Xu Liang returned to the inn from the political envoy's yamen, and as soon as he entered the room, Tietou stepped forward with a painful face and said, "Young master, I will send things to the Huang Mansion early in the morning as you said." ”

Xu Liang nodded, "Well, I know, well done." ”

The iron head was silent for a while, and then frowned and said, "Young master, I think you sent a little more this time." ”

"Not much, not much." Xu Liang laughed, "Two thousand taels of silver for an official to do, it's worth it!" ”

The iron head muttered again: "There is the money I kept for my daughter-in-law in there......"

When Xu Liang heard this, he glared and scolded: "You rammer, in the future, Young Master Ben will become an official, and you can still pay for the money you have to marry your daughter-in-law?" How much silver do we have in our hands? ”

Tietou was scolded and shrunk his neck, and replied in a low voice: "There is not much, young master, a while ago, all the scattered silver you won was exchanged for silver tickets, and now there are more than two hundred taels of silver in your hand." He thought about it, and then persuaded: "Young master, you can't spend money so lavishly, if you send another two hundred taels out, then our travel expenses back to Ji'an Mansion will be gone......

Xu Liang waved his hand impatiently, "Don't be verbose, dare to be tight, go to Steward Yang and ask for another five hundred taels of silver, this young master is in urgent need." ”

"Huh? I'm going to send it too! The iron head wailed, and under Xu Liang's fierce gaze, he lowered his head and went out to find Yang Lin.

Soon, Xu Jiang and Yang Lin found Xu Liang's room.

Xu Liang hadn't seen his eldest brother Xu Jiang for a whole day, and when he saw him, he couldn't help but be taken aback, only to see Xu Jiang's eyes sunken and his face sallow, as if he had just been seriously ill. It can be seen how hard the failure hit him.

"Big brother, are you okay?"

Xu Jiang smiled bitterly, "I'm fine." Third brother, just said that you want to use money? ”

Xu Liang nodded and responded: "Yes, I used to give gifts to people with some of the money I won from playing horse hanging, and I have to go out again in the afternoon, how can I do without any money?" ”

Xu Jiang frowned, and kindly persuaded: "Third brother, now that you have passed the exam, this is not what it used to be, originally it was not easy for me to be the eldest brother, but now that the Luming banquet has also been eaten, there is nothing to do later, do you think we should go back to Wan'an City as soon as possible, third brother, you should prepare for next year's examination with peace of mind?" ”

Xu Liang secretly smiled bitterly, and said in his heart that sooner or later he would have to let Xu Jiang know about this matter, so he didn't plan to hide it anymore, looked at Xu Jiang and Yang Lin, and said: "Big brother, Yang is in charge, there is something I was about to tell you, I decided not to participate in next year's examination, I will go to find Master Huang and ask him for an errand to do." ”

"What, you're not admitted to the Jinshi anymore?" Xu Jiang and Yang Lin were taken aback when they heard this, and looked at Xu Liang in disbelief. Xu Jiang shouted: "Third brother, did you drink too much in the morning and get drunk?" ”

"I'm sober, I'm not drunk at all." Xu Liang said seriously: "I mean really. ”

"Third brother, this matter is a big matter, have you asked your father and grandfather for their opinions?"

"It's too late, when I rush back to Wan'an to explain this matter to them, I have to get their consent before returning to Nanchang Mansion, I'm afraid that Lord Huang will forget about me by then."

Seeing that Xu Liang had made up his mind, Xu Jiang was silent for a while, and asked Yang Lin, "Steward Yang, how much cash do we have in our hands?" ”

Yang Lin looked at Xu Jiang and then at Xu Liang, and said, "Young Master, we still have more than seven hundred taels of silver." ”

Xu Jiang pondered for a while, and said to Xu Liang categorically: "Third brother, I don't know what made you have this idea, since you have already decided, then you can take another five hundred taels of silver, and the iron head will stay to help you, as for us, I plan to leave for Wan'an early tomorrow morning." ”

Xu Liang was greatly moved, and said emotionally: "So, thank you big brother." ”

"What did the third brother say, we were originally a family, and we will see each other when we say thank you." Xu Jiang shook his head and said, he thought about it and said solemnly to Xu Liang: "Third brother, if, in case something can't be done, you have to leave in time to go back to Wan'an." You are now, but the only hope of the Xu Mansion. ”

Xu Liang's eyes moistened when he heard this, and he almost confessed his situation on impulse, but after thinking about it, he still held back, cheating in the imperial examination, no matter how you say it, it is a disgraceful thing, the less people know, the better.

Lord Huang, whom Xu Liang had high hopes for, had just returned to the Huang Mansion at this time, and his fat body was sweating profusely as soon as he moved a little. He collapsed in the Taishi's chair and let his subordinates fan it for a while before the cool breeze eased up. Huang Weizhong called the housekeeper over and asked, "Has anyone come to the house this morning?" ”

The housekeeper bowed down, hunched his waist and said, "Master, there is no one important in the morning, but there is a man from Ji'an Mansion who sent someone to deliver a box of tea." ”

Lieutenant General Huang Wei slowly closed his little eyes and asked slowly, "Have you opened the box?" ”

The housekeeper said carefully: "Demolished." He took a sip, with a look of disdain on his face, "The people from Wan'an small place just don't have the rules, how can they still give a box of tea as a gift these days." He leaned into Huang Weizhong's ear and sneered: "Master, I've seen it, that tea is just ordinary tea, nothing special." ”

Huang Weizhong opened one eye, glanced at the housekeeper, and said faintly: "Take it and let me take a look." ”

The housekeeper was trembling by Huang Weizhong's glance, and hurriedly responded lightly, ordering someone to bring the box of tea.

The box is an ordinary wooden box, and there are indeed four bags of tea in the box. Huang Weizhong's face was full of surprise, remembering what the man named Xu Liang said at the Luming banquet in the morning, and secretly said that the kid was also a clever person, there was no reason to do such a stupid thing?

Huang Weizhong took out four bags of tea, looked at the empty box over and over again, after a while, Huang Weizhong's eyes moved, stretched out a fat hand to fiddle at the bottom of the box twice, in the housekeeper's surprised gaze, Huang Weizhong took off a layer of cover at the bottom of the box, and saw a stack of silver tickets neatly stacked at the bottom of the box.

Huang Weizhong picked up the silver ticket and counted it with satisfaction, and smiled even more happily.

As soon as he put away the stack of silver tickets, he heard an urgent report, and a soldier stepped forward and presented a secret letter in red paint.

Huang Wei chuckled in the center, his heart tightened, and he hurriedly sent his soldiers out, checked the fire paint, carefully opened one end, and pulled out a secret report from the envelope.

Huang Weizhong held up the secret report and read it, and his face gradually turned blue. Huang Weizhong himself is the political envoy of Jiangxi Chengxuan from the four products, and he is also the Jiujiang branch guard. The secret report was submitted by the officials of the Yamen of Jiujiang Branch, just when the whole Jiangxi province was concerned about Qiuqiu, the water robbers of Poyang Lake, taking advantage of the lax defense of the government, suddenly attacked Wucheng County, just when the officers and soldiers of the nearby Jianchang County, Xinjian County and other places heard the news and went to Wucheng to support, the water robbers of Poyang Lake suddenly shook a shot, passed through the gaps in the defense of the officers and soldiers, and killed directly at the defenseless Jianchang County, Jianchang County's defense was empty, and it was attacked by the water bandits, and soon fell, and the water robbers in Jianchang County and then set up an ambush on the middle of the road, The history of Jianchang County, who was driven back with troops after hearing the news, was killed, and only then did he return to the old nest of Zhuyang Lake with great satisfaction.

In this turmoil, the court can be said to have suffered heavy losses, countless people were robbed and killed, court officials, Jianchang County Cheng was killed, Dianshi was killed in battle, and more than 300 officers and soldiers were killed and wounded.

Although Huang Weizhong is the Jiujiang branch guard, he is still in charge of the affairs of Nankang Mansion in terms of authority. There is such a big thing in Jianchang County, as a Shangguan, he can't escape the involvement.

After Huang Weizhong figured this out, he suddenly felt that the matter was very important, and if he didn't handle it well, he would be in danger of being dismissed and killed. Just thinking about how to deal with the aftermath, whether to report to his mentor, Zhou Yingqiu, the official of the court, when he saw someone come in to report, and Xu Liang, a new person from Ji'an Mansion, came to visit.

Huang Weizhong himself is in a mess, how can he be in the mood to see an insignificant lifter at the bottom of the ranking, but when he thinks about it, he just received two thousand silver from others, and it is really unreasonable to turn his face and deny it so quickly. He nodded and agreed to meet.

When Xu Liang saw Huang Weizhong, he was a long-term leader, "Student Xu Liang has seen his teacher!" ”

Huang Weizhong hummed lightly, which was an answer, and when Xu Liang stepped forward, he asked slowly with a calm face: "Xu Liang, we just met this morning, and there is nothing to do in the back, why don't you hurry up and go home and work hard, and strive to try to get a good ranking next year, why did you come to my house again?" ”

Xu Liang chuckled in his heart, Huang Weizhong was still talking and laughing this morning, why did he feel like he didn't know him in a blink of an eye? Seeing Huang Weizhong's brows tightened, his heart moved, and he said softly: "Teacher, what tricky things have you encountered?" Is there a place where students can help? ”

Huang Weizhong propped up one hand and rubbed his temples, looked at Xu Liang, and sighed: "Alas, Poyang Lake Shuikou is making trouble again, this time he actually robbed and killed the Jianchang Dian Shi in the middle of the road, hehehe......" He smiled and slapped the table fiercely, scolding: "These rice buckets!" Even a bunch of little water cowards can't stop it! ”

When Xu Liang heard this, he was overjoyed in his heart, and the opportunity for the secret path came. Immediately put on a face of great surprise and exclaimed, "How can this be? Are my Ming officers and soldiers so bad? Hmph, it must be the blind command of Jianchangdian's history, he doesn't know how to pretend to understand, if he lets the students go, he will definitely kill that group of water coars, and the water will fall into the flowers! ”

Huang Weizhong saw Xu Liang's indignant look, and he was also amused by Xu Liang, he laughed and scolded: "What does the affairs of the court have to do with you as a small person, it is serious for you to go back early to prepare for next year's examination!" If you want to be an official, you have to be admitted to the Jinshi. ”

Xu Liang glared in surprise and asked, "Why, can't you be an official if you raise someone?" ”

"Well, that's not it," Huang Weizhong said: "I can also be an official in the court, but I can't immediately give a grade." ”

Xu Liang asked again: "What kind of product is the historian?" ”

Huang Weizhong laughed, "Classic history? What kind of serious official is classic history? I can't even take the turn from the ninth grade. ”

Xu Liang's heart was a little fixed, and he took the opportunity to point to the tip of his nose and said, "In that case, teacher, why don't you let the student go to the Jianchang Dian History of the Scooper?" The student is now regarded as a person, and it is nominally reasonable, so that the teacher will not be worried. ”

Huang Weizhong's eyes widened and he asked in surprise, "What?" Do you want to go out and be an official now? Don't take the exam? ”

Xu Liang revealed his intentions at this time, and he said sincerely: "Actually, ahem, the student came to visit the teacher this time because he wanted to ask the teacher to arrange an errand for him. As he spoke, he pushed a small box in front of Huang Weizhong and said, "After the student went back in the afternoon, he found that there was still a bag of tea before the rain that he asked his subordinates to send in the morning, so he sent it to the teacher together." ”

Huang Weizhong touched the small box, understood what it meant, glanced at Xu Liang carefully at the moment, and thought to himself: "According to what this kid said, it is not too difficult to let him be a new person to serve as a classless and rankless historian, and besides, with him watching for himself in Jianchang County, how much trouble can I save?" ”

Thinking of this, Huang Weizhong sat up straight and said solemnly to Xu Liang: "Xu Liang, do you really want to be released as an official now?" ”

Xu Liang shouted: "Please also ask the teacher to be fulfilled!" ”

Huang Weizhong glanced at Xu Liang carefully up and down again, and muttered in his heart again, this body is a little thinner, well, he is also a little younger, and he is still a newcomer...... It's not proper, it's not proper, the old man has been in the officialdom for half his life, relying on Zhou Yinglong and Zhou Da's talent to mix up with the current senator from the fourth grade, if he rashly promotes a new person with no qualifications, I am afraid that it will attract criticism in the future......

Thinking of this, Huang Weizhong's expression that was still moving just now became cold again.

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