The Ming Dynasty's Spokesperson

After Lu Junbi sent "Friend Wang" back, it was already late at night and it was really inconvenient to disturb others.

So when the sky turned bright the next day, Lu Junbi didn't care about the lack of sleep, got up and rushed to the residence of the salt merchant Wang's family.

Just by hearing the surname "Wang" and considering the situation in Yangzhou City, you can know that the ancestors of this family must have come from Huizhou, the Huizhou of Huizhou merchants.

Wang is a common surname in Huizhou, and has produced many celebrities. More recently, Wang Hong, the Minister of War, fought a naval battle with the Fo Lang machine in the early years of Jiajing and introduced the Fo Lang machine gun.

Another example is Wang Daokun, a famous Huizhou scholar who is still alive. He was the same age as Zhang Juzheng and Wang Shizhen. He is another leader in the literary world. His status in today's mainstream literary world is basically second only to Wang Shizhen.

The head of the Wang family, a salt merchant that Lu Junbi wanted to visit, was named Wang Qing. He was forty years old and was known as Wang Chaofeng or Wang Yuanwai.

Lu Junbi is the grandson of Wang Yuanwai's mother's cousin. This relationship is far away, and they generally don't move around anymore.

But Lu Junbi himself was good at studying and was a scholar with a certain social status, so he was able to hang out with the wealthy Wang family.

It was just dawn today, and Lu Junbi was sitting in the front hall of Wang's house waiting.

After Wang Yuanwai woke up, he felt a little strange when he heard the slave say that Lu Xiucai, the old mistress's mother-in-law, came hurriedly to see her early in the morning.

He ordered breakfast to be served, and then invited Lu Xiucai to dine with him.

Hearing Lu Xiucai explain his purpose, Wang Yuanwai frowned slightly. It does sound like a good thing, but I'm afraid it's a scam.

In a city with extremely developed commerce like Yangzhou City, there must be a lot of scammers, and all kinds of deceptions emerge in endlessly.

Wang Yuanwai has been working hard in the mall for twenty years, and he will definitely not be impulsive when doing things.

He was not afraid that Lu Junbi would deceive him, but that Lu Junbi would be deceived by others.

While having breakfast, Wang Yuanwai asked him carefully about the situation of the "Friend Wang" mentioned by Lu Junbi.

Lu Junbi replied: "This man's conversation is extraordinary and he knows Suzhou's local culture and people very well. It doesn't look like he is lying.

The servants around him were all strong and well-oiled, and they all seemed to be well-fed and well-fed, indicating that they were not poor.

And if it was a scam, he would definitely want something from me, or throw out a bait to lure me in.

But he didn't say anything at all, and he never talked to me about anything involving interests.

Even from the very beginning, he declined to associate with me, indicating that he had no interest in me; and he also declined my marriage proposal. "

Wang Yuanwai said: "Generally speaking, if one does not brag about oneself, two does not question you thoroughly, three does not ask you to do something, and four does not induce you with benefits, then the possibility of being a liar is very small."

Then he told Lu Xiucai: "You just said that the academic officer will arrive in Yangzhou City in two or three days, and we will know the outcome by then.

Before that, you should not take the initiative to contact that friend Wang, and then see his reaction to see if he will be anxious to find you again.

If he is really a child of the Dongshan Wang family, our family will naturally show sincerity to impress him and make him feel that it is more comfortable in Yangzhou than back in Suzhou! "

So Lu Junbi followed Wang Yuanwai's instructions and did not look for Lin Tailai again for the next two days.

However, no one came to disturb him, so Official Lin felt at ease and began to arrange his own affairs.

He called several local intermediaries to come over and asked, "I want to house 500 people in the city until the end of the month. The cost will not exceed 500 taels. Can any of you do it?"

Although Yangzhou is one of the three largest cities in the Jiangzuo area, with many foreign guests coming and going, I was still shocked when I heard "five hundred people".

If it were not a time of peace, but thirty years ago when the Japanese pirates were rampant, we would definitely suspect that these "five hundred people" came to seize Yangzhou City.

Official Lin then comforted him and said, "Don't worry! We all have road guides from the Wuxian County Office of Suzhou Prefecture. They are the officials sent here to assist the Suzhou Guard Army in transporting grain!"

After hearing this "explanation", these people who rely on agency fees for a living felt relieved.

To make money, you have to be brave enough. As long as you give a reasonable name, is there any money you dare not make?

After thinking for a while, an older Yazi said: "The temples in the northeastern area of ​​Xincheng are relatively dense, such as Erlang Temple, Zhenwu Temple, Yuwang Temple, Guanyin Temple, etc. are not far from each other.

Moreover, these temples are more spacious than ordinary houses and inns. As long as all the open space can be rented, it is not a problem to accommodate 500 people, and it is also easy to gather and mobilize. "

Then he rubbed his teeth secretly and hinted: "These temples are far away from the government, county, guard, military and coastal defense and other yamen in the old city to the west."

Lin Daguan was very satisfied and said: "Very good! Let's do it like this! If it can be done within two days, I will be very grateful to you!"

If they weren't worried about shocking the world or being surrounded by the government's suspicions, Lin Daguan would have wanted to train his subordinates in their ability to set up camps.

That way, you can just find an open space outside the city, and you don't need to spend any money to find a place to live.

After another two days of calm, Fang Huan, the imperial censor of Nanzhili, also known as the great master among the scholars, came to Yangzhou City to inspect the scholars in Yangzhou.

As an important town, Yangzhou City has a wide variety of yamen, more than Suzhou City.

However, no special "examination court" was built, only a Central Procuratorate was built between the government school and the government office.

Officials with the title of "censor" who are not permanent residents and have the title of "censor" such as the patrol censor and the academic censor, whoever comes will use the Central Procuratorate.

As for the censor who patrolled salt, there was a special salt law procuratorate. When the governor of Fengyang, Jiangbei, occasionally came over, there was also a special Futai Metropolitan Procuratorate.

After Ti Xue Guan Fanghuan arrived in Yangzhou City, he immediately moved into the Central Procuratorate.

According to traditional rules, after a grand master arrives in a certain place, he is not allowed to meet or socialize with local scholars until the examination results are released.

Anyone who dares to visit such a stern grandmaster will be kicked out and denied admission.

But rules are rules, and there are always loopholes that can be exploited. Foreigners like Lin Tailai certainly do not fall into the category of "local scholars."

Another example is that you can go through the front door secretly and sneak in through the back door, provided that you have enough kindness.

So the next day, in front of the gate of the Procuratorate in Yangzhou City, there were still a few scholars trying their luck.

Lu Junbi was also among them, but he was not here to try his luck, but to see if his new friend the King of Suzhou would come.

Not long after, I saw "King's Friend" in groups of five and six, walking towards them as if they didn't recognize their relatives, followed by the six bulky and round followers.

For some reason, in Lu Junbi's eyes, Friend Wang today has a very different temperament than when he first met two days ago.

I don’t know why, but everyone in Friend Wang’s entourage is carrying a big leather bag. Could it be that they all have gold and silver treasures? Is it a little too much?

Official Lin walked outside the gate of the Central Procuratorate, looked at the people outside the door in surprise, and said:

"Do you know how to do it? If you don't go to the back door to try your luck and ask for a meeting, what's the use of waiting at the street door?"

Someone shouted: "Then why are you coming to the gate, my friend?"

Lin Tailai signaled the guardians on the left and right to knock on the door. Zhang Wu went up and kicked the door a few times, and then he saw that the door was opened a crack from the inside.

Then a arrogant figure from the door appeared, shouting to the outside through the crack in the door: "Who is so ignorant?"

Official Lin stepped forward in person, kicked the door open with one kick, and then pushed the door open.

While everyone was stunned, Lin Daguan occupied the door and turned to say hello to Lu Junbi, "Brother Lu! Let's go in together?"

Lu Junbi: "???"

Is this how you visit? Are the Wang family members of Dongshan acting so arrogant?

Subconsciously shrinking his body, Lu Junbi dared to follow him in like this, and quickly waved his hand.

So Official Lin led his entourage into the gate of the Procuratorate, and then closed the door again with a "bang". No one knew what happened inside the Procuratorate, only vague shouts were heard.

After everyone outside the door looked at each other, someone suggested: "Actually, what this friend just said makes sense. We should go to the back door to try our luck."

Then these people went around the outer wall of the procuratorate and moved to the back door.

But it was said that after Lin Tailai entered the Procuratorate, he encountered the entourage of the academic officer as expected.

But with the protection of six powerful subordinates, Lin Daguan was naturally not afraid of the dozens of Taiping Era guards who had not gone through the battle formation.

In just a short time, Lin Daguan and his men broke through the ceremonial gate, the front hall, the main hall, and the entrance hall, and the troops were approaching the back hall!

On the other hand, in the back hall, the last few close servants of Fang Tixue fought hard for several rounds, buying time for Fang Tixue.

Lin Daguan, whose thigh was being hugged tightly, watched helplessly as a short, fat man in official robes escaped around the back hall.

After a few more efforts, Lin Daguan broke away from the two slaves holding his thighs, and quickly went around the corridor at the side of the back hall to catch up.

When Official Lin chased him to the row house at the back, he saw that the short, fat figure in official robes had climbed up the ladder to the wall in the corner of the backyard.

This made Lin Daguan very speechless. Why is this happening? Wouldn't it be nice to sit down and talk?

He rushed forward and shouted loudly: "Please come down, Grand Master! Please be polite!"

Fang Tixue, who was on the wall, looked back indifferently, "It's because of Lin Tailai's poor performance in Nanjing that you're the idiot to go down!"

When you jump from the top of the wall to the outside, the sky is high, birds can fly, and the sea is vast, and fish can jump!

Then you can escape into the government office next to you. Do you, Lin Tailai, dare to attack the government office?

The few scholars who were at the front gate just now have also come around to the back.

He immediately looked up and saw an official who looked very suspicious of the Grand Master, standing on the wall in a panic.

Everyone was stunned again, what on earth is this scene?

Everyone started to get entangled, should they follow the etiquette and salute the grand master on the wall?

Immediately, someone in the courtyard shouted loudly, and then the Grand Master shivered and rolled down the wall.

The few scholars no longer need to hesitate and struggle. Only a fool will sit idly by if a great master falls from the sky.

Also, the friend just now said it well, even if you get lucky, you still have to come through the back door!

So everyone rushed forward in unison and caught the Grand Master with all their hands.

Then they tightly surrounded the Grand Master, greeting him and saying hello.

Damn it! Fang Tixue was astonished. Where did these scholars under the wall come from?

After coming back to his senses, he shouted anxiously: "Let me go! Let me go!"

But these scholars, who were obsessed with fame and fortune, were not willing to let go of the opportunity to have close contact with the Grand Master. They blocked the Grand Master in a corner and were in a dilemma.

At this time, Lin Daguan also jumped down from the wall inside and landed directly in the middle of the crowd.

"A bunch of bastards!" Fang Tixue jumped angrily and cursed, not knowing who he was scolding.

Officer Lin held the Grand Master with one hand, separated the crowd forcefully with the other, and walked toward the side door at the back.

Then Officer Lin thought of something again, and turned around to invite Lu Junbi again: "Brother Lu, are you going in together?"

Lu Junbi wanted to kneel down directly. Friend Wang, can you pretend not to know me at this time?

At this time, the small door at the back of the procuratorate was opened from the inside, and Senior Officer Lin walked in carrying the Grand Master and disappeared from everyone's sight.

Lu Junbi's mind was at a loss. What happened today was completely beyond his understanding.

Friend Wang, the back door you mentioned is this the back door?

Why did I fall asleep halfway through Li Bai’s hundreds of poems about drinking wine? . This chapter was from yesterday, and there should be two more chapters today. Currently, there are 4 chapters owed in total, so there’s still time!