In the blink of an eye, it is the tenth day of the first month of June, and the opening of the case is also in these two days, Zeng Yu always pays attention, on the morning of June 11, it is suddenly rumored that the dragon gate of the examination shed has been opened, and the list of those who have won has been sent to the government to hang it, Zeng Yu left four happy to look at the luggage in the store (the money is really cumbersome), he went out of the inn alone into the north gate and went straight to the Yuanzhou Mansion, along the way met a lot of Confucian students who looked at the list like him, one by one ran sweaty, came to the square in front of the palace, only to see that the Holy Oracle Pavilion, Jingshan Pavilion has been full of people, and the list is posted on the side of the Holy Oracle Pavilion.

Zeng Yu struggled to squeeze to the front row to see, the head of the case was surnamed Zhang, and his name was unfamiliar, and he searched and looked down, only to see Liu Xingzhi in the thirty-ninth place, Jing Yi in the forty-fifth place, a total of sixty people were taken in this section of the Yuanzhou Academy, six more than the previous one, but there was no Zeng Yu's name in the list of sixty people-

Zeng Yu's heart sank slightly, but he had already thought that his name might not be on the list, he was not a candidate from Yuanzhou Mansion, so naturally he couldn't take it on this list, didn't Huang Tixue ask the scribe to remind him to go to the examination booth early the next morning when he handed in the papers, he must have made other arrangements, but when he saw that there was no name on the list, he still had no bottom in his heart, at least he had to stay up all night-

Just as he was about to squeeze out of the crowd, he suddenly heard someone next to him shouting: "Fraud, absolute fraud!" ”

This voice is familiar, when Zeng Yu turned his head to look, he saw Liu Xingzhi and Lie Licheng two feet away were also looking at the list, and it was Lie Licheng who shouted fraud, Lie Licheng was sweating red, and he was very angry, because his name fell to Sun Shan, Zeng Yu said: "This Lie Licheng is as conceited as I was three months ago, and now he has fallen off the list, and the inner loss can be imagined, and there are rumors that there are fifty taels of silver to buy students, and Lie Licheng will definitely make a big fuss." ”

But I heard that there was a person next to Lie Licheng who said proudly: "Brother Lie, fame is destined, and it has little to do with talent and learning, not to mention that your talent is nothing more than that, being won speechless by a young Guangxin Mansion scholar, and obediently offering a hundred taels of snowflake silver, although I Cai Shourong said that it is a little ridiculous to act on weekdays, I have never done such a thing that disgraces the face of Yichun Shizi, hehe, haluha." ”

Zeng Yu and Lie Licheng and Liu Xingzhi don't know each other, they still have a lot of contacts these days, this Cai Shourong is hateful, provoked in person, Zeng Yu looked at this Cai Shourong, and saw that this person was less than thirty years old, with a pockmarked pit on his face, very ugly, but very gorgeous, wearing a free scarf, wearing a Huluo shirt, a gold-painted paper fan in his hand, and a healthy servant on both sides, it seems that this person is a rich child like Lie Licheng, but Lie Licheng is still a little elegant, this Cai Shourong is all vulgar-

Zeng Yu watched coldly, and saw that Lie Licheng was furious, pointing at Cai Shourong and scolding: "Cai Shourong, you son of a profiteer dare to speak like this in front of me, my ancestor and my father are all eunuchs, what kind of person is your grandfather, your ancestor is a hawker selling along the street, your father-"

Cai Shourong's face was purple and swollen, and he said loudly: "Lie Licheng, look at your name on this list, and then look at me Cai Shourong, the fifty-first in high school, from now on I am a student, you are still a child, if you dare to be rude in front of me, then don't blame me for being rude." ”

Lie Licheng was stunned for a moment, hurriedly looked at the list again, and sure enough, when he saw Cai Shourong's big name ranked fifty-one, he trembled with anger for a while, and was speechless.

That Cai Shourong squinted at Lie Licheng, so embarrassed, and sneered: "You have to rely on yourself for everything, you have the ability to be really capable, what is the origin of the Taizu of this dynasty——"

Liu Xingzhi immediately shouted: "Cai Shourong, just your words can kill your head and raid your home!" ”

Cai Shourong immediately knew that his words were wrong, and his face changed slightly, but he smiled and said: "Liu Xingzhi, what did I say, I mean that Shinong Industry and Commerce can be loyal to the emperor and contribute to the country no matter what their background, is this wrong?" ”

Liu Xingzhi wanted to hold on to Cai Shourong's sentence "What is the origin of the Taizu of this dynasty", but Lie Licheng was stimulated by Cai Shourong's name on the list, and said angrily: "Cai Shourong and others can also go to school, shame on my generation, shame on my generation!" ”

Cai Shourong said: "Why can't I go to school, I have also studied hard for ten years, why can't I go to school, I will go to school to show you." ”

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Zeng Yuzheng was paying close attention to Cai Shourong's words and deeds, and was suddenly patted on the shoulder, turned his head to see that it was Jing Yi, and hurriedly said: "Congratulations to Brother Yuan." ”

Jing Yi arched his hand and said: "Rejoice and rejoice." Then he said: "Jiu Li, let's leave here first, Liesheng and Cai Mazi have a dispute, and the words involve you, and you are embarrassed here." ”

At this time, Lie Licheng and Cai Shourong were already surrounded by people watching the excitement, Zeng Yu was not busy leaving, but asked Jing Yi: "Brother Yuan, what kind of person is Cai Shourong here, how is his studies on weekdays?" ”

Jing Yi shook his head and said: "This person's studies don't need to be mentioned, and he can barely complete the article, no wonder they are so surprised and angry, even people like Cai Mazi can enter the school to make up for students, this world is really unfair." ”

Zeng Yu asked: "Cai Mazi is the son of a wealthy businessman?" ”

Jing Yi said: "Cai Mazi's grandfather is a seller of sour jujube cakes, but he is diligent and willing to endure hardships, and knows how to save, after having some savings, he opened a rice shop in two stores in the east of the city, and in the hands of Cai Mazi's father, the rice shop became a rice shop, specializing in Fengxin white rice, and now almost half of the rice in this Yichun City is transported by the Cai family's rice shop, and the Cai family has a family fortune and wants to seek fame and become an official, this heavy responsibility falls on Cai Shourong's shoulders, but where is Cai Shourong's reading material, he can't even recite the four books, How can such a person take the exam, but he is on the list, it is really a strange thing. ”

Zeng Yu asked again: "What is the grievance between Liesheng and this Cai Mazi?" ”

Jing Yi said: "You also know that Lu Dao Liesheng is more arrogant, and he speaks straight, and he has twice mocked Cai Mazi's clumsy eight-strand essay in person, this is a fact, Cai Mazi's articles are clumsy but he still likes to show off, of course Liesheng wants to ridicule him, Cai Mazi holds a grudge, today Cai Mazi is on the list and Liesheng is off the list, Cai Mazi ridiculed Liesheng, the villain is ambitious, nothing more than this." ”

Zeng Yu nodded secretly, this scene is similar to Jiang Yuanrui entering school and Zeng Yu failed in the Guangxin Mansion Examination two months ago, where can Jiang Yuanrui's Baguwen match him, at the South Gate Wharf of Yongfeng County, Jiang Yuanrui and Xie Zidan also mocked and ridiculed him, but he could only swallow his anger, and later met again outside the Anmin Gate of Shangrao County, this Jiang Yuanrui was powerful in front of him again, he beat him in anger, and then was forced to run away with his mother and young sister-

At that time, Zeng Yu didn't think about cheating in the field house, he only thought that he was unlucky and Jiang Yuanrui took shit luck, and from now on, Jiang Yuanrui should be a student who spent money to buy, this Cai Shourong's studies are even worse, and being on the list is nothing more than a "money" word, it stands to reason that this guy who gets fame by fraud should be low-key and try not to attract attention, but the fact is not, this kind of person loves to show off the most, especially in front of people who look down on him on weekdays, Jiang Yuanrui is like this, Cai Shourong is even more so, But with the temper of the son of the family of Lie Licheng, he obviously can't bear Cai Shourong's face-to-face teasing, and this matter is only afraid of making a big fuss-

At this time, Zeng Yu suddenly remembered what the flat nose had said - "When you see your name on the list after the list is released, you will pay off the remaining forty-five taels of silver", that is to say, if Cai Shourong is really a fame bought with silver, then there should still be money that has not been paid, and if you keep an eye on Cai Shourong, you may be able to catch the evidence of fraud.

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