Cao Mu warmly invited Lingqiao and Cao Xing into his home, and he asked his servants to prepare a sumptuous dinner directly to entertain the two.

At the banquet, the three of them chatted very speculatively, but while chatting, Cao Mu seemed to have a feeling of drinking too much, and confided a word directly to Cao Xing.

He told Cao Xing that Cao Xing actually came at the right time, and after the Chinese New Year every year, the election and promotion of officials was held. Cao Xuan is just in time for the opportunity, but Cao Xuan still has to go through a process with him tomorrow, that is, to assess the six arts of a gentleman.

Hearing that the six arts of a gentleman were to be assessed, Cao Xing almost didn't squirt out a sip of wine, what is the six arts of a gentleman? They are etiquette, music, royalty, archery, calligraphy, and mathematics.

After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty deposed the hundred schools of thought and respected Confucianism, although he was going to become an official in the Three Kingdoms period, mainly through the way of promoting filial piety, but even if he was promoting filial piety, you must be proficient in Confucianism and understand the six arts of a gentleman before you can become an official.

It's a pity that these contents,It seems that all of them are things that only Confucianism understands.,Cao Xing came to this world.,Although there is no problem with literacy and hyphenation.,But for these Confucian things,He knows a fart.,In addition to shooting that item.,Maybe Cao Xing is still a little sure.,But in other subjects,Cao Xing doesn't understand it at all.。

After coming out of Cao Mu's house, Cao Xing and dexterity came to the post house, seeing Cao Xing so depressed, Lingqiao couldn't help but smile next to him: "Don't worry, you spent a full 200,000 vehicles to get here, how can you let you spend in vain?" Tomorrow there will definitely be a miracle! ”

Cao Xuan shrugged his shoulders, very speechless in his heart, believe in miracles, miracles will definitely appear tomorrow.

Early the next morning, Cao Xing came to the county office early, and there were really a lot of people who were assessed, some of them were recommended by Xiao Xiaolian, and some people came through the same way as Cao Xing. Many of these people are gorgeously dressed and have long swords on their backs, and they look like the kind of rich boys, but Cao Xing doesn't bother to pay attention to them.

Soon the assessment began, and a civil official asked everyone to line up, and then called in one by one.

Cao Xuan was a little uneasy in his heart, but he didn't expect that among the first few people, his name would be called, so Cao Xuan had to go in.

As a result, after entering, I found that there were two examiners, one of whom turned out to be Cao Mu who I saw yesterday.

The examiner next to him glanced at Cao Xuan with a serious face, and then asked, "What does Sage Kong think of the world!" ”

Cao Xing was stunned for a moment, he suddenly remembered that when he was in college before, he seemed to have encountered the same problem, since this is the case, then think about it quickly, Cao Xing racked his brains desperately to recall what he had learned in college before, but unfortunately, Cao Xing racked his brains and couldn't think of a reason, just when Cao Xing was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, he suddenly found that Cao Mu next to him had moved.

I saw that Cao Mu summoned an official and gave the official a piece of paper, and the official stood behind Cao Mu like this, holding up the contents of the paper, all of which were undoubtedly revealed in front of Cao Xing's eyes.

And the official next to him was unmoved, as if he didn't see it, Cao Xing was ecstatic when he saw this, this is simply obvious cheating.

So he began to read according to the book on the piece of paper, and whatever he wanted, he opened his mouth and came.

Next, Cao Mu asked Cao Xing some other questions, but Cao Xing answered them all like fluently, and Cao Xing's heart was already happy, which was simply a clear green light for him, all the way, unimpeded.

In the end, the two examiners looked at Cao Xuan and nodded with a smile, Cao Xing's whole person was also sweating profusely, and he walked out of it, and at this moment Lingqiao was already waiting for him outside.

Lingqiao told Cao Xing that if he wanted to wait for the government's approval notice, it would take about two days, and he would live well in these two days.

So Cao Xing either studied Sun Tzu's Art of War in the post house every day, or practiced swordsmanship well, two days passed in a flash, this day dexterously pried open the door of Cao Xing's room, and smiled at Cao Xing: "Just now Master Cao has sent someone to inform me, saying that your appointment has come down!" ”

When Cao Xing heard this, he immediately changed his clothes, and then went to the street with Lingqiao, and came to the county office, and found that Cao Mu, the chief bookkeeper, was already sitting there waiting for him, but Cao Mu's face looked a little bad, Cao Xing thought that Cao Mu was unwell at first, but after taking the appointment and dismissal order, Cao Xing's whole person finally knew why Cao Mu's face was not good, it was because he didn't dare to face Cao Xing's eyes.

The appointment and dismissal order is clearly written, appointing Cao Xing as the county governor of Bianyun County.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a county magistrate in each county, who was the largest official in the county, and it could be said that it was the parent official in a county, except for the county magistrates like Duan Ke, of course, who had been set aside.

The subordinates of the county commander also have two official positions, one is the county commander, the other is the county lieutenant, and now the county lieutenant of Bianyun County is You Tie, You Tie's duty is to be responsible for the security of the entire Bianyun County, and he has military power in his hands, which seems to be a little free and hot.

As for the responsibility of the county, it is responsible for the county's taxes and population statistics, but he does not have any military power in his hands.

Cao Xing saw that the whole person here was full of beards, didn't he say that the county order of Bianyun County was good? Why is it that not only is he one level shorter now, but he doesn't even have any military power in his hands, this is still a piece of.

"Lao Tzu spent a full 200,000 taels, but he bought such a small official position, are you kidding me!" Cao Xuan couldn't help but want to rush up, and directly knocked this Cao Mu to the ground, but fortunately, he was dexterous and directly pulled Cao Xing down.

Cao Mu also seemed to be a little embarrassed, after handing over the letter of appointment and dismissal, he left in a hurry, to be precise, he escaped, and after a short time, two small officials walked in, and put a big box directly next to Cao Xing, saying that it was given to him by Cao Mu, and when he opened it, he saw that it was full of five baht money.

After a cursory glance, there were almost 100,000 taels, which means that Cao Xing spent 100,000 taels and finally bought a ready-made position, although it seems reasonable, but in any case, the power of this position in the county seat is indeed a little small.

"Okay, Cao Xing, don't be too discouraged, this size is also an official, you better accept it, I believe that with your smart talent, those families should not be your opponents!"

Cao Xuan didn't speak, but his dexterous words reminded him that with Qin Ye's ability, since he said that he could protect Cao Xing's position as a county order, there should be no problem, as for saying that something went wrong now, Cao Xuan believed in Qin Ye's personality, there was no need to use such a small means against him, if Cao Xing's guess was good, it should be Cai Gui's family members who were obstructing him, so he directly cut the position of Cao Xing's county order to the position of the county commander.

Finally, Cao Xuan took a deep breath, stood up, looked at Dexterity and smiled, and he handed the box to Dexterity's hand.

"I believe that your organization should also have a special way of communication, find a way to hand over the 100,000 taels to Qin Ye, and tell him that I, Cao Xing, am very grateful to him, although it is an official position of a county prince, but I also know that you must have done your best, I won't blame him!"

Seeing that Cao Xing was no longer depressed, dexterity finally breathed a sigh of relief.

They stayed in the inn for another day, and it took a day to dispose of all the 100,000 taels and five baht, and then the next day, the two took the letter of appointment and rode back on horseback.

Even if the two of them didn't say a word on the way back, they looked at Cao Xuan dexterously from the side, and he could see that although Cao Xuan said that he didn't care, in the deepest part of his heart, how could he not have a little complaint?

What Cao Xing wants most is military power, and with military power, he can have a good fight with those big families, but now that he has no military power in his hands, it is quite laborious to do something.

"Okay, Gongzi Cao, don't be angry anymore, I know that this time you lost 100,000 taels in vain, you must be unhappy in your heart, since this is the case that the little woman is here to make amends to you for Qin Ye, the 100,000 taels will naturally not let you lose in vain, I don't think it's as good as this, let's calculate according to the general price, you come to Chunxianglou, I will recruit agents for free for a month, how!"

As he spoke, dexterity revealed his amorous look again, Cao Xuan glanced at it, and was quite speechless in his heart. The clever account may not be too good, and he tricked Cao Xing into going to Chunxiang Building, but he didn't catch anything, so he let Cao Xing come out, and the 100,000 taels were wasted.

"Okay, I said it, these 100,000 taels are equivalent to the thank you fee I gave to Qin Ye, you can use your hospitality to me on Qin Ye, after all, you are Qin Ye's woman, I don't dare to move casually!"

Chunxianglou is eyed by countless families, but now the business is still in full swing, if it is said that there is no force behind him, Cao Xing will not believe it, and now Cao Xing also knows, the force behind Chunxianglou should be Qin Ye, and dexterity as the top brand of Chunxianglou, if it has nothing to do with Qin Ye, Cao Xing will not believe it.

However, Cao Xuan did not expect that when he said this, the atmosphere immediately changed, he glanced at the dexterous face, and the dexterous face immediately sank, Cao Xing's heart was full of sighs, thinking that he really said the wrong thing?

Seeing that Lingqiao stopped the horse directly, Cao Xuan also stopped, Cao Xuan hurriedly smiled and looked at Lingqiao and said: "Lingqiao girl, I'm just joking, don't care!" ”

However, when dexterity raised his head to look at Cao Xing, Cao Xuan found that his eyes were already foggy.

"Master Cao, please don't bully me, my father-in-law has died on the battlefield!"

Although a woman like Dexterity is very good at disguising herself, and she has unique skills, her words are very unbelievable, but somehow Cao Xuan always feels that Dexterity's pity this time is not like pretending.