Ji Ning, Xie Tai and the others came out of the crowd outside the Gongyuan, and Xie Tai explained the situation roughly: "...... Yongning High School Xie Yuan, in the top 20 list, there are still many sons of families who are called talented and learned, because Yongning itself is a talent in the shadow, so it will attract criticism. Now it's better to leave the place of right and find a quiet place to talk! ”

After Tang Xie and the others heard this, they congratulated him: "Yongning High School Xie Yuan, congratulations." ”

"That is, Yongning's talent has always been very good, and it is well deserved to get Xie Yuan, it seems that Yongning's reputation among the scholars of Jinling City will be higher in the future. In the future, we will all have to rely on Yongning. Han Yu also added fuel to the fire.

Ji Ning asked, "What about Zihuan and Yuan Zhong?" ”

The three of them took the township test, if it was just him Ji Ning who won the exam, he himself would feel sorry for Xie Tai and Song Rui, two good friends, Xie Tai sighed: "Although Yuan Zhong and I are far from Yongning in terms of talent, we are still appreciated by the examiner, and I pointed to the person, it seems that next year a few of us can take the exam together in the capital and strive for the title of the gold list!" ”

Han Yu and Tang Xie were also looking forward to it, but Ji Ning was a little embarrassed here, and Ji Ning said: "You guys deserve it, and you're in ...... There may be trouble, even if the middle understands the Yuan, if the scholar goes to the Temple of Literature to cry, then my fame may be lost and lost. ”

"What are Yongning afraid of, even if the Confucian Temple and the imperial court pursue it, in terms of true talent and real learning, Yongning are you bad? Take out the article and compete to see who can beat Yongning! Tang explained.

"Having said that, but ......" Ji Ning wanted to speak and stopped, there was one thing he couldn't say yet, in the three articles of the four books of the township examination, the third question of his discussion was actually not very appropriate, at that time he just responded to the question, and said something that was not "loyal to the monarch and patriotic", if the topic was made public, others might use this matter as a reason to attack him.

Xie Tai reminded: "Let's go, first accompany Yongning back to the house, the yacha who will report the good news should also go to the Ji Mansion, and we will go over together to ask for a glass of water and wine." ”

Xie Tai's words were approved by Han Yu and others, and several people surrounded Ji Ning and went in the direction of Ji Mansion.

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As soon as the Jinling Township test was released, there was an uproar in the city, Shangguan Gongzi's face was cold, she saw the following situation at a height a few hundred steps away from the Gongyuan, and she also learned that the scholar was going to the Crying Temple, she was very annoyed.

The good Jinling Township Test, because some sons of the family paid money to bribe the test, this result will occur.

"Are you guilty?" Shangguan Gongzi went to the mansion in the east of the city and saw the person who accepted bribes to help the scholars, this person had a treacherous smile on his face, and it was obvious that he did not tell Shangguan Gongzi the truth.

This man said: "Why should the Shangguan envoy be angry? The envoys were also involved in this matter, and when it came to crime, the envoys seemed to be guilty of the crime! ”

"You are really kind-hearted, it seems that you communicated with Jiang Xuezheng in advance, so that he could take a lot of sons of the family for you, right?" Shangguan Gongzi also figured it out at this time, if she simply went to the Tribute Institute to find the Lianghuai Governor Xuezheng Jiangsong, it would be impossible to pull out so many useless sons of the family at one time, and in the end, the city was full of storms.

This person smiled and said: "It seems that there is really nothing to hide from the Shangguan envoys, but the Shangguan envoys can rest assured, no matter how much trouble this matter is, it will not affect the crown prince, but in the name of the five princes, the benefits of various families are received, so these families think that the five princes are secretly helping ......"

Shangguan Gongzi only thought about it slightly, and then roughly understood the trick, she was stunned: "Do you want to use this case to make it bigger, let the imperial court and the Temple of Literature track it down, and finally plant the blame on the five princes?" ”

"Why not? As long as this case is an iron case, how many sons of those families will find out? In other words, if they have real talent and real learning, how can they be willing to pay tens of thousands of taels of silver to buy such a famous position? The imperial court will continue to investigate, they will only confess the five princes, and at that time, not only will the five princes be suspected by the emperor, but even these big families will be uprooted, and most of their family's wealth will fall into the prince's pocket......"

Shangguan Gongzi couldn't help but be annoyed when she heard this, she thought to herself: "Our altar originally thought that it was helping the virtuous prince achieve great things, but I didn't expect that this new prince would use such a poisonous plan to frame the five princes with such wolf ambitions. ”

This person continued: "Shangguan Gongzi doesn't have to worry about Jiang Xuezheng, we will involve the case on the head of another chief examiner, Feng Xuanqing, and a few months ago, we designed that Feng Xuanqing accepted a maid from the Five Princes' Mansion, after this incident, Feng Xuanqing will 'commit suicide in fear of crime', and then everyone will only suspect that Feng Xuanqing was bought by the people of the Five Princes." Because everyone in the world knows that Feng Xuanqing, the old horseman, is lustful, and let her die on the belly of a woman, and in this Jinling Township test, the prestige of the old horseman is above Jiang Xuezheng, everyone will think that the topic is Feng Xuanqing, and the person is admitted by him, and in the end the matter is revealed and he commits suicide...... The envoy just needs to leave Jinling City, this matter has nothing to do with the envoy, as for the 100,000 taels of silver sent to the altar, the subordinates have already prepared it, and it will be sent to the door in half a month! ”

Shangguan Gongzi has only one thought in his heart - despicable!

But she didn't go directly to scold, she never thought from the beginning that she was used by the prince, she always thought that this time the prince wanted to select talents in the Jinling Township Examination, and then obtained a position from the children of the family, she thought that the prince wanted to take the opportunity to make money while selecting talents. Now she knows that the prince arranged all this, neither to select talents, nor to collect money, but to frame the Five Princes.

"Farewell!" Shangguan Gongzi didn't want to stay longer for a moment, turned around and left the mansion.

The man looked at Shangguan Gongzi's back, his eyes narrowed, and a treacherous smile appeared on his face. A subordinate next to him walked over and said, "My lord, the humble position has been investigated clearly, this Shangguan Gongzi is an envoy sent by the Holy Lord of the Holy Altar, and he is a young woman, not only outstanding in appearance, but also excellent in martial arts. ”

"Huh." With a smug smile on his face, this person said, "It's exactly what I want, when this matter is over, I will find a way to get her and let her show off her power in front of me, then I will let her know the fate of offending me!" ”

The subordinate smiled and said: "My lord is powerful, it is easy to get a woman from the altar." In order to thank you for helping his son get a prestigious position, Qi Yuanwai sent a pair of sisters flowers, you see ......"

"I know, hide people's desires, now is the time to do great things, how can you be greedy for pleasure?"

"Yes, yes, my lord is wise!"