Rebirth of Okuki Kofuro

Just like what Liang Kangsheng thought when he walked out of the examination institute, the impact of this lightning strike was not small.

They went back to sleep for one night, and early the next morning, an official came knocking on the door and took away the three examinees who lived in this small courtyard. Their attitude was not tough, but it was not gentle. .

As soon as the person was taken away, Mrs. Xu and her little cousin panicked. They all looked at Qu Yi, who was much calmer than them, and asked Qu Yi what to do.

When Liang Kangsheng went to participate in the hospital examination, Qu Yi's heart was never settled. This time Liang Kangsheng was taken away by the government, but he didn't react at all, as if he knew this would happen, or he was sure of Liang Kangsheng's heart. Kang Sheng and the others will be fine if they are taken away.

The advantage of not panic is that you can think clearly about things when you are clear-headed. After thinking about things related to Liang Kangsheng and the others, Qu Yi said to Xu: "It's okay, it may be related to yesterday's hospital test. Don't worry, just wait for the news at home."

Mrs. Xu was still very worried, and he accidentally said something he shouldn't have said: "Ms. Gong and the others were taken away before they had rested. How could they bear it? Who knows what the lightning strike has to do with us?" Did someone in the examination room do something wrong and make such a thing happen?"

"Sister-in-law, be careful!" Qu Yi covered Xu's mouth, luckily the officials had left now, Xu's voice was not too loud, the neighbors probably wouldn't hear it.

Complaining about the people in the examination room didn't count the examiners as well. Such a mistake cannot be made, otherwise even if Liang Kangsheng and the others were not at fault, they would be picked out.

The Xu family also realized immediately that they had no relatives and no reason in the provincial capital. If something happened, no one could help. The most important thing is not to add trouble to Wei Yang and the others.

After sitting at home for a while, when the three of them were discussing how to go out separately to find out the news, a servant who usually accompanied Fang Junyan from the Fang family quietly ran outside their courtyard: "Qu Fulang, Xu Fulang, young master, are you there? "

Qu Yi's eyes lit up when he heard the voice, and he hurried over to open the door. Why didn't they think of the Fang family? The Fang family has been operating in the provincial capital for many years, and their connections must be deep. The young master of the Fang family also participated in the hospital examination. Find out more.

The young man walked into the door, looked at the anxious Xu family and his little cousin, and knew that the young masters rushing for the exam had already left, so he cupped his hands and saluted: "You two husbands, young master, my young master arranged for you to come over and tell Everyone, at this moment, the people in the government office are taking all the candidates who have participated in the courtyard examination this year to the Yamen, and we don't know the specific reason for it, but I believe that the officials will not arrest people indiscriminately."

After finishing speaking, the boy's voice was a little lower than before, and he pressed his voice closer and said: "There are people familiar with the Fang family in the yamen, and the young masters are taken care of. Please don't worry, just wait for the news at home." , I will send everyone back when the official office is over, everyone should be careful if they go out, and don't be tempted to say things that shouldn't be said."

After finishing speaking, the young servant bowed his hands and said goodbye, and the second young master of his family was also taken away by the people from the government office. He had to go to the gate of the government office and wait there, and play by ear later.

Fang Junyan’s position in the courtyard test this time was far away from Liang Kangsheng and the others, separated by three rows of dormitories. It was a position against a corner, and the place where the lightning struck and caught fire was also far away from his dormitory. He didn't swarm out like the others, but just waited in place.

He didn't go out until the guards started to maintain order. He didn't get injured or had an accident at all. The people from Fang's family had been guarding outside the examination hall for a long time. As soon as they saw him coming out, they immediately rushed to protect him and leave.

The Fang family was well-informed and got the news that the government was going to take the candidates for questioning a little earlier, so when the guards arrived at the Fang's house, Fang Junyan had already packed up and was ready to go out, unlike other unsuspecting candidates who were in a hurry.

Now even the Fang's family in the official office has taken care of it. When Liang Kangsheng and the others entered the official office, they were led to a corner where Fang Junyan was sitting.

Fang Junyan pointed to a few cups of warm water on the small table: "Brother Liang, Brother Wei, Brother Zheng, drink warm water to relieve shock."

Wei Yang and Zheng Xin looked at Fang Junyan and unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief: "Brother Fang, thank you."

Liang Kangsheng nodded at Fang Junyan, and then took two sips of warm water. He was in a hurry to go out just now, and he didn't have time to drink the water after washing and dressing. Now his throat was dry, so he was not polite to Fang Junyan.

Taking advantage of the fact that there is no one else in their corner, Fang Junyan reminded in a low voice: "Let's take a rest here, it is estimated that someone will come to ask us after a while, just tell the truth."

"Thank you for the reminder." Liang Kangsheng and the others had already guessed what was going on, and they knew it well.

Because it was done in advance, someone came over soon and took them to the small room next to them. The question was about the lightning strike in the examination hall yesterday, what happened before and after the lightning strike, and what they did respectively.

When they were allowed to leave after being questioned, more and more candidates were brought by the guards, and the yard was already crowded. Once there were too many people, it was easy to become noisy. Some people shouted grievances, some provoked trouble, and some people hid in the corner Li watched with cold eyes.

Fang Junyan and Liang Kangsheng followed the guards, watching, nose and ears caring, they didn't look around and listened, and they were scolded by the guards without waiting for them to answer someone's words. It was very smooth to leave the government office.

At this time, the Fang family's carriage and servants were already waiting outside, as well as porridge warmed by charcoal fire, chicken soup, snacks, etc. It was because the young masters came in a hurry and hadn't had breakfast yet.

After drinking a small bowl of porridge, Fang Junyan finally felt a little better in his stomach, and said just now: "Let's rest at ease after we go back, and don't go out if we have nothing to do, so as not to get into trouble."

"To be honest, I am most worried about the re-examination of the college exam. I was walking behind that day, and I seemed to see someone's exam paper being dismantled in the chaos. I don't know what the examiners will think about it." Fang Junyan's voice was suppressed. It was extremely low, like a whisper, only a few people in the carriage could hear it clearly.

Liang Kangsheng and the others don't know what's going on, but thinking about it, it's definitely not easy for the government to call in the candidates for questioning early in the morning. If it's a simple fire, it can be attributed to an accident. given different meanings.

"Brother Fang, don't worry, we all understand that in extraordinary times, we should act in an extraordinary way." Wei Yang nodded.

Zheng Xin followed up and stated that in normal times, they would go to a few literary gatherings organized by famous people in the same exam after they had a rest. They were competitors at the time, but they were all from the same province, and they should be united when they go out in the future.

It’s inconvenient to talk about it on the street. After eating something to pad their stomachs, everyone closed their eyes and rested. After three days of hospital examinations, they were exhausted, and they didn’t have enough rest for only one night. If it wasn’t for the guards, they might Will sleep until the afternoon.

Let's go back to Qu Yi and the others. After Fang's servant left, Qu Yi decided to arrange for his little cousin to go out and inquire carefully, while he went to the kitchen with Mrs. Xu to make breakfast, and waited for Liang Kangsheng and the others to come back.

When the millet porridge was very thick, the Fang family's carriage arrived at the entrance of the alley. Liang Kangsheng and the others got out of the carriage thanks and took them home.

The follow-up of this hospital examination was as everyone expected, and it was very noisy. At the beginning, the people from the government office took all the candidates to question and nothing went wrong. The problem came later.

I don't know where the news came from, saying that some candidates' test papers were improperly sealed, and the examiners could directly see the candidates' names, hometowns and other information.

This news, along with rumors of lightning strikes and fraud warnings, spread throughout the circle of scholars in the provincial capital. Many students who had not yet obtained the title of scholar were encouraged. Those who cheat will be found out and punished severely.

In addition, some people heard that the test papers were not sealed but destroyed in the chaos, and they also dragged their classmates, classmates, and fellow examiners to make trouble outside the government office, and went back to the school and college to strike.

Except that the people from the official office asked the students to question them on the first day, no matter how much the students made noise in the next few days, there was no movement in the official office.

Under the instigation of those who cared, the scholars in the entire provincial capital became agitated. In addition to government offices, colleges, schools and other places, scholars also gathered in the bustling streets and gates to complain, and later in the prefectural and county towns near the provincial capital. have been affected.

Some people who have taken the government test several times and failed the county test began to think that they were just the result of cheating, and that the examiners were unfair and demanded justice.

All the news outside is from the little cousin who goes out to inquire, and Fang Junyan will send a boy to say a few words from time to time. Liang Kangsheng and the three of them live quietly in the courtyard without leaving the gate. Although he was anxious in his heart, he didn't show it on his face.

This is due to the fact that they lived alone in the provincial capital very early, and other candidates who knew them did not know where they lived, so their small courtyard was rarely idle during this period, and no unrelated people came to the door.

Some candidates who lived in the inn obviously didn't want to participate in the trouble, but they would be forced out of the house by those crazy people.

Ten days passed like this, and when it was the usual day when the rankings should be released, the rioting students became more and more rampant. Hundreds of people stood guard outside the government office, making the majestic government office look like a vegetable market.

If you stand on a high place, you can see some people in the crowd walking around non-stop. When they find that people are a little less emotional, they will go over and instigate a few words to make everyone more angry.

Just when everyone seemed to be unable to restrain themselves from breaking open the gate of the mansion and entering, the gate of the mansion opened from the inside, dense and loud drums sounded, and accompanied by the cold sound of armor and weapons rubbing against each other, the crowd of scholars were suppressed. live.