Montenegro got up and went to the study, and after a while, the official sent dozens of manuscripts. As soon as she sat down and was about to read, the fourth princess immediately followed, sat down next to Montenegro, and said, "Husband, I found that I have nothing to do in the whole house, and everyone else has their own duties. When I wake up every day, I don't have anything else to do but be around you! ”

"What are you doing when I'm not with you?" Montenegro hugged the fourth princess and looked at her pretty face affectionately, after more than a year of marriage, the princess is mature and plump! It's still so beautiful that Montenegro can't extricate itself.

"Occasionally play the kite, read a book, and wait for you to come back in a daze." The princess replied.

"Taocheng University is about to start! When the time comes, you will become a Qin Zheng teacher, and you will quickly find the value of your life! Come, let's take a look at who writes these stories wonderfully! Montenegro comforted the princess, handed her half of the manuscript, and said, "Pick out the story that you think is wonderful." ”

In this era, the scholars who read books are good at writing poems and songs, but there are few good at writing stories. All the essays are good, but there are very few that can write the stories of the characters vividly and in an easy-to-understand manner. Montenegro picked a few articles, such as "Meng's Mother's Three Migrations" and "Cao Di's Polemic", which explained the truth clearly, but the length was too short and not very entertaining.

"This one is so well written, it's pretty good!" The princess complimented as she handed an article to Montenegro.

Montenegro took a look at it, and the title written by Wang Jun was: "Ximen Leopard Zhiye"

During the time of Wei Wenhou, Ximen Leopard served as the commander of Ye County. When he went to Ye County, he gathered the local respected elders and asked them about the suffering of the common people. The old people sighed and said: "Everything else in Yedi is good, but it is difficult to marry a daughter-in-law for Hebo, because of this, the local people are poor, and the poor families have fled." Simon Leopard asked, "What's going on?" The old people replied: "The three elders of Ye County and Ting Peng have to collect taxes from the common people every year to loot money, and the money collected is several million, and they only use two or three hundred thousand of them to marry Hebo's daughter-in-law, and share the remaining money with Zhu Wu and take it home." When it was time to marry Hebo's daughter-in-law, the witch inspector saw a beautiful woman from a small family and said, 'This woman is fit to be Hebo's daughter-in-law.' Immediately get married as a dowry. Bathe her and wash her hair, make her new silk and flower clothes, let her live alone and bathe and fast; And for this reason he made a house for her to live and fast by the river, and hung up a silk tent of red and red, in which the woman dwelt, and prepared for her beef and wine. After more than ten days, everyone decorated and decorated the bed pillow like a married daughter, let the woman sit on it, and then floated it into the river. At first, it floated on the water, but after dozens of miles, it sank. Those who had beautiful women were worried that Da Wu Zhu would marry them for Hebo, so most of them fled far away with their daughters. Because of this, the city has become more and more deserted and poorer, and this has been the case for a long time since the beginning. There is a saying among the common people that "if you don't marry Hebo, the flood will flood and drown all the common people." When Simon Leopard heard this, he held back the anger in his heart and said, "When it's time to marry Hebo's daughter-in-law, I hope that the three elders, Wu Zhu, and the father will all go to the river to send the bride. When the time comes, this order has its own way! The old men all said yes and agreed.

When it came time to marry a daughter-in-law for Hebo, the river was crowded with people. Ximen Leopard went to the river to meet with the elders, and the three elders, officials, rich and powerful people, and local fathers and elders would also gather here, and there were two or three thousand ordinary people who came to see the excitement. The witch was an old woman, in her seventies. There were a dozen or so female disciples who followed, all dressed in silk clothes, standing behind the old witch. Simon Leopard said, "Call Hebo's daughter-in-law to come over, and I'll see if she's pretty." The people immediately helped the woman out of the tent and walked to Simon Leopard. Ximen Leopard looked at the woman, turned back to the three elders, Wu Zhu, and the fathers, and said, "This woman is not beautiful, and her makeup has been spent!" If Hebo blames him, won't disaster come? Trouble the great witch to go to the river for me to report to Hebo, I need to find a new beautiful woman, and send her a few days later. So he told the servants to pick up the great witch and throw her into the river. After a while, he said, "Why did the witch go so long?" Tell her disciple to urge her! He threw one of her disciples into the river. After a while, he said, "Why is this disciple so long?" Send one more person to urge them! He threw another disciple into the river. A total of three disciples were thrown. Simon Leopard said: "Witches, disciples, these are women, and they can't explain things clearly. Please ask the third elder to explain the situation for me. He threw the three elders into the river. Simon Leopard had a hairpin in his hat, bent over, respectfully, and stood facing the river for a long time. The elders, Ting Peng, and the others who were watching from the side were all panicked and frightened. Simon Leopard said, "The witch and the three elders don't come back, what should I do?" "I want to send another Tingpeng or elder to the river to urge them. They were so frightened that they prostrated themselves on the ground, and they broke their heads, and the blood on their foreheads flowed to the ground, and their faces were as dead as ashes. Simon Leopard said, "I don't want to be thrown into the river like them, so I will tell you how you colluded with witches, lent money to Hebo, killed the people, and looted money." The officials and gentry of Ye County were very frightened, so they had to invite them to deceive the people and loot money. Simon Leopard punished the officials and gentry according to the law, and confiscated their lands and wealth. From then on, I didn't dare to mention the matter of marrying a daughter-in-law for Hebo.

Ximen Leopard distributed the confiscated fertile land to the people, and used the confiscated money to collect and distribute the people to dig 12 channels to divert water from the Zhanghe River to irrigate the farmland. At the beginning, the people were afraid of fatigue and were unwilling. Simon Leopard said: "Ordinary people can be happy with them for success, but they can't think about the beginning of things with them. Now we can't give up building water conservancy because they are afraid of hardship and tiredness. In the future they will remember our efforts now! Therefore, Ximen Leopard sent soldiers to forcibly build the water conservancy, which took three years to complete. Until now, Ye County can get the convenience of water, and the people have benefited from it, and their families are rich and rich, and they have begun to miss and be grateful to Ximen Leopard, and build temples and sacrifices by the canal. Since then, the kindness of Ximen Leopard has been widely spread in Ye County.

The whole story is wonderful and educational. After reading it, Montenegro couldn't help but kiss the princess's pretty face and said, "The princess is really my virtuous helper, this is the article I'm looking for!" ”

The two read all the articles and agreed that "Simon Leopard Zhiye" was the most exciting.

Scholars are light on each other, and there have been since ancient times. In this era, reading is definitely a matter of burning money, and in the history of Li, Wu Qi and Li Si both sold their fields and land to study and study. Therefore, the scholars are all officials and wealthy families, and of course there are exceptions. For example, Wang Jun. When I first signed up for the election, I stood in the middle of the scholars dressed in silk and satin in an old kudzu robe, which was very out of place. The other scholars usually gathered in groups of three or five, drinking and drinking, and they did not want to be with him. Among these people, Wang Jun is not the poorest. Later, a tall and handsome young scholar Chen Ping came even poorer, dressed in a kudzu cloth robe washed white and patched several times. He, like Wang Jun, came to Taojun for the first time and couldn't fit into the circle of rich people, and the two quickly became good friends! Chen Ping is shrewd and wise, and Wang Junbo is knowledgeable and knowledgeable. However, the interaction between the two made many scholars laugh, and they often humiliated Chen Ping and Wang Jun by talking about the food and wine of Taojun in front of them.

Chen Ping was an anxious man, and he came here for a few days, because he didn't see the county guard, and he couldn't stand the cold tide and sarcasm of the scholars. said to Wang Jun: "I am not afraid of poverty, and I study hard just to govern the country and level the world." Now that I've been here for a few days, I haven't seen the county guard, but we are only asked to write stories to entertain the rich and noble, and to make the gentlemen look down on them. I'm going to go back first, and then I'll come back to seek fame when I'm rich. ”

Wang Jun was reluctant in his heart, but he still bought a few dough cakes and scraped together thirty yuan to bid farewell to Chen Ping. Because he is from Taojun, he is not as free and easy as Chen Ping. A few days later, at noon one day, the officials came to the building and asked each of them to hand in what he thought was the best story he had written, saying that the county keeper wanted to see it himself.

The scholars took out their masterpieces and handed them over to the officials. Wang Junzu is a native of Ye County and is familiar with the story of Ximen Leopard. He handed over "Simon Leopard Zhiye".

After the officials left, the scholars were touting each other:

"Brother Zhang's "Meng's Mother Three Moves" will definitely be brilliant!"

"Where, where! Brother Li's "Lixin of the Wood" is a masterpiece! ”

"I think Brother Zhao's "Yan Zi Makes Chu" is the most exciting!"

Everyone, you praise me, talk about who is brilliant and who treats. Only Wang Jun sat silently next to him, and no one paid attention to the lottery.

"Brother Wang Jun, what kind of masterpiece did you hand in?" A wealthy businessman's son asked mockingly, in a mocking tone.

Wang Jun knew that they were going to laugh at him again, but out of politeness, he still bowed to everyone and replied: "I wrote the legend of my hometown "Ximen Leopard Zhiye"! ”

The story of Simon Leopard is widely spread in Ye County. Less well known elsewhere. When the scholar heard this, he sneered: "The leopard is cured! When I also became a county magistrate, I also wore a leopard skin to treat, maybe it can be passed on as a good story in a hundred years! What about being written as a story? ”

When the crowd heard this, they burst into laughter. Wang Jun knows that these people are extremely boring, and they are playing for their own fun! He didn't answer, but read a book alone.