When Fang Yingwu came out of the governor's office, it was already late at night. Although Elder Wang didn't give him any verbal promises, Fang Yingwu knew that things should be the same.

It's just that with Wang Shu's character, it is impossible to open this mouth. It was also difficult for Fang Yingwu to imagine that a serious Wang Shu said to him, "Don't worry, the old man will help you open the back door."

All in all, Fang Yingwu didn't need to chase after him to ask anything, he just knew how to wait for the muffled voice to make a fortune.

Only a day later, news broke out in Hangzhou - the candidates for the ten examiners have been decided! Not only that, but even the detailed list of ten people has flowed out, and it is boiling in the hands of readers.

Especially those scholars who saw that their school teachers were selected as examiners, and they did not go back in time to communicate the way in advance, beat their chests and regretted being lazy for a while. At this time, if they are in their hometown, they can immediately go to the door to say goodbye, and think of dredging the door directly!

As for Xiang Chengxian and Xiang Gongzi, who worked so hard to rush back, but his own teachings were not on the list, there was only endless loss

Fang Yingwu also looked at the list and was immediately overjoyed. Sure enough, five out of ten were provided by him. So far, the fraud in this township test can be regarded as the most critical step.

Ten examiners with the examiner to mark the papers, five of them are "their own people", so even if they are randomly assigned, the probability of their own papers falling into the hands of their own people is 50%. This is equivalent to saying that the probability of winning is almost 50%.

Compared with the average acceptance rate of less than 3 percent, the probability of 50 percent is already unimaginably high, and it is not a problem to add another 20 percent probability in the future.

Someone may ask. Weishenme Fang Yingwu only helped Grandmaster Li get half of the same examiner quota, and didn't he turn all ten people into his own people in one go? Wouldn't that be a 100% chance of being successful?

But he said that he really wanted to do such a thing. It's almost like the sky is angry and the sky is thundering. The examiner is jointly selected by the governor, the governor, and the inspector, and if they all let the great master entrust Fang Yingwu to wrap up. Maybe Governor Wang is a relative who is easy to talk to, so where will the face of the government and the inspection be placed? Greedy to eat alone and not let others get a piece of the pie, zuihou often only goes bad.

After the news of the examiner spread, a few days later, it was another dark and windy night, and an old man in his fifties knocked on the door of Fang Yingwu's residence. "There is an old elder, I heard that Fang Xianggong took the exam, and he has a few words to encourage Fang Xianggong to entrust the old man to come and deliver the letter."

Fang Yingwu couldn't suppress his joy and held the old man's hand affectionately. said excitedly: "Looking forward to the autumn water, the old man is here!" ”

The old man glanced at Fang Yingwu a few times, and muttered in his heart: "This young young man is dignified, why is his brain a little unconscious?" ”

He just came to deliver the letter on the orders of the master's family, and he didn't know what the letter was, and the master's family only said to help others deliver the letter.

Fang Yingwu accepted the letter, sent away the old man who delivered the letter, took three steps and did two steps, returned to the room and lit a candle to watch carefully.

The letter was plain and unusual. It seems to be just a Shilin old-timer Dun Dun teaching, talking about a few recent experiences of reading the scriptures, and by the way, a few words of encouragement to others.

But there is the greatest abnormality in the ordinary, which only Fang Yingwu can understand. Because he knew that the content of this letter was from the hand of Master Li, the chief examiner of the township examination and the deputy envoy of the school. It's just that the signature is an alias, and the handwriting is not the usual handwriting of Grand Master Li - this is all to leave no evidence.

He helped the Grand Master to operate five examiner places, and this letter was the Great Grandmaster's return for the favor. It's the reward he deserves, but it's also a reward that is hard to buy.

A few paragraphs of reading experience in the letter. Each of the chapters cited in the paragraph may be a township exam question. In other words, the three most important titles of the four books will be singled out in these paragraphs.

And more importantly. According to the prior agreement, the last words of the first five paragraphs of the letter will be "keyword". And when it comes to the examination room, Fang Yingwu should also use the same words at the end of the first five paragraphs of his first article, so as to form a secret mark.

The test papers are obscured and re-transcribed, and under normal circumstances, the examiner does not know whose papers it is. But if there is a pre-agreed haode secret mark, and the assigned examiner happens to be his own person, then you will know who it is when you see this secret mark.

Now, Fang Yingwu can finally be completely sure that he is at least half sure of the move. Even if the test paper is unlucky and not assigned to your own examiner, but you know the question in advance, prepare carefully, and get a few articles that are better than others, it is not difficult, and the probability of passing the test is at least two or three percent higher than that of normal people.

While others are still trying to increase the hope of one percent, the other side has quietly achieved seventy or eighty percent certainty. In this case, if you can't lift someone, it is bad luck and not ordinary bad luck.

The secret coolness in Fang Daxiucai's heart is really overflowing, but unfortunately, reason told him that he couldn't share this joy with anyone, and he could only endure the internal injuries.

He paced back and forth excitedly in the courtyard in the middle of the night, sighing "There are few bosom friends, who listens to broken strings". It's still the same sentence, make a fortune in a muffled voice.

In the following days, Lord Li, the chief examiner of the township examination, returned to Hangzhou City first, but entered the Gongyuan without stopping when he entered the city, and then locked the door and did not come out.

Immediately, those fellow examiners who were temporarily selected also came one after another, and like the chief examiner, Lord Li, they also entered the tribute courtyard after entering the city, and no outsiders were seen.

From now until the end of the exam, these examiners will be locked in the Gongyuan, theoretically cut off from all contact with the outside world.

On this day, Wang Yu's little lady came to find Sister Lan, and made an appointment to go to the temple to offer incense together. Suddenly, I heard someone shouting outside the door, "Is Brother Fang Xian at home?" ”

This voice is from Xiang Gongzi, probably from Chun'an to Hangzhou again. Fang Yingwu hurriedly went to open the door and greeted: "Brother Xiang came from Chun'an again, and it was very hard to think all the way. ”

Xiang Chengxian's mood was not very high, "Hard work is nothing, but it's really frustrating to run for nothing." ”

Fang Yingwu sighed and encouraged: "It's better to concentrate on reading books, with Brother Xiang's talent, there are great opportunities without relying on the door, so why bother with these." ”

Xiang Chengxian waved his hand, "Don't talk about this, I came to ask for help this time." ”

"Brother Xiang has some instructions, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it." Fang Yingwu is very generous.

"This time I came from home and brought another batch of silver taels. I'm going to hold five or six banquets now, and I'd like to ask you to be your escort. ”

Fang Yingwu was extremely surprised, now that most of the examiners are in place, the exam is really close at hand, and it has come to the moment of grinding the gun, this eldest prince doesn't want to review carefully, but what is the singing and dancing of the banquet? It's not one, it's five or six.

Xiang Chengxian said calmly: "This time, the ten examiners are from ten prefecture and county schools in the province. What I want to invite is the scholars of these ten counties, even if I invite two counties at a time, I will invite five or six guests. ”

"What the hell are you up to?" Fang Yingwu asked curiously.

Xiang Chengxian patiently explained: "Brother Fang Xian, you are a newcomer to the township test, and you don't know anything. Writing an essay is not just a matter of writing well, but it also has to be based on the examiner's taste to record you. Some examiners like fluent and gorgeous essays, some examiners like quaint and heavy essays, and so on. After figuring out the situation, you can write an essay during the exam to prescribe the right medicine.

Now, although the ten fellow examiners have all entered the Gongyuan and no one has been seen, the students from their county are still outside. I invited the scholars from these ten counties as the host to communicate with them and understand the style of the examiners from their mouths. The ultimate goal is to see which type is more numerous, and to know yourself and the other in the exam room. ”

Fang Yingwu sighed secretly, but it was still strange, "If you want to be the host, you can do it, if you lack money, I will help you, why do you need to ask me to be the main escort?" ”

At present, he has brushed out his prestige, and the layout of the exam is basically completed, so he is just waiting for the exam. In other words, he didn't have to study the examiner's taste, so in this case, he really didn't have much to think about. If you bother to toss it, it's not much good, so what's the toss for?

Xiang Chengxian shouted when he heard this: "Brother Fang Xian, you don't understand. Foolish brother, I don't want your money, just your people! ”

Fang Yingwu was so frightened that he took two steps back, "You have something to say, I don't sell my body." ”

Xiang Chengxian scolded with a smile, "Do you treat me as a rare you!" He said helplessly: "Do you think I don't know that you have to pretend to be low-key?" But I can't help it.

Now there are many people who have such thoughts as me, and the scholars from those ten counties are suddenly hot, and they are vying to be invited to the banquet and the elegant gathering. The invitations they received were only afraid that the table was already piled up, so I went to ask for someone, and I really didn't know how many I could invite. If there are too few people, it will not be effective.

And now that you are famous, many people want to make friends with you, at least they are very interested in meeting you. With you as the main companion, I guess I can help me recruit a lot of people.

Besides, you have a close relationship with the Oiran Lady, so it would be better if you could invite the Oiran Lady to accompany you! Of course, it would be better if the value of the Oiran lady could be converted cheaper, and let me pay less silver! ”

Fang Yingwu was stunned, he didn't expect him to be of such use, and dared to ask him to act as a big vase to attract guests.

After explaining, Xiang Chengxian begged again: "You and I are like brothers, there is no reason why you shouldn't help with this favor!" ”

If a friend's plea reaches this point, then it is impossible to refuse, otherwise it will be too unrighteous. Fang Yingwu didn't say anything more, and agreed to come down, anyway, he didn't need to review anything now, and he wasn't afraid of squandering his time and energy.

Xiang Chengxian smiled, "You don't suffer either, don't you want to know the tastes of those examiners?" This is called sharpening the knife and not cutting wood, and knowing more about the situation is not harmful to the exam. (To be continued......)

PS: The second shift, it seems that the third shift can be done before 12 o'clock!