In Nanjing, because of the relationship between the spring and the spring, scholars from all over the world gathered in it. Even in this storytelling teahouse, there are about sixty or seventy readers, and the total number of tea customers in the entire teahouse is only about 100.

At this time, because of the five taels of silver on Chu Chu's clothes, there was suddenly a tense atmosphere in the teahouse.

The folding fan was gently tapped in the palm of his hand, and Zheng Gongzi, who was wearing a white robe, raised his eyes and looked at the person who was choking: "Who is my Dao?" It turned out to be the famous Taiyuan 'genius', no wonder he spoke so loudly. ”

Jiao Sheng rolled his eyes and chuckled: "What a Taiyuan talent, it's just a classmate who carries love, and it's not as good as Zheng Gongzi's background." ”

"Brother Jiao," Zheng Shanru's face sank: "Disputes are disputes, can you not always bring my Zheng family when you speak?"

"The reward of five taels of silver will make you lose my northern scholar, I just said that you Zheng family two sentences, you can't stand it? Is the so-called first in Jiangnan such a first one? It's really 'better to see than to hear'. Jiao Sheng shook his head with a look of contempt.

"You!" Zheng Shanru was angry for a while.

Looking at the surrounding tea customers, with a few quarrels between the two, they were faintly divided into three groups: the scholars in the south, the scholars in the north, and the melon-eating masses represented by Zhu Yunwen and Xu Ruyi.

China has paid attention to origin and place of origin since ancient times, even today, a sentence of a fellow countryman can make two strangers naturally close, and in the court of the Ming Dynasty, the existence of "fellow countrymen" is not just as simple as getting close, but the basis of the party. The water in the court is very muddy and complicated, and it must be difficult for these readers who have never experienced it in front of them to understand, but the truth that the party is different and takes care of each other is still understood.

"Your Highness. Xu Ruyi turned his head sideways and asked in a low voice: "What is this first place in Jiangnan, what a big tone, why doesn't he call it the first in the world?" He didn't care about the quarrel in front of him, but he was curious about the name "First in Jiangnan".

"Dare to say that the first one in Jiangnan is a 'thing', the words are disrespectful, if the imperial grandfather knows, he will definitely have to beat your board. Zhu Yunwen smiled, and then explained to Xu Ruyi in a low voice.

If the name of "the first in Jiangnan" is really certified by the royal family, and Zhu Yuanzhang personally recognizes it. As a famous family in the south of the Yangtze River, the Zheng family is actually nothing new, but the world is like this, as long as it is done to the extreme, it will be very different. The Zheng family has settled in Zhengjia Town in the east of Pujiang County, Zhejiang Province since the Southern Song Dynasty, and has not been separated after hundreds of years, thousands of people share wealth and food, and also pursue the ancestral motto of "filial piety and righteousness". So, feeling the Zheng family's righteous residence, of course, it was also for the sake of a model, Zhu Yuanzhang personally gave the title of "the first in the south of the Yangtze River" in the eighteenth year of Hongwu.

Zhu Yunwen told Xu Ruyi about the origin of the Zheng family, but the scolding battle between Zheng Shanru and Jiao Sheng in the teahouse gradually escalated from "counterpart" to "group mouth", and the scholars on the north and south sides also stood in line and began to support their "classmates and friends".

"The Zheng family's famous family, how can you guys insult you?" said a blue-robed "Southern Sect" scholar in a loud voice.

"Brother Zheng, don't be angry, the northerners are ignorant, and they don't know my Jiangnan heritage, which is normal. ”

"That is, if you want them to live with the northern Tartars for a long time, what insight can they have?"

You look at me, muttering, and there are some hometown dialects, and every sentence is prickly, all of which belittle the northern scholars. Naturally, the northern scholars would not listen honestly, and roared at the top of their voices.

"What a noble family, I think that's it. ”

"If you hurt people, where is your cultivation?"

"A group of Nanban, chirping crookedly, what else can they do except play tricks?"

This is a bit interesting, what else can a scholar do without playing tricks, quite a few crows stand on the back of a pig--- just see others black.

The outcome of the dispute is generally divided into two types, either it stops because of the appearance of some character, or it becomes more intense. Arguments turn into quarrels, pushing, and finally fighting.

From the mouth of someone in the northern and southern camps who shouted the first sentence "straight thief" and "turtle bastard", the "audience" knew that it was not good.

"Who are you scolding?"

"Insulting Sven. ”

"You scolded first!"

"It's you. ”

The students on both sides got closer and closer, and the number of sixty or seventy people made a noise of six or seven hundred. Xu Ruyi quietly pulled up Zhu Yunwen and walked towards the corner.

"Hmm, where are you going?" said Zhu Yunwen in a daze.

"It's not a big deal to see the excitement, Your Highness. Xu Ruyi smiled helplessly: "After a while, the fight started, the tables, chairs, cups and plates flew sideways, if any object flew to your head, Your Highness might have some blood, and the slave maid would lose her head." ”

"Oh, that's true. Zhu Yunwen saw that everyone else was also moving towards the wall, and suddenly understood.

"Your Highness," Xu Ruyi thought for a while, and still asked in a low voice, "Do you want the slaves and maids to let them all disperse?"

"No, no, no. Zhu Yunwen grinned: "I haven't seen anyone fight yet, let's take a look first, anyway, with you, nothing big will happen." ”

“。。。。。。 Speechless.

The unrelated tea guests collectively turned into a group of melon-eating people, and the fastmouth fish on the stage saw that the situation was not good, and they also pulled their daughter Chu Chu to pick up the silver and hide in the corner.

It's not a big deal to watch the excitement, and the "excitement" itself is already boiling. The only person who is really worried in the field is probably the shopkeeper and the shopkeeper.

Secretly complaining in his heart, the shopkeeper made a gesture at the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper nodded, and then ran away with his head down, while the shopkeeper gritted his teeth and stood by the crowd, bowed down, and shouted loudly: "Everyone, everyone, the small shop is a small profit, if a few sons want to fight, can they go outside to fight, otherwise the small shop really can't afford it." ”

"The shopkeeper's rest assured that he will not be embarrassed. The crowd was noisy, but a few people heard it and replied arrogantly by the way.

"Well, it looks like they're going to have to fight. "Actually, I don't care if there are a few tables and chairs, a few teapots or something. The key is that they are afraid of death, all of them are strong-blooded, and they don't have a serious attack. If you kick your heart and hit your temple, and you kill someone on the spot, they will turn around and scatter, and he, the shopkeeper, will have to go to court, and if you want to be safe, you will have to bleed up and down.

Shaking his head helplessly, the shopkeeper's heart was anxious: "Why can't you come yet, it's not far away." ”

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In a small wine shed on the side of the street, Niu Er led his brother Niu Iron Hammer and drank every sip of wine on the four or five side dishes on the table.

"Brother, this sauce tofu is really good, can you have another plate?"

"If you like to eat, eat more, it's not bad for these melons and dates. ”

"Shopkeeper!" Niu Tiehammer slapped the table and shouted, "Another plate of soy tofu!"

"Okay. The shopkeeper greeted him, and then brought another plate from the back kitchen and put it on the table.

"Don't eat too much, something might happen in a while. Niu Er picked up the wine glass and took another sip. The wine shed sells some home-brewed bad wine, that is, it barely smells of wine, and I am not afraid of getting drunk with a hammer when I look at it. However, if you eat too much, it is easy to get out of breath when you move, and it is also a troublesome thing.

"Brother. Niu Tiehammer dug a spoonful of tofu and put it in his mouth, and Ulu Ulu said: "With your ability, why don't you go to the gang to gang?

"The ears are sharp enough, and I'm still asleep when you're asleep. Niu Er glanced at him squintedly, but he didn't seem to have any explanation.

"Brother, the third aunt asked me to follow you, and my mother also said that I will listen to you in everything, as long as you say a word, I will never say anything about the hammer of the sword mountain and the sea of fire. Niu Hammer's chest snapped: "But the hammer is stupid, some things I don't understand, if the two of us are so mixed, ten or eight years can pass, but what if the body is not good in the future, find a gang to enter, and then there will be a response, isn't it good." ”

"Huh. Niu Er shook his head and chuckled: "Who said that you are stupid, what you said is Tao, and you know that you have a long-term plan, but I don't see that you still have such a mind." Picking up two peanuts and throwing them into his mouth, Niu Er said: "The gang's scenery is infinite, in fact, you know that it is not easy to really enter." The city of Nanjing is mixed, and the forces of all parties are entangled and intertwined. Take Li Qiye's Flying Eagle Gang as an example, a few days ago, there was a fight with the Wild Dog Gang, and twenty or thirty people died. You've heard that, right?"

"Uh. I've heard that. The hammer nodded, but he didn't care: "We are gangsters, we are not also eating money, and we are not far behind." ”

"It's not that simple, these twenty or thirty people just died on the surface. Secretly, what?"

"Secretly?" Hammer was a little puzzled: "Didn't the road say that the rotten people don't take the work of the gang?"

"It's not a job for a gang leader. Niu Er said: "But that's not what I'm talking about." They heard in the fight the other day that two people passing by were injured. ”

"So what?"

"What kind of relative in the family of those two people is a housekeeper in the house of an official in the court. Then the matter turned to the seventh master and the dog master, and the two had to send gold and silver and a few of their subordinates to Shuntian Mansion to confess. After a pause, Niu Er said in a deep voice: "If you join the gang, people will not be comfortable, it is normal to fight and kill, the key is not to know when you will be thrown out as a scapegoat by the above, the real happiness is always a few people who are there, you think about it like this, where is it more comfortable than our brothers are living now?"

When we save some money, we will go back and open an oil and salt shop in the countryside, or do some small business, this life is said to be long, but it will be over in a long way, what do you say. ”

"Well, it's the same. The hammer scratched his head, feeling that what Niu Er said also made some sense.

"Second master, second master, I can find you, come and see, something is wrong." Running all the way, Xiao Er in the teahouse finally found Niu Er.

"What's wrong?" Niu Eryi raised his eyebrows, then poured a glass of wine and handed it over: "Drink a glass of wine to press, pant and say slowly." It's not bad for a moment. ”

"I... I... Over there. After this stop, Xiao Er's anger was a little bit unbearable, and after drinking Niu Er's wine, it was considered stronger, and he hurriedly said: "Master Niu, the southern and northern scholars in the teahouse are fighting, you can go and take a look." ”

As soon as he heard this, Niu Er couldn't help but sweat in his head, reading people making trouble is the most troublesome, I can't tell whose teacher is which official master, take a step back and say, even if there is no such relationship, it is not easy to deal with. The scholar who beats someone is called a man's true character, and the scholar who is beaten is called insulting, and he turns around and shouts at the door of the yamen, and the eight achievements of beating people have to be arrested.

"Master Niu, Master Niu?" Xiao Er saw that Niu Er was a little hesitant, and couldn't help but feel cold.

"Urge, urge, urge, what urge, don't you see my eldest brother thinking of an idea?" Niu Tiehammer stood up and grabbed Xiao Er's neck and pulled it closer, raised his fist with his other hand, and threatened: "If you dare to speak again, Lao Tzu will recognize you, Lao Tzu's fist will not recognize you!"

"Don't, don't, Master Hammer. Xiao Er was completely panicked at this moment.

"Hammer, put it down!" Niu Er came back to his senses, scolded Niu Tie Hammer, and then patted Xiao Er's shoulder: "After receiving your family's peace silver, our brother will naturally not run away if something happens, otherwise he will slap his own face." My brother is short-tempered and ignorant, don't take it to heart, little brother, I'll accompany you on a trip. ”

"Thank you, thank you, Master Niu. Xiao Er said in a trembling voice.

"Shopkeeper!" Niu Er turned his head and said before leaving: "My brother has about fifteen yuan for eating today, and if you discount today's example, it will be two cents short of you." Stretched out his hand and took out two pennies from his arms and put them on the table: "One yard is one yard, my Niu Er is a person who talks about the rules, and I will never take advantage of you." ”

"Master Niu is righteous. The shopkeeper walked over to the table and watched the three of them walk away.

"Although this second master Niu is a gangster, he is also a well-dressed man. The shopkeeper nodded.

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By the time Niu Er arrived, the scene was out of control. More than 60 people were in a mess, their robes were torn, their headscarves were off, you punched me and I kicked each other, and all of them had crooked noses and slanted eyes, but they were still full of anger and scolding.

Think about it, too, they are all a group of readers, they don't work weekdays, they either study hard behind closed doors, or they really want to fight, their fists and feet are soft, and they hurt and hurt, but the weight is definitely not heavy. Looking at this posture, at least it will take half an hour for them to distinguish the winner.

"Niu Er, you're here, look at this trouble, what should I do?" When the shopkeeper saw Niu Er coming, he hurriedly greeted him.

"The shopkeeper can rest assured, Niu Er and I have my own opinions!"