Ma Wenshang was not in the mood to eat any vegetarian fruit snacks, just picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, and then sighed slightly, Chengshan presided over him, quite strange, how did this Ma Shi Shi look preoccupied.

But out of politeness, Chengshan didn't take the initiative to ask, he waited for Ma Wenshang to hold back, and he would say it himself.

Although they are all young people and about the same age, in terms of temperament, Fu Guibao is much more impatient than Li Rizhi, and Cheng Zizi is a person who is quiet and silent, so others don't ask, but Fu Guibao asks.

Fu Guibao said: "Host Chengshan, I have eaten your vegetarian fruit in Zhengzhou City, it is made by a beautiful little lady, and it is sold every day, whether it is the taste or shape, it is exactly the same as the vegetarian fruit you made!" ”

Chengshan presided over a slight stunned, shook his head and said: "The little donor said that he laughed, if you say that it is a young monk who sells vegetarian fruits, then the poor monk believes it, the method of making this vegetarian fruit, in addition to the poor monks, there is only a small apprentice's association, but you say that a female donor will also do it, this is absolutely impossible!" ”

The old monk didn't believe what Fu Guibao said at all, he was very confident in his vegetarian fruit, and firmly believed that only he and his apprentice could do it in the world, and his apprentice was of course also a monk, so he definitely had nothing to do with any little lady.

Seeing that the old monk didn't believe his words, Fu Guibao picked up the vegetarian fruit again, bit a large piece hard, and said: "Yes, this is the taste, the beautiful little lady in Zhengzhou City is exactly the same as this one, there is no difference at all!" ”

Cheng Zizi also nodded, testified to Fu Guibao, and said: "Brother Fu is right, it is indeed like this, it is also this taste, the vegetarian fruit sold in the dim sum shop is like this, there is no difference!" ”

Chengshan was unhappy and said, "Little donor, why don't you believe the words of the poor monk!" In the previous dynasty, when the poor monk was young, but he was a fruit, followed the emperor on expeditions, and then there were fewer and fewer people serving the emperor, and even the imperial kitchen was left with a few people, so the general sent me to help the cook, I learned the craft of making vegetarian fruits, and then those imperial chefs died, only the poor monk lived, and this craft is naturally only the poor monk alone! ”

Fu Guibao and Cheng Zi nodded together, but Ma Wenshang frowned, he came here to ask Ma Shaoji about it, but he didn't listen to the old monk talk about his youth, besides, Suguo is just a kind of dim sum, what is worth talking about!

Li Rizhi thought to himself: "Maybe those imperial chefs have also accepted other apprentices before, and the craft will also be passed on to the people!" ”

But then, Chengshan presided over and said: "Later, the poor monk improved the secret recipe, so now the vegetarian fruit you eat, even the original imperial chefs can't do it, only the poor monk in this world can do it, well, now it's two people, and the little apprentice Hui Yong, he will also do it!" ”

Ma Wenshang interrupted Chengshan's words, and he said, "It's not too late to talk about Suguo's affairs in the future." Chengshan host, a few days ago, my little nephew Ma Shaoji, came to rest in your temple, you talked to him, right? ”

Chengshan nodded and said: "Yes, Master Ma Xiao came to rest, ate vegetarian fruits, drank a lot of tea soup, well, the coachman squatting at the door also came!" ”

Of course, the coachman was referring to Yu Shijin, who was a servant and did not have enough status, so he did not enter the side hall, but squatted at the door and waited, waiting for orders at any time.

Ma Wenshang said: "Was it only the two of them who came at that time, and there were no women, such as a woman riding a donkey?" ”

Chengshan presided over the strange saying: "A woman riding a donkey? I have never seen it, and there are very few female benefactors in this temple of poor monks! ”

He paused for a moment, and then said: "Actually, even if it is a male donor, there are not many people who come, and the daily expenses in the temple are mainly some vegetables grown by poor monks, as for the rice, flour, oil and salt, they are all obtained by the little apprentice Huiyong when he goes out, and he can basically maintain his life, and he can be regarded as worry-free about food and clothing!" ”

Ma Shang showed a look of disappointment on his face, and looked at Li Rizhi, Li Rizhi felt that from the old monk, it seemed that he couldn't ask anything, according to his estimate, Ma Shaoji came here to rest that day, and then left, the old monk would not know anything.

Li Rizhi shook his head and didn't ask anything, Ma Wenshang sighed and said: "Chengshan host, don't hide it, my little nephew Shao Ji was killed a few days ago, he was killed with a beautiful woman, and he was killed in Juzhuang, and now he can't even find the corpse, if you know any news about this, I hope to tell you one or two." ”

Chengshan was taken aback and said, "Master Ma Xiao was killed by someone? Poor monk, poor monk will read him a few more times! However, this is a big deal, Juzhuang is not far from here, and the little apprentice didn't even say to the poor monk, well, maybe he doesn't know, maybe he hasn't gone to Juzhuang these days! ”

Ma Wenshang patted his thigh, the depression in his heart was really unsolvable, he shook his head again and again, and the host of Chengshan had to comfort him again, but the comfort of the old monk was too simple, that is, to recite the scriptures a few more times, in order to surpass Ma Shaoji.

Li Rizhi didn't listen to them, he looked at this side hall, called the side hall, which is actually an ordinary person's wing, but there are more Buddha statues, incense burners, scriptures and other things.

Suddenly, Li Rizhi found a gray scabbard behind an earthy yellow curtain, how could there be a knife in the temple? Li Rizhi immediately realized that this old monk had been a soldier before, and he was also an elite soldier of the previous dynasty, so he knew martial arts, and it was normal to have swords and guns.

Li Ri knew: "Host Chengshan, there is a knife over there, but the war knife that Xiaoguo brought in the previous dynasty?" I heard that Xiaoguo with a knife is extremely sharp, but I didn't have a chance to see it, but I don't know if that knife is the sword that Xiaoguo is paired with? ”

Chengshan presided over the smile and said: "It is indeed the knife that the poor monk used to wear when he was a Xiaoguo, but it is not the standard knife of Xiaoguo, it was rewarded by His Majesty the Emperor for the courage of the poor monk back then!" ”

He pointed to the knife and motioned for Li Rizhi to take the knife and admire it, and he said: "This knife is passed on to the apprentice Hui Yong, if he goes far away, he will take this knife as a precept knife, so as not to have robbers harm him!" ”

Li Rizhi walked to the curtain, opened the curtain, and saw that there was a Qi Mei stick behind the curtain, this Qi Mei stick was the thickness of an egg, and it was made of iron, just such a stick, I am afraid it would have to weigh dozens of catties, and next to the stick stood this knife, gray leather sheath, brass handle, it looked very valuable, next to the knife, there was also a pair of monk shoes.

Li Rizhi thought to himself: "These monk shoes are really big enough, I guess they are Hui Yong's!" ”

He picked up the knife, returned to his seat, brushed the ground and pulled the knife out, and saw that the blade was bright, with blood grooves, but the blade was not very sharp, this knife seemed to have killed many people, and the knife was out of the sheath, but there was a faint bloody breath floating out.

Fu Guibao watched from the side and said, "Generally, I have a lot of good swords at home, and any one is stronger than this one!" ”

Cheng Zizai glanced at it twice, and then he was no longer interested, the horizontal knife on his waist was much better than the knife in front of him, the old monk bragged, how could such a knife be given to him by the emperor himself, if it was true, then the emperor was too capable of fooling people!

Chengshan presided over the unhappy, snatched the knife in Li Rizhi's hand, snatched the scabbard over, and put the knife into the sheath, and said: "No matter how good the sword in the little benefactor's house is, it is just a good thing, the poor monk's knife is a murderous knife, I want to ...... back then."

Suddenly, I realized that the monks said what swords, swords, and also mentioned the fighting and killing of the year, I was so sorry for the Buddha, Chengshan presided over the mouth and immediately shut up, the hero did not mention the courage of the year, let alone a good monk.

Li Rizhi was snatched away from the knife, a little embarrassed, and said: "Chengshan is in charge of martial arts, but as soon as he makes a move, he can't hold the knife!" ”

Chengshan hummed and said, "What is this, after the leg is broken, no matter how good the martial arts are, they will be thrown away!" ”

Ma Wenshang already felt that he was wasting time, and he couldn't ask about Ma Shaoji's situation that day, but Li Rizhi finished talking about Su Guo and the knife, which was not in line with the purpose of their coming, he didn't want to stay any longer, stood up, and said: "Chengshan host, I still have some things, so I will leave, and I will come to see you in a few days!" ”

After that, Ma Wenshang took out a string of copper coins from his arms and put them on the table, counting it as a donation to the sesame oil added to the temple, and he got up to leave.

Li Rizhi and others also stood up, Chengshan presided over the inconvenience, so he took crutches first, and then stood up, Fu Guibao found that the old monk's monk shoes were broken, and the bottom was open!

Fu Guibao also shook out a string of copper coins, put them on the table, and said: "These little hearts, add a new pair of shoes to the host, the host of your monk's shoes is broken, your legs and feet are inconvenient, be careful of falling." ”

Chengshan presided over the monk's shoes and said with a smile: "Thank you little donor, but the poor monk's shoes are not broken, but they are about to be replaced." This shoe is a double-layer sole, the inside is a cloth bottom, the outer layer is a hemp bottom, the hemp bottom is worn out, and the sole is changed directly, so that the shoes are saved. ”

The people present except for Chengshan and Cheng Zizai, all of them were born in rich and noble families, but Cheng Zizi was directly wearing straw sandals, and they didn't know much about this kind of monk shoes.

Chengshan presided over them out of the small temple, waved goodbye, Li Rizhi and the others left the small temple, and then asked Yu to pick up gold to lead the way, pointing out where he met the beautiful woman.

In fact, Ma Shaoji accosted the beautiful woman on the side of the road that day, the surrounding terrain is not complicated, and there is no reference value for solving the case.

The thirty-mile road, which was not far for horseback riding, arrived when the sun was about to set, but, for the sake of prudence, lest the grass startle the snakes, and fearing that Zhang Duoyang would escape, they did not enter the village, but went to another village, and after dinner, and waited until the moon was on the branches, they went to that village.

Chen Yingying was really waiting outside the village, and when she saw them coming, she immediately stepped forward and said: "Rizhi, you are really not mistaken, that Zhang Duoyang is really hiding in his daughter's house, but it can't be regarded as his daughter's home, because it is a big family, and his daughter is just a little daughter-in-law!" ”

Li Rizhi nodded and said: "Okay, you show the way, let's go in and arrest people suddenly, it's just that we are not officials, so if we go in to arrest people, I'm afraid that we will encounter resistance, in case that big family protects Zhang Duoyang, in fact, this is the most troublesome." ”

Ma Wenshang next to him said: "It's okay, you young people just have to go in, if that family stops you, I will appear, that Zhang Duoyang is a tenant of my family, I just need to say that he didn't pay the rent, whoever dares to stop it, then let's go to the official together!" ”

The landlord urges rent, this is a matter of course, even if it is Zhang Duoyang's in-laws, there is no way to say that it can't, but if you rush in to arrest people, I'm afraid that the behavior is a little intense, in fact, if you just arrest people, then just block the front and back doors, and Ma Wenshang came forward and called Zhang Duoyang, which is actually done.

But if this is done, although Zhang Duoyang can also be caught, but the means are too gentle, and it is not easy for Zhang Duoyang to tell the truth, after all, they can't torture Zhang Duoyang, so they can only take it to the state to be interrogated by the government, but they have delayed time back and forth, and they are afraid that the real murderer will run away!

Therefore, although I know that drastic measures may cause unnecessary trouble, I can only bite the bullet at this time!