Nengzhu and Feng Hu beat people all by their strength, fast hands and feet, and they are the first to attack when the enemy is surprised, but Mu Jingyan's skills made Liu Jingting secretly surprised, using the whistle stick as a gun, both accurate and fast, Liu Jingting didn't expect that this yellow-bearded man under Zhang Yuan had such martial arts, fortunately, he didn't agree to Zhang Cao to compete with this yellow-bearded man - a Dongfu Qingke, five Dong's family slaves, and six Qingshou, less than half a tea time, all hugged their legs and covered their heads on the bluestone ground in front of the Lu Gate and wailed for mercy, yelled: "Don't think that if you kneel and beg for mercy, you won't fight, it's not so cheap, you can still fight." "Personally hold a stick to smoke, and only give up when your hands are sour--Lu Mansion Gate opened, Lu Tao led more than a dozen sturdy servants out, Zhang Cao threw the jujube wood short stick on the ground, and shouted: "Brother-in-law Lu, just a few scoundrels can block your door, and your Lu family is too-" Zhang Cao finally saved some face for Lu Tao, and the words behind him were not spoken.

Lu Tao's face was ashamed, and he said: "Ashamed, ashamed, my brother Yangfang is still in Songjiang Prison, and I really don't dare to fight them." The Dong family threatened Lu Yangfang with the crime of insulting women, and the border guards were charged with the army, and Lu Zhaoshen and his wife, who doted on their young son, were at a loss.

Zhang Cao said: "What are you afraid of, isn't this just a fight, Lu Yangfang, hum, it's best for that kind of person to die in prison." ”

Lu Tao was embarrassed, arched his hand to Zhang Cao, and walked over to greet Zhang Yuan, Zhang Dai, Jin Langzhi and others, Zhang Yuan said: "Brother-in-law, my sister and Lu Chun and Lu Jie are back." ”

Zhang Ruoxi got off the sedan chair at this time, and stepped forward with two children in tears, Lu Tao was overjoyed when he saw his wife and son returning, he didn't see him for half a year, he had grown up a little bit, and the two little brothers took Lu Tao's hand and shouted: "Daddy, daddy." ”

Five-year-old Lu Jie looked up at her father Lu Tao with a small face, and said, "Daddy, you have lost weight—"

This sentence made Lu Tao and Zhang Ruoxi burst into tears, Qingpu Lu's has been difficult in the past few months, Dong's urging the 600 acres of mulberry forest, causing mulberry picking and silkworm raising to almost stop, Lu's silkworm households and weavers have suffered huge losses, and the silk business is almost completely broken, Lu Tao is anxious, can he not lose weight!

Wu Ling walked to Zhang Yuan's side and said, "Young Master, that Dong Qingke followed Dong Zu to Longshan last year, this person is not a good thing. "Wuling was slapped by Dong Zuchang that time, and he remembered deeply, this Qingke asked Wuling about Miss Shang at that time, and he had to give Wuling more than a dozen dollars - Zhang Yuan asked Mu Jingyan to bring the Dong Qingke over, and this Qingke saw that Zhang Yuan and the others were students, and shouted: "I am also a member of the court, you beat me, I will definitely -"

With a "snap", the Qingke was hit with a stick, his lips were broken, his mouth was full of blood, and he screamed loudly.

Zhang Cao waved a jujube wood short stick and shouted angrily: "You Dong lackey, you are still a student, I will beat you." Splitting his head and covering his face was another hard whip, which made the Qingke hold his head and shout for mercy.

Zhang Yuan said: "Tie up all these people." ”

More than a dozen Lu family servants found ropes, and these Dong family slaves and thugs tied them strongly, and the Lu family servants were also extremely aggrieved, and at this time, they punched and kicked while tying people up to vent their hatred.

Lu Tao welcomed Zhang Yuan and others into the main hall and instructed the kitchen to prepare wine and food for the banquet, Lu Tao was still quite worried about the people who beat the Dong family, these people were tied up under the door wall, and they didn't know how to end?

Zhang Yuan said: "Brother-in-law don't worry, tie these people up first, see how Qingpu County handles it, and my brother-in-law will ask Yang Shixiang to come first." ”

Zhang Yuan learned from his brother-in-law Lu Tao's letter last time that Li Banghua, the former county commander of Qingpu, was transferred to Shandong Senate in early March, and the successor of the county order was named Wang Shanji, a scholar of Jiachen in the thirty-second year of Wanli, although he was not a protégé of Dong Qichang, but he was not as upright as Li Banghua, and he only knew that he was welcoming Dong Qichang and Huang Guoding, and Dong's family slaves and Qing Hand came to Lu Mansion every other day to disturb them, Lu Tao sent a visit to the county government several times to complain, Wang Shanji ignored it, which obviously contributed to the arrogance of Dong's family slaves, and now they dare to block the door and throw stones. Lu Zhaoshen, the head of the Lu family in Qingpu, is also a local squire from a prominent background, and he was bullied like this!

Of course, Lu Zhaoshen is now paralyzed and can't go to the county court to reason.

…… Zhang Ruoxi took Lu Chun and Lu Jie to see Aunt Weng, that Lu Zhaoshen was paralyzed by a stroke three months ago, and he couldn't even speak at first, but after careful treatment by a famous doctor in Songjiang, he can now speak, but his speech is a little slurred, at this time he sat on a circle chair, covered his knees with a thin blanket, and watched his two grandchildren kowtow to him, old tears, and he didn't know what to say in his mouth - Liu Shi on the side said: "Xiaochun, Xiaojie, the eldest father asked the two of you to come forward, and the eldest father wants to take a good look at the two of you." ”

Lu Guangshen used to be quite strict with his family, especially to Zhang Ruoxi, he has always had no good words, so Lu Chun and Lu Jie are not close to this grandfather, at this time, seeing that his grandfather's eyes were stunned, his speech was slurred, and one hand was like a chicken claw, the little brothers were both scared, they didn't know their grandfather, and they refused to step forward, or Zhang Ruoxi pulled the two of them closer - Lu Zhaoshen tried to stretch out his right hand that was still able to move and touched the heads of the two grandchildren, and said: "I have a good grandson, I have a good grandson." When he spoke, his head grew little by little, and his dull eyes became a little lively.

Liu took the two grandchildren in his arms and looked left and right, and said happily: "They have grown a little taller, and it has been more than a year, you two won't not recognize the eldest mother, right?" ”

Lu Chun and Lu Jie said in unison: "No, remember it firmly." Lu Jie glanced at his grandfather, who was half-sitting and half-lying, and thought, "This eldest father really doesn't recognize him." ”

Liu took Zhang Ruoxi's hand to the small window and sat and talked, Liu had never been so affectionate to his eldest daughter-in-law before, Liu asked: "Ruoxi, is it your brother Zhang Yuan who sent you back?" "The Dong family's slaves surrounded the door and scolded Ruoxi's brother to order someone to overturn and tie them up, and the Liu family had already heard about it.

Zhang Ruoxi said: "Yes, there are also my two clan brothers, Zhang Dai and Zhang Cao. ”

Liu asked: "Are the two of them from Xizhang or Dongzhang?" ”

Zhang Ruoxi said: "It's Xizhang." ”

Liu Shi asked: "Last time, Tao'er wrote a letter and asked your brother Zhang Yuan to ask Su Weng of Xizhang for a letter to Huang Zhifu, did you ask for it?" ”

Zhang Ruoxi said: "I have brought it, and my brother Zhang Yuan will personally send it to Songjiang Mansion in a few days." ”

The Liu family was overjoyed: "If we can rescue Yangfang, our Lu family will thank your brother well." ”

Zhang Ruoxi said: "It's all my own family, what do you say thank you for your aunt." ”

Liu said: "Ruoxi, now Tao'er is the pillar of the Lu family, you are virtuous, you will definitely be able to help Tao'er, Yang Fang is too angry, but anyway, he is also Tao'er's brother, you have to try your best to help him, why can't you watch him go to prison and fill the army?" ”

Zhang Ruoxi said: "Yes, Lu Lang is ready to exchange 600 acres of mulberry forest for his uncle to be released from prison, and now there is a letter written by my uncle to Huang Zhifu, and my uncle should be able to go home safely." ”

Liu hesitated for a moment and said, "Your brother Zhang Yuan has some old grudges with Yangfang, will it-"

Zhang Ruoxi said: "Aunt don't worry, my brother Zhang Yuan came to help my Lu family this time, and the little grudge between him and Yangfang was settled last year." ”

"That's good, that's good." Liu was slightly relieved.

…… Yang Shixiang, the head of the Qingpu Literary Society, heard that Zhang Yuan had arrived at the Lu Mansion, and immediately hurried over, just when Lu Tao invited the three Zhang Yuan brothers and Jin Langzhi, Jiang Shiqiao, Weng Yuansheng, and Liu Jingting to sit together. ”

In addition to Zhang Yuan's reputation as a small Sanyuan, another factor is that because of the beating of Dong Zuchang, the collection has sold nearly 5,000 copies so far, and the total number of Xiucai in the three counties of Songjiang Prefecture is not more than 2,000, that is to say, not only Xiucai, but also many children have bought Zhang Yuan's selection and evaluation of the collection of Shiwen, at first it was curious, but after reading it, all the students felt that they benefited a lot, Zhang Yuan's reputation for the election of eight shares came out, Yang Shixiang wanted to ask Zhang Yuan to compile books for his bookstore again, and the wealth was rolling. So on the premise of not harming his own interests, of course he wants to support Zhang Yuan - Zhang Yuan said: "The Dong family slaves and the Qingshou dare to block the door and scold, not to mention that Lu Weng is famous, even my brother-in-law is also a county student, the Dong family is despising Qingpu Zhusheng, if the Lu family's 600 acres of mulberry forest finally fall into the hands of the Dong family, with the greed of Dong Zuyuan and Dong Zuchang, Qingpu will be like Huating in the future, and the good land will be occupied by the Dong family, and the bullying of men and women continues, so I want to ask Brother Shi Xiang and the students of the county to ask Wang Xianzun for his life." , severely punish these twelve Dong family slaves who made trouble in the Lu Mansion and beat the green hands. ”

Yang Shixiang said angrily: "Brother Jie Zi said very much, if the arrogance of the Huating Dong clan is not suppressed, I, the Qingpu gentry, will also be bullied by it, and I will now let people gather more than a dozen students of our Qingpu Society first." ”

At this moment, Lu Dayou hurriedly came in and said, "Young Master, Deng Bantou from the county government criminal department asked to see him, it should be for the Dong family. ”

Lu Tao said: "Let him in." ”

Deng Bantou came in with two errand officers, and saw that there were seven or eight students present, Zhang Yuan was known to him, and the arrest of Lu Yangfang last year was instructed by Zhang Yuan, and Zhang Yuan had no fame last year.

Lu Tao asked: "Why is Deng Bantou here?" ”

This Deng Bantou had received money and goods from the Dong family in Huating, and heard that the people of the Dong family were beaten and tied up in front of the Lu Mansion, and immediately gave the order of the king of the county, and brought two messengers to interfere, and wanted to take the Dong people away first, at this time, I saw that Zhang Yuan was also here, Zhang Yuan's fight against Dong Zuchang in the three counties of Songjiang Mansion can be said to be known to everyone, and because Yang Shixiang publicized the collection of current literature, so Zhang Yuan's little Sanyuan and champion protégé Deng Bantou also knew that Zhang Yuan beat Dong Zuchang as if nothing happened, Dong Hanlin could not help Zhang Yuan, It can be seen that Zhang Yuan really has a great background, so Deng Bantou didn't dare to say that he wanted to take away the Dong family's people, and said with his crossed hands: "The county respected that there was a fight in front of the Lu Mansion, so he sent a villain to check." ”

Lu Tao glanced at Zhang Yuan, and Zhang Yuan said: "Deng Bantou will go back to talk to Wang Xianzun first, and say that we will go to the county government to explain the situation to the county lord, and the Dong family's people will also be handed over to Wang Xianzun for disposal." ”

Deng Bantou retreated.

(To be continued)