Zhang Jingxu's heart moved, his eyes looked around, and found that the scribes in the middle courtyard were all far away, and it was basically impossible to overhear the conversation here.

Only then did he nod slightly, lowered his voice, and asked slowly: "You tell me carefully, which matter involves the safety of the people?" ”

Li San did not hesitate, and continued to lower his voice: "Thirty miles outside the city, there is a Sunjiazhuang, this village is very small, there are only a few dozen households in the whole village, and the total population does not exceed two hundred. ”

Zhang Jingxu nodded again: "Go on, listen to the head catcher." ”

Li San took a breath lightly, and his voice became more and more low, as if he was afraid that people would hear the next words: "This Sunjiazhuang, which has only two hundred people, has been dying since five days ago, and for five consecutive days, there are new deaths every day, such a situation is definitely unusual, it is likely that there are evil ghosts harming people......"

When Li San said this, he paused slightly, and then said: "But after checking by the county government, it is determined that these people are all normal deaths, that is, they have not been violated. ”

Zhang Jing let out a faint 'um', and said with a slight question: "Then did you officials find anything?" Did you find any unusual issues? ”

After this question, Li San shook his head directly and said loudly: "No, we didn't find anything abnormal, the brothers asked the whole village, and all the people answered that the village was fine." ”

But soon, the kid stepped forward and said in a very low voice: "Uncle, in fact, we noticed something, and the little nephew thinks that it is very abnormal. But we didn't report it, and we didn't make any publicity, and the brothers secretly suppressed the matter, originally planning to exchange this secret for some benefits......"

Zhang Jingxu suddenly felt happy in his heart.

He didn't ask the officials who they were going to use the secret to find in exchange for benefits, but first showed his generosity and did not pursue it, and said softly: "In the past, you had no one to cover, and you lived a tight life, so it is not too much to want to exchange the secret discovery for benefits." ”

Li San hurriedly said: "That was before, now is now, we will follow you on errands in the future, and the brothers are willing to serve the dead." ”

Zhang Jingxu spoke at the right time, and asked with a smile: "Then are you willing to tell me this secret?" ”

Li San did not hesitate, and hurriedly spoke again: "You are our head, and the brothers are all counting on you, but if there is anything that can be done, we will definitely report it to you first." ”

Zhang Jingxu was very pleased, patted Li San on the shoulder, and said, "In that case, tell me what abnormalities you have noticed, and whether you can be sure that there are evil ghosts in this village......"

Li San looked around cautiously, and then lowered his voice and said, "Uncle." That Sunjiazhuang is very special, their whole village has been doing tofu work for generations. So, the whole village has been very poor. ”

Zhang Jingxu sighed slightly, and said thoughtfully: "There are three hardships in life, grinding tofu with iron and supporting the boat, since ancient times, grinding tofu is bitter and tiring, but there is not much money, and it is normal to be poor." ”

Li San nodded hurriedly and said: "Uncle is really knowledgeable, this work of grinding tofu is really hard, he is greedy all day long, but he earns very little money, so the entire Sunjiazhuang will be poor for generations......"

The kid paused as he spoke, and then said: "The poorer a person is, the more reluctant he is to eat and drink, especially the profession he does, which is more cherished and reluctant than outsiders. For example, a woman who weaves cloth is familiar with the hardships of weaving, so she is the most reluctant to use cloth to make new clothes for herself. Even if the clothes are tattered, continue to wear them. ”

Zhang Jingxu sighed softly, and said with feeling: "The salt seller drinks light soup, and the woman who weaves the mat sleeps in the bed, because she knows that the work she does is hard, so she is more reluctant than ordinary people...... To put it bluntly, they are all poor. ”

He sent out this philosophical emotion, and Li San and others admired the five bodies and said one after another: "Uncle is really amazing, this statement is really fresh and appropriate." ”

This careful touting did not forget the topic, and then said: "As the uncle said, the situation of Sunjiazhuang, which makes tofu, is also the case, because the ancestors have been grinding tofu for generations, so they are reluctant to eat a mouthful of tofu, this habit has even become a heritage, and it has evolved into a village rule for decades and hundreds of years." ”

Zhang Jingxu did not interject, and silently said that he would continue to listen.

So Li San continued: "Uncle, you should also know that the village rules are the clan law of a village, as long as you are not a rebellious person by nature, you will definitely not violate the rules of the village, right?" ”

Zhang Jingxu continued to remain silent, signaling himself to continue listening.

At this time, Li San seemed to finally talk about secrecy, only to see this kid take a deep breath and say in a lowest-hearted voice: "But when we investigated the case, we found that the five dead people were a little abnormal......

"What is it?" Zhang Jingxu finally asked.

Li San's voice was even lowered: "We found the residue of tofu in the mouths of these five dead people, that is, they all ate tofu before they died. ”

Zhang Jingxu only felt ecstasy in his heart, and he vaguely felt that this was the core of the matter.

In a village that has been making tofu for generations, the ancestors have been reluctant to eat a bite of the tofu they have made, and it has been passed down for decades and hundreds of years, and has even evolved into a village rule.

However, under the double restrictions of village rules and the hardships of grinding tofu, some people would break common sense and start to be willing to eat tofu......

The most important thing is that all five people who ate tofu died!

Isn't this the strangest anomaly?

……

Whenever he is thinking, Zhang Jingxu habitually likes to touch his chin.

He pondered for a long time, and suddenly beckoned to the officials present, but the words that came out of his mouth made everyone stunned: "Let's go, let's eat and drink, this head catcher is in office today, and it stands to reason that everyone should be invited." ”

The officials were puzzled and looked at each other in a daze.

Just now I said that the investigation of the case, and Li San has already reported the secret, shouldn't you take everyone to run an errand in a hurry, why do you suddenly want to invite everyone to have a drink?

saw Zhang Jingxu laughing, it seemed that his voice deliberately became louder, and he deliberately stood in the middle courtyard of the county government and issued an invitation, saying, "Do any of you want to eat and drink together?" Today, my old Zhang specializes in making an East ......"

Although he sent out an invitation, but the officialdom was full of people, those scribes thought slightly, and then they all bowed their hands from afar, and said: "Today is the day of Zhang Zhutou's new appointment, you should get acquainted with your subordinates first, we won't make do with it, and we will have a special banquet for Zhang Zhutou in the future." ”

Zhang Jingxu laughed again, nodded and said: "Since this is the case, then let's make an appointment in the future, today this head catcher will invite the officials to eat and drink, it is true that we rough men are not suitable to make trouble with the scribes......"

The scribes once again bowed their hands and said from afar: "Don't say that, the main reason is that we feel that it is not suitable to go." ”

Zhang Jingxu stopped climbing, turned his head to look at the group of officials, and said logically: "Let's go, let's go by ourselves, this catcher is not familiar with the city, you boys are responsible for leading the way, choosing the best restaurant, and today's expenses are all counted on me." ”

The officials were still confused and felt confused, but they did not dare to open their mouths to question, so they had to lead the way obediently.

It's just that they all secretly speculated in their hearts, thinking that Zhang Zhutou must not be inviting wine, but has some implicit intentions.

Shangguan invited his subordinates to dinner, this kind of thing is unusual.

Therefore, there must be a special plan.