Chapter 23 Grain City

They say that if you walk across the plain and then see the mountains, you will see Dayanling.Binu didn't know that the plain was so big that he couldn't walk to the end.Binu walked through many densely populated cities, she couldn't remember the names of those places, and she couldn't forget the name of Wugu City.So many county soldiers came from nowhere, and they formed a black wall of people on the road, chasing people and cars when they saw people, and Binu was also driven off the official road by them. The official road is closed, and the king wants to pass through the city of grains.All the passers-by were driven to the city of grains like sheep.It is rumored in Wugu City that the king's men and horses have already arrived at the boundary of Pingyang County. His inspection schedule is unpredictable according to the movements of the sky and stars. The inspection route traces a legendary canal going south. A good day is also a day when the canal is open to navigation, but everyone in Pingyang County knows that the golden building ship jointly dedicated by the three southern counties has arrived in the capital, and the canals in charge of the four northern counties have not yet been dug. I don’t know who ate the leopard He dared to deceive the king, and a painter drew a seven-foot-long canal scenery out of thin air. The new canal on the painting scroll was filled with hundreds of boats, sails and masts, beautiful scenery on both sides of the canal, and prosperous people and animals. The king was deeply moved by the beautiful scenery of his river and mountains. I was deeply moved.A strange news spread throughout Pingyang County. The news said that the king's men set off southward with the map of the canal. They dragged a golden boat and searched for the pier of the canal in the boundary of Pingyang County. They have been looking for it for many days.

In front of the gate of Wugu City, countless people are talking about the deceived king, the beautiful picture of the canal, and the building boat made by nine hundred skilled craftsmen. Some people come from a place close to the capital, saying that the king's troops are mighty The most dazzling thing is the golden boat. It is said that the boat is like a giant dragon in the king's chariot. It follows the king and swims to the south.A child loudly said in the crowd that there is no canal, and the buildings cannot be launched into the water. If this continues, sooner or later, the king will find out that someone has lied to him and the king, and he will be beheaded!The people in front of the city gate all turned their heads to look at the child, and said with their tongues, how come the officials don't know the consequences even the child knows?I'm afraid there is something else hidden!Another boy used his imagination to attract attention from others. He said that the canal is not necessarily on the ground. Why should you see the king's canal?It digs underground, flows underground, and the golden building boats open underground!The boy's strange talk aroused the laughter of the adults. Some people pointed to their own foreheads, and used their eyes, gestures and their own foreheads to indicate a more terrible rumor. The king's brain has something wrong recently!Someone in the crowd immediately reminded him, saying, don’t think it’s okay to poke your forehead with your hands, you control your tongue and your hands, and be careful not to let the arresters see your hands. Beheaded!

Binu heard the state affairs discussed by the refugees, but she couldn't understand.She saw a lot of people looking at the city gate, and she also glanced at the city gate, but she didn't see clearly at the first glance, and said, what is that thing?Is it a melon, hanging so high?An old man next to him said with a smile, is it a melon?The melon is still edible, take another look!Binu took another look, and suddenly screamed, she waved her sleeves to cover her eyes, the sleeves fell halfway, and she fell into the arms of the old man.The old man supported a strange woman, he didn't know what to do, so he put her on the ground, and everyone stared at him, which made him feel a little embarrassed, he didn't know where the country girl came from!He muttered angrily and walked away, such a big woman, she had never even seen a human head!

Some well-meaning people came over to pat Binu's face, encouraging her to open her eyes, you are a good woman, what are you afraid of?Assassins and robbers are afraid of heads.A few kind-hearted people enthusiastically grabbed Binu's hand and forced her to open her eyes. Quickly open her eyes, open them and take another look, and then she dares to look at them. You won't become blind if you look at the human head. Look at the human head It is good for you, so be careful what you say and do in the future!A tall and strong woman squeezed over to pinch Binu, and pinched him awake a few times.The woman lifted Binu's head from the ground, leaned it on her huge chest, pointed to Binu patiently the row of heads hanging on the city wall, and introduced the crimes of the heads one by one, introducing them with emotion. And flourishing.She said that the head hanging on the highest place belonged to two passers-by. They lodged in the inn at the south gate. The man rummaged through their things at night and found that their bag had been sewn with an interlayer, and there was a knife hidden in the interlayer!The woman thought that the death of the two passers-by was not wronged. Not only the government, but the common people saw the bag and concluded that they were assassins who sneaked into Wugu City, waiting for an opportunity to assassinate the king.The rest were a little bit wronged, because they couldn’t control their tongues. A salesman died from his tongue because he spread rumors that the king had gone crazy in public. The donkey was going to visit the king and complained to the sheriff, but was captured by the officers and soldiers before he could reach the outside of the city. The officers and soldiers said, we will take you back and press a golden tongue in your mouth, and then you can complain to the king!There is also a woman whose head was still there yesterday, but unfortunately, it was just replaced today, so you can't see it.She is my neighbor, Zhang Siniang who sells tofu!She is smarter than anyone else in calculations, but she can't control her mouth and spreads what she hears.Who is the traitor and who is the thief? How dare we ordinary people spread the word?One ear listened, and the other ear went out. That Zhang Siniang, no matter where she went, she would show up everywhere. She was a woman who didn't know anyone, so she scolded this minister and that prime minister by name at the gate of the city. Now that's all right, Mr. Han from the official government passed by the city gate and just heard him say that he wants to see which gossip woman can't control her tongue and start rumors about the court. She can't control it because her tongue is too long Well, I'll take care of it for her!Eldest sister, guess what Master Han does with Zhang Siniang's tongue?

Binu stared at the woman in astonishment, subconsciously pursed her mouth tightly to hide her tongue, after a while she couldn't hold her breath, opened her mouth again, and said, cut your tongue!Sister, you are not scaring me, are you?Can you lose your tongue by talking a few gossips?Tears are not allowed in Taocun, it’s okay not to shed tears, we are used to it, so what should we do if we don’t let people gossip?Wouldn't everyone have become dumb? It's not that you are not allowed to gossip, let's see what gossip is!The woman frowned, your gossip is not good, why are you so dumb?The government heard it, and maybe they will ask you about your crimes again. Anyway, you have to control your tongue, only say what should be said, and don't say what should not be said!

Binu paid attention to her tongue, and found that when the woman spoke, her lips turned quickly, but her tongue was hidden.Binu said a little enviously, sister-in-law, you have lived here for a long time, and you know how to control your tongue. I went to Dayanling and was trapped here. I don’t know the rules of this Wugu City, and I don’t know what to say and what not to say. ah! The woman suddenly became a little nervous, she glanced at the crowd beside her, showing a vigilant expression on her face, then she asked Binu to stick out her tongue, and checked carefully.Your tongue is not long, but it is not short either!The woman hurriedly assessed Binu's tongue, then lowered her voice and asked Binu, is this eldest sister usually talkative?Binu said, sometimes he likes to talk, sometimes he doesn't like it.The woman asked again, do you know what to ask and what not to ask when you are away from home alone?Do you know what to say and what not to say?Binu shook his head blankly.The woman squinted her eyes, looked at her kindly, and suddenly took out a small cloth bag from her arms and said, you should buy some of my smart medicine, take the smart medicine, and make sure you learn when to speak and who to meet Say what you say, and your tongue won't trouble you.

Binu saw that there was some yellow-green medicinal powder in the small cloth bag, she almost dipped her fingers into the medicinal powder, saw the woman quickly put the cloth bag away, knew what she meant, the medicine cost money to buy, Binu shrank He returned, sighed and said, big sister, no matter how good the smart medicine is, I don't have the money to buy it. The woman shyly put away her little cloth bag, and didn't buy it if she didn't buy it. It wasn't worth saving money and losing her life.She withdrew and walked into the crowd, saying as she walked, women like us are smart or useless at first. Not necessarily sold to her yet.

The big bronze bell on the city tower rang, which was the bell urging people to enter the city.The flow of people outside the city gate began to turmoil, flocking to different city gates. The sound of the bell made people panic, and it also cheered up the lazy crowd. Amidst the noise, a woman screamed the names of her children. The chaotic flow of people walked along the city wall. Running, except for the children, no one looked up and paid attention to the heads hanging on the city wall.The crowd was divided into different groups, and Binu didn't know which group she should follow, so she went to follow a group of ragged refugees. When they reached the gate of the city, the group dispersed again, and the men lined up. At the entrance of the gate, women and children lined up to the small gate, and Binu followed the women and children and walked towards the small gate.A county soldier ran towards Binu. He looked at the blackened mourning clothes on Binu and said, who died in your family?How could mourning clothes be so dirty?Just as Binu was about to speak, he suddenly remembered to control his tongue, so he pointed in the direction of the north without answering anything.The county soldier thought she had just become a new widow, and his interrogation of Binu revolved around the dead. How did your man die?Was he killed by the government when he robbed his house, or did he die from the plague in summer?Or did the garrison die in the frontier?Binu knew that telling the truth would cause trouble, but he didn't know how to lie, so he just bit his tongue and didn't speak, just pointed to the north.Your man died in the north?Are you dumb?Why is there another mute?He looked at Binu's expression, looking a little suspicious, hell, why are there so many dumb people on the official road today?Go to the west for me, the dumb, the blind, the lame, the sick, foreigners, all go to the west door for examination!

There were not many people queuing at the west door, and in front of her stood a man in a black robe who sold sugar. The man's back looked tall and burly, and Binu felt strange. Such young and strong men have disappeared. They have all gone to the Great Wall and Wannian Palace. They are all working as cows and horses. How can he walk around selling sugar?Binu walked around in front of him and looked at him curiously. The man turned his face calmly, "Sister, do you want to buy a sugar figurine?" Binu saw the man's haggard and young face, a pair of sharp and bright eyes, as calm as an eagle, with an inexplicable threat.She shook her head, took a step back, and suddenly remembered a person, she remembered the eyes of this person, it was the doorman who was greeted by the coachman Wuzhang at Lancaojian, the masked doorman was also so tall, and his eyes were so cold.She still remembered the mixed smell of musk and licorice emanating from the masked doorman's black robe. Now that the wind passed through the city gate, the corner of the man's robe was brushed, and Binu smelled that peculiar smell again.

Binu was about to speak when he suddenly remembered the warning from the woman who sold the smart medicine, covered his mouth with the sleeve of his robe, and poked the man who sold the sugar with his finger.The man turned his head again, his eyes filled with disgust. Eldest sister, don't stab me if you don't buy sugar figurines, look at you are still wearing a mourning dress, I have never seen such a frivolous woman like you! Binu blushed when he said that, and stared at the back in front of him, no matter how he looked at it, he was also the man on the bullock cart, why did he come to Wugu City to sell sugar?I don't know you so I won't stab you!Binu couldn't help it, what should I say, I still have to say, brother, you are a customer of Baichuntai, why are you selling sugar figurines here?She said, I stabbed you to ask you about someone, the brother driver who drives the car with his feet, has he returned to Baichun Terrace?

Why use your feet to drive a car and your hands to drive a car?I don't know any drivers, and I don't know you! ... The refugees at the gate of the city saw that Binu was being pulled out and pushed in, and the people and the firewood adjusted several times. Finally, Binu was sitting in the wheelbarrow. To be precise, he was not sitting, but piled in the firewood. Seeing that Binu's face and shoulders were exposed, she was crying on her back, her body was submerged in the bundle of firewood, and her tears rained down on the firewood, which made people worry whether the firewood would be normal after entering the stove. combustion.After the firewood cart drove for a long time, people realized that the woman was not pushed to make firewood. She not only survived the disaster, but also went to work in Zhan's mansion!What are you going to do in Zhan's house?Go cry, be a tearmaker, it turns out that the Zhan family urgently needs people's tears to boil medicine!Everyone didn't believe their ears, and they couldn't help but believe it. A drug dealer who had a close relationship with Zhan's medicated restaurant told the story one by one. A chicken feather sneaked into his mouth, and his throat was so itchy that he coughed all day long and vomited blood. He called all the famous doctors in the city, but those loyal hands didn't take out a damned chicken feather. The governor's favorite young man went out in the morning, Encountered a gust of wind, that gust of wind actually blew the little boy's mouth crooked!Many wives, concubines, and family members of the governor's family were also favored by minor illnesses and disasters. Most of the beautiful ones suffered from tinea versicolor and psoriasis, and the tinea psoriasis grew on the face, and most of the hardworking and capable ones suffered from narcolepsy. superior.Inspector Zhan invited a secluded imperial doctor of the Longevity Palace from Songlin Temple. The imperial doctor thought that the evil spirits in the mansion were too strong, and the key was to replenish Qi. The prescriptions he left for the patients were not extraordinary. But the soup is strange, no water is allowed, five-flavored tears soup, human tears, bitter tears, salty tears, sweet tears, sour tears, spicy tears!Governor Zhan once thought that the imperial doctor he had invited was playing tricks on him, but seeing the old man's virtuous demeanor, and remembering that he had treated various intractable diseases for three generations of kings, he dared not refuse.Governor Zhan covered the sky with one hand in Wugu City, but no amount of power and money could buy so many tears, so he had to order the officers and soldiers of Wugu City to search for crying women throughout the city as tears bearers, and send them to Zhan's mansion. The medicine furnace provides tears.Due to time constraints, the officers and soldiers were unable to carefully examine the morality and quality of tears of the tearful people. They blindly screened the sad faces in the crowd, and they couldn't help but lose their eyes. The mad woman went to the governor's mansion, and it turned out that the tears of the crazy woman had a fishy smell, not to mention that they didn't meet the standards of Wuwei Lei Tang, and even broke a good pot of tears soup!The governor was furious, and all the departments learned a lesson from it, and swore to the governor that he must capture the saddest woman in Wugu City, and dedicate the biggest tear and the best-tasting tear to his medicine stove. On this day, the officers and soldiers at the gate of the city were lucky enough to find Binu's tears, and some of the refugees were dubiously discussing the medicinal value of tears, and some simply dipped a drop of their own tears and chased the tear-tasting man with their fingers. The young guards, all of their self-recommendations were rejected.As soon as the wheelbarrow left, the tall triangular flags on the city tower fluttered in the wind, and the flag soldiers were sending a profound semaphore to the corner towers in all directions. An old man under the city gate happened to be a flag soldier when he was young. Read it word by word: the saddest woman was caught!The biggest and best tears are already on their way to Zhan's house!