Ten Dragons Take the Inheritance

Chapter 209 The Exam Case ([-])

Renzi in the first month of the 42nd year of Kangxi, Emperor Kangxi had his Pentecostal birthday, all the ministers congratulated him on his Pentecostal longevity, and respectfully entered the "Longevity Without Borders" screen, please honor the title, the emperor refused.Miao Tong, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, begged for his old age to become an official, and the emperor allowed him to replace him with Xiong Ci, a great Confucianist of a generation and a scholar of Dongge University.In the first month of Renxu in the 42nd year of Kangxi, Emperor Kangxi made his fourth southern tour, and in March, Wushen, the emperor returned to Beijing. Xiong Cilu and He Longling were the principal and deputy chief examiners.

The imperial examination, the state's grand ceremony for discussing the Yuan Dynasty, and the way for scholars from all over the world to become officials, are actually a grand event for the state.Since the beginning of this dynasty, Yinzuo has seen the imperial examination many times, but he doesn't care much about it. According to Yinzuo, using the imperial examination as a way to select talents has its advantages, but there are more disadvantages, not to mention the selection Most of them are mediocre people who only know how to read dead books, even if they claim to be fair, they may not really be fair.In the past, Yinzuo had never paid much attention to the imperial examinations. Although many of his slaves were born as Jinshi, among these people Yinzuo had inspected their real abilities before becoming a Jinshi. Only Jinshi can enter Yinzuo's eyes, but this time the test is a little different - the gang of Shutong adopted by Yinzuo will also take part in the test today.

Different from other princes and nobles, not all the bookboys that Yinzuo received were sent as bookboys. All of these bookboys were taught by Master Xixi, and among them Chuqiao could get the guidance of two famous teachers, Wu and Lin. They can be regarded as well-educated people, and up to now, Chen Qian, Wang Sheng, Xiao Tianliang, and Lin Cheng have won the exam and have the qualifications for the examination.Although these four people are all servants of Yinzuo's sect, they have been in the palace for seven or eight years, but they have to avoid suspicion before the examination, these four people cannot live in the palace before the examination.No, Yin Zuo is teaching the four of them.

"Your first test, the king didn't make a deliberate request, it's enough for the winners and the losers to settle their lives, but there is one thing: don't use the banner of the king to do things that are easy to gain, otherwise don't blame the king for not being sympathetic , you wait to pay 200 taels of silver from the account room by yourself, and just stay outside, don’t cause trouble, do you remember?” Yinzuo sat on the head with a serious face, looking at the four gentlemen kneeling in the hall calmly commanded.

"Yes, please rest assured, master, I will definitely not disappoint the high expectations of the master." The four of them kowtowed and left the hall.

Li Wei, who was accompanying Yinzuo, stared at his thief's eyes, and muttered in a low voice with envy, "There are money to take, and officials to do it. Hey, it's cool when it's our turn to do such a good thing."

Heh, this brat, it’s like killing him to ask him to study, but now he sees that someone else is going to be an official, and he’s jealous, hey, he’s been fooling around all day, doing shitty things .Yinzuo snorted coldly and said, "Dog, where's your homework? Where have you read it?"

Li Wei is as smart as he is, but he just doesn't like to read. He can doze off every time he picks up a book. What he fears most is when his master asks about his homework. But I jumped a little anxiously, if I can't answer the reason, maybe I have to rely on family law, rolled my eyes, and hurriedly replied: "Master, the four of them left the house for the first time and there is no one to take care of them. I'm afraid it's going to be a joke, hehe, it's not good to lose the master's face, why don't the master let the servants go with them, firstly to gain insights and learn from them, and secondly, let the servants take care of them, will it work?"

Damn it, this stinky brat is playing with us and avoiding the truth, hey, follow me?There are so many masters in the house, it's not easy for this brat to learn, but can he learn from Chen Qian and others?But let this stinky boy go and have a look.Yin Zuo glanced at Li Wei angrily and amusedly, snorted and said, "Okay, since you want to learn, then you can be their school boy."

Book boy?Li Wei was a little dumbfounded for a moment, everyone was a book boy, but now he became the book boy's book boy, so what is his status?He looked at Yinzuo with a bitter face and didn't dare to say anything.Yinzuo was too lazy to talk to Li Wei, so he snorted and said, "Go, you can help them carry their bags and grind their ink."

During the competition in March in the capital, all the inns of the capital are full of students who come to Beijing for the exam. It is not easy to book a good inn at this time, but it is a trivial matter for Prince Yi’s residence That's all, when Chen Qian and others left the palace, they were naturally helped by servants to send them to "Hongpeng Inn", the largest inn in the capital, and arranged a courtyard as a place for Chen Qian and others to study their homework before the exam.As soon as the group settled down, Li Wei's suffering began:

"Li Wei, fetch a basin of water."

"Dog, Mo Mo, I want to write a composition."

"Li Wei, make tea, I'm thirsty."

……

Li Wei is a kid who likes to play pranks on weekdays, and the big guy is often tossed by him. Now he finally has a chance to amuse Li Wei, so he can use his strength to make Li Wei dizzy. , but dare not resist——Yinzuo's commandments are there, so he has no choice but to let Wang Sheng and others go around, busy with their feet not touching the ground, the anger in his heart is getting bigger, and he is so busy After finishing everyone's orders, he walked up to Chen Qian and said with a smile: "Brother Hao Ming, hey, it's almost time for dinner. Didn't the Lord reward you with a lot of money? Why don't we go out and have a good time, and make friends with literature by the way?" ?”

Chen Qian, whose name is Haoming, is the oldest among them. He also entered the palace since he was a child. The difference is that he is the son of Yin Zuo's family slave, and his father is in charge of a large manor under Yin Zuo's name.Chen Qian was good at writing since he was a child, and he wrote a good handwriting. He occasionally met Yinzuo who was inspecting the manor. He was favored by Yinzuo and brought back to the palace for training. His status was much higher than that of Wang Sheng and others, and he was always easy-going. , when everyone entertained Li Wei, he just watched with a smile and didn't participate in it. Seeing Li Wei's question at this time, he smiled and said: "The money I rewarded is not for me to wait, you are still old Be honest and be a book boy."

Li Wei originally couldn't bear to be ordered by everyone, and thought of ways to trick everyone to go out to relax so as to avoid the fate of being ordered. Now, seeing Chen Qiandao's scheming, he was not annoyed, and rolled his eyes and said: "Brother Haoming, but the younger brother I heard that 'Sanyuan Restaurant' is a must-go place for those who are rushing for the exam, hey, first of all, I come here to make friends with literature, and secondly, I come here to make good fortune, right? Hehe, don’t you guys want to go to high school?”

This boy Li Wei is not good at studying, he often sneaks out of the mansion to have fun, and Yinzuo often sends him out on business, he knows a lot about those messy things in the capital, and everyone knows this.Chen Qian and the others devoted themselves to studying hard and seldom went to the palace for official business. They really didn't know about the "Sanyuan Restaurant" that Li Wei called. Zuo didn't require them to go to high school, but as scholars, who wouldn't want to be named on the gold list?Lin Cheng, who was the youngest, was moved first, and said with a smile: "Brother Gou'er, you are not a wine worm who wants to trick you into drinking again, right?"

"Cut, how did you say that? I, Li Wei, are a man, how could I lie to you about the wine, hehe, it is said that those who drank in this 'Sanyuan Restaurant' before the exam won the top three prizes. You guys, love Go as soon as you go, if you don’t want to drag you down, I don’t want to lead the way, my lord.” Li Wei pouted.

Xiao Tianliang, Wang Sheng and the others saw that what Li Wei said seemed to be true, they couldn't help being a little moved, they looked at each other, and they all laughed and said: "If the dog's words are right, I might as well go and see them later. , even if you are not the champion, it is still good to be happy, what do you think, Brother Hao Ming?"

Chen Qian was the leader of the crowd, seeing his brothers all looking at him eagerly, he couldn't help laughing: "Go, just go, listen to the dog playing for a long time, you have to go and see it no matter what, I don't care about it." What joy, it would be good to meet talented people from other places."

Sanyuan Restaurant is not very big, it is a three-story building located in the west of the capital, and it is not very famous among the many restaurants in the capital. Ordinary, the only thing that is desirable is the antique style and the strong style of writing. Most of the people who come to eat in this restaurant are scholars, so it can be said that there are no white people.

Chen Qian and the others received a lot of money before they left the palace, but they were not short of the money for those private rooms. When they arrived at the restaurant, they listened to the papers of students from other places in the lobby. They felt that there was nothing unusual, so they went in Upstairs, I asked Xiaoer to ask for an elegant seat, and my brothers talked and laughed happily while eating wine and food, very happy.The wine party was half drunk, but there was a soft sound of the door curtain, and a wandering Taoist priest with three long beards and a picturesque face walked in. He made a speech and said, "Infinite Heavenly Venerable, everyone, Poor Daoist Zhang Hongzhe is being polite."

Li Wei drank a little too high, saw the Taoist enter the door, and said with a smile: "I don't believe it, I don't count my fate, and I don't give alms. The Taoist went to the wrong door?"

The Taoist priest saw that Li Wei was dressed in a childish attire, but he didn't bother to pay attention to his words. He just looked at Chen Qian and the others with a smile on his face, and said, "Poverty is not a fortune, and it's not a fortune. man of?"

Yinzuo doesn't believe in Buddhism, and even the people in the palace seldom play tricks to deceive others. Chen Qian and others followed Yinzuo since childhood, so naturally they don't believe in ghosts and gods. The hall roared with laughter.

The Taoist didn't feel annoyed, he just waited for everyone to finish laughing before saying in a low voice: "You must know that Dao is very Dao, and name is very famous. Poor Dao has been enlightened by immortals since he was a child, but he can figure out some famous tricks, all scholars." Han Chuang has studied hard for ten years, but he doesn't know that there is no paper in the field, is the paper ashamed to be a hero?"

Chen Qian and the others studied hard in Yinzuo's mansion for many years and rarely went out. Although they didn't believe in Taoist priests and other things, but now seeing that Taoist priests talked well and had something to say, they didn't dare to underestimate them for a while. Chen Qian got up and said with a smile: "Really Zhang has something to say, please tell me, I would like to realize one or two epiphanies."

The Taoist flicked the whisk in his hand lightly, and said with a smile: "The benefactor's seal is shining brightly. Originally, Wen Kui's star is shining brightly, and this subject is promising. However, the vestibule is a little hazy, and I am afraid that the text is not relevant."

Chen Qian never believed in these fortune-telling things. He laughed and said: "Being right or not is originally determined by each person, but there is nothing to say. Is it possible that a Taoist can solve this disaster?"

The Taoist twisted his long beard and said with a smile: "I have the advice of the immortal, and I can see through a ray of mystery. If the benefactor really wants to solve this problem, it is not difficult. I have a secondary antidote here, which is not expensive. Wait for four Man, this real person only charges 600 taels of silver."

"600 taels? Why don't you go and rob?" Li Wei jumped up first, yelling loudly with the strength of alcohol.The Taoist ignored Li Wei's yelling at all, and looked at Chen Qian with a smile in silence.

Although Chen Qian had never been involved in the specific affairs of the palace, he was not the kind of person who read dead books. Hearing this, he felt suspicious in his heart, and pondered for a while: "I would like to hear the details."

The Taoist smiled, took out a folded red paper from his big sleeve, handed it over and said: "This real person has calculated the three questions of this subject, and this is one of them. If you have a letter, you can pay half of it first, and the rest How about paying it off after Mr. is out of the examination room? If there is a mistake, just come to the 'Three Yuan Restaurant' to get back the money. This real person is true to his word. If you don't believe it, you can let the restaurant release you."

Chen Qian and the others were all dumbfounded, and didn't know what to say for a while, but Li Wei woke up suddenly, his heart moved, and he said with a smile: "In that case, the Taoist will take out all three exam questions. However, there will be no shortage of silver, as long as the 'Three Yuan Restaurant' is willing to guarantee, we can offer the silver."

The Taoist squinted at Li Wei, but didn't answer, just waited for Chen Qian to speak with a smile.Who is Li Wei? Chen Qian is very clear. Seeing that Li Wei had already agreed, he knew that Li Weiding had already made up his mind, but he didn't hesitate anymore, and said with a smile: "Okay, that's it, I'll pay first. Half, how about the rest after leaving the examination room?"

The Taoist smiled and shook his head, took out two pieces of red paper again and said: "These three questions are all current subject propositions, and this real person can only count up to this point. As for which question comes first and which question comes after, it is beyond the real person's ability to calculate." It's clear."

Chen Qian took the red paper, motioned Li Wei to pay the 300 taels of silver, and accepted the restaurant's insurance policy. He didn't drink any more, and hurried back home. As soon as he entered the "Hongpeng Inn", Li Wei He said to Chen Qian and the others: "Brothers, please wait first, and the younger brother will go back to the palace to find the master to report." As soon as the voice fell, he slipped out of the inn while it was dark, and went straight to Yinzuo's palace...

-

monthly pass!Xiao Liu begged for a monthly pass!
(End of this chapter)