All the students present paid attention to the ceremonial gate of the school, but the noise in the outer courtyard fell silent for a moment. After a while, three officials and gentry came in, and the one in the middle was Xu Shijin, the prefect of Shaoxing, with a fat body and a kind appearance.
The one on the right is Zhang Rushuang, and the middle-aged Confucian scholar with a square face and a thin face on the right is Liu Zongzhou.
Hou Zhihan, Wang Siren, Sun Jiaoyu and others had already come out of Minglun Hall, exchanged greetings, and entered the hall. Hou Zhihan asked the master to sit in the middle seat. Xu Shijin waved his hand and said with a smile: "Today is the time for Brother Qidong and Sun Jiaoyu to evaluate the grandsons of the Suweng clan.
I'm just watching, haha, watching." I just sat on the side of the hall, Zhang Rushuang, Wang Siren and others also took their seats.
Magistrate Xu looked at all the students in Shanyin gathered together and asked: "Who is Zhang Jiezi, the grandson of the Suweng clan?"
Zhang Yuan saluted and said, "Zhang Yuan pays homage to the Master."
Magistrate Xu said with a smile on his face: "As expected, you are young and handsome, with a lot of talent. I heard that you have the ability to memorize it by ear, and you can play chess with others blindfolded. It is rare, rare."
Zhang Yuan said respectfully: "Thank you, Master Fu, for the compliment. Rumors are inevitably exaggerated. I'm just calm-minded and willing to learn."
Wang Siren looked at Zhang Yuan with a smile and thought: "This boy is neither humble nor arrogant. He doesn't show any timidity when meeting big people. He will have a great future." He turned back and glanced at his daughter Yingzi standing behind him. Wang Yingzi's eyes widened.
She looked at Zhang Yuan down the hall with a smile, but didn't notice her father looking at her.
Magistrate Xu signaled Zhang Yuan to step aside and asked Sun Jiaoyu: "Are all the students here?"
Sun Jiaoyu hurriedly left his seat and said, "I would like to inform you, my lord, last year in this county, there were fifty-four second-class students who took the first-class exam and fifty-one of them, two of whom are sick and the other is in mourning."
"Then there is another one, why hasn't he arrived yet?" Magistrate Xu asked.
Sun Jiaoyu said: "There is another person who is Yao Fu's nephew Yang Shangyuan, and Yao Fu has not arrived yet."
Yang Shangyuan is now considered a celebrity in Shanyin and is notorious. Magistrate Xu smiled slightly and said, "Hurry up and ask someone to hurry up. How can so many people wait for him?"
Hou Zhihan ordered the class leader Liu Biqiang and the disciples of the school to urge Yao Fu to come to Confucianism as soon as possible. Liu Biqiang and the disciples of the school did not dare to neglect, so they ran all the way. It was more than three miles from the Confucian Palace in the county to Yao's house by the Fu River.
Out of breath, when I arrived at the Defu River, I saw people gathered for half a street, shouting one after another: "Yao Litigation Stick, get out!"
, "Yao Heixin, you rat, come out and die!"
, "If you don't come out, we will rush in and cause him to turn upside down today."
Liu Biqiang, the leader of the patrol, was both surprised and puzzled. What was going on? Yao Fu was outraged, but why did these shouting people seem to be singing in an opera?
Yes, those who screamed the most fiercely were the young voice actors from the "Keban Class" in Xi Zhang. They usually have good voices, but this time they came in handy. Especially Ma Xiaoqing, who often played the net role, screamed loudly.
The roof tiles were so loud that they reached the clouds, while the door of Yao's house was closed tightly, and the door was full of rotten eggs and mud. Zhang E, Zhang Yanke, the first dandy in Shanyin, stood on a bluestone pier near the river, waving a folding fan even in the cold weather, looking high-spirited
"Looking at it, Zhang E didn't expect such a momentum. Previously, he only brought a few loud-voiced singers from the dining team, and more than 20 domestic slaves came to scold Yao Fu. Unexpectedly, it started
The more people scolded Yao Fu, the more people gathered together, and they all joined in to scold Yao Fu. Some people became angrier the more they scolded, and wanted to break down the door and go in. Zhang E ordered people to stop.
Liu Biqiang saw Zhang E and knew that it was Zhang E who was the leader in cursing Yao Zhai, so he went over to see them with the disciples of the school. When Zhang E saw the two of them, he said happily: "The magistrate Hou asked you to come. His name is Yao Fu."
Go to Confucianism?”
Liu Biqiang said: "Yes, but in this way" he pointed towards the door of Yao's house, "How can you open the door by shouting?"
, "Follow me."
Zhang E jumped off the stone pier, asked his slaves to clear the way, and ordered everyone to shut up. "It was like this when the official came. When Liu Biqiang arrived in front of the gate of Yao's house, the door was filthy and he couldn't knock on it with his hands," so he kicked it with his feet.
, "Boom boom boom" shouted loudly: "Yao Xiucai, Yao Xiucai, Liu Biqiang, a young man, on the orders of Hou Xianzun, Sun Jiaoyu, asked Yao Xiucai to go to the county school office quickly. Xu Fuzun is also waiting in the Confucian Hall.
Come on, Yao Xiucai, don’t delay.”
At this time, Yao Fu was like an ant in a hot pot. He ordered a dozen strong servants to stand guard in the front yard, each holding a stick, for fear that the yelling people outside would rush in, beat and injure people.
Yang Shangyuan was also here, complaining with a mournful face: "Uncle should have gone to the county Confucian school early. These people would never dare to go to the school."
Yao Fu said angrily: "What's the use of talking about this now? Can I still go out?"
Suddenly, he heard the voice of Liu Biqiang, the leader of the cadre, coming from outside the door. Yao Fu breathed a sigh of relief, approached the door and shouted loudly: "Team leader Liu, get rid of all those people in front of my door first, otherwise how will I get to the school?"
Liu Biqiang responded: "If you open the door, no one will hurt you. Hurry up, the county and government officials are waiting for you."
Yao Fu straightened his clothes and said to his nephew-in-law Yang Shangyuan, "Let's go, it's a last-ditch battle today.
The gate of Yao's house opened and two rattan sedans were carried out. Yao Fu was in front and Yang Shangyuan was behind. Five,
Six domestic slaves were guarding both sides of the cane sedan. As soon as the moon appeared on the cane sedan, there was a shouting and shouting in front of the door. Liu Biqiang was afraid that Yao Fu would shrink back again, so he hurriedly said to the crowd: "Fellow folks, folks, this is the president of the government and
The two magistrates of the county are going to summon Yao Xiucai. Please don't let me get into trouble." He waved to the bearer of the sedan chair and said, "Let's go quickly."
Two rattan sedans carried Yao Fu and Yang Shangyuan as they flew toward the Shanyin Academy at the foot of Wolong Mountain, with Liu Biqiang and the disciples of the academy chasing after them.
Zhang E closed his fan, pointed toward the west, as if commanding thousands of troops, and shouted: "Everyone, go to the county school office and see that Yao Heixin is full of evil today." Sitting on the waist, two healthy servants carried him.
He got up and ran at full speed, catching up with Yang Shangyuan who was riding in a rattan sedan at the end of Guangxiang Bridge.
Zhang E thought in his mind: "Yao Heixin and his nephew-in-law Yang Shangyuan are following him wholeheartedly. It would be better if these two people also turn against each other." He ordered his servant to approach Yang Shangyuan's cane sedan, pull the sedan's edge and say: "Brother Yang, wait a moment.
I have something to say."
Seeing Zhang E's polite words, Yang Shangyuan asked, "What's the matter with Brother Zhang?"
Zhang E said: "Brother Yang is determined to help Yao Heixin today?"
Yang Shangyuan sneered and didn't answer. Is there any need to answer?
Zhang E said patiently: "Brother Yang, haven't you heard of those outrageous rumors about Yao Heixin?"
Yang Shangyuan curled his lips and said: "Rumors only stop at the wise, I don't believe them at all."
Zhang E was furious, patted his waist and shouted: "Your wife Pan has committed adultery with Yao Fu, and you don't believe it either!"
Yang Shangyuan's face turned red and white, and he said angrily: "You are spitting blood, I will sue you." He grabbed the edge of the sedan with both hands, and his body was shaking.
But Zhang E laughed again, shook his head and said: "Brother Yang is so sad. I can't bear to tell you that. Think about it for yourself. You still keep the rumors to a wise man, a bastard wise man."
Over there, Yao Fu had already got off the sedan in front of the Confucian gate and called out: "Shang Yuan, Shang Yuan, come quickly.
Yang Shangyuan glared at Zhang E angrily, and Zhang E said, "Both the government officials and the county officials are inside. Go and sue me for slandering your innocence out of thin air. Go quickly."
Yang Shangyuan got off the sedan in front of the Confucian gate angrily. Yao Fu was waiting for him and had no time to pay attention to his face. He said: "I was in a hurry just now. It was bumpy along the way. The square scarf must have fallen halfway. Please lend me your scarf first."
." He reached over and took off Yang Shangyuan's scarf, put it on himself, turned around and entered the Confucian gate, without looking back: "Ask your servant to go back along the way to find one."
Yang Shangyuan touched his head and saw that the kerchief was gone. How could he see that the official had no choice but to order his servant to find it along the way? He saw a healthy servant from Xi Zhang coming over with a kerchief in his hand and said: "Yang Xiucai,
Is this your pocket square?"
When Yang Shangyuan saw that his scarf was stained with vegetables, he said angrily: "Who dares to stain my scarf?"
This Western servant was Nengzhu. Hearing this, he threw the square scarf at Yang Shangyuan's feet. He raised his eyebrows and said: "I picked it up in the ditch on the roadside. I came to ask you kindly, but you are so vicious. How can you do it?"
You want to sue me too." He turned around and left.
Yang Shangyuan looked at the dirty green kerchief at his feet, and suddenly realized that the Ming Dynasty's etiquette system stipulated that only prostitutes and Lehu men should wear green turbans. A wife having an affair with someone was also said to have her husband wear a green turban. Yang Shangyuan was so angry that his face turned purple.
His hands and feet were cold. In previous years, he and his cousin Yao Fu worked together to rape men and bully women. Unexpectedly, he was bullied so much today that he was unable to do anything.
Two officers came out quickly and said loudly: "Mr. Yang Shangyuan, please hurry up and Ming Luntang if you dare to delay again, you will be punished with the rod."
Yang Shangyuan touched his bun and said, "Let me go back and wear a scarf before coming back."
Two officers supported him and said, "Your Majesty, the county magistrate, is getting angry because he is anxious. Go quickly, go quickly."
Half dragging and half holding Yang Shangyuan, he let him go outside Minglun Hall.
In full view of everyone, Yang Shangyuan had no choice but to go to the hall and salute Xu Fuzun, Hou Xianzun, Sun Jiaoyu and others. Sun Jiaoyu was very unhappy when he saw Yang Shangyuan coming with his bare head, and shouted: "Yang Sheng is rude, where is the headscarf?"
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Yang Shangyuan glanced at his cousin Yao Fu who was standing aside, lowered his head and said: "The student is ashamed. I was in a hurry just now, and my scarf was blown by the wind and fell into the ditch."
Hou Zhihan waved his hand and said: "That's all, don't hold him accountable for being rude. He won't be able to wear this square scarf for long."
Yang Shangyuan's face was as pale as dirt. The whole hall was filled with students in square scarves. Zhang Yuan was also wearing a Confucian Han scarf. He was the only one with his bare head exposed, like a prisoner.
How could Zhang E stay outside the ceremony gate and stare at such a grand gathering of eight-legged stereotypes, with all the buffoons and buffoons on stage?
: "My eldest father is here. I have something important to report to my eldest father. If I delay the important matter, you two can't afford it."
The two officers suddenly recognized Zhang E, looked at each other, stepped aside, and let Zhang E in.
Zhang E came to the outside of Minglun Hall and stood with other students. He felt that he could not see clearly and could not hear clearly. He was scolded by his eldest father, so he broke into the hall and said: "eldest father, my grandson has something urgent to report." All the officials in the court gave him advice.
After bowing, he went straight to stand behind his eldest father Zhang Rushuang and said softly: "eldest father, my grandson is here to observe the craftsmanship of the disciples."
Zhang Rushuang knew what kind of virtue this bad grandson was, so he snorted, ignored him, and didn't chase him away.