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542 Speed

"Yes...yes..." answered, with doubts in his eyes.

After hearing this, the yamen runner asked again: "Do you dare to ask Xu Zhengming if he is at home? The prefect is here in person, come out quickly to greet the lord!"

When she heard this, Xu Zhengming's wife immediately looked at the official sedan chair. She never dreamed that it was the magistrate who came. At this moment, she panicked and hurriedly shouted inside: "Children's father, the magistrate is here, come out quickly to greet the magistrate!"

At this time, the man in the room was Xu Zhengming. He had just walked to the door and closed the door. When he heard the movement of his wife in the yard, he could write it there, but he just replied: "Is it because your parents' home who came to deceive me out and don't go!"

After saying that, he closed the door directly and made a silent sound.

In the past, there was such a thing. His two brothers-in-law wanted to fool him out and smash his speed car.

When his wife saw it, she was a little stunned.

"Dad, it's really the magistrate here!" When his child saw it, he was anxious and shouted quickly.

When Xu Zhengming heard it in the room, he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed and shouted loudly: "You little bastard dare to come and lie to your father? If you have nothing to do, go to your grandfather's house to have some food, don't be hungry!"

"..." The yamen runners at the door looked at each other, speechless.

Xu Zhengming's wife had already come to her senses and looked at the yamen runner with apology, then let go of her son's hand and rushed into the room.

Just a moment later, she saw her pulling Xu Zhengming's ear out of the house. Then, she felt that this was inappropriate, so she quickly let go of her hand and said to Xu Zhengming who rubbed her ears: "Go and welcome the prefect, otherwise how can you be a mere carpenter to take a lip service!"

Seeing his wife's face flushed and almost cried, Xu Zhengming finally felt something was wrong, so he quickly stretched out his head and looked out of the yard. Sure enough, he saw a yamen runner's figure. He was shocked and quickly ran over.

The master who was on the side of the official sedan chair was already impatient. When he saw Xu Zhengming coming out, he immediately approached the official sedan chair and reported, "Sir, Carpenter Xu is coming out."

After saying that, he listened to the movements in the sedan chair, and then he said to Xu Zhengming, who was standing at the door and didn't know what to do, "I heard that you built a speed car, and the wind whirls away, and you can't fly across the port and the bridge?"

The master's question made Xu Zhengming and his family stunned. Unexpectedly, the dignified magistrate came for this matter?

Xu Zhengming first came to his senses, with a little doubt and a little pride, and immediately replied respectfully: "Sir, that's right!"

"The magistrate wants to see how you drive!" The master immediately asked.

As soon as he heard this, Xu Zhengming's wife became anxious. How could such a thing be seen as the magistrate of the palace? If there is any problem and the crime is asked, how can her own man bear it?

So, she answered first: "Sir, I misunderstood this one at my house..."

Before she finished speaking, she was interrupted by Xu Zhengming. He heard him say with joy: "Yes, yes, but it's not possible to use it here, so it's more convenient to go outside the city."

The most proud thing he worked hard on was already criticized by others, but now it has attracted the magistrate to come to watch it in person, which made Xu Zhengming feel very strongly proud. For a moment, he was afraid that his wife's temperament would change.

The prefect did not talk to Xu Zhengming from beginning to end, nor did he show up. Only after the master reported it, he agreed to Xu Zhengming's request and went outside the city to demonstrate.

When Xu Zhengming heard this, he was very excited and immediately commanded the yamen runners and asked them to help get the things.

Seeing that he was so ignorant of the level, he actually asked the yamen runners to do this and that. His wife was so anxious that she didn't know what to do!

She understood that when her man encountered this matter related to the speed, he would be like being possessed. If this continues, he would not know how many disasters would be caused. At this time, she decided to wait for the prefect to leave and burn the broken thing no matter what. If the man refused and called his two younger brothers, he would have to burn it no matter what!

She thought of this, and after seeing her man taking the things, she happily followed the sedan chair to the outside of the city. She was worried, so she led her son and followed quickly.

In just a while, neighbors had heard the movement and saw the situation, and were curious about how the prefect was interested in this useless thing, so they all went out and watched the fun behind them.

When he arrived at the open space outside the city, it happened to be on the moat. Xu Zhengming seemed to have become his master. He shouted at the yamen runners to stop, and then said to the master: "The little man will assemble the speed car now. Please watch it, sir, you can fly to the other side!"

His wife saw this and didn't care. She rushed over and told the master: "Sir, my husband is not necessarily effective. If it doesn't work, please forgive me. Don't blame me. The little woman kowtows you first..."

Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by Xu Zhengming, who was blushing, and then she heard him say loudly: "It will definitely not be unworkable, I have improved!"

This is his masterpiece, how can there be problems at critical moments? If the wife said this and the prefect leaves without looking at it, wouldn’t it be a chance to show it!

When the master saw this, he waved his hand to a yamen runner, so the yamen runner went over and politely invited Xu Zhengming's wife to the side. He made room for Xu Zhengming to start assembling the thing.

Xu Zhengming glanced at his wife, said nothing, and immediately buried his head in the process of assembling it. It can be seen that he was very skilled, as if he could close his eyes. In a short while, the things were almost assembled.

The onlookers were all curious and stared at it. The speed was shaped like a ring chair, with mechanisms and gears underneath. After the assembly was completed, Xu Zhengming sat on the chair and stepped on the two wooden boards with his feet.

During this process, even the prefect lifted a corner of the curtain himself and watched Xu Zhengming assembled it.

Some of the other people who were watching had seen it, and some had not seen it, were talking about it.

"This carpenter Xu is a serious carpenter, and he insists on making such a thing, but it is useless. It really makes his wife and children suffer!"

"How come it's useless? Look, the magistrate is here!"

"I guess someone has exaggerated it. You can watch it. After a while, this thing can only fly a little higher. What's the use? I can jump higher than this!"

"Also, this thing is not very functional. I have seen Carpenter Xu fall into the water several times!"

“…”

When the prefect frowned slightly when he heard these words, his brows were slightly furrowed, but there was more curiosity on his face, and even a hint of expectation.

Xu Zhengming himself also heard some of it, turned to look at his wife and children, and showed a rare apology. But in the blink of an eye, he was ready to start with a solemn look on his face.

Seeing him like this, the yamen runner immediately signaled to the people around him, and then the scene where many people watched became very quiet.

At this moment, I suddenly heard the sound of "guruguru". In this quiet environment, it was very clear, at least everyone present should be able to hear it clearly. Suddenly, almost everyone's eyes were staring at Xu Zhengming, Xu Zhengming's wife and his son who had a chain reaction.

Needless to say, this is hungry.

Hearing this movement, the onlookers couldn't help but sigh: "Look, Carpenter Xu has been making trouble for his family and has no food to eat!"

When the prefect in the sedan chair heard this, he saw Carpenter Xu with a flushed face and couldn't help but show a thoughtful expression.

Carpenter Xu glanced at his wife and children, bit his teeth, and began to kick his legs. The up and down mechanisms turned, and the wind suddenly blew up and down.

The mechanism was turning faster and faster, and the wind was blowing stronger and stronger. Finally, under the attention of everyone, the speed vehicle was really swaying away from the ground. Although it was not very high, it was finally leaving the ground.

When the prefect saw this, he stared at him without blinking. He watched Xu Zhengming as he operated his speed vehicle and slowly flew to the other side.

There were two small accidents in the middle. One was that a wind suddenly blew, which made Xu Zhengming's speed truck sway and almost hit the river wall. Another time, when it was about to reach the other side, the speed truck seemed to fall, but in the end it still reached the other side and did not fall into the river.

After seeing this situation, the prefect turned to look at his master. Seeing that he nodded slightly, he knew it and passed it to Xu Zhengming.

This time, the prefect did not care about the cold wind in the wilderness and left the official sedan chair. Facing Carpenter Xu, he asked kindly: "What's the reason for your speed car? Can you explain it clearly?"

As soon as he heard this, Xu Zhengming, who was panting, immediately replied: "Sir, the villain was listening to people who were riding a speed car in the "Shan Hai Jing", so he figured it out by himself and created this speed car. Of course, he knew the truth in it, otherwise he would not be able to create it..."

Then, he started talking, and as he spoke, he was full of confidence and pride.

The prefect listened to him and did not interrupt him once. He heard Xu Zhengming's persistence and obsession. Looking at the patched clothes of Xu Zhengming's family and what he had just heard, he knew that Xu Zhengming's speed car had dragged his family down.

"...It's just a pity that the speeding car flew too low, so the villain kept thinking about how to fly higher, at least fly over the roof." Xu Zhengming said this, turned his head and looked at his wife and children, and suddenly couldn't continue.

In front of the prefect and in front of so many people, the family of three was so hungry that they were rumbling. Even if he was addicted to the speed car, he knew that he was sorry for his wife and children, and he was a little ashamed.
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