Chapter 586: Easily Beaten to Death

She stared at him with her grape-like eyes wide open, motionless. Yuan Shenjue touched her twice, but she did not come back to her senses.

Yuan Shenjue simply hugged her and pressed her face into his arms.

Hua Shuang smiled and explained: "This brother Gu looks so much like an acquaintance of ours that I was shocked just now!"

"What a coincidence," Gu Banmei said with a gentle smile, "I thought I was too ugly and scared the little kid."

Hua Shuang smiled and said a few respectful words, then let the matter go.

Guo Jingben originally wanted to ask Xinbao if he could cure his illness, but now he couldn't open his mouth, so he could only change the topic and talk about something else.

Yuan Shenjue held the little girl in his arms, rubbing her little head like a cat, soothing her.

He thought that after the death of the thief Taoist, she would no longer see any tragic "future", but apparently, she saw it again just now.

It's difficult to talk at this moment, so I can only comfort her like this.

It took a while for Xinbao to recover. He popped his head out of Yuan Shenjue's arms and secretly glanced at Gu Banmei.

Gu Banmei raised his eyes at this moment and met her eyes again.

Tuanzi hid in Yuan Shenjue's arms on the spot and refused to show up again.

At this time, outside.

Emperor Mingpei was sitting and listening to these people talking.

Hao Huashi is a master of disguise and has more aliases than clothes. The identity he uses at this moment is Zhang Siliang, a slightly famous man in the martial arts world. This identity is just right and not at all noticeable.

The focus today is Yan Shichang and Shen Shouyan. They are not of high enough status to join the discussion, so they just happen to be talking freely here.

People in the underworld act in a rough manner and speak without restraint, saying all kinds of things.

Emperor Mingpei just listened, while Hao Huashi moved around, with his hands behind his back, making friends and provoking fights everywhere...

Someone said: "When I was old, I could still drink and chat with Brother Guo... Now it seems that it is impossible. By then, I am afraid that I will not be able to get in even if I give gifts."

Before the other person's friend could say anything, Hao Huashi leaned over and stepped between the two of them, saying to him, "There's no age limit for the military exam, so why don't you come too if you're jealous? Everyone who takes the exam becomes an official, and in the future, people will give us gifts."

That person: “…”

Who are you? Who is "us" to you? Who is envious? I am not envious!

Someone said, "I heard that the martial arts exam is not just about being good at martial arts, you also have to take exams on martial arts classics and the like. How can we know that?"

Hao Huashi leaned over and said, "Isn't it sold in the bookstore? You don't even have the money to buy the martial arts classics? If you don't have it, I can lend it to you!"

The man glared and said, "Why do you care if I have money? Am I talking about whether I have money or not? I'm talking about how difficult it is to be a person in the imperial court! How can a rough man like me learn this?"

"What do you mean by 'difficult for people'?" Hao Huashi said, "People who study literature study very hard for ten years, including the Four Books and Five Classics, poems, songs and so on. I don't know how many books there are, and they have to recite them all by heart, but in the end they can't even pass the exam to become a student. Is it difficult for people? We warriors only have to take the exam on the 'Military Classics'! I heard that the previous dynasty had to take the exam on the seven martial arts classics! That barely qualifies as difficult for people! If you pass the military exam, you can become an official. If the threshold is not high, wouldn't anyone be able to become an official?"

The man said angrily: "Who are you talking about, cat or dog?"

"Say I'm talking about myself," Hao Huashi said with a grin, "Don't be angry, brother, I'm talking about myself!"

"You!" The man couldn't make any more noise: "Who are you?"

Hao Huashi said: "I will never change my name, my surname, Zhang Siliang!!"

The man looked disdainful: "I've never heard of it."

"It's okay, it's okay," Hao Huashi said without getting angry: "I'm not telling you this, so you'll remember it next time. I'm the one who loves to talk the most."

The people around laughed and joked, "Indeed, he just likes to talk too much, so he's easy to get beaten to death."

The group quickly became friends.

Hao Huashi knew what Emperor Mingpei wanted to hear and would quote from time to time, and everyone gradually began to speak freely.

Emperor Mingpei listened carefully and figured out what was going on.

How can I put it? Most people are envious and yearning for it. Those who feel jealous are also thinking the same thing in their hearts.

But the biggest difference between civil servants and military men is:

The status of scholars is high, and everyone knows that the imperial examination is difficult. People are used to failing the exam, and passing it is a surprise.

As for warriors, their reputation is more important than anything else. They want to take the exam, but are afraid of the embarrassment of failing.

Such people account for at least 80% of the population.

Therefore, his decision to streamline the military examination into three parts, namely the prefectural examination, the provincial examination, and the metropolitan examination in order to attract military men to participate, was actually a mistake.

What he should have done was to lower the difficulty of the initial test, first to attract them to "get on board", and then improve their treatment, such as granting them special military scholar uniforms, etc., to satisfy these warriors' face-loving psychology and let them show off! ! Once they get on board and taste the sweetness, there is no way for them to retreat back to being a gangster.

No matter how they appear on the surface, they will definitely work hard in private and want to make further progress.

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

After figuring this out, Emperor Mingpei was in a good mood.

As they chatted, Guo Dong's eldest son Guo Jingyuan also came in and said with a smile: "My dear uncles and friends, let's take a seat and talk!"

Everyone responded and took their seats.

Guo Jingcheng, along with a group of young people, came into the hall from the other side and took their seats.

As soon as Xinbao came in, he stared with his eyes wide open and looked around. After a while, he finally saw Yeye across most of the hall. He felt relieved and smiled at him. Emperor Mingpei turned his face away as if nothing had happened.

The hall of Guo's mansion was extremely grand and spacious, almost as big as the royal palace. Guo Dong's face was flushed as he came out with his youngest son and Shen Shouyan.

Yan Shichang came here as Shen Shouyan's apprentice, but now, everyone in the world knows his identity.

So Guo Dong was really proud of his coming, and he looked very high-spirited. He personally arranged for several close and high-ranking people to take their seats.

Because the news of Yan Shichang's coming had spread, many local officials and scholars also came and sat together.

Emperor Mingpei had a little decoration on his face, so people close to him could certainly recognize him. However, these minor officials had only seen the emperor a few times in their lives, so naturally it was impossible for them to recognize him.

Besides, his seat was remote, and these people would never have dreamed that the emperor would appear here, so Emperor Mingpei felt quite comfortable.

It was at this time that Hu Dakuan quietly entered the mansion from the corner gate.

The corner gate was usually used by servants, and the servants on duty had no idea what was happening in the courtyard.

Hu Dakuan often came and went, and the servants all knew him, so they greeted him and let him in.

Hu Dakuan just said: "I will go to Jingrui to congratulate him myself, you don't need to report it."

The servant was happy and relieved, so he agreed.

Everyone at home was busy at the moment, so Hu Dakuan entered the yard and, seeing that no one was paying attention, went straight into the wine cellar.

He was familiar with the rules of entertaining guests at the Guo residence.

Mrs. Guo can brew wine, and she's quite good at it. The wine at home is stored in large wine jars that hold dozens of kilograms. Whenever she entertains guests, she pours the wine into large wine jugs with handles and then takes it out.

He slipped in when no one was paying attention and took a look. Sure enough, there were many wine jugs lined up outside, and a large opened wine jar next to them.

Hu Dakuan sneered, took out a paper bag from his arms, opened it, and shook all the medicine into the large wine jar.

They say he is a bully in his own family? He doesn't dare to deal with Shen Shouyan? He has to deal with him to show them! !

(End of this chapter)