“jinzaoshangsonglaideneigequezi，mingzaonijiudairenqubatazhualai，darudalao！”
wujinshuozhe，huranyougaikou，“bu，nilianyejiuqu！”
jiantaqianhoufancharucizhidadetaidu，shulilengzhule。“daren，daodifashengshenmele？”
wujinyibazhangpaizaishulidenaomenshang，“nizenmebutixingbenguan，haohaochachashisheibaquezisonglaide。zheiren，womenrebuqi！”
shulifufei，wozenmemeitixing，fangcaibuhaitixingnipairenquchama？nishuoshenme？shuowozaijiaonizuoshi。
“daren，zheixinshisheisonglaide？”
wujinshenseyilin，jiangxinzhizaidengshangdianran。“bugaiwende，biewen！kuaiqu！”
“shi”。shulimeiyoudange，zheihaishitajinxianyayilai，bandediyiciyecha。
shulishoulidebaiyingduizhewujindianlediantou，putengzhechibangfeiqilai，suihouzaitatoudingpanxuan。
wujintaitoukanzhebaiying，bumingsuoyi。
baji——yituozhanhuhudedongxi，bupianbuyiluodaolewujindezuishang。
peipeipei！taliantulejikou，zheiweierhaizhenshi……qiguai。
baiyinghuankuaidiputengzhechibang，congchuangwaifeilechuqu。
“nizheisiniao！”zhidaobaiyingfeizoule，wujincaiganehenhendiduizhechuanghumaleyiju。neisiniaojiuxiangnengtingdongrenhuaside，tahaizhenbugandangzhemianma……
renzheimelihai，niaoyelihai。
wujinxinkouputongputongzhitiao，zenmeyigexiaoxiaodedafu，jingrannengjingdongneigushilideren！suiranxinshangmeiyouluokuan，ketabeihoudeneigushiliqueshizijirebuqide。
nandao，zheiquezishineirensonglaide？wujindeetoumaochuyigulenghan。
xinshangshuo，neiweiqiandafuzaifusangzhendegaowangzhong，quanzhenbaixingbuyunxuqiandafuhanyuanersi。ruowujinbujiangxiongshoushengzhiyifa，jiujiangtazheigexianlingdezangshiquandouchulai。
guanjianshi，xinshanghaiyiyiluolielexuduotadebabing。youxieshi，wujingandabaopiao，zhiyouzijizhidao。
meixiangdao，tajingnengbeichadetoutoude。yiguliangyicongtoudingzhidajiaodi，zheirengaoshenmoce，shizaikepa。
bieshuoneiquezibuxianghaoren，jiusuantashigeqingqingbaibaideliangmin，danfanxiexinzhirenyaoqiu，tawujindounengjiquezianshangjishitiaozuiming。
zheiyiye，wuxianlingcheyeweimian，huihenjiaojia。
diertianzaoshang，fusangzhenzhakaileguo。
daochudouzaichuan，chengdongdehuosanzuowanlianyebeixianyaderenzhuale。dangshi，yayimenhaobubihui，dongjingjingdonglebantiaojiederen，lianlizhengzhangyoudaodoulaile。
xiaoxichuandaolijia，liruozhoudajing。
zuorichujiurangtadengshangyiri，zheicaiguoleyiye，zenmehuosanjiubeidaizoule？
liruozhourangdahuxiaohugenzhequxianyadatingqingkuang，tajuedezheishieryouxiebuduijing。chujiuyiranrutongwangrineiyanganjing，weiweiyouxiechushen。zhidaoliruozhougaoxingdizhuailezhuaitadeshou，chujiucaihuiguoshenlai。
bangwan，daxiaohulaihuihua，tingshuoneihuosanbeiguanzaidalaoliyanxingkaoda，tazhaolezhengzhengsanzhangzhidezuizhuang。
guoranshigeegun，liruozhoubingbujuedehuosanzheixiezuizhuangdoushibigong。youxieren，jiudeyongzheiyangdefazizhiyizhi。
“xianlingdarenhaishuo，mingriyaozaixianyagongkaishenxunhuosan，wangquanchengdebaixingdouqukanyikan，yijingxiaoyou，yishichengjie。”
“dongjingnaodezheimeda？”liruozhoushifenchayi，zenmeguoleduanduanyiye，xianlingdarenbujintaidubianle，jiulianxiaolvyegaolebushao。
“mingtianwomenqukankan？”liruozhouyibazhuazhuchujiudeshou，kandechulaihenshixingfen。
chujiuxiaolexiao，zhilezhizijidetuiweiweiyaotou。
——wotuijiaobubian，nimenquba。
liruozhoudeshenqingkanshangquyouxiewanxi，“nei……womenwanshangjiuhuilai。”
“duilexiaojie，xianyachuanleyifenguanfuwenshu，mingrishengtangzhishi，qingqiandafudexiaosunziquzuogezhengren。”dahudao。
“证人？ʝʂɠ”
chujiukanlekanyijingtuilere，mengmenglonglongsuxingdexiaojiahuo。
liruozhouzoudaochuangqian，qingqingshuodao，“wanzi，mingtianfanghuoshaojishantangdehuairenyaobeishenxunle，niyuanyiqutangshangzuogezhengren，weiyeyeshenyuanma？”
xiaowanziyangqinaodai，“zhengrenshishenme？”
“ng……jiushinijiangkandaode，tingdaode，dourushishuochulaijiuhao。”
“shuochulai，shahaiyeyedehuairenjiunengshoudaochengfama？”
“对。”
“woyuanyi。”xiaowanziyankuangweihong。
弥安城，县衙。
zheiyiri，yanyanggaozhao，xianyamenkouweimanleren。
liruozhoulazhexiaowanzizhanzaitangshang，yuanbentakeyizijishangtang，danwanzitaixiao，bingyougangganghao，liruozhouxiangpeizheta。
“daren，zheiweibujiushishangciyuzijidediedaguansideneiweime？”shulidishengtixingwujin。
wujinyikan，haojiahuo，haizhenshidangchuneigetangzaidanjiashangdexiaoguniang。tahaizhenyounengnai，jigeyuejiushangleliangcitang。neishuangtui，kanyangziyijinghaole。
duishangliruozhoupingjingdemuguang，wujinxinlijiushigedengyixia。tasihuxiangdaoleshenme。
“zheinvzihefusangzhendeneiweidafushishenmeguanxi？”
“haoxiangshidafuqianbujiushoudetudi。dafuguoshihou，tajiushouyangledafudesunzi。”zheixie，doushishuliqianxieriziquzhenshangzhuahuosanshidatingde。
neicinvsuanshiheshouhaizheguanximiqiele。
zheixietian，wujinyizhizaixiang，weisizheshenyuandedingranshitaqinjinzhiren。sizhezhiyouyigexiaosunzi，shengxiade，bianshizheigexiaotudile。
nandao……neifengxinshizheigeyatousonglaide？
buduibudui，zheiyatoudemoyangzenmekandoubuxiangshineigushilideren。
nandao，zheiyatoubeihouyoudakaoshan，keyijingdongneigushili？
wujindunshijuedeyanqingmuming，zaikanliruozhoushi，zuijiaobuyoufushanglejisiwenhedexiaoyi。
liruozhoulazhexiaowanzi，zhunbeiguixia。
“nimenshishouhaizhedeqinren，mianguimiangui，zhanzhejiushi。”xianlingshifenwenhe。
huosanmanshenliaokaobeidaishangtang，shenshangyouxieyuqinghexuehen。kandechulai，zheiyitianyiye，tazailaoliqueshichulebushaoku。
“biwodadedouyaohen。”liruozhouzeleyisheng。
“dadanhuosan，haibujiangnidezuixingcongshizhaolai！”wujinyipaijingtangmu，yifujieruchoudeyangzi。
huosanshenshangdeneiguhenjingerquanwu，tachaozhexianlingshenshenketou，yiwuyishijiangzuixingshuole。yitiaobuluo，yuzaidalaodezhaogongquanranwenhe。
tameishuoyitiao，weiguandebaixingjiuxixuyisheng。
dangtashuowan，baixingmenyechaonaoqilai。ruoshouliyoudongxi，biranyijingzaguoqule。
zheijiahuozhenbushigedongxi，jingfanghuosharen。
“qiandafunaifusangzhendeshengshou，yezhiguonidebing，niweiheyaotongxiashashou！”wuxianlingmanlianfenkai。
huosanxianggemutouyiyangchenshuzhe，“neiriwoqujishantangwenzhen，shuangjiaotongdekuaiyaoduanle，sheizhineilaotouzifangzhewobuguan，paoquzhiyigeyunfu。woyiqizhixia，jiubuzhile。houmianyuexiangyueqi，jiudasuanfanghuoshaoletadeyaofangjigejiaoxun。sheizhidaohoulaihuoshikongzhibuzhule……”
hekougongshangdeshuofayimoyiyang，wujinmanyididianlediantou，hairenbuzhukanxiangliruozhou，sihuzaiwen：ninkemanyi？
xiaowanziyizhihuosan，manlianweiqu。“neiriyougeyunfuhenshiweixian，yeyeshuotayouxiaochanzhizhao，suoyixianjiuleta。nidetuiyeyeshuole，bushishenmedabing，zhiyaobuhejiu，shaochidiandayudarou，ziranjiubutong，zouluyebuquele。keshinitiantianguazhegejiuhu！”
zheihuayichu，dajiadoumingbaile。
wuxianlingxiaorongmanmiandikanzhexiaowanzi，shengyinshifenwenhe。“guaihaizi，neiriniyezaiyaotangshibushi？”
“shi，wozaihouyuanjianyao。”
“nifangcaishuode，doushiniqinyankanjiande？”
“是。”
xiaowanzideyuqiheshentaishifenduding，zaijiashangtahongzhongdeshuangyanheweiqudeyanshen，sheiyebuhuijuedetashizaishuohuang。
liruozhoukanlehuosanyiyan，“nidetuishifuguibing，ruotingqiandafudehua，zaohaole。keniquepianpianhuaiyitabuhuizhibing，buzunyizhu，hejiuchirou，haijiangtuiquezhiguguaidaoqiandafushenshang。”
wuxianlingyouyipaijingtangmu，limafuhe。“meicuo，dangzhenshigebaiyanlang！”
“wo……wobushiguyide，wozhishixiangfanghuoshaoleyaofang，meixiangdaoyaosharen。”huosanxiayishixiangjieshi。
“shaoyaofang？”liruozhoumeimulengrubingshuang，“nizhibuzhidaoneiyaofangguanhuquanzhenbaixingankang，nishaoleyaofang，ruoyouzhongjizheyongyao，gaizenmeban？nizheizhongxingwei，yusharenyoushenmequbie！”