Hundred Ghosts

Okay, I can't hit him again...

He Huai resisted the urge to grab his neck, "It's okay, it's okay, you'll know later."

"Oh."

Lin Zi didn't go to see him.

In fact, he understands what he said... he is not a fool, but how should he say this kind of thing... He feels that the two of them get along pretty well now, and it would be a bit too much to go any further.

That day, County Magistrate Zhu came over again with melon seeds. Seeing them sitting together, he said, "Heh, you two are finally reconciled?"

"Nothing, our relationship has always been very good, how can we talk about reconciliation?" He Huai laughed.

"But before you..."

"It was all accidents before, accidents...don't talk about it, okay!"

"Okay, okay, come and try the melon seeds I brought today."

The sunshine in early spring is just right, in fact, it would be nice if you can stay with him all the time, at least you don’t have to worry about food, drink, clothing and housing, and there is someone who can chat with you every day.

County magistrate Zhu sat here for more than an hour, melon seed shells were thrown all over the place, and someone came over again, "My lord, a family has come to see you."

County magistrate Zhu patted the melon seed husk on his body, "What? What happened? Is my cabbage being poked by a neighbor's pig, or is my rice harvested secretly? Oh, no, it's spring, and it hasn't happened yet. When it's time to harvest rice, what kind of guy is fighting?"

Lin Zi was amused, "So, my lord, you are usually busy with these trivial things?"

"Isn't that right, this kind of thing happens every two days, oh, let's not talk about it, I'm used to it."

But the guard brother shook his head, "No sir, that family said they came to look for you."

"Looking for me? What are you looking for?" County magistrate Zhu didn't intend to get up, it was so comfortable basking in the sun here, he didn't want to move much.

"From what they said, it seems to be a distant relative of your lord..." he said, "Because life forced me, I had to come to join you."

"Where do my relatives come from?" County Magistrate Zhu was a little puzzled.

Lin Zi said, "My lord, you should go and have a look."

"Okay, okay, I'm going to see which relatives I have..."

Less than half an hour later, County Magistrate Zhu came back again, his expression was not very good-looking, Lin Zi asked him, "What's the matter? Who is the relative?"

"It's from my uncle's family."

Lin Zi smiled, "Since it's your uncle, then this relative will be furious. If your nephew doesn't visit his uncle, he will be slapped in the face."

County Magistrate Zhu rolled his eyes, "Don't tell me, I don't have a relative like him...Let me tell you, their family is the kind that even if a copper plate falls on the ground, it will be dug out three feet away." , so picky, so picky that you can't even imagine it!"

"Oh?"

"When our family was not a county magistrate, our family was a little poor, and they didn't come and walk with my family often. Wasn't it Chinese New Year at that time, and relatives had to visit each other and have a meal."

"Yes." Lin Zi nodded.

"Oh, you don't know what his family can do. After his family has eaten at other relatives' houses, shouldn't it be his turn? Their family has closed the door tightly, and they just won't let you in!"

Lin Zi thought to himself that this is really wicked...

"Now that they come to find me, they must take off a layer of my skin before leaving. Oh, what annoyance."

Lin Zi said, "Then there's nothing you can do about it, they are your uncles, so you have to do a good job of superficial skills."

"I don't even want to do superficial work," County Magistrate Zhu put his head on the table, "I have to go to serve them after dinner, no, I'll ask the cook to cook a few more light dishes later, pretending that I am very happy." Looks poor."

Lin Zi said, "There is a way to do this. It's not enough to just call him poor, you have to ask him to borrow money."

"If they are willing to borrow me, they will be ghosts!" He snorted coldly, "Their family is an iron cock, and they won't even let you pull out a hair!"

"Wouldn't that be better? If he refuses to lend you money, how could he have the nerve to ask you to borrow money?"

County magistrate Zhu's eyes lit up, "It's Daoist Lin who has an idea! You have to join me at dinner tonight, and you have to knock me from the side to show that I'm poor."

"no problem."

The dishes at night are really light, stir-fried cabbage with clear water, stir-fried green vegetables with clear water, fried green vegetables with cabbage, fried cabbage with green vegetables...

A pot of porridge was served and there was no three rice in a bowl.

Lin Zi didn't know where to start his mouth in front of a table full of green food. It was all because the food was so good these days that his mouth was full.

But he continued acting, "Today's meal is so rich!"

He Huai nodded, "That's right, that's right, I haven't eaten such a good meal for a long time."

County Magistrate Zhu smiled hypocritically, "Isn't that right, my uncle is here today, and I have a special extra meal!"

"I said, today's porridge is really sticky."

They sang together and stunned the whole family, "Do you usually eat these?"

"No, no, uncle, we usually have enough stir-fried vegetables, but today we added a lot of extra vegetables."

"No, nephew," said the chubby old man shaking his beard, "nephew, you are a dignified county magistrate, you usually eat these things... Are you kidding me?"

"How dare you, uncle," said the poor magistrate Zhu, "Although I have a salary, the people above have to take care of it, and the people below are not doing well, so I also need relief. My salary is not enough. "

"No, no, I think your house is pretty good..."

"That's right, my aunt sees that the big yellow rosewood wardrobe in your house is not affordable for ordinary people." A gleam flashed in the shrewd woman's eyes, "Even if you sell that thing, it's worth a hundred taels of silver. , nephew, are you pretending to lie to us?"

Cursing the woman for having too fine eyes, County Magistrate Zhu said with a smile on his face, "That thing belonged to the former county magistrate. My father and I dare not touch it."

"Why can't you move? Now that you are the county magistrate, nephew, everything in the county government office is yours, so what else do you care about?"

"You can't say that," Lin Zi said, "If our county magistrate sells furniture, outsiders will see it and don't know what gossip will come out. The besiegers care about face most, and they can't afford to lose this person."

"But nephew, let me tell you, the harvest in our hometown was not good last year, and our family really had no choice but to come to you...Look..."

Unexpectedly, the county magistrate Zhu interrupted him first, "Auntie, I also have one thing to ask you, my salary for the past few months has been used to support the common people, since your family has come all the way here , I think I have some savings, I wonder if you can help my nephew?"

"This... this..."

He decisively changed the subject, "Nephew, we encountered robbers on the way here."

"Huh?" County magistrate Zhu was a little surprised, in order not to borrow money, they could even make up such a thing?

"Then how did you escape, Uncle?"

His eyes were deep, "We were saved by a hero."

County magistrate Zhu sneered in his heart, I believe you a ghost!

"Didn't we meet a robber, the robber asked us to hand over the money, but we have no money, he raised his knife and wanted to cut us."

"Then a hero suddenly appeared and rescued you, right?" County magistrate Zhu didn't fluctuate in his heart, and now he wanted to grab another handful of melon seeds and chew them for a while.

Storytellers dare not talk like that.

"The hero knocked down those robbers in a few strokes."

County magistrate Zhu deliberately said, "Tsk, if that's the case, then you should invite the hero over here, and let my nephew thank you."

"But when we looked back, the hero had disappeared."

He almost laughed out loud, the hero your family invented will of course disappear.

"Is this true?" Lin Zi raised his head and asked them.

County magistrate Zhu winked at him, you are too easy to deceive, aren't you?This is obviously a lie!

"Exactly!"

"If what you said is true, then what you saw should be the righteous ghost, and it was the righteous ghost who saved you."

"What?"

"It is a rare good ghost that a person who was a hero and righteous person became a ghost after death." Lin Zi explained, "You should have heard of Li Qingzhao's poem, 'Being a hero in life, and a hero in death. 'That 'guixiong' is the righteous ghost."

The righteous ghost takes it as his mission to be a chivalrous hero, to calm the injustices of the world, and to rectify the yang energy with his yin body, so he also has an official position in the underworld after death.

"Is that still a ghost?"

"you can say it this way."

County magistrate Zhu looked at his uncle, "Since the righteous ghost saved you, then your belongings should not be lost, right? Can you lend me some money from my nephew? Thank you so much."

"This……"

After eating, the family rested overnight in an unfurnished room, and asked to leave the next day. Magistrate Zhu was very happy, and snorted coldly, "I still want to ask us for money! At that time When our family was poor, asking him to borrow some money was like asking for his life, what a thick-skinned man!"

Lin Zi smiled, but did not speak.

It's not because of the difference in status, the two of them get along quite well with Magistrate Zhu.

This afternoon, people from the capital came over, and the brothers who escorted them last time stared at Lin Zi.

County magistrate Zhu packed a lot of food for the two of them, and they checked the package bit by bit before throwing it to them.

"Two brothers, let's bid farewell." County magistrate Zhu bowed his hands to the two of them, then leaned over and asked Lin Zi secretly, "Did you do something outrageous? They are all staring at you."

"It's all right..." Lin Zi sneered, a little afraid to look up at the head, "This is my farewell to my brother, and I will see you again when I have a chance."

County magistrate Zhu sent them out of the county town worriedly, thinking that he would pay the ten thousand taels of silver, and they would never see each other again.

Speaking of their identities, I heard that General He was resigned and put in prison. His crimes are serious, but what mistakes did Lin Daochang make?He doesn't look like a person who can commit a crime worth tens of thousands of taels of silver.

If the crime is unforgivable, it should be a prison cart, not a horse cart.

If he had not reported to the court, he would have released them secretly.

Because Lin Zi made a mistake last time, the group of them went to collect the punishment. Now not only the manpower has been increased, but the supervision of them has also been tightened. The handcuffs on him were never removed, and he did not talk to them, let alone eat anything that passed their hands.

Lin Zi felt guilty, and hadn't said a word in the past few days.

It’s actually not far from the capital here, because it’s spring, and there’s a lot of prey along the way, and even met tigers several times, but their martial arts skills are indeed high, and they beat the tiger to death—now there are good ones in their car A few tiger skins.