Chapter 5 It's a trivial matter

Ying'er and Granny Wang were eating in the hall, and Mingyu was in the house in the inner courtyard, wiping Cao Caohua's forehead with a cool handkerchief.

Meng Kang stood outside the door for a long time, but he didn't dare to enter the house, for fear that these talkative doctors would tell him about his thoughts.

He is in charge of the heavens and the earth, but he can't control this group of mouthy and talkative people, so he can only be cautious step by step.

When he waited for a long time, the doors and windows of the house were wide open, and a gray-haired old man walked in front of him, holding a piece of straw paper in his hand.

The old man said: "I have also seen this disease, it is not an incurable disease, but it is just an occasional cold, and I often do some tiring work, inner yin and outer yang, and I seem to be frightened under the conflict, so I fainted, and the officials don't have to worry." “

Meng Kang pondered for a moment, not knowing where to ask, and after a while, he asked, "How many days does it take to recover?"

The old man sighed and said: "The illness comes like a mountain, the illness goes like a thread, the short is three or five days, and the long is more than half a year. “

Meng Kang nodded when he heard this, he also knew a little about medical skills, what the old man said was true, he took ten taels of silver from his arms, and said with a smile: "Thank you, old man, these five taels of silver are the cost of diagnosis and treatment, and the other five taels are thanks to the old man for reminding him." “

The old man shirked again and again, but he couldn't stand Meng Kang's repeated pleas, so he accepted the money, and Meng Kang sent it all the way to the door.

When the old man was about to step out of the door, he instructed again: "I have seen this person in Wang Guanying, her surname is Cao Caohua, and Wang Wu is a family, and the people in the city do not know her...... Neat, don't send it!"

As soon as he stepped out of the door, the matter had nothing to do with him.

Meng Kang listened to the old man's meaning, and seemed to have known that he had killed Wang Wu, but he didn't have the courage to complain, not to mention that this matter had nothing to do with him, so he didn't need to meddle in things.

Meng Kang said goodbye to the old man, and was just about to turn around and go back to the house, when he heard someone outside the door, he fixed his eyes and looked, it turned out to be a traveling merchant and a hawker arguing.

The traveling merchant Meng Kang was not familiar, but the peddler Meng Kang was very familiar, he was an apprentice in a tailor's shop here.

On weekdays, he doesn't like to quarrel with people, and he only says yes when he encounters anything, and the people in the city love to find him to sew and mend, not because he is skillful, just because he has a good reputation and does meticulous work.

Meng Kang didn't want to pay attention to this, but he didn't expect that there were more and more onlookers around, and even more recognized Meng Kang, and shouted uninterestingly: "Meng Ti is punished!

When a person came out, a group of people shouted a word, Meng Kang wanted to shirk it, but he couldn't resist this group of people, and even pulled him out.

Meng Kang was helpless, so he had to say in a loud voice: "Don't be impatient, wait for me to deal with this matter." “

The official level crushed people to death, not to mention this Bai Ding who didn't have any fame?

Immediately stopped the noise, Meng Kang walked between the two, turned his head to look at the vendor and asked, "Li Erlang, I know that you are an honest person, you will definitely not lie, you can tell me in detail about this matter." “

Li Erlang cried and his eyes were red, he threw the flat burden on his shoulder, and pointed at the traveling merchant and said: "I was selling some autumn pears on the street, thinking about subsidizing the family, how do I know that this traveling merchant made a mistake with me, I couldn't dodge and stepped on him, so he scolded, saying that I was a little bastard raised by a bitch, I was angry but fought with him, and it happened that someone came out of the adult's house and pulled the two of us apart, and then the adult came out." “

Meng Kang heard this and said, "The scolding is too much." Then he bent down and picked up the flat shoulder, picked up the autumn pears scattered all over the place and put them back in the frame, handed them over with both hands, Li Erlang took it in a hurry, and thanked him again and again.

Meng Kang patted Li Erlang on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't do it in the future, scolding you for ignoring him, but it's your fault for beating him." “

Li Erlang replied again and again, saying that he regretted it in the future, Meng Kang nodded, and patted him on the shoulder again to make him quieter.

Meng Kang turned his face and asked the wandering merchant again, "Is everything he said true? “

The traveling merchant was hesitant and didn't say a word, and when Meng Kang asked, he said: "Word for word, word for word, word for word, no deception!"

Meng Kang saw that he was also a man, and his confession was so refreshing, so Meng Kang said: "Eat fire oil or drink warm tea?"

If it weren't for the friends of Jianghu Dao who listened to it, they would definitely be confused when they heard it.

This Li Erlang could understand and said: "Why do you need warm tea for such a trivial matter, naturally you have to eat fire oil." “

When the merchant heard this, he took a step forward, clasped his fists and asked, "Dare to ask the big official, what do you say about eating fire oil? What about drinking warm tea?"

Meng Kang smiled when he heard this, stretched out his finger and tapped him a few times in the air, and said: "The so-called eating fire oil, the pain in the stomach is not heard by others, but it is a private thing that is said in the rivers and lakes. If this is to drink warm tea, it is a long speech, to talk about a period of effort, according to the code, you two and I meet the county, should be beaten and killed according to the crime. “

You Shang also understood most of it after hearing it, and he said in his heart: "I am an outsider, this kid is a local resident, and the two of us will go to court, I will definitely suffer, so I will simply ...... privately."

Without thinking, the merchant said, "Eat the oil!"

Meng Kang saw that both of them had chosen to be private, so he said bluntly: "Since you have chosen to eat fire oil, should it be hot or cold?"

You Shang was stunned when he heard this, and without waiting for him to ask, Li Erlang explained for Meng Kang: "This hot is to lose money, and this cold is that I will punch you three times, you only punch me, and I will give you two more punches and it will be over." “

You Shang took a look at Li Erlang's figure, thin and short, his arms were not much thicker than willow leaves, and he was a master who sacrificed his life and money.

You Shang smiled and said, "I choose the cool one, the cool one!"

Meng Kang turned his head to look at Li Erlang and raised his head, Li Erlang was stunned for a moment, then reacted and said, "I also choose the cool one!"

Meng Kang didn't have the slightest objection to the choice of the two of them, he took a step forward, clasped his fists, and asked, "How many punches and kicks did the two of them fight in the right way?"

The surrounding onlookers counted with their fingers, and after a quarter of an hour they didn't come up with a result, and just when Meng Kang was irritable, the gray-haired old man who had treated Cao Caohua before came out.

Standing beside Meng Kang, the old man smiled and said: "I get closer, I can see clearly, Li Erlang punched four punches and two kicks, and You Shang punched three punches and four kicks, how to calculate this is still up to the officials to decide." “

Meng Kang glanced at Li Erlang, he was so full of ambition that his head was about to go up to the sky, and his smug look was self-evident.

Looking at the traveling merchant again, his face was full of remorse and trembling, Meng Kang pulled Li Erlang aside and said to him: "How many dollars can you sell for a basket of autumn pears? What's the use of punching him? It's better to let him pay you two dollars, and forget about it." “

Li Erlang is not a guy who doesn't know the times, he saw that what Meng Kang said was reasonable, not to mention that he couldn't refute other people's face in public, so he naturally agreed.

Meng Kang smiled slightly, pulled Li Erlang to the side of You Shang, and said: "I think you are already in the age of establishment, I am afraid that you can't carry it on your shoulders and your hands on weekdays, he broke your punch, and you want to say that our family bullied you, so I think, you take two hangs of money to buy his basket of pears to make amends, how about this punch is spared?"

You Shang listened to him and thought carefully for a moment, and looked at the autumn pears on his shoulders from time to time, which was a big one, and two hanging money was free from the pain of skin and flesh, and he could get a basket of pears to eat, so he didn't lose anything.

You Shang sighed and said, "According to the instructions of the punishment." As he spoke, he took out two pieces of money from his sleeve and handed them to Li Erlang, and took Qiu Li from his shoulder.

Li Erlang was overjoyed, completely forgot about the previous incident, and told him that if he couldn't eat it, he could boil sugar, and leave it until winter to soak in warm water and get rid of the fire.

You Shang saw that he didn't mean to be sarcastic, and the people around him were also watching, how could he be petty? He also specially thanked him, and said a few words of greeting before leaving.

Seeing this, Li Erlang thanked Meng Kang, took an autumn pear from his arms and stuffed it into Meng Kang's hand, and said: "Meng Daguan is really a parent official, I haven't made a career yet, when I become famous and prosperous, I must thank you and say goodbye!"

When Meng Kang saw him leaving, he smiled bitterly helplessly, and dismissed the people before returning home.

The sound of praise outside the door was endless, Meng Kang only felt hungry when he entered the door, and when he arrived at the main hall, he saw that Ying'er and Granny Wang had already eaten almost the dishes on the table.

Meng Kang's hungry eyes were dizzy, so he hurriedly found a place to sit down, lay on the table weakly, and said, "Hurry up...... Get some food, everything, go and ......."

Ying'er saw that he was talking weakly, not like a joke, so she hurriedly stood up, straightened him, and said angrily: "Really, let you eat food and then leave, you just didn't listen, now it's okay, I'm afraid I'm going to faint from hunger!"

Meng Kang wanted to refute her a few words, but he didn't have much strength, he felt tired and fainted even when he spoke, so he simply let her play with anger.

Ying'er didn't dare to delay, she blamed him, but she was nervous, so she hurriedly ran to the kitchen, grabbed two eggs, made some leftovers from yesterday, and fried a plate.

I was afraid that he would choke on himself if he ate too fast, so he made a bowl of soup, and hurriedly brought it to the main hall when he was done.

Meng Kang smelled the aroma, and he didn't know where he got the strength, so he sat up with a bang, and he was able to eat the soup and rice, and he leaned back on the chair and looked embarrassed.

Granny Wang smiled when she saw it, and said, "I am a countryman, and it is normal for me to be hungry and full on weekdays, why is this little official like this......?"

Meng Kang didn't want to pay attention to her, and didn't say a word, Ying'er took the conversation and said, "My uncle is busy with official business, and sometimes he can't take care of eating, so he has to approve official documents, and he often misses the hour." “

Meng Kang is idle and panicked on weekdays, how can there be any official documents to review, and Ying'er's words can only fool Granny Wang, an old dizzy person.