Duan Chu is not afraid of offending Ma Qianli, but he can't offend in this way of accepting money from people and not doing personnel, it's too embarrassing to say it!

He walked around the outer chamber of the transept, trying several times to open the door to the inner chamber of the transept.

He even took out the key and poked into the copper lock, but in the end he still did not open it, and his mother had confessed before her death that she would never open the wooden box in the inner room of the ear room unless she had to.

What do you mean as a last resort?

His mother also told him that that was the time when the Duan family was about to suffer a catastrophe.

The current situation is still too early to be a last resort.

Duan Chu stomped his feet, planning to take the five taels of gold he had hidden and return them to Ma Qianli.

He wants to tell Ma Qianli truthfully, and then work with Ma Qianli to find Mrs. Xu's whereabouts.

If he really can't find it, when Wen Chaotian punishes Ma Qianli, then he and Ma Qianli will bear it together.

……

When Duan Chu thought so, Ma Qianli was at home, leisurely drinking tea.

"Master, tomorrow at noon, the three-day deadline given to you by Lord Wen is coming, and now Duan Chu has not heard back from there, why are you not in a hurry at all!" Madame Ma urged him.

The old fox Ma Qianli picked up the tea bowl and blew it.

"Duan Chu's personality, I know it very well, even if he can't find someone, he won't be a turtle with a shrunken head, if Wen Chaotian wants to punish me, he will definitely stand up and ask to be punished with me."

"Wen Chaotian treats him so seriously, how can he bear to punish him?"

"As long as Wen Chaotian doesn't punish Duan Chu, he won't punish me! He will definitely extend the deadline again, let me and Duan Chu go to find it together, hehe......"

"In this way, I will be equivalent to dragging Duan Chu into the water with five taels of gold."

When Mrs. Ma heard this, she nodded again and again.

"As long as Duan Chu is dragged into the water, even if you still can't find Mrs. Xu in the future, the responsibility is not yours alone! Master, you still have sharp eyes to see through human nature, and you are clever! ”

"Madam, so we don't have to worry now, just sit at home and wait!"

After Ma Qianli finished speaking, he took a sip of tea, his expression was leisurely, and he looked like Zhuge Kongming.

Mrs. Ma picked up the feather duster and dusted off a painting on the main hall, which Ma Qianli asked for elegantly.

"Thousands of calculations are not as good as heaven." This eight-character cursive script has crazy penmanship.

These eight words are said to be the eminent monks who travel all over the world, and the ink treasures of the masters.

……

Zhu Zi was carrying the pork belly, and when he opened the door, he saw Duan Chu in a panic and just wanted to go out.

"Where are you going? Wait a minute, I'll make braised pork, won't you eat it? ”

"How dare I have the heart to eat braised pork! I didn't go out to wipe your ass! ”

As soon as Zhu Zi heard it, he was anxious: "The surname is Duan, keep your mouth clean, who wants you to wipe your buttocks!" ”

Duan Chuxin said that she is an unmarried daughter after all, and it is indeed a bit inappropriate for me to say this.

"Wiping your ass means cleaning up the mess! I'm going to find Ma Qianli and find Mrs. Xu with him. Duan Chu's tone softened a lot.

The bead pursed her lips and snorted.

Of course she knew what it meant to wipe her ass, she just didn't want to hear the vulgar words.

"I've got the kindness, but I don't need you to wipe it for me...... Phew! I don't need you to help me clean up the mess, Mrs. Xu's whereabouts have been found, I'll tell you when I go home. ”

Hearing this good news, Duan Chu's eyes lit up.

Zhuzi deliberately hung Duan Chu's appetite, one would let him cut the meat, and the other would let him burn the fire, until the braised pork was out of the pot and the rice was also served in the bowl, and she told Duan Chu what she had found.

After Duan Chu heard this, he still didn't believe it, and wanted to verify it, but he was forced to eat dinner by the beads.

Duan Chu devoured it and hurriedly ate it, and went to find Wen Chaotian with a knife.

"My lord, Ma Zhutou asked me to help him find Mrs. Xu last night, and after a day of searching, I finally found clues, but I can't be sure yet, so I came to ask my lord."

Duan Chu said that he found it, it was Zhuzi's idea, and Zhuzi didn't want to show his head.

"Is the woman of the shopkeeper's house dead or alive?" Wen Chaotian asked.

"She was swallowed into the hole of a big tree, and it is estimated that she has already died, and I ask the adults to send more patrol officers and soldiers and arrest officials, so that they can follow me and find out Mrs. Xu's bones."

Wen Chaotian was stunned: "Trees are grass and trees, and they can even eat people?" ”

Duan Chu nodded.

Wen Chaotian stretched out his hand and took off the Yanling knife hanging on the wall, and put on a big coat, which was going to see the freshness.

"My lord, I want to go and see it too." Xiang'er said.

Wen Chaotian wanted to refuse, but Xiang'er tugged at his sleeve and didn't let go, pouting and tilting her head to be coquettish.

Wen Chaotian smiled slightly and said, "Xiang'er, it's okay if you want to go and see it, but it's already dark, if you really see something weird and have a nightmare at night, don't blame me then." ”

Duan Chu is no matter how stupid he is, but now he can see that the relationship between Xiang'er and Wen Chaotian is very unusual!

But Duan Chu won't talk about it.

Wen Chaotian flirted with Xiang'er, and did not shy away from Duan Chu's presence, making it clear that he did not treat him as an outsider.

……

The two Jiang butchers were upstairs, wiping and wiping the five taels of gold ingots they had received from the beads today with a handkerchief by the light of the oil lamp, when they suddenly heard the people downstairs shouting and neighing.

The ginger butcher opened the window and looked at it, so frightened that he stuck out his tongue.

Pretty good!

The supreme governor of Pengzhou Prefecture, the dignified four-grade prefect Wen Chaotian, personally led the patrol officers and soldiers and the horses and steps to the fast class, swords and guns and torches to brighten, and surrounded the streets below his house!

Without waiting for the ginger butcher to retract his head, the cattle inspector beckoned to him: "Come down!" ”

Before Jiang Butcher could react, what did the army have to do with him, and a few archers stood out behind the Niu Patrol, the hard bow was rounded, and the feather arrows were wound, which were already aimed at his head.

The ginger butcher shook and got dressed, hurriedly went downstairs, and ran to the cattle inspection.

"Lord Niu, I'm just curious." Ginger butcher explained.

Niu Inspector's smile flashed, followed by Wen Chaotian, who was not angry and arrogant, and Duan Chu who had a heroic face.

The ginger butcher knelt on the ground and kowtowed like pounding garlic: "The villain has seen the prefect!" ”

Wen Chaotian waved his hand: "Drag it down, hit ten big boards first." ”

The prefect spoke in person, and a group of officials came up like wolves and tigers to kick over the ginger butcher, picked up the big board, and crackled and spanked.

The ginger butcher didn't know what was going on, so he was hit with the board, and he wailed in pain.

The windows of the nearby residents and businesses have also been opened just now.

The ginger butcher hit the board, and the person peeking behind the window shrank his neck in fright.

Niu Patrol raised the flag and said loudly: "Listen to this official, Master Wen has an order, tonight here to perform and arrange troops, anyone who opens the window to peek will be punished for private peeping at the military situation!" ”

When the cattle inspector said this, he pointed at the ginger butcher: "This is the example!" ”

Tie Si Prison stood up again and added:

"Jiang Butcher is a first-time offender, and he will be punished lightly, and after him, if he violates the order, he will be beheaded!"

As soon as the words fell, there was a sound of the window closing.

Wen Chaotian saw that all the windows were closed, and even the cracks of the windows were blocked with sheets, so he nodded.

With a rush of footsteps, Ma Qianli was disheveled, and stepped forward to kneel down to plead guilty.

"The subordinates are late, please punish them!"

Ma Qianli was at home, thinking that he had successfully dragged Duan Chu into the water, and he was drinking to celebrate just now, but he accidentally drank high, so he came so late.

Wen Chaotian didn't get angry, coughed, and a servant handed a bamboo pole to Ma Qianli.

Ma Qianli was stunned with a bamboo pole.