Eat in Song Dynasty

Chapter 403
In the early morning of the next day, in a small bungalow in the west of the city, when the hostess got up early to wash up, she found a piece of paper dropped on the ground in the courtyard, and there seemed to be writing on the paper.

Because of her illiteracy, she hurried back to her room and woke her sleeping husband, "Sanlang, quickly read what is written here?"

"Where did it come from?"

"The ones in the yard will be there as soon as the door is opened."

The man named "Sanlang" quickly took the paper and read it, but saw a few numbers written on the paper: "Twenty miles to the north of the city, the sweet spring of Emperor Terrace can cure heart disease."

Can't help but think, what do you mean?
"What's written on it?" the woman asked.

San Lang answered casually, and the woman said: "There is such a good thing, let's go and have a look."

"That's what people say, you really believe it." Saburo looked at the woman inexplicably.

The woman waved her hand casually, "Never mind, my mother just happens to suffer from heartache. Since it says it can cure heart disease, why don't we take mother to see it? It doesn't matter."

"Then go and have a look?" Saburo was moved by what she said.

"Hurry up, clean yourself up, I'll call your mother." The woman made a quick decision.

The same situation, the same conversation took place in dozens of households in different directions in Bianjing City and in different urban areas.Common people have it, and dignitaries also have it.

After some discussions, some became curious and felt that they could go and have a look, while others thought that someone did it on purpose with ulterior motives.

The only thing that made them agree and curious was how did the paper get thrown into the yard?
The paper is flat and smooth, neither stones nor arrows stuck on it.Especially for those high-ranking families with high courtyard walls, there is no possibility of thieves entering.

How strange!

When they were puzzled, Wen Shu had already gone to the tea shop in the early morning light.

With the help of Mrs. Zhao, the two worked together to set up a few tables under the big tree at the entrance of the tea shop, with a wooden sign on each side of the table.

On the left, it says: "Emperor Terrace Ganquan" is sent to someone who is destined.

On the right is written: "Peach Blossom Water" nourishes the skin and nourishes the heart.

If the former is a timely gift, then the latter is the icing on the cake.

Since it is necessary to guide public opinion, men, women and children must not let it go.

In addition, Wen Shu asked Mrs. Zhao to paste white paper on the east and west walls of the teahouse, set up a table under the wall, and put pens and ink on it. the opinion of.

While they were making preparations, passers-by on the official road over there cast curious glances.

Because of what happened a while ago, the Baiwei Tea House was already "little famous" in the surrounding villages, so seeing them fighting again this time, many people stopped to watch.

Seeing someone looking this way, Wen Shu straightened his veiled hat, walked out of the shop, and said to the passers-by: "There is a sweet spring in the Baiwei tea shop, and I have been guided by the gods. .”

"Such miracles, Baiwei Tea House dare not be greedy for themselves, so it is bestowed on the predestined people, the virtue of the whole god."

As the voice fell, Mrs. Zhao came out holding a foot-long wooden sign, only to see the three characters 'Ditai God' written on the wooden sign.

This was written by Wen Shu not long ago, and the ink on it is still wet.

But the common people would not delve into this. At this time, their minds were full of what Wen Shu said just now, what gods instructed, and what spring water could cure heart disease.

The most important thing is that Wen Shu said: send.

Who wouldn't want something so cheap, even if you don't need it, you can keep it as a gift.

Seeing that everyone's curiosity has been aroused, Wen Shu added: "However, the spring water is limited, there are only 100 bottles, so there are only [-] people who are destined."

"Ah, only 100 people! So few?"

There is also a reasonable humane way: "Since you are a predestined person, you should pay attention to a predestined relationship. It doesn't matter whether you are more or less. The important thing is how you are considered a predestined person."

"That's right, how can you be called a predestined person?"

The onlookers asked one after another.

Wen Shu didn't know how the court's decree would come down, so he didn't give a clear answer, only stating that the sun god had his own instructions.

It would take a day for the imperial court to issue a decree, so the matter of choosing someone who is destined can be postponed to tomorrow.

Let’s make an announcement today to let more people pay attention to the tea shop.

And her "destined person" statement did arouse everyone's interest, because there is no clear condition, but everyone feels that they have a chance.

So I thought I must come and see it tomorrow, in case I was the one who was destined.

Throughout the morning, Wen Shu was explaining to different people, some people passing by on the official road, and some people who came from the city after receiving the "leaflets".

After this wave of momentum, almost half of the capital knew about the 'Ditai Spring Water', and the Baiwei Tea Shop was also known to more people.

At a quarter of noon, Wen Shu asked Mrs. Zhao to go home to rest, explaining that she would be very busy tomorrow, and asked her to recharge her energy today and come over early tomorrow.

Mrs. Zhao didn't doubt that she had it, so she took the child back obediently.

After she left, Wen Shu closed the door of the tea shop, and then used a hoe to dig a hole the size of a soup bowl in the ground at the southwest corner of the inner room.

Since "Ditai Spring" is said to be present, there must be "Ditai Spring".

Although this 'spring' is a little smaller, it needs to be small, otherwise it doesn't fit the setting of one hundred bottles.

After digging the hole, in order to show the extraordinaryness of the 'Ditai Spring' and win people's trust, Wen Shu paved the bottom of the hole with colorful washing stones.

Then, pour water into the hole to make the bottom moist.

After finishing these things, the sun had already started to go west, Wen Shu hurriedly closed the tea shop, and rushed back to the city to see if the news had come down.

However, as soon as he arrived at the gate of the city, he saw a newly posted notice, which stated the whole story of her father's case, and left a line at the bottom.

Roughly speaking, her father's case involved a dispute over legal principles and human relationships. The government took this case into consideration for the common people and set it as a public resolution.People who have ideas and are willing to participate in the decision of the case can go to Yujie to express their thoughts tomorrow at Chenshi for a period of three days.

Wen Shu asked the official next to him, and learned that the notice was posted at noon.

In other words, at this time, most of the people in Hou Bianjing should have known about it.

With this in mind, Wen Shu went straight to the various teahouses after entering the city.

Sure enough, as soon as she entered the door, she heard many people discussing. She randomly found a seat in the lobby, ordered a cup of tea, and drank it slowly while listening to others talking.

"I don't think it should be arrested, after all, so many years have passed."

"You can't say that. The sentence was unfair back then. It is common sense to retry. Otherwise, the victim would not be wronged."

"Have you read the notice carefully? There is not only one victim, the murderer's sister is also one of them, so this case cannot be theorized as usual."

"Why not, one size fits one size."

The fierce quarrel made the always elegant tea house look like the West Market during the festival.

(End of this chapter)