At three o'clock in the morning, Liang Qi finally woke up satisfied. When he came to the courtyard with fluffy hair, he saw Lin Jue sitting in the small courtyard reading in the autumn sun. Liang Qi was a little embarrassed.
"I'm really sorry for Mr. Lin. I was very rude. I actually slept in Mr. Lin's room last night. What kind of words is that? Also, I was not rude after drinking last night. If I offended Mr. Lin,
, please also ask for Haihan.”
Lin Jue put down the book and said with a smile: "What's this? Did you sleep well last night?"
Liang Qi stretched out and said: "To be honest, sir, this was the most comfortable night I slept. I didn't even know I woke up. No wonder rich people like rich clothes, fine food, soft beds and quilts. I ate well yesterday."
I slept well last night, but I am a little worried about whether I will be able to adapt to the thatched bed on the mountain again."
Lin Jue laughed loudly, pointed to the basin on the corridor and said: "Brother Liang, go wash up, eat some snacks and drink some tea afterward."
Liang Qi looked at the three-pole-high sun and shook his head and said, "Master Lin, I can't delay any longer. The leader of the village and the brothers don't know what's going on in the mountains, so I have to go back to the mountains quickly."
Lin Jue waved his hand and said: "Don't be busy. I have hired a speedboat for you. It will take you three days and three nights to reach Danjiangkou. After that, you can hire a car to go north and reach Ruzhou in one day. If you move faster, it will take five days."
You can buy supplies and return to Luoyan Valley in six days. Look, I have planned the route for you, what do you have to worry about?"
Liang Qi bowed and saluted: "Thank you so much, Master. You have thought so carefully about every detail that I really don't know what to say. This time, Master saved the lives of all my brothers in the mountain. I, Liang Qi, swear here,
From now on, as long as the young master has his fate, Liang Qi and the brothers in Shanzhai are willing to do whatever they can. I also apologize for those stupid words I said to the young master before. I can't blame the young master for that incident."
Lin Jue waved his hand and said with a smile: "Forget the polite words, wash up quickly and eat and drink. When you are full, you have to go on your way. I will take you to the dock."
Liang Qi agreed, and after washing briefly, she ate all the snacks on the table with tea. When Liang Qi wiped her mouth and drank tea, Lu Wu came back from the street. Lin Jue and Lu Wu
After chatting softly in the room, Lu Wu stepped into his west wing. After tinkering for a long time, he brought out a brocade box and a blue cloth wrapped in it. He and Lin Jue came to Liang Qi on the corridor.
Lin Jue cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Brother Liang, it's time to leave."
Liang Qi hurriedly stood up and said: "Okay."
Lin Jue reached out and took the brocade box from Lu Wu's hand, and opened it in front of Liang Qi. Inside was a thick stack of silver notes.
"This is a banknote of fifteen thousand taels of silver. It is deposited at Yonghe Bank, which is popular in Dazhou. It can be used everywhere in Dazhou. If you are inconvenient to carry cash, just take the banknote with you. When you get to Ruzhou, you can
It can be exchanged for silver to buy supplies. This package contains one hundred and fifty taels of cash. If you need to hire a car to eat on the road, use these silver taels."
Liang Qi's throat rolled, he took the banknote and package with both hands, suddenly moved to the side and knelt down on the ground, kowtowing repeatedly.
Lin Jue hurriedly stepped forward to help him up and scolded him: "What are you doing? You can't do this."
Liang Qi choked up and said: "Young Master's kindness and kindness will never be forgotten by Liang. More than a thousand people in my village have been saved."
Lin Jue smiled and said: "The man has gold under his knees. Brother Liang bleeds and kills without frowning, but he has to bend his back for such a small amount of silver. This is not good. Don't do this again."
Liang Qi nodded and said: "Young master taught me a lesson."
Lin Jue took another thick cowhide envelope from Lu Wu and handed it to Liang Qida: "This is the letter I wrote to your village leader. You must hand it over to Mu Qing personally. There can be no mistakes."
Liang Qi took it and kicked it in his arms, saying: "Don't worry, young master. If you lose the letter, I will help you with your head."
Lin Jue smiled and said: "It's not that serious. It's just that I wrote some important things here. I hope it will be useful to your copycats. Mu Qing may be helpful after reading it, but the rest is nothing. That's all, your bamboo hat.
Here, put it on, let's go to the dock. The boat is ready."
At that moment, Lin Jue took Liang Qi out of Lin's house, and soon arrived at a small dock under the Xihe River, where a awning speedboat was ready. Lin Hu was waiting on the dock.
"Brother Liang, let's get on the boat. The few boxes and packages on the boat are for Mu Qing. Just take care of them on the way. Brother Liang, I will send them not far away. I asked Xiaohu to take you out of the city so that you don't have to guard at the gate.
Jun Naohuo. You must be careful about those things and do it according to what we discussed last night. Make no mistakes." Lin Jue said with a cupped hand.
Liang Qi nodded and said: "Don't worry, sir, I don't dare to be careless."
Lin Jue nodded and said with a smile: "Then let's say goodbye and see you again someday."
Liang Qibai had mixed feelings and cupped his hands and said: "Young Master's great kindness will be repaid in time. The green mountains will not change and the green water will always flow. I bid farewell to you. I will treasure it."
After saying that, Liang Qi got off the dock and jumped on the boat, and Lin Hu also got on the boat. With a command, the awning boat left the dock and headed for the river, merged into the boats passing by, and headed north. Lin Jue stood on the dock
After standing there for a long time, he turned around and left.
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Two days passed quickly, and the day for the Autumn Examination finally arrived. Starting from the early morning of September 22, a large number of Xiang soldiers and Ning Haijun troops in the city began to move, and all major streets in Hangzhou were surrounded.
Checkpoints and sentries have been set up. Beicheng, where Gongyuan Street is located, is even more heavily guarded, and wandering around is strictly prohibited.
A few blocks away from Gongyuan Street, a restricted area has been set up. With Zhong Street as the line, only accompanying bookboys and candidates are allowed to enter within the checkpoint. The rest of the people, including parents, wives and children, are also blocked out.
No noise is allowed outside this restricted area, otherwise the patrolling soldiers will be arrested and thrown into prison.
After entering the restricted area, there is a restricted area of two blocks until entering the Gongyuan Street examination room. Heavily armed soldiers patrolled back and forth on the streets, and all shops and businesses must close. The people here had received the notice as early as the day before.
They were notified that either they should go outside the restricted area for three days, or they should stay at home with the doors and windows closed for three days. In short, anyone who wanders around or pokes his head in the restricted area during the exam period will be severely punished.
From these actions as if facing a formidable enemy, we can see how important the imperial examination was in the Zhou Dynasty and how much the imperial court attached great importance to it.
In addition to these peripheral measures, the interrogation when entering the examination room is even more stringent. At the east and west entrances of the Gongyuan Street examination room, the interrogation of candidates entering the examination room is eye-opening. When interrogating the entrance, the first step is to compare it with the floating tickets issued.
The purpose of identifying the students is to identify them based on their physical appearance. This is to prevent anyone from taking the test for themselves as a gunman.
Lin Jue entered the venue from the east entrance. While queuing up to wait for the ticket verification, a candidate in front of him was dragged away, kicked and kicked by several soldiers. The candidate howled like a pig, and his screams were brutal.
Incomparable. The news soon came that this person's facial features did not match those on the ticket. The ticket said 'slender face and long beard', but the examinee had no beard. Although the examinee shouted that he was wronged, saying that he was because of these two
I read for exams day and night, and dozed off at night. My beard was burned to pieces by a candlestick. My beard was so burned that I couldn't see anyone, so I simply cut it off. But because of this, it was so bad. Check it out.
People saw that he had no beard and did not match the features on the ticket. They immediately ordered people to arrest him and drag him away. No matter how he explained, it was of no avail.
The first-stroke candidates lamented that this person worked hard to study, but his future was ruined by a bearded man. It is really the most ridiculous and tragic thing in the world. However, apart from regret, there is also some schadenfreude. After all,
This is a type of army that conquers without fighting. Everyone here is a competitor. If you kill one, you will lose one competitor. From this perspective, it is something to be happy about.
While waiting in line for a quarter of an hour to check the stamps, Lin Jue saw with his own eyes seven or eight students being dragged away by soldiers because their appearance was different from what was shown on the stamps. The screams and cries of injustice were earth-shattering. Lin Jue thought to himself: This is really a ruin.
If these educated officials are dissatisfied with someone, they can make a fuss about the floating ticket, and then justifiably expel the candidate and directly ruin his future. This job is probably a fat one.
Fortunately, Lin Jue passed without any hindrance and successfully entered the second level of inspection. The second level of inspection was even more abnormal. In order to prevent cheating items such as books and cheat sheets from being brought in, the second level of inspection had to pass through a small house, not only the clothes
You have to take off all your clothes, and all the bedding, dry food, pens, ink, paper, inkstones, etc. that you brought in have to be carefully searched.
The students were stripped almost naked one by one and being touched by the soldiers who were inspecting them in the small room. It was simply a great shame and humiliation in life. Although there would be something covering the key parts, after all, the naked body would still be revealed during the pulling. It seemed that these soldiers
They have other hobbies, staring at certain parts of the students, pointing and snickering, comparing the size and shape of each person, which is extremely narrow-minded and hateful. When encountering some students who are short, these guys will be extremely contemptuous and utter
The unbridled ridicule makes people want to crawl into the ground. They are also extremely strict about the dry food, bedding, pens, ink, paper, inkstones and other items they carry with them. The buns and cakes brought in must be cut open and inspected, and the clothes and bedding must be disassembled.
Check the corners and quilt corners, and fill the barrel of the brush with water to check whether there is any entrainment inside.
Don’t think that this is just one move. At this level, many candidates were dragged away by soldiers in disheveled clothes. One candidate had articles densely written on his thighs and appeared on the spot during the strip inspection. The rest of them were
A cheat sheet was found in the brush tube and in the mezzanine under the inkstone. There was also a cheater who was even more unbelievable. He wrote something with concoction on the white paper he brought in. After preparing it, he baked it with a candlestick to reveal the writing.
Unexpectedly, they were all discovered by experienced inspectors.
In the Great Zhou Dynasty, because of the unparalleled glory after becoming an official, and the unprecedented treatment and respect for scholar-bureaucrats, these talents were willing to take risks. You must know that anyone who is found to have cheated will not only be banned from participating in the imperial examination for life, but also be banned from participating in the imperial examination for life.
They will also be sent to prison, and in serious cases, they may even be beheaded and their homes confiscated. These people are willing to take such a big risk to do this, naturally because the rewards brought by the risk are extremely rich. As long as they can pass the imperial examination, they will have nothing to worry about in this life.
. Even if you are a small county magistrate, you will make a lot of money.
