Asian Chinese.

During Xue Ziqian's tenure as the county magistrate of Guishan County, when he had a little free time, he put on civilian clothes and went to the streets and alleys to inspect the customs and customs of the county.

Xue Ziqian just arrived in Guishan County for a week, and there was an elusive flower thief in the city, who specialized in scourging the yellow flower girl who had not come out of the pavilion.

On this day, Xue Ziqian, who was under great pressure, took fifteen officials from the county government to the street to check the passers-by, and at the gate of the city, he saw a row of beggars lying on the ground basking in the sun.

Suddenly, Xue Ziqian's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly grabbed the hand of Yang Lubao, the head of the official catcher, and whispered in his ear: "Have you seen that starving ghost?"

Yang Zhutou squinted his eyes, and sure enough, he found that among the group of beggars, there was a scrawny beggar who was catching lice in the sun with his clothes.

Yang Zhutou nodded and said, "My lord, I see." ”

Xue Ziqian asked again, "What do you think is the difference between him and other beggars?"

Yang Zhutou's eyes widened, and when he looked closely, he found that after other beggars caught lice, they immediately threw them into their mouths, but when the starving ghost caught lice, he did not eat them, but threw them to the ground with hatred. Other than that, it's no different from other beggars.

So I told the truth.

After Xue Ziqian heard this, he smiled slightly, and ordered: "Take him back to the county government quietly, pay attention to confidentiality, and don't make a noise." ”

Yang Zhutou was stunned for a moment, why are you interested in this starving ghost? But he didn't ask too much, and took his men to quietly arrest this beggar back to the yamen.

Xue Ziqian immediately ascended to the hall, slapped the shocked wood, and shouted at the beggar: "Bold flower thief, are you guilty?

As soon as these words came out, not only the beggars in the hall, but even a group of subordinates were taken aback.

The beggar cried out loudly, "Wronged," and cried and said, "Master, if you want to wronged someone, you must find a decent one! You see, I am dying of hunger, how can I still commit such a crime?"

Xue Ziqian angrily reprimanded: "Don't quibble! The victim has already recognized you, so you should quickly recruit this county! ”

The beggar said a few words for himself at first, but later, he simply closed his mouth, looking like a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water.

Xue Ziqian pondered for a long time, and said: "In the case of picking flowers, you are very suspicious, before this master catches the criminal, I have to wronged you and live here for a while." ”

After the beggar was taken down, Xue Ziqian beckoned, called Yang Zhutou over, and instructed carefully: "Secretly detain this beggar in the idle small courtyard in the backyard, and send more people to guard it day and night." Pay attention to give him new clothes and shoes to wear, let him eat and sleep well, three meals a day, four dishes and one soup, and a combination of meat and vegetables. ”

Yang Zhutou was very unhappy when he heard this, "This Lord Xue's actions are really evil!" Although he was unhappy in his heart, his arms couldn't twist his thighs, and he had to do what Lord Xue told him.

Yang Zhutou sent his men to boil a bucket of hot water, stripped the beggar naked, and then threw it into the bucket, washed his arms and legs, and finally put him with new clothes and shoes.

If you look closely, this beggar actually has a bit of a human appearance.

After Yang Zhutou ordered the cook to cook the meal, he brought it to the house, and sure enough, it was a combination of meat and vegetables, four dishes and one soup.

Yang Zhu's eyes were full of fire when he saw it, such a good meal, the fifteen of them were usually unpalatable!

Yang Zhutou shouted loudly at the beggar angrily: "This is your food, eat it, don't choke you!"

He thought that this beggar would definitely pounce on him like a hungry wolf and devour it, but unexpectedly, this beggar just glanced at him casually, then looked away from him, and said, "I won't eat it, you better take it." ”

When Yang Zhutou heard this, the fire suddenly came up: "Okay, you flower thief, you really think of yourself as a master! You love to eat or not, you starve to death and don't do my business!" After that, he led everyone out and locked the door.

But for the next few days, the beggar still resolutely refused to eat the food that was delivered, and only occasionally drank a few sips of tea and pulled a few mouthfuls of rice.

Yang Zhutou was very surprised, this beggar was really a little different, no wonder Lord Xue made such a ridiculous and strange move.

So, he hurriedly asked Xue Ziqian to make a report.

Xue Ziqian frowned and said, "If he refuses to eat, won't you want to find a way to let him eat?" Go to the pharmacy to find out what medicine there is, let him want to eat after eating." ”

These words reminded Yang Zhutou, and he went straight to the largest pharmacy in the city. When the shopkeeper heard his question, he smiled: "Yes! However, this medicine is very hurtful!"

Yang Zhutou waved his hand and said, "No matter how much, as long as the suspect is willing to eat after taking medicine!"

"Then, okay, sir!" The shopkeeper took out a packet of medicine, gave it to Yang Zhutou, and said, "You only need one bite, you just bring up the stool, and he will also give you a good meal!"

Yang Zhutou was overjoyed, took it back and fried it, scooped it a little, mixed it into the tea, and then sent it to the beggar, and after seeing the beggar drink it twice, he ordered someone to bring the food and send it in.

Yang Zhutou secretly poked a small hole in the window to peek in, only to see the beggar sitting on a chair, his hands covering his stomach, his eyes staring directly at the food on the table, the sharp Adam's apple sliding up and down rapidly, obviously looking like a hungry wolf.

Yang Zhutou secretly rejoiced in his heart: "This medicine is really powerful!" However, the beggar, although his appetite was great, did not step forward to eat, he bit his lip tightly, his green tendons bulged, obviously desperately resisting. After a while, a trace of blood slowly flowed from the corner of his mouth.

After a while, the beggar finally stood up, walked to the dining table step by step, and slowly stretched out his two dry wood-like hands.

Yang Zhutou was happy, but he saw the beggar screaming violently, lifted his hands, and overturned all the food to the ground, and then stepped on his feet, and screamed in his mouth.

Yang Zhutou couldn't help but gasp and left helplessly. After a while, a man came running with joy and reported, "Chief, that starving ghost is eating!"

"Really?"

"It's true!"

"Let's go, let's go!"

Yang Zhutou came to the backyard of the county government and saw the beggar lying on the ground, knocking over the food on the ground like crazy just now, grabbing it and stuffing it into his mouth, not chewing much, as soon as his mouth was closed, he swallowed it with a big mouthful. At the end of the meal, the beggar actually put his mouth directly to the ground and devoured it like a dog licking food. In the blink of an eye, he ate all the food on the ground, which was cleaner than the ground he had swept.

Yang Zhutou was dumbfounded, and hurriedly went to report to Xue Ziqian.

After Xue Ziqian heard this, he was so happy that he said in a loud voice: "Okay, okay, okay, you let him drink that medicine every day in the future, whatever he wants, do whatever he wants, take enough for him!"

The next day, the beggar must have guessed that there was medicine in the tea, so he refused to drink tea again.

After Xue Ziqian learned about it, he told Yang Zhutou and said, "He refused to drink the medicine, so he forcibly poured him to drink!"

So, Yang Zhutou led the crowd excitedly, pressed the beggar to the ground, and poured half a pot of tea into it.

Unexpectedly, this time the medicine was overdone, and the beggar, as if crazy, swept away all the food on the table, still not full, and went around gnawing on the tables and chairs.

Yang Zhutou hurriedly shouted to the kitchen to send food, and the beggar ate three full pots of food in a row, which was enjoyable, and it was amazing to see his belly swollen, like a pregnant woman waiting to give birth in October.

For a few days, Yang Zhutou concocted the same method, forcing this beggar to drink medicine and eat every day, which went very smoothly.

On this day, Yang Zhutou came to the door of the room where the beggar was being held, and suddenly heard a strange sound coming from inside. I quickly took a look through the window paper and couldn't help but be surprised.

It turned out that the beggar had just finished eating, and at this time, he was slashing at his throat with his hand, and then vomited "whoa".

Yang Zhutou was dumbfounded, what a pain is this! He hurriedly went to Xue Ziqian and said, Xue Xianling was angry and said: "In the future, after you wait for him to finish eating, you will tie him to a chair and send two people to guard him, and he will not be allowed to vomit!"

Yang scratched his scalp and had to do it.

In the evening, he poured medicine on the beggar, and when he had finished devouring it, he took a rope and tied the beggar, and there was a catcher standing beside him, guarding him with a knife.

The next morning, when the beggar had eaten and drunk to his heart's content, Yang Zhutou was about to tie up with a rope, when the beggar suddenly waved his hand and said, "Official, wait! I'm going to see Lord Xue, I confess my guilt, I'm a flower thief." ”

Yang was overjoyed and took him to the court.

Who knows, when Xue Ziqian heard this, he sneered and said: "Don't be in a hurry to confess your guilt, in two days, the real flower thief will be caught." After speaking, he waved his hand and ordered Yang Zhutou to take him back and continue to detain him.

Sure enough, two days later, the flower thief who had repeatedly committed crimes a while ago was caught and confessed.

Yang Zhutou hurriedly asked Xue Ziqian: "My lord, the real flower thief has been arrested, did you let the beggar go?"

Xue Ziqian still said quietly: "No, who knows how many flower thieves there are?" or lock him up first, as usual, and entertain him well." ”

Yang Zhutou was very dissatisfied, and when he looked over, the beggar had just finished eating a table of wine and food.

Yang Zhutou shook out the rope in a rage, trying to tie him up.

The beggar shook his head and sighed, and said, "Grandpa, don't tie it up!" It's also your duty to do this, although I eat and drink well every day, it's better to live than to die! ”

Yang Zhutou was stunned, and said hatefully: "That's fine, if you dare to play tricks again, see how I clean you up!"

From then on, the beggar was indeed honest.

Every day, I drink a sip of medicine by myself, and then I eat a big meal.

When he was full, he lay down on the bed, fell asleep, and when he woke up, he continued to eat. That's not all, he also ate pie and asked to eat this and that.

Yang Zhutou and they were instructed by Xue Ziqian and let him eat.

Since beating this beggar to eat and drink with his belly open, he has grown a circle of meat in three days, and the speed is very amazing. For more than a month, the beggar lived more and more moisturized, like a pampered old man, full of oil and water.

On this day, Xue Ziqian led all his subordinates to the room in the backyard, glanced at the beggar, and looked up and laughed.

After the beggar saw Xue Ziqian, he sighed and said, "Alas, it seems that my good days are coming to an end. ”

Yang Zhutou had long been extremely disgusted, and when he heard this, he asked, "My lord, are we going to release him?"

Xue Ziqian smiled slightly, and said in response to the question: "Yang Zhutou, take a closer look and see if he is familiar?"

Yang Zhutou stared at the chubby face of this beggar in surprise, after Xue Ziqian said this, he suddenly felt familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere, and suddenly remembered something, pointed at the beggar and shouted: "My lord, could it be that he is that Nansheng?"

"He's not Nan Sheng, who else can he be?" Xue Ziqian shouted, "Nan Sheng, what else do you have to say now?" In the palace of the capital, as the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, you took advantage of your position, guarded and stole yourself, quietly sneaked into the imperial study, in a vain attempt to secretly steal the emperor's jade seal, and failed, brutally murdered, trying to kill the eunuch who recognized you, Lu Hu, and had the audacity to wound fifteen soldiers of the Royal Forest Army on duty at night, and everyone watched it, and escaped from the palace, since then, it has been hidden in the people, you never dreamed of it, Lu Gongfu has a great life, and he was so seriously injured, but he is not dead, so that your sins are exposed, Lu Gonggong is alive, and the evidence is like a mountain, and now, you have fallen into the legal net, and you are not quick to recruit from the fieldWho are you instructed to risk the world's condemnation and try to steal the emperor's jade seal, what do you want to do?"

Xue Ziqian said, shook the scroll in his hand, and revealed a portrait. The person in the painting has a fat head and big ears, a big belly, and he is the beggar in front of him.

It turned out that the person on the portrait was Nan Sheng, the former commander of the Imperial Forest Army in the Huaguo Imperial Palace. Three years ago, Nan Sheng took advantage of his position, guarded and stole himself, secretly sneaked into the imperial study, ready to steal the emperor's jade seal, unexpectedly, was hit by the eunuch chief Lu Hu, the two in the fight, Land Rover tore off the face towel covering Nan Sheng's face, frightened, Nan Sheng seized the opportunity, painfully killed the killer, stabbed eighteen swords, fell in a pool of blood, because of excessive blood loss, fainted. The sound of the two fighting alarmed Emperor Tong Qing (clone) and the soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army on duty, and immediately surrounded the imperial study. Nan Sheng thought that the Land Rover was dead, masked again, and boldly opened a killing ring to fifteen people who were once his subordinates, unstoppable, and escaped.

Before Xue Ziqian came to Guishan County, he had already received a secret decree from Tong Qing (clone), saying that Nan Sheng was very likely to settle in Guishan County, and had changed his disguise. For this reason, Xue Ziqian often secretly investigated, and finally made a discovery.

The beggar glanced at the portrait, couldn't help touching his belly, sighed, and said, "Yes, I am Nansheng." Now, I am willing to confess. It's just that I don't understand, Lord Xue, how did you find out about me?"

Xue Ziqian laughed and said: "Nan Sheng, Nan Sheng, in order to avoid pursuit, you actually made yourself thin into the appearance of a starving ghost, this perseverance is admirable and lamentable! But what are you not good at, why do you have to pretend to be a beggar? Do beggars not eat meat?"

Xue Ziqian said that once on the street, he happened to see a family giving alms, and all the beggars gathered around to grab food, except for a thin beggar lying lazily on the ground and not moving. A maid thought he was too hungry to move, so she went over and stuffed him with a meat bun. Who knows, this beggar actually broke the bun, threw away the meat filling, and then ate half of the bun in one bite, and then stuffed the remaining half into his arms. Xue Ziqian was very surprised, and he has been eyeing him since then.

After hearing this, Nan Sheng sighed gloomily: "The sky net is magnificent, negligent but not leaky, this is not false at all! Lord Xue, in fact, I am a spy sent by the female devil Yu Die'er to go undercover in the palace to steal the emperor's jade seal, and the person who was instructed by the female devil Yu Die'er to connect with me is a person from the original Zhen Python Mountain Flying Eagle Academy, what is his name?" I don't know, I'm just a little minion, therefore, the female devil Yu Die'er unloaded the grind and killed the donkey, and I had no choice but to pretend to be a beggar, originally over my life, I didn't expect that I finally fell into the legal net, I regret it, a mistake will become a thousand years of hatred, Lord Xue, report to the emperor, I am willing to confess my guilt and subdue the law!"

"Nan Sheng, you colluded with the Demon Realm, the crime is extremely heinous, the crime is heinous, you don't need to say it, this county will report to the court as soon as possible, you just wait to be killed!

"Yes, my lord!"