The fugitives resisted arrest and were injured and absconded in the city, which involved the safety of the people in the city and the performance evaluation of the magistrates, but the government did not publicize it.

By the next day, the city had not launched a large-scale manhunt in the city, except for the intensification of inspections at the city gate and the water gate.

The Miao family of four finally got out of the city smoothly, and found a place to leave in Shanghang, in the lower reaches of the Tingjiang River, and disappeared into the mountains.

After learning the news, Hui Niang breathed a long sigh of relief. From beginning to end, she did not inform the Zhou family of this matter, so as not to worry Shen Mingjun and his wife.

After this incident at the end of March, Shen Xi was ordered by Hui Niang to stay on the second floor of the pharmacy to study, she instructed someone to transform Lu Xi'er's room into a study, and a few bookshelves were full of all kinds of test-taking books.

Lu Xi'er and Lin Dai can only play in the backyard of the pharmacy or in the courtyard of the Shen family in the back alley, and they can't go upstairs to disturb Shen Xi.

Shen Xi knew that before the April 19 exam period arrived, he would not have a chance to go out and catch his breath. This can be regarded as the price of his injustice and help, helping Bai Miao's family reunite, and he will have to endure half a month of confinement.

Fortunately, the upstairs place is very large, this time is similar to when he was preparing for the county exam in Ninghua, if you have nothing to do, you can look at the "Four Books and Chapters and Sentences Collection Notes" and many rare anthologies of the previous dynasty, and when you are tired, you will write and draw, and even lie down on the bed to rest, and you will be at ease, without having to go into the books.

It's just that if the teacher Feng Yanqi comes over, Shen Xi will not be so light, Feng Yanqi will continue to ask him to do it, test his ability to solve problems, and at the same time will hand over the publications he bought such as "Jinghua Daily Copy", "Yuanliu Zhi Theory", "Ideas", "Outline" and other publications to Shen Xi, so that he can memorize the excellent current texts above, and check them from time to time.

"Jinghua Daily" has a long history, created by Shen Cheng, the general judge of Hangzhou, and recorded the excellent texts that appeared in the Ming provincial college examination and the general examination, and analyzed its success or failure.

Publications such as "The Origin of the Flow", "Ideas" and "Outline" are similar, but the scope is expanded to cover the excellent eight-strand texts that appeared in the county and county examinations and government examinations in the Ming Dynasty.

The first month of the fourth year of Hongji. Xie Duo, who was the supervisor of the wine of Nanjing Guozi at that time, said in a note to Emperor Hongzhi: "Today's so-called imperial examinations, although they can get heroes and extraordinary people, the habit of vain and impetuous competition is not so great. If you don't read "Jinghua Daily" today, you will read "Idea". If you don't read "The Origin of the Stream", you will read the "Theses", and you don't even know what the history is...... Please ban the ......"

However, Xie Duo's suggestions were not well implemented, and these publications concentrated on excellent contemporary literature. From the ground to the underground, it is still circulating among scholars, and Feng Yanqi is obviously its follower.

Among these eight-strand texts, a small part of Shen Xi in his previous life had been known in the "Eight-strand Essay Compilation", but more of them were seen for the first time. This aroused his interest, and Shen Xi read it carefully with the attitude of researching knowledge, analyzed the context of his article, and when Feng Yanqi was assessed, he answered the first word, which made Feng Yanqi surprised.

April 15. There are only four days left before the government exam.

This morning, Shen Xi came to the pharmacy from home, still yawning, and Song Xiaocheng hurriedly ran in from the backyard door. Shen Xi was a little surprised, Song Xiaocheng would never be so reckless in the past.

"The little shopkeeper, what about the big family?" Song Xiaocheng asked anxiously as soon as he came.

"Something going on at the pharmaceutical factory?"

Song Xiaocheng has been working in the pharmaceutical factory, in fact, with Song Xiaocheng's identity and status, he no longer needs to be involved in dispensing medicines and other tasks, he is only responsible for taking care of the workers, or when he needs to transport medicinal materials and medicines. In the pharmaceutical factory, he can be regarded as the third-in-command, and only Hui Niang and Han Wuye can manage him.

"The pharmaceutical factory is fine, there was an accident on the dock, and it didn't dawn this morning. Suddenly, a group of people rushed in, and the people who beat us without saying a word, and even a batch of goods that were about to be loaded into the ship were pushed down the river by them...... Little shopkeeper, what do you think you can do about this? ”

Song Xiaocheng was very anxious, although this matter was not in his charge, but the Chamber of Commerce contacted the "Waterway Gang". Every time Hui Niang asked him to come forward. The dock is full of five big and three rough men, and it is inconvenient to contact Hui Niang. Therefore, after encountering the incident, they found Song Xiaocheng as soon as possible and asked him to report to Hui Niang.

Shen Xi pondered for a while, before Hui Niang set up a boat shop and a carriage and horse shop, and through the differentiation and disintegration of the "Waterway Gang", ninety percent of the manpower on the water was basically collected under the name of the Chamber of Commerce, even those who did not join the Chamber of Commerce for the time being were doing odd jobs at the dock, and they did not dare to turn their faces with the Chamber of Commerce easily.

Most of the people who came to make trouble this time were the "Dry Road Gang".

Thinking of this, Shen Xi scolded with some dissatisfaction: "When people come over, they just wait to be beaten, and don't they resist?" Is it because there are more of us, or are there more people who come to commit crimes? ”

Song Xiaocheng called Tianqu and said: "Little shopkeeper, don't yell at me about this, I wasn't on the dock when the accident happened." Besides, there are few people coming, but there are guys in their hands, and some of them have flashed their blades, if there are three long and two short, this is ......"

Shen Xi said: "Others have been bullied to the head, and you don't dare to work hard, the next step is that people should and pee on your head." What's wrong with the guy, our people can also copy the guy, he takes the blade alone, and we rush up with four or five of us, even if we are empty-handed, we can win, and now the group of people at the dock are too timid, and they are fighting one of the top two, and they are really external, and they lack that courage and responsibility. ”

While talking, Hui Niang walked out of the room and saw Shen Xi talking to Song Xiaocheng there, a little unclear.

When the situation was clarified, Hui Niang was also anxious.

Although she knew from the beginning that the gangs in the city would be retaliated against, she didn't expect things to come so quickly, fortunately, it was the dock that came to the dock, not the pharmacy.

"How many people were hurt? Is it a big deal? ”

Hui Niang didn't care about the little goods lost on the dock, she cared about people.

In the past, when the Chamber of Commerce integrated the "Waterway Gang", it was said that as long as you follow the Chamber of Commerce, you will be supported in life, old age, sickness and death in the future.

Song Xiaocheng was embarrassed: "A few people were injured, but it was no big deal." The people in charge below are a little indignant, but they don't dare to make a move without your orders, or you will go over and take a look? ”

Thinking of going to a place like the dock, Hui Niang was a little difficult. The ferryhead is full of men, and it is already April day, this weather is warm, the men on the ferry, unloading the ship and carrying the goods, wear less, when carrying the goods, often wear a shoulder, the arms are exposed to the outside is quite indecent, she is a woman in the past many inconveniences.

"Auntie, do you think this is good? I'll go check it out and I'll be back in a minute. Shen Xi volunteered.

Hui Niang glanced at Shen Xi: "In a few days, you will have to take the government exam, and I won't let you go." Your mother will come over in a while, and if she knows that you want to go out, see if she will beat you. ”

Shen Xi pursed his lips and muttered, "My mother hasn't beaten me for a long time." ”

If something happens at the wharf, it is a big deal for the Chamber of Commerce, and Hui Niang is not good at making decisions casually, so she can only go to the Chamber of Commerce to convene people to discuss countermeasures.

After Hui Niang left, Shen Xi said to Song Xiaocheng: "Sixth brother, I remember that I asked you before, do you want to be the leading big brother on our Tingzhou Mansion Road, I don't know how you think about it now?" ”

In the past, Song Xiaocheng didn't understand what this "leading brother" meant, but later he specially asked Shen Xi, and after learning that it was the big boss of all the "Water Road Gang" and "Dry Road Gang" in Tingzhou Mansion, he understood how important it was.

"No, no, little shopkeeper, you are too exalted to me, if I can do this, I don't have to work for people." Song Xiaocheng is also a little self-aware.

Shen Xi said with a smile: "Sixth brother, you don't have to be too modest, when our pharmacy was disrupted in the first year, you went out to organize people to come back and drive that group of people away, and you did it with the demeanor of a big man on the road, but now the Chamber of Commerce is in trouble, and Aunt Sun is also in trouble, it depends on whether you are willing to come forward." ”

Song Xiaocheng patted his chest: "Little shopkeeper, don't dare to say anything else, I'm the master of our family, that's an absolute ...... No matter how you say it, you have to go to the soup and go to the fire. ”

"Okay, I want you to say that...... Listen to it now, I have made some plans, and if you follow them, it will be the greatest help to Aunt Sun and the Chamber of Commerce. ”

Shen Xi approached Song Xiaocheng and asked him to say goodbye, Song Xiaocheng's eyes widened in disbelief at first, and after listening to it later, he was still so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth and asked, "Little shopkeeper, is this ...... If things leak out, I'm afraid it will be ...... I'm afraid it's hard to clean up? ”

Shen Xi shook his head and said: "It's just a fight, as long as the arrangements are carefully arranged in advance, the time is chosen appropriately, and the evacuation is timely afterwards, who knows if we will do it?" When the time comes, the bastards of the 'Dry Road Gang' will be unlucky...... You say, if this happens, can the government let them go? ”

Song Xiaocheng swallowed his saliva, what Shen Xi asked him to do was not as simple as simply beating a person, because this time it was Gao Chong and He Gongzi's group who had gone to the pharmacy to make trouble and beat Xie Yun'er's former fiancé Hong Xun all over his body.

These people usually rely on their official backgrounds to do mischief in the city, and they are notorious.

"Little shopkeeper, since you said that this can help the big boss, then I will let it go, anyway, my cheap life is not worth much, it is a big deal, I think that Grandpa Yue can be bloody on the battlefield for the sake of the family and the country, and in the end he would rather die than disobey the holy decree, and be loyal to the sun and the moon, why can't I help our big boss do something?"

Or "The Biography of Yue Quan" and "The Biography of Tong Lin" are widely circulated in Tingzhou Mansion, and young people worship the feelings of family and country and personal heroism in them, so that Song Xiaocheng actually took people out to fight and upgraded them to the level of "family and country society".

Shen Xi did not deny Song Xiaocheng's "noble sentiments" at this time, and said in the tone of a godfather: "Remember what I said, after beating people, try to be as arrogant as possible, and when you report your name, you can't let those people suspect that they are lying, as long as the matter is done, send people back to their hometowns as soon as possible...... As long as it is not a native of Changting, the government can't find it if they want to. ”

Song Xiaocheng was enthusiastic and said in high spirits: "Little shopkeeper, you can take a look." ”

After saying that, he hurried away.

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