But Ashheng stared at Pu Dianli and said seriously: "Mr. Pu, I won't joke about this kind of thing. I have considered it carefully. The matter is not as difficult as you think, except in this county and the state capital."
In fact, no one knows me."
Pu Dianli was surprised, "After a provincial examination, how can it be possible that no one in the state capital knows you?"
Ash Heng: "Because I didn't want to be public or cause trouble, I had no contact with other candidates during the provincial and rural examinations. A large number of candidates were eliminated in the provincial examinations, and the candidates who could meet with me this time were also the few remaining. After the provincial examinations, due to
Afraid that there would be people in the state capital who had an impression of my father, and that people would inquire about his details, I came back after checking the list to confirm that I had passed, and did not even attend the banquet held by the state capital.
In order not to attract too much attention before going to Beijing, I did not try my best to take the provincial examination, so my ranking was not high. Even if the candidates from the entire prefecture were gathered together again this time, I would not be the focus of everyone's attention.
Even those who have met me have only met me briefly. Who would be deeply impressed by an unfamiliar person? Over there in the state capital, those who know my name do not know me, and those who know me do not know my name."
Pu Dianli already frowned, "If this is really what the young master said, maybe we can think of a way."
Yu Qing's eyes widened and his mouth twitched. He couldn't believe it. He felt that these two guys were too hasty.
Ashheng warned again cautiously: "Mr. Pu, there are a few things you need to do. The other two candidates in this county who are taking the exam must go with me this time. Yu Qing should not be familiar with them, otherwise they will not be able to take the exam this time."
If you fail the exam and take the exam with me in the future, I'm afraid something will happen. Therefore, you can't let the two of them take the exam together. You can use the story of the monster to scare them. In short, find a way to prevent the two of them from taking the exam.
After the last rural examination, the magistrate held a congratulatory banquet, so I couldn’t refuse it. A group of people were waiting to get to know me. This time I go to Beijing and have to complete the formalities. I am afraid that the magistrate and others will have to see me off again. You need to stop it, but you can find a way to contain it and prevent them from doing so.
When evildoers appear and cause trouble, we can make good use of it. We can use the excuse that in order to protect me, it is not appropriate to mobilize troops, or we can scare them. Sir, we can take all the matters on ourselves.
The yamen sent to escort Yu Qing for reference must be carefully selected, sir, and must be someone who definitely does not know me. If a gentleman comes forward to recognize Yu Qing as me, the yamen will not be suspicious when seeing him off. He only needs to do these three things.
, then there won’t be any big problems.”
"Young Master has thought carefully." Pu Dianli nodded, having stabilized from the initial frightened mood and thinking seriously, "As a result, some of the examination papers and papers that Young Master left in the county will probably have to be processed.
Otherwise, I'm afraid there will be trouble if the writing and ink in the capital don't match up. It's easy for me to deal with the writing in the county, but it's inconvenient for me to have access to the writing and ink that the young master left in the provincial examination."
Ashheng: "I'm overthinking it. If he does well in the exam, there may be a possibility that the people in the capital might want to read the article here, but it's not big. Do you think he can pass the exam?"
Pu Dianli smiled slightly, thinking about it, he was really overthinking it. If he couldn't even pass the exam, who would be interested in reading the articles of the losers?
Ashheng: "It's not too late to do anything if you can pass the exam. The problem is that there is not enough time now. The departure is imminent. You have a lot of preparations to make and you are too busy. You can put off the unimportant things later."
"Okay!" Pu Dianli agreed, already knowing the arrangements for this person.
But Yu Qing was not happy anymore. He looked left and right, looking at this and that, and wanted to ask him a few questions. Without asking whether he agreed or not, the two of them discussed the arrangement and arranged it for him. He immediately objected.
: "What are you doing? Are you trying to kill people? What about blocking those two judges, what about restraining the magistrate, what about this and that? You think this is your family and you can do whatever you want? Nerd, do you think he can do it alone?
Can you handle all these things?" No matter how he heard it, he felt that it was unreliable. Isn't this a joke on his life?
Ashheng lay there and said calmly: "It shouldn't be a big problem. The county officials in the six households are basically our own people."
Yu Qing said angrily: "Why didn't you say that the county magistrate is one of your own?"
Ashheng: "There is no point in placing magistrates, nor is it a long-term solution. How long can a magistrate stay in a county? It is normal to be replaced. But it is different for six households of magistrates. They can serve for seven or eight years.
After all, those who are skilled enough can even do it for a lifetime, so the six households of magistrates are the local snakes who really control a county. Once they join forces, they want to stop the two juren, and want to restrain the county magistrate and others from meeting you. It's a trivial matter.
Zhuang, you don’t have to worry.”
Yu Qingning was choked and speechless. He understood that it was not a joke. The six households of the county magistrate might really be this nerdy person.
Only then did they discover that the doctor from the Yu tribe had already left a way out before he was demoted, and that the entire county might have been managed by someone else.
Ashheng winked at Pu Dianli again and said, "Mr. Pu, you go and do it first."
Pu Dianli understood it and advised the young master to persuade him to replace the reference. He agreed and left quickly.
The two people lying and standing indoors looked at each other.
After a while, Ashiheng sighed: "The person who goes to Beijing to take the exam for me must be similar in age to me, must have a certain foundation in writing, have considerable courage, and must have a certain ability to adapt, otherwise he will face some unexpected situations.
If the situation is exposed, it will easily arouse suspicion. The most important thing is that the person must be reliable. Where can I find such a person at the moment?
Looking for someone else, I don’t understand you for a while, but I don’t know you yet? You are timid, thick-skinned, and smart. As long as you have a good head here, some troubles along the way will at least be faced and solved for people like you.
Courage, your ability to cope with this kind of thing, as long as you are willing to seek stability, I have nothing to worry about."
"You are brave and thick-skinned, are you praising me?" Yu Qing sneered, but his expression was a bit helpless, and some words he said were unpleasant, "Bookworm, I really don't understand, that Pu Dianli also said, Ming
Knowing that it is dangerous to use your own name to go to Beijing to take the exam, why do you still use it? Can't you use a fake name to achieve your goal? "
Ashheng knew that he was worried about the risks that would come from this. After all, it was a capital city with hidden dragons and crouching tigers. It was not the turn of the Linglong Temple to act wildly, so he explained seriously: "No! You can't even fill in your parents' names correctly. You have to
The only thing is that once he is named on the list, people will know that Ajiezhang's son has returned."
Yu Qing was shocked, "Why? Isn't this looking for death?"
Ashheng said calmly: "In order to seek immortality, the emperor made people's livelihood difficult. Although my father was convicted for his words, there are people in the court who have the same idea as my father. Do you think my father is the only one? There are many people named on the gold list.
Entering an official career may not necessarily have a future, and there may not be opportunities to perform, and there are countless people who are silent! It is different to appear as the son of Ajiezhang. It is important to be like-minded, and there will be people who can help me secretly. As long as I enter Beijing and pass the exam
If I do, no one will dare to attack me openly."
Yu Qing was shocked, probably after tasting the foresight of the father and son, he smiled bitterly and sighed: "You don't dare to do it openly, but you don't dare to do it secretly?"
Ashheng smiled lightly: "It's enough to openly dare not. Are there not many political opponents who secretly plot against each other? Since you have chosen an official career, do you still need to be afraid of this?"
Yu Qing was speechless. He realized that he was really worrying too much. How could people still not understand the pros and cons? Are there any risks in using his real name? Why should he worry about such a big thing? They had already weighed the pros and cons.
The bottom falls.
Despite this, some things are realities that must be faced. He sighed and said: "Nerd, have you ever thought about it? I have never studied how to take an exam. I don't know how to solve or solve questions. I don't even know the basics."
I don’t know the format and rules for answering questions. Can I learn these immediately? Can I ask other people for advice on these questions on the way? Anyone I ask for these questions will arouse suspicion. After I go to the capital, there are still many questions to face.
Yes."
Ashheng's face still didn't recover after his injury. He didn't answer his questions, but asked: "Where is the backpack?"
The backpack was in the corner of the room. Yu Qing took a few steps over, brought it over and placed it next to the couch. He sat down again and was about to continue complaining when Ashi Heng said first: "The handle on the outside on the right is wrapped with hemp rope.
Untie it, there's something inside."
Something? Yu Qing was stunned and remembered what Ashi Heng said when he was injured that there was something important in the backpack. He immediately forgot to complain and quickly followed the instructions.
Once the hemp rope was removed, there were obvious signs of sawing on the handle of the bamboo pole.
Ashheng reminded, "You can unplug it directly."
Yu Qing did as he was told, and sure enough, he pulled it out. He immediately saw a metal shaft tube inserted into the bamboo tube.
What makes something so mysterious? Yu Qing pulled out the metal shaft again and found that it looked quite delicate. Without waiting for Ashheng's words, he unscrewed the cover on one end of the metal shaft, eager to see what treasure it was.
Ashheng was quite helpless. He couldn't move or stop him. He probably couldn't stop this guy's curiosity even if he wanted to.
Yu Qing had already poured out the contents of the metal shaft and found a roll of paper. He unfolded it on the spot and couldn't understand it.
I looked left and right again, along the way, backwards, over and over again, and found that it was just half a calligraphy and painting. I really couldn't see anything else famous. Finally, I was suspicious and said: "Half a broken calligraphy and painting, what do you mean? It's a famous artist."
Are your calligraphy and paintings valuable? If half of them are missing, they should be scrapped, right?"
Ashheng: "You think too much. It's just half a calligraphy and painting, and it's not by a famous artist. It was originally a complete calligraphy and painting, but it was cut into two halves by my father. One half is in the hands of my father, and the other half is in the hands of a clock in the capital."
The two separate calligraphy and paintings in the hands of a wealthy businessman were actually tokens of engagement. I was engaged to the daughter of that wealthy businessman when I was very young.
My father has made arrangements with the wealthy businessman. The calligraphy and painting are both engagement tokens and dowry gifts. After you go to the capital, you can go directly to the wealthy businessman's door and dedicate half of the calligraphy and painting to him. When he sees the calligraphy and painting, he will naturally
He will treat you like me, so you don’t have to worry about taking the exam. Just ask him to quietly help you arrange whatever study you need. He should still have this ability."