Gong Jian came to visit with generous gifts, and at the same time said that he would take good care of books and hoped to borrow rare books from the other party's library. Of course, he also said that if he could not be allowed to borrow them home, he would copy one directly at the other party's house.
That's also possible.
Most people gave the green light to this new scholar. After all, this young man has already achieved good results for his age in becoming a scholar, and now he is obviously aiming to advance to the imperial examination. Most people
They all had the attitude that they would rather make good friends than hand over things, so they readily agreed to Gong Jian's request. Therefore, Gong Jian has been borrowing a lot of ancient books from everywhere recently.
What greatly surprised Gong Jian was that when he saw these books, he felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity. These books, which were supposed to have a small circulation and belonged to an outlandish genre, seemed to have been in his mind for a long time.
After being surprised, what was left for him was a big surprise. This was really convenient for him to prepare for the exam. He felt more confident about getting the title of Juren.
Time flew by quickly, and soon it was time for the Juren Examination. Since this exam needed to be held in the provincial capital, Gong Jian had already prepared his luggage and went out to take the exam more than ten days before the exam.
Already.
Originally, his family was worried about him taking the exam alone, and originally planned to ask Gong Yu to go with him. However, Gong Jian refused on the grounds that he would not delay Gong Yu's classes. For this exam, Gong Jian thought he was well prepared.
Quite sufficient. In addition to after the exam, he had to wait there for half a month until the results were released, so Gong Jian felt that taking Gong Yu with him back and forth would waste too long. Instead of doing that,
It is more relaxed and easier to arrange the itinerary than if he were alone.
Gong Jian's words at home were always quite convincing, and soon everyone in the family could only agree with his opinions. But everyone hoped that he would be able to gain the honor of being a civil servant and return home with great success.
At the same time, just as their family is concerned about Gong Jian, in the past few months, Gong Yaozu in the county has also been troubled by Gong Jian's heart.
This person.
As early as when he asked the gangster leader to help his men find out the new address of Gong Jian's family in the county, more than ten days had passed, and the leader had already told him that Gong Jian had not settled in the county at all.
information.
Gong Yaozu didn't believe this result at first. He didn't think that the gangster leader was fooling him. After all, this matter was related to Gong Jian. For the gangsters, Gong Jian was hanging on their shoulders.
The knife above his head, the fear of Gong Jian, and the gangsters from the top to the bottom, everyone is trembling with fear. So Gong Yaozu is not worried. When it comes to Gong Jian, the gangster leader will tell some lies at will.
Lie to him.
So when he heard the words of the gangster leader, Gong Yaozu could only curse in his heart. These gangsters were incompetent. Their search efforts were probably not strong enough, so they did not find out the address of Gong Jian's new home in the county at all.
Of course, Gong Yaozu also had his own explanation for this. In his heart, he felt that the reason why Gong Jian's family moved out of the village was to hide from his family. Since Gong Jian's family was hiding
People, naturally their address in the county would not be disclosed easily. It is estimated that the location is relatively remote and difficult to find, so these gangsters did not find it.
So in the following days, whenever Gong Yaozu had something to do, he would wander around in remote corners of the county, trying to find out the address of Gong Jian's home through his own abilities.
But when he visited almost all the remote corners of the county but couldn't find anything, Gong Yaozu had to admit that he was no better than those gangsters in this matter.
, so many days have passed, but he has no clue at all.
There was really no other way. Gong Yaozu could only bite the bullet again. In front of the gangster leader who came, he was trying to find the words in his mind, thinking about how to get the gangster leader to agree to let his subordinates go out to find Gong Jian's family again.
.Are they hiding in some nook and cranny, but they didn't see it last time.
But before Gong Yaozu could speak, the gang leader had already waved his hand, looked at Gong Yaozu and said, "Okay, I know what you mean. But what I want to tell you is that since we didn't find it last time, you
That powerful cousin Gong Jian, that means he doesn't live in the town at all, so don't bother anymore. I believe my brothers, since they say they don't live in the town,
Don’t even think you can find it out.”
Now Gong Yaozu really had nothing to say. What else he wanted to say, the gangster leader had already made it very clear. They didn't find it, which only meant that Gong Jian's family was not in the town at all. It was definitely not that they didn't.
You can find it if you can, but if Gong Jian's family is not in the town, then where did they go?
This point made Gong Yaozu puzzled. Looking at Gong Yaozu's troubled face, he couldn't think of a reason. The gangster leader also admired him. He had such a brain, but he always boasted that he was a
As for the scholar, he had to ask: "Tell me, since your cousin's family is not in the town, is it possible that he is in the county?"
The reason why the gangster leader reminded Gong Yaozu like this was because the last time they decided to rob Gong Jian, they had already noticed that although the clothes Gong Jian was wearing were not silk and satin, they were all of good quality.
Fine cotton. Although this kind of clothes is worn on the body,
It's not eye-catching, but it's comfortable and definitely the best. Looking at Gong Jian's behavior and attitude towards spending money to buy things, they knew that this person would not be short of money, so they took action. Who knows
But he ran into a tough fight and was punished by the other party.
However, they also had a certain understanding of Gong Jian's economic status. Therefore, although Gong Yaozu did not elaborate, the gang leader also believed that since Gong Jian's family moved from a mountain village, it was impossible for them to move from a mountain village.
There is not much difference between moving one village to another, but they were in the town and did not find any trace of Gong Jian's family or Gong Jian. This only shows that they don't even appreciate the conditions in the town.
, and moved directly to the county.
Although this is just a guess made by the gangster leader, in his opinion, this is the most likely scenario. (To be continued)