Coming out of Liu's Mansion, Fang Yingwu was deeply worried about the two future uncles, there is such a scheming father who treats his son, I really don't know how they have survived the past twenty or thirty years.

From another point of view, Liu Mian can be regarded as a person who has achieved self-cultivation, family harmony, governing the country, and leveling the world, and can be called a person who can always adhere to the principle regardless of the family, but he only has four words for this principle - pragmatism, and even the love between father and son cannot shake this principle.

It's no wonder that the daughter-in-law of the Liu family, Jiang, is dissatisfied, and she is not happy to see herself, probably in the eyes of her woman, Liu Mian is more like her own father

The next day, Fang Yingwu went out again, carrying the silver to visit Xu Pufu, the chief examiner of the current department, the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites and the head of the Hanlin Academy, which is the custom of worshipping the teacher.

When I arrived at the gate of Xufu, which was so simple that it could even be called shabby, I saw a lot of traffic and people. This is not surprising, there is more than one person who can try to lift people in the Chinese style, and three hundred prospective jinshi have to come once, or even more than once.

Fang Yingwu only arrived today, although it is not too late, but it is not early. It's not that Fang Yingwu is upright or sluggish, but his mentality is really not as positive as others, and there is a difference.

Most of the quasi-jinshi are newcomers to the officialdom, as the so-called dynasty is Tian Shelang and Dusit Tianzitang, and their identities and roles have changed almost overnight, so there is no systematic network of excellent contacts and relationships in the officialdom.

For rookies who aspire to officialdom, worshipping a teacher is the first step in forming their own network - this is almost a fixed procedure for entering officialdom. If you can get the special blue eyes and mention, it will be a bit of a win at the starting line.

But Fang Yingwu's mentality is still different after all, first of all. Although he has not officially entered the officialdom, he has been rolling in it for several years. The mentality is experienced. Therefore, looking at Master Xu is not as high as other rookies in the same year, and he really can't brew a feeling of reverence.

Secondly. As far as the other party is concerned, if it comes to the relationship, the relationship between Xu Pu and Xu is far less cost-effective than that of Spelling Dad (or two). Spelling dad is his own exclusive resources, and the spelling master is competing for resources with hundreds of people, and even conflicts with the original interests, which is better and which is inferior at a glance.

Even when it comes to personal feelings, he has almost no contact with Lord Xu, so Fang Yingwu really can't treat the teacher as enthusiastically as his peers.

Of course, due courtesy must be fulfilled, and the teacher is the teacher. A program is a program, and you can't be picky.

Fang Yingwu stood at the gate of Xu's Mansion, arched his hand to the old doorman who was in a hurry, and reported to his home: "Fang Yingwu, a Chinese-style lifter in today's department, came to visit, dare to ask the old man if he is free?" ”

Fang Yingwu was the first Huiyuan, and his name naturally rang out, so he reported his name, which attracted the eyes of the surrounding people to come over - this is called Fang Yingwu's little vanity is very satisfied.

The old doorman flipped through the book in his hand and filled in Fang Yingwu's name. Then he informed: "There are too many people in front, and the old man will arrange Fang Friends in the afternoon of the day after tomorrow, please forgive me if I invite Fang Friends to come back when we arrive." ”

Fang Yingwu glanced at the book in the old official's hand. Sure enough, I saw a bunch of names in front of me. Probably because there are too many people and the number of visits is too dense, so this can only be done in this way. Today's trip is only equivalent to coming to make an appointment. The old door official is also official.

Even so, Fang Yingwu was a little unhappy. I am the first in the Huiyuan, and if I have achievements, I have privileges. It's not abrupt to enter the house directly, and you don't even have this privilege to cut in line?

It is reasonable that as a huiyuan, he should enjoy priority, and the old official should not understand this, but he is still official. That can only mean one thing, probably because Master Xu specially instructed the old doorman to let him line up to make an appointment to visit like others.

As for what Master Xu wanted to express, Fang Yingwu didn't bother to guess, and he didn't rely on him in the future.

Maybe Mr. Xu simply wanted to say that he had no selfish intentions, and that he was completely official when he was a Huiyuan; Maybe Master Xu wants to draw a little line with himself, after all, everyone knows who their father-in-law is.

Since Bachelor Xu's schedule can't be arranged today, Fang Yingwu went to visit Master Li Dongyang's house again, compared to Bachelor Xu's door, Li Dongyang is sparsely populated here.

After all, the same examiner is not as good as the chief examiner, and there are eighteen rooms with the examiner who are responsible for grading, and on average, there are only one or twenty Chinese-style examiners in each room, of course, it is not as grand as the three hundred examiners. Moreover, compared with the popular candidate Xu Bachelor who will enter the cabinet in the future, Li Dongyang's status is still a little worse.

So after Fang Yingwu came to the door, he actually had the opportunity to talk to Li Dongyang alone, which was also what he was looking forward to, he wanted to inquire about the situation in the curtain from Li Dongyang, the examiner.

Compared with the examiner Xu Pu, Fang Yingwu is still familiar with Li Dongyang, and he can't be a son-in-law or an enemy, not to mention that his father Fang Qingzhi has a good relationship with Li Dongyang.

But it's hard to open your mouth

The reason why Fang Yingwu wanted to inquire about inside information was, in the final analysis, because he was too weak and didn't believe in his own strength. Could he still say to Li Dongyang with a big grin: "Student, I shouldn't be at home in kung fu, how can I get the first place in the exam, if it weren't for your examiner's eye disease, then there must be an insider inside"

After thinking for a long time, Fang Yingwu held back his rhetoric and said: "Student, I am still young, and I still have to polish my knowledge. ”

"Haha, why should you be too humble!" Li Dongyang said with a smile: "I look at your article, although it is not like a flower, but it is simple and concise, and it is also a style of its own!" ”

Fang Yingwu was sweating on his forehead, although he was praised by Li Dongyang even if it was just a scene, it was worth being vain, but he didn't come to Li Dongyang to ask for grammar, he just wanted to guide Li Dongyang to break the inside information.

He induced him to ask again: "It is said that these two articles of the student are unsightly, but they can also get into the eyes of Master Xu?" ”

Li Dongyang shook his head, "Actually, the person who appreciates your article the most is not Master Xu. Rather, it is the deputy chief examiner, Mr. Wang. ”

What the? Deputy Chief Examiner Wang Xianwang? Which one is this? What does he have to do with him? Fang Yingwu was confused again.

In other words, in the field, the deputy examiner is a very embarrassing role. It is not like the examiner who lives separately in each room and is responsible for the initial marking, nor does it have the power to make a final decision like the examiner. So this character has a slightly weaker sense of presence, and it's easy to overlook.

As a result, Fang Yingwu found that he was looking for people everywhere to inquire about the inside situation, and it seemed that the more he inquired, the more he couldn't see through it, and the more he inquired, the more confused he became

Li Dongyang said eloquently: "At that time, there were three hundred Chinese-style test papers, which test paper to ask for the first, Bachelor Xu didn't have an idea, but the deputy examiner Bachelor Wang strongly recommended your test papers, and Bachelor Xu sold Bachelor Wang's face." I agreed. ”

Fang Yingwu couldn't help but ask suspiciously: "Is the test paper really confused?" At that time, no one knew that it was a student's exam paper, right? ”

Li Dongyang was furious, and shouted: "What kind of nonsense are you, how can there be a truth in the field that is not transcribed!" Do you doubt the integrity of our examiners? ”

"The teacher is on top, the student knows that he is wrong, and he shouldn't get carried away and talk nonsense!" Fang Yingwu begged for mercy again and again, but his heart flew up.

Fang Yingwu dared to swear to the sky that he definitely did not follow the path of Bachelor Wang, and their Fang family definitely did not have much contact with Bachelor Wang. I only heard that Mr. Wang is a native of Renhe County, Hangzhou, and is in the same province as their Fang family. But Bachelor Wang and Xie Qian are close, and they have nothing to do with their side.

Therefore, could it be that Mr. Wang really appreciates his own articles very purely, so he recommends himself to be the first? Could it be that the truth is as simple as that. It's no wonder that I still can't figure it out when I ask around, and I have complicated the problem.

Thinking of this, Fang Yingwu almost burst into tears with excitement. I wanted to run three miles to climb up to Zhengyang Gate, and shouted to the people in the capital: "Brother didn't rely on fraud and shady scenes. Brother got the first place in the exam with his strength! Brother's Huiyuan deserves its name! ”

Father-in-law Liu Mian is right, his mentality really needs to be brighter! Paranoia is a disease. This shijie is a shijie under the sun after all, and not everywhere is full of intrigue and shady.

The imperial capital of the northern country, in March, is brilliant, and the spring flowers are blooming, so you must be a bright and upright person in the future.

After learning the truth, Fang Yingwu quickly returned home, and told his father about the situation as soon as possible, if nothing else.

After the exam, my father was the only one in the capital who questioned his results! He even said "Even if everyone in the world believes in you, I can't believe it as a father", which is not like what his father said! Now let the facts show that my father was very wrong!

said that Fang Yingwu took three steps and two steps into the house, and hurriedly went straight to the study, but bumped into his father head-on in the atrium.

"Thou hast come just in time, for the Father is sending men to seek thee." Fang Qingzhi beckoned. Fang Yingwu smiled, "Coincidentally, my son, I was also about to go to find my father." ”

Fang Qingzhi nodded and said, "When my father went to the Hanlin Academy today, I met the deputy chief examiner, Wang Xianwang. ”

Fang Yingwu was a little disappointed when he heard this, this news was shocking enough when it came out of his mouth, how could his father also know about it from other channels? But he still said proudly: "Father already knows? It is also Mr. Wang's discernment, and his son stands out and lives up to what he has learned! ”

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Fang Qingzhi was inexplicable about his son's words, "Bachelor Wang said that he had written a few model essays on practicing writing before, but two sentences appeared in your test paper as they were. He saw it by chance, and thought it was the test paper of the old man, so he recommended this test paper as the first, but he didn't expect it to be you after the name was revealed. ”

What the? Or is there a shady scene? Fang Yingwu was desperate for this shijie.

Seeing that his son seemed to be pretending to be stupid, Fang Qingzhi couldn't get anywhere, and reprimanded: "My father privately collected some Hanyuan articles, so that you can figure out and study, and I didn't ask you to copy the sentences as they are!" You are doing this, so that Master Wang knows about his father's secret collection of other people's articles, where is his father's face placed! ”

Fang Yingwu turned a deaf ear to his father's reprimand, and asked with tears in his eyes: "You want to tell me this?" You've ruined my chance to be a good person! (To be continued......)

PS: First update!