The news of the resumption of trading on the black market was closed to the outside world, and only a few people knew about it, but Ji Ning knew about it in advance, because he proposed the idea of letting Li Jing help Qi Niang escort the oracle bone sacrifice to the capital.

Li Xiuer cared about her father and wrote a letter to Ji Ning for help, Ji Ning was grateful to Li Xiuer for helping him become a matchmaker with "Su Pujia", so he proposed this method, which was tantamount to adding fuel to the fire, and also in disguise so that Ji Ning's plan could continue to be implemented.

On the fourth day of the first month of October, the people sent by Qi Niang and Li Jing had already set off, and even Li Jing had already set off to go to the capital to participate in the nine-year examination of the Ministry of Officials and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Li Jing's family Li Xiu'er and others had to stay in Jinling City, which made Ji Ning have a big regret.

At noon, in the restaurant, Tang Jie, Han Yu, Xie Tai and Song Rui had already prepared a banquet, waiting for Ji Ning to arrive.

Ji Ning didn't come up with the idea of eating and drinking, after all, there were only two days left before the previous departure time plan, and he still had a lot of things to arrange.

"Yongning has heard more details about the black market oracle bone ritual trade in the city?" Tang Xie asked suddenly.

"I don't know." Ji Ning shook his head and said.

Tang Xie sighed lightly: "This is strange, before the black market transaction, this matter was known to everyone in the city, but after the government intervened, it immediately became silent, which is also a bit unbelievable, I am thinking, is the government ready to secretly transport the sacrificial text to the capital?" At that time, the people in the government can not only make great achievements, but also do not spend money, which is much smarter than those who spend 200,210,000 taels on the black market to buy sacrificial texts. ”

Ji Ning smiled and said: "Listening to Brother Tang's meaning, is it in favor of the government to oppress people with power?" ”

"Yongning can't think like this, in fact, he didn't use his power to oppress people, it's just that this thing is not allowed to be traded by the imperial court, this is a stolen goods, what's wrong with the stolen goods being escorted to the capital by the government?" Tang Xie asked.

"Before, the government didn't care about the oracle bone inscription, but now that something happened, the government suddenly intervened and stole the sacrifice, and now the loss is not only the black market, but also those mysterious people who buy the sacrifice, how powerful the power behind these people is, can you imagine?" Ji Ning said.

Tang Xie and the others really didn't know what to say now.

Ji Ning said: "This matter is over for the time being, we are all outsiders, don't think about it, it's better to think about how to go to the capital to participate in the imperial examination, by water or by land, or which way to go!" ”

Han Yu said with a smile: "This is easy, it is naturally more convenient for us to go north along the Grand Canal, and there are many ancient cities along the canal, you can visit the scenery along the way, and even record what you see and hear along the way after arriving in the capital, maybe you can even publish a book!" ”

Several people burst into laughter, and Xie Tai said, "Do you really think we are some kind of great writers?" How many books can you write and go down in history? I didn't go to any famous mountains and rivers along the way, but I still told Yongning that thinking more about the imperial examination is in line with reality! ”

"Brother Xie's words are a little wrong." Han Yu said, "We are not well-known now, but who knows if we will be a jinshi or a champion after we arrive in the capital?" There will always be people in the capital who invest in this area, if someone is willing to appreciate our articles and calligraphy and paintings, you can earn a small amount of silver first, and if you become famous in the future, this thing will be valuable, and a painting may cost hundreds of thousands of taels of silver! ”

Ji Ning said: "This is a good thing, but let's also think about whether the probability of becoming a jinshi is high, and it is best to win together!" ”

"You don't have to think about it together, if you can win one or two people, it is also capable, it is best that Yongning can win the champion, and it is best to win the champion together, that is to connect the three yuan, then Yongning can be famous in the court or the Temple of Literature, and even the books we jointly wrote will definitely rise with the tide!" Han Yu said with a bit of longing.

"Yes, Yongning's talent is the best among us, let Yongning get in touch with the dignitaries in the capital more, maybe it will be of great help to him to gain fame!" Tang explained.

Ji Ning was obedient and there was something wrong with him, and several people paid attention to him, just like what several people expected of him in the township test before.

He lived up to the expectations of several people in the township examination, and successfully passed the examination Xie Yuan, but it was very difficult to get the first place in the examination with candidates from all over the world, just like Xie Yuan Qin Feng of the last Jinling Township Examination, and even fell to Sun Shan in the second year's examination, and the people who want to even raise people and Jinshi are even rarer, the more talented and famous people are, the more likely they are to be looked down upon by the examiner, and Ji Ning knows that he wants to do better in the examination, so he can only perform well in the capital, and he can't be too eye-catching. It can't be too idle and no one knows.

This requires a good grasp of a degree.

"I heard that Tianxianglou is going to open the signboard to the capital, within one or two months, Miss Liu Ru is Liu and several young ladies with flower names inside will follow to the capital, and then we may be able to appreciate the customs of the south of the Yangtze River, and there will be no feeling of being in a foreign land." Tang Xie laughed.

Everyone knows that Tang Xie has an inexplicable good impression of Liu Ru, but Tang Xie will not openly show this good feeling.

And Liu Ru really doesn't have any feelings for Tang Jie.

"Yongning and Liu Ru is Miss Liu has a good relationship, after arriving in the capital, the newly opened Tianxiang Building must be very lively, and then we can take advantage of the relationship between Miss Liu and Yongning to go in and ask for a glass of water and wine!" Song Rui said with a smile.

was still talking about articles and imperial examinations before, but in a blink of an eye, the topic was involved in women, which was what Tang Xie and others cared about the most.

Ji Ning said: "After arriving in the capital, I feel at ease for the imperial examination, and I don't have much time to look for flowers and willows, and I think it is more important to always take the imperial examination for the coming year." This involves whether we can enter the temple of literature in the court, or whether we can just leave a literary name and go to the place to be a small official. It's not good to watch others Jinbang High School, and I have to go back to Jinling City to continue studying hard for three years! ”

"Yongning is right, we don't know others, but we are also people who have taken the exam for the second time, if we can't make it to the list this time, wait until the next time, we may have been dragged down by our net worth, and we don't have the time and energy to take the exam again! Even if you participate, it's easy to get home! Han Yu said.

When a few people talked about the spring of next year, they seemed to be a little unconfident and a little forward-looking.

Tang Xie and Han Yu are both from the previous session, this is the second time to participate in the examination, they will have more experience, and some rules inside and outside the examination room will also be taught to Ji Ning, and Ji Ning will also save himself the trouble of groping.

Ji Ning's talent is good, but when it comes to customs, it seems that he is a layman. (Author's notice: Please use the APP to read, free and ad-free, the web version affects the reading experience, please pay attention to the WeChat public account appxsyd (press and hold for three seconds to copy) to install the client!