When he woke up on the second day, Zhou Zhi felt a terrible headache, he couldn't help but "hiss", pressed his temples hard, and patted his face with cold water, and the sequelae of hangover disappeared somewhat.

Today is not a holiday, Zhou Zhi had to endure a headache and go to the mansion, and was tormented by the discomfort like pinprick along the way, and began to regret the pot of wine last night.

It's just a tune, why is it hypocritical?

It's really going back the more I live.

Zhou Zhi silently despised himself in his heart, and arrived at the government office in a short time.

But until I walked into the courtyard, no one was dangling around idly as usual.

Zhou Zhi suddenly had a hint of foreboding.

"Boss, you're here!"

When He Si saw Zhou Zhi, he ran over in a panic, with a thin layer of sweat on his face, obviously just coming back from outside.

"Got a case?"

"A woman in the village of Duhe reported that her husband was missing!"

Duhe Village is located in the western suburbs of Jinzhou City, and it has almost no sense of existence, and it is an ordinary small village.

Ordinary to the point that even if he was a native of Jinzhou, Zhou Zhi had never been to this place, but fortunately he had a good sense of direction, and after asking the direction, he rushed to the villager's house who reported the case with the arrester on duty today.

It was a small yard, and there were some vegetables growing in the yard, and there was a large moon season, which was open wantonly near the door—

The courtyard door was not closed, and Zhou Zhi saw these at a glance.

As if hearing movement, the door opened from the inside, and a woman in her thirties poked her head out, and ran in a hurry when she saw the catcher at the door.

Her eyes were still red, anxious and a little cramped, and her voice trembled slightly: "Everyone, our family...... Our family is high...... Didn't come back overnight...... Please, help me find ......"

The missing person is called Gao Yiqiu, and the person who reported the case was his wife Liniang.

According to Liniang, after breakfast yesterday, Gao Yiqiu went to the shop in the town as usual, and before leaving, he said that he wanted to eat dumplings in the evening, and asked Liniang to mix the stuffing in advance and wait for him to come back and wrap it together. As a result, Liniang waited until late at night, the dumpling filling was sticky, and Gao Yiqiu did not come back.

Maybe something is delaying...... Li Niang comforted herself at first, but until the first chirp of the village chicken, her husband, who never returned late, did not return.

Li Niang sat by the door for a night, her heart became more and more panicked, and when the first trace of white appeared in the sky, she couldn't sit down anymore, and went to the government to report to the official in a trance.

It's just that he didn't come back one night and reported to the official, Zhou Zhi originally wanted to say that this was a bit of a fuss, and when he was anxious and trusting in Shang Liniang's eyes, he suddenly felt like his throat was choked by something, and he was stuck on the ground without going up or down, and he was very uncomfortable, and after a while he changed his euphemistic words: "Don't worry, maybe he is staying at a friend's place, delayed for a while, and will come back after a while." ”

"No...... It's impossible to ......" Li Niang shook her head, tears streaming down her face, "He never spends the night outside, even if it'...... He couldn't have been without telling me that there were dumplings...... He's going to eat dumplings ......"

"You say, Lao Gao, isn't it...... I've met the bad guys. ”

Whether it is a vicious murderer or a cunning and sinister perpetrator, Zhou Zhi never feels tricky, more disgusted and irritable, but at this time he feels that it is difficult to deal with it, and this kind of thing has never been good at facing the family of the informant.

Zhou Zhi lowered his voice as much as possible, and said almost softly: "Don't think about the bad first, I'll take the brothers out to look for it, you can rest for a while, and wait at home." ”

Li Niang nodded tearfully, and told Zhou Zhi about Gao Yiqiu's physiognomy characteristics, and Zhou Zhi walked out of the courtyard with the others, and gently closed the courtyard door before leaving.

The moon season blooming by the door was also cut off, and even the fragrance did not seep out.

"Old Qi, you go to the road east of the village. Xiao He, you go to the west of the village. Lao Wei went to the river to take a look......"

Zhou Zhi arranged everyone and set off to walk towards the entrance of the village.

The entrance of the village is generally a gathering place for ordinary idle people, and the flow of information is mixed and fast, so there may be some valuable information.

As he walked, Zhou Zhi thought about Li Niang's description of Gao Yiqiu's appearance, trying to concretize these descriptions—not too tall, with a medium build, a beard, and a birthmark the size of a finger on his neck...... The features are obvious and should not be difficult to identify.

As soon as Zhou Zhi looked up, he saw the corners of his white clothes fluttering among the branches, and then he faced a smiling face......

Hanging Erlang became a tree, who is not the little thief!

Zhou Zhi squinted his eyes and pulled out a smile, although his whole face was gloomy, he stared at the eyes of the people on the tree, gritted his teeth and said: "The little thief is not small, and he dares to appear in front of me." ”

"Huh?" The man who sat firmly on the tree was not panicked at all, he tilted his head, a strand of black hair slid down his shoulder, white clothes, ink, but red lips, "How am I a thief?" It's really sad for Brother Catch Fast to say this. ”

"Bad memory? It's okay, I'll help you reminisce about memories. Zhou Zhi crossed his arms, although he looked up, but there was a condescending posture in his eyes, "On the fifteenth of last month, you stole the Jia family, seventeen, you went to the Zhao family, and the nineteenth is the Nian family...... Oh, and twenty-one, the Sun family who was caught by me. ”

"With your own strength, stealing four families in a row, how dedicated you are."

"Brother Catch Hurry wants to say so, that's it, but the stolen money was sent to the government office......" The little thief showed a confused expression, and then thought of something, and smiled maliciously, "It's okay to be a dowry." ”

Zhou Zhi: "......"

Hire your sister.

Zhou Zhi disdained to entangle with him, raised his legs and left, not even wanting to waste a look on him.

Seeing this, the white-clothed thief in the tree hooked the corners of his lips, and he jumped down and was blocking in front of Zhou Zhi.

"Get out of the way."

"Don't be in a hurry to leave, I'm here to return something." The man in white put on a very sincere posture, took out a belt from behind him, and shook it in front of Zhou Zhi's eyes, "Don't want it?" ”

It's okay not to mention it, now that the belt is clearly dangling in front of him, Zhou Zhi can't help but think of the embarrassing scene that night, and the psychological construction that he had just done collapsed in an instant.

Does this person just have a face and no brains, do you know what it means to accept it when you see it?

Due to his official business, it was not good to attack at this time, Zhou Zhi resisted the urge to beat people, and said in a calm and calm tone: "Then thank you for sending it back, now you can go." ”

It's not a question, it's a statement.

Zhou Zhi reached out to take the belt, but before he could touch it, he saw the little thief withdraw his hand again...... and the belt in the hand.

"I regretted it." The little hairy thief raised his head slightly, and his narrow and upward eyelashes were thick, "How do you cross the river and tear down the bridge, then I won't pay it back." ”

"Are you sick?"

Zhou Zhi finally couldn't hold back and said this sentence that had been hovering around his lips for a long time.

The little thief "tsk", and his banter heart was heavier, thinking that this quick reaction was really interesting.

"Don't be so indifferent, we're also fated, why don't we exchange names?"

Zhou Zhi: "You and I have no chance, there's no need, let me go." ”

The little thief directly ignored him, and said to himself: "My name is Xie Jianmian, what about you, brother Kuai?" ”

Zhou Zhi's face became colder and colder, and he didn't want to say a word, seeing that this little thief had a posture that he had been consuming like this without opening his mouth, he had to emphasize again: "I said that there is no need." ”

"Oh." Xie Jianmian shrugged his shoulders with some regret, "Zhou Zhi." ”

Zhou Zhi: "...... How do you know? ”

"The name of the head of the Jinzhou Mansion is not a difficult thing to inquire, right?"

"And what do you ask?"

"Because what you tell me is different from what I know, but it's a shame." There seemed to be a little regret on his face, but Zhou Zhi knew that he didn't show it on his face in his heart, and then he heard Xie Jianmian answer again, "Just let me be sentimental." ”

It's not what being sick is!

"Thank you...... Thank you for your sleep? Zhou Zhi raised his eyebrows and ruthlessly exposed, "You have pretended to be over, let's not know each other." ”

"Huh......" Xie Jianmian took a step back, put away the pitiful posture he pretended, and his tone was a little careless, "Okay." ”

Zhou Zhi just breathed a sigh of relief, and then heard the man add another sentence.

"Listen to you."

Zhou Zhi was finally laughed at, this person is addicted to drama, is he too idle to use him as a mirror to sing?

"Thank you so much."

After Zhou Zhi finished speaking, he bypassed Xie Jianmian and walked towards the entrance of the village without looking back.

There were footsteps behind him, and they were in line with his pace, but no matter how tacit they were, Zhou Zhi didn't feel happy, he only felt bad, and he didn't look back and said to the people behind him: "Don't follow me." ”

Xie Jianmian's lazy voice sounded from behind him: "But I haven't returned your belt yet." ”

The words are solemn, the tone is casual, dispensable, and unobtrusive.

"Oh." Zhou Zhi was even more indifferent, "Then you can pay it back." ”

"No, I won't pay it back."

Zhou Zhi decided to ignore him, and the more some people took care of it, the more they kicked their noses in the face, and when no one paid attention to it, they might feel bored and leave.

He didn't see it, Xie Jianmian behind him walked leisurely, looking at his back and showing a pleasant smile.

It's been so boring lately, and I've finally found some fun, how can I let it go so easily?

There is a willow tree at the entrance of the village, there is a stone pier next to the willow tree, many villagers sit on the stone pier to bask in the sun, and you can hear many people who are short in the east and west for a while.

Zhou Zhi stood still at the entrance of the village, and Xie Jianmian also stopped beside him.

The villagers were curious when they saw the two people at first glance, and they looked up one after another, and the originally lively area instantly quieted down.

"Guys, I'll ask you something." Zhou Zhi took a few steps forward, trying to stay away from Xie Jianmian, but the footsteps followed suit, obviously unsuccessful, "From last night to now, has anyone seen Gao Yiqiu?" ”

"Gao Yiqiu?" The whispering conversation rang out, and the villagers looked at each other, all of them looking at each other's surprise.

After a while, an old man stood up and asked, "Who are you?" Why look for Gao Yiqiu? ”

Zhou Zhi explained the cause and effect, there were more and more people around, Xie Jianmian obviously didn't like this noisy scene of crowd watching, and retreated to the periphery of the crowd.

He leaned quietly against the tree, hooking his fingers for a while, and as he stood like this, the cunning and vividness in his expression disappeared, and a trace of imperceptible carelessness came around, and a trace of coldness melted into the bright color of his eyebrows.

If Zhou Zhi saw it, he would be sure that the déjà vu in the Warm Jade Pavilion was indeed not groundless.