Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 71 The House of the Salt Owl
It is not without precedent that Zhongzheng official was absent from the township meeting to determine the product, either because of the war, or because of Zhongzheng official's personal reasons.But because of being forced to retreat by words like this today, let alone Wu Xing, even the whole Sanwu is the first case!
These people in the field may be limited by their own talents and knowledge about Shen Zhezi and Yu Tan's rhetoric contest, and they cannot fully understand the mystery.But observing the momentum and wind direction is the most basic skill to be able to stand up.

Yu Tan's malice towards the Shen family is not concealed, and his reputation, family background, and official position all have advantages, which is why everyone is not optimistic about the Shen family. The family wanted to take advantage of Yutan's momentum to attack the Shen family's local rival.

However, the Shen family's counterattack was fierce and shocking, which was almost unheard of.But the reason for his counterattack came from Shen Zhezi's mouth. It was plausible and strong, while Yu Tan was completely at a disadvantage, and eventually retreated, and even handed over the right to preside over the township discussion to the Shen family!
The strength is clear, but the outcome is so unexpected!For a moment, everyone's hearts were in turmoil. On the one hand, they felt that it was hard to live up to the great reputation. Yu Tan had been unpopular for a long time, and he lost to a young man in rhetoric and argument.

On the other hand, they were amazed by Shen Zhezi's performance. If the young man relied on the force of the Shen family's Jiang Donghao to force Yu Tan back, they would still understand, but they won the victory completely from the classics and principles, which made them feel deeply This young man is extraordinary.

With such feelings in their hearts, everyone's friendly attitude towards Shen Zhezi went up to a higher level, and they all stepped forward to exchange greetings and praises.

Shen Zhezi responded to everyone's greetings with a smile on his face, and did not become arrogant because he forced Yu Tan back.On the one hand, they are not confused by fame and fortune by nature, and on the other hand, they know that these people may think highly of themselves, but in fact it does not affect their attitude towards the Shen family, and the hostility they should have will not be reduced. When it comes to the competition for interests, they will not be soft.

For example, the Patriarch of Wucheng Yan's family who was beaten up by himself, talked with Shen Zhezi with a smile on the one hand, and said with emotion on the other hand: "Zhezi Xiaolang is proficient in scriptures and profound knowledge. , This is what it is. It is a pity that we are not lucky today, and we cannot work together to lift Mr. Xiaolang to a high position."

This is to point out that Shen Zhezi is not old enough to be a product, and at the same time separate him from other children of the Shen family who participated in the product.The implication is that Shen Zhezi is so outstanding, thanks to Ji Zhan, it does not prove that the Shen family's family is prosperous.

When other families who were hostile to the Shen family heard this, they also echoed, praising Shen Zhezi while distinguishing him from other children of the Shen family.

Shen Zhezi already has a lot of experience of the ancients' accomplishments in intrigue.Not to mention those people who hide their swords in their smiles, even Yu Tan who just left the stage dug a hole before leaving, including the fact that he conceded defeat and exited the stage itself.

Shen Zhezi clarified the problem, Tianmu Gongqi theory has successfully separated the alliance between Yu Tan and the local family, even if Yu Tan stays to preside over the township meeting, it is of little significance. , which contradicts it implicitly.

But once Yu Tan leaves the scene, class conflicts no longer exist, and internal struggle becomes the theme again.The hostility towards the Shen family from the families that united with him earlier is self-evident. Yu Tan's exit is to announce to them that he will not play. If they still want to attack the Shen family, they have to go on the court by themselves. do it.

Moreover, Yu Tan's exit and confession to Shen Ke to preside over the Xiangyi on his behalf is a trap in itself.In terms of family status, Wukang Yao's Qing Wang is better than Shen's family. In terms of seniority, the patriarch of Wucheng Qiu's family is also an old man who has lived in the old Wu. In terms of official position, although Wu Xing has no county guard, the Yan family of Wucheng Yan Ping, the patriarch, is an official in the history of the county chief, and his position is higher than that of Shen Ke.

All of these people are qualified enough to host on their behalf, Yu Tan didn't choose any of them, but chose Shen Ke who didn't have any advantages.Among them, the charm is not stingy to warm up the warm-up games for each competition in advance.Seemingly praising the Shen family, in fact, it is putting it in the position of public criticism.

Yu Tan threw out Zhongzheng's arbitration right, although Shen Zhezi forced him to a corner, but why didn't he want to provoke all parties to fight for it?Each of these families has local entanglements, which are related to the future of their own children and even the reputation of the entire family. How can they retreat because of Shen Zhezi's words!
Sure enough, not long after Yu Tan left, Qiu Cheng, an old guy from the Qiu family, said, "Yu Shijun is pregnant with a small illness, and I will be the landlord. I will share my worries for Zhongzheng, and don't let Shijun bother you anymore. Old man I am stupid, just like what Zhezi Xiaolang said, I should do my part, and I will discuss with you my postgraduates in my hometown."

Shen Ke was a little unhappy when he heard this. The right to preside over the arbitration was obviously snatched from Yu Tan's hands. How could he allow this old guy to get a piece of the action? These backwards, how can I bear to add burdens to you."

Yan Ping, who was next to him, also nodded and agreed: "The county government should share the absence of Chiang Kai-shek."

"I don't know how you can judge the children of each family?" The Yao family is humble and young, and they can't compete with others, so they sneered from the side, implying, you vulgar warriors, what qualifications do you have to judge the quality of talents?

Everyone felt insulted, and glared at the person from the Yao family who spoke, and then someone sneered, "It's a pity that I didn't hear Yao Jungao's talk before." You can't even compare to the Shen family boy, what kind of educated person you pretend to be!

Seeing the scene in front of him, Shen Zhezi has a deep understanding of what it means for a dog to bite the hair on the dog's mouth.Seeing everyone scrambling for the right to host the Xiangyi, they verbally attacked each other without showing any sympathy.

After arguing for nearly half an hour, these talents finally reached a consensus, and each family that was qualified to attend had one person to form a small circle of judges.

When the candidates were about to be finalized, Shen Ke glanced at Shen Zhezi who was standing by watching the excitement, and said with a smile, "My Zhezi is a heavenly gifted talent, he is an old disciple of Ji Guo, Wu Xingjunyan is a leader, he should have a place."

Everyone was startled when they heard this, and wanted to refute in their hearts, but they really couldn't come up with any reason.After all, it was the young man who forced Yu Tan to retreat and not allow him to attend, which was always unreasonable.Even if you are a little bit unwilling, you can only agree.

After Shen Zhezi joined, there were eight members in the entire arbitration group, and the Shen family's friends took four seats.There are two people from the Shen family, one from the Changcheng Qian family, and one from the Yuanxiang Lu family.

Although the Qian family was implicated in Qian Zhen's rebellion, Qian Feng and other clansmen from Qian Feng's branch moved to Yuhang.As for the Lu family in Yuanxiang, they are the descendants of Lv Yi, a cruel official in the old Wu. They were originally a noble family who were worse than other families, but now they have become a poor family.

As for the Xu family of Wucheng, although they have a good reputation in the family, they are still not qualified to be listed among them.

The other four seats are Wukang Yao family, Wucheng Qiu family, Wucheng Yan family, and Lin'an Wu family. These four families all have varying degrees of malice towards the Shen family.

Needless to say, the Wukang Yao family was overwhelmed by the Shen family in Wukang County, so they could only stick to Emperor Shun's bloodline and cultural heritage to be proud.The Qiu family is a big landlord in Wucheng, and the Wu family is a local tyrant in Lin'an.

Among them, the Yan family attracted Shen Zhezi's attention, and this family was a different kind of existence among the attendees.Although he was born in Wu Xing, his power is in Jiaxing, Wu County, and he is the leading Dayan family in the Three Wus.

The salt industry made huge profits, Yan's wealth was not inferior to Shen's family, but his family background was too poor, and there was no prominent eunuch in many lifetimes. Yan Ping's position as county magistrate was already the highest official position in his family.Although the family is wealthy, it is still at the end of the poor family.

The Yan family and the Shen family have the greatest enmity, which can be traced back to several generations ago.The Shen family once opened up salt fields in Linhai, but Yan's entangled trilogy pretended to be thieves and crossed the water to destroy them.Later, the Yan family also minted money in Jiaxing, but Shen Zhezi's father, Shen Chongyu, murdered him the year before last, and his family survived the boat trip.

With such a feud, it is conceivable that the Yan family has deep malice towards the Shen family, so the Yan family is especially enthusiastic about attacking the Shen family.In addition to Zhu Gong stabbing the Shen family with food shortages, the other big black hand is the Yan family.His family has been making salt for many generations. Although there is not much grain in the store, they use their wealth to drive up the price of grain in order to trap the Shen family.Otherwise, it is absolutely impossible for a single Zhu Gong to create such a tight seal on the Shen family.

Because of this, Shen Zhezi also took special care of the Yan family's children just now, and captured all three members of the other party's tribe, among them was the one who was forced to cry bitterly in full view.

Seeing that the Shen family's strength occupied more than half of the seats, Yan Ping secretly thought something was wrong.He looked at other people who had malicious intentions towards the Shen family, and finally locked his eyes on Zhu Gong, and said with a smile: "Zhu Ming's mansion Wuzhong high school, you can take a seat."

Hearing this, Zhu Gong smiled all over his face.Although he is a pragmatic person, it would be a great honor for him to attend such a grand event in the county.After all, his status as Zhu of Wujun was not very good. Everyone knew what he said was true, but the reality was, so he was not considered in the first batch of seats at all.

"Ha ha."

When Shen Zhezi heard this, he cast a sideways glance at Zhu Gong, and immediately rolled his eyelids to look at the sky.Although it is only two words, it also has a profound meaning in this ancient time. The contempt for Zhu Gong revealed in it is really meaningful and memorable.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Gong's old face suddenly turned pale, the shame and anger in his heart were overwhelming, and his hatred for Shen Zhezi hit a new high.

And Yan Ping, who suggested earlier, also froze slightly when he saw Shen Zhezi's statement like this.

He had experienced the vigor of Shen Zhezi's eloquence, and saw that he showed undisguised contempt for Zhu Gong. Although he was dissatisfied, he did not dare to be stubborn, lest he would be ridiculed by this sharp-edged boy again.After all, the reason he pushed Zhu Gong out was really far-fetched.

In this way, the candidate is determined.

A group of people went up to the bamboo tower on King Xiang's platform. As for the children of each family, they prepared their talent show under King Xiang's platform.Although there are various powers competing behind the township agreement, if the person really has talents that cannot be ignored, a slight jump in grade is also what it should be.

　What is your aspiration?The tradition has a long history. . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)