In a moment, a young man hurried into the inner hall, he was very tall, fair-skinned, very handsome, and had an elegant temperament in his gestures, and it could be seen that this man was extremely well educated.

He is Guan Xianju, the candidate of the Guan family who is in charge of the household Cao this time, he is twenty-four years old this year, he has not yet married, he once engaged a family when he was a child, and the woman's family name is Ding, because of repeated migrations, there is little contact so far.

Guan Xianju is the eldest grandson of the Guan family, he was extremely intelligent since he was a child, he began to read and write at the age of two, learned poetry at the age of five, and at the age of seven he made a sensation in the city by writing a poem in ten steps at a banquet held by the history of the assassination. The dozens of Weiyang Confucians present were amazed and praised him as a prodigy.

He was fascinated by the title of the gold list since he was a child, he was extremely yearning for the imperial examination, at the age of sixteen he was admitted to Xiucai, at the age of eighteen, he was admitted to the Ming Jing at the age of twenty-one, but he gave up again, he was unwilling to be the Ming Jing, he wanted to be admitted to the Jinshi, in order to obtain the qualification of the tribute scholar, he participated in the state examination at the beginning of this year, but he did not play well on the spot, only one was not admitted, which hit him very hard, because the same Weiyang County scholar Huangfu Weiming was admitted to the first place in the tribute scholar.

His arrogant heart suffered a serious setback, since he was a child he grew up in a halo and praise, since he was a child he thought of himself as the first student of Weiyang, and now, everyone is talking about Gongju Shihuang Fu Weiming, no one mentions him Guan Xianju anymore.

He moved into the county school yesterday afternoon and was going to participate in the election of the head of the household, but he really didn't want to participate in the election of the head of the household, and he had no interest in this small sesame official.

Walking into the inner hall, Guan Xianju knelt down for his grandfather, "Grandson greets grandfather!" ”

Guan Baoqing likes his precious grandson very much, and has great expectations for him, even more than his eldest son, that is, Guan Xianju's father Guan Lian, Guan Baoqing thinks that the eldest son lacks a kind of atmosphere, and it is important to be attached to Uncle Shen, but if he is too attached, he will lose himself, and his eldest son specially sent his staff to persuade him to participate in the election of the head of Hucao, and it can be seen that he is too attached to Uncle Shen.

And the eldest son was not admitted to the Jinshi, but only the Ming Jingshi, then he did the top of the Ministry of Rites, and now Guan Baoqing pinned all his hopes on his grandson, and he has seen that his grandson has the quality of officialdom that his father does not have.

When he was nine years old, he once wanted to test their brothers, and asked them to prepare "Spring and Autumn" a month in advance, but he secretly told his eight-year-old brother that his grandfather was going to take the "Lü's Spring and Autumn", but he memorized "Spring and Autumn" and "Lü's Spring and Autumn" very well, but his younger brother was stammering and couldn't memorize it, which made him very angry at the time, and he later learned that it was the eldest grandson who secretly did it.

Maybe in other people's families, the eldest grandson's behavior is mischaracter, but Guan Baoqing appreciates it very much, he will use this kind of officialdom at a young age, and when he grows up, he will enter the officialdom and have an immeasurable future.

Guan Baoqing smiled and asked, "Aren't you isolated in the county school?" How can I come back? ”

Guan Xianju lowered his head and said embarrassedly: "If my grandson gives the officials more wine money, they will treat it as if they didn't see anything." ”

"Looks like you're giving a lot!"

Guan Baoqing nodded, "Let's get up first!" ”

"Yes!"

Guan Xianju stood up and stood in front of his grandfather with his hands down, "My grandson was bold and reckless, and I disappointed my grandfather. ”

Guan Xianju knew very well in his heart that his grandfather would never blame him, and sure enough, Guan Baoqing smiled and said: "If you don't go, you won't go, just go again tomorrow morning, you came back just in time, I was about to tell you a good news." ”

"Grandfather, please!" Guan Xianju was still respectful, without a hint of disrespectful tone and expression.

Guan Baoqing is most satisfied with his grandson, even if he is very vicious in his heart, he is still polite on the surface, he will never be rude, and he is very educated, which is very important in officialdom.

"Just now, I got the news from Jiangning Mansion that I was disqualified as a tribute scholar because of a problem with the qualifications of a Danyang scholar, so you will be promoted one and officially admitted as a tribute scholar."

After speaking, Guan Baoqing looked at his grandson with a smile, he wanted to see his grandson's expression, this news made Guan Xianju simply ecstatic, which meant that he would be able to participate in this autumn's Jinshi Imperial Examination, his heart was so happy that he wanted to explode, he wanted to shout, he wanted to rush out of the courtyard and kneel down and kowtow to the sky, but in front of his grandfather, he did not have a trace of joy on his face, only smiled faintly.

This made Guan Baoqing a little strange, "What, you're not happy?" ”

"Nope! The grandson is very happy, but the grandson is going to participate in the election of the head of the household, so there is no point in this tribute. ”

He wanted to take this opportunity to get his grandfather to agree to his renunciation of Tocao's choice.

Guan Baoqing shook his head, "This is that you don't see the problem deep enough, and your vision is still a little short-sighted." ”

Guan Xianju didn't expect his grandfather to reply to him like this, he was a little overwhelmed, he lowered his head and didn't dare to speak, but his action made Guan Baoqing a little satisfied, knowing that he was wrong, the best thing to do is to be silent, don't explain, the more you explain, the worse it is, and Sun Er obviously understands this.

"You may not understand the importance of this Hu Cao's affairs, let me tell you briefly, this is the prince and Uncle Shen Guo are fighting for the financial power of Donghai County, our Guan family is just a chess piece, even Su Hanzhen and Xu Yuan are just swordsmen, the real chess players are the prince and Uncle Shen Guo, since we have been selected to become chess pieces, then we must play this game of chess for the chess player."

Although Guan Baoqing himself is not willing to be a chess piece obediently, he has to consider maximizing the interests of the family, but when educating his grandson, he can only let him be a good chess piece, his grandson's skills are not enough, and he can't get to his step, the first thing is to let his grandson see through this chess game.

Guan Xianju understood, he nodded lightly, "Grandson understands!" ”

"It's good if you understand, but you don't have to worry, we just take this household Cao for Xu Changshi, as long as Xu Changshi has this right to recommend, he will let your younger brother Xianyi replace you, and then you will enter Beijing to participate in the Jinshi Imperial Examination."

Guan Xianju was overjoyed, and he bowed to the end, "Thank you grandfather for your success!" ”

Guan Baoqing smiled slightly, "Didn't you always want to compete with Huangfu Weiming?" This was an opportunity. ”

Guan Xianju's eyes lit up, indeed, he longed for such an opportunity.

At this time, Guan Baoqing didn't want to tell his grandson that the examiner Jia Siwen had actually been bribed.

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In the afternoon, in Su Hanzhen's study, Wu Jin handed a copy of a letter to Su Hanzhen with a smile, "I think the content of this letter will be very interesting to adults." ”

This letter is the one that copied the letter that Feng Chayun lost, but the envelope was changed, and Luo Yu, who was introduced by Heimi, did it very beautifully, and the handwriting on the envelope could not be seen as imitation at all, and then it was enough to put on fire paint.

Su Hanzhen is worried about whether Wu Jin can get the news today, he really has no trusted henchmen in his hands, and the prince did not send anyone to help him, he can only rely on Wu Jin in terms of martial arts, but after all, Wu Jin is only a seventeen-year-old boy, he is still a little relieved, he didn't expect Wu Jin to have news so soon.

He took the letter suspiciously, looked at it, and was overjoyed, this turned out to be a private letter written by Yin Shenyuan, the young man of Jiangning Mansion, to Xu Yuan, the chief of the long history.

"How did you get this letter?"

Su Hanzhen didn't have time to read the content, he first cared about the source of this letter, was it someone sent by Shen Yuan, or was it from another source?

Wujin smiled, "It's a shadow warrior, this letter is what I took a lot of effort to get, it's just a copy, because there is a private seal in the original, it's too late to imitate, so I returned it to them, my lord, please take a look at the content, I think it's very useful." ”

Su Hanzhen saw that he was very vague, so he didn't ask him, he looked at it carefully, and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, "How can this be, impossible!" When pigs fly! ”

"Don't say absolute, my lord, this letter was copied by my own hand, checked twice, one word is good, if adults can't believe me, then I can't help it."

Su Hanzhen was still shocked in his heart, and he hurriedly said: "I didn't believe you, but this is too incredible, I didn't expect him to be such a person, don't you even want the least conscience?" ”

Wu Jin was surprised by Su Hanzhen but disagreed, "My lord, this is so that people know people and don't know their hearts, after all, adults and he are not very familiar with him, I have always thought that there is no necessary connection between nobility and learning, this is just the habitual thinking of adults, thinking that good learning and noble character are noble, I don't think so, maybe adults will find it incredible, and I think it is normal for him to collude with Uncle Shen Guo, it is normal, it is normal." ”

Su Hanzhen sighed, "Maybe you have a point, but the official exam is going to be the day after tomorrow, no!" This matter cannot be delayed any longer, and I will change people immediately. ”

Su Hanzhen cleaned up his desk and was about to leave, but Wu Jin stopped him, "My lord! ”

"How?"

Wu Jin's smile obviously carried a hint of ill will, "My lord, the reason why I haven't changed the content of the letter is that I already have a plan to draw money from the bottom of the kettle. ”

He whispered a few words to Su Hanzhen, and Su Hanzhen frowned, "This seems to be a little bit unorthodox and bright, a little yin, I still think it's better to replace people." ”

Wu Jin doesn't like Su Hanzhen's untimely hypocrisy very much, the last time he asked himself to steal the letter, why didn't he say that it was bright and bright, hypocrisy is not impossible, people who are officials are hypocritical, but when is it now, if you are so hypocritical, Mars will hit the earth.

"My lord is changing people now, and others will have new tricks, and besides, the art of war is originally a trick, we are just to ensure fairness, what is the yin damage at all, please think about it, is it important to be above board, or is the prince's financial resources important?"

Wu Jin's last sentence hit Su Hanzhen's vital point, he stood for a moment, and finally nodded, "You just let it go!" ”

At this moment, a report from the butler came from outside the door, "Master, the old master of the Huangfu family has an urgent matter to see!" ”

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