Chapter 40: Helping Hands

The examinee had to take the cloth bag he was carrying on his back, open it and rummage through it, but it seemed that there were only some patched clothes left in his backpack except for the books. Shaking inside and out, he just found a few copper plates, he hurriedly picked up these copper plates and handed them to the tall thin man and said: "This master, this is all my entanglement, I'll give it to you first, you let me go in for the exam, I will definitely find a way to make money after the exam, do you think it's okay?" ”

The tall and thin man didn't even look at the few copper coins in his hand, slapped his hands open, and scolded the candidate: "You can really fucking speak, take these broken copper plates, you send them to call Huazi?" ”

A few copper coins were slapped by the strong man and rolled to the ground, and the candidate hurriedly ran over to pick up the scattered copper plates one by one, and carefully held them in his hands.

Seeing this, the strong man scolded angrily: "Look at your poor and sour appearance, you still want to take the imperial examination, why do you still want to be a master of lifting?" If you have it, you won't have anything to do with you, since you can't afford it, then follow me to see the king's steward. ”

When the candidate heard this, he knelt down in front of the strong man, he had been taught the methods of the king's steward, and he was really pulled by these two people to see the king's steward, then he really didn't want to enter the examination room, but he had studied so hard for so long, how could he be willing to ruin his future like this. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel very aggrieved, he tugged on the sleeve of the strong man, and begged bitterly: "Uncle, you can do it, let me go in for the exam, I have been studying hard for nearly ten years, just for today, I beg you." ”

As he spoke, the candidate slammed his head on the ground at the two strong men, and there was a bruise in front of his head.

The strong man was unmoved, he kicked away the examinee kneeling in front of him, and said, "You let me do it for you?" I should beg you to give me a good line, I will let you in for the exam, then the king will look good when I go back. As he spoke, he beckoned to the big man next to him, "Second brother, you hold his hand down for me, Lao Tzu smashed it for him, see if he still has the test." ”

The big man who called the second brother stepped forward in response and wanted to hold down the candidate's hands, but the candidate struggled desperately, shouting in his mouth,

"Don't.... Please.... Don't! ”

This yellow-skinned little scholar was the opponent of two strong men, and the second child pressed his hand to the ground twice, and the thin strong man spat at his hands, and then raised the wooden stick high to smash down on the candidate's hands.

"Whoosh!"

Three short arrows flashed into the line and stuck only two or three inches in front of the toes of the tall and thin man.

The strong man was taken aback, and was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly withdrew his strength from the wooden stick he had raised, and he looked in the direction from which the arrow came, and saw two tall horses not far away, walking in their direction, and immediately two handsome boys, one of whom also had a short crossbow in his hand.

The short crossbow in An Yi's hand has been improved by Jin Mingyin according to the ideas he told him before, so with just one round of shooting, he can bring out three arrows, which is powerful.

However, Jiang Ruyue saw a few people here first, he saw that the scholar must have also come to participate in the scientific examination, and he didn't know why he was being embarrassed by two strong men, so he wanted An Yi to help the scholar.

He stepped forward, looked at the two strong men with wooden sticks and the examinee kneeling on the ground, and said angrily: "Who gave you the courage to arbitrarily obstruct the examinees' reference and disrupt the order of the Gongyuan, either of these two can arrest you and behead you!" ”

An Yi knew Jiang Ruyue, and it was the first time he saw his angry appearance, perhaps it was the tragic situation of the yellow-faced and thin candidate in front of him that resonated in his heart, I don't know if it wasn't for An Yi, he would have fallen to this point like this.

The tall and thin man froze down, took two steps back, and said to Jiang Ruyue with a cold snort: "You don't use these things to bluff Lao Tzu, I advise you not to meddle in things, do you know who the master in Lao Tzu's mansion is?" ”

"I don't know who the master of your house is, if you don't let go of this candidate, I'll let you know who I am!" An Yi held a short crossbow on the side to face the tall and thin strong man, at such a close distance, as long as he pulled the bracket, he didn't even need to aim, and he could wear his heart cold with his eyes closed.

"Whose little boy is this, come here to meddle in your business!"

A strange voice of yin and yang came from a distance, and the steward Wang, who had been sitting under the gazebo, walked towards them.

Of course, this Wang Steward was the Wang Steward of the Zeng Mansion who was in Qianyun Tower that night, following Zeng Ziren. He knew that he was comfortable, and he also knew that he was the new regimental training envoy in Huayang County. But because he was standing in the corridor at the time of the fight, An Yi did not recognize the king's steward.

Steward Wang looked at An Yi and was also a little puzzled, I don't know if this regiment is not good to take it in the military camp outside the city, and run to this tribute courtyard to join in the fun. Originally, he was here with a few big and three thick family members, but he was not afraid of any comfort, but the power of the short crossbow in his hand, the king steward had seen it, so he turned his head and ordered the little servant on the side to hurry up and find the general Zhao of the guard battalion who was in charge of the garrison of the Gongyuan.

He motioned to the second child who was tightly pressing Zheng Juzhang's hands to let go, and then said to An Yi with a gloomy face: "This poor scholar has been owing us rent for almost a year, and Lao Tzu took him back to work today to pay off his debts, which is a matter of course." ”

An Yi snorted coldly and pointed to the wooden sticks in the hands of the two big men, and said: "It's a good thing, is it justified to break other people's hands in broad daylight?" Say, how much do you owe, I'll replace it for him, and you let him in for the exam. ”

Steward Wang saw that this comfort was going to come out for Zheng Juzhang, but it was in his arms, last time in Jiangyun Tower, Young Master Zeng was afraid of Liu Siyi and did not dare to attack, but now in this Chengdu county, it is his own territory, can he just let him easily take people away? He thought for a moment, and stretched out five fingers to Anyi,

"500,000 taels!"

Hearing this number, An Yi didn't have time to be surprised, but Zheng Juzhang was in a hurry first, he stood up and pointed at the king steward and said hurriedly: "You! Don't spew blood, our family owes you a total of more than ten taels of rent, where did you get 50,000 taels! ”

Steward Wang sneered twice, "Yes, when your father owed it, it was more than ten taels, and it was almost a year when he came to you, don't you want interest?" 500,000 taels, I'll give you less! ”

A dozen taels becomes 500,000 taels, how high is this interest? An Yi knew that this was obviously the king's steward here, and the lion opened his mouth, and he also put away his mind to talk to them about the conditions, picked up the short crossbow and pointed at the king's steward, and said angrily: "What you mean is that you don't need to talk about it!" Well, you release him immediately, or I'll burn the 500,000 taels to you!" ”

Steward Wang was so frightened that he stepped back by An Yi's crossbow arrow, his eyes glanced around, and he scolded the little guy who was sent out to move reinforcements before, damn it, why didn't Mr. Zhao come back yet.

"Stop it!"

Hearing the prestige, a middle-aged man in scale armor sat on a dark gray horse, his bearded face was black and purple, his left eye was covered by a round black cloth, and only his right eye was exposed, looking fierce and vicious. The horse was followed by two columns of soldiers, also in armor and holding spears.

The man waved his hand at An Yi and Jin Mingyin, and the two soldiers immediately gave instructions to surround the two of them in the middle, and the spear was pressed down and pointed at them.

When the steward saw the man, it was as if he had seen it, and he hurriedly ran over, shouting as he ran: "Mr. Zhao, you are here, it is these thieves who disturb the order of the Gongyuan and try to interfere with the scientific examination. ”

An Yi and Jiang Ruyue didn't know that this so-called Zhao General should be the guard battalion in charge of the garrison of the Gongyuan, and eighty percent of them were rescued by the king's steward.

That Zhao Jiang always used the only remaining one-eye, looked at An Yi and the two, and shouted, "What are you two doing?" Why the noise here! ”

An Yi put away the crossbow arrows, and said loudly: "In Xiahuayang County, the regimental training makes An Yi, accompany friends to participate in the scientific examination, and encounter these bullies to obstruct the entry of candidates, according to the law of my Great Xia, no one is allowed to obstruct the candidates' reference, violators, immediately beheaded!" As an official in Great Xia, he should uphold the law and discipline of the imperial court. ”

Hearing An Yi claiming to be a regimental training envoy, this Zhao General glanced at An Yi very disapprerovingly, and sneered: "You are a small group training in other counties, what kind of Daxia official is it, dare to make a big statement in front of me, the general of the five grades, and it is not your turn to maintain the law and discipline of the imperial court." Lao Tzu will let you two see how the officials of the Great Xia Dynasty maintain the law and order of the imperial court today! Come! Tie up these two people who disturbed the exam room! ”

After those soldiers received General Zhao's order, they immediately surrounded them, preparing to pull down Jiang Ruyue and An Yi on the horse.

"Lord Zhao, you are such a great official!"

Just as the soldiers were about to make a move, a strong and magnetic voice came from the side.

A man in a python robe and jade belt sat on the tall red horse, with a few guards standing straight behind him and carrying a crotch knife at his waist, which looked very powerful.

When Mr. Zhao saw the person who came, his face suddenly lost the fierce evil he had just now, and he hurriedly turned over and dismounted and knelt on the ground, bowing his head down, "The commander of the guard battalion under the command of the Chengdu garrison, Zhao Jizong, see the king of Shu Chitose!" ”

The circle of soldiers around An Yi and Jiang Ruyue saw that their superiors all kowtowed, and even though they had never seen the king of Shu, together with the king's steward and a few family members, they all hurriedly knocked their heads on the ground.

An Yi and Jiang Ruyue knew the King of Shu, so they hurriedly turned over and dismounted, and knelt down in the direction of the King of Shu.

"See the King of Shu!"