Tianshi Farming Daily

The old lady smiled gently and said: "You three come in and sit down, it's hot, drink a cup of herbal tea first."

Although the old lady understood the reason, she couldn't help being surprised.

On weekdays, the master also mentioned Xu Mingyan's name to her two or three times, praising him for his knowledge and writing skills.

It's all right if you don't get a membership, how come you didn't even pass the exam for Gongsheng?

Although the old lady thought so in her heart, she didn't show it on her face.

Talking to Xu Mingyan, he said with relief: "You are only 19 years old and you have become a juren. You can be regarded as an outstanding person. Some people can't pass the exam for a scholar in their whole life. You are in the prime of your life. Don't take temporary gains and losses to heart. affect the future."

"Thanks for the old lady's teaching." Xu Mingyan replied humbly.

"Old Madam, it's not that brother Xu did not do well in the exam at all, it's just that someone made a hindrance."

"Oh?" Mrs. Xie sat up straight when she heard this, "How do you say that?"

Gu Lingze looked at Xu Mingyan. It is better for the person involved to talk about this kind of thing in more detail.

Xu Mingyan frowned, and told what happened in the examination room that day.

After hearing this, Mrs. Xie also felt that this matter was indeed a bit strange.

If the soldiers patrolling the examination room felt that Xu Mingyan was suspected of cheating, even if he could report him for a body search, why did he act so secretly?

Zhao Chengmo added what happened in Beiyong Mansion before.

"The people who will be in charge this time will be the ones who patrol the venue. It is the Metropolitan Procuratorate who will be in charge."

The old lady frowned, "Are you now suspecting that Zou Guanghong is the right deputy capital censor, so he took advantage of his position to take private revenge?"

Gu Lingze nodded, "Exactly."

A few people were talking, the butler trotted over and said, "Master is back."

As soon as the old lady heard it, she said: "It happens that the master is back, you can also ask him carefully."

Everyone turned to the flower hall, and after waiting for a while, Xie Xiru, who came back from outside and changed his clothes, came in.

Xu Mingyan and the others recounted the previous events again.

Xie Xiru listened to the cause and effect, and pondered for a while.

"If there is something strange about this matter, it may not be Zou Guanghong's doing."

"You haven't participated in the review, so you don't know how complicated the barriers are."

The marking of the examination papers every three years is also carried out in the Gongyuan, with two chief examiners and deputy chief examiners.There are also 22 examiners.

After the general examination is over, these examination papers will be sorted out, labeled, and then handed over to the examiner for reading.

All the examination papers were divided into 22 equal parts after being scrambled and integrated. Under the supervision of the chief examiner, 22 examiners randomly drew lots, and the stack that was drawn was awarded the stack.

During this period, all examiners have their own rooms, and everything in the room is fully prepared, and they are not allowed to come out without the assessment.

"There are so many people involved in the twists and turns. With him as the right deputy, the censor, can he be bribed?"

"Even if you just bribed a few people in it, the randomness is too high. Whether these people who have received money can meet Xu Mingyan's test paper is still one thing."

After hearing this, the three of Gu Lingze couldn't help being a little disappointed. If the old man really said so, isn't there anything tricky about it?

Xie Xiru looked at the dejected look of the three of them, and couldn't help sighing, after all, he was still young and couldn't hold his breath.

"But it's not impossible if someone deliberately tries to get in the way."

When the three of them heard this, their eyes lit up again, and they all looked at Xie Xiru in unison.

"Tell me first, how you answered the exam questions this time."

When Xu Mingyan said this, he talked about the sun setting from the morning. After all, it was a nine-day exam, so it was impossible to mention it all in one stroke.

Gu Lingze's mental head was always tense because of this incident.

As a result, after listening to Zhizheye all afternoon, it was really a bit boring, and now I dozed off.

Seeing his body slowly leaning against Zhao Chengmo who was beside him.

Xie Xiru suddenly slapped the table and shouted.

"Okay! Every word is clear, eloquent, good writing!"

With a jolt, Gu Lingze sat up straight.

Xie Xiru pretended to cast a disgusted look at him, "If you're sleepy, lie down in the room, what does it look like to doze off here?"

Gu Lingze scratched the back of his neck in embarrassment, and smiled mischievously.

After listening to Xu Mingyan's retelling, Xie Xiru felt that there must be something wrong with it.

In fact, according to the level of the article, it is not easy to determine whether it can win the first place. After all, it still depends on the examiner's preferences to a certain extent.

But obtaining the title of tribute is definitely no problem. What is wrong with it, you have to think about it carefully.

"You can go to the Ministry of Rites to adjust the paper first, and find out what's wrong."

The three of them listened to Xie Xiru's suggestion and decided to go early tomorrow morning.

According to the rules of the general examination, candidates are allowed to consult the examination papers, and the three of them rushed to the gate of the yamen that provided examination papers without eating breakfast.

They were about to go in when they were stopped.

"All the examination papers of the general examination have been stored in the Ministry of Rites, and now they can no longer be checked."

Xu Mingyan took a step forward and asked, "There were three days to check the papers, why has it become one day now?"

The person who stopped them waved his hands impatiently and said, "If you have the ability, go ask the adults above, this matter is out of our control."

Gu Lingze wanted to argue, but was pulled back by Zhao Chengmo.

"It's useless to talk to this kind of person. I'll prevaricate you with an order from above."

I thought it was a turn of events, but unexpectedly it was still a dead end.

Xu Mingyan frowned when he got home, Gu Lingze and Zhao Xuxu looked at each other and there was a tacit understanding.

"Brother Xu, you don't have to worry. We'll take the secret path if we don't know the way."

"As long as your test paper is still in the Ministry of Rites, we can go there at night."

Wait until the night is quiet.Zhao Chengmo set off alone.

Before leaving, Gu Lingze handed him a talisman and told him to stick it on his body if he was discovered.

I didn't expect to go there for more than two hours. Although Gu Lingze believed in Zhao Chengmo's skill, he couldn't help feeling a little worried.

I didn't go with them at the beginning. First, the Ministry of Rites was not very well-prepared, and this itself was not a very dangerous thing.

Second, the chance of one person being discovered is always smaller than that of two people.

So after discussing, it was decided to let Zhao Chengmo go alone.

Gu Lingze was still thinking wildly, so Zhao Chengmo came back dressed in stars, took out the things in his arms and handed them directly to Xu Mingyan.

Xu Mingyan opened it and said, "This is not an article I wrote."