The examiner was still a little confused, so he had to hand Bao Yingxia the two papers he had read aloud just now, and asked boldly: "Does Master Bao want to brush one of these two papers, is it possible that there is something bad in it?" ”

Bao Yingxia took the paper, looked at it, and a playful smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "Lord Guan, who are the candidates in the Tianzi room, do you know everything?" ”

Examiner: "There are more than 300 people in the first palace of Tianzihao, most of them are scholars in the capital, and many of them are from the children of the minister's family, and many candidates are from the same academy or clan school. ”

"Well, then please ask Master Guan, which academy has the best candidate?" The smile on Bao Yingxia's face was even stronger.

The examiner thought for a moment and replied, "Lord Yubao, the talents of the Lu family are the best. After all, the teacher of the Lu family has been outstanding in learning, if it weren't for his disability, I am afraid that he would have entered the Hanlin Academy a long time ago. Famous teachers produce high apprentices, and the ancients did not deceive me. Regardless of anything else, take Lu Xuan's grandson Lu Xuan, who was already famous in Jinghua at the age of twelve, and is rumored to be a young genius after Zhang Baigui. As for Lin Tingchen, the future grandson-in-law of the Lu family, he was also a leading celebrity in Guizhou back then. In addition to these two people, Xia Guan happened to read a poem by Wu Jie a while ago, and he was really shocked, and this person also came from the Lu family. ”

"yes." The other examiners also nodded and sighed at the same time, a few days ago, Wu Jie and poems had been circulated in the Tribute Academy, and everyone was impressed.

Someone else said: "The Lu family has so many talented people, no wonder they were all included in the top five in the first Dingyuan of the township test." As for Wu Jie, he even took the first name Caoyuan. ”

"So, Bao Yingxia wants to ask Master Guan, could these two scrolls be from the hands of a student of the Lu family?" Bao Yingxia asked.

"Before the final ranking is opened, the lower officials don't dare to guess. However, according to common sense, these two scrolls have already been made by the children of the Lu family. The examiner can already affirm this, in fact, he was angry with Lu Fengyi when he was marking the second paper in the examination room, so he randomly selected a few papers to go over.

In fact, judging from the heart, if you really choose carefully, the children of the Lu family may not have good grades.

In this way, when the second paper was selected, he was really a little messy.

Thinking of this, the examiner felt a little ashamed.

"Well, this official thinks so too." Bao Yingxia said kindly: "Anyway, I haven't finally decided the ranking, so what's the matter?" Sir, you say, who are the two people who made these two scrolls? ”

The examiner thought for a while and said solemnly: "It can only be two of Wu Jie, Lu Xuan, and Lin Tingchen." ”

"That's right, this official thinks so." Bao Yingxia: "Regardless of this incident, which of these two volumes is the best?" ”

Speaking of this, he glanced at everyone: "It is said that the final ranking is the responsibility of me and Lord Lu, the two main and deputy examiners, but it is okay for everyone to talk about it." The affairs of the imperial examination must be open and fair, especially the first name Xie Yuan, and everyone must be convinced. ”

Since Master Bao had already said so, all the examiners also discussed it in a whisper.

As for Lu Fengyi, she didn't care about this matter. He just wanted to find out the scroll with relevant sections as soon as possible, Wu Jianzhong could do it, and it didn't matter if he couldn't get the first name, the surname Suo kept silent.

Soon, everyone agreed on a result.

An old examiner in his early seventies with white hair and beard stood up and said, "These two papers are very good, and if you refer to them in installments, you can easily get the first place with this paper alone." These two volumes are "The Dung of a Hundred Mulls", among them, the first one is "the world of the flood and famine, the birds and beasts are mixed and the water and soil are fertile, so the wheat and hemp, but the smell of the abundant grass, and the teaching of Shennong, the article of the unknown Houji." 'Problem-solving. Good at using literary language to convey vulgar feelings, in addition to the topic, do not repeat the word of the question, that is, no longer "dung word." Male and elegant", profound skills, take a 'male' word. ”

"As for the second article, it starts with 'The dung is taken from the flowers, and the grass is also killed by the moon's order.'" The surname of Shucao is glorious and liquid, its vines are talented, its seedlings are also qualitative, the husband is only spring and its sprout, Xia Yi is beautiful, the accumulation of Chonglong, and the soil paste is not steamed and depressed? That is, in the present, the royal system Lingyi, the official of the Nagi clan does not speak, and Xia Qi has a song, still a hundred acres and the district is barren and has 'been', then do not stick to the word "dung", the elegance of the classic, it seems to be a metaphor but not enough to say, the pen of a talented person, how can it be embarrassed. Yiwensi people should be a dashing and unscrupulous merry man. ”

"Two articles, one bold and heavy, the other graceful and clever, complement each other, it's really rare, it's rare." The old examiner's surname was Liang, and he was also a highly respected person among the people, and he dared to speak, and he was suddenly a little dissatisfied.

took the lead in challenging Bao Yingxia: "Lord Bao, these two articles are indistinguishable, and they can both get the first place." This kind of paper came out of the examination room, and we as examiners should be happy, how can we keep only one article, and the other one can't even get a fame, how can it be unreasonable! ”

"yes!" Everyone felt incomprehensible and immediately made an uproar.

"What's the fuss, it's quiet, it's almost dawn, and the list hasn't been released yet, aren't you tired?" Lu Fengyi's face was hugging, which made the lobby a little calmer.

But there was confusion in everyone's eyes.

"Well, in this way, let's set the first article as Xie Yuan, and the other one will be brushed off directly." Bao Yingxia said: "Lord Liang was right just now, the two articles are indeed indistinguishable. But the second article did not make a big conclusion, and this article alone was enough to eliminate him. ”

This reason is simply not a reason, the Ming Dynasty's Baguwen exam did have the habit of writing a big knot, but it was not a hard surname rule. The reason why candidates should write a summary at the end of the essay is an additional explanation to explain the main idea of their essay. That is, the appearance of a dozen two or three crosses, even if you don't write this tail, there is nothing wrong with it. There is even a clean and neat taste, unlike someone who wants to add a big knot and add a snake to the end, which affects the aftertaste of the article.

At this moment, everyone was in an uproar.

"Master Bao, whether to write a big summary or not, it doesn't seem to be a reason to eliminate a single volume, but I'm afraid that I won't be able to convince the public."

"Everyone, don't be impatient, the reason why I didn't choose the second article without a big knot is not that I Bao Yingxia is old-fashioned and doesn't know how to be flexible. The reason why this volume was eliminated was because this second volume was made in a chic and unscrupulous manner. As she spoke, Bao Yingxia took out an article from her sleeve and threw it on the long case for everyone to pass.

Another earth-shattering sentence was said: "You can take a look at this article, whether the style is very similar." This volume is the first case of the official who won the first place when he presided over the Sichuan Provincial Court Examination, and the author is Wu Jie, who is also the protégé of the official. If you guessed correctly, this volume that is about to be eliminated is also made by Wu Jie. ”

"Ahh All of them were staring straight and were so shocked that they couldn't breathe.

They didn't expect that Wu Jie, the No. 30 candidate of Tianzi, would have a teacher-student relationship with Bao Yingxia.

"What!" Lu Fengyi rushed forward suddenly, and picked up the scroll and looked at it.

More than a dozen other examiners also surrounded them at the same time, only looked at them for a moment, and nodded at the same time: "Like, really like, a style." ”

The article thrown out by Bao Yingxia was "Do Not Suffer" made by Wu Jie in the Sichuan Provincial Academician Examination Hall, and the original author was Qian Qianyi in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties.

The old man has a bad character, but he writes very well in the first hand. He is also a famous man, whether it is poetry or articles, he is full of talent.

It's really the same as the second volume just now.

Everyone is good at articles, how can you not see it.

Moreover, this "Don't Suffer" also didn't write a big conclusion.

Several eight-strand essays in the second volume are also not written.

It seems that this candidate does not have the habit of writing large knots at all, or that his essays like literati paintings like blank spaces, and he is unwilling to say everything.

It is said that if you can recognize your protégé's article, Master Bao should name him, why should he brush him down, which is difficult to understand.

Lu Fengyi was also stunned, and her heart was in a hurry, and she was about to go crazy. But think about it: No, no, why does this official always feel that something is wrong. There are no joints left on this volume, Wu Jie is not a fool, how can he not take it when he has a good fame in his hands. Also, people are not grass and trees, who can be ruthless, is this Bao Yingxia a fool, how can he deliberately eliminate his protégé. No matter what is going on, the official will calm down. Wait and go to the Tianzi room to check and see if you can find the paper with relevant sections. If you haven't already, don't be afraid, anyway, Wu Jie has already gotten a grass yuan, and when the time comes, the official will risk the disapproval of the world again, open all the volumes, and find him out. It's just that this method is too dynamic to be used unless it is absolutely necessary.

At the moment, Lord Lu couldn't bear it.

But the other examiners were in an uproar.

Bao Yingxia suddenly smiled and said: "Gentlemen, to tell the truth, this volume is very talented, even if it is the first, even if Wu Jie is my protégé, it is not easy for others to say anything." ”

"That's true." Everyone nodded, and someone asked: "Since Master Bao has recognized Wu Jie's scroll, but in order to avoid suspicion, he deliberately brushed him." In this way, it is inevitable that there are some appearances and are done by a gentleman. A gentleman is strict and upright in his heart, as long as he keeps the conscience in his heart, he is righteous and bright, and he is not afraid of the world's shortcomings? Today's Keshun Tianfu Township Test is to recommend talents for the country. The question is who wrote the article well, and it is not to ask who is the protégé of Master Bao. ”

Everyone nodded and persuaded in unison.

Bao Yingxia suddenly laughed: "I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed, the reason why Lord Ben didn't take Wu Jie is actually a little selfish." ”

This made everyone a little incomprehensible.

Bao Yingxia said: "Wu Jie is only how old he is this year, if he guesses correctly, he is in his early seventeens, less than eighteen years old." As far as Bao Yingxia knows, he only started to participate in the imperial examination today, and he went from the county examination to the government examination in one breath, and took the entrance examination, and he was the first in the term. If he gets the first place in the township test again, it can be said that he is a young man, and he will inevitably be frivolous, and it will not be good for his future. To be honest, for this student, the official still values it very much. With this talent, he should have the qualifications to enter Hanlin. ”

"Ah, Wu Jie just participated in the imperial examination for the first time today, and he also won the little three yuan, and he is still a little Hanlin level." The examiners in each room were stunned.

Bao Yingxia continued: "If you talk about this son's talent, it is a little similar to Zhang Jiangling. Back then, Zhang Jiangling participated in the children's examination at the age of twelve, and he was also a small three-yuan middle school. However, when he participated in the Hubei Township Examination, although the article was done very well, he was recognized by his mentor, Gu Luan, the governor of Hubei. Governor Gu knew that his disciple was a genius, but he felt that if he was allowed to be successfully admitted to the Juren at a young age, it would not be good for him in the future. He should be given a setback and some training, so the examiner should be taken care of for deliberately not admitting. ”

Zhang Jiangling is Zhang Juzheng, now the new cabinet auxiliary minister and military department squire Zhang Juzheng, the new generation leader in Shilin.

He said calmly: "There are some setbacks, some tempering, which is good for people's success." After Zhang Ge Lao became famous, when looking back on this past, he was grateful to Dade, and he did his best to repay Governor Gu and take care of his descendants, without a trace of resentment. In fact, Wu Jie can't get into this subject......"

smiled, his voice became louder, and he was suddenly full of confidence: "Three years later, Wu Jie will inevitably get the first place, and Bao Yingxia never doubts this." Wu Jie's volume, the official arbitrarily brushed it down. ”

grabbed the roll and threw it directly into the wastebasket.

There was silence in the lobby.

The examiner's heart was hot, and tears fell.

He walked up to Bao Yingxia and slammed it to the ground: "Bao Gong is as windy as the green bamboo in the snow." It's ridiculous that Guan Dingyu suspected that the adults were suspected of favoritism and fraud, and the officials were respectful! ”

Bao Yingxia helped him up and sighed: "I only hope that Wu Yingxing understands my hard work, and don't complain." ”

The examiner choked up and said: "Master Bao is high-spirited and clean, if Wu Jie knows about things, he only has gratitude in his heart, how can he be resentful." ”

After a long time, a roll was eliminated, and the sky had begun to open hazy.

The sky in Yanjing is bright early, look at the hour, it has passed the hour, and it is about five o'clock in the time of Yanjing in later generations.

Then it's time for the search, which takes a lot of work.

At the moment, Bao Yingxia and Lu Fengyi didn't dare to delay any longer, and under the leadership of the examiners in each room, they went to check the papers that had been eliminated before.

Fortunately, the examiners knew what they had eliminated and immediately presented some of the papers that were passable.

Lu Fengyi's heart had already flown to the Tianzi examination room, and she didn't care about the papers in the other rooms, so she ordered a paper indiscriminately.

However, Bao Yingxia was a little serious, not only read and read the recommended volumes, but even went to other volumes from time to time and immediately took out a few to check.

In this way, the speed has slowed down.

Finally waiting for the last Tianzi, Lu Fengyi said: "Master Bao is tired, and he is resting beside him, so let the official come." ”

As he spoke, he searched carefully in the pile of rolls.

Bao Yingxia was also too tired, but seeing that Lu Fengyi was focused, she was relieved, so she sat aside to rest.

Lu Fengyi was also anxious in his heart, although he didn't think much of the scene that happened in the lobby just now, he was still a little worried in his heart.

After searching for a long time in the Zhu volume, I finally saw in the last few volumes that the problem-solving part of an article began with four "one".

He was relieved in his heart, and secretly screamed: Huang Tian is pitiful, I finally found you. In this way, this official finally does not dishonor the king's life, does not dishonor the king's life!

After looking at the article on the volume again, Lu Fengyi frowned unconsciously: This article is really ...... It's really not good, no wonder it has to be brushed down. Previously, Bao Yingxia also boasted in front of everyone that his student Wu Jie was Zhang Juzheng's second and unborn genius. According to this official, this is the case. These articles are well written, and I can't find any major faults. But it only stays at the level of smoothness, and as for any ideas, literary style, or anything, there is nothing. To be honest, this kind of paper is also a big road commodity in the examination room, and it is okay to take it, or it is okay not to take it. Neutral or not, only between the thoughts of the master of the house. Whatever, whether Wu Jie is talented, whether he is an idiot or not, he must be hit, who calls people have a big backer behind him!

To be honest, when she sent this scroll to Bao Yingxia to see, Lu Fengyi was still very nervous, for fear of being rejected by Lord Bao, and her legs trembled slightly involuntarily.

Fortunately, Bao Yingxia was also tired, so she took a look at the scroll and said: "This article is also ordinary, but the matter of searching for the remains is an extra grace in the field, and it doesn't matter how the article is." The key is to let the candidates and our examiners understand the truth that 'heaven is impermanent, luck dictates'. The science field is cruel, although some people have real skills, but they have no luck, that is also idle; Some people have luck in the dark, he can be lifted after a few days of studying, how can there be justice in the field? . Just him. ”

Now that the search process has ended, the next step is to transfer the table for interrogation.

After all this tossing, it was already noon.

Unable to eat, the examiners began the final session.

All the papers in the middle of the list will be passed to the examiners of each room for review and determination of the ranking.

The examiners took up the red pen and drew circles, triangles, red crosses and other signs on the paper as marks. Among them, the volume with the most circles is the first name Xie Yuan.

Not surprisingly, the one left in the paper recited by the examiner had the most circles and won the first place.

The second place is very magical, it turned out to be the one left by the Tianzi room.

To tell the truth, this scroll is too ordinary, and being able to lift it is also the ancestor who burns high incense, and this time he actually took the second place, which made many people fall through their glasses.

Among them, Master Lu spent some thought on the exam......

The order of the transfer table will be reviewed by the chief examiner first, then transferred to the deputy chief examiner, and then the examiners of each room.

When it came to this scroll with four "ones", Bao Yingxia drew two forks and transferred them to Lord Lu.

Lu Fengyi was not polite, she directly went to the four red circles, transferred them to the next examiner, and stared at others fiercely.

The examiner saw that the deputy chief examiner had drawn so many circles, although this article was no longer successful, but Lord Lu's face still couldn't help but give, and he also raised his pen to make a circle, and the people below also drew a circle. When it was the turn of the next few people, there were already quite a few red circles on the rolls.

I immediately paid attention, flipped over and read the article twice, and I couldn't see the benefits of life or death. I didn't feel a little confused, and said in my heart: Everyone else thinks this volume is good, if I refute it, won't it seem to be lowly educated, forget it, follow the crowd.

So, this roll is like a dark horse, all the way to the second.

It took time to audit, I had lunch, and I was busy for another hour, and this township test was successfully concluded.

Then the clerk of the duty hall opened the seal of the ink scroll in the hall and smashed it with the 6 smashing the pretense of the Emperor to cut and create the Emperor to protect the Emperor and restore the cowardice of the Emperor 20.Jiong Huan 12

The newspaper that was recorded was reported from the last place.

There are constantly loud roll calls.

"No. 75 on the B list, Zhao Shaoyou, Daliangting Village, Fangshan County, now lives at Yulong Inn in Yanjing Crooked Neck Hutong."

...... "Shuntianfu Jiajing 39 years of township test B list 60th, Shunyi Xiaohe along the completion of learning, now living in the west Shun Inn. ”

...... "Shuntianfu Jiajing 39 years of township test B bottom 53, Tongzhou Kuqinba Qian Bida, now living in Dong'anmen Luoma City Tianshui Hutong Li Sijia. ”

…… After the township test, the Xiucai did not leave Yanjing, but stayed in an inn or at a relative's house and waited to see the list. Therefore, the contact address was registered before entering the examination room, so that it was convenient for the officials of the Gongyuan to report the good news.

For the officials, it was a beautiful thing to deliver newspapers. The so-called people are in good spirits when they are happy, and the people who lift the prize will be very generous. A penny less, a tael of silver more. However, for the sake of auspiciousness, most of them are copper coins, which form a long and long string, and the meaning of fortune is indecisive.

Of course, you will also encounter that kind of iron rooster that does not pull out a hair.

At this time, the official would look at the newspaper again and say, "I made a mistake." "Turn around and leave, deliberately teasing.

waited until the old man honestly took out the money, then stuffed the good news over, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the master, I actually won." ”

The result was a happy ending.

Whenever there is a township examination, although the yagong door has to be closed in the examination room for a month, the harvest is also abundant.

I only hate why the township test is not held once a year, and why don't you take hundreds or thousands of them in each issue.

The people who can lift people are the top people in Gyeonggi, and the last few may be suspected of indiscriminate filling, and the more they come to the end, the more famous the talents in the middle of the lift, and many of them are famous scholars who have been famous for many years.

"Shuntianfu Jiajing 39 years of township test B bottom 34, Zuodu Governor's Mansion Lu family study, Gao Kejin, now living in Zuodu Governor's Mansion."

Finally, it was the turn of the candidates with the number of Tianzi, and the ranking was not low.

The examiner waited for a long time, and a hanging heart also landed. It seems that the scrolls in Tianzifang are very good, which is also his glory.

Then there was another candidate with a celestial size.

Tianzi selected five papers, and two of them have already been won. There is another one that will definitely take the first place, and I don't know how the other two rank.

I don't know how long I waited, but finally a voice sang: "Shuntianfu Jiajing 39 years of township test B bottom 12, Zuodu Governor's Mansion Lu family study, Lin Tingchen, now living in Zuodu Governor's Mansion." ”

"Wow, there are twelve of them, and there are still two scrolls left in the Tianzi room. Tianzihao Jinke is really in the limelight. "The examiners were surprised.

The examiner was proud and couldn't help but smile.

As the newspapers continued to be sent out, the next nine volumes were not of a celestial size.

Forget it in this way, the Tianzi room took the first two, and the examiner was so excited that his face was red.

"Shuntianfu Jiajing 39 years of township test B bottom two, Zuodu Governor's Mansion Lu family study, Lu Chang, now living in Zuodu Governor's Mansion."

"Who is Lu Chang?" Everyone was confused for a while, speaking of which, many people have been academic officials, and they are also very familiar with the Shilin in the capital. This person can win the second place, he should be an amazing character, why haven't I heard of it before?

Puzzled at this moment, someone looked at the two volumes of ink and Zhu that had been opened, and when they saw it, they almost laughed out loud: Isn't this the volume that was selected when the Tianzi room searched for the relics, and it was really ugly. Why did you get the second inexplicably, is there still heavenly reason?

At the moment when the scroll was opened and her name was revealed, Lu Fengyi's face turned pale, her eyes darkened, and she sat down on the chair in a dejected manner. Cold sweat seeped out from his forehead and vest like a spring: how is it possible, how is it possible, shouldn't this scroll be Wu Jie's? Could it be that the volume that Bao Yingxia threw away earlier was really made by Wu Jie?

What is this called, and where did Lu Chang know the four "one" joints?

How did it come to this?

On a cold day, there was a faint amount of moisture rising overhead.

Only the last roll remains.

This is the solution of this issue of the B list.

Hearing the name Lu Chang, Bao Yingxia was also a little surprised: "Wait, isn't this the scroll that was selected by the previous Tianzi Fang search?" The article is very ordinary, why did you get second, how did you transfer the table to review? ”

The examiners also smiled bitterly: "My lord, this ...... This thing is strange, I didn't expect to take the second place. ”

"I also drew a circle as usual, but I didn't expect it to be like this."

Master Bao also shook his head helplessly and smiled: "This student is really lucky, not to mention being searched, and he has a good ranking." Haha, okay, since everyone has decided so, let's spread the good news. ”

Everyone was relieved to see that Master Bao didn't say anything. I thought: This is the outrageous mistake. However, in this way, it can be regarded as an elegant saying in the imperial examination field and Shilin, which is also interesting.

All that's left is the last scroll.

The ink scroll is still in the dossier and has not been opened.

Bao Yingxia touched the Zhu scroll and sighed: "After nearly a month of exams, it has come to light so far, and there is a young talent like Sun Luxuan, the Lu family, which can be regarded as a complete merit." ”

Evil horn is a special term in ancient opera, which means the ** part at the end of a play.

An examiner joked: "Lord Bao, before the seal was opened, no one knew who wrote this volume, how could adults dare to say that it was Lu Xuan?" ”

Bao Yingxia: "Tianzihao can write this kind of article, and he can count it with his fingers, except for Wu Jie, only Lu Xuan is left." Wu Jie's volume, the official has already brushed it down, who else could it be if it wasn't Lu Xuan? Lord Lu, Lord Lu, what's wrong with you......"

Everyone turned their heads to look when they heard the sound, but saw that Lu Fengyi's eyes were white, and her breathing was as heavy as a cow.

Lu Fengyi: "Why don't you have the name of the first Caoyuan Wu Festival, no, you have to search for it." ”

Master Bao was finally unhappy: "No, the official has already said that Jinke will not take Wu Jie." Unsealed. ”

"Yes." There was an impatient scribe who divided the two volumes of ink and Zhu by two, and sang loudly, "Shuntianfu Jiajing 39th year township test B list first place Xie Yuan, Zuodu Governor's Mansion Lu family study, Wu Jie, ah!" ”

"Haha, haha, haha!" Lu Fengyi laughed loudly.

"How so?" Bao Yingxia was stunned.

"Thief, hypocrite!" The examiner rushed forward, "Phew! With a bang, he spit a mouthful of spit on Bao Yingxiaguang's chest.

Then he turned and strode out of the lobby.

"Thief, thief!" The voices are endless.

(To be continued)