Great Lawyer

Chapter 470 Killing Pigs and Slaughtering Cows ([-])
Everyone's heart reached their throats.

The dog bypassed the line of people in front, stopped in front of Zhang Manzi, and barked at him.

The people in front stepped aside, and everyone looked at Zhang Manzi and the dog.

Du Jiuyan squinted his eyes and looked at Zhang Manzi.

"Rhubarb!" Zhang Manzi laughed, "Do you know me?"

The dog barked and didn't mean to get close to him, but it didn't show a hostile posture either.

"Zhang Manzi," the dog owner said, "I haven't seen you just now, but I think you also sell meat, so you must be here."

Zhang Manzi patted his head and smiled honestly, "Brother Wang, I don't know what's going on, but the official invited me here. Is there something wrong?"

He looked at everyone inexplicably.

"Killed." The dog owner said: "The Yamen suspects that the butcher killed him, so please come and cooperate."

Zhang Manzi nodded, and said with a smile, "Understood, I understand." As he spoke, he stared at Da Huang again.

Rhubarb didn't show much more either.

"Are you familiar with it?" Du Jiuyan asked.

The dog owner said: "I know him. I buy meat at his house, and I always bring rhubarb with me when I go there a few times."

Du Jiuyan nodded.

"What should I do?" Shan Dequan found that the dog did not find the suspicious person who gave him the meat.

Du Jiuyan came down from the top, and asked with a smile, "Did you go to Fahua Temple to burn incense on the first day of the new year?"

"Mr. Du, do you want to ask about the murder in Fahua Temple?" a butcher asked.

Du Jiuyan nodded, "Yes, you all heard about it?"

"Yes, I have heard of it. Are you a person who suspects the butcher's murder?"

Du Jiuyan said: "Yes, it is suspected that the butcher killed the person."

All the butchers looked at each other in surprise, and then looked at Du Jiuyan, not daring to joke anymore.

"Mr. Du, just ask whatever you want, and I will answer your question honestly."

Du Jiuyan asked one by one, and when it was Zhang Manzi's turn, he heard him say, "I went to Fahua Temple to burn incense on the first day of the new year!"

Everyone looked at him again.

"But, but I'll be back soon." Zhang Manzi said, "I went with my neighbor next door. There were five of us. We went as soon as the city gate opened. It was quite early when we went up the mountain. It's also very early, probably... just before Chen Shi."

"Mr. Du, I saw a lot of acquaintances that day. If you have anything to ask, I might be able to help you after thinking about it."

Du Jiuyan asked with a smile: "You went so early that day, were there many people in the temple?"

"When I went there, it wasn't crowded, not particularly crowded." Jiu Yan said, "Who did you meet when you came down?"

"I met..." He reported several names, "They went very late."

Du Jiuyan listened with a smile, "Are you married this year, Gui Geng?"

"I'm 26, and I'm not married." Zhang Manzi was a little embarrassed, scratching his head and said, "No one likes me to marry me."

Du Jiuyan was puzzled.

"My mother has been lying at home sick for several years, and I don't earn much. When a girl comes to my house, she has to take care of my mother." Zhang Manzi said shyly, "I'm not in a hurry anymore, I can't hurt the girl. "

Du Jiuyan smiled, and said: "There are also girls who are willing to endure hardships with you, you can try."

"Forget it," Zhang Manzi said shyly.

Someone next to him smiled and said: "This kid is filial. The matchmaker came to propose marriage several times, but he didn't agree. He said he was afraid of hurting the girl, and he was afraid that the girl would treat his mother badly."

"He's really a good man." Du Jiuyan said: "Which matchmaker told him about the marriage, he didn't put his heart into it."

The butcher who spoke said: "It's Mrs. Yao next to Cai's on West Third Street. She can talk a lot with her mouth, but she didn't tell Zhang Manzi about her daughter-in-law. She was laughed at for a long time."

Du Jiuyan nodded, and asked Zhang Manzi, "Have you not gone out since you came back from Fahua Temple?"

Zhang Manzi shook his head, "I went out, I ate dinner at the uncle's house next door."

"Understood." After Du Jiuyan finished speaking, he said to Shan Dequan, "Let everyone go back, and we will continue to investigate."

Shan Dequan should be, waving his hands and saying: "Go back, everyone has worked hard today."

Everyone said it was all right, and they parted ways.

The dog owner also took the rhubarb home.

"Are you going to find a matchmaker?" King Gui asked.

Du Jiuyan shook his head, "My lord, you guessed wrong this time."

Zhang Manzi walked out of the Fuya's door, looked back at the Fuya's door again, rubbed his hands and greeted the butchers with a smile.

"Manzi, go to my house to play a horse-sling when you have time."

"Okay, I'll go, I'll go." Zhang Manzi responded, walking unhurriedly. When passing by an embroidery shop, he stopped and looked outside.

The door of Xiuzhuang is closed, and it will not be opened during the Chinese New Year.

"Manzi, do you want to see Miss Ayue?" A passer-by made fun of him, "I saw Miss Ayue in the morning, and her mother was talking about kissing her. You haven't done anything for a year, and now you don't even think about it." It's too late."

Zhang Manzi asked: "Is she engaged again?"

"That's for sure. The previous marriage has failed. She can't stay at home as an old girl forever." The person who spoke left.

Zhang Manzi just stood there, expressionless, not knowing what he was thinking.

After a while, he turned and walked quickly home, and after a while came out with a large bag on his back, wearing shabby clothes and a black apron.

"Zhang Manzi, are you going out to collect pigs again? You don't want to take a rest for the New Year's Eve?"

Zhang Manzi chuckled, "Idle is idle, go out and walk around."

As he spoke, he walked unhurriedly through alleys, walked for a long time, circled several times and stopped at the door of a house without going in, and stood there for a while.

Someone could be heard talking inside the door. After a while, the door suddenly opened. A woman was surprised when she saw him, and said, "Zhang Manzi, why are you here? I don't have pigs in my house, and you don't rest when you are older than New Year's Eve." with?"

"I'm going for a walk. Aunt Zhuang, is there a visitor at your house?"

The woman replied: "Yes, there are guests. Would you like to come in and have a seat?" As she spoke, she glanced at his bloody apron and bag, and was a little reluctant to invite him in.

Zhang Manzi shook his head, "I won't go in, I still have to walk around."

"Go ahead, I'll go next door to borrow some stools, there aren't enough stools for dinner at night." The woman said and closed the door behind her back.

After a while, I borrowed four stools and came back.

The woman's house was very lively, and it continued to be noisy until the afternoon. The guests left when it was getting dark.

The girl has an ordinary appearance, wearing a brand-new peach red padded jacket, and her young face is full of vigor.

Among the guests who left, there was a young man who looked back at the girl every step of the way, showing reluctance to part with her.

After the guests left, the woman and the couple smiled and said to the girl: "It looks good, they are honest, and they are in good health."

"Mother, stop talking." The girl stomped her feet and said, "I'm going to play with Chunhua."

As he spoke, he ran down the alley.

The woman laughed, closed the door and went home.

The girl ran down an alley and saw a man head-on. She smiled and said, "Zhang Manzi, do you collect pigs here? Everyone's pigs were sold a few years ago, so they definitely won't be received now."

"Miss Yue'er. I have nothing to do, so I just wander around." Zhang Manzi looked at the other party, "Are you going to play?"

Zhuang Yue nodded, "Yes, I'm going to play with Chunhua."

"I'm leaving." Zhuang Yue was bouncing around looking for her friends, Zhang Manzi suddenly said, "Aren't you going to burn incense this year?"

Zhuang Yue said: "We originally planned to go today, but didn't something happen in Fahua Temple? I heard that Chuntao who sang the song was killed."

"We're not going this year."

Zhang Manzi nodded and left without saying a word.

……

Du Jiuyan went to find a matchmaker.

Mrs. Yao is a matchmaker, in her forties, wearing a royal blue padded jacket, smeared with makeup, very professionally dressed.Du Jiuyan asked, "How many times have you told Zhang Manzi about your marriage?"

"Zhang Manzi?" Mrs. Yao thought for a while, and said, "This year is relatively rare, and he is too old to talk about it. I used to say it often, probably seven or eight times."

"But this child is honest. He has always refused to get married. He said he wants to take care of his mother, but he won't listen to any persuasion."

Du Jiuyan asked, "Have you been to his house?"

"I've been there," said Mrs. Yao, "His family's conditions are actually pretty good. Zhang Manzi can earn money."

Du Jiuyan said, "Have you seen his mother?"

"I've seen it, I've seen it. When I was young, I was also a quick-talking and quick-talking person. I haven't seen it much in the past seven or eight years when I was sick and didn't go out." After Yao Pozi finished speaking, Du Jiuyan realized that Du Jiuyan asked another question. He added: "Speaking of which, I haven't seen her since she fell ill. I heard that she has been lying in the room. The few times I went to talk to the matchmaker, I also said it in the main room of his house. I didn't see her."

"When did his father die?"

Mrs. Yao thought for a while, "It's estimated to be more than ten years."

Du Jiuyan nodded, "Go and tell him a matchmaker, try it, see if you can go and see his mother."

"The government will pay you the matchmaker's errand fees." Du Jiuyan looked at Shan Dequan, "Yes, arresting the head alone."

Shan Dequan nodded, "Yes, the government is out."

"Success!" Mrs. Yao said, "The housewife will go now."

Du Jiuyan explained a few words to her, and Mrs. Yao responded with a smile, went home to get her things, and went to Zhang Manzi's house.

Du Jiuyan, King Gui, Lie Zi and Shan Dequan were standing in the alley diagonally opposite.

Mrs. Yao went in and waited for half a stick of incense before she came out, pretending to turn two alleys, and came to them, "...Mr. Du, it's exactly as you said, he won't let me see his mother."

"I'm already at the door, but he won't let me in, saying his mother wants to rest."

"Just let me stay in the living room and say he doesn't marry a wife."

"There is a smell in his house. It should be the smell of stewed meat. During the Chinese New Year, the house smells of meat."

"As for the food, I haven't seen it, so it's probably not much."

"The clothes are hung to dry at the door, and there are several pieces of his own clothes, which are the clothes he wore when killing pigs."

Granny Yao finished Du Jiuyan's account of the details of her observation in one breath.

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