The armory is located near the left side of the official office in the city, almost as if it is sandwiched between the capital pavilion and the county warehouse here, and not far away is the place where the engineer office is serving the punishment, and hundreds of subordinate thieves and slaves are in charge of the valley here, and they are also detained here at night, and there are guards patrolling from time to time, which is more strict than usual.

This kind of guard is not difficult for the six ugliness, but he did not rush to go, from the beast demon all the way, the more the six ugly see and hear, the more serious his mind is, and the caution is doubled, although the investigation is detailed, but he still intends to investigate about the second day, and then wait for the opportunity to start.

The wine dispersed, and there was no word for the night.

The next day, the six ugly opened their mouths to take leave, saying that they wanted to buy some clothes and leather cushions, etc., Zuo Geng naturally would not refuse, and sent Ren Fu to accompany him according to his words, and followed him all the way to get things for him.

Six ugly cracked the big case, share the reward, the pavilion and the honor, Ren Fu is naturally quite ambitious, although the road does not say five drink six, but also chest shy, in addition to accompanying the careful phase and the six ugly, is the big grin and acquaintances to greet, the conversation will unconsciously tie around the waist, the six ugly handed over to him to hold the money string revealed a little, overflowing.

The six ugly didn't care about him, just walked around and picked up some gossip, and the left and right were mixed with all kinds of things related to the armory, Ren Fu naturally knew everything, and the credibility was a little higher than what he said last night, so that the six ugly would explore the situation in detail.

On the road, I bought some kudzu cloth soft towels at random, and the six ugly intentionally, the two of them unconsciously came to the county government in the city, which is also the center of Liyang, where in addition to various official offices, is the residence of the rich households in the city, there is no shortage of all kinds of food and maids around, sitting Jia gathers, and the houses are much stronger than the grass roof mud embryo near the west gate, wooden beams and bricks, bluestone foundation, horse stakes in front of the door, and the stone well behind the house is secluded, but the street is still full of stench, mule and horse dung and urine, Human urine is naturally dried, mixed with dust, and the streets are full of yellow-brown dust, which rises from time to time with the carriages and horses, and is prosperous and dirty.

The two walked on the street, the six ugly seemed to inadvertently glance around, high and low, the eaves of the portal and windows, and the same casual gossip in the mouth, Ren Fu accompanied him and couldn't answer, and suddenly, a hurried figure came out of the narrow alley next to him, couldn't dodge, and plunged into Ren Fu's arms.

This time it was really not light, Ren Fu suddenly became angry, and scolded the weak and thin figure in front of him, rubbing his head and grinning and apologetically: "Pickled goods, so bold, dare to collide with Naigong!"

"Adults can't help it, I can't help it......" The ragged little guy Mo Kouzi apologized, made a gesture, and cringed: "The villain knows that he is wrong, and he asks the adult to forgive his sins!" This person is unkempt and unkempt, and looks like a beggar.

Ren Fu scolded himself in his mouth, and the six ugly eyes swept over, and he was suddenly slightly surprised, but his mind immediately moved, and he let him scold more than once, and waited for a moment before waving his hand to stop: "That's it, let him go!"

Since the six ugly people spoke, Ren Fu could only give up, glared angrily, and scolded: "Don't get out of here!"

The beggar thanked him for his kindness, smiled and retreated, and then ran towards the long street, and disappeared without a trace, Ren Fu looked back at the six ugly and said with a smile: "Ask for a thief, please." ”

The six ugly smiled slightly and said, "Don't be in a hurry, let's take a look at your waist." ”

Ren Fu stretched out his hand to touch it, his face suddenly changed greatly, and he hurriedly lowered his head and groped up and down in his arms, and exclaimed: "My lord, the money, the money is lost!"

"It's not lost, it's stolen by the beggar just now," the six ugly looked at the end of the long street where the little guy left, and then said lightly: "Let's go, go to Duting here to report the case, and see what they say." ”

Hearing this, Ren Fu made up his mind a little, and immediately thought that the six ugly were deliberately doing it, just to show his face in the eighteen pavilions in the city, but he didn't know that the six ugly people had just seen the beggar stealing, and he didn't stop it, the real purpose was just to enter the capital pavilion in the name of reporting the crime, and find his way into the armory at close range.

The pavilion here is called Dongqiao Pavilion, which is similar to the Ximen Pavilion where the six ugly are located, and is also equivalent to the nature of a street police station.

In the name of reporting the case, the six ugly soon met the thief Shuwu.

The news of the six ugly missing cases has already spread throughout many Duting in the city, and Shuwu is no exception, he has a friendship with Du Pu himself, and he is even more familiar and affectionate when he meets, and he laughs and says: "Okay, you Du Pu, now your ability has risen sharply, and such a strange case can be found, it can be seen that sooner or later you will be our superiors, and you can carry one or two when the time comes, don't forget." ”

The six ugly smiled and arched his hand: "Uncle Wu, don't laugh at me, it's just a small case, let alone talk about the promotion of the superiors, it's really embarrassing." ”

Shu Wu laughed, introduced Liuchou and Ren Fu into the room, sat at two ends, and then squinted and said, "Brother Du Pu is here, it won't be just to boast, but is there something?"

"Yes, but there is business, I am here to report the theft," the six ugly pointed to Ren Fu beside him, "In Fang Cai, the thousand coins that my subordinates carried for me were stolen." ”

"Oh, is there such a thing?" Shu Wu frowned, and looked at the fingers of the six ugly people: "How is the situation?"

Ren Fu immediately told him everything that had just happened, Shu Wu thought for a moment, and suddenly smiled and said: "Brother Du Pu lost his property, I can guarantee it, I will be able to find it, if I can't find it, I am willing to bear the loss, but it's just ......"

At this point, he pondered, as if he didn't know how to continue, and the six scandals knew the meaning of the string song, and immediately said: "Brother Paoze, there is something to do, but it doesn't hurt to say it. ”

Shu Wu said movingly: "Okay! Sure enough, it is worthy of being the same as Shi Paoze, and the friendship is extraordinarily deep, so I will say bluntly - Brother Dupu, you are worthy of the praise of the officials, but I don't know that I am having a hard time here, the beggar who stole your wealth and silk, in fact, has committed dozens of crimes here, the county lieutenant is furious, and ordered me to solve the case in a few days, and I am embarrassed, if you report the theft again, I am afraid that my life will be difficult......"

"It doesn't matter, whether the case is reported or not, it's only in the thought of Uncle Wu," the six ugly immediately responded: "It's just a thousand dollars, and I don't look at it in my eyes." ”

"Thank you very much, it's just that it's not just this section that I ask Brother Pu for, there is also a reluctant request. ”

"But do you want me to help you solve the case and catch the thief?" the six ugly heads promised: "If this is the case, I will also do it." ”

Shu Wu laughed a few times, glanced at Ren Fu, the six ugly knew that something was wrong, waved his hand and let Ren Fu wait outside, and after he left, Shu Wu was a little embarrassed and whispered: "I don't just want to ask Brother Du Pu to help, if it is to solve the case, when it is reported, I still want to ...... I still want to ......"

I thought about it a few times, but I couldn't say anything, the six ugly people are also human spirits, seeing his eyes flickering and his words covering, he also guessed the meaning of the unfinished words, so he said bluntly: "The work of solving the case belongs to the uncle and brother, okay?"

"Oh, if this is really the case, then I am willing to give a thousand dollars, plus the reward for solving the case, all of which will go to Brother Dupu," Shuwu said excitedly: "Only in this way, I'm afraid that I can keep my current status, I am really wronged Brother Dupu." ”

"There is no need to mention this matter again, that's it!" The six ugly waved his hand, interrupting the feeling of Shu Wu's tirade, and said directly: "Brother Shu Wu, I bother you to order someone to clean up a place in the pavilion, I will live here for the past three days to help you solve the case!"

"Thank you!"

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The money stealing beggars escaped from the market, passed through the alleys and turned around to the north of the city, and when there was no one left and right, they got into a remote and dilapidated old house, the walls were tilted and in disrepair, and it was just a gathering place for beggars on weekdays.

Passing through the overgrown courtyard, and going around to a wing room behind it, the panic on the beggar's face did not diminish a little, but became paler, and he carefully held the money in his hand, smiled, and knocked lightly on the door twice before daring to enter.

THE DILAPIDATED HOUSE IS DECAYED, BUT I NEVER THOUGHT THAT THIS WING ROOM IS STILL COMPLETE, THE WOODEN COUCH IS PLACED IN THE MIDDLE, AND THERE IS A POT OF GUIFU (GUIFU, THE SOUND IS THE SAME AS GUIFU) ON IT, THE PORK SHOULDER IS COOKED, THE DOG LEG IS ROASTED, PILED UP IN IT, AND THERE ARE SOME BAMBOO URNS AND WINE JARS, SNUGGLED ON THE SIDE OF THE COUCH, AND THERE ARE THREE YOUNG MEN WEARING KUDZU SHIRTS SITTING ON THE SHEEPSKIN ON THE COUCH, AND THEY DON'T NEED TO USE THE CHOPSTICKS, THEY DIRECTLY TAKE THE COOKED MEAT WITH THEIR HANDS AND CHEW IT, GNAWING ON THEIR FACES FULL OF GREASY.

The beggar came in carefully, the three of them looked up and glanced, and the two of them lowered their heads and chewed, only one of them sucked his nose a few times, his mouth squirmed, and he spit out the yellow phlegm with fine crumbs of meat in his mouth, and his eyes fell on the beggar's hand, hehehehehe laughed:

"Yo, it looks pretty good today. ”

The beggar hurriedly stepped forward and put a string of knife coins in the man's hand, bowed down, and his face was full of flattery: "Slaughter the fat sheep and honor the fathers." ”

The man stretched out his hand to grab the money, checked it, and seemed to be quite satisfied with the harvest, but the uproar was still in the pile of fat meat pots, but the other person turned his head at this time, bluffed his face, and looked up and down with an unkind face: "Is there any secret?"

The beggar was frightened, shook his head with a cowering face and said, "Don't dare, don't dare, don't dare!"

"Okay, I'll believe you today, if I find out, see if I don't peel your skin!" The man snorted, grabbed a piece of the dog leg that had been gnawed a few bites and threw it over, and said, "Reward you, take it back." ”

The beggar picked up the meat, ran away from the room as if he had fled, ran into the small courtyard opposite the door of the wing, and struggled to move the tattered household that was blocked in the courtyard door, and barely squeezed in.

The courtyard was small and stinking, and there were only two half-decayed houses in it that had never even had a door, and the eaves hung low, and they would collapse at some point, and the grass was broken all over the ground, but the walls were bound with thorny vines, and it was impossible to climb them.

Just as the beggar opened the house, there was a chord in the two rooms.

"Don't be afraid, it's me," the beggar hurriedly cried out, raised the dog's leg in his hand high, and said happily: "I have meat, come and eat!"

Immediately a child crawled out of one of the chambers, using both hands and feet, and came to the beggar like a dog. The child's body was naked, but his back, abdomen, limbs, and even the neck were covered with a layer of black hair, and on closer inspection, it could be found that the black hair grew on the original animal skin, gluing to the child's own skin, and was almost integrated with each other.

The child's hands and feet were deformed and twisted, and the palms and soles of the feet were all gone, leaving only a bare flesh pile, but a thick cocoon scar had grown on it, and after a few more years, it would no longer be seen as it once was.

The beggar handed the dog's leg to the child's mouth, wiped the dirt and gravel on the surface with a painful heartache, and said, "Come, eat." ”

The hairy child turned his head, bit it diagonally, and then shook his head, tore off a piece with his strength, and munched on it, whining with pleasure in his mouth, and the beggar next to him was pitiful and sad, stretched out his other hand to touch the fur on the top of his head, and kept turning the dog's legs to make it easier for him to get his mouth down.

The child's form and demeanor, or the appearance of a human being, have become like a wolf!

The beggar watched the child eat, and his face was full of joy.