Chapter 210 It is advisable to chase the poor pirates with the remaining courage
Nengzhu, Feng Hu relied on his strength, quick hands and feet, and the ability to surprise the enemy and strike first, but Liu Jingting was secretly amazed by Mu Jingyan's skill. He used the whistle stick as a gun, which was both accurate and fast.
Liu Jingting did not expect Zhang Yuan's yellow-bearded man to have such martial arts skills. Fortunately, Zhang E was not allowed to compete with this yellow-bearded man the day before yesterday——
A guest from Dong's residence, five slaves from Dong's family, and six young men in the trade, in less than half a cup of tea, they all rolled on the bluestone ground in front of the Lumen, wailing and begging for mercy.
With the momentum of chasing the poor bandits, he yelled: "Don't think that if you kneel down and beg for mercy, you won't fight. If it's not that cheap, you'll still fight." He took the stick and whipped it in person, and he only gave up when his hands were sore.
When the gate of Lu Mansion opened, Lu Tao led a dozen strong servants out. Zhang E threw the short jujube stick on the ground and shouted: "Brother-in-law Lu, just a few rogue bachelors can block the door of your house."
Come on, you Mr. Lu are too——" Zhang E at least saved some face for Lu Tao and did not say the next words.
Lu Tao looked ashamed and said, "I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed. My brother Yangfang is still in Songjiang Prison. I really don't dare to fight against them." Dong threatened that Lu Yangfang should be sent to the border guards for the crime of molesting a woman.
, Lu Zhaofu, who dotes on his young son, is at a loss.
Zhang E said: "What are you afraid of? I'll just beat you. Lu Yangfang, huh, it's best for that kind of person to die in prison."
Lu Tao was so embarrassed that he bowed his hand to Zhang E and walked over to greet Zhang Yuan, Zhang Dai, Jin Langzhi and others. Zhang Yuan said: "Brother-in-law, sister, Lu Chun and Lu Jie are all back."
Zhang Ruoxi got off the sedan chair and came forward with her two children in tears. Lu Tao was overjoyed to see his wife and son return. After not seeing each other for half a year, Lu Chun and Lu Jie had grown up a bit. The two little brothers
One of them pulled Lu Tao's hand and shouted: "Daddy, Daddy."
Five-year-old Lu Jie looked up at her father, Lu Tao, and said, "Dad, you have lost weight——"
This sentence made both Lu Tao and Zhang Ruoxi burst into tears. Life for the Lu family in Qingpu has been difficult these past few months. The Dong family pushed for the 600 acres of mulberry forest, causing mulberry harvesting and sericulture to almost stop. The silkworm farmers under the Lu family
, Orihu suffered huge losses, and his silk and satin business was almost completely cut off. Lu Tao was very anxious. Can he not lose weight?
Wu Ling walked up to Zhang Yuan and said, "Master, the Qingke of the Dong family was the one who followed Dong Zuchang to Longshan last year. He is not a good person." Wu Ling received a slap from Dong Zuchang that time and remembered it deeply. The Qingke asked Wu Ling at that time
Inquiring about Miss Shang, I have to give Wu Ling more than ten coins -
Zhang Yuan asked Mu Jingyan to bring the Qingke of the Dong family over. Seeing that Zhang Yuan and others were members of the Qing Dynasty, the Qingqian shouted: "I am also a member of the Qing Dynasty. If you beat me, I will definitely——"
With a "snap" sound, the Qing guest was hit in the face with a blow. His chest was broken and his teeth were broken. His mouth was full of blood and he screamed loudly.
Zhang E brandished a short jujube stick and shouted angrily: "You are a lackey of the Dong family, but you are still a member of the labor force, and I want to beat you." He slapped him hard on the head and face, and the Qing guest held his head and screamed for mercy.
Zhang Yuandao: "Tie up these people."
More than a dozen of the Lu family's servants found ropes, and the Dong family's slaves and thugs tied them up tightly. The Lu family's servants were also extremely aggrieved these days, and while tying up people, they punched and kicked them to vent their hatred.
Lu Tao welcomed Zhang Yuan and others into the main hall and ordered the kitchen to prepare wine and food for the banquet. Lu Tao was still worried about the people who beat Dong. These people were tied under the door wall. I don't know how it will end?
Zhang Yuandao said: "Brother-in-law, don't worry. Let's tie these people up first and see how the Qingpu magistrate will deal with them. Brother-in-law, let people invite Yang Shixiang here first."
Zhang Yuan learned last time from a letter from his brother-in-law Lu Tao that Li Banghua, the former county magistrate of Qingpu, was transferred to Shandong Council in early March. The successor magistrate was named Wang Shanji. He was a Jinshi in the Jiachen Division in the 32nd year of Wanli. Although he was not a disciple of Dong Qichang, he
He was not as upright as Li Banghua. He only liked Dong Qichang and Huang Guoding. The Dong family slaves and the gangsters came to Lu Mansion from time to time to harass him. Lu Tao sent greetings to the county government several times to complain, but Wang Shanji ignored him.
It has obviously contributed to the arrogance of the Dong family slaves, and now they dare to block the door and throw stones. After all, the head of the Lu family in Qingpu, Lu Zhao, is also a local squire with a good family background, but he is being bullied like this!
Of course, Lu Zhao is now paralyzed and cannot go to the county government court to reason.
Zhang Ruoxi took Lu Chun and Lu Jie to see Weng Gu. Lu Zhao had a stroke three months ago and was paralyzed. At first, he couldn't even speak. After careful treatment by a famous doctor in Songjiang, he can now speak, but his speech is a little unclear. At this time, he was sitting
Sitting on an armchair with a thin blanket covering his knees, he watched his two grandchildren kowtow to him, with tears streaming down his face, and his mouth was vague and he didn't know what to say——
Liu on the side said: "Xiao Chun, Xiao Jie, the eldest father asked you two to come forward. The eldest father wants to take a good look at you two."
Lu Guang used to be quite strict with his family, especially Zhang Ruoxi, and he had never been kind to him, so Lu Chun and Lu Jie were not close to this grandfather. At this time, they saw their grandfather's eyes were blank, his words were unclear, and he had one hand.
Like chicken feet, the two little brothers felt scared, as if they didn't know their grandfather, and refused to come forward. Zhang Ruoxi pulled them forward -
Lu Zhao tried his best to stretch out his movable right hand and stroke the heads of his two grandchildren, and said: "I have great grandchildren, I have great grandchildren." As he spoke, his head moved little by little, and his dull eyes became a little bit brighter.
Lively.
Mrs. Liu held her two grandchildren in her arms, looked around, and said happily: "They have grown a lot taller. It has been more than a year. You two won't give up on me, right?"
Lu Chun and Lu Jie said in unison: "No, I remember it well." Lu Jie glanced at his grandfather who was half sitting and half lying down, and thought to himself: "I really don't recognize this uncle."
Madam Liu took Zhang Ruoxi's hand and sat by the small window to talk. Madam Liu had never been so affectionate to her eldest daughter-in-law before. Madam Liu asked: "Ruoxi, was it your brother Zhang Yuan who sent you back?"
The reason why the slaves were shouting and cursing at the door was because Ruoxi's brother ordered them to be knocked down and tied up. Mrs. Liu had already heard about this.
Zhang Ruoxi said: "Yes, there are also my two clan brothers Zhang Dai and Zhang E."
Mr. Liu asked: "Are they from Xizhang or Dongzhang?"
Zhang Ruoxi said: "It's from Xizhang."
Mrs. Liu then asked: "Last time Tao'er wrote a letter asking your brother Zhang Yuan to ask Su Weng of Xizhang for a letter addressed to Magistrate Huang. Did he get it?"
Zhang Ruoxi said: "I have already brought it. In a few days, my brother Zhang Yuan will personally deliver it to the Songjiang government office."
Mrs. Liu was overjoyed: "If Yangfang can be rescued, our Lu family would like to thank your brother very much."
Zhang Ruoxi said: "They are all members of our own family, how can I thank you so much?"
Mrs. Liu said: "Ruoxi, Tao'er is now the pillar of the Lu family. You are virtuous and will definitely be able to help Tao'er. Yangfang is too disappointing, but he is Tao'er's brother anyway, so you should try your best to help him."
, we can’t watch him go to jail and be sent to the army, right?”
Zhang Ruoxi said: "Yes, Mr. Lu is planning to exchange 600 acres of mulberry forest for my uncle to be released from prison. Now that I have a letter written by my uncle to Magistrate Huang, my uncle should be able to return home safely."
Mrs. Liu hesitated for a moment and said, "Your brother Zhang Yuan has some old grudges with Yangfang. Could it be that-"
Zhang Ruoxi said: "Don't worry, aunt, my brother Zhang Yuan is here to help me, the Lu family. The grievance between him and Yangfang was settled last year."
"That's good, that's good." Ms. Liu felt relieved.
Yang Shixiang, the head of the Qingpu Literary Society, heard that Zhang Yuan had arrived in Lu Mansion, and hurried over immediately. Lu Tao was hosting a banquet for the three Zhang Yuan brothers, Jin Langzhi, Jiang Shiqiao, Weng Yuansheng, and Liu Jingting, and they all sat down together. Of course, at this time
Let’s not talk about the eight-part essay, but only talk about the evil of the Dong family in Songjiang. Zhang Yuan showed Yang Shixiang the two articles he wrote against Dong. Yang Shixiang understood what Zhang Yuan meant. Zhang Yuan was going to confront the Dong family this time.
, said: "Brother Jie Zi, just speak up if you need my help."
Last year, the collection of contemporary essays compiled by Zhang Yuan was a big hit. In addition to Zhang Yuan's reputation as Xiao Sanyuan, another factor was that he beat Dong Zuchang severely. The collection has sold nearly 5,000 copies so far.
There are no more than 2,000 scholars in total, which means that not only the scholars, but also many students have bought Zhang Yuan's collection of contemporary essays. At first they were curious, but after reading it, everyone felt that they had benefited a lot. Zhang Yuan's eight-part essay
After his reputation in the election came out, Yang Shixiang wanted to ask Zhang Yuan to edit books for his bookstore. The financial resources were rolling in, so of course he had to support Zhang Yuan without harming his own interests -
Zhang Yuandao said: "Dong's servants and young martial artists dared to block the door and yell at them. Not to mention that Lu Weng was famous for being a civil servant. My brother-in-law is also a junior student in the county school. Dong is despising all the students in Qingpu. If Lu's six hundred
Mu Mulberry Forest finally fell into the hands of the Dong family. With the greed of Dong Zuyuan and Dong Zuchang, Qingpu will be like Huating in the future. The fertile fields and beautiful lands are occupied by the Dong family, and bullying of men and women continues. Therefore, I would like to ask Brother Shi Xiang to join forces.
All the students in this county asked King Wang for orders to severely punish the twelve Dong family slaves and thieves who were involved in the lottery in Lu Mansion."
Yang Shixiang said with emotion: "Brother Jiezi is absolutely right. If the Huating Dong family's arrogance is not suppressed, we, the Qingpu gentry, will also be bullied by them. I will send people to gather a dozen members of our Qingpu Society now."
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At this moment, Lu Dayou hurriedly came in and reported, "Young master, Team Leader Deng from the county government's criminal department is here to see you. He must be here for people like the Dong family."
Lu Tao said: "Let him come in."
# Squad leader Quan brought two officers in. There were seven or eight students present. He knew Zhang Yuan. It was Zhang Yuan who ordered the arrest of Lu Yangfang last year. Zhang Yuan had no fame last year. When he met today, Fang
Jin Xingang, already a scholar, hurriedly paid tribute to Lu Tao, Zhang Yuan and others.
Lu Tao asked: "What is Bantou Deng doing here?"
Leader Deng had received money and property from the Dong family in Huating. He heard that Dong's people were beaten and tied up in front of the Lu Mansion. He immediately reported it to the Ming Dynasty magistrate and brought two officers to intervene. He wanted to kill Dong's people first.
Take him away, and see Zhang Yuan here. Zhang Yuan's attack on Dong Zuchang can be said to be known to everyone in the three counties of Songjiang Prefecture. And because Yang Shixiang promoted the collection of contemporary articles, Zhang Yuan's Xiao Sanyuan
, these things about the number one scholar student# Ban Leader also knew that Zhang Yuan beat Dong Zuchang as if nothing had happened. Dong Hanlin could not help Zhang Yuan. It can be seen that Zhang Yuan really has a good background, and Ban Leader Deng did not dare to directly say that he wanted to take Dong away.
The man from the family crossed his hands and said: "The county magistrate heard that there was a fight in front of the Lu Mansion, so he sent a villain to check it out."
Lu Tao glanced at Zhang Yuan, and Zhang Yuan said: "Boss Deng will go back and speak to Mr. Wang first, saying that we will go to the county government office to explain the situation to Mr. Wang later, and the people of the Dong family will also be handed over to Mr. Wang.