Qingxue Mansion.
At the judge's house, Lu Tong.
He looked at Zhao Sihu next to him and hesitated: "What should we do?"
Zhao Sihu was also a little embarrassed. Lu Tongpan had been an official for so many years. How could he not know what to do about such a trivial matter? He asked himself an excuse, and he just waited for himself to say it. If something happened, the blame would easily be placed on his head.
But, have I served as an official for so many years in vain?
He looked down at Zhang Xuezheng who was kneeling on the ground.
"The day before yesterday, I asked you to deal with a brat, but you failed!"
"Tell me, what use can you have? How dare you come back? Do you really think I'm easy to bully?"
Zhang Xuezheng hit his head on the ground: "Please forgive me, sir. It's really not my fault. It's really Zhou Dagu who was too rude, and the people of Cai County are too vulgar!"
"They ignored the examination room. I wanted to take action, but Guo, because he was the county magistrate, gave me the power. I really had no choice!"
"Please, Lord Tongpan, please give me another chance, Lord Sihu!"
"Don't worry, you two, I will definitely get it done! I won't make any mistakes again!"
Lu Tongpan said nothing.
Zhao Sihu took the letter from Kyoto with both hands: "Do you really think that dealing with Zhou Dagu is our intention?"
"What hatred do we have against a bastard!"
"He is the one who blocked the left prime minister's way!"
Zhang Xuezheng raised his head and stared straight at the letter in Zhao Sihu's hand: "Did Zhou Dagu offend the left prime minister?"
Zhao Sihu nodded: "Nonsense, the entire Xiangzhou is harvesting grain, and even the entire Daying is harvesting grain secretly!"
"Although you come from a poor family, I have always paid attention to you. You are a smart person. You should have felt this very early!"
"Are we able to handle these things? We are just helping the left prime minister. It's okay for Zhou Dagu to kill the man named Wang, but he shouldn't have burned down the granary!"
Zhang Xuezheng has not expressed his doubts yet.
Zhao Sihu took another step forward and stared into his eyes: "What you ruined is not our business, but the left prime minister's business. What you ruined was not Tongpan's good thing, but your own bright future!"
Zhang Xuezheng hit his head on the ground, and his voice was fearful and nervous: "Sir, please give me another chance. I will definitely handle this matter well, and I will definitely win Zhou Dagu!"
"This time I bumped into Zhou Dagu. One of us will die!"
Zhao Sihu suppressed his smile: "What do you want to do? You have to know who the Left Prime Minister is. He can't use his name to deal with a little person. This matter can only be shouldered by you."
"Don't worry, I will use my name to deal with Zhou Dagu. This is my personal enmity with him!"
Lu Tongpan couldn't help but say: "Sensible!"
"Don't worry, he doesn't want to be a scholar. Then I will make a fuss about this matter and make him lose his status as a student!"
Zhao Sihu waved his hand: "Go ahead, don't worry, I will help you put in a good word in front of Prime Minister Zuo, but don't expose me and Lu Tongpan in this matter!"
Zhang Xuezheng nodded heavily, then faced the two adults and said, "Don't worry, I can't kill Zhou Dagu, and I won't come back!"
"go Go!"
Watching Zhang Xuezheng retreat.
The two adults looked at each other, ridicule appearing on their faces.
"What a fool. He is very smart, but unfortunately he wants to make progress too much. He comes from a bad background and no one has taught him the rules of officialdom. How can it be his turn to show his face in front of the left prime minister!"
"Your Excellency is right, he is a fool. The Left Prime Minister told us to kill Zhou Dagu, but he couldn't do it openly. He also cleared Zhou Dagu and proved that he was not a deserter. You said he did all this for What?"
Lu Tongpan glanced at him: "How dare we take care of the affairs of the left prime minister? How dare we guess! Hmph!"
Say it.
He lowered his head and played with the stone in his hand.
I don’t know whether I dare not guess or dare not say.
Zhang Xuezheng left Lu Tongpan's mansion, came to the government office, passed through the inner hall and entered a small room.
In the room, when people came and went and saw him, they stopped what they were doing, lowered their heads and shouted: "I have seen Mr. Xuezheng!"
Zhang Xuezheng straightened his back: "Have the test papers from Cai County been delivered?"
"Sir, I've sent them all!"
"Is there a student named Zhou Dagu here?"
"We have already checked the test papers. Your Excellency does not have a student named Zhou Dagu!"
A joyful smile appeared on Zhang Xuezheng's face: "Huh! Zhou Dagu doesn't even have a test paper, he is dead this time!"
"Get the test papers from Cai County!"
…………
sunrise.
Another day.
Today is the third day after the county examination. People are coming and going on the middle street of Cai County, but Piaoxiang Building is silent.
Mr. Hou looked at the people in front of him, a little anxious: "Speak! What should we do about this matter?"
"Old man Fan, you are usually the most attentive. Why are you silent this time? You don't think that Zhou Mingzhou will fail the exam. You can take this case!"
"Bah!" Fan Zijin got up from the ground: "Old Fan is a gentleman. I want to defeat Zhou Mingzhou, but what we want is fairness and justice!"
"What should we do about this?"
"Are you sure the information is accurate?"
"It must be accurate. My accountant's brother-in-law's brother-in-law is in the government office. He said that when Zhang came back that night, he took out our county's test paper and asked about Zhou Mingzhou. He must be up to something dirty!"
"He is an official, but we are still just common people without fame. What can we do?"
"Then don't do anything and just watch him murder our county poet?"
"That's definitely not possible!" Fan Zijin patted his butt and put his hands together: "We can't do anything, Master must have a way, go find Master!"
…………
Master Zhu's private school.
He looked at the students in front of him and said after careful consideration: "This is not a bad thing for Da Gu!"
"You all should know that in the original dispute between Da Gu and the Wang family, in order to prevent Master Zhang from intervening, he made a promise to the county government that if he passed the county examination, he would compete in the state examination!"
"I should have told you before that the literary heart of a Confucian scholar is important!"
"Da Gu is talented in poetry, but the state examination tests not only poetry, but also saints' words and essays!"
"With the accumulation of Da Gu, he will definitely not pass the exam. He is very competitive. If he gets the first prize in the Scholar Examination, his Wen Xin achievements will be unstoppable, and he will not even pass the Ju Ren Examination. I am afraid that his Wen Xin will be dusted easily!"
"Zhang Xuezheng used tricks to cause him to fail the exam this year. He took advantage of the momentum of Dagu to go ahead and cut it off in advance. Even if he takes two exams next year, it will not be considered a breach of contract!"
"That's not a bad thing!"
Mr. Hou was confused: "Then we don't care about this matter?"
Master Zhu asked: "How should we control it?"
"It is not a bad thing for young people to encounter some setbacks and understand the truth of society!"
"You guys can go back, I will consider this matter! As long as Zhang doesn't do too much, then let him go!"
As the students walked away, Master Zhu looked outside the city to Zhoujia Village under the moonlight.
"Alas! Da Gu, I don't know if I am right or wrong!"
…………
Sunrise, another day.
Zhou Dagu opened the courtyard door and stretched: "Sister, you have a good rest at home today, waiting for my brother to come back with the case report!"
The old donkey cart leaves the village entrance.
Zhou Dagu looked back at the villagers.
Xu Dian was a little worried: "Brother Gu, it's not that we don't believe you, but I always feel that something is wrong!"
"Oh, it seems that you have achieved great success in practice recently and are about to break through. You already have the intuition of a martial artist!"
Zhou Dagu stood on the donkey cart: "Don't worry, I will get the head of the case!"
"Not only the head of the case, but also Jieyuan, that will also be in our bag!"
Zhou Dagu looked into the distance, staring at the sky, with countless pride in his heart.
