The two officials hurriedly ran to the inner hall to see the county order, sweating profusely and panting, and reported: "My lord is not good, the people are rushing to this side in a rage for fear of 'rebellion', and I am afraid that I will not be able to stop the gate of the county government and have closed the county office." ”

The word "rebellion" made the county order's face blue in fright, this is the crime of the nine clans, the county order was stunned in the chair immediately after hearing it, but then he thought that there was no big difference in his tenure, how could he arouse such a big public anger, and after calming down for a while, he felt that most of these officials did not understand the situation, and bluffed and reported indiscriminately, but this was just his own speculation, after all, he was still confused.

"Slap" A loud slap hit the face of the official who reported the call, and the county magistrate was beaten back to his senses by this crisp slap, and looked at the county Cheng in a daze and scolded the two officials angrily: "Do you bastards want to die, and can 'rebellion' be said casually?" The adults who guard the pastoral side cherish the people, never hurt a single person, never send exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, how can the people live and work in peace and contentment for no reason, and they don't get out and watch. What the county Cheng wants to say is exactly what the county commander wants to express in his heart, and this statement is a lot more relieved.

The official who was beaten covered his face and ran out, and the other slowed down his buttocks, but he was kicked by the county man, "Still give me ink here, hurry up and see what happened." ”

Although the prefectural order came to his senses, his forehead was full of beads of sweat. It was really uncomfortable to be frightened by the cold in the middle of the day, so I got up and came to the basin to wash my face with water, and the county man handed a silk cloth next to him and comforted: "My lord, although you can relax, I want you to guard the pastoral side, and be diligent in government and love the people, which is obvious to all, where is there any 'rebellion', it must be that the two officials did not understand the situation and reported it indiscriminately." ”

"Huh" The county magistrate let out a breath of turbidity, tidied up his official uniform and said, "Let's go, follow me to have a look." He threw the silk cloth in the basin and hurried to the hall.

Turn the inner hall to the front hall and hear the "drum" was knocked "knock, knock, knock" explosion, shocked the ears hurt, the county order couldn't help frowning because of the "rebellion" of the officer, so that the heart has been very uncomfortable, at this time the two sides of the government officials also stood in two rows, just listen to the county order sit in the main hall, shocked the hall of wood, shouted: "Come, open the main gate to report the people." ”

As soon as the official opened the door, the middle-aged man led by him couldn't wait to pull the bearded man inside, and then a group of people poured in, including people on the same boat and people along the street to see the excitement.

The middle-aged man who came to the hall knelt on the ground and said, "My lord, on behalf of more than 30 people on the passenger ship, I sue this exotic man for bewitching the people, plotting with evil intentions, and blasphemy. He took out a copy of the certificate from his bosom and held it above his head, just waiting for the county order to accept the paper.

"What bullshit doesn't make sense, you make it clear." The county order did not accept the petition, but reprimanded the middle-aged man who filed the complaint, and it seems that the indiscriminate report of the official left a deep psychological shadow on the county decree.

The middle-aged man was stunned when he saw that the county magistrate was angry, so he told the whole process as it was, and only after explaining the reason did the county magistrate accept the paper.

After the people outside the county government heard the middle-aged man tell the story, they all shouted outside that the county government wanted the county government to cure the sin of the bearded man.

The "quiet" county commander shocked Tang Lin and slapped it on the table, and immediately fell silent, and said with a "threat": "If there is any more noise, they will be arrested and sent to the county jail." ”

Only then did the county magistrate notice the exotic man standing in the hall, and after a little look, he asked, "Can you speak Da Ming?" "It's a bit difficult to get into words if you don't understand it.

The word "will" is correct and round, and there is no trace of exotic atmosphere, and it seems that there are years in Daming from the reply of the bearded man.

"That's good." The county magistrate was shocked to the table again, he wanted to give this exotic man a dismount, since he came to this hall he stood there straight, not at all in his eyes this county decree is very annoying, greatly detracted from his majesty, unlike the people of the county town to his parents and officials are submissive, respectful and polite, which makes him very dull in front of the villagers.

The county magistrate opened his mouth and asked: "Okay, you barbarian, why don't you kneel when you see the county order, the county will first sentence you for contempt of the court, come, pull this man down and beat him again." "Let's get off the horse first, and then the officials standing on both sides will step forward and torture the bearded man after hearing the order of the county order.

The bearded man said, "My lord, wait, I don't know what crime I have committed, and I will be dragged down and punished." There is no kneeling in our country, so even if you are killed, you will not kneel. The bearded man raised his right hand and bowed in front of his left chest, "This is the highest etiquette in our country, and I would like to apologize for the rude to the adults just now." I have traveled thousands of miles across the ocean to countries such as Nepal, Luzon, Ryukyu, and Annam, all of which are far inferior to yours economically, culturally, and militarily, but I have never been convicted of not kneeling before an official. Officials in these countries who have come into contact with each other regard your country as a 'suzerain'. Every time they worship, they say that your emperor and the ministers around him treat him with courtesy, convince people with virtue and regard the Ming Emperor as the 'pride of the sky' on behalf of the herdsmen, and the officials under them are also smart and capable, benevolent and righteous, and it is because of their sincere admiration that I came to your country. Before he came, he learned that the emperor of this country was supreme and could not be slandered, and as long as the emperor's "gold medal for avoiding death" was revealed, the county decree would not dare to act arbitrarily.

The county magistrate thought to himself on the Taishi's chair: "Okay, you barbarian, it's just enough to be able to speak Chinese." 'Beating him on a board is simple and can also export evil anger, but in this way, the emperor is benevolent and virtuous, and the civil and military officials are mediocre and confused, and now the people of the whole county are crowded at the yamen will inevitably spread out, if this is spread to the palace by people adding fuel and vinegar, even if he is a 'nine-life cat demon', he will die without a place to be buried, thinking about the 'brocade guards' everywhere and all kinds of vicious torture methods, he will be covered in a cold sweat and a pain of flesh.

The bearded man knew that his judgment was right when he looked at the embarrassed expression of the county order.

After hesitating for a moment, the county order said: "This official reads that you are new to the city, you don't know how to be polite, and you don't have to deal with you, a barbarian from a foreign country, and 'those who don't know are not guilty', so they will spare your board and remember not to commit it again." "Thank you, Lord for your innocence." The bearded man said.

Seeing that the bearded man gradually came to the road, the county commander said with a relaxed expression: "The person kneeling under this hall accuses you of evil intentions and lies to confuse the crowd in an attempt to damage everyone's property in order to achieve his own ulterior purpose. ”

After the bearded man saluted, he said: "Your Excellency, when I first arrived in Guixian County, I had no grievances with them in the past, and I had no worries in the near future, why should I damage their belongings, and I can't get them when they are thrown into the river, not to mention that my own things are also thrown into the river, which is obvious to all." If you want to say that there is a purpose, it is also so that everyone can cross the river safely. ”

The kneeling middle-aged man saw that the bearded man easily resolved the crisis in front of him, and hurriedly said: "My lord, this man has made evil words and blasphemed the gods on the boat, intending to subvert my Daming. ”

"Presumptuous" The county magistrate slapped the table and shouted angrily: "How can this official ever let you speak, if you provoke another offense, you will be punished." "Rebellion and subversion have one meaning, and the county order heard similar words one after another, naturally did not give him a good face, and the middle-aged man saw that the county order was angry and hooked his head and bent over and did not dare to speak quickly.

The county magistrate repeated the middle-aged man's question and asked the bearded man, but the bearded man was not panicked, and defended himself: "This brother, you are so big that your hat is buttoned down, how can people bear it." I came to your country alone, with no relatives, no friends, and only three feet, how can I subvert the Ming Dynasty. As for blasphemy, there is no way to talk about it, the river you are talking about may have gods in your eyes, but in my eyes it is just a river with undulating waves that blends various natural factors. ”

"Adults, small ones have something to say." This time, the middle-aged man learned to ask the county order for instructions first, and if he was just afraid that the bearded man would not be punished as he did just now, he would have received a punishment first.

The county magistrate motioned for him to speak, and the middle-aged man dared to speak: "What kind of natural factors are you talking about, what is it?" Don't say something you don't understand to deceive everyone, and try to get by. Everyone at the gate of the county government also nodded in unison, and it seemed that they had the same question, and everyone heard the bearded man's words like a cloud.

At this time, the county commander said in an ordered tone: "You barbarian, hurry up and tell me what natural factors are here, if there is half a sentence that is not true, this official will sentence you to be sent to the army." ”

The bearded man sensed the threat of the prefectural order again, but he was not frightened, and after sorting out his thoughts, he said: "Before I explain, I would like to ask you a question, is this river called 'Shenmei Beach' on the fifteenth day of every month, with rough waves and strong winds, a little smaller in a few months, and a little bigger in a few months. The big months will be like today. Seeing that the bearded man was talking about the way, everyone thought about it carefully, and they all whispered: "Why didn't I notice this before, but after this exotic man said it, it really looked like that." ”

"Why is that?" the prefectural magistrate asked.

The bearded man said: "The moon we see at night seems to be stationary, but in fact it is always revolving around the earth where we live, and of course everything has its own laws. These are the months when the moon is closest to the Earth where we live and has the greatest impact on the Earth. The gravitational pull of the earth will weaken, and the extremely light wind and water will bear the brunt, and the river surface will be irradiated by the sun during the day, the water temperature will rise and the sea breeze blowing from the sea at night will squeeze each other, and the energy generated will be released nowhere to act on the river, then the river water will accelerate the flow. ”

The bearded man paused at this point and then said: "Let's talk about the structure of Shenming Beach, the high mountains on both sides of Shenming Beach tower, making it a natural ventilation channel, and the bottom of the river can also be judged to be different from other places, it must be full of potholes, basin-shaped round troughs, the riverbed was karst hundreds of millions of years ago, and long-term rain soaking will form round pits, and then the earth's crustal movement violently collides with the riverbed and sinks, forming today's 'Shenming Beach' over time." The combination of these factors leads to the situation encountered on board today. ”

Everyone was stunned by the man's miraculous skills, and there was no reaction for a long time.

At this time, the middle-aged man took the lead in shouting: "My lord, don't listen to this person's words, this person is a foreign land, why can he speak the Ming language fluently." Seeing that the bearded man was about to get away with his crimes, the middle-aged man didn't care about being punished, and tried his best to condemn this foreign man in prison.

Without waiting for the county order to speak, the bearded man preemptively said: "As I said just now, I have been looking up to your country for a long time, and if I want to visit, of course I must be able to speak the Ming language, and when I was in Annan, I learned from the local officials who can speak the Ming language, so what is there to doubt." ”

"By the way," added the bearded man, "this beach will be safe as long as the fishing boats don't go, and the passenger and cargo ships will be safe if they don't ask for too many things." ”

At this time, the master whispered a few words next to the county order, and the county order nodded, and then said: "In view of the complexity of the case, the county has decided to temporarily detain this exotic man, and the verdict will be pronounced after the official thinks carefully. He slapped the table and turned back to the back hall.

Because the county order ordered the bearded man to be temporarily detained, the yacha had to escort the exotic man in front of him to the prison, and the yasan said coldly: "Let's go." The bearded man shook his head helplessly without saying a word.

The middle-aged man got up and patted the ash off his knees, looked at the bearded man's departing figure and smiled proudly, although he was not convicted immediately, but at least he was developing in the direction he wanted.

The county commander walked to the inner hall accompanied by the master, and the bearded man was held by the official with his arm and walked to the trap, the middle-aged man got up and flicked his sleeves and left dissatisfied, and the onlookers scattered in a hurry when they saw that there was no excitement.

The county order of Neitang turned around again and again, but she couldn't come up with an idea, but at this time, the lady of the county order couldn't help but speak: "I said that you have been here for half an hour, and I am tired if you are not tired." The nameless fire of the county order was ignited by this "poof", and he opened his mouth and said angrily to the Liu family: "What do you woman know, don't let me get in." ”

"Hmph," Mrs. County Ling got up angrily and threw up her sleeves and entered the bedroom.

At this time, the county commander said his anxiety to the county and the master: "Hey, how should this be." The two said that if this is a sentence, it will be easy to get into trouble, and now is the season of worship for all subject countries, and it has been spread to the capital that this Songlin County, Zhejiang Province has arrested foreign men and punished them, so the court's grace and generosity to the subject countries is not self-deception? Where does the emperor's face remain? So I lived to the end. If this is not tried, it will not be able to pass in front of you. Look at the convincing force of this group of people in the 'Shenming Beach', every fifteen rivers are full of boats and gongs and drums, which is more attentive than worshipping the ancestral hall of the clan. ”

The county magistrate said that his mouth was dry, so he sat down to drink and picked up the tea bowl and drank water, and the whole person relaxed at this fierce drink, and he said to the two of them: "You two are good, standing next to you like no one else, just look at me stupidly and get angry in a hurry, tell me what you think." ”