The rural examination was a major event in the Ming Dynasty, and the local government paid great attention to it. Once every three years, the subject was held to select candidates, and those who passed the examination could become officials. Otherwise, in "Fan Jin Passed the Examination" written by Mr. Wu Jingzi, Fan Jin was

Hearing that he had been selected as the Juren made him go crazy. At that time, ordinary people said that Juren was like a star in the sky descending to earth.

Every time there is a rural examination, all prefectures and counties hope to have a few more candidates under their rule, so that they can have a bright face. You must know that there are hundreds of counties in Huguang province, and more than a hundred candidates will be selected in one township examination.

It would be nice to have one for each county, but some even don’t have one.

Not to mention Jieyuan, he was the first in the provincial examination. Which county can produce such a person? Many fellow villagers will follow him. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, most of the court officials formed cliques, and the main members of a party were mostly fellow villagers.

Those who are Jieyuan will basically win the Jinshi in the future. Maybe they will try and get a top three concubine, and then they have a chance to reach the sky. Therefore, local officials in the hometown will woo such talents when they meet them, and they will become friends in the future.

One party.

The county magistrate was overjoyed when he heard that his subordinates had a solution, and he quickly asked: "Whose family does it belong to?"

"My lord, this is Mr. Yue Suyue from Baiyang Township." After learning about the Yuan Dynasty, no matter whether the officers had seen this person or not, they would always call him "Sir" to show respect. But how did he know that he was lying in the lobby now?

The boy who was beaten was none other than Mr. Yue Suyue in his mouth.

"Yue Su from Baiyang Township..." The county magistrate muttered, and then his heart was shocked. He suddenly remembered that he had heard someone report this name just now.

"Wait! Stop fighting!" the county magistrate hurriedly yelled to stop the officer below from continuing to fight. The officer just raised the board when he heard the adult's voice and braked suddenly, almost losing his waist.

.

At this time, cold sweat broke out on the forehead of the county magistrate. He pointed to the lying Yue Su and asked: "When you came in, who did you say you were? What was your name?"

Yue Su put his right palm on the ground, stood up with difficulty, gritted his teeth, straightened his chest, and said loudly: "Not a talented student, Baiyang Township Yue Su!"

"You...are..." The county magistrate heard Yue Su's name again and almost collapsed on his chair. It took him a long time to recover, wiped the cold sweat from his head, quickly bypassed the public case and ran to Yue Su

In front of him, his face was now full of smiles, "Mr. Xie Yuan, I have offended you just now, please forgive me...that...the so-called ignorant person is not guilty...this..."

He was so scared now that he didn't know what to say.

It's fair to say that a scholar can be punished by your county magistrate on the basis of his crime and dismissed on the basis of his reputation. But you are qualified to dismiss Jieyuan. Even if he commits a major case and the evidence is conclusive, he still needs to be punished.

Only after reporting to the governor's Yamen can the merit be revoked.

Yue Su sneered and said: "Sir... you have cut off the reputation of the common people. I cannot be called Jie Yuangong in front of you."

"Mr. Xie Yuangong, what are you talking about? Aren't you trying to kill this county? By the way, I'll have the land deed delivered to my house right away." Then he pointed at the officer next to him and shouted: "Everyone is dumbfounded.

What are you doing? Why don't you help Mr. Xie Yuan go into the back house to rest and find the best doctor to treat your injury?"

Those officers who usually saw a civil servant would respectfully call him "Sir", but now that they were trying to fight Xie Yuan in the hall, they were already panicking, especially those who had just taken action. Fortunately, there were still many who did not take action, and a few

A clever man quickly stepped forward to help Yue Su and helped him to the back house to recover from his injuries.

The county magistrate, on the other hand, rushed to find Guo Rong in a panic. As soon as he met, he scolded Guo Rong, "Whose family did you want to blackmail? You blackmailed the Yue family. Now I have a solution."

Yuan, how will this matter end? You should quickly return the land deed to me, prepare some more gifts, and come to apologize. Don’t come to me again if you don’t ask for details like this in the future!"

Guo Rong was a civil servant. When he heard that Yue Suzhong knew about Yuan Dynasty, he was a little panicked. Big shots would come to recruit such people soon. It was too late to flatter him, and he actually offended him. Guo Rong was filled with regret now. He

He was a country bully. If he wanted to take revenge, it was not a matter of words. He did not dare to stay for a long time, so he immediately returned home to prepare generous gifts and went to his in-law's house to visit and apologize.

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On the night when Yue Su just left Wuchang.

From a side room in the courtyard of a mansion, a howl like a butchering pig was suddenly heard, "Ah..."

"Master, take it out." A doctor in military uniform put an arrowhead on a tray and presented it to Pei Yingjie.

Pei Yingjie didn't even look at it, and threw it on the table aside. After letting the doctor get down, he slammed the table and shouted loudly: "What is it called? Why don't I hurt you to death? Tell me! Where did the paper go?"

?”

The person lying on the bed is the servant Xiaojiu, who is Pei Yingjie's personal book boy. If not for this reason, this young master Pei would not care about his life and death, and even ask someone to take out the arrow.

"Master, the paper really went in. It was Huzi who shot it. I have been guarding it under the tree. He said it was not a mistake."

"With his brain, you can believe it. Damn it, you can't pick a normal person to shoot for me. Come on, call me the tiger!"

"I can't find anyone else. The Gongyuan is so big. Even an arrow shot from a hundred-stone bow can hit your examination shed. And the only one in our house who can pull that bow apart from me is a tiger. You can't let it happen."

I'll go find the master." Xiaojiu said aggrievedly.

"Damn it, I spent a lot of money to buy the test paper, but I don't know what bastard got it cheaper. You didn't tell him that I marked the exam booth and tied it with a red ribbon." Pei Yingjie cursed angrily.

"Why don't you tell him? I've warned him several times, but he said it's no problem. Who knew he might have shot it wrong?"

While he was talking, Huzi walked in. As soon as this guy entered the door, he shouted happily: "Brother, you are back. This time you can marry Miss Li, so you have to thank me and give me a wedding drink...

…”

He didn't know yet that the arrow was shot in the wrong place.

Huzi is the adopted son of Pei Xuan. When Pei Xuan joined the army to suppress the rebellion in Sichuan, a good brother died in battle. Before he died, he entrusted his only son Huzi to him. Huzi was born with great strength, but his brain was a little slow, like a young man.

Although he was not a good person, Pei Xuan loved him very much and adopted him as his adopted son.

Although Pei Yingjie is a playboy, he usually doesn't care about this stupid brother. He doesn't even talk much. He suppresses his anger and asks: "Huzi, which examination booth did you shoot the arrow into?"

"It's the one Xiaojiu mentioned, with the red belt." Huzi said, sitting on the chair next to Pei Yingjie.

"Are you sure there is a red belt on that examination booth?"

"Sure." Huzi replied angrily, nodding his head.

"That's weird, then why didn't I see it?" Pei Yingjie also knew that this silly brother was an honest man. He always said one thing and another, and never lied.

"You didn't see it, what didn't you see?" Huzi asked, not understanding what Pei Yingjie meant.

"What else can I do? I didn't see the arrow you shot at me!" Pei Yingjie was a little impatient and waved his hand: "You go out and play."

"Oh..." Huzi nodded politely to his brother. Just as he was about to stand up, he suddenly saw the arrow on the plate, pointed at it and said: "Hey... isn't this our cloud-penetrating arrow? Who did it shoot? Why?

It’s still bloody.”

After saying that, he turned around and left.

"Wait a minute!" When Pei Yingjie heard this, he quickly called Hu Zi and asked, "What did you just say? This arrow is our arrow!"

Huzi turned around, nodded and said: "No, it's true. I play with it every day, how can I not recognize it." After saying that, he grabbed the arrow and said: "It must be the arrowhead of our cloud-piercing arrow and the arrowhead of my father's military camp."

The arrow inside is different, it’s long and thick, look at this, it’s really our cloud-penetrating arrow.”

Pei Yingjie snatched it over and shouted: "Go and find me another cloud-piercing arrow for comparison! By the way, get another ordinary arrow."

"Oh." Huzi agreed, ran out in a hurry, and came back after a while with two feather arrows.

Pei Yingjie also knew that the quality of his own arrows was better than the arrows commonly used in the military camp. The shaft of the arrow was thick and long, and the arrowhead was thick and long. The one that Zeng Mingming painted was really his own cloud-piercing arrow. Comparing the two arrows, he still felt

Really average.

"Dang!" As soon as Pei Yingjie confirmed this, he became even more angry and smashed the arrow in his hand on the ground. He shouted loudly: "It's that bastard! Not only did he pick up my paper, he also dared to mess with me,

What's his name?"

Seeing that the young master was even more angry, Xiaojiu couldn't help but tremble, and timidly said: "I think I heard that the surname is Yue, but I can't remember the specific name."

"It doesn't matter. I can wait until the results are released. If I copy my paper, I will definitely win. Then I can just look for someone named Yue!"

A few days passed by, and on the day when the Gongyuan List was released, Pei Yingjie sent his servant to look at the list and write down how many people named Yue were on it. Coincidentally, there was only one person named Yue on the list, and it was still Yue.

Jie Yuan.

"Yue Su! I remembered, it's this boy!" Pei Yingjie was even more angry when he heard that he had won the prize of Xie Yuan, because he had obviously obtained Jieyuan at an advantage to others.

Money is a trivial matter, but I really can't swallow this breath. It's okay for you to get my paper and get an advantage, but you still go against me at the gate of Gongyuan. It's really unbearable.

Since Pei Yingjie knew that Yue Suzhong knew Yuan, he had locked himself in his study all day long, thinking hard. He must come up with a way to not only harm himself, but also to get rid of Yue Su's understanding of Yuan. Finally, on this day, he thought of

One way is to write an anonymous letter to report!
Chapter completed!