Water Margin people

The streets suddenly became chaotic, with teenagers and scholars fighting each other. With the help of short sticks, the teenagers were able to fight against the scholars.

"Reverse! Reverse!"

The literati were furious. They were respected on a daily basis, but today they were beaten with sticks by a group of teenagers on the street. This was simply a disgrace.

The melee between the two sides lasted for a while, and Lu You arrived with the officials from the government office.

"The wind is strong, hurry up!

When the masked Xin Qiji saw the officers coming, he immediately shouted and the group of young men went to the alleys on both sides, but some people were still blocked in the crowd.

"What happened?"

Lu You slowly arrived with the officers, and seeing that everyone was in tattered clothes, with bruised faces and noses, he asked in confusion, as if he had not seen the fight just now.

"Sir, this group of bad boys committed a crime in the street. Please punish them severely."

The group of angry scholars pointed at the young men who were surrounded and said.

"Violating in the street? You adults, so many of you, are attacking a group of teenagers?"

Lu You took a look at the young men who were blocked and found that none of them looked familiar. Knowing that they were all farmers' families, he felt relieved. Then he began to confuse right and wrong and talk nonsense.

"Wu Guan, what nonsense are you talking about!"

An old scholar walked up to Lu You, looked at him and said, "Wuguan is Lu You's courtesy name. The person who calls Lu You like this must be Lu You's elder or a friend who is familiar with his elder."

"Uncle Wang, I am the defense commander of Liangshan City, and I am performing official duties!"

Lu You spoke expressionlessly that this person was a good friend of his father and also his elder, but now was not the time to discuss the relationship as he was now a court official performing his official duties.

"Well, these young men insulted and beat us. You should arrest them all. I will file a complaint with the government office and see how you handle it."

The old scholar surnamed Wang felt a little embarrassed when he saw Lu You's ruthless and impartial look. He had originally planned to control Lu You.

"Beating? I don't think so!"

Wu Song walked out of Wu Dalang's pancake shop nearby, holding a pancake in his hand and taking a bite from time to time.

"Marquis Wu!"

Lu You saluted Wu Song and said that Wu Song's official position was much higher than his.

"I just happened to see everything. It was this group of people who started the fight first. These teenagers were just fighting back passively. The onlookers can all testify to this!"

Wu Song looked at Lu You and spoke.

"Yes, Wu Hou is right, these people were the first to take action!"

"Yes, a group of adults bullying children!"

"How shameless!"

"That's right, adults bully children!"

The merchants and people who were watching could no longer bear to see a group of intellectuals not staying at home to study and enjoy themselves, but coming to the streets to cause trouble. Not only did they affect the merchants' business and delay people's shopping, but they also clashed with a group of teenagers in the street.

"Control them all!"

Lu You waved his hand, and a large number of soldiers appeared from all over the streets and surrounded the parading literati.

"There's no need to blame someone if you want to!"

Those literati were not stupid. They naturally saw that Lu You had been prepared and his purpose was to arrest them because they were demonstrating.

"You know best what you have done, and the law will give you an answer!"

Lu You waved his hand and the soldiers arrested the literati on the street.

However, the literati did not panic, as they had expected this long ago. There were tens of thousands of them, but only a few hundred here. Capturing them would have no effect at all and would instead give them a good excuse.

Those young men didn't care at all, they followed the soldiers in a heroic and proud manner. They all knew Lu You, he was Xin Qiji's elder brother, their big brother. What was there to be afraid of with a big brother in their hands?

Liangshan government office.

The usually empty government office was now filled with people, so much so that there was no room in the lobby. Most people could only stand in the courtyard. A few leaders entered the lobby of the government office. "Are you the people who were fighting in the street today?"

In the court, Pei Xuan slammed the gavel and spoke.

“Is this how you conduct trials behind closed doors?”

A Confucian scholar spoke with confidence.

"You can also apply for a public trial!"

Pei Xuan's expression remained unchanged. According to Qi law, criminals could request a public trial.

"The person in front of me seems to be very familiar with the laws of Qi! But you will miscalculate today!"

  Pei Xuan sneered in his heart. The laws of Qi were drafted by him and the officials in accordance with the emperor's orders. He had carefully considered each one. Who could know them better than him?

"Take the criminals to the streets for public trial!"

At Pei Xuan's command, the officers opened the gate of the government office and took all the "prisoners" directly to the street.

The scholars were very dissatisfied with the word "prisoner", but they did not say anything for the sake of the overall situation.

A large number of onlookers soon gathered on the street. There was nothing more interesting than watching the excitement. There had not been a public trial in Liangshan City for a long time. This time, the people on trial were a group of literati, which made the people even more interested.

"Cooking cakes! Cooking cakes!"

"Candied haws!"

"Melon seeds!"

"ravioli!"

……

Where there are onlookers, there are vendors selling goods. How can you watch the excitement without snacks? Nowadays, people have a better life and have extra money in their hands, so they are very happy to spend it.

"You guys are guilty of fighting in the street!"

Pei Xuan slammed the gavel and shouted.

"deny!"

"deny!"

The leading Confucian scholar and the young man both shouted.

"Pah, tell us one by one!"

Pei Xuan slammed the gavel and said.

"please!"

The young man glanced at the scholar next to him and made a gesture of invitation. Although his words were very impolite, his action was indeed very elegant, showing his very good upbringing.

This series of actions made the scholars frown. How could a group of silly teenagers suddenly become so elegant?

The Confucian scholar did not hesitate too much and directly listed the evil deeds of the teenagers one by one. Then he criticized such behavior from a moral high ground, blaming the school education for its problems.

"The fox's tail can no longer be hidden!"

Sun Lei was watching the public trial from an attic in the distance, while Li Qingzhao was sitting beside him, but her face was blushing with shame.

"Just tell me, what are you doing with your hands?"

Li Qingzhao finally couldn't stand it anymore. In broad daylight, Sun Lei's evil claws were wandering around her buttocks, and he was saying something like "a fox's tail". She was so embarrassed that she wanted to bite Sun Lei.

"I'm just so angry! We worked so hard to build this school, hoping to popularize education, benefit the people, and make a great contribution to the world, but these guys came to mess things up. Look, your students have been beaten!"

Sun Lei, however, did not hold back at all and pinched it in a strange way. The soft feeling made him feel relaxed and happy.

"Meng Decheng never deceived me!"

Sun Lei thought to himself that no matter how bold he was, he didn't dare to say it directly. If Li Qingzhao heard it, he would be in big trouble. (End of this chapter)