The Seven Heroes and Five Righteousness of Crossing

"Here, there are exactly two rooms in the west wing. You and the other members of the staff can share one room. Our small family is simple, so don't dislike it. Later, I will bring you two more quilts." Pan Pan Zhang Luo welcomed the two Gods of Wealth into the house.

"I don't dislike it, I don't dislike it. I still have to thank my little brother. What's the point..." Shu Zhu waved his hands again and again, but the words stopped, and he walked around the inner and outer rooms, and walked to Pan Pan He approached him with a questioning voice, "Brother, we still have a companion, can you... add another shop?"

"Is there one more person?" Pan Pan regretted in his heart, blamed himself for not inquiring clearly, if he had known earlier, he should have asked for more money!He could only say, "There is still an empty room at the top of the East Wing. It used to be my grandfather's room, but my grandfather's new funeral. If your companion doesn't mind..."

"It doesn't matter, he doesn't shy away from these things." Shuzhu Nianxu chuckled lightly.

"Oh, that's good. If you have nothing to do, you guys rest first, and I'll cook. Eh? Have you eaten yet?" Pan Pan pretended to be polite.

Shu Zhu was slightly startled when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Not yet. If it's convenient for you, brother, please help me to make some arrangements. Shu will be very grateful." After speaking, he bowed to Pan Pan.

"This can't be done!" Pan Pan hurriedly bent down and cupped his fists, and returned the courtesy.I feel quite helpless in my heart, I don't think well, I don't think well!Three people, three meals, nine meals a day!It's no wonder that I met three big eaters, and it didn't make people poor... Squeezing the two small ingots of broken silver in the sleeve cage, Deng felt a little shrunk again. Xiaorou didn't smile and said, "Can you add three more pairs of chopsticks? Mr. Shu is very polite. After cooking, I'll call you."

"I have to work, I have to work." Seeing her like this, Shu Zhu smiled a little on his lips, rippling to the tip of his brows.

The landlord walked with difficulty, and walked out of the west wing in three steps.Shu Zhu suppressed his smile, turned back and went into the back room, and respectfully said to Officer Zheng: "My lord, do you think this little thing is weird?"

Bao Gong, who was pretending to be Zheng Yuanwai, pondered for a moment, and replied: "We can't say for sure at the moment, when Zhan's guards come back, let's see if he can gain anything from investigating today."

"My lord, Mr. Gongsun." A blue shadow came from outside the window.

"Guard Zhan?!" The two said in unison, both pleasantly surprised.

"I'm afraid Zhan's guards have already arrived, why are they resting outside the house and have been refusing to show up?" Gongsun Ce asked with a smile.

A trace of embarrassment flashed across Zhan Zhaojun's face: "If Zhan Zhao came early, not to mention dinner, he might not be able to rent this room."

"Where do you start with this?" Bao Gong asked with great interest.

"My lord, this subordinate got up this morning to take care of some business, and happened to meet this landlord." Zhan Zhaoyiwushishi recounted the conflict that happened in Chunfenglou.

"Interesting, this Pan Pan is not simple!" Bao Gong clapped his hands and smiled, "What else did the guards find out?"

"My subordinates have found out through inquiries that the original office worker of the Zhongmu County Yamen has been ill for a long time. The case of Zhang Xi's elder brother was investigated by the office officer of the neighboring county that day. Just the day before yesterday, the county magistrate Wang Qingshan ordered the second opening of the coffin. The test is still nothing. The principal tester is Liu Qing, who is known as the "white-faced judge" by people in the world, and the deputy tester is Pan Pan, who has only joined the class recently."

"Liu Qing? He is also a well-known figure in the Jianghu. How could he become a coordinator? The Zhongmu county government really knows how to mess around. Human lives are at stake. How can two people who have no experience in autopsy be allowed to take on such a big job? My lord, you Look, here..." Gongsun Ce's face was full of worry.

Bao Gong waved his hand and said: "Zhang Ren was in his prime, and died suddenly, but the two autopsies failed to find out why. He was harmless on the outside and non-toxic inside, which is really strange! However, the case is frequently changed, and even if the murderer It's not that easy to buy it off with the heart... The bigger possibility is that the suspect is cunning, and the verification is not detailed enough."

Gongsun Ce and Zhan Zhao nodded in agreement, only to hear Bao Gong say again: "Guard Zhan, Zhang Xi once said that his sister-in-law is not a woman, this matter is related to the case, please go and inquire again."

Zhan Zhao clasped his sword and responded, "Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates will go all out."

***

The kitchen is no more than ten steps deep, and a large stove takes up half of the country.Water tanks, rice tanks, sauce tanks, pickle jars, bottles and cans everywhere.There are still many things hanging from the beams, such as dried chili strings and green radish sticks, hanging all over the place.The water in the pot had boiled for a long time, but Pan Pan didn't notice it. A kitchen knife in his hand rose and fell mechanically, and he was still chanting, until he chopped a cabbage into pieces.For a moment, smoke billowed from the hearth, and the steam was dense on the stove, reflecting a panda looming.

"Ah!" Pan Pan groaned strangely when he realized something was wrong, hurriedly threw away the kitchen knife, picked up the fire stick and fiddled with the firewood under the stove.

"Hey! You can still eat for at least ten days and a half months. This is good, I have to buy rice again tomorrow! It doesn't count, it really doesn't count!" Shaking the rice vat that was about to bottom out, someone sighed again.

"There are two dishes, and I have to make soup... I have to make mushroom soup. Sigh... why don't you remember to buy a piece of tofu?" Looking up at a bunch of dried mushrooms hanging on the beam, this is three Ten words!Pan Pan's heart aches when he thinks about the price, and he wants to buy a piece of tofu and kill him.

"No, I still can't cook mushroom soup! It's too extravagant! I'll eat it for them the first day, and then I won't be able to lower the grade after that... We have to let these rich people think that we are very poor, and then they can't bear it, so we need to pay more for food. It's done!" She hung up the mushrooms that had been removed with her backhand, thinking: Let's make the fairy soup that we used to be the best in the dormitory!

After a while of "bang bang bang bang" with the knife and the shovel, the dinner was finally done. "Well, you're done! Tell them to come out and eat." Pan Pan took off his apron, took a bowl of rice from the cupboard, and suddenly saw a small piece of stewed meat on the plate, and couldn't help but pick it up and smell it. , so fragrant!It's a pity that I can't eat it now, such a small amount is not enough!Besides, how can those rich people find out that my panda eats meat?Must find an opportunity at night to destroy it!She sniffed, swallowed, thought, and reluctantly put the plate back.

"Mr. Shu, tell your staff to go out for dinner. The food is ready, and it will be cold if you wait any longer." Pan Pan stood in the yard and shouted towards the west wing.

"Here we come." Gongsun Ce opened the window and responded, turning his head to Bao Zhan and the two, "My lord, Zhan's guards, let's go together."

Bao Gong agreed with a smile.Zhan Zhao nodded, a little embarrassed, and thought: This little servant should not make a fuss when he sees me.

Pan Pan was thinking about it at the moment: the two with black face and white face don't look like big stomachs, and there is another person who doesn't know what he looks like, Amitabha, God bless, don't eat too much... When entering the room quickly, Can't help but look curiously at the three people behind him.

"Why is it you?!" She pointed to Xiong who had disappeared from the Chunfeng Tower in the morning and yelled in horror, completely ignoring the fact that one foot was raised below the threshold...

Just when the panda saw Xiong Fei, the bear stumbled in shock and was about to gnaw on the mud. Suddenly, his body was fixed parallel to the ground, and then he was slowly pulled up...

"You... Where did you come out?" Pan Pan was still in shock.

Zhan Zhao picked her up and straightened her up, let go of his hand, seeing her shocked like this, he couldn't bear it, and said softly: "My little brother, Xiong Fei has offended Xiong Fei a lot today, please forgive me."

Gongsun Ce hurriedly stepped forward to smooth things over: "Xiao Pan, Xiong Fei is not a good guy, everyone has a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding."

I misunderstood your size!Pan Pan came back to his senses and became even more annoyed: So these three people belonged to the same group. No wonder he said he was passing by the master’s house for business in the morning... such a big man, and a martial arts practitioner, he must be able to eat... Living here, you must It's better not to be seen by the iron pillars next door... Otherwise, 100% think that we are familiar with them, and we have finally established a positive image of wisdom and bravery in the third class!It's about to be ruined by these twenty-five coins!What a shame!It's only two or two, at first I thought it was three or two...

"Yeah, I've got the count... you all sit down and eat." Pan Pan replied awkwardly.

"Everyone, everyone." Bao Gong greeted everyone to take their seats.

On the table, there was a plate of spicy radish, a plate of salted cabbage, and a bowl of soup that was dark and sparse, which looked like shabu-shabu, with a few shreds of mustard greens floating on it.

No matter how frugal Bao, Zhan, and Gongsun are, how have they ever seen such a battle?Holding the chopsticks, they coincidentally were all stunned.Seeing the expressions of the three people, Pan Pan looked at the three yellow, white and black dishes on the table. There was no meat, oil or water. The head took care of the rice by itself, pretending to be eating deliciously.

Gongsun Ce scooped up a bowl of soup, took a sip, and said with a smile, "Don't look at the ugly soup, and it doesn't have any ingredients, but it tastes good."

"Really? I'll try some too." Zhan Zhao filled up a bowl, handed it to his lips to drink it up, smacked his lips slightly, glanced at Pan Pan whose head was about to fall on the table, nodded and said, "Yes That's right, I didn't expect soy sauce soup to be so delicious. Xiao Pan, does this soup have a name?"

Pan Pan on the side was already so embarrassed that he couldn't lift his head, but thanks to his thick skin, otherwise he was an overcooked shrimp, and being teased by Zhan Zhao at this time, he wished he could find a way to get in. "Our place is called Immortal Soup." Her voice was like a mosquito.

"Immortal Soup? It's a good name. I'm really lucky to wait for today." Bao Gong also filled a bowl with great interest.

"This soup is eaten by poor people, and it doesn't cost a penny to make it, so it is called money-saving soup. Later, rumors were spread, and now it has become a fairy soup." Pan Pan bit the bullet and explained.

After hearing this, the three of them smiled and nodded in agreement.

Exchanged glances with Bao Gong, Gongsun Ce pretended to be casual and said: "Xiao Pan, you know Zhongmu well, how about asking you?"

Pan Pan took a sip of the "immortal soup", and replied cautiously: "Yeah, I'm not too...familiar, Mr. Shu, please tell me, Xiao Pan will know everything."

"There is Zhang Ren who is in the cloth business, have you ever heard of it?"

"Zhang Ren?!" Pan Pan squirted out a mouthful of soup, choked a little in his throat, and lay down on the table coughing violently.

"Are you okay?" Seeing her in a state of distress, Zhan Zhao couldn't help being moved, and turned sideways and raised his hand to pat her on the back.

"It's okay, it's okay." Pan Pan walked away calmly, squinted at Comrade Xiong Fei's masculine profile, and said to himself, there is a knife on Sezi's head, let's calm down, calm down... This person is also, blindly courteous, Almost took pictures of our nosebleeds.

"This piece of Ren... I saw it the day before yesterday..." She faltered.

"Have you seen it?" Gongsun Ce's face was full of surprise, "He still lives in Jili Lane in the east of the city?"

Pan Pan suddenly felt that there was something wrong with the three people in front of him, but he couldn't tell what was wrong... After pondering for a moment, he said: "To be honest, Xiao Pan was working in front of the yamen. corpse."

"Zhang Ren died? When did it happen? Can the cause of death be found?" Gongsun Ce asked.

"He died suddenly at home more than ten days ago. The old lady clamored that his son was murdered, and said that he dreamed that his son died unjustly. I followed the coffin when it was opened for the second time. After careful inspection, no abnormalities were found..."

Pan Pan kept a calm face, and narrated the whole story of the case in detail, but secretly looked at the expressions of the three of them.Although the three people in front of them said that they looked normal and were talking and laughing happily, their concentration and ability to listen to details seemed to be beyond ordinary people.In the past two days, chatting with the vegetable sellers in the market, no one has not been said to be afraid, but right now, we are all said to be disgusting, but these three people have no reaction at all... they are still eating.

"Could it be that you have business dealings with Zhang Ren?" She asked abruptly.

"Exactly, there are still some accounts that have not been settled. At this moment, I don't know who to ask for the settlement." Gongsun Ce said with a look of embarrassment.

"It's inconvenient for you to come to ask for debts now. I heard that Zhang Ren's brother has gone to Beijing to sue and has not returned yet. There is no man in his family now, just two mother-in-law and daughter-in-law." In the current situation, Pan Pan wished for the three of them. It's better to leave as soon as possible.

***

On the third day of the lunar new year, the crescent moon hangs in the sky in the evening, and by the time of Haishi, it has already disappeared into the clouds, but the stars are shining all the way, lining the indigo velvety sky, shining brilliantly and beautifully.

Pan Pan tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.Her intuition reminded her that the group of three people in Shuzhu was not easy.Looking back on the encounter with them today, it was reasonable and there was nothing wrong with it... Yes!It makes perfect sense!This kind of meeting, this kind of coincidence, is as thoughtful as a storyteller... She was so startled that a carp sat up straight, and continued to be confused: "No, we are all alone. If you want money or looks, you don't need to be scheming." shall we?Besides, the three of them don't look like bad guys... Well, the bad guys don't even have letters on their faces... They couldn't figure it out, so she took a selfie and jumped off the bed.Forget it, I don't want to, I feel hungry, go get some food first and then talk...

Gently opened the latch, jumped out on tiptoe, and closed it again, Pan Pan didn't dare to make a sound.There is Xiong Fei living in the grandfather's room next door, and it's late at night, so it's not good to disturb people's dreams.

As Pan Pan walked towards the kitchen, he murmured in his heart: This man can't do without oil and water, and he is so hungry that he faints before midnight.I wonder if those few will be too hungry to sleep like us?It seems that I have to eat meat tomorrow... Sigh, I'm at a loss, meat is so expensive recently...

It is indeed much more convenient to have night vision ability these days. You don't need to hold a fire and look for candles everywhere.After careful calculation, if things go on like this, you can save a lot of lamp oil money.Pan Pan walked around the pots and pans on the ground with ease, and went straight to the cupboard.

"Baby Rourou, I'm coming!" As soon as the cupboard was opened, the tempting smell of meat wafted into his nostrils, and someone salivated and became crazy about the braised pork.

She took out the plate and took a deep sniff, and continued to express her thoughts on the stewed meat: "Fatty meat, do you know why I hid you for so long before taking it out? There is no way, there are so many of them, especially the one named Xiong Fei." , it looks edible! How could I be willing to..."

Pan Pan found two more dry buns from the pot, and prepared to make meat buns to eat.Putting down the chopping board, he pulled out the kitchen knife and chopped it up with all his might.He was still humming in a low voice: "I stabbed left, I stabbed right... I stabbed up, I stabbed down..."

Just as she was chopping vigorously, she suddenly felt a chill on her neck. Pan Pan lowered her eyes, and a long sword with a cold light was resting on her neck!Is there a mistake?Where did the sword come from?Heartbroken, the kitchen knife fell to the ground with a clang.

The room suddenly lit up, and the person holding the sword lit a fire.

"This hero, good sword, good skill..." Pan Pan rolled his eyes, and began to look for something to say.The blade is white and the body is blue, high-tin bronze alloy, this sword should be old.

"Why is it you?" The visitor let out a sigh, and withdrew his sword.

Listening carefully, Pan Pan knew who was coming, and turned around violently in anger, "Why can't it be me!"

"I'm sorry, Xiao Pan, I misunderstood." Zhan Zhao apologized, "I just heard the noise, I'm afraid it's someone bad..."

"Hey! This is my house! I was walking around in my own house, and I was caught as a thief! And put a sword on my neck... You deliberately scared me to death, you..." Pan Pan clutched his neck for a while, afraid , Chong Zhanzhao yelled loudly.

In fact, Zhan Zhao had good intentions, heard the noise and followed him, but Pan Pan, born with night vision, does not need to turn on a light, and is still wandering around in the kitchen, chattering non-stop.He couldn't see very clearly from a distance, and when he heard a few words about treasure and knife, he jumped in in a moment of urgency.

"Oh, I see, you are making snacks..." Zhan Zhao looked at the minced meat on the cutting board and the dry bun on the side, and said softly.

bad thing!The stealing operation was actually discovered by this dead man!These three people should know that we hide the meat and eat it for ourselves, so we just make a money-saving soup for them to drink, it's no wonder they don't despise us to death!Shame, shame... Pan Pan was very embarrassed, this is really a murder caused by a steamed bun.

You have to gag this guy first!It is said that eating others' mouths is soft, and taking others' hands softly, you get it, and those who see it have a share, so let's just suffer a little bit! "All right, all right, I'll give you one!" As she said, she picked up a steamed bun and stuffed it into Zhan Zhao's hand.

"Thank you, thank you." You can't miss the pie in the sky, Zhan Zhao pursed his thin lips tightly, tried his best to hold back the smile, but his eyebrows and eyes curved into beautiful arcs.