Domineering Daming

At this time, a few disheveled, seventeen or eighteen-year-old youths walked out of the Yicui Building, crooked, reeking of alcohol, still yelling loudly.

"Have you heard? A map came out from the Royal Political Council, saying that I am not the center of heaven and earth, and that we are standing on a huge ball..."

"It's more than that, most of the ball is water, and the sun is a huge fireball...haha..."

"Haha, I've heard that too, I also heard that the ball is spinning, it's spinning, I'm dying of laughter..."

"Haha, I'm bah, what kind of shit government council, what are they all, heresy!"

"That's right, we won't enter, let's see what the imperial court can do to us! Can they fool the world!"

"That's right, we don't take the test, we still have to be an official, let's see how they convince us!"

Cao Huachun frowned when he heard what they said, and looked at Zhu Xu worriedly.

Zhu Xu was not very angry, but just sighed softly in his heart.Zhang Heng of the Han Dynasty invented the armillary sphere, which clarified the relationship between the sun, the earth, and the moon. More than 1000 years have passed, but no one believes it and regards it as "heresy".

But he is not worried, the Ming Dynasty is not Manchu, there are many people in the scholar-official class who are willing to communicate with the outside world, including Xu Guangqi, Chen Yizao and other high-ranking officials in the Ming Dynasty, who are working hard to translate foreign books. There was no objection from the courtiers either.

With the development of maritime trade, more and more people will see the outside world and go out. Zhu Xu is not in a hurry, but slowly pushes forward, and walks slowly by time. Natural science has its profound "reason". , can not be fully explained by the "sage classics", it cannot be solved, it can only be changed.

"Hey, you two girls, if you haven't come home so late, are you waiting for someone?"

The rambunctious trio suddenly surrounded the two young girls, and laughed loudly, quite recklessly.

Chapter 535 Hou Fangyu

The two little girls looked sixteen or seventeen years old and had no family members or servants to follow them. When they saw the three of them approaching, they carefully leaned together and stared at them vigilantly.

These two little girls look like the young ladies of a rich family. They are dressed in expensive clothes and calm in times of crisis. One of them is wearing a long green hat, showing a pretty face of joy and anger. He stared at one of them and snorted coldly: Disciples, if you are blind, you know who we are!"

Although the three rascals were all about the same height, upon closer inspection, one would find that the middle one was smaller, with a more reserved expression, and no rude words or deeds.

Among them, the older one was dressed luxuriously, with an even more arrogant expression. His eyes wandered over the faces of the two of them, and he said with a smile: "We don't know, but you must want to know our identities. If you come with us, you will definitely Desperate to leave..."

The lady in the green hat had a pretty face full of anger, and just about to get angry, the lady in the red hat beside her whispered something in her ear, and she immediately gained momentum, pinching her waist and shouting loudly: "It's the New Year's Eve, and there are officials patrolling everywhere. The disciples will be taken away now, so be careful!"

Chen Xinjia's actions were quick. Half a month ago, he conducted an investigation in the area of ​​Shuntian Mansion, arrested hundreds of "local bullies", and sent them all to Liaodong.

The three of them were taken aback for a moment, and then another older man came over and said with a lewd smile: "Miss, the three of us... Hehe, that's a good story about a gifted scholar and a beautiful lady, and we haven't violated any laws, so what are you afraid of, come here , take off the hat and let us see clearly..."

"Go away, believe it or not, we are calling for someone!" The little girl in the green hat slapped his extended hand away with one hand, and scolded softly.

"Ha ha……"

All three of them laughed, but they were not reckless, they just surrounded the two ladies and kept teasing them with words.

Little Yongning not far away had his mouth full, staring at the few people with wide eyes, his little face was full of curiosity, his big eyes didn't blink, he held Zhu Xu's clothes with a small hand and said repeatedly : "Uncle Huang, is this what the book says about hooligans molesting girls from good families?"

Zhu Xu looked down at his already greasy clothes, sighed inwardly, and gave Cao Bianjiao a look.

Cao Bianjiao stepped forward immediately, and said to the three rascals in a firm tone, "If you don't want to be assigned, get out immediately!"

Cao Bianjiao has always been reticent and reticent. In addition to being in the army for many years, he is full of evil spirits. He looks very unkind, but in fact he is.

The three of them were startled, they didn't expect someone to disturb the situation, which ruined their good mood, one of them glanced at Cao Bianjiao, walked over and sneered, "Boy, don't meddle in other people's business, this is at the feet of the emperor, I advise you to be honest Wait..." As he spoke, he was about to push Cao Bianjiao with his hands.

Cao Bianjiao's eyes turned cold, and he kicked over.

How could the drunken son-in-law stand Cao Bianjiao's kick, he screamed when he fell to the ground, and couldn't get up no matter what.

The youngest boy's expression changed, and he stood in front of Cao Bianjiao, and said loudly with a vigilant expression: "Who are you? Why are you beating people? This is the boundary of Shuntian Prefecture. We only need to shout, and you will all be arrested and dig the river!"

Zhu Xu turned his head and looked around. There were quite a few people gathered around to watch, but no guards passed by.

Cao Bianjiao looked indifferent, with a knife on his waist, staring at the three of them coldly and said: "Get lost!"

The two ladies were very nervous. They looked at Cao Bianjiao, and then turned to Zhu Xu and others who were not far away.Both of them were wearing wide hats, showing half of their pretty faces, showing no trace of fear.

The youngest prodigal son looked at Cao Bianjiao, as if he didn't want to lose his aura, he was ashamed in front of the girl, and insisted, "If you tell us to get out, we'll get out? Let me tell you, my uncle is the young prime minister of Shuntian Mansion, and it's up to you to beat him up." man, he can arrest you and go to Liaodong!"

Cao Bianjiao frowned, and said: "I don't like people who bully others. If you don't leave, I will send you to Liaodong!"

As soon as Cao Bianjiao finished his sentence, two servants came over and reprimanded loudly: "What are you doing, they are all scattered, don't make trouble..."

The man who was knocked to the ground suddenly stood up and shouted to the two guards: "Brother guards, this man hits someone for no reason. Hurry up and take him to Liaodong. My brother Hou Chaozong is your nephew of Hou Shaocheng!"

Before the two guards could react, Zhu Xu frowned.

He remembered who Hou Shaocheng of Shuntian Mansion was, and also remembered who Hou Chaozong was in front of him.

The name of this Hou Shaocheng is Hou Ke. He was born in the Imperial Academy and served successively in the Imperial College. His elder brother Hou Xun was once the governor of Shaanxi Province and the Shaoqing of Taipu Temple. When Wei Zhongxian suppressed them, they were forced to resign and live in the countryside.

This Hou Chaozong is Hou Xun's son, named Fangyu, Chaozong is the word!

Hou Fangyu!

The Hou brothers fought quite vigorously against the "evil party" in the eyes of Zhao Nanxing and others in the first year of Tianqi and the second year, but they were not members of the Donglin Party, and they were considered "neutral".

Hou Ke's appointment was promoted by Zhou Yingqiu, and it was also a kind of "goodwill" to Jiangnan scholars.

Before Zhu Xu left the palace, he also saw Hou Fangyu's memorabilia recommended by Zhu Youjian. Unexpectedly, he met him at night.

"My imperial brother is really unlucky..." Zhu Xu said amusedly to himself.

The two guards glanced at Hou Fangyu, but they didn't bow down to flatter them. They turned their heads to look at Cao Bianjiao, and said in a bad tone: "You beat people? Do you know that Shuntian Mansion is 'suppressing evil' now? You all Do you want to be sent to Liaodong!?"

Cao Bianjiao didn't like wasting words, so he said with a cold face: "These people flirted with girls from good families, and I stopped them."

The two guards were stunned, and looked at Cao Bianjiao carefully, maybe they thought it was not easy to provoke, then looked at Hou Fangyu, and said, "Young Master Hou, is what he said true?"

Hou Fangyu's complexion was pale. If it wasn't for his "ugliness after drinking", he would really be a troubled Mr. Shijia. Just as he was about to open his mouth, the person who was beaten quickly said, "Nonsense, we just talked to the two ladies. The rude move, he was the one who hit first!"

The two guards looked at the two ladies who had been standing aside and said nothing, "Miss, is what he said true?"

The two little girls looked at the guard, then at Cao Bianjiao, and finally at Zhu Xu together.The two have already discovered that this is the real master.

Just as the girl in the red hat was about to speak, the girl in the green hat hurriedly said: "It's true, the three of them really didn't touch anything."

The two guards were stunned, they naturally knew what happened, they were not used to this kind of thing every day, but this lady said they were not bullied?

The two looked at each other, realizing clearly that they didn't dare to offend that young master Hou, turned their heads to look at Cao Bianjiao, and said with a calm face: "Okay, apologize to the three young masters, and then go home quickly, the New Year's Eve Don't make trouble and make trouble..." They also didn't want Cao Bianjiao's innocence to be implicated, so they quietly "exonerated" him.

How could Cao Bianjiao suffer such humiliation? He glanced at the two mischievous ladies, looked at Hou Fangyu, and said coldly: "The man is sitting upright, why is he standing in the court for doing such a thing? If you don’t give me a reasonable explanation today, I’ll take a rest tomorrow and go to Shuntian Mansion to find out!”

Zhu Xu raised his eyebrows when he heard that not far away. Cao Bianjiao is the commander of the imperial army, and his reputation in the court and the public is not obvious, but no one dares to ignore him, not to mention his uncle who is the emperor's number one confidant. contempt.

If he went to Shuntian Mansion to explain himself, Chen Xinjia would have to enter the palace to plead guilty.