I'm taking the imperial examinations in Liaozhai

Sang Chong and others were taken away by the Ministry of Justice, but their influence has not disappeared.In the streets and alleys, after dinner, people always like to use them as talking points, and they can blow up such a big case for a year.

The most discussed was not the magistrate's kick, nor the evil deeds committed by Sang Chong and others, but Wang Erxi.Speaking of Wang Erxi, if he dared to be called the second worst flower picker in history, no one would dare to be called the first.

Wang Erxi is the youngest among the "Jiuyue Immortals", and he has not yet reached the age of weak crown.Both of his parents died, and he and his elder brother Wang Daxi depended on each other for life.Wang Daxi worshiped Sang Chong as his teacher and became a flower picker.And Wang Erxi was also led into the pit by him.However, Sang Chong disliked his low qualifications and did not accept him.Although he did not worship Sang Chong as his teacher, Wang Erxi also learned a few tricks, and Sang Chong reluctantly joined his team.

Although she is not good at learning arts, but because Wang Erxi has a delicate appearance and a relatively small frame, even if she has not learned the bone shrinking skill, it is difficult for ordinary people to distinguish between male and female when dressed as a woman.

When Wang Erxi arrived in Chitian Village, he stayed at an old woman's house and told others that she was a young daughter-in-law who couldn't stand the beating and scolding of her parents-in-law and ran away.The old woman had no doubts and took him in.After living in Chitian Village, Wang Erxi found out that the old woman's neighbor Ma Wanbao's wife, Tian Shi, was very beautiful, so he was moved.

Unexpectedly, Ma Wanbao and his wife are both unrestrained people. They share similar tastes and cooperate with each other, so they have a deep relationship.Ma Wanbao took a fancy to Wang Erxi's appearance, so he discussed with his wife Tian Shi, asking her to coax Wang Erxi to his home to accomplish a good deed.

For convenience, Wang Erxi lied that he knew how to treat women's abdominal pain, which required him to massage the patient himself at night.When Tian heard about it, she pretended to be sick and asked him to come and treat her.Wang Erxi was originally interested in Tian Shi, but before he made a move, she came to her door by herself, so she was naturally happy.

However, Wang Erxi was very vigilant, he was a typical person with lust but no guts, and his skill was not high. If he could deal with a woman, he would be fine, but if he was a man with a strong upper body, he would not be able to beat him.Ma Wanbao was a tall man, if it wasn't for him, Wang Erxi would have attacked Tian's long ago, why would he have waited until now, so Wang Erxi was still a little hesitant when faced with Tian's request for medical treatment.

Wang Erxi asked the old lady to tell Tian that he was too timid to meet outside men, and that if Ma Wanbao was at home, he would not go to treat his illness.Mrs. Tian said that she sent Ma Wanbao out for a drink at night, which made Wang Erxi let go of his guard and came to Ma's house at night.

After arriving at Ma's house, Tian welcomed him into the house?Said he was shy, and turned off the lights in the house.Before waiting for the massage, Tian found an excuse to go out and let Ma Wanbao in.

Ma Wanbao originally wanted to have a good relationship with Wang Erxi, but who knew that Wang Erxi was a leader, and he was very shocked.After careful questioning, I found out that he was Erxi, the flower picker king.

Ma Wanbao originally wanted to send him to the government, but he felt sorry for Wang Erxi's appearance and was reluctant to let him die.They simply tied him up, turned him into a "eunuch" with one stab, and then threatened and lured him without revealing his identity to the outside world, making him a slave for the couple during the day and a child prostitute for himself at night , It really kills two birds with one stone.

Although the people in their village didn't tell the outside world, they didn't know what kind of virtue Ma Wanbao had in private.It's just that Ma Wanbao and his wife committed another crime and took the little lady as their own. Although some people were angry, at most they just cursed in private, and no one really stood up for Wang Erxi.Anyway, Wang Erxi was a foreigner, and he didn't know them well, so one more thing was better than one thing less, and they couldn't afford to offend their neighbors because of "her".Not only that, in order to maintain the reputation of Ikeda Village, the villagers also tried their best to cover up their scandals and help the evildoers.

If Feng Yunlin hadn't reported it, no one would have thought that the mighty flower picker would fall into such a field.If the magistrate of the county hadn't been so predictable, maybe the castrated flower picker would have escaped, and he would have been a slave for Ma Wanbao and his wife for the rest of their lives.

This unlucky Wang Erxi did not escape the fate of being beheaded even though he lost his roots.This kind of encounter with him is really legendary. I heard that there are people in the market who compiled a storybook and asked the storyteller to tell it in the hook.Therefore, when people talk about him, apart from sighing, they will always involuntarily say some colorful words.If Sang Chong heard about it, he would definitely regret why he brought these two idiots into his group.

Because the flower-pickers were arrested in Ning'an County, the court will definitely reward them, but they will not be issued until the flower-pickers are tried and sentenced in the capital.

The arrest warrant for the flower picker was revoked, Ji Zihe brought the arresters back to normal, and Ning'an County returned to calm again.

Because of the case of Sang Chong and the old Junjun, whether it is the county magistrate or the city god, the three fires of the new official Ji Zihe are all burning very well.

The aristocratic families in Ning'an County began to send invitations to Ji Zihe frequently, inviting him to be a guest or to participate in various banquets to show their affection to him.The ghosts of Ning'an County also often appear in the Town God's Temple on weekdays, not for anything, most of the time they put down their tributes and run away, as if they were afraid of being caught by Ji Zihe.

Ji Zihe was puzzled by their behavior, but it was Meng Zhang who told him that this was a sign of the little monster showing favor to the big monster.In the past, the most powerful person in this place was the old Junjun. Now that the old Junjun has fallen, the little monsters are acknowledging Ji Zihe's status, expressing their submission to him, paying him protection fees, and asking his asylum.

The reason why they put it down and run away is mainly because some big monsters have the habit of eating little monsters.Ji Chenghuang looks so scary, he must not be a vegetarian, the little monsters are afraid of being discovered by him, what if Master Chenghuang wants to taste them on a whim.

Ji Zihe was quite speechless. What did he want to do with those dead animals, bugs and all kinds of tributes from wild fruits? He was not short of stuttering.

Poor Lao Miaozhu, every day when he opened the door, he saw dead rats and snakes at the door, and his heart disease was frightened.He thought it was someone playing a prank and finding fault on purpose, and finally sued Ji County Magistrate.

It is impossible for Ji County Magistrate to really catch those troublemakers, so he had to turn into Ji Chenghuang and tell the patrolling gods day and night to tell the nearby monsters to stop sending tributes, so that the matter can be dealt with past.

Because Huang Jiulang announced that he had fallen in love unilaterally, Ji Zihe had dinner in the cafeteria again, which was really difficult.After eating for a few days, Ji Zihe couldn't bear it any longer, so he went out to beat teeth with his bones in his arms.

Ji Zihe didn't go to restaurants and other high-consumption places alone, so he found a roadside stall and ordered a bowl of wontons.

"Bone, do you want to eat some too?" Ji Zihe asked.

Meng Zhang looked around and saw a woman selling tofu nao next to the wonton stand, so he said, "I want to eat that."

"Okay, do you want sweet or salty?"

Meng Zhang thought for a while, and said solemnly, "Children only make choices, and of course I want both."

"Can you finish eating two bowls?" Ji Zihe looked at its thick body with chopsticks, very suspicious.

"What are you looking at? I'm super big. This is not enough to fit between my teeth." Meng Zhang said confidently, "Even if I can't finish it, there is still you."

Well, this reason cannot be refuted.Ji Zihe went to the tofu nao stall next door and brought back two bowls of tofu nao, and sat there waiting for his wontons.Meng Zhang's blindfold can confuse other people's eyes, people can't see his stupid way of sticking his head into the bowl.

At this time, he had completely forgotten his original determination to restore his image in Ji Zihe's heart.I don't know if it's because I didn't transform into a human form so I let myself go so free, and I often accidentally expose my true nature.

Ji Zihe was hungry, and just as he took a bite of the cooked wontons on the table, an unexpected visitor came to him.

"Young master, you have two bowls of tofu nao, why don't you have one bowl?" The tattered Taoist priest said to Ji Zihe with a bowl.

Meng Zhang raised his head, hugged a bowl of tofu nao with his paws, and wrapped his tail around another bowl of tofu nao. The food guard stared at the Taoist priest, clearly unwilling.

Ji Zihe thought, this should be a Taoist priest who came to beg for alms, and said, "I want to drink these two bowls of tofu nao, so I can't give it to you. I bought this tofu nao at the stall next to it, and it costs only two yuan. I can buy a bowl. I will give you two coins, if you want to eat, go buy it yourself."

As Ji Zihe said, he took out two Wen and put it in the bowl.

"Thank you Layman. It is fate to meet you. Since Layman is so generous, I will do some calculations for you and repay your kindness."

Ji Zihe felt a little embarrassed. The two cents were praised for being generous. Are you sure you're not being sarcastic?

"No, I don't believe that."

"The poor way is very experienced in character testing, laymen can give it a try." The Taoist said.

Ji Zihe was very helpless, he just wanted to eat a wonton, why are there so many things.Feeling that he has done good deeds and done wrong, why don't you let him go, if you don't eat his wontons, they will be soaked.

"Okay, how do you plan to test?" Ji Zihe asked.

"Please also give the horoscope of your birthday to Pindao, so that Pindao can do the divination for you."

Meng Zhang told Ji Zihe not to reveal his birthday to others casually.In the world of self-cultivation, many spells can be completed by relying on the horoscope of birth date. If you tell other people your birthday, if that person wants to harm him, it is equivalent to saying that you handed someone a knife with your own hands.

"Divination is too troublesome. Can you read a phase? You can also measure characters." Ji Zihe asked.

"Although other poor Taoists also know a little bit, but the most proficient in poor Taoism is divination."

"Forget it then, please go ahead, I'm going to eat." Ji Zihe didn't have the patience to talk to him any more, and started to move his chopsticks regardless of politeness or impoliteness.

If the Taoist had a wink, he should have left knowingly, but he just didn't leave, even if Ji Zihe didn't want to talk to him, he still didn't give up trying to tell Ji Zihe's fortune.

"Wait, son, since that's the case, then I'll show you your face."

"You don't have to pester me, I won't give you any more money." Ji Zihe said very bluntly.

"Pindao is such a greedy person, besides, you have already paid the money." The Taoist said, holding the bowl.

Ji Zihe rolled his eyes. He felt that the Taoist priest hadn't left because he thought he was a fool and had a lot of money.If I had known him earlier, I would not have shown any kindness to invite him to drink tofu nao. Now can I give him back the two pennies?

"Please go ahead." Ji Zihe stared at his bowl for a long time, still feeling that he should be more generous.The county magistrate robbed Taoist priests of two pennies in the street, and did not hesitate to fight. It must be big news if it gets out.Maybe it can overwhelm Wang Erxi and become the hottest topic in the public, he can't afford to lose this person.

The Taoist nodded slightly, scrutinized Ji Zihe's face, and after a while his brows frowned into a plain word, "My lord, I can't see through your face, why don't you write a word and let me calculate it?"

Ji Zihe dripped wonton soup on the table, and drew a horizontal line on the table with his finger, "Solve it."

The Taoist priest looked at the horizontal line as if he was facing a formidable enemy. For a while, he pushed up the Jiugong with his fingers, and then took out the tortoise shell copper coin and shook it there, beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

Ji Zihe had almost eaten all the wontons, but he still didn't move.Holding the wonton bowl in his arms, Ji Zihe drank a few sips of soup, put down the bowl, and asked, "Are you done?"

The Taoist raised his head and looked at him, "Who is your Excellency? The poor Taoist has studied this way for decades and has never failed. Why can't you calculate your fate?"

"How do I know that, I'm just an ordinary person." Ji Zihe said that he didn't want to take the blame, blame him for not being good at learning?

"Please also tell me your name and birthday, so that I can try again?" Taoist priest asked.

Ji Zihe's face turned cold, why did he bring up the birthday horoscope again? Could it be that the Taoist in front of him is all pretending.The purpose is for his horoscope.

"Go, go, stinky Taoist priest, I'm going to beg for food elsewhere, and I feel annoyed when I see you." The proprietress of the wonton stall suddenly shouted at the Taoist priest.

"Why did the layman drive me away again, I didn't hinder you?"

"It's not hindering me. You are so dirty. It's not good to stand anywhere. You have to stand here. Are you blind? The customers are afraid to come. Get out." The proprietress of the wonton stall put her hands on her hips , shouted with a rolling pin in one hand.

The Taoist quarreled with the proprietress for a few words, but there was no quarrel. He glanced at Ji Zihe, and finally walked away.

"Thank you, lady boss, for saving me." Ji Zihe said.

The proprietress flicked her hands, "Anyway, there is no one at the moment, so it's easy. This stinking Taoist priest is really annoying. He goes around asking about other people's birthdays every day. It doesn't look like a good thing."

"The proprietress knows him?"

"I don't know. This Taoist priest doesn't know where he came from. He has only been here for a few days. He usually wears tattered clothes and holds a bowl in his hand. He wanders around the street begging. Whenever he has a chance, he will pester others and say what If you have a destiny, you have to tell someone fortune, crazy, it is really pitiful and annoying." The proprietress took the rolling pin and went back to the stove to roll the dough, chatting with Ji Zihe while she was busy.

"The proprietress, do you know why he insists on other people's birth date?"

"How would I know? I'm not familiar with this stinky Taoist priest. Let me tell you, fortune-telling must be done by people with real talents. Those who rush to tell your fortune on the street like this must be A liar. When you see someone, you say you are destined for them. There are too many destined people. If there is such a thing as pie in the sky, how can it be our turn."

"Ma'am, what do you mean, do you know who has real talents and real learning?"

"Then you are asking the right person. In our Ning'an County, when it comes to fortune-telling, the blind Li dares to be the second, and no one dares to be the first."

"so smart?"

"Of course, Blind Li is blind, but he is not blind. It is right to look for him for fortune-telling and bone-telling. You can find the dragon's acupuncture points, and you have to ask him to have a look when you build a new house. Although he charges It’s more expensive, maybe it’s reassuring, no, I’m willing to pay for this one. Young man, I think you are young, like a scholar, you go to Qingyue Lane to find Blind Li, and he can calculate it for you Can you be admitted as a scholar next year?" the proprietress enthusiastically sold.

Ji Zihe didn't reveal his real identity, nor did he say anything about the fact that he no longer needed to be a scholar. He just smiled and said, "Okay, I'll take a look when I have time."

"Don't go to the wrong place. It's Qingyue Lane. There is also Qingming Lane next to it. People always can't tell where it is."

"I've made a note, thank you." Ji Zihe said.

Meng Zhang slumped on the table like a satiated cat, wagging his tail and looking at Ji Zihe with his paws on his chin.

Although others saw that the two bowls of tofu nao in front of Ji Zihe were full, Ji Zihe, who was not affected by the blindfold, clearly saw that there were only half of the two bowls of tofu nao left.

Ji Zihe stretched out his finger and poked Meng Zhang's chopstick waist, and Meng Zhang pushed his finger with his small paw, "Don't poke, if you poke again, you will vomit."

"Didn't you say that you are very big, why can't you finish two bowls of tofu?" Ji Zihe asked.

"You're actually suspecting that I'm not old enough. Could it be that you weren't the one who fell for me?" Meng Zhang looked at the heartbroken man's expression.

Ji Zihe: ...

He had climbed on top of Meng Zhang's head, but it was obviously a normal topic, why did it change when he said it out of his mouth.

"I know you are quite big, no, you are quite big, so why do you leave so many tofu brains uneaten?"

"I was a little full before, but now I can't eat any more." Meng Zhang found a toothpick from nowhere, held it with his little claws, and picked his teeth with his mouth bared.

The filial piety sent by the Dragon Clan was too much, Meng Zhang ate all of them as snacks, and he never stopped talking from morning to night, so he couldn't be full.He thought he still had room for two bowls of tofu nao in his stomach, but who knew he couldn't fit even one bowl, it was like the last straw that broke the camel's back, he couldn't bear it.He just drank two and a half bowls of tofu nao, although his belly looks flat, but in reality.He could hardly walk anymore.

"Will something get stuck in your teeth if you drink tofu nao? Don't keep poking with a toothpick after eating, or the gap between the teeth will become bigger." Ji Zihe reluctantly picked up the tofu nao, and gave another example, " Do you still remember the son of Widow Chen who lives in Baihe Town, he is young and his teeth are getting bigger and bigger."

Meng Zhang didn't think so, he was Qinglong, his teeth were very strong, how could he be poked open by a small bamboo stick, but Meng Zhang still put away the toothpick.

The tofu nao was quite solid, filled with two large porcelain bowls. Although Meng Zhang drank half of it, the remaining portion was still not small.Ji Zihe ate a bowl of wontons, drank two and a half bowls of tofu nao, and burped.

Originally, he wanted to buy another pancake after eating a bowl of wontons, but now he can't eat any pancakes anymore, his stomach is full of soup, he must be very hungry.Ji Zihe regretted it very much, if he had known, he would have just bought a bowl of tofu nao for Gu Gu.

After paying the bill, he returned the bowl of tofu nao to the woman selling tofu nao, and Ji Zihe went to the county government office with a full stomach.

"Actually, I think that although eating out costs a little money, you can fill your stomach and understand the people's sentiments at the same time. It can be regarded as a two-fold thing." Ji Zihe found an excuse for not eating in the canteen of the county government. "As a local parent official, how can I be separated from the people? I have to go deep into the people from time to time, what do you think?"

Meng Zhang didn't care about these reasons at all, he just wanted to ask one thing, "What's for dinner?"

"Eat... well, that's a problem. I don't know what to eat. Anyway, as long as it's not a canteen meal. I sometimes think about it, as far as the craftsmanship of our county clerk Gao is concerned, this is what we eat. Well, the food the prisoners in the prison eat is much worse than what we eat. After they eat prison food for a few days, will they regret their crimes?"

"Who knows, even if you regret it, it's useless. You don't give them regret medicine, and you don't want to spend money to change the cook." Meng Zhang said.

Ji Zihe laughed, "Grandpa Gao is so nice, how could I be willing to change it, maybe after eating the food he cooked, the prisoner will reform himself after he is released from prison."

Along the way, Ji Zihe walked slowly to the gate of the county government office.Meng Zhang stopped suddenly, Ji Zihe was puzzled, "What's wrong?"

"Someone is following us." Meng Zhang said.

Ji Zihe looked back and saw that there was no market on the side of the county yamen, and no one liked to hang around here when they were free. The gate of the yamen was empty and there was no one.

Suddenly Meng Zhang flew far away, picked up a small paper doll from the ground and flew back, "This is what followed us."

Ji Zihe looked at the paper figurine, and it was nothing special. Could it be that someone threw it away casually?

"I told you to study spells hard. You have no cultivation base, but you can't even see through the mystery of this paper figurine."

Ji Zihe was a little embarrassed, "I'm usually so busy with official duties, how can I have so much time to learn this and that. Tell me quickly, what's the secret of this paper figurine?"

"This should be a kind of puppet secret technique. Basically, no fluctuations of magic can be felt on it. It is very suitable for investigation. If I didn't go to an open place, I would not be able to find its existence." Meng Zhang said.

Ji Zihe knew it well, he couldn't recognize things that Gu Gu himself had almost ignored, so it didn't mean he was not good at learning.

"But why it doesn't move at all, it looks like an ordinary paper man, are you making a mistake?"

"It's just pretending to be dead. You go back to the county government first, and I'll meet the owner of the paper figurine for a while," Meng Zhang said.

"Then go early and come back early." Ji Zihe wasn't worried at all. Meng Zhang could walk sideways everywhere, Ji Zihe never doubted that.

Sure enough, Meng Zhang came back not long after.

"Who is following us?" Ji Zihe asked.

"It's the Taoist priest who asked you to tell your fortune."

"He still doesn't give up!" Ji Zihe said in surprise.How persistent is this Taoist priest? I would be crazy to try to tell his fortune for him. This is all brought home.

"Who knows, I beat him up, I guess he won't dare to make trouble again." Meng Zhang straightened his body and stretched himself.

Unexpectedly, the toothpick could really poke the gap between the teeth, because Xiaohezi didn't like him using toothpicks, so Meng Zhang rewarded all the toothpicks to the Taoist priest.Thinking of the bloody mouth of the Taoist priest, Meng Zhang felt that he would never touch toothpicks again in his life.

Since Meng Zhang taught the Taoist priest a lesson, the Taoist priest disappeared.When I went to eat at the wonton stall again, the proprietress also said that she hadn't seen that person for a long time, so Ji Zihe thought that the Taoist priest had left Ning'an County, so he didn't take it to heart.

The afternoon sun was just right and the breeze was not too dry. The girl opened the window and sat by the window, embroidering flower shoes stitch by stitch.

The girl's surname is Chen and her name is Mo'er. She is both smart and beautiful. Now she has reached the age of getting married, and the matchmaker almost broke the threshold of her family.

Too many people came to propose marriage, and Chen Mo'er's parents also had a difficult time. They didn't know who to choose as their daughter's husband, so they asked blind Li Lai to make a fortune for her.After the calculation, the blind man Li said that she has a calamity recently. If she can get through it safely, she can find a lover and live a happy life.If this catastrophe fails, his life will be ruined.

This frightened Chen Mo'er's family. People from all over the world knew that the blind man Li was very accurate in fortune-telling.Chen Mo'er's family asked how to solve the disaster, and the blind Li Bian said, just let Chen Mo'er not go out for the next two months.

Blind Li's answer made the Chen family feel relieved.It's just not going out for two months, which is not easy to do.It happened to take advantage of these two months to let Chen Mo'er stay at home to embroider the wedding dress, and after the catastrophe was over, he would find her husband's family, which would save her from being busy at that time.

Two months is a long time, and Chen Mo'er is not in a hurry to rush to work, and she is extraordinarily meticulous in her needlework.After a few days, she was still embroidering the uppers of her shoes.

While she was concentrating on embroidery, the two little paper figurines worked together to climb over the high threshold, squeeze through the narrow door, and finally entered Chen Mo'er's boudoir.Two little paper figurines came to her side sneakily and climbed onto her feet.

Chen Mo'er suddenly felt a little numbness in her feet, and the numbness spread from her feet up. After a while, Chen Mo'er couldn't even hold the needle in her hand steadily, and fainted on the ground.

When she woke up Youyou, the sky outside the window was already dark, and she didn't know how long she had been unconscious.After Chen Mo'er got up, her first reaction was to look for her mother.

As a result, as soon as she walked out of the room, she found that the outside of the door had changed.The familiar small courtyard disappeared, and the houses outside the courtyard also disappeared. Except for her feet, it seemed that the whole world was submerged in boundless black water.

Chen Mo'er hurriedly turned around and wanted to go back to the house, but found that the house behind her was gone, only the black water was stirring with splashes, and the black vortex was like the mouth of a ferocious beast, devouring everything.

Could this be the doom that Blind Li said?Chen Mo'er settled down, looked at the black water, found a thin path in the black water, and didn't know where it led.

No one can be seen around, only the small road looks like someone is walking on it from a distance.Chen Mo'er boldly started walking along that road, trying to find out if there was anyone from her village nearby, so that she would know what was going on.

Unfortunately, after walking for a long time, I didn't see an acquaintance.But the speed of the person in front was very fast, no matter how Chen Mo'er chased him, she couldn't catch up with him, so she had to give up in the end, and soon the shadow of that person was gone.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, the black water receded, and a village appeared in front of it.Chen Mo'er walked in and took a look. Isn't this her village?So she walked for so long and never left the village?

Chen Mo'er couldn't figure it out, so she opened the door and went back home.Her parents were not at home, so Chen Mo'er went back to her room, sat on a chair and rested for a while.She was exhausted from walking so far.

When she was in a coma just now, the needle and thread on the upper of the shoe were knocked over on the ground, and Chen Mo'er bent down to pick it up.At this time, the door of her room was gently pushed open, and a person came behind her and raised a knife...

"Boom boom boom——"

There was a sudden sound of drums in front of the county yamen, and Ji Zihe was stunned for a moment before he remembered what was going on. He dropped his official duties, hurriedly changed into his official robes, and went straight to the lobby.

It was the first time for Ji Zihe to hear the sound of the grievance drum. Usually, if the people have a grievance to appeal, they will write a complaint and hand it to the court, and then the county magistrate will have the plaintiff and the defendant brought for trial.

But beating drums to appeal for grievances is different. This is for people who are too urgent to write pleadings. When they hear the sound of drums, the county government has to be promoted quickly. There is no need to file a complaint or go through procedures. decide.

Although Ji Zihe had handled a few cases, he hadn't encountered any cases that could be used to raise the drum.Most of the time, the people who complained will follow the procedure so as not to disturb the normal official business of the county government.After all, the county government handles cases for free, and the common people can understand that their work is not easy.

When Ji Zihe came to the hall in a panic, the officials of the sixth house and the third class had already arrived at the court and took their positions, and the signs "avoid" and "quiet" were also erected.Ji Zihe felt that he was already in a hurry, but unexpectedly, he was still much slower than them. It seemed that he had to practice in the future.

Ji Zihe sat down in his seat calmly, slapped the gavel, "Successful!"

The yamen servants cheered and shouted the word "mighty".

"Bring up the drummer." Ji Zihe said.

"Yes."

Soon, an old couple walked up to the lobby crying, and two yamen servants followed them with a dead body, and placed the corpse on the lobby.

"My lord, please make the decision for my little girl!" The couple knelt on the ground as soon as they arrived in the hall, crying.

"Who is in the hall?" Ji Zihe asked.

"My lord, Caomin Chen Huanxi, this is Caomin's wife, Mrs. Wang," said the old man.

"Why are you drumming?"

"Return to your lord, the grass-roots daughter died unexpectedly, please ask your lord to make the decision for the little girl, find the murderer, and avenge the little girl!"

"Don't worry, old man, first tell me what happened in detail."

"Yes. The little girl's name is Chen Mo'er, and Fang is 16 years old. Because the blind man Li said that she has been doomed recently and she should not go out, she embroidered a wedding dress at home. Last night, when we called her for dinner, we found that there was no one in her room. The window was open, but her needlework and cloth were all on the ground, and we didn’t know where she had gone. We hurried to find her, but we couldn’t find anyone in the village. Everyone in the village helped us find it, and we searched nearby I didn't find her whereabouts overnight. It was not until this morning that my daughter's body was found in Niutouling. There was such a big hole in her chest. I don't know who was so cruel. My daughter is only 16 years old. Years old, she is still so young, why did you treat her so cruelly!" The old couple cried hoarsely, heartbroken.

Ji Zihe walked down from the courtroom, said he was offended, and lifted the white cloth, and sure enough, he saw a big hole in the chest of the corpse, and the heart disappeared from the hole.

Ji Zihe covered the white cloth, returned to his seat, and asked, "Who has Chen Mo'er ever complained to?"

"No, the little girl is well-behaved and sensible, how could she be grudges with others?"

"Then you and your husband have any enemies."

"No, the grassroots are all law-abiding ordinary people, and they have never blushed with anyone in most of their lives. Everyone in the village is a clan with the same surname, and there has never been any friction between neighbors. Where did such enemies come from!"

If it wasn't a vendetta, what could it be?How much hatred does it take to kill people and dig their hearts out.

Ji Zihe thought for a while, and then asked, "Do you have any doubts?"

"Back to my lord, the grass people suspect that it was Zhao Laifu from Niutouling who took the little girl away and killed her. My lord, please investigate."

"Why do you suspect him?"

"Responding to my lord, Zhao Laifu asked to marry his little girl before, but Cao Min didn't agree. Presumably he held a grudge because of this, so he kidnapped his little girl and killed her to vent his anger. Zhao Laifu was a hunter, tall and big, with a bad temper and a cruel personality. Knowing martial arts, besides him, Cao Min can't think of anyone who can kidnap and kill the little girl from the grass people's house without anyone noticing. Moreover, the body of the little girl was found in Niutouling, and he was the only one who lived in Niutouling, not him. Who else!" Chen Huan gritted his teeth, as if he had decided that Zhao Laifu was the murderer.

Ji Zihe said to the yamen servant, "Go to Niutouling and bring Zhao Laifu."

"Yes." The two yamen servants came out and were about to go outside.

Chen Huanhuan hurriedly said, "My lord, you don't need to go to Niutouling, then Zhao Laifu is just outside the county government office."

It seems that he came prepared, Ji Zihe cleared his throat, "Go, bring Zhao Laifu up."

"Yes."

The two yamen servants walked out of the county yamen, found Zhao Laifu who was guarded by the Chen family outside the county yamen, and escorted him to the lobby.

Zhao Laifu was very tall and strong, but it was a pity that all the muscles in his body seemed to be white. He was tied up and his mouth was gagged.His face was bruised and purple, swollen into a bun, and he couldn't even make out what he looked like. He looked really miserable.

"Untie him." Ji Zihe said to the yamen servant.

"My lord, don't let go, this Zhao Laifu is very skilled in martial arts, what if he hurts someone!" Chen Huanxi hurriedly said.

"It's okay, this is the court, forgive him he doesn't have the guts to make trouble in the court, let him loose." Ji Zihe said.

"Yes."

The yamen servant loosened the rope on Zhao Laifu's body, he quickly took off the rag in his mouth and fell to the ground, poohed a few times, and glared at Chen Huanhuan and his wife.

"You two old bastards, if you have the ability to fight one-on-one, what's your ability to find so many helpers!" Zhao Laifu said violently.

"The hatred of killing a daughter is not shared. I tied you up to ask the magistrate to make the decision, not to vent my anger." Chen Huanxie said.

"Bah, I think you're just taking the opportunity to find fault. Look at my injuries, and you said it wasn't to vent your anger. If it wasn't for my injuries, it would be the work of a ghost!" Zhao Laifu raised his fist angrily.

"quiet."

Ji Zihe patted the gavel, Zhao Laifu came back to his senses, lowered his fist, gave Chen Huanxi a hard look, and knelt down on the ground.

"Zhao Laifu, Chen Huanxi and his wife suspect that you killed his daughter Chen Mo'er, can you plead guilty?"

"My lord, it's not grass people, it's this old man who wronged me."

"My daughter died in Niutouling, and you are the only one living in Niutouling. If it wasn't you, who else would it be?" Chen Huanxie said.

"You old man, you are so unreasonable. I didn't let your daughter run to Niutouling. Niutouling is so big, and the place where she died is a thousand miles away from my home. What are you doing to me?"

"Hmph, if it wasn't for you, why would you still mock my daughter's body maliciously?"

"I just said what, your daughter deserved it when she died. If you Chen family looked down on me at the beginning, if you had married her to me honestly, maybe she wouldn't have died so badly. Sure enough, it must have been retribution." Zhao Laifu said.

Chen Huanxi suddenly shouted, "It really is you, finally you have spoken your mind. Sir, did you hear me, he is the murderer, it must be because I didn't betroth my daughter to him, so he held a grudge and killed my daughter." daughter!"

"When did I admit it, old man, don't talk nonsense. As for your daughter, with a father like you who hates the poor and loves the rich, even if you let me marry me, you still don't want to marry me!"

"My daughter is such a good girl, you must be lying if you say you don't want to marry her.