Collection of strange powers and chaotic gods

During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, there was an opera writer named Yang Chaoguan, whose courtesy name was Hongdu and whose name was Lihu. He was a native of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province.

This person is good at music, lyrics and music, and especially loves to compose dramas.

This year, he was appointed as the magistrate of Gushi County, Henan Province in his capacity as Xiaolian.

After taking office, he handled cases seriously and meticulously, winning the hearts of the people.

Later, he also founded an academy, built schools, and subsidized students from poor families.

In the Renshen year of Qianlong, the rural examination was held in Gushi County, and Yang Chaoguan was invited to be one of the examiners and participate in marking the papers.

After the examiners have finished marking the papers and before issuing the results, in order to discover talents, they collect the test papers of those who failed the exam and review them again to point out their strengths and weaknesses so that they can improve their standards the next time they take the exam.

One day, Yang Chaoguan was marking students' exam papers for too long. He felt a little sleepy, so he took a nap.

Unexpectedly, after just taking a short nap, he had a dream.

In his dream, he saw a woman in her thirties coming with light makeup, a very delicate face, petite figure, wearing a cyanotic skirt, and a black scarf tied on her forehead. Her demeanor seemed to be from the south of the Yangtze River.

The woman opened the curtain on the bed and begged Yang Chaoguan in a low voice: "I ask the envoy: If you see an exam paper with the words 'Osmanthus fragrant' written on it when you are marking the exam, please open the net and stay for help!" If you can help me a little bit, I would be very grateful!"

Hearing this, Yang Chaoguan suddenly woke up. Feeling strange, he told the other examiners about what he saw in his dream.

The examiners laughed it off and said to him nonchalantly: "This is just a nightmare! Don't take it too seriously! This is not the first time you have participated in marking papers. You should know that the list of admitted candidates has been decided. The results are about to be released, how can we ask which candidate's test paper we recommend at this time?"

Yang Chaoguan felt that what the examiners said was very reasonable, so he didn't take the things in the dream to heart.

Next, when checking the failed examination papers, Yang Chaoguan found that there was a sentence on the paper that said "the fragrance of osmanthus in the season of apricot blossoms".

After taking a closer look, it turned out to be a test paper for the scientific examination in February of the Renshen year, and the title was "Xie Kaishi".

Yang Chaoguan was surprised, so he paid attention and read it carefully.

He found that the candidate's article was well written, with five clear arguments and arguments that were clearly and convincingly presented!

He felt that this candidate was well-read in poems and books, and was full of knowledge. He was a truly knowledgeable person! It was just because I had bad luck in taking the exam and met an examiner who made a mistake that I failed!

Yang Chaoguan couldn't help but think of the dream he had not long ago, and lamented that the prophecy of the woman in the dream was really effective.

He thought to himself that he couldn't let such a talented person be buried. Since it was within his power, he still had to help support him.

However, this kind of thing must be decided by the examiner. Yang Guanchao could not recommend it to his superior examiner, he had to think of a suitable reason.

He wanted to recommend it, but he couldn't find a suitable reason for it. When he was hesitating, he met the examiner who wanted to talk to him.

The examiner for this session is Mr. Qian Donglu, Shao Sinong (equivalent to the current deputy minister of the Ministry of Agriculture). When he was chatting with Yang Guanchao, he said that none of the articles selected for the examination papers submitted for this session were interesting. Yes, it’s disgusting!

He ordered each examiner to search carefully again among the examination papers of the unsuccessful candidates to see if there were any good articles that had been missed during the review.

Yang Chaoguan was very happy when he heard the examiner's order. He quickly recommended the exam paper with "Osmanthus Fragrance" written on it.

When Master Qian Donglu saw it, he felt as if he had found a treasure. The candidate for this examination will be admitted as number eighty-three immediately.

Yang Guanchao was going to fill in the list, but he didn't know the names of the candidates.

When he opened the test paper and looked at the candidate's name, he realized that this candidate was Hou Yuanbiao, an old Gongsheng student (equivalent to a civil servant) from Shangqiu (now Shangqiu City, Henan Province).

Looking at his resume, it turns out that his ancestor is Hou Fangyu, also known as Hou Chaozong. There is a legendary story between Hou Fangyu and Li Xiangjun, a famous Jianghuai prostitute, which was vividly described by Kong Shangren in "The Peach Blossom Fan"!

Yang Chaoguan suddenly realized it! He couldn't help but suspect that the woman who came to entrust him with a dream that day was the famous Jianghuai prostitute Li Xiangjun.

I can’t help but admire Li Xiangjun’s kindness and righteousness! Even though he has been dead for many years, he still wants to take care of the descendants of his lover Hou Chaozong!

Yang Chaoguan couldn't help but feel complacent! He thought he had seen Li Xiangjun, so he often boasted in front of others, thinking that this was a strange thing worthy of attention!