At the moment, he only said to the bearded man, "But I can't give you all these fifteen taels right now."
Upon hearing this, the bearded man really had a problem with Wang Junan, "Why can't you give it now?"
Wang Junan just said calmly, "What should I do if you fail to do this? I don't have any extra money to find another person to do it."
When the bearded man heard this, he immediately made a promise and said, "Give me the money and I will guarantee that this will be done for you, okay?"
However, Wang Junan still insisted after hearing this, "You should do as I say."
"I can give you five taels of silver as a deposit first. Even if you fail to complete the project, I won't ask you to get the five taels of silver back. Later, when you complete the matter, I will give you all the silver." .”
Big Beard thought about Wang Junan's proposal. Anyway, no matter whether he succeeded or failed, someone would be sure of the truth, and he was familiar with Wang Junan, so he was not afraid that Wang Junan would take the ten taels of silver and run away.
So after thinking for a moment, the bearded man naturally had no objection and said, "Okay! Then I'll do it as you said!"
Seeing that Big Beard agreed to his proposal, Wang Junan was very happy immediately.
The two of them were very satisfied with each other at this time. After drinking and eating, they reached an agreement and went back to their respective homes without going into details.
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"But they say that ever since the Yunzhou Prefect Zhu Izhi and his family were born, there has been no grass growing in Yunzhou. There has been a severe drought for three years, and the people are in dire straits. However, the imperial court's disaster food has not yet arrived..."
Li Yunlan placed a table under the old locust tree in the East Market of Ziwei Street, and sat directly under the old locust tree to talk about books.
Because his language was lively and interesting, and it was very shady under the old locust tree, all the people who were enjoying the cool weather and listening to books crowded into one place.
And Li Yunlan does not force people to give him money.
He only placed a gong in front of the table.
If someone listens happily and has some spare money, he will even cup his hands to say thank you if he is given one or two coppers.
Of course not, he will continue to tell the story, so people are happy to listen to this old man's story.
And this is already the third time he has told the story.
However, just when he was talking enthusiastically, an angry shout suddenly sounded from outside the crowd, "Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"
Hearing the angry rebuke outside, everyone couldn't help but look back.
When they saw that the people coming were actually several Wuhou, people immediately and unconsciously made way for them.
And such movement naturally alarmed the people inside.
When those Wu Hous walked up to Li Yunlan.
The bearded leader pointed directly at Li Yunlan and said, "Are you the Li Yunlan who made up the story?"
After hearing the bearded man's words, Li Yunlan finally stood up. He paused, then politely raised his hands and whispered, "This old man is Li Yunlan. I wonder what you military masters want to do with me?"
However, the bearded man had no intention of being civilized and polite with him.
He just waved his hand directly at Wu Hou behind him and said, "Take it away!"
Li Yunlan asked in confusion, "Gentlemen, I'm just telling stories here, why did you take me away!"
However, Big Beard didn't talk nonsense to him at all, and the other Wuhou immediately controlled Li Yunlan.
At this time, the people listening to the story finally realized what had happened. Naturally, there were also some enthusiastic people among them. They did not want to see anyone being wronged, and the most important thing was that they had not finished listening to the story.
So when they saw the group of Wuhou preparing to take Li Yunlan away, they immediately blocked their way and said, "What are you doing?"
"We are arresting criminals! Get out of my way and don't delay our work, otherwise we will arrest you too!"
Upon hearing this, some people were obviously hesitant, but a young man who looked like a scholar still stopped them and refused to leave.
"Catch the prisoner? Then let me ask what this gentleman committed! So you have to catch him!"
The bearded man just said with a cold face, "You have nothing to do with it!"
However, the scholar said coldly, "I can't control it, but that gentleman obviously doesn't know what he has committed. If you don't tell others clearly, then you are acting wantonly. Enforcement will be carried out indiscriminately. If everyone If we are all like you, then how can we be safe here? This is at the feet of the Emperor."
Hearing the scholar's words, which were neither humble nor arrogant, everyone immediately followed and said, "Yes! You are enforcing the law indiscriminately by acting so wantonly!"
Hearing that this group of people were only questioning themselves, and because there were so many people here, Big Beard and several other Wuhou were surrounded by a sea of people, and they felt like they couldn't move.
Moreover, Big Beard obviously did not expect that he would have such a problem just by arresting a storyteller.
But things have come to this, and there is obviously no way out for Big Beard, so he can only continue to threaten, "Don't incite people. We are enforcing the law normally. If you stop us again, be careful that we will arrest you for obstructing official business." !”
However, Big Beard's deception had no effect on the scholar.
The scholar just continued, "Whether you want to arrest us or not, I think this old gentleman should have the right to know what he has committed, right?"
After hearing the scholar's words, everyone just followed suit.
Big Beard didn't take this matter seriously at all. With only a few brothers, he wanted to arrest people casually and then slowly accuse the old man.
So when the scholar asked them what the old man was guilty of, he didn't know what to say.
However, if he didn't tell a reason today, these people would probably be in a stalemate with them.
At the moment, he can only scare these people. After all, he is really messing up the law. If the matter gets serious and alarms the Sixteenth Guards of Nanya or the Sixth Army of Beiya, then they are the ones who really deserve to be punished. That's it.んttps:/
So after the big bearded man confronted the crowd, he could only order someone to release Li Yunlan first. "You're lucky, we won't arrest you today."
Then he stared at the scholar fiercely and said, "Don't think that just because you are a student, I have to give you a chance. There are not many poor scholars like you who come to the capital to take the exam every year. There are not many who can go to high school. Don't pretend to be so pretentious." Bufan, bring me trouble! Otherwise I will really arrest you and let you taste what it's like in prison."
The scholar was not afraid of being threatened by the big beard. He just said, "Okay! If that's the case, I'll wait for you. My name is Wen Mingwei, and I live in the courtyard at No. 36, Zhuyi Lane."
However, when faced with Wen Mingwei's announcement of his family status, the bearded man was very unfazed.
"I don't care what your name is, Wen or Wei. I remember your name. If you fall into my hands next time, don't blame me for being rude!"
After saying this, the bearded man stopped entangled with the young man. He just waved to his companion and said, "Let's go!"
When the other Wuhou heard what the bearded man said, they also stopped.
Then a group of them also left here.
When the onlookers who originally blocked them from leaving saw the bearded man let him go, they naturally did not dare to stop Wu Hou anymore. After all, the principle in this world is that gods and ghosts are easy to give away, but little devils are difficult to deal with.
They would have to deal with Marquis Wu later, so naturally no one dared to offend him too harshly at this moment.
Therefore, the bearded man just led the people away in a swaggering manner.
After the bearded man left, Wen Mingwei immediately walked to Li Yunlan and said, "Sir, are you okay?"
When Li Yunlan heard this, he just smiled and waved his hands and said, "I'm fine. This is all pediatrics."
He was not exaggerating when he said this. After all, when he was in Yunzhou, his experiences were much more difficult than these. The torture did not make him succumb. How could he be frightened by such a thing now? .
At this moment, he even just stood up. He just cupped his hands towards the others and said, "Everyone, thank you so much for just now. If it weren't for your generous words, I'm afraid I would really have to go to prison. "
When the others heard this, they just said, "Whatever you said, sir, those people obviously have bad intentions. After hearing your story, how can we still be the people who helped the evil in the story?"
Hearing this, Li Yunlan felt very pleased, "Everyone is righteous."
Then he continued, "If you still want to hear my story, I will continue."
However, after listening to Li Yunlan's words, everyone just said worriedly, "Sir, do you still have the heart to tell stories? We see that the bearded man is definitely not a good person. He might come to trouble you again. Why don't you go Just hide somewhere else.”
"Yeah, it's okay if we don't listen to the story. You hide for a few days first, but don't let him get caught."
Li Yunlan was obviously moved when he heard everyone talking about giving him ideas. However, he obviously did not forget his purpose, so he just smiled and said to everyone, "I'm fine. You don't have to worry too much about me. I'm just a storyteller, but I'm also a fact teller. Yunzhou The misfortune of the people is all caused by that Yunzhou prefect. Since I have no way to appeal, I will tell you, he listens, everyone listens, I want my story to be spread to the ears of future generations, I want to be like Those unjust people like the Yunzhou Prefect will be infamy for thousands of years! Their guilty conscience is their business, and it is my business for me to tell the truth. If you are willing to listen to me, then continue to speak. It doesn't matter if you don't like to hear it. I will still continue to speak."
Hearing Li Yunlan's words, Wen Mingwei just said immediately, "Sir, please tell me, I like to hear it, and I will accompany you."
Li Yunlan nodded when he heard this. He only expressed his gratitude to Wen Mingwei, and then he continued to talk about the suffering history of the people of Yunzhou.
People saw Li Yunlan continuing to tell stories, although some people who did not dare to cause trouble also left.
But the East Market is undoubtedly lively. After some people left, other people came over one after another to listen to Li Yunlan's stories. So soon the locust tree where Li Yunlan was was surrounded by people.
Li Yunlan just continued to talk about his experiences in Yunzhou as if nothing had happened.
