Yue Su has been in Beijing for three months, and during the Spring Festival, the emperor rewarded him greatly, not only loading two carts of the delicacies and flavors of Shang Shanjian for Yue Su to take home for the New Year, but also selecting a few pieces of fine jewelry from Ouchi, which were awarded to his wife.

Turning the year, it is the second year of the Apocalypse, this year is not only the year of Jingcha, but also the year of the big competition, Yanjing City is simply lively. Of course, the person in charge of Jingcha this year is still the official department of Shangshu, but the official department is no longer a member of the three parties, but the [***] star of the Donglin Party, which is the so-called revenge for injustice and revenge. How you excluded us six years ago, how we will exclude you this year. The person in charge of the main examination is also a member of the Donglin Party - Sun Shenxing, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the main examination is a first-class beauty difference, and he can be called a protégé all over the world.

The people in the whole capital are busy, needless to say, what kind of relationship and gift-giving, anyway, it's not for the sake of Jingcha, it's for the sake of the test. There are only two people who are the most idle, these two are the Carpenter Emperor and the Carpenter Minister.

Under the management of Yue Su, Shuntian Mansion is already in order, and the crime rate has dropped dramatically, and everyone knows that the current Fu Yin cannot afford to be provoked. The ruffians and hooligans felt that they were struggling in Beijing, and when they saw that it was really difficult to mix, they had no choice but to run to other provinces. It's okay to be idle, bully the good, and bully the good people, under the strict urging of the family, they don't dare to make trouble easily, everyone knows, once you are caught and paraded in the street, where to put your face, if you commit a big crime, Yue Su really dares to cut you regardless of the situation, or it is better to stop.

As a result, Yue Su now spends most of his time accompanying the emperor as a carpenter, and all kinds of high-end sofas, modern style wall cabinets, and spring beds have stood out. Carpenter Zhu was not decently happy, if it weren't for Yue Su's constant reminders by his side, he wouldn't even be able to eat.

This time, the emperor was going to accompany the pregnant Empress Zhang, Yue Su was able to return to the house in advance, as soon as he arrived at the house, he saw Ruan Aoyue, Du Shi Niang, Mei'er, and Tie Qiu dressed neatly, and under inquiry, it turned out that they were going shopping. Yue Su thought to himself, he didn't have anything to do around him, so it was better to go around with them, change into civilian clothes, and call the golden cicada, and everyone went to the street together.

Even if the officials of the Ming Dynasty were low, they had a lot of them when they reached the third grade, bought a few pieces of fabric, walked around the bustling street a few times, it was already noon, and found a fairly good restaurant to eat. Because it was Jingcha and Hui Xin, the business of the restaurant was quite hot, and when they entered, there was only one place left by the door.

After sitting down, I ordered a few dishes and started eating. I didn't eat a few bites, and two young juniors came from outside the door, both of whom were dressed as scholars, and one of them said while walking: "Brother Feng, I heard that Liu Banxian is here to test the question, and there are only the last two days left, fortunately, we came early, otherwise we will regret it for the rest of my life." ”

"Brother Wei, is this kind of charlatan's words accurate? The examination questions were drawn up by the Ministry of Rites, and the emperor personally ruled and sealed, who can know. He won't just criticize two sentences and trick me into waiting. The scholar surnamed Feng seemed to be a little unconvinced.

"My scholar has inquired in many ways, and I heard that this Liu Banxian is extremely accurate, and in the last exam, anyone who bought the exam questions from him will be all titled on the gold list. Although you and I have been studying hard for ten years, there is no end to learning, and if the questions of the first exam are not involved, it will not be in vain to come to Beijing to teach. With this exam question, it will definitely get twice the result with half the effort, and high school is inevitable. Even if he is a liar, so what, but if he loses a few taels of silver, I think it is better to believe it. "The scholar surnamed Wei is determined to do it.

While talking, the two walked past Yue Su's table and went up to the second floor. Yue Su understood what they said, and it seemed that there were people selling exam questions in this restaurant. The triennial examination, but there is no room for failure in the world, Yue Su knows now, how can he sit idly by. Although he didn't come to Xie Yuan with real skills, when he encountered this kind of thing, he still had to take care of it.

He immediately beckoned Xiao Er over and asked with a smile: "Xiao Er, I am going to Beijing to take the exam, and I heard that Liu Banxian can pinch and calculate, I don't know if there is such a thing?" ”

"This minister, you asked me about this, you are looking for the right person, and now Liu Banxian is calculating in the private room upstairs, and there are countless people who come to admire him. Is this accurate? I don't know, but one thing is true, for the last exam, everyone who went to Liu Banxian to buy the exam questions was the title of the gold list in the end. Xiao Er said affirmatively.

"It's so effective, I don't know which private room Liu Banxian is upstairs, I'll go up and take a look. Maybe it's also because of my chance, so I can come to you to eat, it seems that my Wenqu Xingdong, this subject must be successful. Yue Su deliberately made a happy look.

"Liu Banxian is in the innermost private room on the second floor, Xianggong can find it if he goes up and takes a look." Xiao Er said with a smile.

"Thank you so much." When Xiao Er retreated, Yue Su whispered: "Jin Chan, Tie Qiu, you two go up with me to take a look, if that Liu Banxian really dares to sell the exam questions privately, we will take him." ”

"Yes, sir." Jin Chan and Tie Qiu whispered, and then the three of them got up and walked upstairs.

With this kind of excitement, Ruan Aoyue couldn't sit still, so she asked Mei'er to accompany Du Siniang below, and also ran up.

After the four of them went up, they followed Xiao Er's instructions and walked to the private room at the very end. When he arrived at the door, he didn't hear the slightest sound in the private room, Yue Su wondered in his heart, and gently opened the door a gap. Looking inside, there were more than 30 people standing inside, and these people were in a circle, and they couldn't see what was going on inside the circle.

At this moment, the door was suddenly opened, Yue Su was shocked, and then a teenage Dao boy stood in front of him.

"This son, are you also here to ask my family to measure it?"

Dao Tong didn't seem to feel any difference in Yue Su's actions, and asked directly. It turned out that this little Taoist boy had been guarding the door, presumably seeing the door moving, so he opened the door easily.

Yue Su nodded with a smile and said, "Exactly, I heard the name of Liu Banxian, and I heard that I was here, so I specially came to pay a visit." ”

"Childe came just in time, my real family is helping the beggar, please inside." Dao Tong got out of the way and asked Yue Su to come in.

Yue Su thanked him and walked in with Jin Chan, Tie Qiu, and Ruan Aoyue. Got into the crowd, raised his eyes and looked in, only to see a middle-aged Taoist priest in the circle, holding the dust and swaying left and right, with words in his mouth, but his voice was very small, and he couldn't hear what he was reading. After a while, the Taoist priest shook the dust on a stack of yellow paper on the table, raised his left palm to his mouth and muttered for a while. Finally, he took the whisk aside, picked up the brush that had been prepared, dipped it in cinnabar, and wrote on the yellow paper.

Because there are incense burners and other utensils on the table, I really can't tell what the Taoist wrote. After each piece of paper, the Taoist neatly folded the paper and put it into a black bag. It is estimated that there are twenty tips, and the Taoist put down the pen, and his fingers are on the bag for a while, and then he says: "The exam questions of this science will be already in this bag, how can I cultivate to be limited, and I can only put out these twenty spirit runes, and I must cultivate for an hour before I can continue to practice." Now, whoever wants this bag, please take fifty taels of silver and receive it, but if it is too late, he will have to wait until an hour later. ”

As soon as he said this, someone shouted, "I want, I want ......" As he spoke, a boy in a red satin robe was the first to step forward, take out fifty taels of silver, and was about to step forward to grab the bag.

Unexpectedly, the Taoist covered the bag with his hand and shouted, "Slow!" ”

"Liu Banxian, what do you mean by this? I have brought the silver. The red-robed boy put the silver directly on the table.

The Taoist shook his heart and said, "Don't worry, this son, I still have something to say." The spiritual rune in this bag is what I begged the Supreme Daoist to draw with the spiritual energy, after you obtain it, do not open it immediately, you need to fast sincerely for three days, and at noon on the fourth day, after bathing, burn three incense sticks before you can open it. If the mind is not sincere, the talisman will be reduced to a piece of waste paper, and it will never show up the questions of the current examination. Also, after knowing the exam questions, you must not leak them to the outside world, even if it is a word, you can't mention it to others, otherwise it will be a leak of heaven and you will be punished. Remember, remember......"

When Yue Su heard this, he couldn't help but curse in his heart, "I thought that someone dared to leak the exam questions, but it turned out that he had met a liar." ”

However, the others didn't think so, especially the red-robed boy, who shouted loudly: "I know, I am the most pious, after I go back, I must fast and bathe, and then turn it on after three days." ”

"Since the son is so pious, then the bag will be given to the son first." After the Taoist finished speaking, he picked up a bag and handed it to the red-robed boy.

Seeing that someone bought it, the people behind were not to be outdone, and stepped forward one after another, after all, there were only twenty copies in total, and the people who came could have more than thirty, and if they missed this opportunity, they would have to wait for another hour. Therefore, everyone rushed up, put the silver on the table, and then started to grab the bag, in the blink of an eye, all the twenty bags were sold out, and the people who grabbed it were eyebrows flying, and the people who did not grab it, there was inevitably a look of loss on their faces. Fortunately, Liu Banxian spoke out to persuade and said that he would definitely do it after an hour, so that the people who didn't grab it were in a good mood.

Yue Su squeezed to the front at this moment, sneered at Liu Banxian, and suddenly shouted: "What a bold man, in broad daylight, he dares to sell exam questions, do you know what kind of crime he should be?" ”

Liu Banxian raised his head and glanced at Yue Su, then showed a contemptuous gaze, "What about selling exam questions?" I said, "Are you from the yamen?" ”

At the same time, the red-robed boy who had just been the first to buy the exam questions also grabbed it, glared at Yue Su, and shouted: "Boy, you dare to come to Liu Banxian to find trouble, are you tired of being crooked, believe it or not, the practice of Banxian makes you worse off than dead?" Put the bright spots, don't feel uncomfortable, hurry up and get out, there is someone above! ”

Yue Su had been looking at the back of the red-robed boy just now, and now when he saw his appearance, he couldn't help laughing, this person had a sideways face, five big and three thick, where did he look like a scholar. It seems that ten ** is the trust of this Liu Banxian. At the moment, he said: "If you ask me if I am from the Yamen, then I will tell you that I am Yin Yuesu of Shuntianfu!" ”