Chapter 178: Down-and-Out Scholars Are Loved
Xu Hao pretends to be a down-and-out student, who never leaves his books all day long, and is a standard nerd image wherever he goes.
Yan Xuexue in the backyard has never been admitted to the Juren in his life, and he has studied tirelessly, and people in their fifties have the ambition to not give up without the title of the gold list.
They are both fallen people at the end of the world, and they are strict and pedantic to Xu Hao, and invite him to come to the house for dinner from time to time, but most of them are politely declined by Xu Hao.
It turned out that the wall in Xu Hao's house was connected to the boudoir of the Yan family's daughter, and the two sides were only separated by a wall. Perhaps because Xu Hao was born with a talent, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, the daughter of the Yan family, whose name is Jin Gui, is a little tempted.
When Xu Hao was walking, a big red nightshoe suddenly fell from the sky and smashed on his head. The head full of gold stars looked down and saw that there was a red gauze sachet near the embroidered shoes.
Xu Hao couldn't cry or laugh at this, so he threw all the shoes and sachets to the wall, and Jin Gui only thought that he was a poor scholar who read dead books, and he didn't understand the amorous feelings, and became more and more interested.
When Xu Hao was bored reading at night, a bamboo pole poked out of the crack in the wall and gently pressed it on his waist, which made Xu Hao not bother, so he simply moved the wooden bed to the other end, and blocked the crack in the wall with half-wet mud.
This is not counting, and I was taken by the sister-in-law who often came to the Yan family nearby, and although Xu Hao was down, his clothes were always clean, and his temperament was outstanding.
That sister-in-law and Yan Jingui are also a pair of lilies secretly, so Jingui didn't hide anything, seeing that the pomegranate flowers in the Buddha Hall were in full bloom, the two and Yan Xuexue said that they wanted to come here to enjoy the flowers, and Yan Xuegui didn't think much about agreeing.
Hit the small door next to the Wei Dao Palace, the fire of the red mille-feuille pomegranate blossom was also red, and the sister-in-law reached out and folded two of them, and inserted them on the two buns of Jin Gui. Xu Hao, who was basking in the sun, saw that a young woman and a young nun had no choice but to get up and go back to the room.
The second daughter smiled and played with flowers. I haven't seen Junshu come out for a long time, so I had to admire the pomegranate flowers for a while and go back to the room.
In the next few days, he came over every day to try to get close to Xu Hao in the name of enjoying the flowers, and Xu Haonian treated himself well in Yan Xuexue and didn't care.
On this day, Li Qiu came to inform him that the eldest master wanted to give Musk Yue and Xiangyu to Geng Xuan, but the second master was fiercely opposed, and the old lady did not agree. Later, the old man carefully selected the girls under the long room and selected four Peugeot girls as the dowry maids.
Since it's a matter of the Nagafang. Xu Hao didn't bother to pay attention, and Li Qiu told the old lady that she was in a very bad mood recently, and she was angry every day, angry with Zhulan and the others, and planned to kick them out.
Xu Hao was indifferent to this, and Li Qiu said strangely: "Why isn't the young master in a hurry?" ”
Xu Hao also asked strangely: "Why am I in a hurry?" As long as you don't give it to the Geng family, now that I'm not the Xu family, what does their life or death have to do with me?
Li Qiu said incredulously: "Zhulan and some of them are worried about people, so you are not afraid of being snatched away by others?" ”
Xu Hao said indifferently: "It's a pity." It's a pity that I'm penniless now, and I can't afford to support them. ”
Li Qiu cried and laughed and said, "Young master, don't play tricks on me, don't you even trust the little ones?" ”
Xu Hao smiled: "Two different things. Don't you want to marry one and go back home? Go ahead, as long as you have what it takes. Not only will I not be angry, but I will send a blessing. ”
Li Qiu was a little annoyed and shouted, "Since you said so, young master, I still have to ask a beautiful woman to be your daughter-in-law to show you." ”
After speaking, Li Qiu turned around and left. Xu Hao shook his head with a smile, and suddenly shouted, "Wait, lend me the money on you." I don't have any money to eat. ”
Li Qiu had already gone away, Xu Hao couldn't pat his stomach, the kind and charitable Yan family would never dare to go, so he thought about it and walked out of the Zen courtyard and came to Xiaojia Village three miles away.
didn't go far, but saw Shi Feng, dressed in black, standing silently in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "Be careful, my lord, I recently received news that Ouyang Lun and Mu Hui are plotting to assassinate you." ”
Xu Hao said suspiciously: "Ouyang Lun still has the guts?" There is a lesson from the past, can he live if I die? ”
Shi Feng's eyes flashed, and he lowered his head and said, "My lord, now that the tiger has fallen in Pingyang, it naturally makes people have no scruples. ”
Xu Hao said disapprerovingly: "I'm still being remembered by the saint, it seems that I am going to go to the Forbidden City recently, and I have to weigh the consequences of the younger generations trying to kill me Xu Hao." ”
Shi Feng showed a hint of joy and said, "When the adult leaves, the subordinates must escort the adult to the noon gate safely." ”
Xu Hao said with a smile: "Besides, anyway, near this Xiaojia Village, they don't dare to do it." I haven't succeeded in the two little ladies next door, and when I'm tired of playing, I'll change my place of residence, stay away from Xiaojia Village, and if it's not safe at that time, you can send me to the palace. ”
"Yes! The subordinates retired. Shi Feng flashed and disappeared from the bushes.
Xu Hao walked over and picked up the strip of cloth hanging on the branches, and said funny: "Cut!" Is this also called kung fu? ”
In Xiao's village, Xu Hao thought for a while and didn't go to Xiao's house to talk about his own boring, so he went straight to a family he was familiar with on weekdays, stood at the door and knocked on the door, and heard the movement inside.
"Who?"
"Xu Hao."
"Hey, it's the third young master, open the door quickly."
The door of the courtyard was quickly opened, and out came a middle-aged man in his forties, this person's name is Xue Leyu, who worked as an account office in the Xu family for more than ten years in his early years, and the people in the village called him Professor Xue, who is honest and loyal, and his only son Xue Wen was a classmate with Xu Hao when he was a child.
As soon as Professor Xue came out, he dragged Xu Hao home without saying a word, and complained: "Why do you want to do such a bastard thing? Now that there is no home to return to, how desolate is it? ”
Xu Hao frowned and said, "I'm here to beg for a bowl of rice, not to listen to you count me." ”
"You? Okay, I'm not going to talk about it. Professor Xue understood Xu Haoshun's donkey's temper and said with a smile: "It just so happens that Xue Wen is at home, and you two brothers haven't seen each other for a few days, so sit down to have a drink together and catch up on the old days." ”
Xue Wen ran over to the study when he heard the news, and said happily: "A few of us were about to look for you, but I didn't expect you to come to the door." ”
Xu Hao secretly said ashamed, saying that Xue Wen and the others were childhood playmates. crossed over, naturally didn't take them to heart, but I didn't expect them to still remember themselves, which shows that the friendship of this child is often long-lasting.
At present, the Xue family and his son warmly entertained Xu Hao, which made people feel very emotional, in the past, when Xu Hao was the third young master of the Xu family. Most of the neighbors in the neighborhood will not come to the front, or even stay away, and when Xu Hao becomes a beggar who is inferior to ordinary people, these neighbors will not dislike it, and will take the initiative to help.
This is the origin of China's most simple and kind, peaceful and self-respecting people, which constitute the cornerstone of the continuity of the entire nation and the state of Chinese etiquette.
Of course, there are many snobs, even if Xu Hao starves to death, he will not come to the door.
During the banquet, Xu Hao was a little moved, thinking that he should put his new home in the village. Why go out at the expense of the near and far? This is their hometown.
After eating, Professor Xue ordered someone to take a set of new clothes, shoes and socks, etc., and twenty taels of treasure bills, and Xue Wen took it and handed it to Xu Hao.
Xu Hao said with a smile: "Don't worry, I'm not short of money." After speaking, he took out the purse sewn by Ning Xue from his arms, and picked up a gold leaf between his fingers.
Professor Xue stroked his palm and said, "Now the old man is relieved." ”
Xu Hao smiled and took out four or five pieces of gold, and said, "It's almost two taels, I'm bothering Xue Bo to rent a small courtyard on my behalf, it's best to live alone." ”
Professor Xue said: "Cheng, this matter is handed over to the old man." ”
Xue Wen didn't even look at the golden leaves. said: "We are looking for you, first, to see how you are doing." The second is that Master Jiang is terminally ill, and they discuss how to deal with the future. ”
Xu Hao deliberately asked: "Jiang Song is rampant and domineering, and has repeatedly bullied you. Why bother with him? ”
Xue Wen said unhappily: "One day as a teacher and a father for life, how can we learn from Master Jiang because he is ungrateful because of his private virtues?" Then what is the difference between us and Master Jiang? ”
Xu Hao nodded and asked again, "What happened these days?" Is this going to happen? ”
At that moment, Xue Wen said it in detail. It turned out that since Jiang Song sold Chun'er, he felt that his body and bones could not support it, and the sexual affairs gradually decreased.
But I don't do that. Jiang Song, who has nothing to do, always thinks that in the past, when Chun'er was at home, he recruited some handsome offspring in the middle of the night, and Jiang Song was used to watching live-action movies before going to sleep.
As a result, Jiang Song ran out in the middle of the night to listen to the corner of the door, and was accidentally caught by the beating, the couple in the house were on fire, and the husband heard the movement and put on a dress and pushed the door out, and now everything was clear.
This matter reached the school, and the grandmaster saw that it was Jiang Song, who had a bad reputation, and it happened that Jiang Song's previous fraud by pretending to be a student was also exposed, and the Shanxi government sent a document. The grandmaster severely reprimanded him, and clearly said that he would report to Kai Jiang Song's identity as a showman.
Jiang Song didn't care at first, his fame was gone, and he was honest in the future, and he didn't want to be escorted to the county government as soon as he left the school.
Jiang Song pretended to be a student's handwriting to cheat money everywhere, and made Zhao Juren, one of Xu Hao's childhood friends, miserable. Many relatives, friends, and even officials were almost all borrowed by Jiang Song in his name, and if they didn't pay it back within the time limit, they came to Zhao Juren to ask for it.
forced Zhao Juren to say that he was bitter, and was forced to scatter his family property to pay off his debts, knowing that Jiang Song did it, he couldn't help it, and he had no face to be a man when he exposed his teacher, so he could only swallow his anger and move his family to Shanxi.
In ancient times, borrowing money was very damaging to reputation, not to mention that Zhao Juren and the literati had a greater influence, so the hometown couldn't stay anyway, and if I had the heart to stay away from my teacher, I had to go.
As soon as he arrived in Shanxi, Zhao Juren was introduced to an errand in the government, and his own relevant officials checked Zhao Juren's files and comments, and soon found that he was borrowing debts and cheating money everywhere in his hometown, and was immediately imprisoned for examination, Zhao Juren was locked in prison and had no way out, so he had to report Jiang Song.
Affected by this, Zhao Juren lost his livelihood, and the subordinates who took refuge in his family scattered in a hurry, and he was hungry and full by writing letters and paintings, but fortunately, he later participated in the imperial examination and won the Jinshi, and now he is a Beijing official.
If the people don't raise officials and don't hold accountable for this kind of thing, Zhao Juren doesn't file a lawsuit, and the county government is helpless against Jiang Song. But this time Jiang Song committed a crime, and the county magistrate was disgusted with him, and deliberately ordered him to pay fifty taels of silver as a mortgage, and then filed a lawsuit with the peeping person's family.
In this way, Jiang Song felt sorry for the silver and felt that he had lost face, and on the way home, he was furious, and after spitting out a few mouthfuls of blood, he fell down from the donkey. (To be continued......)