Walking to the palace where there was no one, Wang Zhencai sighed regretfully:

"Alas, what a great opportunity, Childe, you obviously don't lack money, how can you ...... How do you ...... Alas! ”

Hou Shigui smiled and didn't say anything, didn't say much to Wang Zhen, just asked Wang Zhen to publicize the fact that he shared dinner with Yang He today, and left the palace.

Back to the inn, found that everyone had fallen asleep, Hou Shigui walked upstairs lightly, and as soon as he opened the door, he heard a voice as crisp as a silver bell ringing in his ears:

"You're injured, why don't you call for help when you go upstairs?"

Guo Lianqing hurriedly helped Hou Shigui to the bed, and after washing her in person, she asked:

"What did Your Majesty do when you recruited you into the palace? Ready for dinner? ”

Hou Shigui nodded and said:

"I have shared dinner with Your Majesty, Your Majesty invited me into the palace to ask me what reward I wanted, I remembered that you cried with me this morning, so I asked Your Majesty for some silver money, 100 taels of gold, 10,000 taels of silver, enough for our expenses in the future, happy?"

"What!! You asked Your Majesty for money! ”

Guo Lianqing, who was just lying next to Hou Shigui, heard what Hou Shigui said, and was so shocked that she immediately sat up and looked at the man next to the pillow with an incredulous expression.

He even touched Hou Shigui's forehead with his hand, wanting to see if this person had a fever and was confused.

Early the next morning, Hou Shigui got up much earlier than usual, but he was still late.

When I went downstairs, I saw that Zheng Dehuai and the others who stayed in the inn had already had breakfast, although only Sun Zhizhuan and Xing Min were constantly flipping through the books that had already been worn out by them.

Although the rest of Zheng Dehuai, Lin Fan and the others did not read, the nervousness on their faces was also obvious.

Although Zheng Dehuai said before that the assessment is just a process for the children of the family, he is only a rumor.

This filial piety assessment, a person only once in a lifetime, even if he only needs to go through a process, when it comes to the end, he can't help but not be nervous.

Seeing Hou Shigui go downstairs, Zheng Dehuai seemed to have found the backbone:

"Brother Hou Shige got up early."

He deliberately wanted to chat with Hou Shigui and forget the tension in his mind.

It can be seen that Hou Shigui is not in a hurry or slow, and he looks confident, but his heart is even more panicked.

After all, everyone present may be the least likely to read those sage books.

So he is the most unconfident, and now that he sees Hou Shigui's confident look, he is even more panicked:

"Brother Shi, you entered the palace yesterday, but what did you know about the content of the assessment?

If you know, you can save your little brother, but my little brother can't even memorize the three-character scripture......"

Hou Shigui was frightened by the emperor in the palace yesterday for a night, how could he have any effort to inquire about the content of the assessment?

However, he has already bought off Tang Rujie, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, who is also the chief examiner of this assessment, and he looks confident.

This matter is not easy to talk to outsiders, so I have to say perfunctorily:

"Brother Zheng doesn't need to be nervous, just deal with it with your heart."

Zheng Dehuai looked bitter:

"How can I not be nervous, my family is not as good as my brother's family, there are still people in the court who are officials, my father spent a lot of effort to get me a place for filial piety, if this assessment is not ......"

Speaking of this, Zheng Dehuai paused, and looked at Hou Shigui pitifully:

"If it is, I don't dare to go back to Lingnan, and I ask my brother to help take me in......"

Hou Shigui was perfunctory again, and after breakfast, he took Xiang Xu, Bao Ji and the five of them to the ministry.

At this time, Chu Jing's sky was just bright, but there were already many people on the street.

Especially those vendors selling mascots, you don't have to walk a few steps to see one.

Zheng Dehuai has no confidence, and the so-called 'enlightened things' of Buddhism and Taoism have bought a lot.

Seeing these things, Hou Shigui suddenly remembered something, his father said to himself, that Yang He believed in Buddhism but preached.

I had dinner with him yesterday, and I saw that he only eats vegetarian dishes and does not touch meat.

If that's the case, the next ......

Hou Shigui was thinking about it, when he suddenly heard an exclamation on the corner of the street.

When I raised my eyes, I saw that Su Qunian and four servants rode around the corner on a tall horse, and the servants gathered around.

It's not like going to an assessment, but like going to a banquet.

Na Su also seemed to notice Hou Shigui and the others, but he just glanced at Hou Shigui with an angry face, ignored Hou Shigui, and turned around.

"What is arrogant? Didn't you run away that day because you were scared by Brother Hou? ”

This Zheng Dehuai is so competitive and competitive, and was ignored by Su Qunian like this, not only did he forget the nervousness in his heart that was about to be assessed, but he also hated this Su Qunian.

It was Sun Zhizhuan and the others who just smiled bitterly on the side, not daring to say more.

After all, the disputes between the children of these families, which round will get their share of the interference of the children of the poor family?

Just follow Hou Shigui and listen to what he says, and you can do what you do.

After a group of six people came to the ministry, they handed over the filial piety card issued to them by the local government, and verified that they were behind them, and then they entered the ministry.

Hou Shigui wanted to see what the exams were like in this era.

didn't think that as soon as the front foot entered the ministry, several officials on the back foot greeted the ancestor like him:

"This is Hou Gongzi, right? We have prepared a private room assessment for Childe, and Childe invites him to come here. ”

Hou Shigui didn't move, and said:

"I'm a good friend of mine."

Those officials were also clever, and even said:

"Since you are a friend of the son, you have a clean and private room for assessment, a few of you are here."

And such a good thing?!

Don't say that Sun Zhizhuan and other poor disciples, even Zheng Dehuai, the rich young master, is secretly glad that he followed Hou Shigui this time.

The filial piety assessment was held in one day for the entire Dachu.

Therefore, today, almost all the people who have been raised for filial piety will be crowded into this ministry for assessment.

There were nearly 1,000 people, including the soldiers who guarded and the officials who patrolled to prevent cheating.

Just standing at the gate and looking in, you can see that there is a crowd of people in the ministry.

There were so many people and so crowded that they couldn't even see the ground under their feet.

However, they and others can get a separate private room for evaluation, and such a good thing cannot be displeased by everyone.

was even more shocked by Hou Shigui's background forces, and made up his mind to have a good relationship with him in the future.

"Yo, isn't this Su Gongzi? Why do you come here to be crowded? ”

At the location of Su Qunian in the assessment field, a rich young man who looked at Su Qunian with a jealous look on his face said sarcastically, and said to the people around him:

"How capable is I still in the Su Mansion of Daoting Prefecture, and I don't want to squeeze together with us?"

This person's name is Wu An, and he is also from Tingzhou, but unlike the Su family, which has taken root in Fucheng, the Wu family's main business is in the countryside and the county seat.

Tingzhou is rich, but it is enough for two big families to settle down and start a business.

It's just that the two families have been in Tingzhou for a long time, and there will inevitably be some friction and disputes, and gradually, the Wu family and the Su family have formed a feud.

At this moment, when the enemies met, Wu An looked at the appearance of Su Qunian hugging the stars and the moon, and he was jealous in his heart, and naturally he had to say a few sour words.