CHAPTER XIII
Sima Shouqian knew that the true god liked to eat live swordfish, so he made this move, after he finished saying these words, he stood by the door, squinted his eyes, and wanted to look inside through the crack in the door, what was in the courtyard, because, not to mention the secret room, even this courtyard has not been entered by anyone so far, including him, of course, everyone has curiosity.
Sima Shouqian put his face on the gate, but there was not even a slight crack in the gate, what could he see, just as he moved his face away from the gate, a low voice came from the courtyard; "Quickly put down the things, you quickly tell the officials, which two people to leave the fish, you will be promoted to the hall in half an hour, but don't stand on duty."
When Sima Shouqian heard that he was allowed to ascend to the court, he was first surprised, and then asked; "Dare to ask the true God, why did you ascend to the church?"
The people in the courtyard said; "I'm going to personally interrogate the two people who deliver the fish, and during the interrogation, you sit in the lobby, and I hide behind the screen behind you, and I ask you to ask whatever you ask, and you can do whatever I tell you to do."
"Yes", Sima Shouqian humbly agreed outside the gate and asked again; "Is there anything else with the true God?"
The true God in the courtyard said; "One of those two people named Jin Wansheng is the person I am looking for, and as for the other person, after the interrogation, you should also let him go with him."
Where to go? Although Sima Shouqian was skeptical, he still agreed "yes".
Sima Shouqian stood outside the door, reluctant, for fear that his true god would be displeased.
There was no sound in the courtyard again, Sima Shouqian didn't dare to leave, he knew that it would take a while for the master to speak again, and sure enough, after a while, the master said again; "Remember, when you get to the lobby, you have to talk to each other, as the saying goes, it is not worth coaxing the dead, go ahead, talk to them first, and when I arrive, I will interrogate them according to my will."
Sima Shouqian didn't leave the door until this time, hurriedly came to the front of the lobby, then gathered his steps, fell into his hands, wore a black official uniform, wore a silk-winged official hat on his head, and tied a jade belt around his waist.
The two officials, when they saw that the county magistrate had arrived, immediately bluffed and shouted, but they were thinking in their hearts, but it was strange recently, and they asked the prisoner why there was no one standing on duty, and where did Tang Wei go.
There were only two people standing in the hall and the official shouted might, and the county magistrate was just about to get angry, but suddenly remembered that this was arranged by himself, so he didn't say anything, but walked to the back of the public case, picked up the shocking wood, lifted it, and wanted to fall, but hesitated to put it down.
Then, the county magistrate sat down, he first looked at Jin Wansheng and Zhao Ada, who were standing under the hall, and saw that Jin Wansheng was dignified, with a great figure, not like a fisherman, and he felt a little strange in his heart, and then looked at Zhao Ada, and saw that he was thin and dark, and his size was not small, so he pointed to the two of them and asked; "Who's in the hall?"
Jin Wansheng stood proudly silent, "whew", a servant raised the killing stick, and the county magistrate who was sitting high saw that the killing stick was about to fall on Jin Wansheng, and immediately remembered the words of the true god, and hurriedly shouted; "Stop, don't be rude."
The official looked surprised, thinking that he had heard it wrong, but he saw that another official beside him was giving him a look and asking him to quickly put down the killing stick, so he reluctantly put down the killing stick and looked at Jin Wansheng viciously. The county magistrate, who was sitting on top of the public case, changed his face three times between breaths, and finally showed a smile and pointed to the official and said; "Sit down!"
The servant stood still, and after a while, he agreed; "Yes, sir."
Then he brought two stools and put them under Jin Wansheng and Zhao Ada, Jin Wansheng saw this, the evil anger in his heart disappeared by half, and he sat on the stool, and Zhao Ada, like him, sat down.
The county magistrate asked again; "You two are from there, what do you do for a living?"
Zhao Ah thought that he would not toast and eat and drink, so he answered first; "Lord Qiqi County, the younger one is from Xiawan Village, and this one is from Zhangwan Village, and we all make a living from fishing."
The county magistrate didn't blame Zhao Asheng for being too talkative, nodded and smiled, and said; "Very good, the saury you caught is delicious and delicious."
Jin Wansheng had already eliminated his evil anger at this time, and thought to himself, this is about the same, if you want to eat live saury often, you have to discuss it with us, grandpa is happy, maybe he will bring those * saury to you, Jin Wansheng was thinking of this, but suddenly saw the body of the county magistrate leaning back, turned his head again, and then said to a servant; "Go to the back and bring tea to the two strong men."
The two servants went to the back together, Zhao Adaa still wanted to resign, but Jin Wansheng felt that the tea came at the right time, he was thirsty and hungry, and he was thinking about drinking water and eating.
As soon as the official left, the county magistrate walked over from behind the public case, stood in front of Jin Wansheng and comforted him; "What a handsome offspring, presumably the water must be good."
Zhao Adaa preemptively said; "Brother Asheng's water nature is second in this big river, and no one dares to say first."
The county magistrate said with a smile; "The afterlife is terrifying! A ragged colt may make a good horse! ”
The tea came, and the two officials handed the tea bowl to Jin Wansheng and Zhao Ada, respectively, and the county magistrate was still smiling, pointing to the tea leaves floating in the water bowl and said; "This is cactus tea, only in the deep mountains and valleys, the side of the spring can grow, this tea is not easy to come by, strong men can taste."
The county magistrate was too verbose, and before he finished his words, Jin Wansheng had already raised his neck and drank the tea in the bowl, turned his head to the official and said; "One more bowl."
The official said; "How can there be so much of this kind of tea, and there is mountain spring water to drink."
Jin Wansheng said; "Just as I want, take the trouble to bring me a scoop."
The official looked at the county slaughter, the county slaughterer nodded, and the official took another scoop of mountain spring water and handed it to Jin Wansheng, Jin Wansheng opened his mouth and drank a scoop of mountain spring water in one go, and the county magistrate saw this and returned to the public case, tilting his head back, as if listening.
Jin Wansheng drank enough water, looked at Zhao Ada, and asked; "Big brother, are you hungry?"
Zhao Adaa said; "My old intestines and old stomach have long been together."
Jin Wansheng said; "After the county magistrate finishes asking, let's hurry out to eat."
The county magistrate had already heard their conversation on the public case, and he immediately took it and said; "Hungry, yes, it doesn't matter, I'll only ask you about one thing, as long as you tell the truth, I'll let you go to eat right away."
Jin Wansheng just wanted to answer, but suddenly felt a wave of dizziness, and only when a breath of fresh air gradually came up from his abdomen did he feel a little clearer, and when the county magistrate saw this, he immediately lost no time in asking; "Ah Sheng, that Zhao Arda just now said that you are from Zhangwan Village, so why did you come to sell fish with Zhao Ada, from Xiawan Village."
Jin Wansheng replied; "Master, Xiao is indeed from Zhangwan Village, I have been friends with Zhao Ada for many years, we have been fishing for a living for generations, I just had bad luck today, I never caught a fish, so I helped Brother Zhao to sell fish."
The county magistrate listened, nodded, and said casually; "You say you're unlucky, but I think you're full of luck, ordinary people can't see it in your life, you can see and experience things you can't hear, aren't you still satisfied?"
For some reason, Jin Wansheng listened to the words of the county magistrate, but he forgot all about Miss Atao's advice, and he asked rhetorically; "I, what's the luck?"
The county governor said; "You are the so-called time to run, let me ask you, have you been to a place called Peach Blossom Land some time ago?"
Jin Wansheng didn't think about it, and opened his mouth to say; "Yes and what!"
The county governor said; "Your luck is coming, as long as you lead people to go to the Peach Blossom Land again, I guarantee that from today onwards, you will no longer have to suffer from the hard work of the day and night, and you can also stay away from the surging river, so as to avoid the sin of wind and waves, rain and wind,"
Hearing the promise of the county commander, a boat shadow appeared vaguely in front of Jin Wansheng's eyes, but he was immediately suppressed by the urge to confess, and two voices appeared in his head, one voice told him that he must answer the county commander's question truthfully, and immediately do what he said, and the other voice told him that the secret of heaven should not be revealed.
Between the lightning and the fire, Jin Wansheng forgot everything again, and the county governor said again; "As long as you lead people to find that peach blossom source, I will reward you with ten acres of good rice fields, you see how it goes!"
A voice immediately burst out of Jin Wansheng's mind, why don't you do such a good thing, you should, immediately, immediately lead them to find that peach blossom source, from now on, you don't have to go to the river to beg for a living.
The voice in his head didn't wait to stop, Jin Wansheng immediately said; "Please ask the county magistrate to order, and the little ones will obey all orders."
After saying this, he felt regretful, and then he felt that he couldn't regret it, so he looked at the county magistrate sitting on the public case in a daze.
But when he saw the county magistrate leaning back, he didn't say anything immediately, but said after a while; "Tell me more about the first time you went to Peach Blossom Spring."
Jin Wansheng didn't think about it, and immediately replied; "A few days ago, the small one fished on the river, the fishing net in his hand was thrown many times, but no fish was caught, the small one was helpless, so he had to row the boat, along the fork of the river, and came to a small river, along the small river, the small rowing, rowing, there was a stream in front, on both sides of the stream are peach trees blooming with pink peach blossoms, there is no miscellaneous tree in it, the peach grove is green grass, colorful butterflies are flying, the small one is greedy for this beautiful scenery for a while, and he unconsciously dropped the boat, followed the stream, and came to a mountain, Then through a small cave that can only accommodate a small person, came to the place called the Peach Blossom Source by the people there, where the people do not know what dynasty it is today, do not know that there are Han and Wei Jin, people are yellow hair drooping, clothes are very different from ours, the village is full of traffic, chickens and dogs smell each other, everyone is happy, do not hear the outside things. ”