In ancient times, the means of message transmission were backward, not as fast as modern messages were transmitted. The news that all 57 Japanese pirates were wiped out by the Zhejiang army had not yet reached the city. Only Lifang, which was close to the city gate, heard the earth-shaking voice on the top of the city. He knew this news. Most areas in the city did not know the good news, and the city was still shrouded in panic caused by the Japanese pirates.

Near Confucius Temple in the city, there is a street called Zhuangyuan Lane. There are many inns and homestays in this alley. Many scholars who are preparing for the imperial examination will rent in this alley, which means that the street name is good.

Of course, there are also some Jiangnan students who rent a house here to prepare for the exam, and they look forward to ranking first in the next year's exam.

When the Japanese pirates attacked, Zhang Jing and other bigwigs ordered the recruitment of scholars and juren in the city to coordinate the defense of the city. The scholars and juren who were preparing for the imperial examination had certain privileges and status. Unlike ordinary people, they were naturally exempted from being recruited.

However, although they were exempted from the city wall to assist in defense, they were panic and unwilling to prepare for the exam when encountering such a big disaster as the Japanese pirates besieged.

Gui Youguang is also one of the candidates for the examination in the Zhuangyuanxiang, and is still a relatively famous one. He is not young anymore, and he is 46 this year. He was a juren in the 19th year of Jiajing. He was 35 years old at the time. The examiner Zhang Zhi highly praised and admired him, called him a "national sergeant", praised him as "Jia Yi and Dong Zhongshu are alive", and promoted him as the second juren, hoping that he could be closer, become a Jinshi as soon as possible, serve the court as soon as possible, and give full play to his talents.

Unfortunately, although he looked at the literature of the three dynasties and the Han dynasties and read a variety of schools of thought, his talent and reputation were very famous, but his luck in the exam was not good, and he went to Beijing several times in succession and failed.

After failing the exam again in the previous year, he lived in Yingtian Zhuangyuan Lane, while studying and taking the exam, while talking about lectures. Bachelors from a hundred miles around came here one after another. At a young age, there were more than ten people and at most hundreds of people.

It can be said that in Zhuangyuan Lane, there are no scholars who don’t know Gui Youguang, and everyone respectfully calls him Mr. Zhenchuan.

When the Japanese pirates besieged the city, Gui Youguang was in seclusion and studying the scriptures. He suddenly had inspiration when he was going to the toilet in the morning and had a unique understanding of a piece of scripture. After cleaning, he went into the study and went into seclusion. He also told his servants not to disturb him. When he was pulled out of the room by three friends, it was already late at night.

When he heard that the Japanese pirates besieged the city, Gui Youguang had no intention of studying the scriptures and followed several friends to the secret room for temporary escape.

The secret room is secluded and secret, with food, drink, wine and vegetables. The four scholars have no intention of learning and use the alcohol to start national affairs. Current affairs have come. Of course, the focus of their anger is the Japanese pirates in Shangyu who besieged the city.

"This group of Japanese pirates in Shangyu are simply beasts, not humans!" A fat literati put down his wine glass and sighed.

"No, this group of Japanese pirates committed many sins in Shangyu, Weizhou, Shexian and other places before, but they were far away from Yingtian and felt that they were not that deep. However, Jiangning was just under his nose. The bloody crimes committed by this group of Japanese pirates in Jiangning were really hard to write, and it made people cry! Beasts, beasts!" The long-bearded literati next to the fat literati cursed at the Japanese crown with red eyes, "It's so miserable. Most of the casualties in Jiangning camp were killed and injured, and Jiangning Town fell into a sea of ​​fire, and almost every family was filial."

"Now, the troubles of Japanese pirates are even worse than those of the Northern Barbarians. Jiangnan is the granary of my Ming Dynasty and the money bag of my Ming Dynasty. Japanese pirates rampage in Jiangnan, which is the root of my Ming Dynasty. A thousand-mile dike was destroyed in an ant hole, let alone, the harm of Japanese pirates is far more than that of ants!"

Gui Youguang's long-term vision and a sense of crisis. Seeing the damage to the foundation of the Ming Dynasty by overseas Chinese, he couldn't help but sigh.

"Mr. Zhenchuan's views have made people feel uncomfortable. Japanese pirates rampant in the south of the Yangtze River, and their food and taxes were greatly affected. Without food and silver, how to pacify the northern enemy, how to stabilize the southern border, and how to stabilize all regions. These Japanese pirates must be eliminated as soon as possible, otherwise, as the teacher said, my foundation in the Ming Dynasty will be harmed!"

The fat literati was immediately inspired and nodded vigorously, agreeing with Gui Youguang's comments.

"But it is not easy to eliminate the Japanese pirates as soon as possible!!! The Japanese pirates have been suffering for many years, and they have become more and more serious. From the southeast to Shandong, there is no hope of quelling the Japanese pirates. This time, this group of Japanese pirates landed from Shangyu and went deep into the mainland of Ming Dynasty, covering more than a thousand miles, and even broke through more than ten prefectures and counties. Until today, they actually broke through Jiangning and surrounded us Liudu Yingtian! This is Liudu!"

The last thin literati shook his head and sighed a long time, revealing dissatisfaction and helplessness.

"Brother Zhengtai, this time the incident was also in a hurry. The Japanese pirates in Shangyu suddenly came to Yingtian. We knew nothing about the enemy situation. Yingtian was frightened by the city, and the soldiers and civilians were shocked, so that......" The fat literati explained.

The thin literati Wen Ji couldn't help but sneer, "The matter is hasty?! What's the hasty! Didn't Zhu Ping'an, the assistant to the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Censorate Censorate, warned him three days ago?! He is not a meat eater yet!"

"Zhu Ping'an?! But Zhu Zihou, the top scholar in the last Encade?! I have read his masterpieces in the provincial examination and the imperial examination, and I am really ashamed of myself." Gui Youguang immediately sat upright when he heard Zhu Ping'an's name and asked anxiously, "Brother Zhengtai, you just said that he had warned him three days ago, so what happened?"

"Ju Qing is like this..." The thin literati told Gui Youguang every detail of the matter, focusing on the plot where Zhu Ping'an's warning was ridiculed as a joke.

After listening to the whole story, Gui Youguang sighed for a long time, regretted and angry, and all kinds of emotions filled his chest.

Half of the warnings from Zhu Ping'an spread throughout Yingtian, and those present were not sure about Youguang's study and learning.

"In fact, even without Zhu Ping'an's warning, what if it's better! The garrison of the capital is very dense. On weekdays, the nobles and cavalrymen are hiding traffic on the road, and soldiers are asking for 80,000 yuan in a month, which is what they are today. Now, fifty-seven thugs are blocking the door, which is Zhang Huang like this. I would rather not be ashamed of the court!" The scholar of Changhou put on the teacup vigorously and cursed with heartache.

"What? You said fifty-seven?! Are there only fifty-seven Japanese pirates?" Gui Youguang heard fifty-seven Japanese pirates, and suddenly he couldn't hold a glass of wine in his hand and fell to the ground. He asked the three of them in disbelief to prove it.

The scholar Changfeng and others nodded vigorously.

"Fifty-seven, fifty-seven, hahaha..." Gui Youguang's chin was almost shocked when he heard this, and his three views were destroyed. He couldn't help but laughed in anger. As he smiled, his hands suddenly slapped his chest with force, sighed to the sky, and tears fell like rain.

well......

The three people in the room couldn't help but empathize and sighed.

"Mr. Zhenchuan, be overjoyed, be overjoyed..." At this time, an excited voice suddenly came from outside.

Then, a scholar pushed the door open and Xiang Gui Youguang and others reported good news, "Fifty-seven Japanese pirates have been led by Zhu Ping'an, the deputy chief of the Censorate, and they have not let go. They have all been killed and all the bodies have been pulled. Now, Lord Zhu has led the Zhejiang Army into the city."

"What?! This is true?!" Gui Youguang and others stood up, their faces full of surprise and excitement.

"It's true. The Japanese pirates show off their power during the day, and no one in the city has ever seen them. Even if they turn into ashes, they can recognize them. They are confirmed. It is undoubtedly the corpse of the Japanese pirates."

The scholar looked sure.

"Oh my God, this is really great. Zhu Ping'an is worthy of being the top scholar. He is really a role model for us! It's a big deal!"

"When it's a big deal!"

Gui Youguang and others were overjoyed, and the secret room became a sea of ​​joy.

There were countless scenes like this in Yingtian City, and Yingtian was caught in a huge surprise. Zhu Ping'an's name was immediately known to everyone.
Chapter completed!