Last time, it was said that Liu Yong was demoted eight levels in a row and became a city gate guard, and when he met Wang Tidu, Liu Yong pointed to his cushion and said that this was given by the Qianlong Emperor, and Wang Yong could only obediently kneel down to him, at this time Zhang Cheng came to report to Liu Yong, saying that Liu Yong's little wife was born, and Liu Yong picked up the cushion and returned home happily.
After Liu Yong ran away, Admiral Wang and the officials got up from the ground, and thought that Liu Yong was taking advantage of him, Liu Yong returned home, holding his newborn son with excitement, and did not forget to kiss him, this is Liu Yong's first son, although the family is now down, Liu Yong still ordered the next person to kill a chicken for Cuiyan to supplement his body, seeing that the chickens in the family are getting fewer and fewer, Liu Yong also began to worry.
Xia'er saw Liu Yong's troubles and told him that many people had been begging for his calligraphy and paintings recently, and even some people had come to visit with silver. Liu Yong seriously asked Xia'er to confiscate other people's silver, Xia'er Gege said that she confiscated it, did not dare to collect it, Xia'er knew Liu Yong very well, knew that he was a clean and honest official, and was unwilling to sell calligraphy and paintings for a living, but for a while and a half he could not find a way to make money. Liu Yong asked Xia Er not to mention the sale of words again, and the couple became angry. There was a small town at the door, holding a letter from Inspector Sun Youdao of Zhejiang to ask for words, Liu Yong did not think about it, and directly refused. Liu Yong said that although he was a city gate guard, but he was a good eater of the emperor's Feng Lu, he would never make a living selling calligraphy and paintings, Xia'er looked at Liu Yong's appearance, he didn't want to fight a place, he didn't know that chai rice oil and salt were expensive, this big son, plus the car driver, the next person, all need to eat expenses, now even the money to buy a rice, what else do you pretend to be high.
Xia'er followed him to calculate the daily expenses of the family, and there were other people's small houses with letters to the door, Liu Yong did not intend to take care of this small house, but when he heard this small house say his name, Liu Yong wrote a letter and called him into the house, I heard that he came to ask for calligraphy and painting, Liu Yong did not open the letter at all, indicating that he had no ink in his heart and would not write and paint. At this time, Zhang Cheng came back in frustration, not only did he not buy the rice, but he also vomited a stomach. Liu Yong wondered, didn't the emperor give the order that the town sell official rice? Why can't you buy rice? It turned out that the emperor ordered the opening of the warehouse to release grain, the official price was three hundred dollars a bucket, Zhang Cheng went to the county court, the messenger asked him for four hundred dollars a bucket, reason and did not say, Liu Yong listened to the after-breath directly slapped the table.
When Xiao Wei on the side heard it, he immediately began to see the stitches and needles, so that Liu Yong accepted a little of his care and bought a few buckets, and Liu Yong, who was angry, did not give any face, and directly scolded Xiao Wei out. He also threw the letter out, and as a result, Liu Yong saw the signature on the letter, and it turned out that the person who asked for the letter was Zheng Banqiao.
Zheng Banqiao is painting bamboo, Xiao Wei came back and told Zheng Banqiao about Liu Yong's refusal to sell calligraphy and paintings, this Zheng Banqiao was originally a painter, relying on selling calligraphy and paintings for a living, of which the bamboo he painted was the most famous, recently he was madly fascinated by Liu Yong's calligraphy and paintings, and also specially sent people to buy Liu Yong's calligraphy and paintings with silver. The book boy felt that Liu Yong was a very strange person, obviously his family was too poor to open the pot, he could not even afford to buy a chicken, and he refused to accept the silver, Zheng Banqiao heard it, he was more interested in Liu Yong, no wonder even Qianlong scolded him as a stubborn donkey. In order to successfully talk to Liu Yong, Zheng Banqiao decided to take other methods. A beggar came to Zheng Banqiao's house to steal chickens, and was found by Zheng Banqiao, and the beggar was frightened and begged for forgiveness, but Zheng Banqiao was not angry, but gave him some silver.
Let him go to Liu Yong's house in JinhuaChenggen to steal a chicken, the beggar wants to resign, but is threatened by Zheng Banqiao, if he does not go, he will arrest her and send her to the official palace, the beggar can only agree to come down. Early the next morning, I went to Liu Yong's house to steal chickens, in the morning Liu Yong was coaxing his son, Zhang Chengcheng brought bad news that the chicken was missing, and learned that his family's Reed Flower Chicken was missing, Liu Yong immediately wrote a chicken hunting revelation and posted it outside. As soon as it was posted, it was peeled off by the old beggar and brought back to Zheng Banqiao. Zheng Banqiao was amused by Liu Yong's serious chicken hunting revelation, and asked the beggar to secretly return the reed chicken. Then steal another chicken. The beggar was puzzled, but did so. In the morning, Liu Yong was still coaxing his son, and Zhang Cheng told Liu Yong with a happy face that this notice really worked, and the lost reed chicken was sent back.
But the black chicken is gone, Liu Yong listened to a face of deception, how this thief is still addicted, Liu Yong can only let Zhang Cheng paste another notice at the door, and do not forget to instruct Zhang Cheng, let them arrest the person who revealed the notice, who dares to expose the notice, who is the chicken thief, but the unreliable Zhang Cheng has not yet reached the middle of the night, he lies on the ground and sleeps, Liu Yong himself secretly hides in the dark, to see who will reveal the notice. Sure enough, he saw the old beggar who stole chicken for Zheng Banqiao, Liu Yong secretly followed the old beggar, so he got Zheng Banqiao's home, at the same time, Zheng Banqiao was teaching his daughter to practice calligraphy, and he was very happy to see the notice brought by the old beggar, and asked people to collect it well. It turned out that Zheng Banqiao asked the beggar to steal Liu Yong's chicken in order to get Liu Yong's calligraphy and paintings.