"Master, what are you eating? The three-stuffed sauce duck and stewed crispy fish in the small shop are very distinctive, and the guests who come and go from the south to the north have to try it here? ”

"Half a catty of beef in sauce, a plate of fried meat with melon slices, a plate of braised chicken neck, two steamed buns, and a pot of tea. In addition, give me two portions of three stuffed duck and stewed crispy fish, and I will take them away when I finish eating. After walking all morning, Zhang Yue was already hungry and ordered food like a cannon.

"Okay—wait a minute." The shopkeeper agreed repeatedly. In a few moments, the dish was served. Zhang Yue ate tea and ate it.

After eating for a while, there was a sound of footsteps on the other side of the stairs, and another guest came upstairs.

"Two guest officers, please come here!" The voice of the shopkeeper came.

Zhang Yue followed the sound and subconsciously looked, two men came up at the staircase, the man on the left was about thirty years old, with a round face and beard, a white complexion, and wearing a black folding shirt. After going upstairs, he looked around, quite alert, the man on the right looked weakly crowned, wearing a net scarf and a crown of hair, wearing a white round-necked and long-sleeved robe, embroidered with moire, and tied with Tibetan gold silk around his waist. This person is slightly thin, and his handsome and fair face is dotted with a pair of incomparably clear eyes.

Zhang Yue was amazed in her heart, this man is so clean, she has seen a lot of beautiful men, Senior Brother Dongyang is handsome and chic, Yuan Mo is even more handsome and abnormal, and even several of the senior brother's disciples are all dignified. But he has never seen such a man with an otherworldly temperament, like a fairy descending to earth, which makes people yearn for it.

Zhang Yue's attention was attracted by this man, and he couldn't take his eyes off for a while. The two were led by the shopkeeper to another window table not far from her. After the man in white sat down, his eyes naturally scanned the restaurant, there were not many people on the second floor, and he saw Zhang Yue staring at him intently. His gaze paused.

Zhang Yue blushed in embarrassment, quickly withdrew his gaze, lowered his head and continued to eat and drink tea. secretly scolded himself in his heart that he had never seen the world, if he let Yuan Mo's kid know, he would definitely have to laugh at himself again. She hurriedly sped up, hurriedly finished eating the food, picked up the packaged food in her right hand, and got up to call Xiao Er to settle the bill.

At this time, someone came up from downstairs again, and it was an old man and a little girl who came up. The old man was holding a very old huqin, and the little girl holding the other hand was eight or nine years old. ”

Wandering around one table after another, the only few tables of guests upstairs drove the two of them away, and when they arrived at the table of the man in white, the man in white did not speak, and the black man next to him waved his hand and rejected the grandfather and grandson.

The old man turned his head to look at Zhang Yue's appearance that he had gotten up to leave, and felt hopeless, so he shook his head and turned around to leave. The little girl refused to leave, her eyes staring at the leftovers on Zhang Yue's table. Zhang Yue saw that the jacket skirt on the little girl's body could no longer see the original color, and the gray and abrupt tops were full of patches. Her heart moved, and she sat down again. shouted in his mouth, "Old man, come here, the master wants to listen to the music!" ”

As soon as the voice came out, the other guests upstairs all looked at this side, and the old man walked up to me with the little girl trembling and asked, "Which tune does the son want to listen to?" Xiao Lao'er will play it for you, 10 yuan a song. ”

What to listen to? Zhang Yue didn't come up with it for a while. "Old man, what do you sing?"

"Little Lao'er will play and sing you a little song from his hometown "Peach Blossom Drunk".

"Okay, just listen to that drunk, sit down and sing!"

The old man picked up a stool and sat down, and the little girl sang next to him, in fact, Zhang Yue didn't know what "Peach Blossom Drunk" was. I felt that the little girl was singing weakly, and while singing, her eyes were fixed on the leftovers on the table.

"Old man, stop!" Zhang Yue stopped the old man.

The old man hurriedly stopped, "Guest officer, what are your orders?" ”

"The boy sings softly, and sounds dull," the old man and the little girl looked at each other, bewildered. Zhang Yue raised his head and shouted to the shopkeeper, "Little Er, add half a catty of beef and two bowls of noodles."

"Okay, wait a minute!" When Xiao Er heard the order, he served two bowls of noodles and half a catty of beef.

"Little girl, you can sing hard after you eat, I am willing to listen to it, old man, you also eat, the erhu is soft."

"Thank you, officer! Thank you, guest! Xiu'er! Eat fast, eat fast! The old man and the little girl were obviously hungry and red-eyed, and they picked up the noodles and shoved them into their mouths. Without a stick of incense, the grandfather and grandson ate all the food on the table, even the leftovers before Zhang Yue. The old man wiped his mouth and picked up the erhu,

"Guest officer, little old man, I'll continue to play for you!"

Zhang Yue nodded, so the grandfather and grandson babbled and sang again, to be honest, Zhang Yue really didn't understand what the girl was singing, but she still pretended to enjoy it. During this period, she always felt that she was being watched by a line of sight, and she looked over, just when the eyes of the man in white on the opposite side met, and the man in white had a gentle smile looming at the corner of his mouth. Zhang Yue was slightly stunned, and quickly twisted his head back.

At this time, the old man's song was also played, Zhang Yue pretended to understand, applauded and said, "Not bad, it's a little interesting." Today, the master is happy to listen to the music, and this silver is for you. So saying, he took out a few taels of silver from his bosom and gave them to the old man, who took them in a daze. With tears in her eyes, the little girl said to the old man, "Great, grandpa, we have enough money to bury my sister."

"Uh-huh, yes!" The old man reacted, and he shed tears when he hugged the little girl. Xiang Zhang Yue kept talking, and said in his mouth, "Thank you, guest officer!" Thank you, guest! ”

Zhang Yue couldn't help but ask curiously, "Old man, do you still have a granddaughter?" ”

"Don't hide it from your father, Xiao Lao'er also has an eldest granddaughter, who is sixteen years old this year, alas! Our hometown in Henan has been flooded many times over the years, the epidemic continues, everyone else in the family is sick and died, only I and my two granddaughters depend on each other, I want to go to Chengde to seek refuge with relatives, all the way to save money by singing, I don't want to come to Zunhua last month, I was infected with the cold, stayed for a few days, the eldest granddaughter went to the pharmacy to catch medicine for me, and never came back, I was anxious to look everywhere, I couldn't find it. I had to report to the official, but I didn't expect that seven days later, the body of the eldest granddaughter was found in the suburbs outside the city, and after the county government did an autopsy, he said that he had been strangled to death, and that he had been raped before death. Whining!! Have pity on my eldest granddaughter. The county government did not solve the case for many days, and suddenly told me the day before yesterday that I should bury my granddaughter first, but I have no money to bury my granddaughter, so I have to continue to sing with my little granddaughter to make money, just hoping to be able to raise enough money for the funeral as soon as possible. Woo," the old man said, and finally burst into tears.

Zhang Yue was not only secretly surprised when he heard this, there was a major murder case in the county, the case has not yet been solved, and the county government actually let the body of the victim be buried, this is not common sense, I don't know if this is the case that my uncle has been busy with these days?

"Where is your eldest granddaughter's body?" Zhang Yue asked.

"I wrapped it in a straw mat for the time being and parked it in the ruined temple in the south of the city."

Zhang Yue touched the purse in her arms, there were less than twenty taels of silver, she took out ten taels of silver from it and handed it to the old man, "You can take these ten taels of silver, buy a coffin, and collect your eldest granddaughter into the coffin." ”

"Thank you so much!" The old man and the little girl fell to their knees and kowtowed frequently.

Zhang Yue hurriedly helped the two of them up. whispered in the old man's ear, "Old man, after you rein in in the eldest granddaughter, the case has not been solved, don't bury it first, or park the coffin in the broken temple in the south of the city, and then temporarily settle down with the little granddaughter in the Yunlai Inn in the south of the city." The rest of the money should be enough for the two of you to make ends meet for a month. The master knows the people of the county government, and I will inquire about your eldest granddaughter's case for you when I go back. Listen to me. The old man's eyes widened and he hurriedly asked, "Dare to ask Engong's name, the little old man will definitely burn incense sooner or later in the future to pray for Engong." ”

"I'm just an idler listening to music, go and bury your eldest granddaughter." Zhang Yue laughed.

The old man was grateful and left the restaurant with his little granddaughter. Zhang Yue saw that the old man had gone away, so he also settled the account and hurriedly left the restaurant.

After leaving the restaurant, Zhang Yue went straight to the county office, and when he arrived at the gate of the county office, Zhang Yue claimed to be the nephew of Jin Cheng, the head catcher, and asked the official on duty to report. After a while, Uncle Jin Cheng came out of it, and his uncle should have stayed up late late, his eyes were bloodshot, and his back armor was full of dust. When he saw his niece, he hurriedly asked, "Yue'er, why are you here?" ”

"Uncle, Yue'er wants to see the demeanor of the famous fishing in the river. And here it came. Zhang Yue laughed.

"You kid, you're talking nonsense? If you don't have anything to do, hurry home and accompany your aunt. ”

Zhang Yue hurriedly put away his smiling face and briefly told him about the two grandparents he had just met in the restaurant.

After hearing this, Jin Cheng frowned, was silent for a long time, and sighed. "You come in with me first," he said, leading Zhang Yue into the county office, pouring her a cup of tea, sitting down, and saying, "I'm afraid it's a case within a case!" ”

"What?" Zhang Yue was stunned for a moment.

"In the past month or so, three young girls have gone missing in the county. The old man's eldest granddaughter is just one of them, and her body is the only one that has been found. The other two have not been heard from again. The prisoner was very sophisticated, and he didn't leave any clues, so I don't have a clue yet. ”

Zhang Yue couldn't help but be dumbfounded, his uncle was a well-known head catcher, and even he was helpless, it seemed that this case was really quite tricky.

"Uncle, who are the other two missing?"

"One person is a flower girl on the East Street. The other is the niece of Mr. Xiandong Street Private School who came to visit relatives from other places. ”

"It's all young girls, by the way, uncle, the case is not closed, why did the county government let the old man bury the victim?"

Jin Cheng was just about to speak, when a few arresters came from outside and said that the county master had something urgent to go to his uncle, and Zhang Yue didn't want to disturb his uncle anymore, so he said goodbye to his uncle.

After leaving the county office, Zhang Yue saw that it was not early, so he hurriedly went to a few places to buy other delicacies ordered by the master, and hurried out of the city to return to Wuling Mountain.