Dangkou, a thousand-year-old town, was named Dingshe in ancient times.
This place is located at the junction of Wuxi, Suzhou and Changshu, and has always been known as "Golden Suzhou and Silver Dangkou".
The most famous thing about Dangkou is the big herring here. During the Chinese New Year, if you can get a big herring from Dangkou to visit relatives and friends, it will be very respectable for people from Wuxi.
The area here is not large, and the majority of people here are not locals, but businessmen traveling from north to south, resting at the entrance of the river.
The Dangkou dialect is different from the Wuxi dialect. Even an old Wuxi native in his 70s or 80s may not be able to understand everything when he comes to Dangkou.
Mi Zilang and others were very polite and complimentary to Meng Shaoyuan and his party along the way.
Firstly, he is Mr. Xue’s guest, and secondly, he can tell fortunes.
There are three types of people in the world who cannot afford to offend:
Monk, beggar, fortune teller.
As for what later people said about monks, Taoist priests, nuns, and even women, they are all far-fetched.
Taoist priests and nuns are essentially the same category as monks.
Why can't you offend a fortune teller?
If he doesn't like you and ruins your Feng Shui fortune, then your life will be over.
As soon as I entered Dangkou, I saw someone begging.
Meng Shaoyuan almost laughed when he met the beggar's eyes.
Who is this if not Ji Yifan?
Don't tell me, this guy really looks like a beggar.
Ji Yifan didn't say a word, he just sang the song "Lotus Falling" and begged the gentlemen passing by to be kind.
"Mr. Meng, please get out of the car."
Meng Shaoyuan was the first to jump down. When Guo Rui and Qiu Xingchang came down later, they were still holding the box tightly in their hands.
After walking for about twenty minutes, we arrived at the lake. Two boats were already waiting there.
Mi Zilang stretched out his hand: "Mr. Meng, please!"
We got on the boat, this time without a hood.
The boat is walking on the lake, and the wind comes out, which is very comfortable.
The boat in front was clearing the way, and the speed was neither urgent nor slow.
Meng Shaoyuan became very interested and suddenly sang at the top of his voice:
"Taihu Lake is beautiful, and the beauty lies in the water of Taihu Lake..."
Yone Zilang, who was on the same boat with him, actually closed his eyes and tapped the fingers of his right hand on the back of his left hand, keeping time there.
This Mr. Meng can sing so many strange and weird songs.
Although I vaguely felt that if this song was sung by a woman, the effect might be better, but listening to it now, I was intoxicated.
Not long after leaving, three large ships appeared in front.
One of them is the largest, with a flag flying on the mast and a big word "Xue" written on it, which is majestic.
As soon as they got closer, Xue Sanqiang's laughter came: "Brother Meng is so excited, I can hear your singing from so far away!"
The deck of the big ship was lowered, and Meng Shaoyuan and others got on the ship. They clasped their fists and said, "Third Master!"
Two lake bandits came up and wanted to search him. Xue Sanqiang was a few steps away and laughed: "Brother Meng is not an outsider, why bother to search him?"
"Hey, Third Master, the rules must not be broken!"
Unexpectedly, Meng Shaoyuan said: "Not only must we search, but we must search carefully!"
After speaking, he spread his arms openly.
Xue Sanqiang remained silent.
The lake bandits searched very carefully, and found nothing else on Meng Shaoyuan except a pen, a few pages of paper, and some money.
The same is true for Guo Rui and Qiu Xingchang.
"Mr. Meng, please open the box."
Lake Bandit said with a smile.
"Open!" Meng Shaoyuan waved his hand generously.
The box was opened, and inside were rolls of stuff sealed with red paper.
Meng Shaoyuan picked up a roll and broke it hard, and the ocean inside "crackled" fell.
He smiled and said: "A total of 100,000 oceans, please check and accept it!"
When he first came to Wuxi and kidnapped Yang Xinli's son, he had heard that Xue Sanqiang was not only narrow-minded and unyielding, but also extremely greedy for money. He could not lose even a copper coin from the money others promised him.
Such a person, with hundreds of thousands of dollars in front of him, will never let others touch him.
Sure enough, seeing his subordinates trying to step forward, Xue Sanqiang quickly said: "What nonsense, I said no body searches are allowed, and you still search me. It's simply lawless. Get out of the way, get out of the way!"
After saying that, "Haha" greeted him with a smile, and shook Meng Shaoyuan's hand: "Brother Meng... No, Chief Meng, please!"
"Take Mr. Xue's Dayang and let's go!"
Arriving in the middle of the cabin, there were about a dozen bandits surrounding them, all armed with weapons, and there was even a machine gun.
Good guy, is the force sufficient?
"Please, please."
Xue Sanqiang asked someone to serve tea: "Sir Meng, when the business is done, Mr. Xue has a merciless request."
"Third Master, please tell me."
"Mr.
"It's not what you asked for, Meng Shaoyuan had this intention!"
Xue Sanqiang was immediately overjoyed.
Although he could become Wuxi County Magistrate right away, he knew very little about official affairs. Meng Shao was originally a spy from Nanjing. He was already able to take on this important task at a young age. He wanted to have someone in the court.
If I could establish this kind of relationship with him, I would have an insider in the future.
"Third Master, how about we get down to business first?"
"Yes, yes, business is important, business is important." Xue Sanqiang said repeatedly: "This is the first time for me to get on the sedan chair, and I don't know the rules, but I have prepared the incense table."
"Third Master, it's still too early to divorce Jinlan. There is no need to prepare the incense table."
Meng Shaoyuan smiled and took out a piece of paper: "Xue... By the way, Third Master, I haven't asked for your name yet. This is a letter of appointment. Your name must be written on it, not your nickname, otherwise it will not count."
"Yes, yes." Xue Sanqiang has never been so obedient as he is today. He will agree to whatever Meng Shaoyuan says: "My name is Xue Guigui. Wasn't there a Xue Rengui in the Tang Dynasty? In the past, my father liked to listen to the generals of the Xue family the most, so he gave me Such a name was chosen. It’s a joke, it’s a joke.”
Meng Shaoyuan put away his smile, looked serious, raised the paper and read: "By order of the Personnel Department of the Executive Yuan of the National Government..."
Guo Rui and Qiu Xingchang behind him almost laughed when they heard this.
Ministry of Personnel of the National Government?
When did such a department exist?
"There is a person from Jiangyin, Xue Guigui. Although he is a bandit, his nature is gentle..."
There was no smile on Meng Shaoyuan's face: "...I hereby appoint Xue Guogui as the county magistrate of Wuxi County..."
After reading, he cupped his hand again: "Third Master, congratulations!"
"Ah, is this the end?"
"It's over, from now on, the third master will be the county magistrate of Wuxi!"
"Okay, okay." Xue Sanqiang shouted excitedly: "Play music, play music!"
Yonezilang walked to the deck and waved his hand, and the drums on the ship that had been waiting for him suddenly began to play.
Xue Sangun looked eagerly at the letter of appointment in Meng Shaoyuan's hand.
"Third Master, if you sign this, the appointment will be officially effective." Meng Shaoyuan came to Xue Sanqiang with the letter of appointment and took out a pen: "By the way, I have to write your name. "
"Hey, okay, okay."
Meng Shaoyuan unscrewed the pen cap.
Xue Sanqiang couldn't wait to move forward.
Magistrate of Wuxi County.
What an honor.
Finally, we can honor our ancestors!
Suddenly, he heard Meng Shaoyuan say in a very low voice:
"Xue Sanqiang, do you still want to live?"
