The words of the obscene middle-aged man were really earth-shattering, and Lu Chang's face lost its blood.

You must know that the punishment of fraud in the Ming Dynasty was very strict. Once caught, once discovered, they were immediately put on shackles by the promoter and displayed outside the examination booth.

After coming down, you have to get rid of your fame.

Thirdly, the rod is forty.

In the end, he was assigned 4,000 li, served as hard labor, and changed the four characters in the face of the miasma.

It can be said that as long as the cheating is caught, the candidate's life is completely over.

However, it is really important to make a name for yourself. Once you are on the list, you are qualified to be an official. As long as the family has connections and money, it is not difficult to get a fat shortage if you operate in the ministry. If you lack both, it doesn't matter, as long as you win the lift, you have a broken household and come to take refuge with your land and house, and in a few years, it is not a problem to be a rich man.

Just because the dividends of the imperial examination are so great, there is no shortage of people who stand up and take risks, and many people are lucky enough to pass the test.

However, such a situation as selling exam questions is really rare in the capital of the first good district at the foot of the Son of Heaven.

Hearing this, Lu Chang's first thought was to get out of here as soon as possible and leave this place of right and wrong.

However, Wu Jie was still very calm, and chuckled: "Oh, the exam question!" How much? ”

It's not that he wants to buy it, but he's a little curious.

Earlier in Xiyuan, Huang Jinla himself said something unclear, even a fool knew that it contained information about the questions of this Shuntianfu Township exam.

Seeing someone openly selling township test questions in restaurants, Wu Jie's first thought was: Could it be that he really missed the question, and who did it to make a fortune? Huang Jin, impossible, it won't be him. He is a celebrant and a eunuch who holds the seal, can he commit it, and he is not short of this money. So, could it be that his people are not strict in handling things, or have other ideas?

Yes, it's possible.

The key now is that although I don't know what Huang Jin's words mean, the suspicion of missing the question is undoubted. If this matter comes out in the future, I Wu Jie will be in it, and I really can't say it clearly.

With an awe-inspiring feeling in his heart, Wu Jie lifted his spirit.

When the middle-aged man heard Wu Jie's question, his face was happy, and he stretched out two fingers.

Lu Chang was stunned for a moment and asked in surprise: "Brother Jie, you don't really want to buy it, do you?" ”

Wu Jie waved his hand at him, and asked the middle-aged man with a calm face: "Two hundred taels?" "Doing something like this will cost at least two hundred taels of silver.

After all, if you don't make trouble, you will be sent into slavery.

Two hundred taels is equivalent to 200,000 yuan in later generations, and it is fair to buy a civil servant qualification.

The middle-aged man sneered: "Where are there so many, isn't this robbing people?" Now the silver is valuable, and the governors of the provinces give the elders only more than a thousand taels. I'm the fairest person in business, and I shouted a sky-high price, but no one made a move, and I got something. Twenty taels of silver. ”

"Twenty taels, that's fair!" Wu Jie smiled: "Will I give you money now." ”

"Of course." The middle-aged man had a greedy glint on his face.

Wu Jie: "How do I know if the exam questions you sell are real or fake, and what if I buy a fake one?" In this way, you can set up a note for me, and when I finish the exam, if it is really this question, it will not be too late to give it to you after the exam. ”

"Now it's twenty taels." The middle-aged man shook his head again and again: "If you really set up the words and leave a handle, it will be two hundred taels." I got this topic from a big man in the Ministry of Rites, and as for who this person is, you don't know who he is. Seeing that the second master is also the son of a rich and noble family, twenty taels is a meal for you, what is it worth. Anyway, you love to believe it or not, since you said this, you don't believe me. Hehe, let's not talk nonsense, there will be no deadline in the future. ”

After speaking, he bowed his hand, turned around and left.

Wu Jie smiled faintly and did not stop him.

He was already seventy or eighty percent sure in his heart that this person was a liar, and it was impossible to ask people for money in the first place for things like this to buy exam questions. As far as modern society is concerned, money is generally given after the fact, and it has to be guaranteed by acquaintances. Otherwise, the risk is simply too great.

This person shouted a bad price, and it seems that he pinched the economic strength of himself and the fat man. Twenty taels is no more and no less, just within the range that readers can tolerate, even if they know that they have been deceived, they will laugh at it, and they will not be so angry that they will search the mountains and seas to find trouble.

"Stop!" Suddenly, Lu Chang's voice rang out.

Wu Jie turned his head to look, but saw that the fat man's face was twisted, his eyes were red, and there were blood vessels bursting up on his forehead, as if he was engaged in a fierce ideological struggle.

The middle-aged man turned around when he heard this, and the corners of his eyes showed a hint of unnoticed pride.

His expression can deceive Lu Fatzi, but he can't hide it from Wu Jie.

Wu Jie just sighed and said in his heart: This fat man, when he encounters something, he is still easy to be confused.

"Fatty, you really want to buy it, can you think about it?"

Lu Chang's face turned the color of pig liver, and he said, "Brother Jie, I just think...... Felt...... Twenty taels is really nothing, that is, the money for a meal...... Even if you are deceived, you just have to memorize a few more sample essays, and it ...... It doesn't hurt either. ”

Wu Jie looked at him solemnly: "Twenty taels is not a big deal, even if it is thrown into the water, it will not blink an eye for you Lu Gongzi." However, Wu Jie doesn't understand, you have studied so hard during this time, and you have worked hard, why don't you have confidence? ”

The fat man gritted his teeth and burst out of his teeth: "Yes, I have tried." However, who knows what is going on in the examination room? I really don't have confidence, if I don't pass the exam...... I don't want Lu Xuan and Lin Tingchen to see my jokes...... Twenty taels, just buy one more protection. ”

Wu Jie still needs to be persuaded again, but when he looks at the fat man's face that has lost weight because of hard study, his heart is soft. That's it, you're going to waste your money, and no one will stop you.

Sigh: "It's up to you, but I didn't see it." ”

He got up and walked out of the private room.

The fat man took out a twenty-tael money ticket from his arms, threw it on the table, and said fiercely: "Bring it." ”

The middle-aged man was ecstatic and was about to grab the money ticket.

A hand reached over and slapped it hard.

When I looked up, it was Wu Jie.

Middle-aged man: "This son, I regret it." Your friends agreed! ”

Wu Jie suddenly chuckled: "I heard what you just said, you got this question from a big man in the Ministry of Rites, so you also know a lot of people in the officialdom?" ”

The middle-aged man bragmed: "Of course, the villain walks in Liubu all the year round and knows many adults." ”

Now, because he was anxious, he couldn't talk anymore.

Wu Jie: "Okay, dare to ask, who is the chief examiner and deputy examiner of the Shuntianfu Township Examination today?" ”

"That's the question?" The middle-aged man replied with a smile: "The chief examiner is Lord Bao Yingxia, and the deputy examiner is Lord Lu Fengyi and Lord Lu." ”

This is written on the list, the middle-aged man breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly called it a fluke, but fortunately, Lao Tzu had read the notice posted by the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion.

"So, let me ask you again, what are the officials and positions of Lord Bao and Lord Lu?"

Middle-aged man: "Lord Bao is from the Hanlin Academy, and Lord Lu is naturally too." His answer was also in accordance with the usual practice, since the provincial first-level township examination of the main examination and deputy chief examiner are all temporarily transferred from the central government from the Hanlin Academy.

didn't know that Lu Fengyi was temporarily sent to this messenger because the excerpt he wrote was in the emperor's heart.

Wu Jie laughed, grabbed the money ticket, stuffed it into his sleeve, turned his head and said to Lu Chang: "Fatty, you are really rich, give me these twenty taels, so as not to cheapen this liar." ”

"Liar, what's going on?" Lu Chang hurriedly asked.

Wu Jie: "It's true that Master Bao is from the Hanlin Academy, but Lu Fengyi is in the matter of the Nanjing Household Department, and now he has just returned to the capital to report on his work, but there is no new assignment, when did he enter the Hanlin Academy?" ”

"You liar, you actually deceived Young Master Ben, damn it!" Lu Chang was furious, and hit the middle-aged man in the chest with a punch, directly knocking this guy out of the private room.

The middle-aged man was very sad and angry, and muttered in a low voice: "Business is not benevolent, what kind of person is fighting!" ”

"You're still hard-mouthed, I can't beat you!" The fat man chased after him.

Wu Jie hurriedly rushed up and grabbed him: "Don't pay attention to him, this matter should not be publicized." "Indeed, the second son of the dignified Lu Mansion asked someone to buy exam questions, and if it reached the ears of the academic officials, his fame would not be wanted.

As soon as the two of them went out, they saw Lu Xuan and Lin Tingchen standing outside with a sneer, obviously hearing what they had just said.

Wu Jie and Lu Chang were both stunned.

Lin Tingchen sneered: "The second son used to buy things here, and he was so generous, and he didn't blink his eyes for twenty taels of silver." ”

Lu Fatzi was so ashamed that his neck was red, this matter was really embarrassing and thrown to his grandmother's house.

Lu Xuan waved his sleeves and said lightly: "Shame on you, wait to see your father, what do you say?" Ting Chen, let's go. I thought I could find an elegant place to talk, but I didn't want to touch these two disgusting things. ”

The two waved their sleeves at the same time, turned around and went downstairs, leaving Lu Chang, who was stunned and depressed, there.

"It's over!" Lu Fatzi's face was full of decadence: "This time Lu Xuan will definitely go to his father to complain, it's troublesome!" There was a cry in his voice: "Brother Jie, I can't escape this family law, you have to help me." ”

Wu Jie also scratched his head: "What can I do to help." ”

He comforted the fat man: "You don't have to worry, it's going to be the township exam soon, your Lu Mansion's family law is so strict, but it won't be ruthless, it won't affect your exam." At most, two months' money will be deducted. ”

The fat man thought for a while: "That's indeed the truth, isn't it just deducting money, it's not a big deal, anyway, Lao Tzu is not bad for money." ”

Thinking of this, he became happy again: "Let's go, Brother Jie, let's continue to eat and drink." ”

Wu Jie shook his head helplessly, this is a heartless person: "Forget it, it's not early, I still have to rush home and remember what I said." ”

"Isn't it just going to see Tang Bu'er, it's easy to do, tomorrow night, my family is going to hold a banquet for the Double Ninth Festival. Not only all the members of the Lu family, but even the classmates in the school also received invitations. ”

"How did I not know?"

"The invitation was sent to the school a few days ago, and you only came back today, so naturally you don't know."

"Okay, I'm coming to you tomorrow night."

Wu Jie and Lu Fatzi were about to go downstairs when they heard the voice of the obscene middle-aged man just now from the private room next to them: "If you really set up a word and leave a handle, it will be two hundred taels." I got this topic from a big man in the Ministry of Rites, and as for who this person is, you don't know who he is. Looking at the appearance of the son, he is also from a rich family, and twenty taels is a meal for you, what is it worth. ”

Lu Fatzi was annoyed when he heard this, and it happened that the second child of the restaurant brought a fish soup over. He snatched it and threw it into the private room.

There was an exclamation from inside: "Who? ”

"Ouch!"

Lu Chang took out a handful of broken silver and stuffed it into the small second-hand: "Pay for them." ”

(To be continued)