The heroine Jiangshan

Chapter 86

Chu Qingbo.

Yun Ruochen recited the name silently, as if a cup of tea was gently moistened on his lips and slipped into his throat.

When she heard this name at first, she didn't have much emotion, until she saw him in person, she felt... that's what he should be called.

As clear as water, as charming as waves, there is an indescribable elegance flowing all over her body.Well, this person always seems to have been seen before... Maybe it's my own illusion?

With such a beautiful personality, it doesn't matter what he wears.And he really didn't bother to dress himself up, the simple blue silk Confucian gown was actually the same as the outfits of these young scholars in the building, but it was still as dazzling as Zhilan Yushu.

Zhao Xuan's clothes were better than snow, and Chu Qingbo's green robe was flamboyant. Just standing there, Yun Ruochen could feel that the aura in this building seemed to be concentrated on the two of them.Those talents who could have been described as refined and elegant were immediately reduced to background panels after the appearance of these two people, leaving no room for struggle.

"Sir, Chu Qingbo seems to be very famous."

Yun Ruochen took a sip of the hot tea in front of him, and whispered to Tong Hao.She saw that since they appeared, no less than ten groups of people went up to greet them, and even some officials who were themselves actively surrounded them, not at all reserved...

Tong Hao nodded and said, "Yes, when Chu Qingbo was 12 years old, he was already a well-known child prodigy in the southeast."

"child prodigy?"

Yun Ruochen raised his eyebrows, and curiously asked Mr. Tong more about Chu Qingbo's deeds.

In fact, at this time, those people at the tables who had never met Chu Qingbo were also asking their acquaintances about this Mr. Chu.

Chu Qingbo came from a prominent background. His father was the governor of the Southeast Water Transport, a second-rank member of the imperial court, and had a lot of power.

Yun Ruochen would occasionally hear Gu Yuan and her father mention water transportation, but she actually didn't know much about water transportation.After Tong Hao's simple explanation, he realized how prestigious the "Governor of Water Transport" is.

Tong Hao explained the importance of water transportation in just one sentence: "Water transportation is the lifeblood of the rise and fall of a dynasty."

The so-called water transportation refers to the transportation of food and materials by waterways.The rulers of all dynasties have devoted themselves to digging canals to facilitate water transportation.It can be said that the water is cured, the water transport is smooth, and the country is prosperous and strong.On the contrary, the country will decline.

She recalled the history she had learned. From Qin Shihuang to Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty to Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, all the efforts of the whole country were devoted to digging canals. In fact, it was not for the convenience of traveling, but for the smooth water transportation.Whether the water transportation of the canal is smooth or not has a decisive effect on the political situation of the feudal dynasties in the past dynasties.The rulers of each generation wanted to take advantage of the smooth flow of water transportation through the canal, to control the overall situation and control the whole country.

At the end of the Song Dynasty before the Qing Dynasty, there were frequent wars in the Central Plains, and a large number of people could not escape. Jiangnan, Southeast and other places gradually accumulated rich wealth.Therefore, the importance of water transport from the capital to the south and southeast of the country is self-evident.

"Chu Ping'an has been able to secure the position of Governor of the Southeast for ten years. He is really capable." Chang Shiyang also joined in the comment, adding a sentence lightly.

"However, when Chu Qingbo became famous, it had nothing to do with his family background. It was because of a life lawsuit."

Uh?
Yun Ruochen was stunned.Life lawsuit?
"The princess knows that we have to be at least 15 years old in the Daqing imperial examination for children, and we need five people to guarantee it. But when Chu Qingbo was 12 years old, he tried to change his age without telling his family, and ran to the school by himself. The test boy took the test."

A 12-year-old gifted boy, he took first place in the Tongsheng Examination for the first time.

But his fabricated identity was quickly found to be inappropriate by the examiner, who personally summoned him for questioning.Chu Qingbo simply admitted that he had falsified his age.The chief examiner appreciated his talent very much. Although he still disqualified him from the exam, he did not leave him with a record. He encouraged him to take the exam again when he was 15 years old, and his grades would definitely be better.

If things only go so far, it's just an ordinary child prodigy story.

An extraordinary thing happened when Chu Qingbo left the county magistrate's office.

The three candidates who failed the rankings learned that Chu Qingbo had tampered with the age reference and won the top spot. Out of the jealousy of the losers, they came to block him in the alley.

At first they just wanted to come over and taunt him, to beat him up.Three young people aged 12 or [-], when facing a boy who was only [-] years old, had obvious advantages in physical strength.

They blocked Chu Qingbo and also moved their hands.However, during the fight, they had an evil idea...

In the southeast area, the atmosphere of "Qi Brothers" is very strong, and it is very common for young men to like masculinity.Seeing that Chu Qingchang was more beautiful than a girl, the three failed candidates actually thought of molesting him.As a result, the situation slipped in a worse direction.

When passers-by were attracted to this remote alley by the smell of blood, they found that the three of them were lying in a pool of blood with stab wounds all over their bodies.

The thin young man Chu Qingbo stood calmly in the thick blood, with his back against the bluestone brick wall of the alley.It happened to be in the evening, and the light in the alley became dim, but there happened to be a ray of afterglow coming in from the entrance of the alley, projecting on his beautiful face, there was a strange beauty.

The murder weapon was a very ordinary dagger, lying alone on the ground, the edge of the knife was blunt.Afterwards, it was found that this dagger was one of the three dead, and it was bought from a blacksmith nearby. Maybe it was to enhance the deterrent effect?In the end, it became the murder weapon that killed him and his companions.

——These contents are not what Tong Hao said, but the narration of a bystander that Yun Ruochen inquired from Nie Shen after a long time after this literary meeting.

Naturally, it was impossible for Tong Hao to say anything masculine or obscene to the noble princess, let alone describe the bloody scene in detail.

However, although he just said "he killed those young people who bullied him", Yun Ruochen could already smell the blood in the old alley through this simple sentence.

Such a beautiful person, such a strong temper, really unexpected.

Huh?
Just as Yun Ruochen finished feeling in his heart, he suddenly woke up, yes.

She felt that Chu Qingbo's face looked familiar just now, but she couldn't remember where she had seen such a handsome man before.Only now did it suddenly occur to him that he and Ye Cong looked three points alike.

That masked iceberg man who flickered like a ghost in the mountains in the middle of the night, even though he had only seen half of his face, Yun Ruochen still firmly remembered his appearance.

However, they should have nothing to do with each other.After all, one is the leader of the mysterious Jianghu organization, and the other is the noble son of the governor. Probably there will be no intersection in the family tree, right?
Her attention returned to Chu Qingbo's life lawsuit again.It stands to reason that if Chu Qingbo was accused of murder, even if it was self-defense, he would not be able to take the imperial examination, right?
But Chu Qingbo is really smart.In the courtroom, he insisted that he was just passing by, saying that the three people had beaten each other to death, and he had never done anything.

From the very beginning, there were no loopholes in his confession. Even if there were many witnesses who said that the three of them deliberately sought trouble with him, he would not admit it.

There are no eyewitnesses and no fingerprinting technology to judge that he once held a murder knife.After he revealed his father's identity, the county magistrate did not dare to torture him to extract a confession.

Afterwards, the governor of Chu sent a few capable stewards to talk privately with the county magistrate.As the chief examiner, the county magistrate cherished Chu Qingbo's talent and didn't want to offend Governor Chu, so he planned to go to court and go through a scene to release him without charge.

But the family members of the three deceased quit.Their family also has many children in the local area, so they entangled their clansmen and came to the court, accusing the county magistrate of disregarding human life, and even attacking Chu Qingbo for being able to pass the No.

"Then take the test again on the spot."

The young man who had been standing quietly in the courtroom looked at the turbulent and excited crowd with cold eyes, and said these words lightly.

"Whoever gives any question. I can take it."

These words excited countless ordinary people who came to watch the show.Lanjiang City, a famous city in the southeast where they were located, was originally a place where culture and education flourished, and there were many famous scholars and Confucian scholars.

In the beginning, it was only the family of the deceased who invited some well-known old gentlemen.

The old gentlemen intercepted the contents of the Four Books and Five Classics arbitrarily, and Chu Qingbo could solve each question casually, explain it, and even memorize it as long as the old gentleman asked a sentence.

This time, even the county magistrate was shocked.Soon, whoever invited some celebrities with higher status in the literary world, they didn't test books, but Chu Qingbo's composition.

It’s like Chu Qingbo doesn’t need time to think at all. He writes an essay on a topic, each one is old-fashioned and unrestrained, and no matter how fast he writes, what appears on the paper is still the smooth strokes. The neat, beautiful and beautiful pavilion body does not even have any ink stars.

More than a dozen celebrities took turns to review his articles, and no one could say anything bad.Although Chu Qingbo's articles are not very good, he is only 12 years old!In Tongsheng, it is already a super-level literary talent.

At this point, no one doubted that his top score in the Tongsheng Exam was a fake.But the family members of the deceased were still unwilling to give up, because the last question in the Tongsheng test had to be to write a poem in response to the post.

Things like poetry can only be made with profound accumulation.At such a young age, even if he could recite books and write well-behaved prose, could his poems reach the first level?This must still be a problem!
"So, Chu Qingbo wrote another poem?"

Yun Ruochen can probably guess what will happen next.Chu Qingbo, is quite powerful...

Tong Hao sighed and said, "He wrote a hundred poems."

what?
Not only Yun Ruochen, but even Gu Che was stunned.

That day, the court trial was late at night because it had been delayed for too long, but no one inside or outside the yamen wanted to leave.Even the people huddled in the street outside the Yamen were excitedly waiting for Mr. Chu to write a beautiful poem to refute the doubts of the family members of the deceased.

But no one expected that Chu Qingbo would write a hundred poems in one go.

From the beginning of the Huadeng, to the beating of the third watch drum, he never stopped writing.

The whole Lanjiang City was crazy about him.

　Because I was thinking about how to write Chu Qingbo well, I wrote this chapter very slowly, please forgive me...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)