Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 444 Help
Zeng's family was originally just a rich man from the countryside. It wasn't until Zeng Tongpan was admitted as a Jinshi and became an official that he became prestigious.All the glory of Old Master Zeng and Zeng Yu's good life are all thanks to Zeng Tongsan's official position.

Now that they heard that this incident would hinder Zeng Tongpan's official career, the two of them panicked.

Looking at his grandson, old master Zeng asked his son tremblingly: "Then, what should I do?"

"What to do, what to do, you know what to do now, what did you do earlier? Why didn't you ask me what to do when you were meddling outside under my cover?" Zeng Tongjuan irritatedly He gave him a look on his father's face.

Old Master Zeng knew that he had done something wrong, and he usually liked to show his prestige in front of his son, so he didn't dare to say a word.

But Zeng Yu stood up with a "chuckle", lifted his foot and walked out.

"Where are you going?" Zeng Tongpan asked hurriedly.

"I'll go to the Du family. No problem, let's stand up for them. Now that something happened, they hid away and asked us to clean up the mess. Didn't they fawn on the Qi family? Let them figure out a way." Zeng Yu said .

Zeng Tongpan thought about it, then waved his hand: "Go." Anyway, in this matter, he would be more secure if he brought more people into the water.If he could take this opportunity to get involved with those disciples of Qi Yuandao, he would be considered a blessing in disguise.

Knowing that this incident has become a big deal, the grandparents of the Du family are panicking at home.

The magistrate and the general judge wrestled with each other, but people of their level could not intervene.But the cause of the conflict between the two was because of their Du family.This made both of them feel a kind of fear in their hearts, for fear that someone would come and wipe their Du family down.

Grandpa Du rushed back from the restaurant immediately when he heard the report from his servants, and said to Grandpa Du, "Zheyan caused this, how innocent is our house? What should we do now? Let's wait at home, what's the matter?" Don't do it, just wait for the two adults to come to a conclusion so that we can destroy our Du family?"

"No way? We didn't do anything." Mrs. Du said in fear.

"Did the door of the Du family on the opposite side be smashed down without doing anything?" Mr. Du said, "If they want to deal with us, they don't even need to find a reason, just ask a few yamen servants to go to the restaurant to find some food." Trouble, our family will have to face a lawsuit." Mrs. Du said, and asked Mrs. Du pointingly, "Do you really just wait like this and do nothing?"

When Mrs. Du heard this, he looked at his eldest son expectantly, like a drowning man grabbing a life-saving straw: "Do you have a solution?"

"If you want our whole family to be reduced to the streets and have nothing, then wait like this; if you don't want to, hurry up and separate the family. The restaurant, field, and shop are all owned by our first house, and the second house can just get some if you want. Anyway, when the magistrate and the judges investigate the crimes, the property distributed to the second room will not be preserved, and all of them will have to be confiscated. It is useless to divide them any more. I am the eldest son, and it is my responsibility to take care of my parents. Dad, you will live with me The second room has survived this catastrophe, if life is really difficult, I can still help them, and a part of the house is also set aside for them to live in; they don't have to sleep on the street to beg for food."

"No, it can't be like this." Du Zheyan yelled as soon as he heard it, "Grandfather, you can't separate the family." It's really unreasonable for the eldest family to take this opportunity to let their second wife leave the house.

Knowing his grandfather's virtue, he continued: "It will definitely be fine this time. The two adults are fighting only because of their interests, and have nothing to do with our family. Besides, we still have the Qi family as a backer. No They won't embarrass us if we look at the monk's face and the Buddha's face. The Qi family can let my father become an official, and this time it will definitely keep our family safe."

Only then did Mrs. Du remember that his second son was still an official.If the family is separated and he follows the eldest son, how can he go around to show off his status as an old man?

He urged: "Then you go to find that Young Master Qi, and ask him to find a way to intercede for us."

Du Zheyan also planned so.But before leaving, Zeng Yu came.

What kind of good things can Zeng Yu say for causing such a big trouble in his family?It's natural how it sounds ugly.Like that quail, the whole family of the Du family shrank their heads and did not dare to make a sound, allowing a teenage boy like Zeng Yu to scold the eighteen generations of his ancestors all over there.

Zeng Yu was tired of scolding, so he said what he meant, and asked Du Zheyan to go to the Qi family immediately.

"I was thinking of going there." Du Zheyan said with a smile.

"Then hurry up, don't waste time."

Du Zheyan ran to Qi's house in a hurry, told Qi Siyu about his family's difficulties, wiped his tears and said: "The reason why I want someone to smash the door of his house is to vent my anger for you. He dared to reach out and take your case. I took it, and let you fall to No.4. I feel uncomfortable without saying a word. Who would have thought that things would develop like this! Brother Qi, can you think of a way to help us? Not to mention our family, it is once The judge will also remember the kindness you have with Mr. Qi."

As soon as he heard that this matter involved the political struggle between the magistrate and the judge, Qi Siyu didn't want to care about it.

My family knows about my own family affairs, although his father and his uncle are also officials in the capital, they are just empty positions and have no rights.What their family relied on was that Qi Yuandao had some academic status and had recruited more disciples.

Especially this time he fell to No. 4 in the college examination, which made him see more clearly the faces of his grandfather and these disciples - when nothing happened, these people would naturally be willing to get close to their family, after all, his grandfather was a great Confucian, and he was well educated , and there are many disciples, weaving a network of relationships with grandfather as the center, everyone can get a lot of benefits from it.But once something happens and their own interests are involved, these people will put aside this "teacher-student" relationship, put on a selfless face, and finally gain a reputation for "not following selfishness" .

But Du Zheyan was venting his anger for himself anyway, and he couldn't make him feel incompetent.

He said: "I know everything you said. Go back, I'll talk to my grandfather and see if he can do anything."

Worried that Du Zheyan would look down on him if he didn't do well in the end, he tried his best to make things difficult: "But you also have to know that not everyone can stop these two tigers from fighting each other. Even if my grandfather has many disciples, They are also willing to help, but firstly, they are far away, and have no friendship with Master Yang and Master Zeng; secondly, Master Yang and Master Zeng are fighting for power after all, so it is not so easy to persuade. I can only ask my grandfather Think of a way. If you really can't help you, then there is nothing you can do. I can only say that I will do my best."

(End of this chapter)