C9 Vernacular
Due to the strangeness of the situation, Mr. Zi had personally come to Li Xiuzhen's home.
Mister Zi was wearing a green grey robe with an earthen yellow toolbox on his back. On his chest hung three bright golden Kangxi Tongbao. In the silence, there was a trace of power, and his pair of eyes were as bright as the stars in the night.
Elder Peng was Li Xiuzhen's husband and could be considered the male owner of the Old Peng family. However, since Elder Peng was an honest and honest farmer, he didn't have much of an idea in his heart. Naturally, he wasn't considered shrewd either, so his wife Li Xiuzhen was the one in charge of the family's affairs.
Elder Peng was very happy to hear that Mister Zi was coming. Who among the eighteen officials of Sanchuan Jiuwan didn't know about Mister Zi? Who would dare to disrespect Mister Zi?
It was a great honor for an honest man like Elder Peng to be able to come to the house.
He got up early that morning and cleaned up his house. He also prepared the best tea leaves that he could not bear to smoke for himself, just waiting for Mister Zi.
After waiting for a long time, Baba finally got to see Mister Zi. Elder Peng hurried forward and shouted with a respectful expression, "Mister Zi, how are you …"
Seeing that Elder Peng had come out of the door to greet him, Mister Zi could guess what his identity was. He nodded and responded with a smile, "Hello, hello!"
When Elder Peng heard this, he quickly bent his waist and extended his right hand. This was the handshake etiquette Elder Peng used when he saw the meeting between the country's leaders in the newspapers.
There were two crescent-shaped scars on Elder Peng's right hand that he had accidentally been bitten by a donkey when he was sleeping on the haystack when he was young.
The scar was especially eye-catching, so much so that Elder Peng couldn't see it anymore. His face immediately blushed and he quickly used his left hand to cover it.
Mr Zi was stunned by Old Peng's actions and only realized what had happened after a momentary pause. Old Peng wanted to shake hands with him, so he quickly stretched out his hands to shake Old Peng's hand.
Only then did Elder Peng's flushed face recover a little before opening his mouth and revealing a smile that had been smeared all year round on his face.
"Mister Zi, please come in, please come in!" Elder Peng was so excited that he was stuttering.
Li Xiuzhen clearly knew that Elder Peng was following her. Today, there was something abnormal going on, which made Li Xiuzhen at a loss whether to laugh or cry. Fortunately, Mr. Zi wasn't offended.
Having invited Mister Zi into the room to take a seat, Elder Peng quickly steeped the best of the tea leaves and brought them up. He then lit a cigarette that he was reluctant to smoke and passed it over.
Mister Zi did not smoke, so he rejected Elder Peng's offer of cigarettes. This made Elder Peng feel that he owed Mister Peng something.
"You're welcome, it's more important to get down to business!" Mister Zi could naturally feel the respect that Elder Peng had for him. He happily accepted it as well.
"Yes, yes!" Elder Peng quickly nodded his head.
"Let me look at the child first!" When Li Xiuzhen heard this, she immediately had her daughter-in-law carry the child out. Then she took the child in her arms and walked over to Mr. Zi to let him see the child's face.
Mr. Zi looked at the child's face and saw that it was slightly pale. He frowned and asked: "What name did this child choose? Who took it? "
"The child's name is Pei Lin. It is the name of the carpenter Zhang Guozhi from the official village of Xianchuan!" Li Xiuzhen answered honestly. Looking at Mr. Zi's expression, her heart was in her throat.
"Pei Lin, there is earth and wood, and this name was given by a carpenter, it's all true!" Mr. Zi was puzzled.
"Is the general dead yet? Was there any accident? " asked Mr. Tzu.
When Li Xiuzhen heard this, she quickly told him everything that had happened the day before. She even almost forgot to bring a match, and then found one in the basket.
Mr. Zi listened quietly and nodded his head from time to time. Li Xiuzhen did not do anything wrong. After all, the child would not be like this!
After Mr. Zi heard this, he stood up and also looked around Li Xiuzhen's house. At the same time, he also looked around to see if there was anything evil at the entrance or the center hall.
Everything looked normal, but there was nothing strange about it. This was very strange.
"Can you invite the carpenter who gave the child's name? I have something to ask him!" Mr. Tzu said.
"Alright, Mister Zi, I'll go right now!" Elder Peng, who had been waiting respectfully by the side and had been unable to serve Mister Zi, was finally going to be of use.
"Ok, old man. Go and come back quickly. I'll make lunch. We'll eat together when Zhang's parents come!" Li Fengzhen explained.
"Mhmm!" Elder Peng nodded at his wife, then said to Mister Zi, "Please wait a moment, I will be back soon!"
Mr. Zi nodded and said, "Be careful of your safety on the road, don't be too hasty!"
It had to be at least seven to eight miles from the village of the Pengs in the East River to the village of Gongguang in the Lower Rivers. At that time, there was no car to take the lead.
Elder Peng was really quick to follow him. He led the carpenter, Zhang Guozhi, into the house in just two hours.
Although he came quickly enough, it was time for lunch. After everyone had their lunch, Mr. Zi started to get down to business.
Mr Zi told everyone present to back off and then spoke to Zhang Guozhi alone.
Of course, Zhang Guozhi had heard of Mr. Zi's name before, but Mr. Zi was from Shangchuan, and Zhang Guozhi was from Shichuan. Although the two of them were only seven or eight miles apart, Mr. Zi rarely went down there, so people from Shichuan rarely saw Mr. Zi.
"Did you name the child 'Pei Lin'?" asked Mr. Tsukiko.
"Yes sir!" Zhang Guozhi was somewhat dissatisfied with Zi Zian's way of speaking to him alone. The tone of his reply was not very polite at all.
"You didn't invite anyone else to give it to you for your reference? Or was that name given to you by someone else? " Mr. Zi's gaze was fixated on Zhang Guozhi.
"This name was given by the blacksmith next door, Zhang Xingqi, but he came to me for a name out of good intentions. If others were to find out that I did not obtain one, then they would definitely laugh at me for being so uncultured, and I can't do this sort of thing. As long as I bite the bullet, I'm the one who named it, no matter how much skill he has, I won't know!"
"It was me. No one gave me any advice. I came up with it when I was going out to the toilet!" Zhang Guozhi spoke with a righteous tone and an imposing manner, as if he was not afraid of his opponent's shadow. In order to prevent Mr. Zi from finding Li Xiuzhen and verifying this, Zhang Guozhi had even intentionally mentioned that he had come up with this detail when he was in the toilet. That day, he had borrowed the reason of going to the toilet to ask the blacksmith next door, Zhang Xingqi.
"Mm …" This is very important to the child, and I hope you are not lying! " Mister Zi's eyes were still fixed on Zhang Guozhi as he spoke.
"Lying? Why should I lie? How funny … They were the ones who asked for my name, so I gave it to them. I wasn't the one who asked for their name! " The eyes of Mr. Zhang Guozhi, under the quilt, were filled with an inexplicable sense of panic.
"Alright!" Mister Zi did not waste any more time talking, he got up and invited everyone out, then lit three stalks of fragrant incense at Elder Peng's altar and washed his face with clean water. Then he knelt in front of the altar and slowly took out the three copper coins hanging in front of him.
Zhang Guo Zhi didn't know what Zi Zi looked like, but he was a little scared, but he made up his mind and gritted his teeth as he thought to himself, "As long as I bite the bullet and don't tell them, they will never know no matter what they ask. Besides, this kind of thing has no proof, so who would have any proof!"
Mister Zi naturally wouldn't know of these thoughts in Zhang Guozhi's mind. At this moment, Mister Zi was shaking his head devoutly.
After seeing Mister Zi shake the three copper coins six times, he slowly stood up and looked for a brush and dipped it in ink. Then, he quickly drew a few small strips on the paper and quickly wrote down a few words. Suddenly, he stopped writing.
Mr. Zi stopped writing and looked straight at Zhang Guozhi. "Did you forget to tell me anything?"
Li Xiuzhen and Elder Peng's gaze immediately followed Mr. Zi's, landing on Zhang Guozhi.
Zhang Guozhi felt goosebumps all over his body when he saw this. His back was already sweating profusely.
"Haha …" Zhang Guozhi feigned a relaxed smile, not daring to look at Mister Zi. Instead, he looked at Elder Peng and Li Xiuzhen, and then continued, "What? What did you say? " In order to relieve his nervousness, Zhang Guozhi hurriedly took out a cigarette and lit it up for himself. Then, he took a big puff.
"Good!" I did give you a chance! " Mr. Zi's expression was still very calm, but his gaze shifted to the white paper in front of him. He heard him say:
"The child's name was definitely not chosen by you, but was given to you by a person who spent most of his time with iron grade equipment who lived next to your house. This person is either a blacksmith or someone who sells iron grade equipment! And this child was originally a golden horned owl god, that's why he asked you for a name. It's fine if you can't get a name, but you actually went and got a name from someone golden.
Mr Zi's voice was stern, like a Buddha's wrath and arhat.