"Uncle Niu, we have to talk about evidence when we talk and do things. With so many vendors on the street, and so many people coming and going on this road, how can you conclude that the cloth you threw away was taken by me? "

The middle-aged man snorted coldly, but said: "There are only more than 20 vendors on this street, selling vegetable pawns, cloth shops, butcher shops, and taverns, but among these vendors, there is only you, who is new." Why, do you mean that my neighbors, who have been traveling with me for many years, are going to steal for these pieces of cloth? ”

"I, I didn't mean that. But I did not steal your cloth. The boy's face flushed, and his already dark skin was now even darker and redder, like red-baked charcoal in the furnace in the golden sun.

"Then let me ask you, did anyone else approach the work I took over just now?"

"No, I don't see it." Wang Wujiu replied woodenly.

"Hehe, that's strange, less than half an hour later, your vegetable stall is closest to me, but you told me that you didn't see anyone stealing my cloth, is it possible, my cloth has eyes, legs, and I can't run away?"

The vendors who gathered around nodded yes.

Seeing that Wang Wujiu didn't speak, Uncle Niu went straight to the young man's cloth-covered vegetable basket and opened them one by one. Sure enough, amid the boos of the people, there were three brand-new shiny fabrics hidden in the third vegetable basket.

People started pointing fingers at the teenagers.

"These three pieces of cloth, those are the fine silk that I bought from the hands of the Great Qin merchants in Luoyang, and now they are mixed by you in your pile of rotten vegetables, which is really hateful. Now that everyone has stolen goods, you will follow me to see the official! ”

As soon as the young man heard that the other party was going to take him to the official, his face suddenly turned pale at this moment, who didn't know that Qiyang City didn't know, if he was really held by the county officials of Qiyang City, it would be good if he could come out of the county government without being skinned. If you really see an official, not to mention that your future is ruined, even this barely subsistence job is difficult to maintain.

"Uncle, uncle, don't send me to the official, can't we reconcile in private?" The young man immediately knelt down for the middle-aged man, and his eyes became wilted.

"Hmph, it's not impossible to reconcile in private, even if you are Grandpa Niu, I am very merciful, thinking that you and I are both businessmen and children, so I agreed to your request for reconciliation. It's just that you have to admit to your uncles and uncles that you really stole this cloth, otherwise if you regret it in private and refuse to admit it to death in the future, then it will be useless for me to take you to the government. The middle-aged man brushed his figure-eight beard, and his eyes sparkled. The crowd of onlookers nodded yes.

"Wang Wujiu, I know that this child of yours is good-natured, and it is pitiful that he was deceived by gangsters and went astray for a while. But as the old saying goes, knowing mistakes can be corrected, and good is great. Today, you will admit this matter, and we, the businessmen, will also know that you have been deceived, and we will still allow you to set up a stall outside Qiyang City in the future. The man surnamed Niu is kind and seductive, and his words seem to be like an elder teaching a younger generation.

"Yes, you quickly admit your mistake, the boss of the cow can still allow you to set up a stall on the side. Otherwise, I will take you to the government office and confess your guilt immediately. ”

"This kid, listen to Boss Niu, don't become a rat crossing the street in the future, everyone shouts and beats."

"Wang Wujiu, you should respond, the eldest husband dares to act, don't let the elder brother look down on you."

“……”

Everyone was gossiping, surrounding Wang Wujiu, who was still kneeling on the ground, and the young man only felt that the sky around him was dark, and everyone's spittle stars were about to drown him, and he couldn't afford to have half a word of defense.

The stolen goods are all in front of you, is it really that you were blinded by lard for a while and stole the best cloth of the boss of the cow?

"Okay, Uncle Niu, I admit it, neighboring fathers and elders, my Wang Wujiu has done such an ugly thing, which is really a shame on my parents. Boss Niu, look, how can I compensate for your losses? ”

"We'll discuss this privately, so we won't make a fuss in front of everyone." The man surnamed Niu saw that the goal was achieved, and his heart was full of joy, but he had to pretend to be distressed on his face, he got up and accompanied the smiling face to the onlookers and said: "Today, we have delayed everyone's time, Niu is very grateful to you for your righteous words, and please disperse." ”

There was a commotion among the people, and they were about to disperse, and the matter was about to be over.

But I saw a girl dressed in purple and looking like a fairy appearing, it was Zixia! She didn't know why the thin teenager in front of her confessed to his guilt, if she didn't say anything again, she was afraid that she would make things turn upside down, and let the young man suffer in vain.

"This cloth was not stolen by him at all, it was obviously framed by your boss surnamed Niu. Just now I saw that it was you, and secretly hid the cloth in someone's vegetable basket. ”

When the man surnamed Niu saw someone inserting a bar, he was inevitably annoyed, and his words also carried some anger: "You sister-in-law, what does this matter have to do with you!" Besides, there is all the evidence and material evidence in this matter, and he himself admitted it, and we agreed to settle privately, is this not possible? ”

"Wang Wujiu, if you regenerate right and wrong, even if I agree to reconcile, I'm afraid that the neighbors will have to take you as an official!" The man surnamed Niu was obviously talking to Wang Wujiu, but his treacherous eyes never moved away from Zixia's face.

"You are clearly black and white upside down......" Zixia was about to argue with the man surnamed Niu, but was pulled aside by Wang Wujiu.

"Auntie, things have finally settled down, so don't cause trouble." Wang Wujiu pulled Zixia aside, turned around to make amends to the man surnamed Niu, and persuaded the onlookers to leave.

The sunset flew through the sky like a frightened bird, and it was not until it fell to the corner of the valley in the west that it settled down, and with the closing of the gate of Qiyang City, the vendors outside the gate also packed up their things and went back to their homes while it was still dark.

Zixia looked to the west, and the glow meandered upwards like a river, and that was Zixia's home.

Today, she has a lot of things she doesn't understand.

She didn't understand why the boss surnamed Niu wanted to wronged the boy who looked honest; She also didn't understand why the teenager had to admit to stealing that she didn't have; She still doesn't understand why people who are calculating and have hearts like snakes and scorpions are belligerent and richly dressed, while people who are kind, innocent, and honest are on the road and eat in the dew.

In order to solve her doubts, Zixia consulted the most famous "know-it-all" in Qiyang City, and after paying him a lot of money, the old gentleman who claimed to be "everything in the world, everything is incomprehensible" wrote eight words on the paper - unpredictable, the way to survive.

Maybe he's right, things in this world are always unpredictable. But since when did the way of human existence become hollowing out and calculating? Aren't they tired?

This time, Zixia didn't spend money to find a jack of all trades, she followed the advice of others and asked an old man who had lived for more than a hundred years.

"Maybe it wasn't like that at first, but since the first man made a profit by scheming, everybody has begun to think and calculate. Over time, this became the way to survive. ”

Maybe Lao Sue is right, but whether it is the answer of the know-it-all or the answer of Lao Suo, Zixia does not agree with it in her heart.

She always felt that when Nuwa Niangniang created human beings, she didn't want a race that would use this as a way to survive.

Soon, with these doubts, Zixia left Qiyang City and continued all the way to the west

……

The junction of West Niu He Zhou and South Zhan Bu Zhou, deep in the Five Elements Mountains.

In the cold winter, the Five Elements Mountain is bare, snowflakes are falling one after another, and the monkey's head is like being covered with a thin layer of frost.

Suddenly, the monkey heard the roar of an animal, and the roar was like a dragon, but it was not a dragon; It looks like a unicorn, but it is not a unicorn; If it is a tiger, it is not as sharp as a tiger; If Jiao, it is far brighter than Jiao; In the roar, there is the true meaning of Buddhism, like ten thousand monks with the same name, and hundreds of bowls are ringing in unison.

It's the truth!

The monkey finally recognized the voice of the divine beast, what is he doing here?

Without waiting for the monkey to think about it, he only felt that the monkey's brain was very hot, and the sound of the beast had already carried the supreme divine power in Buddhism, and the sound waves, like spears and shields, directly hit the prohibition placed on him by the Cihang Dao people. However, the prohibition placed by Rulai is not so easy to break, under the sonic attack, although the prohibition in the monkey's body is shaky, it is still stable and abnormal, unless this Truth Hearing Divine Beast stays here for ten years, it is possible to break it.

However, he was already a key criminal of the Three Realms who was detained here, and even if the King of the Earth Bodhisattva had the heart to help him, he was afraid that it would be a fool's dream.

No, the purpose of the Jizo King Bodhisattva sending the Diting Divine Beast here was definitely not to let himself out. Di Ting's attack on the prohibition cannot be broken in a short period of time, but if he forcibly divides his soul, it is very likely that a wisp of remnant soul will escape.

This is the only chance for him and the entire demon clan not to become pawns again!

The monkey used the power of the divine beast to barely urge the little mana left in his body. Distraction is like a chestnut in the fire, and once it fails, the soul will be destroyed.

However, he was at the end of his rope and he had no choice.

……

In the underworld, the King of the Earth suddenly opened his eyes, and the entire layer of hell glowed with white light, making it as black as ink, and the eerie and terrifying hell was as bright as day in an instant.

When the magistrate of the local government was dumbfounded and stunned, the white light magically disappeared again.

No one noticed that the statue of the Jizo King Bodhisattva, which is enshrined on weekdays, was magically grinning.