A newly appointed magistrate, for the sake of his convenience during his tenure, thought of maintaining Liu Zhizhi, who no one dared to provoke. One day, he prepared a table of banquets, sent his henchman Wang San, and sent a red invitation to Uncle Liu.
This Wang San relied on the county lord as a backer on weekdays, and soon after he arrived in Shouzhou, he acted as a tiger and oppressed the people, and there was no one in his eyes. When he saw that the county lord was so flattering to Liu Zhizhi, he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. He muttered as he walked: The dignified magistrate of a county, why do you respect this poor talent so much? What a joke for the ages. I don't believe how capable he Liu Zhizhi can be!
Uncle Liu usually likes to plant some exotic flowers and plants, and the small garden in front of his study is fragrant with flowers in all seasons. On this day, he was happily tending to his flowers and plants at home, and Wang San entered Liu's mansion with his head held high. He didn't let people inform, and went straight to Liu Zhizhi, shouting: "Liu Zhizhi! My lord has something to ask you to go to. With that, he threw the invitation on the stone bench beside him. Liu Zhizhi was stunned: Who doesn't call me "Uncle Liu" in Shouzhou City, I haven't heard anyone shouting my name! Looking at the nostrils facing the sky in front of him, he was very angry, this guy who didn't know the height of the sky, wasn't he the vicious servant who whipped a peasant in the countryside for no reason that day? Today you have been sent to the door, how long will you wait? Thinking of this, he raised his eyebrows, his eyes widened, and he asked sharply, "What is the matter with your lord looking for me?" ”
Seeing that the situation was not good, Wang San hurriedly picked up the invitation, wiped it on the placket, and handed it to Uncle Liu with both hands. Uncle Liu opened the invitation and laughed. This smile made the second monk Wang Sanzhang puzzled, and stood there with his hands down and didn't move. Uncle Liu went into the house and took a pen to write a line on the invitation, and after writing, he threw the invitation in front of Wang San: "What should I do?" It turned out to be a borrowed nest. He pointed to Wang San: "Go, give the nest in the backyard to your master!" ”
Wang San wondered in his heart, the old man was obviously talking about a treat, how could he say that he was borrowing a nest? He peeked at Uncle Liu, didn't dare to ask more, hurriedly picked up the invitation, and under the leadership of his family, he came to the backyard, carried the more than 100 catties of stone stalks, and walked to the county office.
Several of the escorts invited by the county magistrate came, but the guest of honor, Liu Zhizhi, was nowhere to be seen, and he was anxiously looking out. Suddenly, Wang San sweated and carried the nest and staggered. Several messengers hurriedly stepped forward to help him put down the nest, and Wang San sat on the ground and panted. Seeing that Uncle Liu was not invited, the county magistrate brought this thing, and asked sharply, "What's going on?" Wang San handed over the invitation with trembling hands. The county magistrate opened it and looked at it, and he screamed angrily, and raised his hand to scrape his ears. It turned out that there were these lines on the invitation:
The person who came was illiterate and called me Liu Zhizhi, but it was really incurable, so he had to ask him to carry a nest.
When the magistrate saw that Wang San was still standing there, he shouted hoarsely: "Pull it down quickly, and hit the forty boards hard!" The officials didn't dare to slack off, and pulled Wang San down.
Since the magistrate sent someone to Liu Zhizhi and was humiliated, he was sullen all day long, scolding Wang San for not knowing how to do things, and offended Uncle Liu. He was afraid that when he was looting people's wealth, Liu Zhizhi would make an obstacle from it, so he was careful everywhere.
On this day, Liu Zhizhi came to the county office. When the magistrate heard the news, he was overjoyed, and he hurriedly went out, scolding the poor person again, and paying for it. Keep asking Uncle Liu Haihan. Liu Zhizhi looked at his humble appearance, and secretly laughed in his heart, but he pretended to be distressed on the surface: "The county official has always loved the people like a son, honest and clear, and that day I was only confused for a while, offended the county official, and I have been deeply disturbed afterwards." In order to atone for the sins of the past, I specially came to the door today to make amends, and I hope that the Lord Haihan. After speaking, he deliberately pretended to be scared and put on a posture of wanting to make a big salute. Listening to Liu Zhizhi's eulogy, the magistrate felt itchy and sweet in his heart, like falling into a five-mile fog, he didn't want him to make a big salute, panicked, and hurriedly got up to save each other: "Alas, Uncle Liu, don't... Don't... You're killing your own official. Liu Zhizhi laughed for a while, how could I give you such a big gift for this corrupt official? It's just a joke. When the county official was happy, Liu Zhizhi pretended to be close and said: "In order to make up for the mistake last time, we have sent someone to set up a banquet on the Zhuangyuan Bridge, and respectfully invite the adults to go to the banquet." ”
The magistrate never expected that Liu Zhizhi would invite him to the banquet, so he was happy, but he still pretended to say: "Alas--Uncle Liu, I have seen the outside, I came here today, it should be my treat, how can I be embarrassed to ask you to break the bill." One pretended to shirk, the other insisted on pending, and after the two pushed and gave in, they both went to the champion bridge. Zhixian was proud of the spring breeze at this time, and his legs were windy, but he didn't know that Uncle Liu had already suspended the stool in the air, waiting for him to come to the banquet.
This Zhuangyuan Bridge is a famous spot built in the courtyard, where the ancient cypress towers to the sky, the birds sing and the flowers are fragrant, the water under the bridge is murmuring, and the scenery is beautiful. At this time, the magistrate was in a good mood, and when he saw the delicious food on the table in the bridge, he was even more saliva, and went straight to the bridge, and sat on the chair without waiting to give up his seat. This sat badly, the county was really in the air, only to hear the sound of "oops", with the sound of "plop", the water under the bridge immediately floated up the county black gauze hat, and a long series of bubbles appeared in the water.
When the magistrate was rescued and returned to the county government like a chicken in soup, he still looked back at the delicacies on the bridge from time to time.