The sky is sunny and the scenery is good, and the waves are surging and the sea is sandy.

The three poles on the sun are especially sleepy, and the green trees in the distant mountains are newly sprouted.

casually say a limerick at the beginning, don't mention the gossip, the book is back to business, and the old man received Zhang Fengjiang's reply, frowned, and said in his heart: It seems that this Zhang Fengjiang can't be counted on, and he has to figure out his own way. Ay!.

After the pirates left, Wang Shi returned to the inn, and Huang Xiujuan couldn't help but ask: "Master, why didn't you just kill those two pirate leaders, but let them go!"

"Haha! Now that they have taken the initiative to retreat, and they don't have a grudge against us, what do they want to kill him for no reason. Let them go. Not to say that Wang Shi only wanders around the city every day, but said that on this day, Hu Feiwei, the county magistrate, Tsing Yi and Xiao Hao, and Ma Long disguised themselves, all the way out of the county office, came to the street to observe the people's feelings, the two came out, walked to the north gate, at this time it was already the weather in June, just after the heat, after a while, the sun was already rising, the sky was steaming to look at the wind and rain, the two of them walked on the street one after the other, the sweat beads came down, only to see that the street was sparsely populated.

After walking for a long time, outside the south gate, Ma Long spoke: "Brother Xian, let's go back, after turning around like this for a long time, I didn't see a few people." ”

"I want to go to the fishing village by the sea to see, don't be afraid of the heat, you are a martial arts practitioner, is it not as good as me as a scholar. Let's go!"

"Hey, I'm really guilty of coming out with you!" said Marlon with a sigh.

"Brother Ren, don't be upset, in a while, when I get to the village in front, I will buy wine and quench your thirst!" Hu Zhixian said as he spoke, and walked forward. The two of them walked more than ten miles away towards the south gate, and saw a village in the distance, not far from the sea. "There's a village ahead. Hu Zhixian said happily. As he spoke, he wiped the sweat from his face with his sleeve.

Not a few steps to the entrance of the village, into the village, a loess house next to seven or eight, every household at the door of the fishing nets, no one outside the door, Hu Zhixian walked to the door of the head of the row, looked into the house, only to see an old mother sitting in the house, the clothes on the body were ragged, patches next to patches, very tattered. Gray-haired, sitting on a stool weaving nets.

"Old mother!" Hu Zhixian exclaimed with a smile.

The old lady weaving the net raised her head and looked Hu Zhixian and Ma Long up and down: "Who are you?"

"Haha, old mother, we are passing by, we are thirsty, and we want to beg for water. Hu Zhixian said with a smile.

The old lady stood up and moved two stools from the side and placed them at the door: "You sit down first, and I'll go and scoop water for you." With that, he turned and went into the next room.

Hu Feiwei and Ma Long stepped into the house, this room is not very high, Ma Long's big man, as soon as he entered the house, his head was about to reach the roof. There was no furniture in this room, except for some dried fish hanging on the walls, nets, a broken table, a few strips, and wooden benches.

Hu Zhixian and Ma Long were looking around, at this time the old lady came out of the next room, holding a water scoop in her hand, this water scoop is a gourd, and when it is broken in two, it becomes a water scoop: "Drink water!" The old lady spoke and handed the water scoop to Hu Zhixian, Hu Zhixian hurriedly took it with both hands: "Thank you old mother." Hu Zhixian picked up the water scoop and took a sip of it, only to feel that the water was a little salty in his mouth, not very salty, and a little astringent. I wanted to spit it out, but I felt embarrassed and reluctantly swallowed. Ma Long, who was standing on the side, saw that Hu Feiwei took a sip, so he stopped drinking, reached out and took the scoop from Hu Zhixian's hand, raised the scoop and drank it, and just drank this big gulp into his mouth: "Poof!" Ma Long drank this big mouthful of water, felt salty and astringent, and squirted out: "Can this water be drunk!" After speaking, he handed the water scoop to the old lady.

Hu Zhixian sat down on a stool at the door: "Old mother, why do you drink this kind of water?"

The old lady sighed and said, "No, everyone in our village eats this water." ”

"Where did this water come from? Hu Zhixian asked.

"The water came from a well at the west end of the village, because it was too close to the sea, and the water was a bit salty. But it's still edible. ”

"You can't eat this water, you have to go to the mountains to get water!" Malone advised.

"But the young people in the family have to go out to sea every day to fish, so they don't have time to go to the mountains to get water. ”

"Isn't there a time to rest?" Hu Zhixian asked suspiciously.

"Hey, you don't know, how dare you rest when you go out to fish every day, and you can't pay back the monthly rent. The old lady had a helpless expression on her face.

"What kind of rent?" asked Hu Zhixian puzzled.

"Every fishing boat we use is Bao Lao's, and we have to pay rent every month, and in addition to pirates, there are no merchants to collect sea goods, and this land route is also monopolized by the Bao family. The seafood can only be sold cheaply to the Bao family. It's really hard to live. The old lady sighed as she spoke.

Hu Zhixian said: "It is necessary to open up trade routes and attract merchants from near and far." Hu Zhixian and Ma Long walked around in the fish village, the situation of each family was similar, and then turned around and walked back, in the afternoon when the card was applied for the city, the two did not go to the street to drill the alley to walk, did not walk a few steps, they heard an alley, there was a shout, when listening carefully, only to hear a man shouting: "It's open!

Hu Zhixian said: "It turned out to be a gambling house. Hey!" said and Ma Long went straight back to the ya. As soon as he returned, Hu Zhixian ordered the whole city to ban gambling, and all gambling houses were to be closed. The master hurriedly said: "Lord Hui, don't you know, there is a gambling house in this city, which is opened by Master Bao's family, if you order the gambling house to be closed, I am afraid that if you annoy this surnamed Bao, it will cause trouble!"

"From ancient times: rape and killing, gambling and stealing. If you want the people to live and work in peace and contentment, you must ban gambling! You don't need to say more. Hu Zhixian said, wrote the notice with a splash of ink, handed it to the master, and asked him to copy a few more copies of the four doors posted. Coming to the head of the infantry class, Zhu Yijun ordered: "You quickly take the official to seal the gambling house." ”

Zhu Dutou received the order, took his subordinates, and came all the way to the gambling house, as soon as these officials entered the door, they crackled and began to smash while driving people out: "All go! This smashed the tables and benches inside, drove all the people inside, and then pasted two seals. These people in the casino, seeing that it was a fast catcher in the yamen, didn't dare to say anything, and went straight back to Baofu. Zhu Yijun sealed the casino, and returned to the yamen to hand over the order without mentioning it.

It is said that Master Bao was drinking tea in the hall and chatting with several sons, and the housekeepers in the casino came back in a swarm. In charge of the affairs of the casino is a subordinate of Master Bao, nicknamed Laizi, who came straight to the lobby with these thugs who came back from the casino: "Master, you have to make decisions for us, then Hu Zhixian has sealed the casino." ”

Bao Lao Bao An, blowing his beard angrily and glaring: "This Hu Zhi County, so bold, dares to be so rude, and actually seals my casino." ”

Bao Shan said: "Dad, let me touch the county office tonight and take the head of this dog official, see how arrogant he is!"

"Yes! Kill this dog Zhixian. "The brothers are gossiping.

Bao An, the old man Bao, let out a sigh of relief and said: "Wait, don't be so reckless, this matter has to be considered in the long run." I heard that there is a bodyguard in Baozhi County named Ma Long, who is the apprentice of the soul swordsman Wang Shi. Let's not mess with him yet. Old man, I have my own plan. ”

On the one hand, Hu Zhixian banned gambling, on the other hand, recruited people, built water conservancy, and was busy every day, and was about to go out to supervise the construction of water conservancy projects in the morning, when suddenly the drum sounded at the door, Hu Zhixian was shocked, who is this who is going to beat the drum and voice the grievances? After Hu Zhixian finished speaking, the officials below went out and brought in a young man in his twenties, who came to the lobby and knelt down. "Grass people see adults!"

"What is your name, and what grievances you have, don't be in a hurry to tell them slowly. ”

"The grass name is Shi, and the name is Haotian. Just last night, my daughter-in-law suddenly disappeared and went to bed with me at night, but when I got up the next morning, I slept alone in the bed, but my daughter-in-law was gone, but the door latch was also well locked, and there was nothing unusual. ”

Hu Zhixian was at a loss when he heard this, and said in his heart: There is such a strange thing in the world, according to him, the door is not open, but the person is gone, if his daughter-in-law walks out by herself, the door latch is not because it should still be bolted inside. There is a strange thing: "Shi Haotian, where is your daughter-in-law from, your mother's family can go to find it, but there are no other people in your family." ”

"My lord, there is no other person in my family, my parents have passed away, I am alone, last year by someone said matchmaking, married this daughter-in-law, daughter-in-law's surname is urging, nicknamed Rui Niang, is the north of the city, urging the family village, there are father-in-law and mother-in-law in the family, and there is a younger brother, who is fifteen years old this year. This morning, the villain got up and didn't see his daughter-in-law, so he felt strange, so he hurriedly went to his father-in-law's house to look for it. The father-in-law and mother-in-law all said that Rui Niang did not go back. The villain had to come to the county government to complain and ask the adults to help me find my daughter-in-law. ”

Hu Zhixian was speechless for a long time when he heard this, thought for a while, stood up and greeted Ma Long, "Let's go!" ”

Hu Zhixian took Ma Long, as well as a few officials, and Shi Haotian led the way in front and came to Shi Haotian's house. The room is not big, the door comes in is the living room, there is a low table in the middle, Zhou played back four wooden Deng, on the left hand side is the kitchen, two earthen stoves, there is a big iron pot on the stove, and there are some firewood and grass piled up in front of the stove. There is a rice jar in the corner next to it. It is covered with a wooden lid. To the right of the living room is the bedroom, with a wooden bed against the back wall with wooden pillars at the four corners of the bed and mosquito nets hanging from them. There was a low stool in front of the bed, and there was no furniture in the house, which was very shabby.

"Shi Haotian, what do you usually do!" Hu Zhixian checked the clues. He asked.

"My lord, the little people make a living by carrying work in the grain store. ”

"Oh!" Hu Zhixian searched around the house for a long time, did not find some traces, Ma Long because of his height, the overall house is less than nine feet, Ma Long is eight feet long, replaced by the current measurement length, one foot in ancient times is equal to the current eight inches, that is, eight times eight, equal to six feet four, three feet equal to one meter, that is, more than two meters tall, Ma Long looked around the house for a long time, did not find anything unusual, looked up and sighed, suddenly saw that there was a bright light on the roof, when looking carefully, the tile seemed to have been moved: " Look, brother, the tile seems to have been moved. ”

Hu Zhixian looked up, and there was something strange, so he said to Shi Haotian: "Have you moved this roof tile recently?" ”

"Your Excellency, this roof tile-man hasn't been touched for more than a year. The last time I repaired it was the year before last. ”

Hu Zhixian immediately ordered the official to fetch the stairs and go up to the roof to investigate, and found a handprint on the roof tiles and pulled down the paper. Looking at the palm prints are very wide and the knuckles are thick.

"Did you hear any strange noises in your sleep last night?"

"Returning to my lord, there is no unusual sound. ”

Hu Zhixian said: "If this thief comes down from the roof, it is impossible not to make a sound at all, it is really strange." ”

After the investigation of Shi Haotian's house, he walked back, when a servant stepped forward and said, "My lord, I found this thing behind the house." As he spoke, he presented an object with both hands, and Hu Zhixian took it and looked at it carefully, but he didn't recognize what it was. The object is not large, round, with a pointed end, a bit like a lotus seed, but it is black and iron. I held it in my hand and looked at it for a while, but I didn't know what it was. I don't know what it's for. Hu Zhixian turned his head and handed it to Ma Long, who took it and looked left and right, but he couldn't recognize it. "It would be nice if the master was here, he is an old man who is well-informed." You'll be able to recognize it. ”

Hu Zhixian took everyone back to the yamen, thinking about it without any idea, the day passed like this, the next day, Hu Zhixian just came together, the drum outside the door and thought about it again, Hu Zhixian sent the order to the hall, and then brought the drummer to the hall, he was also a young man, like Shi Haotian, his daughter-in-law was gone, but the door latch at home was bolted, and then Hu Zhixian took Ma Long and these officials to the scene to investigate, and found such an iron bead. The handprints of the same person were also found on the roof. In the next two days, three such cases occurred in a row, which made Huzhi County anxious. Hu Zhixian called Ma Long and instructed: "Brother Xian, it seems that the person who committed the crime went down from the roof, and then kidnapped the victim, it is estimated that this is a person from the rivers and lakes, from tonight, I have to trouble you to go to the roof of the city to ambush, as long as you see the thief flying around on the roof, take it immediately." This must be a thief!"

"Well, that looks like that's all there is to it. It was just dark, and at the end of the day, Malone had dinner early, flew on the roof, and inspected the city, and then lay in ambush on a roof, secretly watching the situation around him. I waited until the second half of the night, and there was a three-watch three-o'clock on the street: "The weather is dry, be careful of the candles!" The husband passed from the street, at this time he saw a black shadow flying between the houses, Malone jumped up violently, and rushed up from behind, not a few more steps, caught up closer, Malone reached out to grab the black man's shoulder, at this time, the black man turned around, shook his hand is a hidden weapon shot over, Malone hurriedly leaned back, copied his right hand, and copied the hidden weapon in his hand, which was the iron bead found near the victim's house the day before yesterday. "Okay, where are you going to be a thief?" ”

The black insinuated the hidden weapon and jumped off the roof, Ma Long's body slowed down because of dodging the hidden weapon, and then when he caught up, the man in black had disappeared without a trace. Ma Long said frustratedly: "I waited for half the night, but I told him to leave, it's really unlucky! Why don't you go back and sleep for a while? It is said that Ma Long performed light skills and longitudinal techniques, and after a while, he returned to the county office, went down to the roof, and saw that the light in the study in the back hall was still bright, and there was still the sound of talking, and he wondered in his heart, why is this nonsense, and he hasn't slept yet? Hurriedly pushed open the door: "Master, why are you here?" ”

Hu Feiwei said: "If it weren't for my father-in-law who came to the rescue just now, my little life would have been gone." ”

It turned out that just when Ma Long came out of the Zhixian Yamen, after a while, three black-clothed people flew down from the roof, all masked and carrying steel knives in their hands, came to the back hall, and ran to the study, pushed the door in, and the three black-clothed men raised their knives and chopped over to Hu Zhixian. Hu Zhixian was so frightened that he almost didn't pee his pants, and at this moment, he only heard three hisses, and the three men in black fell to the ground in response. Wang Shi stepped over and tore off the face towel of the man in black, these three people were none other than the third brother of the Bao family, Bao Shan, Bao Hai, Bao Quan, Hu Fei came back to his senses at this time, and saw his father-in-law Wang Shi quickly pounced and knelt down: "Father-in-law, you are really my father, if it weren't for you, I would have been cut into meat by them." ”

"I'm going to get up quickly," Wang Shi helped Hu Feiwei up, and at this time, Huang Xiujuan's voice shouted from outside the house: "Master, oops, get me down, you old man has gone down, leave me on the roof." ”

Wang Shi laughed, "The teacher almost forgot about you." ”

What's going on, it turns out that this is the ploy of Bao An, the old man Bao, first flew the pigeon to send a letter to Zhang Fengjiang, and asked him to come to the city to do a series of cases, and then lured Ma Long out of the Yamen of Zhi County, and after Ma Long was lured out, Master Bao sent his three sons to kill Hu Zhi County. The man in black that Ma Long met was Wu Qiangan, and it was said that after Zhang Fengjiang received the letter from Mr. Bao, he didn't want to solicit this matter, but as soon as Wu Qiangan heard about this idea, he thought about it, and just went to the city to loot a few more women, and brought them to the island, so as to be happy and happy, it was the lust of the heart, so he said: "This matter is the best of both worlds, you think, we just care, rob women." The murderous deeds were handed over to the man surnamed Bao to do. If it is true that Hu Zhixian has anything to do with Wang Shi, we didn't kill people. The virtuous brother was at home, so let the elder brother and I go to the city and plunder a few more women for the brothers to have fun and harmony with. ”