It is the early spring, when it is warm and cold, and the flowers are especially blooming.

Outside the courtyard wall, a snow-white plum flower stretched out, soaking in the white light of the night.

Within the courtyard wall, a dark figure floated down the wall, silently touched into a room, and after a while, it came out silently......

The night is dark, the wind is high, and the clouds cover the moon, which is the time to steal chickens and touch dogs.

The next day, the Jinzhou Mansion.

The prefect Zhang Zeyuan has had a headache recently, he has only been in office for less than a month, and the time has not been long, and there are a lot of bits and pieces. First of all, half a month ago, the splendid workshop accidentally went to the water, more than a dozen embroiderers were buried in the fire, and then in recent days, there have been businessmen who have reported that their family money has been lost.

Zhang Zeyuan sighed, today is already the third theft case, the arresters of the government have been investigating for several days, and they haven't even found a trace of the thief's hair, he feels that he may be unfavorable for the past year, and it is so bitter to be a prefect.

While sighing, Qi Fei hurriedly walked through the front yard.

Zhang Zeyuan hurriedly stopped him: "Alas, Qi Fei! ”

Qi Fei turned around, saw that it was Zhang Zeyuan, saluted respectfully, raised his head and responded, "What do you command?" ”

"Is Zhou Zhi on duty today?"

Qi Fei remembered the situation when he saw his own head swaggering into the mansion in the morning, and nodded.

"Why don't you come to see me...... Zhang Zeyuan frowned and muttered, and said to Qi Fei again, "Forget it, let him come over." ”

When Zhou Zhi walked into the inner courtyard, he saw the newly appointed prefect fiddling with his newly acquired tea set with a sad face, as if what he was in front of was not the best new tea, but some bitter medicinal juice that had to be consumed.

"Your Excellency?"

Zhang Zeyuan looked up and saw that it was Zhou Zhi, and showed a dejected wry smile at him.

"You must have heard about those three thefts, right?"

Zhou Zhi was not in the government a few days ago, but because the few families who reported the case were all big families with heads and faces in Jinzhou Mansion, the specific situation was also heard.

Zhang Zeyuan saw his knowing look, so he continued: "You go to investigate this case, and detain the thief as soon as possible, so that you can give those masters an explanation." ”

In the past few days, several families who have lost their property have taken turns to cry at the door of the government office, and Zhang Zeyuan has been called by them three times, but there is really no progress in this case, and because these big families have not paid less taxes, he really can't say anything.

dragged around and finally dragged it until the end of Zhou Zhi's vacation, and Zhang Zeyuan felt that he was saved.

It's no wonder that he relies on Zhou Zhi, the prefect is a new official who is not familiar with the place, but Zhou Zhi has been the head of the government since he was twenty years old, and now he has been five years old, and he is much more familiar with the characters of Jinzhou than him.

Zhang Zeyuan consciously fell in love with Zhou Zhi, trusted him very much, and never put the prefect's shelf in front of him, plus although Zhou Zhi was a few years younger than him, he was really reliable, and there was no case that could not be solved by him, let alone a small theft case.

Thinking of this, Zhang Zeyuan suddenly felt that the willows and flowers in front of him were bright, and the gloom was swept away, and he couldn't wait to call Zhou Zhi a "big brother".

After comforting the prefect with a glass heart, Zhou Zhi left the inner courtyard, his body was comfortable, his face was handsome, and there seemed to be green mountains between his eyebrows, which was a rare good appearance, but the owner of the appearance did not seem to know, and the action brought out an uninhibited, mixed together into a kind of Zhou Zheng and dissolute contradictory temperament.

Zhou Zhi stepped out of the courtyard door and beckoned to Qi Fei who was waiting on the side, Qi Fei saw Zhou Zhi and grinned like a big trumpet flower.

"Boss!"

He ran over with a "da-da-da", bringing up smoke and dust all the way, the tall and strong man with such a discordant action, Zhou Zhi suddenly felt a little toothache, and couldn't bear it anymore: "Old Qi, you walk well!" ”

Qi Fei touched his head embarrassedly, forgot about this embarrassing moment as soon as he put his hand down, and leaned over to Zhou Zhi and winked his eyebrows: "Boss, did the adults ask you to investigate those theft cases?" ”

"Hmm." Zhou Zhi pushed the big man beside him farther away, frowned, and said, "I've heard some before, but it's not very detailed, do you have any details here?" ”

"Yes, yes, I went to investigate this case, and I went to see the three families of Jia, Zhao, and Nian who reported the case. However, in just five days, he stole three big households, and this thief is really dedicated. ”

The Jia family, the Zhao family, the Nian family...... What a coincidence.

"How can you be sure it's the same person who committed the crime?"

"Didn't I just say that I went to those three to see it, don't say, I really found a common denominator." Qi Fei looked at Zhou Zhi with some pride, and the three words "ask for praise" were written nakedly on that slightly square face.

Seeing that Zhou Zhi didn't answer, Qi Fei continued: "Every stolen house has a blooming plum blossom carved on the door frame, which is very beautiful, but it is too hidden, if I don't look carefully, I really can't find it." ”

"Plum blossoms?" Zhou Zhi sneered, "Is this little thief treating himself as a thief?" ”

But then the case gets interesting.

"Old Qi, let the brothers rest and rest today, and tomorrow night we will go to Sun's house to catch the thief."

Sun Jia...... It stands to reason that it should indeed be the Sun family, not only Zhou Zhi, as long as anyone who heard about the Jinxiufang water case and the recent theft case half a month ago can think of the connection between these two cases.

Now it is the prosperous era of the dynasty, when the drum of the dynasty promotes the trade of merchants, in order to seek greater benefits, most of the merchants choose reliable objects to jointly fund the establishment of shops.

Jinxiufang is one of the representatives, as the four names that can be said in Jinzhou - the Jia family, the Zhao family, the Nian family, and the Sun family, once they joined forces, they caused a sensation in the city.

Since its establishment three years ago, Jinxiufang has been the most famous brocade shop in Jinzhou. The huge embroidery room, the skillful embroidery, and the exquisite brocade make the splendid workshop unparalleled.

But half a month ago, the embroidery room of the splendid workshop suddenly went to the water, at that time it was a large number of brocade rush period, many embroiderers also stayed in the embroidery room at night, tired and squinted for a while, woke up and continued to spin.

The fire broke out at night, and suddenly, the flames entangled in the cloth, which was already flammable and accumulated in large quantities, so that it burned more and more violently, and in an instant it filled the whole embroidery room.

Many embroiderers are resting and can't escape. The fire burned all night, and when the fire was extinguished, the embroidery room was burned to the ground, and more than a dozen embroiderers were reduced to ashes, never to return home.

The cause of the fire is simple, but an embroiderer dozed off in the middle of the night and accidentally knocked over a candle.

It was just a moment of lowering his eyes, and the eternal sleep of more than a dozen people, the raging fire that shocked the whole Jinzhou was actually a man-made disaster.

The four families of Jia Zhao Nian and Sun decided not to ask for compensation from their equally grief-stricken relatives, but to raise funds to give to the families of the deceased in the form of fundraising.

As for the burned embroidery house and the hundred brocades, the four families bear the losses themselves, and do not embezzle the slightest donation.

As soon as this decision came out, the people of Jinzhou donated generously, and Jinxiufang once again became famous, and did not lose guests due to fire. The people all said that the four masters were good people in the world, and they were happy to buy cloth from the Splendid Workshop.

With the end of the fundraiser, the matter seems to have come to an end, who knows that there is a sudden theft, and three of the four families are stolen, and anyone who thinks about it will think that the remaining Sun family will be the next victim.

It's just that......

"Boss, why tomorrow night?" Qi Fei was still puzzled and asked Zhou Zhi.

Zhou Zhi raised the corners of his mouth and patted Qi Fei's shoulder: "This, I'll tell you after tomorrow night." ”

The next day, when the sun was just setting in the west, and there was still a glimmer of light in the sky, Zhou Zhi took the government and a group of people to hide quietly in Sun's house, and arranged all his subordinates in various corners of the courtyard wall, and Zhou Zhi walked alone into the distance.

Qi Fei looked at Zhou Zhi's back, thought for a moment, and finally couldn't help but stop him: "Boss, where are you going?" ”

Zhou Zhitou didn't respond: "Go and wait for the thief in another place." ”

Qi Fei looked beside him, and then looked at the other brothers who were gathered together, although he knew that his own leader was very powerful, he couldn't help but be a little worried: "Are you alone?" In case you run into that thief and can't deal with it......"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhou Zhi indifferently: "It's okay, I guess I won't be able to catch it." ”

Qi Fei: "......"

He couldn't understand his boss anymore.

The sun had sunk in the west, and the sky had completely darkened. In the middle of the moon, the night was as quiet as a pool of stagnant water, the weather was still cold, and the songworms did not keep flapping their wings, only a touch of unknown flowers seemed to float with the wind.

Zhou Zhi, who was squatting in the corner, sniffed his nose, spit out the blades of grass between his teeth, rubbed his squatting legs boredly, and was about to stand up and move a little, when he suddenly heard a faint sound of clothes rubbing, the sound was extremely subtle, mixed in the night breeze, it was easy to make people think it was an auditory hallucination.

Zhou Zhi narrowed his eyes and stared at the edge of the hospital wall.

A black figure jumped from the courtyard wall, extremely light when he landed, barely making any movement, and the moment he landed, Zhou Zhi rushed over, the speed was a little unreal.

Strangely, the shadow did not show any panic, and turned around very calmly to jump onto the courtyard wall.

At this time, Zhou Zhi saw clearly that the figure was not only dressed in black, but also wore a black mask that covered his entire face, which was indeed the style that a thief should have.

Zhou Zhi waved his hand at the man in black, and the man also stretched out a palm to separate, and in an instant, the two had already made a few moves, although they did not distinguish between victory and defeat, but Zhou Zhi had roughly figured out the strength of the man in black. The little thief has excellent light skills, but he is skilled, and he is ordinary.

In this case, there is no need to dwell on it.

Zhou Zhi raised his elbow and struck the man in black in the abdomen, but he turned his shoulder halfway and pressed the man in black against the wall with a fake move.

The man in black refused to be caught obediently, and struggled a few times, but it had no effect.

"You!"

"What am I?" Zhou Zhi frowned, raised his other hand and took off the mask on the face of the man in black, and the moment he saw that face, Zhou Zhi was suddenly stunned.

Different from the black of the mask, the face under the mask is extremely white, especially white in the night, vaguely like the luster of fine white jade, the eyebrows on the white skin are gorgeous, and the slightly raised corners of the eyes reveal a hint of seduction...... The gratuitous is reminiscent of the legendary enchantment that I read about in my childhood.

No one told him that this little thief looked so wicked!