After more than ten days of sailing, Wu Shigong and his party finally came to Jining. Such a long journey made Wu Shigong, who is accustomed to convenient transportation in modern times, feel a little unbearable.

Fortunately, Jining is a transportation hub for merchants from the north and south. Wu Shigong has so many people, and there is even a big inn that can be arranged to live. After settling down, Wu Shigong announced to everyone that he would have a good day of rest in Jining. Then hit the road to Guide.

After listening to Wu Shigong's words, everyone immediately rested, wanting to recover their tired bodies. Except for that little Jie Xiao Ancestor.

Xiao Jie's little ancestor is still pestering Wu Shigong with a hundred times more energy, asking him to continue that fantasy story, these days, Xiao Jie has become addicted to listening.

Wu Shigong was almost speechless and asked the sky. In just ten days, Wu Shigong put eighteen sets on the protagonist of the story in that fantasy story. Wu Shigong lamented indignantly in his heart: "Please! I am the fourteenth master of the Wu family, not the Tang ...... The Wu family is three young. ”

Everyone else can rest, but Wu Shigong still has some things to do in Jining. He also has to send a letter to Jining Zhizhou for his eldest brother Wu Shixun.

Wu Shigong took out one hundred taels of silver, two pieces of silk cloth and two sets of hardcover fat powder gift boxes from Zhao Ruya as a gift to meet Jining Zhizhou.

That Jining Zhizhou met with Wu Shigong very politely. In particular, I am particularly satisfied with the two sets of hardcover fat powder gift boxes. The fame of Zhao Ruya's hardcover fat powder gift box has actually gradually spread along the canal, in a well-informed place.

However, when Jining Zhizhou knew that Wu Shigong was just a thousand households in the local area, his expression was a little cold.

In the Ming Dynasty at that time, a prefect could show the face of a general soldier, and a prefect could reprimand a garrison in an environment. That Jining Zhizhou can still accompany Wu Shigong, a small thousand households, to talk, and it is already a very high level of cultivation in that Zhizhou.

But even so, Jining Zhizhou quickly served tea to the guests.

After bidding farewell to the Zhizhou of Jining, as soon as he walked out of the gate of the Zhizhou Yamen, he heard several officials at the Yamen discussing. Wu Shigong suddenly heard a familiar name in their discussion. Hurriedly stepped forward to inquire.

It turned out that these officials were talking about the news that had just come from the capital: that Hakka had been driven out of the palace by Emperor Chongzhen.

After hearing the news, Wu Shigong thought to himself: "The Hakka clan has been driven away. Will Wei Zhongxian be far away? Wu Shigong's heart suddenly rose with a feeling of sadness for the death of a rabbit and a fox.

After leaving the Zhizhou Yamen, Wu Shigong went to Qianzhuang, took out 5,000 taels of silver with a silver ticket, and sent it back to the inn. Prepare to take it to Guide Thousand Households.

That night, Wu Shigong asked the inn to arrange a table of wine and food and deliver it to the room. Together with Zhao Ruya, accompanied Li Xin to have a farewell drink.

During this time, Wu Shigong has been in a bad mood, so he drank two more glasses of wine. The wine was over, and Wu Shigong talked more nonsense about Li Xin.

"Tell me, what are your father and my father-in-law fighting for? At the end of the day, it's power. ”

"Let's see what they do. You, a lonely woman, went back to your hometown alone. I was driven out of the capital in disgrace. Tell me, is that the outcome of their fight? Isn't that ridiculous? ”

"Now, make us ...... like enemies"

"Actually." Li Xin interrupted Wu Shigong's words, "Actually, I don't hate Brother Wu much anymore. ”

"It doesn't matter." Wu Shigong waved his hand with his tongue wide open, "It doesn't matter. Alas! Since you called Brother Wu, that's fine. If you want your eldest brother to help you in the future, remember to come to me! ”

Speaking of this, Wu Shigong thought to himself: "Actually, Li Xin is going to get married when she returns to her hometown in Changzhou this time. Since then, the two have been separated, and there is basically no chance to see each other again. Therefore, Wu Shigong's mood was even more melancholy.

Wu Shigong then instructed Li Xin: "When you get married, don't play with the child's temper anymore." Men don't like that. ”

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Wu Shigong gave Li Xin 800 taels of silver, and Zhao Ruya also gave Li Xin a generous gift as Li Xin's makeup.

The next morning, Wu Shigong hired a big ship and arranged for Shumo to take ten gambling house guards to send Li Xin back to his hometown in Changzhou.

Standing on the canal wharf in Jining, seeing Li Xin's boat going farther and farther, Wu Shigong couldn't help but feel a touch of ...... The sorrow of the balls.

But Wu Shigong was still immersed in the petty bourgeois mood, but his balls were immediately shattered.

It's really a narrow road. When Wu Shigong saw off Li Xin at the canal wharf, from the boat next to him, there happened to be several scholars ashore. Among them, one is Wu Shigong's old acquaintance, that Yu Zilian.

Yu Zilian and Sun Chengxiu went back to their hometown in Changzhou after passing the examination. However, when he heard the news of the death of Emperor Tianqi and the accession of Emperor Chongzhen, like Sun Chengxiu, he hid in the shadows and was overjoyed. Because, they all have one more chance for Enko.

It is estimated that there are many people who think the same way. Therefore, Yu Zilian accompanied a few fellow villagers and neighboring villagers and immediately set off for the capital. I want to make friends early and prepare for next year's Enko.

Coincidentally, when they were in Jining Prefecture, Yu Zilian, who wanted to go ashore for a while, met Wu Shigong.

Seeing Wu Shigong, Yu Zilian was stunned. Then, he pointed at Wu Shigong with the fan in his hand and said to his companion: "Everyone, do you know who this is? ”

Wu Shigong felt that someone was pointing at him on the side, so he also turned his head and saw Yu Zilian, and he was also stunned.

Yu Zilian looked very proud, and then he asked himself and replied: "This is the remnants of the eunuch party." ”

When Yu Zilian was about to set off, some officials who knew how to look at the direction of the wind had quietly arrived at Yu Zilian's house and congratulated his father who had resigned from his illness: The Holy Emperor will come out, and the eunuch party will be destroyed. will definitely restore Yu Zilian's father and reuse it!

Therefore, along the way, Yu Zilian is particularly high-spirited.

Although he heard Yu Zilian's sarcasm, Wu Shigong didn't want to cause trouble, so he had to turn around and leave.

Seeing Wu Shigong's retreating look, Yu Zilian was even more proud, and then he wrote a poem. Although Wu Shigong didn't understand the meaning of that poem, when he heard that those scholars were hahadaxiao, Wu Shigong understood very well that those were definitely not good words.

The anger in Wu Shigong's heart suddenly stirred. As soon as he turned around, he rushed to Yu Zilian and hugged Yu Zilian by the waist. then rushed to the canal and threw Yu Zilian into the canal at once.

The scholars next to him were stunned by Wu Shigong's behavior. However, seeing Wu Shigong's menacing appearance, none of them dared to come forward to stop him.

After all, Yu Zilian was born in the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, and after he fell into the water, although the turban fell off, the cloak looked particularly embarrassed. Still, he swam to the shore.

Seeing that Yu Zilian was about to swim to the shore, Wu Shigong picked up the long bamboo pole used by the boatman next to him, and pushed Yu Zilian back to the middle of the canal.

After repeating this a few times, Yu Zilian's physical strength was a little bad. He had already taken several sips of water in the water. Wu Shigong took a look at it. threw down the bamboo pole and scolded Yu Zilian: "Embroidered pillow is a bag of grass." ”

After scolding, Wu Shigong turned around and walked away.

After Wu Shigong left, the scholars arranged for domestic servants and boatmen to fish Yu Zilian out of the canal. After learning about Wu Shigong's identity, they were all indignant. immediately wrote a complaint and went to the Zhizhou Yamen of Jining Prefecture to sue Wu Shigong.

When Zhizhou saw the situation, wasn't it the younger brother of Wu Shixun, the little marquis who came to visit him yesterday? I can't afford to offend. Besides, Wu Shigong also gave himself a generous gift. So, Na Zhizhou used the word "drag". Say yes: Investigate carefully.

Wait until the next day, after Wu Shigong and his entourage left. Then Zhizhou replied to Yu Zilian and these scholars: The Wu Shigong you sued is a thousand households passing through Benzhou, and this official has no power to detain and sentence. Moreover, he has now left Jining Prefecture. If you want to sue, go to the capital to find a company to sue.

After listening to the reply of the governor of Jining Prefecture. Those scholars decided that as long as they arrived in the capital, they must unite more classmates and jointly file a complaint in the same year. We must completely bring down this little eunuch who has slipped through the net.