Chapter Thirty-Seven: The King's Speed
When the three of them return to the inn, they see Liu Mao visiting and calling outside the door, and Liu Rui and Fluttershy rush back into their bodies.
Liu Mao saw that no one opened the door for a long time, and the door was locked, and his professional intuition told him that the situation was not good, so he kicked the door open. I saw that Liu Cheng and a girl had just sat up from the bed, and they suddenly felt very embarrassed. "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, it was the little brother who was reckless, I called the door for a long time and didn't open it, and I thought something was wrong. With that, he turned around and withdrew.
"Liu Mao, you come back, nothing, he is my goddaughter on the road, don't get me wrong. Liu Cheng said.
Liu Mao turned around and came in again, "I said, that boy is also the godson who was collected on the road, right?"
"Exactly, you saw it that day. Liu Cheng hurriedly got off the ground to put on his shoes, brought his sword, and sorted out his clothes, looking very embarrassed.
Hiding in the house in broad daylight makes people wonder if Fluttershy looks like a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl, and there were people who married at this age in the old days.
"Big brother, I was in a hurry to run an errand that day, and I didn't talk to you. Tomorrow we will escort the prisoners back to the capital, and today we have come to invite the eldest brother to have a drink. ”
"Where do you say it, why are you invited, or the eldest brother invites you. "In the past, it was always Liu Cheng who was on errands outside.
"You are no longer a good eater, and now you are dragging your family with you, how can I be embarrassed to let my eldest brother invite you again. Or brother please. Liu Mao arched his hand and said.
Where is Liu Cheng willing to let "Although I have left my official position, but the business is okay, and the money is more than before, so I will ask for it, don't fight anymore." ”
Fluttershy saw the two of them grinding and chirping, so she said to Liu Cheng, "I'll go out to see Liu Rui, people have been standing and talking for a long time, and they don't invite anyone to sit, my brother sits slowly, and I'll pour you a pot of tea by the way." ”
"Yes, Liu Mao, sit down, don't stand. Liu Cheng said embarrassedly.
Liu Mao looked at Fluttershy's back as she went out, looked at Liu Cheng with wide eyes, and then pointed with his thumb in the direction in which Fluttershy went out, and said to Liu Cheng, "Big brother, you are dishonest, isn't she?"
"You're thinking too much, let's talk about her later. I am asking you for something right now, someone else has entrusted me with the whereabouts of the old man of the Charin family, can you let me go to the county office to see the file of this missing case. ”
When Liu Mao heard this, what is the missing case?, do I know? This eldest brother is really going to interrupt, and that girl is afraid that she will really become a sister-in-law in the future. "Ah, it's easy to say, when you change into Jinyiwei, I will say that you need to check some previous files, and the local officials don't know what we are investigating? But it's best not to let the people of the Three Divisions know about this. ”
The two of them chatted for a while, and it was time for lunch, when Fluttershy returned with Liu Rui and a pot of tea. "Where's the Red Girl?" asked Liu Cheng.
When Liu Mao heard this, his ears immediately pricked up, and there was a red girl, is the eldest brother taking the peach blossom luck, it is really frustrated in officialdom and proud in love.
The red girl said that there were still many things to deal with, and she said goodbye and left, saying that it was not convenient to be here. Fluttershy gave Liu Cheng a blank look.
"Leave without saying hello, won't she, won't you drive people away?" Liu Cheng asked in surprise.
"Where am I so stingy, people are sensible, a big girl's family lives in your room for several days, you are not afraid, other people's daughter's family is still innocent. Fluttershy pours her tea.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Brother Liu Mao is still here, no big or small. Liu Cheng pretended to be the head of the family.
But no matter how Liu Mao looks at it, it looks like the eldest brother is busy, the eldest and the second are jealous of each other, but the eldest brother was not this kind of person before, how did he leave his official position, and he became romantic, maybe it was at the age when he should have married a daughter-in-law, it seems that the eldest brother has a good way, and he can let two women throw themselves into his arms along the way, which is really the envy of all men, he is here to ponder, Liu Cheng has already gotten up and walked to him, patted him on the shoulder, "Let's go, go to the street to find the best restaurant, let's have a few drinks." ”
Liu Mao was taken aback by Liu Cheng's skills, when did the eldest brother's speed become so fast, how did he arrive in front of him in an instant, did I really think about the problem just now?
The two came to the restaurant to have a few glasses of wine, Liu Mao suddenly remembered what Liu Cheng said, and hurriedly said, by the way, I have to take the prisoner to Beijing tomorrow, so what you said about reading the file, do you have to go today, let's drink less.
"What the virtuous brother said is, then keep the wine and drink it at night, eat the vegetables first, eat the vegetables. Liu Cheng was already a little drunk at this time.
After eating, the two rode to an inn on the edge of the county office, only to see two prisoner carts in the backyard, one of which was holding the monk, and the other was holding the girl. A group of brocade guards next to him were taking turns to guard. I don't know what crime the two have committed, and Liu Cheng can't ask more.
In Liu Mao's house, Liu Cheng drank tea for a while, sobered up, and then changed into a set of brocade clothes that Liu Mao borrowed from him.
About half an hour later, the two rode to the gate of the county office. It is said that it is ordered to handle the case, and it is necessary to check the previous files.
Seeing that it was Liu Mao, the official of Jinyiwei, the county official, he didn't dare to slack off, and took them to the place where the file was filed, where there was a thick layer of ash in many places, and few people came there to check these old accounts on weekdays, let alone someone to clean them.
So Liu Cheng said that he wanted to see the file for nearly a year, and the county master didn't know it, so he asked the little official in charge of the file and asked him to help find it. Although it is only a county, the files of a year are not small, Liu Cheng read them one by one, what the Zhang family lost their cattle, the Li family beat the daughter-in-law of the Zhao family, and so on and so on trivial matters were written down one by one, and finally found the file of the case of the disappearance outside the neighbor's home.
Liu Cheng read it carefully, and read one of the content processes several times, which read: On the day of Master Lin's disappearance, two people came to visit during the day, one was a friend who was doing business with Master Lin, saying that he was looking for Master Lin to borrow money, and when he heard that Master Lin was not there, he said goodbye and left, and the other was Master Lin's nephew, who came to borrow money from Master Lin. In the confession, it was mentioned that the nephew knocked on the door and asked, "Is my aunt here, my nephew Shangguan Qingyun came to visit." "There seems to be something strange here.
Liu Cheng whispered a few words in Liu Mao's ear, and Liu Mao said to the county official: "Lu Zhixian, tomorrow we will escort the felons back to Beijing, what about this..." ”
As soon as Lu Zhixian heard it, the case was retried, and it had to be done with an official document from above, not to mention the smell of alcohol as soon as the two of them came in, these two should not have come to me with the strength of the wine to find fault with the oil, "Do the two Qincha adults have the above approval?" ”
When Liu Mao heard it, this is a brother who doesn't give face, "Lu Zhixian seems that you don't know, someone above has participated in your copy, this case is confused, let us check your troubles, we see that you are still honest, you will retry this confused case, and save yourself from letting the villain trouble you." If you don't want to revisit, then we'll get back to you truthfully. ”
The magistrate was frightened into a cold sweat when he heard this, and thanked him again and again, "Forgive the villain for being ignorant, listen to the two adults." A retrial will be held tomorrow. ”
The magistrate respectfully let the two of them to the study, made good tea, and personally brought two hundred taels of silver, "This is a little meaning, please smile at it." ”
Liu Cheng saw that he could get two hundred taels of silver at once, which is not a clean official. Liu Mao just wanted to take it, but was stopped by Liu Cheng: "Lord Zhixian, if the two of us take your silver, won't we fall into the trap." If you tell him this one day, we will both live. We cannot take it. It's not easy for you to be an official, how can we take advantage of the danger of others. ”
Lu Zhixian refused to accept it at first glance, is this too little?" "The two of you are really honest and honest, and you admire it below, so let's give you a painting for each of you below, and talk about your heart." After that, he went to the back room and took two more paintings.
Unfolding, these two paintings are both works of the Song Dynasty, and the value of each painting is estimated to be at least more than two hundred taels of silver. This Liu Cheng can't accept it. Fighting to give way, Liu Mao looked at it and said, "Since Lu Zhixian is hearted, I don't accept it, and you are not sure, then everyone will symbolically receive a certain amount of silver." ”
"How can this be? In this way, I have two golden pigs here, give them to the two, and I hope that the two adults will take care of them in the future. If you don't accept it, you will look down on your own official. As he spoke, he took out two little golden pigs made of gold from his body, each weighing about one or two.
Liu Cheng didn't want to delay any longer, so he accepted his farewell after discussing with Liu Mao.
Back to where Liu Mao lived, Liu Mao gave Liu Cheng all the golden pigs, and gave another ten taels of silver, saying that he didn't have anything to honor his eldest brother, and Liu Cheng used to follow him, but now that the eldest brother has no official position and drags his family, he must accept it.
Liu Cheng wanted to tell him that he was not short of money to spend, but he wanted to return the golden pig, so as not to fall into the hands of others in the future, so he postponed it a few times and accepted it. I secretly sighed in my heart, I couldn't imagine that Liu Mao had been so sophisticated in officialdom in just over a year.
Back at the inn and after dinner, Fluttershy never gave Liu Cheng a good look, and when it came to the evening, when she practiced in her sleep, Fluttershy had to practice with Liu Cheng this time.
Liu Chengxin said, this is obviously to establish authority, as an immortal, I am so cautious, I will pretend to be a bear and let you when the time comes.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he fought, he found that Fluttershy was faster and more proficient in punching and kicking, but there was really nothing to boast about, and he lost very hard, deliberately taking a punch or two kicks, but he was still seen by others to have a flaw.
"You don't have to let me, just use your real skills. Fluttershy is unconvinced.
Liu Cheng had to use a few real kung fu moves, but every punch was dodged, and he was hit hard on the buttocks.
Strangely, no matter how fast Fluttershy is, his punch should hit Fluttershy right in the direction of her movement, but the moment he tries to touch it, he is gently avoided or blocked. Each punch was like hitting the side of the drum, and all the power was removed.
"I admit defeat, are you Tai Chi, overcome rigidity with softness, and use strength to fight. Liu Cheng jumped to the side and conceded defeat.
"I call it the pace of flowing water, and the drift kung fu of homeopathic transformation depends on the surrounding force field. Fluttershy explains.
Liu Cheng scratched his hair, feeling that this was very brain-burning, "I still don't understand, you mentioned the force field many times, but I can't feel it." ”
"When you control the sword, when you fly, don't you always use the surrounding force field? ”
"Are you saying that the power of blood control is a kind of force field? ”
Liu Cheng thought about how he felt these days and seemed to have found some tricks, "Come on, let's make a few more strokes." ”
The two of them started practicing again, and within two rounds of this meeting, Fluttershy was taken into Liu Cheng's arms and couldn't move, trying to do so several times, making her face flush.
Fluttershy is confused, "What kind of kung fu are you, why my own body doesn't listen to me." ”
Liu Cheng smiled, "Because this time, I will control you as a sword, and everything can be subject to this special force." ”
"What, doesn't the sword need to activate the code word in addition to the force field?, and what code word do I use to activate it?" Fluttershy is even more confused.
"The code doesn't matter, he's just a formality, it's the power to harness these things. I found that there are some words on the immortal recipe, which are not very different from what we usually say, and they are not easy to understand, but once they are understood, they are easy to understand. I seem to have mastered the control of this power. Liu Cheng said proudly.
As soon as he stretched out his hand, a stone on the ground in the distance flew into his hand. "Of course, this power still has a certain range, and beyond it, it cannot be controlled. ”
Fluttershy was convinced, "I don't know how you understood it, and the owner doesn't seem to have understood it!"