Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 60 Selecting Instructors Six

The next day, when the sun rose, the wind suddenly picked up in Wuyin County, and rumors were flying everywhere.

"Have you heard?"

"What did you hear?"

"You don't know yet, Jiang Haoming, a poor scholar in Sifangli, was invited by Jingping Village outside the city to become Mr. Xi!"

"Isn't Jingping Village a den of Yellow Turban thieves?"

"Who said no!"

"This Jiang Haoming Xiao Chu, who is a poor scholar, is a role model for us Wuyin scholars, and he is a thief!"

"I'm not ashamed!"

"Such an unfaithful and unrighteous person will be expelled from the scholarly academy!"

"..."

Restaurants and teahouses, places where literati and elegant guests gather, a rumor that originated from nowhere, with the help of people with good intentions, spreads to ten, ten to hundreds, hundreds to thousands, thousands to thousands... quickly covering the entire county. every corner of it.

Three people become tigers, what is true will become false, and what is false will become true.

This is the power of gossip.

Rumors are like wind, rumors are like rain, and the wind and rain are stirring the Shilin of Wuyin.

……

The ancient mansion in the south of the city.

Before the head of the family, Gu Pengduan, was sitting in the case, there was a trace of coldness in the cloudy eyes: "Jiang Haoming is usually high-minded and arrogant, and he never agrees to our solicitation. He stayed in the ten squares of the poor. A guy who can't stand coercion!"

"Patriarch, although Jiang Haoming is not from Wuyin, but he has been in Wuyin for several years, and he is the leader of Wuyin scholars. Don't let him enter Jingping Village, if you let him help the Yellow Turban Bandit, it will definitely make the Yellow Turban Bandit establish prestige among the humble scholars, and if Mushan has this person to help him, he will be even more powerful!"

Gu Hou cupped his hands and said.

"It's a pity that such a talented person hates us!"

There was a sigh on Gu Peng's face.

"Patriarch, the good talent you can't get is just a waste material, but you must never let him join the enemy's camp and fight against us!" Gu Hou reminded that he had witnessed Jiang Lu's ability to fight the Quartet with his own eyes. This person is full of knowledge, and his teachings are irrefutable when he opens his mouth. Opening his mouth is the best weapon.

"That's a great word!"

Gu Peng heard the words, nodded, and then said: "Gu Hou, you take ten guards, go to Shifangli, and invite him in person. If you can't invite him, then... Anyway, in case Don't let him leave the city!"

His whole body was as cold as ice, and the killing intent in his eyes was like a rainbow, the meaning was self-evident.

"My subordinate understands!"

Gu Hou took the order and left.

……

in the county government.

Cai Tu is handling the government affairs of the county government.

Although he was a little more thoughtful and was always in the mentality of wanting to use Mushan but suppressing Mushan, he was still a hardworking magistrate.

Since Wuyin was under his control, Wuyin's gentry were less likely to block him. He began to clear up some of the disadvantages and cleaned up the county government. Relying on Mushan's power, he removed some lazy gentry children and replaced them with others. Some pragmatic officials have made a lot of achievements.

"Meet the county lord!"

Meng Wu, the county magistrate, came in.

Since the defeat in Jingping Village, his reputation in Wuyin has plummeted, and he has also begun to restrain his arrogance, keep a low profile, and even show respectful obedience to Cai Tu.

"Meng Xiancheng, just in time, I have something to discuss with you!" Cai Tu said calmly: "Wuyin has experienced chaos these years, people come and go, the population is mixed, which is not conducive to the management of the county government, so I am going to come A county-wide population census..."

"My lord, this matter is not urgent. I have another urgent matter to discuss with you!" Meng Wu interrupted Cai Tu.

"Urgent?" Cai Tu narrowed his eyes.

"En!" Meng Wu nodded sincerely.

"it is good!"

Cai Tu was still very face-saving. After putting down the pen in his hand, he straightened his waist, looked at Meng Wu, and said, "Speak, I will listen!"

"Yesterday, Mu Jing, the young head of Jingping Village, personally entered the city and invited Cai Lu, a Confucian from Sifangli, to teach in Jingping Village!"

Meng Wu roughly explained the matter.

"Jiang Haoming?"

When Cai Tu heard this, his face changed slightly, and he asked, "Is Mu Longtu the one who entered the city himself?"

He is no stranger to Jiang Lu and Mu Jing.

These two get together?
His heart trembled, and he became a little uneasy.

"Yes!" Meng Wu nodded.

"Jiang Haoming has been in Wuyin for several years. In the past when I was the county magistrate, I visited him a few times and wanted to invite him to be a staff member. However, he refused. You can't force others to do things differently, but in my opinion A person's understanding, regardless of talent, learning, or character, is superior, he should not be in the same class as a thief, has he agreed?"

"It seems that I agreed!"

"Sure?"

"That's what everyone says!"

Meng Wudao.

Cai Tu's face turned gloomy, and he was thinking in his heart: Mu Shan's courage is already irrepressible, if this calamity passes him, I'm afraid I won't be able to suppress him, if I add Jiang Lu, wouldn't it be... …

"My lord, the remnants of the Yellow Turban can be used, but you must guard against them!"

Meng Wu took a soft knife.

"You take my warrant, go to Sifangli, and say that I want to conquer Jianglu!" Cai Tu still made a decision. He wrote a warrant and handed it to Meng Wu.

As a county magistrate, he is qualified to enlist scholars as officials.

The so-called enlistment is a bit of a tough attitude.

Unless there is a very special reason, few scholars can escape.

"promise!"

Meng Wu nodded, took the warrant, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and left with a smug smile.

……

In all directions, the peace here was broken.

"Sir, do you really want to leave Sifangli?"

A child stood under the big banyan tree in the small courtyard, looked at the gentleman who was usually in awe, a little sad, and asked in a deep voice: "Do you care about ours?"

"Why leave?" Jiang Lu was a little puzzled when he heard this.

He read those books overnight last night, benefiting a lot, but also consumed too much energy, so today he is a little out of energy, and he didn't teach the child in the morning, so he asked the child to come to class in the afternoon, and he planned to continue reading this in the morning A few books, but this student suddenly ran over to him and asked him a question he couldn't understand, and he was a little stunned.

"There are rumors outside that Mr. was invited by Jingping Village to go to Jingping Village to teach their children, so Mr. will leave Sifangli and us!"

This child is about eight years old, named Chen Xiu, and he is a child of a tenant. Originally, he had no chance to study, but Jiang Lu appeared in Sifang, so he had the opportunity to study, so he cherishes this hard-won opportunity. However, when I went out today, I suddenly heard that my husband was leaving Sifangli, so I became anxious.

"what?"

When Jiang Lu heard this, he didn't even care about etiquette, he jumped up suddenly, looked at Chen Xiu, and glared angrily: "Who said this?"

It stands to reason that Mujing only came to invite him yesterday, so not many people know about this.

And he didn't agree.

Why do you say he has agreed?

"Now the scholars on the street are talking about it!" The eight-year-old Chen Xiu was stunned for a moment, a little puzzled why the husband was so surprised: "They said that the husband was bought by the yellow scarf thief for hundreds of taels of gold, and he wanted to follow the thief, so Get out of Sifangli!"

"Which bastard is slandering a certain family so much!"

A chill filled Jiang Lu's spine, and the raging anger in his heart was burning: "Isn't this going to a certain family and a place of injustice?"

"Sir, what's the matter?" Chen Xiu didn't quite understand Mr.'s anger.

"not good!"

Jiang Lu suddenly thought of something: "Since this matter has spread throughout the city and everyone knows it, I have offended countless gentry over the years, and I can survive under the eyes of these gentry because of my clean name. Let them find a reason, and they will definitely have the intention to kill a certain family, and after killing them, they will die, and I am afraid that a certain family will suffer from bloodshed!"

"Mister..." The young Chen Xiu looked at Mr., wanting to say something else.

"Chen Xiu, thank you for reporting the letter. This is a kindness to me!" Jiang Lu cupped his hands to Chen Xiu: "Mr. is facing a catastrophe today. I'm afraid I won't be able to stay here any longer. I will give you this book. I will give it to you later If you have a chance, come to Lingling and find me!"

He gave Chen Xiu a copy of "The Analects of Confucius" that he had personally annotated.

It's not very precious, but it's his heart.

Then he started to go in to pack his things, and woke up his son who was lying on the bed: "Jiang San, get up and pack up, we have to leave the city immediately!"

"Father, where are you going!"

"Go home!"

Jiang Lu responded, and in a panic, he just packed up some things, and then took his twenty-odd books with him, took his son, and went out in a hurry.

(End of this chapter)