prosperous age

Chapter 33 Chapter 33
Blessings on the second day of the first lunar month: New Year’s Eve, set off firecrackers; reunion dinner, good taste; people’s reunion, happiness; family happiness, good luck; peace talisman, family cover; lucky lottery, all drawn; new year, everything is good !
"Mr. Zeng, there is really nothing you can do about the small shop. Mr. Zhang insists on going upstairs. There is really nothing you can do about the small shop."

At this moment, the manager of the store has already hurried to the wine table, and carefully told Zeng Yuanshu about the situation. After all, today, he reserved the third floor, but he couldn't hold onto that Young Master Zhang.

Zeng Yuanshu heard the arrogant voice downstairs early in the morning. There are not many people in Pengze County who dare to disrespect him like this, and one came downstairs.

Glancing at the disfigured Xiangyun girl, Zeng Yuanshu knew that in fact they had just suffered from the disaster of the fish pond, but he did not expect that this Zhang Haochu would not stop during the Chinese New Year. It's over, but now that the year is not over, I'm looking for a place again.

"Let them come up."

Zeng Yuanshu also didn't want to embarrass the people in Jingshuilou, this is not his style.

And Wei Guangde over there also knew who it was after Wu Dong quietly explained, and he was also a famous family in Zepeng County.

The three big families in Zepeng County, Zeng Chenzhang, this Zhang Haochu is now the eldest brother of the younger generation of the Zhang family. He usually does things arrogantly, but he doesn’t do things to bully his neighbors. Even though he met Zeng Yuanshu, it’s not a good relationship. , but at least nod your head, it's still decent.

However, the bad relationship between the two is just a matter of the past two years. Everyone is a scholar, so the comparison is naturally based on fame.

The last time I took part in the imperial examination, both Zeng Yuanshu and Zhang Haochu went, and everyone was happy to pass the county examination, but it changed when it came to the government examination.

After the government examination, Zeng Yuanshu, Wu Dong, and Ma Xiang all passed the test smoothly and won Tongsheng, while Zhang Haochu, who had vowed to catch it at the beginning, failed the ranking.

Originally, it was normal to fail the rankings. In each exam, more than [-]% of the candidates failed. In fact, everyone knew it.

But the bad thing was that the day before the announcement of the list, when a dozen Zepeng students were discussing the exam questions, Zhang Haochu also ridiculed the articles written by Zeng Yuanshu and Wu Dong, thinking that they were hopeless in this subject.

After posting the list the next day, Zhang Haochu and Young Master Zhang put a big face on it, and left Jiujiang Fucheng without saying a word.

Normal rhythm, this matter ends here, but it was only when Zeng Yuanshu, Wu Dong and others happily returned to Zepeng County that they found out that just two days ago, there was a rumor in Zepeng County that they bribed the prefect , There are rumors that he has obtained the qualification of a child.

Such rumors spread quickly, and by the time they returned to Zepen County, they had already spread everywhere.

In fact, the qualifications of children in the Ming Dynasty are really worthless to be honest, without any preferential treatment, it is just the qualification to take the entrance examination.

Generally speaking, parents and officials in various places, that is, magistrates and magistrates, will turn a blind eye during the county examination to let the children of local rich families pass smoothly, and will not deliberately impose thresholds.

Zhang Haochu guessed that it was also because of this reason that he thought early on that he would pass the childbirth examination smoothly, but an accident happened unexpectedly. He did not play cards according to common sense in this Jiujiang magistrate.

Zeng Yuanshu asked someone to investigate the source of the rumor, and soon found that the rumor was first spread by the servants of the Zhang family. It is hard to say whether it was Zhang Haochu's instruction.

Everyone knows a lot of things, and the children of big families usually don't make such rumors. After all, it still involves the prefect. Although this is Ze Peng, the prefect may not know what's going on here.

Of course, Wu Dong and the others also told Zeng Yuan about this matter, but they couldn't say too much. They didn't know whether it was Zhang Haochu's story or his cronies who said it to please him. When the servants heard it, they thought it was the young master who failed the truth.

Zeng Yuanshu also approached Zhang Haochu privately, but Zhang Haochu ignored it, and joked that "the body is not afraid of the shadow tilting", which made Zeng Yuanshu half dead.

Afterwards, there were more rumors, and it was said that the college examination also bought the joints, and that the current scholar must be selected, and that if he was not selected, it was because of the leak of the news, and he was afraid that he would not be able to escape the public opinion.

In short, Zeng Yuanshu and the others were completely closed off their way to the hospital examination, no matter whether they passed or not, they couldn't escape cheating.

The conflict between the two parties finally broke out after Zeng Yuanshu and others failed the examination. The two groups met unexpectedly in a restaurant in Zepeng County.

Fortunately, a few scholars are used to being domineering, and their combat effectiveness is really not very good. Although they are all bruised and swollen, they are not serious, just skin trauma.

Afterwards, the number of entourage the two went out increased linearly, and they almost always had a big fight when they met.

As for the elders of the two families, they did not come forward on this issue, as if they wanted to sharpen the abilities of the younger generation.

This is Wei Guangde's guess, anyway, he knew that he did it a few years ago.

Wei Guangde glanced at his cousin, this is the future Lord Qianhu, and he has no fighting power at all, really, it's hard to say.

"The magistrate doesn't care if they fight like this?"

Surprised, Wei Guangde asked in a low voice.

"Forget it, if you don't get an official name, you won't be corrected.

If someone breaks something, they will pay for it, and whoever sues the officials, as long as no one is killed, everything will be fine. "

Wu Dong whispered to Wei Guangde: "Our county magistrate is a real person who practices the way of a gentleman, and what he preaches under his rule is to rule by doing nothing. If anyone sues the officials, let them go back to the village elders for mediation.

If you really want to sue the official, if you have a reason or not, you can beat the board first before talking.

In his eyes, those who make troubles are troublemakers, who refuse to accept Wang Hua, and have no manners and humility in their hearts. "

Hearing what his cousin said, Wei Guangde felt speechless for a while.

"Then what should we do if there is a dispute in the county now? Just solve it privately?"

"Of course, in the end, it depends on who has the biggest fist and the hardest background.

I heard that there are no more than ten lawsuits in our county a year, and the report said that the county is governed well, and the local people are gentle and elegant, and live and work in peace and contentment. Anyway, in Zepeng County, we don’t pick up things on the road and don’t close our doors at night. "

Speaking of this, Wu Dong himself laughed.

Now the Zeng family and the Zhang family have a fight almost every month, and sometimes he would ask his entourage to help him when he meets him. His entourage are all generals raised by Wu Qianhu, and they are very good at that kind of fight.

"The big Chinese New Year's fights don't stop, will they fight today?"

Wei Guangde asked in a low voice.

When he said this, the elder brother Wei Wencai's eyes were already shining.

"Normally, there should be a fight."

Wu Dong's answer made Wei Guangde feel very speechless, as if he was also a little eager to try.

When talking, people have already come up, not only Zhang Haochu and a group of friends and followers around him, but also the people brought out by Zeng Yuanshu and Wu Dong, the entire third floor is full of people.

But the shopkeeper of Jingshui Tower was wiping his sweat, waiting for the next battle.

Zeng Yuanshu didn't wait for Zhang Haochu to speak, he slapped the table with his right hand and stood up, "Zhang Haochu, I didn't teach you enough last time, you still dare to come here to ask for a beating after the Chinese New Year."

After saying this, she turned her head to Madam Liu and Xiangyun and said, "It's none of your business here, go down."

Facing the two groups of people who were at war, the people in Fanghua Building were already trembling. Now they heard Zeng Yuanshu's words, they hurriedly bowed to the two groups of people in the venue, and fled downstairs.

(End of this chapter)