Zhang Pu said angrily: "Who is so arrogant? How dare you come here to disturb!" He glanced at Yu Lianhe, but saw that he had already brought several disciples to stop Hao Nu.The sudden stop of the music became louder again, and the people who stood up in fright slowly fell to their knees and kowtowed.

"If you were tricked and didn't realize it, wouldn't you be too stupid?" A farmer with a bamboo basket on his back and a big bamboo straw hat on his head hurried up to the high platform, put down the bamboo basket, took off his straw hat and slapped it twice. He bowed upwards, bowed to Qian Qianyi and Qu Shixu, and then bowed his hands to Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai and said, "Heavenly Ru, Shouxian, don't come here?"

"Le Zhi", "Li Cheng".

Qian Qianyi, Qu Shixu, Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai got up and took their seats.Zhang Pu raised his eyes to look at the mountain road, and suddenly saw a bamboo silk sedan chair turning out from the side of Zhujian Pond and rushing towards the Thousand People Stone.A group of house slaves followed behind the sedan chair, some were holding umbrellas, some were carrying food boxes, some were holding tea sets, and there was even a thin and small book boy carrying a vermilion lacquered toilet...

The crowd surrounded the sedan chair all the way, panting and panting, but everyone was in order.As soon as the sedan chair stopped, the servants supporting the sedan chair hurriedly pulled up the mottled bamboo curtain, and a thin old man in his fifties came up from above, with a slightly hunchbacked back, a straight body with green gauze dark patch, and powder-soled soap boots, shaking a pair of Holding the Su-like bamboo fan, he walked towards the high platform with a smile, and while walking up the stairs slowly, he cupped his hands and said: "It's not too late, if you delay it, it will be too late."

Yu Lianhe saw him huddled in front of him, with a loud voice, and saw that he was dressed in a fourth-grade men's suit. He didn't know what kind of big man he was. After hesitating, he saw that he was about to rush onto the stage, jumped up, and stopped in front of him. He said coldly: "This restoration conference did not disturb the government. What's the big deal, my lord, condescending to come here?"

The man only felt a blur in front of his eyes, and there was a big man out of thin air, he said in shock: "What? It's not expensive or expensive, just come and have a look."

"Since that's the case, Your Excellency is very kind, and you are very kind, and you don't dare to interfere with your official business. Please come back!" Yu Lianhe stretched out his hand to block the person.

The man's face turned cold, and he said sharply: "We came from Wucheng, Zhejiang. We did not fear the hot weather and traveled four or five hundred miles all the way. It is also a sincere heart. Fushe is known as the leader of scholars. His benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness are enough to set an example for the world. Unexpectedly, treating guests like this is so heartbreaking! Zhang Tianru, is this the way you treat guests in Fushui?"

"How dare you! My lord has come from a long way, please sit down and rest." Zhang Pu stood up and cupped his hands.

But the man didn't come up to the stage immediately, he stood on the steps and waved his hands downward. A house servant hurried forward, took out a snow-white sweat towel from the ice bucket and handed it over. The man wiped the oily sweat from his forehead twice.Another house slave came up and asked, "What would Second Master drink to relieve the heat?"

"What did you bring?"

"There are Leixiangzhengqi Pills, Jinyi Qushu Pills, Xiangru Pills, Wanying Tablets, Sha Yao, Biwensan, Chrysanthemum Water, Reed Root Water, Bamboo Leaf Water...and Sanxian Drink for digestion..."

"Stop rambling! Drink chrysanthemum water!" The man took a small porcelain cup and drank it all in one gulp. Zhang Pu and the others felt disdainful when they saw his manner, but they were also surprised that this man was so extravagant, and he was so particular about going out. You can imagine the ostentation at home.

The man waved the bamboo fan and said apologetically, "I'm laughing. I'm naturally afraid of the heat, but I don't want to miss this grand event." He stepped onto the high platform.

Among the four, Qian Qianyi had the highest official rank. He was a third-rank minister of rites and was honored as Shaozong Bo. However, he had been dismissed from his post and lived in the village for four or five years. When he met an incumbent, he should be courteous. This is the rule of the court. Cannot be violated.

Qian Qianyi looked at the make-up clothes on the man, didn't dare to be lighthearted, stood up and saluted.Although Qu Shisi, Zhang Pu, and Zhang Cai are lower than the fourth rank, because they are not subordinates, they don't need to kneel down to salute, they just bow to each other.

The man replied with a smile and said: "We are here to join the club, how can we deserve such a courtesy?"

Zhang Pu asked: "How do you address your lord?"

"The surname is Wen and the style name is Yuren."

Qian Qianyi was startled, and asked, "Your Excellency is Wu Chengwen, do you have any relationship with Mr. Wen Ge?"

"That's my brother." Wen Yuren nodded and said, "Old Mu is old with my brother?"

"It's just a karmic relationship, and Wen Ge's old man is the head and assistant, how can the old man climb up!" Qian Qianyi recalled that year when he argued with Wen Tiren in front of the emperor in the imperial court and was framed by others. The feeling came to my heart immediately, and I was angry and angry, and I couldn't help but sarcasm.

Unexpectedly, Wen Yuren has been used to being flattered for many years, he ignored it at all, waved his hand and said: "What is a high-ranking and not high-ranking! From now on, there will be brothers in this way, and things can only be said in one sentence. It is not difficult or difficult!" [

Qu Shixu heard his vulgar words, which were quite a bit of a worldly habit, and said with a sneer, "We look up to the world, but we don't ask for anyone!"

Hearing his words, Zhang Pu revealed a slight sharpness, fearing that he could not hold back his anger, he hurriedly said: "Master Cheng Wen looks at Duoshe so much, I am really grateful! It's just that Mr. Gao Juexian, Fushe can't help much. It's really disappointing." .”

"We don't have any extravagant expectations. As long as we are registered in the society, we will naturally be satisfied. I heard that the number of members in the society is increasing, but the financial resources cannot make ends meet. I have a small family and donate 1 taels of silver every year."

"Is it Elder Wen Ge's meaning, or your lord's own meaning?"

"What is the difference?"

"It's different, it's just that Fushe's membership is really not worth so much money."

"Why, do you still think money bites your hand?"

"Not only bites hands, sometimes eats hearts!"

"You...you mean my silver is not clean?"

"My lord's silver road, I can't ask. Wucheng Wen's mansion is famous all over the south of the Yangtze River. How many people don't know?"

Wen Yuren said coldly, "So we won't be able to join the club?"

"Your Excellency is an official appointed by the court, wouldn't you insult the official voice?"

"My fourth-grade supplementary clothing was donated at a cost of 3000 taels, and I have never actually given it." Wen Yuren put away the folding fan and said, "Zhang Pu, since this is the case, let's make it clear. Zhou Yanru is yours." Master, but it is not easy to hug his thick legs! A big tree, many people want to take shade, even if it is under the tree, how useful will it be? He quoted Zhang Yangong, the governor of Datong, Deng Sun Yuanhua, Governor of Lai, made his elder brother Zhou Suru pretend to be a member of Jinyiwei, and took the position of a thousand households. Even Zhou Wenyu, a domestic slave, became a chicken and dog who ascended to heaven and was promoted to deputy commander. And you were not forced out of the capital? If you don’t burn a cold stove, you just want to sit on a hot kang. How can there be such a good thing! We advise you not to make a wrong calculation and find the wrong family! Now that Zhou’s surname is hard to protect himself, the emperor has already sent him back to his hometown. Got you? How funny!"

Zhang Pu's face was livid, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I do things in my own way, and I don't bother my lord to bother me. Different ways do not conspire with each other, my lord, please come back!"

"Haha... Of course we are going to leave, and nothing can stop us! But before we leave, we have something to ask Mr. Tianru, please help me. I heard that you are always jealous, so I think you won't quit!"

"My lord is too serious. I, Zhang Pu, a Confucian scholar, have black hair on my head and silver in my hand. How can I help you?"

"The sky is like a name all over the world, it's up to you!"

"What's the matter, my lord?"

"Write a petition for us, no, no, no...write a post...well, or a petition, you can say as much as you want."

"Which one do you want to sue?"

"Zhou Yanru."

"Hmph! My lord has found the wrong person. The person you want to sue has a friendship with me as a teacher and a student. Do you think I am a shameful person who deceived my master and destroyed my ancestors?" Zhang Pu's face changed suddenly, and his voice became higher. [

"The sage said that you should never give up to a teacher. We asked you to write because you are Zhou Yanru's disciple. We really don't want to teach you to ruin your own reputation because of a teacher like him who is a fish and meat village and behaves like a fool."

Wen Yuren cupped his hands, and said sarcastically: "We admire Fushe for being well-known gentlemen all over the world, and they also plan to join the society, otherwise we wouldn't come here."

Zhang Pu sneered and said, "I'm here to teach you. When I was in the capital, I also heard about the grievances between brother Zun and my teacher. I can't stop you. You can say whatever you want. I just want me to write any petitions and expose them. Don't worry about it." No! I am ashamed of what I do, and my reputation will not be tarnished."

"How can Zhou Yanru be so virtuous? You still respect and protect him so much? Don't he do too many bad things? We don't care about the open and secret fights in the court, but we have to talk about it, but the crimes committed by the Zhou family in Yixing are too numerous to write down. It's gone." Wen Yuren twirled his beard, and said in surprise: "A big event happened in Zhou's old house recently, you haven't heard of it?" (First post: )

Everyone was stunned, there were not many members from Yixing in the rehabilitated society, only Xu Maoxian, he arrived in Suzhou early and left home for many days, so he probably didn't know the news.The members of the Fushe community spread all over the country, but they didn't know any news about it. Zhang Pu secretly felt ashamed, and asked slowly, "What is your lord talking about?"

Although Wen Yuren didn't study much, he was a person with a lot of experience in the world, not an ordinary person. He felt guilty when he heard his question, and felt amused for a while. He didn't answer, rubbed his legs and said, "Oh! I'm used to sitting in the grand master's chair. At this moment, my legs are so sore, they are really old and useless."

Zhang Pu threw a wink at Yu Lianhe, and Yu Lianhe moved a chair onto the stage, but annoyed him for his pretentiousness, he gave a heavy pause, "Please sit down!"

"Isn't that right! You Fushe is at the conference, if we sit down and talk nonsense, wouldn't it be a waste of so many people's time? It's not right, it's better to talk about it another day." He waved his hands and gave up and wanted to leave. .

Zhang Pu was anxious, so he challenged him with words: "My lord, if you don't say goodbye, I will report to Yixing News later, and we can wait for instruction."

Wen Yuren already wanted to leave, so he sat down on the chair, waved his folding fan and said, "Since Tianru wants to know, how can I refute this face? If it doesn't delay the gathering of everyone, it's okay to talk about it." He stretched out his hand Pretending to be fetching tea, the house slave hurried up to the stage carrying a red food box, took out a gold teapot and a gold cup from the box, poured herbal tea, and offered it with both hands, and waited for the master to take a few mouthfuls , I carefully put it away, took the food box and stepped down.Zhang Pu and the others endured their temper and waited, secretly laughing in their hearts that this person was really vulgar, Qu Shixu blushed, his eyes widened, he wished to rush forward, snatch the golden pot and gold cup, throw it on the stage, and step on it again pulpy!Seeing Wen Yuren boasting so much about his wealth and strength, everyone in the audience praised him, and some cursed softly, whispering to each other.

Wen Yuren didn't realize it, and took a silk scarf from his sleeve to wipe off the tea stains on his beard, then cleared his throat and said, "The Zhou family's ancestor's grave was dug up."

"What, who is so courageous?" Everyone couldn't help but widen their eyes and exclaimed, and the audience immediately became noisy.The four of Qian Qianyi and Zhang Pu felt suspicious, this matter is really not trivial, needless to say digging up the ancestral grave of the chief assistant's family, even the family of Baiding scholar and common people, is also a great shame, unless there is a deep hatred, it will never happen Doing such evil things that are willing to risk the punishment of heaven and harm Yin Zhi!They knew that Wen Yuren's elder brother, Wen Tiren, was in the same boat as Zhou Yanru, but when he said it calmly, with a slight look of swearing and ruthless, it was obviously not a joke.Zhang Pu felt heavy in his heart, and thin beads of sweat dripped from his forehead. He couldn't figure out why such a big mess happened.

Seeing their stern faces, Wen Yuren spoke in silence, and said with a smile: "I've studied a lot, and my self-cultivation skills are really extraordinary. Otherwise, why would we always scold my brother! I can't hide things in my heart, so I have to quarrel to make it happy. You guys Even though we don’t speak, we can guess a little or two. You must be thinking of such a big disaster. What are the prefectures and county yamen doing? Do they all eat rice? The ancestral grave of Shoufu’s family is only more than 300 mu. Still can’t protect it? You are really thinking wrong, let alone prefectural government offices, even Master Futai dispatching soldiers from the whole province may not be able to suppress them! There are so many people..."

Qu Shixu couldn't bear it any longer, and interrupted his words: "You don't need to go so far, it's best to speak straight, we people can tell the difference between black and white, so don't bother explaining."

"That's good, that's good. It's a long story. We don't like to be interrupted halfway. Everyone, you have to be patient and don't interrupt indiscriminately, lest we think about what to say and forget what to say later. "Wen Yuren shook the fan for a while, and the gauze robe on his body sometimes swelled and sometimes fluttered.He caught a glimpse of Qian Qianyi and Zhang Pu frowning slightly, and guessed that although they were unwilling to delay the time so much, the matter was ultimately related to them. He wanted to know the inside story, and looked down at the dense crowd. They all pricked up their ears and waited quietly for themselves to speak, gathered their fans together, put them in their hands, coughed dryly and said, "The Zhou family in Yixing is not a famous local family, but because of the appointment of the chief minister of the dynasty, they suddenly became prosperous and rich." They set up fields, built large pavilions, servant girls, old maids, long-term attendants, guards... There were crowds of servants. Zhou Yanru's brother, Zhou Suru, was jealous of his brother's prestige, and begged his brother to find an official vacancy, and Zhou Yanru risked it for him. Born in Jinyiwei, he was awarded the position of a thousand households. The two brothers lived in the capital, and the huge family business was managed by Zhou Suru's wife. The two brothers had only one son born in the eldest house. They were very spoiled. The money was donated to a scholar who played with her servants all day long, and the old lady couldn't control her. In the early spring of this year, I met a stunning girl in the suburbs. She was about to go up to molestation in broad daylight. Several maids who were close to her yelled and retreated in shock. Him. Who would have thought that when he returned home, he would secretly order a few martial arts servants to rob him at night. The girl knew that the person she met during the day was the young master of the Zhou family, so she couldn't afford to offend him, so she secretly resorted to a trick and chose He bought a beautiful servant girl to live in the lady's embroidery room, and the servants of the Zhou family really snatched the fake lady back. The young master of the Zhou family arranged a banquet and waited anxiously. The slave scolded once, raped the servant girl and felt that it was not enough to relieve her anger, so she rewarded the slaves. How can a weak woman who is as beautiful as a flower be able to withstand the storm of several strong men? , I was tortured to death." Wen Yuren sighed, and seemed to feel pity, and everyone felt resentful when they heard this.

"Those beasts were really human. They threw the maidservant's body on the hillside, and they didn't want to bury it... The head of the family heard the bad news and called the maidservant's parents to report to the officials. The magistrate of Yixing didn't dare to call the shots. , while comforting him, he flew to report to the prefect of Huzhou. The prefect of Huzhou was about to gain Zhou Yanru's backer, and decided to suppress the matter, so he used the name of one witness and two witnesses, saying that it was a frame-up and extortion, and he was beaten with a stick. Go out. The patriarch saw that there was a grievance, and gave the maidservant's parents money to persuade them to change their minds. But the maidservant's parents only had one daughter. Once the daughter died, they put life and death aside. In the meantime, there was a lot of rumors. It made the young master of the Zhou family upset, and even ordered people to beat them to death and throw their bodies in the river... Tianru, do you think you should sue him?"

Zhang Pu hesitated and said, "This...maybe my teacher doesn't know about it."

"Although I didn't kill Boren, Boren died because of me. If his nephew hadn't relied on his power, how dare he do so many evils, forcing the prefectural and county yamen to dare not uphold justice for the people? During the Spring and Autumn Period, Jinling To be fair, Zhengqing Zhao Dun repeatedly advised him, but Linggong refused to listen and wanted to kill him, so Zhao Dun fled abroad. Afterwards, his family member Zhao Chuan Linggong, Zhao Dun returned to Jin, and did not attack Zhao Chuan, so that Dong Hu, a good historian, Wrote: Zhao Dun killed his lord, did he wrong Zhao Dun? Dong Hu wrote a straightforward book, praised by the sage, the law of thousands of years, Tianru is familiar with the scriptures and history, will he not forget it? Now someone wants to go to Beijing to sue, but But people dare to write petitions, since Fushe takes the world as its own responsibility, and cares about family affairs, state affairs, and world affairs, Tianru won't stand by and watch?"

Zhang Pu told him the way out, and he was in a dilemma, so he asked: "Didn't we dig up the old graves of the Zhou family, and still not relieve the hatred? According to the "Law of the Ming Dynasty", anyone who digs up the grave and sees the coffin support, one hundred rods, and three thousand Those who have opened the coffin to see the corpse will be hanged; those who have not yet reached the coffin can be punished with a hundred sticks and three years in prison. Digging someone’s ancestral grave must have opened the coffin and seen the corpse, which is also a capital crime! , it is better to calm down."

Wen Yuren shook his head and said with a sneer, "Leave things alone? The Zhou family was outraged by the public, so everyone started to dig his family's ancestral grave together. As the old saying goes, you don't blame the public, and it's not that the owner of the incident is troublesome. To say that one life is worth one life is clearly partiality." The Zhou family. Fushe has always regarded itself as a virtuous gentleman, but unexpectedly he also has such a villainous heart. It is really chilling! My God, how authoritative Wei Zhongxian was back then! People have the momentum of Fushe today, but they are passionate and righteous, risking death, and generously going to the disaster. Although Zhou Yanru is just the chief assistant, but the influence in your Donglin is like a master, you are so hesitant, Don’t dare to plead for the people, but you’re afraid of him, and you still think about fame and fortune? How can you be worthy of the deceased senior Donglin, and how can you lead the audience?”

Zhang Pu's face was secretly heated when he told him, and he felt that Qian Qianyi, Qu Shixu and the members of the audience had thousands of items of light on him, and wanted to answer: "The fault is only my master's nephew. Maybe he doesn't know about the matter. So far, it's just the local officials who want to please him, so they fall into the injustice of the old man." But he felt that he would finally be excused for him, and he was hesitating, but he heard someone say: "The public is furious, if it weren't for someone's instigation and instigation, how could it have happened?" Is there such a situation? Mr. Wen, don’t you think so?”

"Who came here to talk nonsense?"

Seeing Zhang Pu's embarrassment between eyebrows, Wen Tiren was complacent, but unexpectedly revealed the mystery to others. This matter is extremely confidential, how could he know the inside story? (starter:)

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