"After all, you and I possess the immortal family's skills, so we naturally need to be more low-key in our actions."
"It's not appropriate to attract too much attention."
Wei Tu shook his head and added.
This time, the reason why he gave up his position as the leader of the martial arts was due to the fact that he possessed the Immortal Cultivation Technique.
If he didn't have the skills of the Xian family, becoming the leader of the rural martial arts competition and attracting the attention of the world would not be too risky for a martial artist with a certain background.
But after acquiring the Xianjia Kung Fu—
If he becomes the leader of the military and a seventh-grade official, this risk will become uncontrollable and eventually harm everyone.
"Third brother, what you said makes sense." Fu Zhizhou nodded heavily and agreed.
Fu Zhizhou has a clear understanding of the preciousness of Xianjia Kung Fu.
After all, he is also an eighth-rank official, and his family is also a family of military commanders in Xiaoyi Mansion. However, before coming into contact with "Five Yuan Yun Spirit Body", he always believed that immortals did not exist in the world, and that immortals were illusory existences...
A glimpse of the leopard shows that the Zheng Kingdom's court, or the immortals, must have strict control over the Xian family's martial arts and are strictly prohibited from leaking them to the outside world.
Once discovered, they will most likely be confiscated and exterminated.
Only,
They cannot act without caution.
"Fourth brother, as a soldier, joining the army can you be regarded as a free man? If I were to be promoted to an official, I would also need to find a free man..."
In the carriage, Wei Tu changed the subject and asked about Fu Zhizhou.
After the Wuyunlou rebellion was put down last year, all four of their brothers were promoted in official positions, and Fu Zhizhou also got the opportunity to be transferred to the prefecture and county.
In order to help Wei Tu and the others, Fu Zhizhou used his connections and did not return to his hometown of Xiaoyi Prefecture to serve as a local military attache. Instead, he stayed in Qingfeng Prefecture and became an eighth-grade soldier to join the army.
"I, the military officer, am responsible for the military preparations of Qingfeng Mansion. Now the world is peaceful and there is no war. I am an idle official."
Fu Zhizhou smiled when he heard this and replied.
——After acquiring the Immortal Cultivation Technique, his ambition is no longer to become famous and "promote and get rich", but to cultivate immortality with all his heart, so as to live forever.
Therefore, when he was an official, he chose the military attache position of "Bingcao Shenjun".
"When the provincial examination results come out and officials are appointed, I hope that my fourth brother can help me, work on my relationship, and choose a free official position for Brother Yu..."
Hearing this, Wei Tu nodded and asked Fu Zhizhou about his appointment as an official.
In addition to having family connections that he could use, Fu Zhizhou was also the current eighth-grade military attache at the moment, and he also had his own connections in the governor's office of Shannan Road.
"For Third Brother's official position, I have already entrusted it to Jin Zhijun, the governor of the Yamen."
"As soon as the rankings come out, Jin Zhijun can confer an officer on you, third brother, at his discretion."
Fu Zhizhou smiled and said.
The four of them are now truly sworn brothers. Even if Wei Tu doesn't mention this small favor, he will do it in advance.
"Thank you so much, fourth brother." Wei Tu thanked him, secretly remembering Fu Zhizhou's kindness this time.
…
Seven days later.
The list of rural martial arts examinations will be decentralized.
Wei Tu went to Wugong Academy, and after seeing that he was indeed ranked seventh on the list, his worries about the ranking disappeared.
There are endless cases of fraud in imperial examinations.
The ranking of the list is not all determined by the "competition" competition that has the largest impact on the ranking. It is also closely related to the infield strategy.
Seventh- and eighth-grade military attachés, unlike miscellaneous military attachés, cannot be held by stupid young people with no ideas.
"The military leader of this provincial examination is You Hong?"
"It's actually You Hong?"
After seeing that his results were correct, Wei Tu raised his head and looked up to see who would win the first place in the provincial martial arts competition.
However, after seeing Leader Wu's name, Wei Tu suddenly showed a look of astonishment.
Wei Tu remembered that although You Hong's performance in the competition was pretty good, he only ranked third.
With this result, getting second place is acceptable, but becoming the leader of the military is far from enough.
Even if his military strategy is number one.
"It seems that there was also imperial examination fraud in this rural martial arts examination. Fortunately, I didn't think about being in the limelight and seizing the position of the martial arts leader."
Seeing this, Wei Tu secretly rejoiced.
If he got the first place in the competition and then unfortunately "failed", he might have become enemies with the mastermind behind the martial arts ranking list.
Ruining someone's future is a life-or-death feud.
"Yes, the position of Chief Wu is too important. Not only can he be named a seventh-grade military attache, but he will also be valued by the court and be promoted additionally..."
"How could a wealthy family in Shannan Road easily allow the position of leader of the martial arts to fall into the hands of others?"
Wei Tu soon understood the reason clearly.
Before participating in the competition, Fu Zhizhou mentioned to him that You Hong came from a wealthy family and was very powerful, and asked him to deal with it carefully...
Leader Wu and Number One Scholar Wen all treated each other differently in the eyes of the imperial court.
If they have both made great contributions, when assessing rewards, those who have won the first place in military affairs and the first place in literary studies will be the first to be promoted.
"Pity……"
Wei Tu took another look at "Shi Zhen" who was ranked second on the list, and thought to himself.
He expected that Shi Zhen would be suppressed by the You family and his corresponding connections after being awarded the official title.
And these suppressions were much worse than the suppression he suffered from Magistrate He three years ago.
He Zhifu was only a civilian official and could not reach out to the military attache system, so the suppression against him, Kou Liang and others was very limited.
But the You family is different from a family of military generals. They themselves are figures within the military attache system, and suppressing "Shi Zhen" is just a matter of words.
"From now on, unless there are special reasons, we will never compete for first place."
Wei Tu was thankful that he had "stopped his horse from the brink" five days ago and secretly made up his mind.
If he hadn't thought about the past and retreated bravely, the person who was taken over by You Hong today would not have been "Shi Zhen" but him.
See the rankings have been finalized.
Wei Tu had no intention of staying in Fucheng. After saying goodbye in a single house, he returned to Qingshan County.
soon.
After a few days.
Regarding Wei Tu's new appointment, it was sent from the governor's Yamen to the Xiangjun Yamen in Qingshan County.
"Guard the west gate of Fucheng?" Wei Tu was silent after seeing a few big characters on the appointment certificate.
To be precise, his official position is the eighth-grade Fucheng garrison, which is the same level as Fu Zhizhou's military soldier Cao.
But his specific duty is to guard the west gate of Qingfeng Prefecture.
Therefore, it is also called "Ximen Guard".
"With this official position, if there is no war, you will be free. You can also collect taxes at the city gate and make some money."
Wei Tu’s heart.
"But before leaving the county, I have to say hello to my old boss, County Lieutenant Xu..."
Wei Tu put away the appointment certificate, took ten taels of silver, went to the west market of the county to buy some fine gifts, and went to visit Xu's house.
"Brother Wei was relieved of his official position and went to Fucheng to take the Jinke Township Examination. I thought that Brother Wei was young and energetic and would definitely fail in Jinke..."
"Unexpectedly, Brother Wei actually ranked seventh in the high school martial arts exam and was awarded the eighth rank."
"This really makes Xu envious."
In Xu's house, after learning about Wei Tu's visit, Xu County Lieutenant immediately ordered the kitchen to cook twelve kinds of dishes, straightened his clothes, and went out to meet Wei Tu.
After leading Wei Tu to sit down in the living room, Xu Xianwei stroked his beard and said with emotion.