Wang Shoutai didn't go into the store to sit, only stood in front of the gate of Shengmei Cloth Village, the four eye-catching silver boxes were placed on the doorstep covered with red firecracker crumbs, a group of people were preaching, and people kept coming to inquire about what was the happy event? Wang Shoutai just said lightly: "Huizhou Wang came to apologize to Zhang Jieyuan, there was a misunderstanding earlier, and now it has been reconciled." ”

Wang Shoutai's salty and non-trivial explanation made those people more curious, what was the misunderstanding? How did it reconcile? What is this box for? Wang Shoutai didn't answer much, these people asked the eight Wang servants who came to the side with the silver box, and sure enough, they got a detailed explanation, but it turned out that someone from the Wang family suspected Zhang Jieyuan and his main alliance of the Han Society of cheating in this township test, otherwise how could the Han Society be twenty-eight people in high school, and it was rumored that the chief examiner booked the twenty-eight stars of the Han Society to be on the list, but now I know that it was a misunderstanding, and Wang decided to compensate Zhang Xie Yuan for 10,000 taels of silver and the famous garden by the West Lake "not a garden"——

When explaining these things, Wang's servants naturally looked very sad and indignant, and those who inquired naturally heard the implication: Wang was forced by Zhang Yuan's power to reconcile with 10,000 taels of silver and the famous garden of West Lake.

Zhang Yuan's victory, Hanshe's victory, is a matter of jealousy, this is the surname of the person, and now I heard that Zhang Yuan forced others to apologize with huge sums of money and famous gardens, it is really arrogant, so the people who heard the uproar, all gathered in front of the Shengmei cloth village to point and vent their dissatisfaction, that Wang Shoutai repeatedly asked the onlookers to disperse, do not affect his Wang family's sincerity to ask for guilt, but those onlookers are willing to listen, the more people gather, the more shops on both sides of the Wanxian Bridge gather, grocery stores, mountain goods stores, bamboo stores, large satin shops, There are always hundreds of spice shops in the north and south, fruit shops in the south, sea vegetable shops, rice shops, miscellaneous grain shops, cloth shops, paper shops, raw and cooked medicinal herb shops, etc., and there are many people who come and go.

Suddenly, I heard someone shouting: "Zhang Jieyuan is back, Zhang Jieyuan is back." ”

The crowd got out of the way, and a few servants escorted a sedan chair to the front of Shengmei Cloth Village, and it was Zhang Yuan who came down from the sedan chair, and he didn't care about the crowd in front of the door, glanced at the four silver boxes in front of the steps, and asked Wang Shoutai arrogantly: "Who are you, didn't Wang Ruqian come?" ”

Wang Shoutai said in his heart: "Sure enough, he is a young man, he is frivolous, and he doesn't pay attention to the onlookers, very good, very good, he really wants to charge me this ten thousand taels of silver." Humble said: "In the lower Wang Shoutai, Wang Ruqian is the lower brother, my brother is afraid of Zhang Jieyuan's edge and does not dare to come, so he came forward from the next, and the silver and the title deed of the garden are brought below, Zhang Jieyuan, please see." With a wave of his hand, four Wang servants came up and opened the silver box.

The midday sun shone brightly, the silver ingots in the silver box shone brightly, and the onlookers exclaimed in amazement, envy, jealousy, contempt, and greed...... All kinds of complex demeanors are different from each other.

Zhang Yuan nodded and said: "Since Wang Ruqian knows his mistake and apologizes to me and my colleagues in the Han Society, I will not pursue the rumor-mongering case of the Gongyuan again, please rest assured." ”

Wang Shoutai crossed his hands and said, "Thank you Zhang Xie Yuan for being magnanimous." He sneered in his heart: "You really regard yourself as a political envoy and an envoy, which is ridiculous." ”

Zhang Yuan asked Uncle Yao and Wu Ling to move the four silver boxes to the other side of the gate, and asked Wu Ling to take out a small wooden box, take out fifty ingots of silver from the silver box and put them in the small wooden box, this silver ingot is twenty taels and one ingot, fifty ingots is one thousand taels, Wang Shoutai looked at it, I don't know why Zhang Yuan is so pretentious?

Zhang Yuan asked people to put out a small bookcase, pen, ink, paper and inkstone waiting, just in front of the gate in front of the eyes of Wang Shoutai to sign a contract for the garden, the so-called pawn is not the garden, that is to say, the garden is still owned by Wang Ruqian, Zhang Yuan paid 700 taels of silver to obtain the right to use the contract for 70 years, in these 70 years do not need to pay the owner of any fees, after the expiration of the garden to return to the owner, of course, according to the regulations, the owner of the garden can be redeemed at any time with 700 taels of silver, but Zhang Yuan asked the contract to state that it is not allowed to redeem within 70 years.

It is said that Wang Ruqian spent no less than 10,000 gold to build the garden, but how could Wang Ruqian and Wang Shoutai guess the deep meaning and mystery of Zhang Yuan's 70 years of gardening.

For the onlookers, the garden costs ten taels of silver a year is reasonable, Zhang Yuan is not a bully, Wu Dalang and Pan Jinlian in "Golden Vase Plum" are in a two-story four-room house in Yanggu County, the term is one century, that is, twelve years, and the payment of twelve taels of silver is not a garden, but in the eyes of the general public, ten taels of silver a year is okay, the question is, who is willing to pawn the garden out like this?

For the seventy-year period before the expiration of the owner is not allowed to redeem this condition, Wang Shoutai hesitated, thought about it or agreed, wrote the contract, Wang Shoutai first signed and painted, and then respectfully handed the brush to Zhang Yuan, Wang Shoutai attached great importance to Zhang Yuan's signature Mobao, this is the evidence——

Zhang Yuan said: "Wait a minute, how can you do without a guarantor in the deed." Looking up at the south of the street, I heard the sound of the official shouting, the crowded crowd seemed to have filled the street, but under the urging of the shouting, it quickly vacated a six-foot empty road, and the strength of the human body was confirmed.

Soap Li opened the way, Luo umbrella in front of Zhang, four sedan chairs, small officials, tolerances followed, followed by dozens of scholars, led by Huang Zunsu and Zhang Dai.

The sedan chair stopped in front of the Shengmei Cloth Village, and Zhang Yuan stepped forward to salute the sedan chair and said, "There is Lao Lao." ”

Hangzhou Futong sentenced Shi Weiping to get out of the sedan chair, returned the half-salute to Zhang Yuan with a smile, looked at the silent human walls on both sides, frowned and said: "You don't want to settle down in your own business, what are you doing here!" ”

The crowd was silent, but they each stepped back half a foot to either side, and all they could hear was the rattling of the doors of the shops on the street.

The general judgment is a six-grade official, in charge of the money and food of a government, litigation, great power, is the most feared government official by the people, although Wang Shoutai is wise, at this time only the forked hands stand under the stairs and dare not act without permission, Zhang Yuan is a person, can fight against the magistrate, he Wang Shoutai is just a small official who does not enter the stream, so although he knows that the situation is not good, but what else can he do besides standing aside!

A rosewood official hat chair was placed in front of the door, Shi Tong sat down in his robe, Zhang Yuan took out two pieces of paper from his arms and presented them, and said: "Boss, please see, this is a voucher of 9,000 taels of silver donated by my colleagues from the Han Society to the Baobao Mountain Nursing Home, please sign for it with a seal, and the 9,000 taels of silver are here." He pointed to the four silver chests.

Before Eunuch Zhong left Hangzhou, he handed over the Baobao Mountain Nursing Home to the Hangzhou Government for management, and the Nursing Home also had an official surname, within the jurisdiction of the General Judgment, and now got a huge donation of nine thousand taels of silver out of thin air. ”

Zhang Yuan said humbly: "The world is one, Sangzi is one, the Han Society has always advocated loyalty to the monarch and love the people, and this time there is an opportunity to do some good things for the people of Hangzhou, which is the wish of all the people of my Han Society." ”

Shi Tongju was very happy, and immediately ordered the seal official to come forward, personally stamped the seal of the judge Tong on the two donation coupons, and signed his name and the year and month of the cadre, and then one was handed over to Zhang Yuan, and the other was collected and deposited by Shi Tongju.

Zhang Dai at the foot of the stairs took the lead in applauding, and the rest of Huang Zunsu announced that the people of the Han Society applauded one after another, and the onlookers saw that Zhang Yuan was not greedy for money, and donated 9,000 taels of 10,000 taels, which was also amazed.

Zhang Yuan showed Shi Tongju the contract he had just set up, and asked Shi Tongju to appoint a small official to be a guarantor, Shi Tongju was happy and almost surrendered his identity to be the guarantor, but fortunately he was reserved, and let his subordinate surnamed Wu Dianshi be the guarantor.

Zhang Yuan asked Wuling to take out fifteen ingots of silver from the small wooden box, and the remaining thirty-five ingots totaling seven hundred taels of silver were handed over to Wang Shoutai as the silver of the garden. ”

Zhang Dai and other members of the Han Society applauded vigorously, wonderful, wonderful, the Han Society has a foothold in Hangzhou, the red leaves of the garden are very famous, and the late autumn season is also the time to enjoy the red leaves.

Zhang Yuan warned Wang Shoutai again: "From this moment on, if the garden is not under my pawn, you Wang can remove the relevant utensils in the garden, but you can't deliberately damage the garden landscape, otherwise I will accuse you." ”

Wang Shoutai's face turned red, Zhang Yuan used the silver he sent to pay the garden's silver, this was really a "snap" slap in his face, and he originally wanted to use this to ruin Zhang Yuan's reputation and divide the relationship between Zhang Sheshou and the comrades of the Han Society, which was a complete failure, that is, his ninth brother Wang Ruqian's ten thousand taels of silver were given away for nothing, but it did not play any beneficial role to the Wang family, and the propagandists he brought were instead preaching the ugly thing that his Wang family spread rumors and could not pay for the silver, oh, there are still some leftovers of ten thousand taels of silver, recovered seven hundred taels of silver, but the huge garden code went out, it was a big laughing stock!

Wang Shoutai wanted to cry without tears, and he couldn't get into it in an orderly way-

Zhang Yuan said to Shi Tong: "The boss, please go inside for a drink or two, the banquet has been prepared, this cloth village is the property of the late brother-in-law's family, and it is open today, and the old man can come, it is really full of brilliance." ”

Shi Tongju looked up at the plaque written by Zhang Yuan, and said with a smile: "Congratulations, congratulations, then I will bother." ”

It is very common for late Ming scholars to do business, and even some students are troublesome about the monthly and quarterly exams, so they simply take the initiative to ask to remove the fame of the students to concentrate on business, mainly because it is too difficult to raise people and enter the business, rather than spending their lives in the field house, it is better to take a break to do something else, this is actually a very wise choice, the style of business is especially strong in Jiangnan, even if there is no official gentry background of a pure businessman, the status is not low, as long as there is money, so Shi Tongju is not surprised at all by Zhang Yuan's brother-in-law in business, Zhang Yuan is the head of the undergraduate Xie Yuan and the Han Society, The future is unlimited, how can it be compared with ordinary people, of course, if he wants Shi Tongju to come specially for a cloth Zhuang Daoxi, then he can't let go of this face, but at this time, it is the right time, how can there be a reason to refuse.

Zhang Yuan asked his eldest brother Zhang Dai to accompany Shi Tongju with him, and the rest of the members of the Han Society and a cadre of officials brought by Shi Tongju all went to the drunken immortal building on the street to eat, and Wuling would go to settle the bill, isn't there still three hundred taels of silver left in the ten thousand taels of silver sent by Wang Shoutai, which is just used to invite guests to dinner and as a few days of not being used for the garden elegant gathering-

At the banquet, Zhang Yuan told Shi Tongju the truth about the cause and effect of today's incident, Shi Tongju heard about the matter of the first student last night, the case was handled by the political envoy Si Yamen and the Yamen of the Inspector Si, and the Hangzhou government did not hear about it, at this time I heard Zhang Yuan tell the original story and the source of the donated silver one by one, although Shi Tongju felt that he was used by Zhang Yuan a little, and he was a little unhappy, but this matter was obviously beneficial to him, it was easy to do things with silver in his hands, and Zhang Yuan was able to donate the silver It also shows that he is incorruptible. Otherwise, Zhang Yuan just left the silver and didn't break any laws-

Shi Tongju said with a smile: "Xie Yuanlang is difficult for a wise person to reach, Wang Ruqian is also a celebrity, but it is really stupid to create such a rumor, and now he is repairing it with a huge amount of money - Zhang Jieyuan really does not pursue this case?" ”

Shi Tong didn't understand the mystery, and thought that Wang Ruqian really begged Zhang Yuan for mercy when he sent the silver.

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "Of course, Wansheng is a person of faith, Wang Ruqian knows his mistake and apologizes with great fanfare, I will not come forward to pursue this case again, but this case does not involve Wansheng alone, but also implicates the two examiners, the law is stated, and the guilty are framed, I believe that He Fangbo, Zhang Fenshou and Ye Yushi will deal with this case impartially." ”

Shi Tong judged his heart and said: "This Zhang Yuan, at a young age, is not greedy for money, and is very scheming, and there should be a place for this son in the court in the future——"

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Wang Shoutai's face was purple, his eyes were full of red silk, he was ashamed, and he strode towards Yongjinmen, eight Wang servants followed, and the group of drummers caught up and shouted: "Master Wang, don't run so fast, this salary hasn't been paid yet——"

Wang Shoutai stood still, touched his waist, didn't bring any money, asked those servants, but didn't bring any money, and said: "Follow me to the West Lake to pay your wages." ”

The first suona looked at the small wooden box carried by the two Wang servants, and muttered, "Isn't there silver in this box?" ”

This suona hand just said it casually, but Wang Shoutai was furious and shouted: "This is twenty taels of silver, can you poor ghosts earn such an ingot in a year!" ”

A group of advocates did not dare to reply, their faces were quite angry, and they followed Wang Shoutai to the West Lake, Wang Shoutai asked the beautiful woman Xu Ansheng for two coins of silver and threw them on the shore, shouting: "Get out!" ”

A group of drummers scolded and scolded, and the beautiful woman Xu Ansheng saw Wang Shoutai's angry look, knowing that things were not going well on this trip, she would not be bored to ask, anyway, she would know later, she only held the boat, Wang Ruqian was still on the island in the middle of the lake-

Xu's boat and Wang Ruqian's painting boat were combined, Wang Shoutai and a few servants jumped over the boat, Wang Ruqian came out and asked, "Fourth brother, what-" He could see at a glance that Wang Shoutai's expression was wrong.

"Ninth brother, I'm sorry for you!"

Wang Shoutai knelt on the ground with a "plop", and clenched his right hand into a fist to beat the cabin board.

Han Jing, the champion of the Gengxu Branch, walked over and frowned: "Why is this so! ”

Wang Ruqian helped Wang Shoutai up and sat down, looking at the appearance of his brother, he knew that things were not good, at this time, he had to pretend to be a celebrity, and asked calmly with his anxious mood, and listened to what Wang Shoutai had said, Wang Xiangqian sat on the chair for a long time without a sound-

A slave of the Wang clan with a meaty face on the side said in a vicious voice: "Zhang Yuan is so hateful, just find a gang of Hangzhou ploppy lamas to bluff and cripple him, or find Jiang Yang thieves to simply kill him, let him die a good death, see if he is still -"

Han Jing sneered and turned back to the cabin.

With a "snap", Wang Ruqian slapped the slave in the mouth and shouted: "Get out, I can't spare you if you dare to talk nonsense." ”

Han Jing is here, but this house slave who doesn't know what to do is said to kill his head and steal his family like this, how can Wang Ruqian not be angry, drink this slave away, enter the cabin with Wang Shoutai, and smile at Han Jing: "The house slave is ignorant, Brother Han don't be surprised." ”

Han Jing said with a straight face: "This is not a street fight, if you can solve things with a scoundrel, it will be simple, have you seen a few Ming Dynasty officials and gentry who were killed by the enemy's hired murderers?" If this is the case, there is no need for any party disputes, let Jiang Yang thieves solve it, Han is lonely and unheard, and he only knows that the Tang Dynasty Jiedu envoy who supports the army dares to hire murder officials, and they dare to rebel, it is a troubled time-"

Wang Ruqian was dripping in cold sweat, and said continuously: "Brother Han has taught you yes, Brother Han has taught yes." ”

Han Jingdao: "Zhang Yuan is now a rising star of the Donglin Party, and he must be cracked down, but it is only to hit him in terms of reputation and career. ”

Wang Ruqian is only the only one.

Han Jing said again: "Although this time the silver is self-defeating, there is no need to worry too much, Brother Ming will avoid it for the time being, let Wang Li face the case first, and you can't do anything with Dong Gongzi with this matter, Zhang Fenshou still has this little incense." After a pause, he said: "Qian Qianyi went out of Beijing this time, and when he passed through Wuxi, he went to Donglin Academy to see Zou Yuanbiao and Gao Panlong, this time Qian Qianyi took many people who often went to Donglin to listen to lectures, like Wei Dazhong and Qi Biaojia are Gao Panlong's protégés, Hanshe Shanyin Society, Zou and Gao rushed all the way to go, isn't this to win over Zhang Yuan and Hanshe, this time there are 28 people in Hanshe High School, whether Qian Qianyi has a Zhongtong joint or not, we must arrest him, impeach him, and make him dismiss from office——"

Wang Ruqian said: "The ink scroll of the middle lifter has been posted, I asked someone to see it, those crafts of the Han Society are decent, and it is really hard to criticize." ”

Han Jing sneered: "The article is not as good as the general, whose article can convince the people of the world?" Banma Ousu has been criticized, not to mention the eight strands of these people, the craftsmanship of these 120 high school students can really be better than those who have fallen off the list, not necessarily, not necessarily, there are big loopholes to drill in the meantime-"

Wang Ruqian only wanted to target Zhang Yuan, and Han Jing's spearhead was Qian Qianyi, which seemed to be a little wrong, but now Wang Ruqian could only listen to Han Jing, nodded and said: "Those who have fallen papers will be sent back to the candidates who have fallen behind, and you can contact those who are good at writing but have fallen behind to ask for grinding the test papers." ”

Han Jing nodded and smiled, what did Wang Ruqian have to do with him losing 10,000 taels of silver.

(To be continued)