The Scholars Chapter 19:

Kuang Chaoren met Pan Ziye, the younger brother of Mr. Pan. He was very cheerful and quick-witted, and he specialized in solving problems for others and making money. There was a girl from a wealthy family who ran away and was caught by the government and wanted to be sent back to her place of origin. A rich man surnamed Hu took a fancy to her and offered her two hundred taels of silver. Pan Sanye used various connections to get through the government, forged official seals, and got things done;

Shi Meiqing wanted to sell her sister-in-law to someone else, but mistakenly sent her away. The other party refused to withdraw, so Shi Meiqing sued After getting an official position but not having to sell his sister-in-law, he wanted to pay some money to settle the lawsuit. Mr. Pan also got the job done. Jin Dongya's son wanted to take the exam, but he had no knowledge. He wanted to find someone to replace him with five hundred taels of silver. Test. After Mr. Pan's careful planning, Kuang Chaoren took the exam for him and passed the exam successfully.

Kang Chaoren also received two hundred taels of silver. So I bought a house, and Pan Sanye acted as a matchmaker and introduced Father Zheng's daughter to get married. Kuang Da wrote to his younger brother, asking him to go to Wenzhou to take the exam, and he passed the exam. At the same time, his teacher, the magistrate of Yueqing County, was framed, verified his release, and was promoted to the official position. He wrote to Kuang Chaoren and invited him to come. Mr. Pan finally committed too many crimes and was imprisoned.

The character image of Kuang Chaoren in "The Scholars" is divided into three stages:

1. When he was young, Kuang Chaoren was kind-hearted, filial to his parents, and a simple and lovely person.

The book describes: With the support of Mr. Ma Er, when he returned home and saw his mother, he "put down his luggage, straightened his clothes, and kowtowed to his mother." His father was bedridden, so he took a sheet at night. , sleeping at his father's heels. He killed pigs and sold tofu during the day, and served his father at night. His father couldn't sleep at night and had to spit and eat tea until the fourth watch. Kuang Chaoren read and stayed with him until the fourth watch, sleeping only once every night.

2. After Kuang Chaoren first arrived in Hangzhou, he got involved in a group of fake celebrities who could not obtain fame. The simple and honest character of his youth began to be affected by these pretense. Contaminated by the theory of being lucky enough to gain both fame and fortune, his thoughts began to metamorphose and were assimilated by these people.

3. Kuang Chaoren gradually achieved success in this dirty society, and acquired a ruthless, hypocritical, and lying face.

Kang Chaoren criticized Pan San, who had given him a lot of help to Jing Lanjiang and Jiang Shuban, and said: "Those things Pan San has done are even when I am a local official, I also want to visit Take it." Although Pan San has done many bad things and deserves to be in jail, Kuang Chaoren should not ignore him. Thinking about how Pan San treated Kuang Chaoman very well at the beginning and did not confess Kuang Chaoman after he was arrested, Kuang Chaoman did not miss the slightest trace of his old friendship, and his heart was like a snake stung by an insect.