Chapter Two Hundred and Four: Letters from the Eldest Lady
"Meet the Manichaeans!"
"Pray for the Manichaeans to bless us"
"I beg the Manichaeas to give me a charmβ"
When Shen Feng walked to the street, he saw a group of people kneeling down in unison in front of a black-robed Taoist, the black-robed Taoist's face was covered by a black veil, and his body was not as thin as an ordinary Taoist, but he was a little strong, which showed that he was not too old.
Manichaean Daoist Manichaeism Could it be that Manichaean people came out to fool people, Shen Feng guessed in his heart, and approached to listen to what they were saying.
After approaching and listening carefully for a while, it turned out that the Taoist was deceiving the innocent people, first saying some fantastical things, igniting the people's sense of danger, and then using some charlatans to deceive the people, so that the people could mistakenly think that he had divine powers, and finally took the opportunity to sell some charms and divine water to the people, and deceived the people with a lot of silver.
For example, at this time, the Manichaean people asked the people to write a worry on the note, and then put the note written by each person into the paper tube in a regular manner, and the Manichaean Taoist sat high on the altar and said everyone's worries in turn, but the statements were all the same ghosts and gods, but the people were convinced.
"What kind of mind reading technique, I think it's all a trick to deceive children," Shen Feng scolded hatefully.
"Little brother, do you think this Taoist is deceiving?" An old and clean voice sounded behind him: "You have proof for this"
"You two want to scare people to death, when are you behind me!" Shen Feng was startled, and turned around to see two people standing behind him, one was a rugged old man, and the other was a burly young man, especially this young man, whose silhouette looked somewhat familiar.
The old man coughed and laughed: "Little brother hasn't answered me yet, how can you tell that the Taoist is using the technique of deception." β
Right now, this old man had a kind smile on his face, although he had craggy white hair, he had a spirit that did not match his age, and Shen Feng couldn't help but pay more attention to him.
"I don't believe in any ghosts and gods in the world at all, the so-called mind-reading is even more fantastical, it is possible to figure out the psychology of others, but it is impossible to read other people's worries like this Taoist. Shen Feng said firmly.
Then why can this Taoist read the family affairs of every common person in a solid way? The old man asked again.
"Let's take a closer look. β
Shen Feng looked at the Taoist carefully, observed for a moment, and found that when he performed the mind reading technique, it seemed that he was reciting a book, and every time he read it, his head had to lean to the right once, and under suspicion, he fixed his eyes and looked at it, only to find that there was a small hole in his chair.
It turned out that this was the case, Shen Feng smiled and said: "I guess so, you pay attention to the fact that there is a small hole in his chair, this small hole can transmit sound, and this small hole must be connected to the bottom of the altar with a slender copper pipe, so that as long as the person under the altar reads each note, he can say it as it is." "As for him saying everyone's name accurately, in fact, there was a pattern when he received the note before, and he only needed to look at it carefully, and then call everyone's name in turn, and he could cooperate with the person below."
The young man walked under the altar without saying a word, arrested the person who was making trouble below, and saw through the deception of the so-called Manichaeans on the spot.
"It's a charlatan, everyone arrest him!"
"Give us back the silver!-"
"Send this demon to the yamen!-"
γγγγγγγγγγγ the people woke up one after another, and a farce passed like this, Shen Feng shook his head, and was about to go back to the inn to sleep, but the old man stopped himself and shouted, "Little brother, please stay." β
"Oh, is there anything else going on with the old man?" Shen Feng said curiously.
The old man said: "We entered the inn first, and also stayed in this inn, and when we saw the little brother coming out of the inn, we also came out to see what was going on." The old man saw that his face was alert, and smiled slightly: "Don't be nervous, I have no ill will towards you."
Shen Feng didn't speak, as he walked in, drinking tea and chatting at the inn, the old man seemed to be very interested in him, pulling him to ask long and short questions, it was like checking the household registration.
And Shen Feng had learned the previous lesson, he didn't dare to reveal too much to a stranger, and he just said a few perfunctory words to the old man's enthusiasm, so most of the time the old man himself was talking.
At this time, the young man walked in after handling the matter, and the old man introduced: "Come, let me introduce to you, this is Tang Wei, and this is Shen Feng." β
Why is the name Tang Wei a little familiar, Shen Feng with a hint of doubt, hugged his fists and said: "Brother Tang, hello" "Shen Feng-" Tang Wei was puzzled: "This brother, you are from Shengzhou"
Shen Feng was surprised: "Exactly!"
Tang Wei was a little happy, and asked again: "You live in Shengzhou Weaving Lin's house."
Shen Feng suddenly said, "Could it be that you-"
"It turns out that you are Shen Feng!" Tang Wei suddenly laughed, grabbed his shoulders with both hands, was emotional and surprised: "I didn't expect to meet you in this place, my sister has mentioned you to me more than once." β
"Your sister isβ" Shen Feng exclaimed, "Tang Qingxue, Miss Tang?"
Tang Wei patted him on the shoulder and smiled strangely at him: "Exactly, I still know about you and my sister--by the way!" and suddenly remembered something, and said: "My sister knows that I am coming to Yiling, and specially told me that if I meet you, I will hand over a letter to you, and this letter is on me." β
Then he took out a letter from his pocket and gave it to him.
After taking the letter and looking at it, there was not a word written on it, so he drew a knife, and there was an angry expression, Shen Feng immediately understood the meaning of the letter, and smiled awkwardly: "Miss Tang's painting is not bad, lifelike, and she may be able to develop in the art world in the future." β
Tang Wei said with a smile: "I often hear my sister say that Brother Shen is very intelligent, and I can see the trick of the liar at a glance when I see you, it can be seen that what my sister said is true, no wonder my sister is more attentive to you, it is the first time I have seen my unruly sister so attentive to men other than my father and me, even I, as an elder brother, are a little jealous of you." β
Shen Feng laughed dryly: "Actually, Miss Tang and I are just very pure ordinary friends" Tang Wei saw his expression, laughed arrogantly and said: "Don't be sloppy in front of you, Qingxue has told me a lot of things about you, I have long seen that Qingxue likes you, my sister's vision has always been good, as long as she likes it, I will definitely support it, come, cheers, I don't like nonsense, as long as you treat my sister sincerely, I Tang Wei will definitely treat you as my own family." β
This brother-in-law knows a lot, Shen Feng simply admitted: "Miss Tang is an innocent and kind girl, I like her very much, I respect you for this mouthful." With that, he took the wine bottle and him directly.
The two drank a bottle directly to the cow, and the smell of wine suddenly came out, "Good amount of wine! This is a man!" Tang Wei has a heroic temperament, adhering to the bloodline of a soldier, seeing that Shen Feng is straightforward, he admires him very much, and laughs a few times and says: "My sister, although she is a little rude and willful, but her heart is very kind, and her temperament has changed a lot today, and she has not been less manipulative before." β
Thinking of the eldest lady, Shen Feng held the wine bottle and showed a sincere smile: "The more brutal and willful the eldest lady is, I also like it, I am not a small man, the eldest lady wants to be free and unrestrained, and I will let her"
Tang Wei laughed and said, "I'm relieved to have your words, come, have a drink!"
(There are two shifts in the evening)