Early night
Zhujia Town
The bright moonlight illuminates the earth, bringing soft light to the black night.
At this time, Zhang Ruizheng and Zhu Wanying, who were hated by Qianlong, came to the door of Zhu's mansion together.
A few hooligans who were clamoring and making trouble were gathered outside the gate of Zhu's Mansion. Many villagers holding torches were watching around them.
"Zhu Fugui, please come out. Your daughter Zhu Wanying hooked up with a wild man and entered the house late at night. This is unbecoming of a woman and will bring disgrace to our Zhujia Town..."
"Yes, Zhu Fugui teaches his daughter poorly and has no sense of etiquette..."
"Zhu Wanying, you are shameless and don't disgrace us all in Zhujia Town. It is unbecoming of a woman to bring a man into your house before you are married..."
………
As he got closer to the entrance of Zhu's mansion, more and more obscene words continued to be heard.
"Chiacri..."
The door of Zhu Mansion slowly opened.
Zhu Wanying's face turned blue and white as she listened to the various abuses outside the door. She asked the guard to open the door angrily.
"You people, what nonsense are you talking about here..." Zhu Wanying quickly walked out of the door and shouted angrily at the scolding gangsters gathered outside her door.
As Zhu Wanying's voice fell.
A breeze blew by, and the torches in the hands of the onlookers flickered.
"Look, the shameless one is out."
A teasing voice came, it was a barefoot man in a short-sleeved shirt standing at the door, saying shamelessly with a playful smile.
I could see that the braids on his bald head were already greasy, and even though he was half a foot away, he could still smell the sour smell emanating from his body.
"Li Goupi, what do you mean?" Zhu Wanying yelled angrily.
"What do you mean? You know what you are doing!" This Li Goupi didn't care about Zhu Wanying's anger at all, and said in a very frivolous tone.
"What have I done? Tell me, you can't explain clearly. I'm not done with you today." Zhu Wanying asked angrily.
"You brought the wild man into the house and shared a room with her." Li Goupi replied unceremoniously, then pointed at Zhang Rui and said, "Look, the wild man is still behind her!"
At this time, everyone followed Li Goupi's finger and looked at Zhang Rui.
"Li Goupi, you are blind and talking nonsense here. Mr. Zhang is my benefactor, why shouldn't I take my benefactor home for a visit?" Zhu Wanying followed Li Goupi's finger and saw Zhang Rui and said.
"Girl from the Zhu family, do you admit that you brought this young master into the house late at night?" At this time, an old man came out of the dark crowd and asked.
"Mr. Wu, what's wrong with this?" Zhu Wanying asked as she looked at the person coming out.
"But there is something wrong. If this young master comes during the day and your parents are here, then you can't say anything. But if he comes late at night, a man and a widow are still in the same room. This is etiquette but not a woman's virtue." The old man Wu Qiliu shook his head and said.
Following Wu Qiliu's words, the onlookers started talking in whispers. Some loud people even called out sluts**.
Not everyone has the ability to quarrel with other scholars. Zhu Wanying is young after all. In particular, Wu Qiliu used the female precepts that Zhu Wanying had practiced since she was a child as a lesson. Everyone agreed, and Zhu Wanying found that she was unable to refute.
All this can't help but worry Zhu Wanying. Even if Zhu Wanying is not experienced in matters, she will know that once they convict you. Even if they openly burn you to death or drown you in a pig cage, the government will not hold everyone accountable. One more thing is worse than one less thing, and the matter will be left alone.
At this moment, Zhang Rui, who had been standing silently behind Zhu Wanying, stepped forward and said softly to her: "Wanying, don't worry. Whether it's a quarrel or a fight, whoever messes up first will lose first. Learn to use it through Look at the essence of the phenomenon and find out the hidden person.”
Zhang Rui's words calmed Zhu Wanying's mind a little, and then she nodded gratefully to Zhang Rui and replied: "Yes, thank you, Brother Zhang, for reminding..."
Wu Qiliu couldn't help but get angry when he saw that Zhang Rui didn't take him seriously and even made intimate gestures with Zhu Wanying in public.
However, Wu Qiliu saw that the "housekeepers" protecting Zhang Rui were quite strong, and he didn't know Zhang Rui's details, so he didn't dare to make any mistakes. He could only look around and then said to Zhang Rui:
"Master, don't I think it's inappropriate for you to kiss me like this with a young lady in public?"
"I wonder who the old man is? What's his name?" Zhang Rui stood in front of Zhu Wanying while talking and asked Wu Qiliu.
"Boy, let me tell you, my master Wu Qiliu was elected in the early years of Qianlong." Wu Qiliu did not answer Zhang Rui, but just stood there and stroked his beard on his chin. The servant next to him answered Zhang Rui for him very naturally, with a very arrogant tone.
"Oh, it turns out it's the Master of Juren. I'm disrespectful!" Although Zhang Rui said this, he didn't mean any respect at all.
"It's easy to say. You respect yourself, please don't let the girl of the Zhu family get in trouble." Wu Qiliu was also disdainful of Zhang Rui, and raised his head and said.
"Look at what the old man said. My son is not married and I am not married. How can you mislead others?" Zhang Rui asked back.
"Listening to your words, it sounds like I have read a book, but don't you know that it is more than just etiquette?" Wu Qiliu said, stroking the beard on his chin again.
"What can we do to overcome this?" Zhang Rui said.
"You are in the same room, only heaven knows and earth knows." Wu Qiliu chased after him fiercely.
Although the onlookers were confused, they still understood what Wu Qiliu meant, and there was a lot of whispering among the crowd.
"Mr. Wu, they all said nothing happened. You are just guessing, so please keep your words in mind." A voice came from the crowd, but it was speaking to Zhu Wanying.
"How can one's heart for the Tao not be strong?" Wu Qiliu looked around at the crowd and shouted sternly: "Whoever said that just now is not afraid to come out."
Following Wu Qiliu's words, the crowd suddenly gave way to a passage, and a middle-aged man wearing scholar's commoner came out of the passage.
"Zhu Yiyi, is that what you just said?" Wu Qiliu asked the man approaching with a hint of questioning.
"It's a student." Zhu Zhangzhang bowed and replied.
"Sir..." Zhu Wanying also greeted the man who came over with a courtesy.
"Miss, you are polite." Zhu Zhangyi returned the greeting.
"Wanying, who is this?" Zhang Rui asked Zhu Wanying curiously, looking at the courteous and courteous appearance of the visitor. Perhaps it was his righteousness that made Zhang Rui fond of him.
"This is my brother and I's first teacher. His surname is Zhu Renhou, and his courtesy name is Yiyi." Zhu Wanying replied in a low voice.
"Mr. Zhu, hello..." Zhang Rui also greeted Zhu Zhang with a bow.
"Young Master is polite..."
The two of them exchanged pleasantries and seemed to know each other.
"Zhu Zhangyi, do you know that you are a scholar? As a Confucian disciple, if you don't prove yourself with loyalty, how can you want to be partial?" Wu Qiliu pointed at Zhu Zhangyi and said with dissatisfaction.
