3-06 Peach Blossom with Human Face
This dog official reasoned and handled the case like this, Liu Ziguang and the others trembled with popularity, "I'll fuck you Saidongpi!" You're tired of being a dog, aren't you? Liu Ziguang crossed his waist with one hand, and pointed to Su Zhixian's nose with the other and scolded.
I have seen it in the roaring court, but it is just talking loudly in the court, and it is unheard of to insult the county master in public! The ordinary people and the central officials who were watching the excitement outside were stunned, and they were silent for a while.
Liu Ziguang had already aimed at the waist knife of the official standing at the door, in case he moved, the whole county's official service together would not be enough for him to cut, but the level was too low, and it was better not to fight the soldiers. Thinking that there was still a bluffing treasure in his arms, he quickly touched it out, walked to the dumbfounded county official, and said with a cruel smile: "I also have a piece of physical evidence here, Su Zhixian will take a look." As he spoke, he slapped the ivory card on the table.
Although Saidong Pizhi County has limited knowledge of words, but the two terrifying words of "Dongchang" are still in his heart, he knows why the master in front of him is so horizontal, people have horizontal capital, not to mention castrating a team leader with the identity of Jinyiwei's secret agent, that is, the Zhixian is castrated, presumably people will not blink.
"In view of the new physical evidence, the official has a new conclusion, Pan San is in the public gate, and he is a traitor, and the crime is increased by one degree, and he will be put in prison immediately. Hua Lao Wu and Pan Erhu framed good people and deceived the county, the crime is unforgivable, come on, each of them will be responsible for twenty, no, fifty, no, one hundred boards! Su Zhixian looked at Liu Ziguang's face and issued a verdict.
The officials took the fool Pan San down, the so-called wall fell down and everyone pushed it, Pan San was stupid, everyone would not give him face, Hua Lao Wu and Erhu were stripped of their pants and pressed under the hall and beaten with a bamboo board, Su Zhixian accompanied the smiling face and carefully held the Dongchang waist card with both hands, Liu Ziguang took it and stuffed it in his arms, snorted in his nose, stared at Su Zhixian's mung bean eyes and said: "Listen, Song Xueyu and the mother and daughter of the Zeng family are relatives of this official, if they have any mistakes in Hongze County, I will not look for others, only you Saidongpi will be investigated, Did you hear me clearly? ”
Su Zhixian Khan came down, and hurriedly promised: "Don't worry, you must be sure, and the lower officials will take care of it wholeheartedly." ”
Liu Ziguang snorted in his nose, turned around and said, "Let's go." With the mother and daughter of the Zeng family and Song Yingxing's nephew and uncle, they swaggered away from the county office. Su Zhixian hurriedly ran down the public seat to send him off, and the people who were watching the excitement outside spontaneously applauded when they saw them come out, and the idlers didn't care who was right and who was wrong, they only admired the Heng, and the cattle who insulted the county officials in the hall suddenly became everyone's idol.
Liu Ziguang and others sent the Zeng family's mother and daughter home, saw the broken wooden door and the simple courtyard, and the idea of bringing them back to Liguo flashed in their minds and was immediately vetoed, now is an important moment to pursue the eldest lady, although Peng Jingrong is knowledgeable, but it is a woman's nature to be jealous, and she began to collect second wives before she got married. The idea of three wives and four concubines was normal in the hearts of ancient people, and it was not uncommon for unmarried men to get a few concubines first, but Liu Ziguang couldn't get around this bend. Besides, the mother and daughter of the Zeng family are so self-reliant, and they may not be willing to go with them.
At the gate of the humble courtyard, under a blooming peach tree, with the help of the neighbor's lights, the mother and daughter of the Zeng family bowed down: "Thank you for the hero's rescue, haven't you asked the benefactor's noble name?" ”
"My name is Liu Ziguang, and when the road is uneven, it is natural to draw a knife to help. You're welcome. Liu Ziguang bowed and returned the salute.
"Liu Yingying, there is a sentence I don't know whether to say it or not, the little girl is seventeen years old this year, and she has been rough and has no tutor since she was a child, but the women are all good-looking, and she lives in Hongze County and is remembered by those bad people sooner or later, I don't know if the hero has ever married a wife?" Since her daughter grew up, the family has not been harassed, and today's encounter will be repeated if it goes on like this, since it is married sooner or later, it is better to marry the good-looking Liu Gongzi in front of you, more gold, brave and two rescues are also considered some fate, the two girls who were with him last time have not yet come out of the cabinet, and more importantly, his daughter's naked body has been seen by him, and he must seize the opportunity to marry his daughter to him and go away. This is probably the best option right now. The lady of the Zeng family was thinking about this issue when she was walking on the road, and now she finally brought it up.
Afraid of something, Liu Ziguang's heart sank, and he couldn't help but raise his eyes to look at Zeng Cheng, the little girl was twisting and fiddling with the corners of her clothes, her little face was like a red apple, and she was also peeking at Liu Ziguang at the moment, her eyes met, and she was so frightened that she retracted her gaze, like a frightened deer, and shrunk beside her mother. Look at the little girl who scares others, fifteen or sixteen-year-old girls are the age of junior high school and high school, they meet twice, and they haven't said a few words in total, so they hurriedly decide on marriage, it seems that they don't consider the feelings of other girls.
Liu Ziguang sighed secretly, "Mrs. Zeng's kindness is understood, but Liu still has important things to do, and his future is uncertain, so I'm afraid it will affect Ling Yan." Zhixian and Song Xueyu can take care of you here, with this lesson, those who don't dare to provoke you in the future, I still have five hundred taels of silver here, you two do a small business in the county, buy a bigger house to live in. As he spoke, he took out five hundred taels of silver tickets and stuffed them to the Zeng family's lady.
The lady of the Zeng family was very surprised, she only chased after Hongze County to help when Liu Ziguang admired her daughter, but she didn't expect that people were really pure heroes who were righteous and brave, and she suddenly felt a little ashamed of her thoughts.
When the little girl heard that Liu Yingying didn't want her, her little face like a red apple suddenly turned pale, and tears were about to drip down, and she whispered: "The little girl knows that her status is low, and she is not worthy of her benefactor, so she only wants to be a servant girl to serve around, so as to repay her benefactor for saving her life." ”
"No, no, I didn't mean that. I do have something to do, and it's inconvenient to take you with me. Liu Ziguang hurriedly explained, for fear of hurting other people's self-esteem, and he also knew that it was difficult for a girl to take the initiative to say such things. Whether it's ancient or twenty-first. He is also a normal man, and it would be nonsense to say that he doesn't like a beautiful girl like Zeng Cheng, but he is so sorry for Peng Jingrong to bring a beautiful woman back.
Holding back his sadness, he thanked Liu Ziguang again for giving him silver, since he had received the silver from his benefactor, it was nothing to accept it again, anyway, that poor self-esteem had been exhausted by bad people such as Ma Wencai and Pan Sanye.
The two sides said goodbye, Liu Ziguang and they still went to the restaurant to eat.
Seeing the sad appearance of the little girl, Liu Ziguang also felt sour in his heart, walked out of dozens of steps and couldn't help but look back, it was late, every household was in charge of the lamp, and there was no pedestrian on the road, only Zeng Cheng was still standing under the blooming peach tree to watch him, his thin body was wrapped in his cyan robe, the lights were bright, the face was peachy, and the people were independent.
The night wind blew, the peach blossoms floated, and the girl saw the other side of the street, and the ruthless thief stopped and looked back, and his heart began to flutter again.
"I'll come back to pick you up when I'm done!" The ruthless thief shouted from afar.
Zeng Cheng, who was already like ashes, finally had a warm current surging from the bottom of his heart when he heard this, it turned out that he still had me in his heart, presumably there must be something important to do, I will definitely wait until that day, waiting for you to ride a white horse and bring a sedan chair to pick me up......
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On the restaurant, the sumptuous dishes are generally sent up, Liu Ziguang and the three of them pushed the cup and changed the cup and drank it, after the three rounds of wine, Song Yingxing's words increased, just now I saw Liu Ziguang's righteousness and bravery, and the good impression of this young man doubled, he also roamed the rivers and lakes for many years in his early years, and dealt with the three religions and nine streams, and dabbled in all walks of life, and complained about the corrupt dynasty and the poor and miserable lower class people's lives, with a few glasses of old wine, he reprimanded angrily:" Our Su County Commander of Hongze County is also from a person's background, but you have also seen the situation in the court today, sighing, sighing, the Ming Dynasty's people are illiterate, and the county order of the Ming Dynasty actually treats the case as child's play! As he spoke, he drank all the wine in his glass.
Addison also raised his glass and said: "Such a person must be an official position obtained by cheating in scientific examinations and bribing horses, he is also from a person's background, and his uncle is also from a person's background, which is really insulting to the name of a person!" It's a pity that I'm still a showman, such a lifter, don't take the test! He toasted as he spoke.
One is an old man who has failed to pass the Jinshi exam five times, and the other is a down-and-out young talent, who has great opinions on the national education system and political structure.
"Lifting people, hum, what about the people who really have their heads hanging over the beams and the cone thorns that have been rushed out of the exam year after year, not to mention lifting people, it is the Jinshi and the first, and he knows how the grains and rice grains eaten every day are sown, irrigated, and harvested? I also know how the silk and satin on my body are used to raise silkworms, take silk, spin and weave cloth? If the four bodies are not diligent, the grains are not divided, and the people do not know the hard work, how can such a parent official who is a person who is a scholar be able to manage the farmers and industry under his rule? Song Yingxing changed his words and scolded all the scholars in the world.
It turned out to be a cynical old and indignant young man, who dared to criticize the eight-share system and was a thoughtful person! Liu Ziguang picked up the wine glass and said: "Well said, if there were no agriculture and industry, only relying on the toss of scholars, this world would have long existed." Come, a toast to Lord Song's high theory. ”
The three of them drank a full cup, and Song Yingxing, who was supported by Liu Ziguang, said even more unscrupulously: "So I have set up a family rule, not allowing my children and grandchildren to participate in the scientific examination, let alone being an official. Such an official, my Song family disciples disdain to do it! ”
"Yes, the reader reads the book of the sages, but can the books of the sages read firewood, rice, oil and salt? Although the peasants who farmed, the craftsmen who made iron, and the merchants who carried the burdens did not read, they could create rice, grain, cloth, silk tools, and silver money in their hands. Let's take the luminous lantern that I worked so hard to develop, such a ingenious heavenly workman was actually thrown out as garbage by the officials of the Ministry of Industry who were in the position of corpse meal, what is the use of such an official in the imperial court to raise him? Addison remembered his injustice and said hatefully.
Song Yingxing stared at a pair of somewhat confused eyes and said: "The imperial court, the current imperial court is no longer the imperial court of the Ming Dynasty, it is the imperial court controlled by the eunuchs and relatives, and I, a small sesame official, don't want to do it anymore....."
Liu Ziguang took advantage of the situation and asked Song Yingxing to go to the iron factory to help him preside over the research and development and production work, and he was paid 2,000 taels of silver a month. Faced with the temptation of 200 times higher than the salary, although Song Yingxing was a little drunk, but he was not confused, he thought about it or politely declined, the main task at present is not to make money, but to finish writing "Heavenly Creation", and now the compilation of books has reached the last moment, if moving and resigning or something affects the final finishing work, it is a pity, but he promised to resign as soon as he completed the compilation of the book and went to the iron factory to show his ambitions.
Helpless, people who engage in academic research regard money as dung, but Liu Ziguang still sincerely admires this valuable spirit, he left 1,000 taels of silver for Song Yingxing to supplement the family, and asked him to help take care of the Zeng family's mother and daughter. Song Xueyu did not shirk, and accepted the silver and agreed.
The three of them talked about Pan Sanye's tragic ending and the county master's shameless face, and laughed heartily. After drinking several jars of wine in a row, finally both of them were drunk, Liu Ziguang paid the bill, called two shop guys to carry Song Yingxing home, and carried Addison back to the boat on his back.
After quietly climbing onto the paddle steamer and leaving Addison in the care of the sailors, he tiptoed back to his cabin, opened the hatch and found Peng Jingrong sitting inside waiting for him.
"Just wait for you to come back and sail the boat, the moonlight is still good today, and there is no wind and waves on the lake, catch a night boat and go home early." Saying that, Peng Jingrong shrugged her little nose and sniffed, "You're drinking again, look, you lost all your clothes." The eldest lady guessed that he came back so late to either fight or drink, "I prepared a sobering soup for you, drank it and went to sleep." She yawned and went back.
Although he was not drunk at all, for the sake of Peng Jingrong's true feelings, Liu Ziguang still drank the sobering soup with his neck tilted, remembering that the caftan was still in Zeng Cheng's place, forget it, it should all be left to the girl as a thought.
The paddle steamer started slowly, the sound of the paddle wheel fluctuating splash was particularly clear in the silent night, and the moonlight shone in through the porthole and hit Liu Ziguang's insomniac face.
"How can I get along harmoniously with two wives at home?"
For him, who didn't even have a girlfriend before, this was indeed a problem worth insomnia.