The small guest room was squeezed into five more errands in an instant.

The room was so congested, and the two sides were so close together that there was no need to swing a knife.

The tips of those bright knives were about to poke into Li Changan's eyes.

The characters in the field are all invisible in each other's eyes.

Therefore, the moment the two sides looked at each other, they caught a glimpse of the corpse on the bed and the bloody hands of the Taoist priest. And Li Changan also noticed the consternation in their eyes and the hesitation in their feet.

All of a sudden.

Although the sound of footsteps and whirring outside the house was boiling in the sky, the inside of the house was stagnant.

But this short-lived stalemate was broken in a moment.

"Take it!"

The young catcher who broke in on the back foot shouted loudly.

......

Logically speaking, it is the wisest thing to do if you are surrounded by an unknown number of people outside, and in a situation where you can't figure it out internally, lay down your arms, cooperate rationally, and strive to resolve the misunderstanding.

But Li Changan has also been in this world for a long time.

It is important to know that one should never expect anything from the conduct of bureaucrats, especially those at the bottom.

So tied up?

Scold.

Let's talk with the sword!

......

The young catcher who spoke out was the latest, rushed to the front, and was naturally the first to be beaten.

As soon as he took a step forward, the knife was not raised, and the sheathed long sword in the Taoist priest's hand was like a startled snake, which suddenly bounced up, and instantly hit his mouth.

"Click".

Blood flew out wrapped in a big tooth.

The catcher quickly fell to the ground without saying a word.

He grinned crookedly, rolled his eyes, and was clearly unconscious.

It's the servants who rushed up with him.

Seeing that the leader was overturned by a move, he just had time to let out a few exclamations, and watched the scabbard turn into raindrops and fall down, and the exclamation suddenly turned into a cry of pain.

After a "crackling", he wailed and lay on the ground.

Although a little bit of the servant is not enough to worry about, but listening to the sound of footsteps surging outside the house, it is really inconvenient to stay in the land of right and wrong.

The Taoist priest was about to escape through the window, but he pushed open the window, but saw a group of armor guards on the long street outside.

Li Changan's scalp was numb, and he quickly shrank back.

At this time, the follow-up personnel of the servants finally arrived, but when they saw their colleagues moaning in the door, the menacing footsteps suddenly slowed down, and then they were forced by the person with a cold eye, and they simply gathered outside the door, and no one dared to take the first step to fall out of the bird, so they just looked at each other.

Seeing this, Li Changan unsheathed the long sword in his hand, but his eyes couldn't stop looking around, thinking about whether to break through the roof and run away, or simply hit the wall and flash people.

"Get out of the way!"

At this time, there was a commotion in the team of officials outside, and after a while, a middle-aged official wearing a soft curtain pushed through the crowd, and the first time he saw Li Changan was staring, and the second time he saw his colleagues rolling all over the ground was black, and finally, his eyes moved to Qian Dazhi's corpse, and he raised his hand.

The Taoist priest clenched his sword, but he heard it.

"Stop!"

............

"So, Xing Zhutou is convinced that Poor Dao is innocent?"

In the Yu family shop, Li Changan thought that there would be a trouble, but he didn't think that Xing Zhutou, that is, a middle-aged officer, ordered to stop, bluntly saying that Li Changan was not a prisoner, and only asked him to go to the government office as a witness to record a confession.

Although he was also worried that the other party was trying to deceive him, let him go to an open place, lay a snare, and shoot with a bow and crossbow. But first, considering that Xiaoshui has no clue about this trip, I don't know how long I will be stuck in the local area, and if it is bad for the government, it will inevitably be inconvenient to move. Second, I really didn't pay much attention to these errands, let alone after retrieving the charms and flying swords.

So the Taoist priest got off the donkey down the slope and should go to the government office.

At that time, I still thought that if someone who beat someone else's place, he would inevitably have difficulties when he arrived at someone's territory.

didn't think about it, and after carefully asking about what happened, the other party happily let him go.

The head catcher surnamed Xing also had to give himself a gift out of the door.

But that's amazing!

In this world, Li Changan has seen many officials, and he has even beheaded a lot under the sword. As the saying goes, officials are like tigers and officials are like wolves, both of whom are masters who knock out bones and suck the marrow and exploit the people.

Like this Xing Zhutou, at least it seems reasonable, which is really rare.

Right now, it's in the corridor of the yamen.

It was supposed to be the dead of night, but the government was brightly lit, and the officials came and went in a hurry.

Li Changan couldn't help but ask, expressing the doubts in his heart.

"Naturally. ”

Xing Zhutou nodded, raised his hand and led forward.

"The Taoist chief can rest assured that he can go out of the gate of my mansion. ”

He said it easily, but the few officials who followed him were very nervous, especially the boss with swollen cheeks, and his eyes were wary and ready to move.

"Why are you so sure?"

The Taoist priest asked suspiciously.

"It stands to reason that Poor Dao, who stayed at the scene of the murder and still had blood stains on his hands, wasn't he the biggest suspect?"

"The Taoist is not a murderer. ”

"Don't you know who the real murderer is?"

"Nope. ”

Xing Zhutou said with a smile.

"Because the murderer is a woman. ”

"Women?"

Li Changan was interested, but Xing Zhutou's next words were not what he asked.

"Does the Taoist know about today's hanging yellow list?"

"Yes. ”

"To tell you the truth, since some time ago, there has been a murderer who has committed major crimes in the city one after another, without exception, the dead are all killed by a sword through the heart. The purpose of posting the yellow list is to recruit righteous people and arrest this bureaucrat!"

As he spoke, the head-catcher stopped halfway and just laughed without saying a word.

This appearance is clearly to tell Li Changan that the details are official secrets and must not be disclosed. If you want to know, it's simple, just remove the yellow list and join the case.

The Taoist thought about it for a moment.

At first, Xiaoshui had no clue about this trip, but tonight, he clearly smelled a trace of demonic energy on Qian Dazhi's corpse, which was the only possible clue at present.

Moreover, it is not easy to encounter such a stable and prosperous place in this chaotic world, but a murderer suddenly appears to do evil, just like a white cloth dotted with ink, and a pot of fresh soup into the canned herring, which is really unbearable!

So, arch said:

"It is incumbent upon us. ”

............

The head catcher did not rush to explain the cause and effect to the Taoist priest, but just introduced him into a hall in the palace.

Just walked in the door.

Six pairs of eyes in the field threw themselves together.

According to Xing Zhutou's previous introduction, these people are the "righteous men" recruited today.

Li Changan looked at it for a while, and only felt that the people of Xiaoshui were used to being comfortable and had worn out their blood and bravery, who were these righteous people who "stepped forward"?

Two men sitting on a chair with a big grin, their shirts are loose, revealing two tattooed arms, like two people in the market.

In the corner, a swordsman leaned diagonally against a pillar with a sword. It seems to be quite forced, but unfortunately the posture is relaxed, the eyes are scattered, compared to the arm span, the sword body seems too long, and it can be seen at a glance that it is a parallel import.

The big man who sat on the chair on the other side was fat and strong, with a horizontal face and a short beard like a steel needle, which was a bit fierce. But the Taoist priest was far away, and he could smell the smell of mutton and aged grease on his body. Coupled with the butcher knife on his waist, this "Zhang Fei" hasn't gone to the sea to respond to the call of the Han family, right?

The ranger on the left hand was kind of interesting. As soon as the Taoist priest entered the door, he subconsciously held the short knife and arched his waist sideways, a veteran who was accustomed to fighting. But why is the weapon on his body so cumbersome? There is a dagger stuck in his boots, a short blade hanging from his waist, two horizontal knives of varying length on each side, and a long knife on his back. Is this a knife dealer?

The last one was a young Taoist......

Hey?

This one is familiar.

Isn't it just a round-faced Taoist who plays tricks during the day and steals other people's steamed cakes? Looking at his appearance, he is ready to make meritorious service after being sent to the government.

At this time, Xing Zhutou and his party also followed.

He first beckoned each of them to sit down, and gave a brief introduction to each other for the people present.

Two splashers, one named Zhang Tong and the other Zhang Shaonan, but they were two brothers; the parallel swordsman was called Xu Zhan; "Zhang Fei" was really a sheep killer named Zheng Tong, the name of the ranger who sold the knife was Zhang Yi, and the round-faced Taoist was called Feng Chong.

Afterwards, Xing Zhutou said a few more polite words and got down to business.

"You are all righteous men who have taken off the yellow list and are willing to help the yamen hunt down the murderers, but there are a few newcomers who don't know the details, and they still allow Xing to talk about it in detail. ”

The case began in early February this year, when Yang Ping, the shopkeeper of a tailor shop in the north of the city, was stabbed to death in his home, and the cause of death was in the chest, and he was stabbed through the heart. ”

Only five days later, Wang Xiaoliu, an employee of the Chengxi Liquor Factory, died quietly at night on the Chase Shop of the Liquor Factory, and five fellow villagers who were still sleeping with him were still asleep, and the cause of death was also a sword piercing the heart. ”

"Seven days later, the eldest son of the county magistrate was also found dead in the mansion, the same method, the same murder weapon, the same sword through the heart!"

Since then, things have been out of control. Every foggy and rainy night, the murderer will always come out to commit crimes. To this day, no matter whether they are old or young, whether they are high or low, more than a dozen people have been killed one after another. ”

"Until six days ago, we finally found the target of a new round of assassination, the county government with all the people of the inspection department and two classes of soap officials, arrested the snare, but unfortunately the thieves are powerful, coupled with the thick fog, they are still succeeded, and they escaped after the killing. ”

"And ...... today"

"They touched the murderer's tail again. ”

Feng Daoren suddenly spoke, interrupted Xing Zhutou's words, and arched his hand at the middle of the field, and said loudly:

"Arrange manpower to intercept the murderer, but unfortunately he still succeeded, only at the scene of the murder, I found this Taoist friend. ”

He raised his eyebrows one high and one low, and squinted at Li Changan with a smile.

Suddenly, several suspicious eyes fell on the Taoist priest. Li Changan was not in a hurry, and smiled one by one.

Seeing this, Feng Daoren let out a "tsk" and changed his words again.

However, this Li Daoyou appeared here in a grand manner, and the suspicion must have been ruled out. The head catcher is so determined, I think I know how much the identity of the real murderer is. ”

As soon as the words fell, the eyes of the full hall rolled to Xing Zhutou's face again.

The headcatcher first nodded, then shook his head:

"The exact identity is unknown, but the murderer is a woman. ”

"Women?"

The audience looked at each other for a while, and Xing Zhutou had already continued:

"Swordsmanship is superb. ”

He paused.

"Possess a strange spell. ”

"It sounds tricky. ”

Feng Daoren was thoughtful, raised his eyes and asked:

"Since you have sent troops to surround it twice in a row, there must be a way to find its traces, right?"

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Shaonan's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but shout:

"It's just a woman, what kind of power can she have? The head catcher just tells a certain family her whereabouts, and she will be arrested tomorrow!"

Although the rest of the people did not respond to each other, they all had this attitude based on their demeanor.

But the headcatcher shook his head.

"The murderer's whereabouts were nothing more than a serendipity. It can only be repeated, not repeatedly. ”

When Feng Daoren heard this, he smiled and put his hands on his chest.

"I don't know how the 'accidental' method is?"

"The secrets of the house must not be leaked. ”

When these words came out, there was an uproar in the audience, and Zheng Tuzi seemed to be a short temper.

"That's not possible, that's not possible?"

He took the case.

"Tell me to wait for how to catch the murderer?!"

There was a moment among the crowd, and the ploppy brothers were even clamoring to break up, but Xing Zhutou stretched out a finger without hurrying.

"A hundred taels of silver. ”

The chaos in the field suddenly froze, and Zheng Tong, who was still in a frenzy just now, asked in a daze:

"What?"

The head catcher smiled and returned: "The county has an order, and those who can take down the murderer will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver, and the rest of the people, according to their merits, each will be rewarded." ”

The second half of his sentence was in vain, and everyone was thrilled by the "tattooed silver hundred taels". Li Changan didn't have much idea about the silver in this world, but he knew that he didn't spend a tael or two of silver on a table of wine and meat yesterday.

It's not.

The brothers of the Zhang family were already gearing up, the rangers' eyes were blurred, the parallel swordsmen were at a loss, Zheng Tuzi was panting like a cow, and even the Feng Dao people were muttering in a low voice.

Li Changan listened carefully.

"Always be quiet, always pure. ”

It turned out to be the "Pure Sutra".

Xing Zhutou looked at the reaction of everyone in the hall, stroked his beard and was very satisfied, and quickly made persistent efforts and clapped his palms.

Then he saw four servants come in from outside the gate, carry them into a long table, and lay them down in the middle of the hall.

lifted the white cloth on it, but it was Qian Dazhi's corpse.

Xing Zhutou beckoned everyone to come up and explain the case. The "righteous men" who were originally scattered had just smelled the "smell of meat", and now where would they object, they gathered obediently and listened to Lao Xing point out the wounds on the corpse.

Everyone tried to use their brains and scrambled to find clues.

At this moment, a trace of doubt flashed between Li Changan's eyebrows.

Hey?

The demonic aura on the corpse was gone.

............

The people dispersed, and the yamen was deserted again.

An old man and a young man sat under the eaves, tore off their official clothes, took off their boots, and beat their sore backs.

Xing Zhutou glanced at his own swollen face.

"Ziyu, the injury?"

"Uncle Mo is worried. ”

The young catcher said something vaguely, and then spat out bloodshot spit.

Wave your hand.

"It's okay, I just have to go and get a new tooth. ”

"This reckless nature really needs to be changed. ”

Xing Zhutou sighed, his words reproachful.

"Knowing that the Dao man is not a murderer, why do you still want to do it with him?"

The young catcher scratched his head.

"I didn't think much about it at the time, I just had a buzz in my brain and rushed to it myself. ”

The swollen pig's face made him laugh very honestly.

"Maybe it's a mo. ”

"It's good to know it's a molene!"

Xing Zhutou rolled his eyes, but leaned over again, muttering:

"Don't go home these days, lest you let Grandma, my little sister see it, and come to me to tear it again. ”

The young catcher nodded quickly, but at the end, he hesitated.

"Uncle. ”

"What?"

"Do you think those people can help?"

The young catcher quickly broke his fingers and counted them one by one.

"The Zhang brothers are two scoundrels, Zheng Tong is just a butcher, the Taoist surnamed Feng is a liar, Xu Zhan is a soft-footed shrimp, Zhang Yi is like a knife dealer, then Li Xuanxiao ...... Belch. ”

He smacked his lips and decided to skip it.

"How can a bunch of scoundrels catch the murderer?"

Xing Zhutou smiled, stroked his beard, and looked like a "boy is still tender", Shi Shiran pointed out the characters:

"Although the Zhang brothers are splashy, but snakes have snake paths, rats have rat paths, we can't find things, maybe they can find out; As for the other ......"

He looked around and whispered.

"Some time ago, it's not like I didn't see it. ”

In order to please the county, Inspector Jiang ordered all his soldiers and horses to surround the murderer, but it was not for people to get out calmly, and he injured many people. Now the old turtle egg is still pretending to be dead at home, and this time he didn't come to say anything, and only sent a team of crossbowmen to deal with the matter. ”

"Why? It's not because the murderer is so powerful!"

Xing Zhutou grinned, and his honest-looking face was full of shrewdness.

"If they collide again, instead of letting the brothers make a mistake, why don't you let these 'righteous men' step forward and take the top first?"

"Oh. ”

The young catcher suddenly realized and nodded again and again.

Just for a while.

"Uncle?"

"There's a fart. ”

He approached "hehe" and asked in a low voice:

"How did you know the whereabouts of the murderer?"

"!"

"If I knew, I would have gone before the county honorable invitation!

As he spoke, he glanced at his nephew.

"Don't think about it. Don't look at the amount of money, I'm afraid that you will have a life to earn and a life to spend. ”

He got up and stretched.

"I just hope that the murderer will commit this incident and be able to settle down for a few days. ”

He yawned again.

"Let the old man sleep for a few days. ”