Twenty-one willow dark

Ding Si hurriedly walked away, just from the prison hall to find Hu Chao, unfortunately, Hu Chao was not on duty today, Ding Sixing rushed over, but returned in vain, and he couldn't help but be a little disappointed.

Ding Si was sullen on the street for a while, but he was anxious and didn't know where Hu Chao's house was, so he had to prepare to go to the yamen, he was preoccupied, and his mind was full of questions one after another, one accidentally bumped into a person, the person "sigh", Ding Si quickly grabbed the other party after coming back to his senses, and hurriedly said in his mouth: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." ”

Ding Si looked at the person who was hit, he was young and had a white beard, he was tall and a little rickety, but his face was a little familiar, and when he was thinking about who that person was, the old man glared and said: "Young man, walk and be careful, I have an old bone, but I can't withstand your bump." ”

Ding Si couldn't help but apologize.

The old man rubbed his waist for a while, looked at Ding Si with cloudy eyes, but suddenly said: "I think you are a little kind, you won't be the skin boy of Ding Duzhong's family, right?" ”

Ding Si's mind flashed with surprise: "Uncle Ma, I haven't seen you for a long time." "It's a coincidence, this old man's name is Ma Dafu, and he is also an old man in the yamen, and he also had a friendship with Ding Duzhong back then, because of his age, Ma Dafu went home to recuperate, and he was not in the yamen for about four or five years.

Ding Si and Ma Dafu talked for a while, and Ma Dafu waved his hand and said, "Boy, follow your father to do a good job, go back and talk to your father, and when he retires one day, find me to listen to books in the daily teahouse." ”

Ding Si said goodbye to Ma Dafu with a smile and went to the yamen.

In the evening, Ding Si went to look for Hu Chao again, this time it was a coincidence, Hu Chao had just exchanged duty cards with a jailer, and when he saw Ding Si, he laughed and said: "Brother, are you busy with official business today?" ”

Ding Si pulled Hu Chao aside and whispered, "Brother Hu, there are a few words I want to tell you in private, I don't know if it's convenient for you?" ”

Seeing that Ding Si didn't want outsiders to know, Hu Chao asked the jailer to wait a little longer, and Ding Si entered a small room next to him, so he waited for Ding Si to speak.

Ding Si was not verbose, and went straight to the point: "Brother Hu, do you remember that a few days ago I went to the cell with a friend to visit the prison once?" ”

Hu Chao nodded and said, "If I remember correctly, the prisoner's name is Zheng Kui, and he died in prison the next day." Yan Yu was suddenly surprised and said: "The above is in a hurry to close the case, the person dies when he dies, and he didn't do his best to investigate, Liu Ba and I didn't know about you and Liu Ba in prison, good brother, don't make any noise about this matter." ”

Ding Siwan didn't expect Hu Chao to say this, hesitated for a while, and then continued: "Brother Hu, I really had a strange encounter that night, when we visited the prison, we met someone in front of Zheng Kui's cell, but what is strange is that when they left, they walked in the opposite direction to us when they came in, is there an exit in this prison?" ”

Hu Chao was stunned for a moment and said: "Ding Si, I remember clearly, you were the only one who went in to visit the prison that day, and there was no one else." The Tiger Head Prison is full of criminals, and there is only one passage, and without our permission, it will be difficult to enter this cell. ”

When Ding Si heard Hu Chao say this, he couldn't help but hurriedly say: "Brother Hu, this matter is a bit rare, please think about it carefully." ”

Hu Chao turned his face and said to Ding Si: "Ding Si, because of our brother's friendship, my brother will not lie to you." After speaking, he eased his expression and said: "No matter what is rare here, brother, you do your catch, the boss will mention people if he asks him, and he will pass on whoever he should pass, and you are not Fu Yin, why do you care so much?" When he had finished, he said, "Listen to the advice of others and eat to your heart's content." The dirty things here are not one or two things, and if you don't care about it, you don't want a future. ”

After Hu Chao finished speaking, he went straight out of the house, Ding Si had no choice but to thank Hu Chao and leave.

Out of the prison hall, Ding Si had a war between heaven and man in his mind, Hu Chao's words kept echoing in his ears, but he felt a little unwilling to let go of this matter, and in a moment of melancholy, he suddenly remembered a question: "Ding catches fast, why do you want to catch fast?" In an instant, the impetuous heart had a little calm, and the conversation with Bai Yi on the street that day clearly appeared in his mind, and Ding Si recited the "Ding's Family Motto" again in his heart, and the person became much sober. Ding Si secretly thought in his heart: Listening to Hu Chao's reply, it seems to be true that there is only one passage into the cell, and Hu Chao should indeed only let himself and Xiong Tianlei into the cell that day, which is consistent with what Zheng Qiaoniang said, but when this matter is here, go to Hu Chao to investigate, it is estimated that Hu Chao is unwilling to mention this matter again, and if you want to know more, you have to find another way. Ding Si meditated in his heart for a while, and counted the people he had friends with in the prison department, and there were two or three in total. Ding Si gritted his teeth, turned around and asked one by one, but he didn't dare to explain things too clearly during the questioning, but all he got was one answer: there is only one passage in the Tiger Head Prison, and there is no jailer key, so it is difficult to enter the Tiger Head Prison.

Ding Si came out of the yamen, only to feel that his mouth was dry, his head was also "buzzing", his whole body was weak and weak, and he felt that investigating cases was much more tiring than arresting people. Seeing that it was getting dark, Ding Si saw that there was nothing to do in the fast house, so he went to find a teahouse, thinking about quenching his thirst and quenching his fatigue before going home, so as not to worry his mother when he went home with a weak appearance.

After two cups of tea, Ding Si felt a little better in his throat, and he also had a little strength in his body, so he sat up straight at the moment, listening to the storyteller talking about the ancient times on the stage, the storyteller was very good, and the people in the teahouse listened attentively. Ding Si listened for a while, the storyteller was talking about the Song Dynasty Yue Wumu defeated the Jin Wushu, the stage is the tongue blooming lotus, the audience is excited, Ding Si secretly thought, Yue Fei is a generation of famous generals, but unfortunately in the end was the Song Dynasty Gaozong Zhao Gou twelve gold medals returned, in vain gave his life, it can be seen that if this courtier can't meet a good emperor, no matter how much he can no longer do anything, just for Yue Fei shouted aquet, and thought of Yue Fei I loyalty, name in history, is really a man who stands up to the sky, no wonder even Emperor Taizong Zhu Yuanzhang of the current dynasty praised him and said:" Pure and unbending, the book is like its person. Suddenly, I thought of Yue Fei's two words: "Don't wait, the young man's head is white, and he is bitter and sad." I couldn't help but feel a little enthusiastic and couldn't help it.

He was thinking wildly, and the storyteller shouted on the stage: "Jin Wushu spit out a mouthful of blood from his mouth, and shouted in his mouth: 'Shake the mountain, shake the Yue family's army'" There was a burst of applause from the audience, mixed with the voice of someone shouting "good". After the applause, the storyteller glanced at the crowd and said slowly: "I want to know what will happen next, and wait for the next book to be decomposed." After saying that, he hugged his fists to everyone, and began to pack up his things and leave the stage.

I only heard someone in the audience say loudly: "Mr. Hu said that the book is getting more and more exciting, I am used to hearing it every day, and it seems that something is missing if I can't hear it for a day." Ding Si looked at the person who spoke, and couldn't help but say, "What a coincidence", it turned out that that person was Ma Dafu who he had just met today.

Ding Si hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, and when Ma Dafu saw Ding Si, he couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that the old man is really destined for you." After finishing it, he turned his face and said, "Your father hasn't had the heart to go to the teahouse to listen to books, but you have the time to go to the teahouse to rest." ”

Ding Si secretly thought: Uncle Ma's straight temper has not changed, but he explained to Ma Dafu with a smile: "Uncle Ma misunderstood, and the little nephew rarely wanders around the teahouse. ”

Ma Dafu nodded with satisfaction and said: "When I was young, I did more serious things, and when I was old, it was time to rest and relax." He said to Ding Si again: "It's not too early this day, you hurry home and don't let your parents worry about it." ”

Ding Si then said goodbye to Ma Dafu and walked home without idleness.