There are more than a dozen small tables in front of the wooden board, on the table are brushes and inkstones, as well as grinding various colors of paint, and the guests who have bought the champion meal can take the voucher of a product of incense to the wooden board to find Ruan Bai to receive tools, and write the name of their favorite candidates on the wooden board.

Yipinxiang fully considered the conditions of the guests, so those who could not write could also draw the portraits of the candidates, and for a while, not only the Yipinxiang room was bustling, but even the streets were lined up with people waiting to write on the wooden boards.

In order to prevent some guests from deliberately buying a large number of champion meals only in exchange for the qualification to write, there is also a provision that only one champion meal can be bought for one person, and this package does not provide takeaway service, you need to buy it in person and taste it on the spot.

After all, who doesn't know the status of Yipinxiang, the opinions of the two county lords can be directly handed over to the palace, so that the county lord can see how popular the candidates are, and the future of these candidates will be greatly beneficial in the future.

Not only do the people think so, but all the businessmen in the capital are also amazed that it is worthy of the exquisite mind of a pinxiang, this activity can recover the cost, and secondly, let the people speak their minds, and can also provide direct information for the emperor, and let the candidates and students have the opportunity to become famous.

At the end of the day, more than half of the names have been densely written on the wooden board outside the door of Yipinxiang, and there are all kinds of simple graffiti paintings, which look like a unique beauty. On the treetops of the moon, Yipinxiang sold out the last champion meal of the day, and then it calmed down, only scattered diners were still drinking and chatting in the hall, although there was no one writing in front of the wooden board, Ruan Bai still hung five red round lanterns, red and red to illuminate every word on the wooden board.

Ruan Mianmian and Liu Xin'er quietly looked down upstairs for a while to confirm that no one was there, and then they trotted over with their skirts to see if they were fresh. In order to create an atmosphere, Ruan Mianmian wore a set of scholarly white shirts in a somewhat neutral style to eat in the hall for an afternoon, and the snow-white cuffs were stained with some oil, but fortunately no one noticed.

Although her scholarly clothes are also men's clothing, they are carefully improved, deliberately relaxed the hem, made into a skirt style, the neckline and cuffs are embroidered with dark flowers and green bamboo patterns, fresh and elegant and revealing a little girl's fineness, the ink-colored hair is oily and slippery, and it is also combed into a simple scholarly bun, wearing a white jade hair crown, only fixed with a jade hairpin carved into translucent bamboo, and there are carved vivid bamboo leaves on the hairpin, which makes her face a little heroic and charming, It's more refreshing than the little daughter's dress before.

The two of them went downstairs with a bang, ran to the wooden board and looked up in unison, this wooden board was as high as two Ruan Mianmian, and there was a small ladder specially used to climb high next to it, even so, someone wrote on the top, which shows how popular this activity is.

"Sister Xin'er, please help me take a look, which name appears the most among them?" Ruan Mianmian scratched her head, a little dazzled by these scribbled fonts. In fact, I don't blame her, she was still a poor girl who couldn't eat a full meal every day in the orphanage at this time last year, who would have thought that she would become the hottest eater once, and she was also named the county lord, and became a real upper-class person, but she didn't experience the talent and knowledge cultivated since childhood like other official eunuch families, even if she learned a few words with Fang Dacang, she really didn't know anything about literature and science.

"You see, I saw that most of them were written by a candidate named Jin Jiaoyang, and there were people over there who drew his portrait, go over and take a look." Liu Xin'er was also in high spirits, and pulled Ruan Mianmian and ran to the middle.

"Sister Xin'er is right, today I am watching the scene outside, nine times out of ten I am here for this Jin Jiaoyang, saying that he is talented and knowledgeable, his father is the governor of Shandong, and his family is also a famous family for generations, and he is a rare and beautiful scholar." Ruan Bai also leaned over, pointed to the portrait painted with colored paint, and commented, "This painting is really good, but I don't know if it's any different from a real person." ”

Ruan Mianmian raised his eyes and saw that he was indeed a graceful and handsome boy, with a long face, a pointed chin, a high nose bridge, thick eyebrows and big eyes, but his expression was a little cold, and he didn't look very easy to get along with. It's just that at first glance, Ruan Mianmian was shocked to find that this face that he had never seen before actually coincided strangely with a face in the deepest part of his heart, and after a pause, a name appeared in his mind: Fang Cannon.

Yes, although this Jin Jiaoyang's face looks completely different from the cannon, the details of the facial features have many similarities with the cannon, and Ruan Mianmian was directly stunned when he saw it, and he couldn't believe that there was such a coincidence in the world.

"Sister... Sister... Look at his facial features... Like whom? Ruan Mianmian opened her mouth intermittently, staring at this familiar face without blinking, feeling more and more like she was dreaming.

Liu Xin'er didn't pay attention to it, but after Ruan Mianmian's reminder, she squinted her eyes and looked over, and suddenly froze in place, staring blankly at Jin Jiaoyang's portrait.

A quarter of an hour later, Mu Ruqing, Jiang Xinyue, and Uncle Hua also came out of the courtyard of Yipinxiang and stood in front of the wooden plank, stunned in place, staring blankly at Jin Jiaoyang's portrait.

"Like, it's so similar, although the charm is completely different, but even then you can see the consistency of the facial features, it's incredible." Mu Ruqing exclaimed.

"Do you know what Cannon had before he came to Yipinxiang, maybe he and Jin Jiaoyang are relatives, and I have similarities with my cousins."

"We don't know this, he was originally a beggar on the street, my old man Mu took pity on him and brought him back to raise, he was not yet ten years old when he picked it up, he said that he was wandering since he was a child, and he couldn't remember where his family was, and he didn't have a family name later. So his background has always been a mystery. Mu Ruqing pondered for a while and said slowly.

"Since there is no exact family, maybe he is the descendant of the Jin family, because of what happened to him back then, in fact, it is not difficult to figure out this, a big family like the governor of Shandong, are all officials sent outside Beijing, and there is a mansion in the capital, this Jin Jiaoyang will definitely not live in the inn, but in the Jin Mansion in the capital, we can quietly inquire, maybe we can ask something." Jiang Xinyue flicked the scabbard of the saber, and with a roll of her eyes, she came up with a way.

"That's right, it's always a concern to guess, it's better for us to ask directly, if there is really a blood relationship, so that the cannon can recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors, he will be very happy to think about it." Ruan Mianmian's big eyes were rippling, and two lines of hot tears flowed. With clues to find Cannon's family, she empathizes with her as an orphan, and she feels full of hope for Cannon.

"That being the case, then let's find a suitable time to visit, this Jin Jiaoyang is very talented and has a prominent family background, and it is a sure thing to enter the palace, so that he will live in the capital for at least a month, so there is no need to worry." Mu Ruqing still had a trace of reason, and he didn't immediately get hot-headed to explore the truth, the matter of the imperial examination is the top priority, as the emperor's cronies, it is easy to cause trouble when they rashly visit the candidates before the emperor list is released, and what happens will harm Jin Jiaoyang's reputation.

"Okay, don't stand stupidly, it's a happy event to have this hope, everyone enters the house, I'll fry a few dishes, let's have a warm meal, just pray for the cannon to find a family." Uncle Hua is happy, he has no children and no daughters, and he has been his relatives over the years, and he is really happy for Fang Cannon.

One night passed, and on the second day, Yipinxiang was still in the market, and the number of people who came to buy the champion meal for the candidates did not decrease, and the huge wooden board at the door was full of large and small words, and even the gaps in the words were filled with dense small characters. Many candidates have also heard of the "Approval Ke" wall of Yipinxiang, and those who are informal and cheerful come to the door to see how many people write their names and call friends, which is fun.

It's just that this day was not all smooth sailing, Yipinxiang avoided trouble, but the trouble still came up by itself.

First of all, in the morning, the Gongyuan came to the steward's report, saying that there was something important that needed Yipinxiang to go over to ask, and in the afternoon, Yipinxiang and everyone were just about to go out, and someone came there again and said that there was no need to go to the Gongyuan, and went directly to the palace to the emperor to make it clear.

Mu Ruqing and the others were confused, the errand of the Gongyuan had already been completed, and what could they ask if they went to ask at this time, they had to go to the emperor. And the person who came to deliver the message obviously had a bad tone, which is obviously not a good thing, and I am afraid that someone is doing something disgusting.

But when it comes to the tribute academy and the scientific expedition, they also have to think of countermeasures in advance, no matter how difficult the other party is, they must steadily block back, otherwise it will be a small obstacle to their reputation and it will not be good to disappoint the emperor.

Sitting in the carriage, Ruan Mianmian felt a little anxious, pulling the jade tassels on his waist back and forth, and saw that he had pulled off several of them. Jiang Xinyue stretched out her hand to hold her hand and comforted: "Okay, sleep, it must be fine, you think about the trust that Your Majesty and the Queen Mother have in us, when you come to him, someone will frame us, and he will also look towards us, he understands our conduct." ”

It's just that her words didn't make it too clear, how could the Son of Heaven be dominated by feelings and trust in his heart, what he understood was not only the character of Yipinxiang, but also the huge benefits brought by Yipinxiang. A restaurant that does not have great power but can bring huge profits is much more reassuring than a humerus minister. So as long as Yipinxiang does not betray the court, he will always be protected.