The case began vigorously and everyone knew about it, but it ended quickly and silently.

The heads of the four families were quickly arrested, and before they could be coerced, they cried and confessed, a villain confessed, his head banged, and he was very bold, without the slightest boldness when he embezzled funds.

Zhang Zeyuan was angry, the new official encountered this kind of scum in the first month of taking office, and he decided in his heart that these four people did not take him as the prefect in their eyes, and took this opportunity to kill chickens and monkeys, and each of them was rewarded with 20 boards plus a 3-month prison cell.

After the trial, Zhang Zeyuan sent someone to distribute the box of property to the family of the deceased, and won a lot of gratitude, so he stood firm.

Later, the black-clad thief exposed the corruption case and did not take the stolen property for himself, so he was dismissed from his arrest.

This matter is also reasonable, the only person who is dissatisfied is Zhou Zhi, but the beam he formed with the little thief is a personal grudge, and it is not good to put it on official affairs, so he endured it, and finally did not interject.

When the news was released, it unsurprisingly caused a commotion.

No one could have imagined that the victim who was still crying at the door of the government office the day before and asked the prefect to be the master of the house and catch the thief would become a "thief" in a blink of an eye. What is even more unexpected is that the benevolent old men in the eyes of the people of Jinzhou have turned into traitors who are greedy for money and profit and drink human blood.

How ironic.

But that's the case, no matter how hard it is to believe, how incredible it is, it is just a few days of conversation after tea and dinner, come quickly, forget quickly, a few days later, has long been left behind, people talk about the most is how the business is recently, how the crops are growing, and what to eat today.

"Chief, what are you going to eat tonight?"

Zhou Zhi just walked into the mansion with his front foot, and before he could take a breath, he was arrested and grabbed by He Si, He Si had just turned eighteen, he was playful, and he was very lively on weekdays, but as long as it was not too much, the rest of the catchers were willing to indulge him.

"Have you swallowed your morning meal? It's about the night. Zhou Zhi knocked on He Si's head, but his pace did not stop.

He Si hurriedly caught up: "Brother Qi, they said that we would get together in the evening, there are no cases in the past few days, it is rare to be idle, so I don't need to ask the leader's opinion." ”

"Whatever, just one request." Zhou Zhi glanced at He Si and said, "Keep a low profile and don't get into trouble." ”

"Okay!"

The moonlight is hazy, and the willow branches are gently swaying.

It's not late at night, the restaurant is opening hot, and the guests are coming in and out, so it's not lively.

Huiyun Lou is the best restaurant in Jinzhou City, at this time the building is full, the cup shadow is staggered, there are guests constantly looking at a certain wooden table near the window between eating and talking.

There were more than a dozen young men sitting around the wooden table, and the one in the middle was particularly eye-catching, he was dressed in a solid blue coat, without any decoration, but the momentum around him could not be suppressed.

Some people recognized that this was the head catcher of the Jinzhou Mansion. And those who sat at the same table with him were naturally all the catchers of the government.

I've been very busy lately, and I really haven't had a good rest, let alone have a meal and drink with my brothers. At this time, they are all of the same age, and they have worked together for many years, and they are very enthusiastic without deliberately.

The dishes on the table were eaten, and most of the wine was left, so naturally it was not finished.

Zhou Zhi looked around, put down the chopsticks in his hand, took the wine glass and poured it full of wine, gently knocked on the edge of the table with his other hand, and said: "Brothers, I have worked hard these days, I toast you with a glass, and by the way, I hope that Jinzhou will be peaceful and peaceful in the future, and we will be more leisurely." ”

Everyone raised their glasses, drinking and coaxing.

"Yes, yes, this wish of the boss is really the wish of all of us, those who are traitors and criminals should not come out again, otherwise it will hurt us."

"Yes." Qi Fei put down the cup and pretended to sigh, "I'm so busy all day, I can't even marry a daughter-in-law." ”

"If you're not busy, you won't be able to marry."

"Hey, I said Lao Wei, I don't like to hear what you say, why can't I get married."

Lao Wei laughed and turned the topic to Zhou Zhi: "Our boss doesn't have a daughter-in-law when he looks like this, don't even think about it." ”

Qi Fei turned to look at Zhou Zhi, and stretched his voice to pretend to be aggrieved: "He bullied me, and the boss is the master for me." ”

Zhou Zhi: "Get out." Normal, you give me a toothache. ”

"But then again, boss, when are you going to find us a ...... Well, what is it called...... Sister-in-law? ”

"Yes, Uncle Chen's son next door to my house is two years younger than the eldest one, and the children can run all over the ground."

Everyone was elated, just afraid that the world would not be chaotic, and it seemed that the topic of "whether you have ever been married or not" is really a must-have for the dinner table.

Zhou Zhi was too lazy to pay attention to it, and was about to find something to say to expose this article, when he heard He Si ask: "Boss, I haven't seen you have a heart for any girl, what do you like?" Brothers, please help you to inquire. ”

What do you like?

Zhou Zhi's breathing stagnated, and long-term memories crawled out of his blood, and he didn't hear a word clearly in the following words.

How many years ago, it was like a big dream, blurring the boundaries, not remembering the cause and effect, only the outline of a woman, the impression was beautiful and gentle.

The woman held him in her lap, and her hand with a faint scent of incense caressed his back, like a treasure.

The voice of the mouth is also extremely gentle, as delicate as water: "I don't know what kind of person we Axu will like when we grow up?" ”

The little boy didn't understand the other meaning of "like", so he only raised his head to show ignorant eyes, and said in a childish voice that belonged to a child: "I like A-Niang." ”

The woman smiled and bent her eyebrows, hugged him and shook him, and he fell asleep in the gentle shaking, and had a good dream......

Later, when I woke up, there were no women, only small children growing up alone.

The wind and rain are bitter, and they are helpless.

Zhou Zhi suddenly felt a little cold.

He poured a glass of wine, hid the gloomy look in his eyes, raised his eyebrows in a curious gaze, and said in a low voice: "I, ah, like you." ”

Everyone laughed, and the initiator He Si looked aggrieved, and his little face was wrinkled.

"Boss, don't make fun of me."

Zhou Zhi: "You talk a lot." ”

"Hey, I think it's still early today, why don't you ......" Lao Wei squeezed his eyebrows and secretly glanced at Zhou Zhi, "Go to the Warm Jade Pavilion to listen to the music?" ”

"Okay, good, I heard that the new girl from Nuan Yu Pavilion looks so good." After Qi Fei finished speaking, Shanshan added, "...... The piano is also good. ”

Zhou Zhi felt a circle of eyes staring at him, and said with a smile: "Why are you looking at me?" Listen well, I'm not going. ”

"Don't be boss, you have to go, what's the point of going home alone, I've been nesting for a long time, and the peach blossom luck is gone."

Everyone persuaded together, and Zhou Zhi had no choice but to agree. In the end, except for He Si, who already had a family and the young one, the rest of them all dragged Zhou Zhi to the Nuan Yu Pavilion, for fear that he would run away halfway.

Inside the Warm Jade Pavilion.

When a few people sat down, it coincided with a dance, and the young girl with a beautiful face thanked the audience for lifting the skirt and stepped down from the stage, and everyone in the audience was intoxicated by the graceful dance and was not awake, so they listened to a person introduce: "Next, please ask our Miss Xi Lan to play a song for all the guests." ”

Qi Fei poked Zhou Zhi, who was expressionless like a piece of wood, and whispered, "Boss, Miss Xilan, can you not be so indifferent." ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw a woman in red slowly walk up to the stage, sat down next to the piano, stretched out her delicate fingers to pluck the strings, and a song of the piano poured out.

The woman's figure is slender and slender, her eyebrows and eyes are full of bright colors, but her expression is indifferent, and even the red that should be enchanting shows three points of coldness on her.

Glamorous and cold, enchanting and indifferent, the two seemingly opposite temperaments are mixed together, and there is no dissonance.

This feeling...... Déjà vu.

Qi Fei was stunned for a long time, his eyes were tightly glued to Xi Lan, and he had to take the time to ask Zhou Zhi: "Boss, Miss Xi Lan is really a stunning beauty, do you say?" ”

Zhou Zhi hummed perfunctorily, beauty is beauty, but ...... It doesn't seem to be enough.

He remembered! Why did he feel inexplicably familiar, the little thief who stole his belt that day!

The little thief also had the same temperament, but he had a more thrilling face, obviously a man, but thinking of the shocking glance at the moment when he took off his mask, Zhou Zhi felt that the beauty in front of him instantly became faint.

But no matter how good it is, what's the use, it's just a little thief who doesn't clean up!

Zhou Zhi thought hatefully, and then became strange again, what did he think about a thief for?

It seems that it has been too idle these days.

Zhou Zhi pulled out the strange thoughts in his head, shifted his attention to the tune, and recognized it as a very old tune "Spring Mountain" after listening to it for only one ear, and there didn't seem to be many people who knew this tune, but he had heard it countless times when he was a child, so he could easily hear it.

The spring mountains are still in the mountains, and the flowing water is murmuring.

The grass and trees are dyed, and the beautiful women are on the shore.

It's a pity, it's a little bit worse, it's a little bit worse.

Some things are different after all.

It seems that this Warm Jade Pavilion is nothing more than that, the posture is not enough, and the tune is not enough.

Suddenly, I was not interested.

Zhou Zhi couldn't bear it any longer, said goodbye to the others, and walked out of this place alone.

He bought a random pot of wine from a street wine shop, and walked towards his home at his usual pace, the shadow behind him stretched slender, step by step, slow and heavy.

Then there was a bright moonlight and a deserted room, and I was drunk.

Suburbs. River crossing village.

The courtyard in the night was quiet and peaceful, and even the sound of the wind blowing the leaves could be heard clearly.

Rustle –

Rustle –

There was a faint mixture of other sounds, like a sharp object striking a blunt object—

In the shadows, a figure swung his axe at the motionless object on the ground, and a liquid splattered out, and the liquid was so thick that the air was filled with a fishy smell.

But he didn't seem to notice it.

"Not me...... I didn't do it...... I wasn't wrong......"

He kept waving his arms up and down, bringing out one muffled sound after another, and said silently in his heart.

"Well deserved...... You deserve ......"

I don't know how long it lasted, but after a rustling sound, peace returned.

Darkness seems to cover up all visible and unseen sights, and the breeze comes and goes silently, blowing away all the smell of richness and decay.

Spring flowers, night, still that night.