The second floor of Taibai Building.

To the north, the first seat is the prefect Lord Xu, the left and right are the ink official Huang, the ink official Yan Gonggong, and there is a Taoist priest dressed in the imperial court to worship Yunsong Daoist.

Then there are the heads of Cheng Tian's two families.

The Cheng family is Cheng San's grandfather and Cheng's rookie Cheng About, and the Tian family is Tian Huai'an, the head of the Tian family, and Tian Benchang, the son of the Tian family.

At this time, all eyes were on the middle of the lobby.

In the whole lobby, the table in the middle has been emptied, replaced with two tables, on the left and right of the table, each has a box of ink, on the side of the ink is two inkstones, in the middle of the two inkstones, there is an incense burner, light incense.

On the left and right, two women in palace clothes are grinding on the inkstone with Xuanmo in their hands, and their red sleeves add fragrance, which is quite charming.

Several scribes splashed ink at this time, and after a while, several calligraphy and paintings took shape.

Of course, at this time, it is not calligraphy and painting that is evaluated, but the ink used to write calligraphy and painting.

"Cheng's ingot's 'Xuanyuan Reiki' ink should be the formula of tung smoke and lacquer smoke, the ink color is black, the light is transparent and refreshing, especially in the case of light ink, the layers are clear, and the colors of all levels can be kept, there is no sense of penetration, which is very good." At this time, Wang Shizhen, who was on the left, pointed to his painting and commented to everyone present.

Wang Shizhen, a descendant of Langya Wang, was a leader in the literary world in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, of course, before that, his father was murdered by Yan Hao, he resigned from the funeral, monographed literature, and now Yan Shifan has been beheaded, Yan Hao has also been copied from the family property, now just a poor and weak old man waiting for death, the Yan family in the court shili swept away, Wang Shizhen only waited for the right time to come out, and the future achievements are limitless.

This time, Lord Huang, the ink officer, made great efforts to invite him to comment on the ink. It can be said that this tribute election can be described as painstaking.

At this time, everyone followed Wang Shizhen's guidance and looked at the painting. Sure enough, the ink was clear. Especially in the light ink, it is not weak, although it is vague, but the layers are clear, and there is a sense of continuity.

Everyone sitting here is either an elite of ink affairs or a celebrity of scribes, and they all have unique opinions on ink, so they naturally understand this situation. It is this ink that already has ink bones.

"Good ink, good ink. It is worthy of being called Xuanyuan aura, and it is really mysterious and full of aura. The crowd was amazed.

"Mr. Fengzhou, what about Tian Mo?" At this time, Lord Huang, who was sitting at the bottom left, asked. And Fengzhou is Wang Shizhen's number.

"Of course, Tian's ingot's 'Xuanxiang Pill' is also quite good, the ink color is calm but there is no sense of heaviness, but it is quite eye-catching, the ink is thick but not sluggish, and the dark fragrance floats. It is also the top ink, but this ink is new, and the ink is a little dry, therefore. Shizhen believes that Tian Mo is slightly inferior to Cheng Mo. Wang Shizhen said.

Everyone looked at each other, before. Mr. Dongtu has also assessed that Cheng Mo is even better. In this way, there are basically a few ink shops that have been selected for tribute this time.

Cheng Sanye and Cheng agreed with his uncle and nephew after listening to the evaluation. I looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief. Knowing that seventy or eighty percent of the quota for this tribute has arrived, of course, before the announcement of zuihou, he still can't relax.

Speaking of which, this time it was really risky, originally they didn't take the Tian family in their eyes, and what they were going to participate in the election before was not Xuanyuan aura, but another ingot of ink, the cost of this ink is a little smaller than Xuanyuan aura.

It is necessary to know that the manufacture of tribute ink, as far as it is concerned, is actually a loss-making business, and the reason why the ink workshops want to compete for tribute ink is the priority of materials, and the second is the additional benefits brought by the brand of tribute ink, rather than the benefits of tribute ink itself.

Therefore, when fighting for tribute and ink, under the condition of being sure of the right to pay tribute to ink, it has always been customary for each ink workshop to choose ink with a smaller cost to participate in the election, so that the production of tribute ink can lose a little less.

Previously, because of Li Mo's withdrawal, Cheng Mo was a standout in the ink workshop that participated in the election, and basically had no opponents.

It wasn't until the third master heard that Zhen Niang said that the Tian family might have other preparations, and in line with the idea of not being afraid of 10,000, he was afraid of what happened, and in the end, for the sake of insurance, the Cheng family replaced the original ink and used the Xuanyuan aura in the family.

Sure enough, when Taibailou was campaigning, the Tian family actually used the Su Hemo newly developed by the Luo family, but fortunately, the Cheng family changed the ink, otherwise, the boat would capsize in the gutter at this time.

At this time, on the other side, Tian Benchang frowned, turned his face to look at his father, that Tian Huai'an was an old god. It's still a look of wisdom beads in hand.

At this time, Lord Huang on the stage whispered a few words to his father-in-law and the prefect. He stood up and said, "Then, this time Gongmo ......"

"Wait......" Before Lord Huang's words could be spoken, at this time, the Imperial Court Enshrined Yunsong Daoist stood up.

"What did Daoist Yunsong say?" Lord Huang arched his hand at Yun Song and asked.

"Originally, Gongmo did not interfere in the election of the Dao, but when the Dao came out of the palace this time, the emperor specially told that this batch of Gongmo should be used to communicate with the immortals, so it is best to ask the immortals to comment on this right to offer ink." The cloud pine was draped in dust.

Yun Song's words made a group of people dumbfounded, please ask the gods to assess? How should this immortal be evaluated?

It's just that Emperor Jiajing believes in gods, and when he encounters difficulties on weekdays, he has to ask the gods for guidance, so it's really not surprising to make such a decision.

So Lord Huang asked at Na Yun Song, "Cloud Dao Chief, how can this immortal come down and evaluate?" ”

"It's very simple, naturally I invite God to come down to earth." The head of the Yunsong Daoist said a little proudly, and then ordered his subordinates to set up an incense case.

After a while, the incense table was placed, and Daoist Yun Song bathed and changed his clothes again, and then asked for his senses in front of the incense case.

After a while, the god went up, Yun Song Dao Chang picked up the pen, put the haode paper on the incense table and wrote, after writing, the Yun Song Dao Chang came back to his senses, picked up the paper and looked at it, zuihou handed it to Lord Huang: "Lord Huang, the assessment of the gods has come out, you look at it." ”

Lord Huang took the paper and saw that it was written: "Although Cheng Mo is good, it is not clean, so it is advisable to choose Tian Mo." ”

"Yundao people, what does this mean, what does Cheng Mo mean that although Cheng Mo is good, he is not clean?" On the other hand, Cheng Sanye heard Lord Huang read out the words on the paper, so he asked Yun Song Dao with a calm face.

"This is what the gods mean. How do we mortals guess the degree. "Yun Song Dao is a mysterious way.

"Then this time the tribute to Moquan ......," Cheng Sanye said, looking at Lord Huang. There is no need to say anything that is not said.

Lord Huang frowned at this time, speaking of which, he didn't believe this kind of immortal assessment at all. But who would dare to disobey the emperor's will? Although it is possible that this cloud chief is pretending to be the emperor's will, no one dares to bet on it.

Thinking about it, Lord Huang whispered a few words to the prefect and Gonggong Yan, and then said to Cheng San: "Since it is assessed by the gods, it is the will of heaven, and the will of heaven cannot be violated. ”

"This ...... But that's not fair. Hearing Lord Huang's decision, Cheng Sanye said angrily.

"I said, Third Master, accept the reality. I look at you. The most important thing to do now is to go home and check it out, could it be that there is something wrong with your Cheng Mansion? For example, if a young lady teaches and accepts it privately, or the maid in the family does something filthy, tsk, I really can't see it. At this time, Tian Huai'an on the side said to Cheng Sanye with a playful face.

Tian Huai'an...... Hello! Cheng Sanye called Tian Huai'an's face swollen and red when he said this, and then a mouthful of old blood spurted out, he knew in his heart that the Yunsong Dao people must have been bought by the Tian family. However, Yun Song pretended to be the emperor's intention, and it was inconvenient for Lord Huang to refute it, so how could he, an ink shop owner, refute it.

He knew that the Tian family was unruly in business, but he didn't expect it to be unruly to such an extent.

Come to think of it. Cheng Sanye couldn't hold back any longer, he only felt a sweetness in his throat, and a mouthful of blood spurted out. With a blank of ink, he fell.

"Third uncle." On the other hand, Cheng Yue hurriedly hugged his third uncle. He beckoned to the subordinates who were outside, and confessed. Hurriedly exited.

The expressions of the people in the hall are different, they can't bear to have it, they are good at watching the show, they are stupid, in short, a grand event of ink affairs, Zuihou ended in this way, which made most of the people disappointed.

And the only one who rejoices is the Tian family.

"Let let, let let ......" Cheng Yue came out of Taibai Building with his third uncle on his back.

"What's going on? What's going on? The results are out, right? The third master of the Cheng family, what's wrong? Glad of joy? On the one hand, many good people were busy inquiring.

Although Zhen Niang was standing far away from the crowd, she suddenly had a bad feeling when she watched the eldest brother of the Cheng family squeeze out of the crowd with Cheng San's grandfather on her back.

"The results are out, the results are out, and the tribute power has fallen into the hands of the Tian family." At this time, the gossip two dogs from before immediately spread the news that they had newly inquired about.

"How could it be the Tian family?" There was an uproar among the people around, everyone was optimistic about the Cheng family before.

"Actually, it's not unusual, you must know that the Tian family has almost completely taken over the Luo family's ink workshop, and the ink-making strength will not be bad, besides, this time it was assessed by the gods, and it was said that Cheng Mo was unclean and could not be used." The two dogs said with a gossipy face.

"Immortal assessment? Is this really fake? Some people around were skeptical.

"Go, go, how can the words of the gods be doubted." There was a warning on the side.

Zhen Niang heard this on the side at the moment, and first there was a burst of unbelievable ah, the fairy assessment came out? However, thinking that this was in ancient times, and there was a believer in Emperor Jiajing, the theory of immortals was naturally popular.

Before I saw it, did my cousin still want to refine the Immortal Pill?

It's just that she also understands in her heart, needless to say, that Yun Dao chief must have been bought by the Tian family, thinking about this, thinking about it again, all kinds of turmoil since the beginning of the election of Gong Mo, it can only be said that since the beginning, the Tian family has been playing a big game of chess.

First of all, the Tian family deliberately exaggerated the matter of saving Miss Yan, giving people the impression that the Li family relied on the relationship between Yan's father-in-law to run for election, and the eunuchs of this dynasty and Qingliu are absolutely opposed, so that Lord Huang has no good impression of the Li family, and even those literati who tried ink also have no good impression of the Li family.

Although the Li family is out of the game, the Tian family is also the driving force, and then the Tian family deliberately made such controversial ink, which caused the Cheng family to despise the Tian family, and the Tian family zuihou took out the good ink, with mental calculation and no intention, the winning plate is relatively large, of course, the Cheng family has a deep heritage, that's the case, the Tian family is still difficult to win, so the Tian family zuihou bought the Taoist surnamed Yun and made a fairy assessment, which is the killer feature.

In this way, step by step, the Tian family is really calculating. (To be continued......)

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