Ye Xiaotian was very satisfied to see the arresters "cracking" out their waist knives, looking at the sky as if they were facing a big enemy, their reaction was really fast. The only uncomfortable thing was that they were all standing against the wall, leaving themselves alone in the middle of the alley.
A big face protruded from the high wall of the Hong Mansion, with a tiger's head and leopard's eyes, like Zhang Fei, except that there was a beard missing under the chin. Ye Xiaotian only saw it once, then retracted that big face, and then stuck out one foot. A moment later, Luo Daheng was riding on the top of the wall, and followed a ladder to the outside of the wall.
Ye Xiaotian and his group looked at him in amazement, not understanding what this clown was going to do. Su Xuntian went to Ye Xiaotian's side, and whispered: "What is this kid doing out here, does he have some important news to tell us?"
Ye Xiaotian glared at him and said, "Only you are alert, like a rabbit."
Su Xuntian accompanied him with a smile and said, "Your Excellency's praise."
Ye Xiaotian sneered and said: "This is not absurd praise. Among all the people, you are the fastest to run, while others just stand against the wall, and you can hide as far as three feet away. Can I ask your Excellency, what kind of magical skill is this?" ?”
Su Xuntian smiled dryly.
At this time, the ladder had been put along the wall, Luo Daheng climbed down the ladder, a huge butt was dangling above the heads of the crowd, the very strong ladder was dangling, it really made people worry about this living creature Classmates will crush it.
Luo Daheng climbed down from the ladder, panted heavily and moved to Ye Xiaotian's side, bowed with a smile and said: "Brother Ai, thank you for your generous help, otherwise my brother will definitely be beaten up by my father."
Ye Xiaotian said dumbfoundingly: "That's why you climbed out? Uh, what a waste of effort, and you have to climb over the wall to thank you. You don't have to. You should go back quickly, and be careful that your father will punish you if he finds you climbing the wall. "
Luo Daheng smiled and said: "No, no, I used to say that when someone is around, I am upset and I can't read the book, and when someone disturbs me, it also affects my reading mood, so when I enter the study, whether it is my father It’s still a servant in the mansion, so no one dares to come in.”
Ye Xiaotian shook his head, smiled wryly and said: "Poor father hoped that his son would become a dragon, he really placed too much hope on you, tycoon, you shouldn't let him down."
Luo Daheng took out a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake wrapped in oil paper from his pocket, which was probably just prepared after returning home. While tearing the oil paper, he said: "I am trying to get closer to my father's expectations. I am trying to be a glutton. .”
Ye Xiaotian was startled, and said, "What is Taotie?"
Luo Daheng said: "Gaotie is not a thing, it is a son of a dragon, and it is also a dragon. Dragons have nine sons, each of which is different. The sixth son of a dragon, Taotie, is the best food in life..." Luo Daheng said this, with his mouth wide open, hippopotamus Usually, a whole piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake goes into the mouth.
Luo Daheng tried his best to chew the sweet-scented osmanthus cake, and said vaguely to Ye Xiaotian: "I have no friends or brothers since I was a child. After going to the county school, I still have no friends or brothers. You are very good to me, really Very good, I want to ask you to be my big brother."
Ye Xiaotian couldn't help laughing and said: "I said the sixth son of the dragon, don't you make trouble? Brother, I still have official duties, so I'm leaving now, you go back to study."
Luo Daheng grabbed him and said, "Don't, don't, don't go, I really hit it off with you, really, really."
Ye Xiaotian said: "Don't look at me as an official. My monthly salary is actually not much. Guizhou's finances are tight. With such a small salary, it is often not paid in arrears." Qi Qiyan nodded together, sighing endlessly.
Ye Xiaotian said: "I am such a poor person, I really can't afford you, a rich man."
Luo Daheng said: "Can't we be brothers between the rich and the poor? Brothers, you have the right to make money. Since your life is so hard, I will give you some of the monthly money my father sends me every month." How are you?"
Ye Xiaotian said: "Is it possible to recognize a brother casually? My conditions for recognizing a brother are very strict."
Luo Daheng said: "How harsh is it? My father said that as long as the problem can be solved with money, it is not a big problem. I recognize you as a big brother, and I will not trouble you very much at ordinary times. I just ask you to help me from time to time. Make up a nonsense and fool my father, how about my younger brother honoring you with a tael of silver every month?"
Ye Xiaotian said suddenly: "You are insulting me. You are also insulting the word 'brother'!"
Luo Daheng scratched his head and said, "Five taels?"
"I am a man of principles!"
"Twelve!"
"Does this official look like someone who bends his waist for five buckets of rice?"
"Twenty taels!"
"Brothers are priceless, friendship is priceless."
"Fifty taels!"
"What you say is what you say, let's chop off the chicken's head immediately, please!"
Li Yuncong, Su Xuntian and all the arrests: "..."
Ye Xiaotian used the simplest ceremony and the fastest speed to recognize the rich boy as his brother, put his arms around his shoulders, and asked affectionately: "Brother, your father gives you fifty pocket money every month." Two?"
Luo Daheng smiled and said: "Brother, don't worry, of course there is no pocket money of fifty taels, but as long as I talk about buying books and the Four Treasures of the Study, my father is willing to spend money. And he never asks how much the book is worth. As for the Four Treasures of the Study , the more I use it, the happier he is, so... hehe."
Ye Xiaotian said: "That's it, then you just need to deduct fifty taels of silver every month, don't you want to know too much? You see that your father is in his prime and has already grown up, and it is not easy to support the family. Don’t get into the habit of being extravagant.”
Luo Daheng nodded again and again, gratefully said: "Others always bully me, no one has ever cared about me like you, brother, you are so kind to me."
Li Yuncong, Su Xuntian and all the arrests: "..."
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Ye Xiaotian happily waved goodbye to Luo Daheng, whose wish had come true. Luo Daheng creaked up the high wall, and climbed back along the ladder, while Ye Xiaotian rushed to Shi Bixing's house, turning a blind eye to the strange eyes of Li Yuncong and other arresters.
Luo Daheng is sixteen or seventeen years old. He was probably well protected by his family since he was a child, so he is not deeply involved in the world and has a childlike innocence. Although his figure has surpassed that of an adult, his mind is still not open. Ye Xiaotian is really bullying Xiaotian by doing this. child's suspicion.
But Ye Xiaotian can't help it, the tycoon's prodigal thing, even if Ye Xiaotian doesn't take his money, with his behavior, he also doesn't know where the money will be lost. Instead of losing to others, it's better to help him, a poor man.
Since Ye Xiaotian planned to run away, he never thought that he could get back the money that was withheld by the county government. Since Luo Daheng took the initiative to deliver it to his door, Ye Xiaotian had no choice but to be disrespectful.
Ye Xiaotian's visit to Shi's family still didn't find any clues. The people of Shi's family couldn't give any useful news except crying and crying for the government to solve the case as soon as possible, and to give Shi's family justice.
Ye Xiaotian is not the real canonist of Hu County. Now that he is in this position, he has to put on a show whether he is careful or not. In fact, he really wants to solve the case, but if he can't solve the case, he has no pressure. He is not a real canonist. Naturally, they don't care about performance appraisal.
Ye Xiaotian ran around like headless chickens with these catchers, but the catchers didn't complain. In this era, there is not much technical content in handling cases, and there are almost no technological means. Except for catching criminals on the spot, they basically arrest criminals through interviews and interrogations.
Those old officials who have worked in the six doors for a lifetime may have accumulated some skills of observing faces and paying attention to details, but Ye Xiaotian has no such experience on the one hand, and on the other hand, he is not a specific case handler, which is necessary The cops do it.
After searching, Shi Bixing's case still has no clue. Seeing that it was getting late and all the arresters were tired, the considerate Ye Xiaotian led the servants back. On the way back, he turned across a street and entered an alley, and suddenly heard a burst of scolding and crying, Ye Xiaotian followed the sound, and suddenly stopped in his tracks. As soon as he stopped, Su Xuntian, Li Yuncong and others also stopped.
Crying came from a nearby courtyard, the wall was only half a person high, and the situation in the courtyard could be clearly seen. A man in the courtyard was beating a woman across the head and face with a rattan cane. Ye Xiaotian took a closer look, the two people He knows it all. It was Xu Boyi, a county student, who was struggling to beat the woman with a livid face, and the woman who was beaten was his wife Tao Siniang.
Ye Xiaotian still remembered that Luo Daheng said that this Xu Boyi was not good at housekeeping, and all depended on his wife to take care of him inside and out for his education. Such a couple in need should respect each other as guests, but why did they look like this.
An old man in his seventies next to him lightly tapped his cane, looked at the situation in the courtyard and shook his head slightly, sighing endlessly. Ye Xiaotian's heart moved, he walked over, cupped his hands and said: "The old man invited me, I don't know what happened to this family, why did the husband beat his wife like this?"
The old man saw that he was an official, although he didn't know what kind of official he was, he raised his bamboo stick and bowed his hands to return the salute: "This senior official, I don't know what kind of evil this Xu Xiucai has fallen into. The lady is a very virtuous person, praised by everyone in all directions. Since their family moved here, I can only see his lady busy inside and out every day, earning money to support the family, providing for her husband with simple tea and light food, good clothes and good food , just to let him study with peace of mind. At the beginning, the two husband and wife were harmonious, but who knows that Xu Xiucai's temperament has changed drastically recently, and he is always picking quarrels and provoking troubles every day, beating and scolding his wife."
The old man sighed, and said again: "I heard that it was because Xu Xiucai suddenly wanted to divorce his wife, but I don't know why. However, his lady is dignified and virtuous, and she has not violated any of the seven rules. If she wants to divorce her wife, unless he The lady agrees, and the two of them will be reconciled, so this Xu Xiucai always makes things difficult."
At this time, Tao Siniang was chased and beaten by her husband and fled into the room, Xu Boyi refused to let her go, and chased into the room without stopping, but the courtyard suddenly became quiet. When Ye Xiaotian heard what the old man said, his heart suddenly became clear: "It's just an old trick of disliking and loving the rich."
The sound of beating and scolding in the room stopped for a while, but there was still the sound of women crying faintly. Although this matter had nothing to do with Ye Xiaotian, any person with a conscience would not be in a bad mood when seeing such a situation. good. As for matters between husband and wife, it is inconvenient for outsiders to comment, even if he is an official.
Ye Xiaotian was getting a little frustrated, and Li Yuncong said in a strange way: "My lord, everyone has been busy all day, it's time to go back and rest. We can't and should not take care of this kind of bad things where couples fight and quarrel at home. You just want to Compassionate and cherishing jade, also deserve a place... "
Ye Xiaotian did not know where an evil fire came from, and it ignited in his heart instantly. He slowly turned his head to look at Li Yuncong, his face gradually turned black, if his twin elder brother Ye Xiaoan was here, he would know at a glance that his brother's donkey temper was about to explode. But Li Yuncong didn't know about it, and continued to mock bitterly...