If he could convince Liu Haojia or make him lose face, wouldn't he be able to show to the world that he is not afraid of the enemy? If you get a good reputation among scholars, you might be able to leave Nanjing and work in the capital! Thinking of this, he couldn't help but get excited!
So after thinking for a while, he raised his chin and said to Liu Haojia: "Master Liu, your men don't understand the rules so much, why don't you teach them a lesson?"
Originally Liu Haojia did not want to intervene because he felt that Xu Hongguo would not cause trouble at this time. Because those who are coming are all famous families from Jiangnan! But what surprised him was that Xu Hongguo actually burned himself with fire, so he couldn't help but laugh!
But at this time, there were more people watching the excitement, and they deliberately made comments! What "Master Xu really has character, he is afraid of these factory guards!"
"These factory guards are all from vulgar martial arts backgrounds. They don't know what dignity is!"
After hearing the master's family saying this, the attendants and guards around them would naturally use the topic to their advantage! Some people applauded loudly, and some people praised Xu Hongguo loudly. The scene became a bit chaotic for a while! Moreover, their chaos attracted more people to stop and watch, which made Xu Hongguo feel even more elated!
He is already imagining the scene where he reprimands Liu Haojia with great righteousness! Then his name will spread throughout the world! Just as he was glancing at Liu Haojia proudly, Liu Haojia slowly walked down the steps with his hands behind his back, walked up to him, took the request for permission from Baihu, looked through it and said, "Master Xu, right?"
Xu Hongguo nodded reservedly and said, "That's exactly me!"
Liu Haojia rolled up the invitation into a paper tube and held it in his hand. He tapped the palm of his left hand and said, "Since the invitation has been sent to Mr. Xu, I think Mr. Xu has seen it. So I want to ask Mr. Xu a question. Could it be that Mr. Xu Can’t read?”.
As soon as Liu Haojia said these words, the guards around him immediately took the opportunity to burst into laughter and began to deliberately mock Xu Hongguo! Especially the captain who stopped people at the beginning said loudly: "I asked why you led people on a rampage. It turns out that you are illiterate and haven't read the invitation!" 「
The school captain next to him even said: "It doesn't matter if you can't read, you can ask someone!" But I didn’t even think of this, how did I become an official? 「
Xu Hongguo's face turned green when he heard the jeers of the Jin Yiwei! He raised his hand and pointed at Liu Haojia's face and said loudly: "Why..."
As soon as he said this, Liu Haojia raised his hand and knocked his hand down! Then he said in a deep voice: "It seems that Master Xu is not only illiterate, but also lacks the most basic education!"
Xu Hongguo also knew that it was rude to raise his finger to someone's face, but being scolded for being uneducated really made him furious! He said loudly: "Master Liu, how can you humiliate me like this! Do you have any dignity as an official anymore!"
At this time, I heard Liu Haojia say: "Humiliating you? How is it possible? This is the real humiliation!"
Having said this, Liu Haojia unfolded the invitation in his hand, then tore it in half with all his strength! Then he crumpled the invitation into a ball and threw it at Xu Hongguo's feet! Finally, he squeezed out one word from his teeth: "Get out!"
Xu Hongguo was completely stunned at this time! He was born into a wealthy family since he was a child. He had good grades in school and had a smooth official career. He was welcomed by everyone wherever he went. How could he have ever been humiliated like this!
Although Liu Haojia threw the invitation at his feet, it did not hit him in the face. But this move is no different from a slap in his face! And not only Xu Hongguo was shocked, but the officials and gentry watching the excitement were also shocked!
They didn't expect that Liu Haojia wouldn't even give Xu Hongguo face! You must know that Xu Hongguo himself has the status of Zuo Shilang, which is already a high and powerful position! And Xu Jie behind him is a real supporter! Liu Haojia's doing this is tantamount to not giving the Xu family any face! You must know that the clan power is very powerful at this time. There is no difference between humiliating a person and humiliating a family!
Xu Hongguo finally realized at this time that not only did he not reprimand Liu Haojia this time, but he also lost face! Moreover, he still lost face in front of a large group of onlookers gentry and officials, which was very detrimental to his official reputation!
So he was angry
He went crazy and threatened loudly: "Uncle Liu, since you have humiliated me in this way, then don't blame me for being unkind, just wait for my bullets! Let's see how long you factory guards can run rampant!"
Liu Haojia sneered and said: "I want to see how long we will run rampant, but you may not have the chance to see it!"
Xu Hongguo waved his sleeves and said, "Why, you still want to frame me? I have always been honest in my conduct, so I'm afraid you can't frame me!"
Liu Haojia said: "I will definitely not frame you, but if you do something you shouldn't have done, then you won't have anyone else to blame!"
After saying that, he turned around and said to the hundreds of households next to him: "Now go to the Qianhu Office in Nanjing to check the records and see if Mr. Xu has done anything he shouldn't have done? If so, put him in jail directly! If If not, let’s conduct a careful investigation to prove Mr. Xu’s innocence!”
Hearing this, I bowed and said, "Don't worry, sir! I will go to Qianhu Station in person!"
After saying that, he glanced at Xu Hongguo sinisterly, making the hairs on the back of his neck stand up! Then his heart sank to the bottom! His face turned green! Because he has been an official for so many years, it would be strange to say that he has never done anything!
Nothing happened before, it was just that no one targeted him. If Jin Yiwei really targets him now, God knows what will happen? But at this time, he couldn't retreat if he wanted to! So he said more forcefully: "Just check! I'm afraid of you hawks!"
At this time, one of the people watching nearby coughed and wanted to step out, probably to smooth things over! But Liu Haojia turned his head instantly and stared directly into his eyes, making him put his raised foot down again! Then the man just stood there and said nothing!
When Liu Haojia saw that he had stopped moving, he snorted and turned back to Xu Hongguo: "You can leave now! You'd better be an upright official like you said, otherwise you go back to eat and drink something good. Bar!"
After saying that, Liu Hao's family turned around and went into the garden, leaving Xu Hongguo standing there with a pale face. He gritted his teeth and thought for a moment, stomped his feet and got into the sedan and left in a hurry. The remaining people who were watching the excitement talked about it, came forward one by one to hand over the request, and honestly led a person into the garden.
