A moment later, in the back hall of the Yamen, a small courtyard behind the canteen.
This is a temporary dining place belonging to the Demon-Suppressing Shadow Catching Hall. Due to urgent matters, everything is kept simple and it cannot be decorated as spacious, bright, luxurious and clean as in the past.
Li Chuan and other high-level officials never dine here, and even the general flags from the middle and lower classes don't come. Only small flags, demon-suppressing envoys, and even pawns like Bai Yi have to be reduced to this.
But this time, Li Fan suddenly came with someone to inspect.
As if in the back hall of a farmhouse, the aroma of food is wafting, and on the Eight Immortals table, which is slightly stained by age, several plates of large fish and meat are placed.
A young man with unkempt hair leaned over and ate hungrily.
It seemed like he hadn't eaten properly for several days. At first glance, he looked like a vicious dog snatching food.
After a while, the cook brought over a whole roast duck.
Seeing this, the young man couldn't wait to grab it from the plate, opened his big mouth and gnawed at it.
But seeing his mouth open wide, like a real hungry dog, he started to pick up the white rice again, chewing vigorously every time he picked it up, and then swallowed it hard.
During this process, the rice grains and soup juice splashed around the mouth, and the clothes and table were covered with food residues.
This unkempt young man is naturally Zhang Ergou.
He was lifted out of the cell by Li Chuan and brought directly here to eat. He would settle his stomach problem first.
Han Zhi frowned as he watched from the side, but saw Li Fan watching with interest and did not speak.
In the distance, some government officials who followed him out of curiosity were laughing secretly, and some quietly turned their heads, covering their mouths with their hands, and said these things to their colleagues.
Although Li Fan couldn't see their mouth movements, he could vaguely hear them with his extraordinary ear.
They were saying: "Look at that man, he really looks like a dog!"
Zhang Ergou couldn't hear it, but judging from his appearance, it seemed that even if he heard it, he wouldn't say anything.
He only focused on eating, gobbling it down like a very hungry wolfdog, until he had finished the entire bowl of food. Then he patted his belly with satisfaction and sighed, "It's so delicious!"
Han Zhi couldn't bear it any longer, so he slapped the table and said, "Zhang Ergou!"
Zhang Ergou was so frightened that he almost jumped up.
"Are you full? Come here when you are full. Kneel down and answer!"
He immediately looked at the crowd of people watching: "Are you very free?"
Everyone was frightened and quickly dispersed.
Li Fan couldn't help but smile when he saw Zhang Ergou kneeling down on the ground with a panicked look on his face, rice grains still hanging from the corner of his mouth.
"Wipe it first."
Zhang Ergou did as Li Fan said in a daze, only to hear Li Fan snort, and a cold and piercing murderous intention flowed out of his body.
"Zhang Ergou, do you know your guilt?"
To be honest, this Ergou was also very clever. He had tricked many wealthy businessmen, and in the end even the secret agent of the Demon Suppression Division was killed.
Although I don’t know what the Lord did to get him out, this killing blow was probably unavoidable. He quickly fell to the ground and said to please: "Little Marquis, please spare my life. I know I was wrong, please spare my life." "
"If an apology is useful, why do you need a yamen servant?" The corners of Li Fan's mouth were slightly raised, with a hint of making things difficult.
"Young Master is right, there is no use in apologizing, but a villain only has one life. Even if you kill him, it will be with dirty hands. I hope you can give me a chance. If you ask me to go east in the future, I will never I dare not go west. You ask me to kill people, but I will never set fire to them."
"If you work together, you'll be willing to do this, and you won't dare to do that. Why don't you just show it off? Besides, do you really think that anyone is qualified to work for me?"
"This..." Zhang Ergou's eyes moved rapidly close to the ground.
Not only was he not stupid, but he was also very smart. He immediately understood that Li Fan definitely did not intend to kill him, but if his answers were not satisfactory and had no value, he might be killed.
Put back in jail and disposed of like garbage.
Useless prisoners cannot survive for too long in Jinyiwei's dark prison, let alone the territory of the Demon Suppressing Division.
But as he thought about it, he broke out in cold sweat.
This... doesn't seem to have any qualifications worth mentioning!
He has already understood during this time that there are strange people and strange treasures in this world, as well as weirdness and evil spirits.
My biggest reliance is just that painting.
After losing the painting, he once again became a penniless, broke, scoundrel.
Even the money and property that were finally obtained had already been plundered by the Yamen and the Demon Suppressor when they were caught. Where is there any "qualification" worth mentioning?
"I... I will obey your orders in everything, little... the little Marquis said I am qualified, the villain is qualified, the little Marquis said I am not qualified... ugh... I really don’t want to die, little Marquis!"
Zhang Ergou didn't dare to continue talking. If Li Kuang followed the tone and said, "Then you are not qualified," it would be completely over!
He was such a smart person, and he finally understood that his life and death were now in the hands of others, and he was completely defenseless.
This is the real killing stick, the killing stick that makes him understand his situation!
His body couldn't stop shaking.
Because at this moment, he truly understood that a little cleverness would always be just a little cleverness, and would be completely useless in front of such a big man who could control his life and death!
Seeing that the beating was almost complete, Li Ao knocked on the edge of the chair and said quietly: "I just have an opportunity here. There is a strange thing happening somewhere in the Holy Capital City. If you go to investigate and come back alive, then Come and work for the Demon Suppression Division."
"Thank you, little Marquis. I will do my best and never let you down!"
Zhang Ergou agreed immediately without thinking or asking what was going on.
It wasn't until Li Chuan told him the whole story that he turned bitter.
It turns out that since last year, a family in Huaidefang, west of the city near the West Market, has been selling goats to the West Market frequently.
This kind of goat is not a common breed near the Holy City, and according to a simple investigation by the local villagers, it was found that the family did not raise so many goats on weekdays, and the selling price was extremely low. It seemed that the origin was not so legitimate.
Some people couldn't stand it and reported it to the government privately, suspecting that it was stolen.
However, the Chang'an County government sent people to visit, but nothing unusual happened.
In addition, that family was quite clever and obediently sold it to a relative of the government official, so the matter gradually fell into disuse.
This situation lasted until after the giant disaster. The family seemed to be affected by something and moved away in a hurry. However, the people who had bought the sheep they sold were shocked to find that one of the sheep that had not yet been slaughtered had turned into a sheep. A monster with a head and a body.
This obviously involves the use of some strange power, and the person who sold the sheep before did indeed have a big problem.
After some investigation, more human skin and bones were found, which may have been scattered in various restaurants and restaurants near Shengdu West City.
Only then did Chang'an County realize the seriousness of the matter and reported it as a strange case.
