Four of the eight Songjiang students studying at Juran Academy in Hangzhou are willing to go to Songjiang with Zhang Yuan's three brothers. These four are Jin Langzhi, Hong Daotai, Weng Yuansheng and Jiang Shiqiao. They or their relatives and friends are more or less Having been bullied by the Dong family, and seeing that the Shanyin Zhang brothers wanted to fight against the Dong family in Songjiang, they were both happy to see it happen and willing to help——
At the end of the morning on the 10th day of May, it was drizzling. Liu Jingyan brought simple luggage and a child to the port of the canal. He saw pavilions covered with umbrellas and fluttering shirts. There were about a hundred students who came up to the pier to see Zhang Yuan off. Jiao Runsheng and Liu Jingting was a little friendly, so he held his umbrella and said, "Brother Jingting, I'm sorry."
Liu Jingting hurriedly returned the gift and thought to himself: "The Zhang brothers have a great exchange. Even Jiao Zhuangyuan's son supports the Zhang brothers in their fight against Dong Qichang!"
Zhang Yuan borrowed the Yidi Xiaokanhe Pai from Eunuch Zhong yesterday afternoon, and also borrowed an official ship from the Weaving Department for Jin Langzhi, Liu Jingting and others to ride on. At Chenshi, Zhang Yuan and others said goodbye to all the people who were leaving. A white-covered boat and an official ship from the Weaving Department left the Hangzhou Canal Pier and headed north.
The three Zhang Yuan brothers went to the official ship of the Weaving Department to have a chat with the Songjiang Fourth Member and Liu Jingting. Lu Chun and Lu Jie heard that Liu Jingting was good at telling stories, so they followed Zhang Yuan and Wu Ling to the official ship of the Weaving Department. At first, the two little brothers were very frightened when they saw Liu Jingting, whose face was full of pockmarks and scars, and did not dare to come near. Liu Jingting then told a story about Sun Wukong causing havoc in the Heavenly Palace. Unknowingly, the two little brothers sat down next to Liu Jingting and listened. I listened to the story so much that I no longer thought that this man had a sinister appearance.
Liu Jingting's story-telling skills were naturally a topic of discussion among students. Zhang E spoke frankly and said: "Brother Jingting is very ugly, but after looking at it for a long time, I don't think he is ugly."
Liu Jingting smiled slightly, not feeling dissatisfied, and thought to himself: "Seven years ago, I was much more handsome than you, Zhang Yanke."
Zhang Dai said: "Brother Jingting has a sharp tongue and sharp eyes. He is a wonderful person."
Zhang Yuandao: "There are those whose appearance is ugly but impressive, and there are those who are not ugly but not good enough... Just like there are those who are lovable despite being incomprehensible in literature, and there are those who are fluent but extremely disgusting -"
Zhang E said: "Those whose writings are fluent but extremely disgusting are the eight-part essays; those whose writings are not fluent but are lovable are Zhang E's."
Everyone laughed.
Zhang E also talked about the girl with a cloth robe and bamboo stick that he met on the moonlit night at West Lake the day before yesterday. Jin Langzhi and others were amazed... They all speculated on the girl's identity, saying that they were prostitutes, monsters, ghosts, and immortals. Zhang Dai said: " There was also a strange thing at the Lantern Festival last year at the Yinlong Mountain Lantern Festival. When the lights were dim and everyone was quiet, the waiter at the wine shop at the foot of the mountain was packing up the cups and plates and preparing to go home. Suddenly, six beauties came and bought a large jar of wine. They took out fruits and vegetables in their sleeves. , in an instant the six of them drank all the wine from a jar... and went up the mountain hand in hand. It was already midnight, and the tourists who were looking at the lanterns on the mountain had all come down and returned home, and the lamps were extinguished. I didn't know what the six beauties were doing up the mountain! "
Zhang E smiled and said: "I also want to tell you a strange thing... It also happened at the Lantern Festival. A scoundrel borrowed a couplet in the empty building on the left side of the Chenghuang Temple and welcomed the guests with several cunning boys. A beautiful young man came to pick up a certain boy, kissed him, and struck her tongue. He did everything, and when he took off his clothes, the prostitute was about to greet him with his pubic hair... Suddenly, he saw the beautiful young man's breasts raised... It was actually a woman, and she had a sexual intercourse with the prostitute... He left before dawn - you think this is strange Isn’t that surprising?”
Liu Jingting said: "In troubled times, monsters will appear frequently. This is not surprising."
Except for Zhang Yuan, the other students did not take Liu Jingting's words about the approaching troubled times seriously. The students were considered to be a class with vested interests, especially the students in Jiangnan. Most of the students were living a good life. They all felt that the world was at peace, and although the government had
The disadvantage is not the troubled times. By the way, bullies like Dong Qichang are hateful. So when they talk about the evil of the Dong family in Songjiang, everyone is filled with indignation. Jin Langzhi and others are young and energetic, and a group of people gather together and become bolder, saying
When they return to Songjiang, they will try their best to publicize the evil of the Dong family and unite with other people to sue the Dong family. If Huang Guoding, the prefect of Songjiang, protects the Dong family again, they will go to South Zhili to Zhang Yuan to have a long talk with Liu Jingting. They find that this storyteller is knowledgeable and knowledgeable.
, has unique insights into human affairs, and Liu Jingting is even more amazed by Zhang Yuan. He originally thought that a young scholar like Zhang Yuan had no knowledge of world affairs except the Four Books and Five Classics. Unexpectedly, Zhang Yuan knew current affairs well and was very knowledgeable about the world.
Liu Jingting had a profound insight into the disasters, customs, various shortcomings and chronic diseases of the government and the gentry. Liu Jingting traveled to the twelve mansions in the south of the Yangtze River and met many people. From high-ranking officials to traffickers and pawns, he moved from camp to camp for personal gain, but rarely saw Zhang Yuan.
Such a keen and insightful——
Zhang E came over and said, "Brother Jingting, I heard that you are good at martial arts. How many enemies can you have?"
Liu Jingting smiled and said: "Master Zhang, don't believe the rumors. How can the next storyteller know any martial arts?
Zhang E said: "Don't hide it from me. The moves you mentioned about Wu Song fighting tigers are much more precise than those in the Water Margin book. You must have martial arts skills."
Liu Jingting smiled and did not deny it.
Zhang E then said: "I have a servant who is very brave. When the boat is moored at night, will you compete with me?"
Liu Jingting hurriedly waved his hand and said: "No way, I only know a few five-animal tricks, just for fitness."
Zhang E said: "Then when you go to Qingpu, Huating will have to send a few people to protect you, otherwise Dong Zuchang will definitely send someone to fight."
Liu Jingting said: "You Xian Kunzhong is alone in a different place, and you can send a few people to protect me. I went to Huating to preach, just to arouse the resentment and anger of the people in Huating against the Dong family. If hundreds of people surround me, I will listen."
I'm a storyteller, why would Mr. Dong dare to send someone to beat me?"
Zhang Yuan praised: "Well said, this is the purpose of inviting Brother Liu to Huating to tell stories."
The Beijing-Hangzhou Canal was turbulent, people were talking loudly, and the three ships were sailing northward.
Zhang Rulin originally told Zhang Dai and Zhang E to go to the Imperial Academy in Nanjing, but the two of them were unwilling to miss the grand occasion of overthrowing Dong, so they naturally wanted to follow Zhang Yuan to help Zhang Yuan.
With the Weaving Department's courier card, Zhang Yuan and his three ships passed the customs station without any obstruction. They set off from Hangzhou on the 10th day of May and arrived in Jiaxing on the 12th. They hired a car to drive to Zhujiajiao Town, and then hired a boat.
Xuedian Lake went down the Huangpu River and landed at the south dock of Qingpu City before noon on May 15th. Zhang Yuan asked Wu Ling to rush to Lufu to report the news. Except Hong Daotai, who was a native of Qingpu and wanted to return home first, everyone else went to Lufu.
Zhang Ruoxi took her two children and stood on the shore waiting for the boxes and cages on the ship to be moved ashore. Looking at the tall towers of Qingpu City, Zhang Ruoxi had mixed emotions for a moment. On the pier, there were people from Qingpu who recognized Zhang Ruoxi's mother and son, and they were whispering to each other. They looked weird, obviously.
They were talking about Lu's recent misfortune——
Zhang Dai asked Zhang Yuan in a low voice: "Jiezi, I heard that your brother-in-law's father, Lu Xiaolian, doesn't welcome you to Qingpu?"
Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "At that time, it was because Lu Yangfang and I had some conflicts. Times have changed. Now we are here to help the Qingpu Lu family. How can we not be welcome? Brother, don't worry about being treated coldly."
Zhang E said: "Old man Lu is paralyzed, Lu Yangfang is in jail, and Sister Ruoxi's husband is now in charge of the Lu family. How could Brother Lu not welcome us!"
Zhang Ruoxi moved a dozen boxes and cages of various sizes ashore and had just finished paying off the boatmen's money when she saw Wu Ling running back in a hurry and shouted: "Master, there is a large group of people in front of the Lu Mansion. They are noisy and demanding debts."
Yes, some are still breaking down the door and throwing stones into the courtyard wall, so I can't go in to report the news."
When Zhang Ruoxi heard this, her face lost color. The two children, Lu Chun and Lu Jie, were also frightened. They held their mother's hand tightly and shouted: "Mother, mother--"
Zhang Yuan sneered and said: "They must have been sent by the Dong family to collect gambling debts. They are really arrogant."
Zhang E said angrily: "Go over and beat them up. Neng Zhu, Feng Hu, come with me."
Zhang Yuan said: "Third brother, wait a moment, let's go together." He asked his sister Zhang Ruoxi to stay on the boat, but Zhang Ruoxi refused and wanted to go with him, so Zhang Yuan hired a sedan chair for his sister and two nephews to sit on.
Mu Zhenzhen was ordered to carefully protect his sister, Zhou Ma and others and proceed slowly. He, his eldest brother Zhang Dai, third brother Zhang E, Jin Langzhi, Weng Yuansheng, Jiang Shiqiao and Liu Jingting rushed to the Lu family's mansion first.
The four servants who accompanied Zhang Dai and Zhang E this time were all very brave. Neng Zhu and Feng Hu were particularly brave. All four of them held short jujube sticks in their hands. At this time, they inserted the sticks in their sleeves and followed them.
Behind the three Zhang brothers.
Mu Jingyan was carrying a whistle stick and walking together with Jin Langzhi, Jiang Shiqiao and Weng Shiyuan's servants. Following the master's instructions, these servants each took out their luggage carrying poles and followed them. Counting their side
There are more than ten people who can do it.
Zhang E said excitedly: "I wonder if Dong Zuchang is here. If he is, it will be just right. I will beat him half to death this time."
When the group of people walked through the streets in the city, everyone on both sides of the street looked sideways. There have been many gangsters in Qingpu recently. When people in Qingpu saw Zhang Yuan and his party, they thought they were gangsters. When did the gangsters wear headscarves?
, what kind of world is this!
When they arrived in front of the Lu Mansion, they saw a dozen scoundrels gathering in front of the gate and shouting curses. The Lu Mansion closed the door tightly and allowed these people to smash the door and throw stones, bearing the burden of humiliation. It is said that the Lu family had hundreds of child servants and tenants.
Why be afraid of these dozen bachelors? It must be because Lu Yangfang is still in prison, and Lu Tao does not dare to order his slaves to fight with the people sent by the Dong family, so he can only stay behind closed doors——
Before he even got close, Zhang E shouted: "Hit me."
Nengzhu and Feng Hu's four servants rushed over first, took out the five-foot stick from their sleeves, and started beating the people surrounding the Lu Mansion's door. Among the dozen or so people, there were Dong's servants and some skilled fighters. Unexpectedly,
Suddenly he rushed towards these people without saying a word, and started hitting them with his stick. Before he could recover, he had been hit several times on his head, shoulders and back. He was screaming in pain. Someone said angrily: "I am Dong Hanlin of Huating."
Family, who are you?"
There were five or six young players carrying meteor sleeve sticks, scales and sharp knives. At this time, they all came out to fight with the four Nengzhu men. Suddenly, they saw a big man with a yellow beard rushing over, holding a whistle stick in his hand like a poisonous snake.
Xin, at an extremely fast speed, stabbed a young fighter in the throat with one strike, then slashed with a stick, knocking him to the ground. Within a moment, four bachelors fell to the ground, and the others were also killed by Neng Zhu, Feng Hu
Waiting for someone to overturn——
Zhang E shouted: "If you continue to beat me without being beaten, you will be beaten even if you fall to the ground."
Nengzhu, Feng Hu wielded a short stick, and slapped the Dong family slaves and young hands who rolled on the ground with "slap, slap, slap", beating them until they cried and howled. Some of them got up and tried to escape, but were killed by Mu Jingyan.