When he arrived at Shi Daban's house, it goes without saying that his family was hospitable to Yin Manyuan. Yin Manyuan took a walk around his house, it was a blue brick house, with upper and lower halls, a patio in between, and lanterns hung in the corridors of the house, which were as bright as day. After supper, Shi Daban accompanied him, and he saw Shi Daban's old father, Shi Shuoyun, an old man fifty miles away, took out a few eggs from the cloth bag, broke them, cooked them, and turned them into fragrant poached eggs, put them in a bowl, and served them to a big fat pig to eat. He smiled and sighed, Daban, other people's pigs eat pigweed, and your pigs eat eggs, which is better than the life of ordinary people.

Shi Daban shook his hand and said Yin Zhi County, you listen to my explanation, there is a reason for adding food to pigs today to improve their lives, this bag of eggs is bought by me from the street, because my pig is a horned (male) pig, tomorrow I will take it to Gong Jiajia Village, Gong Sovereign's house to breed his sow, if the nutrition is not good, it is not only not strong, even if it is matched, the physique of the breeding pig is not good.

Oh! That's why I've never seen horned pigs breed. Yin Man said casually.

If you want to see something strange, I'll take you to see it tomorrow. As soon as Shi Daban's words slipped out, he regretted it a little: The dignified magistrate of Shapo County, would he look at this kind of strangeness? He was afraid of offending Yin Manyuan, so he immediately accompanied the sin, Yin Zhixian, I'm sorry, I said wrong, there is nothing beautiful about horned pig breeding.

You're not wrong, I'd love to see it. I will stay at your house tonight, and tomorrow I will go with you to Gong Sovereign's house in Gongjia Village to watch your horned pig breed his sows, and after seeing it, we will go back to the county government together. Yin Manyuan said solemnly.

That's fine. It's just that your beautiful lady may be looking forward to your home, and it won't affect you, right? Shi Daban said.

What a beautiful lady, you don't know, she has a stone on her left eyelid and has become an ugly monster. Yin Manyuan said a little pessimistically.

Oh! I remember, some time ago, you were still in the county to ask for a skilled doctor Langzhong did not cure your wife's illness? Shi Daban asked.

Walking on the edge of the patio, Yin Manyuan kept shaking his head.

You stay at my house, of course you are welcome, but the rest is not good, it will snub you. Shi Daban said polite words.

Where? Casually, I am not an outsider. Yin Manyuan said this, like a person in love, and he really didn't know the county.

And the ghost of Lu Hu, who had been following him, pointed at him and scolded, Fuck, you are very bad and quite good at pretending.

Early in the morning, Shi Shuoyun drove the big horned pig out of the pen, and when he passed a stone road in front of the wing where his son and Yin Manyuan were sleeping, he looked up at the window and said, Daban, I will first take the horned pig to Gong Sovereign's house in Gongjiajia Village to breed, and you will go over with Yin Zhixian to see it later. He heard Shi Daban's "um", and he led the horned pig away.

After walking through a few Zhangjia, it was smooth, and when passing through the Tianjia Road in front of Shujiazhuang, the horned pig refused to go in the direction he pulled, but wanted to go towards the fork in the road. Shi Shuoyun pulled the thick rope around its neck and scolded, where are you going to catch the knife? But when he continued to drive the horned pig towards the dirt road in Gongjiajia Village, it stood still.

Whipped with bamboo shoots, the horned pig hummed and chirped, only turned around a few times in place, and still didn't go. As soon as the rope was loosened, it stumbled on a fork in the road. Of course Shi Shuoyun didn't allow it.

He suddenly remembered that this fork in the road was leading to a family in the east of Shujiazhuang, last month, Shi Shuoyun led this horned pig to that family for breeding, could it be that it was still thinking about that sow? Shi Shuoyun was a little helpless, beating with bamboo branches, scolding and scolding, but to no avail.

An old man on the opposite field who was riding on the back of a cow in the morning saw this scene, let go of his voice and said to him, "Uncle Shuoyun, where do you lead the horned pig to breed?" Shi Shuoyun replied, go to Gong's house to breed, this horned pig will not leave when it comes here, but will go to the family in front. After the old man asked about the situation, he said, "Uncle Shuoyun, you can take this horned pig to meet the sow of the family in front of you!" Maybe after we met, it would leave.

Shi Shuoyun said, then I'll listen to you. Shi Shuoyun was actually a horned pig and walked towards the fork in the road.

When he was pulling the ox, the ox was disobedient, or when he wanted to play hard, he pulled the ox rope hard, and he stopped being tough, and obediently followed the man. This is because the ox rope is strung on the tree of the ox's nose, and if it is touched, it will feel painful, and it will not dare to commit evil. The pig is different, the rope is put around the neck, it walks with people or is led by people, and even drives it away, if it commits evil and refuses to go, it is really a bit of a rut. Because no matter how you pull the rope, it doesn't hurt because of the thick flesh. It's going to play against you, and you have to avoid it a little bit or go along a little bit.

At this moment, Shi Daban, who had already gotten up to take care of Yin Manyuan's washing, was about to go out, and he rode a horse with him to see the horned pig breeding, and the ghost of Lu Hu, who had been following Yin Manyuan and waiting for an opportunity to take revenge, went out in advance, and was also ready to wait at Gong Sovereign's house in Gongjiajia Village. But when he walked to the middle of a piece of basket, he saw Shi Shuoyun leading the horned pig to the fork in the road, he was a little puzzled, so he asked the road god who shook the road-like long face, what was going on? The god of the road laughed slightly, and said in a vivid voice the reason why the horned pig wanted to go to the house in front of him along the fork in the road to see the sow: in the past life, this horned pig was a very wealthy outsider, he married a wife, and raised three concubines.

Among them, there was a concubine who was as beautiful as a flower, and he was especially fond of it. Now the sow of that family is the reincarnation of his beloved concubine. Because of the love is too persistent, even if he becomes a pig, he still thinks about it. Lu Hu smiled, it's really strange! The god of the road said, there are many such things, it is not unusual! Not unusual. It's a pity that many living people don't accumulate virtue and do good deeds in life, blindly do evil, and become beasts after death, which is really sad!

Yin Manyuan and Shi Daban rode to Gong Sovereign's house in Gongjia Village, but they didn't see Shi Shuoyun, let alone drive the horned pig. Gong Sovereign suddenly saw two people on horseback coming, and he didn't know what was going on, so he timidly asked, where are you from? Who are you looking for? Shi Daban was about to answer truthfully, but Yin Manyuan approached him and whispered: Other situations can be introduced, don't say that we came to see the horned pig breeding, then people will laugh. Shi Daban nodded, raised his head and smiled indifferently, looked at Gong Sovereign and said, I am Shi Shuoyun's son, I heard that my father drove horned pigs to your house to breed, and I am looking for him to have something.

Gong Sovereign said, yes, I made an appointment yesterday, and said that I would come this morning, but somehow, I haven't come yet. Speaking of this, he looked at Shi Daban, who was dressed in civilian clothes and had inverted eight-character eyebrows like copper bells, and continued, I heard that Shi Shuoyun's family has a good son, who is a fast catcher in the Yamen of Shapo County, aren't you? Shi Daban arched his hand, and it was below. He glanced at Yin Manyuan, who was also in a robe and civilian clothes, and introduced that this was Yin Zhi County in the Yamen of Shapo County.

Oh, none of you are wearing official uniforms, I don't recognize you, but you are all very angry and extraordinary, and you came on horseback, and you know at a glance that it is not ordinary. At this time, Gong Sovereign said more and more politely, forgive me for not knowing Mount Tai with my eyes, and I am offended.

There is no need to blame ourselves, we generally go out in micro-clothes, so as not to disturb the people, and it is also convenient to better approach the people. When I came to your mansion today, I was very offended and ashamed. Yin Manyuan talked eloquently, looking dignified.

Where? Where? Gong Sovereign greeted the two of them and welcomed them into the middle hall to sit down. He looked at the embroidery floor again and shouted, Juzi, come over to get tea, there are two distinguished guests at home.

Alas, it will come right away. A sweet female voice came from above the embroidery floor. Yin Manyuan and Shi Daban were chatting and gossiping, and suddenly heard a female voice, and they both looked up in unison, but they didn't see anyone. Out of their eyes, they saw a woman crouching in the aisle on the side of the nave, rubbing a fat black pig lying on the ground.

The woman suddenly turned her head, looked over here and asked, "In charge, did Shi Daban drive his horned pig over?" Gong replied, don't worry about this. When the woman found two strangers sitting in the nave, she was silent.