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Shen Xi inquired and found out that the time had passed the third watch earlier, and it was already early morning the next day.

Shen Xi believes that with his previous trouble, Tang Ying should not dare to make a fuss on the list again, otherwise it will be a tragic end of stealing the family and exterminating the clan when he comes to the palace.

In fact, Shen Xi didn't want to make a big deal out of it, because the balance of power was unbalanced, and people like his relatives Zhang brothers and Shuntian Mansion Yin were not something he could shake now...... If the grasshopper shakes the tree, it will only be itself that will suffer in the end.

The list was listed on the evening of August 30, and after a day of review, the results were announced on the second day of September.

The Luming Banquet is tentatively scheduled for noon on the third day of September.

This also means that Shen Xi can go home after eating the Luming banquet at noon on the third day of the ninth month, which is five days earlier than the scheduled eighth day of the first month of September.

After living in the Gongyuan for nearly a month, Shen Xi found that he didn't feel too hard, maybe he had been single for a long time in his previous life, and he could adapt to this kind of life well, but when he thought of his wife and children at home, he would still miss it.

On the night of the first day of the new year, Shen Xi sorted out his things, and Jin Gui came over to ask Shen Xi about the township examination in the name of borrowing the manuscript to read it.

“…… In this review, we have offended a lot of people. ”

Shen Xi concluded, "If someone takes advantage of the topic afterwards, I'm afraid that Brother Jin and I will be blamed." This Shouning Hou Mansion, Brother Jin should try to avoid it as much as possible. ”

Jin Gui nodded, and it could be seen that Jin Gui was not the kind of person who was indomitable, and after being in the officialdom for a long time, he could naturally distinguish the difference between ideals and reality. Integrity is just a criterion for being a person, but it is unrealistic to change the entire environment with the power of one person.

"Brother Shen, will they play tricks again when the list is released?" Jin Gui was a little worried about the results of the township test.

Shen Xi said: "Since the list has already come out, and you and I will be there to supervise the list tomorrow, they must be afraid that we will poke things out." As long as you and I are firm, they don't dare to mess around. ”

Shen Xi just said what he guessed, and it was not easy to say whether the people of Shuntian Mansion and Shouning Hou Mansion were willing to end this township test like this.

On the morning of the second day of September.

The Ministry of Rites sent someone to receive the roster and examination papers of the people admitted to the Shuntianfu Township Examination, and Shen Xi compared them in detail, and there was no deviation, and his heart was completely relaxed.

Since the case handed over to the court is right, no one dares to change it in private, otherwise it will be a big crime of bullying the king.

When the imperial court took away the roster and examination papers, the inner curtain officials and the outer curtain officials went to the gate of Shuntian Mansion to witness the Zhang Bang together, and at this time, there were no less than 1,000 candidates gathered outside Shuntian Mansion.

After the list was announced, it can be said that a few families were happy and a few were sad.

Among those candidates who won the lift, there are three generations of old, middle and young people, among whom the gray-haired old man can be seen from time to time. Of course, among those who did not pass the exam, the old man in the age of the sixtieth birthday can also be seen from time to time. The doctor invited by Shuntianfu was on the side, and if anyone fell into a coma, he would immediately send someone to treat him.

In the afternoon of the same day, Shuntianfu will successively send the good news to the ancestral home of Zhongju Shizi.

Some people who thought they had returned to their hometowns early because they did not do well in the exam, there was no shortage of people in accidents. Shen Xi and Jin Gui are both from Hanlin, and their judgments on articles and talents are very fair, which allows some scholars who did not perform at a high level in the examination but have outstanding literary talents to still have a chance to be admitted.

Because they had to participate in the Luming banquet the next day, after coming out of the tribute courtyard, Shen Xi and Jin Gui temporarily lived in the backyard of the Shuntian Mansion, and the government prepared a banquet to entertain the outer curtain officials and the inner curtain officials in the afternoon, but because of this township test was "messed up" by Shen Xi and Jin Gui, the Shuntian Mansion suffered heavy losses, so that the standard of the banquet was not high.

Shen Xi lived in the wing room in the backyard of the palace, where the conditions were much better than those in the Gongyuan, and even the service staff had changed from soldiers to beautiful maids.

Just as Shen Xi and Jin Gui were sitting together discussing whether to go home in advance to have a look, Tang Ying came again, this time he still brought a gift, giving Shen Xi and Jin Gui a box of each size, and after opening it, there were a lot of treasures inside.

"Tang Tongju, what does this mean?" Shen Xi asked in surprise.

I ruined your plans to make a fortune and gave me gifts, is this trying to curse me to die early?

Tang Ying said: "Shen Yude, don't get me wrong, this is given to the two examiners by the Hou Mansion of Shouning, please smile." ”

As he spoke, he looked at the two township examiners with deep meaning, and then retreated with people. After the exam, he didn't have the heart to maintain a good face, although he didn't have to tear his face, but he didn't even have the minimum number of farewell salutes and left.

Jin Gui's face showed embarrassment, and he asked Shen Xi, "What is this?" ”

Or is it...... Has the township test fraud case become a fact? Shen Xi stroked his chin, thoughtfully, he didn't quite understand Shou Ninghou's intentions.

This is so unconscionable!

You said that we helped you cheat, and it is easy to explain when giving gifts, but now we are clearly working against you, where is the reason for giving gifts?

With doubts, the two did not dare to accept the gifts, but called the handymen of the government and instructed them to carry the boxes to the utility room and put them away.

On the third day of the ninth lunar month, Shen Xi got up very early, thinking that he could go home that day, and after breakfast, he packed up the rest of the things in order.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the two school teachers of Shuntian Mansion went to the backyard of the government and invited the two examiners to the front for the banquet.

Shen Xi and Jin Gui arrived at the front hall, and nearly 100 of the 135 lifters who were raised in the exam came, and these new lifters were greeting the internal and external curtain officials.

With the news of "Shen Yude and Jin Zhongyun have arrived", all the new promoters focused their eyes on the gate, and a group of people consciously lined up, and stepped forward to salute Shen Xi one after another, calling them "seat masters".

As the chief examiner of the Shangxiang test, Shen Xi and Jin Gui are equivalent to the "Bole" of these newcomers.

Regardless of the ranking, as long as you win the promotion, you will be promoted to the noble class, and you can participate in the next year's examination, or become an official in the yamen. The most important thing is that in the future, their own fields will not have to pay taxes, and many gentry will take the initiative to put the land in their names, and it will not be a problem to feed the family.

But if you want to really live a good life, you still have to take the Jinshi exam.

Because by the middle of the Ming Dynasty, lifting people was no longer so valuable, and those who had ideals and ambitions just regarded lifting people as a pass to participate in the examination.

Presiding over this Luming banquet was Yin Lin Qi of Shuntian Mansion.

Lin Qi is a seventeen-year jinshi in Chenghua, and has a certain friendship with Zhang Luan, the father of the Zhang brothers, and is now very close to the Zhang brothers.

And Tang Ying is just a pawn sent out by Lin Qi and the Zhang brothers to charge into battle.

At the deer banquet, in addition to the banquet and drinking, the most important thing is two things, one is to sing the deer song in the "Book of Songs", and the other is to dance the Kui Xing dance.

"Yo Yo Deer, Apple of the Wild"

"Yo Yo Deer Song, Song of the Wild Food"

"Yo Yo Lu Ming, Eat the Wild Qin."

As the orchestra sounded, Yin Lin Qi of Shuntianfu shook his head and recited loudly, and everyone responded one after another. After Lin Qi finished reciting, everyone in the banquet, including Shen Xi, raised their glasses and drank together.

After drinking a cup, to the drumbeat of the musicians invited by Shuntianfu, all the lifters left their seats one after another, entered the center of the venue, and began to dance the Kuixing Dance.

Kuixing Dance is a full-body movement in which the head swings from side to side and the hands swing. Raise your left and right feet and twist your hips. After dancing for a while, Yin Lin Qi of Shuntian Mansion shouted: "Kui Xing went to the painting hall and made a fuss." ”

The group of lifters immediately made a three-point comparison with their hands, and then swung their bodies violently again.

After dancing for a while, Lin Qi shouted again: "Give birth to a unicorn, get the champion Lang", and the new promoters made three points with their hands.

In the drumbeat, all the lifters let loose the shape of the skeleton, dancing happily, Lin Qi finally shouted: "The middle three yuan and the first, the point of wealth and nobility." ”

The crowd nodded at three o'clock, and then announced that the dance was over.

This is the first time Shen Xi has seen dancing the Kui Xing Dance, and he feels quite funny, and he is secretly glad that he went home early when he took the exam in Fuzhou, otherwise he would have to pretend to be a ghost and be embarrassed like a dancing god.

Under the greeting of Yin Lin Qi of Shuntian Mansion, everyone began to drink freely, and they could talk without scruples during the banquet, or they could walk around and drink to people.

If it is the Luming banquet of the Thirteen Political Envoys, the people who are close to the Ministers must be the officials of the Political Envoys, but in the Liangjing Township Test, the Lifters pay more attention to the relationship with the "Seat Master", even if Yin Lin Qi of Shuntian Mansion is overshadowed in their eyes.

After all, Shen Xi and Jin Gui are both officials of the Zhan Mansion in the Hanlin system, and they are very likely to enter the cabinet in the future. Especially Shen Xi, who was already a lecturer in the East Palace and a lecturer in Japan at a young age, has an unlimited future.

Even if you don't think about the future, next year will be the year of the examination, with the status of Shen Xi and Jin Gui among the officials of the Hanlin system, even if they can't be the main examiner of Chunyu, even if they are the same examiners, it is very amazing, it is directly related to everyone's future and fate, so they can't be cautious.

Yin Lin Qi of Shuntianfu, as the host of the Luming Banquet, found that he was not so popular and was at risk of becoming a foil at any time, so after completing the established celebration ceremony, he toasted to the participants and said goodbye on the grounds of physical discomfort, and Tang Ying continued to toast in his place.

The feast lasted for nearly three hours, and it was not until sunset that it ended.

Shen Xi's drinking was just a light taste, and if he really excused himself, he picked up his sleeves and covered his face, but in fact, the wine was sprinkled into his sleeves. When the lifters dispersed one after another, he was also about to go home, and at this time, Xie Pi saw that there was no one in front of Shen Xi, so he smiled and went to the table to say hello.

Xie Pi is not good at drinking, but he did well in the township test this time, and directly got a fourth.

Mr. Shen ...... My father said that I would like to invite you to the house and have a banquet when I have time. Xie Pi said with a smile.

Jin Gui, who was sitting next to Shen Xi, glanced at Xie Pi, who was flushed, and frowned and asked, "......Who is this?" ”

Shen Xi introduced: "The second son of Xie Ge's hometown. ”

"Disrespectful, disrespectful."

When Jin Gui heard that this unattractive young man was actually the son of Xie Qian, a university scholar, he couldn't help but be in awe, and greeted him with a smile.

The son of this old family is treated differently from those ordinary lifters, and other movers come to say hello, but Jin Gui doesn't bother to pay attention to it at all, but now he has changed his face.

Shen Xi said: "I have time to go back, and I will definitely come to visit." ”

Saying this, Shen Xi didn't plan to really go to Xie Qian's mansion to find it uncomfortable. Xie Pi can be regarded as half of his students, but as a result, Mr. was the main examiner, and the students were promoted, and outsiders who knew about this relationship might not be able to gossip, especially since he offended so many people in this township examination.

The best thing now is to dissociate yourself from the Xie family, even if you go to the Xie Mansion in the future, you must be cautious and not show the relationship between him and Xie Pi too conspicuously.

Although Shen Xi has a clear conscience, his words are terrifying in the end.

Xie Pi was slightly disappointed, but he was still very happy, after all, he was a different identity now, he used to be just a student who looked like a chicken, but now he has passed the exam, and he can finally straighten his waist in front of his domineering father.

Shen Xi looked at Xie Pi's back and couldn't help but sigh, if it weren't for his mental maturity, maybe he would be as proud as Xie Pi is now.

After greeting the people of Shuntian Mansion, Shen Xi entered the inner courtyard and took the baggage containing his clothes and walked out of the gate of Shuntian Mansion.

At this time, there was a pot of porridge outside the Shuntian Mansion, in addition to the Juzi and the inner curtain official and the outer curtain official, there were also the family members of these people, Shen Xi looked around, but did not see the person who came to take him home.

"Is this for me to find my own car back?" Shen Xi muttered to himself.

At this moment, a familiar figure came into view, and when the visitor saw Shen Xi, his face was a little surprised, and then he became poignant, and walked closer to salute: "My lord, the villain greets you." ”

"Sixth brother, what's wrong with you?"

Shen Xi saw Song Xiaocheng's sluggish appearance, and was inexplicable, "Something happened at home?" ”

Shen Xi was most worried about his wife and children at home, and he was afraid that Shuntianfu and the Zhang brothers would take the opportunity to take revenge. Even if he doesn't retaliate, the eldest son Shen Ping was born not long ago, and the child is not easy to treat in these years, and it is very easy to die.

"I didn't ...... It's okay in the house. Song Xiaocheng first gave Shen Xi a reassurance, but he immediately cried, "But the big shopkeeper ...... Something happened to the big shopkeeper. ”

When Shen Xi heard this, he almost threw his burden on the ground, and immediately asked, "Big shopkeeper...... She...... What happened to her!? ”

"Big ...... The big treasurer...... was imprisoned, saying that it was our Fujian businessman...... plotting against the wrong people and doing business with the Fanbang people...... He also said that we ignored the laws and regulations of the imperial court, trafficked grain privately, hoarded Juqi, and openly bribed court officials......"

Song Xiaocheng was full of self-blame, "It's all my fault, I didn't take care of the big shopkeeper, and let the big shopkeeper go alone to send silver to the officials of the household department...... It turned out to be an accident......"

Originally, Shen Xi only thought that his relatives, the Zhang brothers, saw that he did not obey their orders, so they took the opportunity to make trouble, seized the boats and food rented by Hui Niang, and then threatened him. If that's the case, Hui Niang's sin is not big.

But as soon as he heard Song Xiaocheng say it, Shen Xi immediately realized the seriousness of the problem.

When he was caught red-handed when he offered bribes, he couldn't argue with it!

And now Hui Niang is not a county government or a government prison, but a prison of the Criminal Department, the seriousness of the crime can be seen, the crimes of those officials who took bribes go without saying, Hui Niang as a party, the circumstances are more serious than the officials.

At the same time, a large number of foreign businessmen who were doing business in the capital were still imprisoned, and this time the imperial court seemed to be determined to wipe out all the merchants who trafficked grain around the capital.

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