Zhao Changyong: "I don't want to, my friend lives in your shop and counts here." My brother was very happy to meet him, and he brought you to ask how much money he owes you for his stay. You go to the Lonely King's Mansion and get it. ”

This sentence scared the shopkeeper so much that he almost collapsed! My mother, it turns out that Meng Ranhao and Ning Wang Zhao Changyong are friends! I'm damned! Wang Sihai lay on the ground and kowtowed vigorously: "Don't dare, don't dare!" Lord Wang, Xiaomin doesn't know that Mr. Meng is a friend of Chitose Ye, he owes me the store account, I asked him to pretend to be an old Taoist fortune teller to earn money to pay off the debt, this is my sin, Chitose Lord spares his life!"

"You're not guilty, if it weren't for my brother's fortune to pay off the debt, wouldn't he have left? If he is gone, when will my brothers and sisters see each other? You're not guilty, you're still meritorious, get up quickly. ”

"Yes, Master Xie Chitose."

Zhao Changyong said to Meng Ranhao: "Pack up your things and go home with me." Meng Ranhao couldn't excuse himself again and again, and when he saw it, it was not okay not to go, so he went to the back room to change his clothes, took off his robe, and called Wang Sihai and said: "I keep this hexagram hall and this Taoist uniform, and I will come back." ”

"Yes. Mr. Meng, with a guest like you, who is a friend of King Ning, my Wang family shop will also have power. Mr. Meng, don't come!"

Zhao Changyong took Meng Ranhao back to Fushen and served him with wine. Then he changed Ran Hao's clothes and arranged a house, and he planned to let Meng Ranhao live here for a long time.

The next day, Zhao Changyong sent Meng Ranhao to the official document and asked Meng Ranhao to approve the official document for him. There are many gentlemen in this official room, who specially approve the relevant official documents submitted by the county of Shandong. Zhang, Wang, Li, Zhao, Liu. Hu, Luan, Xia, Guo, and Zhou, each have a desk, and there is a stack of official documents on the desk. At this time, someone had already prepared a table and a chair for Meng Ranhao. When those gentlemen heard that it was Zhao Changyong's friend who came here, who dared to underestimate it? Qi said: "Okay, okay, please rest assured." ”

Those gentlemen said nicely, but in fact, they pushed all the official documents that were difficult to approve and could not be approved to Meng Ranhao. Hey, a stack! Meng Ranhao sat down on the chair and did not approve the official document. Do? Drink. Zhao Changyong has sent someone to serve him. He's not welcome. Let the servant bring the wine, and the magnet drank it magnetically.

Drink at the beginning, and drink at the bottom; This is the case for the first day and the next day. Day 3. The nephew played the lantern one by one (uncle). There are few official documents on the table of those gentlemen. How many official documents were originally on the table, and how many are still now. On the fourth day, Meng Ranhao was drinking. While reading the official document. He didn't approve it, and he didn't move a single thing for four days. The few people got together and discussed: "Hey, have you seen it, that person drinks all day long, and he doesn't approve it, I don't know what the problem is!"

"I think he only drinks and doesn't approve documents."

"Even if he can approve it, if we give him those official documents, he won't approve it, hahahaha......"

"Chitose said that this kid is talented. What talent does he have? will drink, dare to come here to live a drinking addiction! ”

"Hey, doesn't he like to drink? Let's go to Chitose Ye and insert a few words for him, it's enough for him to drink a pot!"

"Yes, that's it."

The next day, Zhao Changyong came to the official study room to see, Meng Ranhao pinched the wine jug and drank it to his mouth, and those gentlemen saw that King Ning was coming. One by one, they hurriedly got up and saluted.

Meng Ranhao glanced at Zhao Changyong, didn't move, and continued to drink magnetically.

Zhao Changyong was very unhappy, walked to Meng Ranhao's desk, and said, "Mr. Meng, why don't you write and approve official documents?" If you don't know how to batch. I would like to ask you for your advice. ”

Meng Ranhao smiled and said, "No need. There are not many official documents. It's not hard to approve. To approve, these official documents will not take an hour. "When those gentlemen heard it, what? So many official documents can be approved in less than an hour! You must have drunk too much and said drunken things. A gentleman wanted to embarrass Meng Ranhao, so he said, "Chitose, since this is the case, please let Mr. Meng approve a batch. We are also taught. The rest of the gentlemen also coaxed: "Yes, let me wait and receive the teaching." ”

Meng Ranhao said: "Since this is the case, don't you sacrifice ugliness." "After all, put down the flask, pick up two black and red pens from the pen stand, one between the middle finger and the ring finger, one between the middle finger and the index finger, and wave two pens with one hand. The black and red are distinct, and in less than an hour, a large stack of official documents was approved. As soon as Meng Ranhao put down his pen, he shouted: "Bring the wine!" He's drinking again!

When those gentlemen looked at it, they thought: Isn't this nonsense? How can there be such a batch so fast? He's criticizing indiscriminately! One wanted to make Meng Ranhao embarrassed again, and said, "Please take a look at it." Zhao Changyong read one and couldn't help but be surprised. I watched another copy, and I was surprised. After reading the third part, I was surprised. Because the official document approved by Meng Ranhao is word-for-word, surprisingly fast and outstanding.

Zhao Changyong couldn't help but think in his heart: This Meng Ranhao must not be a mortal, could it be said that it is the lower realm of the Tai Platinum Star? At this time, Meng Ranhao drank wine and drank poetry, and said: "The small pine in the township is three feet high, and the fisherman (foolish) man uses me as basil, and one day he will grow into a tree and be able to make a pillar of the sky." ”

Zhao Changyong heard it: Oh, Meng Ranhao is complaining that I have underused him! Actually, Meng Ranhao didn't mean that, because he didn't want to serve King Ning at all. Even if Meng Ranhao is used as a big material, Meng Ranhao is not there. It was out of helplessness that he was brought to the mansion by King Ning.

And his poem is to scold King Ning. It is said that King Ning regards the "Dingtian Pillar" as a "penny", has eyes but no beads, and is a fool. "Fool" and "fish" are homophonic words. King Ning's literary talent started Meng Ranhao, and it was too far away. How do you know the meaning of this poem!

Zhao Changyong showed the official document to those gentlemen, and those gentlemen were completely dumbfounded, you look at me, I look at you, that means to say: It's over, it's over, it seems that we won't stay long, let's pull it together and bundle it up, and we won't be Meng Ranhao alone! Looks like we're not far from the rolls!

Zhao Changyong took Meng Ranhao's hand and walked out of the official study, and hurriedly said: "Mr. Meng is really a genius, this king is really useless to you." ”

"Where, where, I don't dare to bear the word big material."

Zhao Changyong and Meng Ranhao came to the front hall and set up a banquet. In the middle of eating and drinking, Zhao Changyong said: "I have a thing, I don't know whether to talk about it or not?"

Meng Ranhao said: "If you have any noble words, please tell me face to face." ”

"I would like to marry Mr. Meng as Jin Lan, I don't know what Mr. Meng thinks?" Meng Ranhao thought to himself: This kid is not right-minded, how can I marry him as a good brother of Jinlan, life and death? But how do you excuse yourself? Ah, there you have it! Thinking of this, he sighed and said, "Blind." You and I worship brothers in life and death. It's nothing to me, but it's not good for you. ”

Zhao Changyong didn't understand what this meant, and hurriedly asked, "How do you say this?"

"You don't know what to say, my life is hard. Gram people. Don't look at the blessing that you have been the Son of Heaven for eighteen years. If you and I are brothers in life and death, let me give it to you. I can't go any further, you get the idea, right?"

Zhao Changyong: It seems. This Meng Ranhao is not a mortal, he is an immortal! Otherwise, no matter how hard his life is, he can't resist my life of being the Son of Heaven for eighteen years! He said that he couldn't go deeper, which meant that he couldn't say his identity, because it was a heavenly opportunity, and how could a heavenly secret be revealed? If he were a mortal, he would have long wished he had married me and come to my big tree to enjoy the shade! In that case, don't bow down, don't miss me for being the Son of Heaven for eighteen years! Thinking of this, he said, "I listen to you, then we will not bow down." "That's right." I have eaten a wine banquet. Rest for each other.

After the kings arrived in the capital, they were going to attend the court meeting. On this day, Zhao Changyong returned home, and set up a banquet to drink with Meng Ranhao. After three cups, Zhao Changyong let out a long sigh with a sad face.

Meng Ranhao asked him why he sighed for a long time, and Zhao Changyong said: "Blind, this morning, the emperor was furious, and told his ministers to find the people who solved the table, recognized the pearls, opened the bow, and surrendered the beast within five days, and if they couldn't find it, they would be beheaded outside the noon gate." ”

Meng Ranhao didn't know the details, and Zhao Changyong told him about the Bohai Sea entering the Four Treasures. After Meng Ranhao heard this, Ha Lu Ha Da Lu laughed and said, "What's so difficult about this! ”

After listening to Meng Ranhao's words, Zhao Changyong was skeptical and asked: "Can you do everything to solve the table, recognize the pearls, open the bow, and descend the beast?" ”

Meng Ranhao said: "I don't dare to say anything about opening the bow and descending the beast; It is easy to solve the table and recognize the pearls. When Zhao Changyong heard this, he was exactly what he wanted, and he thought: Tomorrow in the court, I will play a book, saying that it will not make a great contribution to finding someone who understands the watch and knows the pearls? The one who opens the bow and descends the beast, let others find it. It's good that I can't find it, so I took the opportunity to play a book and get rid of a few henchmen. When the time comes, I will be the emperor and be a little more obedient, so as not to let them take it indiscriminately!

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile and said: "Tomorrow I will go to the palace to face the king, and you have to be a high-ranking official to be promoted, and the horse has to be ridden." ”

When Meng Ranhao heard this, he was very unhappy, and secretly thought: If I don't have that talent, you can protect me, I can't interpret the table, read the pearls, and I can't be an official, if I have that talent, I don't need you to protect it, and the emperor should also seal me an official position. I rely on my talent, what do I use you for? Oh, and you want to make a favor out of it? I don't care about you! Thinking of this, he rolled his eyes and said, "Don't protect me first, I'll go to the Golden Pavilion Pavilion tomorrow to see the Four Treasures." If I can get to know you, it's not too late for you to go to the temple to protect it. ”

"It's okay, tomorrow after the morning court, I'll take you to the Golden Pavilion Pavilion."

"Okay."

Before dawn the next day, Zhao Changyong went out of the house and went to the palace. As soon as he left with his front foot, Meng Ranhao was busy. He changed his clothes, took off the clothes that Zhao Changyong gave him, folded them, and put them away. The reason why Meng Ranhao was so early was because he was leaving, and he didn't take a straw stick from the palace.

He wrote a letter, put it on his folded clothes, and walked away. Zhao Changyong went down to the court and returned home, and when he looked for Meng Ranhao, he was gone! Seeing that he gave Meng Ranhao's clothes were folded and placed on the bed, there was a letter on it, and when I opened it, there were two words on a large piece of paper: See you again. There is no title at the top, and there is no payment at the bottom. Zhao Changyong stared at these two words and pondered: Why did he say goodbye? Did he drink too much yesterday, brag nonsense, sober up, and felt that he had no face to see me? Can't! I don't think he looks like a mortal, because he is not only accurate in divination, but in the past few days of idle conversation, when I ask him anything, he will answer him like a stream, as if there is nothing in the world that he does not know. Hey, shouldn't there be no one to solve the table, recognize the pearls, open the bow, and surrender the beasts, the Bohai Sea will raise troops, the country will be in chaos, and I will be the emperor? This guy really wants to be the emperor!

Let's talk about Meng Ranhao, he came out of the old thief's mansion and went back to Wang's shop. When Wang Sihai saw it, he hurriedly stepped forward: "Yo, Mr. Meng, you are really talking, you are here in the end." After you're gone. I think about it every day, and I look forward to it every night! Hey, you and King Ning are good friends, what kind of official did he give you?"

"I can't be an official! There is nothing else to do when I go back to the store today, please Wang Diandong put the small hexagram shop for me again, and I will also count the hexagram. ”

"Mr. Meng, don't tell jokes, can Chitose let you tell the hexagram again?"

"He can't control my fortune telling, you can find that Taoist uniform for me again, and start resting for two days."

As the saying goes: it is better to be respectful than to obey your fate. Since you want to tell a fortune. I'll tell the guy to clean up the room. The king's shopkeeper thought so in his heart.

Meng Ranhao lives in Wang's store again. The next day. After breakfast, he changed into Taoist clothes and said to Wang Sihai: "I'll go out of Lu for a trip, when will I come back." Sooner or later. Don't have to wait for me. ”

"Yes. It's best if you're back early. ”

Meng Ranhao walked out of the Wang store. Come out on the street. People come and go on the street, monks and Taoists, Hui and Han religions, Shinong industry and commerce, men, women and children, and the river is continuous. It's not lively! While Meng Ranhao was walking, he heard two people in front of him discussing: "Hey, I heard that the emperor list was posted outside the gate of the Wu Dynasty, do you know the way?"

"I don't know what is written on the emperor's list?"

"I heard that the envoys sent by Bohai sent the four treasures, and these four treasures have a text table, a treasure bead, a divine bow, and a monster. If someone in our Dahua Heavenly Dynasty can interpret the beads, pull out the divine bow, and subdue the monsters, Bohai will pay tribute every year, and be a vassal every year, if they can't do this, let our Dahua Heavenly Dynasty give them territory. ”

"What if we don't give them territory?"

"Then they will raise troops to fight us!"

"This is too insulting, let's go, let's take a look."

Meng Ranhao heard these words, and also walked towards the door of the afternoon. After a while, I came to the gate of the noon court. Sure enough, there are many people there to watch the emperor list! Meng Ranhao stepped forward and looked up, the content written in the first part of the imperial list was similar to what the two people said, and the latter part also wrote: "Regardless of the two sects of monks and Taoists, the two religions of Hui and Han, Shinong and industry and commerce, men and women, young and old, if they can interpret the table and recognize the pearls, the official will be awarded the bachelor of Hanlin; If you can open a bow and descend a beast, you will be a general. ”

There are a lot of people who look at the list, but there is no one who unveils the list, and an old man sighed and said: "The great Heavenly Empire, is there really no such person?"

After the old man finished the drama, he brushed it, and someone took off the emperor's list. Of course, it was Meng Ranhao who did this.

When the four royal forest soldiers saw Meng Ranhao unveiling the list, they hurriedly invited them into the noon gate and reported to the conveyor, and the conveyor hurriedly reported to the Yellow Gate official, and the Yellow Gate official hurriedly reported to the Golden Palace: "Long live my emperor, there is a Taoist priest outside the noon gate to unveil the list." ”

Zhao Changqing was sitting there frowning, and when he heard that someone had unveiled the list, he was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered the list to be unveiled and entered the upper hall.

With little effort, Meng Ranhao walked up to the Golden Palace. Zhao Changqing stared wide-eyed, this Taoist priest had a face as free as jade, clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, a wide nose and mouth, about forty years old, and three locks of short hair; Wearing a nine-beam scarf, a blue robe, a water and fire silk tie at the waist, and white socks and cloud shoes, the appearance is extraordinary, the demeanor is chic, the fairy wind is bone, and the air is lofty.

Zhao Changyong took a look, oops, isn't this Meng Ranhao? I thought to myself: Oh, you said goodbye to me, and you came to unveil the list outside the noon gate! It seems that you don't want to accept this favor from me!

Meng Ranhao stepped forward to see Zhao Changqing, and Zhao Changqing said, "Excuse yourself and sit down." ”

Meng Ranhao did not refuse, and sat aside generously.

Zhao Changqing asked, "I don't know where Daoist Lu is a monk?"

"Poor Dao is a monk in Wangjiadian on Jingzhong South Street." When Zhao Changqing heard this, he was immediately stunned: "Taoist monks are all in Taoist temples, and I have never heard of being a monk in a store!" So he asked, "Why did you become a monk in Wangjiadian?"

"Caomin was not a Taoist priest, but because he entered Beijing to take the exam, lived in Wangjiadian, owed the store account, and was unable to pay it back, he asked the shopkeeper to borrow a Taoist uniform for me, intending to make money to repay the debt. Passing by the noon gate today. saw the emperor's list, and then the list was unveiled. ”

"Oh, I don't know where Mr. lives. Who's the last name?" The grass people's family is surnamed Meng, whose name is Ranhao, and he is from Zhuozhou. ”

"Mr. Meng, since you have unveiled the emperor's list, you must have read the list, right?"

"Not only have I seen it, but I have seen it clearly."

"Can you decipher the table and recognize the pearls, or can you open the bow and descend the beast?"

"I can decipher the watch and read the pearl."

"Can you really decipher the watch and recognize the pearl?"

"What's so hard about that?" When Zhao Changqing heard this, he was really hungry and hungry, like a fish in water, the folds on his face were opened, and his tone of voice was rough: "I already have civil officials who can read pearls and interpret tables." Hurry up and go to the Golden Pavilion Pavilion, Xuanha Mantuo, and tell him to come to the Golden Palace to meet him quickly. ”

After a short time, He Mantuo came to the Golden Temple with the table and the orb, and after seeing the ceremony, he took out the watch seal and presented it. The chamberlain took it and handed it to Meng Ranhao.

Meng Ranhao opened it, after reading it, he smiled slightly, Zhao Changqing hurriedly asked, "Mr. Meng, do you know what is written in the table?"

"Very well understood."

"Quickly solve the table."

"Before the table, the grass people have something to say, please long live the forgiveness."

"Just talk about it."

"It's best for grass people to drink, just now I drank a pot when I went out of the store, and at this time the wine has passed, but I am afraid that there is a mistake in the interpretation. Long live the Golden Palace to give wine, and the grass people will come to the table after drinking. ”

"Okay, well, since Mr. Meng can understand the watch and recognize the pearls, I should have a banquet. Come on, there is a banquet in the Golden Palace, and I will drink with Mr. Meng. ”

This time, the Manchu Dynasty was all surprised. You must know that only when the marshal who went out to fight won the battle, made great contributions, and returned to the court, can he enjoy such a high treatment as the banquet of the Golden Palace. Today, it has never been the case to give a royal banquet to a grass man who has no merit on his head! (To be continued......)