Ever since the day before yesterday when he reported to the Fushun government that there was an evil tyrant occupying the west of the city and spreading the plague to harm the innocent, Ximen Ai had been very busy these two days. He had obtained a lot of first-hand information through a lot of inquiries, searching, and tracing. He had written a 'Zhou's Evil Deeds Record', which listed several major crimes of Zhou's evil Qing Feng.
Colluding with treacherous officials, running amok, oppressing the common people, one crime.
Slaughtering bailiffs, framing good people, seizing family property, two crimes.
Spreading rumors, spreading the plague, harming countless people, three crimes.
Gathering refugees, forcibly occupying land, conspiring against the law, four crimes.
With these four crimes, Zhou had the intention to rebel, nine generations of his family should be executed!
He listed a lot of facts and also pulled in a lot of conjecture evidence. When he finished writing the denunciation, XiMen Ai was already immensely pleased with himself. Thinking of the anger he suffered on the day of his grandfather's funeral, he felt that he must expose this evil Zhou's disguise, and also let that brat Wang Kunpeng fall into the fate of confiscating his property and beheading him.
"This is Daming's world, how can a group of peasants be so ostentatious?" After writing the article, Ximen Ai blew on the paper, feeling that it was not enough to rely on himself to write a letter. His original intention was to see that Zhou Qingfeng's funeral was too awe-inspiring, and he felt that he was in a bad mood and wanted to cause trouble. At this moment, he decided to find a few more friends to write a letter together to make this an ironclad case.
The scholars of the Ming Dynasty were a very special group, even if they did not have any scholarly honors, the imperial court still gave them preferential treatment. If they were alone, they were not terrible, but if they gathered together, they could cause a lot of trouble. The local magistrates had a headache because this group was the pillar of the country, they could not be beaten or scolded, they had to be coaxed.
In the Ming Dynasty, there were often cases of dozens or hundreds of scholars causing trouble, causing the local officials to lose their positions. Ximen Ai had heard of this kind of situation, and in his heart, he also wanted to replicate this grand occasion. If this matter was successful, he would be the hero who cut off the local evil, and his reputation would definitely soar, and he would be respected by thousands of people. In the future, if he could obtain scholarly honors, it would not be a problem to enter the cabinet.
In ancient times, reputation was very useful.
Thinking about it, Young Master Ximen Ai went to look for his classmate and good friend. The literary circle in Fushun was very small, and the people he was looking for were all in the city. Although the plague was still spreading, ever since Zhou Qingfeng started selling medicine, the good effects had greatly reduced people's fear of typhoid, and the rich families began to live normally again.
But, this matter of gathering people to sign their names and denouncing together didn't go smoothly. Young Master Ximen repeatedly looked for several of his friends, but he didn't see any of them. Everyone said that they were studying hard and didn't have time to make friends.
Study hard my ass!
How could Ximen Ai not know what kind of trash his scoundrel friends were? Each and every one of them was a drunkard who walked on horseback, a hawk and a dog. Study hard? That was impossible in this lifetime. Perhaps they were chasing naked maids and maidservants in a heated room.
Standing on the street, Young Master Ximen hesitated for a bit. He then went to the Ye Family's shop to look for Shopkeeper Ye to consult him. The Ye family was quite powerful in Liaodong, and there were many officials and businessmen in the family. That Shopkeeper Ye could also be considered a literary person, if he could persuade him to join him in denouncing, it would definitely have a miraculous effect.
"Shopkeeper Ye, Shopkeeper Ye." Young Master Ximen entered the Ye Family's shop and shouted loudly, but when he saw who it was, he was startled — — Shopkeeper Ye was in the shop talking and laughing merrily with customers. One of them had his back to him and was talking with Shopkeeper Ye, but he could recognize that person just by looking at his back.
The person who had his back to him was holding a block of engraving in his hand and said: "Shopkeeper Ye, why don't the masters of your printing shop use movable type printing? Isn't engraving more time consuming?"
Regarding this question, Shopkeeper Ye was surprised and exclaimed: "Master Zhou Shao is really knowledgeable, you actually know the difference between movable type printing and engraving in this printing shop. But although movable type printing is good, it is not very practical. For example, there is no way to preserve the printing block of movable type printing, and there is no way to make a drawing. In addition, preservation is troublesome, so engraving is better. "
"Oh … …." The one who asked this question, 'Master Zhou Shao' obviously did not understand, but he did not intend to question those engraving masters who had been working for decades. After he put down the block of engraving, Shopkeeper Ye had time to greet young master Ximen who had just barged in.
Shopkeeper Ye stood up from his seat and shouted to Ximen Ai: "Little brother Ximen, come quickly, come quickly. Let me introduce you to this Master Zhou Shao. He is a young genius, knowledgeable, and even more enviable is that he also has cultivation, and the path of magic is ever-changing. "
The person who had his back to him was naturally Zhou Qingfeng, the printing master he wanted had rushed over from Shenyang, and both sides were talking face to face. But when Zhou Qingfeng looked back at Ximen Ai, he only indifferently said — — Oh … ….
You dare? You dare to ignore me like this!
Ximen Ai had seen Zhou Qingfeng before, but he also did not expect that the person he wanted to kill was sitting in front of him, and did not care about him at all. In his mind, that evil thief Zhou should be in fear and trepidation, kneeling down and begging him. Even if he did not beg, he should at least be polite.
But Zhou Qingfeng did not pay attention to Ximen Ai, he also did not have the intention to associate with Fushun scholars, he just politely said "Oh", and did not even have the intention to stand up.
Shopkeeper Ye quickly noticed the estrangement between these two people, he was in the middle of receiving Zhou Qingfeng, but it was not good to ignore Ximen Ai, so he said: "Little brother Ximen, is there something urgent? You see, I am in the middle of receiving guests, how about we find another time … …. "
Facing Zhou Qingfeng's indifference, Ximen Ai's self-esteem suddenly exploded. He took out the letter he wrote and handed it to Shopkeeper Ye: "I have a letter, I want to ask Shopkeeper Ye to revise it. Shopkeeper Ye has always been fair, I hope that you can write a letter to Lord Li together with me, and get rid of evil for Fushun. "
Shopkeeper Ye suddenly felt that the situation was not good, even Zhou Qingfeng, who was sitting and drinking tea, felt that it was a bit harsh. And shopkeeper Ye only swept a few glances at the article, then immediately pushed it towards Ximen Ai's bosom, and said: "Eldest Young Master Ximen, I am busy here, I will come again another day to read your great work, please return first."
This situation made Ximen Ai very surprised, in his opinion, he and Shopkeeper Ye had known each other for many years, the Ye family also had a very good reputation in Liaodong, no matter what, Shopkeeper Ye should not protect evil people, but instead push him away. He did not care about Shopkeeper Ye's flickering eyes and his face telling him to leave, instead he stood still and said: "Shopkeeper Ye, do you want to associate with evil people?"
These words were too obvious.
The two people pushed and shoved each other, deadlocked. But Zhou Qingfeng put down the teacup in his hand, waved his hand and said: "What letter? Let me see. "
Zhou Qingfeng did not say anything, he was not very old, it was easy to forget that he was still a cultivator. But when he released his spiritual power, his consciousness turned into power and took the paper from Ximen Ai's hand, both Shopkeeper Ye and Ximen Ai were stunned, they could not let this boy read this letter now.
Young master Ximen wanted to use the sword of Lord Li of Fu Shun to cut off Zhou Qingfeng's head. Although he was pushing and shoving Shopkeeper Ye, he had a sense of arrogance, he felt that Zhou Qingfeng could not see through him, he even felt that he was stabbing the victim in the back in front of him. But he was not stupid, he knew that he did not have the ability to face Zhou Qingfeng directly.
The paper became wrinkled after being pushed and shoved, Zhou Qingfeng slowly spread it out, after a while, his eyes became extremely sharp, his face was cold, and a burst of anger suddenly burst out. However, not long after, his forehead was suddenly covered in sweat. His two eyes quickly swept over the paper. It was clear that the words on the paper made him shocked and angry, and he became exceptionally anxious.
The article was not long, it was more than a thousand words.
But after a few minutes, Zhou Qingfeng's clothes were soaked in sweat, he was sweating profusely. After reading it, he continuously took a few deep breaths to calm down, after flicking the page, he said: "Well written, well written, this list of crimes is very neat, it is like a blow to the head, it is very thought-provoking."
When Zhou Qingfeng turned his head again, he saw that Ximen Ai opposite him was also stunned. Shopkeeper Ye suddenly let go of the 'brave and fearless' young master Ximen Ai, turned around and comforted Zhou Qingfeng: "Zhou Shao, this is a misunderstanding, it must be a misunderstanding."
But Zhou Qingfeng shook his head, his fingers gently scratched his forehead, big drops of sweat fell down. He laughed: "Recently, things have been too smooth, no one scolded me. But today, suddenly seeing such a curse article, my heart is a lot more relaxed, I have been thinking that I can not satisfy everyone, so where are those who are not satisfied, what are they doing? "
While speaking, Zhou Qingfeng had already walked to Ximen Ai's side. He raised his head and looked at him, asking: "This is young master Ximen? Good, you scolded very well, the list of crimes is also very good. Today I was a bit dizzy, now I am much more spirited.
Scolding well, scolding well, my heart is at ease. "
As Zhou Qingfeng approached, Ximen Ai unexpectedly retreated two steps. He leaned on the counter of the stationery shop, then straightened his neck and shouted: "Under this bright and clear heaven and earth, what do you want to do? I am a student of Fu Shun, a person who is supported by the imperial court. "
"What I want to do, you will soon know. But whatever you want to do, I advise you to do it as soon as possible. "Zhou Qingfeng lightly threw that curse article, then sent it back to young master Ximen Ai's hand. "You have reminded me, this Fu Shun and this Daming still have a force that cannot be underestimated, cannot be underestimated. But if you want to sue, then go ahead, don't drag it for too long. "
Throwing away the curse article, Zhou Qingfeng smiled at shopkeeper Ye: "Just now the matter discussed, shopkeeper Ye feel free to do it, I will immediately order people to send money and samples over. This business is settled. I will immediately order people to transport the fifty thousand yellow examination papers that shopkeeper Ye gave me. I will also ask for more later, shopkeeper Ye feel free to transfer the goods over, don't worry about losing money. "
Finished speaking, Zhou Qingfeng swaggered away. Shopkeeper Ye immediately began to complain to Ximen Ai: "Young master Ximen, why do you have to do this?"
"Punishing evil and promoting good, did I do wrong?" Ximen Ai still straightened his neck, and insisted: "I feel that this boy is not a good person, this winter's epidemic is certainly related to him. Moreover, there is evidence for several of his crimes, I don't believe that the officials of Daming Prefecture can't deal with him. I know shopkeeper Ye is already in cahoots with this thief, this is' people of different paths cannot make plans together ', farewell. "
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