I am a late bloomer in the world of cultivating immortals

Chapter 31 Bribing the county magistrate (for collection, for further reading)

As Weitu expected.

After learning that he had borrowed the Huang family's carriage when he returned to Li's house, a subtle change occurred in Li Yaozu's heart.

His speech with Weitu also tends to be equal, instead of always saying that Weitu is "loyal", and he used to do things "duty" when he was in Li's house...

"The Huang family?"

"If our Li family hadn't bought him back then, how would he be alive now? What about his second aunt? Where was he then?"

In Li Zhai's study room, Li Xingye and Li Yaozu were talking, and their words were quite dissatisfied.

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

Although he listened to his parents and treated Wei Tu on an equal footing, he became more and more dissatisfied in his heart.

It is obvious that the Li family bestowed everything on Weitu, but Weitu still puts on an attitude of being an equal, which is really irresponsible.

In addition, he is in the top ten of the majestic county exam, and he is expected to succeed in this subject... Do you have to take into account the thoughts of a house slave before doing things?

He could bear it a few days ago.

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

"Kowtow" to former domestic slaves.

this point.

Li Xingye couldn't bear it.

He thought it was Weitu who had humiliated his parents.

"Good my ancestor. Keep your voice down, so that the servants won't hear you." Li Yaozu was startled when he heard Li Xingye's words. He hurried to the door and looked around for a week. Seeing that there was no servant, he immediately closed the doors and windows.

"What's this."

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

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

"Be patient for a few more days. Father will send him away soon." Li Yaozu coaxed Li Xingye.

"also."

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

"By the way, Dad, ask the servant girl to bring me some more pastries, I'm hungry."

At this time, Li Xingye spoke again.

"hungry?"

"Didn't you just have dinner?"

Hearing this, Li Yaozu immediately scolded Li Xingye for being a prodigal son in his heart, and felt sorry for Qian.

How much does it cost to add one meal a night.

"How can I touch the dish he touched before?" Li Xingye said contemptuously, holding the Confucian sage book.

……

The next day.

In the square in front of the main temple of Chenghuang Temple, the second martial arts assessment began.

This time, the test is the three subjects of horse archery, infantry and competition.

After the three exams, it also means that the outfield is over, and the last exam of the martial arts exam is left, the infield strategy.

"Above..."

"A middle..."

Soon, the results about Weitu's horse shooting and infantry shooting came out accordingly.

In these two exams, Wei Tu got the first grade, ranking among the top among the martial arts masters.

"He actually has a good horse?"

Outside the arena, a group of gentry were amazed. They did not expect that Wei Tu, who was born in a poor family, actually rode a green horse in the equestrian test, instead of the bad horse provided by the county.

"What is the origin of this Weitu? Was it a deliberate disguise in the previous exam?"

Everyone's face darkened slightly.

But soon, they dismissed the idea.

In the martial arts examination, deliberately pretending to be from a poor family is of no use. On the contrary, it may be looked down upon by the examiner and scored a difference.

"At the end of the show last night, I saw Brother Huang and my side room went to see Wei Tu. Could it be that Wei Tu is old with Brother Huang?"

A gentleman asked curiously.

Huang's family is in the Fujia side of Qingmu County, and their every move is noticed by their peers. The scene of Master Huang's confession with Wei Tu the day before yesterday was not seen by anyone, but some gentry knew about Wei Tu's going to Huang's house.

"Hmm..." Master Huang hesitated for a moment, and said, "He is my nephew, and also my nephew..."

"So, this Wei Tu is from the Huang family?" The gentleman next to him asked immediately.

If Weitu was born in the Huang family, then their guess of the first battle the day before yesterday might have been wrong.

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

Even if he failed to become the leader of the county, his performance outside the field and the top few rankings were more than enough.

At this moment, Weitu's three outfield exams, except for the slightly poor grades in the "Dancing Knife" subject of skill and bravery, where he only got "B-upper", the rest of the grades are all first-class.

But for this county martial arts exam, only the final "comparison test" and the infield test - military strategy are left!
"Competition" is a competition between martial artists. With the bravery Wei Tu is showing at this moment, it is not difficult to win a first class.

Then there is only the final military strategy and the ranking of martial arts in different counties.

However, Zheng Guo's martial arts is "martial arts first, followed by strategy".

That is to say, military strategy results have little impact on the ranking of martial arts candidates and are very limited.

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

And the military strategy exam...

They, big gentry, can buy titles from the county magistrate.

If Weitu was born in the Huang family...

Then this military strategy test, Wei Tu must pass, and there is an [-]% probability that he will be the leader.

Hearing the gentry's questioning, Master Huang shook his head.

He wanted Weitu to become part of the Huang family, but unfortunately, Weitu worshiped a good master, and he promised Weitu that in Weitu's eyes, he was just as light as a feather, not enough to move his heart.

"That's good." Hearing this, the gentry breathed a sigh of relief.

Like the county chiefs in the Wenju exam, the county chiefs in the Wuju exam can also be directly recommended to the Taoist exam above the government exam.

Entering the Taoist Examination, the chances of obtaining fame will be much higher.

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

At this time, Master Huang added this sentence again.

Even if these gentlemen don't ask, he will make Weitu's identity known to the public today and tell them.

By doing so, it wasn't that he wanted to take advantage of Weitu's status to elevate his own status.

What he feared was Weitu's future.

For a martial arts disciple nowadays, it is not enough to affect him too much.

What Master Huang was worried about was that these gentry would bribe the county magistrate with money for the sake of the list, so that Wei Tu's performance in the county martial arts examination would "fall".

Should be the leader,
But because of this, it became the second, third, and fourth.

It can all happen.

As a member of these gentry, Mr. Huang couldn't be more clear about the dirtyness of these martial arts.

"what?"

"Wu Juren's disciple?"

The expressions of the gentry changed slightly when they heard the words, and they were moved by Master Huang's advance notice.

Generally speaking, when evaluating the candidates' grades, the county magistrate will also rank them according to the background of the candidates.

If they didn't know about Wei Tu's relationship and bribed the county magistrate and chief examiner, they would most likely be in vain and offend this dark horse in the martial arts exam.

"In that case..."

"This time, more than [-]% of the county chief's ranking belongs to Weitu, and you and I don't need to spend money in vain..."

The gentry communicated secretly.

……

at the same time.

on the high platform.

The county magistrate Chen, who was dozing off, received a letter from the servant at home.

When Chen Zhixian heard that it was his wife's letter, he frowned slightly and opened it.

The content of the letter was very simple, it just said that Mr. Huang brought a clump of coral to her home today, and Huang Weishi gave her a golden 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)