Son of the Dragon (2)
After dark, the fishing village was very quiet. There was no other noise except the sound of the roaring waves. After the lights went out, a black figure rushed into the fishing village and stopped in front of a hut to the east of the fishing village.
There were three knocks on the door, and the lights in the room turned on. A white-haired old man stood up, put on his clothes, and asked in a loud voice: "Who is it? It's so late."
"Help...Help..." A man who was walking like flying just now fell in front of the door.
When the old man heard this, he hurriedly walked over and opened the door. He saw a strange man lying in front of his house. The old man quickly helped the man into the house. Seeing that the man was seriously injured, he pretended to be helped to his bed. , asked in a low voice: "Sir, what are you..."
"Old man, I was originally a businessman who went to sea. Unexpectedly, I was robbed by pirates and the ship sank." The man coughed twice, vomited blood, and took out a cloth bag from his arms. "Old man, I'm afraid I'm dying, but I still have a wife and children at home. Could you please send the money I've earned over the years to my home?"
"Sir..." The old man took the money, but saw the man passed out. The old man stretched out his hand and found that the man was no longer breathing. This put the old man in a bit of trouble. Now that an unrelated person came to his home and died like this. Although he had good intentions, if others found out, he would be sued. After thinking about it for a while, the old man put on his clothes and carried the man with great difficulty, and walked to the beach. He just prayed that the wind and waves would be stronger and the man's body would be taken away so that no one would find it. So, the old man stood on the beach and watched for a long time. It was not until he saw the corpse rushing away that he returned to his house. After entering the house, the old man opened the baggage that the man gave him and saw that there was a lot of silver in it. In detail, there were hundreds of taels.
"What should we do?" The old man frowned, but it was still dark and he couldn't think of any good solution. In addition, the night was cold and windy, so he had to undress and lie down on the bed.
At this time, two figures appeared on the beach. These two figures were Bao She and Liang Yuan. Liang Yuan looked at the old man's broken house and laughed: "I told you, Your Highness, this old man is also a greedy person. , actually dumping the body to get money."
"Are you so sure?" Ao She didn't think so.
Liangyuan smiled and asked: "Your Highness, you watched him throw me into the sea with your own eyes. Is there any other explanation?"
"You too, you're too sloppy in your acting. You didn't say your name or where you live. Where did you ask people to send the money?" Ao She couldn't help laughing and said, "I'm afraid it's Is it true that you deliberately didn’t say anything so that people wouldn’t be able to return the money?”
"Your Highness..."
"What? Isn't it?"
"If His Highness insists on thinking so, then I will... tomorrow."
"How about tomorrow? Appear in front of the old man again tomorrow, let him see with his own eyes how the dead come back to life, scare him to death?" Ao She was reminding Liang Yuan.
Liang Yuan felt uncomfortable and had no other choice. Who made Ao She the Dragon Prince? He mumbled and replied: "Tomorrow I will change my appearance and look for him."
"Remember, you said you only have a wife and children at home, don't make a mistake by changing." Ao She felt funny when she thought about Liang Yuan transforming into a woman.
Liangyuan kicked the sand with his feet and replied: "Of course not."
After saying that, the two people disappeared to the beach. The next day, before dawn, the old man got up, opened the door, walked to the front of the house, and fiddled with his fishing net. But for some reason, the old man was quiet. I can't help but feel that I have failed others, but I can't think of any good solutions. At this time, a young and beautiful lady slowly walked towards the old man and asked with a tearful voice: "Old man, have you seen my husband-in-law?"
"Your husband?" The old man looked up at the young woman, but she was a woman he had never seen before.
"My husband-in-law did not return from the sea yesterday. I heard that everyone who went with him met with something unexpected, so I came to the seaside to look for it..." The woman started to cry as she spoke.
The old man suddenly remembered the man from last night, so he asked cautiously: "What does your husband look like?"
"It looks like Pan An..."
"Hmm... I haven't seen it before." The old man shook his head. What the woman said was different from that of the man. Although the man who came last night was young and considered good, he had not yet reached that level.
When the woman heard this, she became anxious. After looking at the man outside the fishing village, she hurriedly said: "He is wearing black clothes..."
"..." The old man raised his head again and looked at the woman. "Then what's so special about him?"
"..." This woman asked, and after thinking for a while, she replied: "He brought hundreds of taels of silver with him when he went to sea this time."
When the old man heard this, he was a little surprised, thinking that the woman had been found too quickly, but when he saw the woman's sad face, he believed it and sighed in his heart. He had no choice but to save the man. Throw it into the sea, otherwise, he will definitely leave his body for this woman to recognize.
"You come with me."
"Old man..."
"I met your husband, and he asked me to give you something." The old man looked back at the woman, and then walked into the house.
The woman followed the old man, and after entering the house, the old man directly put the money that the man had given him last night in front of the woman, and sighed: "This is what your husband asked me to give to you before he died. "
"Sister-in-law..." The woman took the cloth bag and started crying. After she finished crying, she asked: "Old man, how did my husband-in-law die?"
"Meet a pirate."
"Did he tell you that?"
"Well, he
He collapsed in front of my house that night. "
"Where is he now?"
"already dead."
"Dead?" The woman shed tears and shook her head: "Old man, you lied to me. You clearly said that he told you that he met pirates. How could he die?"
"Your husband-in-law was seriously injured, so..."
"No, old man, I don't believe it. You have to see a person in life and a corpse in death. Unless I see the body of my husband, I don't believe it." The woman wiped away her tears and looked at the old man expectantly.
The old man looked at the woman in front of him in embarrassment, what should he say? If he said that he threw the body into the sea, then this woman would fight him desperately. After thinking about it, the old man replied: "Don't embarrass me. Your husband asked me to give you the money and then leave." Yes, he was seriously injured, I also guessed that he might have been in trouble, I don’t know anything else.”
"Old man, you lied to me. You must have been greedy for my husband's money, so you killed him!" The woman suddenly looked at the old man angrily.
The old man opened his mouth wide. He didn't expect that even if he paid back the money, he would be accused of murder, so he sighed: "You actually think that, and there is nothing I can do. If you insist, just go and file a lawsuit."
"You..." The woman was still thinking. At this time, there was suddenly an extra person in the room. It was a person that the old man could not see. However, the woman could see it clearly and knew that she should not make a mistake, so her voice softened. Come down. "In that case, thank you, old man." After saying that, the woman pushed the door open and left, leaving the old man sighing alone in the room.
The woman walked out of the fishing village until she reached a place where others could not see her. Then she changed back to her original shape. She looked at the money in her hand and threw it into the sand in anger. At this time, Ao She appeared in front of Liang Yuan with a smile. before.
"How's it going? Are you convinced?"
"I don't accept it. Although the old man didn't take the money, if I hadn't gone to him, he would never have voluntarily returned it to me."
"That's why you didn't tell him before. It's nothing wrong with him."
"If he had a clear conscience and was not timid, why would he throw the body into the sea?"
"It's not an exaggeration to be timid."
Liang Yuan was left speechless and stomped angrily: "Your Highness, why do you always speak for these hypocritical humans? They are all treacherous and cunning people and do not deserve your sympathy."
"I'm not helping them, I'm telling the truth. The old man did not take your money. Isn't that enough to prove that human nature is good?"
"That's not what His Highness said." Liang Yuan still insisted on his opinion.
The original intention of Ao She was to stop resenting human beings. Unexpectedly, Liang Yuan refused to listen and had to say: "Then how do you believe that people are indeed kind?"
"One more bet."
"Oh?" Ao She was a little surprised by Liang Yuan's proposal.
Liangyuan smiled, walked up to Ao She, and said loudly: "If your highness can prove it to me, I will accept it."
"Then how do you bet?"
"Since His Highness asked the question in the round just now, can Liang Yuan give the next question?"
"Okay, that's only fair." Ao She nodded. He didn't want to use his status as the Dragon Prince to suppress Liang Yuan, but wanted Liang Yuan to willingly admit the fact that human nature is good.
In order to find a test question that both of them thought was good, Ao She and Liang Yuan walked a long way until they came to Jin'an County. Jin'an County is not very far from the sea. Speaking of which, Ao She and Liang Yuan also went in a circle. , and then returned to this place. Jin'an County is relatively prosperous. After seeing the faces of those people on weekdays, Liangyuan felt that he had a greater chance of winning, so he pointed at the people on the street and said, "Your Highness, I will give a question tomorrow."
"It's your fault." Ao She smiled.
The next day, Liangyuan racked his brains and finally came up with a best plan. He wanted to pretend to be a rich man and get acquainted with the wealthy Liu family in Jin'an County. Not only that, he also wanted to make the Liu family willing to give their precious daughter to Aoshe. Before they get married, Ao She must pretend to be bankrupt and lost, in order to verify the authenticity of human beings. For Ao She, it would take some time, but he didn’t have anything to rush back to the Dragon Palace, so he agreed to Liang Yuan’s proposal. As for Liang Yuan, he also had his own role to play, and he didn’t reveal it to Ao She at all. Give up listening.
According to the plan, Ao She built a large house in an unobtrusive place in Jin'an County, hired some servants, and pretended to be the son of a wealthy family. Before doing this, he had already inquired about the Liu family. My daughter Liu Yu will go to the temple to burn incense and pray for blessings in the next few days...