Liu Ximing pulled his sleeve out of his hand with a helpless expression.

"Mr. Li, you have been in China for a long time, you should understand that our earl is different from your earl, in the officialdom, everyone pays more attention to friendship, I have no friendship with the officials in Chengdu, what is the use of speaking rashly."

Li Sisi's eyes darkened, and he paused in Liu Ximing's footsteps.

This made Liu Ximing a little embarrassed, and he hurriedly stopped, pulled the sleeve of Lali's shirt and motioned for him to follow.

"Mr. Li, don't worry, when I finish the township test, I'll see if there's a chance to help you again."

A smile appeared on Li's flushed face, and he stretched out his hand to draw a cross and said, "I know that God's guidance will not be wrong, Liu, or you are a friend enough." ”

Liu Ximing covered his head and lamented, why did he come again.

After nearly a year of non-compliance, Riccian made a big breakthrough in his missionary work in Chengdu.

As soon as he walked into the courtyard in front of the main hall, Liu Ximing found that there were at least 100 men and women gathered here, some of whom were dressed ordinarily, while others were poorly dressed.

However, looking at the expressions of most people, they all seem relatively calm and peaceful.

Seeing the people in Liu Ximing's observation courtyard, he said with some pride: "These are my lord's devout believers, although they don't have the power in their hands, but their spiritual strength is enough for them to face any difficulties. ”

Liu Ximing is not a bar spirit, and when he heard this, he just smiled and did not refute.

"Mr. Li, the township test is coming, I won't talk to you more, the houses in the city are tight right now, and I still have so many people to be resettled here, so those who trouble you should also work hard, let's vacate a house."

Said immediately answered, "Okay, then I'll go and vacate the room now." ”

Lei Hong followed Xie Wenle and the others into the door and shouted at Liu Ximing.

"President, your villa in Chengdu Mansion is really not small, tsk, you really have a way to get rich."

"Hahaha", Liu Ximing hurriedly smiled and gave a brief introduction to Li Yisi and the students.

The days in Chengdu Mansion calmed down suddenly, and Liu Ximing discussed with his friends every day in addition to reading, and the days unconsciously came to the day of the township test.

During this time, in order to avoid suspicion, he just sent people to Huang Zongyi's father-in-law, Ye Xianzu, the deputy envoy of the inspection envoy, and others to pay a visit.

After such a long period of study, Liu Ximing is quite sure that he is not sure of the township test, and he can't let others hold any handle at this juncture.

Liu Ximing sat firmly on Mount Tai here, but he didn't know that there were already people in the school administration yamen who were already anxious.

At night, Jiang Shizhong, the chief examiner of the township examination handpicked by Chongzhen, was walking restlessly back and forth in the backyard room at the moment.

When he left Beijing, His Majesty made a special trip to summon him and the words of advice sounded in his ears again.

"Jiang Qing, the reason why I chose you as the main exam in Sichuan is because you are loyal and upright, and you are not a party or a selfish person, this time you go to Sichuan, you must take a good look at the virtuous people in Sichuan for me, especially the new Amber is also taking the exam in Sichuan, you should check for me to see if he is really talented or fake."

The more Jiang Shizhong paced, the more miserable he felt in his heart.

What the hell is this called, I think Your Majesty sent me here because he saw that I was a bully.

What did he mean by those words, and whether this new Amber should be taken or not?

If you want to take it, what if the new Amber is only a normal student and is not selected.

Thinking about Chongzhen's seemingly meaningful smile when he spoke, Jiang Shizhong's mind was about to be confused by his various speculations, this imperial mission is really difficult to handle.

Finally, he still made up his mind, "Where is Jiang An?" He shouted out the door.

"Master, the little one is here." A man in a thin blue and black shirt pushed the door open.

Jiang Shizhong beckoned to him and summoned him to his side, "You know about the New Amber Mansion, now you go to his mansion to find him and ask him to come to me." ”

Jiang An is the son of the Jiang family, and when he heard this, he didn't hesitate at all, and pushed the door out in response.

Jiang Shizhong sighed, hoping that he really wanted to do this.

Who knew that after three quarters of an hour, Jiang An actually pushed the door in alone and came in.

"Master", Jiang An bent down and replied carefully: "Xin Anbo said that the township test is approaching, and it will be disadvantageous for him to visit the master again, so he will not come." ”

Jiang Shizhong breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, so that he didn't have to worry about it.

After relaxing, he had a good impression of this new Amber in his heart.

On the ninth day of August, it is the time when the golden cinnamon is fragrant.

Chengdu Fugong Courtyard is already crowded with people, and the number of participants in each township test is the largest.

Because not only the talents who have just been admitted have to take the exam, but also many old students who have accumulated years will also want to fight for it.

Sichuan has nearly 4,000 people this year, but the number of people in Sichuan is only 135, that is, the winning rate is only 3.3%.

Liu Ximing wore a scholar's shirt today, which was not eye-catching in the crowd, but a group of people from the Datong Society all gathered together, and people couldn't help but take a second look.

During this period of time, they were idle, and when Li Biao and others were walking outside, they met people and said that Liu Ximing gathered all the members of the Datong Society together to provide food and accommodation, which naturally became famous.

In addition, he is also the only scholar in Sichuan who has been knighted as a student, which makes people even more envious and jealous.

Just after waiting for the door to open for a while, five or six waves of people had already come to talk to each other.

Lu Jiahong, Huang Hongyi and others in Shunqing Mansion saw the scene on Liu Ximing's side from afar, one or two hated it, and they just remembered the advice of their families, but no one dared to step forward to tease.

As usual, those processes are still the same, but Liu Ximing's mentality is no longer comparable to that year.

He stepped into the Tribute Courtyard with his head held high, and only the two people in front of the Tribute Courtyard could let him pay close attention.

One is Jiang Shizhong, the main examiner of the Henan Provincial Imperial History, and the other is Chen Shiqi, the deputy examiner of Sichuan Xuezheng.

Although there was a crowd in the Gongyuan, when Liu Ximing looked at these two people, the two examiners actually thought of him, and they also bowed slightly at him as a courtesy.

The corners of Liu Ximing's mouth were raised, and he did not make a loud noise, and quietly followed the students to complete the process.

"Raise the talents, know the talents, and lift them"

Liu Ximing was stunned when he saw the exam questions sent down, how did this sound familiar.

I still remember that when he was facing the saint at that time, Chongzhen also sighed at Wang Chengen, so Liu Xi specially checked the source after he came down.

Thinking of this, Liu Ximing looked up at Jiang Shizhong's faint figure, and his heart was quite complicated, with both joy and sigh.

Forget it, let's finish writing first, and then I will write it when Liu Ximing picks up the pen.

The township test was indeed held for three days, but it was held separately for three days, the first session was held on the ninth day of August, the second session was held on August 12, and the third session was held on August 15th.

After tossing for nine days, Liu Ximing was finally freed from it, he felt that he had done his best, and the others could only resign themselves to fate.

However, he still couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it was indeed too difficult to take the exam in the Ming Dynasty, and after three games, even if he had more than a dozen test papers alone, if he wanted to stand out among thousands of people, I am afraid that he must not only have talent to learn, but also have luck.

The process of the township examination is quite complicated, not only the setting of the main examination and the deputy chief examiner, but also the division of labor such as the outer curtain officer and the inner curtain officer.

Candidates' test papers must go through several processes of sealing, transcription, and reading to form a paper before it will be handed over to the examiner for review.

Jiang Shizhong had an extra heart, he didn't want to do anything directly from it, but he let Jiang An pretend to be a servant in the examination room and kept an eye on Liu Ximing's test papers.

"Master, the little one saw with his own eyes that the scroll of Xin Amber was presented to Chen Xuezheng, please rest assured, master."

When Jiang An came to report this, Jiang Shizhong finally let go of the big stone in his heart.

Since Liu Ximing's paper is on the table of the deputy examiner, it means that he is in the front, and the probability of winning the exam will naturally increase greatly, as for the number of places in the exam, this is not something he cares about.

Gathering with the other six same examiners, Jiang Shizhong and others were busy until August 25 to finish reading all the examination papers, and now they are only waiting for a few of them to discuss a ranking, and then they will open the envelopes and check the names of the candidates.

It's just that when the ranking is set and the seal is opened, Chen Shiqi's face changes.

"Qincha, I'm afraid this ranking will have to be adjusted."