Jiapingguan Chronicle

"You!" Mr. Jiang gently tapped Uncle Qi's head with the handle of his fan, "What are you proud of? What is there to be proud of? You have too many twists and turns, but they are useless. If you are in the right place, it will drag you down. I happened to walk there at that time, and you could ask me for help, but if I didn't go, how would you end up?"

"Hey, just keep talking, why do you hit someone? It hurts!"

"It hurts, it just makes you remember it for a long time!"

Qi Bo rubbed his head, looked around, and saw a small head popping up quickly on the roof behind him. He quickly locked it back, rolled his eyes at Mr. Jiang, and snorted twice.

Grandpa Jiang saw the shadow behind the roof and raised his eyebrows at him.

"What? Do you feel embarrassed in front of juniors?"

"What should I say? We are not young now, are we? Don't hit people all the time. We still have to save some face, right?" Uncle Qi sighed softly and looked at Uncle Yan and Qin Zheng. Before he came out, he continued, "Actually, even if you don't come that day, I can still tease them and make them stop thinking about it."

"What was your plan then?"

"Hmm..." Qi Bo thought for a while, "It's been a while, and I've forgotten what I wanted to do. In fact, it's not to damage my reputation, but I just want to scare them to death and make them never want to set foot in Xijing City for the rest of their lives. .”

"Use your iron mouth to cut it off?"

"Aren't I very good at pretending to be a ghost?" Qi Bo raised his eyebrows slightly, "You know that I am very familiar with Monk Mingran from Daxiangguo Temple, right?"

"I heard that Master Mingran seemed to want to accept you as his disciple?"

"Yes, he said that I felt like old friends at first sight. I have a predestined relationship with Buddhism, so he wanted to accept me, but I was not happy. He didn't force it on the surface, but..."

"Did it buzz you?"

"Yes." Qi Bo nodded, "You also know Monk Ming's temperament. As long as he targets you, he won't really let it go. As long as he sees you, he will be like a big fly. There was a buzzing in your ears, and in the end it made you tired of the buzzing, and you had to agree to his proposal, and he succeeded. I was the same way, and I told him that it was not impossible for me to become his lay disciple. But do me a favor.”

"What are you doing for you?"

"I want to pretend to be a ghost, so naturally I have to find someone to help me." Qi Bo chuckled, stretched, and said, "Monk Mingran is the best helper. He has several disciples with good skills. Find them. Go to the places where those people live at night to scare them. One night is not enough. You can come a few more nights to scare them half to death. I will never dare to step into Xijing City in this life. I tremble when I mention Xijing City. The purpose was achieved. Unfortunately, you scared them away before they could use it."

"This method is indeed a good one." Second Master Jiang nodded in agreement, "You can also tell them what bad things they have done. That would be even scarier."

"I didn't think about this at the time, because they are very timid and very afraid of this kind of thing. A few days of continuous scaring is enough. Unfortunately..." Qi Bo spread his hands, "It's useless. However, there are also The good thing is that I finally got rid of that big fly." "I haven't helped you, so I'm embarrassed to pester you anymore, right?"

"Yes!" Qi Bo nodded, "Later, my mother-in-law wrote to me and scolded me, saying that I neglected these so-called relatives."

"What did you say?"

"When I say I'm negligent, I'm negligent. I didn't send them to the Yamen to see an official. I'm already being open to the public. Although I didn't become an official in the court, I'm still the top scholar in a new subject and I have a great reputation. They all came to see me in white. If I show off my power here, threaten me, and ask me for this or that, it is already an offense, and if I don't punish them, I am opening the door too wide."

"That's right." Mr. Jiang nodded approvingly, "That's how it should be. If you are always so strong, they won't dare to harass you again and again, right?"

"That's what you said, but didn't you find any problem?"

"Problem?" Second Master Jiang thought about what Uncle Qi just said, shook his head slightly and said, "No problem!"

"You think there is no problem, but in fact it is the biggest problem." Seeing Jiang Erye's puzzled expression, Qi Bo smiled bitterly and said, "Look, I haven't even entered the court as an official, I am just the number one scholar, so I can If the white-bodied civilians yell and drink, they can be superior to them. You can even say that you are opening up the net without sending them to be punished. In your opinion, this is normal, but in my opinion , which is very dangerous.”

"What you said is not unreasonable. It is normal to have such concerns."

"Actually, there is one more thing that makes me back down." Qi Bo looked at Second Master Jiang, "It's Ningchang Kingdom."

"Him?" Second Master Jiang thought for a moment and raised his eyebrows slightly, "Ah, by the way, you didn't know his origin at that time and thought he was from a commoner, right?"

"Yes, I think that a man from Ning Changguo who came from a poor family, sitting in this position, is so domineering and very unfriendly to many people with the same background as him. Although I admire him on the one hand, I despise him on the other hand. His behavior. But when I knew his true origin and saw the methods he used to force you to leave Xijing City, I realized something else."

"No matter how hard the poor family struggles, it's useless. One day they will be suppressed again, right?"

"...Yes." Qi Bo sighed softly, "I know that several of your majesties, including your highnesses, are committed to improving the status of poor students. However, after observation, I discovered that this cannot be achieved overnight. Besides, the background of those students from poor families is not that simple, isn't it? Although their identity and background are not a problem, the teachers they worship are not ordinary people. As far as I am concerned, I go to the mountains to worship them, but because I Maybe it's special. I couldn't stay in each academy for a very long time, and I was invited out very politely. I couldn't be lectured, so I didn't have those tutors from famous families. Otherwise, after I won the top prize, I wouldn't be willing to serve as an official in the court. , the saliva of the teacher and those senior brothers can drown me."

"I understand what you mean. Their origins are very simple, but their educational experience is not simple. In the end, they still have to be the leader of those clans. That's what you mean, right?"

"That's right." Qi Bo nodded, "So, I became even more discouraged and acted extremely absurdly. I was afraid that His Majesty would think of me one day and insist on arranging an errand for me."