Chapter 42: Skinning the Corpse
At dusk, Qi Zixiao stopped his movements, looked at the footprints all over the yard, and when he stomped his feet, a strong wind blew up, blowing the footprints away.
"It's time to go to the Zou family."
Qi Zixiao muttered to himself, cleaned up briefly, and was about to rush to the Zou family, but as soon as he went out, he saw Zheng Hu guarding outside with a team of catchers.
"What are you?"
Qi Zixiao looked at each other, a little incomprehensible.
"Lord Zhang asked us to solve the case within three days, and in the past few days, I have led people to guard the Zou family's treasury day and night, no matter whether it is a person or a ghost, as long as he dares to appear, I will dismantle him!"
Zheng Hu opened his mouth murderously.
Behind him, a team of fast catchers were all fierce and energetic.
Hearing this, Qi Zixiao laughed, "There's no need, we are making such a big fanfare, what if the other party is too scared to come." ”
"Brother Zheng, you can go with me, no one else needs it."
There is really a master, and the role that a product can play is pitiful.
Zheng Hu saw Qi Zixiao say this, and seemed to understand, and nodded with a smile.
Everyone else dispersed, and the two of them came to the Zou family together, and Zou Ying personally arranged it, but Qi Zixiao found an acquaintance here, Ye Hongling, a red tassel spear, and followed Zou Ying majestically.
"Why is Miss Ye here?"
Qi Zixiao asked with a strange expression.
"Hehe, I invited Sister Ye, she is a disciple of the Divine Spear Gate, and she is superior in force, Qi Zhutou, didn't you say that my storehouse was invaded by unclean things, so, for safety, I specially invited Sister Ye to protect me."
Zou Ying explained with a smile.
Ye Hongling said coolly, "Walking the rivers and lakes, I have to see all kinds of things, last time I didn't catch up because of my own injury, I missed those strange things in your mouth, this time I finally found something similar again, of course I can't leave regrets for myself."
Hearing this, Qi Zixiao smiled bitterly, but he didn't expect Ye Hongling to be restless in his bones.
But he didn't say anything, the other party was also a second-grade martial artist, and his strength was not much worse than Zheng Hu, and he could be regarded as a helper.
Zou Ying looked excited, "I hope that guy will come back tonight!" ”
For the lost property, their Zou family can't look down on it, compared with the huge family business, it is only a drop in the middle.
She seemed more eager to see the thief who wasn't human.
A small guest room has been cleaned up next to the storeroom, and it is very clean.
In the guest room, Zou Ying smiled and said, "The place is relatively simple, and the two of them have been wronged." ”
"Where, we're here to catch thieves, not to enjoy, it's enough to have a place to stay."
Qi Zixiao responded politely.
"I've prepared some food for the two of you, you can wait while you eat."
Zou Ying said, let people bring in a piece of food, what eight-treasure duck, crispy chicken......
They didn't stay here long, and soon left.
The three guards guarding the door were envious when they saw Zheng Hu and Qi Zixiao eating and drinking in the room.
When night fell, everything was silent, and the Zou Mansion fell asleep, and could only hear the sound of beating on the street.
In the guest room next to the storeroom, the candles had been extinguished, and two pairs of eyes were staring closely outside through the window paper.
As long as there is any abnormal movement, they will kill in an instant and stop each other directly!
However, after the night passed, they did not notice any abnormality, until the end of the day, the sky was slightly bright, and their eyelids were fighting.
Qi Zixiao shook his head, looked at Zheng Hu on the side, and smiled bitterly, "It seems that the other party didn't appear, let's go back to sleep first and come back at night." ”
Zheng Hu also nodded, feeling that he couldn't hold on, and the warrior was also a human being, and he couldn't hold it if he didn't sleep.
After talking to the guards of the Zou family, they left straight and went home.
There is no need to go to the county office to order something, Lord Zhang personally opened his mouth and asked to solve the case within a time limit, and the other party can understand if he does not go to the county office.
When I got home, I didn't go through the gate, I jumped up and climbed over the wall into the yard.
Back in the room, Qi Zixiao fell asleep.
When he woke up, it was already three poles in the sun, the sun was hanging high, and there was a little girl humming in the yard, as if she was practicing boxing.
"Squeak", opened the door, the warm sunlight shone down, so that Qi Zixiao couldn't help but squint his eyes, and the pothos who was washing clothes in the yard looked up, revealing a small face dripping with sweat, "Young master, are you hungry, the lord and the lady have left you a meal, and the pothos will give you some heat." ”
With that, he put down his clothes and walked to the kitchen.
Qi Zixiao looked at the aunt who was drinking tea in the gazebo, with an elegant face, and a box of pastries next to her, the little girl was boxing outside the gazebo, looking serious, but her small body shook and looked ridiculous.
"I didn't go home last night, where did I spend the night?"
Auntie looked at Qi Zixiao and spoke lightly.
Now that Qi Zixiao's status has improved, her attitude has also undergone some changes.
Qi Zixiao laughed, "Someone's things were stolen, and Zheng Zhutou and I kept watch all night without catching the thief." ”
Hearing this, the aunt pursed her lips, "Catching heads, how can you even take care of such things as stealing chickens and touching dogs, what are the people below eating?" ”
"Hehe, it's the Zou family who lost things, the richest man in Qingxian County."
Qi Zixiao said with a smile.
Hearing this, the aunt's eyes lit up, the fire of gossip burned, and she asked curiously, "What did the Zou family lose?" ”
"It's just some possessions, but I've got a clue and I'm not far from catching the thief."
Qi Zixiao explained, and when she saw the little girl, she stepped forward and patted the other party's little head, "Okay, don't practice Wang Baquan, I don't know who I learned it from." ”
The little girl raised her head, glanced at Qi Zixiao aggrievedly, waved her little fist angrily, and hit Qi Zixiao's leg, "This is learned from A-Niang, every time A-Dad is beaten and runs around......"
Qi Zixiao's face froze, he looked at his aunt, and found that her face was gloomy as water, and he immediately clenched his fists and left, "That, I'm going to eat......"
As soon as he walked out of a short distance, he heard the screams of the little girl behind him.
After lunch, Qi Zixiao left the house and walked on the street, planning to go to the yamen to have a look.
Suddenly, Qi Zixiao stopped and looked ahead, where a group of people walked slowly, led by the second son of the Liang family, followed by a woman wearing a pink dress and looking very feminine.
Behind them, followed by two maids.
At this time, they were standing in front of a rouge stall and were picking rouge.
The corners of Qi Zixiao's mouth lifted a smile, and he suddenly strode forward, came to the other party's side, and said with a smile, "Second son Liang." ”
Liang Xing raised his head and looked at Qi Zixiao, with a smile on his face, "It turned out to be Qi Zhutou, I didn't expect to meet here, it's really a coincidence." ”
"This is your bride, the wedding went early before, but I didn't see the real face."
Qi Zixiao looked at the woman and said with a smile.
"That's right, this is Humble Jing, Zhao Mei'er, Mei'er, I've seen Qi Catch, this is our Qingxian Divine Catch, and we have solved many big cases one after another, and we are deeply loved by the people."
Liang Xing said happily, and as he spoke, he instructed the woman on the side to greet Qi Zixiao.
"The slave family has seen Qi Zhutou, and the famous slave family of Qi Zhutou has also vaguely heard of it, and when I saw it today, it really deserved its reputation."
The woman looked at Qi Zixiao, bowed, and said softly, her tone was weak, and people couldn't help but feel a touch of pity.
Qi Zixiao looked at the other party, his eyes were extremely sharp, it seemed that there were two knives, and the other party's head couldn't help but lower, and he couldn't help but hide behind Liang Xing.
"Young Mrs. Liang is also shocked."
Qi Zixiao chuckled lightly and retracted his gaze, at this moment, he really wanted to cast the Spirit Domain and test it again, but there were ordinary people all around, he didn't have enough evidence, if it caused chaos, it would be ordinary people who were unlucky.
Therefore, he forcibly suppressed the idea of making a move.
However, what made him curious was that Liang Xing in front of him didn't seem to be affected by any special power, but had a heroic aura.
He heard Li Shenzhou say that the reader has been accompanied by books for a long time, read thousands of books, understand the way of sages, and will develop a kind of literary atmosphere in his body, the deeper the knowledge, the stronger the literary atmosphere, some top Confucianism, the literary atmosphere is like a river, the brilliance can compete with the sun and the moon, and all evils will not invade, for the evil spirit, this literary atmosphere is the most terrifying poison.
Now the first academy of Daqi, the master of Jixia School Palace is known as the first great Confucian in China, and it is said that he is known as the sage of literature, and he can be the law of the world in a word.
That kind of existence, seeing the emperor and not worshipping, is the teacher of the world!
Of course, Liang Xing is just a small scholar, he is a showman, he can't even lift people, and his literary tone is still relatively weak, and he can't be as terrible as those Confucians.
But, perhaps, that's why it's being targeted.
Qi Zixiao's mind was racing, he didn't say anything, he had a literary qi to protect his body, Liang Xing should not be killed by evil spirits in a short time, he needed to observe for a while.
"You husband and wife continue, there are still some things in my yamen, so I won't accompany you."
Qi Zixiao opened his mouth, glanced at Zhao Mei'er again, and then walked into the distance.
Liang Xing looked at Qi Zixiao's back, smiled and comforted his wife on the side, "Were you scared just now?" Although I have only seen this person twice, I can feel that this is an upright person. ”
The woman spoke softly, "The momentum on Qi Zhutou's body is so scary." ”
"Haha, Qi Hunting is the head of the imperial court to catch fast, maintain the order of a county, and the momentum is naturally fierce, otherwise, how can I subdue the evil ghosts and fight the demons bravely!"
Liang Xing smiled and spoke.
Between the words, it was full of praise for Qi Zixiao.
At this time, Qi Zixiao returned to the county office, Lin Fei hurriedly stepped forward and reported to him, "Head, there is still no news, however, this morning, some people reported the case and found a corpse in the slums......
Hearing Lin Fei's report, Qi Zixiao frowned, "Damn, strange things all came out all of a sudden." ”
"Is Lin Zhutou back? Have you identified the body? ”
"Lin Zhutou hasn't come back yet, no one knows the specific situation, and we're all busy with thefts now......"
Lin Fei said helplessly, if it is an ordinary family, if it is lost, it will be lost, it is your luck to help you find it, if you can't find it, even if you are unlucky, who would dare to come to the trouble of the government.
But the Zou family is different, the richest man in Qingxian County is also related in the county, so he must give an explanation to the other party.
In contrast, the death of a person in the slum is really not a big deal.
What kind of important people can be in that kind of place?