The person who came was Jiang Yu, the county magistrate, and Sun County Ling didn't know how Jiang Yu knew about him building Chen Lin Xiao and them here today.

Sun Zhidun reluctantly smiled and said, "This is Jiang Yu, the county leader of this county." ”

When Chen Linxiao heard his name, he remembered the incident of the Zhangjia Tavern he encountered when he first came to the county seat.

Strictly speaking, it was precisely because of this incident that he made up his mind to embark on the road of the imperial examination.

Perhaps, to some extent, this county lord is still his guiding light.

Chen Linxiao thought in his heart with a slight mockery.

Jiang Yu looked at the three teenagers in front of him, and naturally he couldn't imagine that he still had such a fate with one of them.

"These three are ......"

Sun Xianling was about to make an introduction, but was interrupted by Jiang Yu and said, "Presumably, these three young talents are the disciples of Mr. Zhufeng." ”

Jiang Yu is a person born to be a county is already the limit, he knows that because of the restrictions of his origin, he can not go further, and the baby no longer pursues the ungreen clouds in the official career, but puts the goal of life on the accumulation of wealth, these years he has relied on his connections and skills, the entire Qitong County business is not leaky, and use this to make a lot of money.

Jiang Yu said and sat down under Sun County's order, and said: "It's really a young talent, when I see you all in your prime, I know that I am old." ”

…………

Coming out of the county office, Chen Linxiao and the three of them looked at each other, but they didn't know what to say.

"I have long heard that the entire Qitong County is not Lord Sun who is in charge, but he Jiang Yu is in power, and when I saw it today, it was really so." Guan Luxin rubbed his fingers and said after getting into the car.

Gao Qi frowned and said: "According to the laws of the imperial court, the county order is a seven-rank official, and the county is only an eight-rank official, how can he ride on the head of Lord Sun?" ”

Hearing this, Chen Linxiao patted him on the shoulder helplessly and said, "If everyone can act according to the laws of the imperial court, then there will not be so many absurd things." ”

Guan Luxin nodded when he heard this: "That's not the case, especially in this officialdom, it's even more complicated, where is this upper and lower dignity can be determined by an official rank?" If one day you see a third-grade official nodding to a fifth-grade official, don't be too surprised. ”

Guan Luxin grew up in the home of the official eunuch since he was a child, and he has seen a lot of this atmosphere in the officialdom since he was a child.

In the officialdom, it is necessary not only to look at the level of the management committee, but also to look at the family background, the inheritance of the teacher, the relationship between in-laws, and the backers behind it, and all kinds of factors are complicated.

"But since this Jiang Xiancheng dares to give Lord Sun such a face, he must also have something to rely on."

Chen Linxiao asked.

Hearing this, Guan Luxin leaned back slightly, stretched out his hand and shook it: "Lin Xiao, what you expected is good, our backer behind the county seat is Lord Fang, the prefect." ”

"Oh?"

"Do you know how Jiang Yu got to the position of the county leader?" Guan Luxin asked himself and replied, "More than ten years ago, the prefect Fang was the county commander of our Qitong County, and Jiang Yu, it was just a tried and tested move, he heard that Lord Fang came here to take office without bringing his family, so he found an opportunity to give his sister to Lord Fang, it is said that Jiang Yu's sister was born like a flower and jade, and won the favor of Lord Fang, just like that, Jiang Yu also changed from a small person to a county prince, and he has been doing it for more than ten years. And with Lord Fang's ascension, his status is as stable as Mount Tai. ”

"It's really shameless to sell my sister for glory." Takasaki frowned when he heard this.

Hearing this, Guan Luxin said twice: "Senior Brother Gao, a righteous gentleman like you makes me really worry about you. How will you survive if you embark on a career in the future? ”

Guan Yuxin was naturally joking, and Takasaki glanced at him helplessly, picked up a book from his hand and read it.

…………

Soon it was the day of the release of the list, and the other students couldn't wait to come to the gate of the county government early in the morning to wait for the release.

Chen Linxiao and Chen Xiaoshu were calm and abnormal, and it was not until mid-morning that the two of them went out.

When they arrived at the gate of the county government, Guan Luxin saw them hurriedly coming over and said, "You two are really calm enough, and you are only here now." ”

Chen Linxiao glanced at him and said, "What's the matter, it's already been released?" ”

Guan Luxin shook his head wryly and said, "That's not true." ”

Chen Linxiao spread his hands when he heard this.

At this moment, the officials in the county government came out with the list and immediately surrounded it with a group of people.

"Don't squeeze, don't squeeze, we'll see later."

The little official, who was scrambled to the next and the other, said loudly, but it didn't seem to be of any use, it only made the current warm atmosphere more lively.

Even Takasaki, who has always been calm, almost couldn't hold back the expression on his face.

The list of cases is not a row of people, but a circle of 50 people divided into two circles, 20 people in the inner circle and 30 people in the outer circle.

The candidate's name will not be written when the case is committed, but the test number will be used instead.

The upper part of the inner circle is the first place.

"The head of the county, No. 15!"

Someone shouted.

Chen Xiaoshu looked at Chen Linxiao in surprise when he heard this, and Guan Luxin directly patted Chen Linxiao and said, "Lin Xiao, it's you!" ”

Takasaki couldn't help but smile on his face.

"Second place C8."

"No. 8, Senior Brother Guan seems to be you." Takasaki said with a smile on his face.

"Third place, No. 2."

Gao Qi couldn't help but be a little disappointed when he heard that the third place was not him, Guan Luxin and Chen Linxiao both patted him on the shoulder without a word.

Chen Linxiao and the three of them squeezed in, pointed to the fourth place and said, "Look at Senior Brother Gao, you are the fourth." ”

Gao Zheng knew that Chen Linxiao won the first place, Guan Luxin took the second exam, and Gao Qi took the fourth exam, and the smile on his face never went down, and he kept saying: "Good, good, really good." ”

As for the other students in the academy, in addition to the three of them, they also passed ten exams, a total of fifty people, and Qingniu Academy accounted for thirteen places, and won the first, second and fourth, this record is not brilliant.

Oh, by the way, Chen Linmu also passed the county exam this year.

It's just that he is forty-eighth, and it is a good fate, although the ranking is unlucky, but it is too good.

"Presumably this is the head of the county case, Chen Linxiao and Brother Chen, in Xia Zhaohuilong." A young man dressed in a cyan Confucian shirt and holding a folding fan in his hand, who looked like he was about the same age as Chen Linxiao, walked over and arched his hand.

Zhao Huilong, Chen Xiaoshu thought about this name, it seems that he had just heard people talk about it, and the second place was this Zhao Huilong.

"It turned out to be Brother Zhao, I have been looking up for a long time, this is Brother Guan Xin, and this is Brother Gaoqi."

Chen Linxiao introduced.

Zhao Huilong's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he greeted the two of them and said, "I can't hide it, I've heard of the reputation of the three of you early next morning, known as the Three Musketeers of the Green Bull." ”

“……”

Chen Linxiao: Senior Brother Li Gu, if you come out, I promise not to kill you.

The nickname of the Three Musketeers was the first thing Li Gu first called.

Li Gu: I was very scared.