It is said that there was a murder in the family mansion this week, and the surrounding area was full of onlookers, Songbai pulled out the crowd and watched the post-mortem inside, at this time, a stone flew from outside the door, impartial, and hit the forehead of the county master. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Ouch, who is so lacking in virtue here? Throw a stone at my head. The magistrate Ma Defa covered his forehead and roared angrily.

This master Lin Yunzhi bent down, picked up the stone on the ground, opened the letter wrapped around the stone, and took it off: "Master Ma, look here, this stone is wrapped in stationery." Someone must have seen the scene of the murder, but it was inconvenient for him to come out to testify, so he used the act of throwing stones to report the news, and told your lordship, "

"Where, where, show the officer," Ma Defa turned around and took the letterhead, trembling as he looked at it.

"My lord, what's wrong?, what's wrong?" Master Lin Yunzhi saw Master Ma, his expression was in a trance, and the sweat on his face didn't stop, and he hurriedly stepped forward to help Ma Defa.

Seeing that the master was shouting to himself, Master Ma came back to his senses, put the letter paper into his arms, and took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat on his forehead.

"It's okay, it's okay! It's something that is written with some nonsense, and it's not worth believing it, but how are you doing?" the master turned around and walked towards the corpse on the ground.

"Lord Qiyu, these people are all fatal with a knife, almost no pain, and they died on the spot, from my accumulated experience in doing this, it is inferred that it was done by one person, the sword technique should come from the spirit snake swordsmanship of the Yunyumen in the Western Regions, the sword spirit is out of the sheath, like a wandering snake, and it takes its life in an instant, without the slightest trace of calling for help and struggling. He said with interest.

"Yunyumen, Spirit Snake Swordsmanship, Xue Hu with a sword in front of the emperor, ah! This is not a joke, you quickly shut up, as if it didn't happen, it's just an ordinary enemy seeking revenge, if this thing is stabbed, let's not want to have a good life, and only blame this week, I offended someone who shouldn't be offended, quickly carry the deceased, send it to Yizhuang, close the case three days later, bury it together, and let them enter the ground as soon as possible." Master Ma took out a handkerchief, covered his nose and said.

The officials sounded the gong to open the way, and the catchers hurriedly separated the passers-by on both sides, and Master Ma sat in the official sedan chair, closed his eyes and rested, and kept wiping the sweat on his forehead with a handkerchief, and slapped his right hand on his forehead a few times: "Who gave me a secret letter here? How do you know the evidence of my corruption and perversion of the law? He also threatened me not to investigate this case thoroughly, and hastily settled the matter, who could this be?"

"My lord, this is the county government in front of you, do you want to go back to the house first, or go back to the yamen first?" asked Master Lin Yunzhi outside the sedan chair.

Ma Defa opened the curtains, looked outside, retracted his head, leaned against the back and said: "This official has an unbearable headache, go home first, and then go to the county government tomorrow." ”

In the backyard of Mafu, Mrs. Li was fiddling with jewelry, and when she heard the footsteps outside, she hurriedly put the jewelry in the box, staggered and found a place to hide, and then sorted out her clothes and headdress, opened the curtain and went out.

"Master, you're back! Yue'e wants to kill you! Why did you come back so early today? Wasn't there a murder in the Zhou family's compound?" Mrs. Li Yue'e rubbed the master's chest and asked squeamishly.

Ma Defa ignored her, opened the curtain and entered, sat on the kang, and remained silent, Li Yue'e turned around and instructed the maid: "Hurry up and get some lotus seed soup for the master, go to the fire for the master, and see what kind of god this is! ”

"Master, what are you doing? Why are you silent? Make the slave family feel sorry for you!" Ma Shi Yue'e threw a handkerchief of incense and dangled it in front of Ma Defa's forehead.

"Go aside, sir, I'm annoying! Losers, one day you know how to buy things and accept small favors from others, now it's okay, you can see for yourself, you do a good thing. Ma Defa threw the paper ball on the ground and said angrily.

"I ...... It's not to give the lord a long face, for fear of losing the lord's face! I'm not trying to share your worries and solve problems, this is an official for a lifetime, who doesn't accept bribes? Just rely on your annual salary of 200 taels of silver, and it's not enough to drink the northwest wind......?

"Crying, crying, one day I know crying, this person has already secretly believed to me, asking me to obey his orders, otherwise I will hand over this evidence of corruption and bribery to the Supervision Yuan, alas! How is this good?" Ma Defa beat his chest and paused, and said with a sad face.

"Master Ma, Master Ma, cough cough," the voice of Master Lin Yunzhi came from the door, Ma Defa hurriedly waved his hand to Ma Shi Yue'e, shook his head and sighed: "Let's go down first, let's talk about it later, alas! ”

Ma Defa saw Ma Shi Yue'e enter the back room, so he tidied up his shirt and hat, and said to the master at the door: "Come in!"

This Lin Yunzhi lifted the curtain, came in the door, bent down and hugged his fists and said: "Master Ma, this grandfather of the Wu family asked to see him in the living room, and sent me to pass it on, I don't know what ...... about."

"Bring him here, the old man is not well, and if he dares to be cold, he will bring him here," Ma Defa said, waving his hand.

"Yes, Master Ma, Xiaosheng will go and please. Lin Yunzhi bent down and clenched his fists in response, turned around and went out.

Ma Defa was alone in the house, pacing back and forth, muttering to himself, and there was a burst of laughter outside the door: "Master Ma, Wu is uninvited, come to visit, please bear with me." ”

The curtain was lifted, and it was in this jurisdiction that Wu Xiong and Wu Yuanwai, who opened pawnshops and gambling stalls, were thirty-seven or eighteen years old, and they looked at this person's burly figure, square face, thick eyebrows and black sideburns, and a small piece of missing a small piece of his left ear, so he wore earmuffs to cover his ugliness.

"Hehe! Wu Yuanwai, rare guest, rare guest! What kind of wind is blowing you here? Come on, come on, please take a seat, Yun Zhi, tell me to go down, make a pot of tea. Ma Defa stepped forward to greet him and ushered him into the seat.

When this master went out, this Wu Xiong looked left and right, and there was no one around, so he took out a red cloth package from his arms, pushed it to Ma Defa, and said with a smile on his face: "Master Ma, a little heart, please smile, and please bear more in the future." ”

"This ...... As a local parent official, Ma should be pragmatic for the people, as for ...... This, please take it back from Wu Yuanwai. Madfa pushed the red package back.

"Master Ma, why are you still polite to me? I come to honor my lord every month, or this lady is easy to talk to, how can you be so polite like you. Wu Xiong pushed the package over again.

"Hmph! It's this slut again, alas! Ma really doesn't know the reason, and asks Wu Yuanwai to take it back. Ma Defa was afraid of another incident, so he stood with his hands behind his back and waved his hand.

It was too late, but it was too fast, and a figure flashed by, wrapped the table, took it away with one hand, and retreated into the back room......