Along the way, first the Jiang army blocked the ship, and then Mr. Zhou humiliated him in the street. Xu He was in an extremely bad mood.
But what can be done?
I am not even a child, in the eyes of these people, I am the kind of person who can be manipulated at will.
What's more, even if it was Xue Tongzhi who was born as a Jinshi, wouldn't they still frame him and unscrupulously engage in the trick of "suicide in prison"?
Zhen Ke knew that the person coming was Mr. Futai. He had seen him on some occasions before.
But in those public occasions, Mr. Zhou is gentle and elegant, and he looks like an ordinary official's son.
But when he saw him today, he was completely shocked. He didn't expect that the other party would be so arrogant and domineering.
However, the great monk had been the host for many years, and he knew that a little impatience would ruin a big plan. He whispered in Xu He's ear: "Almsgiver Xu, don't be like him. We can wait until you enter the Yangzhou Wei Yamen to talk about anything."
Yangzhou Wei Yamen is located in the northwest corner of Yangzhou, which was originally part of Song Dacheng.
When he arrived at the Wei Commander's Yamen, Xu He handed over Zhang Jingxian's name card.
After a while, a commander hurriedly walked out of the yamen. The man was very enthusiastic when he saw Xu He: "Master Zhang has written a letter to my commander two days ago. Come with me, everyone. I will help you settle in. Let's move in first." Let’s talk about it later!”
Seeing this, the great monk Zhenke said goodbye: "Almsgiver Xu, come to Tianning Temple to talk to me when you have time. The poor monk will sweep the couch to welcome you!"
Xu He put his hands together and saluted: "Thank you Master for escorting me all the way. Xu He will remember it in my heart!"
Zhenke smiled slightly and walked away.
After seeing Zhenke off, the commander smiled and said, "What a coincidence, because of the Japanese rebellion in the southeast, the commander went to Lubu, Zhejiang yesterday! Before leaving, he asked me to be responsible for the food and lodging of the young master and others. Mr. Chen said, if you make any mistakes in Yangzhou, I will be the only one to ask questions."
Xu He quickly thanked him and said that he had caused trouble to the other party.
The commander's surname is Sun. He is a sociable person and can get into trouble.
He cleaned up several houses in the yamen to accommodate Xu He and others, and had the kitchen boil water and cook. He was busy until very late before Sun Qianshi left.
After he left, Chu Yuan came to Xu He and worried: "What's going on? Someone seems to be against you along the way. Who was that person just now? How dare you speak so brazenly!"
Xu He stared into his eyes and said seriously: "That man is Mr. Futai!"
"...Pretend I didn't say it!" Chu Yuan wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Xu He said: "This government examination... I may cause trouble for you!"
Chu Yuan was silent for a while, with a free and easy look on his face: "Anyway, my writing is not solid enough, and I may not be able to pass the imperial examination. The worst I can do is go back and study with Master Xie for another year!"
Xu He knew that he was comforting himself and felt grateful.
"Tomorrow I'm going to the government office to submit the paperwork for the county government's ceremonial room to record my name. You... why don't you go?" Chu Yuan gritted his teeth and advised.
Xu He shook his head. If he didn't go tomorrow, wouldn't all his uncle's plans for him today become a joke?
"Go, why don't you go? If I can't do it, how dare they do anything to me in front of the whole school children!" Xu He said.
Early on the next morning, Sun Qianshi came to the residence of Xu He and others early. After joining them, he led a dozen guardsmen and headed towards the government office.
Xu He was also very nervous along the way, but he saw schoolchildren from various states and counties gathering towards the government office. Many of them were very young, and they crowded towards the government office together with their families or teachers.
When Sun Qianshi saw this battle, he quickly called his soldiers to surround Xu He and others. Those soldiers used their scabbards to drive away the people around them, protecting Xu He and others without leaking, let alone people. Not even a fly can squeeze in.
When they arrived in front of the government office, the names of states and counties were already written on big red paper in the square. School children from each state and county went to the empty space in front of the red paper to queue up and wait to submit documents to the county government ceremony room.
Hailing County ranks behind Gaoyou Prefecture, Nantong Prefecture, and Xinghua County, and is the fourth to enter the government office.
It was hard to wait until Hailing County lined up to get in.
Xu He and other five people followed the team and entered the government office one by one to sign up.
When it was the turn of Xu He's group, the clerk in the government office first collected the floating tickets for the five mutual guarantees, and then called them by name: "Chu Yuan, Liu Zhigao, Qi Yu, Tong Huan..."
Thinking of this, he raised his eyes and looked at Xu He, and then said: "Xu He!"
Xu He and other five people came out one after another.
The official first looked at the other four people's floating tickets and saw that there was nothing wrong with them.
Then he picked up Xu He's floating ticket and looked at it carefully, while looking at Xu He.
Xu He's heart skipped a beat. Wouldn't the other party even know that he was a junior official?
But then I thought about it and thought it was impossible. The less people knew about colluding with thieves, the better. The other party had no reason to notify the petty officials to target him.
Because if a person is targeted during a scientific examination, if the matter is leaked, there is a risk of beheading. If there is no strong pressure from above, the petty officials will not dare to lie too much. At most, they will make things difficult.
But the content of Xu He's floating tickets is really up to date and can't be faulted at all.
The clerk read: "Xu He, fifteen years old, has military status in Hailing County. His father is Xu Wei, his mother is Xie, his great-grandfather Kui, and his grandfather Rui. He is married to Chu Yuan, Liu Zhigao, Qi Yu, and Tong Huanbao, students from this county!"
"I guarantee that I have no false identity, concealment of mourning, substitution, or fabrication of my name; my property is pure, and I am not a prostitute, an elite, a slave, a slave, a slave, or any of his descendants."
When Xu He heard this, he followed the clerk and repeated the words just now, and signed and stamped the bottom of the document.
The clerk smacked his lips, trying to find some mistakes in the document, but he couldn't find any.
No way, Li Zhijie asked Hu Xian Cheng to get Xu He Baojie's documents. Who was Hu Xian Cheng?
He is a boss who does things properly and has no bounds. After working for so many years, all the loopholes in it have been cleared, and there is not even a crease on the document. This bill is even cleaner than the marriage certificate issued by the county government. , why do you ask the clerk in this government office to find trouble?
The clerk gave up, took a deep look at Xu He, and then said to the people around him: "Xu He, he has a fair face and a beard, handsome appearance, bright eyebrows, a little thin and a little tall!"
Xu He secretly complained in his heart. He admitted that he was handsome and had bright features, but by describing a person like this, would he really be able to tell who is who?
But then he thought about it, people as handsome as himself were indeed rare, so he felt relieved.
In this way, taking part in the government examination, verifying the appearance, and preventing others from replacing him were basically completed.
Why do you say [probably]?
Because it is different from the county examination, in addition to the five people who are mutually insured, the government examination also needs to add one person to be insured.
The guarantee also had to be a Linshan student. The way to do this was to find Linshan students from all the prefectural and county schools, match them up one by one according to their qualifications, and ask them to be the guarantee. Therefore, it is called Baobao.
Among the guarantors, Xu He and the others are five people who guarantee each other. The five people are responsible for each other. This responsibility is the heaviest. If there is a re-examination or impersonation, these five mutual guarantees will be jointly and severally liable. of.
But it is not necessary to get a guarantee, because they are appointed by the government as the guarantor of the candidates. They only need to carefully examine the person who applied for the guarantee before the exam to ensure that the person who signed up for guarantee is not cheating.
But this is mostly just a formality.
Finally, the person who pledged the guarantee signed the floating ticket, and the floating ticket process was completed.
The bailiff sent by the Yamen to Xu He was named Wu Decao, an old student from the Yamen.
When the two met, Xu He was very polite.
By the way, the insured person has to pay for the insurance.
Xu He thought for a while, took out five taels of silver from his bag and handed it to the student Wu Decao: "Senior, thank you for your hard work!"
Seeing the huge ingot of silver handed over to him, Wu Decao immediately smiled and said: "It's okay, it's okay. I'm used to being a bailout. Just study hard and wait for the government examination. I'll go as a formality. You can come to me tomorrow." I’ll sign it for you!”
Xu He knew that there were few Linshan students, many examinees, and more monks and less rice. After one exam, these Linshan students would protect an unknown number of candidates, but to be honest, his five taels of silver was already a heavy reward. Comparing the two, If Wu Decao knew what he was doing, he would know what to do.
