"Li Ling? Are you a candidate who participated in this provincial examination and lived in Zhegui Garden?" Zhang He looked at him with interest and asked with a smile.

This once again attracted a burst of envy among the people around him. It was obvious that his performance was attracted by Zhang Rushi's eyes and would be of great benefit to his future. Some people even thought with jealousy, why did they not have such good luck, but they benefited such a guy. Obviously, they completely ignored that the chances were equal when Zhang Hefeng was besieged by Luo Feng and others just now, but they just couldn't seize it.

Li Ling still seemed neither arrogant nor humble, and replied with a smile: "That's right. Although I know that business can promote the country, if I really want to do something for the people of the world, becoming an official is the most convenient way."

"Haha, if you have this heart, you will definitely make a difference in the future. I will remember you." Zhang Hefeng nodded to him with a smile, and was about to end today's lecture. To be honest, he experienced the ups and downs just now, and he really felt tired after experiencing the narrative and ups and downs.

Unexpectedly, Li Ling took a few steps and came to the scholar who was the first to propose to suppress business affairs. He looked at him with a smile: "Brother, I have a lot of opinions on what you have said just now, and I want to say a few more words."

"What do you... want to say?" The man who had seen his sharp words was panic in his heart, and even his words were a little unscrupulous. Zhang Hefeng, who was above, also stopped moving at this moment, looked at Li Ling thoughtfully, wanting to see what he had to say.

Li Ling looked at the other party with a smile on his face and a plain tone: "You have a lot of opinions about businessmen just now. I have already expressed these things before, so I won't go into details now. What I want to say now is some of your prejudices about the Wan family. I'm afraid this is also caused by your jealousy?"

"You...you're talking nonsense, that's not the case!"

"Do you understand in your heart? It is really absurd and unreasonable remark that the prefect criticizes the businessman with the reason why the magistrates are the guests of the Wan family but treats you coldly as a scholar. Do you know how many industries the Wan family has in Hengzhou and how many people's livelihoods? What's wrong with the prefect having more contacts with the Wan family because of their concern for the livelihood of the people? As for students like you and me, it sounds nice to say that they are pillars of the country, but what are the benefits of our country and the people now? Apart from talking here, we almost accomplish nothing. So in my opinion, we cannot compare with the Wan family now. I hope that brothers can know themselves. Don't say such laughter again." Li Ling said, bowed to the other party in a daze, and then retreated.

All the other scholars around him had their faces turned pale and wanted to refute him, but they couldn't come up with a suitable statement for a while. They were naturally angry with Li Ling's statement that everyone had accomplished nothing, but if they thought about it carefully, they were really useless to the people of the country. It was not too much to say that they were a rice worm, so they had to give up in the end.

Zhang Hefeng looked at Li Ling at this time and continued to appreciate it. He looked at him deeply, remembered him in his heart, and then said: "Okay, today's lecture ends here. I hope you can learn some experience and knowledge from it and add some strength to achieve something in the future."

Then everyone stood up in a daze and watched the old man leave slowly. Everyone was filled with strange emotions. The lecture was a good lecture, but in the end, a series of changes occurred, which made everyone forget the truth of the previous principles.

As everyone dispersed, Xu Cang looked worried. After enduring for a while, he finally looked at Li Ling and said, "Wen Zhong, are you a little too aggressive today? In this way, the Luo surnamed Luo will be offended to death. He is a prominent family in Xuzhou."

"Brother Xu actually saw it?" Li Ling looked at him with some joke.

"What can't be seen? It's obvious that the second half of today's lecture was a game made by the other party, in order to use Zhang Ru to promote the name of Luo Feng. Even the whole lecture was deliberately arranged by them, and being able to do this is enough to show that the Luo family is not very powerful in Xuzhou." Xu Cang said seriously, "I'm not a fool. Maybe I can't see this thing at first, but can't I see it thoroughly later?

"No, we are not talking about this, we are worried about you. If you do this, there will be endless troubles. Don't you worry about it at all?"

Li Ling felt warm in his heart, happy for his friend's concern, but said, "The future troubles may naturally exist, but compared with the income, these future troubles are not worth mentioning. This time I became famous in Xuzhou and I also made friends with great scholars like Zhang Ru. Compared with this, those future troubles are not worth mentioning."

"I still feel a little uneasy. The Luo family's methods are so despicable, they must be villains. As the saying goes, it is better to offend gentlemen than villains. They can do anything to do."

"Although it's good, the premise is that the Luo family will have a chance to take action next. I think they are unable to protect themselves, so why dare to cause trouble for me?"

"Hmm?" Xu Cang thought for a moment and understood what he meant, "Do you think Mr. Zhang Ru will attack them?"

"What's wrong?"

"But he is a great scholar...how can he be, how can he be..." Xu Cang was not good at speaking for a moment, so he couldn't say that Zhang Daru would revenge his grudges.

Li Ling said, "It is true that he is a great scholar, but a great scholar is not a saint. He can still repay grievances with virtue and commit suicide. In fact, what Confucius always emphasized is to repay grievances with righteousness and repay kindness with virtue! The actions of the Luo family this time are too bad, and it is really for the reputation of Zhang Rushi. If he does not even take revenge on this, how can he gain a foothold in the cavalry in the future?"

Xu Cang was stunned, and for a moment he didn't know what to think. After ten years of hard work, he had almost never experienced any intrigues, but now he had some insight. Just thinking about it carefully, he thought not to be a big scholar who everyone admired. Will he even act like suppression and revenge like those in the officialdom?

Li Ling sighed and said, "Brother Xu, I know you are a bright and bright person, but now there is no such a gentleman's foothold in this world? It is easy to say that he is alone, but in the end he is more relaxed with Guangchen. Although Mr. Zhang Ru is a great scholar, he was once a high-ranking official in the court, and he has been with His Majesty for more than twenty years. How could he do it without having to wait for the provincial examination? So let's watch it. I don't have to wait until the provincial examination, and the Luo family will have a result."

Xu Cang fell into silence. If it were as Li Ling said, this incident would have had a great impact on him.

...

After experiencing this incident, Li Ling and the others have no interest in these so-called lectures. After all, the greater purpose of these gatherings is to make someone famous or make friends early, and the help for the next provincial examination is very small.

Since this is the case, it is better to stay in the inn yard and carefully review the books and prepare for the exam. Taking this opportunity to write a few more articles and have a better understanding of the meaning of the scriptures, maybe you can also be more confident in the exam.

So time slowly flows through the essays of the calligraphy. Three days later, it will be August 12th, and the provincial examination will be launched tomorrow morning.

That morning, when Li Ling and the others went to the inn to have a meal, they found that the few candidates next to him looked at him with a strange look. Before he could think about whether to ask them, the words of the two drinkers next to him reached their ears:

"This time, the Luo family is in trouble."

"That's right. In just two or three days, people have been exposed one after another that they have caused the death of people to seek people's land. Even if these cases are verified in the end, they will be enough for them to drink."

"How could it be wrong? Now the people and physical evidence in the government office are complete. The victim said that if the yamen does not give justice, they will sue the governor's office, or even go to the capital to sue the imperial court, which is naturally sure."

Their conversation also aroused the curiosity of other drinkers on the table, and hurriedly leaned over and smiled: "I have heard of this, but haven't there been similar cases before that have been exposed? How could they easily resolve them before, but this time they are so passive?"

"Can this be the same? In the past, the Luo family could naturally turn black and white against us and other people, but this time, there were more than a dozen Shilin Wenren who promoted this case. There were two senior officials in the court who retired. They were watching. Even if the prefect wanted to maintain it, they would probably think about their own gains and losses."

"How could this be?"

"Why, aren't you in the city recently? You didn't even know such a big deal?" The man said with great enthusiasm. After drinking a sip of wine to moisten his throat, he said again, "It's because the Luo family itself has set up a strong enemy and it's not good to offend anyone, that he actually offended Zhang Daru to death.

"Who is Zhang Daru? That's the leader of our two Huai Shilin. He only needs one thing. Some of them are disciples and old officials who run for him. The Luo family was also blinded by lard and actually wanted to make their son famous by stepping on Zhang Daru. But the matter didn't work. Luo Feng became a joke and even brought his family into it completely.

"Now more than ten large and small cases are under the pressure of their heads, and the whole family is already in panic. And there are many people in the city who also have a grudge against him, and they are ready to move. Even if the Luo family is not defeated, they will be greatly damaged. The so-called four families in Xuzhou, Yang Tao and Luohua are probably going to turn into three families."

The gloating words made people sigh again. For ordinary people, the collapse of such aristocratic families is naturally welcome, especially when you are still unkind.

Xu Cang looked at Li Ling in surprise at this time. Everything was as he said. With this move, Master Zhang Ru would kill the Luo family!
Chapter completed!