Cui Dongsheng looked at Li Rizhi very pleasing to the eye, Li Rizhi was naturally very happy in his heart, before he came, he didn't think that it would be so smooth, Cui Dongsheng didn't have a dignified stab at all!

Of course, whether Cui Dongsheng has a big shelf for others, Li Rizhi doesn't know, but he definitely has no shelf for him.

Li Rizhi hurriedly took out the manuscript he had prepared in advance, and the articles he usually wrote were of course the best articles, and asked Cui Dongsheng to evaluate them.

Cui Dongsheng first called the servant to come in, to pass on the coachman, and also called the person from the Ma family to come, saying that he wanted to question.

After that, Cui Dongsheng picked up Li Rizhi's article and saw that Cui Dongsheng was much worse than a person like Guo Youjun who specializes in learning in writing articles, he really couldn't compare to Guo Youji, but in terms of details, Guo Youji was inferior to him.

Cui Dongsheng read a few policy treatises and knew to Li Ri: "If you are proficient in the law, you can write more about the understanding of the law, and now the imperial court needs talents in this area." ”

Li Rizhi hurriedly said: "The understanding of the law? This student had never thought about it before, so the student should pay more attention in the future, Xie Cui Shibo informed. ”

Cui Dongsheng hummed, and then looked through Li Rizhi's article, and after a while, he finished reading a few articles, put down the article, Cui Dongsheng smiled: "With your current strength in writing articles, it is very likely that you will be a Jinshi, but if you want to be a Zhongjinshi, you can't rely on articles alone, you must also be able to behave in the world!" ”

Before the imperial examination, candidates put their articles into the hands of those in power, hoping to get the help of those in power, because the examination in this era is not vague, so those in power can still help, but which high-ranking official to vote for, or what kind of vote, is still very particular.

Li Rizhi asked very modestly: "Then what should the student do after he arrives in Chang'an?" ”

Cui Dongsheng said: "Unless you decide who to invest in the bank roll now, if it has not been determined, the old man advises you, after entering Chang'an, live for a while, see the limelight, and then decide who to invest in, don't be impulsive." ”

Cui Dongsheng told him a lot of tips on how to take the exam, and left him to eat with him at noon. Cui Dongsheng is very particular about food and clothing, and he is very particular about eating and not getting tired of eating, he invited Li Rizhi to eat, but it is just four dishes and one soup, but the dishes are extremely exquisite, and they all have sayings and origins.

really responded to that sentence, it takes three generations for rich and noble families to know how to eat and wear!

Li Rizhi is also from a wealthy family, but in front of Cui Dongsheng, he seems to be from the countryside, for example, the four dishes and one soup on the table, he can't even call the name of a dish, and Cui Dongsheng has to explain it to him one by one, of course, Cui Dongsheng enjoys the process very much and likes to explain.

After lunch, a servant came to report that the people from the Ma family and the coachman had come, and that the people from the Ma family had come from Ma Shaoji's uncle, named Ma Wenshang.

Ma Wenshang is the youngest son of Ma Shilang in Chang'an, he has no fame and no career, he just takes care of the manor at home, but even if Ma Wenshang is not an official, but because he has a good father, Cui Dongsheng cannot be neglected.

Cui Dongsheng took Li Rizhi to the second hall in the front yard, the layout of the Assassin's Mansion is the same as the layout of the county government, there are also halls and two halls in the front yard, the promotion hall refers to the lobby, and the reception is in the second hall.

When Cui Dongsheng was a few steps away from the door of the second hall, he quickened his pace, and raised his feet and fell heavily, his steps were urgent and heavy, and when he entered the second hall, Cui Dongsheng said loudly: "Oh, the little brother failed to come out to greet him, so that Brother Ma waited for a long time, offended, Brother Ma hope not to be surprised!" ”

Of course, the person waiting in the second hall is Ma Wenshang, the coachman is not worthy to come to the second hall to wait, Ma Shaowen is not very old, he looks almost forty, and he is a round-faced man.

Seeing Cui Dongsheng coming, Ma Wenshang smiled and arched his hand, and said, "Brother Cui is polite, the younger brother has just arrived, this is ......"

"This is the nephew of Zheng County Ling in Xingyang, named Li Rizhi, who is going to Chang'an to catch the exam, and he came to the old man as a guest, and I will take him to meet Brother Ma."

Ma Wenshang sighed, he didn't care about Li Rizhi, his father was a servant of the ministry, basically he didn't care about all foreign officials, let alone the nephew of foreign officials.

Li Rizhi saluted Marven Shang, and then stood behind Cui Dongsheng, very well-behaved and unassuming.

Cui Dongsheng said to Ma Wenshang with a smile: "Brother Ma don't underestimate Li Xian's nephew, he has some skills in solving the case, let him come to listen to his nephew's case, what does Brother Ma think?" ”

Ma Wenshang sighed, looked at Li Rizhi, and said, "The young man is promising, very good!" ”

is extremely perfunctory, obviously, he doesn't think that Li Rizhi has any real skills, on the contrary, he thinks that Li Rizhi was brought out by Cui Dongsheng to see the world and wants to be close to him.

Cui Dongsheng said: "Brother Ma, has there been no news from your nephew Ma Shaoji in the past few days?" ”

Ma Wenshang shook his head and said: "There is no news, according to common sense, if it is really kidnapping and ransom, then the letter should also be passed to my house, but there is no so far, maybe it will not be a kidnapping, Brother Cui, otherwise what are the possibilities?" ”

Last time, Cui Dongsheng and Ma Wenshang said that Ma Shaoji might have been kidnapped, and he originally deduced that way, and asked Ma Wenshang to prepare the ransom, and then when the ransom was paid, he would wipe out all the prisoners!

Ma Wenshang was ready for gold and silver, but he couldn't wait for news of the kidnappers, so he now suspected that it might not be a kidnapping, maybe something else!

Cui Dongsheng pointed two fingers and said: "There are two situations, one is that the coachman did not lie, that is, we guess that he may have been kidnapped, and the other is that the coachman lied, then it may not be kidnapped, it may be because of something else." ”

Ma Wenshang frowned and said, "What else?" Shao Ji's child is not very old and does not have a lot of knowledge, if it wasn't for being kidnapped, he couldn't think of anything else, he was still quite well-behaved, never embarrassed the family, if he wasn't deceived by bad people, he shouldn't have done anything out of the ordinary. ”

This is said more obscurely, but the three people in the second hall all know that this is a reminder, Ma Wenshang means that if Ma Shaoji did something to disgrace the family because he was unruly, he was also instigated by the bad guys, and Ma Shaoji himself is not bad, and the bad ones are all bad people who instigated him to do something extraordinary!

Cui Dongsheng nodded and said: "Yes, that's right, the Ma family's family style is rigorous, how can a famous family do something out of line, the old man will naturally save it." Then, pass the coachman up, and the old man will ask him a few words! ”

Li Rizhi immediately went out of the second hall, called the servants who were waiting outside, and asked them to call the coachman in, and the coachman was waiting outside the lobby.

As soon as the coachman entered the second hall, Li Rizhi looked up and down, the coachman was only in his twenties, he was five big and three thick, with a short neck and a big head, a stocky figure, a dark face, wearing a short coat with patches, straw sandals on his feet, looking very poor, and the coachman kowtowed to Cui Dongsheng when he entered the door.

After Li Rizhi looked at the coachman, he thought: "This person is the coachman of the Ma family, how can the clothes he wears be so undignified, if this person is used to drive the car, wouldn't it greatly damage the face of the Ma family, if the coachman is dressed so shabby, then the main family may not be very rich!" ”

Cui Dongsheng saw the coachman, nodded his head, and turned his head to Li Ri to know: "This person's name is Yu Shujin, it is the coachman who drove the car, he was transporting firewood and grass to the Ma family, and the coachman of the Ma family had something to do that day, so let him replace him and go to catch the car for Ma Shaoji, but it turned out that there was an accident that day." ”

Li Rizhi nodded, it turned out to be a coachman who transported firewood and grass, not a charioteer, no wonder he was dressed so shabby, it is estimated that the salary is not much, the Ma family is not very good to him!

Cui Dongsheng signaled that Li Rizhi could ask, he had already asked the coachman last time, but he didn't ask anything, and he didn't come up with any new questions today, so Li Rizhi did it for him.

Li Rizhi understood his intentions, so he asked, "Yu Zhujin, why are you called this name?" ”

Yu Jijin was stunned, he has been asked all the times in the past few days, whether it is Cui Dongsheng, or Ma Wenshang, or anyone else in the Ma family, they have all asked him about Ma Shaoji, he was called today, and he probably asked again, but he never thought that the young man standing behind the assassin would suddenly ask such a sentence.

Yu picked up gold and replied: "Before the villain was born, the villain's father dreamed that he went out to pick up a piece of gold, so after the villain was born, his father gave the villain this name. ”

"It's very auspicious, the name of picking up gold is good, it sounds better than picking up silver and picking up copper!" Li Rizhi smiled at Yu Picking up gold, and asked again: "How many people are in your family, where do you live?" ”

Cui Dongsheng frowned slightly, and thought: "Why are you asking this, he is a coachman, or a chauffeur of firewood and grass, you just need to ask him about things, what's the use of asking about his family, how is this kind of person's family, and what's the matter with the case!" ”

Ma Wenshang also glanced at Li Rizhi, feeling that this young man was a little inexplicable, and it was a waste of time to ask about the situation in the Jin family.

However, the two of them still gave Li Rizhi a chance, and they didn't stop, and let Li Rizhi ask.

Yu Jijin grinned, this young man is really interesting, ask how many people in his family are doing, is it possible that he still wants to make friends with him!

Yu Jijin said: "There are five people in the villain's family, father and mother, mother-in-law and son, all living in the old man's farm!" ”

Li Rizhi nodded again and asked, "How old is your son, how old is he, and can he speak?" ”

This is asked, there are a total of four people in the second hall, except for Li Rizhi himself, the remaining three people think that this is a waste of time, Li Rizhi doesn't know how to ask the case at all, and even Yu Shijin feels that Li Rizhi is a little inexplicable.

Yu Jijin swallowed his saliva and said, "Back to Gongzi's words, the villain's son is five years old and can speak." ”

Li Rizhi nodded and said, "Then it seems that you got married quite early, and your sons are so old." ”

He paused slightly, and then said: "Now I ask you, you have to answer truthfully, because I want to find your family to verify, I don't think you are like a person who can keep secrets, of course, even if you can keep secrets, you will not keep them to your family, so your family will always know something."

Especially your son, who is the age of Tong Yan Wuji, if you don't answer me truthfully, and I will go to your family to verify, if your son has heard what you said before, then I asked it, but it is different from what you said, then guess what kind of punishment you will receive? ”

Yu Picking up the gold brush, his face changed, but he never thought that the young man in front of him asked about his family's situation, in order to prevent him from lying, and even had to verify his words, how good could this make him!

When Cui Dongsheng and Ma Wenshang heard this, they suddenly laughed together, it turns out that you can still ask like this when asking about the case, this method is the first time you have encountered it!