In the middle of the West Market, Zhang Ji butcher shop has not opened for three consecutive days.

A few days ago, Zhang Butcher was out of the limelight, there is a way to slaughter more dogs, Zhang Butcher's two hundred taels of silver, woke up countless onlookers, so that everyone spontaneously united to fight against the injustice of the world.

Because of this, his small butcher shop quickly became popular, and countless people came to talk to Zhang Butcher to express their admiration for him. This is probably the first generation of Internet celebrities in Datang.

"This Lao Zhang hasn't opened for three days, is there an accident?"

"No, it won't. It should be something away from home. ”

"I see, so many people come to him every day, he can't stand it. A butcher, who is not good at dealing with people, now sees more people in a day than he has seen in his life, many of them still have status and status, he can't bear it, so he hides out. ”

"Quite possibly!"

……

The neighbors talked a lot, some envied Zhang Butcher who became famous, some envied him for making money after he became popular, and a few old neighbors were worried that something would happen to him. But most people think it's impossible, Zhang Butcher did a great thing, and he didn't offend anyone, how could something happen?

But they don't know that what the people think is good is just the people's perspective. Don't look at it this way, if you threaten the status of others, you are going against others, just a small common person, can you not retaliate against you? Killing you is like killing an ant, without blinking an eye.

In the middle of the night, an unkempt man slipped into Zhang's butcher's house by climbing over the wall.

He wasn't looking for Zhang Butcher, he seemed to know that Zhang Butcher's family was not there, so he rummaged through the moonlight, but unfortunately this person was unlucky, because the terrain was not familiar, he actually stepped on the air and fell, just knocked on a stone pier in the backyard, and passed out directly.

The next-door neighbor heard a noise and thought it was cat and mouse, but he didn't care.

In a blink of an eye, it was dawn, the West Market opened, and the 'thief' in Zhang's butcher's house woke up slowly, rubbed the back of his head that had been scabbed, opened his eyes and took a closer look, and couldn't help but take a breath of cool air in his heart. It turned out that he had stumbled on the corner of the bluestone slab where Zhang slaughtered the pig, and a boning knife on the slate was less than an inch away from the place where he fell......

Calming down, the thief who was almost alive supported himself to get up, did not rush to find something, but observed for a while, and walked to the kitchen of the Zhang family. I found two cold and hard flax cakes, barely wrapped my belly, and then cautiously continued to rummage for theft.

"Where? Where will it be? Brother Zhang, I knew that today, I should have accepted your ancestral kitchen knife that day......"

It turned out that this person turned out to be the shopkeeper of the Hu Ji pawnshop on Banjie Street, but why did he fall to such a point, and he had to rummage through the ancestral kitchen knife of the butcher?

It may be that he was in a hurry and messed up, and the shopkeeper gradually rummaged a little louder, which aroused the vigilance of the neighbors who got up early, listened attentively for a while, and then decisively reported to the official.

"Why am I so stupid? I only remember that your kitchen knife is expensive, but I forgot that it is a knife, and it should be in the kitchen......" The shopkeeper ran to the kitchen almost crazy.

After a while, a maniacal laugh came, and I found it, I found it......

At this time, a group of officials came in from the wall of Zhang's butcher's house, and after a little look at the messy environment, they judged that it was a burglary.

So the leader shouted: "What a beggar, in broad daylight, dare to burglary?" Brothers, get it for me! ”

"No, no, I'm not, you ......" Shopkeeper Hu struggled to explain, but the words came to his lips and swallowed again, he knew that the five surnames and seven were powerful, and it was good that he was treated as a beggar now, at least safe. If his identity is revealed, I wonder if there will be anyone surnamed Cui Lu Li Zheng Wang in this gang of arresters.

So he clung to the ordinary-looking kitchen knife and didn't say a word.

"Let go, I want to see what you stole from the master's house?"

"It must be the butcher Zhang who is red-eyed, this guy really has no conscience, how righteous and good a good person Zhang butcher is, you dare to come and steal his house?"

"Huh? How is it a kitchen knife? ”

Everyone was pointing and pointing, and at the same time, several people opened the shopkeeper and saw the thing in their arms, and they were all very surprised.

"Hey, you're so weird, burglary, not stealing gold, silver and copper, but stealing a kitchen knife? How? You are a beggar who also cooks at home? ”

"Wait, I heard rumors on the street that Butcher Zhang has an ancestral kitchen knife at home, which seems to be quite valuable, can't it be this...... It's not like ah, this thing can be used as a family heirloom? No one wants to throw it on the street, right? ”

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The shopkeeper didn't speak, and reached out to grab it, but was quickly stopped by the crowd and gave him two punches.

"Special mother, dare to steal under Lao Tzu's nose? Dare to grab something in front of you? Sin is one more! Take! ”

"Boss, what should I do with this kitchen knife?"

"Hmm...... Take it with you. It's also evidence anyway. If it is really the ancestral heirloom of the Zhang butcher's family, let him go to the yamen to claim it in the future. By the way, what about this butcher's family? ”

"I don't know, I heard from the neighbor who reported the crime that it hasn't opened for two or three days."

"Forget it, maybe I'm going to go to my relatives. Take it away and go back to the trial for the first trial. ”

"Hey, it's just a thief and a beggar, and if he is locked up for theft, it will be superfluous to try him."

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Shopkeeper Hu complained bitterly in his heart, if he was really imprisoned in such an innocent way, then if he wanted to save Zhang Butcher and his family, I am afraid that there would be no more chance.

It all started a few days ago. Late one night, Zhang's butcher's house and Hu's shopkeeper's house were attacked by thieves at the same time. These people didn't kill anyone, but they didn't leave anyone behind, and they arrested people when they saw them, and there were no chickens and dogs left in the two families. Only the shopkeeper Hu was left overnight by a friend because of a chance to drink out and escaped.

When he came back, he found out about the situation, he didn't know why, but he heard the people on the street say casually, what about the Zhang butcher? Why didn't the door open today?

Shopkeeper Hu immediately became alert, and had a terrible guess in his heart.

He is not a simple-minded person like Zhang Butcher, Shopkeeper Hu is more shrewd, the business is bigger, and the people and information he contacts are also higher.

In less than half a day, he verified his guess, he was indeed being targeted, and there were eyeliners on the street, obviously looking for himself.

That's why he dressed up as a beggar, not only to avoid saving himself, but also to avenge his family and save his family.

However, there are hidden piles outside the Yamen of Chang'an County, the Yamen of Yushitai, the Yamen of Dali Temple, and even Xiaojiazhuang, and it is impossible for him to get close to report the case.

After thinking about it, he came up with an idea, that is, the ancestral kitchen knife in Zhang's butcher's house. He wanted to use that kitchen knife to pass through the Drunken Immortal Building and meet the champion Hou, and then he had the opportunity to report his grievances.

Unfortunately, he was unlucky and was arrested as soon as he found the kitchen knife......

In the Chang'an County Ya, the arrester quickly reported this as a trivial matter, but Lu Zhiyuan, the commander of Chang'an County, asked curiously: "Is that the recently famous Zhang butcher?" ”

"That's right, it was the Zhang butcher who took the lead in fundraising who was robbed at home." Catch replied quickly.

The county magistrate groaned: "Hou Ye once commented that every time he slaughters dogs, he is mostly a scholar. Even the Hou Ye has praised the person, that is a very good person, who is so bold that he dares to steal Zhang Tuhu's house? ”

"Hey! A beggar. Xu didn't know what the truth was, he only knew that his eyes were red, and when he saw that Zhang Butcher was developed, he had a bad heart. It is strange to say that this beggar did not steal gold and silver, but he stole a kitchen knife that was not good-looking. "I didn't care, but I also said an interesting thing.

Didn't steal gold and silver, but stole a kitchen knife?

The county commander was stunned for a moment, how could he not connect the beggar with the kitchen knife.

But when you think about it, it's not right! Doesn't make sense.

"Go, bring the people here, and the county will try it for the first time."

"This ...... County Zun, just a beggar, there's no need for this, right? ”

The county commander snorted coldly: "Hmph, I'm afraid something is wrong." If it is a thief who is greedy for money, why not steal gold and silver? It shows that he is not greedy for money. A beggar stealing a kitchen knife? What do beggars do with kitchen knives? It doesn't make sense. If the county is not mistaken, this person may not be a real beggar! ”

What? Makeup beggars?

"County Zun, it is rumored that Zhang Butcher has a priceless ancestral kitchen knife at home...... Maybe the man came for the treasure......" reminded the catcher.

The county magistrate smiled: "What is it, we will know in the first instance." Go ahead, this is the county's business. Isn't it a dereliction of duty if a thief is not tried? ”

"Yes! The county is wise and wise, and the subordinates will mention people. ”