Chapter 9 Little Xiucai Enters the City
The bamboo slide rod is the most stable to walk on the mountain road, but it sways all the way, but it makes people drowsy. Unconsciously, Wang Fulin fell asleep.
He was sleeping comfortably, but among the three fast shifts, Xu Jie rode a horse, and horses and Liu San rode a mule. It would be fine if Xu Jie and horses could, but Liu Sandian was on the back of the thin mule, feeling that his legs hurt, his back and toothache hurt everywhere, and he cursed Wang Fulin for a thousand times and ten thousand times. He ran back and forth forty miles in vain, and he only got thirty-seven cents! And the person who was raptured was sitting leisurely and peacefully on the slide rod and napping, but his serious quick-handed ran off his legs. What's the point?
"When you are demoted in your fame, I think there is still someone who is willing to protect you!"
Jinbao followed the slide rod all the way. When he stopped halfway and took a break, he arranged to pour water for Wang Fulin to quench his thirst, and asked repeatedly: "Dad, are you tired? Because you have to go to Huizhou City before the evening, you have to go faster. If you feel dizzy, I have brought medicinal oil and just wipe it."
"If the person who is sitting on the slider is still complaining about being tired, how can I be worthy of the person who is carrying the slider and the person who is walking?"
Wang Fulin had a deep understanding along the way that the slide rod he was sitting on was made of a selection of bamboos in the mountains. It was not only strong, but also polished smoothly and roundly, and the back of the chair was cleverly curved, just supporting the entire back of his waist and back, and laying a soft cushion. The two sedan chairmen were even more steadily. He had just walked the whole way and slept all the way by himself!
He calculated the time and reaction. Although the three quick moves came suddenly, he had already found out that the New Year's money that Wang Fulin had saved over the years. They were all small silver crocks, and they secretly cut them into pieces to make them weighed in case of emergency, so he did not intend to use the money that Wang Erniang had stuffed him. At this time, he rewarded the two sedan chairmen carrying the slide rod and the two people who made a meeting with him to find a chunk of silver. He said, "Today, thank you for your hard work."
The four people happily collected the money, and one of the sedan chair owners smiled and said, "You are kind to you, don't mention the master's instructions, just say that your little husband is the youngest scholar in Songmingshan in these years, and it's worth the hard work of everyone."
Seeing that the person answered without any delay, Wang Fulin personally went to thank the other three villagers who followed him into Huizhou City. The one they gave them was the steamed cake brought from their home. Xu Nuo returned to thank him again, and finally he went to say hello to the three Kuaishou. Xu Jie and Ma Neng both spoke politely, but only Liu San laughed sinisterly and did not respond.
He was too lazy to be perfunctory with this uneven guy. When he turned around, he accidentally caught a glimpse of Jin Bao's stuttering under his feet when he saw Jin Bao packing up something and walked. He walked to him, glanced at the little guy's feet, and said casually: "Take off your shoes and show me."
"Dad, it's okay. I've been used to suffering since I was a child. It's nothing to walk two steps on the mountain road." Jin Bao said this, and it was obvious that Wang Fulin had no intention of revoking his words. He just said, "It's just that the soles of his feet are worn out. It's really okay. The Uncle Kang of Mr. Nanming's family said that he can reach Huizhou City halfway..."
"If you ask you to take off, you will take off!"
Wang Fulin breathed a heavier sigh until Jin Bao took off his shoes hesitantly. Sure enough, a few blisters were worn out from the naked bottom plate, and he immediately frowned.
"Dad, it's really okay. I used to wear straw sandals. A few days ago, my second mother happened to have someone make new shoes for me, which probably hurts my feet..."
"I'll go to the sedan chairmen to ask, they always have a way to do it. Don't be stubborn in everything, otherwise you still want to walk after you arrive in Huizhou City?"
As Wang Fulin expected, the two groups of four sedan chairmen were sent to escort him this time. The most common ones were walking, and thick calluses were grinding on his feet, but he had the most experience in grinding blood blisters on his feet. Someone used strong liquor to scrub Jinbao and then scrubbed the blood blisters tightly. He also put on a layer of medicine tightly, and then put on a pair of cotton shoes to the ground. The pain would be much less. As for his idea of letting Jinbao sit for a while and a slider was resting, the little guy shook his head as if he was rattled and refused.
After delaying for a quarter of an hour, everyone set off again. This time, Wang Fulin was no longer sleepy. Moreover, it was probably because Huizhou City was getting closer and the road was gradually wider, and it was no longer as many mountain roads as before. Most pedestrians on the road walked together, but like them, there were more than a dozen people, and there were horses, mules and manpowered sliders, which attracted a lot of attention for a while.
Seeing that there were too many people, Liu San, who was full of anger along the way, took the opportunity and opened his throat and said, "Mr. Wang, although the Grand Master has issued a card ticket, it may be too late to arrive in Huizhou City today. You are resting outside for a night, and tomorrow you will be able to accumulate energy. It is not too late to go to see the Grand Master again. If you are not lucky, your fame will be the only one night left!"
After he said this, many passers-by around looked at Wang Fulin on the slide. Among these eyes, there were exploration, curiosity, contempt, and sighs... There were also many people talking, and it was obvious that the rumor was so influential.
However, Wang Fulin paid careful attention and found that when people in the same direction heard this, they were more inquiring and curious, while many of the people from the direction of Huizhou City were contempt and contempt. At this point, he was already very clear about the matter. It was obviously his own family affairs, but the direction of the distribution was radiating to the outside with Huizhou City as the center, rather than spreading it from his own Songmingshan Village!
Therefore, under the focus of many eyes, he did not feel guilty, ashamed, guilty, or uneasy, but replied as if nothing had happened: "As a student, I am the Grand Master, and I should go to see you first, no matter day and night. As for whether the Grand Master is punished, since I have a clear conscience, I am lucky to get it and lose my life, why do I need to accumulate my energy?"
Although this is not the era when the most important thing in the Tang Dynasty was to behave, people who were so beautiful that they could deal with everything calmly were better than those who were panicked and uneasy when encountering things. Therefore, when Wang Fulin said this, some people who paused by the passing were moved, some nodded in praise, and some whispered with their companions, saying that the rumors were false, but they made Liu San, who was deliberately provoking, were angry to death.
If Wang Fulin hadn't told Jin Bao not to speak casually along the way, even if someone provoked him, he would have wanted to speak up long ago. At this moment, Jin Bao accelerated his pace and followed the two steeply serene servants. But vaguely, he heard the sarcasm sound coming from behind him again.
"This little thing sounds nice! For him, a young scholar, the Grand Master rushed back to Huizhou Prefecture from Ningguo Mansion, and his mood was already very bad. The Grand Master's punishment stick was not beautiful. Now he talked big, and even if he wanted to save his fame, he had to take off a layer of skin!"
Jinbao shivered immediately and his mood suddenly became heavy. Fortunately, at this moment, the person who was talking was obviously stopped by someone.
"Enough, Liu San, please say a few less words! There will naturally be public opinion on right and wrong. Is it our turn to talk too much?"
"Just relying on the crime of not serving my father's ill, perhaps the Grand Master should be punished at most. There must be evidence of cheating. But don't forget that you have added two more items now, buying your nephew as a slave, and your father is sick and seeking pleasure. It is said that he was with the Cheng family's young master. Cheng also gave him a child servant. Who doesn't know what this means?"
Jin Bao was so angry that he turned around quietly. Seeing that Liu San was indignant, but was whispered by Ma Neng beside him again, and then he didn't say anything again, he immediately clenched his fists. His father was an ordinary farmer. Later, he saved up some spare money and died. When his wife died, he bought his biological mother again at the age of 40 and gave birth to him. A few years later, his father passed away, and his brother regarded him as a thorn in his eyes, and insisted that his biological mother was just a maid he bought. After selling his biological mother, he abused him in every way. The most reassuring period of his life was by Wang Fulin. What's more, he got the greatest hope in his life!
He was a slave who was sold to others by a death deed. He never dreamed that he could still read and write openly in his life! But he became one of Wang Fulin's crimes!
After all, Wang Fulin was far away, so he didn't hear the conversation between Liu San and Xu Jie at all. The road was calm and there was no accident again. It was a fair wife until she entered the city.
For Wang Fulin, this was his "first" to come to Huizhou City. He felt that there was a bit more of a true antique than the ancient towns and cities in later generations. Before it was dark, some people were pulling their throats and doing their best to make the final hawking, some people stepped up their pace to strive to return home early, and there were also women with heavy makeup leaning against the door of the door of the private courtyard with lanterns, and when they saw someone who was well-dressed, they threw a captivating smile - everything was real and vivid, reminding him that this was a real ancient city of Daming.
Huizhou Prefecture and She County are not like other counties, but the same prefecture and county. A Huizhou City is actually a city composed of two walls, including Huizhou Prefecture and She County. Such a strange phenomenon was formed in the middle of Jiajing. Before that, She County was both provincial capitals of Guo and had no county seat. After the Japanese pirates crossed the border in the 24th year of Jiajing, a section of city wall was built in the area with no moat to the southeast of the city, and a county town was surrounded. The She County Yamen was located here. The Inspector Xie Tingjie did not go to the Huizhou Prefecture in the city for a short time, nor did he go to the prefecture, but temporarily lived in the She County Academy in the county.
Therefore, after entering the city, Wang Fulin and others who came from Songming Mountain to the west had to pass through the Fucheng, and then pass through Deshengmen in the east, so that they could enter the county town in the east, and then cross the Xinfeng Bridge through the street, and walk along the county front street in the west of the county government. It was Shexian Academy, which was close to the Ziyangmen in the county town at the east.
When everyone arrived at the school, the sun had completely set and was very close to the time of night ban. Xu Jie personally went to the door to pay the tickets for return of the card, and reported to the owner that he had mentioned it. At the same time, he mentioned it in a vague way that Wang Fulin was sent by Mr. Nanming, Songmingshan, who was sent by someone to use a slide rod. But after the entrance of the school came in for a while, he shook his head to everyone and said, "The Grand Master said that it was too late today, and the student Wang Fulin would place it on his own. He will be transferred to the court tomorrow morning. As for the tickets, we will pay them back together tomorrow."
They were all running on the mountain road all day today. Although Xu Jie and Ma Neng would not have the shallow eyelids like Liu San, they were exhausted after all. When they heard that they would have to finish the game tomorrow, they still had the urge to curse. Liu San would be even more unhappy. If he hadn't realized along the way that Xu Jie and Ma Neng were not the same as him, he would have almost derogatory words.
As for Wang Fulin himself, he said that first, but he knew that these days, he was very honest and open. It was impossible for the great master to settle his case at night. But he was a mere scholar who would delay the visit tomorrow without first getting permission, which was similar to seeking death. At this moment, he had already spoken inside. Seeing Xu Jie receiving the ticket, he walked over and bowed and said, "The three of you have worked hard all the way. If you trust me, you will meet at the Ma Family Inn on Houtou Heng Street early tomorrow morning. Otherwise, you would open three more rooms at the Ma Family Inn."
This Ma Family Inn was where he lived during the last trial. This was mentioned by his uncle Wu Tian Baoxin, otherwise he would not even remember this!
"What can you trust? Could you still run away?" Liu San took the lead and said arrogantly, "Since that's the case, I have something to do at home, so let's leave first. The Ma family inn will meet at the time of Mao tomorrow morning!"
Seeing Liu San riding a mule away, Wang Fulin looked at his back and then smiled and said, "I originally wanted to say that I would bother the three of you forty miles of mountain road, at least I had to ask everyone to use some wine and meal to suppress their shock. Since someone is homeless, I dare not force me to stay."
While he said, he put his sleeves together and quietly pulled hands with Xu Jiema Neng, and quietly stuffed a piece of silver into each of his hands.
It is a bit difficult to move without fireworks, but it is still easy to do it in one go.
As soon as the silver medal was bought, the two old people's faces turned from gloomy to sunny at the same time. Especially Ma Neng, who was smiling all the time, was so much more smiling that a flower seemed to bloom on his face.
"You little husband, you are polite! Since we have an errand, we dare not be as unconventional as Liu San. We should send you to the Ma Family Inn!"
Seeing that Xu Jie didn't say anything, he nodded and smiled. Wang Fulin felt a little relaxed and decided to turn around and reward the four sedan chairmen. In addition, he was the three villagers who followed him into the city.
The silver bullet offensive was not effective at all times. Without the momentum he set off from Songmingshan, would these people in the public sect behave like this?
Chapter completed!