Chapter 3: Borrowing water

Li Luodi looked at Wang Laosi and Zhang San who were laughing a little speechlessly. Laugh, and you'll cry later.

"You just said that you found the money when you gave pork to Wang Laosi this morning?" Li Luodi asked Zhang San with a chuckle.

"That's right!"

Zhang Sanzhi laughed and replied loudly.

He wanted to see what tricks the white-faced scholar in front of him was playing. All in a favorable direction is towards them.

"Did you hand the money to Wang Laosi with your own hands?"

"Nonsense, not with hands, but with feet?"

After getting a definite reply, Li Luodi was not angry, and immediately turned his head and asked Wang Laosi again, "So you were chopping the meat stuffing at that time and took the money?" ”

Seeing Li Luodi ask like this, although Wang Laosi was strange, after glancing at Zhang San's expression, he nodded vigorously and responded, "At that time, I took the money after chopping the meat filling." ”

"Then there's no problem!" Li Luodi turned to look at the people around him, and waved slightly, "Neighbors, can you make it convenient and lend me a basin of water?" ”

"Wife, I'll get it for you!"

As soon as she finished speaking, an old woman went to her door.

After a while, the old woman brought a basin of water.

"Housheng, the water you want is here!" After that, he looked at Li Luodi with a curious expression.

Not only her, but everyone's eyes were on him, equally curious, puzzled.

"Guys, this money will prove who it belongs to in no time!" Facing everyone's puzzled eyes, Li Luodi looked at the beggar and asked gently, "I haven't asked your name yet?" ”

Seeing that Li Luodi suddenly asked his name, the beggar paused for a moment, and after coming back to his senses, he hurriedly said, "The scholar can just call me a dog, this is my mother's take, which means that it is easy to feed." ”

"Dog, you haven't let anyone touch the hanging money in your arms today, have you? And your hands haven't touched meat buns or meat or anything like that today? ”

Li Luodi asked two questions in a row, and after listening to it, Goudan thought for a while and said with certainty, "My lord, since my relatives gave me money to treat my mother, I have never left this money, and no one has touched it." As for touching the meat, it is even more not, originally said to buy a meat bun and go back to my mother to eat, but I didn't buy the bun, and I was framed by someone. ”

Speaking of this, he glared at Wang Laosi fiercely.

After listening, Li Luodi continued, "Then can you lend me this money?" ”

"If you want to use it, you can use it!" Hearing this, the dog did not hesitate to take out a big bag of money from his arms.

"That's a lot of money!"

The surrounding people were chattering.

Seeing that the dog dan took out the hanging money, Wang Laosi and Zhang San glanced at each other, and they both saw greed in each other.

"You don't have to give it to me, you just need to put this money in the water." Li Luodi pointed to the basin of water on the ground and said, "Then the truth will emerge from the water." ”

"Can this answer still come out of the water?" Zhang San was dismissive, "It's ridiculous." “

'Put it in!' ”

Li Luodi ignored it and encouraged the dog to put the money in the water.

Seeing his encouraging eyes, the dog gritted his teeth and put the money into the water.

If he couldn't prove that the money was his, he would admit it, because Li Luodi was the first person in history to ask his name and give him respect. 、

It's a really nice feeling of respect.

Under the watchful eye, the hanging money slowly sank into the basin.

Half ringing, and nothing seems to have changed.

"It doesn't seem to be a reaction!"

"I can't see the difference!"

Seeing that everyone was puzzled, Li Ping lightly touched Li Luodi, and said worriedly, "How can this prove that this money belongs to the beggar!" ”

"Scholar Li, how do you explain this?"

Wang Laosi carefully observed and confirmed that there was no change in the water, then he breathed a sigh of relief and said with a slight mockery, "Doesn't it mean that this money will prove who it belongs to?" ”

"Li Shusheng, talking nonsense is not a habit that a scholar should have." Zhang San then echoed.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Zhutou also hurriedly stepped forward, although he didn't say anything, but the doubts and doubts in his eyes couldn't be hidden.

"Don't worry, everybody."

Li Luodi didn't panic at all, and smiled faintly, "Just now Zhang San and Wang Laosi both said that the money passed through their hands, and they both touched pork. ”

Li Luodi picked up the basin of water and asked everyone to watch it carefully, "Everyone, please see, all the copper coins that have touched meat and livestock must have oil stains on them." However, the surface of the water was unusually clean, except for a little dirt, but there was no oil stain that we expected. After a pause, he said, "What does this prove?" “

Li Luodi glanced at Wang Laosi and the others lightly.

"I see!"

When everyone was thinking about Li Luodi's words, Li Ping slapped his thigh suddenly and said loudly, "If this money is the two of them, then there must be pork oil stains on the water, but there is no one on it!" “

Hearing this, Li Luodi gave him a big affirmative look.

"Oh, just now Wang Laosi and Zhang San both said that the money was taken when they sent meat and chopped meat, so this hand must still be stained with oil at that time, so this string of hanging money was also stained. And there are no oil stains on this water surface, which proves that the two of them must have told a lie! “

After some of the people around him reminisced, they suddenly said.

"That's right, that's right, then this money is undoubtedly the beggar's!"

"I really didn't expect these two to be so wolf-hearted and cheat people out of their mother's money!"

"That's it, that's it, send it to the yamen!"

After awakening, everyone roared angrily and spoke.

"Wang Laosi, Zhang San, what else do you two explain?"

Liu Zhutou walked up to them with a few officials and asked coldly.

"This ......"

The two people who just wanted to open their mouths to explain obviously understood this truth, and they felt a little pale when they wanted to explain, and now they obviously provoked the anger of the public.

"Take the two of them back to the yamen and deal with them impartially!"

In an instant, several officials handcuffed Wang Laosi and the two of them, who were like dead ashes, like tigers.

"Dog, come with us! As a tainted witness. Liu Zhutou immediately turned to the dog and said, "Don't worry, it won't be too long, and the compensation that should be paid will be made up to you by the two of them." “

"Thank you, Lord Liu!" Goudan took back the money from the basin and said gratefully, "Can I give my benefactor a thanks." “、

After speaking, he knelt down at Brother Li Luodi and cried bitterly, "Thank you Master Li Shusheng for speaking up and saving the lives of the dog and his mother...... Dogs can't reciprocate, kowtow to you a few times, and pray that you will go all the way in the future and be in good health. “

Li Luodi hurriedly pulled the dog up, "Hurry up and go back to see your mother after dealing with it, don't let her wait for a long time." “

The dog who was pulled up nodded heavily, and secretly swore in his heart that he would repay this love in the future.

"Thank you Li Shusheng!" Liu Zhutou approached and clenched his fists heavily.

Li Luodi nodded lightly, which was regarded as a response.

After a few people walked away and the crowd dispersed, Li Luodi patted Li Ping and said with a smile, "Go back quickly!" This delay, the sister-in-law may be in a hurry. ”

Li Ping, who was just about to say something, suddenly remembered that it was not too early, and it was estimated that the person who was already waiting at home was a little impatient. “

After the two left, they could still vaguely hear Li Ping's praise for Li Luodi.

Tea House Private Room,

A woman is lazily lying on the chair, dressed in red, with an indescribable sense of enchantment in her dignified appearance, the green silk is draped, only tied with a cyan hairband, the snow-white skin is faintly red, it is beautiful, the phoenix eyes ripple, causing people to infinitely reverie.

After a long time, another young man in black at the tea table muttered, "This person is really meticulous, and he can tell who is real and who is fake from just a basin of water." “

"What do you think?"

The man in black seemed a little afraid to look directly at the woman in red, and asked with a little caution.

"Oh, that's it!"

The woman replied lazily.