Liaozhai: A scholar should draw a sword

Chapter 68 Anti-General Army

afternoon.

within the county government.

The county magistrate Zhu Wen was resting with his eyes closed under the flower stand, when a servant stepped forward to report:
"My lord, Master Shi is waiting in the side hall, saying that he has something important to discuss with your lord."

"Oh, I see……"

Zhu Wen lazily responded, and stared for a moment before getting up and walking towards the side hall.

After entering the side hall, it was discovered that the visitor was not only Mr. Shi, but also a scholar with an extraordinary bearing.

"My lord..."

"Hehe, Master Shi, this is..."

Without waiting for Master Shi to answer, Zhou Yu stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "Next to Zhou Yu, a scholar from Guobei County."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Wen was surprised, and replied: "It turns out that your Excellency is the famous talented person from Guobei County..."

Speaking of which, the original owner was only a little famous in Guobei County before, after all, he was the only Juren in Guobei County.

But it's different now, Zhou Yu came across time, running a school, killing cat demons, reciting poems...

Among them, "Sapphire Case·Yuanxi" and "Water Tune Getou·When Will the Moon Come" have been widely spread.

Even many scholars in Jinhua Mansion knew that there was a talented man like Zhou Yu in Guobei County.

In particular, the two sentences in the words "I wish you a long life, and share the beautiful beauty with thousands of miles away" and "I look for him thousands of times in the crowd, and suddenly I look back, but the man is there, in a dimly lit place" are even more eloquent and regarded as good. sentence.

As a county magistrate, Zhu Wen had naturally heard of Zhou Yu's name.

"My lord, thank you..."

After sitting down, a maid served tea.

After drinking a few sips of tea and saying a few polite words, Master Shi finally explained why he came.

"My lord, the old man came here today because of the marriage contract between my daughter and the Wang family, and I beg you to be fair."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Wen couldn't help frowning: "Master Shi, I actually understand your feelings very well, but the marriage contract was signed by both parties voluntarily.

The Wang family has a marriage contract in hand, so I can't disregard the etiquette and keep faith.

Besides, Mr. Shi, you are also a dignified person. Once you forcibly break the contract and break your promise, I am afraid it will also hurt your face. "

At this time, Zhou Yu couldn't help clapping his hands and said with a smile: "Well said! Master Zhu's words are really convincing and shocking..."

Master Shi: "..."

Where are you from?You promised to help me, but why did you follow me around?
"Hehe, Mr. Congratulations." Zhu Wen smiled reservedly.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Yu said again: "It's just that there is something I don't understand, so I ask you to explain it."

"Mr. speaks a lot, but I have little talent and learning. How dare you talk lightly to solve doubts? You have something to say, but it's okay to talk about it."

"My lord, a marriage contract is also a kind of contract, so may I ask whether both parties should have the spirit of contract at the same time to be fair and reasonable?"

Zhu Wen was stunned for a moment, then nodded subconsciously: "It's natural."

Zhou Yu glanced at Master Shi again and asked, "Master Shi, how did Mrs. Zhu protect the media?"

Now, Master Shi finally guessed Zhou Yu's intentions, and couldn't help being pleasantly surprised.

So he said truthfully: "On that day, Madam Zhu praised Wang Huacheng as having a superior family background, a good-looking talent, and knowledgeable and courteous.

The old man and Zhuo Jing naturally believed what Mrs. Zhu said, after some discussion, they agreed to the marriage. "

"This is the key point..." Zhou Yu said with a straight face: "My lord, the honored lady will personally act as Wang Huacheng's mediator.

Master Shi signed the marriage contract out of respect and trust for his lord and his wife.

But in fact, as far as I know, Wang Huacheng is clearly an ignorant dude, how can he talk about knowing the book? "

"This……"

Zhu Wendun was dumbfounded by this question, speechless.

As an ordinary person, he has a lot to say, but the two in front of him are Juren, so it is not so easy to fool.

"If your lord doesn't believe it, you can send Wang Huacheng to test him face to face. I'm afraid you won't even be able to write a few big characters."

"Cough..." Zhu Wen coughed dryly and said, "I don't know what my wife said that day..."

"My lord, what I mean is not that Mrs. Zun said good things to deceive Master Shi. She must have been deceived by the Wang family and believed it was true."

Zhu Wen nodded quickly: "Yes, yes, it should be like this."

"Since this is the case, it shows a problem. Madam Wang was deceived by the Wang family, thinking that Wang Huacheng is a well-educated person.

And because of his trust in Mrs. Shi, Master Shi also thought that Wang Huacheng was a well-educated person.

In other words, this marriage contract was signed when Mrs. Zun and Master Shi were deceived.

Since the Wang family lied, it meant that they violated the spirit of the contract, disregarded etiquette, and broke their promises.

My lord, what is the point of such a marriage contract? "

"This……"

The muscles on Zhu Wen's face kept twitching, and he wanted to argue a few words, but he couldn't find anything to argue for a while.

He was swayed by Zhou Yu's words, and he was already dizzy.

Moreover, etiquette and faith were also brought up by him first, so it is no wonder that Zhou Yu turned him into an army.

Zhou Yu took advantage of the victory to pursue: "I actually understand your lord's difficulties because the Wang family is holding on to the marriage contract.

Otherwise, the adults will make this matter public, and tell the ins and outs in detail in the future, so that the common people can judge.

If the Wang family still doesn't know good from bad, they insist on suing the officials.

Then, I can only join hands with Master Shi to accompany the Wang family to fight the lawsuit to the end, to see who is disregarding etiquette and dishonesty. "

"exactly……"

Master Shi was completely awakened at this moment, and he insisted on agreeing.

"If the Wang family is not convinced, then the old man will bring the lawsuit to the government office. If the government office cannot be resolved, he will fight to the capital..."

"Master Shi must not..."

Zhu Wen was in a cold sweat and hurried to dissuade him.

He and his wife have reaped a lot of benefits from this marriage, how dare they make it public?Don't even dare to make trouble above.

Therefore, the only way to deal with it now is to make big things small and small things small.

"What did the adults say?"

"Don't worry, you two, let me think of a way... Or, I can go and persuade the Wang family to take the initiative to withdraw from this marriage."

"My lord, the Wang family broke their promises first, so this paper marriage contract has lost its meaning, but it is just a scrap of paper.

Of course, since Madam Zun came forward to protect the matchmaker, I have to go through a formality..."

Zhou Yu deliberately mentioned the county magistrate's wife again, in fact, to remind Zhu Wen that everyone should take care of face and not go their own way.

"Yes, yes, I know it well, I didn't think too much about it before, and made Master Shi feel wronged."

"Hehe, it's okay. My lord has always been fair and honest. It's just that I'm busy with work, so I will inevitably overlook some small things..."

Not long after, the two of Zhou Yu bid farewell and left.

Zhu Wen hurried to find his wife to discuss.

The madam was also afraid that things would become serious, so she and her husband would be involved. After all, once the two Juren joined hands, maybe more gentry would be involved.

At that time, it really didn't end well.

Therefore, Zhu Wen decided to go to Wang Dayou in person and ask him to withdraw from the marriage voluntarily, so as not to make it difficult for him.

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(End of this chapter)