Chapter 9 Little Cloth Man
said that there was a noise of pushing cups and changing lamps and drinking heartily from the death row in Nakong County, and the cameos were made by a few fierce and vicious jailers on weekdays, and the cell boss Zheng Cripple also came up from time to time, smiling and toasting!
This strange scene is not only unheard of in the history of the prison in Kong County, but even Wukong, Qiushui and the little mute in it are incredible!
When the wine was half-drunk, the old man who called himself Yuan Shouming took the initiative to rescue Wukong and the other three from danger.
I saw the old man push the wine glass, called the little mute to come closer, asked him to stretch out his arm, and then tore off half of the little mute's sleeve with a "stab!" The little mute jumped three feet high in shock, and said angrily: "Old Yuan...... Sir, you don't ...... That's right, I'm broken...... clothes, also used to live...... What about winter?"
The old man smiled slightly, and did not argue, only to see him take out a small bag from his arms, open it and see, inside is a golden embroidery needle. The old man is really dexterous, wearing the line, like planting willows and flowers, and sewing the half-torn sleeve in his hand into a small cloth man in an instant!
He put the little cloth man on the ground, took a sip of water, closed his eyes slightly, and pinched the trick with both hands, as if he was silently reciting a spell!
Just a bag of cigarettes, only to hear a loud "click", and a person jumped out of the mist. looked cold, and it looked like the little mute next to him!
The little mute was suddenly stunned, and said that he stammered even more: "This ...... You...... Be...... Who?" and the "little cloth man" also said, "This ...... You...... Be...... Who?" the little mute was angry, "you...... How to learn...... Me?" and "Little Cloth Man" was the same, "You...... How to learn...... Me?"
Repeating this several times, asking and answering, made the little mute cry and laugh!
Seeing this, the old man scolded: "Shut up!" But when he saw that the "little cloth man" was like a deflated ball, he collapsed to the ground!
"Get up, your face is so thin, can't you say a word to the old man?" Listening to the old man's words, the "little cloth man" stood up, then knelt on one leg and bowed to the old man!
The old man bent down and whispered a few words to the "little cloth man"! I saw the "little cloth man" kowtow on the ground, and then rise to his feet! Float to the door, swayed left and right, squeezed out of the crack in the door, and when he reached the corridor, he jumped up, slid through the mesh into the sky, and rode the wind!
After a short walk, I came to the Confucius Temple in front! The "little cloth man" stepped on the wall from the air and landed silently at the door of the main hall!
At this time, it was almost dusk, and when I looked into the main hall, I saw three people. One was lying down, the other was lying on his stomach, and the other was coughing incessantly! "Little Cloth Man" stepped into the hall and said to the old golden head who was coughing dryly: "Uncle Jin, I'm back!"
When the old golden head looked up and saw that it was the "little mute", he was not only surprised but also delighted, and hurriedly stepped forward to shake the hand of the "little mute", and said emotionally: "Child, you have come back, and you have not suffered any grievances, have you?"
Fan Feng and Hanging Gall also came over excitedly to hug the "little mute", and the "little dumb" hurriedly pushed them away, and said expressionlessly: "Uncle Jin, Hanging Gall, Fan Feng, the group leader and Qiushui are still in prison, it was the prison boss Zheng Cripple who asked me to come back, and he asked me to give you a message, and if you want to release people, the premise is that each person pays a fine of thirty taels of silver! If you don't pay it for three days, you will be beheaded and shown to the public!"
When the old golden head heard this, he was frightened, "If you don't pay it for three days, you will have to cut off your head, what can we do? What are we going to get so much silver?"
The "little mute" was not in a hurry, and said word by word: "Don't worry, I have an idea, I heard that there is a rich man named Ma Shanren in Gusheng Town, who has always been kind and willing to give and sacrifice himself to save others, you might as well try your luck with him! By the way, Uncle Jin, I have to go back immediately, if they don't see me for a while, the group leader and Qiushui will have to worry about their lives!
After the "little dumb" finished speaking, he didn't allow everyone to ask any more, turned around and walked out of the main hall, pushed open the temple door, and walked away!
The "little mute" came and went in a hurry, and his appearance was strange, which made the three of them the second monk confused for a while! After a while, Fan Feng said: "Uncle Jin, this little mute is so strange today, why didn't he stutter all of a sudden?"
"I also think it's strange, in the past, the little mute was more anxious and stammering, what's wrong today? Also, when I hugged him just now, I felt that his body was very soft!"
The old golden head coughed violently, cleared his throat and said, "Yes, that's right, when I shook his hand just now, I also felt very soft, just like a cotton ball!"
Finally, the old golden head said: "I think so, the little mute is not strange, but it is true to say that it is true to spend money from the prison to get people from prison, tomorrow the three of us will go to the ancient holy town, kowtow to the good man, and the dead horse will be a live horse doctor, in case the sun hits the west and comes out, the good man will be merciful and give us ninety taels of silver?"
Ma Shanren gave us ninety taels of silver and asked us to save people, and no one would believe anyone who told us, and the chance of success was not much different from the sun hitting the west!
The three of them discussed and discussed, and it took a long time before they fell asleep! The next morning, everyone got up one after another, went to the stream behind the temple to wash their faces, and finally decided that the old golden head went out to beg for the three of them to make a living, and went to the ancient holy town to ask for Ma Shanren to hang their gall and fan the wind!
The ancient holy town is not far away, go out to the south five miles!
This town is quite familiar with the gall and fan, as for Ma Shanren, it is also a coincidence, the day before yesterday the two of them also helped in his house for a day, and the steamed buns and stews that Ma Shanren asked the housekeeper to give, plus a pot of wine carried by the fan, everyone was a full meal!
Five miles away, just talk, in front of the Ma Shanren mansion!
Usually there are only three or five porridge shacks and porridge, but today there are more than a dozen, and there is an endless stream of people drinking porridge, the crowd stretches for more than a mile, and hundreds of people are bustling!
Look at these people, they seem to have fled from other places, and most of them are dragging their families with them! When they came to the door, they saw a fat master in a porridge shed on the left, beckoning everyone to line up and serving porridge to everyone! Although it was already a crisp autumn season, the master was also busy sweating!
Hanging gall is loud voice, and shouted at the master: "Lao Zhao, it's really lively today!"
Master Zhao raised his head: "Yo, it's you two boys, what's the matter?
Fan Feng hugged his fist at Master Zhao: "Master Zhao, thanks to you, our brothers haven't been hungry these days!"
Master Zhao said while serving porridge to people: "Little brother, don't say that, everyone is the blessing of Master Toma!"
Fan Feng hurriedly continued: "Yes, Ma Shanren is a good person! But Master Zhao, you are a person, and everyone is also picking a thumb brother openly and secretly!"
Master Zhao listened comfortably, his face was full of laugh lines, "You kid, your little mouth is always like smeared with honey, say, what do you want me to do?"
Fan Feng gave a thumbs up: "High! You are so tall! Why don't we call you master! We can't hide your eyes from this little bit of caution! Our brothers really have something to ask you, we want to ask to see Ma Shanren, can you always give me an introduction?"
Hearing this, Master Zhao frowned, hesitated slightly, and said, "Oh, is this a thing? Let me think about it! Hey, let's wait here for a while, Master Ma went out to meet friends this morning, and I guess I'll be back soon." He has a habit of going out and going home, every time he goes out and goes home, he gets off the sedan chair in front of the door, and then says hello to the neighbors before entering, you can take this opportunity to meet Master Ma!"
Fan Feng and Hanging Courage not only felt hot when they heard it, but they both bowed to Master Zhao!
Master Zhao waved his hand at them: "Get up, why are you so polite! Come, a bowl of porridge per person, drink it first!"
Fan Feng and Xuan Dang thanked him repeatedly, holding the hot porridge in his hand, and squatted on the side of the road! Somehow, today's porridge, the two of them drank it very sweetly!
After eating and drinking, I waited for about an hour, and seeing that it was almost noon, the chefs who made porridge had also returned to their homes to prepare lunch, but they had not yet seen Ma Shanren return home!
When he was impatient, he saw a small sedan chair in the distance trembling and slowly carrying over! When he came to the door of the Ma Mansion, the small sedan chair fell to the ground, and a person trotted out of the Ma Mansion, who was Ma Zhong, the housekeeper of the house. I saw that he hurriedly stepped forward to pick up the sedan curtain, and a middle-aged rich businessman came down from the sedan chair, which was Ma Shanren!
Seeing that this person is born with a face like a crown of jade, peach blossoms in his eyes, a straight nose and a small mouth, and wheels in his ears, if it weren't for the five locks of long hair under his chin, anyone would think that this is a beautiful middle-aged woman!
Ma Shanren glanced at the porridge shed and said to the housekeeper, "Ma Zhong, is there enough porridge today?"
Ma Zhong smiled all over his face: "Go back to the master, according to your old order, I put an extra twenty catties of rice today, and boiled a full twenty pots of porridge! All the hungry people have eaten, don't worry!"
Ma Shanren smiled slightly: "That's good!" While speaking, Ma Zhong hugged Ma Shanren, stepped up the steps, and was about to enter the house!
Fan Feng saw the opportunity and hurriedly shouted: "Ma Shanren stays!" said that he came to the cut and knelt down on his knees, "The merciful and compassionate Ma Shanren all say that you are always a living Bodhisattva, please save our lives!"
When Ma Shanren saw the two beggars kneeling on the ground begging for help, he not only frowned slightly, but said, "Two strong men, please get up quickly! Where are you from? What are you asking for?"
Fan Feng said: "Living Bodhisattva, your old man is a noble person who forgets things, and our brothers helped you clean the yard the day before yesterday?"
"Yes!" Ma Shanren bowed slightly when he heard this, and said to the housekeeper next to him: "Ma Zhong, since they are the helpers we have hired, then invite them to the mansion to talk!"
As soon as Fan Feng heard that he was going to enter the house, he hurriedly shouted: "Thank you for saving your life, our brother is now locked up in the prison of the county government, he has been wronged, and the county government has sent a word that we will pay a fine of ninety taels of silver, and they will let them go.
As he spoke, the fan stabbed the gall, and the two of them lay on the ground, hitting their heads on the ground, like pounding garlic......