The morning wind carried a little coolness into the house, with the elegant fragrance of lotus flowers in the pond, the finches stood on the branches and chirped non-stop, everything seemed peaceful and peaceful.

But Zhang Jiusheng didn't think so, he slept late last night, and this morning he was woken up by Guan Chu, who was running around and urging him to Shi Gu, and he couldn't help but have some headaches and tinnitus, accompanied by the urge to smash things.

Picking out his ears a little impatiently, Zhang Jiusheng took the coat hanging on the hanger, and stepped out of the threshold in a casual set, Guan Chu sat on the steps outside yawning, he was also sleepy, these days are extremely important for Fan County, and there will inevitably be people with ill intentions to do something at this juncture.

He was not at ease, so he led people to patrol the city every day, and often until late at night.

Although his father Guan Ning has retired from the yamen, he knows that the position of catching heads is indeed not good, but he also feels sorry for his son, afraid that he will not be able to eat, and he is in the kitchen every night to heat meals, but Guan Chu is often tired and falls asleep, sleeps until midnight, and wakes up hungry, Fang gets up and goes to the kitchen to touch and eat.

Guan Chu has no mother, to be precise, Guan Chu has never seen his mother, because when his mother gave birth to him, she died in childbirth. Guan Ning has been a father and a mother over the years, and he has worked hard to pull Guan Chu to grow up, watching Guan Chu inherit his position and become the head catcher in Fan County, he also went home to retire with peace of mind, just waiting for when Guan Chu will marry a daughter-in-law and go home, give birth to a big fat boy for him to play, and after a hundred years, he will go underground, and he will also give Guan Chu and his mother an explanation.

"Dad, I'm out." Before Guan Chu left, the chicken had just started to crow, he was standing at the door, holding a knife in his hand, yawning, and his eyes were hazy with tears.

Although Guan Ning is old, his years of head-catching experience, coupled with the blessing of the Midyear Festival, made him habitually get up early in the morning, and after making breakfast for Guan Chu, he boxed alone in the courtyard in single clothes.

"Ah, go ahead, slow down on the road." Guan Ning punched, but didn't turn his head back, only raised his hand and raised it behind him.

Guan Chu half-squinted, yawned again, and after he left, Guan Ning stopped, watching his son's back fade away, and finally he couldn't see it at all, so he straightened his clothes and went back to the house, but he was already dressed after a while. It's just strange that he didn't go out through the gate, but directly toe over the courtyard wall.

Zhang Jiusheng kicked Guan Chu's back with his foot, and said with half-squinted eyes: "Let's go." ”

When the two of them walked on the street, there were not many people, the sky was not completely bright, and there were only a few men scattered on the street cleaning up some garbage, whether it was an inn or a restaurant or a teahouse on the street, there were white flags, and a pot of coals was burning at the door, and there was still burning unburned paper money, and the smell of incense ash was permeated everywhere.

"Have you had breakfast?" Zhang Jiusheng said, and had already raised his legs and went to a breakfast stall on the street.

Guan Chu yawned: "I've used some at home." ”

"Eat with me a little more." Zhang Jiusheng sat down and shouted at the boss who was busy inside: "Two bowls of noodles and eggs!" ”

Zhang Jiusheng's eyes were red from sleepiness, he exhaled two breaths on the palm of his hand, rubbed his face a few times, looked at the street carefully, took out the chopsticks in the chopsticks, snorted on the wooden table, and said: "Some of them are busy today, you arrange more people, and the city and the city are carefully inspected, but if there are suspicious characters locked in first, don't make any mess." ”

"Yes, sir." Guan Chu took a deep breath, and his eyes were much clearer: "My lord, I have been patrolling carefully with my brothers in the past few days, and there are fewer people entering and leaving the city, but this year, the senior monks of Shiyi Mountain will also give alms." So, there may be more people at the giving scene today than in previous years. ”

"What about people? Where did you stay? Zhang Jiusheng fiddled with his chopsticks, bored. To be honest, he doesn't care about whether there are more or fewer people at all, anyway, they are all the same busy and tired.

"Arranged in ......" Guan Chu was just about to speak, only to see that the boss had already come over with two bowls of noodles, he looked up and said thank you, and saw that Zhang Jiusheng was already holding chopsticks, burying his head and eating violently, sighing and snoring for a while, half a bowl of noodles had already gone down in his stomach, Guan Chu looked at it, and suddenly felt very hungry, and felt that his breakfast at home was eaten in vain.

Zhang Jiusheng raised his head: "What do you see?" Where's the arrangement? ”

Guan Chu came back to his senses: "It's arranged in Qingyunju." ”

"Who's paying for it?"

As soon as he heard Zhang Jiusheng ask, Guan Chu began to beat the drum in his heart, you must know that Zhang Jiusheng is very generous to himself, his family and friends, but if he changes to someone else he doesn't know or who he doesn't look at very much, it will be equivalent to plucking the hair on the tiger's buttocks.

"It was supposed to be from the government, but ......" hesitated, thought about it again and again, Guan Chu still answered truthfully.

Zhang Jiusheng nodded slightly, and before Guan Chu could finish speaking, he dropped his chopsticks and scolded angrily in the next second: "Damn it!" Those old bald asses! There is no mountain for hundreds of years, and last year, when the Lingcheng passed through the Zhongyuan, it happened to encounter a flood, and there were countless refugees, and I didn't see them to give relief to the victims at that time! This year, seeing that our life in Fan County is good, we rushed to our fake charity, and spent Lao Tzu's money to live in his mother's Qingyun Residence?! ”

Guan Chu held the noodle bowl, trembling, and didn't dare to speak.

"it!" The more Zhang Jiusheng thought about it, the more angry he became, he took out a piece of broken silver and put it on the table, got up and grabbed Guan Chu and left: "Go with Lao Tzu to Qingyunju to meet those old bald donkeys!" ”

Guan Chu quickly pulled the remaining mouthfuls of noodles, wiped his mouth, picked up a knife and followed quickly, persuading as he went: "My lord, the monks of Shiyi Mountain can't be offended." ”

"Why can't you be offended? What is the highest monk? I think it's a bunch of old liars who eat and drink! Zhang Jiusheng scolded and scolded, and after a while, he arrived at the door of Qingyunju.

Because it was the Midyear Festival, there was no one in Qingyunju, and the door was deserted, Zhang Jiusheng originally thought that according to the situation of Shiyi Mountain in previous years, dozens of people should have come to Fan County this time, but when he arrived at Qingyunju, he found out that there were only seven or eight people on the other side, and they were all rooms covered by their own pockets, how could it be different from what he thought?

When Zhang Jiusheng stepped into Qingyun Residence, he glanced back at Guan Chu, and Guan Chu leaned into his ear and whispered: "The senior monks didn't let the government pay for it, and we didn't pay a penny." ”

"Why didn't you just say that?" Zhang Jiusheng was a little angry.

Guan Chu spread his hands: "You were angry just now, and you didn't let the little one finish his words." ”

"Okay, count it my fault." Zhang Jiusheng licked his lips, and came to meet Xiao Er, with a handkerchief thrown on his shoulder, although he was wearing coarse white clothes, he looked clean from head to toe, which made people look comfortable, he stretched out his hand and beckoned: "Which room do the monks of Shiyi Mountain live in?" ”

Xiao Er bowed: "The senior monks are in the private room on the second floor, the small one will take the two of them, please come with the little one." ”

Qingyunju is Qingyunju, a well-known high-quality inn in Fan County, from top to bottom, from inside to outside, the dust is not clean, and the air is also filled with a faint sandalwood fragrance, not pungent at all, smelling and feeling comfortable all over, presumably for the Midyear Festival specially changed the incense. However, because it is an inn, although Zhang Jiusheng has heard of the reputation of Qingyunju, he has not been here much.

followed Xiao Er to the second floor of Qingyunju, and saw countless potted plants along the way, Zhang Jiusheng felt that the shopkeeper of Qingyunju was about to turn this inn into a flower garden.

"Two, it's here." The little second bent down slightly, knocked on the door, only to hear a faint answer from inside, and then there was a slow footstep slowly approaching, "squeak", the door opened, and Xiao Er smiled slightly: "Amitabha, this master, there are two guest officers looking for it." ”

The one in front of him, dressed in Haiqing, with wide robes and square sleeves, a charitable face, gentle eyebrows and eyes, looked at Zhang Jiusheng and Guan Chu, without a little surprise, as if he had expected that people would come to the door, so he only nodded at Xiao Er, and said softly: "Trouble the donor, we have been waiting for the two of you for a long time, please come in." ”

Guan Chu was surprised, Zhang Jiusheng frowned slightly, and followed in.

I saw a monk in the room wearing the same monk's robe, sitting at the table, standing by the window, three by three, two, two, a total of eight people, all looking at them.

"This official is Zhang Jiusheng, the county commander of Fan County, and several monks from Shiyi Mountain entered the city to give alms, but the official was unable to welcome him from afar, and he was well entertained, which is really not the official's. Therefore, as soon as I got the news that a few people had entered the city, the official came early and didn't disturb everyone's rest, right? Zhang Jiusheng reacted very quickly, and after quickly sweeping the expressions of several people in the room, he also had a grasp in his heart, and he had already blurted out the words in his stomach.

"Amitabha, is this our waiting, I originally wanted not to bother the adults, but I still let the adults bother." The one who spoke sat at the table, holding a rosewood Buddha bead in his hand, with a kind face, looked older than the surrounding ones, and was still wearing a robe, and there were a lot of things under the table that were specially used to do things, and it seemed that he had indeed made a lot of preparations for Fan County's almsgiving.

Zhang Jiusheng pushed Guan Chu and said, "This official is full of murderous energy, but it still does not pollute the compassion of the monks. When he said that, he leaned his head to Guan Chu's ear and said softly: "You go out first, see if there is any other movement outside, and then call my eldest brother." ”

"But adults ......"

"It's okay, go ahead, in Lao Tzu's realm, they don't dare to do anything to me." After Zhang Jiusheng finished speaking, he watched Guan Chu push the door out, turned his head and smiled, with a good look of serving the country and the people, and clasped his hands together at the monks: "Amitabha, now in this house, except for you, there is only me left, we can open up and say, several senior monks have traveled thousands of miles to give alms to the people of Fan County, I don't know what is going on?" ”

As soon as the words came out, I saw that the monk sitting at the table had a change in face, and then he grinned: "Amitabha, my lord has good eyesight." ”