Sweet as candy

Xuzhou government.

A dozen or so beautifully dressed girls gathered together, talking about something.Every time you say something, your eyebrows dance happily, filling the originally quiet back hall with noise.

The fat county magistrate looked at Yingying and Yanyan in this room, and wiped the sweat from his forehead. No matter how powerful the official authority was, Jiao'e, who was looking at the noisy room in this room, had no idea. Told him to take care of it.

The master shouldered a heavy responsibility, and entered the crowd with a smile on his face. Before he could open his mouth, he was stopped by the girls' complaints.

"Master, didn't you send someone to ask about it some time ago, why do you want us to come again? It's so hot today!"

"That's right, was the prostitute caught or not? It's been so long, and it's no way for everyone to worry about it all day long."

"Didn't the county magistrate say that he would handle this matter well? What's the use of interrogating us all day long? You have to let those arresters catch people. I saw a few people wearing official uniforms in the wine shop two days ago, yes Are you not on duty? You have been tossing around for so long, can't you just play sloppy with us?"

Many of these girls are the daughters of local dignitaries in Xuzhou, and their tempers are arrogant and fiery on weekdays.Being stolen by a prostitute this time is already a humiliation. After the government received the report and failed to investigate it, they couldn't help feeling angry. The magistrate of Xuzhou was really useless. They were blind to the things their father usually sent to the government. silver.

At this moment, the master is like a lamb that has fallen into a pack of wolves, all around are watching, as long as he dares to answer a wrong word, they will make him look good.

Cold sweat broke out on his head, he bowed his waist and said with an apologetic smile: "Girls, don't worry, just listen to my explanation. Of course, my lord took everyone's words at ease. No, my lord sent someone to investigate as soon as the matter happened, but The other party is extremely cunning, so far we have no clue..." Seeing that the eyebrows of the people in front of him were raised, showing signs of anger, he hurriedly said: "But it's okay, my lord knows that everyone is in a hurry, so he specially invited someone to help, today Let everyone come here, just to ask about the details of the day, so that we can catch people."

"We weren't there when that man stole the clothes, so what's the point of asking?" A girl in the lead complained, then turned her eyes and said softly: "Hey, Master. You said that the Lord invited someone to help, and he asked Who is it, is it a big deal?"

"Big, you are very capable." Seeing that their attitudes have improved, the master covered his mouth and said, "My lord has spent a lot of effort to invite someone from the Wulin League this time, and I will ask all the girls to cooperate later, don't give up on your lord." face."

"Martial Arts League?" Everyone was startled, and then started to chatter: "Who is invited, it can't be Xiao Lang?"

"You have a good idea. Hero Xiao has a lot of things to do every day. How could he take care of this kind of thing? He must send some leisurely knights here."

"That's not necessarily the case. Disputes between sects are a major issue, so is this flower picker a trivial matter? In my opinion, this time the disturbance is so serious that I might as well have invited Daxia Xiao here!"

"Why didn't you say earlier, I should put on the hairpin I bought last time today, master, why don't I go back first, when will they come?"

The master was getting dizzy from these girls talking about it. He clapped his hands and smiled and said: "Aunts and grandmas, my lord sent the news directly to the leader. We don't know who the leader will send here. They will be here soon, you must be careful." Don't make a fuss about going back at this time."

The girls couldn't get a definite answer, so they glared at her coquettishly, and helped each other cut their hair. The county magistrate was listening to the excitement outside, and only had the illusion that he had come to the talent show. He was worried and ran outside. A person came in: "My lord, the members of the Wulin League have arrived."

"Please come in quickly!" The savior came, the magistrate's eyes were staring, he stepped forward to greet Xue Shiji and Xiao Lang: "Oh, you two are the knights sent by the Wulin League, so I've been waiting for you."

"My lord." Xiao Lang nodded towards them, not too eagerly: "Have all the girls who were victimized been found?"

"Come on, come on, they're all inside!" The magistrate pointed towards the room, took Xiao Lang's hand and said with a sad face, "Oh, these aunts and grandmas have tortured me to death, and that prostitute hasn't been here for a day. Hold on, they won't let me live in peace for a day. Now that the two heroes have come, they can finally restore the government's peace..."

The three of them walked into the back hall, and the originally noisy crowd fell silent. Everyone's curious eyes swept over Xiao Lang, who had changed his appearance, and settled on Xue Shiji behind him.

"It's not Xiao Lang..."

"Let me just say, Daxia Xiao is so busy, how could he come here."

"Who is that in front? Is that in the back the Great Xia Xue?"

"It's Daxia Xue, that's right, I've seen his portrait on the beauty list."

"Xue Daxia is also very handsome, exactly the same as in the painting."

The girls didn't have the nerve to discuss it loudly in front of people, but the two of them have extraordinary martial arts skills, and everything they said has already fallen into their ears verbatim.Xue Shiji was thin-skinned, coughed and said: "Girls, Xue Shiji is here. I asked the county magistrate to invite all the girls here. I want to ask about the details of the theft case, so I'm bothering you."

The person who wanted to rush up and grab the master's ear just now became gentle and shy: "It doesn't matter, we know that Xue Daxia also wants to solve the case quickly, you say, we will know everything, and we will say everything."

It would be great if I could receive such gentle treatment on weekdays. The county magistrate looked at the peaceful scene in front of him and felt very sad.

"This is a colleague of the Martial Arts League..." Xue Shiji paused when he raised his hand, and then looked at Xiao Lang in a dumbfounded way—too bad, we haven't negotiated a name for you yet.

"I will seal Wuyue." Xiao Lang stroked his fake beard: "You don't have to be restrained, please sit down and talk."

The room was full of people at once, the county magistrate sent someone to move some stools back, and he himself sat on the sidelines and listened.

"To make a long story short, I will ask you a few questions next, and please forgive me if I offend you."

Although he hid his own face, Xiao Lang's usual gentle and polite demeanor could not be concealed. Hearing his gentle tone, everyone couldn't help but relax a little.

"Excuse me, which girl was the first to be robbed?"

A girl raised her hand carefully: "It's me."

Xiao Lang smiled back at her: "Could you please tell me, is there anything wrong with Miss that day?"

"There seems to be nothing wrong with it." The girl recalled: "That day, as usual, I went home from working as a maid. Seeing that the sun was getting dark, I wanted to put away my clothes earlier. Counting, it seems that two items are missing, I thought I remembered it wrong, but I went back to the room and couldn’t find it, so I suspected it was stolen.”

Xiao Lang nodded, and asked again: "The girl lost her clothes in her own yard? Are there other people at home?"

"No, my mother went out to do some shopping, and my father went to the wine shop. The door of the house is closed. I think he might have climbed over the wall to get in."

"Thank you for letting me know, miss." Xiao Lang paused, then suddenly turned his head and whispered something to Xue Shiji who was on the side.Xue Shiji's face instantly turned red into a steamed shrimp, his tongue trembled, and he said in a voice softer than a mosquito's, "Why don't you ask yourself?"

"They're not familiar with my current identity. It's too offensive for me to ask. If you are liked by them, they won't feel uncomfortable." Xiao Lang finished fooling him with kindness, and secretly increased the force on Xue Shiji's thigh, Seriously said: "It's all for solving the case, don't think too much."

Everyone glanced at the two of them suspiciously. Xue Shiji sat on it, tangled in every possible way, dying of shame and anger, and finally blushed and said softly: "That... girl, do you remember the color of the clothes that were stolen at that time?"

The girl who was asked blushed immediately, and her face was almost steaming: "This..."

"If it's not convenient for the girl to say it clearly, it's okay to write it on paper." Xiao Lang took out a stack of papers from his arms understandingly: "Please don't worry, girl, we will never let others see this paper."

"Everyone, please write your own names on it too..." Xue Shiji was sent by him to send papers one by one, collected them one by one and handed them back to Xiao Lang, finally, only the two of them could hear clearly. He said in a low voice, "Brother Xiao, I hate you to death."

Xiao Lang ignored him and said, "Except for the situation similar to this girl, is there someone at home when a girl throws something away?"

Immediately someone said: "I..."

"At that time, the rumors had already spread, and many girls in the city were afraid to hang their clothes out. I pulled a line with a rope in my room and hung the clothes on it. When I woke up the next day, I found His clothes are gone.” Recalling that she was in the same room with the prostitute, the girl who spoke couldn’t stop trembling: “I’ve always been a light sleeper, but I didn’t hear a sound that night, let alone pushing the door. , not even a footstep."

"Girl, don't be afraid, we will definitely find out who is behind the scenes as soon as possible, so that everyone can rest assured." Xiao Lang comforted: "The last question, I heard from the county magistrate, that the thieves only robbed every household. Once. Everyone here, are there any exceptions?"

Everyone looked at each other blankly, and no one raised any objections.

Xiao Lang simply collected some questions, and patiently listened to their trembling complaints: "Okay, thank you for your cooperation, if you think of any important clues in the future, please notify the county magistrate as soon as possible, he Will contact us on behalf of you.”

Before leaving, a bolder girl finally said, "Feng Daxia, do you know where Xiao Daxia is now?"

Xue Shiji glanced at him, but Xiao Lang's expression remained unchanged: "There are many matters assigned to everyone by the Wulin League, and I don't know the whereabouts of Xiao Daxia. Is there something important for the girl to find him?"

"No..." The girl blushed, and said in an inaudible way: "I just admired him for a long time, and I just wanted to see the true face of Hero Xiao. Don't be surprised by Hero Feng."

Xue Shiji, who had been holding back for a day, walked up to him, and said maliciously: "This Daxia Feng is Xiao Daxia's life-and-death friend, and Xiao Daxia treats him like a biological brother. If you have anything you want to say to Xiao Daxia, you might as well tell him, he I will definitely pass it on to you.”

The girls widened their eyes in surprise, Xiao Lang smiled, turned his head and patted him on the shoulder affectionately: "Daxia Xue stop making fun of me, no one in the Jianghu knows that you are his most trusted friend, Daxia Xiao has great respect for Daxia Xue He is very concerned about everything, I heard him mentioning that he wants to find a good marriage for you some time ago."

The smile that just raised froze at the corner of his mouth instantly, and Xue Shiji listened to him in disbelief and said, "Hey, I'm not afraid of your jokes. Although our hero Xue is a young talent, we are only immersed in martial arts accomplishments. In terms of emotions, we have always been a brat. So far, I haven't even held a girl's hand. Daxia Xiao once asked me to help him find a suitable partner. If you hear that there is someone who likes him around you, please pay more attention to him."

After finishing speaking, he laughed three times, leaving the stunned Xue Shiji behind.