She looked at the crowd and looked at these students, disappointed.

"You said that our Cold Ice Sect was looting the people's fat and people's ointment, but I want to ask, what is the people's fat and people's ointment? Three out of ten of our Ice Sect are orphans, and seven or eight out of ten are homeless people.

Everyone in the world is curious about why our Ice Sect is so good at making money, and the way of doing business is only one of them, but more importantly, most of the people in our Ice Sect have suffered and starved! That's why they work harder than others! Before the Ice Sect took in the refugees from the three southwestern counties, there were only 600 people, and they had never been rich! ”

At this time, everyone from the Cold Ice Sect had already crowded into the crowd of onlookers, and Ming Ruonan asked loudly, "Disciple of the Cold Ice Sect!" Tell them, when do you wake up in the morning when you practice? ”

Voices from all over replied at the same time: "Every day, two o'clock!" ”

The onlookers and the students all exclaimed, at this o'clock, they got up earlier than their students, and the breakfast stall on the street only got up one moment earlier than them.

"Cheng Yuan!"

Everyone saw a thin monkey-looking person, jumping up directly from the crowd, with a golden abacus hanging around his neck.

"You tell everyone what you've done since the end of the day."

Cheng Yuan shook the abacus, with a businessman's calculating smile on his face, but he said the most simple words.

"I am an orphan, I entered the ice faction at the age of seven, before the age of twelve, I gathered in the martial arts hall at three o'clock, walked for an hour, had breakfast at the hour, jumped for half an hour, and climbed the mountain for an hour. Lunch at noon, go to school in the afternoon, and practice in the ice cellar after dinner. ”

Everyone was already very surprised, how could this richly dressed man live like an ascetic, but Cheng Yuan hadn't finished speaking: "At the age of thirteen, I entered the Shancai Pavilion, and my morning and evening practice remained the same, but in the afternoon I changed to learn the way of Shang Jia and the scriptures. ”

Ming Ruonan said and motioned for Cheng Yuan to raise his hands.

"You may wish to look at these hands."

I saw that Cheng Yuan's ten fingers, except for the little thumb, were all covered with a thick layer of calluses.

"After the age of thirteen, I have to practice the abacus for an hour every day, and I am stupider than others, so I practice for half an hour more every day."

The students looked down at the thin cocoon on which they were holding the pen, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

"No pain, no gain, I don't dare to say anything else, but Cheng Yuan's arithmetic, you must be doing it well! If you don't believe it, just try it! ”

Some people don't believe in evil, and they really tried a few questions, but Cheng Yuan didn't need to calculate, and he could say the answer very quickly.

Most of the onlookers were convinced, but some of them were sophistry, and shouted unconvinced: "It's just arithmetic, we study hard, we read the books of sages, and our efforts are not less than them, but we are still poor, do we deserve to be poor when we study?" ”

Ming Ruonan looked around at the person who happened, and just wanted to smoke him, which caused the class contradictions of Shinong industry and commerce for no reason, which was really punishable.

Some small vendors whispered around: "It's the right thing to study with you, and we don't care if we do anything else?" ”

"Isn't there something like that......"

"Everything is inferior, but reading is high, I'm bah!"

She glanced around and shouted, "Lu Beibei!" ”

Lu Beibei crossed the crowd, came to Ming Ruonan's side, and saluted: "Young master." ”

Lu Beibei looked at the students with his hands behind his back and said, "Why are you studying?" ”

"Naturally, it is to serve the court! Learn to be useful! ”

"Then our Cold Ice Sect repairs embankments and dams for the imperial court, and builds industrial defenses, is it considered to reimburse the imperial court?"

The person who just shouted this was instantly dumbfounded, and Lu Beibei continued: "Then is it considered that we are taking in refugees for Your Majesty?" ”

There was silence.

"If you read the books of the sages, but you have not learned from them the ability of the sages to distinguish between right and wrong, your books have really been read in vain."

"But you earn so much money......

As soon as this person shouted out, Lu Beibei's eyebrows furrowed and asked, "Is it ill-gotten gains that our Ice Sect has earned?" ”

"I didn't mean that......"

"It is not ill-gotten gains, and we are working for the welfare of the people and the people, so how can we say that the people are fat and the people are anointed? Have you ever been to Jishitang for a consultation? ”

Someone in the crowd nodded, silently praising Jishitang's medical skills.

Jishitang has dozens of branches in the whole country, and every family pursues a principle: save people first, then charge, can't afford to pay, hey, forget it.

"There are more than 30 Jishitang opened by our Jishi Pavilion, but there is no surplus every year, and the big guy asks himself, how much does Jishitang charge? What about Jishitang's medical skills? Then you might as well guess, why has the Jishitang in the city never earned money for the Ice Sect? ”

The crowd was silent, and how could they not know? An old man in the crowd shouted: "I am a beggar, Jishitang is willing to treat me without taking a penny." ”

Another rich gentleman couldn't help but speak: "Yes, the reward I gave to Jishitang last time was also voluntary, and they didn't even cheat my money!" ”

The people around followed the rich businessman and played a few times together.

Lu Beibei continued: "This benevolent brother said that the people are fat and the people are creamy, do you know the origin of the word "people's fat and people's ointment?" ”

The man looked at Lu Beibei and was stunned, and after a moment argued, "Is it possible that you know?" You're just a martial arts practitioner, and I don't know anything that anyone who reads, you ......."

"From Meng Chang's "Ring Stone Text", Eryu Erlu, the people anoint the people."

Everyone was dumbfounded, and one student shook his head helplessly: "Yes, it is from "Ring Stone Text". ”

Lu Beibei's brows furrowed slightly, but he looked like an old pedant admonishing himself for not becoming a talented student.

"The people's fat and people's ointment are the people's hard-earned money, could it be that the silver of our ice faction is blown by the wind? Take Bazhen Pavilion as an example, the senior brothers have to practice knife work for two hours every day, and their wrists are tied with sandbags all year round, otherwise how can there be the delicious food in Bazhen Building today? The brothers of Yutangge do not take a penny to help the neighbors repair houses all day long, in order to improve themselves and receive better construction projects as soon as possible. ”

Lu Beibei sighed, looked at the students with shame, and knew that the time was almost up, so he continued: "There is an ancient saying, and the reason why those who know are also listened; Therefore, those who are dark are biased to believe. A gentleman who listens to it is clear, and if he believes it, he will be dark, just because of the rumors that have not yet been verified, you will impose the crime on the body of the king of Yu in this way, and even implicate the entire Cold Ice faction, then I have to regret for you, the book is really in vain! ”

Others tried to argue, but opened their mouths and never spoke again. They looked at Lu Beibei and suddenly felt that this young man still understood such a truth, how could they be so easily at the mercy of others.

"It's us who is abrupt." The person dressed in a student's costume took the lead in apologizing to Ming Ruonan, "You shouldn't say anything before you verify it, it's better to hear it than to see it, today I saw Princess Yu and Gongzi Lu, it was really as rumored." It is no wonder that the Ice Sect is quite famous in the three southwestern counties. The student's bowed body straightened up for a long time, and he arched his hand towards Ming Ruonan, his eyes full of respect.

Many students around looked at each other, and they were also guilty in their hearts, and they all silently retreated.

The officials of Dali Temple finally breathed a sigh of relief, but who knew who in the crowd shouted: "That evidence pointing to King Yu, you might as well give us an explanation!" ”

Everyone's eyes looked at Ming Ruonan again, and Lintz, who was belated, just wanted to stand in front of Ming Ruonan, and saw her hook the corners of her lips: "Since this son asked, then I also want to ask Dali Siqing, where does this evidence come from?" ”

Liu, who was hiding behind the pillar, stiffened all over, watching everyone follow Ming Ruonan's gaze to the pillar where they lived.

"Come out, Lord Liu, while everyone is here, you might as well make the trial process public, so that you can give you an explanation clearly."