Wu Changshi sneered and said: "Second Master Wen, if the prefect of Yixing County and Huzhou hadn't been given the hand of Elder Wen Ge's strict order, how could he dare to be so blatantly connived at and protected?" The Lord was originally timid and afraid, if it weren't for your repeated persuasion and encouragement to support him, how dare you grit your teeth and hold on to the end? Those people were mostly idle people, but they were just trying to relieve their boredom and amusement them, and they flocked to see it and scattered in a hurry, if you didn't spend money to buy them to make noise, how could it be a drastic change? Second master, your brother's plan is really seamless, but you forgot that the dignified Shoufu has less eyeliner? Then the county and the prefect will only have the Wen family in their eyes? ”

"You...... What you say is speculation, which one believes you? Wen Yuren shook the fan away and shook it violently.

Wu Changshi took out a brown paper envelope from his arms, and said in front of his eyes: "This secret letter from the elder Wen Ge to the prefect of Huzhou, the second master doesn't need to read it, he must know the words in it." ”

Wen Yuren's face changed greatly, and he stood up and said, "It's obviously burned in front of you, how can it be in your hands?" ”

"The second master shirked it cleanly, what if someone investigates it in the future, what should the prefect do? He is not stupid, how can he not have more eyes and keep it as a shield. ”

"What I saw with my own eyes, how could it ......"

"It was just an illusion, the prefect of Huzhou secretly exchanged letters, and what was burned was just an excerpt of the discarded manuscript. If it weren't for the fact that the brothers were fueling the troubles, why did the second master rush to Tiger Hill on a hot day? ”

"You don't want to spew blood, we're here to join the club, what's the intention?"

"You're coming to join the company? The rules of the Restoration Society have long been clear, and all incumbent officials will not accept them, although you are a false title and are waiting for a vacancy, you are also among the refusals. You claim to have come to join the company, but in fact, you are here to force Tianru. ”

"What am I forcing him to do?"

"Xiang Zhuang danced the sword, which was intended for Pei Gong. You are still quibbling, aren't you afraid that I will tell Brother Ling's poisonous plan in detail in front of everyone in the Restoration Society? ”

"Good, good! Wu Changshi, I don't compete with you for a day. Wen Yuren glared at Wu Changshi viciously for a moment, then turned around and stepped down, leaving in a hurry, completely lacking the grandeur he had come.

Zhang Pu only felt cold sweat all over his body at this time, that Wen Tiren was really old and treacherous, and his scheming was so deep, an accidental murder case was arranged for him so interlocking, mysterious and unpredictable, killing two birds with one stone, and the end was extremely vicious. I was grateful: "Come, you came well!" Otherwise, we will almost fall for the trick. ”

Wu Changshi nodded and said, "Elder Zhou Ge was afraid that he would embarrass you, so he ordered me to rush to Tiger Hill day and night, but fortunately I didn't disgrace my life." ”

"I haven't seen you for many days, and when the party is over, I'll have a few drinks with you." Zhang Cai stepped forward and grabbed his hand, and said with great interest: "I may not lose to you this time." ”

"How can I take advantage of people's danger! These days, you must have been drinking and feasting all day long, how many taels of wine can you have left? You better rest for a few more days, and I'll try to compete in the east when I go to the capital another day! ”

"You're in a hurry to get back?"

"Hmmm! I also have to pay a visit to Governor Zhang Guowei, and then rush to Huzhou and Yixing. Wu Changshi lowered his voice and said, "The old man is not having a good time!" Recently, the officials have been impeached, and the cabinet elders are very embarrassed. There was a rumor in the palace that the emperor blamed the old man for his poor employment. When I left Beijing, the elder told the Restoration Society not to show solidarity, and to avoid the suspicion of manipulating the party, millions, millions! After that, he picked up the bamboo basket, waved at Qian Qianyi and Qu Shiyun, and left quickly.

Everyone saw an old tea farmer suddenly come to the stage, and a few words scared Wen Yuren away, and saw Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai bowing to him, who seemed to be very familiar friends, but they couldn't see the appearance of the tea farmer clearly, and they didn't know what kind of character he was. Later, when they heard that it was Wu Chang, they were all surprised, and he disguised himself to go out of Beijing, presumably encountering something urgent. couldn't help but talk and speculate, and there was a noise in the audience.

Zhang Pu looked up at the sun, it was already an hourly scene, he didn't dare to delay any longer, and hurriedly asked Qian Qianyi to speak. Qian Qianyi stood up, stroked his beard, and the audience gradually quieted down. Everyone listened attentively, and Qian Qianyi arched his hand downwards and said: "In the thirty-second year of Wanli, Mr. Jingyang advocated the repair of Donglin Academy and Daonan Temple, and his younger brother Gu Yuncheng, as well as Gao Panlong, An Xifan, Liu Yuanzhen, Ye Maocai, Qian Yiyi, Xue Fujiao and other eight gentlemen of Donglin gathered to discuss morality, flaunt integrity, advocate practical learning, satirize the government, judge characters, and denounce the evils of the times. Mr. Jingyang hand-established the "Donglin Business Language" and "Donglin Meeting", stipulating a small meeting every month and a general meeting every year. Those scholars and scholars from all over the country responded when they heard the news, and the officials in the DPRK also responded from afar, and the whole world looked at them. Eunuch Wei Zhongxian had not yet become big at that time, and he wanted to use the fame of the Donglin Party to win the hearts of the people of the government and the wilderness, and to win over Donglin. Donglin refused to join him, so that the dog thief held a grudge and waited for an opportunity to take revenge. After he was appointed to Dongchang, he fabricated charges, repeatedly set up prisons, and wantonly hunted and killed. The names of the Donglin Party members were also displayed throughout the country, and those who were on the list were cut to the people's posts by the living, and the dead were posthumously seized by the officials. For a while, the world was silent, the gentleman choked his wrist, Donglin's vitality was greatly damaged, the talent withered, and it was dormant for several years. Alas! It has been 30 years since these past events were snapped up, but I still think about it as if it were yesterday. He sighed softly, reminiscing about the past, as if he was overwhelmed with emotion, and then said: "Now that Donglin is dead and wounded, only a few of us are left, like a lonely ghost, with more than enough heart and insufficient strength, but with your resumption of society, Donglin's mantle is naturally the successor." When Donglin was at its peak, there were only 309 people on Wei Zhongxian's list, and now there are nearly 3,000 people in the Fushe Society, which is far more powerful than Donglin. Those old friends of Donglin are also relieved if they know about it. ”

"Isn't it just gratification? If they run their social affairs so prosperously, it is really beyond the past and the present. When the teacher entered the cabinet back then, if there was such a momentum echoed in the opposition, he would not easily teach the old thief Wen to take advantage of the loophole! The emperor will not be deceived by him. Qu Shiyun's voice was like a bell, thinking of the time when he was so dense that he failed to succeed, he couldn't help but clench his fists tightly and slap it heavily on the armrest of the chair.

Qian Qianyi's face was hot, and he repeated the old words without concealment, which was quite displeased, and he locked his eyebrows and said: "The emperor is wise, but in fact, he can't complain about others, but the old man is a little too big and has too many enemies, so that he humiliates himself." However, Wen Tiren is also a powerful foot, and he can't be careless. ”

Zhang Pu sneered and arched his hand: "The old man doesn't have to be humble, although the old thief Wen has entered the cabinet, he can't cover the sky with one hand." With the first assistant Zhou Ge here, he didn't dare to do anything wrong. ”

Qian Qianyi saw that he was high-spirited, as if he was in control, knowing that he had a deep relationship with Zhou Yanru, the master of the seat, and also heard that they had the intention of relying on each other, and none of the ministers could compare with Wei Zhongxian back then, and there were no ministers who could get in the way, and the situation was naturally very different from that time, so he nodded and said: "I hope so, the country will clarify one day, and the old man will be able to retire in the Fushui Villa." ”

Zhang Pu said with a smile: "The old man can't say goodbye, the cause of resuming the society is booming, and I still need your old man's guidance!" ”

Qian Qianyi knew that it was just polite words, but after all, he regarded himself as a senior of Donglin, especially in front of thousands of people, and felt that he had given enough face, and said happily: "If there is a destiny in the sky, it is naturally a matter of benefiting the country and the people, if I am not considered mediocre and incompetent, how can I dare to resign?" ”

Qu Shiyun echoed: "My generation is in Confucianism, and it is within my duty to initiate myself, read the books of sages, sacrifice my life for the country, and ask for my life for the people. If I forget, I won't agree! ”

Zhang Pu didn't even dare to say it, and Zhang Cai was also busy saying that he was ashamed. Qu Shiyun was originally jealous and hateful, because of the fact that the Grace Ting pushed into the cabinet, he returned with a feather, and lived in seclusion in his hometown over the years, and he was haunted by himself, and it was difficult to let go, and there was nowhere to vent his grievances, seeing that the Restoration Society was so powerful, thinking about the hope of revenge, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, got up and said loudly: "Comrade Lie, I was invited to the meeting for the first time, and I was really surprised. To be honest, after the decline of Donglin, although I am a little indignant, how to regain my prestige is really not much of a success. I heard that Yin Shan's first meeting and the establishment of the Restoration Society, I didn't think so, and I was a little moved when I arrived at the Jinling Conference, and when I arrived at Tiger Hill, I saw that only three or five years later, the Restoration Society had such a momentum! The ancients said: Mourning is greater than the death of the heart, as long as there is an immortal heart, everything can be accomplished. Tianru, Shouxian and others are all great talents, and they are really amazing! He raised his thumb and exclaimed: "Throughout his life, the first saint Confucius had 3,000 disciples and 72 sages. In just a few years of hard work, the number of your disciples is no less than that of saints. ”

Zhang Pu was a little proud in his heart, but he said: "The predecessors praised falsely, and they were terrified. Confucius is the master of the world, looking up to the high, drilling the strong, looking ahead, and suddenly behind. Although the seniors were well-intentioned and encouraged, how dare the kid defile the saint? ”

These words have been heard by everyone in the front row of the audience, and someone shouted: "The merits of the two gentlemen have caught up with the saints, and the whole world admires them." We just call the two gentlemen's names, which is not enough to show respect, it is better to just call the surname. ”

Someone objected: "Both gentlemen have the surname Zhang, isn't it difficult to distinguish just the surname?" ”

"It's easy. Mr. Tianru lives in the west of the city, and Mr. Shouxian lives in the south of the city, so this distinction is made, one is called Xizhang and the other is called Nanzhang, how about it? ”

"Well, that's a great idea! It is a common practice in ancient times to be called by the name of the earth. ”

Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai looked at Qian Qianyi and Qu Shiyun, and waved their hands again and again. Qian Qianyi knew that it was because of his feelings, and said with a smile: "Don't let the two of you offend their kindness." ”

Seeing that the two of them were humble, the audience shouted: "Two masters, we regard you two as the suzerains of the alliance, just like the living Confucian saints, why do you need to refuse?" ”

"If the two masters are saints, then Lou Dong is Queli." Zhang Pu saw that the person who spoke was Wang Ruiguo on the outskirts of Loudong, and his expression was extremely excited, obviously thinking that it was a great honor to be a fellow villager with the saint. Qian Qianyi and Qu Shiyun secretly glanced at each other, originally thinking that it was just a joke, but they gradually took it seriously, frowned, and said nothing. Qu Shiyun originally wanted to give Zhang Pu a strong momentum, but seeing that everyone was so touted, he couldn't help but be a little nonsense, and secretly regretted that he was reckless, and his words were a little too much, but it was difficult to collect the water, and if he refuted it immediately, he would slap his own mouth, and he was annoyed at the moment, and he felt embarrassed when he sat on the stage.

"Makes sense! Makes sense! At this time, the crowd was excited, and hundreds of people shouted loudly. Someone said: "The four pairs, the ten philosophers, the ten permanent servants and others are the number that the saints should have, and we should also nominate them, which are indispensable." ”

Wang Ruiguo took over the conversation and said, "What's so difficult about this! It's all ready-made, and it's just right away. There are many members from Taicang in our resumption society, and the four with the most seniority are Zhao Zixin, Wang Jiaying, Zhang Yi, and Cai Shen, and the four of them happen to be four matches. ”

"Who can do the ten philosophers?"

"Ten philosophers? It must be a disciple who has followed for many years, the first one is Wu Weiye, and then Lu Yunfu, as well as Zhou Zhao, Sun Yijing, Jin Dasheng, Xu Huan, Zhou Qun, Xu Guojie, Mu Yungui, Hu Zhounai, can be regarded as ten philosophers. ”

"The best choice for the ten permanent attendants. Mr. Tianru has many Kundi, and it is enough to select ten of them. ”

"Zhang Jun, Zhang Yuan, Zhang Wangzhi, Zhang Xu, Zhang Lian, Zhang Yong, Zhang Zhexian, Zhang Luo, Zhang Tao, Zhang Yingjing, ......"

Suddenly, a person sneered and asked, "Are there five tigers, five biaos, five dogs, ten children, forty grandchildren, or something?" "The voice was sharp and thin, extremely harsh.

Everyone was stunned, the five tigers, five biao, five dogs, ten children, and forty grandchildren were all lackeys under Wei Zhongxian, the leader of the eunuch party back then. The venue fell silent, and everyone looked around for the person who spoke, and many people asked, "What kind of bastard is talking nonsense, how can we Fushe be involved with the old thief Wei?" ”

"What kind of thing does not know whether it is alive or dead? Have the guts to get out! ”

"It's not a ball in the bottom, it's not a glutinous rice dumpling, what do you say about rolling or not? The Restoration Society is also the land of the world, how can you be so rude when you open your mouth and close your mouth! As he spoke, a young scribe in a lotus shirt shouted, "Since you are determined to show your face next, it is not easy to excuse yourself." Borrow light and borrow light, and go to the stage for everyone to admire. ”

Everyone listened to his words first humble, and then arrogant, a little contradictory, I don't know where it was crazy, pinching a Su-like folding fan, swaying forward, before the public, really self-conscious. was about to laugh, but saw that there were a few men in Tsing Yi in front of him to guide him, and they didn't see how hard they worked, everyone only felt that a stream of potential was coming, and they involuntarily took a few steps back, giving way to a four- or five-foot-wide alley. The young scribe stepped forward with his hands in his hands, and slowly ascended the high platform, his expression calm, and there was no trace of fear or guilt on his face. Chen Zilong was furious, and whispered to Liu Rus: "You stay here for a long time, and watch me humiliate that crazy life." As he spoke, he pressed his hands on the shoulders of the members on both sides, and jumped up like a big bird rushing towards the young scribe, who was still about three feet away from him, and the figure in front of him flickered, and one of them came first, blocking the young scribe. He didn't need to look at it, just by that person's skill, he knew that it must be the master Yu Lianhe, and he immediately reduced his strength a little, and stood still behind the scribe.

The scribe's face changed slightly, and he said with a dry smile: "Isn't the Restoration Society only dedicated to reading the books of sages!" How did you have a nursing home? Get out of the way, we don't want to be rude, we just want to talk to these four gentlemen. He gently shook off the folding fan, then closed it, pointed upward, and the tangled jade fan on the handle of the fan jumped a few times, his expression was calm, as if he did not take the two of them in his eyes.

Chen Zilong saw that his eyes were empty, and shouted angrily: "Who are you? The Restoration Conference will not allow you to go wild! Tu Shi grabbed his hand, grabbed his wrist, and was about to lift him up and throw him off the stage, but he heard Qian Qianyi stop him urgently: "Don't be reckless!" Listen to what he has to say. ”

When Chen Zilong heard the sound, he hurriedly loosened his wrist, nodded with Yu Lianhe, and flashed to the side, secretly on guard. Yu Lianhe said in a low voice: "Be careful of this person's entourage. Chen Zilong woke up when he arrived, and looking at the tracks of those entourages leading the way, he must have been a hidden master, and hurriedly stepped down to beckon people to be more vigilant.

The scribe arched his hand and said, "Meet the four gentlemen." ”

"...... are you" Qian Qianyi hesitated to ask, and suddenly thought of the person who was very similar to the person in the clean room of Yunyan Temple yesterday, although it was dark at that time, and he didn't hold the lamp, but by the light of the stars and the moon, he could vaguely distinguish the same figure as the person in front of him, and the accent with Jingbai was a little harsh, and he almost blurted out: "Could it be that he Cao Huachun is going to stir up the situation?" ”

Cao Huachun grinned and said, "The old man doesn't have to bother to ask, like me, a nobody, and it's not worth saying my name." I'm not a member of the Restoration Society, but I just happened to pass by here and came to help open my eyes. I wanted to see how outstanding the world-famous Fushe celebrities were, but I didn't expect to learn a lot of self-puffed kung fu. It's just that the sycophants of the Fushe are not pure enough, it is better to move out the gongs, drums, flutes, or knock or blow, and then let go of the throat and sing: Two masters, the world of virtue, the mighty world, ancient and modern! With such pomp and circumstance, I feel that it is lively and fun, and it is not in vain to be a saint! ”

"You ......" Zhang Puhuo stood up, but sat down patiently, and said: "It's better for this benevolent brother to tell him by name!" ”

The Restoration Society is in full swing, which one is not respectful? Everyone saw that he was very young, but the yellow-mouthed widow must not have any big background, and he dared to humiliate Zhang Pu and Zhang Cai like this, it was really a tiger's jaw and beard, and they were all shocked. Cao Huachun smiled: "Then let's obey our fate." Under the surname Cao, the name is Xuzi, under the whole world, there are few people who know the cheap name, and they are not admired by everyone, and many people have set up a shrine at home, and worship with incense in the morning and evening. ”

Qu Shiyun's temperament was originally strong, and when he heard the sarcasm in his words, he asked sharply: "Hmph! Stop the void? It must be a false name. You don't dare to show people by your real name, which shows that you have a ghost in your heart, and you are deliberately trying to cause trouble? ”

"You're really exalting us. We haven't read a book for a few days, and we can't recognize a few baskets of words, how dare we buy it here, isn't it humiliating ourselves? ”

"Then do you have a grudge or a grudge against the Restoration Society?"

"It's difficult for people in the restored society to get a face, and there will be any grudges wherever they are."

"Then why do you keep slandering the Restoration Society?"

"It's to give you a heads up."

Qu Shiyun sneered: "How dare we work hard? ”

"We came voluntarily, and we didn't ask you for the fare."

"Then you want us to listen to you?" Qu Shiyun snorted with hatred in his nose.

"We're kind, it's up to you whether you listen or not." Cao Huachun glanced at Qian Qianyi and said, "Elder Mu is the elder here, your old man won't think that we are wicked people!" ”

"Nature, nature. You have come in a hurry, which shows your enthusiasm. Please speak, please speak. Qian Qianyi wiped the hot sweat from his forehead and nodded busily, completely lacking the graceful and elegant bearing he had when he first appeared on stage.

"We don't have many words, just eight words: don't talk about state affairs, stop disputes."

Qu Shiyun sneered at each other: "It seems that the name of the brother should be changed, how about changing the peacemaker?" ”

"Where do we have that ability? However, if this is the case, there will be a lot less right and wrong in the world. ”

"The great husband has no right and wrong, good and evil, how can he stand in the world? What's the difference between that and pigs and dogs? ”

A trace of displeasure flashed across Cao Huachun's face, and he asked rhetorically: "Let's ask for advice, if you are obsessed with right and wrong for a while, is that a big husband?" ”

Qu Shiyun didn't guard against him asking such rhetorical questions, he had never thought about these truths in his life, and he was speechless for a while, and he felt that he couldn't refute it, he was very embarrassed, and he didn't know how to answer in a daze. Zhang Pu saw that this person was full of changes, Rao is Qu Shiyun had done things in the household department, and he was known for his sharp and eloquent words, but he was speechless, and he was surprised, and said coldly: "This brother is a few years younger, I guess I haven't seen Wei Zhongxian's filthy deeds of eunuchs and traitors, what is your intention to take advantage of your tongue here, and actually compare the resumption of society with the eunuch party?" ”

Cao Huachun rubbed the fan pendant and grinned: "Let's just look interesting, no matter what you do in the world, someone will inevitably carry a sedan chair to support the scene, otherwise it will be too boring to sing a one-man show!" ”

"Since ancient times, good and evil are like ice coals, and the Restoration Society and the Eunuch Party are incompatible, and the predecessors of Donglin swore to fight to the death......"

"Alright, alright! Although we were born late, we have heard many things. We're going to ask for advice, what are you fighting for me? ”

"For the court, for the emperor."

Cao Huachun shook his head and said, "Fake, fake!" It's really not worth arguing. In fact, whether it is a eunuch or Donglin, it is all for the sake of fighting for power, to put it bluntly, don't they all think about their own decision? ”

"A big husband can't be without power for a day, if the gentleman has no power, those villains will become more and more unscrupulous."

"Not necessarily. You Fushe call yourself Xiao Donglin, and you have never held power, so you can see that there is more than one Donglin Party member in power, what happened to them? Isn't it to exclude the other and to call for the same kind? As a result, they were isolated from the world and struck by the blows. If they had joined forces with Wei Zhongxian at the beginning, there might not have been the raging eunuchs, and there would not have been so many tragic deaths of the Donglin party. ”

"Humph! Strange and bizarre! There is no ...... between right and wrong"

Cao Huachun sighed softly and said, "You guys are too pedantic and stubborn. The law is strict, it is a self-cultivation technique, but there is nothing wrong with it, the mistake is that the law is also strict, blindly demanding. Donglin and Fushe all profess to be sages, but don't forget, but the sages can lead to unsages, the so-called would rather offend the gentleman than the villain, at that time, Wei Zhongxian, Wei Guangwei They had the heart to make friends and depend, but you closed the door and refused to accept people thousands of miles away, can you not complain? Alas! Defeat is greater than not knowing it, it is useless to talk to you about this, it is in vain, the hour is not early, it is time to find a restaurant, so that you can feed your stomach. Say goodbye, say goodbye! He bowed his hand and walked away with a few retinues.

Zhang Pu felt that he was given a big iron spine like a heavy blow to the chest, and in an instant, he was almost out of breath, his chest was abnormally tight, and he looked at Cao Huachun blankly, thinking that this person didn't know where he came from, and he couldn't recognize his original face, so the dragon saw the head and the tail, revealing a kind of weirdness, but the words he said were extremely lofty, as if he was standing on a very high mountain and looking down, with his own furrows but no ravines, it was really unexpected, unbelievable, and couldn't help but be stunned for a long time, countless thoughts came to his heart, thinking that he had spent countless efforts, The Kuang Society, Duan Society, Several Society, Yi Society, Chao Society, Zhuang Society, Quality Society, Ying Society, etc., merged, founded the Fu Society, thinking that it is the immortal cause of the former sages, the world is also praised by many people, those detractors are only attacked by forming a party, and the heart is also praised, but he was degraded to worthless, if there is no amazing feat, spread out, first, the first assistant is bound to be disappointed, and secondly, he will also give the world a small look, in the future, I am afraid that there will only be a share of being slaughtered, that order Shilin, remote ruling the government, I am afraid that it will be empty talk in the end, let alone what great things to do? Deng Shi gave birth to a sense of success and failure, and the hegemony was empty, but in the end he was unwilling, and shouted loudly: "I Zhang Pu is immoral and incompetent, the audience is in love, and the general consul is to make a career with everyone that has never been done before, and I don't want to be tolerated by the world......" Suddenly my heart was sour, blood surged, wow, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and my body fell straight back. The audience was amazed, and there was chaos.