After the palace change, the little medical girl took the prince to farm

Chapter 164: Appreciated by the County Magistrate

Zhou Heihu chased after him hard.

"Don't run, boy!"

Several women ran out of the shop and chased Zhou Heihu.

Lin Xirou was confused. What was going on?

"It's clear that there is a thief! Huh, once I catch that kid, I won't be able to spare him!" Another woman cursed and ran away quickly in the other direction.

Lin Xirou wanted to chase Zhou Heihu and ask about the situation, but the alley was too narrow to squeeze into the donkey cart.

She parked the donkey cart here and chased it alone, but she was worried that it would be stolen.

When he was hesitating, the shopkeeper came to the door and shook his head, "Who is the thief? Oh, there must be no thief in my shop."

"Shopkeeper, what happened just now?" Lin Xirou pointed to the women who ran out.

"Hey, some ladies said that someone stole their money, and it was the boy who ran away just now. No, they chased him."

Zhou Heihu stole something?Impossible.

"Madam shopkeeper, I saw them chasing them from the entrance of the alley in front. How could I get around them while driving the donkey cart?"

"You go forward, there is a wider alley ahead, where you can pass the donkey cart." The shopkeeper's wife pointed to the front and said.

Lin Xiju thanked him and drove the donkey cart after him.

After passing through the wide alley, the donkey cart turned into another avenue.

There are people living on both sides of this road, there are few shops, and there are fewer pedestrians on the street.

Lin Xirou clearly saw several people running in front of her.

She drove the donkey cart forward.

At this time, the sound of horses came from behind her again, and someone shouted, "Get out of the way! The official is looking for the thief, and everyone else, get out of the way!"

Lin Xirou drove the donkey cart to the side and got out of the way.

A group of patrolling cadres galloped forward on horseback.

The woman who just shouted to report to the police rode a donkey from nowhere and followed her.

Lin Xirou whipped her donkey twice and quickly followed.

At a street corner ahead, everyone stopped.

Lin Xirou saw that there were many people surrounding it.

I vaguely heard Zhou Heihu cursing something.

Lin Xirou parked the donkey cart and squeezed over to take a look.

It turned out that Zhou Heihu was pressing a person to the ground and beating him violently.

The person was wearing women's clothes, but had a man's face and an Adam's apple. She was clearly a woman pretending to be a man.

"I told you to steal, and someone thought it was me who stole it. Let me beat you to death!"

The man was beaten until he screamed.

"Well done, brother! We have been chasing this thief for a long time, but we didn't expect you to catch him. Thank you!" A cadre patted Zhou Heihu on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Hey, don't beat him to death, Mr. County Magistrate. Still need to be interrogated.”

Only then did Zhou Heihu stop his fist.

The man pretending to be a woman was lifted up by the yamen and his hands were locked with a chain.

The women who were chasing Zhou Heihu just now came over and said, "Master Chao, our money bags and purses are still with the thief."

"how is it like?"

"The one embroidered with two lotus flowers contains four pieces of broken silver, 58 copper coins, two sewing needles and a roll of crimson sewing money."

The officer opened the cloth bag he had collected from the thief, rummaged through it, and found a small purse.

"it is this?"

"Yes Yes."

The officer checked it and handed it to the woman.

Several women thanked the government officials gratefully.

But the officer pointed at Zhou Heihu and said, "No need to thank us, you thank him, he caught the thief! This thief was so cunning, he actually pretended to be a woman to steal! He stole something and then ran away in another disguise, which made us almost not recognize him. come out!"

Several women thanked Zhou Heihu again.

Zhou Heihu raised his chin and said, "Don't accuse others casually next time. This is the best thank you to me."

The women said with guilty looks on their faces, "Yes, yes, we were anxious at the time. We just felt like a stranger squeezed us. When we turned around, we only saw you standing there, so... Don't worry, brother, let's get off." I won’t come back.” The oldest woman among them wanted to invite Zhou Heihu to eat noodles, but Zhou Heihu declined.

"The thief was caught?"

"Caught, Capt. Liu!"

A path opened out of the crowd, and Capt. Liu came over with two government officials.

He saw Lin Xirou first, and was surprised as he stepped forward to salute, "Ms. Lin, are you here in the county?"

Lin Xirou pointed at Zhou Heihu and said with a smile, "I brought him to the county to sell herbal medicine, and he just helped you catch the thief."

Liu Captou turned around and recognized Zhou Heihu.

He smiled and patted Zhou Heihu on the shoulder, "Heihu, you are really impressive!"

Several government officials discovered that the boy who helped them catch the thief was someone Liu Captou knew.

They all flattered him and talked vividly about Zhou Heihu's wonderful process of catching the thief.

It turns out that Zhou Heihu caught the cross-dressing thief by throwing darts.

This thief succeeded repeatedly and was chased by the government officials for more than a year but could not catch up because he was strong and could run fast.

Seeing that he was about to escape again, Zhou Heihu grabbed a mallet belonging to the salesman and peddler, aimed at the thief's head and hit him hard.

A few dozen steps away, the hit was actually very accurate.

The thief fell to the ground and was caught by Zhou Heihu, who found all the dirt on him.

A large cloth bag contains a dozen purses and wallets of different colors.

Zhou Heihu smiled honestly, "It's just a matter of a finger."

Because he was arresting a thief that the yamen focused on, Capt. Liu must invite Zhou Heihu to see the county magistrate for a reward.

Helpless, Lin Xirou had no choice but to follow.

Return to the county magistrate's office again.

Mu Chengrui, who had been playing with the magnifying glass for a while, was showing off his treasure to the whole family.

No one had ever seen a magnifying glass before, and everyone found it strange.

After the county magistrate learned about it, he asked for it and studied the small patterns on the seal.

Textures that are usually invisible are very clear under a magnifying glass.

The county magistrate couldn't put it down and asked Mu Chengrui to buy another one, saying he would keep this one.

This stumped Mu Chengrui.

He also asked for this magnifying glass.

Mu Chengrui had no choice but to tell the truth.

The county magistrate then learned that the magnifying glass was given by Lin Xirou.

But he was a dignified county magistrate and a junior, so he was embarrassed to ask Lin Xirou for help.

Just when he was disappointed, Capt. Liu came back and said that he had caught the male thief dressed in women's clothing who was stealing around the county. He also said that the person who caught the thief was Lin Xirou's follower Zhou Heihu.

Moreover, Lin Xirou also came to the county seat and was waiting for the county magistrate in the front hall of the county government office.

The county magistrate was overjoyed and said, "Invite them to the study!"

When they arrived at the study, the county magistrate first praised Zhou Heihu for his skill and then praised Lin Xirou for her ability to train his followers.

Lin Xirou was praised inexplicably. She only taught Zhou Heihu how to recognize herbs, but she didn't teach him any martial arts skills. That was Li Shen's credit.

"My lord, I don't know. It was Musheng who taught Zhou Heihu his skills, not me."

"Ah, it turns out he is the apprentice taught by Uncle Seven. No wonder he is good at it." The county magistrate suddenly realized and said to Lin Xirou, "Aunt Seven, I have a cruel request..."

As he spoke, he looked at Zhou Heihu.

The look in the county magistrate's eyes showed approval.

Lin Xirou smiled and said, "It doesn't matter what you say, sir."

"I see that the Black Tiger boy is very capable, and I want to keep him in the county government office. I wonder if Aunt Seven is willing to give up his love?" the county magistrate said.

Zhou Heihu opened his eyes wide in shock.

Lin Xirou smiled and said, "He was a neighbor near our house. He was an orphan. Musheng saw that he was smart and poor, so he took care of him. He is not our servant. You only need to ask him personally, not me." She looked at Zhou Heihu, "Heihu, are you willing to stay?"

"I do." After hearing what Lin Xirou said, Zhou Heihu immediately saluted the county magistrate.

(End of this chapter)