The road to get rich through salted fish

"Thanks for your hard work." Liang Feng nodded to Cui Butou, who was about to withdraw from the team, and asked politely, "Is it convenient for you tonight, I am the host of Tianxing Pavilion, and I hope everyone will show respect."

Cui Butou is an old fritter, knowing that Liang Feng has a very good relationship with Master Tongpan, and he is also a local wealthy businessman, so he naturally would not refuse, "Boss Liang, you are welcome, this is all my duty, since I am treating guests in Tianxing Pavilion , the brothers are going to get all dirty tonight."

Liang Feng laughed loudly, "Haha, let's make an agreement then!"

At this moment, two police officers came over with a thin scholar, and one of them saluted Catcher Cui, "My lord, I have been caught."

Both Liang Feng and Yun Chen looked at the person in front of him at the same time. He looked like an ordinary young scholar, but there was an inexhaustible gloomy look on his brows. At this moment, when his gloomy eyes came, Liang Feng couldn't help but look at Yun Chen. Chen held her in her arms.

Seeing this, Catcher Cui tilted his head to signal, and the officers under him were tactful, and immediately dragged this guy away and threw him on the ground.

Catcher Cui then turned his head and smiled at Liang Feng, "Then Cui will go back first, I believe the academy will handle this incident well."

"Go slowly, my lord."

Previously, Naluofuzi was frightened by the reason for the severe punishment by Cui Butou, and then he said everything.

The reason is that he kept an outside room in that alley, but he was discovered some time ago. Someone put a letter outside his room, threatening him to quietly unlock the door of the library at Haishi last night, and hang it on the handle. superior.Then I went to the third floor of the library early this morning to check the situation of the ancient books, and then put the blame on Yunchen, and drove Yunchen out of the academy while Mr. Tao was away on leave today.

Otherwise, if his good deeds were exposed, he would have nothing to do, not to mention how his well-born wife would treat him once the news spread. He must be fired.

Because the man explained everything clearly in the letter, he never knew the true face of the threat. However, when he went to open the door of the library last night, he kept an eye out and didn't leave immediately. He secretly hid in the shadow behind the house and watched for a while, and finally saw the sneaky person who entered the library later.

At this point, the situation was basically clear, so Catcher Cui sent someone to invite Vice President Wang, who was in charge of miscellaneous affairs in Cixi Academy, to come over to discuss the matter.

Previously, Luo Fuzi bullied Yun Chen to be young and inexperienced, and he insisted on thinking it was his fault, but he just wanted to assure himself that he took the initiative to take over the matter, and if it was too late, things would change. After all, many gentlemen in the academy cared for him. .

But Cui Butou didn't care so much. This incident is not big or small. The ancient books are of high value and were deliberately destroyed. There is no intention to make a big fuss, and after internal punishment, the perpetrators are only allowed to pay money, which is beyond reproach.

Cixi Academy has a high status in Shuzhou, so of course he is willing to save face for such mundane matters, and after the high-level discussion of the Academy, he will deal with them according to their wishes.

Seeing those people completely out of sight, Liang Feng raised his hand to touch Yun Chen's head, then patted his back lightly, and said in a warm voice, "Is my baby not scared today?"

Yunchen's small face was pressed against his generous chest, and it was squeezed out of shape.

Instead of pushing it away as usual and jumping up to resist proudly, he muttered in a low voice, "No way!"

Liang Feng smiled, let him go, and clasped his fists at the tall middle-aged man standing beside him, "Today, I'm going to ask Vice President Wang to come forward to protect the reputation of the child."

Vice President Wang always had a dignified and serious appearance, but at the moment his face was very serious, and he looked a little scary.

He shook his head at Liang Feng, then gave Luo Fuzi who was sitting slumped on the ground a hard look, and said in a deep voice, "In the final analysis, this time is my academy's fault. Let such a person become a master, and today's success is the result." What a disaster, the academy would like to say sorry to you."

A smile curled up on the corner of Liang Feng's mouth, but he didn't answer.

Luo Fuzi had basically explained what he knew, and Vice President Wang now focused on the student who was quickly brought over by the arrest and thrown on the ground.

He had a certain impression of this student, because he was from a poor family back then, so he cared a lot for the students from ordinary backgrounds in the academy, and this student named Li Han, his family background, Obviously, it cannot be described in general terms. He was already embarrassed to the point of copying books to get by.

Vice President Wang stood condescendingly, and spoke with authority, "Li Han, as a student of the Academy, how dare you do such a sinister thing and frame your classmates?"

The student who was called Li Han looked up at Yunchen and his son, then at Vice President Wang in front of him, slowly lowered his head, and said, "The student has nothing to say, please punish the president."

Vice President Wang was stunned for a moment before trembling, "So, you admit that you did all these things, threatening the teacher, destroying ancient books, and framing classmates?"

Li Han didn't respond, but nodded lightly, seemingly agreeing to the matter very happily.

Vice President Wang was not satisfied, he frowned and asked, "There is always a reason for everything, why do you do such a thing?"

At this moment, for some reason, Li Han actually raised his head again, looked at Yun Chen and Liang Feng and said slowly, "Probably because of jealousy, why should he have something that other people can't get with their hard work? , Whether it's the talent for reading, or the wealth?"

Vice President Wang asked again, "Just because of this ridiculous reason, do you dare to forget the words of the sages and do the deeds?"

Li Han narrowed his eyes slightly, and sneered, "Why don't you dare, the words of the saints can't help me, and I'm done with the government exam again."

Hearing this, Vice President Wang was furious, and his words also had the meaning of hating iron and steel, "You...you are only in your early twenties, why should you be so self-deprecating."

However, Li Han completely ignored his advice, looked away, shut up, lowered his head, and made no further sound.

Later, Vice President Wang asked a few more questions, and he always just nodded and shook his head in answer, and no matter what, he didn't say a word.

"Then do you know what the consequences of doing these things will be?"

Seeing that his body trembled obviously, a light flashed in Vice President Wang's eyes, and he continued, "You will be expelled from the academy, and with the reputation of Cixi Academy, there should be no more students in Nanzhili. If other academies take you in again, and your family is poor, you shouldn’t be able to hire a private teacher, your imperial examination path will come to an end, don’t you care?”

Li Han raised his head, looked straight at him, and smiled with the corners of his lips curled up, like a child who had just learned to speak, and slowly said, "I...since, dare to do it, I'm already mentally prepared."

Looking at everything that was going on in front of him, and seeing Li Han's black boots that were so worn that his toes could be seen, Liang Feng unconsciously squinted his eyes.

The man moved at will, and he stepped forward and asked, "May I ask the dean, what is the price of those ancient books that have been destroyed? If they are converted into silver, how much compensation does this student need?"

This topic is very vulgar, but it made Vice President Wang and Li Han change their faces at the same time.

Vice President Wang glanced at Liang Feng with a strange expression, then pondered for a moment, stroked his beard and said slowly, "The old man has checked carefully before, and a total of 200 books have been damaged this time, eight of which can still be repaired, and the other five can still be repaired." The damage was so severe that it was basically unrecognizable, and two of the severely damaged volumes were orphans donated by Chen Jun's Xie family. Their value cannot be measured by money. But things have happened, and compensation is also necessary. A total of [-] taels!"

Liang Feng looked at the people on the ground and smiled softly, "Dean Renyi, this little brother must be able to get all the money."

Li Han raised his eyes and stared at Liang Feng viciously, his eyes almost wanted to tear him apart and eat his flesh.

After a moment of silence, Li Han took a deep breath, raised his head, and said without fear of boiling water, "I don't have that much money."

Liang Feng still chuckled, "If you don't have money, it's fine. If you don't have money, you always have houses and fields, wives and children, sisters and brothers. These are all... people, you have to take responsibility for everything..."

Hearing this, Vice President Wang's complexion changed, and he felt a little unbearable.

Although Li Han did something wrong, it was not the academy's original intention to force people to sell their ancestral property, or even sell their sons and daughters.

Li Han was trembling all over, he naturally understood that if he couldn't come up with the money, after the academy reported to the government, he could force him as the head of the household, the house under his name, and even his wife and younger sister who hadn't left the cabinet. compensation.

"I can't... I can't..."

He kept begging, his voice almost hoarse.

Vice President Wang sighed deeply, 200 taels of silver is not a small amount, and it is not up to him alone whether to pay compensation or not, and he has to wait for President Tang to come back to decide.

Liang Feng took the opportunity to say, "After all, this incident happened because of a child. The Academy can be said to be the most innocent existence, but suffered the damage of ancient books in vain. My family is also considered a small asset. Today I am willing to donate 1 taels of silver to Cixi Academy , to make a small compensation."

It's nice to have money to kill people.

As soon as the words fell, Vice President Wang's eyes widened instantly, 1 taels, no kidding, 1 taels can almost buy half of the Zangshu Pavilion.

The spring sunshine was just right, and the breeze passed through the forest, leaving a rustling sound. Liang Feng led Li Han out of the academy.

"Let's go!"

Li Han hesitated for a moment, then slowly climbed into the exquisite and gorgeous carriage.