Poor Family

  Chapter 34 Break up

   Li Yanqing lowered his head in frustration, he never thought that he would fall short in the end, and was heard by Master Yao Ding, Master! Master! Why are you so stubborn? If you have to fight against your apprentice, can't you just pretend you didn't hear it?

  At this time, Ma Fu, the magistrate of the county, seized the opportunity and roared, "You guys are so courageous!"

When Li Yanqing looked up, he saw Ma Fu's hideous and ugly face, and his triangular eyes were burning with hatred. Li Yanqing suddenly thought of his father. Not only was his bright future ruined, but he was also poor for so many years. The root of the misfortune is the magistrate.

   Li Yanqing was also burning with anger in his heart, he simply fought it out, stood up and clasped his fists and said: "Master cannot be present during the debate, the judges must prevent him from entering."

  Liu Zhixian nodded, and ordered Xuezheng Yao Wannian: "Yao Ding yelled for no reason, disrupting the debate, and kicked him out of the county school!"

  Wang Gui and Tang Huai's faces turned pale with fright, Brother Qing actually wanted to drive Master out, and they would have to be cramped and skinned by Master when they went back.

  Although Yao Ding was very angry, he was persuaded out of the county school by Yao Wannian and a few staff members.

  But Ma Fu, the magistrate of the county, refused to let Li Yanqing go. He said viciously: "How dare you change the topic to cheat and destroy the Boys' Association, what a dare, tell me! Who did the good thing?"

  Li Yanqing said neither humble nor overbearing: "I came up with this question, but it is definitely not cheating. We have not violated the rules."

   "How dare you talk back!"

   Ma Fu slapped the table and roared: "Come on, drive them out!"

  Several practitioners stepped forward to drive them away, and the three old scholars were helpless, they could only look at them sympathetically, but the students from Tang Beixiang on the opposite side were secretly happy, they were about to turn the tables and win.

   At this moment, Liu Zhen, the county magistrate, waved his hand suddenly, "Wait a minute!"

   Several staff members stopped in their tracks, Ma Fu was stunned, and said very dissatisfied: "Isn't Liu Zhixian trying to cover them up?"

   Liu Zhen said indifferently: "You were the one who asked him just now, and he answered truthfully, but you scolded him for talking back. If he doesn't answer, are you going to say that he despises the superior again?"

  The horse talisman was pushed back at once, and after a long while, he said bitterly: "But they are cheating, there is nothing wrong with that!"

   "Right and wrong have their own justice, you just listen to their grievances."

   Liu Zhen said to Li Yanqing again: "I'll give you a chance to explain, let's talk!"

Li Yanqing bowed deeply, "Thank you magistrate for giving the students the opportunity to appeal. This question is indeed given by the students. According to Article 5 of the re-examination rules, both schools will write the questions separately, but there is no rule that the questions must be asked by the master. , The students are also members of the school, and the students' questions are in full compliance with the rules.

  As for the master’s reprimand just now, it’s because the students didn’t communicate with the master in advance, but this is just an internal conflict between the master and the student, and has nothing to do with the competition. Please learn from the magistrate and the county magistrate! "

Liu Zhen nodded, "I made the rules of the Boys' Association. When I made the rules, I never thought that the teacher must come up with the questions. It was only because of the limited knowledge of the students that I formed the practice of the master's questions. It's not a rule, the county feels that Li Xuezi did not violate the rules by writing a question."

  He asked the three old scholars again, "What do you think?"

The three old scholars discussed it, and the presiding officer said: "Frankly speaking, this question is very clever. Maybe it's because I have too little experience. This couplet is the most wonderful couplet I have ever seen. Even I We may not have imagined it, and we feel that since the Boys' Association is for the selection of talents, then punishing Li Xuezi will go against the original intention."

  The three old scholars did not want to offend the county magistrate, so they expressed their opinions from the couplet itself, implicitly supporting the county magistrate.

   "You don't think there should be punishment, right!" Liu Zhen chased after him, and he must show their attitude.

  The three of them had no choice but to make it clear: "There really shouldn't be punishment!"

   Liu Zhen asked Yao Wannian again, "What about Xuezheng's attitude?"

  Yao Wannian did not evade, and said frankly: "Only in terms of rules, they really did not violate the rules."

Ma Fu's face turned red and then turned white. Liu Zhen was obviously using the topic to target himself. He restrained his anger and said coldly: "Since Liu Zhixian thinks that they have not fouled, then I can't go on judging. This year's boy Will I quit!"

  He flicked his sleeves, turned around and walked away, leaving everyone dumbfounded. The county magistrate and the county magistrate had a stalemate, and the magistrate retired from the competition. This was the first time such a thing had happened.

  Xuezheng Yao Wannian was a little nervous and said: "The county magistrate, the county magistrate cannot withdraw from the Boys' Association, let the subordinates go down and persuade him to come back!"

  Liu Zhen snorted disdainfully, "Don't try to persuade him, let him go, Li Guanren will come tomorrow, and he promises to be more active than anyone else."

   Liu Zhen waved his hand, "Go on! Don't be affected."

  Everyone sat down again, and the presiding officer looked at Ji Shixiang, who saw that it was almost over, and asked, "Has Tang Beixiang come up with an answer?"

The four students from Tangbei Township were stunned for a while. There was such an uproar. Who would have the mind to solve the problem? hope.

  Li You stood up and saluted: "Reporting to the judges, we refuse to answer this question."

The presiding officer nodded, and said to Li Yanqing: "According to the rules, since the other party refuses to answer, you have to solve the question. If you can't answer it, or the answer is not up to standard, then the other party will score. Please solve the question. !"

  Li Yanqing wrote the second couplet with confidence and submitted it.

  Everyone rushed up to look at the second couplet, only to see that Li Yanqing was right that the second couplet was: Shu Lin Han Mo Han Lin Shu.

   Liu Zhen took the first couplet again and read it twice:

  Draw the lotus monk painting,

  Book Lin Han Mo Hanlin Shu.

   "What a wonderful couplet!"

   Everyone praised it together, and Liu Zhen couldn't put it down even more, so he smiled at Li Yanqing: "Give me this couplet!"

  Li Yanqing hurriedly saluted, "It's a student's honor that the county magistrate likes it."

  The presiding officer struck while the iron was hot, and immediately announced: "The first debate in the second round, Lushan Town Academy won."

  The four of them cheered and hugged each other excitedly, but the students of Tang Beixiang looked sad. For the first time in five years, they lost.

Outside the door of the inn, Li Yanqing and Yue Fei knelt at the door and begged the master to calm down. Yao Ding didn't beat them in anger, but closed the door and ignored them. They had knelt for two hours and didn't even eat dinner. Yao Ding Even if they ignored them, they didn't dare to get up, so they had to bite the bullet and continue to kneel down.

  At this moment, there were footsteps on the stairs, and Tang Zhengzong walked in excitedly. He saw the four students kneeling on the ground, and asked in surprise, "What are you doing?"

The four hurriedly asked him for help, Tang Zhengzong immediately understood, blinked at them, and pretended to be angry: "You guys! You are too courageous, no wonder Master Yao is going to be angry, if I were to beat you all to pieces. .”

  At this time, Yao Ding's voice came from the room, "Tang Lang-jun, come in if you have anything to say!"

Tang Zhengzong walked into the room and saw Yao Ding sitting at the table sulking, so he stepped forward and said with a smile: "Master Yao, why is he angry with a group of children? The news has already spread in the county after entering the Tangbei Township Academy, and soon all the fellow villagers in the county will come to the inn to congratulate!"

Yao Ding heard that his fellow countrymen were coming to congratulate him, so he could only sigh and said, "They make me both happy and angry. It's really unexpected to beat Tang Beixiang Academy, but they secretly changed the topic without telling me. Don’t take my master seriously.”

   "How dare they despise Master, they are actually afraid that Master Yao will not agree. They are also people who respect Master at ordinary times. In order to win honor for Master, Master Yao will teach them a lesson and let them remember it."

  Since Tang Zhengzong interceded, Yao Ding was not good at not giving him face. In fact, his anger was about to dissipate. He just needed to find a step, and Tang Zhengzong happened to come.

   "Come in, four of you!"

  The four of them got up and ran into the house, bowed their heads obediently and stood in front of the master. Yao Ding shouted, "Stretch out your hands."

  The four stretched out their palms, Yao Ding slapped them three times with the bamboo whip, You Qi slapped Li Yanqing five times, and gave him a hard look.

  Yao Ding scolded them angrily again: "Do you think Master is a rigid person who doesn't know how to adapt? Master will be unhappy if the apprentice presents a good topic? You underestimate me too!"

   Li Yanqing said in shame: "The student knows his mistake."

  Yue Fei also hurriedly said: "Students shouldn't hide from Master."

Wang Gui and Tang Huai also bowed their heads to admit their mistakes, and Yao Ding said again: "The reason for punishing you is because you disrespected Master. Although it was not your intention, you did it. I didn't teach you before, but today I want you to understand, Do you remember?"

   "We remember!"

   "For your Uncle Tang's sake this time, please forgive me once. If you dare to commit another crime next time, I will expel you from the school and sever the relationship between master and student. Thank you Uncle Tang, let's go to dinner!"

   Everyone thanked Tang Zhengzong and ran to the front yard to eat.

  Tang Zhengzong watched them go away, and then said to Yao Ding: "Just got the notice from the county government, the magistrate Li Daguan will arrive tomorrow, and the county magistrate will go to greet them. We will have a day off tomorrow, and the final will be held the day after tomorrow."

  (end of this chapter)