A single student would not dare to be so presumptuous in front of the local governor, but with a group of students, and there are a large number of people behind this group of students, the situation is completely different. Everyone speaks to each other, and the more they talk, the more they talk.
The public was furious. The two county magistrates and the chief registrar, who had served as assistant officials for many years, initially looked coldly on the magistrate Wang's joke. However, seeing that the situation was fierce and the bad words kept coming, and if they were not restrained, it might lead to an uncontrollable situation, they decided to fight with him.
Wang Shanji discussed it for a while, but Wang Shanji had no choice but to promise to imprison the six bachelors again, and comforted Lu Tao and other members with good words, promising that the instigators behind these six bachelors would be severely punished. Now that they have achieved their goals,
Lu Tao and Zhang Yuan had to stop it. Otherwise, if they let the people behind them make a fuss, smash the county government office, and beat up the county magistrate, it would be pleasant, but they would not be able to escape the blame after being investigated. The people's
The power is like a flood and a raging fire. If you can't guide it, you will suffer first. Moreover, Zhang Yuan's target is not in Qingpu. This Wang County magistrate can only give a small blow, but it is not enough, so he, his brother-in-law Lu Tao, Yang Shixiang and others help to persuade the people.
It was not until the third drum hour that the Qingpu County Government finally returned to calm.
Wang Shanji stayed in the county as the county magistrate. He also had the records of the criminal chamber and the history of the execution chamber. The county school instructors discussed the matter together and decided to report the matter just now to Magistrate Huang and the inspection branch. The six Huating bachelors were detained first to see how the inspection branch would respond.
Whether they are exiled to the army or escorted to Songjiang Prefecture for interrogation, they must be handled according to the law. We can no longer acquit a criminal because of a si letter from Magistrate Huang——[]
The six gangsters who escaped at Qingpu Pier returned to Huating overnight and hurriedly went to see Wu Long, the leader of the Songjiang gang. Wu Long had more than two hundred gangsters under him. They colluded with Dong Zuchang, started gambling, and stayed with prostitutes to buy prostitutes.
It is common for these bachelors and young men to enter the government office by suppressing good deeds, bullying the poor with violence, and doing all kinds of evil. They are not afraid of being beaten, but this is the first time they have been beaten for doing business for Dong. Moreover, six people were beaten twice in three days.
He was imprisoned in Qingpu County Prison and could not be released, which made Wu Long shocked and angry. Wu Long was in his thirties. He was not tall and burly in appearance, but he was strong and strong, and was skilled in fists, feet, guns and sticks. He originally taught people to practice martial arts as a profession.
A group of disciples later set up a beating bank and were hired to avenge others' deaths, cheat and steal, "hit the six cities", set up traps to frame others for making money, etc. There were also beatings on behalf of others, because the government was urgent to pursue wealth, and some people
The head of household A cannot pay the taxes and has to be beaten with a cane, but he can hire people to be beaten. This is really a strange thing. The people who work in the industry also earn hard money. But since they made friends with Dong Hanlin's son, the young people in the industry have already
I no longer engage in such a lowly job as being beaten on behalf of others, but instead beat people full-time——
There was a young man named Wang Dachui under Wu Long who was outstanding in martial arts and said angrily: "Brother, just call the brothers and rush to Qingpu and demolish the Lu family, so that the people of Qingpu can see how powerful I am at Huating."
Wu Long was now a rich man and would not be as reckless as ordinary bachelors. He said: "Don't worry, it's already late at night. I will discuss it with Mr. Dong tomorrow. The brothers' revenge must be avenged."
, Otherwise, how can my businessmen gain a foothold in Songjiang in the future?
Early the next morning, Wu Long went to Dong's mansion to see Dong Zuchang. Dong Zuchang was furious when he heard this, and without telling his father Dong Qichang, he went to visit Huang Guoding, the prefect of Songjiang. At this time, Huang Guoding also received a document delivered overnight by Wang Shanji, the magistrate of Qingpu County.
Just when Dong Zuchang felt that the matter was difficult, he still shouted that he would severely punish the Qingpu Lu family and arrest Zhang Yuan. This made Huang Guoding very unhappy. He handed a piece of torn Songjiang paper folded on the desk to Dong Zuchang and said: "Brother, hurry up and put the
Show this to Teacher Dong. This matter is not trivial, it was just removed from the Shenming Pavilion by the government officials."
When Dong Zu saw that Magistrate Huang avoided punishing Lu but gave him a torn piece of paper, he was angry and said: "I will show this paper to my father later, but Lu Tao and Zhang Yuan ordered people to hurt me, Dong." If you are a member of the clan and you take him back, if your master does not punish you severely, you may not be able to convince the public."
Huang Guoding said calmly: "The documents have arrived from Qingpu Wangzhi County. The six people have been imprisoned in the county jail and cannot be released at the moment. Brother Shi will show this post to Teacher Dong first. I will come to the teacher in person when I have time in the afternoon to explain it to the teacher. .”
Dong Zuchang had no choice but to resign. He was very annoyed that he had not achieved his goal. He unfolded the torn piece of paper and took a look at it. What he wrote was: "The human heart is in danger of mountains and rivers, and it is difficult to know the sky. The sky still has the phases of spring, autumn, winter, summer, dusk, and twilight, but people are kind and affectionate." ——", the title is "On the Difficulty of Calligraphy and Painting from the Heart", Dong Zuchang said angrily: "It's inexplicable. I showed my father what this tattered paper was written on. It's obviously prevarication. Is it possible that Huang Guoding is also afraid of the Shanyin Zhang family?"
If Huang Guoding hadn't repeatedly told him to show this post to Teacher Dong, Dong Zuchang would probably have lost it. At this time, he had to patiently come to his father's house. Dong Zuyuan, Dong Zuchang, and Dong Zuhe each had mansions. He and his father Dong Qichang live together, but they are very close to each other. There are thousands of houses connected by streets and houses. Dong Zuyuan has been building a new house by Changsheng Bridge last year——
Dong Qichang practiced calligraphy in the painting Zen room early in the morning, which had been his habit for decades. When Dong Qichang was seventeen years old, he took part in the Songjiang Prefectural Examination. Because of his poor calligraphy, he failed to win the title of the Prefectural Examination. From then on, he became angry and wrote, starting from Zhong and Wang of the Wei and Jin Dynasties. From Yan and Liu in the Tang Dynasty, from Yang Ningshi in the Five Dynasties to Mi Fu in the Song Dynasty, they were very diligent in writing calligraphy and eventually became a generation of masters of calligraphy. Now in their sixties, they still have to write one thousand words and one hundred words in regular script every day. Just after writing the whole story that day, his son Dong Zuchang came and angrily said that Magistrate Huang was unwilling to severely punish the Qingpu Lu family for beating people, but he solemnly asked him to send a piece of torn paper——
Dong Qichang remained silent and unfolded the torn paper. He looked at the words first. The words were so bad that they were barely legible. They were obviously written in haste. There were thousands of words densely packed in them. After that, Dong Qichang, who was originally sitting, stood up and held up his hands. He continued to read on the desk, and the more he read, the more frightened and angry he became, and his hands on the desk began to tremble——
Dong Zu had often seen his father look so frightened and angry, so he realized that this torn piece of paper was indeed important, and asked hurriedly: "Father, what is written on this, why is my father so angry?"
Dong Qichang was breathing rapidly. He saw Yuan Haowen's poem at the end of the article. He suddenly screamed angrily, stretched out his hand to tear the already somewhat damaged Songjiang paper in half, and even swept a small vase on the desk to the ground, " There was a "bang" sound, broken porcelain was scattered everywhere, and then he fell back to the official chair, gasping and asked loudly: "Who is it? Who wrote this article?"
Dong Zuchang had never seen his father so angry and lost his temper before, and he was also frightened and replied: "Prefect Huang said that the government officials took it off from Shenming Pavilion early in the morning."
Dong Qichang screamed: "This article is vicious, it is going to put me, Dong Qichang, to death." While shouting, he banged the desk in front of him hard, showing that he was extremely angry and almost crazy.
Dong Zuchang hurriedly picked up the torn pieces of paper and put them together to see where he had scolded his father. He looked left and right and couldn't understand. Dong Zuchang could only be considered literate. He could read some popular novels. This was The article "On Calligraphy and Painting Is Difficult to Reproduce from the Heart" is an elegant and pure ancient text, quoting scriptures and eloquently. He did not see any of the curse words, but his father was so furious that it was obvious that the article was very vicious, so he said: "Father, calm down, my son will go and investigate." Who posted this!"
Dong Qichang could no longer control his furious emotions and shouted: "Go and find out who it is. If you find out who it is, beat me up. Beat me up hard!"
Dong Zuyuan agreed, took the two pieces of torn paper and left the painting meditation room. He went to discuss with his brother Dong Zuyuan first. Dong Zuyuan put the pieces of paper together and looked at them carefully. Dong Zuyuan was not as ignorant as his younger brother Zuchang.
Said: "This is slandering my father's character. No wonder my father is furious. This article is really vicious. The spread of this article will greatly damage my father's reputation. It must be investigated immediately. Don't count on Magistrate Huang. Those government officials are of no use. Let Wu Long
All my subordinates went to check. Since it was posted in Shenming Pavilion, someone would see it. Since someone wanted to ruin my father’s reputation, they would not just post it in Shenming Pavilion and tear it up immediately when they saw it.
Don't let it spread.
Dong Zuchang immediately summoned Wu Long, and ordered Wu Long to immediately send people to search for the person who posted this "Theory on calligraphy and painting is difficult to express from the heart". Wu Long, the leader of the gang, had a pale face and was illiterate. His young gangsters
There are not many people who can read by hand, so if you ask them to beat people, you can beat them, but if you ask them to read, it will be difficult for them.
Dong Zuchang said impatiently: "No matter how many there are, anyone who sees the writing paper will be arrested, tortured and interrogated. My father is already furious and will not stop until this person is caught."
Wu Long asked: "Second Young Master, have you ignored the six people imprisoned in Qingpu?"
Dong Zu often shouted: "The most important thing is to catch the thief who posted the article first, go quickly!"
After Wu Long left, Dong Zuchang sent hundreds of servants, all of whom could read a few words. The streets and alleys of Huating County were full of Dong family slaves and thugs, who wanted to bully good people.
Shan, let’s tease the prostitute. Suddenly the whole county and the capital were filled with smoke and smoke. In such a large county, there are always a few people posting notices about missing people or missing objects. They happened to be seen by the Dong family slaves and the gangsters. Unexpectedly,
The gangsters were clearly divided, and they were beaten violently at first, but the post "It is difficult to express calligraphy and painting with one's own voice" was posted everywhere. Dong's slaves and the thugs posted more than 20 posters, but they did not catch the person who posted the post.
The two unlucky guys who put up the missing property notice were taken back to Dong Zuchang's mansion for interrogation——
Dong Zu often set up a torture hall and had the two unfortunate guys beaten up again until they were half dead, but they couldn't find out anything. They thought they had arrested the wrong people, but they didn't let them go and locked them up in the woodshed first.
It won't be too late to release him until the truth is found out.
Dong Zuchang said bitterly to his brother Dong Zuyuan: "This matter must be related to Zhang Yuan. As soon as that boy came to Songjiang, everything happened!" Suddenly he remembered that Bu Shicheng said that there were three Huating scholars with Zhang Yuan, one named
Jiang didn't know who it was, but the other two were Jin Langzhi and Weng Yuansheng. If they were arrested and questioned, they would definitely know who posted this "Theory that calligraphy and painting are difficult to express from the heart."
At this time, Zhang Yuan and his eldest brother Zhang Dai were drinking tea and playing chess at Nian Xian Lu, where Chen Jiru lived in the East Sheshan Mountain. They were very leisurely.
There is a lot to do at work today, and there will be more work tomorrow.!