Liu Zhutou's whip was whipped on the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper cried wolf: "My lord, spare your life, Xiaomin really didn't harbor the Southern Dynasty spies, Xiaomin, don't fight, please don't fight." Wronged! Help me. ”

"You still dare to be hard-mouthed, I'll beat you~ If you don't kill you, recruit or not, bastard, look at your strong skin, or my whip is strong" Liu Zhutou's movements cooperated with the question, so frightened that the people watching next to him consciously retreated, for fear of catching fire, and the innkeepers who were squatting on the ground with their heads in their hands were also silent and trembling, seeing the shopkeeper being beaten like this, how could he be spared?

Cao Hong thought it was really a case of a Southern Dynasty spy who was hidden and caught, but he was curious, and saw that the head-catching whip seemed to be crackling and ferocious, but in fact, it fell on the back shoulder blade of the shopkeeper, obviously leaving room for it.

At this time, Captain Chen, who had only heard standing on the side and had not spoken, stood up: "Liu catches the head, and stop listening to me." ”

"Ah, yes, yes." Liu Zhutou stopped, looked at the shopkeeper angrily and said, "If it weren't for Captain Chen today, I would have to do you on the spot." ”

The shopkeeper knelt down miserably and said to Captain Chen: "Ah... Oops... Oops, Lord Xie Chen, Lord Xie Chen. ”

"Humph!" Captain Li was dissatisfied at this time: "This kind of traitor, Xiao Chen, what are you doing to save him?" Since the mouth is so hard, it's just a matter of beating to death, are there still fewer people killed in our Yulin trial? ”

"Brother Li, I always feel that there is something strange about this matter, we can't beat people to death just because someone reported it, right? I don't think this shopkeeper looks like a traitor and a traitor, is there any misunderstanding here? Captain Chen frowned and said unbearably.

When the shopkeeper saw someone helping to speak, he hurriedly crawled to Captain Chen's side, hugged Captain Chen's legs, and cried with tears and snot: "Ask the adults to help, the villain is really wronged, please ask the adults to help." ”

Captain Li snorted coldly: "This is a matter assigned by the above, what?" Does Lord Chen want to cover up? He looked Captain Chen next to him up and down, and said with a haha: "Ha, isn't it that Lord Chen and this shopkeeper~~~ have a good relationship?" ”

"I don't know this shopkeeper, but it's always right for Brother Liu to catch thieves and stolen goods, and catch traitors in pairs, right? Fornicating with the Southern Dynasty is a big crime of stealing the family and exterminating the clan, there must be some evidence, right? Captain Chen was not angry, and said lightly.

"It's not easy to get credentials." Captain Li waved his hand, "Liu Zhutou, see if any of them harbor Southern Dynasty spies, and then search the inn carefully, I don't think it was careful enough just now." Lieutenant Li said viciously with his eyes narrowed.

"Yes, brothers, leave four people behind, and the rest take the guys to the store to search Lao Tzu carefully." Liu Zhutou shouted.

At this time, the sound of rummaging through boxes and cabinets and smashing pots and pans was heard in the store.

Cao Hong frowned, and just wanted to shout, but when he saw that he didn't bring a single entourage with him, he was a teenager, and he probably couldn't suppress these servants who were more fierce than thieves.

At this time, Chen Xiaowei opened his mouth to persuade again: "I said Brother Li, the villagers in the big hometown, it is not easy for people to be businessmen, there is no need for this!" ”

"Ha, is it easy for Lao Tzu? The little salary paid a month is not enough for the whole family to drink the northwest wind, get up early and toss these in the dark, do you think I'm not annoying..."

"Check it out for yourself." Captain Chen also seemed to be angry, and turned his head and walked to the inn guests who were squatting on the ground with their heads in their hands.

At this time, the lieutenant surnamed Chen saw a middle-aged man with a wide robe and big sleeves, his hair tied and his crown standing in the crowd among the people who were squatting on the ground with his head in his hands, and the others were dressed as short footmen, and he was too conspicuous in this group of people. Everyone around him was squatting, but he was the only one standing leisurely, as if nothing happened. The official next to him didn't come to interrogate, as if he knew that this person was not easy to mess with.

Captain Chen circled around the man, stared at the man's eyes and said, "What person, what for, where is the person's name, Lu Yin take it out." ”

The man chuckled: "This little brother, polite, in Xia Yanshi, the family lives in Yanshi Sijiaolou Village, and he comes to Beijing to write letters for people, teach Mengtong, and just eat and eat." ”

"Lead your way."

"Xu Yan, a Yanshi, lives in Sijiaolou Village, with white skin and beard. Hmph, I see that you are not a Yanshi at all, and say, who are you and what are you doing? Say a few words to the master, and I'll listen. Captain Chen shook the road in his hand and stared at the middle-aged man.

"This little brother is indeed a Yanshi in the next place, because he has no power to tie the chicken, he just read some books, so he came to the feet of this Tianzi to teach Mengtong and write letters for a living."

Captain Chen listened to the dialect of the Yanshi. But I always felt that something was wrong, so I circled around Xu Yan and looked at this middle-aged man suspiciously.

At this time, Captain Li came from afar, and when he came from afar, he smiled and said: "Xiao Chen, okay, okay, there is really no problem with this inn, Lao Liu, tell your people to withdraw." ”

Captain Chen pointed at Xu Yan and said, "Brother Li, come and see, there seems to be something wrong with this person." ”

Captain Li walked over and looked at it twice, and kicked the person surnamed Xu: "What's wrong with this kind of sour, get out of the calf." ”

"Brother Li, something is wrong with this person, open your package and let me see it."

"It's nothing, it's just some salute."

Captain Chen keenly grasped the trace of panic in the eyes of the middle-aged scribe

Captain Li grabbed him: "It's almost enough." After speaking, he smiled mysteriously at Captain Chen. Looking at his arms, Captain Chen knew that he had succeeded. But he still looked at the middle-aged scribe surnamed Xu suspiciously.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper of the old store hurriedly walked over and grabbed Chen's hand, and Chen's hand, Chen, felt that there was an extra hard object in his hand.

Captain Li hurriedly came up and said: "Okay, okay, a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding, I said, you are the shopkeeper too, don't you suffer less if you explain it early!" He turned his head and looked at the scribe surnamed Xu again: "Don't get out yet!" ”

Seeing that the matter had subsided, everyone gradually dispersed, except for the shopkeeper who cleaned up the mess and the frightened residents, everyone else seemed to have long been accustomed to all this, and the street was noisy again.

Cao Hong was indignant in his heart, and he always heard people say: "Xu officials are difficult." "I saw it today.

After walking two more streets, standing for a long time, Cao Hong was also tired, saw a teahouse on the side of the road, so he entered the teahouse, ordered a cup of tea, ordered two snacks, just sat down, and saw two acquaintances sitting at the next table.

At this time, Liu Zhutou also walked in, sat down at the table, picked up the tea bowl, and poured three bowls first.

The fat man Captain Li saw that it was Liu Zhutou and said with a grin: "Liu Shaoqi, let's send it today, haha, I didn't expect that the old shopkeeper Qin was really scared this time, and this is the number of shots." After speaking, he proudly stretched out a finger.

"Ten taels?" Liu Zhutou asked.

"One hundred taels, haha." Captain Li shook his fingers triumphantly. "Plus Xiao Chen's last ten taels, 110 taels of silver."

"Okay, this old thing looks serious, his son is dead, he is picking up ashes at home, and he is forcing his daughter-in-law to death. 110 taels, too cheap for him. Liu Zhutou opened his clothes and took a "puff" on the ground, and the black chest hair on his chest was messy.

"Oh, this is your share, and the brothers have worked hard all day." The fat man pushed out thirty taels of silver.

The head catcher was not polite, reached out and grabbed it, and put it in his arms.

"The rest of the old rules, 60 taels will be sent to the sixth aunt, and our brothers will be ten taels each." The fat man said to the scholar-like Captain Chen again.

"Brother Li, forget about the two of us, it's difficult for the children to live, let's save a little bit. Anyway, there is also a stutter in the back office. The lieutenant surnamed Chen whispered.

"Again, Lao Liu took thirty taels alone. One of us can't do ten taels. The fat man was in a hurry, and hurriedly took out the silver back into his arms. His eyes were full of pleading.

"Brother Liu has a group of brothers, and there are so many mouths at home. Usually, I have to deal with the officials in the yamen. Captain Chen said lightly.

"Then I also have a seventy-year-old mother who needs to be fed, and a three-year-old child who needs to be fed. Brother Chen, Master Chen, my Lao Li pleases you! ”

"Brother Li, I remember that we were all alone."

The fat man was about to wail when he heard this.

Cao Hong originally thought that these three people were rogue ruffians with red and white faces and extortion, but who knew that after hearing this, there seemed to be something else hidden, and he couldn't help but be interested. Cao Hong greeted Xiao Er, sent two plates of dim sum to the next table, and paced over to sit at a table with the three of them.

"In Xia Cao Hong, I just saw three people in the old store of Jupeng who seemed to be handling a case, which yamen are the three from, let's be close."

The fat man was distressed about the money, and when he saw a strange boy sitting at his own table, he was angry: "Where did you come from, go and go, don't bother your fat man." ”

The lieutenant surnamed Chen saw that Cao Hong was dressed extraordinarily, and the sachet hanging from his waist was also exquisitely made. Then he clenched his fists and said: "Under Chen Xian, these two are the elder brothers." ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the head catcher and said, "This is Liu Shaoqi, the head catcher of Shuntian Mansion." ”

He pointed to the fat man who was choking back tears and eating snacks and said, "This is the emperor's pro-army, Li Zhenwu of Yulindu." ”

"Well, me." Captain Chen pointed to himself and said. "I'm also the captain of Yulindu."

Cao Hong couldn't help but wonder: "Aren't you?"

"Haha, what kind of captain are we, whether the captain of Yulindu knows us or not." Chen Xian and Liu Zhutou both laughed.

The fat man Li Zhen was full of cake crumbs, raised his head and glanced at Cao Hong and said: "Boy, don't think that we are not school captains, but we also have a background, the children of my neighbor's aunt's second aunt are the celebrities around Queen Yan." Say what you should say, don't say what you shouldn't say, or be careful with your skin. Hum. ”

"Brother Li, don't scare Brother Cao Xian. Since the virtuous brother sat down, he must have wanted to know the ins and outs of this matter. It doesn't hurt to talk about it! Chen Xian said.