Chapter 363 Xixia Military Division
If it was a normal proposal, even if Li Zhang was not satisfied with this Juren Zhang, he would not be able to beat him out, but the other party had no matchmaker. Li Zhang insisted that the other party was not proposing the marriage at all, but a disciple, and immediately reversed the situation. After all, the other party came to his home to act like a hooligan, and his family would not beat him, and it would be good if he didn't turn the other party to the government.
Sure enough, as soon as Li Zhang said, Zhang Fu's expression changed suddenly. He immediately argued again: "The student really came to propose marriage out of sincerity. It was definitely not that he had any dirty thoughts. I hope the emperor of the mansion will observe clearly!"
"You are a scholar, so you must naturally understand the word "etiquette". You always say that you are here to propose marriage, but you don't even have a matchmaker. If anyone else is going to call it out, you will still dare to come and complain. It's really hateful!" Cheng Lin didn't listen to Zhang Fu's explanation at all, and he said angrily with a slap in the groan.
In fact, Cheng Lin was very disliked by Zhang Fu. He was a scholar and could not understand Zhang Fu very well. He was obviously the one who took the lead in this matter, and he was just a down-and-out candidate. He failed to pass the imperial examinations many times, but he wanted to marry Li Zhang's sister. If he succeeded, Zhang Fu would naturally gain both fame and fortune, and would get help from Li Zhang in the future. If he didn't succeed, he could also gain attention. Maybe he became famous because of this. As long as a scholar had a fame, everything else would be easy.
Li Zhang also saw Zhang Fu's intention. To put it bluntly, his crazy life is actually no different from those on the Internet who use all kinds of weird things to attract attention and want to become famous. However, Zhang Fu made the wrong plan and even put his ideas on his sister, which made him extremely annoyed.
"The Master of the Mansion is clear, and the students are absolutely ill-intentioned. They are really just going to propose marriage!" Zhang Fu was also panicked at this time and shouted again. Although he was bold and thick-skinned, he was also panicked when he saw Cheng Lin standing on Li Zhang's side.
"Hmph, you are still a scholar. You dare to argue until now. If someone comes, drag him out and beat him twenty boards!" Cheng Lin angrily scolded him at this time, and asked the yamen runners to drag Zhang Fu out to beat him.
"The Master of the Mansion shows mercy, the student is wronged!" Zhang Fu was carried out by two strong yamen runners and shouted again, but Cheng Lin ignored him at all. As a result, he was smart and actually shouted at Li Zhang, "The student is wrong. Please show mercy to the Duwei Li. In addition, the student and General Cao are also old acquaintances. I hope the Duwei lets the student go in front of General Cao!"
Li Zhang was also stunned when he heard that Zhang Fu actually knew Cao Wei. If it were other things, he might ask clearly, but Zhang Fu's idea of beating Li'er was simply a tragic death, so he ignored it at all. Not to mention that he just knew Cao Wei, even if the Cao family's nephew provoked Li'er, he would never give up easily.
"Master Li, I wonder if you are satisfied with my official's handling?" Cheng Lin looked at Li Zhang with a smile and asked.
"I'm very satisfied with the prefect Cheng. My sisters and the others were frightened. The officials said goodbye!" Li Zhang smiled and bowed, saying goodbye immediately after saying that. Cheng Lin was still good at abilities, but her character was not very good. Last time, in order to please Liu E, she even dared to present the "Picture of Empress Wu's Reign to the Dynasty", so Li Zhang was unwilling to have too much interaction with the other party.
Cheng Lin did not try to keep him too much. He smiled and sent Li Zhang away. Zhang Fu was pressed outside the mansion. Two yamen runners took turns to swing the board and smashed it down hard. The yamen runners also had many tricks in their behavior. For example, prisoners with background or benefit, they would show mercy when they beat them, and they looked hard but they just fell down gently. Some other prisoners did not have such treatment. For example, Zhang Fu offended Li Zhang and was also the prisoner who Cheng Lin personally interrogated. They naturally beat them very hard. After the shackles, they saw blood directly. Zhang Fu screamed in pain.
Seeing Zhang Fu's tragic situation, Li Zhang felt a little angry. He took Douzi and wild dog home, mainly because Xiuxiu and Li'er were still worried that going home early would also make them feel at ease sooner.
Sure enough, when Li Zhang brought Douzi home, Li Er and the others immediately surrounded him. Xiuxiu even wiped her tears and scolded Douzi too impulsively. Douzi listened honestly, but was quickly pulled away by Li Er. The two of them were muttering and didn't know what they were talking about. Li Zhang also briefly told the story of the government office. When she heard that Douzi was fine and that Zhang Juren was beaten, Xiuxiu felt relieved.
"Luckily it's okay. Douzi is so impulsive this time." Xiuxiu finally patted her chest and said again. This time she really scared her. She only has Douzi, a younger brother, and she is the only seedling in their Dou family, so she is really afraid that something will happen to Douzi.
"Douzi and Li'er have always had the best relationship. Zhang Fu is so bold that he dared to have inappropriate thoughts about Li'er. No wonder he was angry!" Li Zhang also spoke immediately.
At this moment, Xiuxiu looked at Douzi and Li'er who were huddling together and chatting intimately. After hesitating for a while, he finally spoke: "Brother, I think Douzi and Li'er are not young anymore, you..."
"I know what you are going to say, but Li'er is still too young. Let's talk about it in two years!" Li Zhang interrupted Xiuxiu at this time. In fact, he also knew that Douzi and Li'er could be said to be childhood sweethearts and were young. In fact, he also had the idea of marrying Li'er to Douzi, but Li'er was still too young and he couldn't control others, but his own woman must wait until the 18th to get married, otherwise the risk of getting married too early was too high, and he didn't want his sister to take such a big risk.
Seeing that Li Zhang did not agree, Xiuxiu was a little disappointed, but Li Zhang did not refuse, which made her feel a little hope again. At this time, Li Zhang suddenly smiled and said to her again: "Don't think about Douzi's affairs. You should consider your own affairs. Xiuxiu and Douzi are twins, and they are sixteen this year. It's easy for men to deal with, but even if a woman doesn't get married at this age, it's time to get engaged."
"I...I'm not in a hurry. It's not too late to talk to me when the ugly sister and the others find her." Xiuxiu said shyly when she heard Li Zhang talking about her affairs. After that, she ran away on an excuse.
Li Zhang was helpless when he heard this. Among the girls in the family, the ugly girl was the oldest, but she devoted herself to the money market and had never considered getting married. Li Zhang mentioned it many times but was rejected by her. As a result, the ugly girl did not get married. Xiuxiu, who was young, also learned from her. For this reason, Li Zhang had no choice but to do anything to them.
After solving the family affairs, Li Zhang thought that there was still a lot of things to do in martial arts, so he rushed to the Wucheng King Temple again. Last night, Cao Wei and Hu Yan Bixian thought that holding a sports meeting in martial arts was a good proposal. Li Zhang put forward a lot of suggestions, which he also needed to improve. So after he handled his own affairs, he went to Cao Wei to discuss the competition.
When Li Zhang came to Cao Wei, he found that Hu Yan Bixian was there, and there were several other important figures in martial arts. When Cao Wei saw him, he immediately called out, "How is it? What happened to the family? Do you need our help?"
"A little thing has been resolved. What are you discussing about, Master? "Li Zhang also smiled at this time, and greeted Hu Yan Bixian and others.
"It's good to solve it. We are also discussing the competition. The competition subjects you mentioned yesterday were good, but some details still need to be improved." Cao Wei also smiled again. They were actually waiting for Li Zhang. After all, the competition was proposed by Li Zhang, and he seemed to have great experience in the competition.
Li Zhang joined in immediately after hearing this. Cao Wei first introduced him what they had discussed before, and then Li Zhang also discovered some of his own opinions and added some details. Finally, with the improvement of the public, a complete game plan was soon released. Then, under Cao Wei's instructions, everyone also prepared their own affairs.
Li Zhang was about to leave, but suddenly thought of Zhang Fu's incident, so he stayed for the last time, and then asked Cao Wei: "Master, I wonder if you know someone named Zhang Fu?"
"Zhang Fu?" Cao Wei also showed a thoughtful expression when he heard the name. After a while, he looked up and said, "This name sounds a bit familiar, but I can't remember where I have heard it for a while?"
"This person is about 30 years old this year. He is a down-and-out poor scholar. He is not tall and has no appearance." Li Zhang briefly introduced Zhang Fu's situation, but judging from Cao Wei's appearance, he should not have much impression of Zhang Fu.
Hearing Li Zhang's introduction, Cao Wei slapped his forehead and laughed: "I remember when you say this. Two years ago, two poor scholars actually went to the border to gain fame and hired a few people to pull a large stone slab with sour poems that they were not satisfied with. They recited the poems and cried, which attracted the attention of many people. At that time, out of curiosity, I met them, but they were not prone to speculation, and finally sent someone to send them back to their hometown. One of them seemed to be Zhang Fu."
"What!" Li Zhang stood up suddenly when he heard Cao Wei's words, because Cao Wei's words reminded him of a person, that is, Zhang Yuan, who was known as the "Western Xia Military Advisor" in history. When he was young, he failed to take the imperial examinations many times, so he defected to Xixia and then assisted Li Yuanhao in attacking the Song Dynasty with all his strength. It can be said that Zhang Yuan made an indelible contribution to the establishment of Xixia.
Chapter completed!