[Rat cat] The legend of Lou Xiaochong

When Zhan Zhao saw a firework in the sky, his heart skipped a beat.

He and Bai Yutang have only known each other for two days, but martial arts is something that can be easily known after one fight. With Bai Yutang's kung fu, if he doesn't want to, second- and third-rate masters in the world will not want to touch a piece of his sleeve.As for Bai Yutang's temperament, it was rumored that he was extremely conceited and indifferent. After getting along with him these two days, Zhan Zhao felt that he was just a young man with a bit of arrogance.But no matter what, Bai Yutang was not like someone who would easily ask for help, especially when dealing with him, a "man from the government".What's more, it's only a few jumps, he should have just rushed to the other side of the town.

Under what circumstances did Bai Yutang have to put down his body and ask him for help?

The matter must be extremely urgent, Zhan Zhao had no time to think about it, he had already jumped out of the window.With a little help from the toes on the window sill, he clung to the dripping eaves with his backhand, and Zhan Zhao landed on the roof after turning over.At this moment, the moon happened to be completely covered by the clouds, Zhan Zhao tried his best to pick a hidden angle to put Lou Xiaochong down, but the child didn't wake up yet, he just snorted a few times.Zhan Zhao hesitated for a moment, got up and raised his breath and leaped westward.

With his movement, the whole town seemed to wake up.First there were a few crackling gongs from the west, and then the sound of drums, clappers, men and women echoing each other, and the sound of children crying... filled the sky above the town.Zhan Zhao remembered that the situation at Bai Yutang was urgent, so he kept on stepping. Hearing these noises, he wondered secretly, and became even more wary.

It was a courtyard, a spacious place, a number of torches were lit, and there were more than a dozen people standing there, most of them were middle-aged men, and half of them were holding some bolts and sticks in their hands.Those people were surrounded by Bai Yutang.

It looked like he hadn't fought before, Zhan Zhao let out a breath, hid in a corner and continued to look at him.Those men seemed to be ordinary people in their attire, and they had no kung fu, probably because they were afraid of the big knife in Bai Yutang's arms, they just yelled around him, gestured with their hands, but didn't really do it.Scattered around these people were a few people wearing robes, and the innkeeper was among them.He didn't look at Bai Yutang, just lowered his head, walked slowly, over and over again, from one end to the other, and back again, as if he was measuring the size of the yard.

Bai Yutang didn't look at the group of big men either. He was looking at a pot in the yard. The pot was supported by thick iron pillars, and the flames underneath were dancing happily.Bai Yutang raised his head and glanced at Zhan Zhao's hiding place, and suddenly drew his knife out of its sheath and swung it—the big man on his right jumped away in fright, only to hear a muffled sound, and the iron pot on the fire was blown away by the wind of the knife. Flying in the air, turned over, and fell down in two halves, the soup and meat in the pot were splashed all over the place.

"Wow——@#￥@!&*" A big man who was standing behind Bai Yutang yelled when he saw this, speaking in the local dialect, obviously very angry, and the pole in his hand was rounded towards When Bai Yutang fell down, the old man beside him stretched out his hand but did not stop.

Worse, Zhan Zhao jumped out in a hurry, lifted the scabbard in his hand, knocked the pole flying, and then helped a big man who couldn't hold his feet to teach him to stand still.

"Why, Mr. Zhan is afraid that I won't be able to kill him?" Bai Yutang put away the blade with a slap, "When did I, Bai Yutang, fight someone who doesn't know martial arts?"

Zhan Zhao was choked by him, thinking that he hadn't considered enough in his haste, but right now—"Brother Bai, what's going on?" He was shocked by the hand just now, afraid to move.

"I didn't set off the fireworks." Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao and suddenly explained this sentence. "The rest should be up to you as an official." After speaking, he walked out of the crowd, squatted down, and looked at the broth spilled on the ground.

The people in the yard were very quiet, the big men looked at each other and had no idea, but those figures in long gowns were doing their own things, not to mention the shopkeeper who was measuring the yard, the old man who had just pulled the man with a shoulder pole also turned his head at this time Going to enjoy the painting——the light of the torch cast some tree branches and human heads on the courtyard wall, and the trembling lines shook, so he stroked his beard and nodded to it, as if he was not facing the mottled courtyard wall, but Wu Daozi's famous paintings are average.

The noise outside the courtyard finally merged into several large streams, accompanied by some crude torches and lanterns, approaching.Zhan Zhao turned around to look, and could already see the faces of some people. There was a man riding his son on his neck. The child was holding a small fire stick in his hand, and was waving it left and right.His childish voice was especially clear amidst the rough shouts.

Zhan Zhao made some distinctions, and walked towards the old man manicuring his nails in the corner of the courtyard.The old man trimmed every knife very carefully, leaving no white edges outside. "Old man, you're being polite." Zhan Zhao raised his hand and bowed, "It's disrespectful for people from afar to harass the treasure land by mistake. It's just that this custom is really novel, may I ask what kind of allusion it is?"

"Heh, heh." The old man just laughed.Zhan Zhao frowned, and was about to ask again, but when he heard a "pounce" over there, he hurriedly looked over, it was Bai Yutang who pinched his wrist and threw a big man to the ground, presumably the big man saw Bai Yutang bent over and lowered his head, thinking that there was a chance Multiplication, the result is asking for trouble.

Bai Yutang threw the man down, and pressed the scabbard against it: "I'll ask you one thing, and you answer honestly - who is in this pot and how did he die?"

The noisy people in the town had already arrived outside the courtyard. The shopkeeper of the previous inn suddenly stopped, and waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet: "I didn't call the folks until tomorrow morning, but now there are three or two 'distinguished guests' here—but I have to wait for you." Let's make things clear together, no one in our town has ever killed anyone."

"Then... what is it?" Zhan Zhao pushed aside the people blocking the way and came over, and asked the shopkeeper seriously.Cooking human flesh openly?No matter what the inside story is, it is not a small case.

Just as he stood still, Bai Yutang suddenly reached out to pat him on the shoulder, jumped onto the eaves with a cold face and left without saying a word.

"Widow Luo——" Zhan Zhao was staring at the innkeeper. The old man who had been shadowed by a tree on the wall of the research institute turned around, coughed twice, and said in an official way, "That's not what we were originally. town people."

There was a lot of echoing voices for the next time, and Zhan Zhao tried his best to distinguish the voice and understand a little bit, it seemed that what he said were all words like "damn" and "wrong way".

The shopkeeper of the inn pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled: "This Widow Luo has been married to our town for three years, and she killed her husband as soon as she passed the door, and she doesn't even care about the neighbors' affairs - even that disaster may not be due to her." Relationship. Our folks are kind enough to let her live, but now the heavens are going to take her in, but they don't do our business, are you right?"

There was another burst of applause.

Zhan Zhao closed his eyes, but felt the smell of meat was even more pungent.Suppressing the urge to feel nauseous, he said coldly: "It's not easy for a widow to live, and there's no mercy for what you say!" He pointed at the iron pot that had been broken into two pieces, "Besides, even if there is hatred, death is the worst thing to do." , should only be buried in the ground for peace—what is the reason for you to act like this!"

"Young people don't want to be so angry." The old man looking at the shadow of the tree took a few steps, "You seem to have some savings at home, but I don't know that my dog ​​who has been raising for more than ten years is dead. Sad, maybe stewed to eat meat, not to mention pigs and sheep..."

"Enough!" Zhan Zhao's mind buzzed, "This is a human! How can it be compared with a beast!"

"Don't worry, just listen to the old man! Widow Luo, she is a foreigner!" The old man shook his head and turned back to the wall. The innkeeper said, "That's right, if it weren't for those foreigners, our town would be fine. , where did it end up in such dilapidated condition?"

The surrounding people also came in and stood along the courtyard gate, and some climbed the low wall, and they all joined in when they heard this, and there were also a few officials who knew how to speak, and waved their fists to shout at Zhan Zhao——

"That's right, all outsiders get out!" "Are outsiders considered human? They are all kidnappers and plague gods!" "It's just right to die, God open my eyes!"

Crazy, all crazy.

Zhan Zhao clenched the hilt of his sword and walked towards the gate of the courtyard.These people didn't stop him, but made way for him, they just watched him laughing and sneering.

Back on the roof of the inn, Bai Yutang looked like he just threw up, and was rinsing his mouth with his own water bag.Zhan Zhao took a look around, and Lou Xiaochong was sitting obediently with his knees hugging and watching.

Bai Yutang spit out a mouthful of water, and shook the water bag at Zhan Zhao: "Sorry, I borrowed it without authorization, and mine is empty—it's really disgusting."

"It's okay." Zhan Zhao reached out to take the water bag, only to feel a surge of turbid air in his chest, raised his hand and poured saliva to suppress it, and then said again: "The people in this town may have suffered some misfortune, and their minds have some problems. , no longer distinguish right from wrong, extremely xenophobic."

"According to Fifth Master, they are all sober. If they kill someone, they should pay with their lives. There is nothing to talk about." Bai Yutang frowned.

"No, they didn't kill anyone." Zhan Zhao looked at the west entrance of the town, where the lights and people's voices were still lively, "However, this case is a hundred times more serious than murder." He turned to Bai Yutang, "Brother Bai is a young man." Hero, do you know that there are two kinds of cases in this world that are the most embarrassing?"

"Oh?" Bai Yutang sat down against the ridge of the roof and looked at Zhan Zhao.

"Usually it's hard to find the true and the false, and you need to be very smart and patient to sort out the case; and generally," Zhan Zhao shook his head with a wry smile, "the case is very simple and clear at a glance, but it involves more unspeakable things. It’s difficult to judge something that is elusive. For example, in this town, even though it has been ruined, there are always dozens of families. The so-called law does not blame the public..."

Bai Yutang let out a breath, bent one leg to hold the scabbard, put his head in his hands and fell on his back, looking at the stars.

No matter how high the martial arts are, can't they use it?So, instead of being a good knight-errant, you have to sell yourself as an official and meddle in so many nosy affairs!But since we met, we can't pretend we didn't see it... Wait!Suddenly Bai Yutang thought of something, sat up and pointed at Lou Xiaochong:

"Come here! What happened to what you said just now? You explain it to Master Wu!"

The author has something to say:

Please don’t pay too much attention to the sharing of water bladders or anything like that. It doesn’t matter to high rollers, except Bai Xiaowu, who is said to have a cleanliness. I got so dizzy that I didn't think that "Zhan Zhao's words should be able to touch" or something!

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Isn’t this case a little disgusting, Wang Tian, ​​and it’s definitely not the type of suspenseful reasoning ==

Because I thought about it, the mouse and the cat rushed to Beijing with their royal orders, even if they were killed in an ordinary case, they probably wouldn't stop them... Miao doesn't understand psychology, and doesn't know how to explode those professional things , but this is indeed a town where the spirit of the whole people is distorted. == [You just admit that you can’t write suspense]

#审案如神是包大人’s attribute is not that of the mouse cat, the mouse cat just needs to be responsible for all kinds of handsome from the inside out#【Hey