Factory owner is king

Chapter 138

Chapter 138 Liu Sanwu

There are many restaurants and inns in the city of Nanjing. As the imperial city of the Ming Dynasty, there is an endless stream of businessmen and merchants passing through and staying there every day.If we talk about affordable, high-quality and low-price hotels, we must recommend Tongfu Inn in the east of the city and Yuelai Inn in the west of the city.

However, in this year of opening a course to obtain a scholar, the business of the Zhuangyuan Building and Jidi Pavilion located behind the Imperial College is incomparable. In fact, when it comes to food and accommodation conditions, these two are no match. Where is the other family strong, but relying on two good names, it immediately became the favorite place for scholars who came to Beijing to take the exam.

I don't know when, there was an unwritten rule among the scholars who came to Beijing, all the scholars from the north lived in the Zhuangyuan Building, while the scholars from the south had to stay in the Jidi Pavilion.The owners of the two families don’t matter. There are tens of thousands of Confucian scholars in the city of Nanjing. The two of them together can only take over a thousand people. There are more wolves and less meat. It’s a typical seller’s market.

Dinner time has long passed, but the lobby of Zhuangyuan Building is still very lively. The Confucian scholars did not go back to their rooms to rest after eating. They were still talking loudly, sometimes talking about the general trend of the world. They were not idle. , the purpose of doing so is mainly for fame.If you can build up a bit of fame, you might catch the eye of some high-ranking official in the dark, and your future is boundless. The worst thing is, if you make a few more friends, you might be able to rise to the top or stay. A good karma, right?

"Everyone," Han Kezhong stood up and said in a loud voice: "Everyone here is a hero from our northern region. Mr. Han is not talented. I would like to have a glass of thin wine, so that everyone can be the number one scholar and have a long journey." As he spoke, he raised his hand The wine glass was drained in one gulp.

"Okay!" The scholars also raised their glasses and drank.

A Confucian scholar in green clothes stood up and cupped his hands far away and said: "I have long heard that Han Shouxin from Shandong is heroic and majestic. When I saw him today, he was indeed extraordinary. My younger brother, Wang Shu, dared to return a drink to Brother Han. I hope Brother Han will not dislike it."

Han Kezhong filled the wine glass in his hand and said with a smile: "Brother Wang, what did you say? At the same time, people from the north should help each other. We are all destined to meet each other, so why should we dislike it?"

Someone in the field shouted: "Brother Shouxin, today is a beautiful day, why don't you write a poem and spread it, it will also be a good story!"

"That's right, that's exactly what it should be." Someone else responded.

"Shopkeeper, please take care of me with pen and ink!"

The atmosphere was warm, and Han Kezhong didn't refuse. He closed his eyes and thought carefully. After a while, he had a draft in his stomach, and he was about to drop the ink when someone burst in at the door and shouted: "Brothers, the southern barbarians bullied me. People, now we are fighting with some of my classmates in the teahouse in the east of the city, and I invite everyone to come and rescue them!"

"what?!"

"what!"

Everyone was in an uproar.Han Kezhong's face darkened, then he threw the wolf's hair in his hand and said angrily: "The southerners are unreasonable, how can we just sit idly by and ignore them? Today is a good day to teach them a lesson."

"That's right, I've been displeased with them for a long time."

"If you fight, you will fight. Are you afraid that they will fail!"

"go!"

"Let's go together!"

For a while, the crowd was excited, and they went out surrounded by crowds.

"It's okay, it's okay." The shopkeeper secretly rejoiced: "It would be troublesome if this started in my No. [-] Scholar Building."

On the other side, the situation in Jidi Pavilion was similar. The shopkeeper laughed softly and said, "I guess the owner of the teahouse is in a terrible situation."

"It's the shopkeeper." The waiter said sadly, "They ran away before eating the food that was just served. What a waste."

"You monkey spirit, who are you pretending to show?" The shopkeeper laughed and cursed: "Go and call the old Wang from the back kitchen together, let's have a meal together."

"Okay~, the shopkeeper, you are so generous, Xiao Zhao, I admire." The waiter in the shop said, jumping up and down, looking at the kitchen: "Everyone, come out, boss, please eat!"

. . . . . .

"Your Highness, the situation is too chaotic, why don't we leave first?" Xu Ruyi said softly, knocking down the Nth teacup that flew from nowhere.

"What are you afraid of? With you here, no one can hurt me." Zhu Yunwen didn't care, with a glint of eagerness in his eyes.

"Your Highness, don't make trouble." Xu Ruyi hurriedly said: "Just take a look and forget it. If you really want to go up, someone will hurt you later. Why don't you say what happened to the slaves? The emperor probably can cut them all."

"Oh, that's right." Zhu Yunwen nodded regretfully.

"Stop it!!!!" Niu Er stood at the door and yelled, majestic, but a pity. . .No one paid any attention to him.

"They are all a bunch of things." Niu Er spat on the ground, then rolled his eyes and shouted again: "Kill people!!!!!!!"

"Huh? Huh?"

"Who, who died?"

"Oh, why are you still fighting?"

"I'm sorry, I didn't hold it back." The scholar who hit the man retracted his fist in a sullen voice.

Everyone looked around and saw that there were more than a dozen classmates wailing and groaning on the ground, but no one seemed to be dead?

"What's the situation?" Everyone was wondering, Niu Er jumped up on the stage, looked down and said: "They all have studied, and they beat up like hooligans in public, isn't it good?

It's not easy for a shopkeeper to open a teahouse. How are you different from bandits by smashing it up like this? "

Everyone present was stunned, and then whispered: "Who is this?"

"I do not know."

"Looking at this appearance, why does it look like a gangster?"

Jiao Sheng emerged from the crowd out of nowhere and looked up at Niu Er: "Who are you? What does our matter have to do with you?"

"That's right, who are you?"

"What does this have to do with you?"

Zheng Shanru also said loudly: "Your Excellency, I have misunderstood. We have already spoken to the shopkeeper. All losses will be shared by my southern scholars, and the shopkeeper will not suffer." The money bag was thrown in the direction of the shopkeeper.

"What do you mean, Zheng? You think I, a northerner, don't know etiquette?" Jiao Sheng glared at Zheng Shanru, then took out a piece of silver from his arms and threw it over.

"Tch." Zheng Shanru's eyes squinted, his face full of disdain.

"You!" The scene was in chaos, and a fight was about to start again.

"Damn him, can you stop for a while!" Niu Er shouted loudly: "I, Niu Er, are the gangsters here. This teahouse is covered by me and my brothers. You broke your heads. I don't care, but You can't fight here!"

"It turns out he is a gangster." Zheng Shanru said contemptuously: "What do you know about scholars? If you don't retreat quickly, be careful we will beat you too!"

"That's right, is it your turn?"

"Get out!"

Everyone was making noises, but Niu Er hadn't spoken yet, but Niu Tiechui couldn't help it anymore: "Who said you want to beat my brother? Stand up and see if I don't pull your head off!"

"Hammer, shut up!" Niu Er let out a low voice, then jumped off the stage, and walked a few steps in front of Zheng Shanru: "Boy, I don't understand the affairs of you scholars, and I don't want to get involved. But snakes have ways of snakes, rats With Shulu, and with my Niu Er here today, you won’t be able to act wildly!” As he spoke, he pulled out a dagger from his waist.

"You! What are you going to do?" Seeing Niu Er's grim expression, Zheng Shanru couldn't help taking a step back.

"What are you doing?" Niu Er chuckled, "I'll pay for my life if I kill you. You think it's worth it for me." He took Zheng Shanru's hand, put the dagger into his hand and held it firmly: "I won't refund you Are you going to beat Lao Tzu? You can't get enough of it? If you are brave enough to kill Lao Tzu directly, you are considered a hero!"

"Come on!" Niu Er grabbed Zheng Shanru's hand, and pointed the dagger at his heart: "Poke it, I will definitely say admiration when I see Lord Yan when I get down there."

"You!" Zheng Shanru's face changed color, and everyone's eyes came together.

Or say: order tofu in brine, and one thing will drop one thing.

Today's matter would not be easy to deal with even if Shuntian Prefecture Yin was replaced and the Yamen police came. The law does not punish the public. If the situation is not correct, you may be trapped.The situation in front of you is solved by using three times, five times and two times.

Aren't you awesome?If you're really awesome, just kill me and we'll be done with it.

Zheng Shanru held a knife in his hand, neither advancing nor retreating.With one stab, he would have exchanged his life for the life of a bastard, and he would have to be severely punished by the family law; but if he confessed, he would lose all face.

At this moment of dilemma, there was a sudden noise outside the door.

"Despicable, even called reinforcements!"

"How shameless, that wave of people on the left is not yours?!"

It turned out that the large troops from Zhuangyuan Building and Jidi Pavilion had arrived.

The scene was very lively now. A fight between six and seventy people was already a mess. If more than a thousand people came, it would be more than enough to tear down the teahouse.

"What should we do?" The shopkeeper was so anxious that he almost burst into tears.

Niu Er is also embarrassed. If he can still resolve this situation, then he can be a gangster and become the emperor directly.

Zhu Yunqi was also anxious: "Ruyi, this teahouse is very good, it would be a pity if it was smashed up, where can you go to listen to books in the future, can you..."

"Well..." Xu Ruyi also frowned, the current situation is really difficult to resolve.

As the saying goes: If there are a thousand people, the sun will cover the sky.He came out in a hurry, and he didn't have anything to prove his identity except for the seal of Dongchang.It is unrealistic to show them one by one with a seal, and Dongchang is not a place with a good reputation. If one thing is wrong, this group of idiots can really "eliminate harm for the people".

"Where is Brother Jiao?!" Han Kezhong outside the door shouted towards the inside.

"Brother Zheng, this is... what's the situation?" Another person squeezed in from the door, looking at Zheng Shanru and Niu Er in the hall, he couldn't help being taken aback.

In the corner, Xu Ruyi felt that the speaker's voice was somewhat familiar. After following the voice carefully, she really recognized him!

They were talking about it earlier, but now they met, and they still looked familiar. Wearing plain Vincent's clothes, a Vincent's scarf on his head, and a sword on his waist, he looked like a scholar and a chivalrous person. It was Xu Ruyi Qiandengzhen. Accepted little apprentice: Gu Yuezhen!

'Brother Gu arrived just in time, I will treat him to dinner later! Zheng Shanru's eyebrows were filled with joy, and he put away the dagger in his hand calmly. Just as he was about to reply, he saw the crowd outside divided, and an old man in Confucian robes slowly walked over: "The examination is about to take place. Why don't you study hard behind closed doors?" If you make noise and cause trouble here, you will lose all the face of the scholars. With such a good character, how can you be an official in the court in the future?"

He has three long beards and a head full of gorgeous hair.A pair of starry eyes on his angular face scanned the entire audience, showing no anger or authority.

"It's Liu Qing's family here." Zhu Yunwen lowered his head to dodge, as if he was afraid of this old man.

"Your Highness, who is this?" Xu Ruyi asked suspiciously.

"He is the family of Liu Sanwu, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, and Liu Qing." Zhu Yunwen said in a low voice.

"It's him." Xu Ruyi nodded, and then she was suddenly shocked: "It's him?! He's not dead yet?"

Liu Sanwu, a well-known benevolent elder in the Hongwu Dynasty, was as famous as Song Lian, a native of Chaling, Hunan, and called himself Tantan Weng.He became an official in Hongwu in the 18th year, and he was respected by Zhu Yuanzhang. He was respected as a benevolent elder.

These things were known to everyone, but Xu Ruyi didn't know much about them. The reason why he was surprised was because in his memory, Liu Sanwu's death was involved in a major case.

"Now is the 30th year of Hongwu, and it is also the last imperial examination for Zhu Yuanzhang. And Liu Sanwu is still alive, which means..." Xu Ruyi's heart sank. . .

Liu Sanwu looked at Zheng Shanru, and said displeasedly: "The first family in the south of the Yangtze River, the heir of filial piety, Xiang is a model for my Jiangnan scholars, and now they are fighting fiercely with others in this teahouse and wine shop. Is this how your family teaches? You?"

"Sir, calm down, this disciple knows his mistake." Zheng Shanru bowed respectfully.

"As well as you, the examination will be held in a few days. Duke Han of the Northern Song Dynasty once said, "The person who rolls the name at Donghua Gate is a hero."

"What the teacher taught is that the late students know their mistakes." More than a thousand people clapped their hands in unison, and the momentum was astonishing.

"Now that you've made your mistake, why don't you go back quickly? If you stay here, do you really have to fight?" Liu Sanwu shouted angrily, and the scholars present did not hesitate and scattered away in disgrace, not even daring to give a shit. Put one.

"Who is this person? Why is he so powerful?" some onlookers asked in confusion.

"Liu Sanwu, the chief examiner of this exam!"

"Oh~" The questioner suddenly realized: "No wonder, no wonder."

The tables and chairs in the teahouse were smashed to pieces, and the scene was a mess.Now that there is no excitement to watch, the previous tea guests and the common people outside the door also dispersed one after another.

The shopkeeper of the teahouse came to Niu Er and said with a smile: "Anyway, today's matter is thanks to Master Niu's action. The little old man thanked you here."

"The shopkeeper is so polite." Niu Er cupped his hands and said, "I didn't do anything. In the end, it was Mr. Liu who helped you out, right?"

"One yard is worth one yard." The shopkeeper shook his head, took out a piece of loose silver from his pocket, and handed it over: "Without the help of Master Niu, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to drag Mr. Liu to come. I still understand the reason What's more, it's even more rare for Master Niu not to evade when things happen. This little money is nothing, it's just a little bit of my heart, Master Niu, don't refuse."

"If you don't give me the money that should be mine, I will grab it." Niu Er smiled and said, "I have taken your regular money on weekdays, so I can't pretend to be dead today. I, Niu Er, are the most polite. I don't care about your money." Take it, and don't talk too much."

"Bah bang bang." Xu Ruyi clapped her hands and walked closer and said with a smile: "It's rare to have a well-behaved gangster. Our family has a future for you, are you willing to take it?"

(End of this chapter)