I stayed with Liu Wufeng, the man is called Zhu (desensitized) Mao Xi, and the woman is called Mao Xizhu.

(Author's note: Because the first two words of a man's name are listed as prohibited words, therefore, the following is called Zhu Maoxi, everyone knows what it means.) ）

I asked, "Why are your names so similar?" ”

Zhu Maoxi said: "My father's surname is Zhu, my mother's surname is Mao, my father thinks that giving birth to me is a great joy, so my name is Zhu Maoxi." ”

I pointed at Mao Xizhu and asked, "What about her?"

Zhu Mao smiled and said, "We are aunts and uncles. The male of their family is extremely prosperous, and it is easy to give birth to a girl like her, and she only feels happy, so her name is Mao Xizhu. ”

It seems that a name with meaning is not necessarily a good name.

I asked Liu Wufeng, "Why are you called Liu Wufeng?"

Liu Wufeng said, "You can go and ask my father." ”

I asked, "Where's your father?"

He pulled out half of the knife with a "bang" and said, "It's dead." Are you still going?"

I don't want to go.

Night. Liu Wufeng and I had a full meal. Zhu Maoxi and his wife looked like they hadn't opened meat for a long time, and they swept away the rest of the chicken from us, and even the chicken bones were about to be crushed and smacked twice in their mouths.

Mao Xizhu ate deliciously, and when she cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, she kept smacking her lips, as if she was reminiscing about the deliciousness of the chicken.

Everything is in order. Zhu Maoxi vacated the inner room for us, and he and his daughter-in-law lived in the outhouse. I was lying on the hard kang and was about to close my eyes to recuperate, but I heard Mao Xizhu outside the house say, "I'm leaving." ”

Zhu Maoxi's tone was stiff, with a slight anger, and said, "Don't go!"

Mao Xizhu said: "The village chief is still waiting at home." ”

With a "bang", it seemed that Zhu Maoxi kicked over the wooden barrel at the door and shouted: "Lao Tzu is rich now, do you still care about his two bags of rice?

Mao Xizhu's tone was a little aggrieved, and said, "You know now that you don't want to." If you hadn't gambled a few years ago, would I have gone to accompany those pickled goods in order to make a living? Now I won't be allowed to go with two dollars, and the days are still long, and the money is gone, and if you let me go again, people don't have to!"

There was silence outside. Only the sound of the wind and Mao Xizhu's sobbing sounded a little creepy.

I opened the door and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Zhu Maoxi was suddenly stunned, and Mao Xizhu lowered his head and ran away.

Liu Wufeng shouted in the house: "It's none of your business, come back!"

I felt deeply ashamed of people like Liu Wufeng, and I said, "We eat and live in people's homes, and if he is in trouble, we should help." ”

Zhu Maoxi didn't seem to want me to help, he said, "This is our family matter, you don't have to worry about it." ”

Mao Xizhu still packed up this thing and left. After she left, Zhu Maoxi became very irritable. He wandered around the courtyard, kicking his feet against the wall, as if venting something.

I asked Liu Wufeng, "What's wrong with him?"

Liu Wufeng said: "You don't care about other people's business. ”

I watched at the door of the house as Zhu Maoxi became more and more irritable, and his unusual behavior made me more and more curious. Just when I couldn't bear to step forward, Mao Xizhu ran back from outside the door in disheveled clothes.

"Oh no, no!" Mao Xizhu shouted in panic.

Zhu Maoxi asked, "What's wrong?"

Mao Xizhu said: "Village, village chief, he, he ......" She began to stutter in a panic.

Zhu Mao said angrily: "What's the matter?

Mao Xizhu gasped and said, "He's dead!"

"Dead!"

Zhu Maoxi shouted. But I could clearly see a hint of excitement on his face.

Hearing that someone was dead, Liu Wufeng also rushed out of the house and asked, "Who died?"

Mao Xizhu still looked panicked and said, "The head of our village ...... He's dead!"

Liu Wufeng asked, "How did you die?"

Mao Xizhu said: "I'm ...... with him" She said a little hesitant, as if there was something unspeakable, thought for a moment, and then said: "An arrow came in from the window and shot through his chest!" She was full of horror and looked frightened.

I said, "Take me to see it." ”

Liu Wufeng grabbed me and said, "Don't make any extraneous branches, sleep!" With that, he pulled me into the house.

I said to Liu Wufeng, "Why not take a look?"

Liu Wufeng said: "What's the use of watching it?"

This sentence actually stopped me. Although I was very curious, I thought that even if I went, it would be nothing more than a fun, and it would be useless to watch it.

Zhu Maoxi and the others were obviously panicked, and they kept muttering outside the house, not knowing what they were discussing.

Two hours later, it was late at night. Zhu Maoxi's house suddenly heard a knock on the door, and the sound was very urgent.

Mao Xizhu exclaimed: "What should I do?

Zhu Maoxi said: "Go and open the door first." ”

didn't wait for him to open the door, the dilapidated wooden door of Zhu Maoxi's house was kicked open with a "bang". I leaned in front of the window and peeked through the gap.

Under the clear light of the moon, three officials from the government could be faintly seen walking in. They have swords hanging from their waists, their bodies are straight, and they are majestic.

"Where's the family?!" one shouted, "all come out!"

Zhu Maoxi went out to greet him, and said timidly: "Official, what are your orders?"

One person said: "I just received a report, two hours ago, Zhu Shengjiu, the head of your village, was mysteriously killed. Someone once said, "If you see your woman coming in and out there, let her come with us." ”

Zhu Maoxi said: "Official, this matter has nothing to do with my lady!"

The man shouted, "It's not up to you to decide whether it's relevant or not." We need to interrogate to find out. ”

Under the moonlight, Zhu Maoxi knelt on the ground and cried: "Official, this matter really has nothing to do with my mother." She is a woman, how can she kill someone?!"

A slap of "pop" echoed in the small courtyard, and Zhu Maoxi was knocked to the ground, covering his face and not daring to make any more sound.

"Don't you understand what Lao Tzu said?" the man roared, "If you dare to obstruct Lao Tzu's errand, Lao Tzu will take you with you!" The three men, with their hands on the hilt of their knives, rushed into the house.

"Official, I'm wronged, I'm wronged....." Mao Xizhu cried.

I looked at Liu Wufeng, who was lying motionless on the bed, and asked, "Don't you care if the officials bully the people?"

Liu Wufeng said lightly: "The government has its own regulations for handling cases, and that little lady is suspicious, so she naturally wants to find her." ”

I didn't agree with Liu Wufeng's words, so I turned around and rushed out of the house, shouting, "Stop!"

The four of them were stunned at the same time. Two people grabbed Mao Xizhu's arm, and the other person still had a malicious smile.

"And outsiders?!" said the not-so-good-natured smile, "give me a lock!"

Seeing that the situation was not good, I pulled out the Jiu Yan sword to deal with it. One of them said, "Shout, and hide the blade!" he pulled out the knife at his waist and deliberately provoked me.

I swung my sword and fought him. With a "dang", his knife broke in two.

"Head, head, head, he, his sword......." the man cried, "I, my sword......"

"Look at your bear-like appearance, you stutter as soon as you lose your guts. Go and call someone!" said a malicious smile.

The man ran out of the door with a half-cut knife in his hand, only to hear him shout: "Come on! The murderer is here!"

When the fuck did I become a murderer?!

I shouted out the door, "I'm not a murderer!"

However, the man did not change his words, and still shouted: "Come on, the murderer is here!"

I yelled, "Shut up!"

Soon, the small courtyard of Zhu Maoxi's house was full of people. Seven officials armed with swords, and twenty or thirty villagers with nails, rakes and hoes.

Liu Wufeng couldn't clean up the scene in front of him, so he had to come out of the back room, he gave me a blank look, and said, "Tell you not to meddle in your affairs!"

I was not convinced, and said, "When the road is uneven, draw your sword...... Peaceful!"

Liu Wufeng ignored me and asked, "Who is the leader of you here?!"

A smiling face that was not bad and kind stood up and shouted: "Lao Tzu is Sun Buping, the head catcher of Fuyang County, what is the matter with you?"

Liu Wufeng turned his head to look at me and said, "This is what you said about the uneven road?"

All I can say is that it's a coincidence.

Liu Wufeng said, "Come here! I have something to tell you." ”

Sun Buping sneered: "What kind of thing are you, dare to talk to Lao Tzu like this!"

Liu Wufeng took out a gold medal from his waist and threw it to Sun Buping, without speaking, he turned around and walked into the room, sat at the table and drank water slowly.

"Don't think that if you throw Lao Tzu a piece of gold, Lao Tzu will let you go. Sun Buping was about to stuff the gold medal into his waist. At this time, someone next to him whispered a few words in his ear. Sun Buping was so frightened that he almost spread on the ground, quickly held the sign in his hand, walked into the house with his legs paralyzed, knelt on the ground with a puff, and said in a trembling voice: "No, I don't know if the adults are coming, the small ones should be damned, the small ones should be damned!"

Liu Wufeng took back the gold medal, stuffed it into his waist, and said, "How is the case investigated?"

Sun Buping said: "Lord Hui, this mother-in-law of Zhu Maoxi's family is the murderer. ”

I didn't accept his claim, so I asked, "What evidence do you have?"

Sun Buping knelt on the ground, moved to me, and said, "Someone saw that before Zhu Shengjiu's death until the body was found, only the mother-in-law of the family had entered his room, about ...... Half a cup of tea time. ”

Liu Wufeng touched his chin and thought thoughtfully: "So fast?!"

Sun Buping asked puzzledly, "What do you mean?"

Liu Wufeng coughed twice and said embarrassedly, "No, it's nothing." He pondered for a moment, and then asked, "But I heard that Zhu ......"

Sun Buping hurriedly added: "Zhu Shengjiu." ”

Liu Wufeng said: "Yes, Zhu Shengjiu." He was shot through the chest by an arrow from the window. Since this Mao Xizhu is in the room, how can he be a murderer?"

Sun Buping thought about it, patted his head, and said: "The adult is really smart and wise, wake up the villain with a word, that Mao Xizhu is definitely not the murderer, the murderer must be someone else." ”

Liu Wufeng picked up the tea bowl and took a sip like tea, as if he found that he couldn't, and couldn't help frowning. He said: "What if this Mao Xizhu suddenly threw a cold arrow outside the door after going out, and left quickly after killing someone?"

Sun Buping was dumbfounded for a moment, and muttered, "What does the adult mean, is she a murderer?"