Although Duan Chu didn't have Song Shisheng's kind of craftsmanship, as a swordsman, he could still see the fatal injury of the shopkeeper Xu.

Shopkeeper Xu had many knife wounds on his body, and the most dangerous ones were three, two in the chest and one in the throat.

After a preliminary examination, both parts of the chest were cut off, and the heart was not injured.

Only the severing of the trachea in the throat is the most fatal blow.

The officials of the fast squad have not yet put their knives into their sheaths, and they are confronting the officers and soldiers on patrol at this moment.

Ma Qianli and the cow inspector stared, and the knife in his hand was also raised.

Ma Qianli's knife is a ring-headed knife, which existed in the Han Dynasty, and the knife shape is very straight.

Duan Chu glanced at it, and then looked at the wound on the throat of the shopkeeper Xu.

He quickly judged that the knife that cut the trachea of the shopkeeper Xu was Ma Qianli's hand.

Niu Inspector saw Duan Chu standing up, and asked, "Brother, do you see any clue?" ”

"The deadliest knife comes from the horse catching the head." Duan Chu told the truth, and Ma Qianli didn't deny it.

"The surname is Ma, it is rumored on the streets of Pengzhou, the surname Xu is covered by you, this time you must be killing people, this official will take down you, the filthy official who colluded with bandits, for Lord Wen!"

The waist knife in the hand of the cattle inspector is a thick-backed oxtail knife.

The oxtail knife was powerful and heavy, and it was waved vigorously, and the ox patrol slashed it after speaking.

"The surname is Niu, you spew blood, Lao Tzu has long been disgusted with you!"

Not to be outdone, Ma Qianli stood up to the battle.

The two scolded each other, knives and knives, and they were already fighting together.

The patrol soldiers and the arresters saw that the leader was fighting, so what are we waiting for!

In the blink of an eye, the Xu family's compound became a killing array, and the two groups of people raised swords and guns at the same time, and there was a scuffle.

"Grandma, I thought that in Pengzhou, except for Master Wen and Duan Chu, there would be no opponents, but I didn't expect this bull to be on a par with me!"

When Ma Qianli thought so, the cattle inspection was also secretly frightened.

"I always thought that my old cow's oxtail knife was not only heavier than his knife, but also faster, but I didn't expect to look down on him, and this dead horse actually fought with me!"

The two really played an even.

Even if both sides feel that the opponent is strong at this time, it is not worth fighting to the death, and there is already a truce, but before the opponent's offensive is stopped, no one dares to take a step back.

Whoever retreats and who falls behind, if the other party takes advantage of the situation to pursue, he will die.

This situation, Duan Chu could naturally guess it in his eyes.

When two tigers fight, one will be injured.

One is a drinking friend who often huddles, and the other is a senior who promotes himself.

Duan Chu shook his head and smiled bitterly, jumped into the circle, and shot out with both arms at the same time.

At the same time as making a move, Duan Chu also burst into spring thunder and shouted: "Stop it all!" ”

The eyebrow knife in his right hand picked up the ring head knife that Ma Qianli had cut obliquely.

And the ghost head knife in his left hand framed the oxtail knife that was directly chopped by the ox inspection.

Ma Qianli and Niu patrolled, took advantage of the situation to stop, and at the same time jumped out and panted for breath.

Those patrols and arrests are not mortal enemies, many people are still friends, and the two sides seem to come and go, but in fact, they are just making a show.

At this time, hearing Duan Chu's explosion, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and put away their blades.

As the saying goes, if you lose the battle, you don't lose people, the cow and horse have stopped, and they haven't spared the other party.

Niu Patrol Knife pointed at Ma Qianli and said: "The surname is Ma, Brother Duan used a fluttering eyebrow knife to pick your knife crookedly, it can be seen that your strength is insufficient, compared to this official, it is far worse!" ”

Ma Qianli did not show weakness:

"The surname is Niu, less bragging! Brother Duan used his right hand on me and his left hand on you, which shows that your sword skills are weak and there is nothing to be afraid of! ”

Duan Chu coughed and said, "Don't say a few words, the merits will be judged by Lord Wen!" ”

After Duan Chu finished speaking, he first asked the inspection officers and soldiers to guard the scene, and then asked the officials to find Song Shisheng, after all, there was a dead person, and the autopsy had to go through the scene.

Niu Inspector and Ma Qianli were dragged by Duan Chu and went straight to the government to find Wen Chaotian to comment.

……

Wen Chaotian was in the main courtyard of the government, smiling bitterly at one thing.

Now in the streets and alleys of Pengzhou Mansion, it is rumored that Duan Chu is his illegitimate son, and even Xiang'er asks him in a joking tone if he has been in Pengzhou Mansion before and owes a romantic debt.

Duan Chu was definitely not Wen Chaotian's illegitimate son.

"Xiang'er, it's just that the common people are ignorant, why are you also blindly involved!"

Xiang'er covered her mouth and snickered, and asked Wen Chaotian how she planned to refute the rumors.

"What kind of rumors, this kind of thing, the more you explain the water, the more muddy it becomes, the explanation is not my Wen Chaotian character, since they all say so, then I will simply accept Duan Chu as the son of the moth!"

After a cough, someone said, "No! ”

The person who came was Mr. Wei, and when he saw him coming, Xiang'er immediately bowed down and retreated.

"I appreciate the adult's unafraid approach, and at the same time, I can see that the adult recognizes Duan Chu, but now is not the time to recognize him as a righteous son, don't be in a hurry."

Wen Chaotian looked at Mr. Wei and said, "Sir, what happened to me is related to Duan Chu?" ”

Mr. Wei didn't answer, sighed and left.

As soon as Mr. Wei left, Wen Chaotian couldn't help but sigh too.

After a while, the housekeeper came over and whispered a few words, and Wen Chaotian listened to it, his face turned pale.

After the housekeeper left, there was a noisy sound outside, and Wen Chaotian sat with a straight face.

Niu Inspector and Ma Qianli, who came in and made a lot of noise, were so angry that Wen Chaotian slapped the table: "A court official, a chief official and a chief government catcher, how can he still be like a child, quarreling and fighting!" ”

Only then did the two of them remember that Wen Chaotian was in front of them, and they didn't dare to say anything.

Wen Chaotian was almost angry to death, and said: "When you shouldn't say it, you make a lot of noise, and when you should say it, you become dumb again, Yuan Qi, you say." ”

Duan Chu said that he and Niu inspected and received Wen Chaotian's order to arrest the shopkeeper Xu who was suspected of killing his wife, but when he went to the place, he found that Ma Qianli had already entered the yard and killed the shopkeeper Xu.

Niu Patrol added another sentence: "My lord, Ma Qianli said that he was also on your orders, and the inspection officers and soldiers let him enter the Xu family compound." ”

Wen Chaotian listened and glared at Ma Qianli.

Ma Qianli hurriedly clenched his fists and pleaded guilty:

"My lord, the side room of the Xu family came to me in the morning to tell me, saying that the surname Xu was a gambling stall, and I killed several people in a row, so I led someone to arrest him, and the result was ......"

"As a result, the inspection department blocked the door and didn't let us in, I was afraid that the criminals would escape, so I had to make this decision, lying that the adults had orders - there was a reason for the incident, and the adults knew about it!"

Wen Chaotian stood up and snorted coldly.

He kicked the cow inspector out four or five paces away, and then raised his hand and slapped Ma Qianli in the face.

"Next time, you two dare to lead the crowd to fight, and the military stick will wait! This time you all have their own reasons, and I will not punish you! But Ma Zhutou, you killed the criminal, what should you do about him killing his wife! ”

"Therefore, Xu's wife is searched by you, you want to see people alive, and you want to see corpses when you die!"

"I can't find it, you wait!"

……

The cow inspector walked out of the government and dusted off the shoe prints on his legs, gloating at Ma Qianli:

"Ma Zhutou, Brother Duan and I went to drink, and I can't find Xu's wife, so you just wait to eat the military stick!"

Ma Qianli rubbed his face all the way home.

"Your head of the house resisted arrest with an arm, my face was swollen, and I have been killed according to the law, you go home first to take care of the aftermath, you can rest assured, the legal property of the Xu family will be inherited by you!"

Jiang Xiaomei cried loudly on the spot.