1

In the blink of an eye, a few months have passed, the cold wind is cold, and the black plum is beginning to bloom.

Wang Wu summoned Zhao Zelun, the master Bo Yao Hua, the head catcher Tang Xi and others to discuss the plan to solve the case, Yao Hua said: "If the murder case is not solved, it will be difficult to hide it for a long time, although the Xinyang Prefecture Government also covers it for us, but the matter of the ghost killer has already spread all over the rivers and lakes, and the court will hear about it sooner or later, so we might as well open our minds and report the case to the Henan Political Division, and reach the court step by step, and the court will definitely send important officials to investigate." Zhao Zelun said: "No, this case was reported early, naturally there is nothing to do, now it has dragged on for two or three years, more than 30 people have died, and if it is reported at this time, the court will be held accountable, and you and I will inevitably be dismissed from office, if it is not good, there will be a prison sentence." ”

Wang Wu sighed and complained to himself: "Ghost killer, ghost killer, it's so big tomorrow, where are you going?" Why do you have to stay in my Luoshan and not leave? Alas, how can I be so miserable! ”

Tang Xi said flatteringly: "My lord, what are the ghosts afraid of?" Bodhisattva, why don't we go and worship the Bodhisattva? ”

Zhao Zelun scolded: "Ridiculous, ghost killers are rampant in Luoshan, and you frequently commit crimes, as a head catcher, you don't think about how to deal with it, and you are not ashamed to put forward such a grotesque idea?" ”

Tang Xi smiled: "Aren't I too anxious, I am in a hurry to go to the doctor, so I should fart and fart as a lowly position." ”

Wang Wu realized: "Tang Xi's fart is not unreasonable, although the matter of ghosts and gods is not credible, but it must not be believed, the so-called one thing descends to one thing, all things are born and restrain each other, since we can't do anything with the ghost killer, why not pray to the gods to capture him, at least, there is no harm." ”

Tang Xi pandered and said: "That's right, in fact, the proposal of the humble post was also remembered after listening to the folk discussions, and the humble post was full of eyeliner all over the county to secretly investigate the ghost killer, and I heard a beggar outside the temple complaining: 'The county government does not respect ghosts and gods, and it will naturally be haunted, if you sincerely worship God and worship Buddha, there will be no harm of ghost killers.'" ’”

Wang Wu nodded and said, "That makes sense." ”

Zhao Zelun saw that the county order said, and it was not easy to object, so he had to say: "If the adults want to go, they can only be slightly served." ”

Yao Hua said: "Yes, don't be public. ”

Tang Xi said: "Don't worry, the brothers who capture the house will definitely protect the safety of the adults, if there is any mistake, they will take Tang Xi's head to ask for the crime." ”

2

Prajna Temple is located in the western suburbs of the county, there was originally no temple here, only because the Buddhist Tiantai Sect Huigen Master led the disciples to come here to preach the "Prajna Heart Sutra", the local residents built a temple on the spot, called Prajna. There are three courtyards in the temple, the two sides of the gate are the drum tower and the bell tower, the front is the palace of the heavenly king, enshrined the Maitreya Buddha and the four heavenly kings, and the back of the hall is the statue of the protector Vedic Bodhisattva. The second is the Mahavira Treasure Hall, which enshrines Shakyamuni Buddha and the Eighteen Arhats, and the back of the hall enshrines Guanyin Bodhisattva. The last one is the Scripture Pavilion, which houses Buddhist classics.

Tang Xi had already ordered people to spy on the front and back of the temple, and there were fast hands dressed as pilgrims everywhere inside and outside the temple, and secret whistles were also set up on the road from the county government to the temple, and more than ten capable fast hands were sent to wear civilian clothes to follow the county order at all times. Wang Wu, Zhao Zelun, and Yao Hua pretended to be wealthy businessmen and sat in a sedan chair, Tang Xi took eight catchers to disguise themselves as servants, and the group quietly walked towards the Panruo Temple.

Come to the front of the temple, Wang Wu three people got off the sedan chair, looked up, but saw that the eaves angle was warped, staggered, the construction was exquisite, the gold was brilliant, the walls on both sides of the door were written with the six words of "South no Amitabha". Tang Xi pointed to the beggar sitting under the word "Buddha" at one end of the temple and said, "My lord, it's him." ”

Wang Wu looked at it and sighed: "The young man is not confused, his hands and feet are sound, but he does not have anything to do, he begs here, and lives by charity of good men and women, which is pitiful, pathetic, and even more hateful!" ”

Zen Master Huiyuan, the abbot, led a few senior monks to greet the general and said: "When adults come, the temple is full of splendor." ”

Wang Wudao: "This county participates in the Buddha, prays for the people of Luoshan, and has Master Lao to guide the way." ”

Huiyuan said: "Your Excellency, please." ”

Everyone walked into the temple, saw the Maitreya Buddha statue and the four heavenly kings, Wang Wu clasped his palms together and bowed silently, Zhao Zelun and Yao Hua saw it, and also worshipped, Tang Xi, Wu Guang and Wang Xian felt quite ridiculous, and in view of the Buddha horn in the temple, the incense mist was swirling, and it was very **, so they didn't dare to laugh out loud.

After worshipping, Wang Wu asked, "Zen master, what kind of gods and Buddhas are these?" ”

Huiyuan pointed to the Maitreya Buddha statue in the middle and said: "This is Maitreya Buddha, the future Buddha in Buddhism, also called Mile Bodhisattva Mahasattva, and the successor of Shakyamuni Buddha 5.6 billion years later." He also pointed to the four heavenly kings on both sides and said, "These four are the four protector gods who live in the four heavenly kings, and they each guard one side of the world, respectively called the Eastern Heavenly King, the Southern Growth Heavenly King, the Western Wide-eyed Heavenly King, and the Northern Duowen Heavenly King." ”

Everyone walked inside, went around to the back of Maitreya Buddha, and saw a standing statue, Wang Wu, Zhao Zelun and Yao Hua took a look, thinking that it was a small Buddha, and they didn't think it was an important deity, so they didn't care and continued to walk towards the Daxiong Treasure Hall. Wu Guang and Wang Xian didn't believe in Buddhism, so how could they be in the mood to worship these rotten trees, so they walked back and forth in the temple very casually, secretly paying attention to the every move of the pilgrims.

Arrived at the Daxiong Treasure Hall, Wang Wu, Zhao Zelun, Yao Hua three people invited incense, devoutly worship Shakyamuni Buddha, Wang Wu secretly prayed in his heart: "The Buddha blesses the capture of the ghost killer as soon as possible, at that time, the county will come to repay the vows, promise a hundred taels of gold, a thousand catties of oil, ten horses of cloth, repair the temple, and reshape the golden body." ”

Out of the temple, farewell to the abbot, and was about to return to the county office, when he suddenly heard someone chanting:

Endowment is born a wild stream,

Holding a bamboo cane through Tongzhou.

The rice basket welcomes the waning moon to the dawn,

The song board sings late autumn in the wind.

Two feet over the earthly road,

Shoulder the sorrows of the past and the present.

And now I will not be eaten,

Why should the village dog bark endlessly.

When everyone turned around, it turned out that the beggar was singing, Wang Wu stopped for a moment, took out a tael of silver, came to the beggar, and gently put it into the bowl in front of him. The beggar glanced at the silver, but without thanking him, he snorted and twisted his face to the side, looking unashamed.

Yao Hua was furious and scolded: "You beggar is so rude, my lord rewards you with silver, you don't thank you, why do you look like this?" ”

The beggar said, "What is the reason for favoring one over the other?" ”

Yao Hua also wanted to say, Wang Wu stopped, and said to the beggar: "You are the only beggar here, and I haven't given more charity to others, so why do you favor one over the other?" ”

The beggar pointed to the temple door and said: "He is a rotten wood, he can't solve the case for you, you promise a lot of money, I am a living person, I can catch the murderer for you, but you only reward one or two pieces of silver, isn't it favoritism?" ”

Wang Wu was shocked and thought secretly: "This person can recognize my identity and guess the purpose of my trip, he must be a master, could it be that the Buddha has appeared and he came to help me?" No, if he was really sent by the Buddha, how could he despise the Buddha so much? I'll try him to see if he's a master, or an ignorant fanatic. ”

Wang Wu bowed solemnly and said: "Wang Wu is a common man, he doesn't know great talents, please forgive me." Mr. said that he could catch the murderer, and dared to ask Mr., where is the murderer and how to arrest him? ”

The beggar laughed: "Yi Er, Yi Er, if anyone allows me a hundred taels of gold, I will capture the real murderer in a moment." ”

Everyone was shocked, isn't this a crazy person? Zhao Zelun reprimanded: "Ignorant fanatic! ”

Yao Hua scolded: "Crazy! ”

Wang Wu shook his head helplessly and turned around to leave.

Tang Xi stopped Wang Wu and whispered: "Since this person is talking wildly, maybe he does have a genius, why not give it a try?" ”

Wang Wu stopped and turned to look at the beggar. Tang Xi said: "Beggar, I promise you a hundred taels of gold, you give me a quick arrest of the real murderer, see the real murderer, the reward is a lot, and I will never break my word." ”

Wang Wudao: "Yes, if Mr. can really eliminate the evil for the people of Luoshan, the county will immediately send someone back to the county to get gold." ”

The beggar squinted: "Really? ”

Wang Wu and Tang Xi said in unison: "Seriously." ”

The beggar said happily, "In that case, please come with me to catch the murderer," and then he got up, stretched, yawned, and walked lazily towards the temple.

Everyone was shocked and horrified, could it be that the murderer was hiding in this temple?

Tang Xi pulled out the Pu knife, Wu Guang, Wang Xian and the entourage of Kuaishou each showed their weapons, and followed the beggar, Wang Wu, Zhao Zelun, and Yao Hua into the temple gate.

The beggar walked around the Hall of the Heavenly King and came behind the statue of Maitreya Buddha and looked at a standing Buddha statue with a smile.

Wang Wu saw that this was not the Buddha statue that he disliked for not being conspicuous and did not kneel after entering the temple? What did this beggar do when he looked at this Buddha statue? Then he asked, "Sir, where is the real culprit?" ”

The beggar said, "Well, isn't that," he pointed to the Buddha statue with his finger, and his face was serious, not the slightest joke.

Tang Xi was shocked.

Zhao Zelun was furious: "Dead beggar, you dare to play with us? ”

The crowd was in an uproar, some said that they would arrest the beggar and put him in prison, some said that they would give him fifty sticks, some said that he was an accomplice of the ghost killer, and some said that this man was talking crazy nonsense, and Hugh should pay attention to it.

The beggar listened to everyone's words, and thought that the county government did not believe him, so he laughed a few times and left, went out of the temple gate, and sang loudly:

The gods are present,

The gods are now alone.

I saw that God did not believe,

Scold me for being crazy.

Everyone wanted to catch him, but Wang Wu didn't speak, and no one dared to call the shots. Zhao Zelun reminded: "My lord, he ran away, did you catch him back?" Everyone was anxiously waiting for Wang Wu's order.

Wang Wu didn't answer, but muttered softly: "The gods are present, and the gods are seeing alone." When I saw that the gods did not believe, they scolded me for being crazy......"

Stopping in front of the Buddha, Wang Wu silently stared at the small statue in front of him and fell into deep thought, and was silent for a long time.

"My lord, what's so nice about this Buddha statue?" Yao Hua couldn't help it.

Wang Wu came back to his senses, but did not answer Yao Hua, but anxiously asked everyone: "Who has seen this heavenly god?" Everyone shook their heads, and Wang Wu called Wu Guangdao again: "Have you seen it?" ”

Wu Guang was quite puzzled, the county order was really ridiculous enough, and he would ask such a ridiculous question, but Wu Guang didn't dare to reveal his inner thoughts, but replied with a smile: "My lord said that he was laughing, this is a god, how can ordinary people see it?" ”

Wang Wu said meaningfully: "That's not necessarily......

The second monk Wu Guangzhang is confused, the county order is really confused today, I, Wu Guangde, am bless and blessed, how can I meet the immortals?

Wang Wu Zhengse said: "Take a good look and think about it." He also eagerly instructed Tang Xi: "Quickly invite Zen Master Huiyuan." ”

Huiyuan hurriedly came, Wang Wu asked about the origin of this Buddha, and the Zen master said: "This is Veda Bodhisattva, also known as Veda Venerable, a King Kong incorruptible body, Buddhist protector god." This god is determined to kill demons and eliminate demons, and help all living beings in the world, you look at the stick in his hand, this is not an ordinary wooden stick, but a vajra demon pestle, weighing 84,000 catties, and the magic weapon of subduing demons and subduing demons. ”

Wu Guang listened to the Zen master's explanation, carefully looked at the face of the statue, the costume and the vajra demon pestle in his hand, only to see that he was wearing armor, standing with both hands holding the vajra, standing in a chic posture, his robe fluttering in the wind, and his bearing was extraordinary. Wu Guang looked at it, and suddenly his face changed greatly, and he was so frightened that he took five or six steps back and fell to the ground, shouting "Ghost killer!" Ghost Slayer! He's a ghost killer! ”

Wang Wu was overjoyed: "Are you sure it's him?" ”

Wu Guang's face turned pale, and he said tremblingly: "Yes, it's him, it's him I saw in Changshou Villa." ”

Wang Wu was ecstatic, and regardless of the prestige of the county order, he rushed out of the temple like a mountain villager, chasing the beggar who drifted away all the way, and shouted: "Mr. stay, Mr. stay......"

3

Luoshan County Yayin Hall.

The beggar sat on the top seat, crossed Jiro's legs, and gently hummed the tune while rubbing the dirt on the instep with his hands.

Wang Wuping retreated from everyone, leaving only Zhao Zelun, Yao Hua, and Tang Xi as companions. The front foot pious worship Buddha and make a wish, the back foot met this god-like beggar, Wang Wu expected that this is the Buddha's manifestation, so the beggar is so pious, respectfully presented a hundred taels of gold, led three people to worship the beggar and said: "Wang Wu is a common man, I don't know Mr. Daxian, I hope to forgive my sins, please look at the face of the people of Luoshan, help the county to capture the real murderer, and eliminate harm for the people, Wang Wu is grateful, after the fact, there is another thanks." ”

When the beggar saw the gold, he accepted it with a smile and said, "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, I don't know when the county magistrate wants me to solve the case?" ”

Wang Wudao: "Naturally, the sooner the better." ”

"How's January?"

Wang Wu was overjoyed: "There is Lao Daxian!" ”

"This beggar is not called Daxian, but January Kill."

Wang Wu and the four of them were surprised, how could there be such a name in the world, and the beggar smiled and said: "The real murderer was captured within a month, so it is called 'January Killing'." ”

Everyone never dreamed that the legendary ghost killer was not actually pretending to be a ghost, but Wei Tuo, and everyone mistook it for a ghost because they saw a strange mask in the night, and no one associated this image with the gods in the temple.

And this point was actually seen through by a beggar, which shows that "January Killing" is not a real beggar, but a reclusive master.

Wang Wu now has no choice but to bet on "January Killing".

"I hope that within this month, the Ghost Killer, oh, the Vedic Killer will stop killing people," Wang Wu muttered to himself.

"Don't worry, my lord, Vedor won't kill anymore."

Wang Wuwei asked, "How does the gentleman know?" ”

"The White Dragon King threatened to take the ghost killer's stick, mask, and head to commemorate his brother the day before, and the ghost killer took his life the next day, and left the stick and mask at the scene, indicating that after he killed the White Dragon Queen, he made up his mind to wash his hands."

Zhao Zelun said: "It is reasonable, since Bai Wei was killed, I haven't seen the killer of Wei Tuo appear for several months. It's just that why does he want to wash his hands in a golden basin? ”

Yao Hua said: "Yes, it is incredible that such wicked people can wash their hands in a golden basin. ”

"Wicked? Not necessarily. ”

Wang Wuwei asked: "He is evil, killing people and plundering goods, what is he not a wicked person?" ”

The beggar laughed and said, "First, why did he wear a mask, if it was to cover his face, a piece of black veil would be enough. Second, why did he use a rod as a murder weapon, if he wanted to kill, knives, swords, and arrows were the most convenient. Third, why are all the people he kills evil, and if he wants to rob money, why not kill the big businessmen? Wei Tuo is the protector of the Dharma, the vajra is a demon weapon, and the killer is dressed as Wei Tuo and specializes in killing villains, which must show that he is doing chivalrous righteousness, eliminating evil and protecting good, which also shows that he is extraordinary in martial arts and does not care about the quality of killing weapons. You waited for the government to be fast, Bai Wei and other Jianghu killers couldn't find the real murderer for three years, all because they focused on the gangsters, but they didn't know that the murderer was a loyal man. ”

Wang Wu suddenly realized, and hurriedly instructed Tang Xidao: "Quickly and secretly investigate the people in the townships and villages who are behaving on weekdays, the more they love to fight and uphold justice, the more they must pay more attention." ”

The beggar scolded: "What nonsense are you talking about? The murderer is in the county seat, you go to the countryside to find out how to catch him? ”

"Huh? Right in the county seat? Yao Hua was shocked.

Wang Wu was scolded by the beggar as a mediocre official, and he was extremely unhappy in his heart, but he didn't dare to attack, so he had to endure it.

"Yes, it's in the county seat, and it's near the county office," the beggar said with ease and confidence as he stroked the gold.

Wang Wu, Zhao Zelun, Yao Hua, and Tang Xi were shocked. Wang Wu's eyes widened and asked, "What do you say, sir?" ”

"Do the Vedic killers kill people every time they come out?"

Wang Wu replied: "As long as he shows up, he will generally kill people, but there are exceptions. ”

"Why don't witnesses die when they are exceptional? Could it be that they are all martial arts masters, and Wei Tuo can't kill him? ”

Zhao Zelun recalled: "No, no, I remember that there were several exceptions, all of them were ordinary people who met Wei Tuo in the middle of the night, but fortunately the people ran fast, so they were not killed. ”

"Running fast? Hmph, Yuan Ba, Hua Hu, Yao Mingli, and the White Dragon King, these masters with quite a lot of means have been killed, and a few unarmed people can avoid Wei Tuo's vajra? ”

"This, this, why?" Wang Wu had never thought about this question before, and when the beggar reminded him, he couldn't help but be shocked.

"Stupid, Wei Tuo doesn't want to kill him, he doesn't understand such a simple question?" Beggars seem to be particularly fond of swearing.

"Huh?" Wang Wu, Zhao Zelun, and Yao Hua exclaimed almost at the same time, and Tang Xi was also shocked.

"Whenever this happens, there must be one or several suspects in the adult's prison, right? I often listen to pilgrims outside the temple to discuss, what ghost killer was caught by the county government, what ghost killer turned out to be who is who, hehe, not long after, I heard that the ghost killer came out again, this time who is the big life, escaped with a life, the county government caught the wrong person last time. The beggar greedily touched the gold, and then sighed: "What a benevolent killer, he knows that the unconscious officials are arresting people indiscriminately, and in order to rescue those innocent people, he has to show up in a hurry, intending to tell the unconscious officials, you have caught the wrong one, and I am still outside." ”

Wang Wu, Zhao Zelun, and Yao Hua were extremely embarrassed, and Tang Xi was also full of shame.

The beggar sighed and said, "Alas, if I wasn't short of silver, I would really be reluctant to catch such a good person, sin, sin." ”

Suddenly, the beggar approached Wang Wu and the four of them, and said in a low voice: "This shows that Wei Tuo's killer knows everything about the county government's handling of the case," and pointed at Wang Wu, Zhao Zelun, Yao Hua, and Tang Xi one by one, and added gloomily: "He, just by you, you, you, by your side!" ”

This sentence scared several mediocre officials half to death!

4

Tang Xi, Wu Guang, and Wang Xian followed the beggar day and night with a knife to kill in January, although the Wei Tuo killer had washed his hands in a golden basin, but Wang Wu was still not at ease, so that Tang Xi and others followed him, one could protect, and the other could also supervise, after all, the beggar killed in January from an unknown source, what if he ran away with the gold?

The beggar is idle, and he is not idle.

He wandered around the restaurants in Luoshan County all day long, looking for wine everywhere to drink, and asked Tang Xi to call the families of the deceased and the people who had seen Wei Tuo one by one, and then asked Tang Xi to wait outside the house, and he and the people who came drank and ate meat in the private room behind closed doors, saying that they were investigating the case, and the ghost knew what they were doing.

At night, Tang Xi moved the thick case file into the room.

Tang Xi, Wu Guang, and Wang Xian secretly reported the situation to Zhao Zelun, Zhao Zelun frowned, and sighed: "Alas, forget it, Lord Wang will be able to solve the case if he recognizes this person, so wait for him for a month, and then the case will not be solved, and then find him to theorize." ”

I had no choice but to continue to serve with good wine and meat.

On this day, the beggar remembered Longevity Villa in January, "I heard that the wine there is fragrant, go, go to Longevity Villa today to have fun." ”

Changshou Villa is an ordinary hotel, in order to create an elegant environment, the restaurant is deliberately located on a large fish pond, all made of wood, bamboo piling after the construction, the road from the shore is about three or four zhang away, in the middle is a wooden pontoon bridge connected, the pontoon bridge is in the shape of several "zigzag". Guests walk from the zigzag pontoon bridge on the side of the road to the Longevity Villa in the center of the fish pond, where they can enjoy the beautiful scenery of goldfish and lotus flowers along the way.

This time no other witnesses were called, and the beggar may have felt that it was boring to drink alone, so he beckoned Tang Xi and the others: "I see that although you are useless people, you are also hard, come, come in." ”

This was the first time that Tang Xi was invited into the private room, Tang Xi and Wu Guang looked at each other, and also walked in and sat at the same table with the beggar. Tang Xi said secretly: "I've been serving you for a few days, and today I finally invited us to eat some wine and meat together, even if you still have a little conscience." ”

After ordering food and asking for wine, the beggar gobbled it up and beckoned everyone to eat it while it was hot, as if he were the master. Tang Xi and Wang Xian shook their heads with a wry smile, and they didn't care about him, they just ate it. Wu Guang didn't pick up the vegetables with chopsticks in his hand, and when he arrived at this place, Wu Guang couldn't help but think of that frightening night, and he had no appetite at all.

While everyone was eating, Wu Guang put down his chopsticks and asked: "Sir, you said that Wei Tuo sometimes kills people when he appears, sometimes he doesn't kill people, he kills people to get rid of evil, and he doesn't kill people to save the innocent, but that time in Changshou Villa, why did he kill people and not kill people?" ”

The beggar said, "Then not only get rid of evil, but also save the innocent." ”

Wu Guangdao: "Yes, at that time, Wang County Ling was treating Zhu Wan as a murderer and was about to condemn him, and the murderer appeared and indeed cleared Zhu Wan's charges." ”

The beggar wiped his mouth, burped, obviously ate very happily, and asked, "Wu Guang, why did you and the county Cheng Gao Haitao come out to eat?" ”

Wu Guangdao: "Don't hide it, Mr. Xiancheng takes good care of our capture house, after Tang Zhutou discussed it with me, in order to express his gratitude, he decided to invite him to drink and thank him, but Tang Zhutou did not participate in the wine because he had something to do temporarily." ”

Tang Xi smiled and said: "That day, I was going to Baichun Garden to find a few girls to accompany Master Gao, but after I arrived at Baichun Garden, I was too drunk to lie there, and Wu Guang went to wake me up the next day!" ”

The beggar said: "According to your statement in the case file, Wei Tuo killed Gao Haitao, Yao Mingli went over to investigate with a sword, he didn't find the murderer at that time, and then he spoke to you, Wei Tuo suddenly appeared behind him and killed him, right?" ”

Wu Guang replied: "Yes, at that time, Wei Tuo was extremely fast, like a ghost, and after killing Yao Mingli, he came straight to me, but fortunately, I swam desperately to avoid being poisoned." ”

"How far were you from Yao Mingli when the murderer killed him?" The beggar asked.

"I was on the shore of the fish pond, about ten paces away from him," Wu replied.

"Where's the villa where you eat?" The beggar asked.

Wu Guang replied, "About fifty steps." ”

After listening to Wu Guang's answer, the beggar fell into deep thought, looked up at Wu Guang for a while, and replied, "Did Wei Tuo chase you?" ”

Wu Guang replied without hesitation: "After chasing, walking towards me, I was afraid, so I desperately swam inside, and only after swimming to Changshou Villa did I find that the murderer had disappeared." ”

The beggar smiled and said, "Your kid has a great life, come, eat more food." ”

Wu Guang smiled, picked up the chopsticks, and barely ate a few bites.

The beggar turned to Tang Xi and asked, "Tang Zhutou, the night Hua Hu was killed, ......" suddenly paused again, as if he had an understanding: "Oh, Tang Zhutou was drunk and asleep at the time, Wu Zhutou was fast, Wang Zhuhu was fast, the night Hua Hu was killed, how many people did you and the villagers go to chase and beat people?" ”

Wu Guang replied: "About twenty or thirty." ”

"What did everyone bring?" The beggar asked.

"It's just some hoes, sickles, flat poles and other farm tools, and a few of our county officials are carrying knives," Wu Guang replied.

"Everyone's catching up? Or is there a before and a back? The beggar was afraid that Wu Guang would not understand, so he further said: "I mean, are there any individual villagers who are eager to catch the bad guys, running ahead alone, leaving you all far behind?" ”

Wu Guang thought for a while and said: "This doesn't seem to be the case, everyone is chasing the gangsters together, and it's not far away." Wu Guang, Wang Xian and others hid behind that day, and they didn't know about the villagers chasing the gangsters, but it was inconvenient to tell the truth, so they had to be perfunctory.

Tang Xi, Wu Guang, and Wang Xian were still eating, but the beggar was full of wine and food, and he didn't care that others were still full, so he stood up and walked to the door of the private room, shouting, "Little Er, settle the bill." With that, he walked straight away.

The shopkeeper came to take a look, and there were still three people eating, and said with a smile: "Three guest officers, you ...... Do you want to continue eating, or do you want to pay the bill? ”

Tang Xi slapped the table and scolded: "What, I really think I'm a detective!" ”

Wu Guang persuaded: "Head, let him be arrogant for half a month, and when the month expires, Wang Xianling will see through his face, and we will clean him up." ”

Wang Xian also scolded: "Death is called Huazi!" ”

The three of them had to put down their chopsticks, pay the money, and hurriedly chased them out with knives. Wu Guang caught up with the beggar and asked, "Mr. January Kill, where are we going?" ”

The beggar drank too much, showed his true face after drinking, and said with a hippie smile: "I heard that Duan Qi of Dragon King Villa is quite heroic and beautiful, hehe, let's take a look." ”

5

Only after the White Dragon King was killed, Duan Qi almost collapsed.

The past is vivid, over the years, Duan Qi assisted Bai Wei to open a mine in Luoshan, set up a money village, recruit thugs, and make friends with officials. However, the family business that the couple had worked so hard to build fell apart in an instant, like dew and lightning, flashing by, how not to break people's hearts.

First of all, Xincai, an inconspicuous little gangster, was killed, and no one thought that this would be the beginning of the destruction of a Jianghu dynasty. Later, the death of the Zeng brothers made Bai Wei happy, and felt that there were almost no competitors in Luoshan since then, but then Yuanba was also killed, and Yuanba's death was a big loss for Bai Wei, because Yuanba knew the money business very well, and did things cleanly, which saved Bai Wei a lot of heart, and added that Yuanba was Duan Qi's cousin, Bai Wei was extremely relieved to him, Yuanba was gone, and Bai Wei had a broken arm. Yuanba himself is strong, ordinary people are not his opponents, and there were exactly two thugs present on the night when Yuanba was killed, and the two thugs were also knocked unconscious, which shows that the killer's kung fu is extraordinary.

Sadly, the revenge of Yuanba was not avenged, and his disciples and grandchildren were killed one after another, and more than ten people such as Huahu died overnight, this serious incident made Bai Wei suddenly have an ominous premonition: all this is for himself.

Bai Wei and Duan Qi searched repeatedly in their minds for the names of the enemies, in the rivers and lakes, in the officialdom, and they really couldn't think of anyone who would have such ability. When the couple was distressed, Yao Mingli was also killed, Yao Mingli was Bai Wei's spokesperson in Luoshan, and his disciples and grandchildren basically relied on him to manage, as soon as Yao Mingli died, all the evil groups under his command were leaderless, and Bai Wei's prestige suddenly plummeted.

Bai Wei and Duan Qi understood that without their brothers to follow them, without the authority on the rivers and lakes, no matter how much money they had, they would be empty. Bai Wei relied on force to seize other people's wealth little by little, and maybe one day his wealth would be occupied by the new forces in the rivers and lakes, so Bai Wei must maintain his authority in the rivers and lakes, and must use his fists to win back his position again.

But what he never expected was that after Bai Wei released cruel words to personally arrest the ghost killer, the next day, just the next day, he mysteriously died under the stick of the ghost killer.

At this point, the huge industry that Bai Wei and Duan Qi had worked so hard to run disappeared overnight. Bai Wei left, leaving behind the lonely Duan Qi and the white-haired parents.

When Bai Wei was there, Duan Qi was still able to speak wild words to catch the real murderer and tear up the murderer, but now that Bai Wei is dead, no one on the rivers and lakes believes Duan Qi's delirium, and even Duan Qi himself began to doubt whether he had a chance to avenge Bai Wei and Yuanba in his life.

After Bai Wei's death, Zhao Dezhi ordered Wu Youzhi to follow back and forth with more than a dozen brothers every day, and lived tremblingly all day long.

The Hongyuan Coal Mine was forcibly taken back by the county government, and the Longwang Qianzhuang was also surrounded by the people who flocked to cash in. Duan Qi was in a trance all day, and he didn't have the energy to care about this. In short, the White Dragon King died, and Duan Qi was like a walking corpse, becoming a widow with no one to care about.

A widow's day is a hard one.

Sister-in-law Qin cooked the meal, put the food and chopsticks on the table, and whispered to Duan Qidao: "Seventh sister, it's time to eat." ”

Duan Qi came to the room of his parents-in-law Bai Quan and Yang Qun, and called softly: "Dad, mother, it's time to eat." ”

After a long time, the door slowly opened, and Bai Quan staggered out and said, "Seven, you eat more, your mother and I are not hungry." After speaking, Bai Quan walked to the main hall and sat down, staring at the painting of Bai Wei hanging on the wall of the main hall in a daze.

Looking at Bai Quan, who was still red and energetic a few months ago, but now he is already an old dragon clock and haggard, Duan Qi's tears are like rain.

"Seven, many people have surrounded the money village recently, and some people have come to Longwang Villa to ask for their deposits, you tell your father the truth, how much money does our family owe?" Bai Quan asked Duan Qi anxiously.

Duan Qi knew that after the death of the Dragon King, the people lost confidence in the money bank, and rushed to withdraw the deposited silver, the money village had long been out of money, many people came to the house to urge, but they couldn't hide it, so they had to say truthfully: "Dad, the money our family owes, I'm afraid that I won't be able to pay it off after ten lifetimes without eating or drinking, but you can rest assured, Duan Qi has his own way to deal with it, and the second elder doesn't have to worry." ”

Bai Quan was shocked and complained: "As the old saying goes, Yuncheng is industrious and thrifty and defeats luxury, you just don't listen, alas, ......"

Duan Qi was even more sad when he was reproached by his father-in-law, and Bai Quan felt even more desolate when he remembered the noise of his son when he was alive.

"Knock, knock, knock......" The knock on the door sounded, Duan Qi, who was in tears, and Bai Quan, who was in a trance, did not hear it, but Yang Qun in the room heard it, Yang Qun walked out of the door, walked towards the door step by step, and opened the door with shaking hands.

"Is Duan Qi at home?" The beggar broke Tang Xi, Wu Guang, and Wang Xian, and went to knock on the door alone.

"At home," Yang Qun replied, looking up and down at the same time, seeing the person in front of him in rags, his face showed disgust, and asked, "Are you?" ”

"Don't look at me with this eye, although I am a beggar, I am at ease, much stronger than your broken family, it won't be long before you will be more torn and dirty than me, go and tell your daughter-in-law, January Kill is here to avenge the White Dragon King."

Tang Xi, Wu Guang, and Wang Xian watched from a distance, and seeing that the beggar was so arrogant, Wu Guang secretly said: "We put up with him, for the sake of the county order, he went to Longwang Villa with this virtue to see how Duan Qi cleaned him up." ”

Wang Xian said: "Yes, we will watch the excitement outside." ”

As soon as Yang Qun heard that the person who had come to avenge his son, he hurriedly let the beggar into the house and eagerly shouted into the house: "Seven, seven, someone is looking for you." ”

Duan Qi and Bai Quan only found out that someone was visiting, Duan Qi quickly wiped away his tears and stood up, and forced a smile and said, "Are you?" Duan Qi is usually very strong and never shows his weak side to outsiders, but today he saw a stranger, but he was in tears, and his tone of voice was obviously a little embarrassed.

"Ben beggar kills in January."

Duan Qi found out that the person who came was a beggar, and heard that the county government had found a beggar to solve the case, but he didn't expect it to be true, so he sneered: "I heard that you boasted that you would catch the murderer in Haikou within a month, and the time is running out, if you don't arrest the murderer, why are you here?" ”

"This beggar is afraid that he will capture the wrong person, so I have come to you to verify, if you can help me, I can let the real murderer appear within three days."

6

In Luoshan County, in a low bungalow on Douxing Street, Lu Qi was sleeping at home, and heard a knock on the door in a daze, guessing that his parents had come back to get something, so he got up lazily, opened the door and saw that it was a dirty beggar, and said impatiently: "No." ”

Lucci was about to close the door, but the beggar held the door, holding a silver ingot in his hand, and said with a smile: "Big deal, do you want to do it?"

"You? What big deal do you have? ”

"You won't invite me in and sit down?"

For the sake of the money, Lucci reluctantly let the beggar into the house, hastily cleaned up the miscellaneous items all over the floor, sat cross-legged on the ground, and asked, "What is the matter?" Say it. ”

The beggar looked around for a while, and after making sure that there was no one else in the house, he whispered: "I have a box of jewelry, I plan to take some this morning to use, but the key is lost, I heard that the little master is good at locking, I came to invite, the cost is just to open the mouth, but there is one, you have to keep your mouth shut, never divulge this matter." ”

When Lu Qi heard this, his eyes rolled several times, and he secretly thought: "This thief turned out to be a big thief, I don't know where to get a box of ill-gotten gains, I am afraid of seeing the light of day, I used the excuse that the key was lost and found someone to open the lock, and God has eyes. Wouldn't it be nice for me to go and pick the lock for him today, and wait for the opportunity to steal it at night? ”

Lu Qi felt happy in his heart, and said, "Okay, I'll go with you." ”

The beggar was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly put the silver in his hand on the broken table, and said, "As long as you can successfully unlock the lock without damaging the contents of the box, the ingot of silver belongs to you." ”

Lu Qi scolded secretly: "What a miser, such a little silver is called Hanako? See at night that I don't steal you! Lu Qi thought so in his heart, but his face was happy, and he said happily: "Thank you, thank you." ”

Lucci went to the corner of the house to clean up, took a few thin wires, two pieces of iron sheets, and was about to go out with the beggar. The beggar said: "That's it?" ”

Lu Qi said: "Enough. ”

"Let's bring a hammer, in case you can't open it, you can hit it with a hammer."

"Hahahaha, you can rest assured, there is no lock in the world that I can't open."

When Ruchi went out, the beggar followed him from behind and asked, "But how have I heard that some locks cannot be opened, and must be smashed with a hammer and pry with an iron rod?" ”

"Do you know, if the lock function is not broken, it can be opened, only if the lock is not used for a long time, the keyhole is rusty, or the keyhole is stuffed with impurities, and the wire and other things cannot enter the keyhole, you have to use a hammer."

The beggar smiled knowingly, and suddenly shouted and asked, "Lu Qi, you already know that the keyhole in the backyard gate of Dragon King Villa is stuffed with iron, so when you go to unlock the lock, you brought a hammer in advance!" ”

Lu Qi was shocked, suddenly looked back at the beggar, and asked, "Who are you?" ”

The beggar said coldly: "That day, Duan Qi came back from Sanqingguan and saw that the backyard gate was newly locked, so he sent someone to invite you to go, if you didn't know in advance that the keyhole was stuffed with iron, why did you go to Longwang Villa with a hammer?" ”

"You're talking nonsense," Rudge pretended to be calm, "I'll take the hammer with me, just in case." ”

The beggar knew that Lu Qi was pretending, and he didn't expose it, but just approached slowly and said calmly: "Did you see him that day?" ”

Lucci asked, "Who?" ”

The beggar approached Ruchi, whispered in his ear, and softly said the name of a man.

Lu Qi couldn't hear it, his limbs were weak in shock, and he was so shocked that he was so shocked that he was left without a master, his face was pale, and cold sweat broke out.