Anyway, the shopkeeper said that he pulled his brother-in-law to the station cage, and the cloth was handed over to the fourth case. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 The old man said: "I have understood this matter, it is naturally a trap to catch quickly, and your shopkeeper should naturally collect the body for him." However, he is an honest man, why do people want to harm him so much, didn't your shopkeeper inquire about it? ”

The shopkeeper said: "This matter, as soon as it is taken, we will know, it is all a mess that is caused by his mouth." I also heard from others: In the small alley west of Nanmen Street in Fuli, there is a family, only two fathers and sons: his father is in his forties, and his daughter is seventeen or eighteen years old. His father started a small business and lived in three thatched huts and a mud-walled yard. This girl was standing at the door one day and met Wang San, who was on the horse team in the house, so Wang San saw that he was decent, and somehow, Hu Erba Yue got him into it. After a while, he deserved to have something, but when his father came back, he was half angry, and beat his daughter to death, so he locked the door and did not allow his daughter to go out. In less than half a month, Wang San, who had the flower arm, made up a method to count his father as a robber and died in a standing cage. Later, not only did his daughter count Wang San's daughter-in-law, but even that little house was counted as Wang San's property.

"My shopkeeper's brother-in-law, who has sold cloth twice at his house, knows his family and knows about it. One day, after eating two more minutes of wine in the restaurant, he went crazy, and talked with Zhang Erbald on the north street while eating and drinking, saying that there is no reason for these people. The second bald man was also a person who didn't know what was at stake, so he was happy to hear it, and asked as much as he could, saying, "Is he still a junior brother in the Boxers?" How many righteous gods are often attached to him by Erlang and Guan Ye, don't you care about him? "His brother-in-law said, 'Not really. I heard that some time ago, he invited Sun Dasheng, but Sun Dasheng did not arrive, but Master Zhu Bajie came down. If it weren't for his ignorance of his conscience, why didn't Sun Dasheng come down, but asked Zhu Bajie to come down? I'm afraid that he has such a bad conscience, and one day when the great sage is unhappy, he will raise the golden rod and give him a stick. Then he can't stand it. The two talked happily, and they were reported to Wang San by their friends in the group, and they remembered the faces of the two of them very well. In a few months, his brother-in-law was ruined. Zhang Erbald knew that the momentum was not good, relying on his lack of family, 'Tianming forty-five', and fled to Guide Mansion in Henan to find friends.

"The wine is over, you sleep. If you enter the city tomorrow, be careful when you speak! Everyone here is in a three-point thrill, and if we are careless, the cage will fly to the neck stalk. So he got up, touched a half-incense stick on the table, tossed the lamp, and said, "I'll go and get an oil pot to add to it." The old cripple said, "No need, go to sleep." The two broke up.

The next morning, the old man checked his luggage and called the driver to load the car. The shopkeeper sent it out and repeatedly admonished: "When you go to the city, don't talk too much." It matters, it matters! The old man smiled and replied, "Thank you for your attention." "One side of the coachman pushed the car and headed towards Nanda Road, but at noon, it had already arrived at Caozhou City. After entering the north gate, I found an inn on Fuqian Street and found a wing room to live in. The runner came to ask for food. After eating in the same way, he went to the yamen of the government to watch and see. Seeing that there were red colored silk hanging on the gate, and there were indeed twelve standing cages on both sides, but they were all empty, and there was no one, I was surprised in my heart: "Is it true that the rumors all the way are lies?" After a while, he returned to the store. I saw that there were many people wearing big hats in and out of the upper room, and a large blue sedan chair was placed in the courtyard, and many sedan chair men wore cotton pants and big hats, and ate bread there; There are a few more people wearing uniforms with the words "Chengwu County Minzhuang" written on them, and they know in their hearts that this room must be lived in Chengwu County. After a long time, when I saw the family in the upper room shouting "wait", the sedan chair man put the sedan chair down the steps. The one who played the red umbrella in front took the red umbrella, and two horses were brought out of the stable, and the red tweed curtain in the upper room was raised, and a person came out, with a crystal top, a mending gown and a pearl, and was about fifty years old, and came down from the steps, entered the sedan chair, and lifted it out with a sigh.

When the old man saw this man, he thought to himself, "Why are you so kind? I haven't been to Cao before, where did I see this person? ...... "After thinking about it for a while, I can't think of it, so it's just that." Because it was too early, when I went back to the street to visit the political achievements of this government, I actually said yes in unison, but they all had a bleak color, and I nodded secretly, and I was convinced that the ancients said that "harsh government is fiercer than a tiger" is really good.

Back in the store, take a seat at the door. But fortunately, Chengwu County had already returned, entered the door of the store, looked out of the glass window, and looked at the old cripple. In a trance, the sedan chair had reached the bottom of the upper room steps, and the city Wuxian came out of the sedan chair, and the family put down the sedan curtain and followed the steps. I saw him say two words to his family from a distance, and I saw that the family ran towards the door, and the Chengwu County was still standing on the steps and waiting. The family ran to the door and said to the old man: "Is this the iron master?" The old remnant said: "Exactly." How do you know? What's your last name? The family said: "The little master's surname is Shen, and he came out of the province and came out of Chengwu County, and said that he asked Master Tie to go to the room to sit." The old cripple suddenly remembered that this person was Shen Dongzao, a member of the copywriting committee. Although I have met two or three times, I have never had any more interviews, so I can't remember.

The old cripple went up at that time, saw Dongzao, and made a gesture to each other. Dongzo let him sit down in the inner room, and said in his mouth: "Presumptuous, I'll change my clothes." At that time, he took off his official uniform, changed into civilian clothes, sat down with the guest and asked, "When did the mend man come?" How many days have you been here? But do you live in this shop? The old remnant said: "I arrived today, and I have only been out of the province for six or seven days, and I have arrived here." When did Dong Weng leave the province? Have you ever come back to any of you? Dongzao said: "Brother also arrived today, and the day before yesterday he left the province." This man was sent to the provincial capital. The day before I left the province, I also heard Yao Yunweng say: Gong Bao saw that Weng weng, and he was really sad, saying that he had been a famous man all his life, and thought that he could not incur the master, but today he met an iron king, which is really rich and rich. The more I feel dirty! ”

The old remnant said: "Gong Bao is thirsty for love, and my brother really admires it." As for the reason for coming out, it is not the meaning of fat and minggao: one knows that he is shallow in his learning, and he is not praised; Second, because this Jade Taizun is too prestigious, let's see what kind of character he is. As for the word 'noble', the brothers not only dare not take it, but also disdain it. Heaven and earth are born to count, if you are stupid and ugly, it is better to hide your clumsiness if you are noble; If you really have a little talent to help the world, but you have left the world, won't you live up to the heart of heaven and earth? "Dongzao Dao:" I have heard it many times, and I admire it very much; Today's statement is even more five-body to the ground. It can be seen that Chang Fu, Ji Drowning and others are not taken by Confucius. It's just that in the eyes of Bu Weng at the moment, what kind of person is our Jade Taizun? The old remnant said: "It's just a dirty cool official, and it's better than Zhidu, Ningcheng and others." Dongzao nodded again and again, and asked: "There is a gap between the ears and eyes of the younger brother, and Mr. Buyi travels, and he must be able to find the actual situation." I think that Taizun is so cruel that he will be wronged, why is there no supreme control of the case? The old cripple recounted what he had heard along the way.

Halfway through the conversation, the family came to invite them to dinner. Dongzao left the old and disabled to eat together, and the old and disabled did not give up. After eating the Lord, he continued. After finishing speaking, he said: "I only have one doubt: I looked in front of the gate of the house today, and saw that the twelve station cages were empty, and I am afraid that the words of the villagers will be unreliable." Dong Zao said: "This is not the case. I was in the Heze County Bureau, and I heard that Taizun was because he got the knowledge of the hospital in the evening, in addition to making up for the real vacancy, he was specially protected in the big case as a Taoist candidate, and after returning to the Taoist class, he was rewarded with a second-rank guarantee. Therefore, the sentence was suspended for three days, so that everyone could congratulate. Don't you see the red silk hanging at the entrance of the yamen? I heard that on the first day of the suspension, that is, yesterday, there were several half-dead people in the cage, and they were all imprisoned. They sighed to each other. The old remnant said: "The dry road is tiring, it's not early, rest in peace." Dongzao said: "Tomorrow evening, please talk about it in vain, my brother has something extremely difficult to deal with, and he has to be taught, and he doesn't give up." "Let's go to bed.

The next day, the old man got up, and saw that the sky was very cloudy, although the northwest wind was not very strong, and he felt that the cotton robe was fluttering on his body. I washed my face, bought a few fritters as snacks, and wandered listlessly on the street. I was about to go up to the city wall to look at the vista when I saw a lot of snowflakes falling in the air one by one, and in an instant, the snow fell chaotically, whirling and interspersing, and the lower and tighter it became. Hurried back to the store and asked the store to bring a fire. The paper on the window, only a larger one, was half suspended in the air, and it was damp through the snow, and the price of "Huo Duo Huo Duo" sounded in the wind. The small piece of paper next to it, although there is no sound, it keeps shaking. The room felt gloomy and bleak.

The old cripple sat fine, and the book was inconvenient to take in the box, but he sat sullenly, and couldn't help but feel something, so he took out the pen and inkstone from the pillow box, and inscribed a poem on the wall, singing about Wang Xian's affairs. The poem says:

The gain and loss of the myopula, because of the urgency. The unjustly buried city is dark, and the blood stains the top pearl red.

Everywhere is the rain of owls, and the wind of tigers and leopards in the mountains. Killing people is like killing thieves, Taishou is Yuan Rong! The next question is "Jiangnan Xuzhou Tieying Question" seven words.

After writing, I had lunch. After the meal, the snow became heavier and heavier. Standing at the door of the house and looking out, I saw the branches of the trees, large and small, as if they were wrapped in new clusters of cotton, and there were a few old crows on the trees, bending their necks to avoid the cold, and they kept shaking their feathers, afraid that the snow would pile on them. And I saw many sparrows, hiding under the eaves, and also bowing their heads for fear of the cold, and their hunger and cold were pitiful. Because he thought, "These birds and finches live on nothing more than the fruit of the grass and trees, and some small insects and ants." Now all kinds of insects and ants are naturally stinging, and they can't be seen. If tomorrow is clear, the snow is slightly normalized, the northwest wind blows, and the snow turns into ice, and it is still impossible to find it, won't you be hungry until next spring? Thinking of this, I feel unbearable for these birds. Then he thought again: "Although these birds and birds are cold and hungry, no one will hurt him with a gun, and there is no snare to catch him, but they will be hungry and cold for the time being, and they will be happy until the beginning of spring next year." If you are like the people of Caozhou Mansion, the age of recent years is not good. There is such a cruel parental official, who is arrested and treated as a robber at every turn, and is killed by standing in a cage, so frightened that he can't even say a word, in addition to hunger and cold, there is another layer of fear, isn't it even more bitter than this bird! Thinking of this, I couldn't help but shed tears. I saw that the old crow had a few "scratching" sounds, as if he was not crying cold and hungry, but for the pleasure of free speech, he came to pride the people of Caozhou Mansion. Thinking of this, I didn't feel angry, and I couldn't wait to kill Yuxian immediately, so I felt the hatred in my heart.

was thinking wildly, and saw a blue sedan chair outside the door, and the deacons waited, knowing that Shen Dongzao had returned to the store. Because he thought, "Why don't I write a letter to Zhuang Gongbao about what I have seen and heard?" So he took out the letter and envelope from the pillow box, picked up the pen and wrote. I knew that the ink on the inkstone had already frozen into ice, so I wrote a little bit. I didn't write more than two pieces of paper, and it was very early. The inkstone is open, the pen is frozen again, the pen is open, the inkstone is frozen again, heh once, but write four or five words, so the work is delayed.

I was busy at both ends, and the sky was getting dark again, and I couldn't see it. Because it was cloudy, it was darker than usual, so I called the store to bring a lamp. After shouting for a long time, the shopkeeper took a lamp, shrunk in, and shouted: "It's so cold!" "I put the lamp down, put a paper coal between my fingers, and blew it several times before it blew. In the lamp was freshly poured frozen oil, piled up like a large screw shell, and it still didn't light up when it was lit. The shopkeeper said, "Wait a while, the oil will light up." He flicked the lamp, put his hand down into his sleeve, and stood to see if the lamp went out. At first, the light was only as big as a big soybean, but gradually with oil, it was the size of a small broad bean. Suddenly, he looked up and saw the inscription on the wall, and said in horror: "Is this what you wrote for the past?" What is written? Don't make a mess! This is not a naughty child! He quickly turned his head again, looked out, and saw that there was no one, and said, "If you don't make it good, you will die badly!" We're going to have to suffer a lot! The old man smiled and said, "My name is written at the bottom, it doesn't matter." ”

As he spoke, a man came in from outside, wearing a red-tasseled hat, and called out "Iron Master", and the shopkeeper staggered away. The man who came in said, "I'm going to invite Master Qian to dinner." "It turned out to be Shen Dongzao's family. The old man said: "Please use it for your own use, I have already asked them to cook here, and they will come in a while." Say thank you. The man said, "I said: There is no food in the store." The two pheasants that someone gave us there have already slipped out, and some mutton slices have been sliced, saying that please ask Master Tie to go up and eat hot pot. I said: If the old man of iron will not go, I will tell him to open the rice to this house to eat, I think, it is better to ask the master to go up: there is a big brazier in that room, and there are four or five braziers in this house, which is much warmer; The family has to serve again, please become a family! ”

The old cripple couldn't, so he had to go up. Shen Dongzao saw it and said, "Bu Weng, what are you doing in that house, let's have two glasses of wine on a snowy day!" Today, someone sent a very fresh pheasant, scalded and eaten, very good, I borrowed flowers to offer Buddha. With that, he took his seat. The family brought the pheasant slices, and sure enough, there were red and white, which was very good-looking. Eat it hot, and the taste is more fragrant. Dongzao said: "Sir, do you have a peculiar smell when you eat it?" The old remnant said: "It's really a little fragrant, what is the reason?" Dongzao said: "This chicken is out of Taohua Mountain in Feicheng County." There are a lot of pine trees in this mountain, and this pheasant is good to eat pine flowers and pine fruits, so it is a little fragrant, and the common name is 'pine chicken,. Even in this place, it is not easy to obtain. The old cripple sighed twice, and the food in the kitchen was served on the table.

The two had eaten. Dongzao made an appointment to eat tea in the inner room and face the fire. Suddenly, he saw the old man wearing a cotton robe and said, "Why are you still wearing a cotton robe on such a cold day?" The old remnant said: "I don't feel cold." For those of us who have not worn leather robes since childhood, the power of this cotton robe may be warmer than your fox skin. Dong Zao said: "That's not appropriate." Shouting: "Come on!" You take out my flat suitcase and a round robe of a white fox and send it to the iron master's house. ”

The old cripple said: "Don't have to, I'm not polite!" Do you think, is there a person in the world who wears a fox skin robe and rings a string of bells? Dongzao said: "Your string of bells could not have been shaken, why bother to this field!" If you don't give up, take my brother as a person, I have two presumptuous words to say, no matter if your husband annoys me or not. Yesterday, I heard that the gentleman despised the fat and tall man, and said: "Heaven and earth are born with limited talents, and it is not appropriate to be presumptuous. My brother admired these words. However, what the gentleman did was a bit contrary to the truth. The palace guard must come out to be the palace, but the husband ran away in the middle of the night, and he must come out to ring the string bell. Let me ask you, what is the difference between him and those who are chiseled and run away, and who do not listen? Brother's words are reckless and a little offensive, please think about it, sir, isn't it? ”

The old remnant said: "Shaking the string of bells, it is true that it will not help the world, is it possible to be an official to help the world?" I ask you: Mr. is already the parents of a hundred thousand people in Chengwu County at this moment, where can he help the people? The gentleman must have a bamboo in his chest, so why not teach one or two? I know that my husband has served two or three terms as an official in the past, and if you ask for advice on the good governance that has passed, can you have outstanding deeds? Dongzao said: "That's not what I said. Vulgar people like us have to be gangsters. Your Excellency is so ambitious, it is a pity not to come out and do something. Those who have no talent have to be in the palace when they die, and those who have talent do not become officials when they die, which is the first regret in heaven and earth!

The old remnant said: "No. I said that it doesn't matter if you have no talent to be an official, but if you have talent, you think, isn't this Jade Dazun a talented? It's just that he wants to be an official too much, and he is eager to be a big official, so he does it in a way that hurts nature and reason. And the political voice is so good, I'm afraid that it will be a good time in a few years. The greater the official, the worse the harm: if you defend a house, you will be injured, if you care for a province, you will be disabled, and if you slaughter the world, you will die! From this point of view, it is still harmful to ask for advice or talented officials, or is it more harmful to be officials without talents? If he is like me, shaking a string of bells and gangsters, and getting sick, people don't want him to treat him; Even a small illness can't kill anyone. Even if he dies once a year, after 10,000 years, it is not enough to kill the number of people killed by his Caozhou Mansion in one term! I don't know what Shen Dongzao said, and listen to the next decomposition. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. (To be continued.) )