The speaker was a young scholar, not tall, wearing a shawl on his head and a patched Confucian shirt. However, he was washed very clean, his face was fair and delicate, his lips were pursed tightly, and he looked unhappy.
He looked at Xu Zizhen.
He was unhappy, and Su San was even more unhappy. He raised his eyes and said, "We are talking about ourselves, what does it have to do with you?"
"Hey." Xu Zizhen waved his hand, looked the scholar up and down, and said with a smile, "This brother seems to disagree with what I said. Does he want to exchange a few words with me?"
He was looking at the scholar, and the scholar was also looking at him. Xu Zizhen was no longer wearing the fancy clothes that day, but was wearing a brocade robe of good quality, with a green jade pendant hanging around his waist. He looked like a rich man at first glance.
The scholar sneered and said, "Huh, what's the point of talking to a philistine who only knows A Duwu and doesn't think anything of it?" After saying that, he waved his sleeves and left.
Su San was immediately furious: "You bastard, are you asking for a beating?!" As he said that, he jumped off the horse.
Xu Zizhen grabbed her and said with a smile: "Why bother getting angry with someone like him? He is just another idiot who has been brainwashed by the sage's book."
As soon as these words came out, the scholar refused to leave. Huo turned his head and glared at Xu Zizhen. Although he didn't understand what second-rate people meant, he made it clear that it was not a good thing to say.
Xu Zizhen was amused: "Hey, do you still want to beat me up? Okay, I'm right here, come on." As he spoke, he raised his fingers provocatively.
The scholar gritted his teeth. Xu Zizhen was tall and strong. If he beat him, it would be fine if he didn't beat him back. He sneered and said: "Vulgar, do you think that only money and roughness can solve the world's problems?"
"Damn it, how can this kid get along with Pujun? Do you think I'm vulgar?" Xu Zizhen couldn't help complaining to Su San, and then said to the scholar with a smile, "Then what are you talking about that money and fists can't solve?
?”
This is a nerd. Xu Zizhen was bored after traveling for a few days and couldn't help but want to tease him.
The scholar sneered: "Can you get fame just by having money? Can you enter the court?"
Xu Zizhen said with a smile: "Who says it can't be done? If I spend one million taels of silver to buy a magistrate, do you think our Minister of Civil Affairs would be willing to do it?"
The scholar suddenly had a look of disgust on his face: "Bah! Everyone wants to kill that traitor, but you actually use him to judge the matter."
Xu Zizhen was not angry and said with a smile: "Oh? Then why don't you kill him? Don't you read the books of sages? There should be a way."
The scholar was suddenly speechless and said angrily: "You... are using strong words to make sense, so why don't you punish me according to what you said?"
Xu Zizhen smiled and said: "Who said I can't? You said that if I spent one million taels of silver... Oh no, this damn fat guy is not worth so much money. You said that I would spend 200,000 taels of silver to buy an assassin to kill him.
Is there anyone willing to take this order? I guess there is."
Nowadays, in troubled times, two hundred thousand taels is enough to buy a life. Even if it is to kill the official minister, there are a lot of people rushing to do it.
But the scholar refused to accept it, raised his head and said: "It is too low to pay for life with money. If the traitors have someone to deal with them, I don't believe that there are only treacherous and sycophants in the world but no wise ministers!"
Xu Zizhen found this boy more and more interesting. Although he was so poor, he still looked lonely and arrogant. He didn't know what the use of being so poor was.
At this moment, there was suddenly a loud noise, mixed with the faint cry of a woman. Xu Zizhen looked up and saw a middle-aged man standing in front of a house not far away, wearing a colorful silk shirt.
, looking like a nouveau riche, and two followers who looked like they were dragging a young woman out of that house. The woman was struggling and crying for mercy, and there was an old woman behind her who was holding her tightly.
Let go.
This scene immediately attracted a lot of passers-by, and some people immediately jumped out to stop them, but the foreigner had a proud face with his hands behind his back and didn't care at all: "I advise you not to meddle in this business. Her man took five thousand taels of silver from me."
I went to deliver the goods, but now I don’t know where I went, and I haven’t seen the goods. If I don’t look for her, who should I look for?”
After saying that, he sneered and said to the woman: "Since your man won't come back and you don't have that much money, then I will have no choice but to pay off your debt and take you away!"
The two attendants responded and went to drag the woman away again. The woman was crying in panic, holding on to the door frame and not letting go. Her fingernails were drawn so hard that they bled. But how could she, a woman, stop those two strong men?
He was pulled out with just a strong tug. His feet stumbled and he fell to the ground. The old woman behind him was also brought to the ground. Her forehead hit the steps and she immediately saw blood.
Originally, it was hard for others to say anything when he owed money to repay his debt. Xu Zizhen also hesitated for a moment and became furious. But before he could say anything, he saw that the scholar had already jumped over and shouted: "Stop! Robbery of a common girl in broad daylight. Why not?"
Is there any royal law?"
The officer was stunned for a moment, then his face sank: "Where did you come from, you nerd? Get out!"
The two followers picked up the woman, and one of them gave the scholar a kick, knocking him back and falling to the ground unable to get up for a while.
This finally aroused public outrage. Many young people in the crowd had begun to roll up their sleeves and wanted to rush over. The officer glanced around and said arrogantly: "I am the brother-in-law of Lord Yao, the envoy of Shanxi. Who wants to take care of this?"
Nosy?"
The people who were fighting against the injustice suddenly became quiet. Lord Yao, the Shanxi Zhizhi envoy, was a high-ranking official with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. Since ancient times, the people did not fight against the officials. Now no one dared to step forward rashly.
But the scholar was not convinced and struggled to get up. Xu Zizhen jumped off the horse and helped him up, saying to Su San: "Hel that woman over."
Su San was already so angry that he clenched his teeth. Xu Zizhen rushed over before he finished speaking. Before the two followers could react, he stretched out his hand and pressed their heads. They hit each other hard with a loud bang, and the two men suddenly blacked out and fainted.
On the ground.
The officer obviously didn't expect that anyone would dare to take action. Just as he was stunned, Su San had already helped the woman and the old woman back to Xu Zizhen's side.
The scholar finally stood up and glanced at Xu Zizhen with a complicated expression. Xu Zizhen smiled and said, "I can do things that Confucius can't do. Just stand here and watch the fun."
The officer came back to his senses and said angrily: "Woman, how dare you hit the master's people after eating a bear's heart and a leopard?"
Xu Zizhen stood up straight and said with a smile: "Yao Gu, the envoy of Shanxi Zhizhi? I haven't paid much attention to him yet."
"You..." The officer was stunned for a moment, but before he could speak, Xu Zizhen spoke again.
Xu Zizhen not only opened his mouth, but also took out a money bag, held it in his hand and said to the crowd around him with a smile: "Everyone, who can help me beat this bastard? Each person will receive ten taels of silver. After beating him, we will pay now." He said.
Then he took out a piece of silver from his purse and tossed it in his hand.
As soon as these words came out, more than a dozen young men rushed out and surrounded the guard in an instant. They attacked him with fists and kicks like raindrops. The guard was caught off guard and was immediately knocked over. He held his head and screamed like a pig.