tomb sacrifice

Zhang Butou is the fast catcher in the yamen. He is upright, jealous of evil, and very capable in handling affairs. Both the county lord and the common people like him very much.Today is the Ching Ming Festival, and it's Zhang's turn to catch Muxiu, but something happened to Xiao Liu's family, so he was in a hurry to go back.Zhang Butou was warm-hearted and offered to replace Xiao Liu. After Xiao Liu thanked him very gratefully, he left in a hurry.

Tomb-sweeping Day is the day when the graves of the dead are visited.Looking at the drizzle outside, Zhang Butou couldn't help but think of the smiling profiteer. The first time the two of them met was also on such a rainy day.Catcher Zhang remembered that it was raining lightly that day, and he was ordered to take people to seal up a gambling house. The rain was not heavy, but it still wet their clothes and wet the ground.

When Zhang Butou and others walked quickly to the street where the gambling house was located, there was a person in front of him holding a black umbrella with dots of green bamboo painted on it, and the rain fell on it like dewdrops falling from the bamboo. They walked over slowly.Zhang Butou was impatient, so he hurried on his way without even looking at the man.

However, when passing by the man, the man stretched out his hand to block Zhang Butou's way.Extremely displeased to be stopped, Catcher Zhang turned to look at the man, "Do you dare to obstruct official duties?"

I saw that person tilting the umbrella slightly, revealing his face under the umbrella. It was a handsome man with a smile on his lips, exuding a bookish air all over his body. At first glance, he looked like a scholar with ink fragrance.In fact, this person is the most famous profiteer in this city. That's right, he is the kind of person who is mercenary and does everything he can to make money. His surname is Li.

"Catcher Zhang, who has admired his name for a long time, when you are free, can you tell me?" Mr. Li lowered his head slightly, showing all the courtesy.

Zhang Butou is most annoyed by this kind of chattering person, not to mention that he still has official duties. "We don't have any friendship, so we don't dare to come and disturb you. Please let me get out of the way, don't delay my arrest."

"Okay." Mr. Li replied lightly, and stepped back to make way.

The road had already moved away, and Zhang Butou didn't bother to talk to Mr. Li any more, so he hurried forward.Mr. Li stood on the spot holding an umbrella, the corners of his mouth slowly raised, and his tone was as ethereal as smoke, "I'll wait for you to bother me."

The drizzle was continuous and tender, and no one heard the words that floated in the rain.Zhang Butou rushed to the gambling house with his people in a hurry, and kicked open the door of the gambling house, but the inside was empty, and the building had already been emptied.

"Search!" Zhang Butou ordered angrily, but he didn't believe that these people could run away without a trace in a short time.

All the detectives scattered around the house to search, but found nothing.Unable to catch anyone, the county master was very angry and reprimanded Zhang Butou severely.Zhang Butou didn't do a good job himself, so naturally he had nothing to refute, so he quietly listened to the training.

Not long after, Zhang Butou overheard the policemen discussing the events of that day. They guessed that Mr. Li was deliberately stopping them to buy time for the people in the gambling house to escape.At this moment, Catcher Zhang knows who Mr. Li is.

Stretching out his hand to catch the rainwater dripping from the eaves, Zhang Butou looked at the more and more rainwater gathering in the palm of his hand, and was in a daze.The rainwater overflowed the palm of the hand, fell from the edge of the palm, and fell to the ground, splashing countless water splashes.Zhang Butou and Li Gongzi are like this overflowing rainwater, when the days of knowing each other pile up, they will slide down, splashing and rippling in the lake of heart.

Knowing that the failure to arrest people might be caused by Mr. Li, Zhang Butou was not impulsive, on the contrary, he was very calm.Zhang Butou checked all the documents about Mr. Li, the so-called knowing yourself and the enemy can win all battles, and you should be more cautious when dealing with people like Mr. Li, looking for the other party's weaknesses.

Mr. Li, the third son of the wealthy Li family, has a submissive temper since he was a child, and he is not liked by Mr. Li.But as Mr. Li grew up, the eldest son fell out with Mr. Li because he wanted to marry a brothel girl, and was kicked out of the house.Because of his gambling nature, the second son owed a huge amount of debt and ran away from home. He has not been found yet.The fourth son loves to study, and wanted to go to Beijing to take the exam for fame, but met robbers on the way, and his life and death are unknown.

One by one, one by one, the children under Mr. Li's knees either had accidents or left the house for various reasons.Seeing that there is no one to inherit the family's foundation, Mr. Li has no choice but to pin all his hopes on Mr. Li.Mr. Li didn't embarrass Mr. Li, and he hasn't made any mistakes since he started participating in the family business.

Two years ago, Master Li died of illness, and the huge family business of the Li family was owned by Mr. Li alone.It was also from that day that everyone slowly saw the ruthlessness behind Mr. Li's smile.Mr. Li's tactics were decisive, and he controlled the merchants of the whole city in his hands. Afterwards, all the merchants, led by him, did not dare to say more.