The Great Seminary

Chapter 11 What to do if the boss wants to overthrow Tiangang

After entering the market hall, go straight into the second courtyard.

Zhang Gui shouted formally outside the main hall:

"Officer Zhang Jiujiang is here. Your subordinate Zhang Gui is here to greet you."

The main door of the hall is open.

Zhang Jiujiang stuck his head out, looked around, and saw that Zhang Gui came alone, and said anxiously:
"Dagui, stop pretending and come in quickly. I have something important to discuss with you."

Seeing that he had dark circles under his eyes, blisters at the corners of his mouth, trembling lips, and a frightened expression, Zhang Gui's heart skipped a beat.

He walked into the main room without any nonsense, closed the door with Zhang Jiujiang, and whispered:
"What's wrong? You're distracted.

Don't scare me because of the quarrel we had yesterday."

"It's already this late, and I still have the leisure time.

What a big deal!

Last night, I was drinking alone in a restaurant near the town hall, and I saw, I saw, Master Qi Ku had his head blown off by the mist spit out by Zhang Yan, the chief steward!

"Who is it, Master Qiku, the man from the 'seventh generation' of the Pingyang Zhang family?"

"I am the seventh generation direct descendant of the Zhang family, the 'cultivating and defending clan', Zhang Qiku.

When Zhang Jiuqing passed the exam and ranked first, my father forced me to be his follower and visit the main branch of the family to meet the important people.

I saw it by chance.

He is a 'Swordsman' who has reached the 'Central Level'!"

Zhang Gui's eyes widened when he heard this, "Bing Shangzhong is the sixth rank.

He was a highly regarded figure in the eyes of the clan leader, yet he was killed by Zhang Yan.

This, isn’t this turning the table over?

We can’t be so unlucky!
It was only the second day after I arrived at Luan Ya that I encountered this kind of life-and-death struggle.

Zhang Yan has been the grandson of the clan for more than fifty years, or more than eighteen thousand days.

As a result, on the first day we arrived, we acted like grandsons and turned the world upside down!
Is this reasonable? It’s not reasonable!

Zhang Jiujiang got angry because of his friend's suspicion.
“Why do you care whether it’s reasonable or not? They killed someone and kicked his head like a ball!

Now we should just think about what to do next.

What do you think we should do if Zhang Yan, that villain, turns against our clan and asks us to write a letter of allegiance?
Kuroki Town is nice, but I don't want to be a businessman in Waiyeyang for the rest of my life.

I will take the imperial examination in the future, pass the exam to become a scholar, a juren, and a jinshi, and become a high-ranking official.

To show your ambitions.

But if I don't sign the letter of surrender, Zhang Yan might use me as a sacrifice.

The younger brother of the first-place winner in the Siyang County case, who never passed the imperial examination and isn't an official, still has some prestige if he's killed. Isn't that just right?!"

Zhang Jiujiang's words became more and more exaggerated, as if he was already on the execution ground. Zhang Gui reached out and slapped him on the head:
"Don't get stuck in a rut, wake up.

Stop overthinking it.

Let's stop overthinking and take a long-term view.

I ask you, how did you see Zhang Yan, the steward, kill Zhang Qiku?

Speak thoroughly and carefully, don't miss a single step."

It turned out that yesterday Zhang Jiujiang, led by Zhang Yan's confidant Guan Xihui, went straight to Dongfang City.

He quickly cut the Gordian knot and took over the East Market from the official Zhang Bazhong, who was in charge of the East and South Markets.

Zhang Bazhong was naturally not satisfied because a large piece of his pancake was suddenly missing.

But because of Zhang Yan's extremely high prestige in Heimu Town, even though his face was stiff with anger and his words were sarcastic, he didn't dare to refuse.

The handover is complete.

Zhang Bazhong didn't even say a word of courtesy, he just turned around and left.

Seeing that his business was done, Guan Xihui also said goodbye with a smile.

Zhang Jiujiang naturally became the top star among the remaining people.

The two foremen and four senior shop assistants who remained in Dongfang City all came over and fawned over him with smiles on their faces.

As for the dozen or so ordinary guys and twenty-odd hangers-on, they couldn't even surround them.

This gradually improved Zhang Jiujiang's mood, which had been aggravated by Zhang Bazhong's strange words. After he righteously rejected the two big guys and tried to bribe them with Zhang Chun, he felt a great deal of psychological satisfaction.

According to Zhang Gui's preset plan, he chatted with his subordinates in official language for a long time, and used both kindness and force to make many big promises.

He asked Zhang Chun to go to the restaurant and order a few tables of delicious seafood so that he could have a drink with his subordinates.

Zhang Jiujiang excitedly found out Zhang Gui's address and went to show off to his friends.

As a result, the two of them had an argument.

Zhang Jiujiang left Zhang Gui's courtyard and went straight to the restaurant angrily, drinking one glass after another.

During the meal, his minions saw that their new boss had a frown on his face, and they all tried to curry favor with him.

Zhang Jiujiang's mood gradually improved and he drank a few more glasses.

My stomach was so bloated that I had to go to the toilet several times.

On the last trip, a cool breeze happened to blow on Zhang Jiujiang's face, and he was already 70% to 80% drunk, and he ran out of the restaurant in a daze.

Wandering around the street, he somehow ended up in a side alley, found a tree to lean against and fell asleep.

I do not know how long it has been.

Suddenly, a loud noise woke Zhang Gui up. He just opened his eyes in a daze and saw two people passing each other in mid-air from afar.

A man's head suddenly fell off, and blood spurted out of his cavity.

With the help of several crisscrossing sword lights in the air that lingered for a long time, Zhang Gui clearly saw the dead man's face. It was Zhang Qiku, a man he had met once before.

Hearing this, Zhang Gui blinked and said in a low voice, not believing it himself:

"I've only met him once, so maybe he's not Zhang Qiku."

"But for a swordsman of all powers, the trait of 'flowing light and radiant colors, falling into the air without dispersing' can't be wrong, right?"

"Aren't you a scholar? Why do you know so much about Taoism?"

"Don't I want to be both civil and military in the future?

You must know the characteristics of your own clan's method of entering the Tao.

When we first met, I was particularly concerned about Zhang Baku.

He thought that if he passed the imperial examination in the future, he might be able to ask him to be his disciple and become a "swordsman".

So there's no way I'm wrong." Zhang Jiujiang explained firmly.

Zhang Gui knew there was no chance of success after hearing this, and a smile uglier than crying appeared on his face, "Then we're really falling out.

Our best option now is to leave this troubled place, Giant Serpent Head Island, as soon as possible.

Let me think about it.

According to the rules, when we first arrived at Luan Ya, no matter whether we were managers or clerks, we had to stay there for a full year before we could get a long leave to visit our families.

The transportation and trade missions between the mainland and Serpent Head Island require extensive experience.

It will be difficult for a newcomer to get it in a short time.

Ah, right.

The imperial examination will be held in a month. You can tell them that you received a letter from home saying that Zhang Jiuqing has been ambitious since he won the first place and is striving to get the top prize this year.

Complete the old work of 'Zhongzu' Zhang Siwei who won the top three places in the imperial examinations and revive the family.

I'm just worried that you might be distracted from time to time while traveling overseas.

Therefore, your parents hope that you can return home to see your brother before taking the imperial examination.

Let him calm down and pick the laurel branches again."

"Is this okay?"

"What does it mean to win three first places in a row? It means that before Zhongshu turns forty, he has the possibility of ruling the country.

At the local level, at least 50% are provincial governors.

Zhang Yan would take a great risk and break up with his family in order to protect his career, which he had worked hard for half his life, and to prevent his family from being deprived of it.

But that's because of the interests, it's worth a try.

But I will never take the risk of offending high officials in the future Ming and Song dynasties just to keep a small manager like you who is worth less than half a catty.

Even if the possibility is only one in a hundred or one in a thousand, it's still the same because it's not worth it."

(End of this chapter)