Wulong Inn

As soon as Liu Quan stepped into his courtyard, he saw Liu Xing circling anxiously in the courtyard.He couldn't help but sneered in his heart, "This unworthy son also has moments of anxiety!" On the way back, he had calmed down his turbulent emotions, and returned to his usual dignified appearance.When he thought of his son's usual actions, he immediately became angry. At this time, Liu Xing also saw his father who had returned, and immediately greeted him, "How about it, Dad, that Yue Qianshan..."

"You also know that there is a father like me, and it's okay to mess around on weekdays, but he even conspired...to do such unreasonable things!" Liu Quan didn't dare to tell that matter after all.

Liu Xing didn't get the answer, but he heard his father questioning him. He felt that the matter had been revealed for a moment, and he couldn't help but collapsed on the ground, and said blankly, "It's over, it's over..."

Seeing his son's sad face, Liu Quan couldn't bear it, lowered his voice and said, "Actually, it's not that bad..."

Where did Liu Xing care so much, he threw himself at Liu Quan's feet, crying, "Father, you want to save me, Xing'er will never dare again..."

This Liu Xing was the only son in his family, and he was spoiled by Liu Quan's wife, Wu Shijiao. How could he be so soft on weekdays, Liu Quan was at a loss for a while.

"What's the matter, how did you make such a fuss? Old man, but you are making Xing'er unhappy again! Really, it's at noon..." A mid-spirited female voice came in, but it was Liu Quan's voice. His wife, Wu Shi, was cooking in the kitchen. As soon as she heard the sound outside, she knew that the father and son were arguing again.She dotes on a son like Liu Xing very much on weekdays. At this time, fearing that her son will suffer, she hastily turned out of the kitchen.

As soon as Liu Xing saw the "savior" coming, he immediately turned to Wu and choked up, "Mother...." The situation was very pitiful.

Wu believed that her son had suffered a great grievance, so she held him behind her back and said sharply, "Liu Quan'er! I, Wu Cuilan, have been married to you for more than 20 years. Have I ever owed you anything?"

Liu Quanyi couldn't help but feel distressed in his heart, "Why is it here again?" But he still told the truth: "You have treated me very well for more than [-] years, and you have never owed me half a penny. I, Liu Quanneng, am today thanks to you, but... "

"Okay!" Mrs. Wu said without waiting for Liu Quan to go down, "Since I'm not short of you, why do you still make things difficult for my son!"

"It's your son, so it's not my son?" Liu Quan couldn't help but depressed.

"You also know that this is your son! I usually beat or scold, but I, Wu Cuilan, have such a son when I'm almost 30..."

As if she had touched her heart, Mrs. Wu burst into tears.Liu Quan's face was also a little embarrassing, he was always a child, and Wu's pampered him on weekdays, he didn't interfere, but he didn't expect to raise a rascal, but now he can't control it even if he wants to.With a long sigh in my heart, I secretly said

"That's all."Ignored the mother and son, turned around and went back to the room to sulk.

After such a long time, Liu Xing also recalled it.He is usually a little clever, thinking that his father would scold him head and face when he came back, there must be some turning point in the matter, otherwise, he would not be in the mood to scold him.Not in a hurry anymore, after coaxing Mrs. Wu, Yiran went to find her father.

As soon as he entered the room and saw Liu Quan drinking tea, he knew that his anger had calmed down a lot.He hurriedly stepped forward to flatter him and said with a flattering smile, "Father, is that matter resolved?"

Liu Quan glanced at him, "Is your mother coaxing you well?" After getting an affirmative answer, he stopped hiding and told him the news he heard.But Liu Xing looked puzzled, "Not dead? How is it possible? Liniang clearly said..."

Hearing this, Liu Quan's anger that had just subsided arose again, "Don't mention that little whore again, this matter is all because of her..." Seeing his son's disapproval, he couldn't help being even more angry.He slapped the table hard: "You are not allowed to hang out with her anymore! From today on, study hard at home for me, and you are not allowed to go anywhere!"

"But father..." Then Liu Xing wanted to say more

"Father!? When did you ever have me as a father in your eyes? You are not my son, you are my creditor!" Hearing Liu Xing's rebuttal, Liu Quan finally broke out, and his eyes were red Looking at Liu Xing, "For so many years, I have provided you with food, drink, and fun, and wiped your ass for the troubles you caused. I, I have never done so much for my ancestors."

Speaking of this, Liu Quan covered his face with his hands, and actually burst into tears: "You are still so disobedient..." Then Liu Xing has never seen his father like this, he hurriedly stepped forward to comfort him, swear, and study hard at home, No longer going out to fool around, but thinking in my heart, "I have to find someone to bring the news to Liniang..."

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Heishui County Government Office is located on a main road in Heishui County.According to the fortune-teller "Huang Banxian", the location of this county government office is very good, and the feng shui is excellent.It is the image of Ziqi Dongxing, whether it is extremely prosperous, impromptu official career, and prosperous wealth.

Now, Mr. Qian, the magistrate of Heishui County, is walking around in the back hall of this feng shui treasure, looking at the main entrance of the county government from time to time.

Master Wang was dazed by his turn, and he cursed, "Call me here and don't ask questions, what are you doing?" He bowed his head and took a sip of tea, and then he wanted to ask questions.But I saw Mr. Qian angrily sitting on a pear wood chair beside him, and said bitterly: "It's unreasonable! You really have no hair on your mouth, and you can't do things well!" Master Wang muttered in his heart, darling, who is this who made the magistrate so angry? into this?His mouth was also unambiguous, I saw him swallowing the tea, standing up and cupping his hands to the county magistrate: "I don't know what kind of trouble my lord has encountered, the student should share your worries."

Master Qian just waited for his words, and immediately said to Master Wang kindly: "I do have a rather tricky matter here, er, I made a deal a few days ago, and I agreed with that person to hand it over." The money was delivered with one hand, but the person who has already prepared the goods has not come to pick up the goods, you say, what should I do?"

Master Wang thought to himself, "Who is this, who has the guts to do business with this "big cash box" and dare not admit it." But he said: "I don't know what kind of business my lord is doing, but have you ever made a written statement? If there is , Your Excellency only needs to take out the written documents that were made that day, and you can ask him for money."

"Here, written evidence..."

It seemed a bit difficult to say, Mr. Qian rubbed his hands in embarrassment, and then said: "Zhan, how do I treat you?" Master Wang glanced at him, okay, change to the warm route, and said solemnly, " : Your Excellency has treated me with such kindness as a mountain. I, Wang Qin, can be what I am today, thanks to your consideration. If your Excellency needs anything, the students will definitely do their best."

"Where is it?" Elder Qian seemed to be extremely satisfied with the answer, and pretended to be modest.After thinking about it, he seemed to have finally settled his words: "Zi Zhan, I know you were born in a righteous way, if you hadn't been implicated by your father, you would have to be a Jinshi now..."

"My lord, the past is over, now Mr. Wang is just a small teacher in Heishui County." Before Master Qian finished speaking, Master Wang interjected.

Master Qian sighed, as if he had made up his mind; "Forget it, I won't play around with you anymore, have you heard of 'Na Li goes to prison'?"

"Na Li went to prison..." Master Wang chewed the word slowly, as if he had thought of something unbelievable, he looked at Master Qian in surprise, ": My lord, could it be that you..."

"That's right, my county magistrate still does some small businesses." Master Qian said a little embarrassedly.

"This is a private sale of officials and titles. How can it be a small business? This..." Master Wang said in surprise. He was shocked, and he understood the reason why Master Qian hesitated to speak.

"What's the matter?" Mr. Qian said indifferently, "there are only a few places for supervisors every year. How can a rich gentleman, if he is not the first scholar, get a place if he doesn't find someone from our government to get a connection. We do it for that." It's a common practice everywhere, not to mention that the supervisor is a scholar. It's just a status, and it's the same as selling officials..."

"My lord said that the students have been taught." Seemingly aware of his gaffe, Master Wang respectfully said.

"You haven't stepped into the officialdom, so it's not surprising that you don't know about these things. Those who don't know are not surprised, but this matter is a bit out of order. You can forget it if you have heard about it, but don't spread it." Satisfied with his respectful attitude, Qian The master warned me that this matter will be exposed.

The so-called "introduction to prison by accepting chestnuts" means that rich people only need to spend a sum of money to obtain the status of a prison student equivalent to a scholar, and to infiltrate the ranks of scholars.Scholars can also use this method to avoid the examination of the scholar level and directly participate in Qiuwei.

For the rich, this is a good opportunity to enter the class of "scholars", and for scholars, it is not a shortcut to shorten the road to officialdom. Therefore, this method has been highly sought after as soon as it came out. It is said that this should be a way for the government to generate income , but the number of places is limited every year after all, so officials of some lines use this to earn some gray income, which has become an open secret everywhere.

It is said that the magistrate of Heishui County, surnamed Qian Mingxiang, was nicknamed "big money box". Just by hearing this name, one can know how much he likes yellow and white things.But Cangzhou has a vast land and few people, and there is not much oil and water, and there are very few wealthy households in Heishui County.So Mr. Qian, who is poor but wants to change, turned his attention to the side door.

He still remembered how excited he was when the scholar surnamed Yue found him, the opportunity to make money came!He does have some connections to get this quota of supervisors.I negotiated a price of 2000 taels with the scholar, and paid 500 taels to manage all the joints. Just waiting for the scholar to send the money, I made a net profit of 500 taels!But he waited and saw that the agreed day had passed for several days, and he didn't see the scholar sending money, so he couldn't help rushing to the room.

If it were an ordinary person, he would have been arrested long ago and asked for money.But this guy's identity is quite special, he is neither an ordinary wealthy family nor a scholar without fame, but a boy student who has passed the county and government examinations, as long as he passes the academician test, he is a serious scholar !Ordinarily, the "government is not allowed to use punishments casually" is aimed at scholars, but a child student has already taken the first step in the imperial examination, and he has entered the bottom of the "scholar". Who knows if he will become a scholar in the future? To raise a scholar or something.

Officials in various prefectures and counties are also more tolerant towards this group of people, which is a common practice.Therefore, there is no serious reason, this kind of person is not arrested whenever he wants, if something happens, he will have to be ordered by Shangfeng.But the reason for arresting people is really not humane.This put Uncle Qian in a dilemma.As a last resort, I had no choice but to ask the master for advice.

After listening to the cause and effect, Master Wang thought for a while, and then said to the anxious Master Qian: "My lord, I don't know how this Yue Tong has behaved in his life..."

"I just want my money back, regardless of whether he is a good citizen or a bully." Master Qian said impatiently.

"Don't be impatient, my lord, just listen to me..." Master Wang said unhurriedly.