Volume 4: Gathering of Sages Chapter 494: Rude remarks lead to disaster
The head of the dormitory was chosen by everyone, the groups were chosen by drawing lots, and the group leader... was appointed by Zhang Shou.
When the first-year class of Jiuzhang Hall finally came to an end, except for the Third Prince who returned to the palace early, Ji Jiu and the others were all dazed and none of them could come back to their senses. Today's class was really different from what they had imagined. Then, Lu Sanlang, who came back a step later than Zhang Shou, announced some good news to them.
"If you are from the capital, and your home is relatively close to the Imperial College, and you can guarantee to go to school on time every day, then you can continue to live at home. If you originally rented a house outside, you can come to me to register and arrange a place to stay. There will also be food provided. Of course, you can't live in the Imperial College dormitory. After all, there are too many people and too little food in the Imperial College dormitory, and there are already not enough people to live in."
"Oh, by the way, people have to earn their own living, so you can't live here for free. You need to work to compensate for your food and lodging. Of course, you can rest assured that no one will exploit your labor. The work you have to do will probably be equivalent to the cost of your food and lodging."
Lu Sanlang smiled when he said this, and directly pulled out Xiao Cheng who had just hidden behind him: "This is Xiao Cheng, he is so young and has been self-reliant. He has been working as a handyman in the Jiuzhang Hall of the Imperial College for the past year. His house has been empty all the time, and I am the only one staying there. It's a pity that it has been like this all the time. There are two courtyards and about ten rooms, which is enough for all of you to stay."
Seeing that many people showed expressions of surprise and joy, Zhang Shou smiled without waiting for Lu Sanlang to finish his words, then turned around and left quietly.
Originally, a blacksmith and a carpenter lived next door to Xiao Cheng's house, and the noise was too loud. No one could stand such noise except Xiao Cheng, who was nostalgic. Therefore, Zhang Shou never thought of renovating the house and preparing furniture to use as the dormitory of Jiuzhang Hall.
Now Lu Sanlang renovated the house vacated by Guan Qiu and others next door, invited Liu Zhiyuan to live there, and he himself moved out of the dormitory and lived in Xiao's house. It was quite interesting that Xiao Cheng went from being a handyman in Jiuzhang Hall to being the dormitory manager of Jiuzhang Hall. I wonder how that little guy who worked too hard would manage a group of students who were much older than him and had different backgrounds and experiences.
You know, Xiao Huasheng has been complaining about Xiao Cheng's management these days!
On the way back to Zhang Garden after meeting up with Ah Liu, Zhang Shou, who finally relaxed, couldn't help but yawn lazily. But just as he rubbed his eyes, he heard the boy muttering softly: "It's so quiet... so boring."
Zhang Shou was at a loss for words. Did this kid think someone would come and cause trouble today? What a joke! Even if there was a plan, when the emperor suddenly came to Xinglong Tea House, a smart person would definitely choose to stop the trouble! He also knew that Ah Liu was just complaining casually, so he changed the subject and asked, "Have both Mr. Song and Fang Qing gone home?"
"I don't know." Ah Liu blurted out these four words directly. Seeing Zhang Shou glaring at him, he said confidently, "Cripple An Lu is watching them. As long as they don't cause public outrage, nothing will happen."
Song Juren's inexplicable promotion would probably make other chefs resentful. Of course, most people with brains would not be so stupid as to assassinate a person who had been seen by the emperor, but it was hard to guarantee that someone would be blinded by hatred and jealousy and make a big mistake out of stupidity. As for Fang Qing... that stupid boy was just a fool, and spoke even more without thinking than Song Juren.
This guy with a jinx, a Song scoundrel, does he need a reason to attract hatred?
Zhang Shou couldn't help but cover his forehead lightly, but he thought that although Mr. Song was a bit mean, he was generally a person who sought profit and avoided harm. In addition, there was An Lu, who looked calm but was actually quite capable, watching over him. There was also the South City Security Team recruited by Ah Liu patrolling near the Xinglong Tea House, so he didn't bother to worry about it.
However, when he was about to reach the gate of Zhang Garden, he saw a carriage coming towards him, with several guards following on both sides of the carriage.
Zhang Shou was just wondering if this car was unfamiliar to him, but then he saw a man who looked like a guard riding up on his horse. He then respectfully bowed to him and said, "Dr. Zhang, the master of the family ordered me to bring Master Song and Master Fang here."
As if noticing Zhang Shou's obvious surprise, the man smiled and explained, "I am a guard of the Suzhou Hua family. When the family master was on his way back to the Suzhou Guild Hall, he saw that Young Master Song and Young Master Fang seemed to be running away, so he invited them to get in the car. When the family master arrived at the Suzhou Guild Hall, he got off the car first and asked us to escort Young Master Song and Young Master Fang back."
Whatever you fear will happen!
Zhang Shou sighed secretly, and then saw someone coming to the carriage that had stopped in front of Zhang Garden, opening the door and lifting the curtain, and he could only see that it was dark inside. Knowing that it was because of the light, unless the two got off the carriage, he would not be able to make out what was going on in the carriage, so he winked at Ah Liu.
The next moment, Ah Liu, who understood what was going on, jumped off his horse and rushed to the front of the carriage. Seeing that the man immediately stepped aside to make room for him, he leaned in and pulled the man down with one hand each.
At this time, Zhang Shou finally saw the appearance of Song Juren and Fang Qing. When the two of them went to the field, Song Juren was not wearing shoes at all, only black socks on his feet, and his clothes were torn. Fang Qing had bruises on his forehead and his hair was disheveled. When he noticed his scrutiny, Song Juren showed a sullen expression.
"It's all because of this crow's bad mouth! He insisted on arguing with the vicious dog, and as a result, we were chased for three blocks and almost got bitten to death!"
"Song the bastard, you dare to blame me! Didn't you say that the vicious dog was really abominable?" Fang Qing habitually sarcastically said something, but when he saw Zhang Shou's face full of mockery, he immediately shut up. Sure enough, with Ah Liu's whistle, someone immediately came out of the door in a hurry, and without saying a word, two people served one person, and directly carried him and Mr. Song into the gate.
It was not until the two funny guys were carried away that Zhang Shou asked the man with a sullen face, "What exactly happened? Could it be that they were really chased by a vicious dog? Mr. Hua would not have saved them without finding out the truth, right?"
"Well..."
The man glanced around vaguely, then walked back to Zhang Shouma, bowed again and said, "I did see only a big dog chasing them. Because the owner pulled the people into the car in time, the dog stopped well-trained. The owner and a few people stayed there and asked us to take the people to Zhang Garden by car first, so we don't know what happened next."
Well, it turns out that the story about Mr. Hua Si returning to Suzhou Guild Hall was also fake, and he is currently cleaning up the mess there!
Although Zhang Shou didn't mind owing favors, he would never accept a favor for some inexplicable reason. So he smiled and said to the man, "Reply to your master and tell him that I know about this matter. After he has dealt with it, you can come and see me."
After the man agreed and asked the others to drive the carriage away, Zhang Shou told Ah Liu, "Pick someone to go to the vegetable garden in the south city and see if Cao Wu is still living there. If he is, bring him here."
Zhang Shou had asked him to pick someone to go, not to go himself, so Ah Liu watched Zhang Shou enter the gate of Zhang Garden, and then went into the gatehouse. After a while, the four gatehouses who had just sent Song Juren and Fang Qing in came back, and together with the two who stayed behind, a total of six people stood in front of him very energetically.
After asking about their training under Hua Qi, he pointed his finger at Yang Hao. After instructing Yang Hao to go to the outer city to call Cao Wu, he turned and left the gatehouse. Thinking that there was nothing important at the moment, he suddenly decided to take a look around and fulfill his duties as a housekeeper. So, when he walked around and arrived at the second gate, it was already quite a while.
Seeing him coming, the little peanut who was looking around hurriedly ran over to greet him: "Sixth brother, Sixth brother! Just now they sent Mr. Song and that Fang Qing to the young master's study! After the young master went in, there were ghosts crying and wolves howling inside. Could it be that the young master got angry and attacked them?"
Ah Liu was stunned at first, then he stretched out his hand expressionlessly and flicked Peanut's forehead. Seeing him holding his head and crying, he said unhappily: "One against two? I'm not the young master."
Peanut suddenly realized what was going on and laughed awkwardly. But he was thinking, fighting two people alone might be difficult for others, but for the omnipotent Zhang Shou, it should, probably, possibly... not be that difficult, right? Besides, Song Juren and Fang Qing, two weak losers, must be very weak! No, Song Juren should still be able to practice, but Fang Qing is definitely not!
When Ah Liu and Xiao Huasheng arrived at the door of the study room one after another, it was completely quiet inside. There was no sound of Zhang Shou scolding anyone, nor any sound of fighting. It was a dead silence, as if... there was no one inside! Ah Liu was still calm and composed, or expressionless, but Xiao Huasheng was a little flustered and subconsciously pushed against the two doors.
As the two doors opened and he saw the scene inside, the clever boy just stayed there.
Because he saw Zhang Shou sitting steadily in the main seat in the middle, and there were two people left. Mr. Song was lying on the ground half dead, and Fang Qing was lying there hugging a chair leg. The two people who were already disheveled looked even more disheveled! He looked more carefully and saw that the person who had bruises on his forehead at the beginning seemed to have a broken mouth.
Could it be that Zhang Shou really beat up the two of them? Peanut was thinking about it, and then he heard Zhang Shou ask calmly, "So, have you two had enough fighting now?"
"I didn't beat him enough!" Mr. Song glared at Fang Qing and cursed angrily, "If it weren't for this guy who didn't know how to control his mouth, how could we be in such a miserable situation! If I hadn't run fast, I would have been bitten to death by that vicious dog! When he was in Guangzhou, he kept talking nonsense and causing trouble. He has already been taught a lesson in the capital, but he still doesn't repent!"
Although Fang Qing had reflected on his actions to some extent just now, he had just been punched by Mr. Song, and his fightback failed. The two of them rolled around on the ground. When he heard the foul-mouthed Song Hunzi scolding him for being careless with his mouth, he was immediately overwhelmed by anger.
"I was talking nonsense? That vicious dog was barking wildly in the street, passers-by were avoiding it, and a child fell down out of fear, but the villain who let the dog scare people was laughing. What's wrong with me standing up and rebuking him..."
"Right, right, right. Since you dared to stand up and righteously call him a slave of a wealthy family and a dog who takes advantage of the power of others, then when he released the dog to bite you, you had the guts to not run away! You ran like a rabbit, so I guess you didn't hear him scolding you. But I, who was dragged down by you and couldn't run as fast as you, heard him scolding. You are the slave, and your whole family are slaves of the wealthy family!"
"How come he's not a rich family's slave? He's walking around with his sleek dog, and he has gold teeth, and he's wearing silk clothes that don't suit him at all, and he lets his dog bark wildly and scares people. I'm already being polite by not calling him a rich family's dog slave!"
As soon as Zhang Shou entered the study, he saw the two men glaring at each other. Before he could ask the reason, the two funny scholars actually started fighting each other. In the end, they even rolled on the ground and tore each other apart. This scene of losing the dignity was really too beautiful. But when he heard clearly how the two men got into trouble, he immediately felt the veins on his forehead throbbing.
Well, seeing a bully on the street and bullying others too much, so he jumped out to speak up for justice, which is indeed correct, but Fang Qing, this fool, didn't even think about it and directly accused him of being a slave of a wealthy family? Now he still thinks he is not wrong , has this guy been kicked in the head by a donkey?
Sure enough, he was not the only one who thought so. Mr. Song angrily cursed: "Walking with a dog , wearing a nice dress and gold teeth, and yelling is considered a rich family servant? You are not blind, you are blind in your heart! Although the outer city is the outer city, it is also under the feet of the emperor, not to mention that the emperor has come to the outer city today."
"How stupid must a rich family servant be to go to the outer city and commit crimes at this time? Even those local thugs would restrain themselves today, or even just stay at home!"
Seeing Fang Qing's face livid but still unwilling to retort, Zhang Shou glanced at Ah Liu who looked calm and the little peanut who was grinning, and asked unhappily, "So, it was because of you that they called me a rich family slave that they let the dogs chase you all the way?"
"That's right, that's what happened!" When Mr. Song said this, he was so angry that he wanted to bite Fang Qing.
Before he could continue to curse, Ah Liu's ears moved, and then he suddenly went out quietly without saying a word. When he pushed the door open again, Hua Siye followed him. Although this was his first time in Zhang Garden, Hua Siye seemed not to notice the embarrassed look of Song Juren and Fang Qing. He bowed politely and said with a smile: "Dr. Zhang, it's all a misunderstanding."
"The dog that chased and bit them is a famous guard dog from Yezi Hutong in the south city. It is said that it once bit a robber who held people hostage to death. So even though it likes to bark for no reason, everyone is used to it. Even strangers who are not familiar with the situation will inevitably be startled. The dog was raised by Li Saner, a wealthy man from Yezi Hutong. He released the dog because he was angry and wanted to teach the person who spoke rudely a lesson."
