During the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, There was such a county order in Chenliu County, Kaifeng Province, who loved to pat horses with whiskers, and there was a way that those who were close to Zhu were red and close to ink, and the masters of his big and small servant squads also learned to pat horses and flatter.
Xian Ling had an only son, Ping Suri liked to dance the sword and get the gun, so the sword played with the stick, and the county ling helped him hire a martial artist to teach him martial arts.
One year, the Ming Dynasty opened the Martial Arts Enke and selected the talents of the wise and courageous generals. The son of the county commander packed up the finesse and prepared to enter Beijing for the examination. At this time, a servant saw the county's wife feeding the cat, and the cat was lying on the head of one of the dogs she had. The servant moved, stepped forward, and clasped his fists in both hands at the county commander: "Congratulations to Grandpa HeXi, in the eyes of a villain, my young master will definitely be on the gold list this time, and the high school Kuiyuan will be crowned." ”
The county commander was overjoyed: "How do you know?" ”
The servant pointed in the direction of The County Ling's wife and said, "Taiye, please see, the cat is on the dog's head, the cat is the tiger's master, and the dog is the family's general, isn't this exactly what the tiger will mean when he arrives home?" This is clearly a sign that my young master will be able to return home in high school. ”
The county order was overwhelmed by the words of the servants, and the clouds and mountains were covered with fog, and they applauded one after another: "Words are reasonable, words are reasonable, come, reward silver and twelve." ”
Another servant, when he heard about this, his eyes were red and itchy, and he also wanted to do the same, pat the county order's horse ass, and make him a few silver flowers. Therefore, he caught the cat of the county ling's wife in advance, and when the county order passed by, he deliberately put the cat on the dog's head, and then he also came with a fist with both hands: "Grandpa Yu!" ”
The prefectural order asked, "What?" ”
Ya Gong was waiting for the original words to be said, but the cat that had been caught earlier did not listen to the greeting, and then flew out on its own, jumped to a small tree next to it, and ya gong panicked and had no quick wit, stuttered for half a day, and did not say it.
The county commander looked at him with a look of embarrassment, thinking that he had a ghost in his heart, and urged him: "What, say!" ”
Ai Ai said, "Dogs... The dog's head is not... No more cats..."
When the county order heard this, he didn't bat an eyelid and thought to himself, "I just came back from shaving my head, and you said that there was no hair on the dog's head, isn't this a scolding of me by turning a corner?" So he loudly rebuked: "Bold dog slaves, even dare to insult the Qing officials." Come on, give me a heavy hit of forty boards. ”
After a few days, the county ordered the bedroom to support the mosquito net, and four bamboo poles were needed, so he called the servant who had been beaten before to him: "Give you five hundred dollars, go to the street and buy me four bamboo poles." ”
The flattered servant was in a hurry and obeyed the purchase of four bamboo poles to buy four pork livers. He came out of the gate, sneaked a cigarette and ran to a pork shop, shouting: "Four pork livers, how much is it?" ”
Shop Xiao Er saw that it was a servant from the county, did not dare to be sloppy, and hurriedly greeted: "Four hundred dollars, four hundred dollars." ”
When ya gong heard this, he raised his eyebrows in joy and smiled. I thought to myself, "Grandpa gave me five hundred dollars to buy four pork livers, and now there are still one hundred dollars left, and I hit me forty times last time, so it's time to go back to ben." He asked, "How much is a pig's ear?" ”
The shopkeeper said busily, "Fifty texts a piece." ”
This servant thought in his heart: With these two pig ears as a wine dish, when he gets home, he will take a sip of two small pieces of wine, and he will be entitled to the soup medicine fee. So he instructed the shopkeeper To: "Wrap four pork livers in a package, and two pig ears in a package..."
Ya Gong stuffed the lotus leaf bag with pig ears in his arms, held the lotus leaf bag containing four pig livers in both hands, and rushed to the yamen with joy. Seeing the county order, he went to pay the errand: "Grandpa Yu, the pork liver has been bought back." ”
When the county commander saw that the servant had mistakenly bought the bamboo pole into a pig's liver, he cried and laughed, and said with disgust: "Useless slave, what did I ask you to buy?" No ears? ”
When he heard this, this grandfather was really a clairvoyant tailwind ear, clearly aware of the situation, the hole was watching the fire, nothing could hide from him, frightened and trembling, hurriedly took out the lotus leaf bag containing the pig's ear from his arms: "Grandpa, the ear is here, the ear is here...."
