Chapter 40: Pie in the Sky

As soon as the fake Zhao Ping arrived in the hall, Song Ruilong smelled a special smell, which was the fox odor on people, but in this era, people probably don't know about this disease.

The real Zhao Ping glanced at the fake Zhao Ping, and his face turned pale.

Zhang Meixian fanned her nose with her hand and said, "What kind of smell is this?" It smells bad to death. ”

Fake Zhao Ping got up from the ground, and after kneeling, he looked around with his eyes, humming and chirping in his mouth, not knowing what he was saying.

Tie rushed up and pulled the cloth off the fake Zhao Ping's mouth, and said, "Say!"

Fake Zhao Ping looked around and said, "What kind of place is this?" What are you calling me here for? I didn't break anything. ”

Su Xianrong looked at the fake Zhao Ping and said, "Wu Baoquan, what did you say when I rescued you in the Land Temple?" Where did you get that money from? Why are you being chased and beaten by so many Hanako? ”

Wu Bao didn't dare to raise his head and said, "I begged for a lot of money, but those called Huazi were not convinced, so they insisted that I give them the money." If I don't do it, they will rob it. ”

Song Ruilong looked at Wu Baoquan and said: "Wu Baoquan, don't worry, if the money is really obtained by you with your own hands, this county will definitely make decisions for you, so that those who rob you of your money will be severely punished."

Wu Baoquan slowly raised his head, glanced at Song Ruilong and said: "My lord, the villain is just a man named Huazi, who lives on the help of the old folks in Ping'an County on weekdays. Yesterday, the villain met a very rich man in Ping'an County by chance, and he said that he was willing to give me a hundred taels of silver to let me stay at the Youlong Inn in Xiangfu County for one night. Where had the villain seen so much money, so he agreed without thinking. ”

Song Ruilong said with a calm face: "Do you still recognize the person who gave you a hundred taels of silver?"

Wu Baoquan recalled for a moment and said, "That person's figure is about the same as mine, but I didn't see it clearly when he looked small. Because the man was wearing a hat at the time, his head was kept down. After he gave me a hundred taels of silver, he told me to take a bath when I arrived at the Dragon Inn. I have to make a big move at night, so that the shopkeeper knows that I have been in the inn. ”

Song Ruilong said: "Look at the person in front of you, do you recognize it?"

Wu Baoquan straightened his waist, shook his head twice, looked at it, and said, "I don't know."

Zhang Meixian said: "Take a closer look to see if he is the one who gave you a hundred taels of silver."

Wu Baoquan took a closer look by the candlelight, and said excitedly: "Oh, my lord, I know who he is." He was the one who gave me a hundred taels of silver. ”

Zhao Ping was terrified and said, "You are talking nonsense, you are called Huazi, who has seen you!"

Song Ruilong slapped the table with a teacup and said, "Silence!"

The hall fell silent. Song Ruilong glared at Zhao Ping and said: "Without the county's questioning, if you dare to speak privately, it will be a big fifty board."

Zhao Ping was so frightened that he immediately tightened his mouth.

Song Ruilong looked at Wu Baoquan and said slowly: "Wu Baoquan, tell me, how are you sure that that person is the one who gave you the silver?" ”

Wu Baoquan said: "Although he was carrying a hat that day, when he gave me silver, I found a scar on the back of his hand. The scar was like a caterpillar crawling. At the time, I was still wondering how this man didn't catch the worms because there were bugs crawling on his hands. Fortunately, when I saw the hundred taels of silver, my eyes were straight, and I forgot to remind him of it. Tonight, the adult asked the little one to see if the little one knew the little one, and the little one saw the scar on the back of his hand, so the little one was sure that he was the one who gave me a hundred taels of silver that day. ”

Song Ruilong saw that Zhao Ping's hands were trembling, and his body was also trembling, and he couldn't wait to cut off the back of his hand.

Song Ruilong said happily: "This county has also seen the scar on the back of Zhao Ping's hand. You're right, the scar does look like a caterpillar crawling. You can't see his face clearly, but if you see the scar, you can be sure of that person's identity. Wu Baoquan, think about it again, when was Zhao Ping giving you a hundred taels of silver? ”

Wu Baoquan rolled his eyes, tilted his head, and said: "At noon the day before yesterday, about three minutes after lunch, I was sleeping with a mat in the Land Temple, and before I could lie down, I was kicked in the waist by a person, and I was about to get angry, and that person took out a hundred taels of silver. Who will have trouble with silver these days, and I won't be angry when I see it. Later, he said, "If I want to get the hundred taels of silver, I have to do something for him." ”

Song Ruilong listened carefully and said, "What is that?" ”

Wu Baoquan said: "It's not a hurtful thing. I said at the time that if it hurts heaven and reason, I won't do it if I am killed. Although we are beggars, we still understand the truth that the mighty cannot be bowed, the poor and the lowly cannot be moved, and the rich and the rich cannot be lewd. You can't eat what you come from. ”

Song Ruilong was secretly happy in his heart: "I didn't expect that a beggar in ancient times could have such a discipline, it's really rare." ”

Song Ruilong let himself relax a little and said, "After you asked Zhao Ping what he wanted you to do, what was your choice?" ”

Wu Baoquan said with some excitement: "My lord, isn't this a good thing for pie in the sky?" When we were beggars, we spent every day wondering how this pie fell from the sky and hit me in the head. No, there was a pie that hit me in the head at noon the day before yesterday, my lord, you said that there is such a good thing, can I not agree? ”

Song Ruilong couldn't bear to interrupt a dream called Huazi, and said with a wry smile: "Wu Baoquan, you should first tell me what Zhao Ping wants you to do?" ”

Wu Baoquan didn't seem to be nervous at all, and said, "What's the matter?" That's a beautiful thing! It is something that every beggar thinks about every day. Zhao Ping, yes, yes, the guy kneeling next to me, he told me that as long as I rushed to Xiangfu County before dark, and then found the Youlong Inn, and slept in a guest room near the big willow tree for a night, the money would belong to me. ”

Wu Baoquan still looked at Zhao Ping very suspiciously, and said: "However, what that person said is still very special, he told me that I must live in the guest room on the second floor near the big willow tree, if I live in another room, I will not give me this hundred taels of silver, and told me that I must make the movement bigger at night, so that the shopkeeper knows that I live in that inn all night." ”

Wu Baoquan looked up at Song Ruilong and said, "My lord, do you say it's strange?" Someone gave me a hundred taels of silver for no reason, and asked me to go to the inn to sleep, I really accumulated some virtue in my last life. ”