Dominate the Country

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February has just passed, and the joy of Chen Ming's younger cousin and cousin passing the county exam has not completely subsided. The Chen family has received another good news-Li Xiaomei is pregnant.

After Chen Ming worked hard for two or three months, the next generation of the Chen family finally sent news.

The Chen family was filled with endless joy throughout March, and the cheap father had a kind of satisfaction on his face that Chen Ming had never felt before. Yes, what is there for the Chen family to be dissatisfied with now? Look at the current Chen family, Qingtiaoling is soft, Guan family is withered, Xiangxian is making a fortune, and now the daughter-in-law is pregnant again, she is really a winner in life. Chen Ming is also looking forward to the arrival of the child, whether it is a daughter or a son, it is his first child.

He doesn't even go back to Xiaonangou often. It is said that the gentle land is the tomb of heroes, and that is really true.

But in April, just after the turn of the first half of the month, a piece of bad news came from Ruzhou, and the clear sky of the Chen family immediately became cloudy. "Who is so vicious? Who is so vicious? They directly destroyed the future of the two children." Each of the three elders closest to Chen Ming was glaring.

Chen Ming was a little scared. What happened? Two children? Was it Yanming and Jigong?

Chen Hui, Chen Cong, Gao Pengqi, the cheap father, the cheap second uncle, the cheap uncle, the controller of the Chen family and the Gao family, each of them was surging with low pressure that made the air condense.

Then let's go back five days.

Liuxiang Hutong in Ruzhou City is the most famous red-light district in Ruzhou, and it is absolutely a street of flowers and willows. None of the people living here are decent women. Either they are famous for being prostitutes, and they are engaged in the flesh trade; or they play music and sing, and can also say a few poems and articles, accompany eating, drinking, playing, and sleeping.

Gao Yanming, Chen Ming's younger cousin; Chen Jigong, Chen Ming's younger cousin; the two walked into a half-open door with a little curiosity, a little trepidation, and more excitement, following their new friend He Huazhang who was in the same inn.

Time goes back to early April. Li Xiaomei has been pregnant for almost two months. Gao Yanming and Chen Jigong also passed the county exam in early February by virtue of the good relationship between the Chen family and the county government. Now they came to Ruzhou to participate in the prefectural exam.

He Huazhang was a friend they met on the way to Ruzhou. He was also from Lushan and lived in Shifosi Village south of the county. Chen Jigong still remembered this name, because his name and He Huazhang's name were the wrong two people on the county exam list. He Huazhang was on the top and he was on the bottom.

22-year-old He Huazhang has been to Ruzhou for the third time this year. If he fails to pass the prefectural exam again, he will be ashamed to see his parents. The sad face and extremely painful expression easily made Gao Yanming and Chen Jigong, two young boys, feel sympathy.

On weekdays, He Huazhang's food, clothing and daily expenses were not bad, and he was generous and straightforward. He generously told Gao Yanming and Chen Jigong about some of his experiences in the prefectural examination and the famous essays he collected in the past, and showed them to them. It took only a few days on this journey to get to know Gao Yanming and Chen Jigong.

After arriving in Ruzhou City, he also took Gao Yanming and Chen Jigong to visit many people, some from Lushan County and some from other counties, such as Baofeng, Jia County, and Yiyang. Let Gao Yanming and Chen Jigong, two rookies, completely trust him, and then there was this scene in Liuxiang Hutong, two days before the entrance to the examination!

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Chen Ming didn't say anything and continued to wait for his father to continue. If the two boys just had a romantic night before the exam, it would not be a big deal at all, and it would not be a big deal even if it was spread. There were many scholars who were enjoying themselves.

"The two boys were given poison and were completely exhausted. They had to be carried back to the inn on a sedan chair."

Chen Ming immediately realized that the two boys must have delayed the next exam.

Chen Hui was extremely angry. "Scholars are all about face. The two of them were carried through most of Ruzhou City. Many people saw it. The thief also spread the news, which made them lose face." Chen Hui's hands began to tremble, and Chen Ming hurriedly supported her. "In this way, your cousin and cousin will be ruined. The scholars will despise them. If it is spread to the ears of the schoolmaster [state level, not the schoolmaster], they will be lustful and unruly. How can they make a name for themselves?"

The atmosphere in the whole hall was so oppressive that people dared not breathe loudly. Chen Ming really didn't think there was anything good about the imperial examination, but this was obviously a trap that someone had planned, and it really cut off most of the two boys' path to advancement. I just don't know if it will affect my cheap eldest brother...

"Dad, second uncle, eldest uncle, could this be the work of Guan Heze?" Chen Ming was sure that the Chen family and the Gao family had already gone to Shifosi Village to find He Huazhang's parents. Judging from the fact that they didn't mention the He family at all, it seemed that He Huazhang's family had already run away.

"He Huazhang's family is ordinary, but he passed the county examination three times and was considered a seed of learning. The enemy of my Chen family who could persuade this person to abandon his future and do such a desperate thing must be Guan Heze."

Chen Hui's face was full of sadness. Although Yanming and Jigong passed the county examination because of the relationship of the Chen family and Yue Wenhai's face-saving reasons, the Chen family and the Gao family really had expectations for the two boys.

The juren may be a little far away, but the two families are looking forward to the scholar's fame. Especially Chen Jigong, this kid is not much younger than Chen Ming, and he has not yet arranged a marriage. That is, Chen Cong is preparing to wait for him to pass the examination of the scholar, at least a student [pass the prefectural examination], to improve his status, so that he can find a better marriage.

Now..., all the plans have gone down the drain. And this matter can be regarded as the Chen family implicated the Gao family.

"Alas, what are you talking about? The Chen family and the Gao family, since they have been married, it is a loss for one and a gain for the other." The uncle Gao Pengqi shook his head and replied to Chen Hui's words of "implicate".

In the middle of speaking, his whole expression relaxed a little, and it seemed that he was no longer as angry as at the beginning.

Chen Ming did not think so. Standing next to Gao Pengqi, his cheap uncle, he could directly feel the raging anger like a storm under Gao Pengqi's slightly relaxed appearance. Gao Pengqi's anger did not subside at all, but he knew that this anger should not and could not be vented on the Chen family.

Will Guan Heze die? ? ! !

On the way back to the room, Chen Ming looked at the moon in the sky and thought to himself. If this was really done by Guan Heze, even if he was made of iron, he would not be able to withstand the full-scale counterattack of the Chen and Gao families. Now that the Guan family's dominant position in Zhuge Temple Town has been broken, and the Guan family's eldest branch has not yet gotten out of the fight, it has once again come to provoke the Chen and Gao families... Hey, isn't this too unwise? Isn't it too obvious? Is Guan Heze really so stupid?

One wave has just subsided, and another wave has risen!