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"Humph, Brother Shrike has a noble temperament, and Liu really can't reach that high level. Brother Zheng, Brother Zhang, and Liu say goodbye!" Liu Chong is also a proud and arrogant person. How could he be so angry? Moreover, Li Zheng angrily rebuked him.

She was much younger than him, so he became even more furious after hearing this. After saying this, he waved his sleeves and left the private room.

Zheng Jing and Zhang Kuang next to them wanted to stay, but in the end they hesitated, and they could only watch Liu Chong leave. Liu Chong was second only to Zheng Jing in age among the five, but he was equal to Zheng Jing in talent and learning.

They were one step behind. They were admitted as scholars last year together with Zhou Chong and Li Zheng.

It may also be because of the age gap that he is subconsciously jealous of Zhou Chong and Li Zheng, who are nearly ten years younger than him, and has small conflicts with them from time to time. Zheng Jing and Zhang Kuang are also very shrewd.

People also understand Liu Chong's thoughts very clearly, but they have been together for many years, which makes them embarrassed to point out each other's shortcomings directly.

When Liu Chong walked out of the private room, he saw that Zheng Jing and Zhang Kuang did not save him, and his anger became even stronger. He snorted again and walked down the stairs angrily. But when he arrived at the hall downstairs,

But I heard someone shouting in the hall: "I see, the Song family father and son did such a despicable thing, no wonder Mr. Zhou would take such drastic measures!"

"The Song family is so shameless. They actually used this method to force the Zhou family. Let me tell you, Mr. Zhou's method yesterday was quite light. It would be better to bankrupt the Song family!" said a person at another table.

The loud voice was also shouting.

"People's hearts are not ancient! People's hearts are not ancient! The Song family is just shameless. How could Zhou Zhong use such despicable methods like them? What a pity! What a pity!" A few old scholars in the corner shook their heads.

Sighing, although they also felt that Zhou Zhong's actions were inappropriate, the feelings revealed in his tone were already biased towards Zhou Zhong.

"Tsk, tsk~, that Miss Zhou is really strong-tempered, to be able to do such a thing, she is really unworthy of women, the Song family is unwilling to marry such a good woman, it is simply blinding the Song family's father and son!

"Another young man dressed as a scholar waved his fan and praised, saying that he is not afraid of catching typhoid in such a cold weather.

Hearing the voices in the hall unanimously attacking the Song family, and even praising Miss Zhou? Liu Chong couldn't help but feel strange. When he went upstairs just now, although there were people in the hall who supported Zhou Zhong, there were also many who thought that Zhou Zhong had done something.

It was too mean, but in just a moment, why did the discussion in the hall start to overwhelmingly support Zhou Zhonglai?

Thinking of this, Liu Chong felt strange and listened carefully, wanting to know more about the grievances between Zhou Zhong and the Song family. However, there were many people in the hall talking about this and that. Although they were all discussing the same thing,

The focus of the discussion at each table was different. Liu Chong was dizzy when he heard it, but finally heard the focus of the matter.

It turns out that the reason why Zhou Zhong clashed with the Song family was because the Song family had previously forced Zhou Zhong to cancel his sister's marriage to the second son of the Song Dynasty in the name of extorting debts. In this way, the whole matter became a shameless affair of the Song family.

First of all, yesterday Zhou Zhong just took the opportunity to take revenge. Although the method was a bit disgraceful, it was understandable.

"Humph, you deserve to break off the engagement. The Song family is now at its peak, but your Zhou family has suddenly fallen into decline. If you have any self-knowledge, you should take the initiative to break off the engagement and not have others come to humiliate you. It is in vain for you, Zhou Zhong, to be called a prodigy. It's simply

You are so stupid!" Liu Chong walked out of the gate of Pinxiang Tower with a sinister expression on his face. His jealousy of Zhou Chong had gone deep into his bones. Even now that the Zhou family was in decline, he still could not hear the slightest praise for Zhou.

If it's serious.

Just as Liu Chong left Pinxiang Tower, in the private room of Lanting Pavilion upstairs, Zheng Jing and Zhang Kuang also learned from Li Zheng the reason for the conflict between Zhou Chong and the Song family. Zheng Jing suddenly slammed the table

, stood up with an angry face and said: "The Song family is indeed a shameless villain.

, Wenda's family has just been in trouble. As an in-law, instead of helping in times of crisis, they also made such a move to add insult to injury. At the same time, it also stained Miss Zhou's reputation. Such a shameless move, even if

It’s not an exaggeration to kill the Song family and his son!”

Zheng Jing was the most upright man, and he especially disliked those who bullied others. He usually liked to fight against injustices, and was very popular among ordinary people in Songjiang Prefecture. It was precisely because of this that he was dissatisfied with the Song family's father and son's actions in forcing Zhou Chong to break off the engagement.

He was also the most angry, and any doubt he had about Zhou Zhong in his heart disappeared immediately.

Seeing Zheng Jing's reaction, Li Zheng also stood up and said: "How happy! People like the Song family and his son naturally don't need to talk to them about morality. Wen Dacai only cheated the other party for seventy taels. If it were me,

, I have to defraud the Song family for thousands or tens of thousands of taels!"

Seeing that the two close friends looked jealous, Zhang Kuang, who had always been kind-hearted, acted very calmly and asked Li Zheng: "Sir, are you sure about the news that the Song family has broken off their engagement? Where did you hear it?

"

"Absolutely sure. I spent ten big bucks on this matter, and it took a lot of effort to get it out of one person's mouth. And not only do I know that many people have already gotten the news, it has already been spread in the hall downstairs.

It's open." Li Zheng sat down again and took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and then said somewhat mysteriously, "Also, speaking of the matter of breaking off the engagement, there is an episode that you may not believe even if I tell you about it."

"Oh, what's the episode?" Everyone is bound to have a tendency to gossip, such as Zheng Jing and Zhang Kuang. Although they were worried about the situation of their friend Zhou Chong, they couldn't help but come over to ask after hearing Li Zheng's words.

"Hey, didn't I just say that I spent ten big bucks to buy this news from a person. This person is actually a rogue who lives near the Zhou Mansion. He even witnessed the Song family's divorce on the same day.

If you two dear friends want to hear about it, we can stick to the old rules, ten cents for three people

Let’s split it evenly. I ran such a long way before, so I only need two cents, and the rest is four cents for each of you!” Li Zheng stretched out his hand and made a gesture that everyone knows about asking for money. Even though he is a scholar, he

When it comes to money, he is a person who likes to care about everything. He is not willing to lose even a penny.

If you think that Li Zheng is a poor scholar who loves money as much as his life, you are wrong. In fact, Li Zheng also came from a wealthy family, with tens of thousands of dollars in his family. However, their family's business is not in Songjiang, but in Songjiang.

It is concentrated in Suzhou and Hangzhou, so its local reputation in Songjiang is not very prominent.

The Li family has been doing business for generations, and it was only in Li Zheng's generation that a scholar like Li Zheng finally emerged. Li Zheng's father and uncles all regarded him as the family's hope for an official career, and they usually treated Li Zheng with almost a hundred percent disdain.

Yi Baishun, how could he, who comes from such a family, be short of money?

However, not lacking money does not mean that he does not care about money. Li Zheng may have been influenced by the Li family's business for generations, and his concept of money is different from that of ordinary scholars. He believes that the money that should be spent should not be less, but the money that should not be spent,

But you can't spend a penny more. You have to settle accounts clearly between brothers, let alone friends?

Zheng Jing and Zhang Kuang have known Li Zheng for many years, so they naturally know the bad habits of their friend. In addition, they also know that although Li Zheng seems to be very demanding, he is definitely the most generous one if his friends are in trouble.

For example, when Zhou Zhong's family was in trouble, they went to visit together some time ago. Li Zheng said that he would pay off all the debts owed by Zhou Zhong, but Zhou Zhong refused to do so. For this reason, the two almost quarreled, but Zhang Kuang finally chose

The dispute between the two was settled by smoothing things over.

I saw Zheng Jing and Zhang Kuang looking at each other, and they both saw a bit of helplessness in each other's eyes. Then they took out their wallets, counted out four cents and handed them to Li Zhengdao: "Here, you can talk now."

?”

Li Zheng smiled and counted the eight coins, carefully put them in his arms and said: "Listen up, dear friends, the person who sold me the information is called Zhao Er, a rogue near the Zhou Mansion. This person happened a few days ago.

He saw with his own eyes that the Song family and his son went to the Zhou Mansion to collect debts. As for the conflict between the Song family and his son and Wenda in the mansion, he didn't know, but he saw the most exciting scene with his own eyes!"

Next, Li Zheng told the story that he spent ten coins to buy. Unfortunately, what he didn't know was that what he spent money to buy was actually a story made up by Zhou Zhong. Zhou Chong's original intention was not to let Zhao Er sell it.

He just made up a story and asked Zhao Er to spread the news. However, he did not expect that Zhao Er was very economical. Seeing that so many people were interested in Zhou Mansion's affairs, he actually started selling the information with a clear price tag.

Li Zheng was one of those who was deceived.

According to Zhao Er's description, the Song family father and son brought gifts to the Zhou Mansion that day, and he happened to see him. He originally thought that the Song family father and son were here to visit their in-laws, but he did not expect that after a while, the Song family father and son brought gifts together.

They were all thrown out of Zhou Mansion,

Then Zhou Zhong walked out and reprimanded the other party angrily. The content of the reprimand was nothing more than that the Song family had betrayed their trust and even borrowed money to break off the engagement. It was really shameless. As a scholar who knew etiquette and law, Zhou Zhong would never agree to break off the engagement.

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Seeing that Zhou Zhong was unwilling to break off the engagement, the Song father and his son fought hard and threatened them with the debt the Zhou family owed them. However, Zhou Zhong was unmoved and said that the Zhou family would never fail to repay the debt. In three days,

The debt will be paid off within a short period of time.

But the shamelessness of the Song family and his son was far beyond everyone's imagination. They actually insisted on Zhou Zhong paying off the debt on the spot, without giving Zhou Zhong any time to prepare. Even Zhao Er, who was a rogue, couldn't stand this and stepped forward.

He said some fair words, but unexpectedly he was severely beaten by Song and his son.

It is worth mentioning that when Zhao Er talked about his righteous stand-up, he would look at the scars on the deceived persons such as Li Zheng to increase the authenticity of his words. Unfortunately, Li Zheng and others

Little did he know that the scars on Zhao Er's body were caused by Zhou Zhong's kick after he was caught last night.

But then the climax of the whole story finally arrived. Even after the Song family beat Zhao Er, they still forced Zhou Zhong to pay back the money, otherwise they would break off the engagement. At this time, Miss Zhou, who was the biggest victim of the breakup, also
Chapter completed!