Aoyama Chronicle

Tian Ping was still secretly busy spreading rumors, and there was a big incident in Zhang's bookstore the next day.After Tian Ping learned the whole thing, he couldn't help clicking his tongue, this Zhong Yiwen was really too scary.Sure enough, it was right to choose to befriend him.Tian Ping immediately took the things Zhong Yiwen asked him to do more seriously.

It turned out that there were obscene picture books and booklets in the Zhangjia Bookstore, but these obscene things were still wrapped in normal book covers, and placed in the middle of the books that rich friends like to buy.If some buddies accidentally bought these back, they would naturally not come to Zhangjiashu to make trouble if they were thin-skinned, and could not afford to lose their face.But the bad thing is that it is the period of the rural examination, and the students in the Qingzhou state capital are all over the street. These students have nothing to pass the time while waiting for the results, so there are more people visiting the bookstore.There are always some students from other places who don't know the situation of the bookstore, and will accidentally wander into the place specially prepared for buddies.As a result, those obscene books were immediately discovered by the students on the spot.

At that moment, all the students in the book shop exploded, and there were hundreds of books found in the Zhang family book shop.The folks at the Zhang Family Bookstore were a little puzzled, and only said that these books were bought by his young master, and they didn't know about it.In the end, someone reported directly to the official to deal with it.

The government of Qingzhou was originally worried that these students would cause trouble in the city, so it prepared a lot of manpower to patrol the streets. When someone yelled, a dozen people immediately entered the bookshop.After learning about the situation, those people also simply sealed off the Zhang family's bookstore, and took all those things into custody as evidence in court.

The news about the Zhang Family Bookstore quickly spread in the city, and the speed of the spread was a bit frightening.What happened in the morning is known to everyone in the city by the afternoon.

These students had been anxiously waiting for the results to be released every day in the city, and many of them were a little restless. Now that the Zhangjia Bookshop incident happened, they immediately found a vent.At the moment, some students jointly signed a letter requesting that such obscene businesses like Zhangjiashusi be thoroughly investigated and closed down, those who committed crimes be severely punished, and the students should be returned to a clean and scholarly place.Some students even openly blocked the official sedan chair of the current chief examiner on the street to hand over the book request.The incident became more and more troublesome, until it finally reached the place of Mr. Lu Bonian, the first-rank minister of the imperial court who had just arrived in Qingzhou, who was ordered to inspect the examination room of the township examination.

Mr. Lu Bonian is a well-known contemporary Confucian in Yan State, and he has a very good reputation among the students.As soon as Mr. Lu heard about this, he immediately charged the case and ordered the prefect of Qingzhou to investigate it immediately. He must not allow the existence of disturbing the reputation of a scholarly place and damaging the reputation of scholars like this.

What happened next was something Zhong Yiwen never thought of.

The prefect of Qingzhou quickly ordered people to take down all the people in the Zhangjiashu shop in the state capital, and then sent people to close all the shops of the Zhangjiashu shop in other parts of Qingzhou for inspection.In the end, of course, only the Zhang family's bookstore in the state capital produced obscene books.The Zhang family is also very bachelor, and immediately confessed that the person in charge here is Zhang Dufeng, the third young master of the Zhang family, and they really didn't know about it.Moreover, Zhang Dufeng took over the bookstore here after he came to Qingzhou Prefecture to prepare for the rural examination. Such a thing had never happened in the Zhangjia Bookstore before.Zhang Dufeng's reputation spread quickly.

The Qingzhou magistrate's sentence was also very harsh. All the Zhang family's bookstores were immediately closed down. The main criminal, Zhang Dufeng, was deprived of his reputation as a scholar and was imprisoned for three years.

The result of this punishment came out before the ranking was released, which shows how much effort the prefect of Qingzhou spent.

This incident will be brought up along with scientific research for many years to come, known as the "Qingzhou Zhangshu incident", which shows how influential it is.

Several chief examiners of the township examination checked the admission list they had already drawn up, and immediately crossed out Zhang Dufeng, who ranked first 52, and adjusted the rankings of everyone behind by one place. The student of [-] successfully entered the list.This lucky one is none other than the old scholar who is familiar with Zhong Yiwen.

Sometimes it is really just a single thought and it will be a thousand miles away.Zhong Yiwen originally just wanted to punish Zhang Dufeng a little and damage the reputation of the Zhang Family Book Shop, so he secretly asked someone to change the books in the Zhang Family Book Shop. He was afraid that the number of books in the Zhang Family Book Shop would be too small to attract the attention of others, so he exchanged 100 books. Multiple copies.I didn't expect that these things, which are easily seen in the brothel and Chu hall, would cause such a big reaction when they were placed in the bookstore.This is also Zhong Yiwen's lack of understanding of ancient scholars' love of Qingming. Some things can be said openly in some places, but in some places they can't even be mentioned.Coupled with this sensitive period of waiting for the release of the rankings, Zhang Dufeng was tragic in the end.

Will Zhong Yiwen feel guilty towards Zhang Dufeng?The answer is of course no.Zhong Yiwen didn't care about Zhang Dufeng's previous provocation to Zhong Yiwen, which doesn't mean he didn't know about it.Now that Zhang Dufeng actually bullied Qin Fei, Zhong Yiwen wished he could stab him with his own hands, so how could he feel guilty.

In the morning when the rankings were released seven days later, Tian Ping and the others gathered at Zhong Yiwen's house again.They had made an appointment to watch the list together before, so they still had breakfast together, and went out when the time was almost up.

Chang Le and Hou Wenchang felt flat towards Zhang Dufeng, especially after Zhang Dufeng took the initiative to alienate them, which made them feel a little shameless.But after they heard about Zhang Dufeng, they were slightly surprised, and now they can calmly evaluate with Zhong Yiwen and the others.

"Have you all heard about Brother Zhang?" Chang Le was the first to bring up this topic.

Hou Wenchang shook his head: "It's a pity!"

Tian Ping took a look at Zhong Yiwen, and found that Zhong Yiwen was still smiling so naturally, without any abnormality.He couldn't help but wonder if he thought wrong. In fact, Zhang Dufeng's accident was really just a coincidence.

Wu Yuan'an is the most direct. He has never had a good impression of Zhang Dufeng. If Zhong Yiwen hadn't stopped him several times, he might have had several disputes with Zhang Dufeng: "Cunning bastard with a dirty mind, what is there to regret about such a person?" ?”

Hou Wenchang was choked immediately, unable to utter a word.

Tian Ping laughed: "Brother Wu, don't be angry. Brother Hou probably just regrets Zhang Dufeng's literary talent and doesn't mention his character. Of course, Brother Hou, Zhang Dufeng is no longer a scholar, so there is no need to be so humble and treat him as a scholar." My friend 'Brother Zhang', he is really not worthy of us calling him brother!"

"Yes!" Chang Le immediately echoed Tian Ping's words, "We treat people as brothers, but it's a pity that people don't necessarily think of us that way. You see, we have known him for a long time. Who of you knew that his family opened a bookshop. The next time we wanted to read a book, didn’t we always come to Brother Zhong to borrow it, and we had to take turns to compete for the time to read it, did he say anything?”

Zhong Yiwen said inexplicably: "After all, they run a book store, which is different from my family's own collection of books."

"Brother Zhong, people treat the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, but it's the other way around for you!" Wu Yuanan joked rarely.

Zhong Yiwen was a little dumbfounded, but Chang Le and Tian Ping laughed outright.Hou Wenchang, who was a little depressed at first, also laughed: "Yes, I still think too simply. Brother Wu, Brother Tian, ​​please forgive me."

"Don't talk about forgiveness or not. Is it a lie that we have known each other for so long? We are brothers, so don't say such things." Tian Ping grinned at Hou Wenchang, "However, I listened to what my uncle said. Originally, Zhang Dufeng really got on the list this time, and his ranking was quite high. However, when the Zhangjia Bookshop incident happened, they were crossed off by the chief examiner. Instead, one person who had already failed was put on the list. When the rankings are released later, pay attention to who is the last one, whoever is the lucky one."

Chang Le shouted in surprise: "That is really lucky, he should thank Zhang Dufeng!"

Hou Wenchang looked at a few people, and then guessed wildly: "Could this person be among us?"

"Don't be so crow-mouthed!" Wu Yuan'an didn't think it was an honor to be replaced on the list at all, let alone Zhang Dufeng's name.

Tian Ping patted Wu Yuanan on the shoulder: "Ah, ah, ah! No one else will know about this replacement. It doesn't matter even if I get the top spot. I think it's useless if I want to top that spot. You guys probably won't." Without that quota, we all have to relax."

"Before the announcement of this matter, who can say it clearly?" Hou Wenchang frowned slightly, thinking that he was a little unconfident about whether he could pass the exam.When he just left the examination room, Hou Wenchang was still full of confidence, but as time passed, Hou Wenchang became more and more uneasy, and always felt that he seemed to have no chance.This is the second time for him to participate in the rural examination. In the previous Xuzhou rural examination, he came out in the same situation as he is now, and he just fell off the list.Now he doubts that history will repeat itself.

This is also the mood of many students. At first they are very confident, then they start to deny themselves, and in the end they don't even have the courage to look at the rankings.

This is the third time for Chang Le to participate in the township examination. He has already experienced many battles, but he is more confident than Hou Wenchang: "Okay, okay, I have some confidence, the time is almost up, let's go!"

"That's right, which one of you has a brother, I'm miserable, I'm not sad yet, why are you sad?" Tian Ping cried, "No, I have to say something first, you all have to remember clearly."

"You take the chariot, I wear a hat, and I get off the car when I meet someday. You carry the hat, and I step on the horse, and I will be your next day when I meet."