The reason why Capt. Li explained so carefully and in detail was to win the trust of the new county magistrate.
Tian Wenliang believes it or not?
Do not believe!
Is he really as he said, not talking about strange powers and messing up gods, respecting ghosts and gods and staying away from them, and not believing that there are such strange things in the world?
Of course not all!
The most important thing is that he cannot lose money on this transaction.
Tian Wenliang's ancestors left a lot of family property in the capital, but from generation to generation, it was basically lost in his generation. Although there was a lot of family property, after all, the descendants were incompetent and it would all be lost one day.
Living in the capital is not easy!
Therefore, Tian Wenliang, who was unable to study and was self-taught in eating, drinking and playing, decided to find another way and buy an official position!
Buying an official position has only appeared in recent months. I don't know if it was the emperor's intention or someone else's. Anyway, he successfully bought the official position of a county magistrate.
The price he paid for becoming such a county magistrate was that he contributed most of his family wealth to this business. This was a desperate move, and he absolutely did not dare to let this business suffer losses.
Three years to clear the prefecture, one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver. Although the county magistrate is not as ruthless as the prefect, three years to clear the county, at least twenty to thirty thousand silver!
This is his deal!
If it’s a business, there will be opponents!
In order to reduce some opponents, he even moved the place where he bought officials to a remote area, Guobei County.
Here, there shouldn't be so many competitors stumbling upon you.
But he didn't expect that as soon as he arrived at the place and wanted to place his cronies, someone would scare him with stories of ghosts and gods.
To be honest, if Tian Wenliang was born in a different place, he might be afraid. This is human nature, unless he really reads the books of sages and cultivates integrity.
After all, for ordinary people, it is really better to believe that this kind of thing exists than to believe that it does not exist!
But who told him to come from the capital!
What kind of place is Beijing?
The capital is where the dragon energy of a country gathers. Monsters and monsters naturally don’t dare to wander around the capital. The dragon energy of the country suppresses evil spirits, which is no joke!
Unless the monster is a protector surrendered by Taoism and Buddhism, and is stained with fairy or Buddhist aura, it can be tolerated a little under the dragon aura of the dynasty.
But when luck in the world is at its peak, even immortals and Buddhas have to stay away from it, so even monsters and beasts that are imbued with immortal energy or Buddhist energy do not dare to reveal themselves or act recklessly in the capital.
Unless it is a monster canonized by the imperial court, it is your own monster!
Therefore, as a person from the capital city, it makes sense that I haven’t heard of any real demons and ghosts happening anywhere for decades!
The most important thing is that when the country is prosperous, evil will not show up!
As for the Seven Killing Swords used in the military to cultivate evil spirits, they are mostly used to break armor or be more lethal when the two armies confront each other. They are also used to cut down mountains and temples to subjugate demons and eliminate ghosts. Most of them are done in secret!
Monsters are not stupid. Why would they touch the porcelain city, the army or the government for no reason?
Looking for death?
Unless the country is about to perish and the luck is weak, then monsters are rampant in the countryside. When chaos breaks out and the luck is repeated, will wild monsters be willing to enter the mortal cities and take risks.
As for Tian Wenliang, before he bought an official position, he was just a playboy who was well protected by the court and had some money in his ancestors.
This is a bit like the world that Chen Yun originally lived in. When people in his country heard the explosions and the gorgeous fireworks in the sky, their first reaction was that it was so beautiful!
These are the people who are well protected!
But when people in Central Asia hear the explosion of fireworks, their first reaction is to hide!
This is the difference between Daliang Capital and remote counties!
"Now, if I take this marriage certificate out of this wooden box, will my name appear on the marriage certificate?"
Tian Wenliang took out the marriage certificate from the box with a half-smile, but his staff also didn't take it seriously.
From the beginning to the end, they thought that Capt. Li and Luo Dutou were playing tricks to get Tian Wenliang to take back his life.
"Captain Li, my name is not shown in the marriage certificate, so what should I say?"
Li Captou was a little helpless: "Your Majesty, since you have made up your mind, we have nothing to say.
Since you are determined to resign as Deputy Chief Zuo, then resign!
But the marriage document is too dangerous, so you should put it back in the wooden box!
Although there is official suppression in this yamen now, the other party cannot do anything evil, but if you are not afraid of ten thousand, you are afraid of the worst, so it is better to be cautious!
What a disaster it would be if the name of the county official actually appeared in the marriage certificate! "
After saying that, Capt. Li and Luo Dutou looked at each other, sighed and left!
The staff master chuckled: "Sure enough, this is one of their methods. These local snakes really don't want to give up their position!
So greedy! "
After saying that, he filled up the wine glass in front of the county magistrate, and also filled up his own wine glass: "Dong Weng, come here, let the students propose a toast!"
The county magistrate Tian Wenliang chuckled, threw the wooden box containing the marriage certificate to the table, picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp.
"More tofu, I'm in a good mood today, it's time to drink!"
"Okay! The student will drink with Dong Weng today!"
After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.
Naturally, someone came to pick up the leftovers. The county magistrate and the staff master were already drunk. After all, the staff master was a little drunk and had already been helped to sleep.
The county magistrate Tian Wenliang suddenly saw the marriage certificate on the edge of the stone table, and opened it in confusion: "Whose girl is getting married?
Huh!
Why is this man’s name blank?
Let me make up for it..."
After saying that, he stumbled into the study with the marriage certificate in hand, picked up a pen, and filled in a name under the groom's name in the marriage certificate.
Tian Wenliang.
This marriage book was originally just an ordinary red wedding book, but when the three characters "Tian Wenliang" were written by the county magistrate himself, dragon and phoenix pictures actually appeared on the surface of the marriage book. Although it was shallow, it finally showed outlines!
No one knew all this, even Tian Wenliang stumbled to sleep.
Chen Yun was practicing calligraphy, and his calligraphy was really hard to describe, which made him laugh three times in front of Miss Jiu.
But he had to practice calligraphy and practice writing with a brush. If he couldn't even learn calligraphy with a brush, how could he draw symbols if he couldn't use it smoothly?
Cutting paper into a military art sometimes requires the use of tiny charms, and the brushwork for drawing the charms is much more difficult than the brushstrokes for writing.
There was a knock on the door, and Miss Ninth went to open the door.
"Brother and sister, is Brother Zuo at home?"
It was Capt. Li's voice.
"Practice calligraphy in the courtyard!"
"Old lady!"
As soon as Capt. Li came in, he saw old man Zuo practicing his sword and hurriedly said hello.
Dunzi was practicing swordplay, while Chen Yun moved a table aside to practice calligraphy.
There is a knife beside it. It must belong to Miss Ninth. It seems that this family can wield knives and guns!
"Captain Li, why are you here when you have time? You haven't paid your dues yet!"
Li Captou shook his head: "If there is nothing serious in this yamen, it doesn't matter whether I am there or not!
But you, being resigned by this new county magistrate, have lost your business, I'm afraid it won't be easy in the future!
Living in this county requires money everywhere!
Fortunately, the courtyard here has been transferred to your name by the previous county magistrate!
It’s not a wasted trip! "
While he was talking, there was another knock on the door.
When he opened the door again, it turned out to be Luo Dutou.
"Hey, Capt. Li, it seems we have an idea!"
In fact, the purpose of Luo Dutou and Li Captou's visit was very simple. They were to ask if they needed any help, and they promised that they would help with the Longjiang pig's trotter rice that was going to be opened in the East and West markets.
"Okay! If you encounter monsters or ghosts in the future, you can come to me!
As long as I can help, I will try my best to help!
However, the yamen must express it, and my asking price will not be low! "
Luo Dutou and Li Patou nodded frequently: "That's natural!"
Then the two of them very shamelessly had a meal here before leaving.
to be honest.
No one, including Tian Wenliang, expected that after being drunk, he would actually sign his name on the suspected ghost marriage contract.
What’s more, I don’t know what the consequences will be if a county magistrate writes his own name on a very important ghost marriage certificate.
He is dreaming!
A beautiful woman wearing a bright red wedding dress and a red hijab was sitting on the bed in the wedding room, waiting for him to uncover it.
He actually went there, picked up the scale beam, and lifted the red hijab. He turned out to be a very beautiful woman.
He even wanted to say that this woman should only be seen in heaven and on earth once and for all.
But, the woman laughed!
When a person is not smiling, he is as shy as a goddess, but when he smiles, he instantly becomes a source of fear.
Tian Wenliang yelled, and when he woke up, he found that he was not in a wedding room, and there was no goddess or ghost in front of him. He was just on the bed in the room and had a nightmare.
He felt thirsty and was about to get up to look for water, but as soon as he got up, something fell from his body.
He fumbled and lit the oil lamp, and took a closer look. Wasn't it the marriage certificate that fell to the ground?
He accidentally opened the marriage certificate and saw that the groom's name actually had the words Tian Wenliang.
hiss……
what happened?
He didn't remember that he wrote it with his own hand last night, but he could recognize the name on the marriage certificate as his own handwriting at a glance.
And he seemed to remember that the ghost marriage book he saw during the day did not look like this.
When did the dragon and phoenix patterns appear?
Although very shallow!
He found the table, poured cold water into the teapot, and after a few cups of water to quench his thirst, he fell asleep again.
But when he just fell asleep, he felt that he was wearing a red robe again, like a groom, standing at the yamen door.
"Ms. sir!"
As the sound came, he saw a group of people on the street at the Yamen Gate, wearing red festive robes, carrying sedans and leading horses.
The person who said the word "Mrs. Gong" was the slim woman in the sedan wearing a wedding dress and a red hijab.
"Ms. sir, get on your horse! Let's go back and pay a visit to the church to get married!"
The woman wearing a red hijab and a bright red wedding dress stepped down from the sedan chair, came to him with gentle steps, and held his hand.
The woman's cold hands feel very comfortable, but in which bride gets off the sedan and walks by herself?
It seems against the rules!
Just when Tian Wenliang was about to follow her, the wedding night was full of flowers and candles!
Suddenly, the mirror on top of the Yamen shone a beam of light, freezing him in place.
what happened?
Tian Wenliang didn't know what was going on, but it was obvious that the woman holding his hand knew what was going on. She pulled off her red hijab and wanted to drag Tian Wenliang away with a ferocious expression on her face.
"Come with me……"
While dragging Tian Wenliang hard, he roared!
Tian Wenliang was a little frightened and in pain, because he felt that his hand was about to be pulled off, and the face of the wedding woman began to become ferocious and terrifying, and the strength of the woman was amazing.
He felt that if he pulled further, his arm or half of his body might be torn apart.
Suddenly, a rooster crowed in the distance, causing the mirror on top of the yamen to shine brightly. It not only enveloped him, but also gradually expanded the area, driving away the woman in wedding dress who was holding her hand tightly.
"Tian Wenliang, you are my groom, you will be with me after all.
I can avoid the first grade of junior high school, but I can’t avoid the fifteenth grade. I’ll come back next time! "
Amidst the crowing of cocks, the procession of picking up the bride gradually disappeared, leaving only a faint complaint, and the woman in the wedding dress also disappeared.
The county magistrate didn't know that while he was dreaming, the street near the Yamen Gate was filled with fog, making it impossible to see anything under the moonlight.
But just as he was being ferociously grabbed by the woman's arm and dragged out in his dream, a big rooster stood on the highest roof of Chen Yun's house and crowed in this direction.
The rooster crowed in the middle of the night, and the sound was quite loud, which woke up many people.
"Someone is coming..."
Tian Wenliang woke up from his dream and suddenly shouted loudly.
The journey was long, and his family members did not accompany him. After all, family property in the capital also needed people to guard it.
The new arrival didn't have time to take in a concubine, so Tian Wenliang, who was alone and woken up by a nightmare, called his guards in horror.
to be honest!
If it was just a nightmare, it would be something to think about every day and dream about at night.
But if it’s the same dream twice, it’s even scarier!
The most important thing is that when he woke up and lit the lamp again, he found that the marriage letter was back on his bedside.
"This is real……"
Tian Wenliang murmured to himself, knowing that he was in big trouble.
"Dong Weng, what happened?"
The staff master hurried over, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw the somewhat embarrassed county magistrate.
Tian Wenliang handed him the marriage certificate and asked him to open it and take a look.
The staff member opened it and saw the three words Tian Wenliang clearly written on the groom's name at a glance.
Then, I heard my county magistrate say: "I didn't write it!"
Then he told his staff the two nightmares he had just had.
The staff master smiled: "Don't worry, Dong Weng, you just had a nightmare, it's nothing serious!
As the saying goes, you have something to think about every day and something to dream about at night!
Yesterday during the day, we were discussing whether the marriage certificate was true or false, so of course we had some thoughts.
If you have something in mind, your dreams will naturally contain traces of your thoughts during the day.
This is the origin of nightmares!
So Dong Weng, relax, this is all fake! "
To be honest, Tian Wenliang was convinced by what this staff master said. Even buying an official here was the staff master's move.
But this time, he rarely agreed with what the staff master said. Instead, he stretched out his arm and rolled up his sleeves.
Then the staff master and the guards clearly saw a blue-black handprint on his arm.
A mark the size of a woman’s palm!
And it’s blue and black!
hiss……
The staff master took a breath of cold air.
(End of chapter)
