Chapter 22: The Problem
Just when Wen Zhesang and Xie Yikou left from Taoli Academy, the county was already in chaos.
"Why are there so many people? What are you writing about? What's going on? ”
"I can't read, I don't know what to write!"
"Oh, don't yell! I read it, and the official messenger is reading it! I can't hear it quietly! ”
The front of the notice wall was crowded with people. The official read aloud the contents of the notice, and after a while, the crowd became noisy again.
"Lord Wen wants to support private households? Can those rich people say yes? ”
"Regardless of whether they say yes or not, didn't you hear me? Those bastards just raised the price for the yamen and the good hall, didn't they bully Lord Wen openly? In my opinion, Lord Wen is simply right to do this! ”
"Hey, those rich people are just some cannibalistic beasts, if Lord Wen can really clean them up, it will be for the people!"
"Yes, yes! Didn't the official say that we want to do more business with private households, Lord Wen has done so many good things for us, we should support Lord Wen. ”
Jiang Weixi, who was standing outside the crowd and watching, spit out the melon seed skin in his mouth, and watched as several sneaky shadows squeezed out of the crowd. He opened the last melon seed and followed with a calm expression.
He watched a few people enter the Zheng Mansion, and after waiting for a while, he didn't see anyone coming out, so he stretched his waist and went back to the yamen to report the news.
On the other side, Wen Zhesang and Xie Yikou were coming out of Fang's house. This old man's name is Fang Zheng, and he was originally a teacher in the county, and he had a good relationship with Zeng's master. But later, Wang De acted nonsense, and Master Fang had a family to support, so he had no choice but to leave Taoli School and teach in a school run by a wealthy family.
When Wang De was dismissed, the rich families closed the school in order to avoid suspicion. Because he felt sorry for the Taoli School, Master Fang vowed not to teach anymore.
Even if Wen Zhesang, the county magistrate, came to lobby, Master Fang refused to break his oath.
The porter glanced inside, and saw that Wen Zhesang and the others had not left, so he said: "My lord, go back, my lord is very stubborn, except for Master Zeng, no one in the world can make my lord change his mind!" ”
"Stinky boy! What nonsense? Fang Fuzi's voice came, and he was hiding.
Wen Zhesang understood, it turned out that this Master Fang wanted to have a step down. In this case, she fulfilled his heart. "Thank you for this little brother, Master Zeng's painstaking management of Taoli Academy has caused illness, if Master Fang is willing to share his worries, I think Master Zeng will be happy."
The porter smiled, he is not blind, of course, he can see that his master has not blamed himself for a day over the years, and in recent days, he has always gone to hang around the Taoli School, but he refused to say soft words. If Master Wen could really invite Master Zeng to come, I guess he would definitely agree without saying a word.
Wen Zhesang didn't hear Fang Fuzi's voice again, she didn't stop, and continued to the next place.
Looking at the backs of the two leaving, the porter closed the door contentedly, but as soon as he turned around, he received a slap on the head. Master Fang glared at him. The porter was not afraid, but before he could make a joke, he heard Master Fang say: "Go to Madame and get two taels of silver to reward you." ”
Walking not far away, Xie Yikou couldn't help but speak, "Why do you say that the reader is so crooked?" Saying one thing on his lips and thinking another thing in his heart, who knows what he means? ”
He didn't like to study when he was a child, and he couldn't get used to listening to those words of Wen Zou Zou chewing words. That is, when he went to the Yamen, he followed Wen Zhesang and learned to speak some official language. Fang Fuzi's kind of cowardly people are what he fears the most. But at this moment, before he could figure out the reason, Wen Zhisang silently cast a meaningful look.
Xie Yikou was stunned, and couldn't think of three, four, or five when he touched his head. In the end, looking at Wen Zhisang's gradual pace, he understood that they were now asking Master Fang, and the adults definitely didn't want to hear Master Fang's bad words!
Xie Yikou corrected his mistake when he knew it. Hurriedly catching up, Lai admitted his mistake in front of Wen Zhesang, "Actually, I think it's okay, Master Fang is still good, he reads a lot, and he still talks ...... Ahem, it's good, he's good! ”
If Jiang Weixi knew that such clumsy words would come out of Xie Yikou's mouth, he would definitely be able to make fun of them for a whole year. However, now it was Wen Zhesang who heard this, she raised her hand to cover the curvature of her mouth, and the inexplicable depression in her heart suddenly disappeared.
"Master Fang is quite famous in the county, according to Master Zeng, as long as you can say that Master Fang can be moved, even if you say that you have moved half of the master in the county."
"And what about the remaining half?" Xie Yikou didn't care if he was a master or not, but Wen Zhisang was not angry, so he took the conversation.
As soon as the words fell, Wen Zhisang suddenly stopped, raised his chin, and motioned for Xie Yikou to look over. It turned out that before they knew it, they had reached the door of the guard house.
This is a three-entry mansion, there is a majestic stone lion standing at the door, a few clusters of emerald green bamboo branches poke out from the wall, and the blue bamboo leaves "rustle" in the wind. Just looking at the surrounding scenery, it is a quiet place that literati are accustomed to.
Xie Yikou stepped forward and knocked on the door, and Wen Zhesang said, "The remaining half depends on Old Master Wei's actions." ”
"Who's the door?" The red door creaked open, revealing half of the gatehouse's face. He swept his eyes up and down, making sure that there were no two people in his memory, "My lord is discussing with distinguished guests, and I don't see anyone today." Please come back, both of you. ”
"Hey, wait." Xie Yikou raised his foot against the door, he could stand Wen Zhisang's anger, but he couldn't swallow this person's dog's low anger. His tone was vicious, and his eyes were fierce, startling the porter. Then Xie Yikou raised his chin and said, "Do you know who this is?" Lord Wen, the county commander of this county, what kind of thing are you, and you dare to stop your lord? ”
The porter squinted again, suddenly rolled his eyes, and stretched out his hand to push Xie Yikou away, ", my master is not a cat or dog that can be seen casually!" ”
Xie Yikou, one of the "cats and dogs", grabbed the hand stretched out by the porter suddenly, and was about to fold it, but Wen Zhesang hurriedly stopped him, "Forget it, let it go." Since Master Wei doesn't want to see him, it's useless for us to delay any longer. ”
"That's it? This dog is outrageous, I have to let him know that I am awesome! Xie Yikou exerted force in his hands, and he was in a cold sweat like a waterfall in the concierge.
Wen Zhesang shook her head, there are priorities, since Master Wei has put up a fight for them and refuses to see them, she doesn't have to die begging for nothing. "It's useless to talk more, we still have to go to see Master Zeng, why delay here?"
Xie Yikou thought about it, anyway, he agreed to come down at this time, and it was the same when he came back to teach him a lesson. So he pushed it with his backhand, watched the porter fall on his back, and said viciously: "Hmph, I will let you go for the sake of the adult's face today, and the next time I say something disrespectful to the adult, I will sew your lips shut!" ”
The porter screamed for a while, and just as he was about to open his mouth to scold, he saw Xie Yikou staring at him, he unconsciously looked at his already dark wrist, swallowed his saliva, and did not speak.
"Gone." Wen Zhisang greeted.
Let's go, let's go! The porter muttered in his heart, got up and was about to close the door, but as soon as he looked up, he was kicked down by Xie Yikou. Immediately after that, there was a "bang", but fortunately he retracted his foot in time, so that the door was not clamped. But even so, he has a pain in his hands and back at this moment.
Everything happens in the light of light. When Wen Zhesang turned around, Xie Yikou just closed the door and was smiling wantonly, "I see that he is not good at it, so I will help him close the door." ”
Xie Yikou's voice sounded a little erratic through the door panel. The porter stared at the door panel resentfully, as if his gaze could turn into substance and poke at Xie Yikou's body, and he cursed secretly in his heart. Bah! What shameless woman dares to be a county order, looking at that appearance, I am afraid that it is a servile and flattering person, and she uses her posture to please this county order!
The porter listened for a while, listening to the conversation between the two people who were drifting apart, and couldn't help but spit twice. Then he got up with difficulty and limped to find Master Wei.
"Master, you want to call the shots for the little ones! The little one told the county that you wouldn't see the guest today, but she indulged in the murder! Look at my hands, they're all black! ”
The porter knelt down and wept bitterly in front of Master Wei.
"It's just presumptuous! How dare she, cough cough ......" Master Wei was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, not because he cared much about this porter, but because he was absolutely disgraced, and at this time, Master Shang was still there, didn't he see the joke?
The "distinguished guest" in the mouth of the concierge is exactly "Master Shang".
This fashionable old man's face was slightly gloomy, and he looked at the people who were hurriedly giving Master Wei a good breath, and said as if he had no intention, "Lord Wen's new official took office, and it was the time when he wanted to show his strength, but she was young and arrogant, and I am afraid that she would not be able to govern Qingfeng County well." ”
The porter already knew his master's thoughts, and hurriedly said: "Isn't it, the little one asked them to leave with a good voice, but she and the catcher didn't give up, and beat the little one." Such a fake public and private person will never be able to be the county order of our Qingfeng County. Master, you are a man from a noble background, teaching and educating people in our Qingfeng County for more than ten years, if you say something disrespectful, you are the best candidate to be the county order! ”
"Bastard! You dare to say such stupid words! Master Wei got up and bent his back because of coughing, which caused people to panic for a while.
The porter shrank his head and secretly observed Master Wei's expression, but unfortunately he didn't see the reason. But he was sure that what he said was on Master Wei's heart, and maybe he could ask for a reward today!
Seeing that Master Wei finally came to his senses, Old Man Shang was saying, "I think that although this kid is stupid, there is nothing undesirable in his words. Mr. used to teach and educate people in the school opened by my Shang family, and none of those demon kings of the mixed world disagreed with Mr. Besides, Mr. has a meritorious reputation, and compared with the female county order, it is even better. ”
Master Wei frowned tightly, looking quite disagreeable, "You...... Do you think the same thing? ”
Master Shang nodded: "The old man came to find Mr. today for this matter, and he was disturbed by this kid, so he took a step slowly." ”
Master Wei looked at him with a calm expression, his eyes were steady, and he couldn't see any unnaturalness. Finally, in the concierge secretly looking at the monk pretending to drink tea, he nodded slowly.