At dusk on this day, Zeng Yu went into the city alone to find the Yuanzhou Mansion Palace, the examination shed of the college examination was built on the west side of the Fuxue Palace, and the twelve examination sheds sorted by the twelve branches were arranged in a rectangular shape, the scale was really not small, and more than 2,000 candidates could be allowed to take the exam at the same time.

Zeng Yu saw that there were a few young children who gave the gatekeeper some money, and asked to go in and see the examination room, so as not to enter the hall in a panic and not distinguish between east and west, north and south, these must be the first time to participate in the college examination Wen Tong, both excited and nervous, and Zeng Yu has taken the exam three times, much more experienced, there is no need to go into the examination shed to join the excitement, just look at the location.

In front of the examination shed, people come and go, all of them are "the people who say that the poetry and clouds are also" readers, and there are also hawkers, selling pen, ink, paper, inkstone, examination baskets, felt cloth, and candles...... Zeng Yu spent 20 yuan to buy a bamboo long-eared examination basket, and was looking down to check whether the basket was strong, when someone suddenly patted him lightly on the shoulder, and someone asked, "Is this son here to participate in the hospital examination?" ”

Zeng Yu got up and looked back, a man in his forties with light eyebrows and a nose, wearing a net scarf and wearing a scarf, dressed like a farmer or a businessman, with a mysterious smile, and asked again: "Childe is here to take the exam?" ”

Zeng Yu responded: "Exactly." I was very surprised, the person in front of me had seen him in front of the examination shed in Guangxin Mansion, when he and Zheng Shi were chatting together, this person came over and asked Zheng Shi this sentence, "Is the son here to participate in the college examination?" Then he said that fifty taels of silver were guaranteed to take Zheng Shi's examination, and he was scolded by Zheng Shi at that time, why would he appear in Yuanzhou, which is more than a thousand miles away?

The man looked at Zeng Yu twice, obviously he didn't remember that he had a relationship with Zeng Yu, who would have thought that the candidates from Guangxin Mansion would come to Yuanzhou to take the test, this flat-nosed guy said mysteriously: "This son, take a step to speak." ”

Zeng Yu carried the test basket and followed the man to the open space of the square for a few steps, and then stopped: "Who are you, you have never met, what do you have to say to me?" ”

The man lowered his voice and said, "If the son wants to be in this department, there is a way to go down-", his eyes stared at Zeng Yu as he spoke, to see what Zeng Yu said.

Zeng Yu asked, "What's the way?" ”

The man said, "Fifty taels of silver, I guarantee you to go to school." ”

Zeng Yuxin said: "I am dressed so plainly, as if I can get a rich young master who can get fifty taels of silver, well, there are twenty taels of silver given to me by Yan Shifan, when did I accidentally reveal my wealth?" He sneered: "How can you guarantee that you treat me as a nerd?" ”

When the man saw Zeng Yuken talking to him, his spirits perked up, and he said in a low voice: "Pay five taels first, and when you see your name on the list after the list is released, you will pay off the remaining forty-five taels of silver." ”

Zeng Yu said: "Five taels is not a small amount of money, you took the silver and fled, where will I find you." ”

The man was obviously prepared for such a question, and said: "These five taels of silver are not paid now, but given after seeing the seat number of the exam paper before the exam, this is to win your trust, what seat number do you want, which county are you from?" ”

Zeng Yu became more and more interested, and said, "Don't ask me which county I am from, can you arrange the seat number arbitrarily?" ”

The man said: "There are four counties in Yuanzhou Prefecture, and the candidates in each county are arranged in three examination sheds, if you are in Yichun, of course I can't divide you to Pingxiang, but in the three examination sheds in this county, you can choose any number, such as 'Yintang East Jiazi Block', which one you want, and needless to say that you must win, just buying a good seat is also worth two handfuls of silver, as for which seats are good, you can go in first now, otherwise the seats that are blown by the wind, leaking rain, and exposed to the sun are not miserable, Childe, do you say?" ”

Zeng Yuxin said: "This liar is right. Asked: "What would you do if someone made up the life and refused to pay the remaining forty-five taels of silver?" ”

The man smiled and said: "Childe is a sincere person, this is called ugly words first, Childe must also know that there is a great complex and grinding survey after the trial list of the Daoist Academy, if someone has our great help and finally made the list, but refused to pay the remaining forty-five taels of silver before the grandmaster summoned him, we have our own way to make him unable to pass the level of the great recovery and grinding investigation, and finally hung his head and rejoiced." ”

Zeng Yuxin said: "This is quite like that, but it is too expensive to pay five taels of silver first, the seat number depends on luck, as long as it is not a rainy weather, most of the seats are about the same, it is a summer day, only worry about the sun, but the sun will turn, and it will not focus on one place, five taels of silver to buy a seat number is not worth it." ”

The guy with the flat nose seemed to see through Zeng Yu's thoughts, shook his lips and puffed up his tongue: "I know that the son still has doubts, so let's pay three taels of silver first, and then pay forty-seven taels after the list is released, this is always okay, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, how many literary children who study hard in the cold window are also on the list for a lifetime, just because they are not good at seizing the opportunity, Gongzi Mo thinks that there are many opportunities like this, let me tell you, only two or three people in a house can have such an opportunity, and the Yuanzhou Mansion will take about fifty or so students for the examination, although we have the ability, I don't dare to take all of them, take a shortcut to take two or three people so that it will not make people suspicious, I am looking at Gongzi's Tianting full Pavilion Fangyuan, which is a good opportunity for Gongzi - take 10,000 steps back, three taels of silver is just a meal of Qinglou flower wine silver, where can you not save it, even if you try it, it is not worth it, this is a lifelong event. ”

Zeng Yu said: "Although three taels of silver is not a lot, but it is also silver, which loser will throw it into the water, and you can tell me which Confucian boy has relied on your help to study and show talent?" ”

Flat nose shook his head and said, "I can't say this, this is the rule." ”

Zeng Yu said: "You can say a distant place, such as Raozhou Mansion and Guangxin Mansion, just say two, can I still run thousands of miles to sue that student for fifty taels of silver with your words, who believes it?" ”

Flat nose laughed: "Childe is really funny, I just said two names and you didn't recognize them, which doesn't mean that you didn't say it." ”

Zeng Yu said: "The new students in each province are all named and surnamed, I just want to see if you really have this ability, you shouldn't even have the name of a new student, so how to win my trust, you say one, just say a Guangxin Mansion, Guangxin Mansion has asked you for help?" I suddenly thought in my heart: "If this person seriously says the name of the three idiot brothers, Zheng Shi, it will be very interesting, ha, the fame of the three idiot brothers is bought." ”

Flat nose has tried several literary children in the past two days but no one believes him, only Zeng Yu has been talking to him for so long, obviously very interested in cheating, so he is anxious to make Zeng Yu believe, he originally wanted to casually recall the name of a new student in Guangxin Mansion or Raozhou Mansion to fool Zeng Yu, but he can't remember the name of the student who was obtained without his cheating, he only remembers the names of the people who bought the seat number and paid the silver, think about it, it doesn't hurt to say a name, is it difficult for this person to dare to denounce, The empty vernacular has no basis but to beg for beating, so he said: "Since Gongzi will want me to say that there is a name and surname, then I will say that a new student of Guangxin Mansion, Jiang Yuanrui of Guangxin Mansion, he spent fifty taels of silver to buy it." ”

Zeng Yu's heart was shocked, if this flat nose said that Zheng Shi was bought, then he would only scoff, thinking that it must be said by random name, but the flat nose said Jiang Yuanrui, Zeng Yu immediately believed seven points, Jiang Yuanrui has a grudge against him, he is willing to believe it.

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