Chapter 1438: County Chief
The master looked at the Jinqian Sword and thought, "This sword has the effect of suppressing evil ghosts. Can it be kept by your side like the statue of the Land God, always to bless the adults from being hurt by the evil ghost?"
Jiang Hao thought for a moment, nodded and said, "It should be more effective than the statue of the Land God, especially since the evil ghost was injured by my magic sword, he will definitely retreat next time."
The master was overjoyed and thoughts turned around in his mind. He said goodbye to Jiang Hao and went out. Seeing that the master hurried to the back house, Jiang Hao knew that he must have been going to report to the county magistrate. He turned to look at the Jinqian Sword, and Jiang Hao chuckled on his face.
The money sword has not appeared in this world yet. It should have appeared in the Qing Dynasty. Before, the Taoist sword was mainly a peach wood sword, made of a hundred-year peach wood, and better the 100-year lightning strike peach wood.
But the century-old peach wood is not that easy to find. It is almost difficult to find in the Qing Dynasty, and magic weapons are becoming more and more rare. There is no way. In the end, someone invented the money sword and borrowed the aura energy condensed from coins. The role of the Five Emperors Money and Money Sword is much worse than that of a real magic weapon.
The Five Emperors' Money and Money Sword are divided into the Big Five Emperors and the Small Five Emperors.
The real world's Little Five Emperors refer to the Qin Dynasty Shunzhi, Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, Jiaqing, and the Great Five Emperors were the Qin, Han, Tang, Song and Ming dynasties. Strictly speaking, it was Qin Shihuang, Emperor Wu of Han, Emperor Wu of Tang, Emperor Taizong of Tang, Emperor Taizu of Song, and Emperor Chengzu of Ming Dynasty. During the five emperors, Qin Banliang, Wuzhu of Han, Kaiyuan Tongbao, Tongbao of Song and Yuan Tongbao of Yongle Tongbao.
The Five Emperors’ Money and Money Swords that Jiang Hao made were to fool the magistrate of the county.
Soon after, the county magistrate came out and changed into a refreshing dress. When he sat down, he glanced at the Jin Qian Sword that Jiang Hao placed on the table, and a flash of light flashed.
The evil ghost once said that he had already had a way to break the statue of the god of the land, and now I am afraid that only this money sword can protect his life.
"Today, if you save me and relieve my worries, you will definitely thank me very much. But if the evil ghost is not eliminated, I will be unable to sleep or eat." The county magistrate said.
"When the evil spirit comes again, I'll inform me to get it." Jiang Hao said.
The county magistrate said in his heart, he was afraid that I would not be able to hold on to you, so he pondered for a moment and said, "I heard from the master that the evil ghost is afraid that the money sword in your hand can make the evil ghost retreat. It would be better to stay with me. If he comes again, he would have time to call you over."
Jiang Hao looked embarrassed, "Sir, this money sword is a treasure, and it is very rare to be precious."
"How about the salary this time is 500 taels?" said the county magistrate.
Jiang Hao smiled indifferently, "Sir, in the eyes of the mage, my magic sword is worth tens of thousands of gold, but five thousand taels are worth it."
When the county magistrate heard about 5,000 taels, he felt aching. He was reluctant to spend 5,000 taels to buy this thing. If it were on weekdays, he would definitely be tempted to grab it, but he did not dare to face such a strange person who could catch monsters and eliminate ghosts.
As my eyes rolled, an idea came to my mind, "You said you would take the county exam this year."
"Yes, sir," Jiang Hao nodded, "before, his parents died one after another, and they have been mourning for several years. They will start participating in the county examination after the end of this year."
"I promise you the top ten, no, the top three." The county magistrate lowered his voice.
Jiang Hao thought, it was straightforward enough, and fame was just allowed to go out at will.
Jiang Hao shook his head and said softly: "Mr. Jiang asked himself that he had learned a lot and would definitely be able to take the lead in high school. If you want to gain fame, I will go and win it myself."
The county magistrate twitched his mouth, and he could naturally hear that the scholar was openly asking for the case with him and looked down on others.
He is really greedy.
His case had been sold to someone else for a long time, three thousand taels, would he have to return it?
On one side is silver,
One side is life.
Alas~ It's all fate.
The county magistrate gritted his teeth and looked at him in a deep voice: "Okay, please leave the head of the case, the money sword in the county government. If the evil ghost comes again, you will come forward to kill him."
The dirty transaction was successfully completed. Jiang Hao stood up and bowed to the county magistrate. "It was too late, so Jiang said goodbye. Please hang the Five Emperors' Money and Money Sword in the bedroom. You can protect the adults from worry-free. If you go out on weekdays, you can also bring it with you."
The county magistrate nodded with satisfaction.
"I have another thing to ask you to give me some advice?" Jiang Hao said.
"What's up?"
"I'm catching ghosts tonight, so I'll ask everyone in the county government to keep it secret. I don't want to make the city full of wind and rain. I'm a good scholar, and I'm said to be a ghost-catching Taoist priest." Jiang Hao said.
"Well, it's better to be a scholar. I will continue to give instructions." The county magistrate responded.
When Jiang Hao left the county yard, the county magistrate called the master and asked him to continue to command that Jiang Hao's ghost hunting should not be circulated. Other yamen runners soon informed him that although they would not be circulated, the people here today remembered Jiang Hao's appearance.
A few days later, the county government was haunted by ghosts and there was no movement. Then there was a rumor that a master came to take over the evil ghosts, and the matter gradually subsided.
A few days passed in a blink of an eye. When the county exam was still dark, Jiang Hao got up and brought a carrying box with pen, inkstone and other examination utensils, as well as some food. After all, he had to take the exam for one day and lunch needed to be solved.
He drove out the carriage. Cui Sheng, Han Yi, Zhao Licheng and Li He were already waiting on the roadside and were preparing to go to the county town together. Because it was dark, Cui Sheng and Zhao Licheng were still carrying lanterns. When they saw a carriage coming, the four of them flashed to the side, thinking that some rich young master was going to take the exam, but the carriage stopped when it was close.
"Brother Cui, Brother Zhao, you've come early. Get in the car to save some footwork." Jiang Hao said.
The four of them were stunned. Looking at the carriage that was not gorgeous but still not cheap, they didn't expect that the person in the carriage was Jiang Hao. "Brother Jiang, where did you come from?"
They are all poor scholars, and they know their wealth. It's like a junior high school classmate in a town who goes to take the high school entrance examination together. An ordinary student they are very familiar with suddenly drove over in a Mercedes-Benz and asked them to get in the car and take the exam together.
"Let's talk about getting in the car." Jiang Hao said.
Of course it is best to have a car, it is fast and labor-saving. The four of them quickly got on the car and rushed to the county town. Han Yi asked again with curiosity. Jiang Hao smiled, "Don't I owe Mr. Hu some money? That day, I suddenly found an ancient book at home, thinking that I could sell it for some money. Later, I thought about it. I heard that Mr. Hu likes antique books, so it is better to sell it to him directly. Maybe it can be sold at a good price, so I came to the door. But I didn't think that the ancient book was an extremely valuable book. Not only did I pay off the debt, but Mr. Hu also gave me this car before leaving."
All four were shocked, and Li He asked in surprise: "You owe 60 taels, but this carriage is probably less than 100 taels. What ancient books are so valuable."
"I only remember the name, "The Great Joy of the Heaven and Earth Yin and Yang" which contains some methods of practice by men and women. I don't know very well. I just read it a few times, but I just thought the book was ancient, so I had the idea of trying it out." Jiang Hao said casually.
"You are so lucky."
The few people were envious of them. They could just find a book from home and sell it for so much money. This was really awesome.
When he arrived at the county school examination room, many scholars were gathered outside the door. Jiang Hao drove the carriage into an inn to make the shopkeeper optimistic. The county examination will take five consecutive days, and he will not go home for these five days, so he will save running around every day.
When the time comes, people will start to be sent to the examination room, but when entering the venue, you need to verify your body, and then you will have to search your body. You will not let go of the food box test utensils. Anyone with the entrained one is considered cheating.
The yamen runners who searched were very rough, their pens and inkstones were thrown out, and all the food boxes and meals were poured out, and they were scattered on the table and put them in. Jiang Hao thought to himself, could this be eaten, but the scholars dared not speak out.
When searching, I took it to the room and asked the candidates to take off their clothes and check it inside and out. This is not a provincial examination. At that time, I had to live in the examination school for a few days, and I had to remove the quilts I brought in to check.
When it was Jiang Hao's turn, Jiang Hao put the food box on the table. He had taken the imperial examination before and knew that the rules were like this. Even if he went to the provincial examination hall exam, he had already achieved fame and fortune. He thought to himself that the food was made by them, and I would just stop eating it. Anyway, there was a lot of food in the space.
The two yamen runners in charge of the inspection looked up and saw Jiang Hao suddenly stunned. They looked at each other, took the exam paper and looked at it. Jiang Hao, Qingxi Town, was sure that was right.
The two yamen runners were cautious when they flipped the food box and put it gently. As for the food that Jiang Hao brought, they just opened the food box and took it back. The examination was completed soon and they took Jiang Hao into the room for physical examination.
"Young Master Jiang, please go around." A yamen runner said with a smile.
"Oh, you know me." Jiang Hao was surprised.
"Haha, that night, our brothers were on duty in the county government office. We saw the battle with the evil ghosts clearly and were warned afterwards that we could not spread the word." A yamen runner said.
Jiang Hao thought to himself, no wonder these two guys were respectful.
"Do I want to take off my clothes?" Jiang Hao reached out and asked to unbutton her clothes.
A yamen runner waved his hand quickly, "No need, it's checked, there's no entrainment," and said, handing the food box with both hands, "Young Master Jiang, Jia 32 to Jia 60 are all good numbers, Xiangyang Wufeng, stay away from the toilet, you can choose one there."
Jiang Hao took the food box, nodded and thanked him, walked into the examination school, chose a good room in the A-font area, and sat in it. The county exam was not as strict as the provincial exam, and he could choose the examination room by himself, so whoever came first had the advantage.
After a lot of trouble, the county examination finally started, and eleven chapters were distributed in total, and there were quite a lot of contents. Jiang Hao looked at the topic, which was nothing more than the Four Books and Five Classics, Poems, Fu, Poetry, Discussion, and Examinations. Every difficulty was for him. After scanning the question, he immediately generated the answer in his mind, and wrote it in small regular characters, with very beautiful fonts.
Others need to answer questions for a day, but Jiang Hao completed them in just over an hour. He had nothing to do and sat there and closed his eyes to practice.
When he opened his eyes, it was already afternoon, and the cloud board rang. When it was time to hand over the paper, Jiang Hao easily handed over the paper away.
He didn't go back tonight, so he stayed in the inn. After five days of all the exams, he finally relaxed. Jiang Hao drove his carriage home. The next step was how the county magistrate judged the case. I wonder if he could get the county case.
Jiang Hao estimated that even if County Magistrate Wang did not give him the case, there would be no problem with passing the county examination.
Chapter completed!