77. Stories (1)

It was the beginning of March, and it was raining in the middle of nowhere, and a small tavern on the side of the street on the outskirts of the city was crowded with passers-by hiding from the rain. If you hide from the rain, you can't help but drink a glass of wine by the way, and if you drink, you will inevitably brag. The little brother who sells tea sees that the business is good, his eyes are squinted with a smile, the wine is cooked, the dishes are on the table, the little brother comes out to see when the rain will stop, if the next time is fine, if it has been for a long time, he is a small place, can not fit more guests!

But I saw a woman standing under the eaves, wearing a beautiful hat on her head, wearing toothed sandals on her feet, and a small bag on her back. The tea seller was in a good mood and hurriedly invited her into the house to sit.

"The girl should also prepare rain gear when she goes out, this March day, the child's face, changes three times a day!" The little brother is sent every day, and he speaks and does things very neatly and thoughtfully. There is no need to ask, just look at the clothes and dress to know her temperament likes and dislikes, take the initiative to help create a quiet corner, and ask: "The girl wants tea and wine?" ”

"Neither, just shelter from the rain."

The little brother is a good person, and he is still enthusiastic even if he has no business, and he puts tea on the table, "Everyone who enters the door is a guest, so you should invite the girl, and you will be auspicious!" ”

The woman said thank you, lifted the white veil that covered her face on the edge of the hat, put the tea into the veil and sniffed it slightly before drinking.

Seeing that she didn't take off her hat, the little brother walked away with some disappointment.

The rain did not mean to stop, so the pedestrians were not in a hurry and spoke at length. A fat and reckless man was quite disgusted that he couldn't stretch his feet here, so he scolded: "Grandma's, there is a post station opposite, but you have to squeeze in this place with a big nose!" ”

"Brother drank too much!" Someone sneered: "That's the official post, it only accepts those who eat imperial grain, and my brother is not angry, go and donate a hat, and you can go in and eat and drink for nothing." ”

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and then there were people who talked about selling officials, saying that they only asked for 10,000 taels of gold in a small county, and they were really black. For a while, the scolding and sighs were mixed, and they were endless.

The little brother who sold wine was anxious, and hurriedly lit the door: "Don't talk about these guest officials, there is an official post opposite, and the officials come and go, so I heard that a big disaster is coming!" ”

A strong man stood up and laughed, and then spat at the door: "Lu beetle thief!" Let's kill one by one, and kill one by two! He took out the board axe, turned it twice, and slashed it on the table, and the wine jar and the dishes and chopsticks jumped up.

"Small business, small business! Be considerate! With a smile on his face, the little brother lifted the axe out, wiped it with a rag, and gave him a back seat.

The Peugeot woman who was walking with the strong man pulled him to sit down and said, "It's not easy to be a small boss, you are gentle." He took the initiative to pay the little brother two dollars, and went to close the doors and windows, and said to the drinkers:

"Heaven and earth are so big, what a joy to meet in a house today. Everyone is drinking and chatting, it is better to carry out the wine order, one is to mix the time and wait for the rain to stop, the second is not to drink nonsense, it is difficult to call the small boss, and the third is to live up to the spring rain like wine, the joy of meeting, he does not feel bored in his diary. ”

Everyone said that this was a good idea, but the strong man scratched his head and said: "You love that crepe thing, everyone is mostly coarse, how can you do it?" He smiled again, pointed to the woman and said, "I am a hun family, and I show my ugliness to make everyone laugh." Having said that, there was a look of pride in his expression that could not be concealed.

The woman said: "The wine order is also elegant and vulgar, not all of them are crepe. It's just that the vulgar order is carried out and shouted five and six, and the excitement is even more to lift the table and kick the chair, which lives up to the original intention of the order. She lowered her head and groaned slightly, clapped her hands and smiled: "Yes, it's better for everyone to take turns to tell a story, no matter what, but to get a 'strange' word." ”

"Little sister-in-law's proposal is good, but this 'strange' is not good, is it strange to talk about gods and ghosts, and strange to demons? According to me, when we meet in Pingshui, the important thing is to treat each other sincerely, so take the word 'true' and say something real and true. ”

That woman is quite good-looking, and she never looks old, who is so blind to call her aunt? Everyone looked at it, it was an eight or nine-year-old child, pink and tender, and the aura was compelling, and it was never too much to call him an aunt, not to mention that it was rare to be able to say such a thing at this age.

The child was reasonable, but her mother knocked her on the head with a hammer: "Don't interject when adults speak!" ”

At this time, two scholars who went out together stood up, one tall and one short, and the tall said: "The little sister-in-law is reasonable, and the little brother is also reasonable, it is better to be together, and everyone will tell a few strange and true stories." It's just that there are many strange people and strange things in the whole world, and I take the liberty to propose that these stories should be to the point of joy, anger, sorrow, happiness, greed, infatuation, love, and hate, so that they will not be mixed and boundless. The dwarf cocked his glass and echoed:

"It is 'a pot of turbid wine to meet each other, how many things in ancient and modern times, all pay to talk and laugh', the world is full of states, thousands of weather, all become you and me to accompany the wine!" Drink the wine in your hand.

"Okay, good," an old man laughed, "the afterlife is wonderful, but I can't do it." The more difficult it is to the end, change the eight characters to 'joy and anger', 'sorrow', 'greed', 'love and hate'! ”

Everyone said that it was interesting, so Lao Suo and the two scholars were judges, and several small square tables were put together into a large square table, and they sat around, and the wine and food became public property, and they could eat as much as they wanted.

First of all, "joy and anger", the judge shook the dice, four o'clock, and pointed in the direction to the fourth, which was the strong man with the axe. He cleared his throat and said: "I should pick up a ready-made bargain, I just heard that the hometown dog official clearly marked the price and peddled official positions, and remembered that we are the same there, and even more rampant - appeasement made Cui Yun manage Huainan West Road, his minimum asking price is 20,000 gold, 20,000 ah, a state's tax for three years!" The people wailed endlessly when they knew it, cursing the corrupt officials, and even hung the spirit flags to gather outside the government to scold by name, smashing rotten eggs and throwing rotten vegetable leaves. ”

He paused for a moment, and everyone listened to it with resentment, and asked in surprise: "Is it Cui Yun, who writes a thin gold spell?" I heard that his words are priceless, but he is still so greedy? ”

"Yes," the strong man nodded and continued: "The people are angry, they burned down Cui's mansion, and wrote a blood letter of 10,000 words to sue him, but on the tenth day, the upper authorities sent people to come, who knew that it was not to arrest him, but to rebuild Cui's mansion, and on the day the mansion was built, Cui Yun held a torch and said to the people: Do you still want to burn? I'll help you, anyway, the burning tax, in the final analysis, is your money, I don't feel heartache. - Do you say you can be angry? ”

"Ahh The big brother's essay is not on topic, and he must be punished! ”

The strong man waved his hand and smiled proudly: "Don't worry, I haven't finished talking yet!" Since then, the people have known that Cui Yun has his back to Mount Tai, the foundation is solid, he can't move, he can't sue, and he only swallows it in his stomach when he has anger, swallowing and swallowing, but he finds that the big and small greed in the states of Huaixi Road have fallen one after another, and the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes are gone, and only one Cui Ju is greedy.

What do you say? - It turns out that Cui Ju is a jackal, eating people and not spitting out bones, but whenever someone bribes an official, he doesn't say much, and he doesn't refuse to come, but afterwards he finds a mistake and deliberately takes a short, which makes people rob their homes and behead them. The copied things were not reported to be handed over, and they were used to repair water conservancy, and no one dared to buy officials from him in the eight states under the jurisdiction of Huaixi Road. What are you doing? Then Cui Yun said: Let's call me Cui Ju greedy, I kept half of the copied things for myself! ”

After the strong man finished speaking, everyone was stunned, not knowing whether to laugh or scold. Some people say that Master Cui is a good official, and those who do not seek to be an official are selfless, and it is very commendable to be half-public and half-private. Some people also say that it is the top that governs corruption with greed, and Cui Yun can't see that others are more greedy than him, so he can't be called a good official. The two factions insisted on their own words, and when they were deadlocked, they asked the judge to arbitrate.

Lao Suo stroked his beard and smiled: "Everything in the world, it is difficult to distinguish between right and wrong, and it cannot be covered by one word, according to the old man's opinion, even if you listen to the story, you don't need to argue about right and wrong, otherwise it is not like talking and laughing, but preaching." The two deputy judges also said yes again and again, saying: "Cui Shuai is a strange person, the people of Huaixi Road are angry and happy when they meet him, and the story of the eldest brother is interesting and to the point." Pass! ”