Chapter 19: The Scholar of the Holy Hand
Wang Lun invited Shen Xiucai and Liang Xiucai to a banquet through Old Master Liu, and the wine was over three cycles and the dishes were five flavors, and the guests and hosts were happy for a while. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info Shen Xiucai talks elegantly, Wang Lun is well-informed and knowledgeable, and the two are so unhappy every day. This meal was drunk for more than an hour, and then Old Master Liu and Shen Xiucai said goodbye.
Wang Lun sent Liu Fuzi and the three of them downstairs, but he didn't see Wang Xin and Du Qian, so he asked Zhu Gui. "Brother Zhu, where are Wang Xin and Du Qian?"
"Don't worry! With nothing to do, the two of them went to the backyard to compete their strength. Zhu Gui walked out from behind the counter, stretched out his hand and pointed to the backyard and said.
Since taking Wang Xin into the city, Wang Xin has either teamed up with Xiaolingguan Niu Wa to go shopping under the guise of delivering food, or pulled Du Qian to compete. made Du Qian annoyed, even Zhu Gui Wang Xin didn't let go. After two attempts, he almost injured Zhu Gui, and was later taught a lesson by Wang Lun, so he stopped looking for Zhu Gui to compete.
And now Wang Xin is not alone, there are little spirit officials and Niu Wa to cheer him on, and occasionally a few guys are watching the battle, and he is even more arrogant. In addition to playing two sets of boxing techniques taught by Wang Lun every day, he also had to find Du Qian to fight for a few rounds before he was willing.
"You take care of Du Qian, and when you meet Wang Xin, tell him to pay attention to proportion!" Wang Lun explained to Zhu Gui, he was afraid that someone would be injured. After thinking about it, Wang Lun said again: "Guys, you can watch it if you like it, practicing martial arts can also help strengthen your body, but don't delay your business." ”
"Yes, I wrote it down." Zhu Gui agreed without hesitation. The guys were all young and strong young men, and they were very curious, so they went to see Wang Xin practicing martial arts when they had free time, and he was also very worried about delaying the work of the restaurant.
"Okay, Brother Zhu, you take care of it, I'll go home first." After drinking some wine with Master Liu at noon, Wang Lun planned to go home to rest, and by the way, review books to cope with the August exam.
Wang Lun was walking out when he inadvertently saw a person coming in from outside the door. This person is thin, wearing a black gauze hat, a rhino belt around his waist, dry soap boots under his feet, plain white and ridged, and he is an elegant scholar.
"Shopkeeper, I don't know if the owner of this shop is here?" This Xiushi walked straight up to Zhu Gui and asked.
"I wonder what you have to do with our owner, sir?" Zhu Gui looked very respectful when he saw that this person was a scholar, and asked quietly. Zhu Gui felt that Wang Lun's whereabouts could not be told to strangers casually.
The people who came also knew that they might not be able to see Wang Lun this time, but they still didn't give up. "There are little things that need to be explained face to face." The person who came patted his hand on his waist and said, obviously there was something on his waist.
Zhu Gui couldn't tell if this person was pretending to be pretending or if it was really something. couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he quietly glanced at Wang Lun.
"It's the owner of the Drunken Immortal Building, I don't know what Brother Tai is looking for?" At this time, seeing that Zhu Gui couldn't deal with it, Wang Lun took the initiative to appear. When Wang Lun heard that this person was coming to him, he secretly paid attention to it, and did not walk out of the restaurant at this time.
"Oh, you are Wang Lun, who is known as the white-clothed Xiushi?" When the visitor saw Wang Lun appearing to answer, he was a little surprised, and asked again with confirmation.
"It's just a little bit of a fake." Wang Lun didn't know what this person was looking for him, but he still dealt with it calmly.
Originally, the visitor was just visiting inexplicably, and he was not sure that Wang Lun was in the store, and he was really surprised to see Wang Lun in the store. I saw the visitor nodding, as if he recognized Wang Lun's identity. Then his eyes scanned the next week, as if he felt that this place was inappropriate. So they discussed, "Can you take a step to speak?" ”
Wang Lun seems to be a down-and-out person, although he is not familiar with him, he is not like a bad person. So he took the visitor to the third floor and instructed the men to make tea and entertain the guests.
"Brother Tai, let's take a look at this contract first!" After sitting down leisurely, he took out two pieces of paper from his waist and handed them to Wang Lun.
Wang Lun took the contract in the hand and looked at it, he was silent on the surface, but there were waves in his heart.
This contract is nothing else, it is the contract between Niu Wa and the landlord Wang Yougui rewritten by Wang Lun. How did it get into the hands of this man now, and what is the purpose of the man here? A series of questions popped up in Wang Lun's heart.
"There is nothing surprising about this contract, it is just evidence of the county government, and I am afraid that it will be inappropriate to hold it in my hand." Wang Lun pretended to be casual and said, and at the same time warned the visitor, pointing out that the dust had settled on this case, and suddenly trying to provoke might cause trouble.
"Haha, brother Tai is really still deceiving himself! Recently, it has been said that Wang Lun, a white-clothed showman, beat bullies angrily, how good is it to save beggars, and it is nothing more than this when I see it today! The person who came seemed to be very unaccustomed to Wang Lun, and had a look of disdain.
"Wang is worthy of doing things, and a little name is also the love of friends. If this brother is disdainful, Wang just asks for advice or two. The attitude of the person who came was rude, and Wang Lun's tone became tough.
"Brother Tai looks down on the heroes of the world so much, then I will give Brother Tai a lesson or two." The person who came was unceremonious and took Wang Lun's words directly.
Niu Wa's family name is Zhu, and Brother Tai changed the "three meals a day, no longer take a penny" in the contract between him and Wang Yougui to "three meals a day, Zhu will take another penny", right? ”
Wang Lun also had a guess when someone came to take out the contract, maybe this person found traces of the contract being changed. At first, he also guessed whether the people who came were for the literati to expose Wang Lun, or to threaten Wang Lun for benefits.
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in Wang Lun's mind, and he thought that there was probably one person in Jeju City who really couldn't hide it. Wang Lun immediately clapped his hands and directly exposed the face of the person who came.
"Okay, you Holy Hand scholar Xiao Rang, come to me and tease me for nothing!"
When the visitor saw that his identity was revealed, he was very surprised. was stunned for a moment, but also laughed, and replied cheerfully: "It's Xiao Ke, I don't want to be a little famous and get into Brother Wang's ears." ”
After saying this, Xiao Rang got up again and solemnly saluted Wang Lun. "Xiao Ke has admired Brother Wang for a long time, Meng Lang came to see him today, don't blame Brother Wang!"
Xiao Rang saluted to himself, and Wang Lun hurriedly got up to avoid it. Holding his hands together, he said, "You and I are both talented people from Jeju, and we are just close." Brother Xiao is generous and hides a delicate spirit in his chest, and he walks the dragon and snake in the vertical and horizontal pen, Wang Lun has long wanted to get acquainted. ”
What Wang Lun said is not a lie, Xiao Rang, a scholar of the Holy Hand, is the hero of the Water Margin and the jade arm craftsman Jin Dajian, a native of Jeju, who is good at writing Su, Huang, Mi, and Cai four fonts. When Wang Lun came to the Water Margin World, he was looking for the heroes of Liangshan around him, and the two people in Jeju City bore the brunt. It's just that Jeju has a large population in the city, and Wang Lun Duqian and others have limited energy and connections, so there has been no result.
Moreover, Wang Lun was worried that the Chinese characters of the contract would be recognized, and Jeju City was only worried about Xiao Rang alone, and he didn't expect Xiao to let himself send it to the door today.
The holy hand scholar Xiao made an earlier appearance in the original book, but the number of times was not much. Song Jiang was arrested in Jiangzhou, Dai Zong went to Liangshan for help, and Wu asked Dai Zong to ask Xiao Rang, a scholar of the Holy Hand, and Jin Dajian, a jade arm craftsman who was good at carving gold and stone marks, to Liangshan to forge Cai Jing's documents and rescue Song Jiang. After the Liangshan Juyi, he was the 46th good man of Liangshan, and he was also one of the few scribes on Liangshan.
"I have long heard of Brother Wang's chivalrous name, and I have long been willing to make friends to help the poor. I took the liberty to visit today, and I even deceived each other with big words, hoping that Brother Wang would forgive my sins! Xiao Rang brought up the old story again.
"Although I didn't do this seamlessly, I think there are only a handful of people in Jeju City who can see through my methods, and you are the first scholar of the Holy Hand." Wang Lun didn't care about Xiao Rang's big words and threats just now, and waved his hand to tell Xiao Rang not to take it to heart. He is confident that Xiao Rang is also a low-level scholar, and he will still be a good man in Liangshan in the future, and he will not expose himself for this matter.
"Oh, isn't Brother Wang really afraid that Xiao Ke will expose this matter?" Xiao Rang really asked this sentence in front of him.
"I don't have anything else to do in the bottom, but I think my eyesight is not bad. I think Brother Xiao has a Confucian atmosphere, and he must not be a person who tends to be inflammatory. Wang Lun said a little unashamedly. In fact, Wang Lun has a high level of knowledge, he just believes in the original work.
Although Xiao Rang has a deep literati atmosphere, he also loves to play with guns and knives, and likes to make friends with heroes. Recently, Xiao Rang can always hear some deeds of Wang Lunhoe helping the weak from others, so he has the heart to make friends. Using the contract to deceive Wang Lun is just a slight temptation. At this time, when I heard Wang Lun's evaluation of myself, my heart immediately became hot, and I felt that I hated seeing each other late.
"Brother Wang, don't worry, Xiao Ke is not that kind of person." Xiao Rang immediately expressed his position.
Xiao Ke usually uses his good handwriting to be a scribe in the yamen. At that time, I read that the handwriting of the contract had been changed, and after secretly writing it down, I privately inquired about the reason for the case. Knowing that Wang Yougui was rich and unkind, Brother Wang was upset, and his heart was very happy. ”
"It's also a lot of reliance on Brother Xiao's righteousness here!" Wang Lun's mind was clear, and he thought that Xiao Rang was not just not as simple as not denouncing, so he got up and took the initiative to thank him.
"Haha, I'm not satisfied with Brother Wang. Xiao Ke really used some means, and now the contract in the county government file is completely fine. Imitating all kinds of handwriting and rewriting all kinds of articles is Xiao Rang's forte.
Hearing that Xiao Rang helped him get rid of his worries, Wang Lun had no choice but to thank Xiao Rang again, but Xiao Rang didn't even dare to say it. After talking about this matter, the sense of alienation between Wang Lun and Xiao Rang disappeared, and only the sympathy between literati and the like-mindedness between heroes remained.
"Wang Yougui is just a rich man in the countryside is so unbearable, there are countless high-ranking officials and nobles in the city, such as the head of the Yellow Dian Yang Du, and the suffering of the people can be seen." Xiao Rang has a deep literati atmosphere, and often cares about current affairs, the country and the people.
"Won't the county order be in charge of it today?" Wang Lun is also a person who wants to enter the officialdom, and he also knows the shortcomings of the current officialdom, but he still has hope for the imperial court.
"Huang Qiu is just a villain, although in front of Uncle Zhang's Yezhizhou, he is not merciless in corruption and bribery." After all, Xiao Rang worked in the yamen and knew some inside the official house.
Although he has a relationship with the county commander Huang Qiu, when he heard that Huang Qiu was corrupt, Wang Lun was not good. But when Wang Lun heard the words Zhang Shuye, Wang Lun's eyes lit up. This person doesn't appear much in the Water Margin, but he is also a well-known officialdom.