Another day later, after Xun Tianzhi came to Suzhou, he began to prepare for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and sent invitations to local yamen officials and famous families according to the custom. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

At the same time, he also personally sent someone to Lu Ming's house to send an invitation, inviting Lu Ming to participate in this cultural fight.

originally thought that Lu Ming would politely refuse, but he didn't expect Lu Ming to agree very simply, and said that he would definitely attend on time on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

On 10 August, a group of ordinary people came to Suzhou City, dressed plainly, beating gongs and drums along the way, and carrying a plaque to the Yamen, which read "Benefiting the people, merit in the future."

This is a plaque jointly made by the people in the disaster area some time ago, since the Suzhou Charity Association funded, the people's lives have been greatly improved, at least there is no need to worry about going hungry next year.

Zhou Dongyue led the officials out of the yamen to greet him, and when he saw more than 100 people coming outside, he was really a little surprised, "Fellow villagers, ...... you are?"

An old man at the head said loudly: "Lord Zhou loves the people like a son, and organized the Suzhou Charity Association to raise funds for us, so that more than 30,000 families will have food to eat and clothes to wear in the coming year. ”

After speaking, he bowed to everyone and was extremely grateful.

Zhou Dongyue smiled and said: "These are what we should all do, the purpose of our Suzhou Charity Association is 'one party is in trouble, all sides support', no matter where it is, as long as there is a disaster, we will help them as soon as possible." ”

"Besides, this is not only the credit of the Suzhou Charity Association, but also the kind people who raised funds for everyone, so we should be more grateful to them, without their support, we would not have been able to raise funds to help everyone. ”

As soon as the words fell, there was a burst of applause all around, and many of the people who raised funds instantly felt a kind of honor, and couldn't help but raise their heads slightly, very proud.

The old man led his fellow villagers to bow to the scholars around him, "Thank you, thank you! May good people have good rewards and have a safe life!"

Then he said to Zhou Dongyue: "Lord Zhou, this is a plaque for the Charity Association, it is our heart, please accept it." ”

"Okay, then this official will thank you on behalf of the Suzhou Charity Association. Zhou Dongyue said.

The two strong men walked forward with the plaques, and were immediately picked up by the officials, and the officials present looked at each other and smiled.

Zhou Dongyue said: "This plaque not only belongs to the Suzhou Charity Association, but also belongs to every fundraiser, and the merits and honors belong to each of us." ”

"Well said!", the audience burst into applause again.

"Hmph!

Xun Tianzhi in the crowd snorted coldly, with a sneer on his face: "This Suzhou Charity Association is just an organization that sells dog meat on the head of a sheep, on the surface to raise funds for the victims, but in fact it secretly embezzles people's money, and they can afford this kind of honor?"

Peng Da nodded and said: "What Brother Xun said is extremely true, if the entire Suzhou City donates to the Charity Association, even if each person only donates ten copper coins, it will be a lot of wealth." ”

The two of them spoke without taboo, as if they deliberately wanted everyone to hear it, which immediately attracted strong dissatisfaction from everyone.

The surrounding scholars knew Xun Tianzhi's identity, and they didn't dare to speak in an excessive tone, so they had to retort with a tactful attitude: "Xun Maocai, this sentence is a bit serious, right? The Suzhou Charity Association is a public organization, and the amount of donations will be announced every day, and it is also government personnel who take the lead in raising donations, how can Lord Zhou be greedy for the people's money?"

"That's right! You can't talk nonsense, Lord Zhou loves the people like a son, and it is absolutely impossible to do such a thing. ”

"If you don't have evidence, don't talk nonsense!"

"Am I talking nonsense?"

Xun Tianzhi sneered at his face and said: "It's not that I haven't seen this kind of trick, I think there was a similar thing in our Changguo back then, a certain county order raised money in the name of 'building a holy temple', and secretly embezzled a lot of silver, which is not much different from the means of this Suzhou Charity Association." ”

As soon as the words fell, everyone's faces changed in shock, and they all cast suspicious glances at Zhou Dongyue.

Peng Da and the other Changguo people knew that this was an opportunity, and they listed similar things to everyone, and their tone was extremely sincere, and they didn't know whether what they said was true or false, but it made the people's trust in the government begin to waver.

The officials suddenly showed anger, and Zhou Dongyue was about to refute, but was stopped by Lu Ming, "Xun Tianzhi is deliberately spreading rumors, once he is in trouble, he will fall into his trap." ”

Zhou Dongyue said a little anxiously: "But we can't let him slander us, otherwise we will lose the trust of the people in us." ”

"Those who are clear are self-purifying, and we should ignore them. ”

Lu Ming said to the officials: "Everyone will return to their posts, and I will handle it here." ”

"You?", the officials were a little uneasy.

"Since Lu Maocai said so, then let's go back. Zhou Dongyue said.

"Good...... All right. ”

When the officials heard Zhou Dongyue say the same, they had no choice but to agree, and explained to the people that they still had to deal with political affairs, so they took their leave and returned to the yamen.

Xun Tianzhi saw that many officials ignored them, and immediately became angry, they were the children of the half-saint family, and their words carried a bit of weight.

However, Zhou Dongyue and the others turned a blind eye to it, and they simply didn't take the half-saint family in their eyes.

Suddenly, Xun Tianzhi's enthusiasm was half gone, but he still continued to explain to everyone, satirizing the Suzhou Charity Association in the form of pointing at Sang and scolding Huai.

Lu Ming walked slowly towards the crowd, his eyes fell on Xun Tianzhi, and said, "Xun Maocai, I haven't seen you for a long time, I didn't expect to meet you here." ”

"Lu Maocai, I heard that you were valued by the state pastor and appointed as the supervisor of the state, and your life is very good. ”

Xun Tianzhi greeted Lu Ming, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he sneered: "I also heard that you are also one of the founders of the Suzhou Charity Association, this is a big deal that is sure to make money without losing money, fame and fortune, Xun is very envious, but Xun wants to warn you that a gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way, and ill-gotten wealth cannot be taken in a good way." ”

Lu Ming laughed instead of being angry: "Xun Maocai, you are talking to yourself here for a long time, I am afraid that except for the three-year-old child, no one will believe you." ”

"Hmph, Xun's words are well-founded, as the so-called long-term people's hearts, Lord Zhou is not corrupt now, it is just for the people to see, first give everyone a reassurance, but once the time is long, it is uncertain. ”

Xun Tianzhi's words also made a little sense, which made some people worry, and wanted to intervene to speak, but they stopped talking.

Xun Maocai is also reasonable, after a long time, I will see the hearts of the people, so let's talk about this matter later. ”

"What's the matter?", Peng Da laughed.

"Who are you?", Lu Ming glanced at Peng Da.

"I am Peng Da, a son of the Changguo family. Peng Da said proudly.

"I am the leader of the Seven Kingdoms, and when you see me, not only do you not salute, but your attitude is so arrogant, you Changguo people really don't know how to be polite. ”

"What did you say?"

Peng Da's face changed, and he immediately said: "Lu Maocai, please pay attention to what you say, I am a child of the family, and although you are the leader of Maocai, you are from a poor family and have a very low status, you should salute me, right?"

"If I salute you, will you be able to bear it?"

Lu Ming said unceremoniously: "By the way, I also heard a report from someone that you refused to inspect when you entered Suzhou City, and injured my Liang Guo scholar, so arrogant and arrogant, a bully, in my eyes is not worthy of being a 'scholar' at all." ”

"You dare to look down on me!", Penda looked angry.

"That's right, I just look down on you!"

Lu Ming raised his head slightly and said, "If you are not convinced, we can learn at the cultural fighting meeting!"

Peng Da suddenly said happily: "Okay! This is what you said! The Mid-Autumn Festival Cultural Fighting Conference, let's compete, I want to see what Lu Maocai has to do." ”

"I'll show you. ”

Lu Ming's eyes were cold, and he said: "But I want to warn you, if you spread rumors again to stir up the relationship between the people and the government, then don't blame me for inviting you to the Yamen as a guest." ”

Only then did everyone suddenly realize that it was Xun Tianzhi who was taking the opportunity to provoke, and almost all of them were deceived by Xun Tianzhi and others with false and true words.

"Please go to the Yamen, hehe, you don't dare!", Peng Da said disdainfully.

"If you don't believe me, you can try, I promise to make you regret coming to Suzhou. Lu Ming said.

Peng Da's face suddenly turned ugly when he heard this, and he said sharply: "Half-Saint Family, you can't afford to offend!"

"You don't represent the Demi-Saint Family!"

"Presumptuous!"

"Forget it, Brother Peng, we don't have to talk to Lu Maocai, let's go. ”

Xun Tianzhi snorted coldly and turned to leave.

"Lu Maocai, there will be a period later. ”

Peng Da sneered and followed Xun Tianzhi with the people of Changguo.

"Lu Maocai, they ......"

"Needless to say, let's go our separate ways. ”

"I'll say goodbye!"

Everyone then took their leave, and peace quickly returned to the yamen.

In the past few days near the Mid-Autumn Festival, Lu Ming's house is full of people, countless readers have sent moon cakes to talk about their hearts, Lin Xiaoyan is at home alone, and everyone is too busy to receive them.

Now that Lin Xiaoyan has a fate, her status is different from that of others, the scholars who came to visit respect her very much, and they all know that Lin Xiaoyan and Lu Ming's family affairs have been decided, but they have not completed their marriage for the time being.

Because Lu Ming is a poet of Zhenguo, the reader gave her the nickname "Mrs. Zhenguo", although she knew that it was a joke, but Lin Xiaoyan was flattered and did not dare to call herself so self-conscious.

Every time Lu Ming came back from the yamen, he could see that the house was full of moon cakes, and he could open a moon cake shop.

After all, Lu Mingwen's name is too big, and many readers are interested in making friends, and Lin Xiaoyan has not been idle much all day long.

Lu Ming went home in the evening and saw that there were more than a dozen boxes of mooncakes in the room, and he suddenly had a headache, "Is this for us to eat mooncakes for dinner?" (To be continued.) )