Du didn't forget to remember that he was now in his thirties, and he still had no children and no daughters, and he didn't even have a home, so he couldn't help but say:

"Maybe life is like this, when others envy you, they don't understand the bitterness in your heart at all. ”

Two days later, after saying goodbye to Zhu Qi and Gao Gong, Du Yi came to the familiar city of Suzhou.

Du and Zhu Qi did not enter the city, they directly bought a pot of wine, incense and paper money, and came to Tang Yin's tomb first and worshipped.

At this time, Tang Yin's tomb is no longer as shabby as before, and has long been expanded into a small cemetery, and Du Yi has not been here for many years.

Du Buyi and Zhu Qi lit incense while nostalgic in front of Tang Yin's tomb.

At this time, suddenly a sentence came from behind:

"Brother Du, why are you here?"

Du didn't forget to turn around and look, it turned out that Wu Chengen came over with a scholar who also came over with incense and paper.

Du Bu Bu hurriedly turned around and hugged Wu Chengen, and then introduced Zhu Qi to him.

After Wu Chengen paid his respects, Du Chengen asked Wu Chengen:

"Why didn't you see your wife coming?"

Wu Chengen replied:

"Yan'er has been feeling a little unwell recently, and it just so happens that today is the Qingming Festival, so I'm here to worship my father-in-law for it!"

Then he asked:

"Brother Du, why are you in Suzhou?"

Du did not forget to reply:

"I'm going to go to Longhu Mountain, and I just happened to pass through Suzhou, so I'm going to pay homage to Brother Tang first!"

Wu Chengen said very gratefully:

"Brother Du, you really have a heart!"

Du did not forget to walk to Tang Yin's tombstone and stroked it:

"After all, Brother Tang has been gone for fifteen years, and this time flies too fast, I don't forget that I don't know when I have to accompany Brother Tang?"

Wu Chengen came over to comfort Du Chengyi:

"Brother Du, you are in the prime of life, how can you say these words, since we are so destined to meet here, why don't you find a place to have a drink first?"

Du didn't forget to ask:

"Brother Wu, when will you be able to drink?"

Wu Chengen replied:

"I've only recently fallen in love with alcohol. ”

The two of them talked and talked, and they entered Suzhou City with Zhu Qi and Wu Chengen's scholar, came to the top of Wuzhong Restaurant, ordered a few pots of wine and a few plates of side dishes, and drank while eating.

Zhu Qi also heard Du Cheng not forget to say something about Wu Chengen, so he asked Wu Chengen curiously:

"Brother Wu, I heard that you like those strange things very much, don't you?"

Wu Chengen smiled at Zhu Qi:

"Yes, Miss Zhu!"

Zhu Qi asked again:

"Brother Wu, why didn't I see you bring the Great Sage out this time?"

Wu Chengen replied:

"I'm here to worship my father-in-law, how can I bring them? They are now in my hometown in Shanyang, if Miss Zhu wants to see them, you can come to my house at any time!"

Zhu Qi smiled slightly:

"Okay, next time Brother Du and I go north to the canal, we must go to Brother Wu's house to play. ”

Du didn't forget to interrupt:

"Now it's the Qingming Festival, we are also ready, it's time to rush to Longhu Mountain early, I'm afraid we have to go to Brother Wu's house as a guest, I'm afraid it's a few months later!"

Wu Chengen said:

"Well, I'll be ready to welcome you both when I get back. ”

Du did not forget to ask by the way:

"What has Brother Wu been doing at home lately?"

Wu Chengen replied:

"I'm busy writing books at home now, anyway, I've already been disappointed in the imperial examination, I hope I can leave some pen and ink for future generations in my lifetime!"

Du did not forget to sigh:

"I actually want to find a quiet place to write a book about my experience in a few years, but I don't know when I will have the opportunity!"

Wu Chengen smiled:

"Brother Du, if you write a book about your experience, I'm afraid you won't be able to do it without 100,000 volumes. ”

Du did not forget to reply:

"Then Brother Wu, I'm afraid your book isn't a matter of thousands of volumes, right?"

The two laughed as they spoke.

At this moment, suddenly a group of headcatchers ran upstairs, holding a portrait, surrounded Wu Chengen, looked at it, and then led a headcatcher, pointed to Wu Chengen, and said:

"Is your name Wu Chengen?"

Wu Chengen nodded, looked at the head catcher in surprise and asked:

"What's the matter, this official, do you have something to look for me?"

This catcher replied:

"Since you are Wu Chengen, then accompany us to the yamen!"

After saying that, a few heads were arrested, and Wu Chengen was quickly escorted.

At this time, Zhu Qi on the side whispered and asked Du Yiyi:

"Are we going to save Brother Wu?"

Du didn't forget to shake his head, and also whispered back:

"Don't take it lightly, let's go along and see what's going on!"

After a while, Du Yiyi and Zhu Qi followed these headhunters to the prefect's yamen.

At this moment, a young official walked up to the court and sat down.

Du did not forget to ask a man next to him:

"Why is this Suzhou prefect so young?"

The man whispered in Du Buzhi's ear and replied:

"This son, be careful when you speak, the prefect heard that it is Xia Xun, the son of Xia Yan, who is a scholar of the dynasty, and it has only been a month since he came to our Suzhou, and he has already made our entire Suzhou panic!"

Du did not forget to hurriedly ask again:

"Why is that?"

The man explained:

"As soon as he took office, he issued an order that all people who came to Suzhou should not mention any remarks or books about the court or the emperor, otherwise they would be punished with a felony. ”

Du was not surprised:

"This prefect is a bit snobbish behind him...... Don't you want people to talk?"

At this time, I only heard the prefect Xia Xun slap the board heavily, pointed at Wu Chengen and said:

"Boldly Diao Min, you actually dare to write a book that slanders the Taizu of the dynasty, what crime should you be guilty of?"

Wu Chengen still had a surprised expression at this time, looked at the prefect Xia Xun, and replied:

"I, Wu Chengen, am a poor people, how dare I write a book that slanders the Taizu of the dynasty?"

Xia Xun slapped the board again and said to the Fu Cheng on the side:

"Go get the evidence!"

After Fu Cheng walked out, it didn't take long for him to bring back a middle-aged servant with a stack of papers in his hand.

Wu Chengen looked at this person and said:

"Uncle Li, why are you here?"

This Uncle Li didn't dare to look up at Wu Chengen, so he nervously handed the stack of papers to Xia Xun's hands.

Xia Xun took out two pieces of paper from it and handed them to Fu Cheng:

"You take it down and show it, is it written?"

Fu Cheng took these two pieces of paper full of handwriting and put them in front of Wu Chengen:

"Take a good look at it, did you write this?"

Wu Chengen glanced at it and replied:

"It's exactly what Wu Chengen wrote!"

After Xia Xun took back the two pieces of paper, he questioned:

"Wu Chengen, you are so bold, you dare to use the name of Zhu Bajie to insult Zhu Chongba, the name of my dynasty Taizu, are you guilty?"

At this time, Wu Chengen looked at Uncle Li who betrayed him indignantly, and didn't know how to reply.

Xia Xun slapped the board again:

"Wu Chengen, did you hear what the official asked you? Now that the evidence is there, do you know the guilt?"

After Wu Chengen reacted at this time, he immediately shouted to the prefect Xia Xun:

"Xiaomin is wronged, Xiaomin is wronged, Xiaomin must have been framed by Uncle Li in my house. ”

After speaking, he pointed to Uncle Li.

Xia Xun slapped the board again and shouted at Wu Chengen:

"Bold fanatics, since you still dare to talk nonsense here, since you have admitted that it was written by yourself, stop quibbling, hurry up and prepare to sign and draw a pledge!"

Fu Cheng immediately found a piece of paper full of charges and put it in front of Wu Chengen.

At this time, Wu Chengen immediately said again:

"What I wrote is just a pig Bajie who was reincarnated from the sky and devoted himself to being a pig, how can it be an allusion to Emperor Taizu of the current dynasty, I, Wu Chengen, am not guilty, so I will not press this handprint!"

Xia Xun sneered:

"Wu Chengen, let me tell you, even if you don't press it today, you have to press it, because now the officers and soldiers have already gone to your hometown of Shanyang County yesterday, no accident, your family may be escorted to our Suzhou Mansion tonight, if you don't press the handprint, you can do it yourself?"

Wu Chengen was in a panic at this time:

"What? you...... You...... Xia Xun, I have no grievances with you, and you don't even let go of my family?"

Xia Xun sneered again:

"You can't blame the official for this, it's all your Uncle Li's credit!"

Wu Chengen's angry eyes turned to Uncle Li, who was still bowing his head:

"Uncle Li, you have been in our Wu family for so many years, has our Wu family treated you badly?"

Uncle Li raised his head slightly and looked at Wu Chengen:

"I can't blame Uncle Li for this, I can only blame your family for being too rich, and you still dare to slander Emperor Taizu of the dynasty, but you don't have to worry, your wife Uncle Li and I will help you take care of it!"

Wu Chengen pointed at Uncle Li and scolded:

"Uncle Li...... You beast is inferior to something, you ...... Are you still human?"

Xia Xun immediately slapped the board:

"The prisoner must not roar in the court, let it finish painting for me, and take it back to the prison!"

Several officials immediately came over and prepared to force Wu Chengen to draw a detention.

At this time, Du Bu didn't hold back any longer, jumped out, rushed to Xia Xun's table, pointed at Xia Xun and said:

"As the son of Lord Xia, you dare to settle the case so hastily, who gave you the guts?"

Xia Xun was suddenly startled by Du Buzhi, who suddenly jumped out, and immediately eased up, and then shouted:

"Hurry up and arrest this arrogant man for me. ”

The head catcher and the official next to him had already tightly surrounded Du Buxing, and when he was about to make a move, Du Buxing suddenly said:

"I am the king of Du, who dares to arrest me?"

Then he took out the token of Du Wangye that Zhu Houxi personally gave him from his arms.

At this time, the officials and the head catcher next to him were stunned when they saw the token.

Xia Xun was also surprised and asked Du Yichu:

"What did you say?

Du did not forget to throw the token on the table in the summer:

"See for yourself, what is written on this token?"

Xia Xun picked up the token and took a closer look, only to see that the token was indeed written with six big characters 'Decree of King Du', and immediately shouted:

"Brother-in-law, it turns out that you are here!"

Du did not forget to reply:

"Why haven't I seen your brother-in-law in my father-in-law's mansion before?"