This is really true... Good news doesn't travel far, but bad news travels a thousand miles! Or, a good reputation is unknown, but a bad reputation is known to the world
However, there are many people who add icing on the cake, but there are even more people who take advantage of others' misfortunes! Without him having done anything, or even hinting at anything, a bunch of dirty water has already been thrown at the former prime minister who has already stepped down!
Zhang Shou couldn't help laughing when he thought of this. "Who are these people spreading rumors? It's obvious that Luhe Posthouse is full, so my teacher and I decided to live in the posthouse after hearing what the postmaster said. How could there be such a rumor that Jiang Ge Lao occupied a whole yard and wouldn't let anyone else? You know, Zhejiang Provincial Governor Liu Fangbo was the first to come out and offer us a room, but my teacher declined out of guilt."
The shopkeeper, who had thrown a basin of dirty water at Jiang Ge Lao—or was simply one of the sources of the dirty water—had at this moment, out of guilt, sent his son, nephew, and grandson to hide in the kitchen, fearing that they would reveal their flaws due to their lack of experience. What frightened him even more was that Zhang Shou did not admit it as Prefect Huang said, but instead helped Jiang Ge Lao clarify the matter.
While he was muttering in his heart that he was a student of Master Ge, and he was so kind and open-minded that he didn't bear grudges, he couldn't help but have some small complaints. Even he, a native of Tongzhou, knew that Lord Jiang had framed the Duke of Zhao and his son when they were fighting, and then stabbed the uncle and aunt of the Zhu family in the back when they were comforting the officials and the people in Cangzhou. Why was Zhang Shou still so magnanimous
Can't we just say that Jiang Ge Lao is taking advantage of his seniority and occupying the house? Even if the imperial edict allowed the former Prime Minister to return home by post, it certainly didn't allow him to occupy a courtyard alone, but prevented other officials from staying in the post station, right? When the Grand Tutor Ge moved into his century-old shop, the former Prime Minister sent someone to invite him in hypocritically, but he had no sincerity at all!
The other customers in the store had just watched the prefect pleading for his son, and now they witnessed Zhang Shou making excuses for Lord Jiang. In addition, many people upstairs had previously peeped at Zhang Shou sending away the Jiang family's personal attendant who had come to invite people, so they naturally began to whisper to each other for a while.
So, Prefect Huang, who found that he seemed to have caused trouble again, immediately said in fear and trepidation: "I just heard it from others, I don't really believe it. Ahem, when I went to Luhe Posthouse to stay overnight, I heard that the rooms were full, and I heard the postmaster and the postmen talk about the reason, and I also had a few words with Liu Fangbo from Zhejiang, so I followed him here."
"So that's how it is." Zhang Shou suddenly understood more clearly. It seems that the people who threw dirty water included at least the postmaster and postman of Luhe Post, and even the Zhejiang Provincial Governor Liu Chuan...
He glanced at Ge Yong beside him. Seeing that his teacher did not give any explicit or implicit instructions, he simply asked in a gentle tone, "Is Magistrate Huang going to the capital alone this time? Since you can't stay at Luhe Posthouse, have you found a place to stay?"
Huang Zhifu didn't understand what was going on, so he could only say cautiously, "I only brought two followers with me. I just came here directly from Luhe Posthouse. I haven't had time to find a place to stay yet..."
His son had already been sent to the capital by the eldest son Zhu in a prison cart. If he had been a little later, he might have been beheaded. His wife, who had always been successful in the business world, cried like a tearful person, and he was also summoned to the capital to await punishment. In this situation where both father and son might be convicted, who could care about such a trivial matter as accommodation