"Fan Jin? Why does this name sound so familiar? Looking at the name on the handbook, Zhou Jin muttered, but fortunately, he immediately remembered: "Ah! I remembered that it was a person from the new middle school in Guangdong this year, and I met him when he was taking the Xiucai exam. Call him in, call him in! ”

Tang Ning knew that the reason why Fan Jin was able to be admitted to Jinshi, this Zhou Jin, who could be called the same disease and the same background, helped a lot, and if there was no family, it was not certain whether Fan Jin could be admitted to Xiucai, so as soon as he entered the door, Tang Ning respectfully called him "teacher".

Zhou Jin hurriedly stopped: "Xianqi, you and I belong to the same township, don't be so polite, I heard that Xianqi won this move, I am also full of joy, I don't know when Xianqi arrived in the capital?" ”

"I just arrived in the capital, and I came here to meet my teacher!" Tang Ning still replied respectfully.

Seeing that Tang Ning was so humble, Zhou Jin was even more satisfied, so he wanted to help him again: "With the literary style of Xianqi, Nangong will definitely be selected this time, but for the sake of safety, I will recommend it to you in front of the big guy, you only need to meditate in the apartment, and you will be proficient in the scriptures, and you don't have to worry about anything else, even if there is a little cost, I will have it." ”

Hearing that Zhou Jin wanted to help him pay for it, Tang Ning hurriedly got up and stopped: "How dare you bother your teacher to break the fee, although the family is not rich in the late life, but this time I went to Beijing to take the exam, and the plate given by my father-in-law is enough, so if there is a need, please don't be polite." This sentence Downing said is still very confident, because he has a lot of money in the space.

"Alright, then I'll send someone to inform you then." Zhou Jin replied casually, and then left Tang Ning to eat, and then sent him out.

Because until before the exam, he had to stay in the capital, and with Tang Ning's temperament, he was absolutely unwilling to wronged himself, so he asked Xiao Er in a teahouse where there was a better inn, and Xiao Er heard that Tang Ning was the son of the scientific examination, and immediately replied without hesitation: "Since you are the master who came to the scientific examination, it must be Kui Xinglou!" There is a special champion room there, and it is said that several of the people who have lived in the champion room have been admitted to the champion room! ”

Just as the two were chatting, another guy came from the side, holding a few books and peddling to Tang Ning: "This old man, buy a few copies!" ”

Although Tang Ning knew that the Ming and Qing dynasties were an important stage in the development and growth of China's popularity, and there were many famous works in this period, don't forget when he came over, his appetite has long been fed by modern online texts, so he waved his hand and refused: "No, no, I still have to prepare for the exam, how can I have time to read anything." ”

The bookseller did not give up and persuaded: "Sir, you don't know, these are all written in the same way as you, although the things written must have nothing to do with scientific research, but you can take this opportunity to refer to their writing and ideas, at least you can know yourself and know your opponent in a hundred battles." ”

Hearing the bookseller say this, Tang Ning felt that there was some truth, so he took it over, planning to pick two books at random, on the one hand, it can indeed be referred to as the bookseller said, and on the other hand, it can also be used as a pastime when he is bored, but after only reading the titles of the three books, he was suddenly stunned, pointing to the bookseller and asking: "A Generation of Famous Ministers Ma Shangshu", "Grace and Parents Ma Shangshu", "Ma Shangshu and My Mother's Two or Three Things", how can this be written Ma Shangshu?" ”

At this time, a scholar who was also dressed up in the adjacent seat came over and explained to Tang Ning disdainfully: "Because the chief examiner of this examination is Ma Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, these people have the intention of killing two birds with one stone, and they can get a part of the income through sales, so that they can live a better life in the capital; On the other hand, there is also a good impression of Ma Shangshu if he can see these books, but they don't want to think about what kind of person Ma Shangshu is, how can he value these people who tend to be inflammatory? ”

Hearing this explanation, Tang Ning couldn't help but be dumbfounded, but if you think about it carefully, it makes sense, you must know that "it is not easy to live in the capital", although many of the lifts are luxurious in the family, but there are also people like Fan Jin before, so you must find a way to earn some money while reading the book, otherwise you may not be able to persist until the day of the imperial examination.

In addition, it was also the unspoken rule of the examination room at that time to submit papers to the examiners and celebrities before the exam, in order to create momentum before the scientific examination, so as to be favored when judging the papers, but if you are a nobody, people will not look at them, for example, if Fan Jin did not have some relationship with Zhou Jin before, he would not be able to enter the door of others at all, so he can only use this roundabout way to hope to get the attention of the examiners.

As a result, Tang Ning couldn't help but sigh, Zhou Jin's help to himself was too great, and he must prepare more expensive gifts when he visits next time.

Just when Tang Ning was thinking nonsense, the scholar who solved his confusion arched his hand and asked him: "In Lingce, Xiaqingzhou, dare to ask Brother Nian's surname?" ”

Tang Ning knew that Ling Ce's addition of Qingzhou in front of his name meant that he was the person who raised Qingzhou in this township test, so he bowed his hand and said, "In Xia Guangdong Fan Jin, I would like to thank Brother Ling for solving my doubts." ”

Ling Ce waved his hand and said: "I don't want to thank you for the matter, by the way, I heard that Brother Fan is going to stay in Kuixing Tower, and I happen to live in Kuixing Tower in Xiaye, I can lead the way for Brother Fan." ”

"Then there is Brother Lao Ling!" Downing is as good as a runner.

When he arrived at Kuixing Tower, Tang Ning found that this was indeed the place where the champion lived, and it was really magnificent, but the price here was really expensive, especially the Jinshi room was twice as expensive as other inns, not to mention the champion room, Bangyan room, and Tanhua room, which were the first three yuan, but since they came here, especially to participate in the examination, who didn't want to run for a good fortune, naturally they had to live in the Jinshi room for the first time, so Tang Ning opened a second-class room, and the Ling Ce he just met actually lived in the second-class room. It can be seen that this is also a rich man. (Chuanyu refers to the first place in the second grade, second only to the champion list of the eyes of Tanhua.) ）

On the way to the guest room, Tang Ning suddenly pointed to an extremely noisy place on the side and asked Ling Ce, "Brother Ling, what kind of place is there?" Why are there so many people? So noisy? ”

Ling Ce hesitated for a moment when he heard this, and then gave the shopkeeper who was in charge of guiding the way a look, and the shopkeeper hurriedly replied: "Mr. Fan, there is the champion lottery, why don't you go and buy a bet too?" ”

"Champion Cai? What is this? ”