Chapter 332： County case leader

“Ouch, what’s wrong with you? Let me go!”

The man kept struggling and finally broke free. He ran away without saying anything.

Mr. Wu’s beard stood straight up in anger.

When the few gossips saw that the old man had extraordinary talents, they naturally did not dare to conflict with him and scattered away.

Mr. Wu didn’t want to let it go, so he rushed to find Yingbao’s master, Zhou Wuchang, with his hands behind his back.

He knew Zhou Wuchang, but had no contact with him.

No matter what, if the disciple is slandered, Zhou Wuchang cannot ignore it.

When he arrived at the medical office, Zhou Wuchang and his eldest disciple happened to be there, so Mr. Wu told the rumors outside.

Zhou Wuchang knew who was behind it as soon as he heard it.

But when it comes to catching thieves and dirty things, if they refuse to admit it, there is nothing anyone else can do.

Mr. Wu said: "The people who spread the rumors have ulterior motives. If they are not brought to justice, I am afraid they will hurt the children of the Jiang family. I will never allow such a thing to happen."

His young disciple has just taken the scientific examination and has a long way to go in life. If someone throws dirty water at the Jiang family at this time, it will inevitably affect the young apprentice's future future.

Zhou Wuchang thought for a moment and said, "I will solve this matter, Mr. Wu, don't worry."

Mr. Wu nodded: "It's best if you can take action, but I also need to find a few people to find out what the people who spread the rumors want to do."

The two of them gathered together and each went to find the source.

On the second day, Jiang Jie came out of the examination room.

From a distance, I saw my mother, sister and master standing on a high place looking over here.

Sister stood on the carriage and waved at him.

Jiang Jie grinned, but unfortunately the test basket on his shoulders was too heavy and he couldn't run over.

But his mother-in-law and sister had already come over to help him pick up the book basket.

Yingbao handed him an apple: "Here, our apples from last year were stored by me, and there are also tangerines at home."

Jiang Jie took the apple and ate it.

I was exhausted in the examination room. I couldn't lie down or move around, and it was freezing cold.

“Sister, you don’t know, the person next to me is suffering from frostbite, coughing all the time, and crying all night.” Jiang Jie followed Aniang towards the carriage.

Mr. Wu also came up to greet him: "Hurry up and get in the car. Let's talk about it when we get back."

“Hmm.” Jiang Jie climbed onto the carriage with the help of Mr. Wu, and Ying Bao also got on the carriage.

Chunniang put away her son's examination basket, bedding and cloak, got on the carriage shaft, and drove home.

The meals have been prepared at home and are warmed in the steamer.

Sixi meatballs, braised fish, stewed tofu with cabbage, and beef in soy sauce.

The staple food is rice. Chun Niang also made dumplings and steamed two cages of pork and cabbage buns.

Jiang Jie washed his hands and face after he came back, and hurriedly sat down at the table to eat with his master.

The house also serves rice, white rice with tofu, pickles, and meat and oil.

The rice and vegetables were cold when they were delivered. Jiang Jie remembered his master's words and heated them up with the small charcoal stove he brought with him for a while, but the taste was really bad.

After dinner, Mr. Wu didn’t ask any questions and asked Jiang Jie to lie down quickly and sort out some topics by himself, waiting for him to wake up before talking about it.

Yingbao went back to his room and used Wudingzhi to prepare pills for his younger brother, because he had eaten all the pills he had given him as snacks, saying they were refreshing.

The next day, Jiang Jie started his second exam.

After Mr. Wu sent his young apprentice into the examination room, he immediately went to find the county government chief.

His son has been a county magistrate here for several years. He has also lived in the county government for several years and is very familiar with the government officials. Jin Wuyi heard that Mr. Wu asked them to quietly investigate the rumors outside and the situation of Chen Guanglu's family, and he promised that they would get it done.

A few days later, when the fifth exam was over, Jin Wu also found Mr. Wu and told him that they had found out.

The rumor came from the neighbors of Chen Guanglu's family, saying that Han Yueniang told them.

But Han Yueniang and her daughter had already gone to the capital with Pei Shi, and they could not get the rightful owner.

Mr. Wu’s beard trembled with anger. He turned around and informed Zhou Wuchang of his investigation.

Zhou Wuchang also found out that the rumors came from Han's mouth, but he was investigating another matter.

Because he discovered that Chen Guanglu was actually purchasing cotton and grain in Qinchuan County for Prince Cheng.

Not only that, he also found out that the man named Chen colluded with the county captain and roped in the county's water transportation gang leader to prepare to cause trouble in Qinchuan County. The plan was quite big.

But Zhou Wuchang is not ready to report now. He wants to use his plan to pull out the big fish behind him.

On the day when the results were released, Mr. Wu asked Chun Niang to open the door, and he and his young apprentice sat under the porch to drink tea.

At noon, the newspaper came beating gongs and drums, shouting all the way: "Jiang Jielangjun, Dongchen Village, Chuanhe Town, is the first case in the county in high school! Jiang Jielangjun, the top case in the county in high school!"

Chunniang heard someone shouting her son's name and ran out immediately.

Seeing two newspapers coming quickly, he took a look at the door and raised his hand to Chun Niang: "Is this Mr. Jiang Jie's home?"

“Yes, yes!” Chun Niang was so excited that she couldn’t express it in words.

The newspaper clasped his fists: "Congratulations, madam! Congratulations, madam! Your young master Jiang Jie is the first in the county in high school."

Ying Bao immediately asked the person to go home: "Please come and have a cup of tea."

The two newspapermen entered the courtyard with a smile on their faces, but did not enter the house. They bowed to Mr. Wu and Jiang Jie and sat down at the table under the eaves.

Chunniang hurriedly went to the house and took out two red envelopes one by one for the newspaper, and then went to the kitchen to make food.

Yingbao brought tea and snacks that had been prepared for the two newspapers.

Those who came to announce the good news were asked to stay for the wedding banquet. Chun Niang was busy cooking in the kitchen. Er Ni and Jiang Quan came over early in the morning and also helped in the kitchen.

After a while, two more batches of newspapers came to announce the good news, and Chun Niang also gave each of them two taels of red envelopes.

Upon seeing this, the neighbors came to congratulate her one after another. Yingbao held out candies and snacks for them to grab and eat.

Mr. Wu was very proud. After showing off outside for a while, he took Jiang Jie into the house and taught him about the government examination.

You have to go to Fucheng to take the prefecture examination in April, that is the top priority.

Most of the county examinations test basic knowledge, mainly dictating scriptures and commentaries, and then look at the students' calligraphy skills.

Only if you pass the county examination, you are eligible to take the formal examination in the Fucheng, which will be invigilated by the magistrate or prefect of the Fucheng. The college examination will be invigilated by the academic supervisor appointed by the imperial court.

Next, the county magistrate summoned the top three students and was surprised to see Jiang Jie.

The eight-year-old county chief criminal is still very rare.

The county magistrate gave Jiang Jie a set of the Four Treasures of the Study and a book as an encouragement, and also gave a set to each of the other two students.

These two are quite young, one is twenty-two and the other is twenty-eight.

In March, Jiang Sanlang took his son and daughter to Fucheng to take the exam, along with Mr. Wu and Yuan Bao.

Yuanbao saw that his younger cousin had passed the county police examination, and he wanted to try it next year.

He is several years older than his younger cousin. He is already thirteen this year and is studying very solidly.

But his tutor felt that he still needed to practice, so he didn't let him take the exam this year.

But when he learned that his eight-year-old cousin had actually passed the county criminal examination, the old man couldn't sit still and regretted not letting Yuan Bao end this year.

No, I heard that Xiao An was going to take the government examination first, so Mr. Tui Ye asked Yuan Bao to follow him to gain more knowledge.