Not to mention whether it is worth it to do something so dangerous as to lose one's head with the identity and future of a county bookkeeper. Even if it is worth it, there should be an equivalent exchange.
Could it be said that Mr. He's identity, future, wealth and life are worth just two gold bars? How ridiculous!
If given the choice, Mr. He would rather not have the gold bars, as long as Mr. Bai's interview is enough.
But the reality is this. Master He has spent his life and fortune doing these things, but he can only see a slave once. All his efforts are only rewarded with two gold bars.
Master He sighed and brushed his sleeves from the table. The two gold bars were gone.
Although I didn't catch Mr. Bai's eyes, but after this time, there might be a next time, I just need to wait patiently.
After Maowu finished this matter, he ran straight down the street to the north gate of Qinghe County, intending to leave here overnight.
Although he was only a slave and had never participated in the imperial examination, it did not mean that he did not understand the Taoism here.
After Zhao Cheng passed the main stage, there was no possibility of being deposed. The biggest change was only the change in ranking. However, the examiner Shen Yuan had already been alerted and there was no need to take this risk for the sake of ranking.
Qinghe County's intervention in the county examination was considered a failure, but he was not nervous. One month after the county examination was the government examination. The two examinations were collectively called the Jie examination. Only after these two examinations could one be called a Gongsheng student, or a rural student. tribute.
Only then were they qualified to go to Beijing to take part in the joint examination held by Zhongshu Provincial Government, also known as the provincial examination.
Mao Wu was in a very relaxed mood. Mr. Bai often only needed one sentence if he wanted to make someone happy. If Mr. Bai wants to trample on someone, he will definitely be trampled to death without even saying a word.
Soon we arrived at the North City Gate. The city gate was closed to traffic at night, but that was only for ordinary people. People like Mao Wu had a lot of tokens in their arms, and they had all kinds of identities, so there was a curfew. It doesn't exist at all for him.
Maowu stretched out his hand and randomly grabbed a token from his arms. The token had a tiger engraved on the front and the words "Da Chen Xijun Border Town Soldier Cao Joins the Army" engraved on the back.
When they arrived at the city gate, the soldiers on night duty blocked Mao Wu's way: "Who is he? Dare to ignore the curfew?"
Maowu took the token in his hand and showed it to several soldiers: "A certain person is Cao Shenjun, a soldier in the border town of the Western Army. He has secret military activities. Now he is ordered to leave the city and open the city gate quickly!"
The soldier guarding the city held a torch and read the words on the token carefully, then muttered: "It turns out that the soldier is joining the army. I don't know if there is any urgent military affairs, so I can't delay."
So the soldier who defended the city knocked on the city wall with the spear in his hand and shouted to the top: "It's an urgent military matter, open the gate!"
The city gate is not open at night, but there is a small gate that only allows one person to pass through, and the opening and closing chain is set on the tower.
With a mechanical rattling sound, the small gate was lowered, and Maowu walked out of the city with his head held high, heading straight to the hill outside the city, where a person was waiting for him.
The hill is not high, only more than fifty meters. It can be considered a hill at most. Standing on the hill, if it is daytime, you can clearly see the pedestrians coming and going on the official road.
It was already nightfall, there were no stars or moon, and the surrounding areas were completely dark.
Maowu gathered a pile of firewood at the foot of the hill, lit it with fire sticks, and sat by the fire to keep warm.
If he hadn't made an appointment to hand over here tonight, he said he wouldn't have left the city at all.
However, there was an urgent order from Master Bai, and an important person would be here to meet him tonight, so he had to go out of the city and wait no matter what.
The night wind was quite cold, but fortunately, it didn't take long for Maowu to see a carriage with a lantern hanging in the distance approaching gradually with the sound of bells.
This time should be just after dinner. Travelers who want to rush to Qinghe County often enter the city at this time.
Although the city gate is closed, there is always a way to get in.
Maowu didn't know whether this carriage was the person he was handing over to, but he didn't dare to ask questions or identify him, lest he expose himself.
When I was feeling miserable, I suddenly heard a man's voice coming from the carriage: "The person sitting by the campfire is Brother Mao?"
When Mao Wuyi heard this, he immediately knew that this was the person he was waiting for, and quickly stood up to greet him.
The carriage stopped on the side of the road, and a slender figure jumped out of the carriage.
It wasn't until the man came closer that Maowu could see clearly through the light of the bonfire that he was a scholar-looking man who seemed to be thirty-six or seventeen years old.
"Brother Mao is not with you these days, and I miss you very much!" The man took a few steps quickly and held Mao Wu's arms firmly before he saluted.
"Brother Mao doesn't need to be so polite. My subordinate, Sun Zhi, will take over Brother Mao's affairs here. Without these redundant duties, Brother Mao can go back to accompany the young master."
Hearing what Sun Zhi said, Mao Wu was also very happy.
He was originally Mr. Bai's long-term attendant, but because he was smart, Bai Jingtao often assigned him some affairs. For example, Mao Wuzai was now in charge of the affairs of Yanyun and Yunzhou.
Now it is obvious that the person named Sun Zhi is handing over to him. After the handover is completed, Maowu can go directly back to Beijing, and there is no need to worry about things here anymore.
Originally, Zhao Cheng's matter was the last thing here, but unfortunately it didn't go well, and Mao Wu was very depressed.
But now that Sun Zhi has come, Mao Wu is happy. Zhao Cheng's county examination only passed the main examination, as well as the first and final examinations. The results will be released after all three examinations, which is the real ranking.
If Mao Wu leaves now, at least Mr. Bai will have an explanation, which means Zhao Cheng has not yet made a final decision.
If Sun Zhi operates well, he may be able to stop Zhao Cheng's official career, and Mao Wu's responsibility in this matter can also be smaller.
"Ahem..." Maowu coughed and explained to Sun Zhi the matter of Zhao Cheng that was currently being handled.
Sun Zhi nodded after hearing this: "Okay, I understand. If there is nothing else important, we will consider the delivery completed. You have to hand over all the tokens and things that prove your identity. Anyway, you go back The whole journey is smooth and there is no need for these things.”
Originally, these tokens were used to facilitate Mao Wu's work outside. Now that they were handing over, Mao Wu had no use keeping them, so he simply handed them over.
After Sun Zhi finished inspecting them with the light of the fire, he put all these things in his arms, nodded to Mao Wu and said, "Then, brother Mao, have a good trip!"
Maowu felt that this congratulation was not very nice, so he walked towards the carriage without thinking much about it.
Behind him, Sun Zhi silently took out a dagger and pierced Mao Wu's back of the heart like lightning.
