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On the ninth day of the first month of March, Xu Qian rushed to Bao'en Temple with a bookcase on his back.

The exam will start in a few days, and it will take an hour for the Xu family to go back and forth from Fuxue, so they simply stayed in an inn near Fuxue like most candidates.

The inn near the Bao'en Temple is now overcrowded, and those shrewd shopkeepers have racked their brains to take many auspicious names, such as the high ascension building, the Dengke Academy, and so on.

Xu Qian's inn is the Dengke Academy, in any era, the student's money is the best to cheat, Xu Qian will inevitably suffer from this knife, he lives in the 'first class' room, it will take more than 80 yuan to live in one night, if it is changed in other places, I am afraid that even half price is too much.

Dengke Academy is a relatively high-class inn near Bao'en Temple and Fuxue, covering an area of not small, with dozens of rooms. Nowadays, it is full of candidates, and when the exams are approaching, some people study day and night, while others seem to be much more relaxed, taking advantage of this opportunity to make friends everywhere.

Xu Qian lived in the upper room, and was soon targeted by some readers who didn't seem to have a good family background, others said that readers were thin-skinned, but in fact, Xu Qian knew that it was a reader who was looking for Miss Boudoir everywhere, and it was also a reader who wrote bragging articles about horses, and most of the people who went to the kiln and tied their belts and bragged about their romantic past were also readers.

Thin-skinned? The thin-skinned scholar has long disappeared in this Jiajing Dynasty.

Those children from poor families were red and hot at Xu Qian, so they wanted to come up and make friends, and one of them, named Zhang Sheng, hurriedly ran to ask Xu Qian's age.

Xu Qian's record in the official school was seven years old, so he replied: "The student is seven years old. ”

Zhang Sheng asked him again: "Where is your hometown?" ”

Xu Qian said: "Qiantang people. ”

Zhang Sheng said in surprise: "I am eight years older than you, five out of ten, you are from Qiantang, but I am from Renhe County, the two counties are next to each other, regardless of each other, you and I can't say that they are still fellow villagers." ”

Flickers......

Xu Qian sneered in his heart, this Zhang Sheng is obviously an older young man in his twenties, and he is still five out of ten, which is really shameless. Xu Qian seemed to have forgotten, and he said that he was also very upright when he was seven years old.

"Since Zhang Sheng is the elder, I can't say that I want to call him brother."

Zhang Sheng smiled, and began to talk about the interesting stories of Shilin in Renhe County, and stayed up until the meal before closing his mouth, and looked at Xu Qian silently.

It's all come to this point, Xu Qian is only dumbfounded, fortunately, what he has now is silver, but he is not afraid, he invited Zhang Sheng to have a meal at noon, and Zhang Sheng suddenly became more enthusiastic about Xu Qian.

After a full meal, Zhang Sheng said to Xu Qian: "There is a party in this inn in the afternoon, everyone is a scholar, get together to ask each other for advice, Zirong might as well go and join in the fun." ”

Xu Qian didn't want to deal with this Zhang Sheng too much at all, but when he heard that there was a party, he couldn't help but wonder: "It's good to go and have a look, just to see what kind of romantic characters there are in this Hangzhou Mansion and whether there are any competitors." So he made a look of interest and said, "Then I will be disrespectful." ”

The so-called gathering is nothing more than everyone getting together to talk, there are a lot of participants, in addition to more than 20 people in this inn, there are also thirty or forty people from other places, everyone gets together, but not everyone has the opportunity to speak, generally talking are some small celebrities from various counties, or the sons and daughters of various gentry.

Xu Qian was not very noticeable, and sat in a corner with Zhang Sheng to listen.

It didn't take long for the chatter to suddenly say, "Have you ever heard that the county test of Qiantang County had a cheating case, and the county order and the teaching decree conspired to select a straw bag who did not learn and did not know how to rank first in the county test. matter

It is widely spread, and it is said that not only Qiantang County is now spreading, but also Renhe, Yuyao and other counties have this rumor. ”

"Is there such a thing? The most taboo thing in the country's selection of materials is to abolish private affairs for public purposes, so isn't the Su County Order and the Teachings of Qiantang not afraid of the royal law? ”

It is said that the cheater had donated 200 taels of silver to the county government to repair the county school, and naturally won the favor of the county order. Moreover, the county examination was not strictly controlled, and the constitution paid little attention to it, which naturally allowed these people to take advantage of the loopholes. ”

Xu Qian was listening, and couldn't help but be shocked, suddenly this kind of news went viral, this is obviously someone who wants to cheat himself. Whether there is evidence for cheating, as long as the rumors spread too much, the impact on Xu Qian's reputation is not small.

But who is behind it? Xu Qian thought about it for a while, and immediately remembered the Zhang family, the Zhang family suffered a big loss this time, and at this time he won the first place in the county exam, seeing that the fame was about to arrive, how could they sit still? After all, they are gentry and have a lot of connections, and as long as the news is released, they can immediately cause a sensation.

The discussion continued: "Since it's fraud, why don't you report it immediately?" ”

"This, you don't know again, although everyone knows the inside story, but there is no evidence, how to report without evidence? Besides, the Qiantang County Order is a county parent after all, and if you really want to file a complaint, it is inevitable that there will be people who will protect you, but it will harm the person who complained. ”

Many people nodded their heads and said yes.

Someone sneered: "After the county test, there is a government test, this person can buy Qiantang County to win the first place in the county test, but once the government test is disgraced, won't this evidence come?" To tell you the truth, many gentry can't stand it anymore, and when the results of the government examination come out, they will immediately file a complaint and ask the prefect to adjudicate it. ”

Xu Qian's face was calm, but he had a premonition in his heart, the power of rumors, of course he knew that in this way, the Zhang family and even some gentry who did not get the first place in the county test were planning to put themselves to death.

Everyone scolded loudly, and gradually some people turned the topic to this exam, and some people couldn't help but say: "I heard that there are articles by the prefect on the market, and some people even ask for the prefect's handwriting at a high price. ”

When the people here heard this, some people showed confidence, and these people were afraid that they had already purchased the article. There are also some people who are pale and look a little overwhelmed, presumably they haven't asked for it yet, but who knows that the price is rising.

If the prefect is the main exam, if everyone can get his articles or handwriting, they can figure out some preferences from it. The so-called speculation is actually not the patent of officials, and these scholars who have not yet become officials have actually played this set of games perfectly.

So there was a humane: "It's okay to say the transcribed article, hey...... But this trace is not available for ten taels of silver, and the contemptible people have recently asked the scribe in the prefect's yamen, but there has been no news. ”

"It's a pity, it's a pity, the day before yesterday, someone peddled my handwriting, and it only cost three taels of silver that day, I was confused for a while, and it was too expensive." Someone beat his chest and fell on his feet.

"Brother Qingmu, this is not right, although the government test is a small comparison, but it is very trivial to you and me, how can you be so careless? I can't even give up three taels of silver, where should I go to seek fame? ”

Everyone discussed, but at this time, Xu Qian suddenly realized that his opportunity had come.

"A bunch of bastards, aren't you trying to hack me? Don't you want me Xu Qian to be doomed? In that case, let's open your eyes. ”

Xu Qian thought about it, and then he got up and laughed loudly.

Everyone looked over along the laughter, and when they saw Xu Qian's face, someone pulled their faces and said, "Why are you laughing?" ”

Xu Qian said with a straight face: "It's just a ridiculous person!" ”