The next day, when the morning sun rose, the county seat of Wuyin suddenly rose, and rumors flew all over the sky.

"Have you heard?"

"What did you hear?"

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

"Isn't Jingping Village a den of yellow turban thieves?"

"Who says it isn't!"

"This Jiang Hao Minggui is Xiao Chu of the humble family, and he is an example for us to dance yin and read, and he is actually a thief!"

"Shameless!"

"Such a disloyal and unrighteous person, when Shilin is removed!"

“……”

The teahouse of the wine shop, the place where the literati and elegant guests gathered, a rumor that did not know where it came from, under the impetus of people with a heart, spread ten, ten, hundred, thousand, thousand...... Quickly cover every corner of the county.

When three people become tigers, the real will become fake, and the fake will become true.

This is the power of rumors.

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

……

The ancient mansion of the south of the city.

Gu Peng, the head of the family, sat in front of the desk, and there was a trace of coldness in his cloudy eyes: "Jiang Haoming, this guy is usually high and arrogant, and he never agrees to our solicitation, and stays in the ten directions of the poor people, but I didn't expect that he is also a guy who can't withstand coercion and temptation!" ”

"The head of the family, although Jiang Haoming is not a dancer, but he has been dancing for several years, he is the head of the dance, he is only eight buckets high, he is rich in five cars, and in the cold door, the momentum is outstanding, many scholars are looking forward, never let him enter Jingping Village, if he is allowed to help the Yellow Turban Thief, it will inevitably make the Yellow Turban Thief establish prestige in the Hanmen Scholar, and if Mushan has this person to help, it will be like a tiger with wings!"

Gu Hou said with his hands arched.

"It's a pity that such a good talent hates us and others!"

There was a hint of a sigh on Gu Peng's face.

"The head of the family, the good talent he can't get is just a waste material, but he will never be allowed to join the enemy camp and be an enemy of us!" Gu Hou reminded that he had witnessed Jiang Lu's ability to fight the Quartet with his own eyes, this person was full of wealth, and the scriptures and righteousness that came when he opened his mouth were irrefutable, and a mouth was the best weapon.

"That's a great thing!"

Hearing this, Gu Peng nodded, and then said: "Gu Hou, you personally take ten guards to go to Shifangli, and personally invite him to come, if you are not moving, then ...... In any case, don't let him out of the city! ”

The coldness in his body was like ice, and the killing intent in his eyes was like a rainbow, and the meaning was self-evident.

"My subordinates understand!"

Gu Hou took the order and left.

……

Among the county offices.

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

Although he has a little more thoughts, he has always been in a mentality of wanting to use Mushan, but he wants to suppress Mushan, but he is a hard-working magistrate.

Since the control of Wuyin, the Wuyin scholars have less obstruction, he began to make bold moves to understand some of the drawbacks, the county government cleaned up, with the prestige of Mushan, removed some lazy scholars, replaced with some pragmatic officials, but made a lot of achievements.

"Meet the county lord!"

County Cheng Meng Wu walked in.

Since the defeat of Jingping Village in the first battle, his reputation in Wuyin has plummeted, and he has begun to restrain his arrogance, be a low-key person, and show respectful obedience to Cai Tu.

"Meng Xiancheng, it's just right to come, I have something to discuss with you!" Cai Tu said calmly: "Wuyin has experienced great chaos over the years, people come and go, and the population is mixed, which is not conducive to the management of the county government, so I am going to have a county-wide population inventory......

"Lord County, this matter is not in a hurry, I still have an urgent matter to discuss with you!" Meng Wu interrupted Cai Tu's words.

"In a hurry?" Cai Tu squinted.

"Hmm!" Meng Wu nodded sincerely.

"Good!"

Cai Tu is still very face-saving, after he put down the pen in his hand for review, his waist was straight, his eyes looked at Meng Wu, and said, "Say it, I'll listen to it!" ”

"Yesterday, Mu Jing, the young master of Jingping Village, personally entered the city and invited Cai Lu, a Confucian in the Quartet, to Jingping Village as a teacher!"

Meng Wu roughly explained the matter.

"Jiang Haoming?"

When Cai Tu heard this, his face changed slightly, and he asked, "Is it the city that Mu Longtu personally entered?" ”

He was no stranger to Jiang Lu and Mu Jing.

These two people 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, I was the first county commander, I also visited him a few times, and I wanted to invite him as a staff member, but he refused, and it is not difficult for a certain person, but with my understanding of this person, whether it is talent or quality, it is superior, he should not be in the same stream as the thief, did he agree?"

"It seems like a promise!"

"Are you sure?"

"That's what everybody says!"

Meng Wu said.

Cai Tu's face was a little gloomy, and he was thinking in his heart: Mushan's courage can't be suppressed, if this catastrophe is passed by him, I'm afraid I won't be able to suppress him, if I add a Jiang Lu, wouldn't it......

"Lord County, the remnants of the Yellow Turban can be used, but you can't guard against it!"

Meng Wu slapped a soft knife.

"You take my warrant and go to the four directions, and say that I want to conquer Jiang Lu!" Cai Tu still made a decision, he wrote a warrant and handed it to Meng Wu.

As a prefectural magistrate, he was qualified to recruit scholars as officials.

The so-called expropriation is a somewhat hard-line attitude.

Unless there is a very special reason, few people who read books can avoid it.

"No!"

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

……

In all directions, the peace here was shattered.

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

A child stood under the big banyan tree in the small courtyard, looking at the gentleman who was usually in awe, a little sad, and asked in a deep voice: "Don't you care about us?" ”

"What left?" When Jiang Lu heard this, he was a little puzzled.

He read those books overnight last night, and he benefited a lot, but he also spent too much energy, so he was a little in good spirits today, and he didn't give the child a lesson in the morning, so that the child came to class in the afternoon, and he was going to continue reading these books in the morning, but the student suddenly ran over to him and asked him a question that he didn't understand, and he was a little flustered.

"It is rumored outside that Mr. has been invited by Jingping Village to go to Jingping Village to teach their children, so Mr. will leave the Sifang and leave us!"

This child is about eight years old, named Chen Xiu, is a tenant's child, originally he had no chance to study, but Jiang Lu appeared in the Quartet, so he had the opportunity to read, so he cherished this hard-won opportunity to study, but when he went out today, he suddenly heard that Mr. was leaving the Quartet, and he suddenly 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 Mu Jing only came to invite him yesterday, and this matter is not right for many people to know.

And he didn't promise to come down.

Why do you say that he has already agreed?

"Now the people on the street are talking!" Eight-year-old Chen Xiuleng was stunned for a moment, and he was a little puzzled why Mr. was so surprised: "They said that Mr. was bought by the Yellow Turban thief for hundreds of taels of gold, and he wanted to go to the thief, so he had to leave the Quartet!" ”

"What kind of bastard is slandering a certain family like this!"

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 an unjust place?" ”

"What's wrong, sir?" Chen Xiu didn't understand the anger of the gentleman very well.

"Not good!"

Jiang Lu suddenly thought of something: "Since this matter has spread all over the city, everyone knows it, I have offended countless scholars over the years, and I can survive under the noses of these scholars, relying on a clear name, if they find a reason, they will inevitably have killing intent on a certain family, and after killing, I am afraid that a certain family will have a bloody disaster!" ”

"Sir......" The young man Chen Xiu looked at Mr. and wanted to say something.

"Chen Xiu, thank you for reporting the news, this is a reinvention for me!" Jiang Lu arched his hand to Chen Xiu and said: "Mr. is in trouble today, I'm afraid I won't be able to stay here, this book will be given to you, if you have the opportunity in the future, come to Lingling to find me!" ”

He gave Chen Xiu a copy of the Analects that he had personally annotated.

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

Then he began to enter the door to pack his things, and called his son who was lying on the bed to wake up: "Jiang San, get up and pack your things quickly, we have to get out of the city immediately!" ”

"Dad, where are you going!"

"Go back to your hometown!"

Jiang Lu responded, and in a hurry, he just packed up some soft goods, and then brought about 20 books with him, took his son, and hurriedly went out.