Wanping Town under the rule of Baoding Mansion in Zhili Province, here is neither a traffic artery, nor a critical place, although it is close to Baoding but not prosperous, there is only one inn in the town, the inn of the Ming Dynasty is also doing the business of the restaurant, although the inn is not dilapidated, but there are some years, the inn has a total of two floors, the first floor is the hotel, the second floor is the guest room.

The layout of the first floor is also very interesting, entering the door is a large counter in the shape of a curved ruler, behind the counter are several large wine tanks, next to a small stove, boiling hot water, used to warm sake. There are several private rooms with curtains hanging on the side.

In this town, the people who go into the private room to drink are generally those men in long shirts, and only they can order small dishes, chatting while drinking, and the rest of the men in short shirts are standing against the counter to drink, at most willing to spend a penny or two, order a plate or two of fennel beans or salted boiled bamboo shoots!

It was dusk, and the people who worked in the town had left their jobs, and they liked to come here for a bowl of wine and then go home.

"Shopkeeper, pour a bowl of wine!" A sturdy man in a short coat stood against the counter and shouted.

The other men who were originally standing by the counter drinking and laughing loudly hurriedly gave up a large open space for this person to come out.

"Johnson & Johnson, you're here! You haven't been drinking with me for a few days, and now a bowl has risen to ten cents! The gray-haired, slightly clumsy shopkeeper said while drinking.

"The shopkeeper has raised the price again, the year before last it was four wen a bowl, a few days ago it was eight wen, and today it will become ten wen, your heart is too dark! Specially squeezing us poor people, I'm not afraid that Uncle Jinyi Wei will clean you up!" Johnson shouted dissatisfied, but took out twelve copper coins from his arms and slapped them on the table, "Bring me a plate of fennel beans and a plate of salt-boiled bamboo shoots!"

"You kid, don't talk nonsense, I heard that Governor Hong has lost the battle again, and the price increase is also because the price of raw materials has risen, and I can't help it, I have always been a good citizen who abides by the law, how could the uncle of Jinyiwei arrest me!" The shopkeeper said nervously.

"How many years have we known each other! When is there less water in your wine, and you are still a good citizen! Johnson suddenly reached out and grabbed the flask, poured out the water from the bottom of the jug, and smiled disdainfully.

The shopkeeper was caught, and he was not embarrassed, "This year, that is, I am mixed with water in wine, and everyone is mixed with water!" ”

After that, he poked his head out of the counter curiously and asked quietly, "The day before yesterday, I rode a fast horse to our town, why did Uncle Jinyi Wei arrest those people?" ”

"Hey, in the past two days, the Jinyi Wei uncles who came from the capital are like crazy, not only to arrest people in our broken town, but to sweep away all the cheating, fighting, casino begging gangs in the entire Zhili Province, this time Jinyi Wei has been ordered by the Holy God, and several old men in our county government have been directly imprisoned because they are involved with those people." Johnson & Johnson looked happy when he talked about it, and he drank heavily from time to time.

"Divine will? No wonder! Who will care about us people except the saints, those officials and masters are all protected by officials and officials, who else can touch them except the saints! The shopkeeper also sighed in surprise.

In the hearts of the people, the emperor has always been a saint, he loves the people, he never makes mistakes, all mistakes are made by traitors in the court, this is the practice of all dynasties, even the Donglin Party will never dare to publicly publicize to the people that the emperor is wrong, so the emperor's image in the hearts of the people has always been very good!

The shopkeeper was happy for a while, and then asked nervously, "Will those people come back?" ”

"Come back? You are also the one who traveled from south to north back then, and you are as ignorant as those people! You don't look at who caught it, it's the hand of the captain of Jinyi! Johnson shook his head and smiled dismissively.

The shopkeeper brought out a bowl of wine again and replaced it with Johnson & Johnson: "I'm not worried!" You are on an errand in the county government again, of course I have to ask you! ”

Johnson & Johnson unceremoniously picked up the bowl and took another sip, and said with disdain, "They can't come back, let's just say that Chen Wuye of the casino has a relationship with Chen Kuaiban in the county over the years, and how many people have been ruined by opening a casino in our town.

And Uncle Dong, who is in the business, is a great way to refine his muscles! Even if a fucking old farmer sells a vegetable in the town, he has to charge 50 yuan, and that basket of vegetables can be worth 50 yuan? It's not enough to put people here, ask people to ransom people with money, and break their legs if they don't give it! How remarkable! But when I met Jinyiwei, I didn't even dare to say anything, and I was taken away directly! Shopkeeper, guess what happened to these people in the end? ”

"What's wrong? Isn't it the criminal department that will be beheaded after the autumn? The shopkeeper looked at Johnson & Johnson expectantly with wide eyes.

The other men who were drinking next to him also looked at Johnson & Johnson nervously and expectantly.

Johnson & Johnson smiled proudly under the expectant gaze of everyone, took another sip of wine, and threw a few fennel beans into his mouth, "Hmph, Jinyiwei is a holy pro-army, do you still think that those uncles need to be the same as said in the play, and they want the criminal department to be provincial?" What did the Jinyi guards do, when they arrested people, they were all arrested one by one, and they had already mastered the evidence of these people's crimes! At noon today, those people were escorted to the vegetable market in the county seat, saying that it was at the behest of the Holy Lord, and that after the evidence of the crime was announced, the heads of those who were directly committed were beheaded on the spot, and the rest were all escorted to the capital. I heard that the uncles of Jinyi Wei said that they were asked to go to some labor reform to make cement for the emperor, anyway, I guess they won't be able to come back! ”

"It's good that I can't come back! It's good that I can't come back! The shopkeeper was so excited that he burst into tears and muttered with joy.

The rest of the men couldn't help but smile when they heard this, those green-skinned hooligans died cleanly, so as not to harm them again in the future.

"Shopkeeper, make a bowl of wine, a plate of fennel beans" A tall, pale face, although his face was full of wind and frost, but his gray beard and hair were unusually neat, although he was wearing a long shirt but it had been washed white, the long shirt was full of patches, but it still looked decent, and the men in short clothes next to him involuntarily let go of a place.

Even Johnson & Johnson was the first to say hello, "Mr. Xu is here!" ”

"Johnson & Johnson, I can't be called a sir!" The man in the long shirt shook his head seriously.

"Sir's knowledge is admired even by the kings in the city, but it's just that the luck is not good, maybe one day he will be selected for the show!" Johnson & Johnson said with a serious face.

The man in the long shirt is surnamed Xu Mingyang, he is only in his thirties this year, but his wife died early, he raised his daughter alone, he was arrogant and never refused to run other businesses, although he studied a lot and never went to school, although he relied on his good handwriting, he copied books for others or wrote letters and inscriptions to earn some silver, but he never made ends meet. Therefore, although the wine here is not expensive, Xu Yang does not come often, but sometimes comes to satisfy his cravings.

But in these years, people always admired scholars, although Xu Yang did not have fame, but his talent was recognized by many people, and even Johnson & Johnson, Bai Ding, who was on an errand in the county government, maintained respect for him.