"The Taoist priest calls himself 'Yunyin Daochang', from Luoyan Mountain, and on weekdays, he mainly gives people some money to look at, and when he encounters a need, he gives people things to do things in exchange for some money and food.

After a long time, everyone around me knew him, and I noticed him.

It is said that the first thing a Taoist disciple does when he gets money is to repair the Taoist temple and better worship the ancestral master.

But not only did he not do this, but allowed the dilapidated Taoist temple to intensify.

Because he likes to drink, everyone says that he spends all his money on it, so he has no extra money to worship his ancestors.

I thought so at first, but I didn't know each other anyway, so I didn't take it to heart.

Later, when I came home from doing work for someone, I saw him drunk on the side of the road, and I didn't know what to think at the time, so I carried him home, and the two knew each other.

Since then, I've been drinking with him when I'm fine.

Because I am a craftsman, I need to make all kinds of calculations in my work, and over time I have formed habits.

After a long time, I vaguely felt that something was wrong.

He had to drink a lot of wine every day, and he had to eat snacks, and these things, as he became less and less popular, had little money and could not do it at all.

So I thought about it, and flattered him carefully.

Later, when he was drunk once, I learned from his vague words that he really had foreign wealth.

He walked the streets and alleys every day, and from time to time came to the door to do things for people, familiarized himself with some people's doors, and then found an opportunity to go in and steal.

It seems that he has a way to stun people or something, anyway, in the past few years, nothing has happened.

From there, I've been a little bit obsessed. ”

Zhang Da accepted his fate and began to briefly describe the whole process.

Liu Bei and the others didn't speak anymore and listened quietly.

"Two months ago, when he was drinking, he said he was going to leave the place and find another place.

I understand what he means, if you stay in one place all the time, there will always be clues.

But after thinking about it, I spent a lot of money to get close to him, and he didn't pull me in, and as soon as he wanted to leave, I did useless work.

The two of them were drinking, and the more I thought about it, the more excited I became, and when I drank more, I asked him to give me some money.

Naturally, he refused, the two of them quarreled, tore a few times, he was very strong and I couldn't beat him, so I threatened him to report to the official, and then left the Taoist temple.

But as soon as I walked out a short distance, I turned back and carefully sneaked into the Taoist temple.

Then I saw that in the darkness, the main hall lit up for a moment, and I quietly approached.

It turned out that he had made a secret compartment under the altar, which was full of white silver, and at this moment, he was putting silver in his arms.

I drank, and the more I thought about it, the more angry I became, so I walked in, took out the knife I had with me, and stabbed it.

We didn't stab us to death, but we scuffled, and the incense case was knocked over...... Finally he fell to the ground, motionless.

I then took out all the silver in the dark grid, and only then did I feel a pain in my hand, and when I touched it with my right hand, I realized that the little finger of my left hand was broken and there was a layer of skin hanging on it, probably because it was cut by my own knife in the scuffle.

I was going to leave immediately, but it occurred to me that he had just come in, and if it wasn't for this one, I would have lost a lot.

The whole hall was filthy, which may have been a way for him to hide his eyes, but it also meant that there was not much place to store money.

So, I went around the altar and carefully knocked on each brick, but I found nothing.

Then he stood up and touched the idol up and down, but there was nothing.

At this moment, there was the sound of donkeys barking and footsteps outside, and I quickly got up and ran to the side door, and with a slippery step, I lifted the idol with my hand, and then left the main hall.

I was scared, and I didn't dare to continue to look for it in the house where the Taoist priest lived, so I left.

When I got home, I bandaged the wound and stabilized my emotions, only to find that the gourd was missing.

I was panicked, but I didn't know where I had fallen it, and I didn't dare to go out and look for it.

After dawn, I went to Zhang's house to do work, and then I saw a housekeeper not far away, so I pretended to hit my left hand, and covered it tightly but didn't dare to make a sound, creating the illusion that I was injured but afraid of being deducted from my wages.

After dark, I finished and walked home, and I learned that the matter of the Taoist temple had been known, and the murderer had been found.

At that time, I was a little relieved and a little worried, so I could only pretend to be confused with everyone. ”

Liu Bei listened, and suddenly asked, "Then why don't you go back to find this black jade gourd?" ”

"If someone died, the officials naturally had to search carefully, I thought that it had been confiscated as a Taoist thing, and I didn't dare to inquire for fear of arousing suspicion.

Later, I never heard anything about this little gourd, but I didn't dare to go back to the Taoist temple to find it.

Alas, a drink and a peck have their own destiny......"

Zhang Da let out a sigh of relief after speaking.

Liu Bei rubbed the gourd in his hand and said nothing.

The gourd is three inches high, the whole body is dark green and looks very exquisite, only in the lower part of the side, there is a light yellow six-pointed star, under the firelight, emitting a little starlight.

"That's the whole process, is there anything else you can say?"

"It's gone."

"Someone, let him sign the pledge."

"Yes."

"Come on, let Zhang Long go, give him a little money, it will be counted as compensation."

"Yes."

Zhang Da was taken away, and everyone hurriedly flattered and touted.

Liu Bei responded one by one with a relaxed smile, but his heart was actually very deep.

Is this case complicated, it is not complicated at all, as long as the officials carefully search the house where the Taoist priest lives, they will definitely be able to see the bloody handprints behind the statue, and they can also find the black jade gourd, and they can find Zhang Da by following the gourd.

However, the real situation is that Zhang Long was considered a murderer just because he slept on the other side of the desk and was soaked in his back by the blood flowing down the ground.

Zhang Long finally pleaded guilty, maybe he couldn't bear it, and he was beaten into a trick.

And now, many of the officials who handled it at the beginning are here, praising themselves with smiles on their faces, praising themselves for being like a god, having foresight, etc., Liu Bei is disgusted when he listens to it, but he can't see it on his face at all.

As for those craftsmen, ahem, but they are helpless, let's go, no;

Don't go, stay bored;

Eat, where is the food?

Don't eat it, the prefectural order said a treat.

Standing in place one by one, rubbing their shriveled stomachs, with a smile on their faces, they touted the wisdom of the county order with their eyes...... It's a bad thing.

Liu Bei finally found a group of poor people around him, and hurriedly coughed a few times to stop the successive touting activities of his subordinates.

"Ahem, ahem, it's getting late, I'm ......"

"Brush!" Countless hungry green eyes looked at it, shining with hunger and thirst.

Liu Bei was taken aback, it's not so mysterious.

Seeing everyone looking at him with a look of anticipation, Liu Bei felt that he couldn't be a black-hearted official, and he had to be considerate of his people.

"I see, I think there is nothing to do now, everyone is scattered, hurry home so as not to worry about your family."

After Liu Bei finished speaking, he raised his feet and ran back, thinking to himself: But I'm starving, I want to eat.

"Huh?" The craftsmen were stunned for a moment, you look at me and I look at you, afraid that they didn't hear clearly, and finally nodded, yes.

Ma Qi, Qian Tong, and Niu Li were also stunned, what, what did you say? Didn't you drink the finished wine, so I didn't eat since the morning, so I waited for this meal in the evening...... Oh, when it's time to arrive, tell us this.

"The county order, the county, hey, what about the people?"

"I saw running into the backyard."

"Catch up."

"What for?"

"Tell me something."

"Yes, you must pay us back the dinner you owe us."

"Rush!"

That night, Huaixian County was in chaos, and the whole county could hear angry roars and fist-to-flesh sounds......

mixed with a terrible cry like a toad begging for mercy......

(End of chapter)