During the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty, there was a person named Sang Yue in Changshu County, Suzhou Prefecture, this person was a madman, claiming to be the first in the world, this interesting scholar once wrote a limerick poem, showing the authority of the scholar, the poem said:

"When it comes to learning, there is no talent on the cross street; When I went to study, the whole city was intoxicated. The flowers of the green building reflect the east slope, and the red light shines on the "West Chamber" at night. ”

It means that the scholar is pressed to a certain place, then the talent of this place is all behaving and honest, and as soon as the scholar leaves, he will spend all day and wine, and the west chamber of the Qinglou will be up, because the duty of the scholar is to correct the morale, supervise the government, the state, the county and the three-level scholar and the student who governs a province, can decide the future and fate of the student, the student is not afraid of the official, he is afraid of the deputy envoy of the judge-Zhejiang scholar Wang Bian, Wanli 20 years Renchen Branch 2 Jinshi, over fifty years old, once served as the patrol of the imperial history, known as majestic, the article is also good, Last year, he was the envoy of Zhejiang University, on the ninth day of the first month of this month, he passed by the teahouse in front of the school administration office in civilian clothes, and saw a black-faced pockmark telling a story, fast and severe, swallowing and suppressing, and taking proportions, it was very exciting, so he stopped and listened for a while, but it turned out that it was the ugly things of Shanyin Xiucai Yao Fu, such as beating people to be disabled, bereaving concubines, forcing widows, invading people's fields, all kinds of evil deeds, and so on.

Back to the official office, Wang Tixue checked the roster of students in Shanyin County, Shaoxing Prefecture, and sure enough, there was the name of Yao Fu, and he wrote it down in his heart, and in November he will supervise the two counties of Shanyin and Huiji in Shaoxing Prefecture, and prepare to inquire about this Yao Fu at that time.

On the tenth day of the first month, Wang Tixue received a spy letter from Hou Zhihan, the commander of Shanyin County, requesting the dismissal of Yang Shangyuan, saying that Yang Shangyuan deceived Yunyun with a black lead fake bank, Wang Tixue said in his heart: "Shanyin is the hometown of talents, is the morale so corrupt, it seems that next month will be vigorously rectified——"

At the same time, Wang Tixue also heard a rumor, saying that the Shanyin School Department on the 29th of this month said that there was an eight-share art event, Wang Jizhong's student Zhang Yuan will compete with Xiucai Yao Fu to test eight shares, Wang Tixue let people inquire about it, if there is such a thing, so Wang Tixue decided to press Shanyin County in advance, and did not show the itinerary to Shaoxing Mansion and Shanyin County in advance, and took the official boat to Shanyin in the morning of the 29th, and asked people to go to the government to ask, the prefect Xu Shi went to Shanyin Confucianism, Wang Tixue and his party went straight to Wolong Mountain, and the official sedan chair had not yet arrived at the Guangxiang Bridge, Among them, there was a lame Liu Xiucai, the son of Fang Xiucai, whose family was ruined, Lu Yungu's cousin, and some other bitter masters, all of whom were Xiucai Yao Fu -- the accompanying messenger shouted: "This is the great master of the school inspector, and he does not accept unjust cases, and those who want to sue go to the Shanyin County Ya and the Shaoxing Mansion Ya - retreat, retreat." ”

Wang Tixue had heard about these people's grievances from Liu Mashu, who was a storyteller, so he ordered the servants not to disperse these people, and he wanted to ask in person, Wang Tixue was a little suspicious that someone was going to frame Yao Fu, otherwise why was everything so coincidental, he would hear a story about Yao Fu's scandal when he passed by the teahouse in front of the school office? Just arrived in San'in, so many people stopped the sedan chair and shouted injustice?

Wang Tixue said to these bitter masters who wept bitterly and knelt on the ground: "You all get up and go to Shanyin Confucianism with this official, the Shaoxing prefect and the Shanyin County Decree are all there, and the student Yao Fu you want to sue is also there, but the official has said it first, if your grievances are true, this official will redress your grievances, and if you are instigated by someone to make false accusations, then you will be severely punished." ”

Liu Xiucai, who was lame, said with tears in his eyes: "Great Grandmaster, the student is a Xiucai in the fifteenth year of Wanli, and the student in the twenty-seventh year of Wanli was beaten and disabled by him because of some entanglements with Yao Fu in the opening hall, how dare the student make false accusations and ask the great grandmaster to be the master." ”

Wang Tixue soothed gently, got off the sedan chair and walked, leading this group of bitter masters to Shanyin Confucianism, to the light phase bridgehead, just met the Shaoxing Xu prefect and Shanyin Hou County Order, the two local governors saw that the Lord Tixue brought a group of complaining bitter lords to come together, they were stunned.

Wang Tixue said with a serious expression: "These are the bitter masters who sued Yao Fu, a member of Shanyin, Governor Xu and Hou County Lingping have never heard of Yao Fu's matter?" ”

Xu Shijin's heart sank slightly when he heard this: "Yao Fugong's reputation is gone, and I can't help him." ”

Hou Xianling immediately thought that this was very likely to be arranged by Zhang Yuan, and he was quite unhappy in his heart, because Zhang Yuan hid these from him, but if he could take this opportunity to severely punish Yao Fu, it was also what he was happy to see, Yao Fu's control of the local word lawsuit had disgusted him, and he often instigated others to complain, which was annoying, and if he could remove this thorn in his eye, it would be regarded as a harm to the local area-Hou County Ling arched his hand and said: "Boss, there are not many bitter masters who have sued Yao Xiucai in recent years, and he has only been appointed as the local county magistrate for two years, although he knows that Yao Fu has a lot of evil deeds, But because he has a reputation for being a student, he can't ask about it, since the boss is coming, it is just a strict investigation. ”

Wang Tixue asked: "Is Yao Fu still in Confucianism?" ”

Hou County ordered: "Yao Fu was still competing with Zhang Yuan, a Confucian boy in this county, in Minglun Hall, I don't know if he left at this time?" "Urgently send a messenger to see if Yao Fu is there, if he is no longer in Confucianism, quickly find him back, and the great master will see him.

…… As soon as Yao Fu heard that the messenger came to report that the great grandmaster was coming, he immediately felt bad, Hou County's order could not take off his scarf, but the scholar can't, so he saw Xu Zhifu and Hou County's order go out, he wanted to slip away quickly, if the great grandmaster was heard, he deduced that he was infected with a sudden illness and couldn't come, and at this time he must not let the great grandmaster bump into him, the great grandmaster came unexpectedly, it is very likely that it is related to Zhang Yuan, and it is aimed at him - Yao Fu just walked to the entrance of the hall, and he heard Zhang Yuan behind him say: "Where is Yao Xiucai going, the great grandmaster has arrived, why don't you see it?" ”

Zhang Cao shouted: "Yao Litigation Stick wants to run away and stop him." ”

Hearing this shout, Yao Fu simply ran away, but at this time, where could he run away, more than 200 people from various counties in the courtyard immediately surrounded him, ridiculing him in every way, at this time Yao Fu was like a jackal in a cage, let him grin, no one was afraid of him, just surrounded and didn't let him go, Yao Fu was nearly fifty years old, weak and weak, where could he break through, pulled and pulled, accidentally the square scarf fell to the ground, and when he hurriedly picked it up, he didn't know who had stepped on a few feet, and it had already been dirty-Zhang Rulin and Wang Siren stood at the entrance of the hall, Looking at this absurd scene of catching a thief in the downtown area, they all shook their heads and smiled bitterly, insulting Sven, how hateful a person must be to get to the point where everyone shouts and beats like this!

Accompanied by the prefect Xu Shijin and the county commander Hou Zhihan, Wang Bian of Zhejiang Tixue walked into the Yimen, and before he had time to greet Zhang Rulin, Wang Siren, Liu Zongzhou and others, the first thing he saw was the ridiculous scene of a large group of beings surrounding Yao Fu.

Wang Tixue asked: "You are Yao Fu?" Why are you so embarrassed, why do all beings deceive you? ”

Ren is Yao Fuping said how to be able to argue in a lawsuit, and he also opened his mouth here, and said: "All beings are instigated by others, bully students, and ask the great master to be the master. ”

When Zhu Sheng saw the scholar and didn't dare to speak nonsense, Zhang Cao was not afraid, and said loudly: "Great Grandmaster, this Yao Fu heard that the Great Grandmaster was coming, and he knew that he was deeply guilty, and he was afraid that the Great Grandmaster would punish him, so he wanted to slip away, but Zhusheng did not allow him to go." ”

When Wang Tixue saw Yao Fu's appearance, his impression was already extremely bad, and he thought: "It seems that those things that the bitter lord sued him will not be false." said: "The merits of the matter, and go to the court to make a public decision." "I turned around and ordered someone to bring Liu Xiucai and others to Minglun Hall, and this Confucian hall was temporarily used as a court for trial of cases.

When Yao Fu saw that the lame Liu Xiucai and these people were coming, he suddenly felt that a great disaster was coming, and he couldn't care about anything wrong at this time, and shouted: "Great Grandmaster, my brother Yao Chengli was once the same as the Great Grandmaster, and the students have heard the great grandmaster's name for a long time. "This is to make friends and ask for mercy, originally these words can only be said in private, but now in this public, Yao Fu is not embarrassed or embarrassed to treat the crime, and when he says these words in public, it is clear that he wants the student to protect him for personal gain?

It's not that Yao Fu is stupid, but that he is in a hurry, he doesn't make friends at this time, and when the evidence of the crime is conclusive after the trial, it will be too late to make friends at that time, so he knows that it is inappropriate, and he has no chance to shout if he doesn't shout.

This is simply an insult, Wang Tixue was furious, and shouted: "Take off his turban, first scold him with a cane and then ask questions." ”

Although the professor of the government and the county can also punish the students, they can only beat the palms of the hands with bamboo boards, just like the social school teacher teaching children, it is child's play-Yao Fu begged: "Great grandmaster, the student is old and frail, and he can't be scolded with a cane, so I ask the great grandmaster to be gracious." ”

Wang Tixue sat in the center and shouted, "Beat, twenty rods can't kill you." ”

Zhang Dai, Zhang Cao, and Zhang Yuan, the three brothers, stood outside the Minglun Hall, located in the forefront of all beings, and looked at Yao Fu in the hall very closely, it was really enjoyable, Yao Fu couldn't stand the pain, and screamed miserably, Zhang Cao laughed in a low voice: "Yao Zhuba also has today, very happy, by the way, I will go to the gate to tell everyone about this, it is better to be happy alone." Then he squeezed out of the crowd and went out to announce to everyone that Yao Fu had been reprimanded with a rod - and sure enough, after a while, the Confucianism gate was filled with joy.

At this time, Yao Fu had already received twenty canes and was on the ground.

Wang Tixue wondered, "Why are the people cheering? ”

Zhang Yuan replied: "Great Grandmaster, when the people of Shanyin heard that Yao Fu was reprimanded by the Great Grandmaster, they all cheered and praised the Great Grandmaster Yan Ming. ”

Wang Tixue said: "Yes, the official said today that he wants to interrogate this person carefully to see how many things he has done that hurt heaven and reason, so that he is so angry and resentful." ”

Immediately ordered Yao Fu to confront Liu Xiucai and other bitter masters one by one, and let Sun Jiaoyu and Zhu Xundao record it on the side, so that it could be verified by many parties.

(To be continued)