In the "Boat Family Commercial Bank" in the south of Bazhou City, Lin Xiang, the shopkeeper, is busy in the commercial bank. They are a trading firm that sells firewood, rice, oil, and salt, and they sell everything in department stores, and the business is relatively large, and there are one or twenty of them.

At this time, a man came in from outside the store, looked around in the trading house, saw Lin Xiang, and asked, "What do you guys sell in this store?" ”

Another guy ran over with a smile and said, "Guest officer, this is a grocery store, you can have whatever you want." ”

The man glared: "Did I talk to you?" I'm asking him! What do you plug in? Get out of the way! ”

The young man was stunned for a moment, and said curtly: "Guest officer......"

"What kind of officer? Lao Tzu told you to get out of the way, are you deaf? ”

Lin Xiang smiled and said, "Guest officer, the shop guy is not sensible, don't worry about him in general, what do you want?" Shall I bring this to you? ”

The man looked Lin Xiang up and down, and sneered: "Didn't you guys say it just now, I can have whatever I want in your store, then okay, give me two or two ears!" ”

Lin Xiang was taken aback, and said with a smile: "Guest officer, you are ......"

"Didn't you fucking fart and say, you can have whatever you want in this business? Lao Tzu wants people's ears to be two, don't you hear? If not, cut out your ears to me! The man picked up a kitchen knife from the container, patted it on the shelf, and said with his neck crossed.

Lin Xiang smiled coldly: "It seems that the guest officer is here to find the ballast." ”

The young man just now came up and said, "If you want to find ballast, you have to inquire which of these trading houses is opened." ”

"Which one? Was it opened by a bitch or by a tortoise? The man scoffed.

Lin Xiang was furious and shouted, "Is your kid loose in the bones, and you want the master to give you a whole whole?" ”

Hearing the quarrel in the trading house, passers-by gathered around to see the excitement. The man looked at the lively crowd outside the trading house, turned his head and smiled Mimi glanced at Lin Xiang up and down, slowly leaned his face up, and suddenly spat on his face, then laughed and turned around and walked out of the trading house.

Lin Xiang stretched out his hand and wiped it on his face, his saliva was wet, and in anger, he chased out the door, grabbed the man is punch, and hit the man in the chest.

With a bang, the man screamed and fell backwards, knocking over the stalls next to the door, rolling on the ground in embarrassment, howling like a pig, and this scream could be heard almost all over the street.

A few shop guys rushed up to fight, but Lin Xiang stopped them.

Lin Xiang walked over, stood beside the man, and sneered: "How is it, you know it's amazing, right?" ……”

The man turned over and looked at Lin Xiang, suddenly smiled slightly, and then with a whoop, a mouthful of blood spurted out towards the sky, spilling all over his chest and on the ground. Then he fell backwards, lying upright on the ground, not moving.

"Killed someone~!" The crowd of onlookers suddenly blew up the camp, "The shopkeeper of the ship's merchant house has killed someone!" ”

More people gathered around, but they seemed to be quite jealous of the ship's trading house, and whispered, but only looked from afar.

Lin Xiang was dumbfounded, squatted down and probed the man's snort, there was no breath at all, he suddenly panicked, raised his fist and looked at it, it didn't look like a punch could kill a person, this man was strong, and it didn't look like he couldn't even stand a punch, and the other shop guys were also a little flustered, looking at each other and not knowing what to do.

At this time, I heard someone on the other side of the street shouting, "Get out of the way!" The official errand handles the case, get out of the way! Then I saw a few catchers running over, and the first one was Zhan Zheng, the head catcher.

Zhan Zhutou was patrolling the street with a few brothers just now, and as soon as he walked to the corner of this street, he heard someone screaming loudly, the voice was terrible and abnormal, and then, he saw a mess in front of him from a distance, and heard someone shouting "The shopkeeper of the ship's business house has killed someone", Zhan Zhutou chuckled in his heart, and he was afraid that something would come. I had no choice but to take my brother to the ship's trading house, hoping that nothing major would happen.

When I came to the door of the trading house, I saw a man lying upright on the ground, with blood everywhere on his nose, chest, and ground, and he couldn't help but cry out bitterly in his heart.

Zhan Zhutou asked, "What's going on?" ”

Lin Xiang hadn't reacted from the shock of beating the dead person, and said: "This person, this person came to the trading house to buy things, and he spoke very rudely, so I hit him lightly when I was angry, and he fell." I really didn't try it. ”

Several other guys were also a little confused, and said, "Yes, Shopkeeper Lin just hit it lightly, and it didn't take any force, we all saw it." ”

Zhan Zhutou squatted down and probed his nose, but he had no breath, and then said to the shopkeeper Lin with a bitter face: "No force? How can you vomit blood all over the ground without strength? Who will believe what you say? He turned his head and looked at the face of the man on the ground, and was taken aback, "Isn't this Shi Ye?" ”

Lin Xiang was stunned for a moment, then squatted down to look at it, and asked, "Zhan Zhutou knows this man?" ”

"This ...... This, Shopkeeper Lin, you're in a big trouble now! Zhan Zhutou smiled bitterly.

Lin Xiang's heart sank: "What? What is the origin of this man? ”

"This ...... This is the follower of the new Zhizhou Lord Yang, Earl Yang, who seems to be named ...... It's called Shi Qiujian! ”

Lin Xiang also cried out bitterly in his heart, how did he provoke this lord and beat the eldest master's follower to death, this disaster is not small. With a roll of his eyes, he pulled Zhan Zhutou to the side, and took out a silver ingot: "Zhan Ye, can you help ...... you?"

Zhan Zhutou smiled bitterly, the murder case of Li Shiyin and Li Hanbao involved in the front of this boat gang, the old man of Zhizhou is having a headache, and now there is another murder case, and the one who killed is still the follower of the master of Zhizhou, how to explain this, so even if he is greedy for money, he does not dare to ask for this money. Pushed Lin Xiang's hand away: "This involves a murder, and it is a person from Lord Zhizhou, Zhan has no choice, he must report it." ”

Although Lin Xiang complained bitterly in his heart, he was not very worried, this was not the first time that the boat gang was involved in a murder, and he sent the silver over, and said with a smile: "I know this, but I heard that this newcomer to Zhizhou is very powerful, and he is still an earl, so it is inevitable that something will trouble Zhan Ye, this is just a little meaning." ”

It's good that he doesn't mention Yang Qiuchi, but when it comes to Yang Qiuchi, Zhan Zhutou is even more cautious, he doesn't want to cause trouble in this matter. Hurriedly pushed his hand away and said, "This, shopkeeper Lin don't embarrass his brother, let's go with my brother, and the other guys present also have to go with us to testify." Shopkeeper Lin rest assured, our old man Zhizhou is still very good at talking. ”

Seeing this posture, Lin Xiang killed Lord Zhizhou's people, and it was not okay not to go to the Yamen, so he had to nod.

A few other catchers asked Zhan Zhutou: "What about this dead Shi Ye?" ”

Zhan Zhutou shouted angrily: "You guys have a pig's head?" Why don't you find a door panel to carry Shi Ye's body back to the yamen! ”

"Yes, yes!" A few arresters agreed in succession, found a door panel from this trading house, carried Shi Qiujian's body to the door panel, and asked the few men who accompanied the testimony to carry it, and took Lin Xiang to the Zhizhou Yamen.

Many ordinary people heard that the ship's shopkeeper Lin of the boat's house in Bazhou City had killed someone and arrested him by the yamen, so they all came to see the excitement. In front of the yamen lobby, the black crows and crows were surrounded by people.

The corpse stopped in the lobby, Lin Xiang and the others knelt in the hall, Zhan Zhutou beat the drums in the hall, and after a while, Yang Qiuchi rushed out of the back hall wearing an official robe, sat down behind the public case, snapped the startled wood, and asked: "What is the drum?" ”

Zhan Zhutou bowed and said: "Returning to the master, Lin Xiang, the shopkeeper of the ship's trading house, after arguing with Shi Qiujian, the master's follower, Shi Ye punched Shi Ye, causing Shi Ye to vomit blood and die......"

"What!" Yang Qiuchi let out a loud shout and stood up, his eyes widened, "Shi Qiujian is dead?" He hurried a few steps to the corpse, crouched down, and sniffed.

"Alas! Who killed him? He turned around abruptly and glared at Lin Xiang and the others, "Come on, which of you killed him?" ”

Lin Xiang stiffened his head and kowtowed: "The villain Lin Xiang is the shopkeeper of the ship's trading house, and I am the villain...... I accidentally injured Shi Ye...... However, it was he who spoke rudely and spat at me first, and I got angry and hit him. ”

"Speak rudely? Can anyone prove it? Besides, if he says two nasty words, are you going to kill him? And there is no royal law anymore! Yang Qiuchi shouted, and then looked at Lin Xiang's face again, "Did he spit on you?" Where did you spit? ”

"Vomited in my face."

"Where's the saliva? Why don't you have it on your face? ”

"I ...... I wiped it off, but you can ask the guys in my shop, and they all heard him talk rudely, and they saw him spitting on me. The guys hurriedly nodded yes.

"They're all buddies in your store, of course they help you speak, can be a witness to a fart, are there any other witnesses?"

"Someone else? ......" Lin Xiang was dumbfounded, there was no one else in the store at that time except for the guys in his own store, and now listening to the meaning of this Lord Zhizhou, it is obvious that he is helping the deceased's side, of course, it is his follower who died, and he doesn't help anyone he helps. Thinking of this, Lin Xiang wanted to beg for mercy to see how it was, kowtowed, and said, "It's the villain who is reckless and accidentally injured Shi Ye, please forgive me......

"Forgiveness? You killed all my henchmen! Do you know that murder pays for life? How do you tell me to forgive your sins? Yang Qiuchi flicked the sleeves of his robe, and after returning to the public case, he shouted in shock: "Someone! ”

"In!" The soaps holding water and fire sticks on both sides agreed in unison.

"Take down the murderer Lin Xiang!"

"Yes!" A few soaps came up, shook the chains, and locked Lin Xiang.

Seeing that the old man of Zhizhou locked the shopkeeper of the ship's trading house, the crowd of onlookers outside made a burst of chaotic discussions, some secretly applauded, some were worried about the old man, and some hugged their shoulders and waited to see the excitement.

(To be continued)