Qin Yuanyuan refused to tell him honestly, and Ji Ning naturally didn't want to put his heart into it.

It's heart-to-heart.

Ji Ning asked himself that he had not treated Qin Yuanyuan badly in many things, even if he didn't want to have anything to do with some powerful people in the court now, he still put forward a lot of practical and effective suggestions to Qin Yuanyuan, such as asking Qin Yuanyuan not to express his stance with anyone in power for the time being, and to wait for the peak period of power struggle at the end of the year before deciding the question of belonging and defection.

Qin Yuanyuan poured another cup of tea for Ji Ning, and said: "Thank you Ji Jieyuan for reminding me, keep the concubine in mind, I don't know if Ji Jieyuan can tell him the address, and the concubine can visit occasionally!" ”

Ji Ning thought for a while, and then nodded, but what he told Qin Yuanyuan was not his current residence, but in the small courtyard of Lin Yi where he lived before, which was also why he avoided being disturbed by more people.

The two talked about some things again, Qin Yuanyuan still did not hide his previous compliments to Ji Ning, which made Ji Ning feel that Qin Yuanyuan wanted to use him, Ji Ning knew this, but he didn't expose Ji Ning, the two chatted for a while without a word, Ji Ning got up first to say goodbye on the grounds that he wanted to go back to study, Qin Yuanyuan didn't keep it, and personally sent Ji Ning out of the door.

On the way back, Lin Yi was curious: "Master, I don't know who ...... Who is in charge? ”

"From Jinling City, don't ask more, we won't have any contact with her for the time being, this time it will be a coincidence!" Ji Ning said.

Lin Yidao: "Master, the villain is just curious, just after the boss went up, there were several waves of people coming, all of them sneaky, as if they were spying on the master, but it was also very strange." Sir, be careful! ”

Ji Ning frowned and said, "Someone else spying on her?" ”

Before, Ji Ning was not sure that Qin Yuanyuan was in trouble, but when he heard Lin Yi inadvertently say that Qin Yuanyuan was being watched, he knew that Qin Yuanyuan's side was in trouble, and it might be easy to explain that Qin Yuanyuan was in a hurry on the road before, Qin Yuanyuan was avoiding the tracking of others.

Ji Ning thought to herself: "If this kind of thing happened in Jinling City, I should have reminded her, but now that I am in the capital, I don't know what the identity of these people is, maybe these people are still here to spy on me, I told her that I was just looking for trouble!" ”

"Lin Er, be careful in the future, if someone else is following or probing your news, stop what you're doing first, dump the person, and then come to me and explain to me, do you know?" Ji Ning reminded.

"Yes, sir, the villain remembers!" Lin Yi said while catching the car.

……

……

Seeing the end of the year, Ji Ning's life is still very good, he moved to a new place, and it was not very cold, and he felt that the Spring Festival, the cold winter was almost over, and the sky began to get warmer.

For the remaining few days before the Chinese New Year, he was not ready to leave the house.

Everything that should be prepared for the New Year has been prepared, Ji Ning just has to wait for the New Year, although the people in the small courtyard are a little simple, and they finally look like home, but he lacks a real hostess by his side.

On the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, Tang Xie personally came to the door and asked Ji Ning about some things, mainly in terms of knowledge.

Tang Xie invited a Jinshi to come back and ask about some things about the examination room, involving on-the-spot swing and guidance, Tang Xie wanted to ask Ji Ning to go over together.

"It's the first day of the Lunar New Year." Tang explained, "During the beginning of the year in the capital, even the people in the yamen are resting, and the officials have time, it is a good time to visit relatives and friends, Yongning, we are discussing holding a few more literary meetings, and raising the reputation of a few of us, do you know that now in the capital, our Jiangnan scholars are looked down upon, and among the top ten people in the odds of Huiyuan, there is no one in the south, do you say that you are angry?" ”

Huiyuan, that is, the first place in the examination, although this name is only temporary, will soon be the palace examination, and the champion will be admitted in the palace examination, but Huiyuan still has a certain status in the society, and it will also be recorded in the history books.

Ji Ning frowned slightly and said, "Huiyuan has also increased the odds?" ”

In Ji Ning's view, Huiyuan itself is not competitive, because no matter how good he is in the examination, he will take 300 people to become tributes, and he will be qualified to participate in the palace examination.

As for the first place in the entrance examination, only the seats will be in the front when participating in the palace examination in the future, and they will be stared at by more examiners and inspectors, and there is no preferential treatment in addition, and Huiyuan did not say that he would add points in the palace examination, some people have average results in the entrance examination, and the situation of high school champions in the palace examination abounds.

And those who get Huiyuan in the examination are also likely to rank in the top three in the palace examination and become a "Tongjinshi background", which makes people feel even more ashamed.

Tang explained: "Alas! At the beginning, the solution of the Jinling Township test would have odds, let alone the test? The major gambling houses in the capital already have the latest odds, Yongning, the odds of your Zhonghuiyuan, like most people, are one to one hundred, which is already good, because after all, you are Xie Yuan, and those of us who participated in the first session of the test, the current odds are only one to two or three hundred, and no one cares. Speaking of which, this is all related to the imperial court's intention to use the northern court officials as the main examiners! ”

When Tang explained this, he felt a little helpless in his heart.

In the imperial court, there has always been a dispute between the north and the south for learning, and when it comes to the admission of the examination, many gambling houses are also staring, now the city Chinese style is very strong, and it also involves the meeting examination and the palace examination to be held in the spring of next year.

Ji Ning asked, "Now the candidate for the chief examiner has been decided?" ”

"Not yet determined." Tang explained, "However, the two waiters of the Ministry of Rites are both northerners, and the head of the Hanlin Academy is also a northerner, so it seems that it is impossible to let a northerner come out as the chief examiner." Do you know, Gu Yuming, a candidate from Jiangbei, is the person with the highest voice in this test, his odds are only one to three, these days he has gone through various poetry meetings and literary meetings, he simply feels that he has been admitted to the Huiyuan, and then the top prize in the examination, looking at it makes people angry! ”

Ji Ning smiled, and Tang Xie was obviously a little blushing Gu Yuming.

Ji Ning knew that the examiners sent by the imperial court would generally be selected from the Ministry of Rites and the masters of the Hanlin Academy, and it was not common for the scholars of the Ministry of Rites to come out to take the exam, and what Tang explained was also very reasonable, since the two waiters of the Ministry of Rites and the masters of the Hanlin Academy were both northerners, it seemed that the northerners were not running away from the examination.

Ji Ning said: "Even if the imperial court sends northerners as the main examiner, isn't there still a Temple of Literature?" If the Temple of Literature can send the chief examiner from the south as a neutralizer, maybe there won't be so many worries! ”