Lan Ziyi had already come to the door, and the person who said it had already bent down to report inside, but he didn't expect a voice to come from inside. As soon as Lan Ziyi heard Zhang Mingyue mentioned inside, he suddenly became interested, so he raised his hand to stop the person on the side from reporting, and quietly walked up the steps and looked in through the door.

At this time, the hall was full of people, some of these people were old and young, but no matter the old and the young, they were full of energy, as if facing a great enemy, they were dressed in brocade and jade crowns, and behaved decently, and at first glance they were local heroes. It was a young man who spoke just now, and he was now standing in the lobby impassionedly telling everyone about the injustice of the moment, and the tea prepared for him was too close to the door to have little temperature left.

The young man did not notice Lan Ziyi's arrival, and he said to everyone:

"The gentry do not pay for food, this is a rule established since ancient times! The saints teach and educate people, and they all cultivate great wealth that has helped the people through the world, how can we, the scholars, these squires be on a par with those peasant households? The grain grown in our manor is for our own private use, and this money and grain is for us to study and preach, and to pay taxes to raise Qiu Ba, which is a matter for scholars? ”

When the young man finished speaking, everyone in the room echoed him. Lan Ziyi looked at the farce in the house outside and laughed secretly, these speakers are all landlords and giants, can you spend money to donate a prison student to be a scholar? is still preaching and studying, your girls are still about the same, and you can really say the righteous words you say with gold on your face.

Sitting in the front door hall is naturally Ji Tanyun. Judging from Lan Ziyi's perspective of holding the pipa and half-covering his face, Ji Tanyun, who was sitting on the seat, had his entire face covered by shadows, and he was slowly sipping tea with his tea bowl at this time, and his dark face and expressionless face made him look no better than that living Yama.

Lan Ziyi is very curious about the owner of this Ji Mansion, he looks very old, and Ji Zhinian should be his old son. And this person doesn't have the light southern temperament of his son, this Ji Zhinian looks extremely heavy, but like a northerner.

That Ji Tanyun waited for the young man to finish speaking, and only after the young man had finished his sentence did he ask:

"Childe is finished?"

The young man had already sat back in his seat and picked up the tea bowl, and when he heard Ji Tanyun Culture, he said angrily:

"Not finished? How is it possible to finish? I can't finish pouring this bitter water for three days and three nights!

Master Ji, this gentry's refusal to pay food is a rule set by the ancestors for thousands of years, and this is the guarantee left by the emperors of all dynasties to our scholars. You said that Zhang Mingyue, he was also born as a scholar, but he wanted to cut off the way of a scholar, he had to do something about whipping in order to invite merit for himself, and he also asked us to pay food and taxes like the grass people. How many places in this Taisho world can be taxed? Isn't it our Jiangdong tax burden? In the two hundred years since the founding of the country, the Quartet has used troops, and the money scattered everywhere is the money of our Jiangdong people! ”

The young man's words drew a chorus from the people around him, and he continued:

"That Zhang Mingyue said well when he first implemented the new law, as long as we take the initiative to pay for food, as long as we follow him to check the land, he will give our Jiangdong scholars a road to the sky. Well, we believe him, now the field has been inspected and registered, and the imperial grain has not been paid according to the amount, but in exchange for him, Zhang Mingyue unloaded the mill and killed the donkey, and this year's Enke Jinshi had to be reported as fraud. Where does the fraud come from? That's what we deserve! ”

The circle of heroes sitting in the hall were counting on this young and vigorous boy to come out and talk more, and this kid was reasonable, and every sentence was filled in the hearts of everyone, how could everyone not be happy? So the big guy nodded yes at the moment, and echoed vigorously

This young boy.

Ji Tanyun put down the tea bowl and looked up at the young man who was talking, the old man was not young, his temples were already snow-white, he looked at the young man and sighed:

"Childe is right, you have been saying these words in my ear every day for the past few days, and I am about to memorize them. The question is, what's the use of you telling me this? I'm not Zhang Mingyue, and it's impossible for me to return my fame to the big guys. ”

The kid said:

"Master Ji, your words will make us feel cold. In this Yuhang realm, your master Ji said that he is the second, who dares to say that he is the first? How much money do you have to pay after this whipping law is implemented? Haven't you paid enough summer grain? I just mean that I tell you so much, you come out and pick a head, and the rest of the others will go with you, and we will ask Zhang Mingyue to get our fame back. ”

Ji Tanyun sneered twice when he heard this, he picked up the tea bowl again, and at the same time he said:

"The old man is not like a son, he is the prisoner of the country's prison, and he was born as a man. The old man is a pawn who goes out to do business with a little field, how can He De dare to go to Zhang Shoufu's door to ask for something? ”

The young man was not annoyed when he heard this, he slowed down and approached Ji Tanyun with a smile:

"Master Ji, although you don't take the imperial examination, but your son-in-law is the prisoner of the Guozijian, the only candidate of Enke, don't you even care about your son's affairs?"

When Ji Tanyun heard the young man mention his son, he immediately became unhappy, he slammed the tea bowl on the table and said:

"My son is not cautious, he has made a mistake that I don't know where, and now he is wanted by Taichengwei. If he is desired, I will naturally seek justice for him, but if he is really a traitor, how can I tolerate him? A thing that breaks the royal law is not my son, I don't have a brute like him! Don't say that he is a prisoner of the country, even if he is a jinshi or a sanyuan, I don't recognize him! None of you are allowed to mention him again until the court finds out what is going on! Did you hear me clearly? ”

When everyone in the hall saw Ji Tanyun angry, they were naturally all silent, and the young man was also submissive, and he didn't dare to sing like before. But not singing big words doesn't mean that he wants to stop there, his goal has not been achieved, how can he not say it? So

After Ji Tanyun finished getting angry, the young man continued to speak:

"Master Ji, what you said is that you are so strict in governing your family, if Young Master Ji dares to do anything out of the ordinary, you will not spare him, how can he come back to block you at this juncture? It's just that Master Ji, you only have this son when you're old, don't you miss him? ”

Ji Tanyun Road:

"The king's law is greater than the sky, what if I am old and have a son? Since he is not innocent, then give me as far as I can, I don't want this kind of brute! ”

When the young man heard this, he said yes, and then the young man said:

"Master Ji, you rule the family with an iron fist, which can be called an exemplary. Naturally, the rest of us should learn from you. But the immediate priority is to get the fame back, which we deserve. ”

Ji Tanyun shook his head slightly and said:

"As I said earlier, I'm just a peddler, and this kind of national affairs is not something I can talk about."

The young man licked his lips when he heard this, made up his mind, and said:

"But Master Ji, I heard that Ji Gongzi was implicated because of the imperial examination, isn't Ji Gongzi innocent if you figure this matter out?"

Ji Tanyun was colored again when he heard this, and he said:

"I'm telling you clearly, you still have to mention that bastard, what do you want to do?"

The young man was sweating profusely when he was scolded by Ji Tanyun, and he arched his hand and said:

"Master Ji, you are the backbone of our big guy, if you don't care about anything, we will be made of raw pork by Zhang Mingyue by the imperial court! Do you want to talk to the King of the East Sea and ask him to intercede for us? ”

Ji Tanyun saw that the young man finally showed his fox tail, and said with a sneer:

"The King of the East China Sea is just a title of the emperor's reward, and it is not a real shortage, you are looking for the wrong person for him."