Traveling through time and space to become a child, supporting the family by catching fish and shrim

In the following days, the officialdom of Guangling Prefecture was extremely lively.

Tongpan Yan Xiaoguo was corrupt and abused his power, causing great public resentment. He also openly resisted arrest.

In the chaos, Yan Xiaoguo's throat was severely injured and he lost his voice on the spot.

Immediately afterwards, hundreds of common people who had been oppressed by Yan Xiaoguo rushed into the Tongpan Mansion and smashed and looted it. Yan Xiaoguo was beaten to the point of being half dead. If it were not for the desperate protection of the yamen constables, Yan Xiaoguo might have been beaten to death on the spot.

Afterwards, Yan Xiaoguo was thrown into prison and was soon escorted to the capital.

The next day, Ji Jiahui, the prefect of Guangling Prefecture, took the initiative to submit a letter of resignation to the pacification envoy, requesting to return home.

Pacifier Zhu Sui'an accepted Ji Jiahui's document, but whether he could retire still had to wait for approval from the cabinet.

All affairs of Guangling Prefecture are temporarily managed by Tongzhi Meng Haide.

In addition, a group of candidates headed by Ning Wenxu were stripped of their titles and were not allowed to take the exam within three years.

On the third day, a new admission list was posted at the entrance of the prefectural school, and Chen Lang's name ranked first!

The head of the government case!

Chen Lang originally planned to go and see the list, but as soon as he walked out of his room in the inn, he was blocked by a group of candidates.

"Congratulations, Mr. Chen, for taking the top spot."

"What are you congratulating me for? With Master Chen's talent and knowledge, he should have been the first in the case. He was just suppressed by a villain before."

"Then you can also congratulate Master Chen on his recovery."

"Mr. Chen, I have written two poems. Could you please correct them?"

"Mr. Chen, there are some beautiful girls coming to Yihonglou today. They are all prostitutes. I would like to invite you to have some fun. Would you please do me the honor?"

"Master Chen..."

"Master Chen..."

Chen Lang slammed the door shut, patted his chest and sighed: "Oh my god, this is scarier than zombies."

Xu Fei was packing up when he saw Chen Lang coming back so quickly. He asked, "What's wrong? Aren't you going to check the rankings?"

Chen Lang said: "There are people everywhere outside, we can't get out."

"But they also told me the results of the new list."

Xu Fei asked curiously, "Which one?"

"The first case." Chen Lang said.

Xu Fei was overjoyed. He came up and gave Chen Lang a bear hug, laughing and saying, "Brother Chen, you are really awesome!"

"You are the first person in Nanhe County to win the first place in the prefectural case in the past five years."

"When you return, the county magistrate will personally entertain you."

If it were in the past, Chen Lang would have felt very annoyed, because at that time he did not want to stand out too much, he just wanted to pass the examination to become a scholar and avoid labor service.

But after this series of events, Chen Lang realized that being a scholar was not enough, and being a juren was not enough, he had to at least be a jinshi.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to protect such a huge family business.

So there is absolutely no need to keep a low profile.

You have to be high-profile.

The more high-profile you are, the greater your fame among the people. Those maggots hiding in the dark will not dare to be so unscrupulous when they want to deal with you.

As for the previous worry that being too high-profile would arouse the jealousy of other students and trigger literary quarrels, it is no longer a problem now.

Because his talent was certified by Bachelor Xiao Yuxiao.

Anyone who questions Chen Lang is questioning Mr. Xiao's vision.

Right now, the only thing Chen Lang has to worry about is how to maintain this high profile.

The academy examination will be held in two months. As the top scorer in the prefecture, if the result in the academy examination is too poor, or even if he does not make the list, the consequences will be very serious.

Who knows, guys like Ning Wenxu might come back and say that they did cheat during the provincial exam, but they were forced to admit that it was a frame-up due to the formalities.

If Chen Lang fails, Nie Ziru will also be in trouble, and Xiao Yu will even be implicated.

By then, let alone doing business, it would be hard to say whether you can even survive.

This is what is called "Good fortune lies within the shadow of misfortune, and misfortune lies within the shadow of good fortune."

"Let's think about how to leave Guangling Mansion first. These people outside are crazy." Chen Lang collected his thoughts and said helplessly.

Xu Fei said, "That's easy, leave it to me."

"Do you have any extra clothes?"

Chen Lang took out a clean coat from his bag and handed it to Xu Fei.

After Xu Fei put on his clothes and covered half of his face, he said in a muffled voice, "I'll run out and distract these people. You call the teacher and wait for me in the back alley."

Chen Lang walked to the door and asked, "Are you ready?"

Xu Fei nodded seriously.

Chen Lang flung the door open and said, "Go ahead, hero!"

Xu Fei ran out like an arrow.

An hour later, a post carriage slowly drove out of Guangling Prefecture.

Chen Lang lifted the curtain of the car and took another look at the city gate tower.

"Goodbye."

Another half hour passed.

The Tongzhi of Guangling Prefecture led a group of officials from the prefecture to see off the pacification envoy Zhu Sui'an.

Meng Haide has been smiling non-stop these past few days, causing the corners of his mouth to twitch a little.

I never expected that such a pie in the sky would actually fall on my head.

Although he is only the acting prefect now, in most cases, temporary officials will eventually be promoted.

Moreover, it is unlikely that His Majesty will select talents from the court and parachute them into Guangling Prefecture to serve as prefect.

It’s not that Your Majesty doesn’t want to do this, but the Shilin Party in the cabinet will strongly resist it.

Only after Xiao Yu reaches the cabinet and sorts out the issues here, will officials in various state capitals usher in a series of changes.

But that would not affect his position, because the pacification envoy said that he would explain the situation of Guangling Prefecture in detail in the memorial and recommend himself for the position of prefect.

The words of the pacifier were quite effective, so Meng Haide laughed until his mouth was about to cramp, and only after Zhu Sui'an's carriage disappeared for a long time did he order everyone to return.

In the carriage, Zhu Sui'an asked, "How is Yan Xiaoguo?"

Pei Ming replied: "He won't make it to the capital."

Zhu Suian closed his eyes and said, "Well done."

Pei Ming hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help asking, "Master, are you really not going to tell Madam about this..."

Zhu Sui'an glanced up at him and said indifferently, "It's not time yet."

"Chen Lang is too weak now. Telling him about it will only cause more trouble."

"Besides, Chen Lang only looks like him. There is no conclusive evidence to prove whether he is the real one."

"Wait a little longer. When he's strong enough, tell him."