Being an official is really the eternal pursuit of the people.

Despite the danger of listening to the heavenly prison, although the Wu clan in Pingyang Fuzhong has been suppressing the listening heavenly prison, when the listening heavenly prison posted a recruitment order, there were still many people who were willing to try their luck.

In just one day, more than 50 people came to listen to the questioning of the heavenly supervisor, and finally 20 people were left after a simple assessment.

Among these twenty people, four have yin and yang eyes, five have gone to school, and the other eleven have cultivation, which is more than enough to be a wrestler just by virtue of their skills.

Wang Qilin left them, as well as Xu Da, Ma Ming and Shen Yi, and he arranged for the three of them to sit in Fucheng and go to Yuning County alone.

Feng Liang's eighty-fourth letter was mailed to Yuning County, and the recipient was Dayin Shen San!

So Wang Qilin had to go and see for himself what was going on.

Xu Da wanted to follow, Wang Qilin shook his head and said: "You stay, Ma Ye himself is afraid that it is not good to command these splashes, or it is more appropriate for you to assist him." ”

For a small group battle like theirs, Ma Ming can be called handsome.

He was born in the camp first, and he is a captain, which is equivalent to the leader of the special forces squad, and he has neither experience nor means.

He also has the horse-headed king on his back, and if he encounters demons and monsters, his combat power may be stronger than that of Xie Toad.

The only problem is that this horse-headed king can only deal with demons and monsters, not people, even if it is a great evil person, he will not show up.

To put it simply, he doesn't care about the affairs of the yang world.

So if the opponent is a person, then Ma Ming's side will be a little stretched.

So Wang Qilin had to leave Shen Yi behind, and Shen Yi cultivated to the four-grade realm, whether it was dealing with people or demons and monsters, he could be just as good.

It's a pity that he doesn't have a good brain......

Xu Da was worried about him and said, "Seventh Master, the situation in Yuning County is unknown, then Shen Sanqi is strange, it is really inappropriate for you to go by yourself." ”

Wang Qilin said: "I'll take Xiaoyu'er with me." ”

On the table in the room, a grass carp emerged from the water urn with a bare head.

Wang Qilin shook his head regretfully at it: "It's not to take you." ”

The grass carp spat and dived back into the water.

Xu Da said: "Xiaoyu'er is not very useful, at most she will warm your bed, and you will not use it when you take her at a critical time." ”

Yu Hood's chest trembled, and he said: "I was promised to others, don't take advantage of me, I won't warm the bed for the seventh master." ”

Xu Da said regretfully: "Look, she is useless at all." ”

Wang Qilin said with a smile: "I'll bring Shu Yu again, Shu Yu's skills are not bad, it shouldn't be a problem to give me a hand when the time comes." ”

Shu Yu said proudly: "Seventh Master, don't worry, with me, no one will want to hurt a single hair of you!"

Three men and three horses, left the post house and went on the road.

On the fifth side of the door, someone saw him go out with a knife, so he put down a dozen copper baht and slapped it on the table and left quietly.

In a private house in Tianshu Town, a Haidongqing soared into the air.

There is a lake twenty miles outside the city, a painting boat is driving through the waves, and Huang Gongzi is sitting on the bow of the boat with a gloomy face waiting for news.

Hai Dongqing fell, and a big man came up and bowed: "Prince Qiqi, Wang Qilin has already gone out." ”

Huang Gongzi stood up abruptly and said: "Very good, our Tianluo net is ready, this martial artist in Pingyang Mansion has never been in harmony with the Heavenly Eunuch, and the dignified Iron Captain Post Station still relies on posting recruitment orders to seek subordinates, it's really ridiculous!"

"This is where Wang Qilin's troops are defeated! He lacks soldiers, major generals and no reinforcements, and we are strong and strong, so what can he do to fight us?!"

The mustachioed Lu Shi walked out and arched his hand: "Yes, Xie Toad's stinky Taoist priest left the palace for some reason to go elsewhere, and now there is no one available around Wang Qilin, this is Heaven Helping Huang Gongzi!"

The others were filled with righteous indignation and expressed their belief in victory in this battle in fiery words.

Huang Gongzi made a look of Zhizhu in his hand, and said: "Everyone, I am just a spectator today, as long as Wang Qilin is attracted here, then no matter how many subordinates he brings, he will definitely die!

Someone happily asked, "Is the Great Ruyi Divine Monk here?"

Huang Gongzi smiled but did not speak.

Lu Shi said confidently: "Unless the old sect master in the Tianwu Sect arrives, no one in the entire Pingyang Mansion City can defeat ......."

"Master Lu, your mouth is too loose. Huang Gongzi said lightly, "You can wait to watch the play with peace of mind, you will naturally know the truth when the time comes." ”

Then they waited from morning to noon, and they didn't even wait for Wang Qilin's fart.

After noon, it was evening, and Wang Qilin's fart still didn't appear.

The waves in the lake rolled, and the boat shook violently.

Huang Gongzi's face was solemn: "In our letter, the time, place and things are clearly stated, right?"

Lu Shi nodded and said, "Clearly." ”

Huang Gongzi asked again: "Then you handed over the letter to Wang Qilin in person, right? He must know that the old man Jin is in our hands, right?"

Lu Shi scolded secretly and handed the letter to Wang Qilin with his own hands, do you want me to die?

But he couldn't say it explicitly, so he fooled and said, "Yes!"

Huang Gongzi said in a daze: "Then why didn't he come?

A man asked tentatively, "Maybe he doesn't have a deep relationship with this old man Jin?"

Huang Gongzi took a deep breath and said, "Wang Qilin is as cunning as a fox and scheming, we are patient and wait, maybe he is planning some conspiracy." In this way, Master Lu, you will take two more people to listen to the Tianjian and inquire around, see their movements clearly, and contact Hai Dongqing. ”

Nearly an hour later, Hai Dongqing flew back.

A man beckoned Hai Dongqing to eat a piece of mutton, he took out the letter paper from the letter bag and opened it, his face changed greatly: "Not good, Huang Gongzi, that Wang Qilin ran away again, it is said that he went to Yuning County! Now the whole post house is practicing in the queue, and no one cares about the kidnapping case of Old Man Jin at all!"

Huang Gongzi fell silent.

After a stick of incense, he asked sadly: "Is it that the words we wrote in the letter were too gentle, so that Wang Qilin did not pay attention to this matter?"

The big man hesitated: "No, let's make it clear, tie up the old man surnamed Jin." ”

Huang Gongzi asked again: "That is, he thinks I don't have the courage to get this old man?"

Dahan said: "Huang Gongzi, I don't think Wang Qilin wanted to save an old porter at all, this person who listens to the heavenly prison is very cold-blooded, even if he kidnaps their father and mother, he may not come to save him, let alone an old porter? Let's ask ourselves, if our own gatehouse is tied up by gangsters, will we take the risk to rescue?"

Huang Gongzi said angrily: "Of course we have to save it! If we don't save it, wouldn't we be ruthless? What is the difference between that and animals? Tiger poison does not eat children, lambs will kneel and feed, these beasts still have feelings, are we still inferior to animals?"

The waves became more and more turbulent, and the boat shook more and more.

Someone asked strangely, "Why is the wave so strong because the wind is not strong today?" and it seems that the waves are so big here that we have, which is really weird!"

Huang Gongzi swallowed his saliva, he gave his subordinates a look and said in a low voice: "It seems that Wang Qilin will not come today, row the boat ashore, let's run away quickly." ”

The big man under him was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked, "Running away?"

Huang Gongzi gave him a fierce look: "Shut up and do as I say." ”

The big man waved his arms, and the boatman drove the boat slowly to the shore.

Huang Gongzi whispered again: "Tell the brothers in a whisper, when you get ashore, abandon the boat and run away, don't care about anything, stay away from the lake and the water!"

The big man was confused and asked, "What about the old man Jin in the cabin?"

Huang Gongzi said impatiently: "He's still useful, take him and run with him!

He put on a posture and prepared to escape.

But the surface of the lake, which was still rolling in waves, suddenly stopped, and it was a matter of an instant that it quickly became extremely quiet, and the group did not even react, and their bodies were still swaying under the domination of inertia, so the ship stalled, and several people were shaken down on the boat.

The water of the boat head lake gushed like a spring, and a figure appeared behind the water column in a trance, and a cold voice came into their ears: "Huang Gongzi, what do you think of this star? You think you can play with me, don't you?"

On a cold day in late autumn, Huang Gongzi's forehead suddenly sweated when he heard this.

He hurriedly said: "Lord Nakshatra is angry, how dare this son play with you? It was an accident in the plan, yes, a change has appeared, and the plan has an accident!"

Leng Sensen's voice continued to sound, and he began to sneer: "Didn't your teachers tell you? If they haven't taught you, then the stars will teach you, as for the tuition?"

"Then pay for it with the lives of your unsuccessful subordinates!"

Huang Gongzi was furious, stood at the bow of the boat and puffed up his chest and shouted, "There is a kind of you coming at me and trying to hurt my brother? No way, unless you step over my corpse!"

Leng Sensen's laughter was full of disdain, and said: "Stubbornness without strength, that's a dead duck with a hard mouth!"

"Who said he didn't have the strength?" a soft and warm voice came from the surface of the lake.

A small lotus-picking sampan flutters lightly on the surface of the lake, and a charming girl sits on the boat and plays barefoot in the water.

The figure behind the water column fell silent.

The girl picked up the splash with her ruddy and small toes, and she said to Huang Gongzi, "Little boy, do you remember me?"

Huang Gongzi felt that his mouth was very dry.

The girl continued: "Today I have saved the lives of you and your brothers, and according to the rules of your Saiwai, what are you going to do with your life-savers?"

A man whispered excitedly: "This girl seems to be very powerful, Huang Gongzi, we have been saved!"

"You know what a fart!" Huang Gongzi muttered: "Only then did he get out of the wolf's den and enter the tiger's den!"

The afterglow of the setting sun shone on the surface of the lake, as red as blood.

The afterglow of the setting sun shines on the mountains, and the shadows of the pupils.

The horses galloped, and the group stepped on the afterglow of the sunset to enter Yuning County, and the fish cover asked, "Seventh Master, where are we going?"

Wang Qilin said: "You are more familiar with this county than me, so you come to arrange the place, we will go to a safe place close to the post office in the city, first inquire about the latest news, and then I will go to the post office to see Shen San in the evening." ”

Yu Hood bit his finger and thought about it, and said, "There is a Granny Tao on Taohua West Street, she is very good, she once helped me, we may be able to go and have a look." ”

Wang Qilin said: "Then go and see, what are you hesitating about? Since she has helped you, then you can at least bring some gifts to the door this time to thank you." ”

Yu Hood hurriedly said: "No need for a gift, no, I mean we don't need to buy any gifts, you are the gift I am going to give her, so Seventh Master, can you do me a favor?"

Wang Qilin was stunned: "You treat me as a gift? Do you think I'm Xu Da? I'm not interested in women!"

Shu Yu's face changed slightly, and he carefully took half a step back.

Wang Qilin glared at him: "Bear-like! I'm even less interested in men!"

Hachimeow took a step back.

Nine-six was still wagging its tail stupidly, and Eight Meow bit its tail and dragged it back......

The fish cover said angrily: "Oh, why do you stinky men always like to think cranky? Granny Tao is very pitiful, I want you to help him! The gift I brought to her is to help her! You come with me, I will tell you carefully!"

The three of them deposited their horses in an inn, and then walked to Taohua West Street.

Granny Tao lives in a large house with two black-lacquered gates tightly closed.

The fish cover went up and knocked on the door, and a voice sounded in the courtyard for a long time: "It's getting late, I can't open the door, if you have something, please come back tomorrow." ”

The fish cover said: "Aunt Tao, it's me, big fish!"

Hearing her voice, a small hole was opened in the door panel, and one eye was exposed.

Seeing their appearance clearly, the old lady's voice sounded behind the door: "It turned out to be a big fish, you know my rules, you can come in by yourself, but the two of them cannot, except at noon, my house does not enter men." ”

The fish cover said: "But this son is a disciple of Ah Gong, I finally found him, Ah Gong asked him to come to see you, don't you let him eat behind closed doors?"

"Is he your grandfather's disciple?" the old lady's voice suddenly became excited, "He is Brother Kuan's disciple?"

Wang Qilin said: "My name is Zhan Bumei, Miss Yu went to Chang'an to find my master, and told him your news......"

"Why do you call Zhan sleepless?" the old lady's voice trembled.

Wang Qilin said: "I am an orphan......"

He grimaced and glared at the fishman, who shrunk his shoulders and looked down at his chest.

"It was my master who saved me, I was young at that time, and I forgot what my name was, so my master named me Zhan Bumei. Wang Qilin continued, "I think the name may come from a poem, when my master can't sleep at night, he will drink and sing a poem......

"I can't sleep, and I hesitate in my clothes. I've been hesitating for a long time, and the white dew touches my clothes. ”

Hearing this poem, Granny Peach suddenly burst into tears.

She opened the door while crying and let them in, grabbed Wang Qilin's arm and said: "This conscienceless person still remembers this poem, in the first year he went to the capital, I wrote him forty-two letters to his family, each of which wrote Cao Zihuan's "Miscellaneous Poems" to tell him my feelings. Woo, he finally had a little conscience and wrote down this poem!

The old woman was seventy years old, her body was hard and neat, she wore silver steps on her head, jade earrings on her ears, gold rings on her hands, and a silk cloth dress with beautiful flowers and plants embroidered on it, and the whole person looked graceful and luxurious.

Wang Qilin looked at her outfit in surprise, and then said sadly: "I'm sorry, master, the master can't help himself in the imperial capital, although he is an official, but people are trembling in the officialdom, like walking on thin ice, so I didn't dare to take you to the imperial capital in the early years, for fear that because of the party and government disputes, my whole family will be harmed, and you will be implicated at that time." ”

Granny Tao shouted: "Why is he still such a forward-looking character? Marry a chicken and marry a dog with a dog, I dared to break with my family and marry him, then I am not afraid of being implicated by him." This one has no conscience, this one has no guts! How can he make me worry for so many years? Why hasn't he come back to see me all these years?"

Wang Qilin sighed and said: "My master offended the ministers soon after he entered the officialdom, and then he was sent to guard the prison, there are no holidays and holidays for this job, even if he is sick, he has to go to the prison to keep an eye on, how can he have time to come back?"

"He originally wanted to take you to Chang'an, but, alas, you know his character, when he went to Beijing to take the exam, he promised you glory and wealth, and later although he was promoted, he became a petty official guarding the cell, how could he have the face to take you over?"

"In the early years, the master was ambitious, thinking that he would always return to the court with his own skills, and when the dragon entered the deep sea and the birds entered the mountains and forests, he would definitely be able to rise step by step. ”

"But this moment, several years have passed," Wang Qilin looked up at the sunset, his face sentimental, "the older he gets, the more he doesn't dare to see you again, just like drinking to quench his thirst." If it hadn't been for the letter from the fish girl who had come to Beijing this time, I am afraid that he would have asked me to return his coffin to my hometown only after death. ”

Hearing his words, Granny Tao cried even more, and she asked again: "Your master was actually sent to guard the prison? Is the prison very cold? Your master's right leg was once injured, can he withstand the torture of the prison?"

Wang Qilin was surprised: "The master's right leg has been injured? I can't see it, I only know that his left shoulder is not good, and every time it rains on a cloudy day, the bone cracks will hurt badly." ”

Granny Tao said: "Yes, it's the left shoulder, you didn't lie to me, you didn't lie to me, you really have no conscience! When he came back this time, did he give you any message? Did he let you ......?"

Speaking of this, the old woman showed the shyness of a girl, twisted her fingers and whispered, "Let you take me to the capital." ”

Wang Qilin said: "My master has been disheartened with his official career, he has long wanted to return to Yuning County, a few days ago he has submitted his resignation to the imperial court, as long as the Holy Ruling can come back." ”

Granny Peach was overjoyed and asked, "How long will this take?"

Wang Qilin said helplessly: "I'm afraid it's going to take a little time, you also know how busy the saint is, my master's resignation is estimated to be adjudicated in another year." ”

Granny Tao muttered: "One year, okay, I've been waiting for him for eight years, and I'm not afraid of a year and a half." ”

Hearing this, Shu Yu subconsciously glanced at her.

Granny Tao took them into the house to settle down, and suddenly asked, "If your master comes back, can I live in this house?"

Wang Qilin also said casually: "Of course, my master is alone, only me and my two senior brothers follow him, and I and my senior brothers will continue to serve the saint and can't come back with him, so it must be enough for you two to live in this big house." ”

Granny Tao said abruptly: "Brother Kuan is really a gentleman, he said that he was good to me in life and life, and he would never marry a wife and take a concubine again no matter what happened in the future, and he really did it." ”

Saying that, she said angrily to the fish cover: "You have seen and heard the big fish, my husband has never married me in his life and has never forgotten me, but what did my brother say when he came to me at the beginning?

"I knew that they hated Brother Kuan, and deliberately smeared Brother Kuan to let me remarry! But I have already married Brother Kuan, and I will be his wife for the rest of my life, no matter how good other men are, they can't be my husband!"

The old woman said this categorically, and she did not hesitate.

She asked Wang Qilin to sit down and rest, and hurriedly went to prepare wine and food.

Looking at her busy back, Wang Qilin asked in a low voice, "How long has she been like this?"

The fish cover sighed sadly and said, "Forty years. ”

"In the seventeenth year of Yuanchang, Granny Tao's husband entered Beijing to take the exam and entered the high school as a scholar, and became an official in the court. Originally, according to the agreement, he should come back and take his wife to the capital, but after this despicable villain was admitted to the Jinshi, he went to marry a eunuch and became his son-in-law, in order to save the eunuch's face, he wrote a letter of resignation and sent it back to Yu Ning. ”

Fortunately, the book was intercepted by Granny Tao's father, and then Granny Tao has been looking forward to her husband's return, and she has been looking forward to it for eight years. Seeing that she couldn't hide it, Granny Momo's father told her the truth, but she didn't believe it, and his father showed her a letter of resignation, and then she went crazy, and finally became like this. ”

Her life has become a cycle of eight years, at the beginning of each eight years, she is the new daughter-in-law who just sent her husband to Beijing to take the exam, and in the eighth year, she will go crazy. This year is the eighth year, so I came up with the idea to see if I could help my mother-in-law. ”

"I think that my mother-in-law is crazy not because of her husband's negative heart, but because she has no hope, and people don't live for a hope? ”

She looked up expectantly, like a little hamster with a chest full of grain.

Wang Qilin couldn't help but play her a small cerebellar collapse, and said, "I always thought you were stupid, but I didn't expect you to have a brain." ”

The fish cover glared at him angrily, and quickly smiled admiringly, considering that he still had to count on him to help him appeal to his father and sister.

Wang Qilin said: "But you are not from Yu Ning, how can you understand everything so clearly? and even know the poems that Granny Tao wrote to her husband and her husband's injuries. ”

"It's very simple, my mother-in-law talks in her dreams at night, and I know these things from her dreams. And because this year is the eighth year, my mother-in-law's younger brother cares about her very much and often comes to see her in the house, and he also told me some things when I was here before. ”

It can be seen from the layout of the high-rise mansion compound that Granny Tao's family conditions are good, and she is also a woman who can run a house, and she quickly packed up a very rich dinner, six dishes and one soup, six hot and one cold, decent but not overly enthusiastic.

So Wang Qilin couldn't figure it out:

Although Granny Peach is over seventy years old, she must have been a great beauty when she was young, judging by her face and figure. In this way, she is beautiful, knowledgeable, and able to run a family, and her family conditions are good, how could her husband abandon such a delicate wife to make a ditch for a eunuch?

The four of them ate together, and Granny Tao asked about her husband in a row, and all the details were asked, Wang Qilin was a little overwhelmed, so he turned on the defensive: "Master, when I came here today, I listened to the hot chat in the tea shop, is there something lively in the county recently?"

Granny Tao said: "What's the excitement lately? They are talking about seeing the killing of the head, right? The county magistrate gave Ling Chi a jealous woman who killed her husband and concubine. There was also one of her elders, who helped her kill these two people, and was sentenced to death together, and beheaded him while the autumn queen was asked. ”

The fish cover looked up violently: "This jealous woman is called Yin's family, from Dading Village?"

Granny Peach nodded and asked, "How do you know?"

Wang Qilin quickly answered: "Oh, that's what we heard at the tea stall. ”

Granny Tao nodded again, and then she changed back to the original topic and said: "Brother Kuan's health is good, I went to Yuyin County last year to visit the Holy Monk Yuanjue, and the Holy Monk said that he has a hundred years of longevity......

"Yuanjue Holy Monk?" This time it was Wang Qilin's turn to look up in amazement.

Granny Tao said, "Yes, do you also know this little holy monk? He is really a reincarnated spirit child, omniscient, omniscient, too powerful." ”

Wang Qilin quickly calculated the time, Granny Tao's memory at this time was more than forty years ago, so what she said about the reincarnated spirit boy little holy monk-

"Master, the Yuanjue Holy Monk you are talking about, but the rotten head Tuo Lingtong?!"