Gu Zuo carried a bamboo basket on his back and two carps, walked north along Ruoye River for half an hour, and turned into a mountain road in Xiaogu Mountain. Inside is a courtyard surrounded by bamboo fences and three thatched houses.

"Wang Daochang, I'm back, and I found a tanuki on the road......"

As soon as he pushed open the firewood, he saw the Taoist priest in the thatched house in the middle of the house coming out with his bags: "Xiao Gu is back? ”

"Got it. Gu Zuo put down the bamboo basket and pulled out a little civet cat from it: "Wang Daochang, look at ......"

When he turned his head to look for the royal chief, his figure had already hurriedly turned the mountain road and disappeared behind the trees.

Gu Zuo shook his head, put the tanuki in the grass house on the left, made a small nest for it, and went to the kitchen again, cut open the carp that was hit, and found a wooden bowl with fish intestine offal, and threw it into the pot to cook.

Feeding the little civet cat and eating fish intestine offal, Gu Zuo ate up a pot of fish soup and licked it all, and lay leisurely in the yard with his stomach in his arms, looking up at the starry sky. After looking at it for a long time, he returned to the grass hut and fell asleep with the little civet cat in his arms.

The night went by.

At dawn, Gu Zuo went to make a fire to boil porridge, poured out the last two meters in the rice bucket, threw them into the pot, boiled out a pot of gruel, fed the cat with rice soup, drank porridge by himself, wiped his mouth after eating, and pushed away the main house of Wang Daochang.

The money bank under the bed was moved out...... Gu Zuo didn't hear the sound of the copper coin hitting the money jar, he was stunned, and hurriedly opened it, and the jar was empty.

Lying on the ground and looking under the bed, two straw sandals were thrown under the bed board at random, one of them turned over on the other, and the sole of the shoe was broken. Suddenly, a small mouse jumped out of it, startling Gu Zuo.

Gu Zuo stood up and lifted the wooden pillow on the bed, and a footcloth was pressed underneath, exuding an indescribable smell. He didn't care to cover his nose, so he found a stick to pick up the footcloth, and there was not a penny of copper coins!

Gu Zuo saw sweat on his forehead, turned around in the simple room, and pounced on the only wooden cabinet. The big copper lock that used to guard the wooden cabinet disappeared, and he easily opened the wooden door......

There is nothing, and even the Du Mu and the Gym are gone!

Gu Zuo sat on the bed board with his buttocks, looking through the wooden window, looking at the spring light outside in a daze.

What is the situation of Wang Daochang?

While pondering, I heard the sound of fragmented footsteps on the mountain road, and a group of officials appeared in front of the courtyard with iron rulers, water and fire sticks, and rope sleeves, kicking open the firewood and pouring in.

Boss Ji shouted: "Wang Hengyi, you have committed a crime, come out and be bound!"

Gu Zuo came out stubbornly and said, "Wang Daochang went to a foreign country to get rid of demons, and he just left yesterday." Ji Bantou, I don't know what happened to Wang Daochang?"

Boss Ji sneered: "Daoist Wang, I'm afraid it's the Wild Dao Chief! I have been deceived by you for three years, if it weren't for the verification of the Daoists of Longrui Palace, how many years would you have to cheat and drink here?"

With a wave of his hand: "Search!"

Ji Bantou is a qi refiner, with him pressing the formation, Gu Zuo, a junior who has not yet entered the cultivation level, dared to resist, was tied up on the spot, held under the wall, two officials stepped forward, took off the "Hengyi Pavilion" plaque hanging on the door beam of the main house, threw it on the ground and trampled on it a few feet, and the rest flocked into the three thatched houses, neither chickens flew nor dogs jumped, and soon came out - nothing.

Ji Bantou was very experienced in handling old cases, so he immediately consulted with a scribe with a beard behind him: "Song Xingshu, people are afraid that they will run away." ”

This scribe is from the county government torture room, nodded immediately, put the wooden slip under his armpit in front of him, wrote two strokes on the paperwork, and asked Ji Bantou to press his handprint, turn around and leave.

Gu Zuo was escorted down the mountain by a group of people, changed boats with the stream, entered Shanyin County along the Xijiang River, and was sent directly to the number room.

Gu Zuo complained to Ji Bantou and Song Xingshu about his "wronged suffering" along the way, and at the same time kept begging to inform the original story. Song Xingshu was annoyed by hearing it, and only said: "The case is clear, and if there is any grievance in the yamen, let's talk about it." ”

Before Gu Zuo could tell, Ji Bantou made a look and ordered the official to stuff Gu Zuo's mouth with rags.

Gu Zuo was imprisoned in the tuba, the so-called tuba means that more than a dozen or dozens of prisoners are locked in the same cell, what will happen after entering, Gu Zuo has heard of it, and immediately tightened his legs and tried to slip out of the corner of the wall.

There were also thirty or fifty people in today's tuba, and Gu Zuo was very scared at first, but after his eyes adjusted to the darkness, he found that the situation seemed to be a little wrong.

He had seen nearly half of these prisoners in the tuba.

"Pavilion Master Liu, your old man is ......" Gu Zuo saw his acquaintance, and hurriedly inquired, and at the same time hugged his fists around: "Pavilion Master Gao...... Hara Province Chief...... Teacher Zhang......"

"You ......"

"He is Xiao Gu, from Hengyi Pavilion. ”

"Oh, Senior Brother Wang's people...... Where's your royal leader?"

Gu Zuo replied: "The Taoist chief of my family went out to hunt demons yesterday, and said that he would return in half a month. ”

"This guy! I didn't know if I received the news, and I regarded him as a Taoist friend in vain!

"That's right, no wonder I came to urge me to pay back the money yesterday, and I lost my mind to the poor road, otherwise wouldn't it be in vain?

"That's right, it's not righteous!

"Broke up ......"

The room was suddenly filled with righteous indignation, as a person from Hengyi Pavilion, Gu Zuo was also ashamed of the unrighteous actions of his own pavilion owner. But no matter how embarrassing it is, things still have to be clarified, so be cheeky and ask for advice at the moment.

Yuan Dao Chang sighed: "I don't know what Longrui Palace thinks, and suddenly began to check the qualifications of various sect Taoist halls, and even began to pursue with Taoist priests, this has not been asked for more than ten years, isn't this full of food?"

There was a sudden echo in the room, some people were angry, thinking that Longrui Palace was black-hearted and wanted to increase the conquest, and some sighed, saying that this Tao could not be cultivated, and even more heartbroken for the world, saying that this move was to destroy the prosperous and prosperous cultivation situation of Huiji County, and there would be evil consequences in the future.

At this time, Gu Zuo understood that those who dared to open a sect hall in Shanyin County in violation of regulations were actually wiped out!

The matter has come to this point, and there is nothing to be done.

After staying in the room for three days, Gu Zuo was brought to court for trial once, and he was beaten three times, but he was not injured.

In the end, the case of Hengyi Pavilion was quickly judged, and several old men with official bodies in the county did not come forward, and the master who presided over the trial sentenced him to the crime: Ye Xiu Wang's name Hengyi was privately Dao, and he was a hundred and one year in prison according to the law. Because the offender has sneaked over, he asked the counties in the county to cooperate. His servant Gu was a famous supporter, and he didn't know what to do, so he was admonished for three days and given a slight punishment.

So, Gu Zuo was released in such a daze.

Walking out of the room, he had just seen the light of day, and before he could get used to the light in front of him, Gu Zuo was put into a secluded alley by two splashes, and he also recognized these two splashes, one Chen Liu and one Jiang Qi.

Jiang Qi crossed his arms in front of his chest, guarding the entrance of the alley with a majestic and high-spirited attitude, while Chen Liu pulled Gu Zuo and whispered: "Don't be silent when you go back, remember, stop for half a month." Half a month later, the gym will be opened, and the name of the hall is in the card ticket, so put it away!"

Gu Zuo blinked, half confused, and said, "Where do you dare to open it...... I'm already lucky, most of the colleagues in the prison have been mismatched, and the owners of the museum have all been beaten to the board, and the beating is called a miserable ......"

Chen Liudao: "This time it was found out by Longrui Palace's strict investigation of the Taoist priest, and in the future, I won't give you a degree, you just need to take the card ticket to open it, even if something happens in the end, it's only a rod of thirty ......."

Gu Zuo's face suddenly looked very unsightly.

Chen Liu sneered: "Look at your cowardice! The cane is only thirty, and there are people in it to make sure you don't feel any pain." ”

Gu Zuo thought for a while and asked, "Where did Daoist Wang go?"

Chen Liudao: "Don't worry, you can't die, you go to a foreign country, with our brothers to protect you, everything is worry-free!"

Seeing that Gu Zuo was still hesitating, Chen Liu said again: "If I remember correctly, you are Shanyin half a year ago, right? No need to explain, you are too much like this...... We don't care where you're from! Who do you think did it for you if you settle down in San'in? If you don't open it, you still want to stay in San'in?"

Gu Zuo said: "But I don't have the ability of the royal road chief." ”

Chen Liudao: "You have only been with him for half a year, and if you can have a royal chief, even if you burn high incense! Right now, most of the dojos in Shanyin have been swept away, and what can hold on is an opportunity, besides, your sixth brother and I will arrange work for you. ”

Gu Zuo wanted to say, I don't even have half a point, where did I get Yicheng? But when the words came to his mouth, he retracted, if he didn't even have half a point, I was afraid that he would really roll up the cover and roll out of the mountain.

At the end, Chen Liudao: "The old rule, after the business opens, it will be consistent every month, and Jiang and I will collect it at the end of July." ”

Gu Zuo held the wooden card ticket in his hand, watched Chen Liu walk out of the alley, suddenly remembered, and shouted: "Sixth brother, can you borrow a few money......?

saw that Chen Liu and Jiang Qili ignored it, and turned out on their shoulders.

Gu Zuo stuffed the card ticket into his arms, walked out of the alley, and felt really good to see the light of day, but looking at the restaurants and restaurants on the street, he couldn't help but growl in his stomach.

It was nearly noon, Zhuangyuan Building, Yingxiang Building, Liu Ji Meat Cake, Cheng Ji Three Sheep Soup...... The restaurants are already full, and the shops are leading customers to walk in at the door......

The vendors also carried their burdens and parked on the side of the road with carts, selling roasted cakes, braised sausages, and muffins...... The fragrance wafted in, making Gu Zuo swallow non-stop.

He stayed in the room for three days, although he was not too hungry, but what he ate can be imagined, and at the moment he was penniless, so he could only go out of the city and hurry out of the city to find a way.

Fortunately, the bamboo cage he placed in the stream was not destroyed, and there were two big fish jumping around in it, as well as three crabs, Gu Zuo quickly collected it, hurried back to Xiaogushan, lit a fire, and cooked the fish and crabs to fill his stomach.

However, without rice noodles as a base, the stomach is always uncomfortable and unsteady, Gu Zuo looked at the little civet cat lying at his feet and licking the fish bones, and began to worry about the food for the next half month.