Following that Xiao Si, he hurried to the outside of the Temple of Literature, and saw a number of guards, all wearing bright light armor, heroic and extraordinary.

Chen Kaizhi was not deterred by this might, on the contrary, now in his seemingly weak body, only he knows how much power is contained in it.

Entered the Temple of Literature, but the invigilator was not in Minglun Hall, Chen Kaizhi only remembered some etiquette, eunuchs are not allowed to enter Minglun Hall, even if they are invigilators, they can only stay in the small hall.

When Chen Kaizhi entered the small hall, he saw a eunuch in red sitting high, and on the left and right sides, there were some students matching.

This eunuch is old, with a big belly, and the appearance of Maitreya Buddha, Chen Kai stepped forward: "The student has seen the envoy." ”

But whoever comes from the palace is not an exaggeration to call him an envoy.

The eunuch laughed and looked around, his eyes shining with greed.

"You are Chen Kaizhi? You don't have to be polite, and you don't have to call our envoy, our surname is Zheng, just call Zheng Gonggong. We've heard of Jinling's many talented people for a long time, your name, we know it, tsk, it's amazing. ”

Chen Kaizhi can be regarded as having seen the eunuchs, so he made a jaw tilt, after the effect of the bowl of medicinal herbs last night like washing the marrow, his eyesight is now refreshed, raised his eyes and glanced at Zheng Gonggong, although Zheng Gonggong is sitting in the shadows, but every hair on his face can be seen very clearly, and the smiling eyes are sparkling, and it seems to be ...... It's a smile that hides something.

Chen Kaizhi sat down according to his words, several students were more familiar with Chen Kaizhi, Chen Kaizhi and them nodded to each other, and now they are about to take the township test, and everyone is gearing up.

Gonggong Zheng said with a smile at this time: "Our family, what I love the most is talent, especially a handsome man like you. ”

Chen Kai thanked him.

Gonggong Zheng looked very satisfied, leaned back on the chair, and said with a very comfortable look: "It is said that Chen Shengyuan's family is poor? ”

Chen Kaizhi didn't expect this invigilator to be so interested in him, he seemed to glance around inadvertently, and saw that the other students were looking at the invigilator with a smile, which is very understandable, after all, although the invigilator is not responsible for the questions and the marking, it is related to your life in the examination room.

However, Chen Kaizhi is such a delicate person, and he immediately saw that something was strange, in this world, everything is traceable, since the invigilator recruited people to speak, this is also the tradition of the previous imperial examinations of Da Chen, before the exam, select some promising students, fight relationships, and occasionally give a little convenience, and in the future, when the students are prosperous, they can also take care of each other in Beijing.

It's just that Chen Kaizhi carefully found that not all the students here are 'talents', such as a certain student sitting next to him, but Chen Kaizhi knows that his grades in the school are very ordinary, such a person, but I heard that his family background is extraordinary, as for other people, most of them have such things in common.

Chen Kaizhi had a smile on his face, but he seemed to know something in his heart, and responded calmly: "Yes, the student's family is poor, which makes people laugh." ”

"But now ......" Gonggong Zheng smiled and said, "Isn't there a big improvement now?" It is said that Chen Shengyuan is now the east bed of the Jinling Xun family, this Xun family is terrible, it is the great family of Jinling, we want to get acquainted with it early, it is said that the Xun family is now also doing the official salt business, oops, this is where salt and iron are involved, it is the day into the gold bucket, envy others. ”

Chen Kaizhi sat down, his face was still smiling, he only knelt behind the desk, and calmly picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea.

Chen Kaizhi specially instructed Chen Kaizhi to come forward for this refined salt business, and the three major salt merchants also greeted Chen Kaizhi to keep it a secret, so everyone only thought that the Xun family was refining refined salt.

This Gonggong Zheng, who just came to Jinling, didn't expect his ears and eyes to be so well-informed, but this well-informed power is obviously still limited, because he only knows one and doesn't know the other.

Chen Kaizhi responded: "It's ashamed to say it, let my father-in-law laugh." ”

Gonggong Zheng's eyes were obscure, and then said: "Our family, I also admire this salt man, the salt merchant in the past, has been very favored by my Da Chen, and when our family saw it, I admired it very much." ”

I can't hear what this means, Chen Kaizhi's life experience in these two lives can be regarded as living on a dog.

Obviously, this father-in-law Zheng took the opportunity to ask for a bribe.

In his previous life, Chen Kaizhi encountered such a situation, I don't know how many times, he had also practiced human affection, and he had delivered benefits to others, but now, Chen Kaizhi still has an instinctive aversion to such things.

He was vigilant in his heart, and his face was silent, but he pretended to be surprised and said, "Why, it turns out that Jiayue actually sold salt?" ”

He squinted, as if he wanted Chen Kaizhi to open up some tricks, so he said happily: "Chen Shengren doesn't know? Ha, it seems that Ling Yue saw that this big test was imminent, and he was afraid that he would distract your mind, which is understandable. I heard that Chen Shengyuan is a very talented person, speaking of which, we have something here, not a valuable thing, but I heard that this is an antiquity, Jinling Lu family, Chen Shengyuan has heard of it? The people of the Lu family, and we also have some old friendship in Beijing, this time I came to Jinling, so I sent this thing to show respect, there are many children in their clan, and there are two children who want to participate in the township test this year, so you might as well ask Chen Shengyuan to appreciate one or two. ”

Chen Kaizhi wanted to laugh in his heart, Nima's, this is really a deep routine in the palace, this implication is really obvious, the people of the Lu family gave him a gift, do you want Chen Kaizhi to express one or two, by the way, you come to appreciate this thing, look at the value, you should know what to do.

Chen Kaizhi remained silent, nodded lightly and said, "It is better for students to be respectful than to obey their orders." ”

Then, someone sent a box to Chen Kaizhi, Chen Kaizhi opened the box, and a scroll of pictures was revealed in front of him.

Chen Kaizhi took the painting, carefully rolled the scroll open, and an ancient painting came into view.

In his previous life, Chen Kaizhi was also quite involved in ancient paintings, just looking at this painting, Chen Kaizhi could feel a sense of aura coming to his face.

This painting is a picture of a lady, full of life, it seems, it seems to be hundreds of years old, except for the lower right corner of the painting, it is very well maintained, and the first impression of Chen Kaizhi is that it is very valuable.

Chen Kaizhi spread out the painting, and other students also came to see it, and they couldn't help but show a surprised look, and some people said in surprise: "It's Mr. Spiegel's masterpiece, it's "Three Spring Pictures", this picture is still in the world." ”

Chen Kaizhi looked along the lower right corner, and sure enough, he saw that there was an inscription on the inscription, and in addition, there were many inscriptions left by celebrities, which were all imprints left by collectors for hundreds of years, including many celebrities in the history of Da Chen.

There are people around him: "This painting of Mr. Spiegel, the authentic works left behind, are already rare, in addition to a few masterpieces collected in the palace, that is, in the people, a such authentic handiwork, at least it is worth a thousand gold." ”

Worth a thousand gold, it is an exaggeration, this painting is obviously not Mr. Spiegel's masterpiece, but Chen Kaizhi read the scriptures and history, and has heard of Mr. Spiegel, but in the early days of the founding of the country, the famous calligraphy and painting masters, the best ladies, even the palace invited him to paint.

If such a painting is really the work of Mr. Spiegel, I am afraid that it will ...... It can also be sold for a few hundred taels of silver.

This Lu family is really generous, an invigilator, just give such a valuable thing, you know, a few hundred taels of silver, in Da Chen, is enough to be called a huge amount of money.

Gonggong Zheng heard the voices of praise from the students in surprise, so he couldn't help touching his smooth chin and laughing: "Where is the value of a thousand gold, it's just a gift from the Lu family, they know that we are also elegant people, and we love calligraphy and painting the most, isn't this ...... I sent it, please appreciate it, it's better to be happy alone than to be happy, such a painting, we can't help but show it to everyone, Chen Kaizhi, it is said that you are very talented, I don't know what you have to say? ”

Chen Kaizhi felt funny in his heart, these hundreds of taels of things were taken out, where was it better to be happy alone than to be happy, but it was just a standard.

You see that the Lu family sent this, you Chen Kaizhi, and you people, can you still pretend to be deaf and dumb? Chen Kaizhi, your father-in-law is not only a big family, but also a salt seller, and he has earned so much silver, so he has to pay homage to him.

Although this invigilator can't let you take the township test for high school, but there is more than enough success and failure, as long as you operate behind the scenes, you will never be able to do well in the township exam, Da Chen Dynasty is a township exam once every three years, if you miss this opportunity, you have to wait for another three years, even if you are a hidden dragon with unparalleled literary talent, you have to let you lie on your stomach.

The people in the palace have always been greedy, and that's true.

Chen Kaizhi only smiled, his eyes fell on this painting, others saw a famous painting, but Chen Kaizhi's eyes seemed to see through this painting, as if they could see what was hidden behind this painting paper.

Well, my brother's eyes are also gods.

Chen Kaizhi only looked at it carefully for a moment, but said with a smile on his face: "This painting is light and smart, especially the lady in this painting, which jumps on the paper, it is really a good painting." ”

Gonggong Zheng said with a smile: "They all say that this painting is worth a thousand gold, Chen Kaizhi, tell me about it, how much is this worth?" ”

Chen Kaizhi had to admire this, so knocking on the side, this Zheng Gonggong could be regarded as having a hard time.

Chen Kaizhi pursed his lips and said, "The student doesn't dare to say it." ”

Gonggong Zheng was stunned, frowned slightly, and said, "It's okay, what's there, you say it's okay." ”

Chen Kaizhi smiled: "According to the students, this painting ...... If you meet a good buyer, you can sell it for twenty taels of silver. ”

Twenty taels ......