Ren Xiaoyi was stunned outside. Why did the little scholar he invited to accompany him rush in and start a fight? There were all the officials there, and they really couldn't afford to offend him!
The reason is very simple. If you offend the local tyrants and bullies, you can still complain to the officials if you are bullied, and you might end up in trouble.
But if you offend the official, who can you complain to?
Tourists enjoying spring outing nearby saw that there seemed to be a lot of excitement here, and gradually gathered around to watch.
The scribes sitting in the pergola suddenly saw such a young man rushing in, and they were inexplicably unable to react. After all, Qin Dewei was not yet known to everyone.
Although Yan Shifan could be said to be eloquent, after all, he was caught speaking ill of people behind their backs, so he felt guilty and did not speak.
Moreover, he only brought one entourage. Looking at the two big men behind Qin Dewei, he felt that he could not beat them.
I can't say anything, I can't fight, so it's a bit embarrassing for this horse-riding person.
In fact, Qin Dewei also regrets it. He was too impulsive just now!
There are more than ten people sitting in this pavilion. If they are all Yan Shifan's accomplices and attack them together, he will only be beaten!
And there are no big bosses around to back you up, so this is a strategic advance and you shouldn’t be the first to take action!
After a brief silence, someone shouted: "Qin Dewei! How dare you be violent again!"
Hearing this name, everyone in the pergola suddenly realized that it turned out that the real owner of the topic had arrived!
To be fair, Yan Shifan's slap on the back of the head was not unjust.
Qin Dewei looked at the person who revealed his identity. He seemed familiar, maybe he had never seen him before?
He asked doubtfully: "Why do you recognize me?"
The man's face turned red and he said angrily: "I am Lu Gao! I have a relationship with you, but I'm just someone who talks lightly, so I won't be remembered by you!"
Hearing this name, Qin Dewei realized that he was Lu Gao, one of the Eight Talents of Jiajing, who seemed to be the head of the Household Department?
When I was fighting Wang Shenzhong and Li Kaixian, I heard this name on the scene. No wonder it is said that there are two sides.
It’s just that this person has no sense of existence and is ignored by himself
At this time, a scribe in his thirties with sparse eyebrows and small eyes sitting next to Yan Shifan opened his mouth and scolded Qin Dewei:
"Qin Dewei! You are also a person who has read books. What can't you say and why can't you explain? This is a gentleman's dispute!
What kind of decency would it be to hit people frequently? I think you are a scumbag, and all gentlemen would be ashamed to associate with you!"
Qin Dewei immediately bowed and said: "This senior is right, it is indeed my fault!
We scholars are called gentlemen, so we should be gentle and polite, and we should not be rude and violent, just like the stupid people in the market!
Therefore, I realize my mistake and would like to apologize to Yan Jiansheng! At the same time, I also follow the teachings of my predecessors and resolutely resist violence!"
The scribe with sparse eyebrows and small eyes always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't remember it for a while.
The rest of the people looked at him and cursed the idiot in their hearts!
There are more than a dozen people on your side, including about twenty servants, and the force is absolutely superior, but you are abandoning your martial arts skills by stepping on the horse!
If anyone wants to fight Qin Dewei on Tian Xingdao's behalf, it's hard to do so!
After talking to each other, Qin Dewei slipped away, nodded to everyone and said: "Seniors, please continue, I won't disturb you anymore, take my leave!"
Yan Shifan was extremely unwilling. Didn't he just run away after the beating? He got a slap in the face for nothing?
Moreover, Qin Dewei's words "strict supervisors" made Yan Shifan feel extremely harsh. In the eyes of the world, Imperial College supervisors often represent people who are not capable of taking the imperial examination.
All of the people here are Jinshi, and only Yan Shifan is a supervisor. Qin Dewei really can't spit out ivory from a dog's mouth!
"Wait a minute!" Yan Shifan still couldn't hold back his hatred and shouted to stop Qin Dewei: "You just slighted Senior Lu, do you just want to leave?"
Qin Dewei asked in surprise: "May I ask why I disrespected Senior Lu?"
Yan Shifan said sarcastically: "You have always been known as a child prodigy in Nanjing, and I heard that you memorized the Spring and Autumn Period in a month or two.
But you always fail to remember Senior Lu, maybe you are pretending on purpose? Isn’t this contempt, what is it?”
Qin Dewei glanced at Lu Gao with a troubled expression and said, "Although I am not talented, as Yan Jiansheng said, I did have a reputation as a child prodigy."
Yan Shifan clenched his fists. He was now certain and certain that Qin Dewei's calling him "Yan Jiansheng" was definitely intentional.
Then I heard Qin Dewei persuade Lu Gao with seemingly sincere words: "But I, a child prodigy with such a profound knowledge and strong memory, can't remember you after meeting him twice.
So you should stop thinking about entering the Imperial Academy, right? Listen to the next sentence, you really can’t do it."
Bang! Lu Gao slammed the table angrily and stood up.
Qin Dewei was startled, and pointed at the scribe with sparse eyebrows and small eyes next to Yan Shifan and said, "This senior just said that we should all engage in a battle between gentlemen!"
Lu Gao glared at Yan Shifan fiercely, then turned around and walked out without saying a word.
Yan Shifan was also very unhappy. Why was Lu Gao glaring at him? He could just confront Qin Dewei if he had the ability! Isn't it just bullying the weak and fearing the strong?
There was a thin black scribe in his forties who was in the middle and the oldest position in the pergola. He immediately stood up and chased Lu Gao and said, "Brother Jiang Feng, please don't leave!"
Jiang Feng should be Lu Gao's number. This is not surprising, but there is still something strange about the matter that makes Qin Dewei feel strange.
Judging from the seat position and age, this thin black scribe in his forties should be the host of this party and should also be the person with the highest status.
Lu Gao left angrily without saying hello, and then the host chased him to stop him, which looked very weird.
Imagine, if there was a gathering of literary circles in Nanjing, and someone was angry and ran away, Old Leader Gu wouldn't lower his status and chase him to beg him to come back, right?
What Qin Dewei didn't know was that this black-faced scribe in his forties was the criminal suspect in the case, Wang Xiwen. He was from Dongguan County, Guangzhou Prefecture, Guangdong Province, and was a fellow villager of the same prefecture as Huo Tao.
This gentleman was also a Jinshi in the eighth year of Jiajing's reign, and among the Jinshi in this subject, he was a rare person who was willing to submit to the examiner Huo Tao. After all, the relationship between fellow villagers was here, so he was deeply trusted by Huo Tao.
In the system of the Ming Dynasty, the rank of the geishezhong was not high, but the power was great and the dignity was noble. Apart from the Imperial Academy, the geishezhong was one of the best, and it was also known as Supplementary Materials.
Therefore, Wang Shiyi also had a high status in the same year. The gathering he hosted today is the "Gathering of Ji Chou Ke in Beijing in the Eighth Year of Jiajing".
Of course, there are also drunkards who are not interested in drinking. Everyone knows that six of the eight talented scholars in Jiajing were Jinshi in the eighth year of Jiajing.
Wang Shiyi was instructed by Huo Tao to take advantage of the opportunity of the meeting in the same year to win over the Eight Talents of Jiajing and persuade them to recognize Huo Tao as the master.
As a result, before the main topic could be discussed, Lu Gao, one of the Eight Talents, was about to run away due to Qin De's awe. How could Wang Shiyi not stop him in a hurry?
