Sky Surveying Demon Hunt

Chapter 38 County Trivia
On the other side, both Ling'er and Zhong Xiaoyan were surprised.

"Miss, how did he let the thief go?"

"I don't know." Zhong Xiaoyan pursed her lips, grabbed the long sword on the table, and said, "I can't stand this matter anymore, I want to take care of it."

She was so angry that she even forgot to correct the maid's address.

The thief was released in a few words, what's going on?

Ling'er tried her best to hold Zhong Xiaoyan down.

"Miss, the strong dragon doesn't overwhelm the local snake!" Ling'er quickly persuaded, "If you make a move, you will definitely be able to clean up that dog's head, but he is a local snake, what should I do if he makes things difficult for you in the county?"

"I'm still afraid that he will make trouble? A dog official who doesn't know right from wrong."

"Didn't you come to Qingyang County to resist the evil spirits? You have offended local snakes, and you can't stay in Qingyang County any longer. What should you do?"

Hearing this, Zhong Xiaoyan put down the sword in his hand.

"You are right." Zhong Xiaoyan nodded, and then gave Lin Ji a hard look.

"My young master, if you can't bear it, you will make a big conspiracy. If you put it in normal times, you have to give an explanation to this guy!"

"That's right." Ling'er nodded quickly.

the other side.

Lin Ji looked at the somewhat embarrassed but uninjured young master.

"How much money do you have in your wallet?" Lin Ji asked.

"If you go back to Lin to catch the head, there should be more than twenty taels." Brother Young Master replied quickly.

Lin Ji nodded, stretched out his hand to touch his bosom for a long time, and found out a few taels of silver.

"Shopkeeper, give me 30 taels of cash." Lin Ji looked at the shopkeeper of Ruyilou.

The shopkeeper didn't dare to delay, and quickly took three ingots of ten taels of silver and handed them to Lin Ji.

"The money will be returned to you."

"No need to catch Lin, when Master Zhou left today, he deposited 500 taels for you on the cabinet." The shopkeeper said quickly.

"What else? Zhou Qian is a sensible boy." Lin Ji laughed twice, and handed the 30 taels of silver in his hand to Brother Young Master.

"Take it, I will supply it to you."

But the young master didn't dare to answer: "Catcher Lin, how can you pay for this matter? No, it's my fault for the dumb."

"Just take it if you tell me, so much bullshit."

After stuffing the money, Lin Ji bowed his hands to the guests around him.

"I would like to ask everyone to give me a little noodle, and stop talking about today's affairs."

Naturally, many of the guests who watched the excitement agreed with all their mouths.

But Lin Ji continued: "Everyone, don't put me off. If I hear about today's incident in the county in the future, one of you will count as one. No one can escape, so I will remember them all!"

Now, no one dared to be perfunctory anymore.

He bowed his hands to everyone again, and Lin Ji left Ruyi Building.

Taoist Pingxin remained silent until Lin Ji finished handling the matter before he followed him out.

"Brother Lin, why did you let that thief go? Your kick didn't use any strength earlier." Taoist Pingxin was quite curious.

"The kid who stole the money is called Liang Toutou, he is an honest boy, but because of his big head, he was bullied by other children in the county all day long." Lin Ji said casually.

Lu Cong wandered around Qingyang County all day long, always nagging Lin Ji, and Lin Ji had lived in the county for several years, so he didn't know everything about the county, but he knew a lot about it.

"It turned out to be Lin Tutou's junior, no wonder."

"It's not my junior, but I just think that kid grew up in Qingyang County and never saw him sneaking around, so I just want to see what's going on."

Taoist Pingxin nodded, and said curiously: "Then you didn't let others talk about it just now."

"People's words are terrible. If there is something hidden. If the thief's reputation spreads, that child will never even think about raising his head in the county."

During the time he spoke, Lin Ji had brought Taoist Pingxin to a dilapidated courtyard.

Knock on the door, no answer.

But there was heat rising from the chimney in the back room.

When he opened the door and walked into the small courtyard, Liangtou, who had stolen the money, happened to come out from the back room.

Seeing Lin Ji appearing, Liang's face turned blue with fright, he stopped and dared not move, trembling all over.

Lin Ji noticed the medicine bag in his hand.

"Who is sick in the family?"

"It's my mother."

"Steal money to treat your mother?"

Liang head nodded quickly.

Seeing that Lin Ji didn't say anything before opening his mouth, Liang's head was afraid that Lin Ji would arrest him now, so he knelt down suddenly.

"Boss Lin, I"

"Stop talking nonsense, go boil the medicine for your mother to take, and then come out to find me."

Lin Ji waved his hands, then found a tree stump in the yard and sat down.

Liang nodded his head again and again, and trotted off to work.

Taoist Pingxin also wanted to sit, but there were no chairs or other tree stumps in the yard.

After being awkward for a long time, he asked cautiously: "Brother Lin, let me sit on half of your butt."

Lin Ji glanced at Taoist Pingxin, didn't speak, just moved his buttocks, firmly occupying the entire tree stump.

Taoist Pingxin could only stand beside Lin Ji with an awkward expression.

After more than half an hour, Liang Tou finished serving his mother, and walked out of the back room tremblingly.

"Xiao An, who is outside." A weak voice sounded from the inner room.

Liangtou didn't know how to respond.

Lin Ji said: "The catcher Lin in the county, ask Liangtou to do some small things, you should take a rest, don't worry, it's just running errands."

"It's Catcher Lin, Xiaoan, you have to help Catcher Lin with his affairs."

"Understood, mother." Liang nodded his head and looked at Lin Ji.

"Tell me, what's going on in your family, where's your father?"

"He passed away half a month ago, from tuberculosis." Liang lowered his head, "My mother is also suffering from this disease."

Lin Ji sighed softly, and looked at Taoist Pingxin behind him.

"Do you know medicine?"

"don't know."

Lin Ji shook his head slightly, and asked Liang's head again: "Is your family supported by you alone now?"

"Ah."

"How to make money?"

"I got up early to pull the cart for Mr. Zhou's house, and at noon I went to repair the yard and do coolies until dark."

"How much money do you make a day?"

"It's less than two dollars."

A hundred cash is one coin, and ten coins is one tael.

This little money is enough for food and clothing, but it is far from enough for medical treatment.

But today Lin Ji picked up the two meals at noon, and the shopkeeper picked them up, so he went out without talking.

"How much did you spend on the medicine just now?" Lin Ji asked again.

"Eight taels for one dose. I gave all the money I stole to the pharmacy. The boss looked at me poorly and gave me three doses of medicine."

Speaking of this, Liang's head's eyes were obviously red, but he still held back.

"The shopkeeper of the pharmacy said that my mother needs at least seven doses of medicine to be cured, and it's very difficult to recover, and there is no guarantee that it will happen again in the future, and she will have to take medicine again."

Lin Ji let out a long sigh of relief, and looked at the Taoist Pingxin beside him.

Taoist Pingxin no longer had a smile on his face, he just looked at Liang's head quietly without saying a word.

Lin Ji was silent for a moment, then suddenly said: "Stretch out your hand."

Liang didn't know why, so he stretched out his right hand.

"Left hand!"

Liang's head changed hands.

Lin Ji grabbed the long sword hanging from his waist, and hit his hand several times with the scabbard until his entire palm was completely swollen.

"This is punishing you for stealing, do you recognize this beating?" Lin Ji snapped.

Liang Tau didn't say a word, just gritted his teeth and endured the pain, nodding his head heavily.

"I should have arrested you and sent you to prison for a few months, but since your first offense is justifiable, let's forget it this time!"

Hearing this, Liang raised his head and looked like Lin Ji in disbelief.

He thought that Lin Ji had found his family to arrest him.

Lin Ji asked again: "I remember you kid went to a private school, right?"

"Yes."

Lin Ji took out his scattered silver from his bosom, stuffed it into the right hand of Liang's head, and said, "This little money is enough for you and your mother to spend for two months."

"Boss Lin, I can't take your money"

"Don't talk nonsense, listen honestly." Lin Ji stared and said, "I'll go to the pharmacy later, find someone to put some medicine on your hands, and then tell the boss of the pharmacy, just say it's my intention, let him give it to you Mother takes four more medicines."

In Qingyang County, Lin Ji still has a bit of face, no one dares to use his name to bluff and deceive.

"Boy, remember, this is what you owe me! Four doses of medicine plus this little money, plus interest, you have to pay me back 40 taels in the future!"

After a pause, Lin Ji continued: "Master Zhang in the county yamen is getting old, you can help him, he usually writes documents in the yamen and so on, the monthly salary is not much, only about six taels Right. But this job is better than leisure, and you also have time to take care of your mother."

Having said that, Lin Ji patted Liang's head on the shoulder.

"Next time you dare to steal something, I'll break your leg, understand?"

Liang's head couldn't bear it anymore, tears flowed out, he knelt down and was about to kowtow, but was held by Lin Ji.

"Like a man, it's nothing to cry, your mother will point at you."

After finishing speaking, Lin Ji took Taoist Pingxin and left Liangtoutou's house.

After walking two steps, he saw Liang's head chasing him out, knelt on the ground and kowtowed fiercely until his forehead was bleeding.

"Go back!" Lin Ji scolded.

Along the way afterwards, Lin Ji was in no mood to chat, and Taoist Pingxin didn't open his mouth either.

After wandering around for a while, I came to the door of Lin Ji's house.

Taoist Pingxin seemed to have just come back to his senses.

"Go in and sit down?" Lin Ji asked casually.

Taoist Pingxin shook his head and bowed deeply to Lin Ji.

"What are you doing?"

"Today's event is an eye-opener for Pindao."

　Routine request for tickets~~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)