Pan Er didn't expect to renovate a guild hall to make such a poisonous oath, but he wasn't very worried, after all, the words of ghosts and gods were not true, and he didn't need to make this poisonous oath.

If it had been put aside, Han Xiufeng would have also laughed it off. But now is not the past, the wife who is far away in Ba County's hometown wants to give birth to a baby, and this kind of thing is rather credible than not.

Looking at Han Xiufeng's frowning and worried, Pan Er thought to himself that you didn't have to do anything for lack of virtue, the big head who was beating the carpenter outside had caused a fatality, and you didn't think about getting the big head out of the yamen, now like no one, if there was a god, you should have been retributed. But these can only be thought about, and he didn't dare to say it when he was killed.

Pan Er pondered for a moment and muttered, "Fourth brother, I know that you are worried about your sister-in-law and the baby in your sister-in-law's belly. You're right, there are gods three feet above your head, and you can't do anything bad at this juncture. Why don't you rush to get a credit record first, wait for your sister-in-law to give birth to the baby safely, and wait until you receive a letter from the mother and son to get it. ”

"What do you mean that you can't do bad things at this juncture, isn't this self-deception?" Han Xiufeng was ridiculed.

"Then what should I do, I can't take out the money I have again."

"Is it easy to make some money, don't say reluctant, even if I do, I can't take it out!"

"Why can't you take it out if you want to?" Pan Er asked puzzled.

"I have already spent the money."

"Spent it!"

"Hmm," Han Xiufeng nodded, and closed the donation list with his hand.

"Where are the flowers, why don't I know?" Pan Er asked eagerly.

Han Xiufeng realized that he had missed his mouth, and hurriedly said: "You can't hang yourself on a tree to make up for the shortcomings, I went out to eat and drink with Master Wang that day, and I happened to meet a master who was on an errand in the ministry, he said that he could help me make up for the deficiency earlier, and he could help me make up for the lack of oil and water, and he may have drunk high that day, so I asked him to help as soon as my head was hot." ”

In Pan Er's opinion, Han Si's silver should be used to repay debts, and Han Si's silver is his silver, so he couldn't help asking, "How much silver did you give to the old man in the ministry?" ”

"One thousand taels."

"One thousand taels!"

Han Xiufeng couldn't know what Pan Er was thinking, and nodded apologetically.

Pan Er was extremely depressed, and asked with a sad face: "Fourth brother, that's a thousand taels, not a hundred taels, why do you say just give it?" Even if he is not a liar and can help you fill the gap early, what shortage is worth a thousand taels? ”

Han Xiufeng stared at his eyes and said very seriously: "The salt administration inspection of the two Huai Salt Transportation Envoys. ”

"Salt officer, the lack of salt road?"

"If it weren't for the lack of salt roads, I would be willing to spend a thousand taels to ask him to do it!"

I finally earned some silver and spent it like this, whether the money spent will come back, what else can Pan Er say, he can only say with a bitter face: "If you can really go to the Lianghuai Salt Transportation Division to do a salt administration inspection, this thousand taels is not in vain, I'm afraid that the silver will not be able to make up for the shortage." ”

"I regret it too, but what's the use of regretting it now."

"Forget it, don't talk about it, but if this happens again, can you tell me about it? Fourth brother, I don't mean anything else, I'm just worried that you have been deceived. In these years, there is no shortage of liars, even Jinshi masters like Qian Junchen are full of nonsense, it is not easy for us to abandon our wives and children, and leave our hometown to make some money, but we can't be fooled again. ”

"I know, if I encounter this kind of thing in the future, I will definitely discuss it with you first." If you say too much, Han Xiufeng is worried and leaks his mouth, so he picked up the donation list that he had just closed, and said with a frown: "It's not in a hurry to print the credit book, but it's pure self-deception to sort out the printing later, Brother Pan, I'm not afraid of your jokes, I can't sleep well these days, and I can't eat well, and I panic when I think of the poisonous oath of 'hand erosion, fire and lightning strike' and 'if you have selfishness, you will not escape the curse'. ”

Pan Er couldn't cry or laugh when he was made, and secretly thought that compared to a thousand taels of silver, it was probably just a matter of nothing, and muttered: "Fourth brother, in fact, this matter is not difficult to do. ”

"Isn't it difficult?" Han Xiufeng asked puzzled.

"It's not difficult." Pan Er stood up and said lightly: "Please ask the gods to do the affairs of the gods, if you are really not sure, buy more sacrifices and go to the temple to ask the Bodhisattva for blessings, and then put more incense money in the merit box after making incense and making good wishes." No matter how big the city god is, how big can it be? As long as you bless you, even if you know that all the money you collect is not used for the renovation of the hall, it will be useless. ”

"That's the way to go, and that's the only way to do it now."

"Actually, if you don't go to the temple to make incense and make a wish, it's fine."

"What if something happens?"

"No whatever!" Thinking of some of the rules of being an official that he learned during this time, Pan Er couldn't help but smile and said: "Fourth brother, think about it, the first day of the county master's arrival is not the county government, but he has to go to the City God Temple for one night first, and swear to be a clean official with the City God." But there are more than 1,000 county masters in the world, all of whom have sworn an oath, and after swearing an oath, they should not be fished, but how many have been retributed? ”

"That's true, but I'm different from them, even if I don't think about myself, I have to think about your sister-in-law and the baby in your sister-in-law's belly."

"So you have to go to the temple to ask the Bodhisattva for protection, they often say that you respect ghosts and gods and stay away, you are different from them, you are sincere."

This sentence was interpreted by him like this, and Han Xiufeng couldn't help but laugh.

Pan Er couldn't help asking: "Fourth brother, what are you laughing at, don't you pay attention to what I said?" ”

Han Xiufeng said with a smile: "The gentleman respects the ghosts and gods and stays away, and the villain fears the ghosts and gods and edicts them." The meaning of this sentence is that the gentleman respects the ghosts and gods but stays away from them, and the villain is afraid of the ghosts and gods and calls them, some are seeking marriage, some are seeking money, some are seeking children, some are seeking fame and fortune, and some are afraid of getting sick and encountering disasters. ”

Pan Er reacted and couldn't help but say: "Fourth brother, you can't forget your roots, we are villains!" Master Ji They are gentlemen, and they naturally want to stay away from ghosts and gods, we are not gentlemen, we should edict them, and if we don't edict, how can we have peace of mind. ”

"It makes sense, I'll go buy sacrifices later, and tomorrow I will go to the temple early in the morning to make incense and make a wish, and ask the Bodhisattva to bless me."

"It's good to figure it out, then I'll get busy first."

"Wait."

"What else?" Pan Er turned around and asked.

Han Xiufeng got up and said: "'Burning pots' (winemaking) is not allowed in the city, all the wine in the capital is transported from outside, and the wine tax is much higher than the tax on other foods. When I came in the morning, I happened to meet Fugui, he said that he could help Shopkeeper Wen pay less taxes, and even find someone to climb the city wall to bring in the wine, you are busy with the matter at hand and ask Shopkeeper Wen, if you want Fugui to help with this. The benefits are naturally to be given, but it is much more cost-effective than going to Chongwenmen. ”