And there are villagers who mention yì and beat these four "monkey spirits" to death to see if they will appear in their original form after death, if they are not killed, let the tiger return to the mountain, I am afraid that it will harm future generations. Fortunately, the four Jews could not understand it, otherwise they would have collapsed on the ground in fear. But they also seemed to feel bad about the attitude of the villagers towards them, so they hurriedly explained loudly. Although they could speak a few words of China's "official language" at the time, even if they did, the villagers did not necessarily understand it.

When people are in a hurry, it is easy to speak their mother tongue.

The shouts of the four Jews did not have the slightest positive effect, but some villagers who thought they were clever said, "Oh, this monkey is so good that it doesn't even sound the same way."

But the next sentence of the old patriarch immediately asked for the life of a Jew, and the old patriarch said: "I have heard people say that all birds and beasts that have cultivated to perfection must start by practicing qi, and they can collect the qi of the sun, moon, heaven and earth before they can transform into human form, so if they want to show their original form, they do not have to be killed, as long as they are sunk into the water to isolate them from the qi of heaven and earth, they will return to their original form."

In the old countryside, the patriarch was the most prestigious and authoritative, they were the backbone and arbiter of the villagers, they were all highly respected and had a great say in the villagers. Since the old patriarch has said so, what are you waiting for?

Villagers who don't want to see these "monkey spirits", in front of their eyes, alive and vivid, it will be the most wonderful experience of their lives, whether it is their ancestors or their descendants, there is no blessing to see this scene. As a result, the villagers became excited, as if they had been stimulated.

The young men found a stone, tied it to one of the Jews, and dragged them towards the river, and the four Jews, as if they had a premonition of what was to come, struggled and cried out until they were hoarse and could not make a sound, but the villagers were indifferent, for to them these four were nothing more than monkeys turned goblins.

The Jew, who had a stone tied to his body, trembled with fear and pleaded with tears before being pushed into the river, but the villagers only felt more strange and amusing that the monkey spirit imitated the real image of the monkey spirit imitating man, and imitated it more than the monkey man who had come to the village in the past.

And so, the poor Jew, with a large stone tied to his body, thrust into the river, and then quickly sank into the water, where the people on the shore could clearly see him struggling in the water with his hands and feet, and strings of bubbles rising from the water. After a while, it gradually calmed down.

The crowd was very quiet, and people were watching intently the changes in the "goblin" in the water, and everyone longed for this human-like "monkey spirit" to quickly show its original form.

After waiting for an hour, when the patriarch asked the "monkey spirit" to be pulled out of the water, his body was still the same as before entering the water, and he did not become a monkey, but he was alive before being pushed down, and when he was fished out, he was already dead.

There was a whisper in the crowd. The old patriarch's face was also a little pale, and he hurriedly asked people to put the corpse into the water again, he said that it might be that there was not enough time. The other four Jews no longer cried and struggled, but just sat on the ground with blank faces, in a daze.

After waiting for about an hour, when he fished it out, he was still in "human form" and had not turned into a monkey, and at this time, fine beads of sweat oozed from the old patriarch's head. He waved his hand in frustration and asked the body to be pulled out and buried, and then pondered for a long time, and decided to send someone to send the remaining three to the yamen of the county.

As soon as it was sent to the county, of course, the truth was revealed, that is, that night, the old patriarch took a rope and hanged himself on the beam of the house. When I heard my cousin say this, I didn't feel ridiculous in my heart, I only felt very uncomfortable, it seems that ignorance can really kill people!

Later, when Sister Li and I were reading the county chronicles, we also found this story told by my cousin. However, there is another story about Jews in the county annals, but my cousin didn't tell it, and after Sister Li and I read it, of course we understand why my cousin didn't tell it, because the other story about Jews is really "yellow".

But what makes Sister Li and me puzzled is that as an official compilation of the county chronicle, why would it record such a very **, and absurd thing that doesn't seem to have happened in real time?

Here's how it goes.

It's about some Jews who settled in our county, and at one time were very numerous, and these Jews became a scene in our county. Of course, there are some interesting facts about them. One of them is this:

A Jew went to a shophouse in the county, and the Jew already spoke what we were talking about, and he spoke it well, and it was no problem to communicate.

In the courtyard of the shop, he saw a donkey raised by the shopkeeper, so he jokingly said to the shopkeeper, "Do you believe that I can make your donkey laugh if I say something?" ”

The shopkeeper just pouted and smiled, thinking that the Jew was just amusing him, so he didn't take it seriously, but was still busy with his work.

What people didn't expect was that this Jew didn't seem to be joking, but very much like a joke. He went up to the innkeeper, took out a minot, and said, "I can make a bet with you, if I can't make your donkey laugh, it's yours, and if I can, you'll give me the same amount of silver, don't you dare?" ”。

The shopkeeper looked up at the Jews seriously, smiled and said, "You don't always take it seriously, do you?" ”

The Jew said with a straight face: "Of course it is serious, do you dare".

At this moment, the shopkeeper was also interested. He hurriedly beckoned the others in the courtyard to come and testify, because he thought that he would definitely win and make the donkey laugh? How is this possible, how can animals understand human speech? Besides, this donkey is relatively stupid among the livestock, and people often say that it is stupid like a donkey? It's not as exciting as a dog.

The shopkeeper felt that the Jew must have taken the wrong medicine, and in order to prevent him from repenting, of course, he called a few more people to testify, so as not to deny it when he lost.

When the people gathered around heard what had happened, they all thought that this Jew was both funny and ridiculous. Some people coaxed: "Shopkeeper, after you win the money of this foreign devil, you have to invite everyone to drink." Other people also chimed in: "Yes, yes, the shopkeeper, you can't testify to you in vain."

Under the encouragement of everyone, the shopkeeper also became excited, and responded loudly and proudly: "No problem, as long as I win this foreign devil, this ingot of silver will be used to entertain everyone." ”

The owner's promise drew cheers. The Jew, on the other hand, always looked very calm, as if no one else was around. The shopkeeper had the donkey brought over and handed over to the Jews. The Jews grasped the reins in one hand and caressed the donkey gently and affectionately with the other. After a while, he motioned with his hand for everyone to be quiet, and it seemed that he was about to start making the donkey laugh.

There were so many people in the yard, but no one had ever seen a donkey laugh. What does a donkey smile look like? Ordinary people probably can't even think of it.

In fact, few people really expected to see the donkey laughing, and most of them just wanted to see how the Jew behaved. But when he saw the Jews looking so careless, he couldn't help but slowly put away his smile, held his breath, and looked seriously, and the crowd, which was still very noisy just now, suddenly became quiet.

Under the gaze of so many pairs of eyes, the Jew was still calm, he leaned down slightly, and gently said a few words in the donkey's ear that no one understood, and a miracle happened, an expression that had never been seen before, a magic appeared on the donkey's face, only to see the corners of its mouth raised, its teeth exposed, and its eyes narrowed, and the expression was very similar to a human smile. Then with that "smile", he also tilted his head slightly, which is also an action that many people will do unconsciously when they laugh.

The crowd was stunned. Whether it counts as a donkey laughing or not, but they never thought that the donkey would still make that kind of expression, and in the impression of ordinary people, animals have no expression, no emotion, aren't they all like that! Unexpectedly, this vivid change of expression was seen for the first time on the face of a donkey, and people were amazed.

When the Jews announced that they had won the bet, the innkeeper did not accept it convincingly, but objected: "You can't count this, this is a donkey's smile, it just barks its teeth, and usually when I hit it with a whip, it will have this expression, everyone says yes."

Everyone is a villager, look down and don't look up, no matter how you say it, you can't look at outsiders, and this outsider is still far away and I don't know where to come, so the crowd sounded in support of the shopkeeper: "Yes, no, how can this be considered a donkey smile, but it's just a grin, not count, not count."

The Jew remained silent, not showing the slightest anger or frustration because of the shopkeeper's repentance and the heckling of the people, but he still said to everyone with extraordinary calm: "Well, then it will not be counted this time, but I can not only make the donkey laugh, but also make the donkey cry, and I wonder if the shopkeeper dares to continue to bet with me."

The crowd of onlookers listened, what? Can this foreign devil still make a donkey cry? So they became more curious and excited, although everyone was hard-mouthed just now, but in fact, everyone knew in their hearts that this foreign devil was indeed unusual.

This time the Jew led the donkey to a wall, and he made the donkey's ass stand against the wall, facing the donkey with his back to the people. Then, in a startling motion, he unbuckled his belt and pulled his man's object out of his trousers, showing it to the donkey.

The donkey looked at the Jew's words and his face was filled with sorrow, and then tears rolled down his eyes.

People looked at it in a daze, this time there was no way to deny it, the donkey was really crying.