A little assistant in Lujiang County suddenly became popular.
Not only because he happened to have contributed to the assassination of Duke Bai a few days ago, but there were even rumors that he was the prototype of "The Peacock Flies Southeast".
Jiao Zhongqing himself did not expect that his lord, an old man and a majestic chariot and cavalry general, could even observe such a thing?
Originally, after returning home, Jiao Qing wanted to talk to his mother about the matter, so that she would never make trouble again - Jiao Qing also vaguely realized that there should be another whirlpool behind the matter.
However, he did not expect that when he returned home, his uncle was actually there, still talking to his mother. When he saw Jiao Qing coming back, he also gave some inexplicable instructions before leaving, which made Jiao Qing's ominous premonition even worse.
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Within a few days, under the guidance of inexplicable power, the Jiao family's affairs really spread in Lujiang.
However, Bai Tu's completely indifferent attitude towards the outside world made Gao Ming and others more and more fearful.
From the moment he heard Jiao Zhongqing's name, Bai Tu realized that this was an opportunity - an opportunity to break the clan authority.
As for when several of them bumped into each other, Bai Tu just followed the trend. From the beginning, Bai Tu's opponent was the clan's etiquette, not just a few officials of the prefecture.
However, there are people who want to be clowns, and Baitu does not reject them, and even... expects them to be as "ugly" as possible.
Otherwise, if it is really just Jiao Zhongqing's matter, according to what Zhou Yu said, just remind Jiao's mother a few words and everything will be solved. Now not only Gao Ming and others, but also Bai Tu... also want to make the matter bigger and trigger discussion.
Now that Bai Tu is fully fledged, he is very resistant to the negative effects brought about by this kind of public opinion conflict.
The hematopoietic function of the talent selection hall and talent selection test has gradually emerged. Even if it arouses dissatisfaction from some conservatives, Bai Tu can handle it calmly.
At the same time, Bai Tu's move of showing his horse and flag early can also attract like-minded people.
Bai Tu also met with Jiao Qing specifically and reassured him that he only needed to calm down and do his work in the general's mansion, and there was no need to think about anything else.
As for his hometown outside the city... Zhou Yu has already sent people to keep an eye on it, and everything is under control!
"The Peacock Flies Southeast" is directly based on real events, which undoubtedly aroused everyone's nerves...
It is just a fictional story, but the hero and heroine are still so miserable. This naturally makes everyone follow the guidance of Yuefu poems and enter the mood of "sympathy".
But... now that the story has a prototype, and the person hasn't committed suicide yet, naturally some people come out to criticize it based on the "Book of Rites" and paternalism.
For a time, Lujiang Shu County once again became the focus of attention.
Bai Tu, however, seemed to be alright. He only conducted a limited investigation into his assassination and had no intention of expanding the investigation. During this period, he even returned to Shouchun to inspect the epidemic control situation.
At this time, malaria in Shouchun, also known as "beating", had been effectively controlled, and the casualties caused were so small that it can be said to be a miracle in the late Eastern Han Dynasty!
This also caused Bai Tu's reputation to continue to rise despite the controversy.
For this reason, Lu Bu and others were built a temple in Shouchun. Shouchun's special Yaowang Temple - Bai Tu and Lu Bu are in the middle, and on both sides are Taishi Ci, the unknown woodcutter, and Sun Ce who visited the temple.
Even if someone wants to use the incident of "The Peacock Flies Southeast" to criticize Bai Tu, they can only sigh in despair. Even if they spit and spit, they are just throwing thunderstorms into the Pacific Ocean.
Of course, the stubborn conservatives will not give up just yet. It is one thing to find it difficult to stigmatize Bai Tu himself, but it is another thing to hold on to the final bottom line!
In the eyes of many people, Bai Tu has broken through the lower limit this time...
At the same time, the chief ministers of the Ministry of Rites, headed by Kong Rong, have not been idle either. They have published many articles recently, focusing on the topic - benevolent people love others.
This is the theory put forward by Mencius, and it cannot be corrected no matter how hard it is.
At this time, the original meaning of this sentence is "a benevolent person is a person with a loving heart." However, the direction of Kong Rong and others' analysis is focused on "a benevolent person should be a person who cares about 'people'", which is to force the transfer
To the direction of "people-oriented".
The same strategy did not evaluate the Lujiang incident itself, but provided "baggage arrows" to friendly forces from the side.
Moreover, as a large paper manufacturer, Chaqi General even has its own county school, which can be directly added to the textbooks for children. It has obvious advantages in publicity and publicity.
Finally, after Bai Tu inspected the disaster area and returned to Shucheng, Lujiang, the moment of "decisive battle" seemed to be coming...
The day after Bai Tu returned to Shucheng, Jiao's mother also rushed into the city, accompanied by some members of the Jiao clan.
Of course, he didn't dare to act up in front of the general's mansion, but followed the rules and went to the small gate to hand in a notice saying that he wanted to see Jiao Qing.
Seeing this scene, many forces from all sides who were paying attention to the matter were ready to take action. Even... after many civilians in the city learned the news, they could not hide their interest in watching the excitement.
"This Grandmother... no, it's Mother Jiao. What on earth are you thinking? How dare you question Mr. Bai?"
"That's right, his son is working as an errand in the General's Mansion, and he is about to be favored by Duke Bai, and he will rise to prominence in the future. She is still not satisfied?"
"You can't say that... Could it be that she is Jiao Qing's mother? Even if she goes to heaven, she can't do it for a woman..."
"Hmph, let me tell you...there must be someone behind this!"
"Ahem! Don't talk nonsense. You don't have parents? Or don't you know how to be parents?"
"In order to achieve success, can we just leave our parents behind?"
"Bah, Qiao Lanzhi... No, it's Liu Lanzhi who is so good, not that Jiao's mother who makes trouble out of nothing!"
"What's good? I'm uneducated and can't understand poetry, but... being hated by my husband's parents is the biggest disadvantage!"
"Husband, don't you have any ideas? Yesterday, I felt something was wrong with the way you looked at Widow Li next door. Well... I finally showed my face today... I thought I could weave at the age of thirteen and learn tailoring at the age of fourteen.
Fifteen playing the harp, sixteen reciting poems..."
"When did you learn how to read? Hey, hey... don't hold on..."
Amidst the arguments among the melon-eating crowd, the central door of the general's mansion was opened wide, and under the protection of the guards, Bai Tu himself walked out calmly!
This really shocked many people - they had never thought that Bai Tu would end up personally.
After all, if Bai Tu appears at this time, it means that he will put himself at the center of the conflict, which is obviously not in line with Bai Tu's interests.
The people who were originally dissatisfied with Baitu had a sneer on their faces, but... before they could smile, they could only hear the roaring of the mountains and the tsunami around them, all singing praises. Some excited people even shouted directly on the street.
Paying homage with a prostrated posture.
The kneeling ceremony in the Han Dynasty was generally only used when kneeling and sitting, and ordinary officials would never receive the same treatment as they do today when they appeared in public places other than official offices.
"The common people pay homage to Mr. Bai..."
"The benefactor will last forever, so don't worry about evil spirits and demons..."
"General Bai, princes and lords for generations to come!"
Including the people who had previously criticized "The Peacock Flies Southeast" on this matter, many of them expressed admiration when they saw Bai Tu.
Bai Tu bowed his hands on all sides and asked his men to stop the people from saluting. On the contrary, some people with ulterior motives stood out in the crowd, but Bai Tu didn't seem to notice it... In other words, this is "indifference", right?
"Why is this old lady in front of my father's house? But what's important?" Bai Tu asked slowly after seeing Jiao's mother.
Jiao's mother burst into tears, and she came up to hug Bai Tu's thigh. At the same time, she said miserably: "General Bai, Mr. Bai... I am the mother of your official Jiao Qing. You... have to do it for me."
It’s the woman who decides!”
Behind the crowd, Shaofu Shi Jiaoling quietly watched this scene. At this time, he couldn't wait to see how Bai Tu would take the move.
Could it be that when Jiao Qing's mother publicly accused Liu Lanzhi of being unfilial and Jiao Qing's indifference, Bai Tu would still stand on the opposite side of filial piety?
"Oh! It turns out to be Zhongqing's mother. Zhongqing is a good boy. The old lady is..."
For a while, the onlookers all became confused and fell into silence, and then they heard Jiao's mother say in a voice that was piercing with tears: "General, I want to make the decision for you! My Zhongqing is indeed a good boy, and his wife is also filial, but...
but……
But there are those who kill a thousand swords! They insist on forcing me to alienate me from my daughter-in-law, and even instigate me to let my son rest. They even...even use the banner of the clan to ask me to complain, saying that this is how they are treated.
There are benefits!
I'm miserable! Those uncles and uncles are always threatening me and telling me to lie... I shouldn't say bad things about them, but... I see my daughter-in-law is pitiful, so how can I deliberately frame her for injustice? General Bai
, what do you think I should do?"
The Jiao clan members who were originally escorting Jiao's mother were dumbfounded. Jiao Ling almost peed in the crowd...
This, what is going on?
Not to mention them, the onlookers were also confused - why did they change the scene in the middle of the scene?
Didn't it originally mean that the mother-in-law looked down on her daughter-in-law and forced her son to divorce her? How did he become an uncle of the clan and force his sister-in-law to destroy his family?
Even the victims have become scorched mothers!
The person who was about to say something now had thousands of words stuck in his throat - indeed, Jiao's mother, as the daughter-in-law who married into the Jiao family, actually bit the uncle of the Jiao family at this time, which was also against etiquette.
, is also unfilial...
But... there was a lot of foreshadowing, how could they turn around and criticize Jiao's mother now?
How much they said for Jiao's mother before, how deeply they buried Jiao Ling and others now...
If Jiao's mother is really determined to get Jiao Qing to divorce his wife, even if it seems unreasonable to modern people, in the eyes of the Eastern Han people, it is an innate truth, and it will be difficult to change no matter how much she talks about it.
at this point.
But now... Jiao's mother directly blamed the past on the Jiao family. In short, everything was their conspiracy. In this case... who dares to speak purely with etiquette?
Even Baitu's scalp felt numb for a while - Grandma, show off.
"Bastard! You, what are you talking nonsense about?" Jiao Ling could no longer hide.
When Mother Jiao saw the eldest uncle of the clan—actually her late husband's brother, who was usually the person she wanted to fawn over, a coldness flashed in her eyes, but it was immediately replaced by a look of sadness on her face.
"Uncle, I really can't! You want to talk to Mr. Bai... to Mr. Bai... to find a future for yourself, but you have to think about Zhong Qing!" Jiao's mother cried so hard that she couldn't even speak.
Damn it, just tell the other party directly about the white picture.
"You shrew, stop talking nonsense!" Jiao Ling was so angry that his head was bleeding, and he was about to kick him as he spoke.
But at this moment, he was pushed away by a guard on the side, but...
Maybe it was internal force? Mother Jiao was not kicked, but she still jumped far away, fell to the ground as if she was about to vomit blood, and cried even more hoarsely...