As soon as the adults walked away, the little fat man stepped forward and said to Li Moyi: "Hey, wronged boss, you were clearly unconscious just now, how do you know that it was a female thief?" How do you know that she is a thin person, how do you know that she is injured? And even her length is said to be exactly the same, and even her direction and gait are known clearly?! ”

The little fat man and the others had seen the thief with their own eyes, but it was dark, except for Ah Tie'er, none of them had a head-on conflict with the female thief, and it was difficult to judge whether the person was a man or a woman.

When Lu Buwei heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised, although this was not the first time he had seen Li Moyi's ability, but only by reasoning, he could be like being there, this kind of ability was like a god, and he respected Li Moyi even more in his heart.

Li Mo explained to the little fat man and others: "Generally speaking, there is a certain proportion between the soles of people's feet and their length, and their height can be judged by footprints. ”

In fact, Li Moyi didn't want to explain too much, because this is the modern knowledge he learned in class, and it is amazing to say it, usually the ratio of the soles of the feet to the height is about 1:7, to be exact, the length of the soles of the feet is multiplied by 6.8, and the height of this person is obtained.

The little fat man touched his head, as if he couldn't understand it, but Ah Tie'er asked Li Mo as if he had discovered a new continent.

"Then how do you know it's a female thief?"

Li Moyi explained: "The gait of men and women is different, and the footprints are naturally different, the man's body is strong and heavy, the step is large, the route is straight, the woman's footsteps are fine, the footprint distance is shorter, and it is slightly bent, and moreover, most of the men walk wantonly, so the gravure of the back heel is deeper than the forefoot, and the woman is introverted, but the forefoot is deeper than the heel......"

As soon as Li Moyi explained like this, everyone couldn't help but get closer to look at the footprints, and if it was really as Li Moyi said, they couldn't help but be shocked!

Li Moyi deduced so many useful clues just through a few footprints, and they were reasonable, and the arguments were so novel, they were unheard of, and they couldn't help but be amazed, Ah Tie'er had always boasted of being smart, and he didn't have much of a good impression of Li Moyi, but now he was deeply attracted by Li Moyi's arguments......

"And how do you know she's slender? That's not a guess, is it? ”

Li Mo looked at Ah Tie'er's expression full of doubts, and he was not in a hurry to chase the thief, and explained with a smile.

"Everyone's weight is different, and the depth of the footprints left is naturally different, you see, I stepped on a few footprints next to her footprints, although I was taller than her, and the footprints were usually deeper than hers, but the difference between the two was huge, and through simple calculations, you can roughly know what type she is."

When Ah Tie'er heard Li Moyi say that it was actually a bargain, her eyes showed a burning light, and she continued to ask Li Moyi.

"How did the gentleman learn that her left leg was injured?" Unconsciously, even A Tie'er called Mr. Li Mo one by one, which is an honorific title.

Li Mo looked at Ah Tie'er, lowered his voice and said, "I don't just know that she was injured, I also know that you hurt her, and I also know how she was injured......

Ah Tie'er and the others remembered that when Li Moyi simulated the posture of a female thief just now, he fell on the wall, and immediately realized.

Li Moyi continued: "If a person is injured or has a disability in his legs and feet, then the left and right footprints must be deep and shallow, and the route cannot be straight, and the spacing between the steps is small and chaotic, which is not difficult to see, this female thief had a normal gait before, but when she got to the back, she suddenly became messy, and the traces of wrestling were too obvious......"

Lu Buwei listened on the side, his eyes widened, and he was so surprised that he forgot to close his mouth.

Ah Tie'er's expression was a little solemn, as if she was hesitating about something.

Li Moyi pointed to the courtyard gate and asked Ah Tie'er, "Actually, the female thief wants to escape from the courtyard gate, right?" ”

Ah Tie'er looked up suddenly, paused, but finally nodded.

Li Moyi continued: "That's it, the female thief climbed in from the courtyard wall, and wanted to enter the house and hurt me who passed out, but found that you were already guarding here, before I was half-asleep and half-awake, I heard a loud noise, if I guessed correctly, it should be your masterpiece?" ”

At this time, Ah Tie'er put away her arrogance, as if Li Moyi had seen through everything about him.

The little fat man said excitedly: "You are really powerful!" We used the stolen cannon and put it in the bamboo pipe to light it, and the sound was so loud that the thief thought he had been ambushed, and he was scared away! ”

These words seemed to confirm Li Moyi's speculation, he nodded, and continued: "The female thief wants to escape to the courtyard gate, because it will be more time-consuming and laborious to go out over the wall again, and it will expose her origin...... But at this time, someone acted as an introduction and led her to this wall, and that introduction should be Ah Tie'er, right? ”

Li Mo glanced at it, and Ah Tie'er's arm was already bandaged, but there were still some red marks oozing from the binding cloth.

This also explains why only Ah Tie'er has confronted the female thief head-on, and the others can't see it very clearly, because Ah Tie'er was the introduction and had a head-on conflict with the female thief!

"You lured her to this wall, and then let her step on your pre-set trap and hurt her foot, right?"

Ah Tie'er's face was a little defeated, as if he had some intention of admitting defeat, and bowed his head to Li Moyi and said, "How do you know that Mr. is a trap?" ”

Li Mo smiled: "Although you are bold, but you don't dare to hide the sword privately, so there are not many tools that can be used, when I went to that shanty area this morning, I saw half a goat hanging in the stone pillar forest, it must be the game you hunted yourself, and it is not surprising that there are animal traps." ”

"Moreover, when the female thief climbed over the wall, the trap was heavy, and she slammed on the earthen wall after clamping her foot, leaving a lot of traces, if it was an ordinary mechanism or clip, she should be able to untie and unload it on the spot, but the trap sank vigorously, and she couldn't break it alone, so she could only drag the clip and escape."

Hearing such an analysis, Ah Tie'er couldn't help but sigh a little frustratedly: "It turns out that you really know everything......"

Maybe it was because he saw that his own head couldn't raise his head in front of the wronged head, and the little fat man came forward a little unconvinced.

"Don't be complacent, there's one more thing you said wrong, and it's a very important thing!"

Lu Buwei and the others had already changed from respect to reverence for Li Moyi, and at this time, when they heard this dirty little fat man questioning Li Moyi, they couldn't help but pay their attention to him.

The little fat man snorted and said: "You also said that the female thief climbed out of the courtyard wall and would never return the same way, because this would expose her traces and even her nest, so she should have fled to the east, why did you let the companion chase her to the west?" ”

Many children couldn't help but make noise when they heard the little fat man say this, after all, Ah Tie'er is the head of the child, in their hearts, Ah Tie'er has always been the smartest person, and now Li Moyi, the unjust boss, is even smarter than Ah Tie'er, Ah Tie'er is so lost, how can they sit idly by......

Li Moyi can naturally see the psychology of the children, but he has no intention of showing off his wit, he just wants to treat them as friends, and he can get some intelligence news when he is free.

"The hall attendant and the guards have a strong smell of alcohol, even if they wash their faces, they still can't hide it, and they gather to drink when they are on duty, expecting them to arrest people? I told them to go to the west, and in order to show that they were working hard, they would surely go from house to house, and there would be no ......small movement in the west."

As soon as Li Mo said this, Ah Tie'er couldn't help but say: "This is paralyzing the female thief, making her relax her vigilance, and then she will be caught off guard again......

"You want to catch that thief yourself!" When Ah Tie'er came to this conclusion, she couldn't help but be taken aback.

Li Mo raised his eyes at him, praised him and said, "Not bad, smart!" ”

Li Moyi used Qimen's inference ability tonight, which was shocking, and now he was praised by Li Moyi, and Ah Tie'er couldn't help but be disappointed.

"But it's not me going to catch it alone, but we're going together, do you dare to go with me?"

Before Ah Tie'er could speak, the little fat man and the children raised their fists and said, "This female plague dares to hurt Ah Tie'er, we naturally won't let her go!" ”

Ah Tie'er hesitated, but at this time, Li Moyi said to him: "Ah Tie'er, I know you have something on your mind, as long as you follow me to find out the case first, I will find a way to help you do it in the future......

Ah Tie'er raised her head suddenly, as if she had seen a monster, but Li Moyi's eyes were burning and full of sincerity.

Ah Tie'er finally gritted her teeth and said, "Say, how can I catch this female thief!" ”

The little fat man and the others couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised when they heard Ah Tie'er's promise, because Ah Tie'er had always opposed this action, and he even gave Li Mo an expulsion order, not allowing him to set foot in the shantytown again.

Now that the children have reverence for Li Moyi, Ah Tie'er was naturally devastated, thinking that Ah Tie'er would hate Li Moyi even more, but he didn't expect Li Moyi to persuade Ah Tie'er in a few words, and the big guy was naturally very happy.

As soon as Li Mo saw this, he knew that the people's hearts had been won and the morale was good, so he immediately analyzed it.

"The female thief is injured, she can't go far, she must find a place to stop the bleeding and recuperate, otherwise she will die on the road, so I didn't rush to pursue, she left traces along the way, and it is not difficult to find her...... Only when we wait for her to completely let down her guard and catch her is simple. ”

As soon as Li Mo said this, everyone finally understood, no wonder Li Moyi had so much spare time to explain so much to them, it turned out that he had already planned everything in his heart!

Seeing that they had formed a camp, Lu Buwei couldn't help but get excited, and said to Li Moyi: "Mr. was almost killed by this female thief in order to investigate the case for his deceased wife, and I am willing to go together!" The carpenters and horsemen in the family have some strength, and we all go side by side, so we can't believe that we can't catch an injured woman! ”

When Li Mo saw that even the cowardly Lu Buwei was boiling with excitement, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Okay, let's catch the thief together!" ”

Lu Buwei also laughed.

It's just that at this time, Ah Tie'er asked Li Moyi: "Although the woman was injured and would leave traces of xue, but now that the rain is getting heavier and heavier, the traces of xue will be washed away, when the time comes, how can we catch her?" ”

Before Li Moyi could answer, the little fat man had already walked up and said to Ah Tie'er: "Don't forget, we still have Lao Jin!" ”

Lao Jin is the old local dog that has been following the little fat man, the dog is very sensitive to the bloody atmosphere, and it is indeed feasible to track it, but the little fat man's local dog does not know if it has been trained, and it is estimated that they hunt on weekdays, and use this earth dog as a hunting dog to call, and it is still possible to chase rabbits and pheasants or something, and it is only difficult to track the female thief.

"Don't brag about it, just Lao Jin's sick and disabled appearance, he only deserves to eat hot food with you behind his belly!"

The orphans laughed, but the little fat man blushed and argued angrily: "Why do you still look down on Lao Jin, how many of the pheasants you have eaten over the years have been brought out by Lao Jin?" Simply ungrateful! ”

Everyone saw that the little fat man was really angry, but they laughed even more happily, but Li Moyi waved his hand and said to Ah Tie'er.

"There is no need to worry about this, the female thief is injured, she can't escape far, the rain will indeed wash away the snow tracks, but it will also make her unable to move forward, if she continues to lose the xue, it will be very dangerous, so she will definitely find a place to take shelter from the rain to recuperate, but she can't rashly break into other people's homes, so she can only find some uninhabited or deserted hiding places......"

"You know better than I know this kind of place, right?" As soon as Li Mo said this, everyone's eyes lit up, they were mountain foxes and wild mice around Anqiu Town, and they didn't know what hiding place they had!

When everyone was excited, Li Moyi heard Lu Buwei ask: "Sir, I don't understand, why did this female thief attack you?" What is the connection between her and my deceased wife? ”

This sentence couldn't help but evoke the previous question in Li Moyi's heart, but he already had some context, and if he wanted to ask for a verification, he could only catch the female thief first......

"Mr. Lu, as long as we catch that thief, I believe the truth will be revealed soon!" Li Mo replied as he should.

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The night was dark, the cold wind was blowing, and the raindrops were falling to the ground......

Li Moyi, under the leadership of Ah Tie'er and Little Fat Man and other lonely langers, wore a hat and a robe, and walked under the surging night rain.

Lu Buwei is a tribute student who stretches out his hand to eat and open his mouth, where can he suffer such hardships, but fortunately, with the support of a few strong people, he can barely walk.

Arrived at a small building in the west of the city, the rain is smaller, this small building is the most marginal residential area in this county, after this small building, there is no one around, and then go out is the wilderness.

"Wronged, if the thief wants to hide, this is the best place to go, after this small building, there is only one place to go in Chengshan Temple......" Ah Tie'er was injured in the arm, and walked for so long in the rain, his face was pale now, and he couldn't speak for a while, so the little fat man took the initiative to take over the work of leading the way.

Li Mo glanced ahead, in the misty night and rain, the dwellings were like rolling hills, and it was dark everywhere, if you wanted to look for them one by one, I was afraid that the thieves would have fled long ago.

As far as the eye can see, there are no less than a hundred residents in this small building, and it is even more difficult to find a person in the middle of the night.

Moreover, the thief is familiar with the way, and must know how to hide and hide, Li Moyi is the only one on Li Moyi's side who has met with the thief, if she changes her clothes at will, who can find her?

Lu Buwei was a man in his thirties, so he naturally thought of Li Moyi's difficulties, and couldn't help but ask worriedly at this time: "Sir, how is this good?" ”

Li Mo fell into a short period of contemplation, and the little fat man suggested: "The people who live in Xiaozuolou are all engaged in trading, and they can't afford to be early if they are unprofitable, I'm afraid that no one will dare to take in this thief......"

"The little fat man is right, we have investigated before, this thief was looking for someone to borrow a boat to go to sea in Junlai Lou in Anqiu Town, which means that she has no roots here, if someone answers, there is no need to ask for help......"

Ah Tie'er also agreed with Li Moyi's speculation, and then suggested to Li Moyi: "It was raining heavily just now, and she was injured, even if she hid it, it was only for a while, but I am afraid that the greatest possibility is that she is still hiding in the Chengshan Temple...... Since Xiaozuolou can't be searched, let's go directly to Chengshan Temple......"

"Yes, we are familiar with the Chengshan Temple in this place, right ......there," he said, and the little fat man pointed to a hillside in the distance.

Lu Buwei also echoed on the side and said: "What this little brother said is not bad, after all, we are not tolerance, but we dare not search from house to house......

When Li Mo heard this, he finally came back to his senses from his contemplation and glanced around.

I saw that in the distance was a hillside leading to Chengshan Temple, and there was a pavilion on the slope for pedestrians to rest, and Li Mo had an idea at the moment.

"In this way, Ah Tie'er and I went to the pavilion to guard, and you each dispersed, entered the street of Xiaozuolou, and shouted and shouted recklessly, only shouting that there were thieves, and the bigger the movement, the better!"

As soon as Li Mo said this, Lu Buwei couldn't help frowning: "Sir, you said earlier that when the tolers go to the east, they are just to scare the snake and let this thief relax their vigilance, so that we can arrest her, but now that we are making a big fanfare, don't we want to scare her away?" ”

Ah Tie'er thought about it for a while, and said to Lu Buwei: "I think Mr. didn't mean to startle the snake, but to lure the snake out of the hole!" ”

"If the thief hides in the small building, he will definitely escape, she can't run back, she can only escape to the Chengshan Temple, my husband and I are in the pavilion to guard the only way, just to wait for the rabbit!"

"Sir, am I right?" Ah Tie'er deserves to be a smart child, but Li Moyi just smiled, threw an encouraging look at Ah Tie'er, and then spoke.

"Yes, what you said makes sense, but we can't force her out, we can only let her show herself, as long as everyone makes a noise, she will definitely be alert, but she will not escape immediately, but try her best to hide, hoping to hide from the world, because she will be caught as soon as she appears, and it is impossible for her to take risks......"

"Why is it that the more Mr. talks, the more confused he becomes......" Lu Buwei couldn't help but be confused, and then said: "If she doesn't come out, but hides it seriously, and hides it deeper, wouldn't it be counterproductive for us?" ”

Li Moyi shook his head and smiled, stared at Ah Tie'er meaningfully, and asked him, "Ah Tie'er, have you figured it out?" ”

Ah Tie'er knew that Li Moyi was testing him, and he became serious at this time, and after thinking about it seriously, his eyes couldn't help but light up, and there was a light of admiration in his eyes when he looked at Li Moyi.

"I see! If we are noisy on the street, then these residents will be uneasy, and they will light up the lamps to see what is going on, and the thief is a thief, so she has to try her best to hide, so she naturally does not dare to light the lamp, and the gentleman is on the high place of the pavilion on the mountain, which can overlook the entire Xiaozuolou, which is dark, it means that the thief is hiding inside! ”

Li Mo smiled, gave Ah Tie'er a thumbs up and said, "Hmm...... Emmanuel. ”

Lu Buwei and Little Fat Man and others also suddenly realized, and they had to admire the wit of this move, but at the same time, they were also surprised by Ah Tie'er's wisdom.

"Without further ado, let's get started!"

As soon as Li Mo gave this order, everyone immediately dispersed and entered the streets of Xiaozuolou one by one, while Li Moyi took A Tie'er to the pavilion on the hillside.

The little fat man and others love to mess around, this kind of play-like thing, they are the best at it, breaking the can and falling, knocking on the door, and it is on fire, and there are thieves, all kinds of screams, the world is upside down, and the people of the entire Xiaozuolou have lit the lamp, opened the crack of the door to check, and inevitably scolded a few words in their mouths.

Li Moyi and A Tie'er looked down at the pavilion, and saw that the lights were lit up like starlight, but there were indeed many lights out.

"Sir, this small building is the residence of merchants, these profiteers are not poor, they shouldn't be able to light the lamp, why is this place dark?"

Li Mo glanced at it and said to Ah Tie'er: "It's not that these people can't light the lights, they just feel that if they don't light the lights, they are safe as usual...... It's not about you, you don't care about ......"

Ah Tie'er nodded, he had seen a lot of such ordinary things.

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At this time, there was more and more commotion in Xiaozuolou, thinking that the little fat man had already begun to check the homes of those who were blind in the dark lights.

After half an hour like this, the entire Xiaozuolou was in trouble, but the little fat man and the others gathered in one place, came to the pavilion, and shook their heads at Li Moyi.

"That thief seems to have hid in the Chengshan Temple......" Lu Buwei said, glancing at the mountain, with a little jealousy in his eyes.

Li Mo thought about it for a while, and then said to him: "Lu Gongsheng, you take two people to stay here, the mountain road is difficult, your body is unbearable, and besides, we must also leave someone to block her way." ”

As soon as Li Mo said this, Lu Buwei couldn't help but be grateful for his care, and gave him enough face, so he immediately agreed.

Li Mo didn't stay long, took the other two family members, as well as these seven or eight children, and walked to the mountain.

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Although the rain was not light and the lanterns could not be lit, Ah Tie'er and Little Fat Man and others often went up these mountains to hunt, and they were familiar with the roads, so they didn't need to worry too much, and soon came to the Chengshan Temple.

There are a lot of temples in this year, temples that worship various gods are everywhere, this Chengshan temple is a temple that no place will have, and the gods are enshrined in it, and the people are not very clear about the reason.

The temple in front of me has withered, and there is no temple or anything like that, so it can be regarded as a deserted temple.

When the lonely wanderers were hunting, they often stopped in this Chengshan Temple, but they were more familiar than others, and they quickly and quietly walked into the temple with Li Moyi.

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This ruined temple is not big, and everyone is afraid that the thief will attack violently, so they dare not disperse.

But so carefully and carefully, up and down search, but there is no trace of the thief, the second search, but in the back of the temple caught an unkempt called Huazi.

That called Huazi was boiling green jade and white soup behind the temple, and Ah Tie'er and others had also seen it, so they asked a few words, but Huazi said that no one went up the mountain to enter the temple.

As a result, Li Moyi's initial arrest with full confidence ended in failure......

Li Moyi kept thinking about each link, what went wrong, and finally could only come to one conclusion, maybe this thief still has a receiver, otherwise it would be impossible to disappear out of thin air like this......

Now that he can't catch this thief, in the end, Li Moyi feels very discouraged, this is the first time he has been blocked from investigating the case, and after coming down from Chengshan Temple, he first returned to Lu Buwei's house.

The local attendant and the guards had already returned to the Lu family, although they were empty-handed, but they still pretended to be hard-working, and Lu Buwei had to send them some more broken silver, and these tolerances left satisfied.

The people of the Lu family were extremely wary of Ah Tie'er and other lonely langers, and Ah Tie'er was unwilling to send people under the fence, so he didn't even ask for Lu Buwei's reward money, and went back with the little fat man and others.

Li Mo sat alone in the room, but he couldn't sleep.

From those signs, he had vaguely deduced that the Zhang family was involved in at least a dozen major local cases, and he still needed to go to the execution room of the governor's mansion here tomorrow to confirm it, but Li Moyi had actually confirmed it in his heart.

After he found out this key clue, someone was going to do something to him immediately, wanting to kill him, but I was afraid that there was a bigger and deeper inside story involved here!

Originally, Zhang's case was confusing enough, but now that there are so many big cases and inside stories involved, Li Mo couldn't help but feel a little distressed.

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Although he failed to catch the female thief, after a night of thinking, Li Moyi's thinking became a lot clearer, he had already obtained something, but it still needed to be verified, so he and Lu Buwei came to the county's governor's mansion early in the morning.

Li Moyi was still more interested in the governor's mansion in this place, after all, he was on an errand in the governor's mansion in Anqiu Town.

As for the situation in Anqiu Town, Li Moyi had already asked the little fat man to take care of it yesterday.

Originally, he was just a guard who specialized in handling big cases, so he didn't have to be there, and there were no major cases in Anqiu Town in the past few days, so he could be regarded as having no cases to investigate, so he could devote himself to the current case.

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After all, it is not the official residence of the governor of a place, the layout inside is really different, and Li Moyi is a little unable to find the direction, fortunately, Lu Buwei is a tribute student, the so-called tribute student is the first in the list of talents, and the small group of people who can receive the living allowance above, so Lu Buwei is very familiar with the road, and he also explained to Li Moyi along the way, after all, readers still like to talk about it.

This county is a rich place, and the governor's official residence is also relatively magnificent, which is only larger than the one in Anqiu Town.

There is a torii arch in front of the governor's residence, and the main entrance is the main entrance, and after the main gate is a public notice wall with various official documents and notices.

Li Moyi was also a little interested in the various notices above, but today he followed Lu Buwei to close the case, so he could only suppress his curiosity first.

After passing the publicity wall, you will arrive in a large courtyard, in which there is a ring stone tablet in the middle of the boundary, and then there is the platform, and above the platform is the lobby.

There are only the governors in this governor's mansion, the young governor, the officials, and the accompanying hall are serious officials, and the others are all mercenary workers, there are about 20 guards in Anqiu Town, Li Mo thought it was too much, but he didn't expect that in this county, there were fifty or sixty guards alone, divided into two or three shifts to repay, and there were many names for all kinds of officials.

The servants are equivalent to the subordinates and servants in the mansions of the wealthy.

In order to prevent these officials from favoritism and irregularities, using their power to collude with outsiders, and abusing their power for personal gain, the officials generally live in the governor's residence, and the governor and so on also live in the governor's residence.

If the officials wanted to go out on errands, they would usually issue stamps or send a few guards out to help.

Today is the day of the announcement, and the front of the notice hall is full of people, bustling and crowded.

The so-called Daxue Hall is the office of the secretary next to the lobby, and it is the place where the secretary helps the governor to accept various affairs.

Li Mo and Lu Buwei couldn't get in, so they made a detour, passed through the lobby, and came to the first place between the lobby and the second hall, which is the office place, that is, the tolerance room.

The secretary was working in the tolerance room, and several officials were walking around with official documents, looking very busy.

After the processed official documents are sent to the main shop, that is, to the delivery shop, and then sent out, and then the official documents above are received back.

Although he didn't go into the inner mansion to take a closer look, Li Moyi had already felt that the entire governor's mansion was like a tightly knit, interlocking machine, running quickly and orderly, and there was no laziness or idleness.

The governor's mansion in Anqiu Town is much more casual and casual.

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Seeing that Lu Buwei was coming, the priest's eyes couldn't help but light up, but when he saw Li Moyi behind Lu Buwei, his face instantly turned cold again.

"Lu Gongsheng, you are here, my tolerance room is too messy, so I won't invite you to sit." The priest didn't raise his head much, let alone put down his pen, and said hello while writing hard.

Lu Buwei is a tribute student, and the secretary is just a Congjiupin in the end, so it is inevitable that this approach is a bit arrogant, but Lu Buwei is a person who has no quarrel with the world, and he just endures it.

Seeing that Lu Buwei did not have a seizure, the secretary was a little proud, and said to the officials on the side: "Come on, take the file of Zhang's case, let Lu Gongsheng take a look, if there is no objection, let's sign the calligraphy and painting and put it on the charge, and the case will be closed." ”

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