I am the county magistrate in Liaozhai

The old man was brought to him soon, and he was obviously surprised when he heard Ma Liu's name.

"The little old man pays his respects to the magistrate."

This address sounds like he is getting older, Cheng Jin asked the old man to get up, and then asked about the quarrel between the other party and Maliu and whether there were any ducks in the family.

"Ducks?" The old man's memory is not very good, he lives alone, he thought for a while before shaking his head, "No, the little old man raised three ducks, no less."

Hearing this, Ma Liu, who was wrapped in sackcloth, finally couldn't hold back, and blurted out: "You are talking nonsense, your duck wings are tied with black cloth strips, which is only you in Zhuang Nei, and the cloth strips are still in my small house. In the courtyard!"

...You duck thief, you actually left the evidence at home after eating?

Lu Jingxue's eyes widened. He didn't know that there are such brazen people in this world. Is this still human?Stealing the old man's hard-raised duck is so justified? !

He immediately went to see the old man. The old man was very old, but he didn't look very angry after listening to it. He just looked at the linen in surprise and didn't understand why Ma Liu was dressed like this: "My lord, just go to the little old man's house to search, three ducks It's all in the backyard."

The old man looked frank, and seemed to have become accustomed to Maliu's theft.

Cheng Jin felt that the old man's attitude was strange, so he asked: "There are often things missing in your house, do you know who did it?"

The old man's face was full of surprise: "How does your lord know? Don't hide it from me, my little old man is not blessed, and there is only this little old man in the family. I am already old, so what if there is something missing in the house? Don’t pursue these things.”

Cheng County Magistrate looked at Ma Liu, his eyes were obviously full of sarcasm: Is this the villain you said you must take revenge on?

Of course Ma Liu refused to accept it, pointing at the old man, he said: "Master, he is used to pretending to be a good person, a bad luck person like him who suppresses his relatives, the ducks he raises definitely bring bad luck!"

"Bold!"

As soon as the gavel sounded, Ma Liu immediately knelt down in embarrassment.

"Ma Liu, you steal first, and slander second. There are poisons in this world that can penetrate the intestines and seal the throat, but also kill people's intestines. If you want to prove that you have been poisoned, there is an easier way."

Cheng Jin patted the gavel again and called out, "Doctor Xuan Zhou come in."

Tangxi is the hometown of medicinal materials. There are several medical clinics in the town. Doctor Zhou is famous for his medical skills and good popularity. When he heard that the county magistrate asked him to see strange diseases, he came immediately.

"Doctor Zhou, show him."

Ma Liu's arms were covered with duck feathers, which frightened the old doctor, and the cattle catcher quickly blindfolded Doctor Zhou. Anyway, the face with duck feathers could not tell what was wrong.

Dr. Zhou took his pulse very carefully, and in the end he could only conclude that Ma Liu was a little bit angry, and that there was no poison at all.

"No? It's impossible?"

After Dr. Zhou finished his pulse diagnosis, he put on the medicine box and left.

Cheng Jin slapped the black and white paper in front of Ma Liu, and said solemnly: "Ma Liu, what else do you have to say?"

Ma Liu still didn't believe it, just now Cheng Jin sent someone to Baijiazhuang to count ducks, and said that the neighbors knew that there were three ducks in the old man's house, and there were still three ducks in the backyard of the old man's house. completely inconsistent.

Ma Liu was thrown out of the Yamen with duck feathers all over his body. It turned out that the old man was there. If he accused Ma Liu of stealing, the county magistrate Cheng would have to put him in prison for ten and a half months, but the old man didn't care, so Cheng Jin also No verdict.

"It's a good thing you didn't lock anyone in, otherwise I'm in a hurry with you!"

Cheng Jin thought about it, and then showed a regretful expression: "If I knew it, I would have locked him up for two days. Didn't you say that mortals with long hair are better looking?"

Pan Maomao jumped up: "You are slandering, how have I ever said such a thing!"

Lu Jingxue was stunned to eat sweet soup, but when he thought of Ma Liu with duck feathers all over his body, he lost his appetite completely. After thinking about it for a long time by himself, he finally couldn't hold it back, and said in a low voice: "That Ma Liu, is actually Monster, right?"

"Impossible, how can a monster be so ugly!" If it was a monster, he, Pan Xiaoan, would be the first to expel the duck-haired man from his status as a monster.

Lu Jingxue was right when she thought about it. Monsters confuse people, so it is impossible to cry so badly: "But he is obviously not a normal person like that. How can there be a normal person covered in duck feathers?"

This is true, Ma Liu is a person with bad conduct, and he is used to doing things like gossip and dog robbery. People like this are actually most afraid of the Yamen. Since he dared to come, it means that ninety-nine percent of what he said is true of.

"My lord, do you mean that he really ate the old man's duck to become like that?" After Lu Jingxue finished speaking, she shook her head and denied, "But it's impossible, the old man didn't lose the duck at all."

Cheng County magistrate smiled slightly: "It's hard to say, it depends on the duck he eats, what kind of duck it is."

Ordinary ducks are of course fine, but in this world full of monsters, who can guarantee that the neighbor's duck must be an ordinary duck.

Well, after this incident, he wanted to write a play in the original form of Ma Liu, and the verdict read, "Stealing ducks is risky, and you must be cautious when entering the industry."

Lu Jingxue: ... I don't understand, is there still a duck in this world that eats its long feathers?That was too scary.

Returning to the residence full of questions, Lu Jingxue saw a nourishing old duck soup on the table before she could get out of the visual impact of Ma Liu covered with duck feathers.

It is not an exaggeration to say that he was only one step away from vomiting on the spot.

As for the old duck soup from the county government, neither Cheng Jin nor Mao Mao had much appetite, so they were finally sent to Ying's next door by A Cong, and each of them ate the whole bowl of rice with stewed rice stems in oil.

"I heard that today..."

Cheng Jin stopped immediately: "Don't, don't mention it, I don't want to see any duck food again in three months." Maliu was originally long and pointed, and with duck feathers all over her body, she feared the good news for patients. ah.

Intoxicated and laughed: "Is it that exaggerated?"

"Very well. If you don't believe me, you can ask Catcher Niu tomorrow. No wonder he looked like a ghost at that time."

Catcher Niu didn't have a good appetite at the moment, so Yan Chixia asked him if he was sick, and only then did he know that such a person came to the yamen today.

"Don't believe in evil, this thing is really fucking evil, that Ma Liu kept saying that he became like that after eating other people's ducks, who knows that there are no less ducks at all, my lord invited the doctor to take a pulse, hey, I'm not sick! Do you think it's strange? When I think about it now, my hairs stand on end."

As soon as Yan Chixia heard it, she understood, and it was not unusual. When she came out of the government office, he went to Mr. Cheng to explain the facts.

Then Mao Mao's curiosity was really too great, and now she actually moved a small bench to listen.

"Actually, if you don't come today, the Japanese officials will look for you tomorrow."

Yan Chixia smiled and said: "This is nothing new, the duck raised by the old man must have some mysteries."

"Is it fine?"

"That's not the case. Domestic animals are extremely difficult to become demons. Besides, the chickens and ducks raised at home are at most four or five years old. How can they become demons?"

After hearing this, Mao Mao took it for granted: "That's right, although that Ma Liu looks terrifying, I don't smell any evil spirit on him."

Yan Chixia continued: "Besides, the demon harms people, this is too slight. If you eat duck and don't eat duck feathers, how can you make people grow hair?"

What he said was so reasonable that Cheng County Magistrate and Pan Maomao listened with great interest.

"so what?"

"Isn't it true that there is a goose king in the lord's yamen who understands human nature, and the duck is raised well by the old man, so I am afraid it also understands human nature." After Yan Chixia finished speaking, she continued, "There is indeed such a saying in the world that if poultry and livestock are carefully raised , they will be alive, anxious about the needs of their masters, but their ability is limited, they will not harm ordinary people, they will only use the most instinctive methods to punish people."

"There is such a thing? So, Ma Liu's repeated theft has offended other people's ducks?" What kind of beautiful plot is this?

After Yan Chixia finished speaking, she said, "My lord, do you need to go to the poor road to get rid of the duck feathers for that Maliu?"

Before Cheng Jin could speak, the cat who was listening to the story opened his mouth: "Farewell, it won't hurt your life anyway."

Yan Chixia looked at Cheng County Magistrate, and Cheng County Magistrate also stated: "It's just to become ugly. Anyway, Ma Liu is also average-looking, let him learn a lesson."

This thing is not evil, the jealous Yan Chixia also thinks it can be done or not, since the adults think it is unnecessary, he will not rush to remove the duck feathers for others.

But Ma Liu couldn't take it anymore, he went to the Yamen this trip, because he couldn't hide the duck feathers all over his body.

He was pointed and pointed at when he went out. If he didn’t go out, there would be no food at home, and he was single. If this continued, he would starve to death before he was tortured to death by duck feathers.

So, taking advantage of nightfall, he wanted to climb over the low wall to get some food at Old Man Bai's house.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he climbed up the fence, he saw the three ducks below all staring at him with glowing mung bean eyes. Ma Liu was so frightened that he fell directly from the fence and broke his arms.

The old man ran out when he heard the news, hey, he thought the duck had become a sperm, and immediately shouted in fright.

The neighbors came over with lanterns, and seeing that it was Maliu, they were also quite frightened.

So the next day, Ma Liu entered the Yamen again, but this time he was the defendant, and was turned over by the village head of Baijiazhuang.

Pan Laotou:! ! ! ! ! !

Yan Chixia was not on duty today, and finally saw Maliu herself, who was covered in duck feathers.

Ma Liu knelt on the ground, weeping terribly: "My lord, my lord, I really know my mistake! I will never steal again from now on, I beg you, please help me!"

"But I'm not a doctor, so I can't save you."

Ma Liu felt desperate, if this continues, he might as well jump into the Wujiang River.

"However, since it is a supernatural event, why don't you bring a tribute to beg the Lord of the City God? If you sincerely repent, the Lord of the City God may forgive you." Cheng Jin touched the location of the City God's vice-seal on his hand and said with a smile.

Ma Liu only felt hope, begged his neighbors and knelt down to admit his mistake, and repeated assurances, the village head reluctantly took people to the Town God's Temple.

After the group left, Yan Chixia was puzzled and said, "Why doesn't your lord let Pindao take action?"

"It's not necessary. A person like Ma Liu will not correct himself unless he suffers a lot. If he knows that he can be cured by seeking a Taoist priest, he will not be so sincere." It was so angry that Ma Liu bumped into it at the moment, the solution is possible, it is the method used, it is estimated to be very small.