The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Yan Dianli asked Liu Kushi in confusion: "Isn't it true that Yan Yue's civil palace has been shattered, so... that person still won't let him go?"

"Fang Yun didn't cause trouble for Yan Yue at all. I don't know why the Yan family went crazy. They actually went to the Fang clan wearing sackcloth and mourning to learn how to cause trouble for Fang Yun, and asked Fang Yun to kneel down and kowtow to Yan Yue."

Yan Dianli was startled and cursed: "Are they crazy? No matter how stupid my cousin is, there is no way he would do such a thing! That Fang Yun is unstoppable now, why do they still want to embarrass Fang Yun! I Why do people scold Mr. Futai?”

"It is said that the Fang Clan School is planning to expand its enrollment, and Fang Yun will personally teach students how to write poems. The old lady's grandson could have gone, but the Yan family blocked the door when they went to the Fang Clan School, so Fang Yun stopped teaching. The child cried to him The old lady complained. The old lady couldn't control the Yan family, so she naturally took it out on her own son. "

Yan Dianli's heart skipped a beat and he said: "It's bad! If the trivial matter is not taken care of, if the matter becomes serious and causes public resentment, Mr. Futai will have an excuse to intervene, and our Yan family will be in trouble. What do you think of my cousin and the others?" Would you do such a thing?"

Liu Kushang's eyes flashed and he said, "You can guess it. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

Official Yan Dian knew that the matter was of great importance, so he turned around and left, quickly heading to Yan's house.

Halfway through, Yan Dianli found that the Yanjia rice store was crowded with people on the three floors outside and on the inside.

"Yan Chongnian, you old bastard, has caused our children to have no education and fail to pass the Tongsheng test. Don't force us to die!"

"Don't your Yan family have nine rice shops in Dayuan Prefecture? From today on, we will block all nine of them! If you can, kill us! Our Fang family is not a soft persimmon!"

"You dare to harm even the former Saint's child. You are simply eating the heart of a bear and the courage of a leopard. He is a Wenqu star who has come to earth and will be the number one scholar in the future!"

"Mr. Fang promised to teach our children to write poems, but you have ruined their lives. Even if the lawsuit goes to the Holy Court, we are justified!"

After hearing the whole story, those who were watching the excitement followed suit and scolded the Yan family.

Official Yan Dian felt bad. The Fang family was a famous family, and Mr. Fang's intervention would not suppress the smaller Yan family. However, the top management of the Fang family did not come forward and only asked the parents of these children to come forward. This was because they wanted to add fuel to the flames behind the scenes. Once the parents of the students really wanted to unite and go to the State Criminal Department and the State Legal Department, the Yan family would definitely be reprimanded by the court, and even all canonizations would be cancelled, and they would lose their status as a prominent family.

"The sign of Yanjia rice store is completely smashed! In the hearts of ordinary people, the double-A boy before the Saint is the pride of the entire Dayuan Mansion, and he is a child of a poor family. More than 90% of the people regard him as one of their own. The Yan family wants to harm Whether he succeeds or fails, his reputation will be at stake." Yan Dianli shook his head and thought.

Official Yan Dian hired a carriage to go to Yan's house.

After Yan Dianli arrived, he looked at the messy front door of Yan's house. Seven or eight people were dealing with the filth. There were some square bricks on the ground for people to pass.

While Yan Dianli was hesitating, several people came over quickly. Two women were still wiping tears. A closer look revealed that they were all members of the Yan family.

"What's going on?" Official Yan Dian asked hurriedly.

"Uncle! My mother was beaten! She said it must have been done by the Fang family and she wanted to ask my aunt to seek justice."

"What? My sister-in-law instigated this? I should have thought that my eldest brother is not that stupid!" Yan Dianli knew very well the temper of his cousin Yan Chongnian. Although he was mean to others and blinded by money, he could even be said to be despicable and had harmed many people for his own sake. , but he is definitely not a fool, and it is impossible to provoke the famous people in Jiangzhou and even Jingguo.

"You wait outside, I'll handle this matter!" Yan Dianli covered his mouth and nose with his sleeves, stepped on the square bricks and ran inside quickly.

The Yan family is a large courtyard with three entrances and three exits. Yan Dianli ran into the third courtyard and found his sister-in-law, Mrs. Yan, kneeling on the ground with disheveled hair and clear palm prints on her face. The head of the Yan family, Yan Chongnian, was scolding her.

Official Yan Dian said hurriedly: "Brother, Mr. Futai is angry, and all our rice stores are blocked. This matter must be resolved as soon as possible, otherwise the Yan family will be doomed."

"I know, and I'm thinking of a way! This incompetent idiot, after being teased by others, found someone to avenge Yue'er." Yan Chongnian said angrily.

"Who is provoking it?" Official Yan Dian asked.

Yan Chongnian looked around and saw that there were no outsiders around, and cursed: "Who else is there besides Liu Zicheng, that wolf bastard? His family is from a famous family, he has a left prime minister, and he has a Jie Yuan who is valued by the left prime minister. He can fight with Fang Yun and is not afraid of Fang Yun." Not afraid of Lord Jianmei , but what does our Yan family have? I have many sons, but I ruined one and three more. I am not that stupid to offend the Fang family and Duke Jian Mei. You came at the right time. Please come up with an idea on how to quickly calm down this matter. thing."

Official Yan Dian asked: "Are you afraid of the Fang family or Duke Jianmei?"

"Of course I'm afraid that Fang Yun will ask Duke Jianmei to come forward. With Duke Jianmei's temper, he dares to tear down the Yan family at the slightest disagreement. Who is asking us to justify our losses? I don't have an official position. And that Fang Dayan, he is from the military strategist. It’s General Fu again, just as unreasonable as Duke Jianmei.”

"Then you immediately go to the Fang Yun family with a generous gift, no, go to the Fang family to learn how to solve problems wherever they happen. This way you can not only apologize to Fang Yun, but also appease the Fang family's anger and make people happy. I know the consequences of making trouble in the Fang clan."

"Okay, that's it, but what kind of gift are you preparing?"

Yan Dianli thought about it carefully and said, "You are going to suffer a lot of bleeding this time. After all, no one else would have let it go if he was framed like this and his name was harmed."

"Just tell me, I can bear it."

"Didn't Fang Yun write the "Inscription on the Humble House"? If you could give him a big house, I'm afraid the matter would be solved. But it would cost at least 8,000 taels or more."

When Yan Chongnian heard this, he almost vomited blood. He suddenly kicked Mrs. Yan down and cursed: "You mother and son are simply my nemesis! When a son scolds someone's family for being poor, and the mother immediately forces me to deliver a house, how can I blame you two?" A broom star."

Yan Dianli lowered his head and was speechless. If this happened to others, he would burst into laughter, but if it happened to the Yan family, he couldn't laugh. It was so frustrating.

Yan also remained silent.

Yan Chongnian continued to curse: "Eight thousand taels, this mansion was only bought for more than 7,000 taels back then!"

"Brother, have you figured it out?"

"Is there anything else I can't figure out? It's better to throw out eight thousand taels than to kill Fang Dayan or Jianmei Gong at home! Old Yang's family has moved to Yunhai, and his mansion has never been sold for nine thousand taels. If I It's cheaper to buy it. You can help me contact Lao Yang's nephew. He will take care of this matter. I will personally take people to the Fang clan to learn how to make amends. "

At this time, Mrs. Yan whispered: "We bought the Yang family's mansion and we will live there and give this place to Fang Yun."

"Stupid thing!" Yan Chongnian was so angry that he wanted to take action, but Yan Dianli hurriedly stopped him.

"Stop hitting my sister-in-law, business is more important."

Yan Chongnian said: "We can't take advantage of that bastard Liu Zicheng. Didn't he let his cousin instigate it? Then we will expose his cousin so that his cousin cannot stay in the Fuwen Academy. Let's go!"

Before Yan Chongnian could go out, a servant ran out in a panic and said, "Sir, it's bad, the Caoyun Yamen has detained our family's food! Zhao Tongpuan said that if his son can't become a student of Fang Yun, From now on, the Yan family should not even think about using water transport.”

Yan Chongnian's vision went dark and he almost fainted. Bulk goods such as grain must be transported by water. If it is transported by horse-drawn carriage outside the water transport yamen, the cost will make him bankrupt.

"Damn it!" Yan Chongnian turned around and was about to hit Yan Shi, but Yan Shi ran away on his hands and knees, running very fast.

Official Yan Dian said hurriedly: "Brother, the person who tied the bell needs to be tied to untie the bell. The key now is luck."

"Yes, yes! Isn't it just a big house worth 8,000 taels? I bought it! Let's go!"

At the same time, Mrs. Fang's wife was taking Yang Yuhuan to look around the house.

Fang Yun studied at home until around nine o'clock, when He Yutang came to visit.

When He Yutang saw Fang Yun, he laughed and said: "Mr. Fang is so lucky. Just after you wrote an "Inscription on a Humble Room", you got a big house. If you write an "Ode to the Imperial Palace", wouldn't you be able to get a big house?" Holy Court?”

"What's going on?" Fang Yun asked.

"It turns out that Yan Chongnian was not the one who went to the clan school to cause trouble. It was Mrs. Yan who was instigated by Liu Zicheng's cousin and asked people to go and cause trouble in order to avenge her son."

"Liu Zicheng's cousin? It's as I expected. Is there any way to cure him?" Fang Yun said.

He Yutang smiled proudly and said: "I have asked the students' parents to jointly submit a letter to the Prefectural Liberal Arts College, requesting Academician Li to expunge Liu Zicheng's cousin's student status in the Prefecture Liberal Arts College. The president of the Prefecture Liberal Arts College is a member of the left prime minister. I'm afraid I have colluded with Liu Zicheng and cannot go to the Fuwen Academy to submit a letter."

Fang Yun frowned and said, "Didn't Master Fuyuan get scolded by Grand Scholar Li and leave? Will he still hinder me? Isn't he afraid of Grand Scholar Li?"

He Yutang said: "Of course he is afraid, but if the Liu family gives him enough benefits and lets him be transferred to the capital, then Duke Jianmei can't do anything to him. After all, the official department is in the hands of the left prime minister. If he dares to hurt you , Duke Jianmei dared to kill based on his position in the Holy Court. He, as long as he doesn't hurt you, the most Jianmei Gong can do is to join him. What's more, the left prime minister's people will try their best to attack Wen Xiang's family, and you have obviously been labeled as Wen Xiang. It’s impossible not to target you.”

"It seems that if I enter Fuwen Academy, life will be difficult." Fang Yun said.

"Yes. But fortunately, your three poems in "Holy Way" have the same glory, and "Wenbao" also reported your story. Now your literary reputation has greatly increased, and all the people of Jingguo like you. Mr. Fuyuan It’s true that you are in charge of the Liberal Arts Academy, but other officials will definitely protect you, and most of the students will be on your side. We in Jingguo have the guts to submit to the left prime minister, but there are also many tough ones!”

"Brother He's bones must be very hard." Fang Yun said with a smile.

"Not as good as you young people."

At this time, there was a knock on the door.

"But the residence of the leader of Fang Yun Plan?"

"Exactly." Fang Yun said, walked to the gate and opened the simple wooden door.

A man dressed as a servant respectfully handed over a red invitation with both hands.

"This is an invitation from my master. Please keep it."

"Thank you." Fang Yun put away the invitation.

After closing the door, Fang Yun opened it and saw that it was Zhao Tongpan, a sixth-grade official of Caoyun Yamen. The Fu Yamen also has a sixth-grade general judge, but its actual power is not comparable to that of the Caoyun Yamen general judge.

Jiangzhou has dense rivers and well-developed water transportation, so the status of the water transportation yamen is particularly high. Dayuan Prefecture is the water transportation hub second only to Yuhai City, and the status of the water transportation magistrate is not even worse than that of Dayuan Prefecture.

"Whose invitation is it?" He Yutang asked.

"Zhao Tongpan from Caoyun Yamen."

"This person has real power."