Liaozhai: A scholar should draw a sword

Chapter 48 The Wonderful Trick

"This rope is not an ordinary rope, it's called a climbing rope..."

The old man raised the rope in his hand and introduced it, then untied the end of the rope and tossed it vigorously into the air...

A miracle really happened, I saw that the rope was standing straight, as if someone was pulling it.

At the same time, a cloud of mist appeared out of thin air in the low sky, which was hard to see clearly.

As the old man kept pulling the rope, the rope quickly disappeared into the clouds.

"Great!"

"This move alone is eye-opening..."

All the people were amazed.

When the rope in his hand was finished, the old man said to his son, "Because I'm old and not flexible enough, I have to go up."

"All right!"

The boy responded, jumped onto the rope nimbly like a monkey, and climbed up along the way, before disappearing into the cloud and mist very quickly.

"it is good!"

On the high platform, Chang Fugui couldn't help clapping his hands and shouted hello.

The county magistrate took the lead, and the others followed suit.

Indeed, for ordinary people, the tricks played by the father and son can be described as eye-opening and amazed.

After a while, a boy's voice came faintly from the sky: "Father, it's done!"

"bring it on!"

The old man gave a loud shout.

Immediately afterwards, a bowl-sized peach fell out of the cloud.

The old man was quick to receive the peaches in his hand, and cheerfully held the peaches to the high platform and said: "The grass people are lucky to live up to their fate, and I have picked the peaches to present to all the adults.

I wish all adults good fortune and prosperity, long-term prosperity, every year there will be today, every year there will be today..."

I don't know if the old man knows the taboo of the county magistrate's name, but at this time he said it cleverly with a congratulatory message, and he was very happy and laughed.

"Hahaha, interesting, interesting! Come here, and present the fairy peach."

"Yes, my lord!"

A yamen servant took the peach from the old man's hand, trotted to the stage and handed it to Chang Fugui.

This peach must not be a real peach, but it is lifelike, and you can faintly see the fluff on the skin and a little dew.

Just as all the officials were admiring the fairy peach one after another, a sudden change happened on the scene: the rope that climbed to the sky suddenly fell down, causing a burst of exclamation.

"It's broken, my son must have been found picking peaches..."

The old man looked up at the sky with a sad expression on his face.

At this moment, a figure fell from the cloud, and the old man quickly reached out to catch it.

In the end, the force of the fall was too great, causing the old man to fall to the ground.

At this time, all the people finally saw clearly the falling figure, it was really that boy.

It's just that it's bloody and bloody, only the upper half of the body, and the lower half of the body has gone somewhere.

"My son..."

The old man regained his strength and threw himself on his son's dead body in grief, weeping bitterly.

"Wooooooooow, how pitiful..."

Ah Xiang, Chun Lan and the other girls couldn't help but their eyes turned red, and they began to sob and cry.

Many of the onlookers raised their hands and wiped their tears, while others stepped forward and silently took out some money and put it beside the old man.

"Oh, what a pity, what a pity, what a pity..." Chang Fugui shook his head and sighed, and then ordered: "Come here, give the old man 20 taels of silver so that he can bury his son."

"Yes, my lord!"

Lu Zhengwen and others also expressed a little bit, you three taels, and I made up a dozen taels to reward the old man together.

In short, they can't steal the limelight from the county magistrate.

Qiuxiang couldn't help but take out a piece or two of silver from her body, and was about to go forward to give it to the old man...

"Wait first~"

Zhou Yu stretched out his hand to grab Qiuxiang.

"Ah?" Qiuxiang looked up at her husband with red circles, not understanding why he wanted to stop her from doing good deeds.

Let's say that the old man accepted the silver rewards from a group of officials, but declined the kindness of the people.

At the same time, he cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Thank you for your support, San'er, why don't you thank all the adults for your rewards?"

As soon as the words fell, the cloth covering half of the corpse was suddenly lifted...

"Ah~"

Many timid people screamed out of fear.

"Offended offended..."

Under the cloth, it is clearly the young man from before.

He stood up with a smile on his face, his body intact, and everyone who watched was stunned.

"Hahaha, good juggler, you dare to play tricks even with me?"

It wasn't until this time that Chang Fugui came to his senses, he didn't know if he was angry or what happened, he laughed and glanced at the old man and drank.

The old man hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy: "My lord, forgive me, even if the grassroots have the guts to play tricks on you, it's just to make everyone happy.

The silver rewarded by the adults will be returned in full by the villains..."

How could Chang Fugui have the nerve to take back the money in front of so many people?
What's more, this old man is indeed capable, under the watchful eyes of everyone, he actually deceived so many pairs of eyes.

For this alone, it should be rewarded!

However, Zhou Yu and Ying Ning could see clearly from the beginning to the end that the trick played by the old man and his son was just a trick.

It's just that the methods are clever, far better than the blindfolded tricks played by ordinary people in the arena.

"Fortunately, I saved a tael of silver."

Qiu Xiang patted her chest, and took back the money with a happy face.

One tael of silver is a month's wages for her, and it's a big deal, so it's best to save it.

I thought that this was the end of a good show, but unexpected changes happened again...

"But it's a small trick, and it's not a big deal."

Following a sarcastic voice, a middle-aged man stepped out of the crowd.

The old man couldn't help frowning, cupped his hands and said: "The road is facing the sky, each side walks half way, I don't know where the old man offended this brother?"

"It's not offending to offend, it's just that I want to perform it in public, so that adults and all the villagers can watch and compare themselves."

"Okay, let's compare!"

Someone in the crowd started booing.

The trick just now was already exciting enough, since this middle-aged man dared to stand up and challenge, it must be even more exciting.

Chang Guifu didn't have any objections, anyway, everyone was watching the fun, so he asked, "What are you going to perform?"

"Returning to my lord, just now this old man performed a show of stealing peaches, but unfortunately, his peaches can only be seen but not eaten.

I am going to perform a more realistic trick that can be seen and eaten. "

"Okay, then let everyone open their eyes."

"Thank you, my lord... I beg your lord to prepare a flower pot, soil, and water."

"Well, come on, do as he said quickly."

"Follow the order!"

Before long, things were ready.

The man walked up to the high platform, took out an orange from his pocket, tore it open in public, stuffed the orange petals into his mouth and ate it, leaving the core behind.

"Okay, everyone, please keep your eyes open. What I'm performing now is growing oranges."

Growing oranges?
What kind of trick is this?
All the people looked at each other in blank dismay.

The middle-aged man smiled: "There is nothing unusual about planting oranges, but I can let everyone witness the seeds sprout, grow, bloom, bear fruit, and mature..."

"So miraculous?"

"Wouldn't it be a fortune to grow crops?"

Chang Fugui and other officials were also interested, so they simply gathered around, wanting to see how the middle-aged man managed to blossom and bear fruit on the spot.

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(End of this chapter)