"Wouldn't it be too stupid and ignorant to give you a calculation?" A farmer with a bamboo basket on his back and a big bamboo hat on his head hurriedly walked up to the high platform, put down the bamboo basket, took off the hat and fanned it twice, shook it upward, and bowed to Qian Qianyi and Qu Shiyun before he bowed his hand to Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai: "Tianru, accept the first, don't come to harm?" ”

"Happiness stops ----", "Etiquette becomes ----". Qian Qianyi, Qu Shiyun, Zhang Pu, and Zhang Cai got up and sat down. Zhang Pu raised his eyes to look at the mountain road, and suddenly saw a bamboo silk sedan chair turn out from the side of the sword casting pool, rushing towards the thousand people stone. Behind the sedan car was a group of house slaves, some holding umbrellas, some carrying food boxes, some holding tea sets, and a thin scholar carrying a vermilion lacquered toilet...... Everyone crowded around the sedan chair all the way, running out of breath, but all in order. As soon as the sedan chair stopped, the house slave who was holding the sedan chair hurriedly raised the spotted bamboo curtain, and from above came a thin old man in his fifties, slightly hunchbacked, with a straight body of green saro dark complement, foundation soap boots, shaking a Su-like bamboo fan in his hand, walking towards the high platform with a smile, while slowly climbing the steps, he arched his hand and said: "It's still time, if you delay any longer, it will be too late." ”

Yu Lianhe saw him hugging him in front of him, his voice was noisy, and he saw him wearing a four-grade supplement, I don't know what kind of big man he was, after hesitating, he saw that he was about to break into the stage, jumped up, stopped in front of him, and said coldly: "This resumption of society conference did not alarm the government, my lord deigned to come, what are you doing?" ”

The man only felt a flower in front of him, and there was a big man out of thin air, and he said in astonishment: "What? It's not expensive, it's expensive, just come and have a look. ”

"In this case, the adults are gracious, and the resumption of the society is heartfelt, and I dare not disturb the official affairs of the adults, please go back!" Yu Lianhe stretched out his hand to block the man.

The man's face was cold, and he said sharply: "We came from Wucheng, Zhejiang, not afraid of the hot weather, all the way to four or five hundred miles, but also a sincere heart, the Fushe is known as the leader of Shilin, benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith are enough to set an example for the world, but unexpectedly they are so hospitable, good life teaches people to be sour and cold!" Zhang Tianru, is this the hospitality of your resumption of society? ”

"How dare you! Adults have come from afar, please sit down and rest. Zhang Pu got up and gave his hand.

But the man did not immediately come to the stage, but stood on the ladder and waved his hand downward, and a house slave hurriedly stepped forward, took out a snow-white sweat towel from the ice bucket and handed it over, and the man wiped the oily sweat from his forehead twice. Another house slave came up and asked, "What does the second master want to drink to relieve the heat?" ”

"What did you bring?"

"There are Lei Xiang Zhengqi Pill, ** Dingzhong Pill, Jinyi Heatstroke Pill, Xiangzhi Pill, Wanying Tablet, Sha Medicine, Avoiding Plague, Chrysanthemum Water, Reed Root Water, Bamboo Leaf Water...... There is also a three-immortal drink ......"

"Don't be verbose! Let's drink chrysanthemum water! The man took the fine porcelain cup and drank it all, Zhang Pu and the others were very disdainful when they saw him doing this, but they were also surprised that this person was so extravagant, and he was so particular about going out, and he could imagine the pomp and circumstance at home on weekdays.

The man shook the bamboo fan and said apologetically, "See the smile, see the smile." We are most afraid of the heat, but we don't want to miss this event. He stepped onto the platform. Among the four people, Qian Qianyi has the highest official grade, has been a third-grade waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and is respected as a young uncle, but he has been dismissed from his post for four or five years, and he should be courteous when he sees an incumbent official, which is a precedent of the imperial court and cannot be violated. Qian Qianyi looked at the supplement on the man's body, did not dare to be contemptuous, got up and bowed. Although the grades of Qu Shiyun, Zhang Pu, and Zhang Cai are lower than the fourth grade, because they are not subordinates, they don't have to kneel and salute, and they are just a long way.

The man replied with a smile and said, "We are here to join the society, how can we afford such courtesy?" ”

Zhang Pu asked, "How do you call your lords?" ”

"The surname is Wen, the word Yuren."

Qian Qianyi was taken aback and asked, "Your Excellency is surnamed Wucheng Wen, dare to ask if you have a relationship with Wen Ge Lao?" ”

"That's my brother." Wen Yuren bowed his head and said: "Do you have an old relationship with your brother? ”

"It's just a few sides, Wen Ge is the second assistant, where can the old decay climb high!" Qian Qianyi remembered that he argued with Wen Tiren about fraud in the court in front of the emperor that year, and the taste of being framed immediately came to his heart, and he was angry and angry, and he couldn't help but sneer.

Unexpectedly, Wen Yuren has been used to flattering people for many years, and he didn't pay attention to it at all, waved his hand and said: "What is high and not climbing!" In the future, there will be a brother, and it will not be difficult to have something that is just a sentence! ”

Qu Shiyun listened to him talk vulgarly, quite a lot of rivers and lakes, and sneered: "We are worthy of heaven and earth, but we don't ask for anyone!" ”

Zhang Pu listened to his words with a slight edge, afraid that he would not be able to hold back his anger, so he hurriedly said: "Lord Chengwen looks at the repeating club like this, I am really grateful!" It's just that the adults are high-ranking and high-ranking officials, and the resumption of the society can't help much, so it's a big disappointment. ”

"We don't have any luxury, as long as we are listed, we are naturally satisfied. I heard that the number of members is increasing, and the financial resources are not enough to make ends meet, so I have little family resources and donate 10,000 taels of silver every year. ”

"Is it the meaning of Elder Wen Ge, or the meaning of the adult's own family?"

"What's the difference?"

"It's no different, it's just that the membership of the Restoration Society is really not worth so much silver."

"Why, do you still think silver bites your hands?"

"Not only biting hands, but sometimes eating hearts!"

"You...... Are you saying that my money is not clean? ”

"Where the adult's silver came from, I can't ask, Wuchengwen Mansion is famous in Jiangnan, how many people don't know?" Zhang Pu thought about Wucheng in Guoshou County, Huzhou Prefecture, and most of the land belonged to the Wen family, and this 10,000 taels of silver was not the bone marrow and blood and sweat of the tenants? If the Restoration Society had taken his money, wouldn't it be a servant of the tiger? The reputation accumulated by Donglin will be wasted in an instant. He secretly said ruthlessly: "The debate of righteousness and benefit, the sage has a legacy in ancient times, how can he destroy the conscience of heaven because of this small profit?" ”

Wen Yuren said with a cold face: "So it's not possible for us to join the club?" ”

"Your Excellency is an official of the imperial court, won't you lose your official reputation?"

"My four-grade supplement was only donated for three thousand taels of silver, and it has never been actually taught." Wen Yuren put away the folding fan and said, "Zhang Pu, since this is the case, let's make it clear." Zhou Yanru is your master and the first assistant of the court, but it is not easy to hug his thick legs! A big tree, there are many people who want to enjoy the shade, even if it is under the tree, how useful will it be? He quoted Zhang Yangong, the governor of Datong, and Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai, and made his brother Zhou Suru pretend to be a Jinyi guard and seek a position of a thousand households. Even the house slave Zhou Wenyu also became a chicken dog who ascended to heaven and was promoted to deputy commander-in-chief, and you were not forced out of the capital? If you don't burn the cold stove, you want to sit on the hot kang, how can there be such a good thing! We advise you not to make a mistake and find the wrong door! Now that the surname Zhou is difficult to protect, can he still take care of you? It's funny! ”

Zhang Pu's face was pale, and he gritted his teeth and said: "I do things in my own way, and I don't bother adults to bother." The way is different, please go back! ”

"Haha...... Naturally, we have to go, and we can't stop any of them! But before leaving, we have one more thing to ask Mr. Tianru to help. I heard that you have always been jealous and hateful, so I guess I won't shirk it! ”

"Your Excellency's words are serious. I, Zhang Pu, a Confucian scholar, have no black yarn on my head and no silver in my hands, what skills can I do to help adults? ”

"The sky is like a name all over the world, this matter must be yours!"

"What's the matter?"

"Write a statement for us, no, no, no...... Write a post...... Well, or the text, how much you can say it. ”

"Which one do you want to sue?"

"Zhou Yanru."

"Humph! The adult has found the wrong person, the person you want to sue has a teacher-student friendship with me, do you think I am a shameless person who deceived the teacher and destroyed the ancestors? Zhang Pu's face changed sharply, and his voice became higher.

"The sage said that you should not give in to the teacher, we asked you to write because you are Zhou Yanru's protégé, and I really don't want to teach you to ruin your own reputation because of a teacher like him who is a fish and meat in the country and acts recklessly." Wen Yuren arched his hand and said sarcastically: "We admire that the Fushe is a well-known gentleman in the world, and we also have plans to join the society, otherwise we wouldn't have come here in a bad way." ”

Zhang Pu sneered: "I've been taught." When I was in the capital, I also heard about the grievances between my brother and my teacher, I can't stop you, just go as you say, just ask me to write something, expose the post, absolutely not! I have done things without any defilement. ”

"How can Zhou Yanru be virtuous, you still respect and defend him like this? Did he do any less of the bad things? We don't care about the open and secret battles in the court, and there is no need to talk about it, but it is difficult to say that the sins of the Zhou family in Yixing are too many to write. Wen Yuren twisted his beard and said in surprise: "There has been a big incident in the old mansion of the Zhou family recently, haven't you heard of it?" ”

Everyone was stunned, there were not many Yixing members in the resumption of the society, only Xu Maoxian, who came to Suzhou early and was away from home for many days, so he must not know the news. The people of the Restoration Society are all over the country, but they don't know the slightest bit of this news, Zhang Pu secretly felt that he had lost face, and asked slowly and quietly: "What did the adults say?" ”

Although Wen Yuren doesn't read much, he is a person who has been in the world for a long time, not a general, listening to his question, his heart is weak, his heart is funny, he doesn't agree, rubs his legs and says: "Oops! I was used to sitting on the Taishi chair, and after standing for a moment, my legs were unbearably sore, and I was really old and useless. ”

Zhang Pu threw a look at Yu Lianhe, Yu Lianhe moved a chair to the stage, but he was annoyed that he was pretentious, and said heavily: "Please sit down!" ”

"That's not right! Your resumption society is at the conference, if we sit down and talk nonsense, won't we delay the work of so many people? It's not appropriate, it's better to talk about it another day. He waved his hand and turned around to leave.

Zhang Pu was anxious, and provoked him with words: "If the adults don't say anything, Yixing News will report later, and we won't have time to wait for teaching." ”

Wen Yuren had no intention of leaving, sat down on the chair, shook the folding fan and said, "Tianru wants to know, how can I refute this face?" If you don't delay the meeting, it doesn't hurt to talk. He stretched out his hand to make a gesture of taking tea, and the house slave hurriedly ran to the stage with a red food box, took out a golden teapot and a gold cup from the box, poured herbal tea, and served it with both hands. Zhang Pu and the others waited with their temperament, and secretly laughed in their hearts that this person was really vulgar, Qu Shiyun's face flushed, his eyes widened, and he couldn't wait to rush forward, snatch the golden pot and gold cup, fall on the stage, and step on it again! Everyone in the audience saw Wen Yuren boasting about his wealth and competitiveness, some of them were amazed, and some of them cursed quietly, and they couldn't stop talking to each other.

Wen Yuren didn't realize it, and took a silk scarf from his sleeve to wipe off the tea stains on his beard, and then cleared his throat and said, "The ancestral grave of the Zhou family has been dug up." ”

"What, who is so bold?" Everyone couldn't help but widen their eyes and exclaimed, and the audience became noisy. Qian Qianyi and Zhang Pu were all shocked, this matter is really not trivial, needless to say, digging the ancestral grave of the first auxiliary family of the dynasty, that is, the home of Bai Ding scholars and ordinary people, it is also a great shame, unless there is a deep hatred, they will never do such an evil thing that is willing to risk God's curse and damage the yin! They knew that Wen Yuren's brother Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru were on the same page, but seeing that he said it calmly, without the slightest appearance of gambling and being ruthless, it was obviously not a joke. Zhang Pu didn't feel that his heart was heavy for a while, and fine beads of sweat were soaked on his forehead, and he couldn't figure out why there was such a big mess for a while?

Wen Yuren saw that their faces were grim and silent, and said with a smile: "I have read a lot, and my cultivation skills are really unusual. Otherwise, why do we always scold my brother! I can't hide something in my heart, and I must shout it out to be happy. Even if you don't speak, we can guess a thing or two. You must have come up with such a big disaster, what did the prefecture and county yamen do? Do you all eat rice? The ancestral tomb of the Shoufu family is only more than 30 acres of land, and it can't be guarded? You are really wrong, needless to say, the Yamen of the prefecture and county, even if the soldiers and horses of the whole province are transferred by Lord Futai, they may not be able to suppress it! That's a lot of people......"

Qu Shiyun couldn't hold back any longer, and interrupted him: "You don't have to go so far, it's best to say it directly, we people can still tell the difference between black and white, and we don't need to bother to explain." ”

"That's good, that's good. It's a long time to say, we don't like to interrupt people halfway, everyone should be patient, don't interject indiscriminately, lest we think about the stubble in front of us for a while, and forget what to say later. Wen Yuren shook the fan for a while, and the gauze robe on his body was sometimes swollen and sometimes fluttering. He caught a glimpse of Qian Qianyi and Zhang Pu frowned slightly, guessing that although they were unwilling to delay the hour like this, but this matter was closely related to them in the end, and they wanted to know the inside story, looking down at the dense crowd, everyone pricked up their ears and waited quietly for themselves to speak, put the fan together, put it in their hands, and coughed dryly: "The Yixing Zhou family was not a famous local family, because of a first-hand assistant in the dynasty, it suddenly became rich and prosperous, and the fields were widely purchased, and the pavilions were raised, and the maids, old mothers, long followers, and nursing homes were ...... There were groups of slaves, Zhou Yanru's brother Zhou Suru looked at the majesty of the brothers, and begged the brothers to find an official vacancy, Zhou Yanru gave him the title of Jinyiwei and gave him the position of a thousand households, and the two brothers lived in the capital, and the huge family business was in charge of Zhou Suru's wife. The two brothers only had one son born in the long house, who was so pampered and weak at the age of the crown, and did not want to study, so he donated the silver to show his talents, and played with the slaves all day long, and the old lady could not control it. In the early spring of this year, I met a stunning girl in the suburbs, and she was about to step forward in broad daylight to insult her, and a few personal maids shouted and frightened him. Who wants him to return home, and secretly order a few martial arts house slaves to rob people at night. The girl's family knew that it was the young master of the Zhou Mansion who encountered it during the day, and she couldn't afford to offend, so she secretly made a trick and chose a beautiful maid to live in the young lady's embroidery room, and the slave of the Zhou Mansion really snatched back a fake young lady. The young master of the Zhou family set up a banquet and waited anxiously, and when he saw that it was not the young lady he met during the day, he was furious and scolded the house slave once, and he felt that he was not relieved enough to rape the maid, and rewarded the house slaves. How can a poor weak woman who is like a flower and jade withstand the storm of several strong men? Overnight, he was tortured to death. Wen Yuren sighed, as if he felt pity, and everyone felt resentful when they heard it.

"The animals were really inhumane, and threw the body of the maid on the hillside, unwilling to bury it...... When the head of the family learned of the murderous news, he called the maid's parents to report to the official. The magistrate of Yixing did not dare to call the shots, and on the one hand, he comforted and reported to the prefect of Huzhou. The prefect of Huzhou was about to climb Zhou Yanru's backer, and was determined to suppress the matter, so in the name of having no certificate and no interference certificate, he only said that he was framed and blackmailed, and he was beaten out with a stick. Seeing that there was nowhere to redress their grievances, the head of the family gave the maid's parents money and persuaded them to dispel their thoughts. The maid's parents only gave birth to a daughter, and as soon as the daughter died, they put life and death aside, and went to the door of the Zhou Mansion every day to shout grievances. The young master of the Zhou family was annoyed, and he ordered them to be beaten to death and thrown their bodies in the river...... Tianru, do you think you should sue him? ”

Zhang Pu hesitated: "This ...... Maybe my teacher didn't know. ”

"I did not kill Beren, but he died because of me. If his nephew hadn't relied on his power, how could he dare to do so much evil, forcing the prefecture and county yamen to dare not uphold justice and avenge the people? In the Spring and Autumn Period, Jin Linggong had no way, Zhengqing Zhao Dun repeatedly advised, Linggong did not listen, but wanted to kill him, Zhao Dun fled abroad. Later, the clansman Zhao pierced Linggong, and Zhao Dun returned to the Jin Kingdom, but did not crusade against Zhao Piercing, so that the good history Dong Hu wrote: Zhao Dun killed his king, but he had wronged Zhao Dun? Dong Hu writes straight, the sage praises, the law of a thousand autumns, Tianru is familiar with the scriptures and history, he won't forget it, right? Now someone wants to go to Beijing to sue the royal court, but no one dares to write a complaint, the resumption of the society not only takes the world as its own responsibility, but also cares about family affairs and state affairs, and everything in the world, Tianru will not stand idly by, right? ”

Zhang Pu told him that there was no way back, and he was in a dilemma, and asked rhetorically: "Didn't you dig up the old graves of the Zhou family, and still don't solve your hatred?" According to the "Da Ming Law", whoever excavates the grave and sees the coffin support, the rod is 100 and the flow is 3,000 miles; Those who have opened the coffin to support the corpse shall be hanged; He who does not reach the coffin shall have a hundred rods and shall be imprisoned for three years. If you dig up someone's ancestral grave, you must have opened the coffin and saw the corpse, which is also a capital crime! can be counted as a life worth a life, it is better to calm things down. ”

Wen Yuren shook his head and sneered: "Rest the matter? The Zhou family was angry, and everyone started digging his family's ancestral grave together. As the old saying goes, it is not to blame the public, and it is not difficult for the owner to lead the way, saying that one life is worth one life, which is clearly biased in favor of the Zhou family. The Restoration Society has always pretended to be a virtuous gentleman, but it is really chilling to have the heart of such a villain! Tianru, what an authority Wei Zhongxian was back then! The edicts came out one after another, and the arrest of the hook party was all over the world, but the Donglin party did not have the momentum of the resumption of the society, but they were passionate and righteous, regardless of death, and generously went to the disaster. Although Zhou Yanru is in power at the moment, but the emperor is wise, he and Wei Zhongxian are not the same, why are you so hesitant and dare not ask for your life for the people, but you are afraid of him, or do you think about fame and fortune? Acting like this, how can you be worthy of the deceased Donglin predecessors, and how can you lead everyone in the audience? ”

Zhang Pu said to him that his face was secretly hot, and he felt that Qian Qianyi, Qu Shiyun and thousands of members of the audience were looking at him, and wanted to answer: "The crime lies with my master and nephew, maybe his old man doesn't know about it, and the matter has come to this point, but it is the local officials who are bent on currying favor that they fall into the unfair place of his old man." But he felt that he was finally suspected of excusing him, and was hesitating, but he heard someone say: "The people are angry, if it is not for someone behind the instigation and instigation, how can there be such a situation?" Master Wen, don't you say? ”

"Who came here and was talking nonsense?" Wen Tiren saw that Zhang Pu Meiyu was quite embarrassed, and he was smug in his heart, but unexpectedly, he broke the mystery to people, this matter is extremely confidential, how could he know the inside story?

"Wouldn't it be too stupid and ignorant to give you a calculation?" A farmer with a bamboo basket on his back and a big bamboo hat on his head hurriedly walked up to the high platform, put down the bamboo basket, took off the hat and fanned it twice, shook it upward, and bowed to Qian Qianyi and Qu Shiyun before he bowed his hand to Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai: "Tianru, accept the first, don't come to harm?" ”

"When did you arrive?" Zhang Pu was very surprised when he saw Wu Changshi, dressed in gold and trousers, pedaling in hemp shoes, and dressed as a tea farmer.

Wu Changshi said with a smile: "I just came, you see that this dress has not yet had time to be changed." He glanced at Wen Yuren and said, "Tianru, three days after the accident in Yixing, the news reached the capital. ”

"The teacher knows?"

"Well, not only does the old man know, but the emperor has also asked."

"Your Majesty? Ah, what quick news! Zhang Pu couldn't help but be surprised and admired.

"If the news hadn't reached the capital, how could it have set off such a monstrous wave? Second Master Wen, am I right? ”

Wen Yuren pretended to be calm and said: "The young master of the Zhou Mansion is rampant and domineering, causing chaos, it was originally the neighbors who acted out of righteous indignation, what does it have to do with the news reaching the capital?" ”

"Although it is true that the young master of the Zhou family violated the criminal law, some people have ill intentions and take the opportunity to make a big fuss, not only intimidating the government, but also inciting the people to make trouble, this strategy is really vicious!"

"When the road is uneven, drawing a sword to help, it is also a chivalrous act, what is the crime?"