Chapter 18: Making Friends (I)

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"Poof~" Hearing this, although she tried her best to suppress her laughter, she couldn't succeed in the end, and she covered her mouth and turned her back, and her shoulders shrugged off when she laughed. In contrast, Zhou Zhong was depressed, and the taste of children was really not ordinary.

When the three brothers and sisters were chatting happily, Steward Xu brought breakfast to Zhou Zhong with a tray. It just so happened that Zhou Zhong also wanted Steward Xu to take a look at the first Journey to the West, but before he could speak, Steward Xu said with an embarrassed face: "Young Master, I found that Mrs. Wu Tu has a problem, let's find a way to get rid of him!" ”

"There's a problem, what's the problem?" Zhou Zhong took the breakfast from Steward Xu's hand and asked with a puzzled face.

"Young master, you don't know what to do, we had a lot of rice left over last night, I originally wanted to boil porridge and drink it this morning, but this morning I got up and disappeared, there is no outsider in the house except for Wu Butcher, he must have eaten it secretly, he ate it when he ate it, he told me about it, but I saw him out of the stall this morning, but I didn't mention it at all, this kind of person ......"

"Hehe, Steward Xu, you blame Butcher Wu by mistake!" Without waiting for Steward Xu to finish speaking, Zhou Chong understood what was going on, and interrupted him with a smile, "I took yesterday's leftovers and used them, and it's none of Butcher Wu's business." ”

"You...... Did you take it? Steward Xu was a little unconvinced.

"I took it, don't ask what you're doing." Zhou Zhong said with a smile, Zhao Er's reputation is too stinky, so he doesn't want them to know that he has dealings with each other.

Hearing that Zhou Chong was reluctant to explain, Steward Xu stopped asking, and then Zhou Chong enthusiastically handed over the manuscript of the first chapter of Journey to the West to Steward Song, but after the other party read it, he was also full of praise, but the content of this first episode is too little, and there are not many plots that can be seen, so it is better to have more content.

Seeing Journey to the West and remembering the praise of Bang'er and Steward Xu, this made Zhou Zhong more confident, and after eating breakfast, he immediately cheered up and began to write Journey to the West silently. Compared with the loneliness last night, this time Bang'er volunteered to help polish the ink on the side, which greatly increased the speed of Zhou's rewriting, and he wrote again in the morning.

However, just when Zhou Zhong was writing the book behind closed doors, the conflict between him and Second Young Master Song in Fengyou Teahouse finally spread yesterday. Speaking of which, in ancient society, there was no medium for the transmission of information from newspapers and the Internet, and almost all the news was passed on by word of mouth, among which the place where idlers gathered like the teahouse was one of the hubs of information exchange, so it was only one night, and almost the entire Songjiang Mansion knew about yesterday's events.

Zhou Chong was admitted to Xiucai at the age of fourteen, and the Zhou family was also a famous rich man in Songjiang Mansion before, so Zhou Chong's reputation in Songjiang Mansion was also very great, and Zhou Mansion went bankrupt some time ago, which made Zhou Chong the center of discussion in the entire Songjiang Mansion, among which there are regretful and sympathetic, and of course there are many people who gloat and see the excitement.

Originally, with the passage of time, everyone's enthusiasm for the gossip of the Zhou Mansion has slowly decreased, especially in the past two days, few people have talked about the Zhou Mansion anymore, but with the spread of the conflict between Zhou Zhong and Song Ergongzi in Fengyou Teahouse yesterday, Zhou Chong immediately became the focus of discussion in the entire Songjiang Mansion again, and many idlers gathered together.

In a large restaurant called 'Pinxianglou' in the north of Songjiang City, it is now lunchtime, so the hall of the entire restaurant is full of people. Pinxianglou is Songjiang Mansion can be ranked in the top three big restaurants, people who can come here to eat can not be said to be rich or expensive, but at least it is also a small net worth, the characteristics of this kind of people are rich and leisure, usually in addition to listening to opera and singing songs to visit the Qinglou, the biggest pastime is to talk about the new things you hear.

"I drank seventy taels of tea in one meal, Zhou Gongzi did it too beautifully this time, and the Song family who suffered from the plague died!" No need to ask, the person who said this must be someone who has an enmity with the Song family.

"Zhou Chonghao is also a scholar, and he actually used this kind of subordinate means to pit the Song family, which is simply insulting and unorthodox!" An old pedant who was not pleasing to Zhou Chong expressed his opinion with an angry face.

"Second Prince Song and Zhou Gongzi's sister are already engaged, even if the relationship between the two of them is not harmonious, they shouldn't tear their faces so much in front of the public, right?" A brother with a lot of brains asks his own questions.

"Then you don't know about the road, I heard that when Gongzi Zhou and Song Ergongzi clashed, there was a beautiful girl at the scene, I heard that the reason why they had a conflict was because of this girl, do you know who this girl is?" This is a very gossipy brother peddling the 'facts' he guessed to his friends.

"Phew, you're all talking nonsense, I'll tell you the truth......"

Every wine table in the hall is discussing the matter of Fengyou Teahouse yesterday, everyone has their own opinions, this one says that Zhou Chong is right, and that one says that the Song family is the victim, and even many people break the news of the so-called 'truth', although most of these truths are 108,000 miles away from the facts, but as long as the people at the wine table love to listen, the whistleblower has achieved his goal, and he is intoxicated with the spiritual pleasure of being in the limelight.

Compared with the noise of the hall downstairs, the private room on the second floor is much quieter, and the identity of the guests in the private room is generally higher than that of the guests downstairs, and they naturally have to take into account their own identity when speaking, so even if they are very concerned about the conflict between Zhou Zhong and the Song family, at most, they will discuss it in a low voice in each private room, and rarely shout as loudly as downstairs.

In one of the private rooms called Lanting Pavilion, three young scholars dressed as scholars sat opposite each other, the first one was wearing a scarf, wearing a blue shirt, thick eyebrows and handsome face, but now his eyebrows were tightly locked, and he asked the two people around him helplessly: "Two brothers, I never believe that Wenda will be the kind of villain who cheats people and money!" ”

Wenda is a word of Zhouzhong, and generally acquaintances are commensurate with words.

"Hehe, Brother Zheng, what if you don't believe it, now the facts are in front of you, as the so-called people are poor and short-minded, Zhou Chong is no longer the Zhou Chong we know, for the daughter of the Xie family in Huating, he used such a means to pit the second son of Song Seventy taels of silver, there were so many people who saw it with their own eyes at that time, could this matter not be fake?" The tall and thin young man on the left, but with unusually fair skin, asked with a sneer.

The scholar surnamed Zheng in the middle heard the tall and thin scholar's words, but his brows furrowed even tighter, and he said with a displeased face: "Brother Liu, although Brother Zhou usually has a lot of disputes with you, but it is just a dispute between a gentleman and an academic, after all, we are friends who have known each other for many years, but you are slandering Brother Zhou so much behind your back, how can it be done by a gentleman?" ”

The scholar known as Brother Zhou heard the ridicule of the scholar surnamed Zheng, and his face changed at the moment, and he just wanted to fight back, but the young scholar opposite him, who was born with a smiling face and made people feel very kind at first glance, opened his mouth to persuade: "Don't quarrel with the two brothers, everyone should value harmony, in addition, Brother Zheng's words are good, no matter what Brother Zhou says, he is also our close friend, even if he does such a thing, we can't talk about him like this behind his back!" ”

Seeing that the smiling scholar opposite him was also standing on Zhou Chong's side, the tall and thin scholar surnamed Liu finally stopped arguing with the scholar surnamed Zheng, only to see him sit down angrily and say: "Okay, everything has its own conclusion, besides, Brother Li has already gone out to inquire about the news, and when he comes back, it will naturally be clear who is right and who is wrong." ”

Seeing the scholar surnamed Liu sit down, the scholar surnamed Zheng and the smiling scholar glanced at each other, and the most embarrassed also shook their heads and sat down, and then the three of them did not speak, and the atmosphere in the private room was a little heavy for a while.

It can also be guessed from the conversation between these three people that these three people are all close friends of Zhou Chong's former friends, among which the scholar surnamed Zheng who is sitting in the middle is named Zheng Jing, and the word is Minglun. The tall and thin scholar surnamed Liu who argued with him was named Liu Pet, and the word was Changshan. And the most persuasive smiling face scholar is surnamed Zhang, the word Fangshi. In addition, there is a scholar who went out to inquire about the news, surnamed Li Mingzheng, and the word is shrike.

Zheng Jing and Liu Chong are the same as Zhou Chong, they are all local scholars in Songjiang, and they have known each other for many years, they used to chant poetry and drink together, and the talents of the five people are all top among the young people, and they have all been admitted to Xiucai, and now they are all students in the school of the government, and they agreed to participate in the township test a year later, but no one thought that Zhou Chong's family would encounter such a big change.

The atmosphere in the private room was quickly broken, and a very young scholar broke in panting, and as soon as he came in, he picked up the tea bowl on the table and drank it all, and then took a few breaths and said: "I have inquired clearly, Wenda is not to blame for this matter, if it were me, I am afraid that I would have gone up and beaten that bastard of the Song family a long time ago." ”

Naturally, it was Li Zheng Li Berao who came in, and I saw that the other party was about the same age as Zhou Chong, wearing a blue shirt, and he had big ears and a blessed face. In fact, among the five, Zheng Jing is the oldest, Zhou Zhong is the youngest, and Li Zheng is half a year older than Zhou Zheng, and it may be because of this that the friendship between the two is also the most irreversible. After hearing Zhou Chong's story, Li Zheng was also the most concerned and volunteered to run out of Lu to find out the news.

Hearing Li Zheng's words, Zheng Jing and Zhang Jing's eyes lit up, and Zheng Jing said impatiently: "Shrage, you quickly tell me the ins and outs of this matter, why did Wen Da come into conflict with the Song family?" ”

However, at this time, Liu Chong, who was at odds with Zhou Chong, said in a somewhat weird manner: "Brother Beroe, I know that you have the best friendship with Zhou Chong, but we scholars are upright, you must not fool us with those rumors on the streets!" ”

Although Li Zheng is a scholar, he is a fiery temper, usually the same as Zhou Chong, he has never had a good impression of the bitter Liu Pet, and now he hears that he doubts his character, and then angrily pointed at Liu Pet and reprimanded: "The surname Liu, I and Wenda were unwilling to fight with you before, that is for the sake of our acquaintance for many years, and now Wenda is temporarily in trouble, not only do you not miss the old love, but also talk nonsense behind your back, like this kind of character, it really makes Li disdainful, if you don't want to listen, give me out now!" ”