Chen Yi had no money so to go home for dinner, and in the afternoon he honestly went to the clan school to read a book for more than an hour, dispersed his studies, and came out with a few children who had always had the same smell, and went to Nancheng Wazi to see the excitement.

Compared with the first month, the south city tile is a lot more deserted, but it is the area of Yingxiang Pond, because it is close to the place where the scholars gather such as the Gongyuan, it is very lively.

A few people walked from the Nancheng tile to Yingxiang Pond, stood next to a tea shed on the edge of Yingxiang Pond, stretched their necks to look at the lively couplets of dozens of scholars in the tea shed, and found a sentence from the Five Classics and Four Books or made a riddle, or made a riddle to guess the word and guess the sentence.

After watching for a while, the riddles of the scholars became more and more difficult to guess, four or five in a row, Chen Yi and a few of them didn't know what to do, and they were a little bored, and they were just about to turn around to find other lively looks, and a voice came over across the Taihu Lake stone, "...... Luo Shangshu is easy to do here, although he has not done the main exam in the capital, but he used to be a feudal official, and he did not do much in the main examination of Qiuqiu, he understands this rule! ”

Chen Yi listened to what they said about Luo Shangshu, and he was interested, quietly beckoned to the children of the two clans, and quietly moved forward, listening carefully.

"The letter I just got is the most reliable, this trip is Luo Shangshu." The other voice was very low and cautious.

"That's good, Luo Shangshu is in charge of affairs, his name is Wu Gui, who has the way to catch Wu Gui? Hurry up, it's only been a few days since I left Longmen. It's damn today, the will of the main exam has not been made yet, if the will is not made on this day, our business will not be open for a day, and everything will be silver every day. ”

"We all have to catch up with Wu Gui quickly, this line must be reliable, our business, the first one is reliable, I'd rather spend more silver."

"This is extremely true, the time is tight at this time, and it should cost more silver, who can take this line for us, and give eight hundred and one thousand silver, which is not too much."

Chen Yi's eyes widened when he heard this, what kind of business is this? If you put a line, you will give eight hundred and one thousand pieces of silver! Or catch up with Wu Gui, a subordinate.

Chen Yi looked back at the two clan brothers Chen Pan and Chen Zhi who were listening with their ears like him, Chen Pan and Chen Zhi stared at him, their eyes were facing each other, and Chen Zhi, who had always been very bold, pointed behind the rockery, "Let's ask?" ”

Chen Pan kept nodding, this matter is about Luo Shangshu, Luo Shangshu is the in-law of their Chen family, since he heard it, he naturally has to inquire clearly, what if something bad happens?

Chen Yi pulled Chen Pan and Chen Zhi away from the rockery for more than ten steps, the three heads were pressed together, Chen Yi said in a low voice: "I'll go with Brother Zhi'er, you look around attentively from the side." Let's not say that our surname is Chen, and don't say that we know Wu Gui, since they are doing the business of Chunqiu...... Let's just say that we are scholars who are taking the spring exam, first ask what kind of business they do, how about it? ”

Chen Zhi and Chen Pan nodded together, this arrangement is cautious and safe.

Chen Pan shook to the side of the rockery, pretending to continue to watch the excitement of the scholars guessing the riddles, Chen Yi and Chen Zhi turned the rockery, on the other side of the rockery, next to a small tea table, sat three men dressed in the rich family of the capital, one was in his forties, smiling and harmonious, and the other two were about thirty years old, both of whom were honest and honest.

Chen Yi and Chen Zhi walked in front of the three of them, Chen Yi was hesitating how to speak, the amiable man in his forties had already stood up, and asked Chen Yi and Chen Zhi to lean in, "The two talented people, please sit down, look at the faces of the two, they are all people favored by Kuixing." ”

"My husband is really good at talking." Chen Yi answered politely, and pulled Chen Zhi to sit down, "Where is my husband from?" Are you also here to take the spring exam? ”

"Little brother said and laughed, you listen to my accent, an authentic Beijing person, the little old man knows a few big words, the little brother's accent is also an authentic Beijing accent, the little brother is going to end up this year?" The words of the amiable man were full of inquiry.

Chen Yi hummed reservedly, "I just passed the autumn last year, I don't dare to think about it, I should know a thing or two, my husband made a special trip to listen to them talk about the Tao?" ”

"In the past few years, all of us in the capital are young talents." The amiable man admired from the bottom of his heart, "Don't hide it from the little brother, where can the little old man understand when you ask people about literature and Taoism in a university like you?" The little brother came over to speak, also to ......" The amiable man leaned forward, approached Chen Yi, and said in a low voice: "Want to get a good position?" ”

"Huh? Well! Chen Yi blinked a few times, and then he understood a little, "This is a national ceremony, life and death!" ”

"Hey." The amiable man laughed, and the two loyal men in their thirties next to him also laughed together.

"Little brother's words are very true, it's not a national ceremony, but in this world, there are favors everywhere, and there is money everywhere to do things." The amiable man looked at Chen Yi, and then at Chen Zhi, "When the two little brothers took the Qiu Yu exam, how did they get the numbers?" ”

Chen Yi was speechless, how could he have taken the Qiu Yu exam, but although he hadn't taken the exam, he had heard a lot, glanced at Chen Zhi, and replied vaguely: "It's okay." ”

"It's very far back, I'm afraid it's still a stinky number, right?" The amiable man said politely.

"It's a matter of luck." Chen Yi vaguely understood.

"It's not about luck, it's about silver." The amiable man twisted two fingers, "It's not to blame the little brother, these are the doorways, there are more people who don't understand than they understand, this autumn and spring, a test ** day, the test number is good or not, the difference is big, if it catches up with the wind and rain." The amiable man sighed, "Halfway through the exam, there are a lot of people who can't stand it every year, the number is good, and the less offense is not to say, the spirit of writing the article is also very different, the little brother said it, isn't it?" ”

"This number, you have the ability?" Chen Yi asked directly.

The amiable man laughed, nodding his head as he laughed.

Chen Yi pursed his lips, his gaze swept from the amiable man to the other two, "This is a national ceremony, you dare to nod your head like this?" ”

"The little brother only reads the books of the sages, and he doesn't know the deeds of the lower ninth." The amiable man smiled extremely kindly, "There is a saying that officials are as clear as water, and officials are as smooth as oil, have you heard of it?" ”

Chen Yi nodded.

"The errand in the Gongyuan relies on the two big exams in the past three years to support the family, don't say that they have monthly money." The amiable man chuckled.

Chen Yi didn't say anything about the monthly money, his monthly money has never been enough, and he knows it well if the monthly money is not enough to support the family.

"Little brothers are rare, but they are not like them, they don't eat the fireworks of the world." The amiable man praised, "Little brother, think about it, this autumn and spring are the great ceremony of the country, how can those errand men rely on these two big exams to support the family?" It's not this exam number, but also a little bit of care in the exam room. ”

The amiable man doesn't sell Guanzi, "This is a rule that everyone knows from top to bottom, just like a little brother going to an elephant shed to listen to excerpts, one or two silver has a silver tael, and ten big money has ten big money." ”

"That's not fair!" Chen said directly.

"As long as you take scholars according to their academic articles, it will be fair." The amiable man laughed dryly, "This is not unfair, this is the difference between having silver and not having silver, this is the difference between having silver and not having silver, the difference is not only the test number?" The rich and powerful scholars, as soon as the brother was born, the mother-in-law held the girl around, and the eyes were all about celebrity calligraphy and painting, and there was a family member who taught them to read and write if they couldn't speak. Isn't it fair? ”

Chen Zhi kept blinking when he heard this, what he said was really ...... Fair!

"If the little brother is in the meridian field this year, this silver can be saved, and it is not a bad thing to boil it once and suffer a time." The amiable man changed his words.

"What's the price?" Although Chen Yi has never heard of the number of Qiu Yu and Chun Xuan, someone has been selling this, but their Chen family is a scholarly family, and the clan has never been an official, and his father is from the seventh grade step by step to today's feudal officials, he has been growing up, listening to his uncle and brother, and his mother-in-law talking about officialdom, this official is as smooth as oil, and the little officials have many ways to do it, and they are full of tricks, and they can't prevent such words, from childhood to adulthood, I don't know how much I listened. He didn't think it was unbelievable when the amiable man said this, this was the normal feeling of officials.

"It's not a stinky number, five taels, a good number, one hundred taels, if it's ......" The amiable man looked at Chen Yi, then at Chen Zhi, and laughed a few times, "If there is anything special, then you have to negotiate separately." ”

"One hundred taels!" Chen Yi was taken aback.

"There are not many numbers of one hundred taels, only about a hundred, and the order is almost, the little brother is the meridian field, and he is not guilty of spending more money on this wrongful silver, just buy a number that is not guilty, and it will be a few dozen taels of silver." The man next to the amiable man said in a muffled voice.

"Doesn't the examiner know about this?" Chen Yi began to talk.

The amiable man laughed dryly a few times, his face was slightly gloomy, "Little brother, when I see you, you are a noble person among nobles, you were born a nobleman, and you will be more expensive in the future. ”

"Little brother, we pay the most attention to two things in this business, one, integrity, two, keep your mouth shut, if you want to inquire about something, please go elsewhere." The man opposite the amiable man gave an eviction order.

"The main exam hasn't been decided yet...... Chen Yi ignored the wooden man, and only looked at the amiable man talking.

"Let's change places." The amiable man ignored Chen Yi, stood up as he spoke, and motioned to the two companions.

"My surname is Chen," Seeing that the three of them had no intention of entanglement, Chen Yi hurriedly shouted.

The amiable man had already taken two steps, hurriedly paused, and looked back at Chen Yi, with a cold light flashing in his eyes.

The cold and shining Chen Yi's heart tightened, and he hurriedly followed two steps up, and explained with a dry smile: "I don't mean anything else, I heard a sentence just now, you haven't taken this road yet?" ”

The amiable man's face changed suddenly, and he rushed to the back of the rockery in one step, looked at it and spun around, came over in a few steps, raised his hand, and slapped one of the wooden men with two leaky slaps, gritted his teeth and whispered: "Lao Tzu asked you to find a suitable place!" How dare you...... Damn, don't want to live anymore? ”

The wooden man's frightened face turned blue, he bent his knees and wanted to kneel, raised his eyes and looked around, hung his hands and didn't dare to speak, and didn't dare to move.

"I'm here to talk to you about this business, and I can take this road for you." Chen Yi looked at the behavior of the three of them, relaxed in his heart, subconsciously looked around, leaned towards the amiable man, and said in a low voice.