The tall and thin man who came out behind her saw a handsome young man coming to pick up Du Jinning, the appearance of the two people was superior, but the age difference was a little, the height was a little different, standing under the cyan umbrella, it was very pleasing to the eye, he was curious, and couldn't help but raise his voice and ask: "Brother Du, this is ......?"

Although this thin and tall man is a little more curious, he is not annoying, so Du Jinning smiled and said: "This is Qi Muyuan, the head of the county last year." ”

As soon as everyone heard the first three words of the county case, they couldn't help but come over one after another to give Qi Mu a visionary gift.

Qi Muyuan didn't know what Du Jinning, who had always been low-key, was making trouble today, so he couldn't help but turn his head to look at her.

Du Jinning said with a smile on his face: "Everyone just came out of the examination room, touching your joy, Senior Brother Qi, you won't be stingy with this joy, right?" ”

The corners of Qi Muyuan's mouth twitched, so he had to stuff the umbrella to Du Jinning, and free his hand to give everyone a gift in return.

Du Jinning noticed that the candidate who came back from other provinces did not come forward, but stood far away, looked at Qi Muyuan's eyes, and a touch of arrogance flashed in his eyes.

She touched her chin.

It seems that her county head this year is really a bit hanging.

The tall and thin man was picked up by the eldest brother, and when his eldest brother saw him standing there staring blankly at the two teenagers in the rain, he couldn't help but ask, "What are you looking at?" ”

The tall and thin man gestured with his chin and said, "The tall man is the head of last year's case, and the short man may be the head of today's case." The two of them are so good-looking, so naturally they want to take a closer look. ”

His eldest brother couldn't help but look at Qi Muyuan and Du Jinning curiously.

Du Jinning knew that Qi Muyuan didn't like to talk to people more, and he also regretted his impulsiveness. She pulled the sleeve of Lazi Muyuan's coat: "Let's go." ”

Qi Muyuan said a word to the person who came forward to talk, took the umbrella in Du Jinning's hand, and said, "Let's go." He followed Du Jinning in the direction of Xu's house, and after walking more than a dozen steps, he asked Du Jinning, "Who is that person?" ”

has been in ancient times for so long, although he has been playing with Guan Jiaze all day long, and he is inseparable from Zhang Hongwen, but when it comes to tacit understanding, he has to count Qi Muyuan and Liang Xiankuan, who has not had much contact.

Therefore, after hearing Qi Muyuan's question, she knew that Qi Muyuan saw that person, and guessed that she had said the intention of Qi Muyuan's county head, so she told the situation when the person handed in the file, and said: "Although before coming to the exam, the mountain chief Yin Yin confessed that I want to take the exam well, and it is best to take another county case head." But I don't really want the title of the head of the case, as long as I can pass the county exam. But when I saw this person, I thought that the name of the head of our county was not given to the students of my county, but was taken by students from other provinces, so I was embarrassed to go back to see the mountain chief. It's hard to live up to their expectations. ”

"What's so bad about that? The man was seventeen or eighteen years old, right? is the son of a Jinshi or a fellow Jinshi, at such an age, it is not something to boast about to win the title of the county head from your hands, even if our academy loses the county head, there is nothing to be ashamed of. Besides, according to my analysis, the name of the county head, Liu County Decree will most likely still give it to you. Qi Muyuan said lightly.

"Oh? How so? Du Jinning looked at Qi Muyuan curiously.

"It can be analyzed from the Cheng Wen he wrote."

"Cheng Wen?" Du Jinning tilted his head, thoughtful.

In addition to selling books, calligraphy and paintings, the bookstore also sells Cheng Wen. This Cheng Wen sold a batch of them before they participated in the scientific expedition last year. Because the invigilator is temporarily decided by the government, it will not be known until the examination starts to know who will come to the county to be the invigilator, so their Cheng Wen business is very marketable.

Before the start of the examination, they would send people to talk to the county magistrates and buy the articles they had written when they participated in the scientific expedition before. These county orders are at least from the same jinshi, and they are naturally very confident in their articles. In addition, literati like to make a name for themselves and advocate the practice of preaching in writing, so everyone is happy to take out their articles and print them and spread them to everyone. While becoming famous, you can also earn a pen fee by the way, which is naturally very happy.

There are fifteen counties in this province, and there are fifteen county decrees, and each county decree has more than one Cheng text. Some county orders are willing to take more of their own articles, and bookstores will also accept them. Anyway, these will not be sold after they are printed.

Studying the preferences of the invigilator is also a traditional practice for candidates. It's just that I used to have no way to ask for help. Now that someone has printed the articles of the county magistrates and sold them, the candidates are naturally very happy, and even run to tell each other. So since they started Cheng Wen's business last year, they have done an excellent job in this business.

Tasted the sweetness, last year's government test, today's county test, they did this business again. Because there is a new prefectural ordinance and new candidates, this year's business is no worse than last year.

Not only the Cheng Wen of these invigilators, but also the top ten articles after the government exam, the bookstore will also buy them and print them into a collection, and there will also be many candidates who will buy them, so that they can know how big the gap is between them and the top ten children. If it weren't for the difference between the content of the imperial examination in the Song Dynasty and the Ming and Qing dynasties, there would be no need to write Bagu Wen during the county examination, and the bookstore's business would have been even bigger. Just by printing out the articles at the head of each county, you can make up enough anthologies to buy them.

His own bookstore is engaged in this business, and Cheng Wen and Du Jinning of each county order got it earlier than any candidate, so he naturally had a sneak peek. She has a good memory, and her analytical skills are not weak, and she naturally analyzes and understands the style of various county orders.

For example, this Liu County Commander is a person with a more active mind, who is not conservative and stubborn, but often puts forward some novel views in his articles. Therefore, Du Jinning will use the above solution in the "Commentary on the Thirteen Classics" when answering the Moyi question. If she met other invigilators who liked to follow the rules, she would definitely not dare to do so, but honestly write according to the existing authoritative notes, and did not dare to be different. When doing scripture questions, they will also answer according to the theories of their predecessors, rather than expressing their own opinions.

After all, in the eyes of some old-fashioned readers, if you are a child who has not studied for a few years at the age of twelve or thirteen, and you have not even understood the theories of your predecessors, you put forward your own opinions, which is tantamount to running before you learn to walk. They are very disgusted with this kind of people who are not practical in their studies.

Liu County's order is not. Her approach made him appreciate and like it even more.

Liu Xianling not only has his own opinions, but also insists on it, and does not change his position and ideas because those seniors with relatively high official positions do not agree. If he really admired Du Jinning, he would not give him the county case head just because his father was a colleague in the officialdom.