The carriage had just stopped outside the door of Donghu Inn. The anxious shopkeeper immediately met him and said in a low voice: "Miss Zhan, Mr. Xiao is here. I have been waiting for you for almost half an hour."
One is the master of a private school in Huai County, the other is the head of the prefectural official who was selected by Zhang, and even the disciple of Gu Xueshi. The shopkeeper naturally helped Zhan Feiyu.
"Thank you for your advice from the shopkeeper." Zhan Feiyu, who got off the carriage, thanked him with a smile, and knew in his heart that Mr. Xiao must have come for Kou Yuanxing's incident.
The shopkeeper knew that Zhan Feiyu had no intention of avoiding him. He smiled and showed kindness, "Miss Zhan, you are polite. Xiao Fuzi is here in the backyard, I will take Miss Zhan over."
Xiao Fuzi didn't let him wait in the inn in front, in order to prevent people from talking too much, and to prevent something from happening. The row of houses in the backyard is where the inn guys live, and they just happened to avoid people, even if Xiao Fuzi said
Nothing can be passed on.
In the room, Mr. Xiao was paced back and forth. After the articles of the top ten examinations were posted in front of the government office, Kou Yuanxing's so-called fraud in the imperial examinations was self-defeating.
Zhan Feiyu's talent is obvious to all. Even if someone is jealous, he cannot talk nonsense against his conscience. Even if several scholars who have already prepared for the provincial examination have seen it, they only felt ashamed of themselves. After returning, they calmed down and studied one by one, which caused Nanxuan Mansion to start
A wind of hard study and hard study.
Hearing the footsteps in the yard, Xiao Fuzi hurriedly walked out. When he saw Zhan Feiyu, he couldn't help but think of Kou Yuanxing who was still imprisoned in the government jail.
Zhan Feiyu looked at Xiao Fuzi with apologetic face and greeted him, "Let Xiao Fuzi wait for a long time."
"I came here uninvited." Xiao Fuzi smiled bitterly, and for the sake of Kou Yuanxing, the student, could only give up his skin and said earnestly: "Yuanxing was so stubborn because of Miss Wang's death. Among the students I have taught over the years, Yuanxing has the most
He was also the most talented. He lost his father at a young age, and his widowed mother raised him with great difficulty..."
Kou Yuanxing's family is also a small wealthy family, with dozens of acres of fertile land. He and Kou's mother are also free to eat and wear, but there are many troubles in front of the widow's house, especially in the early years, the Kou clan members coveted the fertile land, and even more so.
Fortunately, Kou's mother Xingzi was so fierce that she forced the Kou clan to retreat with a knife.
But before the rest of his life, the Kou family planned to marry Kou's mother-in-law, so the fertile land fell on Kou Yuanxing, who was only two years old. It would be like they were in their hands. For this reason, they even found a rascal in the village.
To destroy Kou's mother's innocence, she can marry her out.
It was not until Kou Yuanxing's enlightenment that because of his talent in studying, the Kou clan members restrained the despicable means that had not stopped over the years. Kou's mother realized that Kou Yuanxing's study could not only shock these ghosts, gods and snakes, but also make the people in the village.
I curry favor with her and held her, and the cowardly anger I suffered in previous years suddenly came out.
Since then, Kou's mother has been staring at Kou Yuanxing's study all day long, and she has been talking about it over and over again, hoping that Kou Yuanxing can make a name for himself and that no one dares to bully them orphans and widows.
Although Kou Yuanxing was premature, his personality was a little extreme. He hated the Kou clan and even studied hard. Kou's mother's expectations were more like a shackle, which made him breathless. If he had any slackness, he would wait.
His mother was Kou's rebuke and scolding with harsh words, and then she cried in pain, and she wrote down the incident of being bullied by the Kou clan in previous years.
Xiao Fuzi was Kou Yuanxing's enlightenment master. Kou Yuanxing also thought about acquiring Xiao Fuzi, but was stopped by Kou's mother. The mother and son had a serious fuss. In the end, Kou's mother put scissors on her chest and did not allow Kou Yuanxing to become an apprentice.
After all, Xiao Fuzi is just a wife in a private school, just a scholar's fame. Kou's mother hopes that after Kou Yuanxing passed the exam, she will be a more powerful teacher. If he has the support of his teacher in the future, he will not worry about having no way out.
Kou Yuanxing could not resist Kou's mother, who was forced to die, could only agree. Fortunately, Xiao Fuzi didn't care about these things, and in turn comforted Kou Yuanxing.
In Kou Yuanxing's unchanging study career, Wang Linlang's appearance was like a light. Unlike Kou's mother, she would not force him to study and improve throughout the day and night. Wang Linlang was as gentle as water, and she was tolerant.
Everything about him gave Kou Yuanxing room to breathe.
Wang Linlang was entangled by the county magistrate's nephew, Kou Yuanxing followed Xiao Fuzi to study. After he came back, Wang Linlang had been imprisoned. He finally met, but it was the last farewell. All he left was that one.
Ban the suicide note against Zhan Feiyu.
After hearing Kou Yuanxing's past, Zhan Feiyu nodded clearly, but the words he said seemed unkind, "The state has its own laws, and the family has its own rules. Kou Yuanxing thinks that I killed Wang Linlang, and he can sue me, but
But he falsely accused the prefect of Zhang of the imperial examination in full view of the public. Xiao Fuzi, do you know that this crime can make the prefect of Zhang's head fall?"
Xiao Fuzi, who had a gray face, opened his mouth but could not say anything to refute.
Kou Yuanxing is young and his past is pitiful. Wang Linlang's death misled him, but these are not the reasons for him to falsely accuse the prefect Zhang. After a long silence, Xiao Fuzi stood up and his strength seemed to have been exhausted.
The moment he went out, Xiao Fuzi couldn't help but beg again, "Yuanxing is still young. Miss Zhan, you are also from a farmer. You know the difficulties of poor children studying. Miss Zhan, can you give Yuanxing a chance?"
After saying that, Xiao Fuzi bowed to Zhan Feiyu in the house to the end.
Unfortunately, after waiting for a while but not waiting for any response, Xiao Fuzi left the inn with disappointment.
In the room, Zhan Feiyu was soft-hearted for a moment. Kou Yuanxing's past did touch her deeply. In order not to be bullied, she could only study hard, but he shouldn't have falsely accused the governor Zhang for revenge.
A gentleman does what he does and does not do what he does.
"Miss, you don't have to feel guilty. Kou Yuanxing is just taking it upon himself!" As a child of the family, even though he was guarding the yard, He Nuan still heard the conversation inside the house clearly. Her seemingly gentle face was cold at this moment. Kou Yuanxing was
He is young, but he is not innocent.
Zhan Feiyu nodded, "Master Zhang may be able to open the door."
But Zhan Feiyu didn't say anything. Prefect Zhang would show mercy, but he still asked Chen Xuezheng to keep an eye on this matter.
...
At night, the Zhang Mansion was in peace. Mrs. Zhang probably received Huang Li’s 5,000 taels of silver notes, so she was in a good mood all day and did not make a fuss at night because the food was not as good as the taste.
Because he was delayed by his wife and daughter talking to Zhan Feiyu, the prefect Zhang who was driven to the study room suddenly changed his eyes. He put down the book in his hand and looked out the door with caution.
"Master Zhang." He Sheng, who was wearing night clothes, showed his identity.
Prefect Zhang coughed twice, signaling the guards outside the study room not to come in, then looked at He Sheng and said, "What happened?"
If something hadn't happened, He Sheng wouldn't have sneaked into Zhang's mansion in the middle of the night.
He Sheng handed the concubine's document stolen from Huang Li to Prefect Zhang, and then told the matter found in Bai Ri.
Because he had not had to go to the yamen, he had been relaxed for two days and was so dark that he could drip the ink. The thin document actually made the hand of Zhang tremble slightly.
He Sheng, who was standing by the silent side, looked at the prefect Zhang who tried his best to suppress his anger. It was because of such a mother that Prefect Zhang was not in good fortune.
After a while, the prefect Zhang, who had restrained his emotions, sat down. No anger could be seen in his dark eyes, but his cold and cold face had already shown that the prefect Zhang had made a decision, "I'll deal with this matter, thank you for yourselves.
Little fish.”
"I will tell the lady and say goodbye." He Sheng walked out and left.
The study was quiet, and the prefect Zhang looked at the dark night outside the window. In the past, his mother was just tolerant, but fortunately it was just trivial matters, either because of food or clothes. After all, his mother was shallow in her eyes.
, want to be greedy for some money.
Kong saw that she suffered a lot of grievances, but she really didn't take it seriously. Mrs. Zhang is essentially an old country woman, arrogant and domineering, but she really has no means to scheming. She just needs to give up some money every now and then.
Master Zhang naturally knew about Kong's methods, and he didn't care, but the only one who made him regret was that his only daughter was too cowardly because she was stuck in the middle.
But at the peach blossom meeting, Mrs. Zhang and Huang Li took action to frame Kong, which had already passed the bottom line of Kong's family, so she used the trick to make Huang Li suffer, and used this as a handle to put Mrs. Zhang under house arrest in the backyard.
Among them.
Prefect Zhang originally thought that this matter was over. Kong's family was sensible and would not do too much, but he would not let his mother act as a prestigious person in the mansion. But Prefect Zhang really didn't expect that his mother would give him this for money.
My son sold it.
Under the bright light of the candle, the prefect Zhang looked at the date on the document of taking concubines, his eyes were so cold that it was so cold that the third young master Ming had not yet divorced Huang Li, but he wanted to take Huang Li as his concubine, and he had an affair.
The charge cannot be escaped.
After a while, Prefect Zhang asked his two confidants to enter the study room. After giving some instructions, he went back to the inner room behind the study room to rest.
...
The pouring rain fell down. Zhan Feiyu stood under the eaves and watched the majestic rain. "The weather is not good, so I can only return to Shangsi County in a few days."
"Miss, I'm worried about catching a cold." He Nuan, who was sewing clothes, had to speak.
Zhan Feiyu stood at the door. After a moment, the splashing raindrops had wet her skirt.
Looking back at He Nuan in the house, Zhan Feiyu was a rare childish person and deliberately sang the opposite tune, "I also plan to sit in the octagonal pavilion and enjoy the rain. Maybe I can make a poem "Watching the Rain in the East Lake""
When I was in Jinlin Village, Zhan Feiyu was most annoyed by the rain. He was covered in mud when he was on his feet. Even the house was just a solid ground with yellow mud, and it was sticky after being stained with rain.
When it is the plum rain season, the rain in the south of the Yangtze River continues to fall, the mold in the house, the clothes and quilts are wet, and Zhan Feiyu feels itchy on his body, and there are a few red marks when he scratches it.
Not to mention that she went to Lin’s private school to study later. Not to mention that it was raining, she had to go to school even if she was a knife. That kick... Zhan Feiyu really had no obsession with cleanliness, but now she thinks about it.
But the yard of Linhu Xiaoxuan is a small path paved with bluestone. Under the rain, it is clear and clean, and the rainwater gathered on the ground is not dirty at all.
He Nuan cleans every day, and even wipes the pillars of the octagonal pavilion cleanly.
Zhan Feiyu looked outside, "A Nuan, I'll go to the pavilion to sit. You can find the tea set and get some fruit pastries to bring over."
Before He Nuan could stop him, Zhan Feiyu had already held up an umbrella and walked into the rain. He was not afraid of getting his shoes and socks wet with his clogs on his feet.
He Nuan shook her head helplessly, put down the clothes in her hand, and then got up to prepare things.
Yin Wuyan took Chongguang to bathe in the inn and changed into clean clothes before coming to Linhu Xiaoxuan behind. As soon as the two stepped into the yard, they saw the figure in the pavilion, which looked hazy through the rain curtain.
"Fat girl, do you actually like this set of romantic love?" Chongguang, who quickly stepped into the pavilion, twisted a piece of pastry and threw it into his mouth. He quipped at Zhan Feiyu in the pavilion, thinking that Fat girl was a student who only knew how to read.
bookworm.
The sudden sound scared Zhan Feiyu. When he looked up, a bright smile suddenly appeared on the fair bun's face, "Big Brother."
Outside the pavilion, in the rain, Yin Wuyan held an umbrella, wearing a black brocade robe, with a crown of jade, and his seemingly indifferent phoenix eyes also showed a little warmth.
"Big Brother, why are you here?" Excited, Zhan Feiyu got up and ran over, but forgot that there was rain in the pavilion. The ground was wet and slippery, and his body staggered forward.
In an instant, Yin Wuyan still held an umbrella with his left hand, but his right hand accurately picked up Zhan Feiyu, who had almost dropped out of the pavilion with one hand.
Chongguang burst into laughter, "Fat girl, are you throwing your arms into your arms?"
Ignoring the humble-mouthed Chongguang behind him, Zhan Feiyu raised his head and smiled even brighter, "Big brother, I have lost weight and grown taller!"
Yin Wuyan looked down at the smiling little girl. When he saw her in the woods, the girl was not as tall as her legs, but now she has exceeded her waist. Her chubby bun face has also lost a little bit, which is very good.
A pair of smiling eyes are bigger and rounder.
"Don't be reckless." After putting the person down, Yin Wuyan and the others entered the pavilion with an umbrella.
Opposite the pavilion is Donghu Lake, under the rain, the hazy beauty of misty rain.
The stone table in the pavilion was covered with tablecloths, tea and pastries on it, and copper stoves were dyed in the corner. The originally rich incense was diluted by the wind and rain. When you look at it, Zhanfeiyu would be quite happy.
Zhan Feiyu poured tea for Yin Wuyan, "Big brother, why are you here?"
As for Chongguang being ignored directly, even if Zhan Feiyu didn't greet him, he would be self-sufficient. He ate half of the pastries on the plate.
"Master Qi is worried that you will be caught by the Chen family. If you are not idle, come and have a look." Chongguang answered first, then picked up a piece of peach and ate it, "It's really true that the peaches in Nanxuan Mansion are more like Beijing City.
Those tributes are much more delicious!”
Nanxuanfu is located in the south of the Yangtze River. Since it is a hometown of fish and rice, there are many fruits and melons. Even if the tributes sent to the capital are kept fresh with ice, they are not as fresh as those picked locally.