Huangfu Wujin was in high spirits, and immediately asked in a low voice, "Who is it?" ”

"Three scholars, one from Xiangyang County, two from Yongjing, these two are still cousins."

Wu Jin thought for a while and asked, "Have they had a background check?" ”

"They don't want to say it themselves, but we have inquired with other scholars with them, they are all children of big families, among which the Lin brothers are also the grandsons of Yongjing Haoqiang Lin Yuanbao, the three of them are all tribute scholars in various states last year, and their rankings are all in the top ten, they are bent on being a jinshi, and they have done whatever it takes."

Wu Jin nodded, "It can be implemented, you must pay attention to stabilizing the situation, and don't make a big fuss before the exam." ”

"Yes!"

Sun Jianhong agreed, and left quickly.

The treasure bead next to her kept looking at them curiously, and as soon as Sun Jianhong left, she immediately asked, "Second brother, what are you doing?" ”

"Matters of military affairs." Wu Jin perfunctory her.

Baozhu shook his head, "I don't think so, if it's a matter of military affairs, why talk about the scholar, tell me about it!" What exactly is being done? ”

Wu Jin knew that this little lady's curiosity was not ordinary, if she didn't tell her, she would do everything possible to inquire and make your head big, Wu Jin smiled and said: "I was ordered to secretly visit the imperial examination to see if there is any fraud for personal gain, you understand now!" ”

Baozhu suddenly realized, it turned out to be like this, she thought for a while, and suddenly pointed to a person in the hall, "Then why don't you care about him." ”

Wu Jin followed her finger and saw a middle-aged man with a roe head and rat brain in the lobby, wearing a melon skin hat, saying a few words in front of a table of scholars, the scholars shook their heads and rejected him, he was unwilling, and walked to another table and said something to them, and the people at that table also shook their heads and clearly refused.

"Who is this?" Wu Jin finally couldn't help but ask.

Baozhu pursed his lips disdainfully, "This is the imperial examination brokers, I will see them every year, saying that they can get the test questions, and that they can contact the examiners and cheat money everywhere." ”

As he was talking, the broker walked to the table of Wu Jin and them, he glanced at Wu Jin and the two women, and felt that they did not look like imperial examination scholars, so he turned around to leave, but Wu Jin stopped him with a smile, "What is the reliable way?" ”

Maybe it was because he was rejected too much, and finally someone asked, the man turned around suddenly, came to Wu Jin with a smile on his face, and clasped his hands together and said, "I can get whatever Childe wants." ”

"I want to contact the priest of the country, Su Xun, do you have a way?"

The man's face was embarrassed, "Su Xijiu is isolated in the Yushitai, it is impossible to see him, and even if he is contacted, it is useless, the old man's six relatives do not recognize, it is not an ordinary upright, the son might as well change someone, maybe I have a way." ”

Wu Jin smiled and said, "What about Huang Hongyuan?" ”

The broker suddenly had his spirits, he sat down beside Wu Jin, and said in a low voice: "Lord Huang is isolated in the two-story building behind the Taixue Library, if Gongzi wants to hand him a note, I can do it, one hundred taels of silver, how about it, this price is not expensive!" ”

"What can you do? I heard that it was guarded by embroidered guards, and it was extremely strict, so don't lie to me. ”

Wu Jin shook his head, expressing that he didn't believe his words, the broker was a little anxious, he looked left and right, and whispered again: "We are taking the internal route, and the embroidered clothes guard is not a mud bodhisattva, understand?" ”

Only then did Wu Jin understand that it turned out to be a sergeant of the embroidered guard, which was possible.

"But what's the use of contacting, can he give me the title?"

When the broker saw that someone was finally going to take the bait, he suddenly became excited, "It's not impossible to ask for a topic, but the price is a little more expensive, brother, it's not convenient here, let's talk outside." ”

He pulled Wu Jin and walked out, how could he hide this little trick from Wu Jin, who is Huang Hongyuan, could he leak the topic to the broker for a few hundred taels of silver? Is it the silver that is important or the official hat that is important?

Wu Jin knows that it is possible to hand over a note, there is no consequence to this, but this is the trap of the brokers, he can indeed successfully contact the examiner, deceive your trust, make you tempted, and then lure you to pay a lot of money to buy test questions or the examiner promises to make a mark on the exam paper, etc., of course, half of the money is paid first, and then the other half of the money is paid after the list is released, which seems to be no problem, but these brokers and scammers earn half of the money paid first, and this half of the money is also a few hundred taels of silver, and this kind of thing makes you dare not sue the official, you can only consider yourself unlucky.

Wu Jin just wanted to have a general understanding of their deception, how could he go out with him, he smiled and took out the military badge of the plum blossom guard, and gently put it on the table, the broker's face suddenly turned pale, jumped up and ran towards the outside of the restaurant, and disappeared in an instant.

Even Jing Niang couldn't help but sigh softly: "Childe, your identity is really scary." ”

"He doesn't do anything wrong, but what are you afraid of me doing?"

Wu Jin saw that the dishes had been served, so he smiled and said to the two women: "Let's eat!" In the afternoon, Jingniang still has a heavy responsibility on her shoulders. ”

Jing Niang nodded, a hint of nervousness flashing in her eyes.

．．．．．．．．． From ancient times to the present, the imperial examination will not be calm, there will always be people who will find shortcuts to obtain the greatest benefits, especially this year's imperial examination is an unprecedented admission of one out of 800 people, the difficulty of the examination is huge, can be imagined.

However, this year's imperial examination is the most attractive one in the past imperial examinations, and the Ministry of Officials has posted an announcement that this year is the first year of the imperial examination reform, and those who pass the examination will be promoted to two levels and be safe.

That is to say, this year's entrance examination, the worst can also get from the seventh rank official, and the champion will be unprecedented to obtain the sixth grade official, the meaning of the announcement of the ministry is very clear, this is a special time, there will be no such opportunity in the future.

This kind of opportunity has made countless people moved, and many famous Confucians have also squeezed into this imperial examination, and they are unwilling to give up this once-in-a-century opportunity.

But the most anxious are those who are on the fringes of the gold list, he may be on the list, but he may also be squeezed out, most of these people are concentrated in the five to ten tribute scholars in each state, these people are called the marginal people of the gold list, and the annual imperial examination is an extremely painful ordeal for them.

At the same time, in the past 20 years, almost all cases of fraud in the imperial examinations have occurred among them, and this year's imperial examinations, the pressure created by the powerful temptation finally crushed some people.

The three scholars mentioned by Sun Jianhong are this kind of marginal people with gold medals, the scholars of Xiangyang County are the sixth in Jingzhou Gongjushi, and the two scholars in Yongjing are also the seventh and eighth in Yongjing Gongjushi.

At this moment, in an inn near Guozixue, a broker disguised as Meihuawei was selling test questions to two Yongjing scholars, and before that, he had successfully sold the test questions to a Jingzhou scholar for a thousand taels of silver.

The reason why this broker, disguised as a sergeant of the Plum Blossom Guard, was successful was that he charged a penny differently, not charging a penny before the exam, and paying after winning the list, so he won the trust of the soldiers.

The two scholars are surnamed Lin, they are cousins, one is called Lin Qianjun, the other is called Lin Qianyi, they are the two grandsons of Yongjing Haoqiang Lin Yuanbao, the family is huge, and these two children are also very promising, last year to participate in the Yongjing State Examination, both were admitted to the Gongju Shi, one seventh, one eighth.

Although the Lin family is a powerful man in Yongjing, they have no officials for generations, and their family has placed infinite hopes on the two brothers, and specially sent people to escort the two brothers into Beijing to take the exam, and also specially rented a single courtyard to prevent them from being disturbed by other scholars.

The infinite expectations of the family and the tremendous pressure of the marginalized people on the golden list finally broke down the psychology of the two brothers, and from ten days ago, they first moved out of the courtyard, lived in an inn, and lived with other scholars.

At this point, the Lin family, who took care of their brothers, also agreed, they felt that the two brothers began to be abnormal, irritable and irritable, and yelled at night, thinking that it was because the two brothers were out of group, but the caretaker never dreamed that the purpose of the Lin brothers staying in the inn was to contact the brokers.

The Lin brothers are not stupid, they have secretly contacted seven brokers, but they have all seen through the other party's attempt to cheat money, and the broker disguised as Mei Blossom Wei is the eighth person they have contacted.

In fact, the Meihuawei broker has also been in contact with a number of scholars who are trying to buy test questions, but these scholars do not meet their conditions, only Jingzhou scholars and this pair of cousins are more suitable, the key is that they are all marginal people on the gold list, and their families have strong local forces.

The strategy of paying after the Meihuawei broker finally convinced the Lin brothers of his test questions, Lin Qianjun looked at the test questions on the table, and asked: "We want to know where this test question comes from, this is very important, please tell us the truth, we will keep it absolutely confidential." ”

The broker shook his head and smiled, "It's hard to say, it's not conventional. ”

"You must tell us, after all, you will be priced at three thousand taels of silver for this test paper, which is definitely not a small amount of money, once we agree, we will not look for others, this is also a big risk for us, we not only have to know the source of this test question, but we also have to know, who have you sold it to?"

The attitude of the Lin brothers was very resolute, and when they saw that the other party was still hesitating, they exchanged glances, got up together and said, "If you don't want to say it, then forget it, let's find someone else." ”

They walked away, and the broker finally gave in, and he sighed, "All right! I say. ”

The Lin brothers glanced at each other proudly, sat down again, and the broker smiled bitterly and said: "I have a word first, this matter is very important, you can't tell anyone, otherwise you and I will have to worry about our lives." ”

The Lin brothers nodded, "We understand this, you can be frank. ”

Only then did the broker say slowly: "This test question was stolen by a scholar in the Guan Lin Mansion of the Ministry of Rite......s."

"Wait!" Lin Qianjun interrupted him, "Although Guan Lian is a waiter of the Ministry of Rites, this question has nothing to do with him, how does he know the test question." ”

"After listening to me, this test question was actually stolen from Guan Xianju's study by Guan Xianju's son, and the scholar copied a copy, and Guan Xianju is also going to participate in the Jinshi Imperial Examination this year, where did he get his test questions, I don't say that you should also guess, I won't go into details, this test question is not for you two brothers, Jingzhou scholar Zhao Quan also bought a copy, except for the three of you, there is no one else."

(To be continued)