"Whether you have the ability or not, it's better to leave it to the top." Jiang Congshan said earnestly, "This time, you can be regarded as making a great contribution, and after that, no one will dare to criticize again." The Holy One may even reward you! You can also take a day off for a day or two. I heard that you were interrogated all night last night, and the official will no longer pull you to sit idle, go and arrange the rest of the matter, and rest for a while. ”

"Yes." Zhang Changxiu followed and got up.

"Okay, no need to send it. The official also went back to write a fold. Jiang Congshan glanced at Zhang Changxiu with great satisfaction before leaving, nodded and went out, sighing again and again.

The afterlife is terrifying!

Jiang Congshan left with his front foot, and Zhang Changxiu also left the back hall with his back foot and went to the prison.

The dark interrogation room, damp and cold, was not much stronger than the outside, if not worse, even if there was a soldering iron stove next to it. The air was filled with the smell of blood, and the smell of it would make you vomit.

Only a little light seeped in through the small iron window above the prison wall and hit the man on the cross.

The man on the cross has no upper body and a pair of torn trousers on the lower body. There was not a single piece of good skin on his body, and it was all red with blood. His head drooped, his hair draped over his head, covering his face, and his mouth made strange noises.

Sun Tou lowered his clothes to his waist, wearing only a white undershirt on it, which was still soaked with sweat. In his hand he was holding a long whip dipped in salt water.

Seeing Zhang Changxiu coming in, he wrapped the whip around his hand and held it in the palm of his hand. The tiger stepped forward, lifted his belt with his empty hand, and said fiercely: "My lord, this kid is not recruiting yet!" , what a tough seed! ”

Zhang Changxiu stepped forward slowly, kicked the chain at his feet, stood still in front of the cross, straightened his sleeves, and said, "Tell him that if he doesn't recruit again, there will be only one way to die." ”

The translator next to him immediately turned his words into a Chinese and informed the thieves.

The drooping head moved slightly, and the thief muttered twice in his mouth, as thin as a gnat.

The translator squeezed apologetically in front of Zhang Changxiu and put his ear to the thief's head, barely hearing clearly. He bowed to the side and replied to the impatient Zhang Changxiu.

"Back to Taishou, he said that he was just a thief."

"Hmph." Zhang Changxiu snorted lightly, turned around with his right hand, touched the placket of his clothes with his left hand and walked out, but his gaze at Sun Tou was sharp, "Sun Tou, you ask two more questions, if you can't ask, forget it, go back and rest." ”

Sun Tou immediately received the order, his eyes became fierce, he pulled the whip away with both hands, dragged the whip, and threw it to the ground. The whip rubbed against the ground and sparkled.

The translator and the other two jailers could also expect something, and under Sun Tou's eyes, they followed Zhang Changxiu out in fear.

……

On the sixth day of the fifth month, at three o'clock in the afternoon, the thief's head was hung on the city gate for public display, and it was exposed for a day.

Hearing that, he swore to die, and finally bit his tongue and committed suicide.

Zhang Changxiu broke the sentence in accordance with the law. One is that he has not handed over the valuables he stolen, and the crime has come to this. The second is to kill chickens and set an example for monkeys, obviously to deter chickens and dogs, and secretly to deter those who educate the country.

Zhang Changxiu and Assassin Shi both recounted this matter. The compromise is nothing more than a narrative of the before and after of the theft, as well as a reminder of the meritorious person. There is also a secret fold in the compromise, and what the secret fold says is this statement of this detail and the safety of the thirteen counties.

At the same time, King Huai also repaired a secret letter.

Besides, the thief's head hung bloodily on the city wall, and the people were shocked and relieved. is full of praise for Taishou, and there are also praises for Changle.

However, the occurrence of small works in the thirteen counties also spread quietly in the city, and it is said that it was spread by people in the yamen.

Chang Le felt that he was holding back in the room and thinking about the group of little people, so he went out of the house and walked around the city. I passed by the city gate and happened to see the head.

The frightened impact of the dead man's head immediately washed away the flowers and greenery in her mind. Horror took over her body, and she rolled her eyes and fainted.

When he woke up again, he was already fasting. Outside, the moon is in the middle of the sky.

"Hanging it at the city gate for public display, does it really not take into account the feelings of the people?" Chang Le was trembling in the quilt, and he insisted that Liu Chengyan lit a bunch of candles to make the house bright, "Even if you can't scare adults, what about children and the elderly?" ”

"Madame, this is also to warn the world."

Shili wasn't too afraid of that, after all, she didn't see less about the beheading at the entrance of the vegetable market. Click, a knife, the corpse separated, and blood splattered. She was numb.

She comforted Chang Le, but before she could get close, she was slapped off the bed by Chang Le. Seeing that Chang Le was afraid of this, he frowned for a while and asked Liu Chengyan for help.

Liu Chengyan was also very helpless, and it took a long time to coax Changle like a child: "This, you just think of it as a ...... Rotten pumpkin, don't be afraid. ”

"You're too bad to be a fool of yourself. What a rotten pumpkin, the beads of both of his eyes protruded. It's still a rotten pumpkin, why don't you say he's a gourd in Plants vs. Zombies? Chang Le clutched his chest and buried his head in the quilt.

Liu Chengyan hurriedly said: "The gourd is the gourd, don't think about it." Moreover, the body is not afraid of shadows, and the heart is not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door......"

"Ahh I'm just a coward, I'm afraid! ”

Liu Chengyan instantly wanted to slap himself on the mouth, seeing that it was not early, he said helplessly: "Otherwise, will it be better for Madam to look back?" ”

"It's so dark outside, and there are alleys everywhere......" Chang Le said that his body was stiff, and he didn't dare to move again.

was shocked by Chang Le's surprise, and Shili began to panic in his heart, but he couldn't help but go back, so he had to say, "Madam, we have to go back." Otherwise, Taishou finds out, and we're finished. ”

Chang Le's sanity is still there, and it is this reason to ponder carefully. But now she is flustered, and she loves to think wildly, and she doesn't dare to walk at night: "Otherwise, you knock me out and carry me back." ”

The scene of the realization of this idea went through Shili's mind, and Shili only felt that the surroundings were gloomy, and said patiently: "Madam, I'm with you, it's okay." ”

"Otherwise, Liu will send the two of them back." Liu Chengyan spoke.

Ten miles is difficult: "If someone finds ......"

It was discovered that Mrs. Taishou was sent back to the house by a strange man, and this could not be washed away.

"Liu left in advance, or met on the road."

In the dilemma, Chang Le still chose to let Liu Chengyan send them back.

They avoided the front door and headed straight for the back door.

When they were at the mouth of the alley, let Liu Chengyan go back, and the two of them quietly pushed the back door. 、

Shili pushed it twice, and the back door was locked.

"Ma'am, the back door is locked."

Chang Le pursed his lips and looked left and right, only the vermilion wall more than two people high stretched. She can't do such a thing as circumventing the wall.

"Go through the front door."

Shili grabbed her: "Madam, I was found when I walked through the front door." ”

Chang Le didn't want to stay in the dark for a moment now, and Liu Chengyan was not there, his fear of the mysterious thing overwhelmed the boredom of being scolded by Zhang Changxiu, and he stomped his feet and prepared to rush to the front door like the wind.

"It's nothing to find. I'll count one, two, three, and see who gets to the gate first. ”

When the words fell, Chang Le had already run away.

When the two ran around the fence to the front door, Chang Le swooped like a moth under the red lantern at the entrance of the Taishou Mansion.

The door was closed, and Chang Le was not in a hurry to knock on the door, propping himself up on the wall with his hands, panting. Ten miles hesitated, not daring to knock on the door to call someone.

Waiting for Chang Le to catch his breath, he knocked on the knocker with his own hands.

However, no one opened the door.

……

In the east room, Zhang Changxiu sat quietly on the couch, his legs covered with blankets, and a charcoal fire was burning in front of him, but the door was open, reading by candle.

Wu Ze's figure flashed into the room and said, "Master, Mrs. knocked on the door for a long time, and the housekeeper asked if he wanted to open the door." It's freezing outside, and Madame is afraid she can't stand it. ”

Listening to the implication of pleading in Wuze's words, Zhang Changxiu raised his eyes suspiciously and glanced at him, looked at him a few times, and saw that he clasped his fists and saluted in an orderly manner, and then said, "Isn't she in love?" Play until you forget the hour, then don't come back. Did you catch the man who sent them back? ”

"Nope."

"No?" Zhang Changxiu put the book on the table next to him in surprise, twisted his eyebrows and said, "It seems that this person is not simple." From now on, you keep an eye on Madame, where she goes, where you follow. ”

He was busy with official business a while ago, but he didn't expect this Chang Le to take advantage of the loophole and actually have a tryst with a man behind his back!

Now that the theft has been solved, it's time for him to take care of the house!

"Yes. Then tonight, Madame's side ...... "Wuze has a bad premonition."

Sure enough, Zhang Changxiu raised his eyebrows: "You go and stare at it, she can't stand the cold, and she will go to find that man." ”

Wu Ze swallowed his saliva, and wanted to say a few more words for himself: "Master, it's really cold this day." ”

"I'm afraid of the cold, do you want to do something?" Zhang Changxiu threatened.

Wu Ze didn't say a word, and immediately took the order to go out, ready to accompany the cold in the cold wind, but he couldn't help muttering: "Shut the lady outside, even if you give jewelry to please you, I'm afraid it's useless." ”

"Come back!" Zhang Changxiu heard his words and called him back sharply, "When did I say to give her jewelry?" ”

"Nope!" Wu Ze replied very cooperatively and firmly.

Zhang Changxiu glared at him and said, "Are you walking around a lot with that girl in Shili?" Now I don't know what to say, what not to say, what to listen to, what to think, what not to hear, not to think? ”

Listening to his reprimand, Wu Ze immediately tensed his nerves, and said coldly: "My subordinates know their mistakes, please forgive the head of the family!" ”

"Be careful, too!" Zhang Changxiu warned him twice, and was afraid that he would not be convinced, so he explained two more sentences, "I just bought those jewels to confuse the thieves, and even if I bought them, I bought them for Chu'er, how could I buy them for Chang Le, that shameless madman!" ”

"Yes!" Wu Ze responded, but his heart was a different situation.

Zhang Changxiu has taken him to the jewelry shop for the past two days. The jade jewelry that Zhang Changxiu bought was dark and calm, but it was atmospheric, and at first glance it was the style of Mrs. Taishou, where is Hua's. If you buy it for Hua's, you should buy it for a while!