This Hongjia town was built in the mountain col, although it is called the town, but in fact there are only one or two hundred households, the bluestone slab pavement, both sides are old gray brick houses, the mottled white ash surface on the wall shows its long history, the strangest thing is that the roof of the house here is different from the common kind of bungalow tile roof, quadrangle, but the semicircular gable is high and towering, detached household. At this time, when every family saw us, they hurriedly hid in the house, closed the doors and windows.

The security team took us straight to the town office at the end of the avenue, the town office looked at the eaves from afar, the blue bricks and white walls, the house was paved with green glazed tiles, the two long dragons on the roof were fighting for a string of red, yellow and blue three-color jewels, the eaves stood side by side with the eight immortals, all the things seen were lifelike, vivid, the hook head was engraved with Fu Lu Suxi, Meilan bamboo chrysanthemum, from the roof to the hook head, all were fired with glazed tiles, the sun was colorful, eye-catching.

The second master and I stood outside the door and looked at the room, and the captain behind him urged: "Hurry up, you will regret seeing this when you die." ”

Even pushing and shoving us into the main hall of the town office, the captain swaggered to the back of the bookcase under the plaque of "Protecting the Territory and the People's Security", slapped the table and shouted: "Say! Why did you kill Zhao Xiaowu? ”

The second master and I looked at each other, and I asked him: "Captain, we are really businessmen, we got lost and accidentally broke into the mountains and forests, we haven't even entered the town, how can we kill people?" ”

When the captain heard this, he smiled and said, "Yes, you don't say that I forgot, come on, tie them up." ”

Before the words fell, someone on both sides agreed, took the rope three times and divided it by two to tie it up and tie it strongly, and when the captain saw that it was tied, he waved his hand at the rest of the people, drove them down, and then got up from his seat, walked at us with a wicked smile, searched us all over the body, and completely ransacked it.

When I saw that all the money had been taken, I said, "Captain, look, you have taken all the money, just let us go, we really didn't kill anyone."

"I know you didn't kill anyone, but now that there are dead people in the town, someone has to pay for the dead, otherwise the people in the town will disobey me, they don't obey me, I can't be a captain, I can't make money if I can't be a captain, right?" ”

The second master didn't even think about it, but he answered correctly, I really want to know what is in his head at the moment.

The captain smiled at me and said, "Look, he understood, so in order to keep my position as captain, I need to sacrifice the two of you, after all, this town has been in this town for decades, and there has never been a murder, and now someone has been killed, and you two have been sent to the door again, do you say it is a coincidence or an opportunity?" ”

Even the second master understood this, and shouted: "You damn it, dare to play with your second master, watch me kick you to death", and was about to rush forward, the captain was quick to take out the handful of flowers that confiscated me from his waist, the second master was dumbfounded, and the captain continued: "This proposal is good, you guys are desperate and stubborn, and I killed you on the spot, how about it?" With that, he opened the safety and prepared to shoot.

At this time, someone behind him shouted: "Stop! ”

The captain looked past us, hurriedly ran over and said, "Uncle Nine, why are you here?" ”

A man in his fifties, dressed in a gray robe and with gray hair, walked up to us slowly, and with a pair of aggressive eyes he looked at us from head to toe, and I felt as if he had seen through it from the inside out.

He walked around to the second master again, opened his palm and touched it, and said, "Ah Wei, let people go, you caught the wrong one." ”

The captain named Ah Wei was extremely dissatisfied and said: "Uncle Nine, I saw them sneaking around in the mountains and forests with my own eyes, they must not be good people, how can they say that they will be released?" ”

Uncle Nine stared at him and said "um", Ah Wei was like a mouse seeing a cat, 10,000 reluctantly untied us, Uncle Nine stepped forward and clasped his fists with both hands and said: "Two chiefs, I'm really sorry, there was a bizarre murder in the town recently, and people were uneasy for a while, and the grass and trees were all soldiers, and I hope you two will forgive me." ”

When we heard the chief, we were stunned at first, and the second master was about to quibble, so I grabbed him and said: "Thank you for the old gentleman's rescue, we also got lost for a while before we strayed into the mountains and forests, and we are definitely not murderers." ”

"I know this, but I don't know where you plan to go?" ”

: "Tsokang"

When Uncle Nine heard this, he lowered his head and groaned slightly, and I hurriedly asked, "Old man, what's wrong?" ”

"In the past few days, it has been raining and torrents, and the only road leading to the outside of the town has been washed away, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for you to travel in ten days and a half months. ”

As soon as I heard this, I couldn't help but worry in my heart, although this mission seemed to have plenty of time, but just after leaving the base, it would take half a month, and it would definitely not be possible to complete the task within the specified time.

Seeing my sad face, Uncle Nine said with some hesitation: "Well, in fact, there is still a way out, but ......"

The second master hurriedly asked: "Uncle, say it quickly, what is it?" ”

"It's just that this road is the path I used to go up the mountain to collect medicine when I was young, and I am the only one in the town who knows it, but now there is a murder, and I can't get out of the way if the case is not solved, so I don't know if the two of you are willing to wait for me for a few days, and then lead the way after the case is understood, and I should apologize to the two of them for the town's security team."

The second master grinned and said, "Wait, no problem, let's wait, let's solve the case, we'll help you." ”

When he said to help you, my hand had already stretched out, but it was still a step too late, and I complained to him fiercely in my heart: I am not familiar with the people here, and now I don't even know whether the person who died is a man or a woman, whether he is old or young, so he dares to volunteer to help others solve the case, isn't this forcing himself to a dead end.

Uncle Nine smiled and said: "A word is a certainty", and then asked: "Two, there are few outsiders passing by in this town, so there is no hotel, if you don't dislike it, where can I live temporarily?" ”

I thought about it, and now I can only resign myself to fate, and then I nodded and agreed with the second master, packed up the burden that was turned over, and just followed the ninth uncle to take two steps, the second master shouted: "Wait!" "Turning back, first we retrieved our guns from Ah Wei, and then searched out the ocean he had just swept away, and when I turned around and was about to continue walking, I shouted, "Wait! From Ah Wei's belt, he also took back the five oceans I gave him on the mountain, and the three of them walked out of the town office, and there was a howl like killing pigs behind them.

Uncle Nine wrapped some sauce beef, peanuts and other appetizers in the tavern in the town, I took the burden of the second master, gave him a look, he comprehended and bought two jars of old wine brewed in the tavern, while holding one, Meizizi followed behind, at this time there were more people on the street.

It can be seen that Uncle Jiu's prestige is very high, both men and women, young and old, greet him warmly, and some people will take some snacks and food bags that have just been made at home and give them to him.

Uncle Nine lives in a forest outside the town, a bluestone paved path winds and disappears in the depths of the woods, although it is noon, but the white fog in this forest is misty, and the distance is hazy, if it is not for Uncle Nine with him, ordinary people may not dare to go inside.

Uncle Nine in front of the walking like flying, we in the back of the weight forward, originally unwilling to step also tend to follow reluctantly, gradually can only see his back in the mist hazy, just when our legs and feet are sore, sweating profusely, there is a small courtyard with white walls and gray tiles in front of us, stepping into the courtyard, only to see the stone table and stone bench in the courtyard, the spider plant potted plant under the corridor, and all kinds of farm tools are placed on the wall, although it is not magnificent, but it is also clean and elegant.

Uncle Nine pointed to the stone table and said: "Sit" and carried the appetizers into the kitchen in the corner, this courtyard is the main room of three, the rightmost one has an open window, there are beds and cabinets inside, it is obviously the place where Uncle Nine sleeps, in the middle of a room with two open doors, it seems that this room is obviously larger, from which there is a burst of incense smell, I and the second master curiously stretched our necks to look inward, only to take a look, the two of them couldn't help but feel a chill down their backs, and hurriedly retracted their necks.

Looking through the door, I saw a black lacquered coffin in the middle of the house, and it was strange that I could smell the incense but not see the incense, so there must be other furnishings hidden in the room.

The second master whispered dissatisfiedly: "Do you say that we have to find a master to calculate, how can we see the coffin wherever we go?" ”

Before I could answer, Uncle Nine walked out with two plates and greeted as he walked: "Come, sit, you're welcome, just sit casually." ”

A smile appeared on our faces, and we sat down slowly as if we were sitting on pins and needles, and Uncle Nine glanced at us, then looked back at the coffin in the room, and asked, "Are you afraid of the dead?" ”

I quickly smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, not afraid."

"Alright, come with me"

Saying that, he got up and took us to the leftmost room, opened the door and went in, there were more than a dozen coffins neatly placed inside, some of the paint had almost fallen off, it looked like some years, there was a small incense burner in front of each coffin, look at the incense ash inside, it should be three incense sticks in the morning and evening.

The second master didn't say anything like me, his body tensed involuntarily, in fact, we are not afraid of the dead in the coffin, but in the past year, there are few people around the coffin once, and I really resist in my heart.

I asked him, "Uncle Nine, why do you have so many coffins in your house?" ”

He looked at me with a puzzled face and asked, "What does Yizhuang put in the coffin?" ”

The second master and I said in unison: "Yizhuang? ”

He nodded, took us back to the courtyard, sat down at the stone table, poured the wine and said slowly: "This is the Yizhuang of Hongjia Town, and I have lived here for forty years since my master set the site for Hongjiazhen. ”