Yan Shifang had already gotten into the sedan chair, and when she heard her nephew Yan Shaoting say that there was something important to report, she lifted the curtain and got off the sedan chair and asked, "What's the urgency?" ”

Yan Shaoting said loudly: "Uncle, the calligraphy and painting collection of the Chashan Hall has been stolen"

As soon as this remark came out, not only Yan Shifang was taken aback, the servants of the Yan family present were all trembling and fearful, the collection of Yan Song and Yan Shifan for two generations in the mountain hall was located, many ancient books and paintings were said to be priceless treasures, with the power of Yan's father and son, who dared to move such crooked thoughts, isn't this looking for death

Yan Shifang asked in surprise: "What collections were lost, and when were they discovered?" ”

Yan Shaoting said: "There are calligraphy and paintings by Cai Xiang, Dong Yuan, Sun Guoting, Wen and other famous artists, and many precious Song books are missing. ”

As he spoke, Yan Shaoting paid attention to Zeng Yu's movements, and when he saw Zeng Yu walking towards the Shan Shan Hall, his heart became more and more determined, and his chubby body quickly jumped over to block Zeng Yu's way and said, "Where is Mr. Zeng going?" Seeing that Zeng Yu frowned and didn't answer, he said, "Is Mr. Zeng going to quietly return the stolen calligraphy and paintings of Cai Xiang, Dong Yuan and others?" ”

The Yan family and servants present couldn't help but exclaim in unison, Shaoting Gongzi is identifying Zeng Xiucai as a thief in public, Zeng Xiucai looks like a gentleman, polite to people, not like that kind of person with bad conduct

Yan Shaoting saw that Zeng Yu, who was able to speak well in the past, had an angry face at this time, and did not immediately ridicule him, presumably because he was a thief, so he immediately spoke out to block Zeng Yu's possible quibbles, and said loudly: "Mr. Zeng should not take these calligraphy and paintings to Yichun's friend Jing Xiucai to slowly observe and appreciate them, even if you want to borrow them, you must first tell my uncle, what is the reason for quietly hiding them in the book and taking them away?" ”

Yan Shifang shouted: "Shaoting, what nonsense are you talking about, how can Zeng Sheng be that kind of person, I already know about this, you don't need to say much." Said to Zeng Yu: "Zeng Sheng, talk in a sedan chair." ”

Yan Shifang This is to be all Zeng Yu decent, although he admires Zeng Yu's talent, but after all, he has not been together for a long time, he still does not know Zeng Yu's true character, maybe the gold and silver treasure Zeng Yu can do not take the righteousness, but it is difficult to say that he will not be confused about the famous calligraphy and painting that he loves, looking at his nephew Shao Ting's conclusive evidence, on the other hand, Zeng Yu seems to be speechless, so Yan Shifang is ready to suppress the matter first, and invite Zeng Yu to the sedan chair to talk, as long as Zeng Yu hands over those calligraphy and paintings, admits mistakes, he does not plan to ask Zeng Yu to see the official and ask him for guilt, he knows that Zeng Yu has a bitter life, I'm only twenty years old this year, and I can't bear to be guilty for life if Zeng Yu is confused for a while-

Of course, Zeng Yu immediately realized the benevolence of Yan Shifang's heart, and was greatly moved in his heart, Mr. Fang Tang is really benevolent, Mr. Fang Tang and Yan Shifan are the bloodline of the same grandfather, why is there such a big difference in character?

Yan Shaoting also understood his uncle Yan Shifang's intentions, and was immediately very angry, such a big thing happened, his uncle even wanted to shield Zeng Yu, how could he be willing to rest, and said loudly: "Uncle, stealing is a big crime, how can you easily let it go, the calligraphy, painting and antiques in the Shan Tang are my ancestors and my father's collection for decades, my father is addicted to life, if he learns of the theft, he will be anxious, if the uncle refuses to pursue it because of his face, the nephew will go to the county seat to report to Xu Zhi County." ”

Yan Shaoting is forcing his uncle not to shield Zeng Yu, and the third generation of this official is holding on to knock Zeng Yu to the ground and prevent Zeng Yu from turning over-

Zeng Yu squatted down and put down the book on his back, and arched his hand to Yan Shifang: "I didn't steal the treasures of the mountain hall in my later life, please Mr. Fang Tang to learn about it." ”

Yan Shaoting squinted at Zeng Yu and sneered: "It's really shameless, you still have to hold on at this time, let me ask you, what is in this oilcloth bag in your book?" "This is to interrogate Zeng Yu as a criminal.

Zeng Yu said: "It's a few calligraphy and paintings, but it's not the calligraphy and painting of the Shan Hall." ”

Yan Shifang saw that his nephew was too rude to speak, and shouted: "Shaoting, do you still have my uncle in your eyes, with me here, where is your turn to ask Zeng Sheng?" ”

Yan Shaoting was very dissatisfied with his uncle Yan Shifang's attitude, and Shi Li said: "Please ask my uncle to report his grievances directly and judge fairly, and my nephew won't say much." Saying that, he retreated to the side of the sedan chair and stared at Zeng Yu with both eyes.

Zeng Yu said: "I don't know why the prince of Shaoting insisted on stealing the collection of the mountain hall in Xia, where did the prince of Shaoting have such a heavy hatred for him?" ”

Yan Shaoting couldn't help but speak: "Open the oilcloth bag and see the truth, if I have wronged you, I will kneel and kowtow to apologize." ”

Zeng Yu said: "How dare you." As he spoke, he took out the long strip-shaped oilcloth bag from the book, opened the oilcloth, took out a few scrolls inside, handed it to Yan Shifang, and said, "Mr. Fang Tang, please check it." ”

Yan Shifang opened the scrolls one by one, his face was pale, he glared at Yan Shaoting angrily, and said sharply: "Come over and see what this is"

Yan Shaoting was suspicious in his heart, and approached his uncle Yan Shifang, but his uncle gave him a slap on the head, and a red slap mark suddenly appeared on his white and chubby left cheek, Yan Shaoting was pampered, he had been beaten when he was so big, he covered his face and said angrily: "Why did you beat me"

Yan Shifang said angrily: "Open your eyes and see clearly, is this Cai Xiang and Wen Tong's calligraphy and painting?" ”

Yan Shaoting glanced at the painting in his uncle's book, it was an ink bamboo, and when he caught a glimpse of the word "Zeng Yu", he couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and the oil cloth bag was actually Zeng Yu's own calligraphy and painting

I only heard Zeng Yu say: "The late student went back to Yichun to visit Jing Yuanzhi, Brother Yuan Zhi didn't think the calligraphy and painting of the late life was ugly, and asked me to make a few pictures to send him, so I took the opportunity to go to Yichun with Mr. Fang Tang this time, and I didn't want to let Shaoting Gongzi have such a big misunderstanding, which is also the reason why the late life is not virtuous, and I am ashamed." ”

Yan Shaoting wronged Zeng Yu as a thief in front of so many people, which damaged his reputation as a member of the Yan family, Yan Shifang was extremely angry, and ordered the servants to grab Yan Shaoting's bamboo flogging for twenty, and apologized to Zeng Yu repeatedly-

Yan Shaoting shouted: "Uncle, the theft of the Shan Hall is true, the uncle will beat the little nephew if he doesn't find out, the little nephew is not convinced, the little nephew is young, and his parents are not around, if the uncle is punished for no reason, the little nephew will die here." ”

Yan Shifang said repeatedly: "Okay, good, you still dare to disagree, you falsely accuse Zeng Sheng of innocence out of thin air, not only admit your mistake but also dare to quibble, even if your father is here today, I will also beat you, come on-"

Yan Shaoting was anxious and shouted, "Liu'er, Xiaoliu, come out and make it clear to my uncle." ”

Xiao Liu'er cowered and cowered, knelt down to Yan Shifang and said: "Second master, what Young Master Ting said is true, Mr. Zeng took a lot of calligraphy and paintings from the Shan Hall——"

Yan Shaoting was angry again, he firmly believed that Zeng Yu took those calligraphy and paintings, but today he just didn't catch the stolen goods by chance, and those stolen goods must have been hidden by Zeng Yu in other places, and shouted: "Uncle, if the nephew doesn't have definite evidence, how dare he accuse him, the last time he went to Yichun to visit friends, there was a lack of Wu Tongwei's "Thousand Character Text" and Wen Tong's "Ink and Bamboo Map", and a set of Song version of "Rong Zhai Essays", this time there are two axes of Cai Xiang's poems, one axis of Sun Guoting's calligraphy, two axes of Dong Yuan's landscape and small scenes, and two axes of Tang Yin's poems and paintings, although they are not in this book, I guess it's also hidden somewhere.,Please uncle Mingjian.。 ”

Zeng Yu said: "Mr. Fang Tang, Shao Ting Gongzi said this not only stained the reputation of the late life, but also insulted Jing Yuanzhi, the late life had to distinguish, the calligraphy and paintings listed by the Shao Ting Gongzi some time ago were indeed taken from the study floor to the downstairs bedroom in order to appreciate and copy in the morning and evening, because this time to go to Yichun, the late life was worried that these calligraphy and paintings would be defaced or even lost in the downstairs bedroom, so early this morning the above-mentioned famous calligraphy and paintings were sent upstairs to be classified and collected, only the "Rong Zhai Essays" was still left on the desk, please Mr. Fang Tang verified it with his own eyes. ”

Yan Shaoting listened to Zeng Yu say unhurriedly, and he felt bad in his heart, but at this time, he had to follow his uncle Yan Shifang to the mountain hall to verify-

On Zeng Yu's bedroom bookcase, dozens of volumes of "Rong Zhai Essays" with a wooden letter were neatly placed on the desk, and then went upstairs to the storage room, all the calligraphy and paintings that were lost in Yan Shaoting's mouth were there, but the place was a little remote and not very eye-catching, Yan Shifang stared at his nephew Yan Shaoting and asked, "What else do you have to say?" ”

Yan Shaoting was afraid of being flogged, and he didn't care if it made sense, and said: "Uncle, the little maid Liu'er was beaten last time because of Mr. Zeng's affairs, and he was resentful in his heart, so he accused Mr. Zeng of stealing, and the little nephew was to take care of his grandfather and father's collection, and if he believed it, he wronged Mr. Zeng-", said and walked quickly in front of Zeng Yu, and said: "Mr. Zeng, the student is young and ignorant, and he has done something wrong, please punish Mr. Zeng." "Maintain a bowed posture, and look very sincere about knowing that you can change your mistakes.

Yan Shaoting really lowered his face, and pushed the guilt on the head of the little servant Liu'er, which made Zeng Yu very disdainful, and thought: "Yan Shaoting is so bad that he is not as good as his father, this kind of person has become the deputy of the Jinyi Guard, which is definitely not the blessing of the people." He said coldly: "Where can I punish you, it's all up to Mr. Fang Tang." This is an attitude that refuses to be forgiving.

Yan Shifang also felt that his nephew was too much this time, and framed Zeng Yu for stealing in public, who could tolerate it, cousin Yan Shifan's two sons asked him to discipline on his behalf, Yan Shaoqing was quite loyal, but this Yan Shaoting loves to play clever and small means, without the elegant atmosphere of the children of the family, it will be too late to teach, and said in a deep voice: "Put Yan Shaoting's bamboo flogging twenty, the little servant Xiaoliu provokes right and wrong, and confuses the master, thirty bamboo flogs, and you are not allowed to wait around Yan Shaoting in the future, and hand it over to Rao Steward to take it to Jichang Garden to hoe grass." ”

Yan Shaoting was frightened, he was afraid of being beaten, and shouted: "Uncle, my nephew knows that he is wrong, and he doesn't dare anymore, please spare my nephew this time." ”

The two servants pulled Yan Shaoting left and right, and did not immediately drag Yan Shaoting downstairs to play the board, seeing that the second master Yan Shifang would not change his mind and spare Shaoting's son, but he heard Yan Shifang shout: "If you know your mistakes, you don't need to be punished, drag it down, and you will be able to get twenty strong bamboo flogs." ”

The two servants had to drag Yan Shaoting downstairs, Yan Shaoting saw that he couldn't beg softly, and shouted: "Which of you dares to beat me, I am already an official, and the deputy of the five-grade brocade clothes and guards, who dares to beat me, I will tell my father and my mother, and I will never spare you."

The two servants were frightened, and they also knew that Mrs. Daoliu doted on Shaoting's son, how dare they make a move, and Yan Shaoting struggled hard, so they ran away-

This made Yan Shifang angry, and shouted angrily: "How can this be reasonable, if you two don't arrest Yan Shaoting back, I will send you two to the county government to punish the crime-"

The second master's order could not be disobeyed, the two servants had to chase after him, and arrested Yan Shaoting, who had just escaped from the gate of the mountain hall, and said carefully with him: "Gentlemen, this must not complain about the villain, it is the second master who wants the villain to arrest......"

Yan Shifang went downstairs and shouted: "Yan Shaoting is twenty bamboo feathers, and the little girl is sixty and thirty." ”

The little maid Liu'er was immediately stripped of his clothes and beaten up, beating the ghost and crying wolf, but Yan Shaoting no one dared to fight, Yan Shifang repeatedly urged, the two servants "pounced" and knelt down and kowtowed: "Second master, the little one doesn't dare to commit a crime, and if you beat Shaoting Gongzi, the little one won't live long." ”

At the end of the year, there are many things, and the update is not effective, so forgive me.