Chaos on the temples: You can't escape if you provoke treacherous ministers

Finally there was some news, Liu Yunxiang quickly asked the old woman to help her think about it.

The old woman seemed to have thought of something, but was not sure, so she called her wife over.

"Is the place where the second son of the Xu family studied previously called Banshan Academy?"

The old man has white hair and a poor memory, "The second son of the Xu family?"

"The Xu family in the alley behind our house, the one who makes incense."

"Oh, his family. Who, who studied?"

"His second son, didn't he study in some academy?"

"Which academy?"

The old woman glared at the old man angrily, "Go and cook your wontons."

After driving away her wife, the old woman looked at Liu Yunxiang and Liu Yunxiang apologetically, "I remember that the second son of the Xu family seemed to have studied there, but he is old and has a bad memory, so I can't be sure."

Liu Yunxiang hurriedly waved her hand, indicating that she was troublesome, and asked: "Can you help us show the way? We want to go to Xu's house to ask."

"Oh, that alley is the last house in there. His house has a big yard and a lot of incense hanging in front of the door. You can see it at a glance."

The two of them ate wontons and saw that it was getting late, so they hurried to find the Xu family.Just as the old woman said, when I entered the alley and walked in, I saw at a glance that there were many wooden pallets for drying incense piled at the end of the alley. Several young women were bundling the dried incense into bundles.

They walked over and asked if this was the Xu family.

"It's the Xu family, who are you two?" asked a woman wearing an apron and a scarf on her head. She was very skilled in tying them up and looking at them both.

"We want to meet the master of the Xu family." Liu Yunxiang said.

The woman nodded and shouted at the door, "Erya, come out quickly, someone is looking for you."

Following this sound, a girl of sixteen or seventeen years old, wearing a pomegranate red cotton skirt and her head also wrapped in a blue cloth, ran out.This girl was so slender that she came out carrying a wooden support as tall as a person. She looked very strong.First, he placed the wooden support against the wall, and then turned to look at Liu Yunxiang and the others.

After looking around, the woman looked confused, "Who are you?"

"Oh, we are from out of town, and we found out about your home because we were asking about Banshan Academy..."

Before Liu Yunxiang finished speaking, the woman's face changed drastically and she hurriedly hissed at her.Liu Yunxiang was puzzled and didn't say any more.

The woman took a look into the courtyard first, and then asked them to take a few steps farther away.Liu Yunxiang and Yan Mu looked at each other, wondering why the Banshan Academy could not be mentioned, but they still followed the woman a few steps outside the alley.

"We can't mention this in our house, especially if my mother can't hear it." The woman said.

"Why?" Liu Yunxiang asked.

The woman shook her head, "Sorry, I don't want to mention it either."

Since they didn't want to mention it, Liu Yunxiang and the two naturally didn't want to ask more, so they just asked the girl where the Banshan Academy was.

"If you ask about Banshan Academy, not many people know about it because it is too small and there are not many students studying there. But you can ask about Mingyuan Academy and Huiming Academy. These three academies are both on Qingzhu Mountain in the west of the city. The academy is right behind the two academies.”

As soon as the woman finished speaking, someone called her in the alley.She quickly pointed to the west and asked them to inquire as they walked.

"Also, please don't come to my house to inquire about the academy."

After saying that, the woman hurried back.

Liu Yunxiang looked inside and saw a woman in a plain cotton skirt standing there with her hands folded, "Smelly girl, are you lazy again? See if I don't deal with you."

"Mom, I'm not lazy."

"Then why are you gossiping with people you don't know?" "Oh, they are from other places, just asking for directions."

The woman pushed the woman towards the house, as if she was afraid that she would ask too many questions.

"You have to make this batch of incense quickly. After you buy the money, send it to your elder brother. He needs the money."

"Yes, I know."

Liu Yunxiang withdrew his gaze and turned to look at Yan Mu, seeing that he was deep in thought.

"what happened?"

Yan Mu thought for a moment and said, "Hongxuan mentioned something to me."

"what?"

"It was said that a certain person forged his household registration and passed the Jinshi examination. After he was found out, his qualifications were cancelled."

"Ah? Why did he forge his household registration?"

"He is a businessman."

Liu Yunxiang understood that he could not participate in the imperial examination as a merchant in Da Rong.

"Why did you suddenly think of this?"

"I suddenly remembered that Hongxuan seemed to have said that this person was from Zhushui County, Yangzhou." At this point, Yan Mu narrowed his eyes, "I was wondering if Mr. Bai asked us to come to Zhushui County. It will have something to do with it."

Liu Yunxiang nodded, "We can check in this direction, but right now we still need to find Banshan Academy first."

Since it was getting late, the two of them found an inn to stay.

The business of the inn is good, but fortunately there is still one room left.The waiter led them upstairs and asked them if they were from other places and came to Zhushui County just to see the Flower List.

The so-called "Dahuabang" refers to all the scholars who meet the conditions to take the provincial examination. If they can occupy the top three on the "Dahuabang", they can be sent directly to the Imperial College by the local government. However, the students of the Imperial College do not need to take the provincial examination and directly take the joint examination.

In the Jiangnan area, this year's flower list will be held in Zhushui County, and all students in Jiangnan can participate.

"You two arrived early. If you were two days late, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to stay at the inn," the waiter said.

Because Zhushui County is not big, students participating in the Flower List will stay in Yangzhou first and then come to Zhushui County when the date is approaching.

Before the flower list, there are many celebrations in Zhushui County. Coupled with the beautiful scenery, there is an endless stream of tourists here.

The room they stayed in faced the street. They were very tired and planned to take a rest early, but there was a lot of noise down there.Liu Yunxiang put on his clothes and came to the window. He opened the window and looked down. He saw that the street in front of the inn was brightly lit, like a flaming dragon in the night.

There are people selling things on the street, people playing and having fun, it’s so lively.No wonder the people here are prosperous and can make a lot of money just by receiving these tourists.

Yan Mu came over, hugged Liu Yunxiang, and the two of them looked down together with their arms on each other.

"The magistrate of Zhushui County must be very capable, and he can make a small county so prosperous."

Liu Yunxiang agreed with this, "I heard from the waiter that their Zhushui County was originally a land of poor mountains and rivers. After the county magistrate took office, he first snatched the qualifications for the flower list, and took this opportunity to see more people. The beauty of Zhushui County.”

The next day, the two got up early.

They listened to the girl and asked about Mingyuan Academy, and sure enough everyone knew about it.They inquired all the way, and after walking for more than an hour, they finally arrived at the foot of Qingzhu Mountain.

The mountain is as its name suggests. There are dense green bamboos all over the mountain and there is only one step leading to the mountain.

The two walked along the steps and halfway up the mountain, the road split into two, one going east and the other going west.The two of them were not sure which way to go when they saw dozens of teenagers wearing bamboo-green school uniforms shouting slogans and walking through the bamboo forest. (End of chapter)