Since participating in the Oiran comb auction that night, Li Qian has been thinking about one thing and has been struggling with it for many days.

Should I go to the Lin family or not?

The situation here is very complicated, and some secrets have not yet been made public, so even if he knows that his fiancée Lin Qiuyun has a misunderstanding about him, he can't really explain things clearly in front of him at the moment, so what's the use of coming to the door in that case? I'm afraid it's getting darker and darker.

Of course, Li Qian has no hope of being able to meet the daughter of the Lin family, after all, it is not easy for the old man to pass, right?

But even though he knew that the current situation was not suitable for coming to the door, he still felt uneasy, and deeply felt guilty for his powerlessness, because he really cared about what the woman thought of him.

It is said that good things are grinding, if it is really because of such trivial things that cause the two to have no part in the end, who should carry this pot?

No need to ask, no matter how you look at it, it's Song Zhong's big black face that is responsible!

Li Qian secretly complained in his heart, then looked up at Song Zhong who was a guest on the side, and said with a very polite smile: "Song Jian School came today, what are you doing?" ”

"Let's see if you're still alive." Song Zhong glanced at him lightly, and said angrily: "Seeing that you are still so lively, I realized that my worries are a little superfluous." ”

"------" Li Qian slammed the teacup in his hand on the table, and said angrily: "You still don't think I'm enough to trap me, and now you want to curse me to death, don't you?" ”

"Do I want to curse you to death, or are you getting impatient to live on your own?" Song Zhong picked up the teacup on his side, drank a large sip of warm tea, and then looked at him and said quite unceremoniously: "Don't you have a little self-knowledge about this?" ”

"What do you want to say?"

"Zhao family, you can't move, at least not now!"

When Li Qian heard this, he shook his head nonchalantly and chuckled: "If this Zhao family is really a fierce tiger, I still want to brush its tiger whiskers this time." ”

Song Zhong frowned slightly, his eyes stared at him without blinking, and Li Qian looked at him with a serious expression.

After a moment, he sighed lightly and asked, "You've decided?" ”

"Something I've thought about a long time ago."

"Why bother?" Song Zhong gently put down the teacup in his hand, leaned back, and closed his eyes and face slightly.

Seeing this, Li Qian didn't say anything, and drank a cup of tea by himself.

There is no need to answer this question, the two families have long been on the same page, and there is not much difference between a full-scale conflict breaking out a moment earlier or later, rather than sitting and waiting for death, it is better to strike first------ there is still certainty, and he never does things that he is not sure of.

There was silence in the room for a moment, and Song Zhong suddenly got up from his chair and said in a complaining tone: "Since you have the courage to deal with the Zhao family, why don't you dare to go out for days and hide at home to be this shrinking turtle?" ”

"I don't like to go out in the first place------" Li Qian blinked his eyes, and was about to make an innocent otaku expression, but was unceremoniously interrupted by the other party.

"Whew! It's true that you're living in seclusion, but it's not so strict as to defend it, right? Song Zhong sneered, "Recently, the only time you went out, with eight attendants on your side------ this little thought, and you still want to hide it from my ears and eyes?" ”

"Oh, you know that!" As soon as a word was pierced, Li Qian's eyes couldn't help but widen, and then he smiled awkwardly: "It is worthy of being the head of the No. 1 spy in Shuntianfu, the social ------, but why do you care so much about my affairs?" ”

"Humph! I'm afraid that you will let people kill me, and I won't be able to explain it when I get to the palace! Song Zhong raised his head arrogantly, "Stop for a while, Sun Mao will come over, stay in your house, and temporarily act as your personal companion as a ------."

Li Qian's eyes lit up when he heard this, didn't he arrange a senior bodyguard for me? Hundreds of households in brocade clothes, stoop down to be a small personal companion for yourself, and protect it with you! This specification, tsk------ beautiful!

As soon as I was excited, I couldn't help but interrupt loudly: "How can you have such good intentions? ”

"I ------" Song Zhong's voice froze, and he glared at him fiercely, "I'm afraid that you will die, and I won't be able to explain in front of the saint!" ”

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The Dao of Learning was set up in the first year of orthodoxy, and there was no "Xuedao" in the Hongwu period, only following the old system of the Yuan Dynasty, and there was a Confucian Lifting Division in each province, and the governor was a scholar and a politician.

The recent inspector yamen is quite unpeaceful, every day there will be a lot of students who have failed the list before, gather in crowds, block the gate and protest loudly, calling the institute to take the test of the unfair, so that Zhao Peng and other misbehaving people have gained the fame of showing talent, demanding that Zhao Peng be severely punished and thoroughly investigate the fraud in the imperial examination------

The power of public opinion is very terrifying, and in addition, Li Qian deliberately arranged people to fan the flames among the scholars and throw out "heavy news" from time to time, and the demonstrations became more and more intense, and they became out of control at once.

At first, it was just a protest from the students in the townships and counties around Fucheng, but as time went by, the spread of the news became more and more widespread, and it has gradually spread throughout the entire Hangzhou Prefecture, and even the neighboring prefectures and counties have many scholars who rushed to join in the fun------ after all, the scholars in this era are really idle.

Of course, many things are not groundless, and those hidden rumors are not all rumors, and it is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood, but they are all rumored to have noses and eyes, and the well-informed people who provide first-hand news are also conclusive, and people cannot believe it.

Zhao Peng's misconduct has long been concluded, this is an indisputable fact, not to mention that there was a poetry meeting before Shen Wei's severe reprimand of him, which increased the authority in the hearts of the scholars.

Just imagine, even the military department of the current dynasty and the great Confucian in the literary world said so, so can it be fake?

The students were full of righteous indignation, but in fact, they had other thoughts, only because of their depression caused by their previous failure, and now they are so eager to find a way to vent their anger.

Obviously, Li Qian provided them with such an opportunity, although the time was a little late, but the effect would not be much discounted, because most of the human nature has the attribute of loving to turn over old accounts.

Of course, it's only to blame Zhao Peng for really causing public outrage, because from the scandals one by one, there is no way to pick out one that can be tolerated in Shilin------ maybe there are people in the crowd who have done one or two unspeakable ugly things, but as long as they haven't been turned out, they are still humble gentlemen, saint disciples, and their surface image is quite great.

The matter is getting bigger and bigger, but the current Great Master of Tixue is not moved, and he has never responded positively. The literati are also a little helpless about this, unless there are really people who are willing to trek through the mountains and water to Beijing to sue the emperor, otherwise they really can't do anything about this great Wenzong.

But in fact, they all want to enter the court as an official in the future, who wants to be this budding bird now, and get such a stain in vain to offend the bigwigs in the officialdom? The shouts and cheers of the people are still successful, and no one is really willing to do it with real knives and guns, and there are not so many nerds these days!

Having said that, it is not surprising that the current student is not afraid of this meeting, after all, the person who presided over the last college examination is his predecessor, not to mention that most of the fraud is malicious rumors and slander, even if the matter is true, in the end, it will not have much to do with him.

Therefore, the Lady is very calm.

However, the matter is far from being as simple as it appears on the surface, in fact, the old man is secretly investigating who among the students who made trouble this time and stirred up everyone's emotions.

After several days of picketing and unannounced visits, things finally came to a head, and he found out several suspicious candidates who had been active among the scholars throughout the turmoil------

The crowd in front of the door was still clamoring, and several errand guards on the side were also on alert, once they found that they had signs of storming the yamen, they immediately warned them, and the brothers on duty inside would copy the guys to come out to help, and they would resolutely not let these weak scholars kick out the restaurant!

Suddenly, there was a loud bang in the yamen, and then two teams of heavily armed messengers poured out of the door, quickly lined up at both ends of the gate, and the momentum was very bluffing.

Several figures in the crowd were immediately alert, and they wanted to slip away as soon as they were short, but the great grandmaster who walked out of the yamen immediately after him arrived before he could make a sound, and only two short and powerful words popped out of his mouth.

"Take it!"

A group of wolf-like servants agreed in unison, and then swarmed up, forming a large encirclement in the blink of an eye, and gradually approaching inward, making it impossible for the students in front of the door to escape.

With a few shouts of reprimands, the officers quickly pulled out several of the first offenders from the crowd and escorted them in front of Master Xuexian.

Glancing at the few students in front of him with interest, the old man didn't talk nonsense, and waved his big hand: "Deliberately inciting candidates to make trouble, give forty lashes first, in order to set an example!" ”

Then, with a majestic face, he took two steps forward, his eyes scanning the crowd outside the door.

Seeing this, everyone lowered their heads and retreated, not daring to make eye contact with him, and the audience was silent, without the previous arrogance.

They really shocked this great master, and the silence that had been in place for several days broke out at this moment, and the official authority of a provincial Xuexian was fully revealed. It is also impossible for the candidates not to show a respectful posture, after all, the person in front of them is the official who is in charge of the first checkpoint of their career, and his life career can be judged in a word. Once he is angry, he can give you a hat at will, so that you can no longer participate in the scientific examination in this life------ at this point, the status of a provincial Xuexian is truly transcendent.

The two sides faced off at the beginning of the first day, and the victory and defeat were already known, and the old Xuexian, who was over forty years old, bowed his head lightly, obviously very satisfied with this.

"This constitution knows that you and others are eager to gain fame, but you must not be deceived by people with intentions and go astray for this reason! The gentleman is not compared, the villain is not compared, but Wanger and others can learn wholeheartedly, and do not merge with the people on the side, so that they can live up to the ten years of cold window ------"

After quoting scriptures and earnest admonitions like long speeches, everyone below was demoralized, and they were no longer filled with righteous indignation at the beginning. They are not stupid, after such a point from the great grandmaster, it seems that their hearts have suddenly understood, and they realize that they may really be used and coerced by others, so they can have such absurd behavior------

In the crowd, I don't know who started first, and then there was a loud chorus.

"We will live up to the teachings of the great grandmaster, devote ourselves to learning, and serve the family and the country!"

"We will live up to the teachings of the great grandmaster, devote ourselves to learning, and serve the family and the country! We will live up to the teachings of the great master and devote ourselves to learning, so as to serve the family and the country------"

After everyone chanted slogans and saluted, Lao Xuexian waved his hand lightly.

"Okay, okay, since you have the heart to repent, and this constitution does not want to add to the crime and harsh punishment, today you will only find the first offender, and disperse."

"Thank you, Grand Master------"

The crowd was in an uproar again, and the appearance of being respectful was a little more pious than when the ordinary people prayed to God and worshiped Buddha during the New Year. What no one noticed was the slight smile on the lips of the old man on the steps.

Public opinion, once again, is guided in the direction in which it should go.

The matter seemed to have finally been resolved satisfactorily, however, out of the corner of his eye, Lord Xuexian noticed that a small servant on the side had quietly entered the yamen through the corner gate after negotiating with the officer.

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(PS: That's right, the corpse is cheated.)

Three books hit the street, I was going to close the pen and never write again, but the story in my heart condemned me day and night, making me understand that I was at least burdened with a responsibility to fill the hole, no matter what, this book must be written.

It doesn't matter if there are more or fewer people watching, just to make yourself feel at ease, the story must be written persistently! ）