On this day, Zhang Yue Gong returned home and was about to have dinner when Zhang Qiu came in from the Imperial College with an angry look on his face.
Zhang Yue saw that Zhang Qiu did not greet him at the entrance and said, "Xi'er, the provincial examination is coming soon. How are you preparing?"
After hearing this, Zhang Qiu turned around and said, "Third uncle, I am dedicated to my homework."
"Careful?" Zhang Yue asked.
The Seventeenth Mother was letting her servants serve the food when she saw Zhangqiu smiling like this and said, "Xi'er, I have prepared your favorite spring bamboo shoots and braised pork noodles today. Let's sit down and chat slowly with your third uncle."
After Zhang Qiu sat down, Zhang Yue said: "When the provincial examination is the most important, don't be distracted by your talent."
Zhang Qiu paused after hearing this, and then said: "Third uncle, Uncle Guo was bullied in Guangwen Hall."
Zhang Yue asked: "Oh?"
Zhang Qiu said: "These people used tricks to prevent Senior Brother Guo from being admitted to the Guozijian Township Examination when they went to the Guangwen Hall Examination with Senior Uncle Guo."
Seventeen Niang glanced at him in surprise. Of course she understood the importance of Senior Brother Guo in Zhang Yue's heart.
Zhang Yue remembered this incident at this moment and said to Zhang Qiu: "Then why don't you tell me something? Why are you so upset?"
Zhang Qiu said anxiously: "Third Uncle, I am not worrying about myself. I know a few extravagant people in the Imperial Academy. Now I have made an appointment with them and am going to lead people to avenge Senior Brother Guo. I don't dare to disturb Third Uncle about this matter." ."
Zhang Yue glanced at Zhang Qiu and said, "You didn't study hard in the Imperial College, but you did make friends with extravagant people. Do your brother and sister-in-law know?"
Zhang Qiu said anxiously: "Third uncle, you have been bullied to the point of being bullied, and you are still focusing on your homework. At first you were quiet and did not dare to avenge Senior Brother Guo. Now I will not swallow your anger. At worst, I will not fight with these people for my future. "
After hearing Zhang Qiu's words, Zhang Yue secretly praised him in his heart.
This is why he was different from Zhangqiu when he was studying.
In order to get ahead, he would endure anything, but Zhang Qiu did not regard this as his first priority.
"What are the names of those who bullied Senior Brother Guo?" Zhang Yue asked.
Zhangqiu said: "One is named Lu Bing, who is from Yingzhou, and the other is named Guo Sheng..."
Zhang Yue said: "You are from Nanjing, right?"
Zhangqiu said: "Yes, third uncle, you also know."
Zhang Yue said: "There is another person named He Ma, right?"
Zhang Qiu nodded and said: "Third uncle, you have already found out their details, right?"
Zhang Yue said: "When Senior Brother Guo was in trouble last year, I found out clearly that these three people often bullied Senior Brother Guo when they were in the Nanjing Imperial College. This is called Lu Bing, who is the worst. He often borrows Brother Guo's money, but never comes back. Also, when Brother Guo was studying in the South Prison, he often missed his meal."
"This guy is called Guo Sheng. He often calls out Senior Brother Guo and asks him to do this and that. He bullies Senior Brother Guo because he comes from a poor family and doesn't help him in the Imperial Academy."
"Lastly, He Ma's father was an official who was transferred from martial arts to literature. He relied on some courage to run rampant in the Imperial College. On weekdays, both Guo Sheng and Lu Bing fawned over this He Ma, because He Ma was also an official. As a student, I am usually jealous of Senior Brother Guo’s talent and knowledge, and deliberately makes Senior Brother Guo late on the day of the exam.”
Zhangqiu was also angry after hearing this. Seventeenth Mother said: "There is such a person."
Zhang Yue nodded and said: "The other two are easy to deal with, but He Ma is not easy to deal with. It's just a little treatment. It's not difficult to relieve the anger for a while. I'm even more afraid of leaving troubles in the future that will be detrimental to me. I have let him go in the past year. People have gone to Nanjing many times to spy on He Ma's illegal activities, and now we have some clues."
After hearing this, Zhang Qiu was finally convinced, but at the same time he thought to himself, the third uncle usually remained calm, but he acted after making a decision. I was a bit too reckless.
That day I went to a wine shop outside the Cantonese Museum.
He Ma, Lu Bing, Guo Sheng were drinking with more than a dozen classmates.
Lu Bing poured wine for He Ma and said, "The man named Guo still refuses to give up. He even looks for someone to stand up for him. I wonder where the man named Zhang Mingqiu comes from?"
He Ma raised one leg on the bench and said: "No matter what the origin, I can't protect the person I want to punish. As for Guo Lin who dares to ask for reinforcements, then I will make him ten times worse than before."
Lu Bing said with a smile: "Yes, Guo Lin is not only looking for people, he is also preparing for the Cantonese Literature Examination. People like this want to fly to the branches and become phoenixes. They will also be our troubles in the future."
Guo Shengdao: "We have to defeat him in one fell swoop, and then we can deal with it slowly in the future. I have a plan. We can't bribe the examiners, but we can bribe a few examiners and instructors. We just need to leave a few ink in prominent places on Guo Lin's papers. , punish him for secretly communicating with the examiner, and make him hopeless in the imperial examination for the rest of his life."
While he was talking, he saw a group of soldiers standing outside, all holding water and fire sticks in their hands.
The leader smiled and walked into the wine shop, glanced at everyone, pointed at someone and said, "Are you Hema?"
He Ma people, as his name suggests, have a pockmarked face. He stood up and said, "What are you doing?"
The leader said to the left and right: "In addition to this He Ma, we also have this Lu Bing and this Guo Sheng to bring out."
Immediately, a group of military men broke into the wine shop and dragged the three people out. Seeing the men's fierce looks, the other classmates didn't dare to ask any more questions. They could only stand aside and say, "Don't be nosy. Do you know who they are?"
There was also a smarter one who ran to report the news.
But these soldiers turned a deaf ear to these threats. The leader said: "Take off the pants of these three people."
After saying that, the pants of He Ma and the three others were pulled off in the street. He Ma cursed: "How dare you pick up my pants? Do you know who my father is?"
The other party sneered: "Don't say you are not a yamen, even if you are a real yamen, what does it matter?"
"Take off your pants and call me in the street."
After saying that, several soldiers stripped the three of them of their pants, and then slapped them several times. Hema was slapped until his mouth was covered with blood, and he sneered: "Well done!"
"Tough!" the leader praised, "Hang this man upside down!"
After that, several soldiers tied up He Ma's ankles with ropes and hung him upside down on the two-foot-high ceiling of the wine shop. However, when the common people passing by Bianjing saw this scene, they all pointed.
"Let go!" the leader shouted.
But when he saw two soldiers, He Ma fell down from his head and feet, and his whole head hit the ground.
After He Ma fell down at a high speed, he was caught when the tip of his nose was only half a foot away from the ground. Half of his life was lost immediately after he walked away.
"Again!"
"Hero, spare your life, hero, spare your life!" He Ma begged for mercy, but deep down he felt extremely humiliated.
At this moment, a group of Kaifeng government officials heard that someone was going to die here and came to see this scene and said, "What are you doing? Aren't you afraid of breaking the king's law?"
However, the government officials in Kaifeng Mansion did not dare to show off when they saw that the other party was fierce.
The original leader immediately stepped forward and said: "I am here on the orders of Mr. Han, the master of punishment in Jingxi, to arrest the criminal and bring him to justice. Who dares to interfere!"
