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Chapter 22 The Song Family and Xuezheng

Since Huang Hu'er dared to set a trap for Zhang Zhe in the water, he must have excellent water skills.But this guy didn't dare to leave the shore to swim deep, he only dared to go to the shore dog not far away, trying to avoid Zhang Zhe's threat.

But swimming in the water is no better than walking on the shore. Huang Hu'er was just approaching the shore when Zhang Zhe threw a stone into the water, scaring him back several steps in the water.

"Second Zhang! Come down and fight me for [-] rounds!" Huang Hu'er yelled like a rooster, but when he saw Zhang Zhe, he just looked at him with a smile and said nothing, and picked up two big fists. stones.

In Huang Hu'er's heart, Zhang Zhe was still that prodigal son who ran wild in the countryside like him.It's just that he used to pay attention to benefits, but Zhang Zhe only talked about loyalty before.But when it comes to fighting, Zhang Zhe is not only half a head taller than him, but also much darker than him.

He believed that Zhang Zhe was pretending to be gentle, but in fact he was still Zhang Erlang who dared to kill.So he hid in the water and didn't dare to go ashore, and didn't dare to bet that Zhang Zhe would show mercy.

After Zhang Zhe judged that this person was Huang Hu'er, he concluded that this must be the work of that uncle from the distant clan and brother Shan.

These people are also hateful and ridiculous, just because of the Meng family's affairs, they have their thoughts on his family's field, and they seem to follow the devil.A few days ago, he was worried that there was a person like Huang Hu'er in the village, and he was afraid of being blackmailed by him, so he just mixed up with Huang Hu'er after a few days, and the target was probably the ten mu of mountain spring and paddy fields.

I don't know how the few of them coaxed Huang Hu'er into believing that he has given up his former dissolute nature and become a "scholar" who is powerless.

Huang Hu'er yelled fiercely in the water: "Zhang Erlang, you have offended Team Leader Jiang in the county. You must know that there are people in my Huang family in the county, so they can alert Team Leader Jiang to look for you! Hurry up and get away, let Grandpa Go ashore!"

Zhang Zhe shook his head: "The members of the Meng family have already been taken under the protection of the Song government in the county. This matter is getting bigger and bigger. How could he, a small team leader, dare to interfere?"

"Today's matter is just a gamble between our Zhang family brothers. Brother Shan said that you would foolishly let me bully you in the water, but I didn't expect that he was right. You Huang Hu'er are really stupid! However, you caused me to lose a lot of money and Brother Shan, it's really abominable, you want to come up? It's just a dream!"

That Huang Hu'er was startled, and suddenly a blushing color spread upward from his neck, he was furious: "Zhang Dashan dares to bully me! I'm so angry!"

Zhang Zhe kept Huang Hu'er in the water for more than a quarter of an hour. Seeing that the guy's face turned pale, and it was obvious that he was losing temperature, Shi Shiran left there.

Before he had gone far, he saw a seven or eight feet long black-covered boat swinging slowly towards him, and a man stood on the prow and laughed at him: "My brother Xin, I didn't find you when I went to your house just now. Where are you going now?"

It's Huo Bingcheng again!

Zhang Zhe was looking for someone to inquire about the follow-up of the Meng family's affairs, and secretly thought that this person came just in time.

He boarded the awning boat and was pulled into the cabin by Huo Bingcheng.There is only one book boy making tea in the cabin, and a boatman at the bow is steering the boat, and there is no one else.

The two of them knelt down on both sides of a table, and the bookboy immediately ironed a new teacup, poured tea and brought it up.

The two raised their cups and covered their sleeves and took a sip of tea, Zhang Zhe then asked, "Brother Jiyuan is in a good mood today, why are you looking for a brother?"

"Believe it!" Huo Bingcheng smiled while pointing at him, "Yesterday your four lines of poem 'Yunxiang Clothes and Flower Xiangrong' amazed the people in the boat. By Xiang Wan, this poem had spread throughout the county. Goulan Washe. When I came, I heard that Yuyao girl stayed up all night!"

This was just Huo Bingcheng's polite teasing, Zhang Zhe casually responded with a few compliments, and then asked him the real reason for coming.

Huo Bingcheng also bluntly said: "Brother has nothing to do these few days, and today I took a boat from the county to the county town. I thought that my virtuous brother was at home, so I came to ask my virtuous brother to go with me."

Zhang Zhe was amazed: "Brother Jiyuan is a student of the academy, why is he so idle these few days? Come and have fun with my younger brother when I have time!"

"The academy doesn't even have a master these days, so what classes are there? Everyone is on vacation. Originally, the master wanted to arrest me to do some errands, but fortunately I was able to hide quickly, so I'm going to hide in the county today."

"The academy is closed? What happened!" Zhang Zhe became more and more surprised.

"Hehe," Huo Bingcheng took a sip of tea and chuckled, "It's not because of the Song family's handwriting!"

Zhang Zhe immediately thought of the conflict between the Song family and someone in the government office: "What is it? Then how can the Song family affect the academy's studies?"

Huo Bingcheng saw that the lawsuit was all over, so he spread out his folding fan and whispered mysteriously: "The Song family lived in Wuling for generations, and they were promoted by two governors of the city, but their family reputation in the county is very good. The Song family loves to support school teachers and poor students on weekdays. Nearly [-]% of the schools in the seven counties and one prefecture of Wuling County have received rice grain and silver money from the Song family. The family gave the whole government a big shame. Brother, can you guess what the Song family has done these days?"

"Brother Jiyuan, don't sell the lawsuit, tell me quickly!"

Huo Bingcheng said: "Our government's early autumn children's exam will be on the first day of next month. There are two hundred and six candidates in our county's early autumn children's exam. But in the past few days, a large number of candidates have canceled their registration and turned to registration Early next year, the spring children's exam. Just this morning, there are only 44 candidates left in the county middle school office, and there are not even 50 candidates!"

Zhang Zhe didn't understand: "So what if there are few people, this is the Song family's response?"

"Hey, Xinzhi still doesn't know the viciousness of this matter!" Huo Bingcheng shook his folding fan lightly and said, "Our school system, each county has two children's exams in spring and autumn a year. The county's teaching should be one out of ten or one out of fifteen. , Enrolled as a Tongsheng. Within two years, this Tongsheng can participate in the prefectural government examination in the county to win the position of scholar. I heard that most of the Tongsheng admitted last year were bribed by the Song family, and they will not participate in this year's government examination. try!"

"In my Taolin County, there are about 200 students who take part in the children's examination each season every year. The county's teaching order selects more than [-] of them as children's students, and participates in the government examination together with last year's children. But this year is the year of the government examination. The exam will be at the beginning of September. Brother, do you think that there are only some crooked melons and dates left in the county that are still registered, how many Han Jiaoyu can get by then?"

"As usual, only four or five people can be selected at most now. As far as I know, these four or five people's talents and learning are all worrying. How dare they send them to the government? Moreover, not only this county, but all the seven counties and one government I heard that the Song family spent a lot of money to run this matter! Three taels for children, and 15 taels for children. I don’t know how many days the remaining 40 people can last? When it comes to the Jiuyue government test, all the people in the province will see the jokes about me in Wuling County."

Zhang Zhe also reacted at this time: "The Song family actually wants to ruin the two years of education and politics. The education and politics are not about people's livelihood and economy, but about the promotion of officials in a government. Shangfeng will find out about it when he checks. Where is the root cause? This person who has trouble with the Song family may have a worrying career in the future. This move is really vicious!"

"This matter was so urgent that Han Jiaoyu was sweating, so he asked the head of the academy to take a break from class with all the masters, and visited private schools and students in various places in an attempt to save some people. For the convenience of the students, the county also returned The registration for the Tongkao is open, and the deadline is June 28th." Huo Bingcheng shook his head and sighed, "My family status is embarrassing, and I really can't help. So I had to flee to the county to avoid the limelight."

Zhang Zhe only cared about the fate of the Meng family, so he paid attention to this matter.Although Huo Bingcheng admired the Song family's actions, Zhang Zhe faintly felt that this matter might not be as simple as the Song family thought.

Soon the boat entered the West Lake again, and the two saw that the scenery was really beautiful, so they put aside current affairs and talked about poetry again.

"Brother Xinzhi may not know that a few days ago, the county's Chinese and Korean officials heard an excellent poem here. Listen to me." Huo Bingcheng pointed to the emerald green lotus leaf and shook his head, "after all, the West Lake In June, the scenery is not the same as in four seasons."

"The lotus leaves in the sky are infinitely blue, and the lotus flowers in the sun are red." Zhang Zhe continued with a faint smile.

Huo Bingcheng's eyes widened, and he pointed at Zhang Zhe, speechless for a while.After a while, he said in a shy voice: "So it's you Zhang Xinzhi again! Why did Xinzhi offend the little lady of the Han family, so eager to eat your flesh?"

Little lady of the Han family, could it be that woman who disguised herself as a man?This man is so angry!
The awning boat sailed all the way into Daliuye Lake, and there were more buildings and bridges by the lake.On the other side of the lake is a large paddy field. It is the time of summer harvest, and the rice waves are rolling, and the fields are full of people.The human voice and the frog's voice are mixed together, which is full of vitality.

At this moment, Huo Bingcheng suddenly grabbed Zhang Zhe's hand: "Brother Xinzhi, how will I treat you?"

"Brother Jiyuan? You are!"

Huo Bingcheng pointed to the scenery outside the window: "The poems of the West Lake were taken away by Han Jiao, but the poems of the East Liuye Lake must be given to my brother by my virtuous brother!"

Zhang Zhe liked Huo Bingcheng's character in the yamen quite a lot, and he didn't refuse when he heard the words: "Do you have a pen and paper?"

Huo Bingcheng said in surprise: "I believe that's it?"

The book boy sent the pen and paper, and Zhang Zhe accomplished it overnight, but it turned out to be a song "Moon on the West River".

Huo Bingcheng took it in a hurry: "The bright moon leaves the branches startling magpies, and the breeze calls cicadas in the middle of the night. The fragrance of rice flowers says a good harvest, and one can hear the sound of frogs. Seven or eight stars away, two or three o'clock rain in front of the mountain. In the old Maodian community, the road turned to the river bridge Suddenly."

　Dear book friends, I have broken the contract, and I am really not a son of man.There is only one chapter today, let me sleep for another night, and raise my slightly swollen hands.The owed chapter will definitely be repaid tomorrow!
　　
　
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