There are two shifts under the fast room, the catcher and the fast hand, which are responsible for arresting bandits and catching thieves respectively, and jointly protect the peace of the market in one city and one place. Their force value is certainly not worth a lot in the eyes of the monks, but after all, they represent the official orthodox rule, and they can be regarded as the basic backbone of maintaining law and order in a city.

The presence of fast houses in Kwai Ying City is very low, but it is clear that they are much more active in Xiahe City, where fish and dragons are mixed. Osmanthus didn't expect that as soon as she entered the WTO, she would be involved with them, so she planned to see how these fast hands behaved.

Brother Qiao led her slowly, and at the same time chatted with a few passing vendors and shopkeepers, asking them if they had encountered any thieves or gangsters who were not long-sighted.

Osmanthus looked at it coldly, most of these people only vaguely said a word or two when they replied, obviously Brother Qiao was very powerful, and no one really dared to use some trivial things to talk to him. Even Wang Qi is well versed in the truth of not causing trouble with officials, and he hurriedly got out under the pretext that he had something to do.

Brother Qiao obviously noticed it, and he snorted a little embarrassedly, sped up his pace and walked straight to the place on the fast house market with the osmanthus flower.

This place is hidden in the narrow alley behind the market, and you can almost hear the bustle outside, but it is a bit winding when you walk. Osmanthus followed Brother Qiao and walked for about a stick of incense, and then he pointed to the mottled door and said that it had arrived.

The courtyard in front of me looked very ordinary, and there were no plaques or stone lions, and the two false gates were even a little shaky. Pushing it out, it was a small courtyard. There are two stools under an old tree, and next to them are several large bowls of herbal tea that have been drunk half-drunk.

Brother Qiao laughed at himself: "It's the first time for a girl to come to this kind of place." The so-called official does not repair the government, I have been here for almost ten years, and this door will not be strong on the day I came, I didn't expect it to last so long and not fall, but it saved the city lord a sum of silver. ”

Osmanthus has also heard of this long-standing rule, in order to show that the chief officials in various places will never repair the official office, and even have not been as dilapidated as beautiful, but here are examples.

She didn't know if she was bumped by the smell of pickled food on the road when she came, she only felt a faint pain in her temples, and she was inevitably a little impatient.

Brother Qiao said: "This record should have been responsible for recruiting the house, but we are simple here because of the ugliness, and we are a brother who can write both Chinese and ink." There was probably something temporary, and the brothers were all out. Sit in the room for a moment, and I'll go and find them." ”

Osmanthus sighed and said: "I am also tired today, since this is not a coincidence, it is better to talk about it tomorrow when I have time." ”

Brother Qiao hurriedly said: "They will definitely not go far, I will come when I go, so that you don't have to run again tomorrow." Aren't you going to rent a house? My brother also helps people to go through the file and write deeds, and he knows all the houses to be rented and sold here, so this kind of thing is the most suitable thing to find him. ”

Osmanthus took out the elixir of pure heart and condensed the mind and put it under her tongue, feeling that her spirit was better, so she nodded and agreed, "I still have to go back to take care of my brother, if Brother Qiao hasn't come back in time for a stick of incense, I will leave first, and come here to visit tomorrow." ”

Brother Qiao was stunned for a moment, he observed all the way, and when the osmanthus arrived at the fast house, it was the same as in the market, always cold and indifferent, not aggressive but also did not show any fear, and he didn't know if this little girl was really ignorant of the world or dependent.

But since the person has been invited, naturally there is no reason to let go at will, so he led the osmanthus into the house, moved a chair and wiped it with his sleeve to invite the osmanthus to sit, and said: "I will go and go back, you and sit here for a while, if someone comes halfway, please wait for a while." ”

Seeing that Osmanthus nodded, Brother Qiao pulled his legs and left, but when he arrived at the gate of the courtyard, he turned back, patted his head and said, "Look at my memory, I have forgotten the rules." ”

He explained to Osmanthus: "In the end, the fast house is also considered an official office, and when you come in to write a record, it is customary to search your body so as not to bring in the murder weapon." ”

Seeing Osmanthus raising his eyebrows, Brother Qiao hurriedly said: "The girl's situation is naturally different, but the rules are rules after all." And you used a green weapon just now, and now you're sitting here alone, so that those brothers can see it, after all, it's not appropriate, and I can't explain it. I also asked the girl to be considerate, and put the things on her body in this cabinet for temporary storage, and when she left, they would naturally be returned as they were. ”

Brother Qiao took out a bunch of keys and opened a half-person-high cabinet in the corner of the room, in which some sundries were piled up on the partition, but most of them were empty.

Osmanthus didn't know if what he said was true or not, whether she had the intention of taking it by force, but at this time, it made her feel a little interesting, and she wanted to see what kind of medicine was sold in this Kuaishou gourd. She took out some bits and pieces on her body, and even put the purse containing silver in the cabinet along with the bamboo sword.

Brother Qiao looked at the short sword made of bamboo, and after being amazed, he locked the cabinet door in front of the osmanthus flower, and then walked out of the courtyard door in three steps and two steps.

The gate of this courtyard is in vain, the sound of disturbance outside the door is in the ears, and the osmanthus has less time to sit for a cup of tea, and listens to the noisy sound of two neighbors bickering and many people coming and going.

She simply sat down under the shade of the tree in the courtyard, and after observing the situation in her body for a while, she thought about what she had seen and heard these days, and suddenly heard a vendor outside selling cheese. Osmanthus was a little moved, stood up and walked to the door, stopped the vendor, and asked him for a bowl to eat.

Seeing that business came to the door, the vendor hurriedly parked the cart on the side of the road, and lifted the thick quilt to reveal bowls of snow-white and delicate cheese below.

This crisp cheese is steamed from milk, rice wine and snowflake sugar, the prepared crisp cheese is condensed like jade paste, it is best to take it cold when eating, and then add hawthorn strips, pine nuts, walnuts and so on according to each person's preference, the entrance is sweet and fragrant.

After eating the bowl of cheese slowly, Osmanthus felt that Fang Cai's irritability had subsided a lot, and thanked the vendor with a smile and was ready to pay. After touching it, I remembered that the purse containing the bits and pieces of money was still locked in the cabinet, which was inevitably a little embarrassing.

The peddler glanced at the yard and asked with a smile, "I see the girl coming out of here." I haven't been here for a while, is this place already occupied?"

Osmanthus was startled, and after a little thought, she casually touched another ingot of silver from the storage bracelet and put it on the peddler's cart, then turned around and walked briskly back to the room.

She glanced at the brass lock hanging from the cabinet door, and her hand stabbed into the keyhole with a few twists, and then gently and skillfully opened it with a few twists from side to side.

As expected, the partition in the cabinet was empty, and the purse, the bamboo sword, and some of her bits and pieces were gone. And the back panel of the cabinet was broken a big hole, and when I knocked carefully, I found that it was not a wooden board, but a thick paper paste, and the back wall had already been chiseled through the wall.

The open crack was like a big grin, and it made a silent mockery at the osmanthus.