Chapter 18: Abandoning Wealth and Righteousness (Part II)
[A new one, ask for a red ticket, collect. ] 】
"It's that Han Gang's methods are too ruthless, and the famous Chen Zhisi in Qinzhou provoked him, so the whole family died so that there was not even a single person left to carry on the incense. I'm afraid that he came to Fengxiang this time, not just to protect the boy of the Li family. Feng Congli thought of the rumors he had heard in the past two days, and his heart was a little furious. When his two brothers heard this, their faces turned pale.
Although they received several letters from Qinzhou in the past few months, saying that the woman's aunt and nephew had been recommended as an official, the three sons of the Feng family did not take it to heart at that time. is not an official in this state, and he is not a Jinshi with a background, with the wealth of the Feng family, there is no need to take it seriously.
Some time ago, when they were holding a funeral for Lao Tzu, the woman's brother came to the door, and the three of them, who didn't know the details, did not hesitate to order someone to do it and forcibly threw him out; Two days ago, the woman's nephew came to the door again, and after suffering a big loss, the three of them generously invited Liu Jie in the state to push down the ruthless hand. But afterwards, for the sake of insurance, they inquired a little about Han Gang's deeds that the two of them were talking about. After this inquiry, the hearts of the three of them suddenly cooled.
Mr. Hengqu's descendant disciple, the famous Chen Zhusi family was wiped out, and when he was not yet an official, he was right with the governor all the way, and when he got the special decree of the Son of Heaven to give the official, he helped his lord to make the capital ruler so angry that he had a stroke, and drove away the two important ministers together with the minister of the economy and the deputy head of the soldiers and horses. And he also persuaded the unruly Fan to help win a brilliant victory, Han Gang's deeds, as well as his methods, successfully made the three brothers of the Feng family fall into the ice cave together.
Feng Congli sighed for a long time, and finally felt that it was really useless to sigh like this, so he stood up and said to the two younger brothers, "There's no way to sigh here, go see Liu Jietui first, and then ask him for a favor." ”
"Liu Jietui's price is too high, and the last time he was just dealing with a red guy, he had to go to eighty yuan of wealth. Now I want to confront Han Gang, and I can't get down without a thousand runs. Feng Congxiao complained.
Feng Congren was also distressed about the money, and proposed: "Why don't you go and say some good things to Han Gang, it is better to settle the grievance than to settle the ......"
Feng Congxiao immediately shook his head and said: "That woman suddenly fell ill and died at night, if the fourth child didn't suspect that she was poisoned, how could she leave home......"
Feng Congren shouted: "Obviously, she suddenly fell down when she was guarding her father, how did she poison her?" ”
"Which side do you think Han Gang will believe?!"
Feng Congli spoke: "Even if Han Gang doesn't suspect this, just by dividing her out of the family tree, we have already offended the Li family. There is no way to undo it. ”
The three of them looked at each other, and sighed together: "Let's go find Liu Jietui." ”
An hour later, Liu De, the official of the Fengxiang Army, was in his official hall, training Feng Congli, who was sitting down with only half of his buttocks, and signed Feng Congli, who was sitting down: "What are you worried about?!" Then Li Xin's official beat him and closed it, and he still wants the official to sentence him to exile? He surrendered himself, and whatever the crime, he should be punished by two degrees. None of your entourage were seriously injured, but they were just skin and flesh pain. How was he convicted of a felony? If you want to blame it, you didn't get seriously injured when you were beaten! ”
Liu Lai turned a blind eye to Feng Congli's face with the medicine, and said something that had nothing to do with his current request, but Feng Congli didn't dare to refute it.
"Where does the villain dare to complain, but he is afraid that Li Zhong will get the help of his nephew and come to the villain's house to entangle. Please also be able to look at the villain's always respectful sake, and take care of one or two things a little. He respectfully handed over a gift slip, looking frightened, lest Liu Lai refuse to accept it.
Liu Wei put the gift list into his sleeve without even looking at it, and now the Feng family has asked him, and they don't dare to give less. After receiving the benefits, there was a little more smile on his face, and he mentioned Feng Congli: "You can rest assured, Han Gang is an official of Qinzhou and has nothing to do with Fengxiang Mansion, if he acts recklessly in the mansion, Li Dafu will not spare him." ”
After that, he didn't say much nonsense, and ordered the soup directly, Feng Congli saw it, and hurriedly said goodbye. Walking out of the yamen and facing the two younger brothers who came up, Feng Congli laughed fiercely twice, emboldening himself, "Don't worry, Liu Tuiguan said, with Li Dafu in town, the Han family doesn't dare to make a big fuss." ”
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When Han Gang followed Li Xin, accompanied by Murong Wu, into the Li family's courtyard, he had already changed into a cyan official uniform.
He and Murong Wu rode over, and the sound of horses' hooves banging on the stone pavement in the alley made many neighbors look at the Li family. And the official robes on the two made these spectators become honest, and they didn't dare to follow the door to inquire about gossip news.
As soon as he entered the back room, Han Gang saw an old man in his fifties lying on the bed, he looked very similar to Li Xin, but his body under the sheet looked a little thin, and there were no scars on his face, but he was sallow and sallow, revealing a heavy sick look. And beside his bed, there was a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy standing, which surprised Han Gang, it was the Feng Congyi he saw in Sanyang Village that day.
When Li Xin saw Lao Tzu, he first rushed up and knelt down by the bed, and said a few more words with a rare opening: "Dad, look who is coming!" ”
Li Zhong looked at his son who was imprisoned, and now standing in front of him, he was already pleasantly surprised. After listening to his son's words, he moved his gaze back, and two cyan official robes suddenly came into his eyes. Li Zhong was shocked, so he wanted to get up and pay a visit. It's just that he looked at the excessively young official standing in front, but his movements stopped. Although he didn't know him, he felt inexplicably cordial.
"But the third brother?" Li Zhong raised his old yellow eyes and asked in a trembling voice.
Han Gang responded by kneeling down and saluting: "Han Gang greets my uncle." ”
Li Zhong saw Han Gang kneeling beside the bed, and quickly sat up. first asked his son to help Han Gang up, and then looked at the heavy cyan on Han Gang's body. couldn't help but burst into tears, and her gray beard trembled: "The third sister gave birth to a good son!" ”
"My cousin is not bad under Zhang Laochao's account, and he will be able to become an official soon." Han Gang said a good word for Li Xin, turned sideways, and let Murong Wu out, "This is the main book of Murong in the county, and he is also the senior brother of the nephew and nephew under the Hengqu Gate, and he is the closest." This time, my cousin was able to get out of prison, thanks to the help of Master Murong and introduced his niece to Chen Tong in the mansion. ”
Li Zhong immediately got up and thanked Murong Wu with Li Xin's support, "Little Lao'er, thank you for taking care of the master." ”
"Where can Uncle Li get the words, I and Yukun are very close brothers, since Yukun has something to ask for, how can I not stand idly by."
Seeing that his son and nephew were in front of him, Li Zhong's spirit suddenly improved a lot, he was also bullied in the Feng family, and he fell ill after he came back. Now that the situation has reversed, relying on his nephew to take the county's master book and the general judgment in the house, his father and son are angry in the Feng family, and they can also report it.
Han Gang turned his gaze to Feng Congyi at this time: "This is Congyi's cousin. ”
Feng Congyi also recognized the official who helped him in Sanyang Village at this time, and when he saw Han Gang asking, he also knelt down and said hello: "Congyi greets the third cousin." ”
Han Gang helped him up and said with emotion: "That day in Sanyang Village, I couldn't recognize each other by mistake, and I finally saw it today." ”
Murong Wu said a few words and left. When relatives meet, there must be something to say in private, and if they are still standing in the house, they will be blind. Han Gang sent him out of the door, but he made an appointment to find a restaurant to set up wine tonight, and invited Chen Tongju to come together to wash away Li Xin's bad luck, and by the way, he also thanked the two for their help.
Han Gang returned to the house, stopped talking nonsense, and asked Feng Congyi about the ins and outs of the matter. Especially if the identity of the fourth aunt is not confirmed, it is not easy for him to decide the means.
Han Gang asked, and Feng Congyi and Li Zhong told him about the matter one by one.
Han Gang's fourth aunt was a well-known beauty when she was young, which was completely opposite to the ordinary-looking Han Ah Li, so she attracted many families to ask for marriage, including Feng Dekun, who lost his wife not long ago. At that time, Han Gang's grandfather was short of money and fell in love with the Feng family's dowry, so he married her to Feng Dekun, who was more than 20 years older - it was indeed a marriage, not a concubine.
But maybe because of her dissatisfaction with the marriage, Han Gang's fourth aunt was a little estranged from her family, and it was only when Han Gang's grandfather passed away ten years ago that she met with her family - this was Han Gang's guess.
"The mother is a Ming media who is marrying into the Feng family and giving birth to a younger brother. But the three elder brothers have always been unable to get along with their mothers because of the lack of family wealth, and so have several sisters-in-law. My mother died suddenly last year, and I can't tell what happened, whether someone did it.
Without the support of his mother, his father was lying on the bed again, unable to take care of himself, and the younger brother knew that he could not stand at home, so he came out to make a deal with others. Who would have thought that as soon as the younger brother left, they would buy off the people in the clan, deceive the father, cross out the mother's name from the family tree, and not put the spiritual position into the ancestral hall, and secretly rumored that the younger brother was not from the Feng family.
Even when they were at their mother's funeral, they didn't notify their uncle, second aunt, and third aunt, but they lied to the younger brother that they had been notified, but they refused to come. Feng Congyi said, gritting his teeth with hatred.
He recognized Li Zhong, but a few days ago, when he heard that his father was sick and died, and rushed back to the funeral, he saw Li Zhong having a conflict with his three brothers, and realized that he had been deceived.
"The fourth sister is the youngest in the family, but she didn't expect to be the first to leave, and she couldn't even give it to her." Li Zhong sighed, tears in the corners of his eyes.
After sighing with his uncle for a while, Han Gang asked Feng Congyi: "Feng family's property, do you want to fight?" ”
Feng Congyi carefully glanced at Han Gang's face a few times, and then shook his head and said, "The junior brother doesn't want to fight with a few elder brothers. I just want to show my mother's grievances and restore my mother's identity in the Feng family. ”
"It's a good thing that you can keep the word filial piety in mind. If you only think about the family property and ignore the grievances of the fourth aunt, I will be disappointed. Han Gang was very satisfied with Feng Congyi's answer.
The son does not say anything about the father, according to the Confucian guidelines, even if the elders are wrong, they can advise, but they can't quarrel with them openly, especially if they make trouble with the yamen, they shouldn't be. If you are a child who accuses your parents, you can be beheaded directly according to the law. Quarreling with his brother about the family property, although it is also a common thing nowadays, but when he meets an official who loves more seriously, he will have a good fight. And now that the Feng family has money to collect * clerks, especially that Liu Jietui, when he really makes trouble, he has an excuse.
And Han Gang himself is a disciple of Confucianism, and he should take the generous customs as his own responsibility, and he will be scolded in the future if he provokes others to challenge Gang Chang. In big things, kicking away the rules that stand in front of the road, that is the courage to do things, not sticking to small sections. And in these trivial things, you can't help but pay attention to your own image.
However, it is impossible for Feng Congyi's brothers to let go, "You can't let go of the matter of beating your uncle, and the matter of your cousin must be settled with them." In addition, the death of the fourth aunt requires them to give an explanation! ”