Although Liao Jusu has been promoted to the next level, he is still just an eight-grade sesame petty official in a blue robe, and of course he doesn't have any cars, horses, etc. to act on his behalf, and he walks all the way home every day.

This evening, when Liao Jusu left Miyagi and reached the halfway point, a light rain began to fall. Liao Jusu didn't care at first, but slowed down, turned his back to the sky comfortably, and felt the coolness of the light rain for a while. Recently, although there have been some twists and turns in the process of national change, there is new hope and progress every day, and Liao Jusu is generally tired and happy.

It was very close to home, and Liao Jusu felt that his body was already a little sticky, so he went to a roadside stall to buy an oil-paper umbrella and began to speed up his pace and walk home.

Suddenly, a miserable "help" came to Liao Jusu's ears through the rain curtain. Liao Jusu was startled, and looked into the dark alley beside him, and could only see a few figures.

A beautiful but panicked young woman suddenly jumped out of the darkness, grabbed Liao Jusu's arm, and shouted: "Cousin, help me, someone is going to bully me!" ”

Cousin? Liao Jusu was completely confused, and looked at the woman suspiciously. The woman looked back in panic, grabbing Liao Jusu's arm more and more hard, and her eyes winked at Liao Jusu again and again.

Several rough men walked out of the darkness unhurriedly, and the bald man at the head said with a cruel smile: "Li Xiao'e, how can you repay the money you owe us?" If you don't give the uncle a happy word today, tomorrow you will go to see you in the Goolan Courtyard! ”

"You tricked me into borrowing, but the interest is rolling in more and more, and I can't afford to pay it back." The woman cowered and ducked behind Liao Jusu.

"It's only right to pay off debts! Pay it back! The rough men took a few more steps forward.

"Don't come here, my cousin is a court official, he will protect me!" The woman completely hid behind Liao Jusu.

"Are you really Li Xiao'e's cousin?" The bald man seemed to have only seen Liao Jusu now, looked up and down at the cyan official uniform on his body, and asked with some disdain.

A wave of anger rose from the bottom of Liao Jusu's heart, he was proud that the country's change was imminent, but he didn't want to see such an ugly reality. At this time, the woman approached Liao Jusu with a shrunken face, and her body kept trembling with fear. Her trembling was transmitted to Liao Jusu, making him blurt out suddenly:

"I am! Lang Lang Qiankun, do you still want to force good people to become prostitutes? ! ”

"This official, we don't want to do this either. But she owes us money, and we have to live too, don't we? The bald man's aura immediately weakened.

"How much does she owe you?" Liao Jusu felt the soft body behind him move closer to him again, and he quickly moved his body forward.

"Not much, ten." The bald man gestured a cross.

"Cousin, before my mother died of a serious illness, I borrowed two yuan from them, and after two months, they actually rose to ten yuan, and I was penniless!" The woman named Li Xiao'e leaned over again and cried in Liao Jusu's ear.

Ten pieces of money? Liao Jusu's heart sank, he didn't have so much money?

Seeing that Liao Jusu was a little hesitant, the bald man immediately took another step forward and said viciously: "This official, it's not that we don't give you face. But if we don't have the money to pay back, we'll have to take her away! ”

Forget it, it's a big deal to borrow ten yuan from Han Xizai tomorrow, and slowly repay him with his salary in the future. Liao Jusu made up her mind, and immediately opened her mouth and said, "I'll pay it back for her." It's inconvenient today, I only have 50 yuan on me, so I will make a deposit first. Tomorrow night, at this time, I will pay you back in full! ”

"Is that true?" The bald man looked at Liao Jusu with some confusion.

Liao Jusu got angry, pulled the cyan official robe on his body, and said loudly: "My name is Liao Jusu, and I am the current saint who is the Fenglang, will I still lie to you?" ”

"Okay, we believe in Lord Liao! See you tomorrow night! The bald man led the man away.

Liao Jusu looked back at the woman, the woman smiled with tears, and suddenly threw herself at Liao Jusu's feet, a thousand thanks!

"Where do you live? I'll send you back. Liao Jusu quickly helped her up and moved the umbrella outward to the woman.

"My parents died, the house collapsed two days ago, and I don't have a home." The woman cried. Perhaps because of the cold, her body shivered in the rain.

Liao Jusu's heart softened and said, "My home is not far away, why don't you come to my place tonight to stay for a night, and talk about it tomorrow." ”

"Lord Xie Lu, Lord Xie Liao. Just now, I was in a hurry, and I called my cousin because I wanted to scare those bad guys, so please don't blame you. Li Xiao'e said pitifully.

"It's okay!" Liao Jusu then took the woman to his home, arranged for him to live in his own room, and laid the floor outside, and soon fell asleep.

At the end of the night, a miserable scream suddenly sounded in his ears, Liao Jusu woke up from his sleep, the door was kicked open, and a large group of neighbors rushed in.

Liao Jusu, who was completely dizzy, walked to the back room with them, and found that Li Xiao'e on the bed had a blood mark on her neck, the blood was bubbling down, and the person was obviously out of breath. Li Xiao'e's eyes widened, her eyes were full of surprise and disbelief, her clothes were messy, and most of her body was exposed.

The little third son, who is known for his laziness in the neighborhood every day, suddenly pointed to the ground in surprise and shouted: "There is also a knife there, and the knife is full of blood!" Everyone followed his fingers and saw that a bloody kitchen knife had indeed fallen in front of the bed. Someone looked at Liao Jusu with suspicion, no matter how you look at this scene, it looks like Liao Jusu forced him to commit adultery, and he killed people in annoyance!

Liao Jusu suddenly fainted, that kitchen knife is indeed the kitchen knife he uses every day, what is going on?

Soon after, the Jinling Mansion government rushed to the scene when they heard the news. After on-site investigation, no obvious traces of outsiders were found. At this time, the bald man came out of nowhere, and when he saw the corpse on the bed, he was first shocked, and then pointed at the woman in surprise and said, "Isn't this Liao Jusu's cousin?" She said that she had a marriage contract with Lord Liao, and Lord Liao also said that she would pay off her debts! ”

Liao Jusu was confused, pointed at the bald man and said angrily: "I don't know this woman, it's all because you want to force Liang to become a prostitute, I can't see it before I agree to pay her debts, where is there any marriage contract, it's pure nonsense." ”

"She called your cousin in front of many of us, and Lord Liao admitted it on the spot!" The bald man replied.

Only then did Liao Jusu realize that he had been calculated from beginning to end, and he had fallen into such a big trap that he couldn't answer anymore. The suspicion in the eyes of the neighbors who had been watching the bustle suddenly became heavier.

The catcher of the yamen came over at this time and said to Liao Jusu: "Lord Liao, the little one is going to be sorry, please go back to the yamen with the little one." ”

Liao Ju was always speechless, flicked his sleeves hatefully, and followed the catcher.

After the next morning, Han Xizai, a member of the Yu department, entered the Qingsi Hall and found that there was no one in the hall, so he immediately turned his head and said to Chang Mengxi, the privy deputy envoy who followed him: "It's strange, our 'hourglass' didn't come today?" ”

Everyone felt strange, usually everyone came over in the morning, Liao Jusu always had cleaned up the palace and was waiting for everyone, and everyone jokingly called him "hourglass".

After a while, Jiang Wenwei, the counselor and the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, suddenly realized that Xiao Yan did not go to the early court today, and he did not come to the Qingsi Hall until now. As soon as he told him about this discovery, everyone in the temple was even more strange.

Near noon, Xiao Yan finally arrived, and the solemnity on his face suddenly surprised everyone, and he hurriedly surrounded him to inquire about the situation.

Xiao Yan let out a long sigh and said in a heavy tone: "Lord Liao is suspected of killing someone!" As soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall was stunned, is this possible, that person who is as honest as an old peasant.

Xiao Yan then told all the information about the Dao as it was. He received a report that an official of the DPRK and China was suspected of murder in the early morning, and he didn't pay much attention to it, but he accidentally heard that the official's surname was Liao, and he was shocked.

Xiao Yan immediately transferred the case file over to inspect it carefully, and personally rushed to the Jinling City Mansion, saw Liao Jusu with a remorseful face, and understood the overall course of the matter.

Snare! The people in the hall are all like human spirits, and they will go things smoothly before and after, and immediately have a ** voice to tell the doubts in everyone's hearts.

"It seems that the other party realized that he couldn't shake Lord Lin, and immediately turned his black hand on Liao Jusu, who has the shallowest foundation among us, how vicious his intentions are!" Shi Xubai, the chief discussion doctor who had not spoken, said.