In the early summer of 348 B.C., Zhuangzi, who had been practicing in retreat for more than two months, thought that he had regained his peace and was out of the customs. He is going to go to Qi Country to find his mother, Rong'er, Sister Qing'er and Tianya Nameless.

Two months later, he lost a lot of weight. The cheekbones are much more prominent, and the hair has grown a lot. A few beards have grown on the chin and cheeks, and they look very old-fashioned. In fact! This year, he was only twenty-two years old and twenty-one years old.

He hadn't been to the thatched hut for a while, and when he opened the door, he found that there were cobwebs inside.

Every time he came out of the cave, he was very careful not to be discovered. So! There are fewer times to come here. Anyway! It's useless to come, there is no news from my mother, Rong'er, and Sister Qing'er. And also! The villagers often send food and land, and he doesn't want the things sent by the villagers, for fear of owing favors to others. Therefore, I don't dare to come often.

After cleaning the house, he wrote a letter and put it in the house, telling the villagers that he had gone to Qi and asking the villagers not to send any more food. Everything was ready to stop, went out to close the door, strode out of the branch altar, and went in the direction of Qi Kingdom.

Less than a mile or two out of the altar, there was the sound of horses' hooves behind him. He hurried to the side of the road and waited for the horses to pass first.

"Zhuangzi! Wait a minute! Zhuangzi! Wait a minute! ”

When he saw him, the rider shouted loudly as he drew his horse and walked quickly.

Turning his head, he saw that the person riding the horse was a person wearing the official uniform of the Song State, probably a small person from the official office. Kneel and beg for a hundred eyes to sing

The official came to Zhuangzi, jumped off his horse, and made a great salute respectfully. Zhuangzi didn't know what was going on, and hurriedly returned a big gift. Superficial etiquette was still required, though he hated it.

"I've been waiting in the Mo family's branch for more than a month, and I haven't seen you! How? Are you going to go to Qi Country when you get out of customs? The visitor said as he handed over a roll of bamboo slips with both hands.

Zhuangzi stretched out his hand to take the bamboo slip and asked, "Out of the customs?" Do you know I'm in retreat? What is it? What are you looking for from me? ”

"I'm a messenger in Qiyuan Town! I am entrusted by the people of Qiyuan Town, please be a town official! ”

"Townsman?" As he spoke, Zhuangzi opened the bamboo slip.

This is a letter of appointment personally approved by the king of the Song Kingdom, appointing him Zhuang Zhou as the town official of Qiyuan Town. The reason was because he received a joint letter from the people of Qiyuan Town, asking him Zhuang Zhou to go there to be a town official.

"Qiyuan Town? I don't even know where Qiyuan Town is? How could the people there ask me to be a town clerk? How did they know about me? Still co-authored? I'm not going! ”

Zhuangzi handed the bamboo slip back to the man and stepped on the road.

"Wait!" The official didn't have time to put away the bamboo slips, and when he saw that Zhuangzi was leaving, he quickly grabbed Zhuangzi's shirt and knelt down on his knees.

"You? You? What do you do? Zhuangzi swung his clothes, got rid of the entanglement, and continued to stride.

"Zhuangzi! If you don't! I'll die on my knees here! I volunteered to come here from Qiyuan Town, and I promised to invite you there! I am begging you on behalf of the people of Qiyuan! Zhuangzi! Zhuangzi! Woowoo woo ......"

Seeing that Zhuangzi ignored him, the official did not get up from lying on the ground, and cried loudly.

"I beg you for the people of Song! Zhuangzi! Please! Woowoo woo ......"

Zhuangzi walked for a long time without looking back.

Do you kneel or not? You say you kneel to death and kneel to death? I don't believe it!

Master taught me! Don't trust others easily! Believe in yourself! I don't know you, you say kneel to death, kneel to death? You lie to the fools! You can't fool me Zhuang Zhou!

He didn't want to be an official, he didn't want to be such a small official. What's the use of being such a small official, you can only save the people in this place, but you can't save the entire Song Kingdom. Maybe? I can't even be a magistrate, I can't be the master, what kind of official should I be?

If I could call the shots and let me manage a small lacquer garden town, I wouldn't need to take care of things every day, me! What I have is a way to manage it well!

If it was to become an official, he Zhuangzi would not need to go back to the Song Kingdom, nor would he need to go to the Qi Kingdom to find his mother, Rong'er, and Qing'er. As long as he agrees to be an official, Qin Xiaogong and Wei Ying will send people to Qi to find him, and help him find it all over the world.

During his preaching in the Qin State, Qin Xiaogong and Wei Ying sent people to the Qi State to inquire, but unfortunately they did not inquire. They all suspect that after the war in Qi State stopped, the war zone may have re-registered their households, and the children and women who remained in Qi State may have changed their names. So! Rong'er and Qing'er were not found.

After walking for a while, Zhuangzi was tired, so he slowed down.

After walking for another half hour, the sky suddenly changed, as if it were going to rain. In early summer, there is a lot of rain. Only then did he become curious, and wanted to go back to see if the kneeling man was really still kneeling there. It's been two hours, and he can still kneel. But it's going to rain, and he's going to kneel?

At his pace, he walked for more than two hours, at least more than fifty miles. If I walked back, it would be more than two hours, and it would be almost dark. After taking a few steps back, he himself was amused by himself.

How is that possible? Where is the man still kneeling? Thinking of this, he walked back again!

Outcome! He walked back and forth four or five times, like a mentally ill person or an obsessive-compulsive person. At last! When it rained, he also decided, so he made a fool and walked back to see what was going on.

When Master says don't trust others, he means don't trust others easily, not to trust others at all. And also! Once you've trusted others, don't trust them forever! Bad guys are very cunning, they often take your trust and then lie to you!

But? What if the other party is a person who is really trustworthy?

Deciding to come back and find out, Zhuangzi no longer walks normally. He performed his kung fu and galloped. Outcome! When he came, he walked for more than two hours, and when he returned, it took him just over half an hour. But! He's so tired that he's choking!

For more than half an hour, it rained heavily in the sky, which soaked the mud on the road, and it was very inconvenient to run.

Silly! I'll be stupid!

Before he could reach his place, he heard the neighing of horses in the distance. I thought: It can't really be him, right? His horses are still there? Is that fool really kneeling there?

It had rained so hard just now, and if he was still kneeling there, he would be even more stupid than me!

Thinking of this, he slowed down, turned to the side of the road, and looked back from the side of the road as he walked back.

Suddenly! A small black dot appeared in front. The black dot is getting bigger and bigger, and it turns out that it is really a person, kneeling in the original place, and that is the person!

Nima Di! Are you really going to kneel to death?

Zhuangzi scolded in his heart. But! When he saw that it was that person, he cried!

There are really people in this world who are worthy of our trust, and there are really trustworthy people!

Alas! I'm convinced! Don't kneel! I'm kneeling for you! Okay, right?