The hour does not know the moon, and it is called a white jade plate.

Hehe, it's the Mid-Autumn Festival in five days.

At that time, this ancient moon will be larger and roaster, changing from an oval saucer to a standard disc.

Chu Fan stood under a big tree, retracted his gaze, and stared at a courtyard fifty meters away. He observed and listened for a long time, and determined that within a radius of three hundred meters, there was only one living person besides himself.

The night sky is quiet and the sky is blue.

The moon is clear and bright, and the wisps of white clouds are as thin as cicada wings.

At the foot of a small hill, trees are lush.

A solitary, simple brick house surrounded by sparse and dilapidated fence walls. There was a wooden carriage parked inside the wall, but there were no horses, no stables, not even a well.

This is the house of the cow.

Shi Meng led the crowd to pass through the city in the afternoon, and the noise was too big, and he immediately reported to the county government after returning to the city, and the three giants of Yangwu County were waiting for him to give an explanation.

Yan Wei and Zhou Bingxun, the county magistrate, originally wanted to take this incident down, but they didn't expect Zhang Biao to jump out, saying that he was holding a joint drill and promoting him as the head of a county.

The county commander Li Wen couldn't do this, so he made arrangements on the spot.

In the future, there will be no distinction between north and south, and all of them will be under the jurisdiction of Shi Meng. Zhang Biao is still in charge of the Southern District, and his rank remains unchanged. Within a county, there are only two heads, so don't set up any general catches. Shi Meng's rank will also remain the same, but the county will apply to the county government for an extra two taels of silver per year according to the situation.

Now Shi Meng has really become a big catcher, and Zhang Biao has become a small catcher.

Shi Menglian said that there is no need, and it is an internal matter to serve the people and the country.

Li Wen pushed the boat down the water, and said with a smile, your cousin Yunmeng is so rich, of course he doesn't care about this bit of broken silver. However, renting a tea room for catching and resting can no longer be paid for by your own pocket and funded by the county.

Yan Wei and Zhou Bingxun, the county magistrate, did not expect the sudden change in the situation, and they took a sharp turn for the worse, and after arguing for a few words, there was no more voice. "Pioneer" Zhang Biao counterattacked, they were unbeaten, and their official rank was low. In the end, he could only let Li Wen decide the matter like two fools, and he was so angry that he was angry.

For Chu Fan, when he scared Zhang Biao in the forest, he knew that this was the inevitable end.

No one should suspect him.

Because Zhang Biao was captured by Shi Meng, it will be impossible to convince the public in the future.

Chu Da Shen Stick just pushed another hand to help Shi Meng, so as to gain more convenience for himself and less trouble.

However, the county order Li Wen's methods are also very powerful. Divide and disintegrate, use strength to exert force, and seize the opportunity to quickly cut through the chaos.

After Shi Meng went home, Chu Fan asked about Niu Ding's situation.

Shi Meng laughed, and said that as soon as Zhang Biao arrived at the county government office in the evening, he beat Niu Ding violently, saying that the white servants had not received a dispatch to catch fast, how could they trespass in without permission?

Niu Ding is purely a scoundrel and a gangster.

In fact, he extorted a lot of money over the years, and spent all his money on wine, and the only thing he bought was to buy a dilapidated yard at the foot of "Yishan" and the same carriage.

Yishan is a public grave mountain, located in a remote corner of the southern city, covered with graves, and gloomy in broad daylight.

Even if you are brave enough to buy that house, it is not convenient to live. There is no well to dig in the high terrain there, and you have to go all the way to the boundary river to fetch water to make a fire and cook.

But it doesn't matter to Niu Ding.

Anyway, he fools around outside all day, and the whole family is not hungry when he eats alone, and at most he goes back to sleep at night.

As for what he transported after buying the carriage, Shi Meng didn't know. This guy is not stupid, he knows that it is not good to fall into the hands of Shi Meng, and rarely runs to the north of the city to do activities.

Midnight passed, and the moon sank in the west.

Chu Fan appeared at the foot of Yi Mountain.

His face was red and purple, and there was a touch of blackness in the purple. He wore a scarlet hat and a black gauze hat on his head. The hat has two curved diagonal upward protrusions on either side of the hat, resembling cow horns.

This is a Nether Judge uniform.

Li Su ordered it at the tailor's shop a few days ago, and it was only delivered today. She is going to take Yingying to the judge's temple tomorrow to burn incense and make a vow, and put on a new dress for the judge.

Chu Fan's heart moved, he quietly stole it out, and also sent a box of rouge.

He didn't tell Li Su, he didn't want her to know about it. Anyway, if you order a set again, it doesn't matter if you wish to do so a few days later.

After being beaten twice a day, Niu Ding's bones seemed to fall apart, and his whole body ached. I groaned for half the night before falling asleep, but was awakened by a soft sound of "pop".

He's an expert at it, and he feels like the door is locked.

Which little thief with no long eyes dares to bully his grandfather?

That's not how the door is tethered.

If it is tied left and right, the door panel must be flattened first, sprayed with tung oil from the crack in the door, and then carefully dialed little by little with a thin blade, so as not to make a sound.

Niu Ding opened his eyes and grabbed the iron ruler.

The old wooden door creaked open, and the moonlight leaked in.

A figure with a high door frame floated silently to the front of the couch, his face was red and black, his head was wearing a horned official hat, and he was wearing a blood-red coat.

Niu Ding looked at it blankly for a few breaths, threw away the iron ruler like a hot one, lifted the quilt, knelt directly on the couch and kowtowed, and said in horror:

"Judge, the little one already knew that your old man would come......"

Chu Fan's heart sank.

He is a time-traveler who has been rigorously trained by science, and so far, he has discovered that the magic and ignorance of this world can still be explained by science, how can he easily accept the concept of ghosts and gods? He doesn't even believe in the Netherworld, how can he believe that a vicious ruffian is actually a Styx ferryman who endures humiliation!

The world laughs at me for being crazy, and I laugh at others for not being able to see through it.

However, Niu Ding's reaction was too abnormal.

He was indeed afraid, but he did not show the fear of a normal person after encountering an ethereal ghost. Even the bold Chu Fan felt creepy when he heard the sentence "Their longevity is over, and the villain is just ordered to ferry".

He looked more like a subordinate with a ghost in his heart, and he was startled when he suddenly checked the post by his superiors.

Also, what does it mean to know for a long time?

Niu Ding continued:

"The villain didn't mean to move the three boys sheltered under your old man's seat, there is really no way, otherwise he won't be able to pay the ......"

Hearing this, Chu Fan seemed to understand something.

The legendary Styx ferryman is half human and half ghost, and none of them are official ghosts, and the difference between them and the judge is 108,000 miles.

The three children hid in the temple of the judge, which was equivalent to being sheltered by the judge.

Niu Ding "ferried" the three children, which was equivalent to slaughtering dogs, and a white servant broke into the old house of the county commander in the countryside and destroyed the three little stray dogs in order to make a mistake, and he was naturally terrified.

It turned out that it was not for the sake of wealth, but the silver and curtains that he threw out caused trouble. From the word "real", it can also be heard that Niu Ding has been staring at the three beggars for more than a day or two.

He was by no means pretending, he really thought that the judge had come.

Otherwise, only by knowing the causal connection and knowing the purpose of coming tonight can we deduce it so perfectly. But if he's good enough to know all this, he doesn't need to dress.

So is he really the Styx ferryman?

Chu Fan felt that it was not quite like it.

At least he still said that there were three boys, and he didn't know that one of them had survived.

And it is not seen that the judge is pretending to be himself.