Chapter 347: The Last Lesson (1)

The prison of the Criminal Department.

Lu Fang got up early in the morning and didn't eat, so he first asked the prison to bring him a basin of water, washed his face, and tied his hair in an orderly manner and wore a crown. His expression was calm, and he looked different than usual.

In the past month, he has lived a good life in prison. Although he was interrogated several times by the officials of the Criminal Department in the first few days, and he was tortured a little, as time passed, no one came to disturb him anymore.

Lu Fang thought that after he was thrown into prison, this case should be concluded in a short time, and he no longer cared about his fate, and the big deal was death. If you can die for your teacher, you can be regarded as having to taste what you want.

It's no wonder that since he entered the middle of the year, the people in the criminal department seem to be reluctant to deal with him.

Lu Fang also thought about it for several days to figure out this truth, Concubine Zhang's miscarriage case involved the dispute between the two palaces, and it was even very likely to involve the ownership of the emperor's throne after a hundred years---- as long as the two palaces gave birth to the prince.

As for the affairs of the emperor's family, it is better to be less polluted as a foreign minister.

Politics is such a thing, especially the battle for succession, if you are not careful, your head will fall to the ground.

Putting aside the mothers of the two palaces, as far as Sun Dan, Bi Yun, Huang Jin and others behind them are concerned, which one of them is not powerful, and they can't eat and walk around if they offend that side.

Therefore, after a few days of going through the motions, the people of the Criminal Department stopped the case and did not try it, and waited for the emperor's holy ruling.

And the emperor has now been overwhelmed by Yang Tinghe, and he has to preside over this year's spring curtain Enke, so he doesn't have the heart to deal with this matter.

Therefore, Lu Fang stayed in the prison as if he had been forgotten.

This is not surprising, though. The prison of the Criminal Department is different from the Beiya Imperial Prison, and the prisoners on the Beiya side are all Qin prisoners, and they can generally make a verdict in the shortest possible time. For example, the prisoner in the prison next to Lu Fang, I heard that he used to be a magistrate, but because he committed a crime, he couldn't take out the money to exercise, and he was locked up here for almost three years since Zhengde 14 years ago.

Lu Fang was very uncomfortable in the first few days of the prison of the Criminal Department, and she had to be sentenced and awaiting trial, and she was tossed so that life was worse than death. But as long as you get through those few days, the rest of the days will be better.

As time passed, the management inside was relaxed. And he also knew that Sun Dan would never watch him, a proud protégé, live in prison and ignore it.

Sure enough, although Sun Dan didn't come forward, he still sent Shi Wanquan to the criminal department to carry out activities, and the silver was sprinkled like flowing water. Although it will not let Lu Fang get away with the crime, it will also make Lu Fang's life nourishing day by day.

Nowadays, the prisoners in the prison have benefited from the merchants of Shanxi from top to bottom, and it can be said that with Lu Fang here, each of them can receive two taels of silver from Shi Wanquan every month. In a sense, Lu Fang has really become a cash cow on their hands.

Yesterday, Shi Wanquan spent a hundred taels of silver to pay off the prison steward, and hurriedly came in to see Lu Fang. After entering the prison, in addition to comforting Lu Fang not to worry, and staying here for a while, there is always a way to think of it, and he also said two things: first, Sun Dan will take the exam on February 9; Second, because Sun Dan offended the emperor, he was dismissed from all positions in the inner study hall, and from the moment he entered the examination room on February 9, he no longer served as a senior.

To be honest, Lu Fang is not worried about Mr. Sun's participation in the examination. After reading under Mr. Sun for such a long time, he still admires Mr. Sun's academic quality very much. If even Mr. Sun can't be hit, that's a strange thing.

However, when he thought that Sun Dan would no longer serve as a senior, and that he would no longer be able to serve Mr. in the school in the future, and that he would not be able to listen to his teachings, Lu Fang suddenly felt really sad in his heart, and he had nowhere to go.

Putting on the crown with trembling hands, and then tightening the skin again, Lu Fang sat cross-legged on the ground, looking up at the skylight above his head, but his mind seemed to fly to the study room in the inner study hall.

Gathered together, relatively bathed in the spring breeze.

May the young man not forget to turn the rain into a gong.

"Sir, sir, this is your last lesson. Although the students are not blessed to listen to it with their own ears, I can still feel your voice and smile as if you are right next to me. So, let the students listen to this last lesson! ”

Lu Fang smiled on his face.

There was a lot of trouble in the study house, after all, they were all fourteen or fifteen-year-old teenagers, and the eunuchs were also people, and Sun Dan practiced the same set of education methods in the West in later generations, using more to inspire "sexual" thinking, and there were no harsh requirements for student discipline.

Therefore, the students are very casual in the school.

Now that Mr. has not arrived, there are many students playing on the side, and the noise makes Chen Hong's head swell.

He only read two pages of the book and couldn't read it anymore.

About half an hour later, seeing that it was about to be the time for Mr. to teach, some of the students in charge kept shouting: "Everyone, everyone, can you be quiet, Mr. is almost here." ”

But after shouting a few times, no one paid attention.

Chen Hong finally couldn't bear it anymore, he was feeling sad in his heart, hearing the hustle and bustle of this piece of chicken and dogs, his heart was "chaotic". Suddenly a wave of anger rose from his chest.

He jerked to his feet and slammed the book in his hand on the table.

"Smack!" A loud voice made the room quiet, and everyone turned their heads to look at Chen Hong.

Chen Hong made a calm face and shouted: "Noisy, noisy, you birdmen, the noise makes grandpa have a headache, they are all birds, and if you quarrel again, grandpa will open a seal for you." ”

Chen Hong's face was cold, and it seemed that the muscles in both cheeks were distorting.

His terrifying expression really frightened some people, but who could enter the inner study hall had no backers, and there were really not many lonely people like Lu Fang, and some people were immediately unconvinced.

There is a little eunuch who is the godson of the Imperial Horse Supervisor Dacheng, and his subordinates also gather a few young students who can fight and make trouble. The people of the Imperial Horse Prison are not afraid of Huang Jin. Some time ago, there were many conflicts between the people of the Imperial Horse Prison and Chen Hong, and everyone secretly remembered the grudge. Seeing that Chen Hong's words were ugly, the eunuch snorted: "Chen Hong, don't think that you are a bird with the concubine Niangniang now, everyone is so happy now, but you are here to spoil the fun, and you still want to open a seal with us?" Grandpa just doesn't accept you, so what? ”

"You!" Chen Hong glared angrily.

The student was also not afraid, and glared back: "What, look for a hammer, wait for school, if Chen Hong, if you are a fool, let's find a secluded place to practice." It's okay to say that if you suffer a loss, you are not allowed to talk to your godfather. ”

Before Chen Hong could speak, several little eunuchs around the student also made a fuss, and they all rubbed their hands, saying that they would help hammer Chen Hong, and they had to kill this birdman today.

Everyone has suffered a lot of losses from Chen Hong on weekdays, and finally took a chance to beat the water dog, ready to rely on the strength of the crowd to give Chen Hong a little power.

For a while, the crowd was angry, and it was a bit of a concerted effort.

But at this time, an incomprehensible scene happened.

Chen Hong clenched his fists at the beginning, his eyes widened and he wanted to rush forward and grab those few students, which was a violent beating. But gradually, his clenched fists were released, his eyes were red, and he didn't move for a long time.

Seeing that Chen Hong didn't dare to make a move, the little student of the Imperial Horse Prison thought that he was already timid, and he was proud in his heart, and sneered: "Why, Chen Hong, aren't you usually a bird, why don't you speak now." ”

As soon as the words fell, Chen Hong suddenly said, "Wow! He cried out loud, and this cry was only full of snot and tears, and he was now like a poor rabbit when he was unruly.

All the students were stunned by Chen Hong's sudden cry and looked at him in a daze.

The little student of the Imperial Horse Prison was a little shocked by Chen Hong's crying, and after a while, he spat out: "Damn, Chen Hong, in the past, I still respected you as a good man, dare to think and dare to do." Now when I see that there are many people on my side, I am afraid of eating and beating, I am frightened, you pus, even if grandpa looks at you more, it will be considered dirty eyes. Mr. Sun has taught you for so long, why are you still like this. Get out, get out of the way for grandpa! ”

Everyone thought that Chen Hong was cowardly, and they all laughed.

Suddenly, Chen Hong jumped out violently, grabbed the eunuch's collar, and spat at his face.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Bastard, you know what a fart, Mr. won't teach us in the future." ”

"What?"

"Sir will no longer be our senior from tomorrow, and today is his last lesson."

No one spoke in the room, only Chen Hong's hoarse shout.

At this time, the door of the study house was pushed open, and Sun Dan walked in with his hands behind his back, still with a calm face: "It's all here, now we are in class!" ”

Chen Hong let go of the little eunuch and shouted: "Stand up!" ”

All the students stood up at the same time: "Hello teacher! ”

Lu Fang sat in the cell for a while, making sure that his mind had completely calmed down, and then slowly recited it: "The way of the university is in Mingmingde, in being close to the people, and in stopping at perfection. This chapter is the scriptures of Confucius, and this section is the program in the scriptures. Shang Mingzi is to use labor to understand him; Mingde is the essence of people's hearts and souls, and responds to all things with public reason. But after his lifetime, he was bound by his temperament......"

His voice was soft and clear, and there was an indescribable penetration, which reverberated in the prison and then spread throughout the prison.

That's right, he was reciting Mr. Sun's lesson from memory.

"Hey, you're talking about "University"?" A prisoner in the opposite cell suddenly got up from the ground, grabbed the wooden fence with both hands, and looked at Lu Fang greedily.

There were a lot of prisoners in this cell, and most of them were people of status. It's understandable to think about this, you're not level enough, and you really can't get here.

Each cell is separated by a thick wooden fence, so that they can hear each other and see through each other.

During the month, Lu Fang also got acquainted with several prisoners around her, and some of them could chat a few words and give each other some food.

Still, he could clearly see the contempt of the prisoners for him.

After thinking about it carefully, Lu Fang immediately understood why. Most of the people in this area are civil officials who are scholars, and many officials in the Ming Dynasty have suffered the losses of eunuchs, so it is inevitable that there are some prejudices against him, the eunuch.

For example, the official opposite, who seems to be surnamed Gu, is said to have been an official of the river in the past, and in the thirteenth year of Zhengde, the Yellow River was flooded, and the embankment burst and washed three county seats. The governor of the river has no way to think of it, so he will commit suicide by throwing himself into the water. But he, a subordinate officer, was arrested and locked up without trial. Later, Emperor Zhengde was busy fighting, and then there was a battle for succession, and no one paid attention to him. Therefore, Master Gu has been here for three years, and he is full of resentment, and his words are very ugly.

Especially after Lu Fang entered the prison, Master Gu saw a eunuch, and when he remembered that when he was in office before, he didn't eat the anger of the eunuch and the eunuch, and he kept teasing Lu Fang every day, and he could say anything ugly.

Hearing that, Lu Fang couldn't connect this 'woman'-like prisoner' with the Gu Master who was born in the same Jinshi before.

Fortunately, Lu Fang has a good temper and is deep, and he is not noisy with him.

Lord Gu was lying on the ground sleeping depressedly for the past few days, when he suddenly heard Lu Fang's endorsement, his heart suddenly shocked, so he hurriedly got up to listen. The officials in the world are all from the background, and the words of the sage can be said to have gone deep into the bones, and after being locked up here for so many years, there are no books to read, and suddenly when they hear the words in the "University", the shock in the hearts of the ancient adults can be imagined.

Lu Fang still couldn't stop reading: "From the Son of Heaven to the Shuren, all of them are based on self-cultivation. One is to solve everything. Confucius said that although there are eight items in the university, in fact, from the Son of Heaven to the common people, all the people in the world must make self-cultivation a foundation. Geg is knowledgeable, sincere and upright, all of which are self-cultivation skills. The Qi family, the rule of the country, and the peace of the world are all pushed from the cultivation body. Therefore, the dignity and inferiority of people, although they are different, should be based on self-cultivation......"

Master Gu had been listening to it for a long time, and he couldn't help but nod in his heart, and said secretly: "Although this little eunuch looks annoying, he is very good at learning, and he is a character!" ”

"However, the greater the knowledge of such a thief, the more convenient he is at harming the country."

Although Lord Gu admired it in his heart, he was a little secretly vigilant.

He thought that Lu Fang's words were his own understanding of "University", but he didn't know that this was Lu Fang reciting Sun Dan's text.

Looking around, there were several prisoners in the cells who were lying on the wooden fence and listening in fascination, as if they were all in a 'daze'.

The people in this are all scholars, and it can be said that they can't live without books for a day. After being closed in here for so long, hearing someone endorse it, it was like being drunk, and it was hearty to the extreme.

Lu Fang didn't know that the text he recited was "Zhang Juzheng's Explanation of the Four Books" plagiarized by Sun Dan, Zhang Juzheng was a university scholar, and his works were naturally first-class in the Ming Dynasty.

The prisoners in the prison are all knowledgeable people, and they can only listen to the drama of their hearts, and some of them have hot eyes.

Although Master Gu admired, he still snorted and shouted loudly to Lu Fang's cell: "Eunuch, what are you reading, annotating "University", hum, I think it's just a cliché, and there is nothing new. ”

Lord Gu shouted, and Lu Fang's voice stopped.

After a long time, there was a sudden roar: "Lao Gu, what the hell are you doing, we are listening energetically, what kind of bull are you showing, let the little eunuch read it." We've been closed for so long, and we're bored, even if it's a cliché, we can listen to it. Besides, the little eunuch's knowledge is really good, I don't think you have this ability. ”

Master Gu was a little speechless.

After a long time, a faint voice came from Lu Fang's side: "I'm sorry to disturb you, this annotation just now is not Lu Fang's article, this is my teacher's handout in class." ”

"It turned out to be a handout from your teacher." For the sake of His Holiness, Master Gu didn't want to be mean: "I don't know who your husband is, I heard that the seniors of your inner study hall are all bachelors of the Hanlin Academy." Is your mentor Yang Shen or Yang Yiqing? ”

Hearing him mention these two names, the inmates in the cell fell silent. These two were famous, and many of the prisoners had been their subordinates.

"It's not." Lu Fang's voice came again.

"So...... It's Wang Yuanzheng or Zhang Xu. The knowledge of these two people is far worse than that of Xiao Yang and Yang Yiqing, and there was a hint of disappointment in Lord Gu's tone.

"Not really." Lu Fang's voice carried a hint of pride: "My teacher's surname is Sun Ming, the name is Jingyuan, and he is the first scholar in the capital and the author of "Rizhilu". ”

Sun Dan ...... Haven't heard of it. ”

"This man really doesn't know."

The cell was noisy.

Lord Gu sneered and shouted: "Quiet, we have been locked up here for so long, and the news has been cut off, and it is not surprising that there are a few famous people outside." ”

"Indeed." There were voices in the cell again, obviously agreeing with Lord Gu's opinion.

Master Gu asked Lu Fang again: "Little eunuch, listening to the text you just read, it seems that this Sun Dan really has some knowledge." He is a Jinshi of Zhengde for a few years, oh, calculated, it should be fifteen years of Zhengde. Now, what is this surnamed Sun doing in Hanlin Academy? ”

Lu Fang hurriedly replied: "My family teacher has not yet entered the Hanlin Academy. ”

"How is this possible, are you lying to me?" Master Gu was obviously unhappy: "If you don't enter the Hanlin Academy as a bachelor, how can you go to the Inner Study Hall to teach, what is this Sun Dan doing now?" ”

Lu Fang replied: "My family teacher is just a person now, he is a magistrate in Fangshan, and he has not yet entered the Hanlin Academy?" ”

"What, impossible, impossible!" There was another commotion in the prison.

"Hahahaha, you're lying to the ghost!" Master Gu burst out laughing.