Fights and even armed fights on the canal due to competition for the channel, unloading and loading, and other various disputes have always been commonplace. This is even more true in a place like Cangzhou where martial arts is very popular. At this moment, this sound
After I shouted to beat you to death, there were cheers from everywhere, and no one stopped me from drinking.
Zhang Shou did not expect that when he came to the canal dock for the first time, he would see a full-scale martial arts show. He glanced at Ah Liu again, and saw that the young man was very interested, as if he was afraid that the world would not be in chaos, and he really wanted to watch a high-level fight.
He looked like he was dumbfounded. He was a little worried about killing someone, but immediately after, he realized that someone had snatched his reins.
"You are such a compassionate old man, you must be worried about causing trouble, right? I know this dock well, I will take you there!" The man in the white turban smiled flatteringly, even ignoring the small cart for doing business, especially
Seeing that Ah Liu glanced at him but made no attempt to stop him, he quickly took Zhang Shou's horse and walked towards the crowd... to be precise, he should have squeezed in.
With such a local snake leading the way, Zhang Shou relied on the advantage of sitting on the horse and quickly saw the all-out martial arts showdown on the canal. Different from the fight on land, here the two sides were fighting on the bow of the boat with pennies.
Poke, on one side is a flexible boat, on the other side is an obviously fully loaded cargo ship.
However, three boatmen on the cargo ship came to battle with a pennies, but they still could not do anything to the one boatman on the small boat.
Seeing that there was only one person in the boat, but the bamboo pen was so steady and ruthless that it was hard to tell who was fighting with the three people on the other side. Zhang Shou became more and more curious about the reason for the fight - it was really just about who would go first and who would come last.
Such a trivial matter? Just when he was wondering, someone in the cabin of the small boat actually shouted loudly: "Don't forget that you have already received a deposit of one hundred dollars from me. Let's go quickly and sail the boat!"
Zhang Shou vaguely felt that the voice sounded familiar. Just as he was recalling where he had heard it, he heard Ah Liu's cold voice coming from behind him: "It's that bastard prefect."
Hearing Ah Liu say such nonsense, Zhang Shou was amused for a while, but then he thought that shopkeeper Hua had escorted Mr. Bi to the county government, and now Mr. Huang paid a lot of money to get on the ship, obviously for
Running away, he suddenly raised his eyebrows. But just when he was about to tell Ah Liu to get involved, the man in the white turban who was holding the reins of the horse under him realized what he was doing.
"Dr. Zhang, are the people on that boat your old man's enemies?"
Hearing the word "old man" again, Zhang Shou immediately couldn't laugh or cry. What a pity, he is only seventeen now... No wonder the emperor couldn't stand being called grandpa by people in the palace and outside. He was called old even before he was old.
Got it!
But this was undoubtedly not the time to correct the person's title, so he said lightly: "They regard me as an enemy, but I still despise him. It's just that someone around him is still carrying cases in the county government."
Qing, but we can't let him run away so easily... Ah Liu!"
Ah Liu agreed, and was about to immediately dismount and jump on the boat in the canal to catch the people. Who would have thought that the man with the white turban immediately dropped the reins of Zhang Shou's mount, stepped forward and shouted: "Don't let go of the people on that boat."
Let’s go, he is the person named by Dr. Zhang of the Imperial College!”
Zhang Shou was almost stunned by the roar like a broken gong, and then he couldn't help but think, he, the imperial envoy, hides behind Zhu Tingfang most of the time, what is the use of this guy reporting his name? However, out of nowhere
What he didn't expect was that with this shout, the boatman who had just been fighting with three opponents on his own pole suddenly stopped.
"Bah! Damn it, you know this bullshit guy is the person that Dr. Zhang of the Imperial College wants to arrest. Not to mention a hundred guan, I don't want him even if he has a thousand guan! I'll find him right now!"
However, when this man got into the cabin, the three boatmen who had just been having a fierce fight with him on the other side also stopped and hurriedly pushed the boat closer. Two of them, who were skilled in arts, jumped boldly and jumped into the cabin.
On the bow of the ship opposite, there was a posture to prevent people from escaping. At this time, only shouts and screams could be heard in the cabin, as if the people inside were unwilling to be captured and were still resisting.
The two boatmen looked at each other, and one of them yelled: "Cen San, can you do it? Just now, one person fought with the three of us. It seems that he has not lost his majesty back then. Why now?"
Isn’t it enough to deal with a soft-footed shrimp?”
"Fart, I can't handle this kind of young man who can't pick his shoulders or lift his hands? I'm not afraid of bumping into him!" Following this scolding, the boatman who had just fought three people alone was already grabbing one of them.
The man came out of the cabin. When he saw the two opponents looking at him maliciously, he was not afraid of them robbing him, so he snorted and looked towards the shore.
"Who just said that this guy is the person wanted by Dr. Zhang, the Imperial College Superintendent in the county government? Come out, I have already captured the person!"
While he was talking, he saw a man in a white turban, sweating profusely, pushing his way to the front of the crowd, and behind him, there was a man riding a horse. He just glanced at it and saw that the man on the horse was an elegant young man.
His eyes suddenly lit up. At this time, the crowd of onlookers on the side also shouted: "It's really Dr. Zhang who is here! It's really Dr. Zhang who is here!"
It was the first time he came to the canal pier. At this time, he saw countless hot eyes shooting at him. Zhang Shou did not expect that he had such a great reputation, or popularity. After being slightly stunned, he simply smiled and looked at the crowds in all directions.
He waved. When he saw the commotion in the crowd, almost no girl had lost her handkerchief, and he always felt like he was turning into a star.
Fortunately, as the crowd moved out of the way, the boatman holding Mr. Huang with one hand strode forward, and he finally heard the voices of discussion clearly. Among them, a small number of people were discussing the marriage between him and Duke Zhao.
He and Zhu Yinglang are talented and beautiful, but most people's opinions are very simple.
What they were talking about was that he appeased the people who complained, that he came forward to allow the Jiang family and other large households to reopen and resume work, and that he spared the lives of Xian Yunhe and others regardless of the reaction from the government. He kept shouting "Qingtian"!
The boatman who dragged Young Master Huang ashore to catch up with him bent down and saluted, and then said bluntly: "Although I accepted this guy's money, I kept mumbling, why did I go to the capital for such an urgent matter that I was willing to smash it?"
Bai Guan? Daqing chartered my boat because he had committed a crime and was afraid of being chased by others because he was following the official path!"
"Dr. Zhang, you are fair and just to us Cangzhou people. Even though I am an illiterate idiot, I can still trust you! I will return this guy to you, and I will also return the hundred yuan reward in its original form!"
Seeing the boatman casually throwing Mr. Huang to the ground, and then reaching into his arms to take out the bill, Zhang Shou was touched in his heart. He was about to say something, but he didn't expect that Mr. Huang, who was on the ground like a dead dog, suddenly stood up.
He suddenly jumped up and planned to run away into the crowd. He was slightly startled, but before he could say anything, Mr. Huang was knocked to the ground by several people and twisted back.
"Still want to escape? Do you know where our Cangzhou is? Even the children in our Cangzhou know martial arts!"
"Kill you bitch!"
Seeing the angry crowd, Huang Gongzi, who was in panic, finally couldn't help shouting: "My father is the prefect of Hejian, my father is the prefect of Hejian, and I am a Confucian scholar! Zhang Shou, you have
What power is there to arrest me!"
As soon as the words "Hejian Magistrate" were spoken, Zhang Shou found that the endless commotion and noise around him suddenly became lighter. He sneered and said: "Son of Hejian Magistrate? How dare you tell others that you, Hejian Magistrate,
What did your son do in Cangzhou? General Zhu and I finally managed to appease the officials, people, merchants, and restore peace to Cangzhou. What about you?"
"In the name of my father, the magistrate of Hejian, he deceived, lobbied and instigated, and relied on his own grievances to stir up trouble, trying to stir up trouble again, and pin the four words of Cangzhou civil unrest on the people of Cangzhou!" Zhang Shou suddenly said
He raised his voice and then angrily said, "You just said that you are a Confucian scholar... Haha, let me ask you, what is your reputation?"
When Zhang Shou revealed his whereabouts and purpose over the past few days, Mr. Huang's expression suddenly changed. When Zhang Shou suddenly questioned him about his fame, he suddenly shut up.
He was only forced to study by his father. He spent three days fishing and two days drying nets. In addition, he had a doting mother. He had never studied hard, and how could he have any fame? Even being a prison student was obtained by virtue of his father's official position.
Enyin...wait a minute, if he is a supervisor, doesn't it mean that Zhang Shou, a doctor of the Imperial Academy, can control him?
Seeing that the man's face was turning green and white, but he didn't say anything anymore, Zhang Shou said coldly: "Since you keep claiming to be a scholar, you were drinking and having fun on the second floor of the liquor store on Jile Street, and then because of a bad mood.
Do you still remember the incident where Jia threw the wine glass from the height of the second floor, injuring someone?"
"Don't think that what you are hurt is just an ordinary person who rarely goes to Jile Street to watch the excitement, and you should not take it seriously! Scholars are often respected by the people as gentlemen. A gentleman has three principles: establishing virtue, words and deeds. What virtues do you have, what words do you have, what do you have to say?
What’s the merit?”
Just when Zhang Shou was making trouble by scolding people, there was a small commotion among the people around him. At this time, Zhang Shou mentioned the incident of hurting people in Jile Street, which caused a huge uproar among the onlookers.
Most of the small vendors at the canal pier in places like Ji Le Street have no money to patronize, but having no money does not mean that they cannot go for a walk. And people like them are often pushed here by others on Ji Le Street.
Those who were pushed away, scolded or kicked by the noble slaves, it is conceivable that those who were injured by the magistrate's glass were probably of the same kind as them!
Now that Zhang Shou said that it was really a commoner who was injured, people immediately became angry. In the past, the young master of the Hejian magistrate would be enough to make the most willful and heroic martial arts family retreat, and make the most domineering and arrogant wealthy family fear him.
The common people could only look up, shouting at the sky, stamping their feet behind their backs and cursing, but now it is different.
Because there was Dr. Zhang who dared to kill Xu Cheng together with Mingwei General Zhu Tingfang in front, there was Dr. Zhang who dared to spare the lives of the eight people in Xian Yunhe, and there was Dr. Zhang who dared to save the lives of the landless and unemployed people.
!
I don’t know who suddenly shouted: “Dr. Zhang is right, besides using your father’s name to cheat, what else can you do!”
Zhang Shou saw that the crowd was noisy and scolding, as if the resentment that had not yet been fully vented because of being squeezed by corrupt officials burst out at this moment, he sneered and remained calm.
It touches on the topic.
"Moreover, if you are really righteous and clear in your heart, why are you running? If you run quietly and wait for departure on the boat, it will be fine. You insist on shouting about your one hundred taels of deposit, as if you are afraid of others.
I didn’t know you were rich!”
"You don't know how to show off your wealth when you go out. Do you know that a large section of the Cao River is in the wilderness, and there are many people who are motivated by wealth. Even if you, the boat lady, are righteous and have high martial arts, he is alone.
Can you withstand dozens of gangsters who want your money?
Hearing this, the three men who had just fought with the boatman Cen San were evenly matched. At this time, the boatmen who also jumped on the shore burst into laughter. One of them said loudly: "That's right, I don't know where you heard about it.
Cen San is a master... It’s true that he is a master, but there are swarms of water bandits on this canal. They know you have money, so they will only give you one person. If you don’t want to rob you, they will rob you!"
Mr. Huang's face gradually turned pale. Hearing that Mr. Bi had been sent to the county government, he knew something was wrong and immediately ordered a few guards to take the scholars who had traveled with him before on the road, pretending to be himself.
There is evidence that he left in a hurry by land, but he tried to go to Beijing by water, and then went to find his uncle who was an official in the Sixth Ministry for help.
But now that Zhang Shou said it, he just realized that he was the big fat sheep with a pile of money bills on his body!
He is really stupid. He was just taught a lesson by Zhu Ying. It is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge. He should go back to his father to cry and complain first instead of staying in Cangzhou City to prove himself...
It wasn't until he saw that Mr. Huang was in despair that Zhang Shou said calmly: "Okay, in case you are worried that General Zhu and I, or the officials in the county government are coveting your money, you might as well come here in front of many Cangzhou elders.
Tell the truth with your face, how much money you have with me, I will never miss your father Hejian Magistrate even one penny later!"
"Dr. Zhang is so generous!"
I don't know who made such a shout, and there was a lot of praise all around, and everyone was praising Zhang Shou for his gentlemanly style. But Mr. Huang was confused by these various words, plus the fact that he brought
There was indeed a lot of money, and he was really worried that others would take advantage of it, so he suddenly felt anxious and said in a deep voice: "I brought eight thousand guan notes!" It was his mother who supplemented his private money...
As soon as the words came out, he noticed another commotion in the crowd, and then he saw a smile on Zhang Shou's lips. At that moment, he immediately realized that he seemed to be wrong, but when he thought about it carefully again, he didn't understand at all.
What did he say wrong? He hurriedly added: "That was all given to me by my mother, every penny is clean!"
Only Zhang Shou himself knew that as long as the magistrate revealed a large amount of money, his father would have been tricked to death by his son! He had already specifically asked people about this river man.
Magistrate Jian was born in a poor family, and his wife's family background was only ordinary. She had accumulated so much wealth with her salary, and her son could afford eight thousand guan when he left home? Hahahaha!