The scholar who tried his best to dissuade Dong Zuchang was called Gu Shouqian. His grandfather Gu Mingshi, a Jinshi in the Jiajing period, was in charge of the jade seal for the Son of Heaven, and the Gu family was also a famous family in Songjiang.

Among the young generation of the Gu family, Gu Shouqian, the grandson of the second room, is the most handsome and chic, although his father died early, he is quite popular with several uncles.

Gu Shouqian is very talented in calligraphy and painting, when he was in his early tens, he happened to meet Dong Qichang who resigned and returned to Songjiang, and his grandfather Gu Mingshi took him to Dong's mansion to apprentice and became Dong Qichang's closed disciple. Dong Qichang treated Gu Shouqian like a master and a father, and he even came forward to be a matchmaker in person last year, saying that the marriage between Han Ximeng, the eldest lady of the Han family, and Gu Shouqian.

Gu Shouqian and Han Ximeng, one is good at painting, the other is good at embroidery, they knew each other when they were teenagers, and they have seen the Lantern Festival and Dragon Boat Festival several times, and they have already had hazy feelings for each other.

Dong Qichang deserves to be old this month, but it is really a sesame seed that fell into the eye of the needle - it was a coincidence.

Today, Han Ximeng didn't care about the obstruction of his uncle and aunt, and personally took Zheng Shoukuan to Songjiang Mansion to find Huang Zunsu to ask if Zheng Haizhu had any news.

I didn't want to go to the Dong Mansion, and many strong men with wooden sticks suddenly rushed from all directions, blocking several passages with great momentum, and then a bare-chested strong man came up, and when they were about to approach Han Ximeng and Zheng Shoukuan, someone in the gate of the Dong family suddenly pulled them in and closed the door again.

The one who saved Han Ximeng was Gu Shouqian, who came to greet Dong Qichang early in the morning.

At that time, Gu Shou saw that the momentum was not right, and wanted to gather a few strong servants and mothers-in-law with Dong Zuchang, Dong Qichang, the daughters of the Dong family and Han Ximeng, from the back door of the house that had not yet been besieged, to the Dong family's grange in Huating County to avoid trouble.

However, Dong Qichang saw that Huang Zunsu, the new governor of Songjiang Prefecture, had evacuated the villagers yesterday, thinking that the situation would not get out of control today, and he was worried about the more than 100 pieces of calligraphy and paintings stored in the house, so he was unwilling to evacuate.

After such a hesitation, with less than half of the incense, Dong's house was surrounded by water, and the people in the house could no longer get out.

Gu Shouqian often went in and out of the Dong family, and at this time he stood up in front of the door, his young face was covered with a calm and calm look, but he was more sophisticated than Dong Zuchang, who was nearly ten years older than him, which made the servants of the Dong family respect.

"Bring the ladder in the corner of the courtyard, lean against the wall, and I'll go up and have a look." Gu Shouqian commanded.

"Gu ...... Second Brother Gu, be careful. Han Ximeng said on the side, not loud, but not hesitant and shy.

It was the first time for Gu Shouqian to be so close to Han Ximeng today, and it was the first time to hear her call herself "Second Brother Gu", even though he had been happy to be engaged to her for a long time, this kind of sweetness at this moment still made Gu Shouqian's heart surge.

He said softly: "It's okay, I heard the person shouting outside, there is someone who seems to be an acquaintance, I will ask him a few words." ”

Gu Shouqian lifted his robe and climbed the wooden ladder.

But outside the high wall, under the stone steps of the gate of the Dong Mansion, there are hundreds of villagers gathered in Wuyang, most of them holding hoes, shovels, wooden sticks and other equipment.

Around the courtyard wall, there were more people, some of whom, who did not look like peasants, but like green-skinned scoundrels, did not speak insults, but had grim eyes.

The villagers at the door were shouting and making a noise, and suddenly saw a weak and white scholar emerging from the wall of Dong's house, and they were suddenly surprised and stopped talking.

In this moment of silence, Gu Shouqian's gaze had already caught the person he was looking for.

"Weng Yuansheng, I just said that Dong Gong asked for bribes in Hubei, are you?"

The man named Weng Yuansheng, less than forty, was a native of Songjiang, and he was a talented man, but he tried repeatedly to raise people but did not succeed, and his embarrassing family road could no longer provide him with education. Fortunately, his wife used to be a wet nurse for the Gu family, crying and begging for a care, Gu Shouqian's uncle accommodated Weng Yuansheng with an errand of sorting out official documents and newspapers in the government office, copying and writing, and was regarded as a clerk, so that Weng Yuansheng could receive one or two silver a month to support his wife and children.

During the New Year's holidays, Weng Yuansheng would visit the Gu Mansion according to the number of etiquette, so Gu Shouqian was very familiar with his voice.

Weng Yuansheng, who was standing in front of the villagers, didn't expect that the second young master of the Gu family would be in the Dong Mansion today, and he came up and questioned in a reproachful tone, obviously standing up for the Dong Mansion.

Although Weng Yuansheng is often nagged by the old lady to be grateful to the Gu family on weekdays, he actually disagrees with it in his heart, and occasionally sees the Gu family's sons and nephews in fancy clothes on the street, often after being envious, he immediately scolds with jealousy: You are just a little bit of good luck to be reincarnated.

This time, Weng Yuansheng was made a pawn by a well-known character, and the idea of going out to win a lot was filled in his chest, don't say that Gu Shouqian, the grandson of the Gu family whose stubble has not yet grown, even if the old lady Gu Mingshi comes here in person, he Weng Yuansheng will not retract half an inch.

So, Weng Yuansheng's eyes widened, and he raised his voice: "I can teach Second Young Master Gu to know that Weng has been on an errand for the yamen for six or seven years, whether it is to report to the palace or listen to the admonitions of the adults, why not a thousand times?" Dong Eun is this duke, and his official reputation is at a loss, and it is known both inside and outside the Beijing Division. Now that he has been expelled from the court, his private morality after returning to his hometown is so unbearable, and it is unbearable to connive at his children to do evil! ”

Gu Shouqian met this Weng Yuansheng at home in the past, and he felt that the qi between his eyebrows and eyes was not right, and when he saw what he did today, he concluded that he was most likely a villain who was used to make a rafter.

Second Young Master Gu then said-for-tat: "Weng Yuansheng, don't fool the villagers with some nonsense about Wen Zou Zou. Tell me, what did Dong Fu do and what did he do? ”

A strong man with a hoe beside Weng Yuansheng hurriedly replied: "That, Dong Shichang's second son, wants to rob the youngest daughter of the Lu family to be a concubine." ”

Gu Shou sneaked into the strong man and arched his hand: "This friend, the daughter of the Lu family you are talking about, is called Lu Ying, her own mother was unwilling to take her with her because she wanted to remarry to the Lu family, so she had already sold her to a couple surnamed Chen as a daughter. The Chen couple were hired for the Dong family, and Lu Ying also came to do some needlework on weekdays. Some time ago, Lu Ying's mother claimed to be seriously ill and wanted to see her daughter, and the Chen couple kindly sent Lu Ying there, but they didn't see her back for more than ten days. When they came to ask for someone, they learned that Lu Ying's mother-in-law and the Lu family's stephusband were going to sell their daughter to Suzhou as a concubine. The Chen couple called a few servants of the Dong Mansion who were usually familiar with them, and came to the door again to theorize. ”

Gu Shouqian said this, climbed a ladder again, bravely showed more of his body, and said to the people outside the wall proudly: "This matter is reasonable, it is the man of the Lu family and the mother of Lu Ying, how can it be made into a drama that slanders the Dong Mansion in the mouth of the Yamen's Weng Shuban?" You keep talking about the women of the people, have you seen the women of the people and her mother-in-law go to the yamen to beat the drum and shout grievances? ”

There was a whisper rolling through the crowd.

Someone said: "Ah Ertou, haven't you seen that Lu Ying go to sue the official?" ”

"Huh? I didn't, I didn't, did you hear it wrong, the little lady I saw was from the troupe, she said that someone wrote a play for them to play the Dong Mansion to rob women, but the person didn't come to pay after the performance. ”

When Weng Yuansheng heard this, he turned his head and said angrily: "Because the Fan Dashan who wrote the drama book was angry to death." ”

After that, Weng Yuansheng simply dropped the few taels of half-baked scholars and rushed up the steps of the Dong Mansion.

He pointed to a group of strong men in the front row, and spat flew sideways: "The one on the wall is the young master of the Gu family in the east of the city, and these rich children are already wearing a pair of pants." Folks of Fanjiazhuang, Fan Chang, a talented man who finally came out of your village, wrote a script that ridiculed the Dong family for doing evil, but Dong Zu often came to the yamen to make trouble, and asked the prefect to put Fan Xiucai in prison, and Fan Xiucai was angry and angry. The old mother of the Fan family and his wife went to Dong's house to ask for an explanation, and were ordered by Dong Zu to strip and insult. Are your Fanjiazhuang men still leading the way, just let others bully them? ”

"The surname is Weng, my Dong family has no grievances with you, why are you so stubborn!"

only heard a "bang", the door of Dong's house was opened, and Dong Zuchang was finally angry and rushed out to confront Weng Yuansheng.

Weng Yuansheng couldn't help it, he glanced at the open ebony gate proudly, smiled at Dong Zu Chang Senran, and was about to beckon the green skins on both sides of the wall to rush in.

However, as soon as he turned around, he screamed "sigh" and fell on the stone steps.

A wooden arrow flew through the air, impartial, and hit him on the shoulder.

The arrow was not equipped with an arrow, but it was powerful, and although it could not enter the flesh, it also made Weng Yuansheng feel severe pain, and he wailed on the ground.

The people who were about to rush to Dong's house instinctively froze and froze in place.

"Soldiers, soldiers, officers and soldiers......" someone in the back row of the crowd finally shouted.

Immediately afterwards, everyone saw a man in a flower robe and a scarf and helmet jumping down from the big camphor tree behind them, with a light posture, like a god general.

He stepped a few steps to the steps of the Dong Mansion, and first made sure that Weng Yuansheng, who was howling like a pig, was fine, before turning around to face the stunned people.

There were a few people in the crowd who usually liked to listen to stories, and after seeing the white horn and red flying fish embroidered on the man's chest, they exclaimed: "Jin, Jinyiwei." ”