Chapter 112: Chicken Crow
The reason why Li Zhutou explained in such detail was to win the trust of this new county magistrate.
Do you believe it or not?
Unbelief!
Is he really as he said, silent and confused, worship ghosts and gods and stay away, and don't believe that there are these strange things in the world?
Not exactly, of course!
The most important thing is that he can't lose this single transaction.
Tian Wenliang's ancestors left a lot of family businesses in the capital, but from generation to generation, to his generation basically lost, although there are a lot of family businesses, but after all, the descendants are incompetent, and one day they will be lost.
It is not easy to live in the capital!
So, Tian Wenliang, who couldn't study and had no teacher to eat, drink and have fun, planned to find another way to buy an official!
This kind of thing has only appeared in recent months, and I don't know if it is the emperor's intention or who it is, anyway, he successfully bought an official position as a county commander.
The price of being able to become such a county magistrate is to contribute most of the family's wealth to this transaction, which is a desperate gamble, and he definitely does not dare to let this business lose.
Three years of Qing Governor's Mansion, 100,000 snowflakes of silver, although the county is not as ruthless as the prefect, but three years of Qing Zhi County, to say the least, you have to get 20,000 or 30,000 silver!
That's what he buys and sells!
If it is a sale, there will be a rival!
In order to reduce some opponents, he even put the place where he bought officials in a remote area, Guobei County.
Here, there shouldn't be so many competitors stumbling on themselves.
But I didn't expect that as soon as I arrived at the place, I just wanted to install my cronies, and I was scared by people with the words of ghosts and gods.
To be honest, if Tian Wenliang was born in a different place, he may be afraid, this is human nature, unless he really reads the books of sages and cultivates integrity.
After all, for ordinary people, this kind of thing would really rather be believed than not believed!
But who called him from the capital!
What kind of place is the capital?
The capital is where the dragon energy of a country gathers, and the demons and monsters naturally dare not hang around the capital, and the dragon energy of the country suppresses the demons and evils, which is not a joke!
Unless, that monster is the protector of the two sects of Dao and Buddha, and it is stained with immortal qi or Buddha qi, and it can be somewhat tolerant under the dragon qi of the dynasty.
But when the luck of the world is at its peak, even the immortals and Buddhas have to avoid their edges for the time being, so even if they are monsters and spirit beasts that are stained with immortal or Buddha energy, they dare not show themselves or be presumptuous in the capital.
Unless it's a monster canonized by the imperial court, it's your own demon!
Therefore, as a person from the capital, I haven't heard of any real demons and ghosts for decades, and it is also very reasonable!
The most important thing is that when the country is prosperous, the evil is not visible!
As for the seven killing swords in the army to nourish evil spirit, most of them are for the purpose of breaking the armor when the two armies are fighting, or they are more lethal, cutting down mountains and temples to subdue demons and eliminate ghosts, most of them are done in secret!
Monsters are not brain-dead, why do they go to touch the porcelain city, the army or the yamen for no reason?
Looking for death?
Unless it is the death of the country and the weakening of luck, it is the time when the demons are rampant in the countryside, when the chaos is everywhere, the qi is repeated, and there will be wild monsters willing to enter the mortal city to adventure.
And Tian Wenliang, before he bought an official, was just a very good kind of person who was protected by the imperial court, and his ancestors had a little money.
This is a bit like the world where Chen Yun was originally located, the people of his country heard the explosion and the brilliant fireworks in the sky, and their first reaction was so beautiful!
This is the people who are well protected!
But the people of Central Asia, when they hear the explosion of fireworks, their first reaction is to hide!
This is the difference between Daliang Capital and remote counties!
"Now that the official takes out this marriage book out of this wooden box, will the official's name appear on the marriage book?"
Tian Wenliang took out the marriage book from the box with a smile, and the staff master didn't think so.
From beginning to end, they thought that Li Zhutou and Luo Dutou were playing tricks, wanting to make Tian Wenliang take back his life.
"Li Zhutou, the name of the official is not shown on the marriage certificate, what should I say?"
Li Zhutou was a little helpless: "County Zun, since you have made up your mind, then we have nothing to say."
Since you are bent on quitting the left deputy capital, then resign!
But the marriage letter is too dangerous, so you might as well put it back in the wooden box!
Now, although there is official suppression in this yamen, and the other party can't do it, but if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what happens, it is better to be cautious!
If the name of the county really appears on the marriage book, it will be miserable! ”
After speaking, Li Zhutou and Luo Dutou glanced at each other, sighed and left!
The staff master smiled: "Sure enough, this is one of their methods, these ground snakes really don't want to give up a position!"
Too greedy! ”
After speaking, he filled the wine glass in front of the county magistrate, and also poured his own wine glass: "Dong Weng, come, the student toasts a glass!" ”
Tian Wenliang, the county magistrate, smiled, threw the wooden box containing the marriage book to the table, picked up the wine glass and drank it all.
"With tofu again, I am in a good mood today, and I should drink it!"
"Good! Then the student will drink with Dong Weng today! ”
The wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have passed five flavors.
Naturally, someone came to clean up the leftovers, and the county master and the staff master were already drunk in a daze, after all, the staff master had a little worse drinking, and he had been helped to sleep.
Tian Wenliang, the county magistrate, suddenly saw the marriage book on the side of the stone table, and opened it a little confused: "Whose woman is married?"
Hey!
Why is this man's name empty?
I'll make up for ......"
After speaking, he carried the wedding book, stumbled into the study, picked up the pen, and filled in a name under the groom in the marriage book.
Tian Wenliang.
This wedding book was originally just an ordinary big red wedding book, but when Tian Wenliang's three words were written by the county magistrate himself, a dragon and phoenix picture and text appeared on the surface of the marriage book, although it was shallow, but after all, there was an outline!
No one knew all this, even Tian Wenliang, he stumbled to sleep.
Chen Yun was practicing calligraphy, and his calligraphy was really indescribable, which made him laugh three times in front of the nine girls.
But he has to practice calligraphy, practice writing with a brush, if he can't even learn calligraphy, how to draw characters if he doesn't use it smoothly?
Paper-cutting becomes a military technique, and sometimes some tiny charms are used, and it is much more difficult to move the pen to draw the talisman than to write the pen.
There was a knock on the door, and the ninth girl went to open the door.
"Brother and sister, is Brother Zuo at home?"
It was Li Zhutou's voice.
"Practice calligraphy in the courtyard!"
"Old lady!"
As soon as Li Zhutou came in, he saw the old man Zuo practicing his knife and hurriedly said hello.
Dunzi was practicing knives, while Chen Yun moved a table to practice calligraphy.
There is a knife on the side, I think it belongs to the nine girls, this family seems to be able to dance with knives and guns!
"Li Zhutou, why are you free, you haven't paid yet!"
Li Zhutou shook his head: "If this yamen is nothing serious, it will be the same if I am not there!"
It's you, who was resigned by the new county master, and you have no business, I'm afraid it won't be easy in the future!
Living in this county, you need money everywhere!
But fortunately, this courtyard has already entered your name under the former county master!
It's not a trip for nothing! ”
As he spoke, there was another knock on the door.
When I went to open the door again, it turned out to be Luo Dutou.
"Hey, Li Zhutou, it seems that we have thought of a piece!"
In fact, the purpose of Luo Dutou and Li Zhutou is very simple, that is, to ask if there is anything they need help with, and pat their chests to promise that they will help with the Longjiang pork knuckle rice prepared in the east and west markets.
"Okay! If you encounter a demon or something like that in the future, you can come to me!
As long as I can help, I'll do my best!
However, the yamen must be represented, and my asking price will not be low! ”
Luo Dutou and Li Zhutou nodded frequently: "That's nature!" ”
Then the two of them were very cheeky and had a meal here before leaving.
Let's be honest.
Everyone, including Tian Wenliang, didn't expect that after he was drunk, he would actually sign his name on the suspected ghost marriage book.
I don't know what the consequences of a county order will be if he writes his name by hand on a very critical ghost marriage book?
He dreamed!
A beautiful woman in a red wedding dress, wearing a red hijab, sat in a comatose bed in the marriage room and waited for him to unveil it.
He really went, picked up the scale rod, lifted the red hijab, and turned out to be a very beautiful woman.
He even wanted to say that this woman should only be seen in heaven and on earth, and it is rare to see her once.
But, the woman smiled!
When a person doesn't laugh, he is as shy as a goddess, but when he laughs, it instantly becomes a source of fear.
Tian Wenliang screamed, and when he woke up, he found that he was not in a marriage room, and there was no goddess in front of him, let alone a ghost, but he was in bed in the room and had a nightmare.
He felt thirsty and was about to get up to find water to drink, but as soon as he got up, something fell from him.
He fumbled and lit the oil lamp, and took a closer look at the marriage certificate that had fallen to the ground.
He opened the marriage book by mistake, and the groom's name was actually Tian Wenliang.
Hiss......
What's going on?
He didn't remember writing it by his own hand the previous night, but he could immediately recognize the name on the marriage book in his own handwriting.
And he seemed to remember that the ghost marriage book he saw during the day was not like this.
When did you have a dragon and phoenix pattern?
It's shallow though!
I found the table, put the cold water in the teapot, and after a few cups of thirst, I fell asleep again.
But as soon as he fell asleep, he felt that he was once again wearing a big red robe, like a bridegroom's official, standing at the door of the yamen.
"Xianggong!"
As the voice came, he saw a group of people on the street at the yamen, wearing red and festive robes, carrying a sedan chair and leading a horse.
The one who said the word Xianggong was the fair woman in the sedan chair wearing a wedding dress and a red hijab.
"Xianggong, get on the horse! Let's go back to the church and get married! ”
The woman wearing a red hijab and a big red wedding dress got down from the sedan chair, gently moved the lotus step to his side, and took his hand.
The woman's hands are cold and feel very comfortable, but which bride walks down and down the sedan chair by herself?
It doesn't seem to be in accordance with the rules!
Tian Wenliang just wanted to go with her, and the cave room was spent on candle nights!
Suddenly, the mirror on top of the yamen shone a beam of light and froze himself.
What's going on?
Tian Wenliang didn't know what was going on, but it was obvious that the woman holding his hand knew what was going on, and as soon as she tore off her red hijab, she wanted to drag Tian Wenliang with a hideous face.
"Come with me......"
While dragging Tian Wenliang hard, he roared and said!
Tian Wenliang was a little frightened and painful, because he felt that his hand was about to be pulled off, and his face began to become hideous and terrifying.
He felt that if he dragged it any further, his arms or half of his body might be torn.
Suddenly, a rooster crowed in the distance, making the mirror on the top of the yamen shine brightly, not only enveloping himself, but also gradually expanding the range, driving away the woman in the wedding dress who was holding her hand tightly and dragging it.
"Tian Wenliang, you are my groom, you want to be with me after all.
I can hide from the first year of junior high school, but I can't hide from the fifteenth, I'll come back next time! ”
In the sound of roosters, the team of kisses gradually disappeared, leaving only a faint complaint, and the woman in the wedding dress disappeared.
The county magistrate didn't know that just as he was dreaming, the street at the entrance of the yamen was so foggy that people couldn't see anything in the moonlight.
But just when he was dragged out by the woman's arm in a dream, a big rooster stood on the highest roof of Chen Yun's house and crowed in this direction.
In the middle of the night, the rooster crowed, and the sound was quite loud, which woke up many people.
"Someone ...... coming"
Tian Wenliang, who woke up in a dream, suddenly shouted loudly.
The journey is far away, and his family members did not accompany him, after all, the family business in the capital also needs to be guarded.
The newcomer didn't have time to accept a concubine, so Tian Wenliang, who was alone and woke up by a nightmare, called his guards in horror.
Let's be honest!
If it's just a nightmare, it's a day and a night.
But if it's the same dream twice, it's scary!
Most importantly, when he woke up and lit the lamp again, he found that the marriage letter was back at his bedside.
"It's true......"
Tian Wenliang muttered to himself, he knew that he had a big deal to do.
"Dong Weng, what's wrong?"
The staff master came in a hurry, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw the county master who was a little embarrassed.
Tian Wenliang handed him the marriage book in his hand and asked him to open it and take a look.
The staff master opened it and saw at a glance the three words Tian Wenliang clearly written in the groom's name on it.
Then, I heard my county master say: "I didn't write it!" ”
Then he told the staff master about the two nightmares he had just done.
The staff master smiled: "Dong Weng relax, you are just having a nightmare, and there is nothing too big of a problem!"
The so-called day thinking, night dreaming!
During the daytime yesterday, since we discussed whether this marriage certificate was true or not, of course we would have thoughts.
If you think about it, there will naturally be traces of daytime thinking in your dreams.
That's where the nightmare comes in!
So Dong Weng relaxes, it's all fake! ”
To tell the truth, Tian Wenliang was very convinced by what this staff master said, and even buying an official to come here was also a trick of this staff master.
But this time, he rarely did not agree with what the staff master said, but stretched out his arm and rolled up his sleeve.
Then the staff master and the guards clearly saw a blue-black handprint on his arm.
A mark the size of a woman's palm!
And it's blue-black!
Hiss......
The staff master gasped.
(End of chapter)