Chapter 65: Flattery of the Beast's Heart
Zhang Qi's face suddenly rippled with dark green, and his eyes were a little strange. www.biquge.info He immediately opened his eyes and closed his eyes as if he hadn't heard anything, leaning over and trying to pass past He Wei.
He Wei saw that he wanted to take the opportunity to slip away, so he simply reached out and pulled his arm hard, and hurriedly asked: "I said old-timer, you can't be like this, paper can't contain fire, even if you don't say it today, no one will know tomorrow?" β
Zhang Qi waved his hand violently, got rid of his entanglement, and bowed his head and said, "You let go, this official doesn't owe you anything." On the contrary, if you go to a place where you can't stand me, you have to forgive others and forgive others, why do you have to be so bitter with me. β
"What are you kidding? There are so many lives, even if I don't care about you, but people are doing it, and the sky is watching. With such an attitude, aren't you afraid of being damned? β
Zhang shook his head bitterly, and laughed with tears in his sad voice: "Don't you indiscriminately think that this is what this official meant?" Don't I know in my heart that it's a living human life? You are too naΓ―ve, to tell you the truth, these people can be killed, if they don't kill, they have to be killed, and when they die, we can live. β
He Weidao: "It's ridiculous, you have shirked the responsibility completely." This command is dead, but people are alive, and you have pushed so many innocent lives to a dead end in order to survive and steal life, and you are ready to accumulate how many lonely ghosts who resent you. β
Zhang Qi laughed and said, "Haha! Weren't you there at that critical moment? Why don't you fight to the death? If you have the strength to pretend to be a saint in front of your own officials, you might as well go back and think about how to fill your hungry belly. β
He Weidian was speechless for a while, and suddenly lowered his head, and a trace of embarrassment appeared on his expression. It seemed that these passing words deeply rubbed the sore spot in his heart. What Zhang Qi said is indeed not unreasonable, a person who can't even eat enough to eat, still has extra leisure to care about the life and death of others.
Zhang Qi squinted at him intently, and sighed: "When you first arrived in your land, you don't know about some things, and the official doesn't blame you, so let's do it steadily from now on, don't make trouble for yourself for no reason." β
Zhang Qi turned around and left the lobby, the farther he walked, the more frivolous his body became, and his whole body slowly turned into a translucent shape. With each step, a cloud of dirty ink remained on the ground, and soon he disappeared into thin air.
At this time, He Wei hadn't realized it at all, there was no movement in his ears at all, and he even thought that Zhang Qi was still standing beside him. The next second, he looked up, only to find that there was no one in front of him.
He Wei stretched out his hand and scratched his cheek, looking east and west and looking in all directions, but except for his own figure reflected on the ground, the whole space was extremely quiet.
He sighed and said to himself, "Hey, I'd better go and look around, I don't know where this is, what it is, I don't know yet, but I'm going to worry about other things." β
He Wei was about to walk towards the gate head-on, when he suddenly found a crowd of people rushing to the door, all of them smiling and walking over slowly.
One of them, who seemed to be fat and fat, came over with a grin and said, "Oh, my lord, congratulations, you have turned danger into a disaster, you will survive in a desperate situation, you will not die in a great disaster, you will have a blessing, you are really a god and a man." β
As soon as he finished speaking, many of the rest of the ghosts behind him also rushed over, and their words were similar to before.
He Wei felt very curious and said, "My lord? Are you calling me? β
"Isn't this nonsense, is there anyone else but you?"
Everyone replied in unison.
He Wei couldn't help but smile and said, "Then can you tell me how big this official is?" β
A short ghost cha stepped forward, raised his hand and smiled back: "Big, of course it's big, how big you say, then how big it is, how tall you say, how tall it is, in short, it's less than the top, more than the bottom." β
"Yes, yes, hehe, it makes sense!"
As soon as He Wei heard everyone's praise, his expression became easy-going, although he knew very well in his heart that these people were patting on the back, but he didn't say it directly, but raised his thumb with a smile, and said: "Your little mouth is so sweet, every word is so wild, extraordinarily vivid, great!" β
Another skinny, white-haired old ghost almost bent over, walked out of the crowd slowly with a cane in his hand, and whispered to He Wei: "Lord Hexi, I can't wait for it." But I have something I want to ask, and I hope you will tell you directly. β
He Wei saw that the old man seemed to have a yellow face and thin muscles, and he was sluggish. I suddenly had an indescribable feeling in my heart. His eyes flashed, and he immediately stepped forward politely and greeted him: "You are too polite, and you are older than me, how can I afford this, the old man can rest assured that there is something." β
"Hey, hey! In fact, what the old man wants to ask is, where are you going to invite us to the banquet? The old ghost squinted and smiled.
"What to eat? What feast to go to? β
"This is our old rule, but all newly appointed officials must abide by this etiquette, and they must not be stingy with their spending. Let's all have a good drink tonight and get drunk! β
As soon as the old ghost's words fell, the rest of the people also fanned the flames and coaxed: "Yes, yes, we are all waiting for the adult's heart." "Ha, at first glance, the adult is a rich man with a lot of money, and his wealth is compelling." "Where, where, this unique momentum is not a relative of the emperor."
He Wei's complexion changed instantly, and the previous exuberant mood fell to the bottom in a blink of an eye. His eyes darkened, and he couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and said slowly: "Yes...... Isn't it a little too fast, and we don't know each other yet? β
"Hey, look at what you said, once you are born, you will be familiar with it twice. After a while, we will talk and laugh while cooking wine at the dinner table, as if after waking up drunk, there is a difficult brother and sister who share weal and woe, isn't it beautiful? The old ghost put on a disapproving attitude, and said slowly and logically at He Wei.
At this time, He Wei's voice was like a big stone blocked, and he couldn't say anything about his suffering. The eardrums were also so frightened by the exaggerated words in front of them that even their faces turned yellow. He and the old ghost looked at each other for a long time before he said tremblingly, "But I have ...... on me now."
"Hey, look at you one by one, let's be scared."
Suddenly, a woman's voice appeared in the crowd, yes, it was indeed the voice of a woman. The moment she walked out, it seemed to be the focus of the entire space.
This woman seemed to be the youngest of them, but her voice seemed to be rough, and if you just looked at her appearance, she did reveal a bit of beauty.
She wore a bracelet made of wolf teeth on her hand, and a shiny cross hung in front of her neck, threw a wink at He Wei, and continued with a hippie smile: "Our heads, at first glance, do not look like ordinary people, dignified appearance, full of heroic spirit, must eat delicacies from the mountains and seas every day, and the waist is full of gold and silver treasures, are you right!" β
"That's right, what I said is very true, the delicacies of the mountains and seas are good, we have never enjoyed it, this time we are afraid that we will follow the light, haha!."
"The delicacies of the mountains and seas are good, the delicacies of the mountains and seas are good!!"
As soon as these people heard these four words, their saliva almost flowed from their chins to the collar. Everyone cast envious glances at He Wei one after another, and their facial expressions were extremely exaggerated.
At this time, He Wei's face was about to turn red, and he was so embarrassed that he couldn't wait to dig a mouse hole and quickly drill into it with lightning speed. He never imagined that these people would describe themselves as so noble, like an emperor standing in front of the stage.
He Wei was helpless, stood in place and hesitated for a long time before he muttered softly: "I think we still have to get to know each other first, after all, we are not familiar with each other, right?" Well, there will be time for dinner. β
"Hey, you see you, we don't see the outside, we will be at the table for a while, and there will be time to understand. Our immediate priority is to fill our stomachs first. The old ghost twisted his neck around, and shouted at everyone around him, "What are you all doing, hurry up and find a carriage and send our new head to the inn." β
"Ouch, you see how you forgot this stubble, let's go, go together, go together, don't be lazy today." The woman laughed and incited the rest of the group to go out and find the carriage.
Unexpectedly, the fat ghost from before suddenly said, "Where did this carriage come from?" There is not even a horse in this ten miles radius, where can I get a cart? β
The old ghost's face changed, and he said fiercely: "Are you stupid?" I won't look for it, if I don't have it, if I don't find it, I will dig it, and if I dig it, I will dig out a carriage, but I can't live up to the kindness we have brought us. β
At this time, He Wei on the stage finally couldn't bear the conversation between them, opened his loudest voice, swept his eyes to each of their dirty faces, and shouted: "Okay, shut up for me, am I missing an arm or a leg, can't I walk myself?" Isn't it a big deal to go to great lengths to find carriages everywhere? β
Everyone suddenly stopped talking, as if they were stunned by his voice. And the woman's expression instantly became nervous, her small fists tightened, and she lowered her head and stared at the uneven loess on the ground with her eyes down.
He Wei took a deep breath, walked off the stage, looked at each of their frightened faces, and said: "I promise you, please go and have a good meal, but I want to say the ugly words first, I don't care what you used to do, whether you were arrested or volunteered to come on an errand." If you are on an errand, you have to be like a person, you must stand like you when you stand, you must have a sitting statue when you sit, and you can't staggered like a ruffian. Otherwise, when others look at it, they think that we are beggars in the fryer. β
The old ghost's demeanor suddenly became extremely serious, and he quickly turned to face everyone and pointed at them and scolded: "Did you hear it, you all stood up for me, straightened your waist, and let your head finish the training." β
In the blink of an eye, the faces of everyone up and down the hall became extremely serious, and they immediately gathered in a row, standing in two lines, one by one straightened their backs like a well-trained soldier, and the cowhide bands on their faces were tight.
When the old ghost saw it, he nodded triumphantly and stood in the crowd.
He Wei couldn't believe his eyes, because these people were so obedient and very active, and it was this serious act that made his heart feel very unnatural. He breathed a sigh of relief and said to everyone below, "Why did you suddenly become so abnormal? It scared me. β
"Hey, it's okay, just train as you like, this group of grandsons is just undisciplined, one by one self-righteous, and they will go to the house to uncover the tiles without beating for three days, and they are too poor to clean up." The old ghost immediately threw out the crutches in his hand and stood straight in the crowd, if you didn't look at his face, he really didn't feel like an old man.
He Wei was suddenly a little panicked, he didn't expect such a situation at all. He immediately whispered to them: "Hey, in fact, I don't have anything to teach you, I just want to get to know each other with you, you all tell me what your name is, and I will take you to a big meal after that." β
The old ghost stood in the crowd and took the lead in replying: "I am the oldest qualified here, and I am also the longest errand here, the old man has no name, only a nickname is Ghost Face Fox, everyone calls me that, just call me Old Fox." β
Immediately afterwards, another ghost said: "My name is Smiling Tiger, and I am also a nickname, and I have no name." β
After He Wei heard this, he was a little surprised, and hurriedly said, "Stop for a while, I really want to know why you two don't have names?" Don't you use your name when you die? Or is it that there is no name when you are born? β
The old ghost interjected and said: "The old man has been dead for more than 2,000 years, he was poor when he was born, there are no steamed buns at home, there is no gruel, and he feeds on wild vegetables every day. β
"I have a name, I have a name, my surname is Zhang, Gong Changzhang is also a noble surname, and the Jade Emperor has the same surname, hehe!"
It was the conspicuous obese man from before who said this, his waist looked bigger than a bucket, and his voice gave people a silly feeling. He wore a straw hat on his head and a long red thread tied around his wrist, and stood there like a clay figure.
He Wei asked curiously: "Is there any commemorative significance for the red thread on your wrist?" β
(To be continued)