Chapter 31： Bribing the County Magistrate (Please collect and read more)

Chapter 31: Bribing the County Magistrate (Please collect and read)

As Weitu expected.

After learning that he had borrowed the Huang family's carriage when he returned to Li's house, Li Yaozu's heart changed subtly.

His words when talking to Wei Tu also tended to be equal, instead of always saying that Wei Tu was "loyal" and that he did things "dutifully" when he was in Li's house...

“Huang family?”

“If our Li family hadn’t bought him back then, how would he be alive now? Where is his second aunt? Where was he then?”

In the study room of Li Zhai, Li Xingye and Li Yaozu were talking, and they expressed a lot of dissatisfaction.

A domestic slave sat at the same table with him during this period, and Li Yaozu and his wife often trained him and asked him to establish a good relationship with Wei Tu, which would be of great use in the future.

Although he listened to his parents and treated Wei Tu on an equal footing openly, he became increasingly dissatisfied.

It was obviously the Li family that gave Wei Tu everything, but Wei Tu still acted like an equal. It was really not his "duty".

In addition, he was ranked among the top ten in the county examination, and he is expected to gain fame in this subject...Does he have to consider the thoughts of a domestic slave before doing anything?

He could bear it a few days ago.

But today, Li Yaozu was obviously more "polite" when facing Wei Tu.

Being "groveling" to a former domestic slave.

this point.

Li Xingye couldn’t bear it.

He believed that Wei Tu had insulted his parents.

"Good ancestor. Please keep your voice down, don't let the servants hear you." Li Yaozu was shocked when he heard Li Xingye's words. He quickly walked to the door and looked around. When he saw no servants, he immediately The doors and windows were closed tightly.

“What’s this?”

Li Xingye didn't take it seriously and sat on a straight-backed chair near the desk.

However, when he spoke, he still obeyed Li Yaozu's words and his voice was softer.

“If you bear with it for a few more days, dad will send him away soon.” Li Yaozu coaxed Li Xingye.

"also."

Li Xingye raised his eyebrows and did not argue too much with Li Yaozu.

“By the way, Dad, ask the maid to bring me some more cakes. I’m hungry.”

At this time, Li Xingye spoke again.

"hungry?"

“Isn’t this just after dinner?”

When Li Yaozu heard this, he immediately cursed Li Xingye as a prodigal and felt sorry for his money.

How much does it cost to have one extra meal per night?

“How can I touch the dishes he touched twice?” Li Xingye said contemptuously, holding a book on Confucian sages.

…

The next day.

In the square in front of the main temple of the City God's Temple, the second martial arts assessment begins.

This time, the three subjects of the test are horse shooting, foot shooting and competition test.

After the completion of the three subject examinations, it also means that the outer field is over, and the last test of the martial arts examination is left, the inner field military strategy.

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Soon, the results of Weitu Ma She and Bu She came out accordingly.

In these two exams, Weitu has obtained A.

“He actually has a good horse that he’s used to riding?”

Outside the field, a group of gentry were surprised. They did not expect that Wei Tu, who was born in a poor family, would ride a green horse in the horse shooting test instead of the inferior horse provided by the county.

“What is the origin of this Wei Tu? Was he deliberately disguised in the previous exam?”

Everyone's face darkened.

But they soon gave up the idea.

It is of no use to deliberately pretend that you come from a poor family in the martial arts examination. On the contrary, you may be looked down upon by the examiner and give you a poor score.

“When we were finishing up the night before last, I saw Brother Huang and his side room going to see this Wei Tu. Could it be that this Wei Tu and Brother Huang have an old relationship?”

A gentleman asked curiously.

The Huang family is one of the richest in Qingmu County, and every move they make is noticed by those who travel with them. Although the scene where Mr. Huang and Wei Tu recognized their relatives the day before yesterday was not seen, the fact that Wei Tu went to the Huang family was noticed by some gentry. knew. "Well..." Mr. Huang hesitated for a moment and said, "He is my nephew, and he is also my nephew..."

“So, this Wei Tu comes from the Huang family?” the gentry beside him asked immediately.

If Wei Tu comes from the Huang family, then their guess about their first game the day before yesterday may be wrong.

In this county martial arts competition, Wei Tu is very likely to become the county leader.

Even if he failed to become the county leader, his performance in the outfield and being in the top few is still more than enough.

At this moment, Wei Tu's three outfield exams, except for Jiyong's "Knife Dance" subject, which was slightly worse, and only achieved "B-top", the rest of the grades were all A-grade.

As for this county martial arts competition, only the final "competition test" and the infield exam are left - military strategy!

"Jiaocheng" is a competition between martial arts masters. With the bravery shown by Wei Tu at this moment, it is not difficult to win a first-class.

Then only the final military strategy is left to differentiate the county martial arts rankings.

However, Zheng Guo’s military exercises were based on “martial arts first, followed by strategy.”

In other words, military strategy scores have little or very limited impact on the rankings of martial arts candidates.

As long as Wei Tu doesn't write nonsense during the military strategy exam, his results will be enough to rank among the top five, top three, or even the leader in the county martial arts test.

And the military strategy test...

They, the wealthy gentry, could buy titles from the county magistrate.

If Wei Tu was born in the Huang family...

Then Wei Tu will definitely pass this military strategy test, and there is an 80% chance that he will be the leader.

Hearing the gentry’s questioning, Mr. Huang shook his head.

He wanted Wei Tu to become a member of the Huang family, but unfortunately, Wei Tu had a good master, and he promised Wei Tu benefits - in Wei Tu's eyes, he was as light as a feather, which was not enough to impress him.

"That's good." When the gentry heard this, they felt relieved and breathed a sigh of relief.

Like the county chiefs in the civil examination, the county chiefs in the martial arts examination can also be directly recommended to the Taoist examination above the government examination.

Entering the Dao Examination will increase your chances of gaining fame.

"Although Wei Tu is not from the Huang family, his identity...is a disciple of Shan Wuju in Sanyuan Township..."

At this time, Mr. Huang added this sentence.

Even if these gentry don't ask, he will make Wei Tu's identity known to the public today and tell these people.

In doing so, it was not because he wanted to use Wei Tu’s status to enhance his own status.

What he is worried about is Wei Tu's future.

Nowadays, a martial arts disciple is not enough to have much influence on him.

What Mr. Huang was worried about was that these gentry would bribe the county officials with money in order to achieve good results in the rankings, causing Wei Tu's performance in the county martial arts examination to "fall".

should be the leader,

Because of this, he became the second, third, and fourth.

This may happen.

As a member of these gentry, Mr. Huang is very aware of the dirty nature of these martial arts.

"What?"

“A disciple of Wu Juren?”

When the gentlemen heard this, their expressions changed slightly, and they were moved by Master Huang's advance notice.

Generally speaking, when evaluating candidates’ scores, the county magistrate will also rank them based on their background.

If they didn't know about Wei Tu's relationship and tried to bribe the county magistrate and examiner, they would most likely get nothing and offend this dark horse in the martial arts examination.

“In that case…”

“This time, more than 80% of the rankings of county leaders belong to Wei Tu, so you and I don’t have to spend money in vain..."

The gentry communicated secretly.

…

at the same time.

On a high platform.

Magistrate Chen, who was dozing off, received a letter from his servant at home.

Zhixian Chen frowned slightly when he heard it was a letter from his wife, and opened it to read.

The content of the letter is very simple. It just says that Mr. Huang brought a bunch of corals to his house today, and Huang Wei gave her a gold bead hairpin.

At the end of the letter, Mrs. Chen mentioned that Wei Tu was Huang Wei's nephew and a disciple of Shan Wuju in Sanyuan Township.

(End of this chapter)