Chapter 42: The Past

When Zhang Xuan went up, he saw that Cheng Wenying's fat was trembling, as if he was a pig. Cao Zongyu rested the knife on his neck and shouted angrily: "Old thief, look at who I am? ”

Cheng Wenying was so frightened that he had no master, and Cao Zongyu has changed a lot in recent years, he didn't recognize it at a glance, but he saw Zhang Xuan, as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw, and said: "Hou Gongzi help, Hou Gongzi help?" ”

"I'm sorry, but I don't have the surname Hou." Zhang Xuan said lightly.

After seeing Yan Riyu's righteousness and awe-inspiring, and then looking at Cheng Wenying's appearance, Zhang Xuan felt that he couldn't see it.

Cheng Wenying is not stupid, where do you still not understand what is going on? He hated Zhang Xuan in his heart, but said on his face: "Yes, yes, this son, the credit for breaking the city, because I have someone in Cheng, if it weren't for someone in my Cheng, you wouldn't be so easy to break Nanyang City." Just for the sake of my merits, spare my life, and besides, the eight kings are the ones who do great things, and when it is the horse bone of Qianjin City, take me as a horse bone. ”

Zhang Xuan said: "I'm sorry, I can't be the master of your life." ”

Cheng Wenying wanted to say something, but was kicked up by Cao Zongyu's fierce foot, Cheng Wenying suddenly flew up, slammed on the ground, and was speechless for a while.

"You don't know me, it's okay, let me remind you, my surname is Cao, Cao Lin's Cao, Cao's Cao, Cao Zongyu." Cao Zongyu said almost word for word.

Cheng Wenying's face froze instantly, but he quickly recovered and said, "Virtuous nephew, virtuous nephew, we are world friends, I also hugged you when you were a child." ”

"It's a world friend." Cao Zongyu stepped on Cheng Wenying's head with one foot, secretly exerted force, stepped Cheng Wenying's head down fiercely, and said, "The world friend who wants your life." ”

"The virtuous nephew hurts, and the matter of the virtuous nephew teacher is all a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding." Cheng Wenying said loudly while screaming in pain.

Cao Zongyu's feet suddenly loosened and said, "Okay, then tell me, what happened in the first place?" ”

This has always been a mystery to Cao Zongyu.

Actually, what was going on in the first place? Cao Zongyu couldn't figure it out, anyway, one afternoon, Cao Zongyu's grandfather Cao Lin sent someone to post to Cheng Wenying, according to the servant, Cheng Wenying threw the post on the ground and said, "Is this Nanyang County your Cao family?" ”

Cao Lin was furious, so he went to find Cheng Wenying to theorize. Then, there is no then.

The imperial court sent people to arrest the Cao family, saying that the Cao family was rebelling, and all relatives and friends turned against each other in an instant. Cao Zongyu desperately escaped. Even now, he is just hearsay, and as for what was the reason back then, it is not clear for a while. At this moment, Cheng Wenying said that Cao Zongyu had a chance to solve his doubts.

Cheng Wenying peeked at Cao Zongyu, and kept thinking of ways to consider the words in her heart to reduce her responsibility in this matter.

"Say it quickly." Cao Zongyu interrupted his thoughts, he grabbed Cheng Wenying's collar and said loudly: "If you don't say it, you don't have to say it." ”

"Say, say." Cheng Wenying's face was pale, his eyes looked down, and his gaze was condensed on Cao Zongyu's long knife. I was trembling with fear.

"Back then, I didn't wake up with a hangover that day----"

Turn back years ago. Twelve years of Chongzhen.

Cheng Wenying drank wine, a little drunk.

"Sir. Cao Gong sent someone to post. A servant said.

Cheng Wenying said drunkenly: "Let him come over." ”

A servant of the Cao family stood below with his hands down and said, "My lord invited Master Cheng to come over to the mansion for a while." ”

Cheng Wenying asked the master to take the name card and hand it over to him, Cheng Wenying took the name card, and as soon as his hand was loosened, the name card fell to the ground.

"Your Excellency, --?" The servants of the Cao family were taken aback.

A name card is like a business card for future generations, but it is much more precious than a business card. It is generally handwritten, representing my identity and face, how to the name of the post, it means how to treat the owner of the name.

"Your Cao family, I think Nanyang County belongs to your Cao family. Master Ben is the magistrate of Nanyang, so let him come to see me, not me to see him. Go quickly. Cheng Wenying took advantage of this wine to attack.

Seeing Cheng Wenying like this, the servants of the Cao family silently picked up the name post, got up and left.

Cheng Wenying was drunk, afraid that he would be on top of the case, so he fell asleep groggily. How, feeling that someone slapped the table hard, Cheng Wenying was suddenly awakened, looked up, but saw Cao Lin with an angry face, and said, "What's the matter, I don't know the old man." ”

Cao Lin is a tyrant in Nanyang County, and he is also very addicted to power, because he ascended the throne today, Wei Zhongxian was dismissed. Turtle retreated into the family, only in the county to play prestige, and the county orders of the past dynasties could not fight him. He wanted to come to the county office, and everyone didn't dare to stop him.

Cheng Wenying didn't go away from the wine and said: "I am an official of the imperial court, who is you?" ”

Cao Lin was furious and said, "You are an official of the imperial court? Don't you know how you came to be an official of the imperial court? "A slap in the face.

Cheng Wenying is Cao Lin's protégé, Cao Lin has a short temper, and he taught Cheng Wenying a lot of lessons back then.

Cheng Wenying dodged this slap and was furious in her heart, but because of Cao Lin's prestige, she didn't dare to resist, and no one on the left and right dared to come up to help, so she hurriedly ran outside, Cheng Wenying didn't run, it was okay, Cao Lin still saved some dignity for Cheng Wenying. But as soon as he ran, he became even more annoyed and chased him out.

After all, Cheng Wenying was the county order, and he didn't dare to block the way of the county order, nor did he dare to help Cao Lin catch the county order, the two chased and fled, and actually went out of the county office to the street, and Nanyang City at that time was not as depressed as it is now. For a while, it was crowded with people.

Cao Lin grabbed Cheng Wenying's neck and slapped him twice.

Cheng Wenying's face suddenly swollen, Cheng Wenying was so insulted in front of the public and in front of everyone, she suddenly couldn't accept it, and said loudly: "Kill me, kill me." ”

Cao Lin also said angrily: "Do you think I won't dare to kill you? He immediately took out a dagger from his bosom.

"Dare to hold a sharp blade hostage and coerce the court officials in front of the public, is the Cao family going to rebel?" I don't know how some people rushed forward.

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"And then, the teacher was killed." Cheng Wenying wept, as if he was in pain, and said: "This is really not what I thought, and later I learned that it was the Yan Governor's Mansion, the Yan Governor's Mansion, who had just arrived, he wanted to establish his authority, he wanted to fight Haoqiang, and the Donglin Party in the court wanted to be wiped out, it was none of my business, not my business." ”

Zhang Xuan listened to Cheng Wenying's words, and he was simply dumbfounded.

Cao Zongyu's grandfather is really tough.

Beating the county order in the street is intolerable to any court. By the way, Zhang Xuan suddenly thought, no, my Ming Dynasty has its own national conditions, and the arrogance of the Jiangnan gentry is no less than Cao Lin.

Cao Zongyu thought about it in his heart, and felt that Cheng Wenying didn't lie, or didn't lie all, how can he say it?

Since Cao Lin was forced to resign from his post and live at home because he was involved with Wei Zhongxian, his temper has become bigger and bigger, and no one in the whole house dares to disobey him. If you dare to fight him, Cao Lin will dare to beat people to death.

However, Cao Zongyu didn't believe it, and Cheng Wenying was completely honest. Otherwise, why would Cheng Wenying run out of the county office, and why did so many people suddenly take action.

It is true that the Cao family dominates one side, has a lot of money, and does not have much of a good reputation, but Cheng Wenying is almost a puppet of the Cao family, does he have any good reputation? Those people dare to participate in such a dispute, and they will die.

Don't underestimate the survival wisdom of the common people.

The only answer is that these people are the hands of people who have been laid down in advance.

"I'm not here to investigate." Cao Zongyu said: "I'm here for revenge. ”

Even if Cao Lin has too many wrongs, then he has violated the law of the country, and as Cao Lin's favorite grandson, he must avenge him. Between emotion and reason, Cao Zongyu has his own choice, anyway, Yan Riyu is dead, and after a big battle, most of the people about this matter died in this battle.

It's time to put an end to this.

"Anyway." Cao Zongyu said: "The ancestor died because of you, and he can't always be wrong, right and wrong, please go down and explain it to him." ”