A surprised exclamation came from upstairs, and everyone downstairs was also in an uproar.
Storytelling often exaggerates, and the storyteller's reputation spreads all over the world, but no one in the audience cares about it at first, just treating it as a gimmick.
At this time, everyone was shocked when they heard the three words "Xu Wenji".
Yang Prison was also shocked.
A person's name, the shadow of a tree.
Xu Wenji's name may not be that great in other places, but in Qingzhou and Yunzhou, he is very famous.
There are few even comparable to it.
Xu Wenji, whose real name is Xu Chong, was born in Xie Liang Mansion in Yunzhou. His father was a poor local scholar who was not good at making a living. Although his family was not extremely poor, they were not wealthy either.
But when he was three or four years old, his father died and all the family land was occupied by his clan members.
His mother was forced to die, but she was not taken away from her house. She made a living by helping people spin yarn and wash clothes, and raised Xu Wenji.
Xu Wenji, who was in this kind of environment, didn't like to study, he liked to be a chivalrous person, and he hung out in the streets all day long.
Until one day, his mother fell seriously ill and called her to the bedside, crying:
"Son, when your mother dies, you must not let her be buried with your father. Just light a fire, burn it for your mother, and scatter it in the mountains!"
Xu Wenji was shocked and asked why.
His mother burst into tears and said: "After your father died, I brought you up ten years after my mother's first day. I didn't expect you to shine on the family lintel. But if you hang around like this, your life will be precarious, or one day, the Xu family will be extinct."
"
"How can I have the honor to go see your father?"
Xu Wenji repented and studied hard from then on.
But he has been neglected for many years, and his understanding is only as good as others, even if he works hard and self-discipline to the point where his teachers and gentlemen admire him.
At the age of twenty-six, he could only be called a scholar.
Nie Wendong, who had a close relationship with him, in this year, at the age of sixteen, had already ranked among the top three in a row and was famous in Qingyun and other states.
After this incident, Xu Wenji realized that he could not waste his life in the imperial examination, so he gave up writing and returned to his hometown in Yunzhou to start from the bottom.
It took thirty years to go from being a head hunter in a small county in Yunzhou to being in Kyoto step by step.
At that time, Nie Wendong, who was ten years younger than him, was already the governor of Qingzhou and a high official in the border area.
However, when he came to Beijing, this old man who was nearly sixty years old began his legendary life.
He fought against corrupt officials, corrected the atmosphere, rectified the officialdom, and eliminated unhealthy tendencies in the capital, and even overthrew the most powerful chief minister 'Wang Qinglin'.
No one knows how he did it, but he did it after all.
And his life was much more than that.
Because he made many enemies in the court, he was eventually dismissed as the head of any palace in Youzhou. Youzhou was located on the border, and the cavalry from the Golden Tent Royal Court harassed the border all the year round.
But it only took him seven years to turn his mansion into a piece of iron and spread it to the entire Youzhou.
With only the available troops, he defeated King Zuohan of the Golden Tent, Nayudu, who made all the princes in the court fear him like a tiger.
After this stop, he became famous all over the world. He was promoted to Minister of War, and the late emperor called him "the pillar of the country".
Such a person was actually transferred to Qingzhou to put down the rebellion?
Could it be that Qingzhou has become so corrupt?
Or maybe the new emperor doesn't like this veteran of two dynasties and the pillar of the country?
"How could it be Xu Wenji?"
The door of the private room on the second floor was pushed open, and a noble man in a blue shirt walked out surrounded by several servants. He pointed at the storyteller with the folding fan in his hand:
"Xu Wenji is coming to Qingzhou. How come I don't know about such a big event?"
"this……"
The storyteller gave a wry smile and bowed his hands: "How long is the road from Kyoto to Qingzhou? I guess the news hasn't reached Qingzhou yet..."
After talking about it, his face became a little stiff.
Storytelling, storytelling, is one-third truth and seven-tenth falseness, and there are still two points to exaggerate. In the past, which spectator would be so truthful?
If other onlookers questioned him like this, he might not turn around and leave.
only……
"What a pity, what a pity."
Seeing that he was submissive, Liu Qingqing also knew that he had only heard a few rumors, so his interest immediately dropped and he went back to his private room.
At this time, the storyteller breathed a sigh of relief.
He originally wanted to leave, but how could the other spectators agree?
They all just yelled for him to do it again.
After this incident, the storyteller had no intention of talking about it, but he could not hold back the enthusiasm of everyone.
Seeing that the bamboo basket was almost full of copper coins, I could only clasp my fists and return to the stage.
"Since you all think so highly of Li, Li will continue to talk about the world-famous Xu Wenji, Mr. Xu!"
Once the gavel hits, it begins.
Yang Yu drank the refilled tea without any taste, and stared at the boy in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.
"...But it was said that Xu Wenji returned to Yunzhou and made a small arrest, but it turned out that he had offended someone back then and did it deliberately.
But why does our Lord Xu care about this? Confucian scholars pay attention to the six arts of a gentleman, and often practice both civil and military arts, but he is obviously not an ordinary Confucian scholar.
His literary skills were far inferior to that of Lord Nie, but his other methods were even better. In just over two years, he eliminated all the thieves and bandits within his jurisdiction, gained the discernment of the Six Sects, and was promoted to the Chief of the Eight Prefectures of Yunzhou.
catch."
…
The storyteller spoke eloquently, naturally appearing much more calm than before.
It may also be that they knew Master Xu's deeds in detail, and everyone was sometimes excited, sometimes sighed, and sometimes blushed.
"...On that day, Xu Wenji was ordered to go out and lead a group of police officers to capture a lone thief who had killed several officials.
Little does he know that this mission will become the biggest stain in his life..."
At this point, the storyteller paused slightly.
Afterwards, all the spectators suddenly felt itchy and unbearable, and they yelled and shouted generously.
"It's okay to eat, it's not shabby!"
The storyteller responded with a smile, slapped the wood again, and continued.
"But it was said that Xu Wenji was ordered to travel, staying day and night, and in just half a month, he captured this official-killing thief who had been running around in several houses. However, the police officers he led suffered many casualties and could not even move forward, so they had to escort him alone.
This big thief goes back."
"On this day, an official and a thief came to a small county. This county is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and it is also a good place. However, once they entered, they saw that there were very few pedestrians, and many people were even a little gloomy and gloomy."
"When Xu Wenji was a little confused, he heard the sound of 'woo woo' crying coming from a distance. Xu Wenji was the worst person to listen to this, so he went over immediately and saw a woman in plain clothes wearing a straw flag on her head, kneeling on the ground.
If you want, sell yourself to bury your relatives."
"Wow!"
The storyteller described it so vividly that everyone felt like they were seeing a beautiful woman sobbing, and I felt pity for her.
I was immediately interested.
Yang Yu, who was immersed in his own calculations, couldn't help but be attracted to his attention.
"Xu Wenji is quite curious. This woman is quite beautiful. She only needs a tattoo of two taels of silver and some straw mats.
But the passers-by avoided him like snakes and scorpions, and immediately asked one person to question him. The man didn't want to answer, but he couldn't withstand Xu Wenji's cross-examination. After a while, he made the matter clear."
"But there is a bully Han Si in this county who colludes with the government and runs rampant in the countryside! That bully is greedy and greedy, and he is also a lustful ghost. All the women in the county, except for an eighty-year-old woman, have been taken over by him!"
"This woman was forced to kill her parents and two children. At this time, the people who sold her body to be buried were the whole family and the whole family of her husband!"
"Ouch!"
One of the spectators cried out: "In our Ming Dynasty system, we had to have a population of 10,000 households before we could have a county system. A large county would have 100,000 households. How many women are there in one city?"
That bully has three heads, six arms and nine vaginas, so I’m afraid he won’t be able to enjoy them all, right?”
"Xu~"
The crowd of spectators laughed loudly, and many people were concerned about the woman and asked questions. Some even wanted to know how Xu Wenji dealt with the bully.
The storyteller slapped the gavel and said immediately:
"Xu Wenji was furious and bluntly stated that he would be arrested. He heard a loud laugh from beside him. Xu Wenji frowned and turned around, but it was the lone thief who was wearing 220 kilograms of fine steel shackles and had his pipa bone pierced!
"
"ah?"
Some spectators lowered their voices and exclaimed.
"Xu Wenji!" The lone thief sneered and said, even if you have thousands of ways, it's just a quick arrest. When you think of a way and take action, how many people in this county will be hurt? How many more people will be injured?
How many people died unjustly? Officials and bandits colluded, hey, officials and bandits colluded."
"What can you do?" Xu Wenji looked at the big thief coldly. He knew that this man had a reputation as a chivalrous man, but it was just that chivalry violated the law with force, and killing an official was a serious crime.
But I heard the big thief smile ferociously: "If you remove the shackles of a certain family, three of their heads will be torn off in one night!"
"This big thief actually has such a kind heart?"
"I'm afraid you want to take the opportunity to escape, right?"
"Guess so."
All the spectators were talking in low voices.
The storyteller was rare and did not sell the truth.
"How did Xu Wenji pay attention to him? He broke off the woman's straw, bought a coffin for her along the way, arranged the funeral arrangements for her family, and then found the county escort agency to send the woman to another place, and then returned to the post house.
"
"The big thief accompanied him in shackles. He watched all the way, but he just sneered. Sure enough, the next day, when the two of them were about to leave the city, they saw a naked female corpse hanging in front of the city gate!"
boom!
The whole hall was shocked.
All the spectators were extremely emotional. Even Yang Yu felt anger rising in his heart.
"Hahaha! Xu Wenji, what are you going to do?" The thief laughed loudly: "It's rare for me to show kindness, but you doubt it?"
Xu Wenji was silent for a long time. He looked around at the cowering people in the city, looked at the female body that had been ravaged to death at the top of the city, and closed his eyes slightly."
"In front of everyone, he fired the shackles in the street! He actually seemed to agree with the bandit and asked him to kill the bully Han Si!"
"good!"
Someone cheered loudly.
On the second floor, another ingot of gold was thrown down.
Your noble son Liu Qingqing clenched his folding fan tightly and said loudly: "That's exactly how it should be, that's exactly how it should be."
But after saying that, he shook his head again:
"Master Xu did something wrong. If he let the thief go when it was dark and stormy all night, who would know?"
"Thank you, Master!"
The storyteller accepted it calmly this time. After cupping his fists, he said:
"The big thief also asked the same question. What do you think Xu Wenji said?"
"Xu Wenji took off his clothes, covered the female body, and looked back at the people in the city. He raised his head in response!
He said, there is nothing a man can do that is not visible to others! The person who commits the crime of banditry in Anping County today is Xu Wenji of Yunzhou!"
Yang Yu's heart was shaken, and he felt the hair on his back was trembling.