Chapter Fourteen
The bronze bell ding dangdang...
My body was light and the feeling of ups and downs came.
Hearing the vocals, Liangsheng woke up in a daze, the soft sunlight entered his vision, the blurred figures walking around gradually became clear, and words were also transmitted.
"Ryosheng woke up."
"It's fine."
"... Liangsheng, what happened last night? We can see that..."
In the slightest words, the old donkey whistled, and the boy on his back shakingly covered his forehead, and his body felt a slight pain. He didn't know how to answer their words for a while.
It took a long time to gradually gather my mind and try to recall what happened last night... After the big centipede left, did I faint?
On the other side, Liu Pan, who was carrying a hunting knife, waved his hand and asked everyone to stop asking questions. He turned to look at the boy on the old donkey's back, and didn't know how to speak.
Finally, he asked: "Liangsheng, are you feeling uncomfortable now? Last night..."
The thoughts were interrupted, and Liangsheng came to his senses and looked at the roads around him. There were many pedestrians breaking down their voices.
"Uncle Pan, don't tell me what happened last night."
The meaning of the words is that when encountering centipede spirits, don’t talk too much about it, but when you hear it, the ears of 6 Pan have become another meaning.
He nodded quickly, approached over, and whispered: "Uncle I understand. I thought you suddenly knew how to read. It was a bit strange. Now that I can explain it well, I will tell others not to talk nonsense."
Then add one more sentence.
"Liangsen... have you been a master of yourselves?"
Experts are teachers...
Suddenly reminded that 6 Liangsheng hurriedly touched the package on his back and felt it all over, "Uncle Pan, where is my package?"
"Oh, I'll help you take care of your Uncle Qing."
Seeing that 6 Liangsheng did not answer the previous question, 6 hoped that it would be hard to continue asking. It was approaching Fushui County, and there was a tea shed on the side of the road, so I asked everyone to go over and rest.
"Since Liangsheng woke up, everyone should go to the tea shed in front to take a rest first, and then go to the city to find the yamen."
"Huh... I can finally sit."
After half a night and a morning of rushing, everyone's feet were blisters, and they threw their bags and weapons on their backs and shoulders to the ground. They sat on the side of the road not far from the tea shed. Liu Pan took another two or three cents and asked the tall and thin man named Liu Qing to buy a few bowls of herbal tea and share it with everyone.
In the tea shed, the lonely tree, the cool breeze blew, under the swaying spots, 6 Liangsheng sat down against the tree, and took advantage of the time when everyone was drinking tea, and quickly opened the package he had retrieved.
"Master?"
Inside, the toad Taoist who was curled up was half open with a toad eye, and the frog stretched out his webbing to grab the pocket and pulled it.
"Sleep as a teacher, don't disturb me."
The bag is tightened and closed.
"It's good that Master is fine."
6 Liangsheng breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that after he was unconscious, no one would take care of him, and others would lose his master as an ordinary toad. He was still there, and he felt at ease.
Turning back, a pottery bowl was handed to him, and squatted down opposite him.
"Liangsheng, come and have a drink of herbal tea to quench your thirst. There are still a few miles to the county town, but it's almost here, and the rest depends on you."
"Uncle Pan, I'm not ready to speak..."
It is not so easy for a young man who has not seen many worlds to stand in the court. Liu Pan nodded over there. He originally wanted to reach out to pat the boy's shoulder, but stretched out halfway and took it back.
"Then... that's okay. Then, when we arrive outside the county government, let's make up. Okay, I won't disturb you to rest."
After saying that, after returning to the seven people there, they were all rough and generous men. When they sat down and spoke loudly, they caused many of the other passengers who were stopping and resting to frown. Due to the hunting knife and hatchet at the other party's feet, they did not dare to step forward.
The autumn wind is gentle, and the pedestrians and vendors are welcomed and sent to this official road. From time to time, passengers come and go to the tea shed to rest and quench their thirst, and gather around the table to talk about interesting stories from all over the world recently.
"You just came back, do you know something happened in Fushui County recently?"
"What's up?"
"Hey... you just came back from outside. I don't know. Something happened to Chen Yuanwai, a famous family in Fushui County. A few maids and servants died a few days ago."
"What are you so rare about wealthy families who don't die in a year?"
"The problem is here. I have been dying for several days in a row. I'll ask you, if you are in Chen Yuanwai's Mansion, are you afraid?"
"There are people who die one after another. I'm afraid there are unclean things in Chen Yuanwai's mansion."
"Isn't that... I also heard that this horrible thing happened only after Mr. Chen held his birthday."
"Haha, maybe it was Mr. Chen who had collided with the Tai Sui God for his birthday..."
Liu Liangsheng, who was sitting not far away, was listening to the old man telling stories at the village entrance, but the character among them was Chen Yuanwai who came to Fushui County some time ago, which made him feel fresh.
After a while, it was almost noon. Everyone set off again. On the way, they took dry food and cold water to deal with it, and hurried into the city.
The crowd was bustling, and the farmer who was pushing the wheel stopped, watched the vendor who walked past the candied haws, groped for a while, took out a penny and bought a bunch of them, as if he was taking it back for his grandson at home, and carefully wrapped it in his arms to avoid the dust spilled above; in the attic, the open window, the woman slapped the drying bedding with a wooden stick, and turned around and cursed with the people in the room. Soon, the door below pushed open, and the naughty child ran out, looking at the clay man in the stall on the street with a smile.
In the eyes of 6 Liangsheng who entered the city, these scenes were particularly lively and novel. A group of nine people walked across the street and shouted at the vendors. The boy stopped at a stall and saw the racks were full of calligraphy and paintings such as beauties, horses, landscapes, etc.
6Peng came over and whispered in his ear: "Liangsheng, we don't have enough money."
"Just look." 6 Liangsheng smiled, "The paintings I drew are better than what I sold."
Over there, a middle-aged man dressed in a scholar, who waved his hand when he heard this.
"Go away quickly, can't afford it, and you're talking nonsense."
"If you don't buy it, can't you tell me?" 6 Pan quit here, and turned around and wanted to argue with the man. He pinched his fists, and seemed to be trying to do the other party.
But he was pulled by 6 Liangsheng, "Uncle Pan, we are here to do a good job. Besides, I am unstoppable and disturbing others' business."
6 Pan glared back at the vendor.
"So what? Is it okay to open the door and do business?"
Finally, he followed Liangsheng back to the crowd and told them what had just happened, which made these big men ready to shout and scold.
Soon, nine people inquired along the way and found the county government office in the city. The officers at the door crossed the water and fire sticks and refused to let them in.
"All matters are the same. If you want to file a complaint, you need to write a paper and submit it. You can only come to court after the chief clerk's investigation..."
6Pang originally thought that when I came to the county government, I would see the county magistrate calming the wrongs in the village. But I knew that there were so many curves of things. I scratched my head anxiously and looked at 6 Liangsheng.
"Liangsheng, what should I do now? Can you write that kind of paper?"
The boy was also a little confused. After thinking about it, he walked to the servant at the county government office there and bowed politely.
"I'm sorry, this elder brother, we all came from the village and had never written a copy of the paper. Is there any writing or giving us some abandoned ones to go back and copy?"
"There are ten cents for writing on behalf of others. Of course, there are also tea and money, and a total of twenty cents. If you write it yourself, you can also have five cents."
6 I hope to hear these eyelids twitching. How much does it cost to go out? If they write on their behalf, they will have no money for food.
After discussing for a while, they finally decided to ask 6 Liangsheng to write a copy, but buying a discarded essay for five cents also made them feel painful.
"Writing like this makes money..."
6 Liangsheng looked at the paper he bought from five essays in his hand, and then looked at the words "Fushui County Government".
"Just set up a stall and help others write, you can earn a few copper coins."
But the thought just flashed, and soon the sky darkened.
Chapter completed!