Mu Xiaojiu looked at the shopkeeper with a dead face and the little monkey with a low face who was holding the shopkeeper's body with a low face, and asked: "Shopkeeper, let me ask you, who personally took the poison in the wine?" Don't try to fool me, you know that's useless. ”

The corner of the shopkeeper's eyes twitched, but it was not very strong, "The poison in the wine was put in by me, from beginning to end, the little monkey was only responsible for bringing the wine over, and did not touch anything else." ”

"He knows there's poison in the wine?" Mu Xiaojiu asked again.

The corner of the shopkeeper's eyes twitched violently, and then he said a little miserably: "Well, I know. ”

"Well, then, according to your account, you and the little monkey did it together to hide the corpse; It is you who do it yourself to deceive the soldiers. Then, what about the treasure? How much treasure were found on those people? Where did you put it? ”

The shopkeeper opened his mouth a little lightly at this time, perhaps because he thought that the guilt of murder was much greater than that of hiding treasures, "Those treasures are some finished jewelry and semi-finished jewelry, and there is a large bag, which I hid in the wardrobe of the room where the little monkey rests." ”

"Okay." Mu Xiaojiu nodded, "Let me tell you, what is involved in this matter is to kill a group of fugitives, then to hide the corpse, to deceive the official family, and finally to harbor jewelry." Shopkeeper, are those soldiers the garrison of the town? Or are they from the city of Hangzhou? ”

"Both." The shopkeeper did not hesitate and said directly.

"Xiaobai, you take my token and go to find Lizheng here, this kind of village and town, the garrison is generally only a dozen or twenty people, and if you want to dispatch, you must go through Lizheng's permission. You go and ask if they have been helping to hunt down the fugitives recently and come back as soon as possible. ”

"Okay master." Li Xiaobai jumped down the stairs and landed beside Mu Xiaojiu, then took the envoy token from his hand, turned around and walked out of the inn, and then ran quickly with light skills.

"According to the merits and demerits, the least involved in this, the first is to hide the corpse and deceive the officials. The two of you are accomplices in this matter. You two don't know the law, but you know it's wrong. Knowing that you are wrong, you have a mistake, and you should be punished. But sin does not lead to death, and how to deal with it will be discussed later. ”

"Second, there is the possession of a large number of stolen jewels, and if the jewels are as large as you say, then the culpability is great, and the maximum is death. But if you hand over these jewels, and you don't use them now, you can pay a light penalty and a fine of money. ”

"Third." Mu Xiaojiu's face suddenly showed a little smile: "You two are very witty, and you killed more than a dozen fugitives with poisonous wine, this is a great achievement." But because the two of you are out of self-protection and wealth, the reward is halved. ”

At this moment, the old shopkeeper and the little monkey almost couldn't believe their ears. They never imagined that, in their opinion, the heaviest culpability would actually become their credit.

Ming Zhi looked at Mu Xiaojiu's back, and then looked sideways at Ning Chengfo with a smile on his face, and suddenly had a little realization in his heart. She finally understood a little why Ning Chengfo and Mu Xiaojiu became very good friends.

"Thank you, thank you, sir! Thank you, sir! The shopkeeper knelt down again, pulled the little monkey, and the two of them kowtowed to Mu Xiaojiu together. This time, Mu Xiaojiu didn't dodge.

Before, he wanted to dodge because he hadn't provided specific help to the two of them, and the shopkeeper was already middle-aged after all, so it was not good to accept his gift for nothing, and he really didn't plan to let go of the little monkey. This time he didn't dodge, because, if he dodged, these two people would be ashamed, and second, he was justified in accepting this worship. If it weren't for him, or if he was replaced by an official who wanted to make money, the old man and the young would have died today. And if this incident does not happen, among these two people, the little monkey will not dare to say it, but the shopkeeper will inevitably go further and further on the road of the black shop in the future. Because, people like the thrilling feeling of getting something for nothing and taking risks.

After receiving a knock from the two of them, Mu Xiaojiu got up and avoided the second knock from the two people, and then said, "That little monkey, go to your room and take out those jewels, I need to see these things to sentence." Besides, don't be too happy, the sentence I am making now is against those who are really fugitives; If they weren't, both of you would die! ”

Speaking of the back, Mu Xiaojiu's words couldn't help but be a little stern, but the shopkeeper and the little monkey didn't panic at all. Especially the shopkeeper, he nodded again and again, and then repeatedly assured: "That group of people is definitely a fugitive, I can guarantee it." ”

Mu Xiaojiu smiled and didn't answer, just watched the little monkey go up the stairs, then turned his head and glanced at the curtain leading from the lobby on the first floor to the back kitchen, "What?" Enough of that, aren't you going to show up? Or do you really think no one on our side has found you? ”

"Hey, hey, hey. No, no, no, I'm not worried about disturbing you guys to get down to business. A thin, middle-aged man stepped out from behind the curtain, carrying a kitchen knife in his hand.

As the saying goes, tigers and leopards are hidden in the mountains, and unicorns are buried in the fields, which is indeed true. If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, who would have believed that the cook in this dilapidated country inn was actually a master in the martial arts. Mu Xiaojiu looked at the middle-aged man and said with a playful smile.

The middle-aged man seemed to be embarrassed by Mu Xiaojiu's praise, raised his hand and wiped it twice on the oil-stained clothes, and then scratched his head, "Hehe, the official is polite, where am I a tiger and a leopard, a unicorn, and the master can't be called a master." The countryside style, I practiced blindly. ”

Hu Xiaoxian laughed for a while, "Uncle, if you also call it a country master, then most of the people on our side will not be in the stream." How? Listening to your northern accent, didn't you come from the north? ”

"Yes, yes, yes." The middle-aged man grinned, "I did come from the north, the small towns around the capital." I've been working in this small shop for two years now, and two years ago, I worked in that area of Changbai Mountain for a few years. ”

At this time, the little monkey ran down from upstairs with a big burden on his back, and when he saw the middle-aged man, the little monkey was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Uncle Wang, why did you come out?" ”

The middle-aged man surnamed Wang smiled at the little monkey, and his eyes narrowed to one place, "Look at it, don't worry." ”