Chapter 45: The Old Man of Mystery
"I don't know, so I can only stay here and inquire about the news slowly. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info "Ding Maoqiu's mood is also a little low. In this era, although merchants were counted among the commoners, they were the lowest among the commoners. In front of the government, businessmen have no right to speak at all, which is why many people would rather farm at home and live a poor life than come out to do business and make money.
"You guys, it's not the right time. "The old marquis of the host family is an old acquaintance of Ding Maoqiu, and every time he crosses the border, he goes to his house to spend the night, and he is a very enthusiastic old man.
"Grandpa Hou, what do you mean by this, why didn't we come at the right time?" Feng Shanyue hurriedly asked, maybe she could ask for some news from Old Hou's mouth.
Lao Hou sighed, "This new garrison officer is surnamed Jin, his name is Jin Dazhong, when he was first transferred, he was still the same as the previous garrison officer, as long as he is innocent, he will not be too embarrassed by you merchants." However, a mysterious old man came half a year ago, and he won the trust of Jin Dazhong, and later, he even intervened in such a thing as crossing the border. I heard that he knew how to read faces, and every day he gathered together these merchants who wanted to pass the test, and then selected ten people who he thought were good, and allowed him to pass the test. ā
"What is the origin of this mysterious old man, Jin Dazhong trusts him so much?"
"Speaking of this mysterious old man, he is not an ordinary person. He was born in the Wen family and is said to be a skilled wizard. This Wen family is the number one witch family in the Malaysian country, and the wizards from their family are all respected by people, from the national teacher to the wandering wizard. So as soon as he came here, Jin Dazhong regarded him as his right-hand man and attached great importance to him. ā
The Wen family, Feng Shanyue and Nie Panshi glanced at each other, they had heard the name Wen Yurun from Na Jie Zhu's mouth, and they were still Na Jie Zhu's hated enemies. It seems that this Wen family is indeed worthy of its reputation.
"Don't worry too much, tomorrow you will go to the city gate to gather, let the old man Xuanji see, maybe he sees that you are good, and it is not necessary to let you pass the customs immediately. The old marquis comforted them.
Everyone has no choice but to wait until tomorrow.
Early the next morning, Lao Hou called everyone up, "Hurry up and wash up, you have to rush to the city gate before sunrise, otherwise you won't be able to let the old man Xuanji see your face today, then you won't have a chance to pass the customs!" Everyone hurriedly got up and rushed to the city gate as fast as possible.
At this time, the sky was still bright, and the city gate tower was already full of people, and it seemed that they were all merchants waiting to pass the customs. Everyone is talking about it, and I don't know who the lucky ones are today.
"Alas, I've been waiting here for more than half a month, but the old man Xuanji just can't choose me, I don't know what's going on?"
"Maybe you have a bad face!" said a man next to him, jokingly.
"Nonsense! I'm the kindest, the last time I met a sick man on the road, I paid for him to find a doctor!"
"What's the use of saying it yourself, you have to say hello to the old man!"
"If it continues like this, I don't think I have to pass the test, and the capital will be used up!"
"Yes, yes!" Everyone is concerned, many businessmen with small capital have gone home, and this border business is becoming more and more difficult to do.
Feng Shanyue listened to these words in their ears, and they were also a little worried in their hearts, although they didn't have to worry about the cost for the time being, but it was not a matter to spend it here! Feng Shanyue couldn't help but muttered in her heart, this era also believes in witchcraft too much, and even this kind of official work allows wizards to interfere.
As the sky grew brighter and brighter, the red sun slowly showed its head, shining the first golden rays on the city gate. Suddenly, the crowd became excited, "Look! Look! The old man is here!"
Feng Shanyue hurriedly followed the sight of the crowd, and saw an old man with white hair and who looked like a fairy wind and bones was sitting cross-legged, slowly falling from the city gate tower, and then stopped in mid-air. Under the cover of the morning mist and the morning sun, the fairy aura was compelling, and the merchants downstairs at the city gate all widened their eyes and opened their mouths wide, looking at the incredible scene in front of them.
"Oh my God, no matter how many times I watch it, I think the mysterious old man is really amazing!"
"That is, how can a big living person hang in the air like this? He must be a god in the sky. ā
Feng Shanyue also thinks it's amazing, this is not a great thing in modern TV movies, it can be done with Weiaga post-processing, but this is in ancient times, a person is suspended alive in mid-air, and there is no rope hanging behind him, how did he do it?
"Merchants, the old man Xuanji has come to face everyone, please raise your heads and look at the old man!" a man in official uniform stood at the gate of the city and shouted to the merchants below.
The merchants all looked up at the old man with great expectation, trying to exude the greatest kindness on their faces, hoping that this kindness would be felt by the old man Xuanji, and then choose themselves to pass the test.
I saw that the old man Xuanji opened his eyes slightly, glanced at the crowd below, smiled slightly, and pointed out ten people in the crowd.
"Since the ten of you have been selected by the old man Xuanji, let's go to the yamen to handle the paperwork!"
"Ah, I've been chosen! great!" The ten people who were chosen were very excited, and happily followed the guards to do the paperwork, while the others looked at the ten people with envy, not knowing when good luck would befall them.
Feng Shanyue also looked at the backs of these ten people leaving, and suddenly, she noticed a strange thing, what was going on?
"Let's go, Miss Feng, it looks like you won't be able to pass the test today, let's go back to Lao Hou first!" Ding Maoqiu beckoned to the others, preparing to go back.
"Wait a minute, Uncle Ding, you and Lao Feng, Panshi will go back first, and I'll take Ah Bao to do something. ā
"What's the matter? This is the border, it's not very peaceful, it's better not to move around. ā
"It's okay, Po is here!
"I'm going too!" Nie Panshi's young man's temperament, seeing that Feng Shanyue had something mysterious to do, he made up his mind to be a follower.
Feng Shanyue couldn't do it, so she had to take him and Panshi together, while Ding Maoqiu and Lao Feng went back first.
"Where are we going?" both Nie Panshi and Ah Bao asked Feng Shanyue curiously.
Feng Shanyue smiled: "Just follow me!"
The three and a half children did not attract the attention of the guards, they only thought that the children of a nearby peasant family came to play, as long as they did not cause trouble, they did not care. Feng Shanyue and the three of them came to the gate of the yamen smoothly.
"What are we doing here?"
"Solve the doubts in my heart. Feng Shanyue stared at the yamen, the current yamen is not as tall as it was later, and you can see the scene inside from the fence outside the door.
"What's the doubt?" Nie Panshi and Ah Bao couldn't wait to stick their heads into the fence to look.
Feng Shanyue Nunu mouthed, "Didn't you notice? These ten people have the same thing on them. ā