"What the prince really wants to select is talented and learned, not mediocre wine bags and rice bags. It's no wonder that there have been rumors of bribery in the city recently, and I think you have received a lot of benefits from it, and you want to move around for those sons of the family, right? Shangguan Gongzi's face was very gloomy and he said.

"So what?" The person who came directly admitted it, "The prince sent his subordinates to Jiangnan in order to accumulate the goods used in the uprising, and the Shangguan envoys seem to be too lenient." Now that I have collected all the goods of the families, I am just here to inform you today, if you do not follow it, you must follow it, otherwise you will be the enemy of the prince's great cause. Zai Xia also knew that the Shangguan envoy was not the prince's confidant, but was only sent by the altar to assist the prince, so it was better for the Shangguan envoy to obey the order. ”

Shangguan Gongzi looked at this person coldly and said, "What do you mean, you want to threaten me?" ”

"I can't talk about the threat, I just want to help the prince achieve great things, I think under this common interest, the starting point of the lower and the altar is the same, it's just a few families, it's just bothering the Shangguan envoy to go to the tribute courtyard again, that's all." Shangguan Gongzi sneered and said, "Go back, I will send someone to send tens of thousands of taels of silver to the secret branch of the altar in Jinling City, the altar is now assisting the prince to achieve great things, and it also needs a lot of gold, silver and jewelry to run, so it is also a win-win situation!" If the Shangguan envoy does not agree, then the secret branches of the altar will be poked out and let the people of the five princes and Princess Wenren know, and then ...... Hehe, I'm afraid it's difficult for the altar to be neutral in the middle of the rivers and lakes, right? ”

said that it was not a threat, but every threat, Shangguan Gongzi gritted his teeth, as long as she made a move, she could kill this person, but this would not avoid future troubles.

This person is also the prince's person, and the conspiracy methods are very vicious, if this person is offended, it will be very detrimental to the establishment of the altar. The altar is to be re-established with the help of the power of the prince, but if it is revealed to assist the prince, the altar will likely be overturned.

"Five people, no more, otherwise there will be too much discussion outside, and the court and the Temple of Literature will investigate thoroughly, and it is inevitable that the matter will be revealed in the end!" Shangguan Gongzi said.

"Five?" The man didn't seem to be very satisfied, obviously he had collected more than five families' silver money, but he thought about it carefully, this thing is not expensive, there are more ways to collect money, and less is more expensive, so naturally the value of a person is higher, and a person who is willing to spend 50,000 taels of silver for his own children to buy a person who is famous for his own children does not mind spending another 100,000 taels, even if this family is not willing to come out, other families are also willing to come out, "Okay, but in the next requirement, these five people must be among the best in the final ranking of people, So that they can get the affirmation of the Temple of Literature and the imperial court, it will be helpful for them to take the examination next year. When these people are in the test, if the prince can help each other again, they will inevitably contribute more money to help the prince's great cause! ”

Although Shangguan Gongzi didn't want to agree, she finally nodded and waved her hand in the spirit of calming things down. The man regained his previous respectful attitude: "The subordinates disturbed the Shangguan envoy to enjoy the scenery, so he retired." ”

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On August 30, the next day was the day when the list was released, and Ji Ning was in a calm mood, but he remembered the agreement with Nalan Blowing Snow that after he was selected for the exam, he would go to the capital with him to avenge her father and family, and at the same time to bring down Zhang Hong.

Ji Ning still feels good about himself, although Zhong Jieyuan's goal is a little too high, but it should not be difficult to lift people in the exam, but his answer in the township examination will be relatively biased, and I don't know the intention of the examiner in the end. In particular, several of the questions involve dissatisfaction with the imperial court, which should not be the question that the chief examiner of the township examination should make, or the direction of the topic itself.

Ji Ning hasn't figured it out until now, could it be that the purpose of the examiner's question is to see if the candidates have the courage to talk about the imperial court?

The weather was not bad that day, Ji Ning wanted to stay at home and study with peace of mind, his mentality was very good, but long-term reading would make him feel tired, and he knew how to combine work and rest.

After noon, he took Yu Ling to the street to wander around, and every time he stopped, almost everyone was talking about the release of the laurel list, Yu Ling pouted and said: "Young master, they seem to be talking about Zhu Gongzi and Lin Gongzi can solve the yuan, why don't you mention the young master?" ”

"Because Zhu Gongzi and Lin Gongzi are very famous, they are among the best in the previous annual examinations, and I ...... is just a shadow of the show, and naturally cannot be compared with them in terms of talent name. Ji Ning said truthfully.

"Hmph, the young master will show them Xie Yuan once, and the slave maid really wants to shut up those people and dare to look down on the young master...... The young master is the best. Yu Ling had an almost blind admiration for Ji Ning, and there seemed to be a bit of longing in his eyes, imagining the scene of Ji Ning's liberation.

"Forget it, it's good to be able to lift people, Zhongzhiyuan can participate in the examination, and Zhongju people can also participate in the examination, it's just a false name, the most important thing is to be able to take the Jinshi, this is my goal." Ji Ning said.

At this moment, a voice came from the next table and said, "This son said this, I can't agree with it!" ”

The voice was very loud, and Ji Ning was a little familiar with it, it was the son he met when he was talking to Tang Xie and others in the teahouse that day. This son was not dressed in white like last time, but a very low-key linen robe, and a hat on his head, as if he didn't want to be recognized, he turned to salute Ji Ning, but sat down at the table on Ji Ning's side without being invited.

"You...... Who are you? "Yu Ling saw a stranger sitting with her young master, and she had to stand up as a slave.

Ji Ning gave her the qualification to sit together, but when there was a third person in the seat, and this person was of similar status to Ji Ning, Yu Ling had to get up and get out of the way.

"This son, we ...... It's really fateful. Ji Ning said indifferently, "Could it be that Gongzi deliberately followed him?" Don't know what to call it? ”

The boy said: "The surname Shangguan in Xia Fu is a person from Hejian Mansion, who is just a businessman, and he went south to Jinling to do a business." ”

Ji Ning squinted at this person, a very standard man's face, the Adam's apple was all there, and his chest was also very flat, he naturally couldn't imagine that this was not actually a "Shangguan son", but a "Shangguan girl".

"Shangguan Gongzi? Something? Ji Ning asked.

Shangguan Gongzi smiled: "It's just a chance encounter with Ji Gongzi in the next place...... Ji Gongzi must wonder why Zai Xia knows your name, but this is not difficult, many people in the city are also talking about Ji Gongzi's performance at the Chongwang banquet recently, and some people even say that Chongwang intends to marry the county lord of Huaizhu to Ji Gongzi, maybe in the near future, he should be called the county master! ”