"We Chinese have always regarded stone lions as mascots. Among our many garden attractions in China. Stone lions of various shapes can be seen everywhere. In ancient times, in front of the gate of the official temple and the mansion of the wealthy family, a pair of stone lions were placed to town the house, generally speaking, they are a male and a female, one opens and one closes, in pairs, and generally the left male and the right female, in line with the traditional Chinese philosophy of yin and yang. The male lion placed on the left side of the doorway is generally carved into the right front paw to play with the hydrangea or put a hydrangea between the two front paws; On the right side of the doorway, the lioness is carved into a lion cub with her left front paws or a lion cub lying between her two front paws. The placement of stone lions on both sides of the gate is based on the direction in which people come out of the gate. When a person comes out of the gate, the male lion should be on the left side of the person, while the female lion is on the right side of the person. When you enter through the door, it's the opposite. The stone lion opens its mouth and closes its mouth, which means that it only enters and does not leave, and the stone lion placed in front of the door of ordinary people's houses cannot be brought up at all, and now we can generally only see the stone lion in the town house at the door of large factories and mining enterprises," Master explained to me.

"Dao Chief, my grandfather's father used to be a big landowner in the township, and there are two stone lions in front of their house," Xiao Cao said to Master as he drove.

"Then the house where your grandfather's father used to live must have been a wealthy mansion," Master asked Xiao Cao.

"Listen to my grandfather, my grandfather's father's house is the largest in the township, he is also the richest in the township, and he is also a great benevolent person in the township.

The four of us chatted for more than half an hour, and Xiao Cao drove the car and finally came to Director Zhang's nephew's house. Director Zhang's nephew's family lives on the side of the road, their house is five large tiled houses, the yard is particularly large, the right side of the courtyard is placed with stones, the left side of the courtyard is placed a lot of semi-finished stone tablets, there are also many finished stone tablets, I also saw two stone tablets placed outside with red cloth cover.

"Second uncle, why are you here" Director Zhang's nephew came out of the five tiled houses and shouted to Director Zhang, this nephew of Director Zhang walked with a limp, his thirty-five-year-old was like a person in his fifties, he looked very old, no wonder he was still unmarried.

"Zhang Dong, I'm here to trouble you this time," Director Zhang said to his nephew as he walked into the five tiled houses, after all, the weather outside was a little too cold.

"Second uncle, if you have anything to say, if your nephew can do it, he will definitely not refuse," Zhang Dong said to Director Zhang with a smile on his face.

"Lao Jiang, it's better for you to tell my nephew, I'm afraid I won't understand" Director Zhang entrusted this matter to my master.

"Little brother, we want to trouble you to help us carve a white tiger beast in stone, which is two meters tall and more than three meters five meters long," the master walked up to Zhang Dong and said to Zhang Dong.

"This work will not be done again in the next year, there are still two days before the New Year, and the work in my hands has stopped," Zhang Dong discussed with Director Zhang.

"Zhang Dong, this matter is very urgent, we can't wait for the New Year, you'd better carve it out for me before the New Year," Director Zhang said to Zhang Dong with a cautious face.

"Second uncle, you are obviously embarrassing me, even if I carve it for you now, it will take five days to carve it out at the earliest" Zhang Dong said to Director Zhang with a frown.

"Zhang Dong, the second uncle has not begged you either, what I begged you to do this time is very important, you work more overtime, and carve it out for me as soon as possible" Director Zhang begged Zhang Dongshang.

"Second uncle, no matter how important this matter is, you have to let me celebrate the New Year" Zhang Dong said to Director Zhang with an embarrassed face, Zhang Dong is a little reluctant to take this job, which is also understandable to ordinary people, after all, there are still two days to celebrate the New Year, and everyone wants to have a stable New Year at home.

"Zhang Dong, the second uncle won't let you do it in vain, you can help the second uncle, this matter is really urgent" After Director Zhang finished speaking, he took out four thousand yuan from his pocket and handed it to his nephew.

"Second uncle, I can help you carve, now I don't have such a big stone here, and the stone factory is now on holiday, if you can get the stone, I am willing to work overtime to help you carve it" Zhang Dong pointed to the stone scraps left in the yard and said to Director Zhang. Zhang Dong's main thing is to help Director Zhang with the 4,000 yuan.

"Zhang Dong, you give me a contact number of the stone factory, and I will contact them," Director Zhang said to Zhang Dong.

"To your second uncle," Zhang Dong casually took out a business card on the table and handed it to Director Zhang.

"Director Zhang, you must be of the best granite," the master admonished Director Zhang from the side.

"I know, Lao Jiang," Director Zhang said and dialed the phone number of the stone factory.

After a while, the other party answered Director Zhang's call, Director Zhang first told the other party his identity as the director, and then asked the other party to send a piece of granite five meters long and two and a half meters high.

As soon as Director Zhang's phone was put down, his phone rang again, and it was his colleague who called Director Zhang.

"Lao Jiang, you hurry back to the bureau with me" After Director Zhang said this to the master, he hurriedly walked out, and I, the master and Xiao Cao hurriedly followed.

"What's going on, Director Zhang," Master asked, catching up with Director Zhang.

"There is an important clue in this matter we investigated, and the person is in the Public Security Bureau," Director Zhang said to the master and got into the car, and we quickly got into the car.

Xiao Cao drove to the city's public security bureau again, it was now more than 11 o'clock at noon, I sat in the car with Master and Director Zhang all morning, we first went to the funeral home, then to the place of the incident, and then came to Director Zhang's nephew's house, which was going to the public security bureau again, because I didn't eat in the morning, I sat in the car and wanted to vomit, Master's face was also a little ugly.

When we arrived at the city's public security bureau, Director Zhang got out of the car and strode towards the interrogation room, and I followed closely behind Director Zhang with Master and Xiao Cao, and when we came to the interrogation room, I saw a young policeman taking notes on a middle-aged man.

"Director Zhang, you're here," the young policeman who made the transcript stood up and greeted Director Zhang respectfully.

"Xiao Wang, Xiao Cao, you two go out, I'll leave it to me here," Director Zhang instructed Xiao Wang, who was making the record, and Xiao Cao, the young policeman who was following him.

"Okay, Director Zhang," Xiao Wang and Xiao Cao responded to Director Zhang at the same time and walked out.

The middle-aged man sitting in the interrogation room had a pale face, and I could tell a hint of horror in his eyes.

"Big brother, don't be nervous, you tell us the ins and outs of the matter from beginning to end" Director Zhang sat on the chair opposite the middle-aged man and said, Director Zhang motioned for Master to sit on the chair next to him, Master nodded and sat down on the chair next to Director Zhang, because there were only two chairs, I had to stand behind Director Zhang and Master.

"Okay, here's the thing, we have a friend in the next village who killed pigs, told us to eat pork, I rode a bicycle with my four friends to their house to eat pork, when we ate pork, we all drank a lot of liquor, one by one drunk dizzy, my friend who killed pigs saw that we were all drunk, so he didn't let the five of us go, for fear that we would have an accident on the road. You should also know that people have a problem with getting into the horns after drinking too much, and the five of us stubbornly wanted to go home, and finally my friend couldn't stop us and had to let us go. When we left, it was already more than ten o'clock in the evening, there was still light snow outside, and after a while, the snow outside became heavier and heavier, and it was very cold that night, because we all drank a lot of liquor, our bodies were a little hot, and we could resist it. Just when the five of us were cold and sleepy, we passed an intersection, and we saw a fire more than ten meters to the west of the intersection, and when we approached on our bicycles, I saw four people making a fire. When the middle-aged man said this, his hands trembled a little, and the expression on his face was a little frightened.