The night was deep, the starlight was sprinkled on the street, and on the silent road, only the sound of bangzi could be heard from afar. At this time, there was no carriage for a long time, and Li Guolou hurried home alone. The road is still easy to walk, and the lanterns hanging under the eaves of large families illuminate the future with the starlight. Dogs barked from houses along the way, warning passers-by not to climb the wall to steal.

The cries of children, the angry reprimands of the grandfathers, and the coquettish panting of the little lady came from the window on the side of the road, and Li Guolou quickened his pace, wanting to leave Wave Street as soon as possible. It is a residential area for the people at the bottom, many houses have no yards, and the rooms near the street are inhabited at night, and the people inside can also hear the people walking on the street.

Suddenly, a terrible scream came out from the nearby room, piercing the sky, and in the middle of the night, I felt extremely terrifying.

Li Guolou was stunned for a moment, and stopped, trying to identify which house made the sound? There were several originally dark houses nearby, and all of a sudden the oil lamps were shining, as if they were also awakened by terrifying screams. The figure flickered in front of the window, which gave Li Guolou the illusion that this was the room where the screams took place.

Li Guolou lowered his head and pondered, thinking about where the terrifying scream was made, and he took more than twenty steps forward. Looking up at a courtyard house, it should be here, why is there not even a lantern hanging in such a big Zhu Gate?

Li Guolou stopped, wanting to listen to what was going on inside? He heard this movement in the past, and immediately ran away, away from the land of right and wrong. Shicai Yao mistakenly agreed to the position of the next team C, which made him feel a great responsibility, and now he suddenly felt that this was his responsibility, and it was better if something really happened, not to step on the cat's tail. He looked at the height of the surrounding walls, and he couldn't climb it without the flying grasp of the martial arts master. Li Guolou pondered, didn't tapped the door knocker, and wanted to wait and see.

But I heard the sound of someone running in the yard, getting closer and closer, and someone was opening the latch and pole of the gate. Li Guolou was overjoyed, it was time for him to show his skills, if someone wanted to escape, Li Guolou made up his mind to give him a sweep first.

There was a commotion coming from inside, and it looked like some people inside were getting up. Some doors opened, and someone was shouting, "Xiaoyu, is that you?" ”

The door finally opened a crack, and a figure came out, and before it could cross the threshold, it stumbled under its feet and fell to the ground.

Li Guolou stepped on the man's back and shouted, "It's so late, where do you want to go, brother?" ”

The man pressed his hands to the ground and tried to struggle to get up, but he couldn't get up when he was able to suckle. Li Guolou's left foot was firmly on the man's backbone as if it were rooting.

The man hurriedly said, "Do you know who I am?" ”

Li Guolou exerted his left foot, pressed the person who flipped and fled again, and said, "Oh! You're human, I thought it was a dog. ”

The man really couldn't break free, and shouted helplessly: "I'm the eighth master, the eighth master of the Axe Gang, stinky boy, do you want to be cut down all over the house?" ”

Li Guolou raised a kick and kicked Man Baye and rolled over, the man rolled five or six times on the street, and was kicked by Li Guolou at once.

Li Guolou tiptoed his left foot, a little weighty, a big man, and said in a loud voice: "Eighth Master, let's not fight and don't know each other, my name is a fake foreign devil, a lonely person, remember to settle accounts with me next time." ”

Someone in the Wei Mansion ran out and shouted: "Murder! ”

When the man saw Li Guolou standing at the door, he was so frightened that he didn't dare to say anything, and took a few steps back to close the door.

As soon as Li Guolou pushed the door, the man was vigorously pushed, kicked back a few steps, and sat on the ground. Li Guolou said loudly: "Brother, don't be afraid, I'm catching fast, I happened to pass by, what's going on?" ”

The man sat on the ground, snoring and panting, and looked at the man standing in the night. Then he got up and pointed to the main house to the south, still too frightened to speak.

In the courtyard, the oil lamps in the people's rooms were lit, and four more men walked to the door with oil lamps. "Little Liuzi, what's going on? We've just gone to bed, what's your name? ”

Wei Xiaoliu still pointed to the main house in the south, and cried: "Master, someone was killed." The second grandmother passed out. ”

Li Guolou saw that everyone had come out, so he said: "Don't move the scene, Xiao Liuzi will find a rope to come out, if you want to be stronger, I will tie up someone." ”

A man with a national character face asked, "Who are you and who do you want to tie?" ”

Wei Xiaoliu hurriedly said: "Steward Xu, this is a fake foreign devil, he is a fast catcher, and he happened to pass by here." There was a man lying at the door outside, who had been faked and knocked unconscious. ”

Li Guolou almost laughed, Xiao Liuzi's ears were very good, and his words with Man Baye made Xiao Liuzi hear.

Li Guolou said: "Little Liuzi, I don't have a fake surname, my surname is Li, you can call me Xiao Lizi." ”

Li Guolou tied Man Baye into a zongzi, and in full view of everyone, one person lifted Man Baye's body of nearly 200 catties, carried it into the Wei house, and threw it under the elm tree in the yard.

The neighbors who were looking outside the door were all taken aback, stuck out their tongues one after another, and said in a low voice: "Now the Axe Gang has lost its share, and the eighth master has been convicted of murder, and he will be beheaded next summer." Don't want to mix with the Axe Gang here in the future, the Axe Gang in the yamen will kill the troublemakers. ”

The neighbors are still whispering, and they are all saying that the end of the Axe Gang has come. The stolen goods were obtained, and the little plum was mighty.

Li Guolou didn't show a smile on his face, his heart blossomed, the murderer was captured alive by him, and tomorrow he must be the most beautiful person in the yamen.

There were watchmen running on the street, and Li Guolou said loudly: "You go and find the patrol officer, there is a death here." ”

Seeing the watchman leave quickly, Li Guolou opened his teeth and claws even more, he didn't listen to the nagging of the eighth master, "I didn't kill anyone, I didn't kill anyone!" Hurry up and let me go! Little Plum King Eight Lambs, you have wronged a good person, I have wronged! ”

Wei Xiaoliu didn't care whether the other party was a member of the Axe Gang at this time, he just wanted to avenge his master, took off a shoe, carried the shoe in his hand, and shook his hand to reward the eighth master with more than a dozen soles. Angrily said: "It's you, it's you, I saw you jump out of the south room, no matter how useless you quibble." Why are you coming to our house so late? ”

Man Baye was paralyzed under the elm tree, wanting to be a hero, but he was beaten by more than a dozen soles and turned his head, and he couldn't even speak, and he opened his mouth and said: "I, I, I, I······ Woo woo woo, I didn't kill anyone. ”

Several housekeepers and servants of the Wei family took turns to step forward to give Man Ba Ye, punching and kicking him, so that the gang leaders, who usually showed off their might to the common people, howled and cried, shouting that the heroes spared their lives, and they could no longer live up to the prestige of the past.

Li Guolou didn't dissuade them, and the people in the Wei Mansion let them beat them heartily. A criminal like Man Baye who catches the appearance of the person is also beaten violently when he gets into the yamen, and he doesn't want to come out alive if he enters. He wanted to go and see the scene of the crime, and he was beating a drum in his heart to calm down. There is nothing to fear when you see a dead man.

The second grandmother, Xie Xiuzhu, was supported by the maid Xiaoqin in the corridor of the south room, and the lanterns in the corridor were lit one by one, and the yard was bright. Li Guolou saw Xie Xiuzhu who fainted and fainted, although the second grandmother has woken up now, but she doesn't know anything, I'm afraid she will be frightened.

Xie Xiuzhu is less than thirty years old, she is quite beautiful, with moth eyebrows, fair face, full breasts, and she is in the mood for love, exuding a seductive demeanor.

Li Guolou asked a few questions, Xie Xiuzhu timidly stroked her heart, her eyebrows were slightly frowned, her expression was depressed, and she said that her husband Wei Wenshao was killed in the bedroom.

Li Guolou stared at the expression on Xie Xiuzhu's face, making Xie Xiuzhu bow her head shyly. Li Guolou did not let go of every small action of his second grandmother Xie Xiuzhu, he was not greedy for beauty, but everyone who was at the scene at the time of the crime was a suspect. He had some suspicions about everyone present.

In the middle of the night, there were several people here, dressed properly, even wearing hats, this was the first point. and Xie Xiuzhu was dressed neatly so late, she didn't even wipe off the rouge on her face, and her eyebrows were also retouched.

Li Guolou asked about it, the owner Wei Wenshao is a businessman and is already forty years old. There are two wives, because the eldest woman Wang Yixue is fierce, the second grandmother Xie Xiuzhu does not live in the old house, and another house is built on Bolan Street, so that the second grandmother Xie Xiuzhu lives here.

Wei Wenshao did not treat his second grandmother Xie Xiuzhu badly, and also configured maids, old mothers, and servants, but there have been fewer recently. It's rare to go home directly after the banquet, but kill someone in the room.

Li Guolou suddenly realized, no wonder so many people were dressed neatly, it turned out that the master was back.

Li Guolou asked, "Little Liuzi, do you know that the master will come back tonight?" ”

The servant Wei Xiaoliu said: "Little Lizi, we didn't know that the master would come tonight, we were playing mahjong in Deputy Chief Xu's house, and we just finished the game." I couldn't sleep all of a sudden, and I was still grinding around the house, thinking about playing cards. Hearing the screams of the second grandmother of Nanfang, the first one rushed out, met Man Baye in the yard, and was knocked to the ground by his punch, and when I rushed over again, Xiao Lizi, you stood in front of me, with a pale face, like a hanged ghost, scared me to death. ”

Li Guolou said casually: "Oh! What a coincidence. You're playing mahjong. ”

Li Guolou saw Wei Xiaoliu's exaggeration, like a hero, telling the story of bravely catching the murderer. Adding more confidence to take a look at the scene, Li Guolou mustered up the courage and took the first step towards the south room.