The person Shen Xi wanted to frame was a notorious guy in Tingzhou Mansion City, named Lei Wu, who was the head of a gang in the "Dry Road Gang".

There is a carriage and horse shop under this Lei Wu's hand, with hundreds of brothers, and there are hundreds of ruffians and hooligans under these brothers, who are abducted and deceived in the southeast of Fucheng, and also collect protection money from small vendors to dominate one side.

It is said that this Lei Wu, murder and arson, do all evil, but the strength of his subordinates is strong, and he can easily entangle hundreds of people, and the successive Tingzhou prefects and Changting magistrates don't want to make things big so as not to affect the performance evaluation, plus the other party did not provoke himself, so he turned a blind eye and let him be presumptuous.

This Lei Wu is a rough man, but he is elegant, and his favorite place to go is the teaching workshop, looking for a woman who is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting to show off his poetic talent. After the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the workshop was not only open to scholars and gentry and elites, but also to people like Lei Wu, as long as they could afford to spend money, they could still go in and have fun.

Coincidentally, when Lei Wu was entangled with a very famous official prostitute in the teaching workshop last month, he happened to be bumped into by Gao Chong's gang, Gao Chong was spending money to pursue the talented and beautiful woman, and the two sides clashed.

In the end, after Lei Wu learned about the other party's background, he swallowed his anger and left, Gao Chong and the others were naturally triumphant, and they said that Lei Wu was the living king of the turtle with a shrunken head.

What's even more surprising is that Lei Wu's concubine returned to visit relatives in a sedan chair in the middle of last month, and the sedan chair was gorgeous, and she happened to be met by Gao Chong and others. As a result, this group of people intercepted the sedan chair and molested Lei Wu's concubine, and it is said that even the body was in hand, confirming the rumors of Lei Wu's living king.

Lei Wu was angry about this, but he did not dare to take revenge rashly, so he could only be angry with his family and his brothers, and the poor concubine was almost ravaged to death by him.

The people of the "Dry Road Gang" are not only Lei Wu's gang, but Lei Wu is the most powerful in the "Dry Road Gang", once the "Dry Road Gang" has any big moves, it is impossible for Lei Wu not to know.

After Shen Xi arranged things, he went upstairs to study.

It is expected that Song Xiaocheng is looking for someone. In addition, it is necessary to find out where Gao Chong's people often move, and when he comes back to discuss the details of planning a sneak attack, it will take two or three days to do it.

Unexpectedly, Song Xiaocheng went out in the morning and rushed back at sunset in the afternoon...... He found more than a dozen helpers, all of whom were fellow villagers in Ninghua and were willing to "conspire with Song Xiaocheng".

“…… Please rest assured. I told those people that it was actually Lei Wu's dissatisfaction with the surname Gao, and it was inconvenient to do it himself, so he invited us to go out. ”

Song Xiaocheng had a lot of ghost ideas, and Shen Xi said with satisfaction: "That's good." When the time comes, you must speak wisely. Don't deliberately show your bottom, it's best to say something ambiguous like 'see if you dare to be arrogant in the city in the future, and don't ask who has the final say on the ground of this city', as long as the surname Gao ponders, he should understand that Lei Wu found someone to do it. ”

Looking at the Chamber of Commerce again, the dock was disrupted, and the goods were pushed down the river, and after discussing with several elders, Hui Niang decided to "put up with it" for the time being.

In addition to swallowing his anger, he also had to find someone to dredge up and make peace with the people of the "Dry Road Gang". If you suffer a loss, you have to apologize to others. It is also a reflection of the low social status of businessmen in this era.

It's a pity that Hui Niang is thinking of taking a step back and opening up the sky, but she didn't realize that the Chamber of Commerce is already competing for business with the "Dry Road Gang" when it runs a boat shop and a carriage and horse shop, so how can the other party give up?

The people sent out by Hui Niang went to the various halls of the "Dry Road Gang" to visit and offer gifts, but those people did not give face. Especially Lei Wu, who has many ruthless characters and hard fists, does not take the Chamber of Commerce in his eyes at all. He said that the Chamber of Commerce had better dissolve the ship and carriage and horse shops on its own, otherwise it would be dealt with more severely.

No one realizes that they are in trouble!

“…… If these people refuse to accept it, we can only stop our business at the docks and avoid the limelight. "When Hui Niang was discussing this matter with the Zhou family. A position was made. can't afford to hide, Lu Shen's two families have a majority of women and children, and they must try to avoid conflicts with the ruthless gang of "Dry Road Gang".

Shen Xi shook his head helplessly, he didn't know if his radical way of dealing with it was right, but in order to completely solve the threat of the "Dry Road Gang", it was necessary to use some extreme measures.

April 17. In the first two days of the government examination, Song Xiaocheng inquired about Gao Chong's favorite places in the city on weekdays, because Gao Chong usually went out to hug each other, and also brought helpers and thugs, only when he went to the Qinlou Chu Pavilion to look for flowers and ask willows, he would not make a big fuss.

Shen Xi analyzed that Lei Wu and Gao Chong and others had a grudge because of women, if Gao Chong was beaten at the door of the workshop, he didn't even have to leak his mouth, Gao Chong would immediately realize that Lei Wu was looking for someone to do it.

Shen Xi made a detailed plan, including how to enter the city, how to gather, where to ambush, what route to evacuate from after the fight, how to dispose of the cloth towels covering their faces, and then disperse out of the city through different gates......

Shen Xi felt that he was not planning to beat people, but formulating detailed steps to rob the bank. After listening to this, Song Xiaocheng was greatly admired: "Little shopkeeper, you did this in your last life, right?" The planning is so thorough, so meticulous that when I go back to talk to the calves, I'm afraid they won't remember......"

"If you can't remember, remind me more, everyone just needs to remember where they enter the city and where they go out of the city, and don't care about other people's affairs. After beating people, they must go back to the countryside to hide for a while, and then come back when the limelight has passed. Sixth brother, after this is over, you have to go out to hide for a few days, ask the big boss for a leave, and say that Ninghua has something at home, go back. ”

Song Xiaocheng responded one by one. Before leaving, he was still sighing, and now that Shen Xi had thought about every detail of the plan he had made, if something happened if it was not implemented properly, he could only be blamed for his poor implementation.

Although Song Xiaocheng is not serious on weekdays, he is very strict in his work, for fear of causing trouble because of his own negligence. What Shen Xi told him, he was still talking about it when he went out, for fear that he would miss it when he went back.

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On April 18, the last day before the government exam, Shen Xi had a lot to do on this day.

Mainly for exam preparation.

First you have to go to the examination room to familiarize yourself with the venue, it is still the same as the county exam, first go to the government office to get the number plate, and then go to the examination room to take a look through the door, and probably know the location of the examination booth where you are examining.

Because the examination booth of the government examination is used in the previous Changting County test, this will give local candidates in Changting County a home advantage, but what is really to be tested in the examination room is still knowledge, and the on-the-spot performance depends on the psychological quality of the students, not local candidates must do well in the test.

Shen Xi and Shen Yongzhuo, two brothers, after looking at the examination room. I went to see the examinees who had joined each other.

Most of the candidates who married each other this time were around 20 years old.

Shen Yongzhuo's eighteen-year-old entrance examination is already considered young, and the reference at the age of ten like Shen Xi has been since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Tingzhou Mansion is still the first one on the ground.

"Yo, isn't this the little prodigy that is rumored throughout Tingzhou Mansion? Sure enough, people should not be disguised! ”

"Maybe people are knowledgeable, and they passed the government examination this time?"

"If you are not old, maybe the prodigy will want to pass the hospital exam next year, and be the youngest talent in the history of our Tingzhou Prefecture! Haha......"

A crowd of people kept heckling. Each other is a test taker, and they are not afraid of offending people and ridiculing them arbitrarily.

Shen Xi secretly thought: "One by one, they don't even have a serious reputation, so they learn to be light on literati." I'm so young, what's in your way? ”

Ben came to the teahouse to get to know the candidates who were connected with each other and exchange knowledge, but in the end it turned into a cynicism towards Shen Xi. Even Shen Yongzhuo couldn't stand it anymore, and pulled Shen Xi: "Seventh brother, let's go back early." ”

Shen Xi didn't care: "Big brother, don't worry. It's hard to come out and breathe, let's stay in the teahouse for a while. Exams are coming up tomorrow, and everything you need to learn and memorize is in your head, so relaxing and relaxing is conducive to playing. What's more, before going out, my aunt also allowed you not to return early......"

Hearing Shen Xi mention his mother, Shen Yongzhuo lowered his head gloomily: "I'm afraid that I won't be able to pass this government exam." ”

Shen Xi encouraged two sentences. The Shen family continued to put pressure on Shen Yongzhuo, this hall brother himself has average talent in reading, and he has a certain amount of luck to pass the county exam.

In fact, with Shen Yongzhuo's qualifications, the task before he was twenty years old after the county test was completed. However, the Lu family postponed the marriage, forcing him to prepare for the government exam with all his might, but people's abilities are always limited, and Shen Yongzhuo's hope of standing out is very slim.

"Big brother. If you can't pass the exam, there will be a coming year, and even the uncle is not a talent who has been admitted at one time. Uncle is now a student in the county, who doesn't respect him when he goes out? You don't even have to kneel down when you see the magistrate......"

Shen Yongzhuo nodded and accepted Shen Xi's statement.

The two continued to look at the scenery in the teahouse.

Because the teahouse is not far from the examination room, most of the candidates who came to see the examination room on this day had to find a place to rest. The teahouse has become the best place to go.

When candidates take the county test, they generally go with people from the same village or town, while they are basically accompanied by people from the same county.

The people who came to the teahouse were all in groups, and even among the companions there were strange voices.

In this government examination, Shen Xi's youngest was only ten years old, and a little older than him was a fourteen-year-old candidate from Qingliu County, named Wu Xingyu.

Wu Xingyu basically enjoys the same treatment as Shen Xi, as soon as he entered the teahouse with his fellow villagers, someone immediately came forward to talk to him in the name of "asking for teaching", and there was a lot of sarcasm between the words, mainly saying that Wu Xingyu was "young and promising", and the words seemed to be praised, but when they came out of these people's mouths, they turned into ridicule.

In the end, Wu Xingyu came upstairs, looked around, and sat down next to Shen Xi's table.

Although Wu Xingyu is a young man, he has red lips and white teeth, and is quite handsome. People are also very polite, and before sitting down, he specially bowed his hand to Shen Xi, as if he sympathized with each other.

The teahouse is full of seats, the happiest is the teahouse shopkeeper and the guys, the little two run up and down, a pot of tea one after another, the teahouse also provides dried fruits and snacks, anyway, to rest, are a table of people to make money to settle the bill, everyone is afraid that they will suffer if they eat less, and the sales of snacks in the teahouse have increased a lot.

Shen Xi looked out the window, it was just past noon now, and Song Xiaocheng would be in Shenshi, and it would take more than an hour. Shen Xi was looking forward to the show, it was best to be able to witness what happened with his own eyes, and if there was any accident, he would be able to deal with it.

"Big brother, let's sit a little longer and go back later." Shen Yongzhuo nodded, a little absent-minded.

Shen Xi specially asked the shop guy to serve two more plates of candied fruit, Shen Yongzhuo couldn't eat these good things in the county on weekdays, so he simply treated him as a treat, and let Shen Yongzhuo reduce the pressure of the exam through appetizers. But Shen Yongzhuo's worries did not accumulate in a day or two, and no matter what Shen Xi said, he was sullen.

At this moment, Wu Xingyu from the next table came over, first made a greeting salute, and said humbly: "In Xia Wu Xingyu, I have seen the two, I don't know if I can share the same table?" ”

Shen Xi looked at it carefully, and the other party had the appearance of Pan An, giving people a feeling of spring breeze. And this person is generous and decent, others try to avoid being at the same table with Shen Xi, so as not to be ridiculed for wanting to "climb the relationship" with the little prodigy, and he doesn't care about this, maybe it has something to do with the fact that he is a young man.

"You may be seated." Shen Xi stood up and saluted.

Waiting for Shen Yongzhuo and Shen Xi to report their names, Wu Xingyu smiled: "I heard the names of the two sons of the Shen family in the early morning, the two brothers participated in the county examination for the first time, and the little sons of the Shen family are only ten years old, which is really admirable." ”

If others come and say "admiration", they are definitely deliberately ridiculed. But when Wu Xingyu said this, people couldn't detect that he meant sarcasm. No matter what this person says or does, he has a graceful bearing, and he wants to have something to do with his tutor.

Shen Xi thought about it carefully, and did not remember that there was a famous man named Wu Xingyu in the Ming Dynasty.

The county test and the government test can't distinguish between real talent and real learning, and even if they can speak, they will end up drowning in the tide of history.

"Wu Gongzi praised falsely, in fact, in the county examination and the government examination, it was all to accompany my brother, and by the way, to see if he could reach the first place at a young age and show his ambitions."

Wu Xingyu smiled, he said politely, but Shen Xi's answer was slightly arrogant. Wu Xingyu thought to himself: "Although he is a young genius, he is a child after all. ”

Then the three of them sat down and drank two cups of tea, and Wu Xingyu got up to say goodbye.

When Wu Xingyu went downstairs, there was a sedan chair to pick him up.

A candidate from Qingliu County can enjoy such treatment in Fucheng, which shows that Wu Xingyu not only has a good family background, but also his family attaches great importance to him in this government examination.

Waiting for the sedan chair to go away, Shen Xi couldn't help but let out a smack in his mouth, this Wu Xingyu clearly had the intention of showing off in front of the candidates. If you want to talk about arrogance, in fact, this young man is much more arrogant than others.

Or Wu Xingyu came to talk, because his limelight was robbed by Shen Xi, and he was unwilling.

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