Chapter 32 The Xue Family and Their Sons

The next day, a notice was posted at the entrance of the government office.

The top three in the main field are: Chen Heng from Taixing County (A-7), Cui Youdao from Xinghua County (A-5), and Du Yunjing from Jiangdu County (A-1).

The students who came to see the rankings noticed at first sight that they were the top criminals in each county, and they didn't think much else. However, there were students from Taixing County who made some headlines by talking about some of Chen Heng's past events.

People in Xinghua County were quite dissatisfied and told some interesting stories about Cui Youdao. Only the students from Jiangdu County had the strangest reaction. Seeing that Du Yunjing got third place in the main exam, instead of being happy, they complained to each other: "It's bad, it's bad, I really want this Du Datou to fly into the sky."

"It's okay, okay, he's not number one, otherwise he wouldn't be laughing at us to death."

Bystanders felt very strange when they saw it, so they held their hands and asked why. Only then did I realize that this Du Yunjing was known in the county as a madman, with bold and aggressive writing, and his favorite thing was to do things like swearing at others through writing. The scholars in Jiangdu County had already been deeply poisoned.

This time he got second place in the main examination, and he didn't know how to write a sarcastic article when he got back.

What they said was very terrifying. After listening to it, everyone felt a little scared and planned to have less contact with this person in the future.

There are a total of fifty students on the main list and thirty students on the deputy list. If nothing else goes wrong, the main list will be stable, and the deputy list will have to look at luck. Other students who are not on the two lists are free to decide whether to continue taking the exam. After all, there is basically no possibility of being selected.

Generally speaking, they will continue to take the test to gain experience. Magistrate Wei still has a term of more than one year, which is still short. If he is appointed for another term, it will be four years. How about not taking the opportunity to speculate more about your preferences.

But after all, there was no possibility of being on the list. These students relaxed their minds and immediately made an appointment with a few friends on the spot to find a place to have fun in Yangzhou.

After searching around, I naturally found the fishing alley. Everyone was drinking and writing poems there, and they were so happy. This fishing alley was locked up for a day yesterday, and thinking that they would be locked up for another day tomorrow, the girls in the red building couldn't help but exert all their strength today, throwing handkerchiefs from the attic to attract the passing scholars.

After a night of fish and dragon dance, both parties were satisfied. Those who pay pay, those who go out go out. At the gate of the government office, there were more disheveled scholars.

Chen Heng naturally did not have this blessing, and he had no interest. I just packed up my mood, walked into the examination room with pen and ink in hand, and prepared for the remaining four exams.

But just like the county examination, the following content is not difficult to get there. The rankings of the top three have remained unchanged, except for two unlucky guys at the bottom of the list. They were replaced by people on the second list, which can be regarded as a mistake.

When the last test was over, Chen Heng was still a little dazed when he walked out of the examination room. He really couldn't stand the smell on his body. Chen Qi was worried that he would catch the cold, so he didn't even let him take a bath during this period.

After sleeping on the Datong bunk in the inn for many days, you can imagine the smell. Chen Heng thought to himself: No wonder the imperial examination only focuses on the first test. In the subsequent examination halls, the students will be dirty and smelly. What good articles can they write? It will be good if they can answer the questions honestly.

When Chen Qi saw his son walking out in a daze, he couldn't help feeling a little distressed. He stepped forward and picked up his son on his back, saying, "Heng'er, if you don't bear it any longer, when you return to the inn, dad will boil water for you to take a bath."

Lying on his father's generous back, Chen Heng shook his head and said, "Dad, pack your things and go home first."

"Hey, don't you look at the list?"

Chen Heng said angrily and funny: "Dad, you still want to keep me in the dark. Did something happen to our second uncle at home?"

Chen Qi, who was walking, was silent for a long time, and then he said with a guilty conscience: "How did you tell? No, how did you know it was your second uncle?"

"The people in the village have always been harmonious, and my grandparents are farmers, so what could happen? My mother and my second aunt don't like to go out and escape, and they don't seem to cause trouble. The next day, I saw that my third uncle was still resting in the inn, so I I know my mother is definitely not pregnant, so the only one left is my second uncle."

"It seems that reading can really make you smart." Chen Qi laughed dryly.

"I know, the government examination is not over yet. If I say I want to leave, you and your grandparents will definitely feel unhappy, so just pretend that you don't know. Now that the five exams have been completed, the government will not ask us children to take the test. Yan, just go home right away, I’m worried about my second uncle too.”

"Okay." Chen Qi bumped his son on his back and said comfortingly, "Don't worry, your second uncle's affairs are between me and your grandpa. You just have to study peacefully."

Chen Heng didn't say anything. He was really tired. At this time, he didn't care about anything else. He lay on his father's back, closed his eyes and began to rest.

After returning to the inn, he packed his bags and rushed to the inn with Uncle Zhang, who was still confused. It was also their luck that there was a caravan going to Taixing County to deliver goods. After Chen Qi paid the money, the caravan manager agreed that the three of them would ride with them, but they had to take care of their own food.

On the way home, Uncle Zhang finally got some free time and told Chen Heng the whole story about Chen Huaijin.

It turns out that the second uncle's job at Hengshudian was as a waiter for buying goods. After Chen Heng and the others set off for Yangzhou last month, a man named Wang Sheng came to the second uncle's pawn shop. He took out a painting and asked for the price. geometry.

Chen Huaijin saw that the painting style was quite magnificent, so he asked the shopkeeper to come out and let him weigh it himself. It turned out that this painting was a masterpiece by Qiu Shizhou of the previous dynasty, called "Snow Picture".

Although Qiu Shizhou was only a painter of the previous dynasty, he had been immersed in painting all his life, and his skills were unparalleled in the world. Together with Tang Yin, Wen Zhengming and Shen Zhou, they became the four great masters of the previous dynasty.

Such a masterpiece, when encountered by shopkeeper He, could not help but have evil thoughts. He asked Chen Huaijin to lower the price, saying that the painting was a fake and a copy, and was only willing to offer ten taels.

If Wang Sheng was not short of money, he would not come to the pawnshop. How could he agree to this price? Naturally, he took the calligraphy home. A few days later, he heard from his neighbors that there was a man named Chen Sande in the east of the city. He was very generous and righteous. If he met someone in trouble, he would be willing to help him with money.

When Wang Sheng heard this, he wanted to give it a try. As a result, Chen Sande lent him five hundred taels without saying a word, and only asked him to take out his family's calligraphy and land deeds as collateral.

The two parties agreed on a date to repay the money, and the man took the money home. The family's predicament was solved very smoothly. Only five days later, Wang Sheng came back with five hundred taels, and prepared ten taels of interest to redeem his own things.

Chen Sande naturally agreed, took out the calligraphy and land deeds, and handed over the money and the goods. As a result, Wang Sheng opened it and found that the painting was not his own "Snowy Picture". The brushwork on it was all newly added by others, so he started to quarrel on the spot.

Chen Sande was not easy to deal with. He took a few people to beat Wang Sheng and said that the other party gave him a fake. He lent him money out of kindness, so why was he framed for nothing now?

After being beaten, Wang Sheng refused to obey. He did not even go home, but went directly to the county government to beat the drum to complain. County Magistrate Xu opened the court. After a round of interrogation, the two parties each insisted on their own opinions, one said it was an authentic work, and the other said it was a fake.

County Magistrate Xu was unable to make a decision for a while. Wang Sheng was a stubborn person. He left a sentence "You and the shopkeeper of Hengshudian set up a trap to harm me", and then ran into the court and died.

Things had come to this point, and it was not easy to end well. County Magistrate Xu was about to take office, so he was not willing to shirk his responsibility, and directly detained Chen Sande. He also sent officials to arrest the shopkeeper He and Chen Huaijin, and put them in jail together.

When Chen Huaijin was arrested, he was just in time to invite Zhang San to dinner. When he was arrested, he said to him: Go to Yangzhou to find my eldest brother, don't let my father and mother know.

That's how Zhang San came all the way to Yangzhou Prefecture.

After listening to the story of his third uncle, Chen Heng didn't feel much surprise. Ever since he saw his second uncle taking money home in taels, he knew that this day would come.

"Where is the painting?" Chen Heng asked.

"When I was drinking with your second uncle, he drank too much and told me that it had been sent to the Xue family in Jinling. I heard that there is an old lady in the capital who likes calligraphy and famous paintings very much. The shopkeeper He asked the Xue family for 1,500 taels of silver, and later gave your second uncle 5 taels of silver as a hush money. "

Chen Heng held his forehead with a headache, and couldn't help but blame himself deeply, why didn't he learn the "Dayong Law". He was also worried about his second uncle's situation in prison, and couldn't help but blame the other party, who had advised him to change his job. The latter kept refusing, saying that the current job was easy and profitable.

But today, complaining is also hindsight, Chen Heng simply closed his eyes and continued to think of ways.

"How could he do such a mess. "Chen Qi raised his fist and hit the wooden board of the carriage. They have now followed the caravan and have walked more than half of the journey. In two days, they will reach Taixing County.

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Just as Chen Qi and others were hurrying on their way, a carriage also drove into Taixing County and happened to stop at the inn where Chen Heng stayed during the county test. The servant who drove the carriage jumped off the carriage, pulled up the curtain and said to the inside: "Master, Master, we are here."

"Ke'er, let's get off the car."

"Yes, Daddy. "

A father and son got off the carriage. The older one was dressed like a scholar, wearing a soft hat with two feet, a large cross-collared robe with apricot-colored tencel diamond pattern jacquard yarn, and black shoes. He looked very suave.

The younger one wore a Confucian scarf, a dark blue Hang Luo straight-collared jacket, and a double-fish jade pendant on his waist. He also looked very heroic.

The clothing of the Yong Dynasty "inherited the Zhou and Han dynasties and the Tang and Song dynasties". There was no regulation on the clothes of the common people. As long as they did not exceed the rules, the government would encourage them to break the rules. After all, this was the appearance of a peaceful and prosperous era!

It is also possible that the previous dynasty was strict in teaching and religion, and Yong overthrew the previous dynasty and repelled the invading grass invaders at that time. The original tribe has gained the orthodoxy of the world. Naturally, the shortcomings of the previous dynasty are criticized and denied, and then the corpse is whipped.

Therefore, people in the Great Yong Dynasty love to wear a variety of clothes. But two people who are so romantic and know how to dress are rare in Taixing County.

The innkeeper thought that these two people must be extraordinary people, and hurried to greet them in person. After welcoming them into the hall, the other party asked for two upper rooms and said their names.

The older one is called: Xue Zhen. The younger one is called Xue Ke.

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