Master Luo Cao

A group of people took Mr. Kong Dagong back to the mansion. Xu Xiancheng had already been waiting at the gate of the county yamen, bowed and rolled up his sleeves, walking back and forth tremblingly at the gate of the county yamen. When he heard the sound of horseshoes from far to near, he turned his head After seeing that the leader was indeed Fu Yunshu, he rushed up and said, "Master Fu, you are back!"

Fu Yunshu got off his horse, handed the reins to the attendants who came up, walked straight to the yamen, and said, "What's the matter?"

"Two things," Xu Meng followed Fu Yunshu's side step by step, and said, "One is that Liu Xiucai's son in Hutao Lane has been missing for many days..."

Fu Yunshu asked: "What about the other one?"

Xu Mengdao: "Kong De sent someone over."

Fu Yunshu stood still suddenly, turned his head, and asked, "Who is it?"

Kong De couldn't stop Fu Yunshu, and he also knew that most of the rough men in the yamen couldn't take good care of his son, so he specially appointed a doctor to come over.The old Langzhong stroked his white goatee, pinched Kong Lun's wrist to feel his pulse for a long time, and came to a conclusion, saying: "Excessive sadness, depression, fright, and not eating well for days, so some Deficiency of qi and weak body, take some nourishing pills, and you will be fine after a little recuperation." As he spoke, a pair of experienced bark hands opened the medicine box they carried with them, pulled out a small porcelain bottle from inside, pulled off the cap tremblingly, and took a few pills The small pitch-black pill rolled into the palm of his hand, he opened Kong Lun's mouth ungently, and swallowed it in one gulp, causing Kong Lun to cough so much that he nearly bounced off the bed.

Fu Yunshu stood aside and stared at him, thinking that it would be good to just wake up from choking, but he never thought that Kong Lun would choke to death for a long time, then turned his head and fell back into a drowsy sleep.

Master Kou was good at observing words and expressions, and he could see the impatience of the little county magistrate at a glance, so he pretended to be a tiger with his tail wide, and said in a low voice, "Doctor, when will Mr. Kong wake up, do you have an idea?"

The doctor just said repeatedly: "It's good to slow down, it's good to slow down..."

Fu Yunshu was not interested in guarding a murder suspect, so he said in a cold voice, "Bring him as soon as he wakes up" and walked out. Kou Luoche, Xu Meng, Zhao Ciji and others hurriedly followed.

Xu Meng asked: "My lord, not long after you left today, Liu Xiucai from Hutao Lane came to the door and cried, saying that his son had been missing for more than three days. I said to help send someone to look for him, but he refused. Seeing you, I was finally persuaded, and now I am crying in the side hall."

Fu Yunshu asked: "How old is Liu Xiucai's son?"

"Responding to my lord's words," Xu Mengdao said, "The seventeenth birthday last month is exactly the age of youth and young Ai."

At this moment, Fu Yunshu was so annoyed by Shen Xun and Shen Jue's murders that he was dizzy, and without even thinking about it, he said: "It is common for young people of this age to run away from home and disappear for no reason. Parents have a dispute, you go and send him away, and if he still hasn't come back after two days, you send someone to look for it together."

Xu Meng suddenly lowered his voice and said: "My lord, this is what I planned, but this Liu Xiucai is very difficult to deal with. He threatened that if the government does not act, he will sue the Jiangbei government, and he will hand over Xia Fu next month. Jiuhe County It is already difficult to complete, and I am worried that adding another case at this juncture will displease the magistrate."

Fu Yunshu stopped in his tracks, frowned, and rubbed the center of his brows wearily.

"County Lord," Kou Luoche said suddenly, "it's better to ask Liu Xiucai." Suddenly, he leaned close to Fu Yunshu's ear, and whispered: "You should rest first, and when Kong Lun wakes up, he will be interrogated immediately, so as not to have long nights and dreams. If there is a special situation here, I will tell you later."

Fu Yunshu unconsciously touched his hot earlobe, nodded, turned around and said, "You all step back first, the county has its own decision on these two cases."

Everyone dispersed, Kou Luoche walked towards the side hall with his hands behind his back, saw Xu Meng who was alone, pretended to be affectionate, leaned up and grabbed his shoulders, and said: "Xu County Chancellor, what do you want?" You know more about Liu Xiucai, why don't you walk with me?"

Xu Meng lowered his head and glanced at Kou Luoche's paws on his shoulders in distaste, and brushed his paws away like dust, and said softly: "How dare I interfere with the work assigned to Mr. Kou by the magistrate?" ?”

"You can't say that," Kou Luoche put his hand on it again persistently, but this time he used all his strength, and his claws clasped Xu Meng's shoulder tightly like iron clamps, no matter how hard he struggled, he remained motionless. , forced the person to the side hall, "I'm new here, I'm not familiar with the place in Jiuhe County, and there are still many places to rely on Mr. Xu..."

Xu Mengsheng was dragged into the side hall by force, and Liu Xiucai, who was squatting inside, was already crying with snot and tears. When he heard the sound of the door opening and closing, he rushed over and howled: "I beg the Lord Qingtian to help you!" The grassroots are in charge!"

Seeing this, Kou Luoche stepped aside, and Xu Meng was caught by the old scholar. Looking at Liu Xiucai who was holding his thigh tightly, he said helplessly: "Liu Xiucai, get up first, Fu!" The adults didn't come."

Liu Xiucai looked at Xu Meng carefully through his teary eyes, then at Kou Luoche who was beside him, and asked, "Then...Master Xu, this lord is..."

Xu Mengdao: "This is Mr. Fu's master, Mr. Kou."

Mr. Kou seldom shows up in public, and few people in Jiuhe County have seen him, but the story of County Magistrate Fu's pursuit of his master has spread all over the streets and alleys of Jiuhe County, so Liu Xiucai has also heard of Mr. Kou's name for a long time. , hurriedly got up and bowed, "Old Liu Baishi, I met Mr. Kou."

"Excuse me, old man," Kou Luoche lifted him up, led him to his seat, and said, "Recently, there was a conspiracy in the county, and you must have heard of it. The county magistrate is very busy with it." , I have no time to be distracted, but when I heard that your son is missing, I immediately sent my subordinates to inquire carefully, if you have anything to say, I will definitely convey it to the county magistrate."

The story of the storyteller Kuaizuihua is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. It is well known that Mr. Kou is the magistrate of Fu’s confidant, so Liu Xiucai believed in Kou Luochai’s words just now. He wiped away the old tears from his eyes and sighed heavily. , said: "In fact, if the child loses his temper with us and leaves home for a few days in a fit of anger, I will never dare to come to bother you adults. It's just that the disappearance of the child is really strange." He took out a piece of paper, slowly unfolded it, and handed it to Kou Luoche, "This is a letter left by my son before he left home."

Kou Luoche took a look at it, and it said "Father, my son went to find the fairy girl to get the elixir, and he will come back soon."

However, there were only a few numbers, but Kou Luoche was confused, so he handed the paper to Xu Meng, who only shook his head after reading it.Kou Luoche asked: "Mr., which fairy is this fairy? What kind of magic medicine is it?"

"It's a long story," Liu Xiucai said with a sigh, "my wife has been ill in bed since years ago, and she hasn't improved after eating all the soup and water. My son is filial to his mother, so he looks around for her Doctor asked about medicine, some time ago, he suddenly came to me and told me that he met a fairy girl, said that he was destined to meet him, and saw that he had filial piety, as long as he practiced with her for a few days, he would be given elixir, and the medicine would be cured after eating until the illness is cured."

Kou Luoche reproached and said: "There is no such good thing in the world, your son is probably cheated by someone."

"That's what I said!" Liu Xiucai said with a twitch of his nose, seeing his eyes turn red again, "But he just wouldn't listen! I stopped him from going, so he sneaked out while I wasn't around. If you leave, you won't see anyone for three days!"

Kou Luoche asked: "Have you ever mentioned, what kind of person is that fairy girl?"

"I mentioned it," Liu Xiucai said, "It is said that he is a fox fairy."

After hearing the old scholar's noise, Kou Luoche coaxed and lied to him and finally invited him away.Walking out of the side hall with arms folded, looking at the vicissitudes of Liu Xiucai's back and scratching his cheek, he turned his head and asked Xu Meng, "What does Master Xu think about this matter?"

Xu Meng's pale face was still pale, and he said in a deep voice: "I have never heard of any fox fairy in this county for so many years. It's hard to guarantee that the little devil is not having an affair with others and wants to elope, so he made up some lies. Lied to his father."

"Xu Xiancheng is right," Kou Luoche said indifferently: "The talk of the fox fairy is ridiculous, but just in case, let's send a few capable people to follow along to look for it, so as not to offend the common people. What do you think? ?”

Xu Meng said indifferently: "Since Mr. Fu has entrusted Mr. Kou with full authority over this matter, Mr. Kou can do his own thing and don't need to ask me."

Kou Luoche ignored him, walked forward a few steps, raised his hand to call a yamen servant, and said: "You, call three or four brothers, and search for people separately, in all streets and alleys." Secretly glanced at Xu Meng who was standing not far away with a dead face, and said in a low voice: "Not only Jiuhe County, but also several neighboring counties are going to inquire, quietly, do you understand?"

The little yamen servant took the order, and Kou Luoche didn't want to talk to Xu Meng anymore, so he said goodbye casually, walked towards Fu Yunshu's study, walked to the door, knocked on the door, and when no one answered, he pushed lightly, The door opened, and the little magistrate was lying on the desk, already asleep, with a book turned upside down on the desk, it was the Penglai Zhi that he brought from Kou Luoqi's yard earlier.

Kou Luoche casually picked up the Penglai Zhi and flipped through a few pages, a self-deprecating smile gradually formed on the corner of his mouth, he was about to put it back in place, but met a pair of clear eyes, so he calmly put the book down and said, "Brother Fu, you're awake?"

Fu Yunshu nodded, straightened up and stretched, leaned sleepily on the back of the chair, and asked, "How is the disappearance case going?"

Kou Luoche roughly repeated Liu Xiucai's words, and said: "I have already sent someone to look for it. If Liu Xiucai's son really eloped with someone, he should not be able to escape very far, and he will be found in a short time."

Fu Yunshu nodded, and didn't take such trivial matters to heart, he just said: "It's been a while, I don't know if Kong Lun has slowed down or not."

Kou Luoche said, "Would you like to go and have a look?"

Just as Fu Yunshu was about to agree, Wang Xiaozhu rushed over like a gust of wind, the door of the study was open, but this guy seemed to have seen some kind of beast, he quickly stopped, lowered his head, looked at his nose, nose and heart, and said: "My lord, Then Kong Lun woke up."