Chapter 73: A life-and-death fight, the top of the list?
Yu Que looked at Fang Mulian kneeling in front of him. He felt a burst of joy in his heart, knowing that his cold stove was on fire today.
He quickly helped Fang Mulian up, and then without saying anything to the person, he took the other person's arm and said:
"Brother Fang, let's go!"
Fang Mulian now has sunken cheeks and is wrapped in ghostly aura. His throat slides, and he wants to say a few words, but in the end he just speaks hoarsely:
"Thank you, Brother Yu."
Then he lowered his head and followed Yu Que without saying a word, heading towards the place with the thickest fog in the county.
The place Yu Que wanted to take Fang Mulian to was the ghost market in the seventh square.
He had no way of himself to take official murderers like Fang Mulian out of the city, and he didn't want to involve himself too much.
It should be noted that although Huangshan County is extremely large, the daily flow of people in and out of each city is tens of thousands, but there are only a few passages within the city that can lead to the outside of the city.
In addition, at the major city gates and on every city wall, there are barriers and other means arranged by the Immortal Family to expel ghosts and isolate the inside and outside. There are also ghosts and gods wandering around day and night, patrolling in all directions.
Yu Que also heard that students in the county school often take on the task of patrolling the city walls to practice themselves and prevent ghosts inside and outside the city from communicating with each other.
If Fang Mulian kills people without leaving a trace and flees into the wild immediately before the government responds, then no one can do anything to him.
However, this son did not leave immediately after committing murder and arson. Now he is wanted again. The five bloods and birth dates he left in the Fang clan should have been used by the Yamen.
If you leave carelessly at this moment, you will only run into the yamen.
Fortunately, Yu Que didn't have any connections, but there must be someone in the gathering of ghosts who had connections.
He led Fang Mulian into the ghost market and walked straight towards the gambling house and the black market.
In front of the paper shop where paper figures blocked the door, Yuqiu led the way. Although Fang Mulian was here for the first time, he managed to sneak in.
The two of them walked into the paper mill. Fang Mulian looked at the strange and sinister scenes in the paper mill, as well as the many bloody materials that were either shot or obtained. His eyes widened suddenly and he felt that he could not take it anymore.
Yu Que briefly took him around the paper mill, introduced him a few words, and then invited him into the paper sedan used for secret talks, saying:
"Brother Fang, there must be roosters, dogs, and thieves here, and there is a direct way to the outside of the city. You can come forward and contact us on your own.
In addition, this is also a place where some evil people outside the city, even witches and ghosts, and the immortals in the same city communicate with each other. After you leave the city, you can also find a way to come back. ”
Listening to Yu Que's introduction, especially the four words "Witch and Ghost" in Yu Que's words, Fang Mulian's eyes suddenly flashed.
He looked around, and sure enough, in the paper mill, he sensed all kinds of auras that were far more cold and inhuman than his own.
The existence of the other generation not only did not make Fang Mulian shrink, but also made him feel refreshed. He knew that he was not the only one in the world who joined the ghost world.
After Yu Que finished speaking, he looked at Fang Mulian with a smile.
While breathing heavily, Fang Mulian quickly suppressed her distracting thoughts, cupped her hands and said in a low voice, "I won't thank you enough for your kindness. I would like to ask Brother Yu. If you have enough energy in the future, you can take care of Fang's mother again."
Hearing this, Yu Que looked serious:
"Since you and I are brothers, your mother is my mother. When Yu establishes her own business, she will ask her aunt if she is willing to leave the Fang family and live with my aunt's family."
Although he didn't want to be suspected of having an affair with the murderer of an official, but the suspicion of having an affair with the murderer's mother was out of the question.
Yu Que's current status as an alchemist is enough to protect him, let alone tomorrow, he will be on the list and become a county student.
Besides, Yu Que wouldn't be stupid enough to make Fang's mother leave the Fang family in a big way and just steal people out.
When Fang Mulian heard this, she nodded immediately.
And after some thought, he took out a thumb-sized magnolia sculpture from his chest and handed it to Yu Que.
"This thing was carved by my father for me when I was a child. Brother Yu will hold this thing. When the time comes, my mother will definitely trust you even more."
Yu Que wanted to give in, but after a moment of hesitation, he accepted it as promised.
Immediately, the two discussed in a low voice how to contact each other in the future.
Fortunately, Guiji Paper Shop also provides such services. As long as two people agree on a code word for communication, they can leave some items, letters or a few words to the paper man outside the courtyard, and the other person can Ask in code and take it out.
The paper money spent during this period is not much. In addition, after Yu Que settles down, the two of them can also communicate directly through letters inside and outside the city.
After the agreement was completed, they bowed to each other and said goodbye.
Fang Mulian stood in the paper mill, watching Yu Que leave the paper mill completely, still silent for a long time.
After being in a daze for a while, the man suppressed the excitement in his eyes, tightened his black robe tightly, lowered his head and blended into the crowd, looking for the roosters and dog thieves on his own.
Just now, Yuque asked him if he needed some financial help. He also had a token in his hand that one party had obtained by killing Youshi. But Fang Mulian has already implicated his sworn brother, how can he ask for his sworn brother's property again!
If he hadn't left the city yet, he would have wanted to give all his belongings to Yu Que.
In a secluded place, Fang Mulian suddenly looked at the back of her head coldly and said, "Old dog, your only use in this life is to have a rich family and bring me and Brother Yu to meet."
Only visible inside his cloak.
There was a ferocious grimace on the back of his head, and he was wailing in pain all the time, but he couldn't scream. It was weird and scary.
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When Yu Que had a personal relationship with Fang Mulian, almost all the county academic colleges in Huangshan County were brightly lit tonight.
Figures of people were walking around behind the blurred glass or window paper, talking incessantly, and they were very busy.
Tomorrow is the day when the results will be released, and tonight is naturally the time when all the county schools work overtime to sort out the names on the list.
In addition to the clerks, bookkeepers, account books and other yamen who are busy with chores, the teachers in the county school, together with Xuezheng, who is in charge of the local immortal lineage, are already sitting in each of the awarding colleges, waiting for the various lists to be submitted. They finalize it.
During this period, the oracles would occasionally say something:
"I know this kid. He has taken the test more than ten times. Although he is over thirty-five years old, he still failed to get a result in the third level. However, his perseverance is commendable and cannot be dismissed."
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"No, no, no, this kid didn't get any grades in the ghost exam, he's not too young, and his grades in the first two subjects are mediocre, so why take him."
"Killing people and grabbing treasures is not a good thing. You can't take it without taking it."......
Sometimes, whether candidates can be on the list is just a matter of a casual remark from a certain teaching in the academy. Others often will not refute it, and the result is decided.
Of course, nine people, such as Yu Que, from Huangshan No. 7 County School, shined in the ghost test and solved the questions directly. Such hard results were really impressive, and no one could beat them off the list.
It's just that when the list of one hundred and twenty candidates is sorted out, how to rank them, and who the top ten candidates will be, doesn't necessarily depend solely on their scores.
Especially the one that attracts the most attention!
Fortunately, there are only two people who can compete for this year's No. 7 spot. The rest are far inferior to their peers.
And these two people were none other than Yu Que, who won the first place in the two subjects, and the female candidate who got perfect marks in the basic liberal arts examination - Xie Qingjie.
The names of the two people were presented on the table, and the names of the remaining ones were listed at the front by the clerical officials. Their various performances in the examination were also recorded and circulated among the edicts, causing a lot of discussion among the edicts.
In fact, in terms of performance alone, there is a big gap between Yu Que and Xie Qingjie.
Then someone immediately chuckled: "It seems that it is not difficult to distinguish this year's top choice."
But soon someone else responded:
"Is it really not difficult? There is a noble son from a poor family on one side, and a noble daughter of the Xie family on the other. How can it not be difficult? You must know that the Xie family bloodline, once a temple is opened, it will definitely be a spiritual temple."
The two words immediately attracted attention in the courtyard.
Many of the teachers' eyes moved slightly, and then they looked away from Yu Que's name and landed on the name "Xie Qingjie".
While everyone was hesitating, a female voice suddenly said with a seemingly fair smile:
"Fellow Taoists, this matter is simple.
The first place is given to the girl, and the first place in the three subjects is given to Yu Qian. Isn't it appropriate? In this way, we will neither offend Mr. Xie nor bury our talents. ”
These words immediately made many priests' eyes light up, they whispered in their mouths, and then nodded in agreement.
Logically speaking, in the first subject of the liberal arts test, the daughter of the Xie family has a good chance of winning, so she should be given to her. As for the total score of the three subjects, Yu Que has a good chance of winning, and the first place should be given to Yu Que.
However, the family backgrounds of the two are as different as clouds and mud. Yu Que failed completely in terms of heeling and footing. And if handled this way, this year's seventh lane results will be too mediocre and nothing to boast about.
And if the first place is given to the Xie family's daughter, and the first place in the literary test is given to Yu Que, so that she can get the first place in three subjects, this move will not only take care of the rich family, but also take care of the children of the poor family, no one can tell. The bad word is worthy of a special mention!
However, if Yu Que were present, he would recognize at a glance that the person who made the fair judgment just now was Mrs. Red Snake who was in charge of invigilating the ghost test.
(End of chapter)