There were more than ten students on the same journey when they came, but only six or seven were left when they returned.
Some students who failed the exam chose to go home on the day the results were announced, not wanting to stay in this sad place like Kunming. There were so many such students, nearly hundreds of them went together, and they were not afraid of meeting ordinary bandit gangs.
There are also some scholars who choose to stay in Guiyang and participate in various cultural associations to expand their social circles. Although some of them have been admitted to the Juren Examination, they are too old and have no extravagant hopes to be admitted to the Jinshi. They want to make friends with noble people and see if they can get a job.
Origin. Some people even fail to win the exam and are just messing around for fame. Such people have no future.
Jin Lei insisted on experiencing the Yunnan-Guizhou Post Road, so his father had no choice but to throw two of the Jin family's caravan thugs over.
One of the thugs was named Zhang Mingyuan. He was tall, burly, and dark-skinned. He held an iron rod as a weapon, which caused armor-piercing damage when he attacked.
The other thug is named Zhu Lun. He is strong and short, but has long arms, like a gorilla. His two knives are very interesting. The blade is less than two feet and the hand guard is S-shaped. They are short knives that were popular in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty.
Jin Wanchuan sent them to the post station outside the city, clasped his fists towards Wang Yuan and others and said: "The dog has traveled thousands of miles, so please take care of it."
"Easy to say!" Wang Yuan smiled.
Jin Lei rides a healthy donkey, enjoying himself and is even in the mood to read on the donkey's back - the reins are being pulled by the book boy.
In Yunnan, the post roads are relatively flat.
Soon we arrived at Qujing Mansion. Everyone went into the city to replenish food and water. Tian Qiu went to see his eldest brother Tian Gu. He just stayed to celebrate. After all, Tian Qiu passed the Asian Yuan exam and Tian Gu was the third in command of Qujing Mansion.
, I must treat my colleagues to a banquet to show off.
Wang Yuan, Jin Lei, the Jieyuan of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, was also surrounded by local officials and kept pulling them to drink.
The next day, we continued on our way.
When they arrived at Pingyi Guard, the commander Li Xi personally received him, took Wang Yuan's hand and said, "Haha, Wang Xianggong is an extraordinary person. He can solve the problem in one fell swoop!"
"It's just a fluke." Wang Yuan said modestly.
Li Xi saw the Dragon Bird Sword hanging on the horse's body. The scabbard was wrapped in crocodile skin and embedded with several sapphires. It was hard not to attract attention due to its stylish appearance.
As a martial artist, Li Xi was delighted to see Hunter Xin and asked, "Is this the sword that Mr. Wang bought in Kunming?"
"I dare not refuse the gift from Mr. Mu," Wang Yuan said.
Li Xi was immediately surprised and said: "It was actually a gift from the central government?"
Li Ying smiled and said: "Mr. Mu also gave me a two-stone bow, and only my brother can draw it."
The Mu family is the hereditary commander-in-chief of Yunnan and the superiors of all Yunnan military attachés. Li Xi instantly became more respectful, holding Wang Yuan's hand and inviting them to dinner.
Only then did Jin Lei know that there was a gift, and he actually reminded Wang Yuan in front of Li Xi: "You shouldn't accept things from General Mu, as it will easily cause criticism in the future."
Wang Yuan took out Mu Kun's farewell poem from the book box and said with a smile: "Let's take a look."
Jin Lei glanced at it, nodded and said, "Then there is nothing to worry about."
Although Pingyiwei didn't even have any medical knowledge of his own, Li Xi had studied there in Shandong. He stood aside and glanced at it, and couldn't help but said: "Wang Xianggong, can you let me copy the poems of Mr. Mu?"
Come down."
"Of course." Wang Yuan smiled.
In fact, Wang Yuan would have deliberately leaked Mu Kun's farewell poem sooner or later. The sooner it spread, the less afraid of people gossiping about it in the future. After all, literati must avoid suspicion when making friends with hereditary military ministers.
Li Xi is a very good target of dissemination. It is estimated that this farewell poem will be spread back to Kunming in up to half a year.
I was entertained by Li Xi that night and left the Yunnan border the next day.
Although the bandit leaders "Zhen Sanshan" and "Zhang Er Mazi" have been handed over to Si Qiuhou to kill, the bandits at the junction of Yunnan and Guizhou are still powerful. When leaving Pingyi Guard, Li Xi specially reminded Wang Yuan: "Be careful during this trip.
, beware of bandits robbing the road.”
Everyone crossed the border cautiously, but they met bandits again at the same place!
However, there were only a dozen bandits this time, and they were not that arrogant. They just wanted to collect some tolls, and did not intend to take people and goods up the mountain.
Jin Lei rode on the donkey and shouted loudly: "You are waiting for a small night, in broad daylight, and disregarding the king's law. Why don't you retreat quickly!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
The bandits were stunned for a moment, then laughed, all amused by the golden leopard.
Zhang Mingyuan and Zhu Lun, two Jin family thugs, one pulled out an iron rod and the other pulled out a pair of knives, ready to be ready for the bandits to attack.
Wang Yuan did not use the rhinoceros bow, but only took off his own stone bow, slowly tightened the bowstring, and shouted: "Get out!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
The bandits laughed again.
Suddenly, a bandit recognized Wang Yuan's mount and shouted in horror: "It's the Second King of Montenegro!"
"What is the King of Montenegro?"
"Just shoot the scholar who killed Brother Zhang!"
"You didn't tell me earlier!"
"Zhou Chong's assassin is also here. He really voted for Wang Er."
"Run quickly, the wind is blowing hard!"
"..."
In an instant, more than a dozen bandits disappeared without a trace, and Wang Yuan didn't even have time to cock his arrow.
Jin Lei, as well as the book boys and thugs of the Jin family, were immediately confused by this situation, and they all looked at Wang Yuan blankly.
Tian Qiu did not witness Wang Yuan's killing of bandits. He had previously suspected that Li Ying was boasting too much, but now he truly understood how majestic Wang Yuan was.
Wang Yuan sneered and took off his bowstring, saying: "Continue on your way."
Zhang Mingyuan put away the iron rod and hung it on his back, and said to his companions: "This Mr. Wang seems to be a hero."
"If he doesn't have any fame, he must make some friends." Zhu Lun sheathed his sword.
Some scholars believe that the escort agency appeared in the late Ming Dynasty, and this statement should be accurate.
In the great Chinese classical realism love novel "The Plum in the Golden Ping", Ximen Qing's family opened a "Biao Xing", which shows that there was already a bodyguard agency in the Wanli period.
However, the escort bureau had not yet been born during the Zhengde period.
These two thugs from the Jin family were bodyguards when doing business. One of them was from a military family and the other was from a bandit. They were both very skilled, so they were hired by Jin Wanchuan with a high salary.
Having been doing business with caravans all year round, Zhang Mingyuan and Zhu Lun have seen many bandits, and they know how powerful they can be in scaring away bandits with just their names.
This kind of reputation will inevitably become more and more evil as it spreads. It is estimated that within a few years, all the heroes of the Green Forest for hundreds of miles around will know the name of King Er of Black Mountain.
Putting it on the world, this is called becoming famous!
Zhang Mingyuan and Zhu Lun began to inquire about Wang Xianggong's deeds, but were told so eloquently by several bookboys that they were secretly speechless and shocked.
We continued walking for half a day, and after passing Pingguan, the mountains immediately became steeper.
Not to mention riding a donkey to read, it was difficult for Jin Lei to even walk. He cut a temporary bamboo stick and fell down from exhaustion after only climbing two mountains. His feet were covered in blisters. Zhang Mingyuan and Zhu Lun alternately carried him on his back.
But there were some sections where it was impossible to walk backwards, so Jin Lei had no choice but to grit his teeth and persevere. When he approached Guansuoling, he fell ill from exhaustion.
"It's really not easy for Guizhou scholars!" Jin Lei sighed while lying on the hospital bed.
Anyway, they were not in a hurry, so everyone stopped to rest. Three days later, when Jin Lei's health improved, they continued on the road.
Until we arrived at Anshun Prefecture, the road was finally a little smoother and we could ride a donkey most of the time.
After stopping and stopping, we arrived in Guiyang in late October.
They entered through the south gate. Not long after entering the city, they saw a fast horse passing through the city and running straight to the south gate.
Everyone was shocked. Looking at the situation, it seemed that it was an "800-mile emergency"!
Liu Jin died, and Ling Chi was executed with 3,357 cuts.
The execution date coincides with the rural examination. Now the imperial court is urgently ordering the quota for the new rural examination to be invalidated. This is a "fake order" made by Eunuch Liu.
But by the time the news spread to various places, the Luming Banquet had already been held and there was no way to cancel it. The competition in next year's examination will be even more intense!