...       Time flies like a flash. February is coming in a blink of an eye. There are only a few days before the spring exam. The Ministry of Rites has organized personnel to start cleaning the tribute courtyard and setting up the examination room. The candidates also lined up to receive the examination cards at the Ministry of Rites. Everything is in an orderly manner.

As expected, Sister Yuan was appointed as the chief examiner of the spring exam. The deputy chief examiner was the former Minister of Taichang Temple and Yan Ne, the current left assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites. These two have a common advantage, that is, the Qing Ci is well written. Every time Jiajing sets the topics, they can complete them quickly and well. They are deeply loved by the emperor and can soar all the way.

This made the silence of being put on the home for no reason. I really don’t know what to say. "We have made so many contributions to our relationship, but we can’t compare to the articles that no one can read? But there are so many reasons to say about these? So he didn’t ask anyone to complain. He just stayed silently at home, didn’t leave the door, and devoted himself to studying and studying.

It is said that "if you are willing to plant flowers, but if you are unwilling to plant willows and willows, you are in a shady state." He never thought that his helpless negativeness won the respect of many people. He felt that he was "not surprised by honor and disgrace, not sad about himself, and had the spirit of benevolent people." For a moment, his jealousy was greatly reduced, and his bad words that slandered him were almost extinct.

This unexpected gain made silent laugh and cry. Later, he simply thought about it, it would be fine. It would be great to wash off the eye-catching things on his body in less than a few years, which would be of great benefit to his future life.

However, he didn't just study, but he secretly found out some things and deleted them through his own relationship.

After that day, I was sleeping soundly in silence. Three feet outside reported: "Sir, the Thirteenth Master is here."

"Oh, please." Chen Mo sat up suddenly and rubbed his eyes and said, "Thirteenth Master is not an outsider, let him come to the inner room."

When Zhu Shisan came in, Chen Si was already wearing a cotton jacket and sat on the pit, and had a pot of good tea.

He was a silent old brother, so he would not be polite. When he entered the house, he took off his shoes and went to the kang, sat cross-legged and said, "Oh, this life is like a god."

"Only the feet know whether the shoes are comfortable or not." Silently lowered his eyelids, he sent a cup of tea to him and said, "How is the matter going?"

"Hehe, what else are you worried about doing things?" Zhu Shisan picked up the tea and said in a sip: "Everyone is alive." He said: "With the slaughter of the Yingtian Provincial Examination last time, they were very careful this time. Before the words were passed down, we didn't get any useful things." It seemed that he was very proud of his achievements and was bragging about himself there.

What silence is the most in short supply now is time. He doesn't urge him. While drinking tea slowly, he smiles and listens to him saying: "But they are actually being cautious. Because no matter how confidential they keep it, they have to pass the secret to the people below in the end, right?"

"Yes." Chen Shu clapped and said with a smile: "That's the reason."

"So. They took great pains to get it, but we didn't have any effort!" Zhu Shisan said proudly: "Our people are hidden very deeply in Hu Zhi's house. His eldest son happened to take the exam. I guessed that the old boy could not be honest, so I asked people to pay attention to the father and son carefully, and they really gained something." As he said that, he took out a piece of paper from his arms and said: "Look, this is the joint words found in Hu Gongzi's room."

I took it silently and saw that it read: "The first article is to end with ", and it ends with the two words; the second article is to end with ", and it is just the three words; the third article is to end with ", which is not a pity. The four words end with the four words. Because the imperial examination is the first three and four questions, it must be used at the end of the three and four questions.

"These nine words are amazing." The silent smiled with a complicated expression: "I have studied hard for decades. I can't compare to these nine useless words." As he said that, he stretched out his two fingers and said: "If you get these nine words, even if you don't study and don't work hard, you can still be a commoner and pick up blue and purple in the evening; and those who can't get can't be hung on your head and thorn your thighs, read your knowledge and do beautiful articles. You can't even get the examiner's eyes!"

Zhu Shisan nodded and said, "What's the point of reading? It's better to be a powerful son!"

"You can't say that." Chen Jing smiled and said, "Most of the time, it's still very fair." In itself, it is already the most fair material selection system. If a poor man like me had never made a name for himself before the Sui and Tang Dynasties."

"So, the sutras are good sutras, but they are ruined by the monk Crooked Mouth." Zhu Shisan said.

"No," Chen Yuzhe smiled and said, "So we have to invite these monks out of the temple? Go." As he said that, a cold light flashed in his eyes and said, "Has the inspector settled this time?"

"It's settled." Zhu Shisan smiled and said, "It's Brother Zhu Qi."

"Very good." Chen Si said happily when he heard this, "This will be possible." He asked him, "Can you contact him?" As the inspector, Zhu Qi has been quarantined.

"Of course." Zhu Shisan smiled and said, "Just let a brother on duty go in and send a message and leave."

"That's great." Chen Jing let him hear his plans.

"Oh" Zhu Shisan finished hearing this and showed a disappointed expression on his face, "Isn't that cheap?"

"Haha, that old guy is getting cheap this time." Silent smiled and said, "This matter cannot be a big deal, otherwise it will not end."

"Maybe the Lord still fear him?" Zhu Shisan said in confusion: "You dare to break into the Dragon Pond alone and destroy Shen Dadan, who was Yang Dashen!"

"What a mess?" Chen Si cursed with a smile: "Why are you still doing one by one?"

"The storytellers from Tianqiao have compiled jokes." Zhu Shisan opened his eyes wide and said, "Have you never heard of it?"

"I haven't heard of it." Chen Si said with a glance: "Can you take the story seriously? You were still there at that time. I wonder if I was just gritting my teeth and doing it with my head?"

"Hehe" Zhu Shisan encouraged him, "Then do it again this time?"

"No." Chen Mo shook his head firmly and said, "Last time I was an imperial envoy to investigate the case, and I was justified. I handled the case very beautifully, but after I came back, I was left aside. Why? It wasn't the emperor who punished me because he thought I was taking my own actions."

"No way?" Zhu Shisan said in disbelief: "What a big formation it was to welcome your triumphal victory a year ago. I haven't seen it in decades."

"One code is one code." Chen Si said lightly: "If you win a battle, you will have to welcome you warmly, because the ceremony is not to welcome me, but to the Ming Dynasty and the emperor. I am just a more eye-catching prop." He said with a self-deprecating smile: "But it angered the emperor, but it still won't be a good harvest."

Bu Shier nodded silently and asked softly! "In other words, you can't train me again?"

"Um.

He nodded silently and said, "If I don't live in my position, I will not do anything to do it. I am now idle at home. If I dare to do anything, I will definitely not have any good results." He said with a smile, "If I don't come forward, the burden will be on Zhu Qi and Bei Zhenfu. Dongchang is staring at you, hoping to do something big, so as to take the opportunity to settle you."

"We are not soft persimmons that everyone pinched!" Zhu Shisan said angrily.

"But after all, those eunuchs are still close to the emperor." Silent sighed: "Now I can't enter the palace, you are completely gone, you can't speak in front of you. It's a big loss! There are still many difficulties in guarding you, so how can you talk about progress?"

"Oh" Zhu Shisan knew that every word of silent words was good for them, so although he was unwilling to accept it, he still followed the order.

Seeing that he was so depressed, he felt a little silent. He still said in a whisper: "Don't worry, this time I spared that old boy, just to catch a bigger fish."

"Oh?" Zhu Shisan was so energetic that he said, "What will he do to make Yan Shifan do?"

"This is it?" Silent and mysterious smiled, "The secrets of heaven cannot be revealed, and you will know it when the time comes."

"Oh, it's like this every time." Zhu Shisan said depressedly: "It seems that it's not said, it makes people feel itchy and unable to scratch it. It's like suffocating people to death."

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Three days later, he went to the Imperial Heavenly Prison to the Encai in the year of Renxu in Jiajing, and chose the auspicious day for the Encai. From the beginning, Sister Yuan, the examiner of this Encai, never met. He burned incense alone and sat silently in the room arranged by the Jinyiwei, waiting for the auspicious time to come, and wanted to calm down the uneasiness in his heart. But the quieter he was around, the more confused and contradictory he felt.

When the emperor met him and Yan Ne, what he said was still echoing in his ears. Jiajing told them to be fair in selecting scholars and selecting materials for the country. He also said that this ceremony of talent sweeping was a test for them, to see if they had other abilities besides writing Qingci well.

He could hear that the emperor had the intention to let him enter the cabinet, otherwise he would be the Minister of Rites, so what else could he test? He became the prime minister and had learned all his life. Isn’t that what he had always expected? Now the opportunity is right in front of him, and he wants to show off his best to reassure the emperor!

But he just couldn't do it, because when Yan Party elected himself as the Minister of Rites, in addition to false statements such as "integrity, unity, mutual benefit and mutual benefit, he also had real conditions. If he could preside over this examination, he would need to admit relatives and children of Yan Party as a reward.

At that time, he was determined to be the Minister of Rites, so how could he think so far? He agreed immediately. Now that things are just about to come, this is simply a joke about his future in life!

On one hand, there was the emperor's eager expectation, and on the other hand, Yan Shifan's urgent hope, neither side could offend him. He didn't want to offend him. Sister Yuan really felt the feeling of being in a dilemma.

After thinking about it all night, I didn't think of a real sign. Suddenly I heard a cannon sound. Yuan Fu knew that Zi Shi was coming, so he came back to his senses and took a deep breath and said, "Buddha bless me, please make me safe. Once I pass the test successfully, I will believe in Buddhism for my life and build a temple for the Buddha!" ​​He is worthy of being an official. He knows that it is impossible to do anything without bribery, and the Buddha is no exception.

After making a great wish, he finally calmed down. He asked his servants to fetch water and wash him, put on his crown and court uniform, and said to the Jinyi Guard guarding outside: "You can get out!"

The Jinyiwei carried a large green sedan chair and dozens of people to guard the examiner to the tribute court in the southwest corner of the capital.

When the sedan chair fell, Yuan Ben came down, he looked at the cold stars all over the sky, and the handle of the bucket was whirling. It was less than 4 o'clock in the morning. He let out the breath that had been held for a long time, and his tight buckle walked calmly towards the dragon gate surrounded by the guards.

Deputy Chief Yan Na and a group of examiners had been waiting there for a long time. When they saw the chief examiner coming, they took two steps to come to him and bowed: "You are so early in your old age!"

"Haha" Sister Yuan is arrogant and rude, but now she has a ghost in her heart, so her attitude naturally cannot be hardened. He smiled and said with a polite smile: "You guys come earlier."

"It's OK, it's OK." Yan Ne and others smiled and said, "The time is coming soon, please preside over the ceremony."

Of course, they were still those routines such as proclaiming imperial edicts, respecting Confucius, asking Wenquxing, and Martial Saints, but this was the first time for Sister Yuan, so she still felt very satisfied. When he finished the performance, he should ask "Good, Ghost and Ghost" to enter the venue. He saw that at some point, there were red and black flags in front of each row of examination halls. With the call of "Good, Ghost and Ghost" in resentment, the two sides burned paper money.

It was February, and I was burning paper in the examination room again. A gust of north wind blew, flames and ashes ran around, as if countless ghosts were flying from all directions and gathering under the banner.

The examiner who was watching the ceremony in front of the court started to whisper, saying: "It can be seen that you should be a good person in normal times, and then you will see the truth." "Yes, yes, the Gongyuan is the most supernatural. If you do bad things in normal times, you will be dragged to the resentful ghosts."

The speaker is unintentional, and the listener is intentional. The conversations with the examiner made Yuan Wei shudder. He said unhappily: "Zi doesn't speak strange powers and makes people confused. This is the Gongyuan, the Master's territory, don't talk badly and confuse the public!"

"Don't believe it, Master of the Ministry." A fellow examiner who was a little older this year said to him: "I have seen it with my own eyes. When I took the provincial examination, there was a scholar in the same number. He was a scholar who was well-educated and had such a good article. Even the students said that he must have been in high school. However, when he was about to hand in the paper, he actually poured the ink on the paper and was ruined in an instant." Later, after returning, he was seriously ill in a guest for three days and three nights, and almost lost his life.

"Is he careless for a moment?" Yuan Fu said: "Then he regretted it and became sick. This must be the case?"
Chapter completed!