Chapter 141: Palace Examination

"Who was that just now?"

The yellow-robed guard who was touching his head and pointing the way to Fang Yue just turned his head and heard a question from the side.

"The new leader is fierce, even fiercer than the black-robed man next to the leader Yang."

"Really? Then we have to be careful and can't provoke that person."

Oh, by the way, I heard that there are a few new guys today, so we have to have a good time tonight.

"That's right, hehe."

The two yellow-robed guards muttered to each other and soon talked about other topics.

Fang Yue found his destination quickly.

As soon as he walked to the door, he heard a burst of obscene laughter inside. He exerted a little force and directly shook the door open.

"Who are you? New here? You don't know the rules, why don't you get out quickly? Come back after I'm done."

The yellow-robed temple priest who was about to plot against Zhang Shu saw Fang Yue coming in, his face turned black and he was furious, as if someone had disturbed his good thing.

Seeing Fang Yue's unmoved look,

"Hmph, let me teach you a lesson today, so that you know what respect and order mean."

The yellow-robed temple keeper stretched out his hand and clenched his fist and hit Fang Yue. The fist was powerful, and he was actually a warrior who had reached the bone-forging pass.

The punch was so merciless that if an ordinary person was hit, he would be crippled if not dead.

"Hehe~"

Fang Yue sneered and stepped forward immediately. His strong and powerful palm immediately grasped the opponent's fist.

With a slight force, the yellow-robed temple keeper's expression was distorted and he howled in pain.

"Ouch, I'm blind and have offended you. My lord, my hand is going to be crippled. Please let me go and spare me this time."

The yellow-robed temple keeper was also flexible and knew that Fang Yue's strength was far greater than his. Looking more carefully, it turned out that Fang Yue's face was indeed something he had never seen before.

Then he thought it must be the new lord.

Immediately, he begged for mercy.

However, Fang Yue shook his head, and naturally would not let this person go.

The next moment, in the astonished eyes of the yellow-robed temple keeper, Fang Yue punched him, swallowing all the words he was about to beg for mercy.

Then, his eyes went dark, and the yellow-robed temple keeper completely collapsed.

"Sure enough, she was knocked unconscious."

Fang Yue came to the bed, and after a brief inspection, he found that Zhang Shu was indeed drugged and was in a coma.

~~~~~~

A quarter of an hour later.

A mile outside the Niangniang Temple, there was an abandoned village.

Zhang Shu felt a headache in a daze. She tried to open her eyes and found that she seemed to be in a dilapidated house.

In a moment, the memory in her mind began to revive.

Zhang Shu remembered that she seemed to have asked the temple keeper to interpret the fortune before, and because she was willing to pay money, she was naturally taken to a separate fortune interpretation room.

She remembered that she had just gone in to interpret the fortune, and before she had said a few words to the temple keeper, she smelled a sweet smell, and then she saw the temple keeper reaching out to hug her with a smirk on his face.

So, she wouldn't be like this now!

Women in ancient times valued their reputation the most. Although Zhang Shu had a bad temper, she was not a casual person. She realized what might happen, so how could she remain calm?

She immediately screamed, jumped up suddenly, and began to check her clothes.

After a while, she found that there was no sign of being violated on her body, and she was relieved a little. Just when she was about to see where she was now, she heard a hoarse and rough voice:

"You are awake, go back by yourself, be careful next time, not every time you will be so lucky."

Hearing the voice, Zhang Shu realized that not far ahead, there was a tall man in black standing.

Just looking at him, you can feel a fierce breath emanating from this person, which makes people tremble uncontrollably.

"You, who are you? What do you want to do? Did you bring me here? Do you know who my father is? Do you know who my husband is?"

Zhang Shu stuttered and couldn't say a complete sentence, just looking at Fang Yue in horror.

However, even so, after Zhang Shu recovered, she still questioned fiercely.

Don't think about it, if you really meet a brutal bandit, after knowing her background, you will have to kill her.

What a stupid and stupid girl!

Fang Yue ignored Zhang Shu's coercion and questioning. Seeing her wake up, he immediately raised his feet and left.

"Hey, stop, you can't leave, you can't leave without explaining clearly."

Zhang Shu was anxious. She couldn't be so unclear, and she immediately stopped Fang Yue from leaving.

However, how could she stop Fang Yue? As soon as she touched the corner of Fang Yue's clothes, she felt a strong force coming at her instantly.

Then the whole person flew backwards uncontrollably, and with a bang, a hole was knocked out of the dilapidated earth wall.

After taking a last look at Zhang Shu who was struggling to stand up in the dust, Fang Yue turned around and left.

Only Zhang Shu was still struggling in the dust and smoke.

~~~~~~

After the fortune-telling story, Chen was actively matchmaking for Fang Yue.

Fang Yue had no choice but to move out of the house and live in a tea garden not far from the city.

In this way, life was completely peaceful.

Of course, Fang Yue's reason was also very sufficient, that is, as the demand for the tea industry expanded, he had to supervise it personally.

In this case, Chen couldn't stop him.

So Fang Yue lived in the tea garden.

He built a simple martial arts training ground in the back mountain, and built three houses, and then lived there.

Practicing here, he can also go into the back mountain to hunt in his spare time, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Unknowingly, time passed quickly.

Two months passed in the blink of an eye, and it was almost the end of the year.

The weather was getting colder and the air was getting drier.

One day, Fang Yue was practicing, and a servant from the tea house came and delivered a letter from the city.

"It's like this, Fatty Bai is going to Yujing, and he won't come back for one or two years at the shortest, or three to five years at the longest. He entrusted the tea house's business to the housekeeper at home, and he will contact this housekeeper Zheng if there is anything in the future."

Fang Yue put down the letter and couldn't help but sigh slightly.

The tea house's business has just been put on the right track. With the name of Fatty Bai, it can be said that it is unstoppable in Shanyang Prefecture.

Hundreds of kilograms of tea are delivered to Shanyang Prefecture every month, and he can earn more than 5,000 taels of silver every month, which is 60,000 taels a year.

But now that the fat white man has left, I am afraid that this business may not be as smooth as it is now.

Fang Yue sighed slightly, but he wanted to seize the time and practice hard in his heart to strive for early advancement.

In this way, Fang Yue naturally practiced more diligently in the following days, and he also took out a lot of silver to buy Yi Sui secret medicine.

And every month he has to go to the ghost market to see if he can buy Yuanshi.

However, I don’t know if it’s because Yuanshi is too rare or for some other reason. After visiting several times, I didn’t come across a Yuanshi.

However, Fang Yue’s cultivation is also progressing slowly. The practice of Yi Sui is still not fast, but he is still moving forward firmly.

In other words, the practice of Wu Tu Zhengong is already like a snail’s pace, so slow that it is almost impossible to see much progress.

As for the health-preserving technique, as he became more and more proficient, Fang Yue felt that this skill should be able to improve in half a year at most.

A few months passed like this, and it was the second year.

As time went by, it was time for the new tea to be put on the market every year.

However, there have been a lot of bad news recently.

Last month, the tea shop in Shanyang Prefecture asked to lower the purchase price of tea, saying that the tea market has recovered now and there is no longer the situation of monopoly like last year.

Fang Yue naturally did not agree. After all, after this year, the tea shop's roasted tea has long occupied the top tea market in Shanyang Prefecture and even other counties.

Even if other tea shops have recovered this year, it is still very difficult to compete with Yue Chongshan.

The taste of tea alone cannot be achieved in a short time.

Fang Yue of course refused.

After refusing, the other party did not continue to entangle here.

Just when Fang Yue thought that there would be no more changes, the tea delivery team this month said that they would add city taxes at the gate when they entered Shanyang Prefecture.

This has never happened before.

And the amount collected is not small, much higher than ordinary goods.

Needless to say, this must be because Fang Yue refused the other party's price reduction, so they are targeting him in disguise.

After all, if someone from the Bai family hadn't agreed, who would dare to collect the tea shop's entry tax.

"Sure enough, once Fatty Bai is gone, this business will be difficult to do."

Fang Yue looked at the message sent and sighed slightly.

There is no father and son in the business world, and not everyone will be as righteous and heroic as Fatty Bai.

Although this is still Fatty Bai's industry, it seems that it is not uncommon for the person in charge to make some "changes" when Fatty Bai is gone.

After all, perhaps in the eyes of most people, Fang Yue has "taken too much advantage" in this business.

Of course, it is also because Fang Yue is just a mere military candidate, not from a noble family, and has no official status.

Military candidates seem to be good in Xiahe County, but they are not as good in Shanyang Prefecture, where there are many powerful people.

Without an official position, or if the official position is not high enough, then in the eyes of many people, it is not appropriate to occupy so many unmatched rights and interests.

Moreover, such a not-small amount of wealth, and it can also be produced in an endless stream, is of course to arouse envy.

"Today, some people can do not do so much for the sake of the white fat man, but if it takes a while, I am afraid it may not be the case."

Fang Yue sighed slightly.

In his heart, he was determined to participate in this government examination.

Originally, after he got the book of Qi-boosting and health-preserving exercises, he planned to learn this skill first and master the new talent.

But now that the development of things has exceeded expectations, he has to change the plan slightly.

After all, he can't give in at this time. If he gives in, the family business that has been accumulated so well will probably be lost immediately.

Even, it may not be just a matter of industry.

When the wall falls, everyone pushes it. At that time, can those who have seized his industry still let him go?

If Fang Yue did this himself, he would definitely root out the evil.

Therefore, the best solution for Fang Yue now is to improve his status and reach a status equal to or higher than those people.

In this way, all the conspiracies against him will be self-defeating.

After all, it all depends on the fat white man. Who dares to touch his property in Shanyang Prefecture?

Having made up his mind, Fang Yue immediately sent someone to inquire about the news of the provincial examination.

If I remember correctly, according to convention, the provincial examination should be held at the end of the year or the beginning of the year.

Fang Yue immediately set off to return to Xiahe County.

The information of the provincial examination will be sent to each county in advance.

When he returned to the county, he could easily see the information of the provincial examination in the bulletin board of the government office.

It looked like this red paper had been posted for some time.

Fang Yue glanced at the red list. The beginning was naturally a lot of words praising the merits of Wencheng Wude, and the last part was the really useful information.

For example, the time of the examination, the conditions of the examination, etc.

"The specific time is December 14th?"

"There is not much time left from now."

However, why is it this time this year?

After all, this day does not seem to be an auspicious day, which is somewhat different from the usual way of doing things in the court.

Forget it, this is not something to worry about. On the contrary, there is not much time left, and he has to find three martial arts candidates to jointly guarantee him.

Just like the examination for martial arts scholars, a guarantor is also required for the provincial examination.

Fang Yue thought about it and realized that the only martial arts candidate he knew was Zhang Boyang. He had to go to the White Tiger Boxing Gym to find others.

Although it is possible to find people who are also taking the provincial examination and jointly guarantee each other, this will also face a problem, that is, if one of them is caught cheating, it will also affect others.

In this case, it is actually better to find those martial arts candidates who are not taking the provincial examination to guarantee.

The first person Fang Yue found was of course his uncle Zhang Boyang. After a brief explanation, Zhang Boyang agreed to be a guarantor.

However, when he arrived at Zhang Boyang's house, he just happened to catch lunch.

Zhang Boyang invited Fang Yue warmly, and Fang Yue had no choice but to stay for lunch.

Of course, he still met Zhang Shu during the meal, but this time Zhang Shu did not dislike Fang Yue as before and said some unpleasant words.

She was very quiet in an unusual way.

Fang Yue was a little surprised. It seemed that Zhang Shu had not recovered from the last blow.

However, before leaving, Zhang Shu still said condescendingly that if Fang Yue could say a few good words to her, she would go back to the prefecture and whisper to her husband, and maybe she could even help Fang Yue through the back door.

"Haha, Senior Sister Zhang, a good iron must be made strong. This prefecture exam is a grand ceremony for selecting talents in the court, and not everyone can intervene at will. I think it's better to rely on myself."

Fang Yue smiled slightly and shook his head to refuse.

"You, take my kindness for granted. Humph, don't regret it when you fail the exam.

The prefecture exam brings together the talents of the entire Shanyang Prefecture, which is not comparable to Xiahe County. Don't think that you don't know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is just because you pass the military exam in Xiahe County. You will regret it later."

Zhang Shu snorted coldly, then went back with her face up.

It was still the familiar smell. Well, Zhang Shu was still Zhang Shu, with a bad temper, and she hadn't changed at all.

Fang Yue smiled, and then went to the White Tiger Boxing Gym.

When he arrived at the White Tiger Boxing Gym, as a martial arts candidate, Fang Yue was naturally warmly received.

However, when he heard that Fang Yue was going to the prefectural city to participate in the prefectural examination.

Chen Tong, the second senior brother of the martial arts gym, that is, Fang Yue's second uncle, looked embarrassed.

"Well, nephew Fang, if you had come two days earlier, it would have been better. Wei He from the Wei family came to me a few days ago and said that he would let him be a guarantor. This, I have already agreed to the other party and have signed it."

Chen Tong said with an embarrassed face and regret.

"In this case, it's not good to embarrass Uncle Chen."

Although Fang Yue felt surprised when he heard this, he still bowed his hands to thank the other party, exchanged a few more words of greeting, and then left.

As soon as Fang Yue left, a man came out from the inner room. It was the owner of the martial arts hall. The old face of the owner Zheng was full of sorrow.

"Alas, I don't know if it is right or wrong to do this."

"Master, although Fang Yue came from our martial arts hall, he did not consider the interests of the martial arts hall at all. The tea from his tea garden does not supply the tea business of our boxing hall. You should know that if we had not given him tea seedlings at that time, he would not be here today."

Chen Tong said indignantly. Seeing that Fang Yue's tea garden was making a fortune every day, but they could not get any of it, they were naturally very unhappy.

In addition, Fang Yue was injured before, and the boxing hall was separated from him.

There was already a rift, and it was naturally impossible to restore it to the past.

So, he could not continue to help Fang Yue grow.

In fact, what Chen Tong said just now that he had guaranteed Wei He was simply an excuse.

Anyway, Fang Yue and Wei He were not on good terms, so he could not go to Wei He for verification.