Xu Laoba was whipped for a whole day, and every time he fainted, he was woken up by Wei Zhu's quick shouting to be doused with cold water, and he continued to smoke after taking a break for tea. Wang Zhutou was standing opposite Xu Laoba at the moment, humming a small song with his hands behind his back, while Xu Laoba's neck hung his head weakly, and the clothes and pants on his body had already turned into strips of cloth with blood scabs, and many strips of cloth had been embedded in the flesh because of the whipping. Wang Zhutou watched Xu Laoba's two knee joints slump and sway, if it weren't for the two iron chains hanging on him, they would stick to the floor like a mess of snot.

"Xu Laoba. Wang Zhutou picked up an iron rod next to his feet and stabbed Xu Laoba, who was about to die. Xu Laoba shook it leisurely, like a flag in the breeze.

Wang Zhutou made a look, and his hand held a red soldering iron, and pressed it down according to Xu Laoba's chest.

"Ah......" Xu Laoba woke up, accompanied by a hoarse scream, and feces and urine dripped down his thighs to the floor.

"Say it, say whatever you want, I won't force you. Wang Zhutou said to Xu Laoba with a smile, as if the teacher was encouraging the most diligent students to speak on stage.

"I ...... I burned the silk village...... Two rooms. ”

"And then don't let me waste my tongue, this is the last time I remind you. ”

At this time, Xu Laoba had already given up the idea of resisting, and if he could give him a happy death, he would definitely accept it without hesitation. Wang Zhutou asked his subordinates to pull a chair over, sat opposite him and listened to him talk about his own affairs weakly, the more he listened, the more frowning his brows became, and when Xu Laoba finished speaking, his whole face was about to twist into a walnut.

According to Xu Laoba's confession, he didn't know who entrusted him to burn the silk village, the rule in the industry is to take people's money and eliminate disasters with people, and it is not good for him to know too much. Every time I came to deliver the news, it was a young man, and the main family had a photo, but because it was night, and across the lake, I only knew that the other party was also very young and had a local accent. As for the cultivator introduced by Xu Laoliu, he didn't know how to contact him or what he was going to do. In short, after saying a lot of clouds and mountains and fog covers, there seems to be no particularly obvious direction in it.

Wei Zhuan quickly walked over, leaned into Wang Zhutou's ear and asked, "What should I do, it sounds like the truth." ”

"Hang and let him know what the consequences of kicking me in the face will be. Wang Zhutou got up, picked up the whip and whipped Xu Laoba again, "If you don't die tomorrow, let's talk about it." Then he walked down the lobby.

Rich, young, and even had a holiday with the Gongsun family, even at the expense of using cultivators, the most important thing is the local accent. Wang Zhutou sat on a chair in the lobby, his mind was a mess, this case came to this point, and he couldn't understand it more and more, this is not an ordinary public security case, the correction of errors in it is complicated, maybe it will involve a big man in the city. Nowadays, those who have money in the city are powerful, and if they don't have enough evidence and act rashly, the official errand he has earned for more than 20 years will be smashed into this case if he doesn't get it right.

"Wei Zhu, find someone to invite Young Master Shengyan of the Gongsun family. He let out a long breath and said slowly.

"I'm afraid it won't work for a few days, the old lady of the Gongsun family is dead. Wei Yu replied quickly.

"Ah, how did you die?" Wang Zhutou was afraid that the old lady would die unnaturally, and bring out something unexpected, and there would be waves of unsettled waves, so he estimated that he could go back to his hometown directly to farm.

"Oh, I fell, I broke my head, and I died. ”

"Can the family see it?"

"The subordinates who served the old lady all saw it, and they accidentally fell to their deaths. Wei Zhukuai was very sure.

"Scared the hell, fuck, scared the hell out of me. Wang Zhutou patted his chest and said in shock, "Put that Xu Laoba down, don't really hang yourself, it's still useful to keep it." ”

"Go, put that Xu Laoba down. Wei Zhuhai said to a subordinate beside him, and then patted Wang Zhutou on the back, "There is a new venison restaurant in the south of the city, the meat is stewed carefully with a simmer, you use chopsticks to pick it up, it is a whole piece, and then put it in your mouth, wow, it will melt immediately, that taste, how comfortable and comfortable it is." ”

"Then what nonsense are you talking about, hurry up. Wang Zhutou kicked his eyes, got up and shook his hand, and went directly to the stable.

Although Xu Laoliu escaped the pursuit of the officials, he has been hiding in the city like a frightened mouse. He was originally a rat at the bottom of society, doing dirty things every day, and he could only be in the dark sewers, and he couldn't see the sun. Xu Lao Liu hid in the city for three days, neither went to a crowded place, nor went to a place where there was no one, hung his notices and posted them everywhere in the streets and alleys, he found a place where beggars gathered, and disguised himself with stolen clothes and clothes, although he carried silver in his arms, but he didn't dare to spend it, he didn't dare to appear in the crowd in broad daylight against the limelight, and he could only share the steamed rice and cold steamed buns begged with the beggars. Finally, the limelight gradually eased up, and there were not so many officials patrolling, so Xu Laoliu dared to go up to the street, walked to the notice of rewarding himself like a nobody, and pretended to look at it.

"This man is the master who turned over in the teahouse that day, and he turned his left and right hands like this," said an old man, who was spat and flying, surrounded by a group of listeners, "and with such a kick, he slipped around twice in the air and went up to the roof." That's a lot of work. ”

"I heard that there was also a thief who was arrested. A middle-aged man interjected.

"Yes, yes, that tall man, he was held down by seven or eight arresters, and he couldn't move, so he could only be captured. The old man's eyebrows fluttered, learning to be tied.

"What happened to that tall man?" Xu Lao Liu interjected and asked.

"What's going on? What else, so many people came out to arrest them, it's definitely not a trivial matter, they were tied into a zongzi at that time, and then tied around their necks and brought back to the government, and now they may have been beaten to death in prison." ”

Xu Lao Liu stopped talking and withdrew from the noisy crowd, these citizens who loved to spread good things did not know the life and death of Xu Lao Ba, so it can be seen that he was not executed. There is no point in staying in this city anymore, on his own, it is simply impossible to rob the prison, and ten or eight more heads are not enough to cut off. Cultivator Yang Fang definitely can't go to see them, the matter between the two brothers has been revealed, maybe the previous master family is still looking for trouble for them. It's better to die than to live, just leave here, at least you still have money and things to use. Thinking of this, he made up his mind and walked towards the outside of the city.

The funeral of the old lady Gongsun Yu was even more beautiful than his birthday. As early as when the old lady was seventy-eight years old, he had already prepared for himself the aftermath, the coffin was made of good golden silk, the shroud was specially tailored with special silk, two sets of spring, summer, autumn and winter, not only the season, but also had to be washed, every year after the sixteenth day of the first month, the old clothes were folded and received in a new position, and then called the tailor to make a new set. In this way, there are more than 100 pieces of shrouds, so the old lady Gongsun Yu let go early, and only the latest ones were put in the burial, and the old clothes were all burned in front of the grave. Gold, silver, jewelry, etc., are not let go, for fear that there will be thieves to rob the tomb.

The coffin is carried by the three grandsons of the old lady and Mr. Zhou, and there is a paper-tied crane on the coffin, the crane is lifelike, and the long neck is supported by the new Nanzhu of the year, and it keeps swinging with the coffin. Followed by countless paper figures and paper horses, if it weren't for the blowing and blowing of the band and the chanting of the monks and the chanting of the Buddha, at first glance I thought that there was some team going out to fight.

When they arrived at the dug grave, everyone put down the coffin, and Mr. Zhou commanded his subordinates to pull out a white banner of more than 30 zhang, pick it up with a straight bamboo, and roll and fly from time to time according to the mountain, so that the people watching the excitement on the side had to admire the momentum of spending money without blinking, and this ordinary family was reluctant to spend money to buy such materials to make clothes even during the New Year.

By the time everyone returned home after burying the old lady, it was already dark. When the servants saw that the funeral was over, the heads of the families who came back were tired, tired and thirsty, so they hurriedly cooked and stir-fried, and no one dared to speak, but they only cared about burying their heads in things, so as not to touch the mold of the lord's house.

Gongsun Shengqiu has also been tossed enough these days, this filial great-grandson came up now, kneeling and crying, and in the middle of the night, he had to accompany the monk to chant scriptures, and it was estimated that he had lost at least ten pounds. Finally, the hot meal was served, and everyone sat down according to their generations, and finished the meal quickly or slowly. Gongsun Shengqiu put down the dishes and chopsticks after eating, wiped his mouth and face with the handkerchief handed by the subordinate, looked up and saw a person who looked like an official mansion standing aside and said a few words to the subordinate, and then the subordinate found Gongsun Shengyan whose eyes were red and swollen from crying, Gongsun Shengyan saw the person who looked like the official mansion under the guidance of the subordinate, so he got up and said hello, and after approaching, he said no two words, and then hurriedly went out, it seemed that the meal was not finished.

"Check it out, see what monkey year and horse month you can make trouble. Gongsun Shengqiu was completely sure in his heart, so he was not worried at all. He handed back the handkerchief he had wiped his face to his servant, and went back to his yard listlessly.

The room was dark, Gongsun Shengqiu felt that his whole body was sore, and he didn't bother to light the lamp, so he entered the bedroom with his own habit and memory, and lay down on the bed on all fours, just trying to seize the time to sleep, and suddenly felt that there was a long soft thing around him, and he was lying on the bed like him, so he screamed in shock, and rolled down from the bed. Seeing that he got out of bed, the things on the bed sat up like a person, and Gongsun Shengqiu just wanted to turn around and run out to call someone, when he heard the person on the bed say: "Young Master Gongsun's bed is really comfortable to sleep on, and Poor Dao has not enjoyed such a blessing for many years." ”

"Young Master, what's the matter?" Outside, Yusheng was asking, and he heard Gongsun Shengqiu's shout just now.

"It's okay, I almost fell, you go and get busy. Gongsun Shengqiu forced his composure, looked at the Taoist priest on the bed and said, "Why are you again, what do you want?"

"I don't want to do anything, what Young Master Gongsun entrusted me to do, I haven't figured out how to do it yet, so I'll come here first to make amends. ”

"No need to do it, I told you, just like I didn't look for you. ”

"Then how can I do it, you and I are both men who speak their word, if I get your money for nothing, it will always be unreasonable. ”

"Then you can return the money to me, and we will pay it off. Gongsun Shengqiu really didn't want to dwell on this matter any longer.

"I'm really sorry, the money has already been spent by the Taoist. Yang Fang still sat on the bed and did not move, and after he finished speaking, he suddenly felt very funny, so he laughed in a strange voice, and Gongsun Shengqiu's hair stood upside down.

"You...... You're a scoundrel!"

"Daoist, I didn't say that I wouldn't help you, how can I be considered a scoundrel?" It seems that Yang Fang is free enough today, and he is in a good mood, so he is playing tricks with Gongsun Shengqiu.

"If you don't leave, I'll call someone. Gongsun Shengqiu had no choice but to start scaring Yang Fang.

"Shout, I want to see how you explain when everyone comes. Yang Fang was not afraid at all.

"What do you want, what do you want?" Gongsun Shengqiu was so angry in the dark that his eyes were about to burst out.

"I want to ......" Yang Fanggang opened his mouth, and before he could finish speaking, the door was suddenly pushed open from the outside.