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"Die!"

An angry roar rang out.

In the cabins of the two merchant ships in the distance, several water thieves who were about to attack the cabin suddenly let out a trembling body, and soon, their bodies leaned back, and they fell on the deck without the slightest subconscious behavior, blood mixed with the river water flowed out, and the water thieves were stuck with several crossbow arrows.

In the cabin, several businessmen, with ruthless faces holding repeaters, walked out, obviously the same person who roared before.

"Repeater!"

The 15-year-old Chu Zhuo's face turned pale, the bow and crossbow were not something that ordinary people could have, and except for the royal family, if anyone else held it, it was regarded as a rebellion, and now he appeared on the Yangtze River, and there were dead people, how could he not panic.

At this moment, Uncle Hai silently covered his little ears, and just as he was puzzled, a series of loud noises sounded from a distance, and with this loud noise, a burst of green smoke rose into the sky.

The merchant who was originally holding a repeater and had a fierce face also fell on his back at this moment, and some bloody wounds appeared all over his body, and even saw the white bones of Sensen.

Chu Zhuo looked along the green smoke, only to see more than a dozen water thieves expressionlessly wrapping the strange looking stick of the first brother in oiled paper.

At this time, the two merchant ships no longer resisted, and were wiped out by a gang of water thieves.

And when Chu Zhuo passed by, these water thieves didn't seem to see it, and they didn't care at all about being seen about their actions, and they didn't have any secrecy measures.

"Okay, it's okay, don't talk nonsense about today's events, because it's useless for you to say it, but it will affect your family." After Uncle Hai finished speaking, he patted him on the shoulder and said, "Go back to sleep and concentrate on preparing for the imperial examination." ”

Chu Zhuo returned to the cabin with a reluctant soul, and in his mind, the medicine elder was comforting him: "Good Chu Zhuo, don't think about that, concentrating on preparing for the imperial examination is what you have to do, and you will understand these things later." ”

Chu Zhuo nodded very obediently, trying not to think about what happened just now.

Two months later, Chu Zhuo arrived in Luoyang, on May 15, more than a month before the imperial examination, Chu Zhuo was trying to get acquainted with some scholars who had come to participate in the imperial examination, and planned to exchange experiences.

However, when some scholars heard that he was just a scholar from a poor family, and his ancestor was still the king of Chu, they immediately avoided him, and even showed a look of shame and the same rank.

Chu Zhuo naturally didn't want to stick a hot ass to a cold ass, but he silently wrote it down in his heart, and mixed with the scholars who were also from poor families, but everyone's foundation was very weak, and there was no money at home, and there was not much left at the moment, and it was very difficult to live in this place for a month.

And Chu Zhuo has savings in the past two years, and he was given ten gold before parting, and his luck was surprisingly good along the way.

Everywhere there are people with kindness, for him to eat and drink for free, and it is not bad, even if it is halfway up the mountain and wilderness, there are rooms to prepare, and there is everything to eat and drink, the environment is very comfortable, he does not recognize the bed, naturally comfortable very, occasionally a small illness, will happen to meet the doctor on the way, and will recover in a few days.

And these people are all believers of Huaxu God, and they have repeatedly mentioned whims, this time there are more than one, and Chu Zhuo, who didn't care about it, also heard it, this is clearly Huaxu God protecting him in the dark, and his heart is becoming more and more pious.

However, to Chu Zhuo's surprise, Yao Lao actually asked him to go to the west of the city to buy a house, and he hurriedly explained how Luoyang is so expensive that a slightly better house must be sky-high, but after Yao Lao heard it, he still asked him to go to Xicheng District, and then Chu Zhuo still vaguely heard: "Is it difficult to have an inch of gold and land to be expensive in the imperial capital?" The mutter.

In desperation, Chu Zhuo could only go to Xicheng District, planning to buy a small courtyard casually.

Yunding Fang, Xicheng District, Chu Zhuo took a turn on the street, his brows were locked, this way, either the asking price was too expensive, or seeing that he was young, he wanted to harm him, if it wasn't for Yao Lao's repeated reminders, he would have really been tricked.

However, when he passed by the mansion of a rich and noble family, a person at the door stopped him: "This little boy is a scholar who went to Beijing to take the exam?" ”

Chu Zhuo had a premonition this time, looked at the old man who was about fifty or sixty years old with red light, and looked at the magnificent mansion behind him, his heart moved slightly, and he hurriedly said, "Exactly." ”

"Oh, haven't you landed yet? If you don't dislike the simplicity of the house, you might as well live, right? If you're old and want someone to talk to, you can invite a few friends to live in. The old man said with a smile on his face.

Chu Zhuo hurriedly thanked him again and again, he listened to Yao Lao's words, and invited six people from the twenty or so people to move in together.

And Chu Zhuo spent money to buy the scroll from four years ago, and repeatedly pondered and exchanged experiences with others, and the facts also proved that the six people selected by Yao Lao were the best among the scholars of the Hanmen in terms of temperament and talent, and the six of them were very grateful to Chu Zhuo.

In August of the 20th year of Daqian, the list was opened, Chu Zhuo was the ninth, Lang Guan, the remaining six, five high school Lang officials, and the remaining one was not selected.

Two years later, Chu Zhuo was 17 years old and became a county official.

A year later, Chu Zhuo was 18 years old and was Hu Cao.

Another two years, Chu Zhuo was 20 years old, and he was the county magistrate of Dongyang County, Guangling County, Xuzhou.

In July of the same year, the emperor died and the crown prince ascended the throne, and the first thing he did was to arrest his two brothers for treason, and the next month they were secretly executed, and at the same time amnesty was granted to the world.

And Chu Zhuo sat in the seat of the county commander with a confused face, and the six Hanmen scholars were under his command at the moment.

And he didn't know at all, he had reached the position of county magistrate in just five years, and how much blood and corpses were hidden behind it, and he just had a blank face, completely unclear that the county magistrate, who was obviously very strong, would be bitten to death by wild dogs.

He would not have known how the original strong contenders for the position of prefectural magistrate had coincidentally appeared scandals and accidents, as well as notoriety.

Of course, although he doesn't understand, but after all, he is 20 years old, and he already has a hazy feeling about many things, he only needs to know one thing, that is, God Huaxu is protecting him, and believes in Yao Lao, gradually replacing the people in various positions in the county, and replacing them with the people that Yao Lao likes, and the facts have proved that those people are doing a good job.

But obviously, the local Haoqiang doesn't care whether Chu Zhuo knows it or not, they just need to be sure of one thing, that is, Chu Zhuo is the beneficiary of a series of incidents, and he is constantly looking for reasons to kick their people out, and constantly cultivating cronies and occupying important positions.

And the new emperor's accession to the throne and the amnesty of the world also gave them an excuse, that is, to spend money on hiring those who had just come out of prison and let them kill the county order, so that they could completely remove themselves and no one could say anything accusatory.

This kind of thing is not uncommon even on Earth, let alone in the darker ancient times.

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Thanks to a certain handsome pot for 5 yuan catnip.

Thanks to Ashton Arthur for $5 catnip.

Thank you.

The next update will still time out.,Because it's been late to get off work these days.,The author can't help it.,I'll try my best to adjust it.,Sorry.,Mo Da (づ ̄ 3 ̄)づ