It has been less than two moments since the start of the exam, that is, a quarter of an hour later, Ji Ning has already handed in the papers, and at this time zone, there is no need to hide and tuck, he now urgently needs to prove to others that he is not involved in the bribery case, he is relying on Xie Yuan in the real talent and real learning test, and it is completely meaningless for him to cherish himself, it is better to play freely, and hand over the power to Princess Wenren and Guo Ling, Zhang Lie, Sui Xi and others.

Princess Wenren Zhao Yuanrong was also slightly surprised when she got Ji Ning's exam paper, because this text is in the same vein as the handwriting of the article on the township examination paper, but the technique of discussion and the old spicinessness of the article are more insightful, Princess Wenren carefully read Ji Ning's two articles, and was silent for a while, and the next to Ling Ling, Zhang Lie and others all looked at Zhao Yuanrong, wanting to know from her why she was so distracted.

"Childe, this article is ......" Guo Ling had only roughly read the article before, and he had no right to judge, so he came in directly to ask Zhao Yuanrong.

Zhao Yuanrong handed the unsealed exam paper to Guo Ling, and said, "Bachelor Guo will review it and make a judgment!" ”

"Yes, Princess." Although Guo Ling is in the Confucian Temple system, he is only one of the many bachelors, and he has to respect Zhao Yuanrong. After reading the article, Ling had a very intuitive feeling, which made him have to say, "Your Royal Highness Princess, although I think that this son's article is biased, the logic, exposition and quotation of scriptures are extremely appropriate, and it is an excellent article in the township test!" ”

Guo Ling almost wanted to say that this kind of article may not be written by himself, but it would seem that he was very cheap, so he also put forward a little opinion, that is, he thought that Ji Ning's article had a certain "bias".

Zhao Yuanrong did not make a judgment immediately, but asked Guo Ling to hand over the article to Zhang Lie and Sui Xi.

Zhang Lie and Sui Xi are sent by the imperial court, they themselves are from Jinshi, Sui Xi has been running errands in the Ministry of Rites, and he has dabbled more in poetry and articles, after he read it, he glanced at Zhang Lie, and did not make a judgment immediately, and Zhang Lie said cautiously: "Xia Guan also wants to hear Jiang Xuezheng's opinion!" ”

Originally, among the people present, Jiang Song's status was the lowest, but Zhang Lie wanted to listen to his opinion by name, and Zhao Yuanrong hesitated slightly before he handed over the article to Jiang Song. After Jiang Song took the article, he didn't read the content of the article first, but looked at the name of his eyebrows first, and when he found out that it was "Ji Ning", the first thought that popped up in his heart was: "Why is this kid again, isn't he dead yet?" ”

After reading Ji Ning's two articles, Jiang Song had an even more headache, he was looking for a reason to make Zhao Yuanrong and the people present believe that this was a bullshit article, but he thought about it for a long time, and he didn't even find a decent fault, and he didn't even say anything "biased" like Guo Ling.

"Jiang Xuezheng, why don't you say it? Haven't you finished reading it? After a long time, Zhao Yuanrong couldn't help but ask when he saw that Jiang Song didn't speak.

Jiang Song thought to himself: "I now want to blame all the blame on the dead ghost Feng Xuanqing, if I say that this student was chosen by Feng Xuanqing, and this person was admitted because of bribery, this is really amazing, even the articles on the resumption of school are so well written, if you attack for no reason, then others may not be credible." If I don't say it, this one person may become a breakthrough in this case. Do I want to bite him to the end? ”

Zhang Lie said coldly: "Jiang Xuezheng, didn't you hear what the princess asked you?" ”

"The lower official heard it, but the lower official didn't know how to judge." Jiang Song said, "The following officials know that this candidate named Ji Ning was originally an arrogant candidate in Jinling City, he was born in Yin Xiucai, and his father Ji Ling ...... You must have all heard that this son often makes some arrogant remarks, and even in his previous article on the township test, he also attacked the imperial court......"

Zhao Yuanrong said with a gloomy face: "Bengong is asking you now, whether these two articles are well written, where are the advantages and disadvantages, what do you mean by saying this to Bengong?" ”

"Uh......" Jiang Song hesitated for a long time, he had been thinking about Shangguan Wan'er's words to explain to him several times when he jumped into the tribute courtyard in the dark night, and even Shangguan Wan'er specifically mentioned this person named Ji Ning, and the person he obeyed behind the scenes, that is, the culprit behind the scenes sent by the prince to deal with the case and frame the five princes, had confessed to him, first according to Shangguan Wan'er's intentions, Ji Ning was named Xie Yuan, and then found a way to frame Ji Ning as a bribe, so that he could take advantage of the dissatisfaction and jealousy of the students in Jinling City to frame Ji Ning, can also let these scholars make trouble and make the case bigger.

But it is a little difficult to convict Ji Ning now, because Ji Ning's article is almost impeccablely written.

Zhao Yuanrong said sharply: "This palace originally thought that Jiang Xuezheng was a Confucian who acted impartially and insightfully, but I didn't expect that he was a mediocre official who was cowering and timid like a mouse, and this palace didn't ask your opinion, Zhang Vice Xian, Sui Langzhong, what do you two think of these two articles?" ”

Unlike Guo Ling's article that directly praised Ji Ning, Zhang Lie and Sui Xi's purpose in investigating the case was not to "seek truth from facts", their purpose was to let the bribery case end in the interests of the imperial court, so the quality of a student's article was not among the two of them, they were only concerned about whether the case could end successfully.

The two of them glanced at each other, both trying to find the answer from each other's eyes, which was equivalent to making eye contact, trying to discuss whether Ji Ning's article was good or bad, and how to say what was most beneficial to them.

Zhao Yuanrong saw that Jiang Song, Zhang Lie, and Sui Xi were silent, and he was angry, and shouted: "Are you dumb when this palace asks you?" ”

Zhang Lie hurriedly saluted and said: "Back to the princess, it's not that the minister doesn't want to answer, it's just that these two articles, the minister didn't read them very carefully, but he just felt that they were decent, if he said that these articles could solve the yuan, maybe ...... People are not convinced. ”

Zhang Lie and Sui Xi are the kind of people who speak very oilily and ambiguously, if Ji Ning was convicted of being involved in the bribery case, then their remarks can say that Ji Ning's article is "decent", and we have long expected that his article is not understandable. But if it is said that in the end, Ji Ning Xie Yuan's position is solid, they can also say that this son's talent is only average, just find a tall one among the short ones, and pull Ji Ning out.

Zhao Yuanrong smiled coldly, she knew what kind of group of courtiers who were good at conspiracy and calculation that the Great Yong Dynasty used the treasury money and grain to support.

Zhao Yuanrong thought to himself: "If I ask them, it's really better not to ask!" ”

"Princess, I wonder what you think of these two articles?" Seeing that the atmosphere was a little awkward, Ling Ling stepped forward and saluted and asked.

"It's a little early to tell." Zhao Yuanrong said, "This palace wants to make a judgment and decision after reading the papers of all the re-school candidates!" ”