fake prince

Chapter 12

Thinking about this, he suddenly saw a man in a cloak and a leather hat, with no expression on his red face, who came in surrounded by several people. The muscles on his cheeks twitched, he smiled coldly, and sat down in the seat occupied by Cao Jincai.

"It's Boss Zhang. Sure enough, this debt collector has to wait for the result."

Seeing that the other party arrived, he didn't speak, just sat there drinking tea, casting cold gazes from time to time, Su Ziji suddenly understood, and felt a chill in his heart.

"Come on, come on!" At this moment, there was a commotion among the people gathered outside, and the people in the restaurant also became excited.

When the exam is announced, it is called "a crime", and the cannon is fired with a blower, and five people are posted on the top, and fifteen people are posted on the bottom. Some people read the list, which is usually the master book of the county government.

Sure enough, when Su Ziji looked through the open window, he saw a middle-aged man wearing a ninth-rank official uniform, holding a wooden plate, and came out under the protection of the yamen servant.

Suddenly, everyone looked up.

In this county examination in Linhua County, no more than 20 people were admitted.

The roll call list is from high to low. The master cleared his throat and read: "Chengshou 17th Linhua County Examination, No. 1... Pingmao Township Yulu!"

When Yu Lu's name was uttered by the director, Su Ziji could feel that Yu Lu was relieved. No matter how confident a person is, he will still be nervous until there is no result.

"Ah, Brother Yu, you've been hit, and you're the county's top case!" Zhang Sheng shouted immediately.

"Oh my god, this is Yu Lv. It really is him. He won the first case in the county, and the scholar must win." At this moment, there were voices of surprise and envy in the restaurant.

Su Ziji sat, although he had expected it long ago, he still sighed secretly and congratulated Yu Lv: "Congratulations, Brother Yu, you deserve your name as the top case in Zhongxian County!"

"Actually, your level is still higher than mine..." Yu Lv shook his head. After ten years of reading, he could tell with his eyes, but his words were interrupted by the roll call below.

"No.2, Xunniu Township Yijinfu."

As soon as the name was spoken, there was a commotion in a corner of the restaurant, and someone shouted excitedly: "I've won, I've won!"

The sound of congratulations sounded immediately, everyone cast envious eyes, and then quietly waited for the next name.

"No.3, Ma Wendong, Anhu Township."

Su Ziji also sat and listened, until he heard that the master book had read the top ten names, but he didn't have his name yet, he felt some malicious eyes cast on him, without looking, he knew that most of them came from the same results The creditor and Zhang Boss and his party are gone.

Seeing the director coughing and fetching water to drink, Cao Jincai smiled happily and said to Boss Zhang: "Sure enough, this Su Ziji is a guy who can't be supported by mud! If he didn't do it in the first ten miles, he must have failed the ranking!"

Hearing this, Boss Zhang had a grin on his expressionless face. Boss Zhang made his debut at the age of 13. Up to now, he has 20 years of career in the rivers and lakes. He is not cunning.

He saw through Su Ziji's tricks at a glance, not only did not stop his anger, but aroused vigilance and suspicion.

"Want to take advantage of the county exam and get together when the students gather so that I can't move?"

"Could it be that Yan Er's death has something to do with him?"

"Even if it doesn't matter, such a smart person is also an enemy, so he definitely can't stay." At this time, Boss Zhang hadn't thought of killing people. Now that Dazheng was founded not long ago, it's not a troubled time, the politics is clear, and if something goes wrong, he can't escape !
"But you can break your legs. The imperial examination pays attention to manners, so don't be lame." With just a thought, Boss Zhang came up with a poisonous plan.

"Now, just force him in public and let everyone know that he is a poor man in debt!"

Thinking of this, Boss Zhang winked at Cao Jincai.

When Cao Jincai saw it, he recalled it, got up suddenly, walked straight to Su Ziji's table, stood in front of the table and said, "Su Ziji, don't say you didn't win, even if you win, it's okay to pay back the debt." As a matter of course, your debt is due!"

Without waiting for Su Ziji to speak, Zhang Sheng had already raised his eyebrows: "Who are you? Such a disrespectful speech? Get the hell out of here! A villain like you, don't pollute this place!"

As he said, he was going to drive people away.

Cao Jincai refused to accept it, and shouted: "It's only natural to pay back the debt, can a scholar not pay it?"

The voice was shouting, many people knew Cao Jincai from this casino, they couldn't help whispering, "Could it be Su Ziji's gambling debt?"

A few people's eyes sparkled, but Da Zheng declared that students are not allowed to gamble, and those who violated it will be punished.

Su Ziji looked at the scene and said, "Don't worry, although I borrowed your usury to bury my father, I keep my word and I will pay you back the money."

"It's delusion that you want to get an idea of ​​my ancestral tomb."

As he spoke, he took out pieces of silver from his pocket, about seven taels.

Cao Jincai was startled at first, but when he saw that there was only seven taels, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and shouted: "This amount of money is not even enough for the monthly interest, pay it back quickly!"

At this time, not to mention the students watching in the restaurant, even those who gathered to watch the excitement asked the people around them what was going on.

Along with the table in the corner, a middle-aged man in a brown padded robe and a young man looked over, and immediately asked the waiter who served the dishes.

"How dare a villain talk too much!" The waiter smiled apologetically, and saw the young man frowning and threw a piece of silver: "Add some more vegetables, some wine, and the rest will be rewarded to you!"

It was a tael of broken silver, the man immediately narrowed his eyes and bowed: "Thank you!"

He said in a low voice: "That's the boss Zhang of the Black Scarf Association in this county. He is as famous as the Raft Gang and Zengcai Society. The interest rate has more than doubled, so how can you pay it back?"

"Hey, Su Ziji didn't borrow money for anything else. He wanted to bury his dead father generously. He was a dutiful son!"

A few words explained the matter clearly, the middle-aged man remained calm, and the young man looked at Boss Zhang coldly, with a glint in his eyes: "The Black Scarf Club?"

"My lord, please be calm and calm. We are not here this time to check on these ruffians. It is for inspection." The middle-aged man said.

The young man nodded and stopped talking, but this matter is not complicated, and everyone understood at this time.

Borrowing money to bury your father and refusing to sell the tomb is filial piety, Yu Lv was furious: "It's really hateful, Brother Su, I'll just lend you five taels."

Zhang Sheng also took out six taels of silver.

"18 taels, and I still owe 15 taels of silver." Cao Jincai didn't expect a friend to be willing to pay, so he was shocked and shouted after counting.

"15 taels of silver, I'll give it to you tomorrow." Yu Lv said calmly.

"No way, Mr. Yu, look at this IOU. It expires today, and when it comes tomorrow, you will get a lot of profit. It's not 15 taels, it's 43 taels. If you subtract 18 taels, you have to pay 25 taels!" Cao Jincai said. , glanced at it, and saw that although the rest of the students sympathized, but no one borrowed money, they were talking loudly.

(End of this chapter)