The noon sun filters through the clouds, the light is not dazzling, but it is hot and unbearable, on the side of Maqi Temple, in front of Dong Zuchang's mansion, the gathered people are shoulder to shoulder, sweating like rain, raising their hands like a forest, the air exudes a sour smell of sweat, Wanghailou bartender Laifu struggled to squeeze through the crowd, and shouted continuously: "Zhang Gongzi - Young Master Zhang - villain Laifu - "

He remembered that one of the four students who drank and scolded Dong in the restaurant the day before yesterday was surnamed Fan, and heard that Fan's daughter went to Dong's house to cry, and Laifu ran to see what was going on, anyway, there were no guests in the restaurant at this time, and he followed the crowd for a while, and suddenly heard that Zhang Gongzi of Shanyin was also here, and hurriedly shouted and squeezed over to meet - Mu Jingyan crossed the whistle stick and stopped Laifu, and Laifu shouted: "Young Master Zhang, the villain is blessed." ”

Zhang Yuan and the others looked back, Weng Yuansheng said to Zhang Yuan: "This is the guy from Wanghailou, but he is a sincere person, Brother Lang also said that when Brother Jie Zi arrives in Huating, he will send someone to pass him to see you. ”

Laifu knelt down and kowtowed to Zhang Yuan, stood up and said: "Before, it was said that the four prime ministers were drinking in Wanghai Tower, and that night a servant took more than a dozen lists and asked the villain to post them everywhere, saying that it was to expose the evil deeds of the Dong family, and of course the villain did so, but I don't know which prime minister ordered the villain?" ”

Weng Yuansheng and Jiang Shiqiao glanced at each other, and Weng Yuansheng whispered to Zhang Yuan: "It should be Brother Fan who ordered Laifu to post that article, and it is also because of this that Dong Zu often detains and humiliates Brother Fan." ”

Zhang Yuan looked at the Dong family's mansion with the door and wall closed, and said in his heart: "Fan Chang's death has something to do with me, this time Dong Zuchang must pay for his life, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, Dong Zuchang does not kill people with his own hands, and the crime is not death, but this evil must be eradicated." ”

…… Twenty people, including Lu Tao and Yang Shixiang, accused Huating Dong of beating Qingpu and harassing Qingpu, annihilating the people's daughters, and injuring the people, and demanded that the prefect Huang Guoding and Wu Tuiguan of the Criminal Department hunt down Dong Zuchang, Wu Long and others for interrogation, and hundreds of people gathered in front of the government yamen.

Huang Guoding, the prefect of Songjiang, said that when he saw the "calligraphy and painting is difficult to be the voice of the heart" posted by Shen Mingting, he knew that there was a force against Dong Qichang that would be ready to attack, and he went to visit Mr. Dong in the afternoon, Mr. Dong was so angry that he was ten years old, his hands and feet trembled, and he didn't even reply to Chen Meigong's book, and he didn't have the elegant and calm demeanor of the forest, Huang Guoding comforted Dong Qichang and said: "The rumors stop at the wise, the gossip will eventually disappear, and the teacher is not angry——"

But to Dong Qichang's request to track down the author of this article and severely punish him, Huang Guoding responded casually, and said in his heart: "Look at the 'calligraphy and painting is difficult to speak to the heart', the words are elegant, the quotation is accurate, and the discussion is gushing, as if Zhuang and Meng are eloquent, this is by no means written by ordinary Confucian scholars, it must be a person with great talent, and this article does not mention Mr. Dong's name in the whole text, but every word is not far from the point, knife pen and knife pen, this is the knife and pen." ”

Huang Guoding was surprised to see such an article, and this is not a criticism of the government, how can he be convicted with a text, Huang Guoding did not plan to track down the author of this article at all, he also knew in his heart that he did not need to track down, the author would show up, Huang Guoding was nearly fifty years old, he had been a local governor for many years, and he was very sensitive to these disputes and conflicts, and he knew that there was a major event in the near future, and the most important thing at the moment was to control the lives of all the people in one government and three counties, he yesterday called the professor of Songjiang Fuxue and the teachings of Shanghai, Huating, and Qingpu counties, and asked the instructors to manage the students in their respective schools. Unexpectedly, this morning, I learned that Fan Chang had died, and Fan Chang's friend Jin Shengren beat the drum and voiced grievances -- so that Huang Guoding was anxious about the things that followed, Lu Tao of Qingpu led a group of students to sue Huating Dong and beat the Qingshou, dozens of students gathered together, Huang Guoding was under great pressure, and was discussing countermeasures with the Tongzhi of Songjiang Mansion and Wu Tuiguan of the Criminal Department, and there were officials to report, Dong Zuchang's house was surrounded by angry people, and sent his family to ask Huang Zhifu and Wu Tuiguan to send more officials to disperse those people, Huang Guoding asked carefully before he learned that Fan's female dependents were carrying Fan Chang's corpse to the door, and about a thousand people besieged Dong Zuchang's house, Huang Guoding and Wu Tuiguan were sweating on their foreheads, and the matter was getting bigger and bigger, how to be good?

Obviously, the situation on Dong Zuchang's side was more urgent, Huang Governor asked Wu Tuiguan to deal with Jin Langzhi and Qingpu Zhusheng, he took Tongzhi, Tongju and other subordinate officials and dozens of officials hurried to the Maqi Temple in the west of the city, and saw a sea of people, the road was impassable, and the angry people were smashing the door of Dong Zuchang's house with stones, and stones were also thrown out of the house, injuring several people - dozens of officials cleared a field, Huang Zhifu and Fan Chang's mother Feng Shi, Fan's mother Feng Shi was over sixty years old, goosebumps, trembling and trembling, old tears, and Fan Chang's wife Gong and other Fan daughters knelt down together to ask the Fu Zun to avenge them, Fan's mother Feng cried that her son Fan Chang was arrested and beaten and tortured by Dong Zuchang yesterday, resulting in heat stroke that could not be treated in time and died, and asked the Fuzun to investigate Dong Zuchang's guilt -- Huang Guoding only had good words of condolences at this time, and asked Fan's mother Feng to go back first, and put Fan Chang in the coffin, so as not to expose the corpse and make the soul of the deceased uneasy, as for the matter of revenge, Huang Guoding promised to investigate the matter strictly -- Zhang Cao shouted: "Dong Zuchang is in the mansion, please ask the Fuzun to arrest him and interrogate him." ”

Huang Guoding had just appeased the Fan family's bitter master, and when he heard Zhang Cao shouting, he was very displeased, staring at Zhang Cao, Zhang Cao was not afraid, and looked at Huang Guoding, Huang Guoding saw that Zhang Cao was a student, frowned and asked, "Who are you from Fan Mansion?" ”

Zhang Cao stepped forward and said, "Student Shanyin Zhang Cao hates the Dong family for doing many evils, and I have come to help him redress his grievances. ”

Huang Guoding hurriedly asked: "You are Shaoxing little Sanyuan Zhang Jiezi?" ”

Zhang Cao laughed and said to Zhang Yuan behind him: "Jiezi, you are still famous, and you will become famous when you do a good job." ”

Zhang Yuan stepped forward and said: "Student Zhang Yuan visited Huang Fuzun, the student and Fan Shengren are good friends, and when they learned the bad news of Fan Shengren, they came to condole. ”

Huang Guoding nodded, looking at this Zhang Yuan, who beat Dong Zuchang twice, this son is handsome and elegant, polite and polite, just looking at his appearance is really not like that unruly person, but looking at his eyes, it is definitely the depth and calmness of the people who are very deep in the city, Huang Guoding said in his heart: "This Zhang Yuan is not early or late, just at this time, he appeared in Huating and appeared in front of Dong's Mansion, and the "calligraphy and painting are difficult to speak of" is not Zhang Yuan's work? ”

Zhang Dai, Weng Yuansheng, and Jiang Shiqiao all stepped forward to salute Huang Guoding at this time, Huang Guoding said: "You and other scholars, don't do official business, how can it be done by the students to gather people to make chaos like this, Fan Sheng's matter, the government will try it with Wu Tuiguan, you are Fan Sheng's friends, you should comfort his family, such as Fan's mother is exposed to the sun under this scorching voice, if you get sick because of this, who should be blamed!" ”

Huang Guoding's words are reasonable and righteous, that is, he wants the Fan's daughters to go home and the lives to disperse, which is obviously to relieve Dong Zuchang, and as for the trial, it can be delayed.

Zhang Yuan didn't know Huang Guoding's thoughts, and said loudly: "With Huang Fuzun as the master, the injustice of Fan Sheng's tragic death will definitely be able to show the snow, and Huang Fuzun can understand Mrs. Fan's old age and frailty, and worry about her hot weather, don't you know that Mrs. Fan's biggest pain at this time is the tragic death of her son, and the grievances are not extended, Mrs. Fan will grieve for a while, and the pain of losing her son in old age is better than the pain of exposure to the sun, and I implore Huang Fuzun to immediately ask Dong Zuchang to seek justice for Fan's grievances and comfort Fan's mother's pain." ”

Zhang Yuan's words were sharp, and Huang Guoding's so-called benevolence was used to persuade Fan's so-called benevolence, forcing Huang Guoding to immediately try the case of Fan Chang's violent death, and Fan's mother Feng originally listened to Huang Zhifu's persuasion and wanted to go back first, but after hearing Zhang Yuan's words, he understood that he could not relax at this time, and he must hold on, so he knelt down and mourned: "Please respect the old woman as the master, otherwise the old woman will die in front of the Dong Mansion today." ”

Zhang Cao shouted: "If we don't find out Dong Zuchang, we will never leave!" ”

Hundreds of people followed and shouted: "Find out Dong Zuchang, find out Dong Zuchang-"

The voice was like thunder, Huang Guoding was so shocked that he took a step back, and after a while, he said: "This government will judge impartially, but there are laws and regulations in the trial, and good people cannot be detained at will——"

Zhang Cao saw that Huang Guoding was in front of Dong's house, but he just refused to arrest Dong Zuchang, and said angrily: "The Songjiang prefect can't detain good people at will, Dong Zuchang can detain and beat people to death at will, is this Songjiang Huating the world of the Dong family?" ”

Huang Guoding was interrupted by Zhang Cao when he spoke in front of the public, and he was very annoyed, and shouted: "The inscription of Taizu Wo has clouds: all military and civilian benefits, workers, peasants, and commerce can be spoken, but students cannot make suggestions - you entered the county school, haven't you listened to the instructor's instructions?" ”

When Zhu Yuanzhang was alive, he had a very strict control over the living people, and he was not allowed to talk about political affairs, but it was already the old Yellow Calendar, and it was impossible for the late Ming Dynasty to not discuss political affairs, and only when the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs and wantonly slaughtered all living beings could the mouth of all living beings be sealed, and for Zhang Cao, he really hadn't heard of any lying inscription, Zhang Cao's turban was bought, and there was no wandering and no sacrifice to the hole - Zhang Yuan said: "Huang Fuzun, the rise and fall of the country, the husband is responsible, the Taizu lying inscription is aimed at the beginning of the national dynasty at that time, and the remnants of the previous dynasty are confused, which restricts the speech of the scholars, And today's peace, there are occasional malpractices that should be given advice and advice by those who read the books of sages and sages, this is the heart of loyalty and patriotism, not to mention the unjust death of Fan Sheng, what about the government, as Fan Sheng's friends, pity his old mother and widow, and redress his grievances, how can this not be said! ”

Zhang Cao was more direct and shouted: "Only corrupt officials and corrupt officials are afraid of people's words, in the past, it was said that the people under the rule of King Zhou Li were on the road, but now they want to reappear in Huating?" Zhang Cao decisively used an allusion, which seemed to quote the scriptures and was extremely eloquent.

Huang Guoding was extremely angry, but at this time obviously could not attack, the people in front of the Dong Mansion had gathered more and more, the anger of the people was terrible, so many people gathered here is terrible, and immediately discussed a few words with the subordinate officials, and decided to bring Dong Zuchang back to the mansion first to calm the anger――――――――――――――――――――――――――

(To be continued)