Jinghong Building

Chapter 385: A woman has a hard time

Old Mrs. Meng passed away in her sleep, with a peaceful appearance, as if she was asleep.

"Don't worry, I'll take you back to Beijing. I'll go see you when you have time in the future, bring your favorite flowers, plants and beautiful clothes."

He Ran sat beside her and did not leave for a long time.

Seven days later, the coffin of Mrs. Meng was temporarily parked in the temple, and the monk chanted scriptures and traveled forty-nine days.

When the people of Jinling heard the news, they all came to the side hall where the coffin was parked, and kowtowed. One was because of Mrs. Renyi's kind behavior during her lifetime, and the other was to want to enjoy the blessings of the old birthday star. Some families also worship the image of the Madam Renyi at home, but later evolved into the Madam Renyi. Legend has it that this old birthday star benefited the world during his lifetime and was ranked in the Immortal Class after his death.

Old Mrs. Meng was buried in the capital, and the eldest son and his wife accompanied him. He Ran issued an order to divide the Mansion of Renyi in Jinling into two, half of which were the Temple of Renyi, worshiping the statue of Renyi, and displaying several items of Renyi's life. The life of Mrs. Renyi, composed of more than a dozen pictures and texts, hangs around it.

These pictures and texts were compiled and drawn by He Yamin and Bai Yan, and described the kind actions of Mrs. Renyi during her lifetime in the form of a story for the world to remember and visit.

The other half is Renyi Women's Academy, which is a brand new academy. Master Jing donated all the inheritance of Mrs. Meng as the start-up capital for the establishment of the school. The follow-up expenses will be taken over and managed by Jinghonglou. The first mountain He is the wife of Shoufu Guo.

In early February, the Jiangnan Spring Examination was held in the spring exam without limiting gender or age, and was hosted by Feng Xieying himself.

A total of 1,263 people participated in the spring exam in various parts of Jiangnan, including thirteen women.

He Ran collected and reported the list and personal information of the thirteen women.

She suddenly discovered that among the thirteen women, two were nearly forty years old, and one was only twelve years old.

He Ran asked people to pay attention to the achievements of these thirteen people to avoid false rankings.

When the spring test results were released, something happened.

According to regulations, all counties will be ranked in the top ten and will be selected as scholars. They can participate in the autumn examination held in Jinling and Hangzhou this fall. Those who are on the autumn examination will be selected as juren and can participate in the official examination held in Beijing in April next year.

From now on, the spring and autumn tests will be conducted on this date every year, while the official test will be performed once every two years.

Among them, in order to view the ranking system, the scholar said that on the day the candidates will go to the local county government office to view the rankings. If they are on the list, they will take their household registration sign to register the county government office, which means confirming their identity and receiving the Scholar certificate and a set of four treasures in the study.

If you think of those famous large academies seeking scholars, the county government will issue a recommendation letter for them. If someone from a poor family is filled out for poverty, he will receive twenty taels of scholarship bank if he is verified.

But if you pass the imperial examination, the situation will be different. At that time, the government office will send someone to the residence.

The incident happened in Jinglu County. Among the top ten in Jinglu County, the number one name is Xu Qiuli. She is one of the female candidates He Ran has attracted attention.

The age Xu Qiuli wrote when registering was thirty-six years old.

The magistrate of Jinglu was named Zhu. He was from the examination and came from the capital. He learned that Xu Qiuli was the first among Jinglu candidates. He wore casual clothes and sat next to the minor official responsible for the listing, waiting. Xu Qiuli came over.

All the other nine candidates on the list came, and Huanhuan received certificates and prizes happily. Two of them even filled out poverty applications and left happily.

But the only one in high school was not seen.

After waiting for a whole day, Xu Qiuli did not show up.

The next day, there were no crowds outside the county government, but Xu Qiuli was still not seen coming.

The magistrate Zhu felt a little bad. The boss was really imaginary. He was about to ask someone to check which village Xu Qiuli was from when he saw a gentle and gentle middle-aged man walking in.

The man bowed and thanked him when he entered the door, claiming to be a student. He not only took out the admission sign, but also took out the household registration certificate issued by the official.

I have to make a splash here. Although He Ran asked to count the number of people in various places and implemented a household registration sign, due to years of war and the time when the Ran army recovered various places, many areas have not even sent officials, so the neighboring county has temporarily taken over. Therefore, so far, there are still some places that have not been counted in place, and Jinglu County is among them. Zhu Magistrate took office a month ago. At present, only the people in the county town have obtained the household registration sign, but the people who do not have the household registration sign. , if you want to prove your identity, you must issue a certificate from the village where you are located.

Seeing the household registration certificate that the man took out, Magistrate Zhu almost wanted to scold him.

The household registration certificate clearly states Xu Qiuli's name!

Xu Qiuli, on the 36th day of the year, is from Baiquan Village.

And the reference brand is of particular importance.

After registering, candidates can receive a sign and enter the examination room with this sign.

These brands are in two styles, one on one side of wood and the other on the sticker. The paper contains the name of the candidate and a corner seal of the county government.

After the yamen runners outside the examination room collect one of the signs, the other sign is kept by the candidates themselves. If they pass the exam, they must use this sign when registering.

The person in front of him had a seal on the household registration certificate, and the reference sign he brought also had a red seal from the yamen.

All are true.

But they are all fake.

Magistrate Zhu stared at the person in front of him and shouted sternly: "Bold, what is so important in Chunshi, you dare to impersonate the name? Come on, take him down!"

Two vicious yamen runners stepped forward and held the man down.

Zhu Magistrate shouted: "Beat, beat hard!"

As soon as the yamen runner raised the board, the man was so scared that he **** and all of them were tricked.

This man's name is Xu Wen, and he is also from Baiquan Village. His father is the official in Baiquan Village.

It turned out that this man bought the brand of Xu Qiuli for money. As for the household registration certificate, it was written by his father.

The one who sold the brand to him was not someone else, but Xu Qiuli's husband Xu Daya.

According to Xu Wenzhao, Xu Qiuli was sold to their village by abductee, but not long ago, she suddenly ran away. Xu Daya searched for ten days and finally found out that someone said that she seemed to be running towards the county town. Now.

Xu Daya found Li Zheng and asked Li Zheng to help find it together.

Li was bringing more than 20 people to the county town. It was a coincidence that day was the end of the spring exam. Xu Qiuli was arrested as soon as he left the examination room. He was beaten to death when he returned to the village and was still locked. In the house.

Xu Wen also participated in the spring exam, but was not on the list. Yesterday he came to the list and saw the top name on the list at a glance.

Xu Qiuli?

In the entire Jinglu County, he didn't remember any village with the surname Xu, just like their Baiquan Village has the surname Xu, and the whole village has no foreign surname, and they all have the same surname.

Could it be that Xu Qiuli is from another place?

When Xu Wen returned to the village, he told Li Zheng’s father about this. Li Zheng’s father slapped his thigh. Xu Qiuli, isn’t Xu Da Jamamai’s wife? At that time, he said that it was not that the whole family didn't enter the family, one had the surname Xu and the other had the surname Xu, and he deserved to be sold to their village as a wife.

As soon as the father and son discussed, they felt that this scholar should not be in vain. They could not afford the woman he bought. Besides, she was just a woman, so it would be useless to ask for this.

As for the woman Xu Qiuli filled in when registering, it doesn't matter. She just said that she wrote it wrong. Besides, because there are still many people who are affected by the war and cannot return to their hometown, so when registering for the spring exam, they did not require a household registration, but took the exam. After you pass the exam, you can even register in the local area. Just ask for a household registration certificate in your residence. There is a lot of room for operation.

So the father and son called Xu Daya over and gave him ten taels of silver. Xu Daya went back happily. Thanks to his failure to throw away the broken sign, he didn't expect to sell ten taels of silver.

The fact is that the magistrate Zhu was so angry that he immediately sent someone to arrest Xu Lizheng, Xu Wen and Xu Daya into prison.

But Magistrate Zhu didn't expect that rescuing Xu Qiuli was even more difficult than catching Xu Lizheng.

There was no sign of Xu Qiuli in the village. Xu Daya didn't say anything. In the end, Xu Daya's son told the truth. His stepmother was locked in the cave with an iron chain.

When the county government found Xu Qiuli, she was covered in bruises and was already dying.

I only found out that she had miscarriage when she escaped. She was pregnant when she escaped, but she hadn't noticed it yet. After being arrested, she was beaten to death by Xu Daya and the child was gone.

Magistrate Zhu was so angry that he was trembling. He had read Xu Qiuli's papers. This woman's talent was far above him.

No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!

Who would have thought that such a talented woman would be sold to an old widower in the village.

When Xu Qiuli woke up, he could finally speak. Only then did the magistrate Zhu realize that Xu Qiuli came from a famous family in Shu. Her husband died and had no children. So he adopted his nephew at the request of his parents-in-law.

But she didn't expect that her concession did not bring peace to her. She was framed by her sister-in-law and was stunned and sold to the kidnapper.

She was old and had no children, so she was determined not to have children, so she was not easy to sell. The kidnapped child took her family's benefits, so she could sell her as far as possible. It would be better if she would never return to Shu in her life land.

Therefore, she turned from one crutch to another, and turned several times in succession, until last year she sold it to Baiquan Village.

She knew that she could not return to Shu, and even if she went back, her parents and in-laws would not accept her.

One day, she heard Xu Daya's son talking in the yard with several children, one of whom was Xu Wen's son. The child was already studying in the county town and knew a lot.

He said his father was going to take the spring exam in the county town, and said that women are in power now, so even women can take the exam.

Xu Qiuli was moved.

She had a premonition that this was her only chance to change her destiny.

So she pretended to be obedient and obedient, which made Xu Daya relax her vigilance. While someone in the village was holding a wedding ceremony and the men went to drink, she quietly escaped and stole the money Xu Daya had hidden in her pillow when she came out.

She walked dozens of miles to the county town, not only signed up for herself, but also took the spring exam. Unfortunately, she was caught and returned as soon as she walked out of the examination room.

She knew she did well in the exam, so she had been running away again on the test these days, and was subjected to even more cruel atrocities that led to her loss of her own child.

Xu Qiuli smiled bitterly. She and her deceased husband had no children for many years. Everyone thought that she could not give birth to her. She thought so herself. Therefore, she did not stop her from taking a concubine to carry a room. The concubine was not pregnant, so her mother-in-law She said that she had done something wrong and said that she was a jealous woman, she would not give birth to herself, and would not let others have children.

It was not until now that she realized that she could have given birth, but it was a pity that this child was not the time.

Zhu Magistrate wrote a letter to report Xu Qiuli's affairs to He Ran.

When He Ran saw the letter, she was packing her bags and preparing to return to the capital.

After thinking about it, she asked Xiaoli to write a reply to County Magistrate Zhu, asking him to send someone to send Xu Qiuli to Jinling and settle in Renyi Women's Academy where she could teach and prepare for the autumn examination in Jinling.

For this reason, He Ran deliberately stayed for a few more days, and she wanted to see Xu Qiuli.

Xu Qiuli's injuries have not healed yet, and his face is pale due to the long journey.

He Ran called Ji Shujun and Yao Linlang over and asked Xu Qiuli a few questions. Ji Shujun took Xu Qiuli's knowledge on the spot and nodded with satisfaction.

Xu Lizheng and Xu Daya were arrested. More than 100 people in Baiquan Village ran outside the county government to cause trouble, asking the magistrate to release the people and hand over the woman they bought for money.

The magistrate Zhu borrowed the troops outside the city to disperse those people.

Therefore, Xu Qiuli thought that magistrate Zhu sent her out for her safety. Before leaving, she kowtowed to magistrate Zhu three times.

But she never expected that not only did she come to Jinling, she also met the legendary He Dadang family. She didn't expect that there was a girl's academy in Jinling, and she could teach in the girl's academy.

Xu Qiuli's eyes were filled with tears, and He Ran smiled: "Xu Qiuli, I look forward to your bright light, I'll wait for you in the capital."

After seeing Xu Qiuli, He Ran embarked on the road back to Beijing, and the coffin of Mrs. Jing and his wife escorted Mrs. Meng to return to Beijing together.

He Ran has already asked someone to find a Feng Shui treasure land near the capital.

Old Mrs. Meng no longer remembers Jing Dashan, but He Ran still remembers that Jing Dashan was forced to stop his wife and remarry due to He Jinghong's power, but he did not break off his relationship with the woman, and he has never left the relationship again from now on. I have never given Mrs. Meng a good face.

Old Mrs. Meng was sick, but Jing Dashan was still in the house with me and me.

He Jinghong took the doctor to visit the doctor. Old Mrs. Meng held her hand and said to her, "Master, if I die first, Jing Dashan dies later, you must not let him be buried with me, I am disgusted. Ask him."

He Ran remembers that she advised: "Nonsense, Jing Dashan's body was emptied by wine and color. He will definitely not be able to survive you. If he dies, he will die first."

Old Mrs. Meng showed a smile on her pale face: "The boss helped me ask for the imperial edict, so that I would not enter the Jing family's ancestral tomb in a hundred years and would not be buried with Jing Dashan."

Jing Dashan was the Duke of the Kingdom. If his wife was not buried with him, it would definitely not work without an imperial edict.

At that time, He Jinghong knew in his heart that Zhou Chi would definitely not issue such an imperial edict. At that time, she thought that at that time, she would not let Old Lady Meng and Jing Dashan be buried together. Seeing who dared to force him, she would make a big fuss. I don't want to be famous.

At that time, she agreed to Old Lady Meng. She would watch and see whoever dared to bury Old Lady Meng into the Jing family's ancestral tomb would kill anyone.

Unexpectedly, this promise lasted for decades.

He Ran smiled bitterly. Just the decision to bury an old lady after her death, she also wanted her to overcome all obstacles and stand at that highest position, and have enough voice to implement it openly. In this world, for women Too difficult.

And she is still on the way.