The exams taken by Fu Honglie and Zhou Peigong were very easy... Just take the exam casually!
They didn’t want to go to high school anyway!
They just came to Guangzhou, copied a directory, found out what was true, and then returned to Shaozhou for business. This trip deep into the enemy camp seemed to go quite smoothly. Not only did I walk around Guangzhou City, I looked at the Sanyuanli Fortress and Yuexiu Mountain Sifang Fort under construction from a distance, and I also listened in the Guangzhou Fuguan Station. After hearing Zhu Heji's speech, he also got a bunch of "original Confucian pamphlets".
Now they only need to pass the exam and copy the directory, and then they can go back to receive the reward.
With the knowledge of Fu Honglie and Zhou Peigong, there would be no problem in high school, but if they could write a random poem to qualify for the exam, and then write an eight-legged essay and submit it, there would be no problem.
After finishing the exam, the two of them wandered around Guangzhou while waiting for the results to be released. Sometimes they would have a cup of tea in a wine shop or teahouse in the outer city of Guangzhou to inquire about some gossip.
They really found out three "big news" from the two of them.
First, Pingnan King Shang Kexi, who should have become a loyal martyr, is not dead yet, and is still being held in a prison in Guangzhou Fucheng!
Second, Xinhui County under Guangzhou Prefecture is still the territory of the Qing Dynasty. Guarding there is Shang Zhixin, the gratifying prince of Pingnan King Shang Ke!
Third, Zhu Heji planned to lead the army to attack Xinhui County after the palace examination.
Although these three "big news" are not a secret in Guangzhou City, no one in Shaozhou seems to know... So as long as they bring these two pieces of news back, it will be another success. ah!
The directory is a merit, the original Confucian pamphlet is a merit, and these three "big news" are another merit... With these three great merits, you should be given a decent official position, right?
So on the day when the results were released on the fifth day of October, Fu Honglie and Zhou Peigong got up early, packed their luggage before dawn, took a few of their men, a small notebook and a writing brush, and went straight to Guangzhou Gongyuan. After copying the Jinshi list, I planned to run away immediately and leave Guangzhou, a place of right and wrong.
Although they got up very early, when they arrived outside the gate of Guangzhou Gongyuan, there were already many people standing here. These people did not spread out and stand casually, but gathered outside a section of the wall outside the gate of Gongyuan.
Fu Honglie had been to Guangzhou several times in his early years, and every time he would visit Gongyuan, he would fantasize about the scene in his high school.
So he knew that there were notice boards outside that section of the wall, and the list of successful candidates would be posted there first, and then someone would be sent to deliver the good news to the high school candidates' homes.
So this idiot Fu quickly pulled Zhou Peigong into the crowd. With great difficulty, he squeezed through a group of onlookers and reached the innermost part. The two of them looked up and saw that the list had indeed been released.
The imperial list was posted in black letters across a large area of the wall. The characters are very large and can be seen from a distance. These characters include rank, place of origin and name. Among them, only the tributes from the areas controlled by the Guangfu imperial court had a certain province or county in their place of origin, while those outside the areas controlled by the Guangfu imperial court only had provincial nationality in their place of origin.
Fu Honglie quickly took out his crystal glasses and put them on, then took out a small book and a writing brush to record. Next to him, Zhou Peigong, who had good eyesight, was responsible for reading the list.
Because some candidates were serving officials or had family matters, they could not come to see the results in person and sent family members to copy them.
There are also some wealthy businessmen who send people to copy the list, maybe they want to "catch a son-in-law under the list." Therefore, there is nothing strange about the behavior of Fu Honglie and Zhou Peigong. The "Zhanren Confucian" who was present to maintain order did not stop them and copied them casually... This is of course the meaning above!
What is announced now is only the list of tribute scholars who can pass the examination, and those who have passed the palace examination can be considered as Jinshi.
However, the value of this list is already very high!
"Huiyuan, Qiu Rong, Chaoyang County, Guangdong Province! The second place, Yang Xiuqing, Guangxi Province; the third place, Guo Youde, Beizhili; the fourth place, Qu Huajie, Panyu County, Guangdong Province; the fifth place, Luo Dafa, Guangdong Province; the sixth place, Feng Xifan, Jinjiang County, Fujian Province; seventh place, Luo Wenzao, Fujian Province; eighth place, Huang Shiren, Guangdong Province; ninth place, Zhu Shugui, Jiangling County, Huguang Province; tenth place; Zhou Chaoxian, Xiangshan County, Guangdong Province...70 Three, Nian Gengyao of South Zhili; Seventy-fourth, Zhang Tingyu of South Zhili; Seventy-fifth; Yue Zhongqi of Shaanxi Province; Seventy-sixth; Niu Hulu and Heshen, Capital of North Zhili; Seventh Seventeenth place: Yao Qisheng of Zhejiang Province; seventy-eighth place: Fu Honglie of Jiangxi Province... Seventy-ninth place: Zhou Peigong of Huguang Province!"
"This, this..." Zhou Peigong was so surprised that he couldn't speak when he read his name. Fu Honglie beside him was also stunned.
After a while, Zhou Peigong realized what he was doing. He looked at Fu Honglie in surprise, with tears in his eyes and a trembling voice: "We've been hit, Zhongmou, we've been hit!"
bingo!
It’s time for the gold medal title!
It is a good thing that scholars all over the world dream of. It is no wonder that Zhou Peigong suddenly lost his temper.
But Fu Honglie still stayed awake... He was different from Zhou Peigong. He had already served as a magistrate and magistrate, and was not so obsessed with officialdom. He had also experienced the ups and downs in the officialdom, and his mentality was much more stable than Zhou Peigong. .
So he already knew something was wrong, because he didn't use Fu Honglie's real name to take the exam!
At this time, people around heard Zhou Peigong shouting "hit, hit", and several of them smiled and clasped their fists at the two of them, wanting to make friends.
Fu Honglie knew that once someone entangled him, it would be difficult to get away. So he grabbed Zhou Peigong's arm and rushed out of the crowd, then ducked into a small alley next to Guangzhou Gongyuan, and then ran all the way until he passed through the entire alley and stopped in a very secluded alley. pace.
Zhou Peigong had also come to his senses at this time and did not blame Fu Honglie. He just murmured: "Impossible, impossible, I clearly used my late father's name..."
"Of course it's impossible!" Fu Honglie also said, "I also used a pseudonym... This is so strange! Pei Gong, we have to leave quickly!"
Zhou Peigong also reacted, nodded and said: "That's right, we can't stay any longer."
Fu Honglie said: "Then get out of the city quickly!"
"Wait a minute." Zhou Peigong stopped Fu Honglie, "We can't leave like this... we have to disguise ourselves!"
"How to change my disguise?" Fu Honglie was a "fool", but not as clever as Zhou Peigong, so he asked him for advice.
"I have to cut my braids," Zhou Peigong said, "and change my clothes."
"What? Cut off the pigtails?" Fu Honglie was reluctant upon hearing this.
That's his favorite braid!
"If you don't cut off the braids, you will die!" Zhou Peigong gritted his teeth to scare Fu Honglie, "When the head is gone, will there still be braids?"
"Then, then... okay then!" Fu Honglie was right. He had to save his head to be a slave of the Qing Dynasty!
Zhou Peigong hurriedly told a slave from Tuhai Mansion who was following him, "Go and buy some Han clothes."
"Okay!" This servant was also a clever guy. He heard Zhou Peigong's words, then glanced at him, counted the number of people, and then flew away.
Then Zhou Peigong took out a dagger, grabbed Fu Honglie's precious braid and cut it off without any explanation. After cutting off Fu Honglie's braids, Zhou Peigong cut off his own braids very clumsily.
The men who followed Zhou Peigong and Fu Honglie were also very clever. They took out daggers and cut off each other's braids. All of a sudden, they all became bald.
After they finished cutting off the braids, they waited for a long time. The man sent by Zhou Peigong had returned with a large bag of clothes and several books.
"Why is there still a book? What kind of book is this?" Zhou Peigong felt a little strange when he saw the book in the man's hand, so he asked.
"Mr. Zhou, this is the "Collection of Poems of Renzike Gongshi" that I saw just printed in a study on the street where I bought clothes... There is a list of fake tributes on it, Xiao I feel that it is not safe for the two gentlemen to leave the city with the handwritten directory. If it is difficult to explain if they are found, it is better to take two poetry collections out of the city."
Zhou Peigong took the poetry collection and looked at it, nodded and said: "Okay, that's it...Brother Zhongmou, let's change our clothes quickly and leave the city immediately after changing our clothes!"
