Chapter 29: Behind the Truth
"What?"
"Swallowed by the table?"
"How is that possible!"
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After hearing Li Tianyu's words, everyone exploded, and they all talked about each other, and their faces were all in disbelief. At this moment, our Li Tianyu was secretly observing everyone's words and expressions on the side.
It's noisy, you kid's disdainful expression looks so handsome, but Lao Tzu is very unhappy after seeing it. If you scold a scold, others are in disbelief, but you kid looks like a person who understands. Just based on your face, which doesn't look like an honest person at first glance, Lao Tzu has concluded that your kid is very suspicious.
"Brother Tian, what should I do next?"
"Then if the money is swallowed up by this table, doesn't it mean that you can't get it back?" Seeing a villager standing closer in the crowd, he couldn't help but ask curiously and boldly.
"That's it!" However, as soon as he asked, he immediately received a response from everyone.
"No, no! I have just discussed with this table, and if it can spit it out, I will give it this silver ticket of five hundred taels on the spot. But it said that it only liked to swallow copper coins, and did not like to eat silver tickets. ”
"So, doesn't it only eat copper and not paper?" Seeing that the bold onlooker from before continued to ask, but if this scene was put in the future, it would be recognized by others as a childcare sent by Li Tianyu.
"That's right. So it said again that if it could raise five more copper plates for it now, then it would spit out the swallowed copper plates in public. ”
At this moment, the crowd of onlookers was indeed pushed to a climax. One by one, they were no longer in disbelief, but their eyes were stunned to look at the table and Li Tianyu, wishing that they could immediately witness the process of swallowing money at this table.
"Therefore, I suggest that you villagers can donate the copper plates in your hands now, and when you donate enough fifty copper plates, you will put these copper coins in front of this table, and then let everyone see if this table can spit out the copper plates of this old man today." I saw that after Li Tianyu's words were finished, some of the onlookers had already begun to touch the copper plate on their bodies. After all, one or two copper plates are not a lot of money for them, not to mention that if they can really spend one or two copper plates today to see with their own eyes how this table spits out the copper plates, it will be very worth the money.
"By the way, uncle, do you have a basin here? The table had just said that it had to be filled with water in a basin to put the copper coin in, so that it would know if it had raised enough fifty copper plates. Our Li Tianyu said to the old man like this.
"Yes, Childe, the little old man still has to come to do it every day when he goes out of the stall. Oh, can Childe look at this wooden basin? ”
"Well, that's total, uncle. Please also ask the old man to pour some water into this wooden basin, it must be water, uncle! Otherwise, this table will not recognize it. ”
For the old man who comes to make fritters every day, clear water is not a big problem. There are still two and a half buckets of clean water left in the three large wooden barrels next to this, and it is not a big problem to fill all five of these wooden barrels with water.
So under the attention of everyone, our old man slowly poured the water from the wooden barrel into the wooden basin.
"Oh, yes, sir." Li Tianyu saw that about one-third of the volume of water had been poured into the wooden basin, so he hurriedly stopped. If you pour too much, I don't want to make my arms sore for a while.
"Alright, folks, it's all ready. Just wait for the villagers to put the copper plate in their hands into this wooden basin, and then wait to see how the table spits out the swallowed copper plate. ”
After that, our Li Tianyu personally picked up the wooden basin and began to collect copper plates from the people closest to him one by one.
"One! Two three! Four! Five! ……”
But Li Tianyu, who saw us, had been carefully observing from the moment the copper plate was thrown into the wooden basin and the copper plate had completely sunk to the basin. And at the same time, I have been silently counting the number of copper plates in my heart. However, the copper plates that are thrown into the tub are the same process, and even the splash and sound are so similar to the time it takes to sink to the bottom of the pot. It's noisy, it deserves to be the rule of Zhenguan, and even this "Zhenguan Tongbao" is so good, it's all fucking within the allowable range of error.
"Forty-four! Forty-five! Forty ** seventeen! Forty-eight! ”
Forty-eight copper plates have been raised, and these forty-eight copper plates are basically the same, from the time they are thrown into the basin to the time they sink to the bottom of the basin. The water in the wooden basin has not changed much from when it was just poured in, except that the water level has risen a little, and the bottom of the basin is full of patches of dark green. And at this moment, our Li Tianyu's heart was extremely nervous. It's noisy, it's going to be fifty soon, I hope that in the end, this benevolent brother, you don't disappoint Lao Tzu!
"This fellow is already forty-eight, and there are still two left. The remaining two are up to you. Li Tianyu, who saw us, happened to walk up to the person who smiled disdainfully at Li Tianyu's words at this moment, and said to him.
And our benevolent brother also looks like he has been preparing the copper plate for a long time, and now after listening to Li Tianyu's words, he stretched out his hand and prepared to throw the copper plate in his hand into this wooden basin. So this brother is also a curious person.
"These last two copper plates are more important. The 50th copper plate must be thrown into it separately, so please vote these two copper plates separately. Li Tianyu said solemnly to this benevolent brother. At this time, all the people present also focused their eyes on this benevolent brother who was about to cast the last two copper plates.
"Poof!" With the sound of the copper plate falling into the wooden basin, our Li Tianyu watched the changes in the water surface very seriously. After a while, he saw that Li Tianyu's face changed from serious to smiling, and then his face suddenly changed, and he looked at the brother in front of him very sternly.
"That's you! You are the thief who took this old man's copper coin. Everyone suddenly shouted at the benevolent brother when they saw Li Tianyu speak suddenly.
And Li Tianyu's behavior seemed to guide the focus of the attention of the people present, so that the people present unusually cooperated to shift the focus of their attention in a timely manner.
"You, you!" And our benevolent brother was also taken aback after hearing Li Tianyu's sudden shout, and he also shivered in his heart, and this scene was naturally seen by our masses. But then he immediately retorted.
"He's a thief, huh?"
"How did this boy know?"
"Could it be that this table secretly told him."
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"What did Brother Tian rely on to determine?" At this moment, our little Zhengtai obviously fell into deep puzzlement and thinking after seeing this scene. Maybe he has believed in his brother Tian now, but he just doesn't know where Brother Tian learned that the person in front of him is a thief.
"Hey, I said this son, you will say that this table will spit out the copper plate, and then you will say that he is the thief who stole the copper plate of the old man. What are you saying that we should all believe? The brave and curious fellow in the audience, who was still in the audience, asked.
"That's right, you just said that this table was going to spit out the money, why are you wronging me again?" I saw that this benevolent brother who had just been identified by Li Tianyu as a thief who stole the copper plate of the old man defended himself.
"Folks, everyone must be very surprised why they suddenly concluded that this brother was the thief who took the old man's copper coin. Well, I won't hide it from you, folks, in fact, the saying that this table swallows money and spits out money is itself made up below. In order to find out the thief who stole the old man's copper coins. As you can see, our uncle is busy with his business every day, making noodles, frying fritters, collecting money, looking for money, and so on. Therefore, all the copper plates that pass through the hands of the old man will be more or less stained with some oil, such as this copper coin. But I saw that Li Tianyu took out a copper coin from the place where the copper coins were stacked on the table before, and then carefully pinched the copper coin with the thumb and index finger of his right hand and slowly displayed it in front of everyone.
"Oh~~" saw a burst of voices erupting in the crowd of onlookers.
"Maybe that's more obvious." But Li Tianyu, who saw us, threw the copper coin in his hand into the wooden basin, and saw that the copper coin immediately emitted a little oil stain on the water surface from the moment it came into contact with the water surface in the wooden basin, although the oil stain was not very much, but it still looked very conspicuous on the surface of the clear water.
"I see, Brother God. You just saw that the coins he threw in left oil on the water, so you concluded that he was a thief. ”
"That's right. If you don't believe it, you can ask the thief to throw another coin in his hand into the basin and take a look. ”
But after hearing what Li Tianyu said, this thief who saw us turned pale and began to tremble all over his body. His right hand, which had just cast the coin, was clenched even tighter.
"Throw! Throw! Throw! After hearing Li Tianyu's words, the onlookers all turned their eyes to the thief, and kept shouting in unison.
"It's not me! I didn't steal money! I didn't steal money! I didn't steal money! ......" I saw that the thief began to tremble like this after receiving the bright eyes from the crowd, and repeated this sentence with his body trembling like a nerve.
Bananas, you Barra! With your psychological quality, you still dare to come out to do this business, and you are too sorry for Master Zu. Looking at you kid like this, it is estimated that it is a first offense, and you can only blame yourself for all this. It's noisy, you say you can't steal anyone's money, you have to come here to steal this old man's copper plate. Could it be that the amount of theft is less than how much can be exempted from punishment?
"This son ......"
"Ahh What's the matter, uncle? Li Tianyu was still there watching this benevolent brother thinking about his motives for committing the crime and the social atmosphere of this era, but he felt that someone was pulling his sleeve, and when he turned around, he saw that it was our victim uncle.
"Leave him alone, Childe."
"What? However, the old man ......"
"Hey, you have to be forgiving and forgiving, Childe. In this case, Xiao Lao'er would rather not have these copper plates himself. But seeing that our old man looked very uncomfortable, he sighed.
"No, old man, you are wrong. In fact, it was for his own good. Uncle, since our Datang has a law, it must be adapted to everyone, if someone violates the punishment and will not be punished, then the world will become very chaotic in the future. He's still young, if he lets him go as easily as the old man now, would it be for him's good? Of course not, this can only be conniving at him, and today is fine, just took some copper plates. What if tomorrow he took a few hundred taels of silver tickets? When the time comes, uncle, don't you say that this will hurt him? Uncle, I can understand your kindness. But sometimes inclusion doesn't always lead to good results. When our Li Tianyu said this, the more he spoke, the more impassioned he became.
Our old man didn't say anything anymore after hearing what the noble man in front of him said. I just lowered my head as if I was sorry for someone.
"Hey, don't take evil for granted! Doesn't a lot of big theft start with petty theft? I stole a penny today and saw that there was nothing to do, but tomorrow I might steal a few hundred taels. Don't be greedy! Our Li Tianyu couldn't help but sigh after seeing the expressions of the old man, the onlookers and the thief. It's noisy, and it's said that Lao Tzu is not Youliang and his father, these things Lao Tzu is worried about?
Xiao Zhengtai on the side has been staring at his brother Tian with reverence since Li Tianyu recognized the thief. Now after hearing Brother Tian's emotion, the gaze that looked at Brother Tian became even more respectful.
"Okay, uncle, I also helped you find the thief who took your copper coins. I am inconvenient to deal with the rest of the things, so I will leave first. ”
"Little old man has thanked the son. Please bow down to the little old man. But when he saw our old man say that, he bowed to Li Tianyu.
"Huh! Uncle, this is absolutely unacceptable! Li Tianyu preemptively helped the old man up before he bowed. The more troublesome people are like this, the more kind-hearted people kneel down and worship Lao Tzu, the more they can't afford it.
"Folks, this is the end of today's trial of the table. Since there are still important things to do, I will say goodbye to all the villagers in advance. Xiao Hao, let's go! Li Tianyu said loudly to the crowd of onlookers, and then before our little Zhengtai could react, he directly pulled him to the periphery of the crowd of onlookers.
In this way, the two quickly left into the distance under the gaze of everyone. The crowd of onlookers was talking about the backs of the two.
"This son is really a god!"
"Yes, I didn't expect that there would be such a smart noble son in Yangzhou, I thought they would only eat, drink and have fun every day?"
"This boy looks so familiar!"
"He looks like the son of the Li family who made a big fuss in Yuexianglou before!"
"What? Is this son the son of the Governor Li's family? Why didn't you say it earlier, hey, I missed another opportunity to ask for an autograph. ”
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That's it, today's Childe trial table matter is over. At this time, the two of them were walking on the road, and then went in other directions. And our little Zhengtai has been looking at his brother with admiration and admiration, which makes our brother embarrassed.
"What's wrong, Xiao Hao? Do you admire your brother and me now? "We, Li Tianyu, immediately reverted to our previous appearance.
"Yes, Brother God. Xiaohao's admiration for you is like a surging river, and like the Yellow River flooding out of control. ”
"Hey! Brother Tian has always emphasized that you should be low-key, but everyone has to give you Brother Tian's applause and screams. What do you think Brother Tian can do? I saw our brother Tian stretching out his hands and shrugging his shoulders, putting on a very helpless look, what kind of cheap word is it?
"I said, Brother God, why are you always so thick-skinned?"
"It's hard for me to explain that to you. It's like you're asking a question like 'Brother Tian, why are you so handsome?' Our Brother Tian replied with an expression of not being ashamed and especially proud.
"Low-key, low-key, Brother Tian, you always say that you should be low-key, but when have you really been low-key?" But seeing our little hao, he looked into the distance and sighed.
"I didn't expect this to be seen by you, Xiao Hao! That's right, your brother Tian has indeed been whipped with the principle of 'being a low-key person and doing things in a high-profile manner', ah no, it is spurring himself. It's just that when your brother Tian is a man, there will occasionally be more than 30 low-key attempts a month. ”
"Be a low-key person and do things in a high-profile manner?! By the way, Brother Tian, you haven't told me why the old man didn't accept the silver ticket I handed him before? ”
"Xiao Hao, you were born in a rich family and grew up with gold nuggets, so it is naturally difficult for you to experience the life of a poor person like my uncle. One hundred taels, for this old man, it is possible to make him work hard every day for decades before he can earn it. However, being poor does not mean that people are also poor. A man can live in humility, but he cannot live in humility. A spoonful of food, a soup, if you get it, you will live, and if you get it, you will die, and you will take it, and those who do the way will receive it, and you will take it, and the beggars will disdain it. The old man, although he was very poor, but he was also very self-respecting, and lived a very proud life, and it can be said that in terms of dignity, he was richer than any rich man. So Xiao Hao, you took a silver ticket of one hundred taels and gave it to this old man in public, and the old man would definitely not accept it. Because his dignity is far greater than this silver ticket of one hundred taels. Oh, by the way, I don't mean to say that you give it to him in public, and he doesn't accept it, but if you give it to him privately, he takes it. ”
"Brother God, I now find that you speak very elegantly and profoundly. If these words were put in normal times, Xiao Hao would definitely not believe that this was said from Brother Tian's mouth. ”
"Didn't your brother tell you before, the longer you stay with your brother Tian, the more you will find that your brother Tian has countless advantages."
"Perhaps. By the way, Brother Tian, what do you think they will do with this matter next? "This time, I saw our little Zhengtai unexpectedly did not refute his heavenly brother.
"Your brother Tian doesn't know this very well. Maybe he just let him go after educating him, or maybe he was directly handed over to the government for disposal. Anyway, the rest has nothing to do with you and me, and besides, your brother is not a superman sent by God to save the earth. So it's up to them to do what they like! ”
"Oh! Brother that day, what is Superman with egg pain? ”
"Egg Pain Superman is a Super Saiyan who wears his underwear backwards, and is as famous as the city management of our future harmonious Celestial Empire."
"Oh, Brother Tian, what is a Super Saiyan again?"
"Super Saiyan is ......"
Today's trial table matter is over, and now the two of them continue to wander towards other prosperous areas of Yangzhou City with the relaxed and happy mood from before.