In the afternoon of the same day, after Shen Xi wrote the script, he sent it to the county office.

This is the first time Shen Xi went to the county office, the red door face, the four words "Ninghua County Ya" are hung high, a big drum is placed on the right wall of the gate, and a pair of stone lions on the street are very mighty.

Shen Xi didn't think much about it and was about to walk towards the yamen, but a yacha stopped him and shouted, "Where did you come from, the wild boy?" Did you break into the yamen casually? ”

Shen Xi took out the script in his arms and handed it over: "Official, there is an old gentleman who asked me to send this over to the county master, and then receive the reward." ”

The yacha took it, opened it and looked at it a few times, but unfortunately he didn't know much about it, and he couldn't read a few words after stumbling, so he threw the script to Shen Xi: "What is written in a mess." ”

Shen Xi showed an innocent expression and said, "Back to the official master's words, the old gentleman said that this is a script, and it was announced by the county magistrate. ”

"Hey, someone really took this errand...... You wait, I'll go in and report to Master Xia. ”

With that, the person went in, leaving Shen Xi at the door looking forward to it.

Half an hour passed, and the yacha came out with a smile on his face, with something bulging in his arms, but the script that Shen Xi asked him to hand in was gone.

"Where are you kid?" The official came out with a look of arrogance.

Shen Xi said: "The old gentleman said that he was not allowed to leave without getting the reward. ”

Yacha was angry when he heard this, and shouted: "You melon baby knows a fart, what kind of reward, there are two eldest sons, you take it to buy candy, hurry up, don't go again, Lao Tzu will beat you with this killing stick!" As he spoke, he waved the stick in his hand and made a gesture of hitting someone.

Shen Xi was stunned for a moment, a clear-eyed person knew at a glance that there must be a reward inside, this yacha actually bullied him for being a child and didn't want to give him the money at all, but he was pitiful that he had been busy for a day, and now he changed two copper plates.

"Official, you can't do this." Shen Xi argued with reason.

"Smack!"

The yacha actually did what he said, picked up the killing stick and started fighting, but fortunately, Shen Xi dodged in time and was not hit in the waist, but his butt hurt hotly.

The official had a fierce look on his face: "Go back and tell the dead ghost who instructed you that if you want a reward, come to the county government to see if he has dog guts." ”

The people don't fight with the officials, and Shen Xi has a kind of dumb and unspeakable grievances for eating Coptis chinensis.

On the way back, the more Shen Xi thought about it, the more unwilling he became, his little fists clenched tightly, and he said to himself: "I thought that if I didn't give the reward, I would have no choice?" We'll see! ”

On the third day when Shen Xi sent out the script, the southern opera troupe performed in the county government, and washed the dust for Lin Zhongye in Langzhong of the Ministry of Works, and most of the gentry in Ninghua County and the surrounding areas attended as accompaniment, a total of three plays, in addition to the reserved script of the troupe, the remaining two plays were "The Female Concubine" and "Shilang Visits the Mother" written by Shen Xi.

Two days later, the southern opera troupe set up a stage in an open space in the center of Ninghua County, and took turns to perform new plays for the people to watch for free...... This is in accordance with the requirements of Lin Langzhong of the Ministry of Industry, and enjoy with the people.

In the past two days, the people of the county town have been as lively as the New Year, and the surrounding area of the stage is full of water, and the county government has to send messengers to maintain order.

The play "The Female Concubine" is down-to-earth and has caused a huge sensation, and everyone is vying to recite it, and every sentence of the play has been repeatedly mentioned. On the contrary, it is "Shiro Visits the Mother", because the heroic legend series of the Yang family generals during the Hongzhi period has not yet formed a romance script, but there is not much repercussions. At this time, the storytellers in the teahouse restaurant basically talked about old jokes, and even the stories of the heroes of the Sui and Tang dynasties had not formed a fixed book, and the events of the early Song Dynasty were naturally rarely mentioned.

Shen Xi finally realized the huge need of the people in this era for spiritual entertainment, and the biggest entertainment for people at this time was to listen to books and watch plays.

In order to test his own ideas, and at the same time take revenge on the yamen yamen who deducted the reward, Shen Xi spent a few days compiling a book describing the early Song Dynasty Yang Lao Linggong, She Taijun and the seven sons of the Yang family guarding the northern Xinjiang and serving the country loyally, although the story is not very complete, and the whole book is only twenty times, and they are all deleted, but because the influence of "Shilang Visiting the Mother" performed by the Tingzhou Funan Opera Troupe is slowly fermenting, Shen Xi sent the story to the teahouse and handed it over to the storyteller, and the story of "Yang Jiajiang" began to become popular in the city within two days.

Shen Xi didn't make any money from this script, he knew that sooner or later the matter would reach the ears of Lin Langzhong of the Han County Order and the Ministry of Works, and then he would be able to seek justice.

During this time, Shen Xi only went to the Land Temple to read and read on the first day, and the rest of the time was doing his own thing. Originally, Shen Xi thought that the old gentleman was old and faint and would not notice it, but on the eighth day, before the sun set in the afternoon, Zhou took Lin Dai home angrily.

"Mother, what are you doing? Why fight indiscriminately, there must be a reason for everything! ”

Shen Xi was beaten up and down, and the injuries on his buttocks that were beaten by the Yacha because of the play book were not fully healed, and he suffered a heavy blow, which made him grin in pain.

Zhou's face was gloomy, and he scolded while chasing: "You little cub with no conscience, the old lady worked hard to go out to work to make money and send you to study, but you skipped class every day, in vain the old lady believes in you so much!" ”

Shen Xi rolled and climbed, touched a crooked-necked tree on the side of the yard, stroked his buttocks and cried out in pain, and Zhou shouted: "You come down!" ”

Shen Xi pursed his lips, his face full of grievances: "Mother, who are you listening to rumors?" I come back every day and write the words I learned to you to read, and you don't know that the school doesn't start in the afternoon, what's wrong with me at home at this time? ”

Zhou held a broom in one hand and crossed his waist with the other, looked up at Shen Xi, and his face was full of hatred: "Who knows what you are pulling blindly to deceive the old lady?" The old lady asked Dai'er, and she said that before you went to school, you would scratch some messy things on the ground and lie to her that it was a word. ”

"I happened to see your husband in the tailor's shop today, and I asked you about your situation, and he said that you haven't been to class at all in the past few days."

Shen Xi didn't expect that Zhou would run into the old and dizzy old boy so coincidentally, and hurriedly quibbled: "Mother, you have wronged me." I actually went to school every day, but the children there were all tall and big, and when they saw that I was young, they bullied me, so I didn't dare to go in, so I had to hide behind the corner and listen to my husband, and I didn't miss my homework...... If you don't believe me, my mother will take me to see Mr. and let him take the exam for me, I will definitely do it! ”

"Really?"

Zhou's anger eased slightly, and at the same time, he frowned slightly. She had seen Shen Xi's enthusiasm for enrolling in school before, and Zhou had been blaming herself for this, this time if it wasn't for her husband saying that Shen Xi didn't go to school, she wouldn't have believed that her son would give up such a good opportunity to read and write.

Shen Xi said aggrievedly: "Mother, you don't know, I bullied me the first day I went to those big kids. Even the pen and paper you bought for me were snatched away by them, and then they said that I was a native bun in the countryside, and I beat me once I saw me, so I had to learn secretly every day, and I didn't dare to come back and tell my mother. ”

Zhou will be suspicious: "You stinky boy, don't fool the old lady." Let's go, the old lady will take you to see the gentleman, if what you said is true, the old lady must tear up those little bastards who dare to bully you. Get down! ”

Shen Xi jumped down from the tree and glared at Lin Dai viciously...... In the matter of Zhou's beating him, Lin Dai can be regarded as an accomplice in making a small report.

Zhou dragged Shen Xi, like escorting a criminal, and dragged him out to Lao Tongsheng's house, and even beat six taels of alcohol halfway to make amends.

Lao Tongsheng's home is near the land temple, close to the city wall, is a small square courtyard, just to the door, I saw a few half-old boys running out of it, an old woman is washing clothes by the ancient well in front of the door.

"Who are you looking for?" The old woman looked at Zhou after asking.

Zhou stepped forward: "This lady, this is the home of Mr. Xu?" ”

Only then did the old woman know what was going on, and hurriedly got up and went inside and called the old boy out.

The old boy surnamed Xu glanced at Shen Xi, immediately understood what was going on, shook his head and sighed a few times, looking disappointed.

Zhou said: "Mr. Xu, after the concubine went home, he asked Xiao'er, and he said that someone bullied him when he studied there, and he didn't dare to enter the school, but he hid in the dark every day and learned the words you taught." Mr. Xu may have misunderstood the child. ”

The old boy shook his head and shook his head: "How could Master Benzi wronged him?" If you can't see it, you can't see it, although the old man is old, he is not blind. ”

Shen Xi jumped out: "Sir, you can't wronged a good person...... If you can't see it, you can say I'm not there, so you might as well test me now to see if I can write. ”

Lao Tongsheng looked reluctant, but looking at the six taels of wine that Zhou called, he said: "Okay, since you said that you have attended classes in the past few days, then you can write the word 'force' on the ground and take a look." ”

Just talking about pronunciation, how did Shen Xi know what words Mr. was teaching in the past two days. Shen Xi asked, "I don't know which 'force' character Mr. wants me to write?" ”

Mr. Xu smiled disdainfully: "You little baby is actually opportunistic, and casually asks you to write the word 'force', and there are so many famous ...... Do you know other 'force' words? ”

Shen Xi said loudly: "Sir, what he said is not right, just with the pronunciation, how do I know which one?" 'Force', commonly used people have the 'standing', the 'force' of strength, the 'profit' of interests, or the shuddering 'chestnut' and so on. Which one did the hell sir ask me to write? ”

Mr. Xu was a little surprised: "Do you know the word 'chestnut' that shudders? ”

"Chestnut, one of the five grains, may be a surname. shuddering from the "Historical Records: The Biography of Cool Officials", Taishi Gongyan said that the righteous and indulgent relocation of Xiang Taishou, 'covering up more than 200 people who committed serious crimes in Xiang Prison, and more than 200 people who were guests Kundi looked at each other privately. Bow and say, for the liberation of capital crimes. More than 400 people were reported to be killed that day, and then the county shuddered, and the people were ruled by the officials. 'I wonder if I'm right, this opportunistic little baby?' ”

Shen Xi's speech was coherent, and the quotation from the scriptures was reasonable, and Mr. Xu was dumbfounded, because even he didn't know where the word shudder came from.

"You ......"

Mr. Xu looked at Shen Xi, his face full of disbelief.

He lived for more than fifty years, and he didn't even get into the show, so he had long doubted his life. Now even a little baby can overwhelm him with his knowledge and make him feel ashamed.

Shen Xi was also angry at this sour and rotten Confucian for his own trouble, originally everyone did not interfere with the river water, you earn your tuition, I will skip my class, and take what each other needs. Now this old stubborn actually complained in person that he couldn't get off the stage, and Shen Xi had encountered too many injustices these days, which made him not think about it so much in anger and blurted out.

Mr. Xu took a deep breath, his eyes were a little solemn: "What the little baby said is right, you can ...... Let's write down the 'power' of strength. ”

Shen Xi picked up a sharp stone from the ground and wrote the word "force" on the dirt floor. Originally, this word was simple, and Shen Xi wrote it neatly and neatly.

After reading it, Mr. Xu nodded slightly: "Mrs. Shen, Ling Lang is indeed not lying. It's because I'm old and stupid, and I close my eyes and listen, but I don't know that there is a talent like Ling Lang around me...... With his knowledge, he is old and shameless to teach. ”

Zhou Shi was surprised, she didn't know why Mr. Xu would have such feelings.

But Mr. Xu didn't want to say more, not only confiscated the wine brought by Zhou, but also returned the bundle handed over by Shen Mingjun to Zhou, and finally closed the door to prevent Zhou from going in to make amends.

Zhou glared at Shen Xi angrily: "You say, what's going on?" ”

Shen Xi shrugged: "Mother, you also saw that Mr. took the test for my handwriting, and I wrote it correctly." What's wrong? ”

Zhou huffed angrily: "I'll clean you up when I go home!" After saying that, he turned around and left.

Shen Xi followed behind Zhou, pondering how to fulfill his lie when he returned.