The county exam is only one day, and candles are not allowed, the sun is falling in the west, the exam is almost over, and candidates are handing in their papers one after another. Everyone's face is not good, and they are afraid that less than one of the ten who can pass such a difficult question will be able to pass. The cruelty of the imperial examination system can be seen.

Tang Yi was not in a hurry to hand in the papers, he scrutinized the article several times to ensure that there were no deviant, anachronistic, or taboo things, and every word was round and jade. Even the trial poem, he looked at it carefully, not seeking to be brilliant, as long as it was stable.

In fact, there is no need to be like this in the county and county exams, but Tang Yi has long made up his mind that he will pass all the exams in one fell swoop and will never suffer the second sin.

The county examination is his preliminary examination, through several times of tempering, skillful skills, sophisticated articles, and the state has reached the peak, rushing through the township examination and the meeting examination in one fell swoop.

After the inspection, read through it twice more times, until it was catchy, Tang Yi was satisfied, and walked towards Zhang Shouzhi's position with the paper. Tang Yi secretly calculated in his heart: Don't look at your old master who doesn't like me, just based on my article, if you can't even pass the county exam, it means that you have bad intentions and bad intentions. Don't look at you as a prefect, the master also has 10,000 ways to make you survive and not die!

Tang Yi walked forward, and in front of him happened to be the old man he met when he signed up that day, this old man trembled and sent the roll up, his sideburns dripping with delicate sweat, like a criminal waiting for the verdict to be announced.

Zhang Shouzhi read his article directly, and then silently put down the volume.

"How old are you?"

"Back to the old parents, the villain is seventy."

Ooh!

It's all over the years, Tang Yi was startled, he really put his whole life into it. I only heard Zhang Shouzhi ask again: "What scriptures do you usually study?" ”

An ordinary question made the old man dumbfounded, and his whole body trembled even more.

"How. Don't even know what books to read? Zhang Shouzhi asked in surprise.

"This, this, the villain learns more Cheng Wen Cheng Mo, as for the scriptures ......"

The old man didn't continue, Tang Yi also understood, and dared to love this person who thought he had memorized the article. was able to pass the exam, Tang Yi admired his courage, and completely turned the exam into buying lottery tickets, obviously his luck was not good, and this time it was over again.

I saw Zhang Shouzhi lift the pen and ink, write two lines of words with a brush, and throw them to the old man.

"At the age of seventy, he is still called a child, but Yun Shou is tested; The Old Five Classics are not yet ripe, and they are worthy of scholars. ”

The old man was ashamed. Fleeing in embarrassment and staggering out of the examination room, Tang Yi was worried about whether he would hang up halfway, but thinking about this kind of imperial examination madman, even if he died, it was just to add a little joke.

"Bring your article." Zhang Shouzhi said silently.

Tang Yi sent the article up, Zhang Shouzhi didn't even read it, so he picked up the pen and wrote the word "Zhong", which is very interesting. One is short at the bottom and long at the top. Some like the word "expensive" on the top, the pleasing meaning is clear, if you wait for the government test and the hospital test to come, the word "expensive" will be completely written.

Tang Yi didn't expect the old master to be admitted so easily, there was no difficulty at all, it was really unexpected. Zhang Shouzhi looked up. looked at Tang Yi, who was a little surprised, and smiled dumbly.

"Do you think the old man was sloppy?"

"Don't dare, don't dare! Thank you, students. Tang Yi bowed respectfully.

Zhang Shouzhi smiled slightly, "When it comes to the old way of articles, you are not much better than ordinary people." If he can't even pass the county exam, won't the old man become blind? If such an article is not admitted, God will blame me. Zhang Shouzhi sighed again, wanting to say something, but seeing that many candidates came to hand in the papers, he smiled and said: "When the four games are over, you come to the yamen again, the old man has something to ask clearly." ”

Sure enough, there was a problem, Tang Yi nodded and withdrew from the examination room.

When Wang Shimao saw Tang Yi hand over the papers, they all came out. After communicating with each other, Wang Shimao successfully solved the problem, and the article was not badly written, Tang Yi estimated that admission was inevitable, and what surprised him the most was that Wang Shaozhou and Shen Lin also wrote it.

You must know how many guys who have been studying hard for more than ten years have lamented loudly, saying that the exam is too difficult, and if they fail the exam, they can only wait for the next time to come back to Yunyun.

After all, Wang Shaozhou has been reading since he was a child, and his brain is quite flexible, he is not surprised that Tang Yi can make articles, but Shen Lin, but he only started reading after following him, and he can actually write articles, but the poems are slightly worse, and he is really a talent, which is worth cultivating.

Briefly said that after the four exams, the list was released outside the county office the next day, and it was no surprise that Tang Yi ranked first and became the first of the county exams. Wang Shimao ranked third, Wang Shaozhou was twenty-third, and Shen Lin was also ranked thirty-nine and passed smoothly. Of course, Shen Lin's ranking is very low, and it is debatable whether he can pass the government examination, but it is also worth being happy.

Wang Shimao proposed to have a big banquet, Wang Shaozhou and Shen Lin readily agreed, but Tang Yi shook his head.

"You go first, I also have to visit the prefect."

In the past few days, Zhang Shouzhi's words have been like a thorn in Tang Yi's heart. It can be seen from Zhang Shouzhi's actions that this person is a frank gentleman, but why is he prejudiced against himself, Tang Yi feels that he must be a villain, plotting against himself behind his back, you wait, as long as I figure out which way you are a monster and don't crush you, I am not Tang Yanei!

With a sense of anger, he came to the signing room, Zhang Shouzhi was dressed in civilian clothes, sat here, Tang Yi gave him a salute, Zhang Shouzhi smiled and asked him to sit down, obviously much more cordial than the last time, after greeting a few words, Zhang Shouzhi smiled slightly bitterly: "I guess you must be wondering, why does the old man have prejudices against you?" ”

Tang Yi did not deny it, but said: "The students thought that there must be a misunderstanding. ”

"Perhaps." Zhang Shouzhi said: "When I handed over to Lord Tan, he said that you are a talented man in Taicang and the best candidate for the head of the case. ”

Tan Cong did promise to give himself the head of the case, it seems that this guy has not forgotten, and he also entrusted Zhang Shouzhi. It's just that...... Could it be that Zhang Shouzhi misunderstood, thinking that he was looking for someone to intercede? The old master is an upright official and doesn't like flies and dogs, so he has prejudice against himself? Tan Cong, this guy is not shallow!

Tang Yi felt that he was more wronged than Dou E, and he couldn't cry or laugh. Zhang Shouzhi continued: "Lord Tan pleads for you, although the old man doesn't like it, but it is the duty of a local official to do talent for the country, if you are really talented, it is not impossible to give a case leader." Just ......"

"My lord, what's so hard to say?"

"Forget it, let's be honest, you look at this."

Saying that, Tan Cong took out a book from his sleeve and sent it to Tang Yi.

Tang Yi unfolded it and took a look, and four big characters were impressively listed: Xingzhi Anthology.

"Mine?"

Tang Yi was shocked, and hurriedly opened it, there were almost thirty articles in it, Tang Yi looked carefully, none of them were made by himself, and the content of the articles was mostly sloppy, boasting about the holy things, which didn't make sense at all. The most fatal two articles are scolding Zhu Xi and touting Wang Yangming, saying that Wang Yangming is a saint who came into the world, and Zhu Xi is worthless.

The sky has eyes, although Tang Yi is a scholar of the heart and also admires Yang Minggong, but he will never write such a controversial thing, isn't that purely looking for trouble? You must know that the study of mind is still in the position of the opposition, and it is still the science that dominates the Ming Dynasty. It's no wonder that after seeing these articles, Zhang Shouzhi will be dissatisfied with Tang Yi.

"My lord, this anthology was not written by me at all, it was framed by someone!"

Zhang Shouzhi nodded slightly, and said earnestly: "The old man has seen you write articles in the examination room, whether it is in terms of style or choice of words, these articles are not written by you, and the old man has been deceived." ”

Zhang Shouzhi frankly admitted that because of Tan Cong's entrustment, Zhang Shouzhi had doubts, and with this anthology, he directly classified Tang Yi as a bastard who did not learn and did not know how to learn, was arrogant, and relied on his background to act recklessly.

Fortunately, Tang Yi's intelligence, rigor, and steadfastness in the field impressed the old master, and he picked things out and eliminated the misunderstanding.

"My lord, do you know where this anthology came from?"

Zhang Shouzhi was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said with a wry smile: "For almost two months, a few students came to ask the old man with articles, and this anthology was mixed with their articles, and it is hard to say who the old man is." In the world, it is inevitable to meet villains, always careful, not necessarily appropriate, open-minded, eat a trench and grow a wisdom! Go back and study well, and in two months it will be the government test, and then take a case head and come back. ”

Tang Yinuo agreed, but he didn't think so. He, Young Master Tang, won't be a rotten good person who knocks out his teeth and swallows it in his stomach!

Whoever dares to plot against himself will have to bear the price!

"My lord, let's give this anthology to the students as a souvenir."

Zhang Shouzhi was stunned for a moment, and nodded meaningfully.

……

With the anthology in his arms, Tang Yi came out of the Zhizhou Yamen, and returned home with a smoke, and without stopping for a moment, he immediately found the fat man. Wu Tiancheng was sent to Zhejiang, and the fat man was left to be most familiar with the affairs of Changwen Paper Shop.

"Childe, what do you command?"

"Take it, and within three days, find out where this thing came from."

Fat Qian took it and looked at it, patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Childe, as long as it is printed, Fat Qian can find it for you." ”

It's really not bragging, Changwen paper stores have spread all over Nanzhili, and even opened to Zhejiang, Fujian, known for their high quality and low price. It has a guild hall, a printing workshop, and a workshop for the production of stationery, among which there are many craftsmen and masters, all of whom have a high vision. Others look at it as white paper, but in their eyes it is completely different.

"Master Qian, this paper seems to have come from Anhui, and people should also be on guard. But the ink is still leaking, this is from the Huating Zhangjia Printing Workshop, and it is also in our name, you just have to find it. ”

Qian Fatzi didn't say a word, got up and went to Huating, found the Zhangjia printing workshop, and after some inquiry, he finally found the person who was looking for them to print.

"Young master, this is the person who did it!" Qian Fat said through gritted teeth. (To be continued.) )

PS: I have a cold, I have a terrible headache, and the update is late, please forgive me!