless of men, women, and children, they were whipped over.

He was famous here, and Zhao Zhutou was carrying a waist knife on his shoulder, holding a horse whip and walking around the donkeys, stopping from time to time to take a closer look.

The donkey was just in a hurry that day, only a general impression, the fur color was about gray-white, there were fist-sized white spots on the head, about three years of oral age, with these two points, the twenty or so heads were eliminated, and then turned around to look at the remaining dozen donkeys, the head was a burst of size.

It's like looking at the barbarian soldiers of the Jin Kingdom, they all look the same.

I looked left and looked again, but I couldn't find anything.

Just as a Minzhuang ran over and said, "Report! Headcatcher! ”

Zhao Zhutou walked out and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"We didn't find any foreign babies after we searched!"

Zhao Zhutou frowned, then turned his head and asked the dog who followed next to him: "Have you seen it all?" ”

Gou Yu nodded and said, "I didn't find a dog!" ”

Zhao Zhutou sighed and returned to the front of the field with his waist knife.

Boss Tang on the side hurriedly ran over and asked, "Zhao Zhutou has anything else to order?" ”

"There is a twelve-year-old boy who was abducted by a kidnapper, and his body is emaciated, his name is Zhao Dagou, and his nickname is Gou! If you pass by at the entrance of your village, if anyone notices it, remember to report it to the yamen. ”

Boss Tang hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "The old man remembered it, but when he saw a similar baby, he stopped it and told the yamen." ”

Zhao Zhutou nodded and stood behind the scribe who was named, looking at the crowd.

The more I look at it, the more frowning I become, this widow's village is really a widow's village! Among the five hundred or so people, the young and strong men only stood in a small corner, and there were only forty or fifty of them when they were counted, and there were only about one hundred and fifty of them when those old men and little babies were added together.

"Donald!" Zhao Zhutou turned his head and asked, "What kind of business are you doing outside the village, why are all the young and strong men broken?" ”

Donald sighed and explained: "None of them like to farm honestly, listen to the businessmen who go abroad, they follow noisily, the village has no capital to buy goods for them, they go to other people's houses, a trip down to earn some hard-earned money to take care of the goods, go abroad often encounter bandits and unreasonable barbarians in the Tusi of the Tibetan Department, in addition to these on the road to get a sudden illness, encounter a small disaster, a trip down to the death of several, these years can not be a number of losses!" ”

Zhao Zhutou took a cold breath and said, "Then you still let them do this business?" ”

Donald's eyes are almost red, "Everyone says that it is faster than digging food in the soil to make money, let's tell others, they are all young and fiery men who don't listen to us!" ”

Zhao Zhutou said fiercely: "Pump them!" ”

Donald Avenue: "It's too late to persuade, smoke?" The more you pump, the faster you run! ”

The two of them muttered in the back, and the scribe who named him finally finished the roll call, reached out and picked up a cup of tea, poured it into his mouth before saying: "Back to the head, except for a few sick old people and a few who go out to do business, everyone else is here!" ”

"How many people go out to do business?"

The scribe said: "Tang Xiaoqi, Tang Xiaoer, Tang Xiaosan, Tang Xiaowen, Tang Xiaoyang, Tang Xiaobai, Tang Xiaoshi, a total of seven people!" ”

Zhao Zhutou nodded and said, "These seven people, can they be consistent with the road guide issued by the yamen?" ”

The scribe nodded and said, "Same as the name of the transcription!" ”

Zhao Zhutou said good, and turned his head to Tang Lao Dao: "When these seven people come back, you will whip them hard!" If you are still disobedient, you can tell the yamen and guide them if you don't open the way! ”

Boss Tang sighed and said: "The children are older, and they dislike the small places in the village, and there is no reason for me to stop them if they want to go out!" ”

Zhao Zhutou snorted: "No wonder your village has become a widow's village!" ”

"Report the head! I've searched the east, but I haven't found it! ”

"I don't have it to the west!"

Zhao Zhutou nodded, walked around with a gloomy face, and then looked up at the donkey on the west side, and his eyebrows were wrinkled.

In order to isolate the news, the four teams waited at the city gate without waiting for dawn, and when the city gate opened, they rushed straight to the village, the purpose was to be caught off guard.

I can't pay the difference, at most I eat two meals, but for the dog, it means more than luck.

After speaking, he turned his head to look behind him with his waist knife, huh? With a big wave of his hand.

"Someone's coming!"

A group of errands arched their hands and said, "The subordinates are here!" ”

"Can you search this temple carefully?"

A crowd shook their heads.

Bang bang, a few whips!

Pumped several of the leading catchers.

"What did Grandpa tell you? Everywhere you can hide people, you have to search for it! How do you do the errands? Yes! Search it again for grandpa immediately! ”

A group of people hurriedly said yes, ran away and searched again, Zhao Zhutou looked behind, coughed and walked into the temple with a few catchers.

Donald in the back shook his legs and stomach, and his body began to swing, and Donald saw it and hurriedly kicked him, and then gave him a fierce look and followed up in the temple.

Not only was Tang Laosan frightened and panicked, but the dog who was tied up and hung on the top of the pavilion was also panicked.

This pavilion is a dark layer above the mourning hall, and an iron ring on the beam looks like a place to hide things.

Look at the puppy again, with a strip of linen cloth in his mouth, and his body is still hanging in the air, he really can't borrow a little strength, if he sways hard, he can make the rope make a little squeaky noise, but Tang Xiaoqi didn't let it, not only did he not let it, but Tang Xiaoer next to him didn't agree.

As long as he saw the dog struggling, he took a dagger and teased his face.

Livestock! The dog scolded in his heart, there is a kind of going out to stab the leading catcher! will bully themselves.

Listening to Zhao Zhutou's loud voice outside the house getting closer and closer, the dog's heart immediately became entangled.

On the one hand, there is hope to be discovered.

On the other hand, they hoped that they would remove the dagger from their necks and from the little tint.

"Hey, this room is actually a mourning hall, such a big bunch of spiritual positions, unlucky! Let's go! ”

Listening to Zhao Zhutou's loud voice, the dog completely extinguished his thoughts.

But the dog's remaining voice reinvigorated his hope.

"Brother Zhao, this spirit card called 'Tang Xiaosan' is quite new!"

"Huh? Sure enough! Donald, what's going on? Isn't this 'Tang Xiaosan' doing business outside? Zhao Zhutou's voice sounded again.

Then it was Donald's boss, "Alas, Mo mentioned that this kid has a hard life, and he just set off with the team after the year, and he died under the thief's knife, and the body has not come back so far!" ”

Zhao Zhutou said: "Bad luck! Let's go! Let's go! ”

A group of people left the house, and stayed in the courtyard for about another quarter of an hour, and then you called me out of the village.

People, just gone.

The dog gave up the struggle completely.

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