The county magistrate of Fenzhou is named Liu Xiangchen. Two years ago, he was the top student in high school and won the third prize, which caused a sensation in Qi.

Coupled with his outstanding appearance, everyone was talking about it at the time, and those who were waiting for the son-in-law on the list even started fighting.

But in the end, I don't know what happened. Liu Xiangchen died halfway through his career, and the emperor finally sent him to Fenzhou, a poor and remote place.

When Yu Yuanzhi entered the government office, he felt that the place was really simple.

Vegetables are planted in the courtyard, and some sparse weeds can be seen on the road. Although the place is large, even the trees are practical fruit trees.

There were no more than ten servants, and when they entered, they felt that although the place was large, the interior was very desolate.

Compared with the bustling city center of Fenzhou, the county magistrate's home is really plain.

Yu Yuanzhi approached Ji Huaqing and whispered, "Madam, what are we here for?"

This was Yu Yuanzhi's first visit to an official's house as an adult, so he was really nervous.

Ji Huaqing smiled, took his hand to comfort him, "Come and hand over the thief."

Fenzhou tried many ways to catch the thief, and the county magistrate even offered a huge reward, just to find someone who could catch the thief, and promised that if he caught the thief, his name would be engraved under the stone tablet in Fenzhou .

Think about it, if you can engrave your name on the signpost of the place, and everyone who comes here can see it, how proud it will be.

Such a good deed of both fame and wealth naturally attracted many people to Fenzhou, and there were many famous people among them.

As for who the specific people are, you can roughly know them by looking on the street.

Many buildings and restaurants on the streets of Fenzhou City have changed their signboards, "The First Talent Building", "The General Building", "Poetry Court", "The First Escort Building", "The Fifth Building of Jianghu"... The publicity tricks on the outside Various well-known people in Qi State are written on it in bright colors.

Many people have come to this city for half a year, bringing new vitality to this remote city.

It's a pity that there was a thief, who became a thorn in the heart of the whole country of Fenzhou that everyone in Fenzhou hated.

"We caught the thief?" Jiang Xingjian looked at Ji Huaqing's answer blankly.

Not only did he not understand, but Yu Yuanzhi also did not understand.

thief?Where?

The two looked around, and there was really no one else except them and the guide.

"Who is it? It can't be one of us, can it?" After Jiang Xingjian finished speaking, he turned his head and glared at Lin Yongshan angrily.

Lin Yongshan laughed instantly.

"Wang Dazhuang who escaped?" Yu Yuanzhi guessed.

Thinking about it carefully, he was the only one who disappeared when they were looking for him.

Isn't it because of a guilty conscience?

Ji Huaqing and Lin Yong smiled and said nothing, letting them guess.

Walking through the bumpy and extremely long road, Yu Yuanzhi followed the others to the door, and before entering the house, he heard a few coughs from inside.

Liu Xiangchen sat on the main seat with a pale face and a thin body. When he saw them coming in, he stood up and smiled and saluted first.

Everyone looked at each other, Lin Yong clasped his fists in return.

"Are the chivalrous men here to catch thieves?" Liu Xiangchen spoke softly and invited them to sit down.

Yu Yuanzhi was still in a daze, not knowing when they caught the thief, quietly looking at Ji Huaqing.

His wife's demeanor is composed, her expression is calm, she looks confident and flamboyant, which makes Yu Yuanzhi's heart move.

Ji Huaqing replied: "It is precisely for the purpose of catching the thief. We have already found the thief and come to deliver it to the murderer."

Liu Xiangchen looked as usual without showing the slightest surprise. He glanced behind them and said softly, "Where is the thief caught by the chivalrous men?"

"Here it is."

Lin Yongshan looked up at Liu Xiangchen.

"Bold, the county magistrate is also something you can wrong at will?!" The guard beside him looked fierce and drew out his knife.

The cold light on the blade was cool, and it was about to be pulled out in the next moment, causing the heads of the people in front of them to fall to the ground.

Liu Xiangchen raised his hand to stop it, and the guard reluctantly withdrew the knife.

After waving his hand to let the guards leave, Liu Xiangchen was still sitting quietly on the main seat, as if the person identified was not him.

It was only after the guards left that Liu Xiangchen showed surprise, "A few chivalrous men mean that you are a thief?"

After finishing speaking, he coughed a few more times.

Jiang Xingjian was at a loss, and asked in a low voice, "He doesn't know martial arts."

And the body is still so poor, no matter how you look at it, you can't be a thief.

Yu Yuanzhi was stunned, he never thought that this matter had anything to do with the county magistrate who was not in Fenzhou City.

"He sent the thief? But why did he do that?" The county magistrate of Fenzhou has paid so much for the city, and what a powerful thief he must be to make it so that none of the martial arts people who came here could be seen.

"To be precise, it's not you, but the whole city is full of thieves."

"Huh?" Jiang Xingjian was puzzled.

Yu Yuanzhi opened his eyes wide and looked over, Liu Xiangchen in the main seat did not show the slightest surprise or panic.

"Then what are the reasons for these knights? I'm sorry to say that the speculations of these knights sound really absurd."

Ji Huaqing turned his head and motioned for Lin Yongshan.

As the first person to discover the clues, Lin Yongshan saw and thought more than others, "Since entering Fenzhou City, I have seen that the people of this city are accustomed to the arrival of knights.

Not only that, ordinary people will panic when they see knights fighting at the intersection, but people here are used to retreating to the corner and erecting iron plates, and they are well-trained.

"The streets in the city are bustling, and there are many 'Halls of Fame', but Fenzhou has been poor for many years, but it has developed rapidly in the past six months and gained a reputation.

Fenzhou's reputation lies in the fact that it is said that it is a thief that martial arts people can't catch.

"There are a lot of thefts in the city, and the small items stolen in the early stage are indeed in line with common sense.

The lost items range from worthless to valuable, which can also be understood as the thief sees that no one can catch him, and gradually becomes greedy.

But after the knights came, there were rumors in the city that someone threw stones and some other tiny things, which obviously didn't make sense.

"For thieves, this is a thankless task.

"In addition, the prosperity of Fenzhou City has mainly started in the past six months, but thieves are rarely found, or they disappear instantly when they are captured.

Therefore, I guess, this is the county magistrate's trick, to attract knights to Fenzhou by offering uncaught thieves and offering huge rewards, and then using the name of Jianghu to attract outsiders.

Firstly, the poverty of Fenzhou was not comparable to the prosperity of the capital city of Yangzhou, so naturally it couldn't look gorgeous.

It is also normal for Jianghu people to have simple inns. If other "celebrities" came here at that time, in contrast, Fenzhou was named "Xia" and "Thief", so no one felt that Fenzhou was particularly poor. It is the norm, but it is also a local characteristic.

Fenzhou used this to attract outsiders to come here to buy and sell goods, bringing wealth to the people of Fenzhou.

Secondly, martial arts people seek a reputation, you use Yelai Inn to attract you, and you spread the word about Yelai Inn by challenging the difficulty, and you also attract knights who are not interested in Fenzhou thieves to go.

From this, I guessed that the case of the thief in Fenzhou was originally a fake, because there was no thief in itself, so it can't be called catching a thief, let alone seeing a thief.

Based on this reasoning, the value of the lost items in the city varies, because the people in Fenzhou are rich and poor, so the lost items of each family are different.

When you were there, it was easy to talk and you were able to speak in unison, but after all, you were only one person, and you couldn't arrange all the people in the city well, so there were mistakes.

In order to convince the knights who came here that there were thieves, everyone in the city said that they had lost something.

But what they lost in their mouths were the items that the common people cherished themselves, and the things that the common people cherished were not necessarily precious in the eyes of others.

As a result, the items stolen by the thieves are sometimes expensive and sometimes cheap. "

Liu Xiangchen nodded, looked up at Lin Yongshan with calm eyes, "What you said makes sense, but it's all just your guess."

Lin Yongshan smiled and looked at Ji Huaqing, "Let my friend tell the rest."

The author says:

Yu Yuanzhi: Stupid!

Jiang Xingjian: Damn, can you still do this? !

Yu Yuanzhi: It's balanced. Fortunately, I'm not the only one who doesn't know.

Ji Huaqing: Stupid far away.

Jiang Xingjian: What about me? ? ?Brother, what am I?

Lin Yongshan: You are an idiot.

Jiang Xingjian (Turn the table!)

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