"Keep searching!" Shen Ao gritted his teeth, and his eyes fell on the beam: "Take a ladder." ”

In the end, on the beam of the house, the wine utensils were found by Shen Ao, Liu Huimin's face was like ashes, lifeless like a puddle of mud, and her eyes were full of despair.

Sending Liu Huimin to the government, he first stole treasures and then killed people, these two charges are enough for him to get the punishment he deserves.

At this time, An Yan also came, and Shen Ao smiled: "Mr. An is not injured?" In fact, he had already expected this, there were eight people present at the time, except for the strange man and Miss Di, in fact, An Yan was also suspicious, the reason why he entrusted Shen Ao to come out to find the treasure was that An Yan didn't want to make a big deal about it, and didn't want one more person to know about this treasure, and secondly, to avoid suspicion.

Therefore, he deliberately pretended to be injured, hoping to let Shen Ao help him in his thin face.

An Yan smiled and said with some embarrassment: "There is Lao Shen Gongzi, An has heard of Shen Gongzi's name earlier, and Shen Gongzi really didn't teach the old man to be disappointed." ”

As for Zhao Ji, he admired Wang Xizhi's ink treasure and was fascinated.

When Shen Ao and the others said goodbye, An Yan personally sent them out, it was late, Shen Ao said goodbye to Zhao Ji, Zhao Ji looked at Shen Ao and said: "Today's matter, I will keep it in mind, you should take the imperial examination." ”

Shen Ao returned to Guozijian, and felt a little remorseful for Zeng Paner's death, he originally wanted to deliberately put the charge on Zeng Pan'er first, so that the real murderer could relax his vigilance and wait for the real murderer to surface. But he couldn't imagine that Liu Huimin would dare to kill anyone, so he sighed in his heart, and his mood fell to the bottom.

The list of the final examination was finally released, Shen Ao went to see the list, and the first place was Cheng Hui, after all, Cheng Hui had read a book all his life and made the scriptures for half his life, and his level could be imagined, Shen Ao thought that his articles were not bad, but compared to Cheng Hui, I was afraid that it was still a little worse. The second place is Shen Ao himself, this achievement, somewhat unexpected to him, only studied the scriptures for one year, and being able to reach this level has made him very content.

The third place is Wu Pen, Wu Bi accompanied Shen Ao to see the list, and when he saw that he was ranked third, he suddenly exclaimed, surprised and delighted.

As for the fourth, it is Xu Wei, in fact, Xu Wei's level should be above Wu Pen, this is a well-known thing, many students can't help but feel sorry for Xu Wei, in fact, only Shen Ao knows that the reason why Xu Wei stumbles is because of himself, this person's competitiveness is too strong, and when he sees that he submits the paper in advance, it is already a big mess, and the article is naturally greatly discounted.

In fact, this final examination is just a situation, what really needs to be seen is the imperial examination, the imperial examination is no longer a competition between the two central universities, those who have passed the state examination have gathered, which is not a fuel-efficient lamp, if you want to stand out from it, every step is very difficult.

The summer is scorching, the major inns are full, the door hole in and out of the city gate, every day there are a large number of candidates with burdens or with scholars into the city, seeing that the imperial examination period is approaching, the literary style of Bianjing City, is gradually flourishing, in addition, the most prosperous are the major temples, asking for signatures, asking for the blessing of God and Buddha, watching and playing in an endless stream.

To this end, the Yaya Mountain House has specially launched a candidate package, as long as you enter any tea shop in the Suiya Mountain House to drink tea, you can get points, and when you consume a certain amount, you will be given a copy of Jingyi Fan Wen. In this era, especially for some candidates from other places, it is even more difficult to find, so for several days, three or four tea shops are full all night, making a lot of money.

In addition, Suiya Weekly and Poetry Book also took the opportunity to launch special pages for the Autumn Festival, such as in Suiya Weekly, some scriptures and articles were printed on some sub-pages, or some arguments, although the arguments were not valued in the imperial examination, but they were also essential, and on some of the last pages, there were also some examination skills, such as what to bring and what not to bring when entering the examination room, and put forward various suggestions, such as drinking as little water as possible during the examination, so as not to be anxious and so on.

This information is invaluable for those candidates who are taking the imperial examination for the first time; All of a sudden, the circulation of Suiya Weekly increased dramatically, and it more than doubled.

When the imperial court issued an order to select the examiners, the weekly magazine immediately seized the opportunity and busily launched a special edition for examiners, revealing the preferences and biographies of the examiners and the examiners who read the papers. It is important to know that the imperial examination is not just as simple as the exam, whether your essay is good or not is determined by the examiner, and the essay has no judging criteria, if you can know the examiner's preferences, you can often get twice the result with half the effort. This edition was the most popular, and in an instant, it was sold out, and the circulation soared to 40,000 copies, and although the printing workshop continued to expand, it also took several days to finalize the manuscript and print it for several days without night.

The behind-the-scenes indulger of the new sales strategies of this Ya Shanfang is naturally Shen Ao, Shen Ao does not forget the truth of making money in addition to studying, for him, being an official is his biggest goal now, but if a person wants to really read in personality and not be hindered by others in the process of being an official, then he must read economically.

Shen Ao's principle of being a man is to obtain his own interests without harming others, if he is taught to be an official to corrupt and pervert the law, he can't do it, but he is not a person who does not know how to be flexible, for example, the last time he blackmailed the envoy of the Liao State, he was blackmailing the people of the Liao State anyway, and he had no burden in his heart. However, although he has his own principles, he will never learn from Tang Yan, so the business of the Elegant Mountain House is very important to him.

Nowadays, the business of the Yashan House has been expanded again and again, there are as many as five branches in a single branch, all over the prosperous neighborhoods of Bianjing, in addition, there are poetry books, weekly magazines, two money-making tools, a month's profit, has exceeded 3,000. Shen Ao is determined to take advantage of this opportunity to extend the influence of poetry books and weekly magazines beyond Bianjing, and this time a large number of candidates entering Bianjing is an opportunity, after all, these readers are the main consumers of poetry books and weekly magazines in the future.

Therefore, the first thing to do now is to make a big fuss in the poetry books and weeklies, so that the candidates from other places will become dependent on them, in fact, once people's habits are formed, it is difficult to change, for example, some people have become accustomed to drinking tea early in the morning, and some people like to go for a run early in the morning, and Shen Ao's idea is to let the candidates from other places develop a habit in Bianjing, get up early in the morning, and read the latest issue of the weekly magazine or poetry collection first.

With such a hype, the income was quite large, and Shen Ao was overjoyed, so he asked someone to inquire about Zeng Paner's address and asked someone to send a thousand yuan over.

Summer goes to autumn, the autumn wind blows, the leaves on the street are falling, there is a different flavor, the imperial examination is getting closer and closer, Shen Ao no longer reads, in his opinion, it is useless to temporarily hold Buddha's feet, and the knowledge depends on the usual accumulation, so he took advantage of the ten-month break and went back to Zhou's mansion, Mrs. first called him there, and now in the Buddha Hall, there is only Mrs. alone, Shen Ao accompanied her to talk.

Mrs. suddenly said, "Is there a personal relationship between you and Ruo'er?" ”

This sentence startled Shen Ao, he hesitated for a moment, and said, "Why did my aunt say this?" ”

Madame sighed: "Since you got engaged, she has always been restless, often sitting in a daze, and her body has lost a lot of weight, I am also from my daughter's family, how can I not know her thoughts, but I don't know what you think?" ”

Speaking of which, if Shen Ao's words flickered again, he would inevitably be a little irresponsible, thought about it, and said seriously and sincerely: "I actually like my cousin very much." ”

Mrs. glanced at Shen Ao deeply, and said: "This really makes me embarrassed, in fact, I don't value it, I recognize you as a relative, so I like you very much, if you are really good to Ruo'er, I don't have anything to say, but the Zhou family is a big family after all, and you have set three family affairs in a row......"

Shen Ao pursed his lips and said, "I understand." He didn't know whether to fight or retreat for a while, and always felt that he shouldn't embarrass his aunt, but if he didn't embarrass him now, he was afraid that it would be more than his aunt who would be embarrassed in the future, and said to himself in his heart: "Shen Ao, if you are a man, say everything in your heart, you can deceive others and yourself, but can you deceive yourself for a lifetime?" ”

He gritted his teeth and said, "Auntie, I am willing to marry Ruo'er as my wife, and ask my aunt to fulfill it." ”

Madame didn't expect Shen Ao to be so straightforward, she was stunned for a moment, and muttered, "Xu Beiruo'er will give it to you...... This...... I still have to think about it, and I have to consult with your uncle, and I have to discuss...... This ......" Although she had already been mentally prepared, after listening to Shen Ao's words at this time, she was still confused.

At this time, Zhou Heng came in wearing a forbidden army shirt and a Fan Yang hat, obviously Fang Cai's words happened to be heard by the Young Master Zhou, and the Young Master Zhou was also stunned for a while, took off the Fan Yang hat, and glanced at Shen Ao: "Cousin wants to be my brother-in-law?" This ......" He sat cross-legged on the futon, he had darkened a lot and lost a little weight these days, but his spirit was much better than before, and a small handful of short beards grew under his chin, adding a bit of maturity, and said: "Cousin, do you really like my sister?" ”

In fact, the marriage of cousins and sisters is a common thing in this era, and there is no such thing as Mrs. Yu and Young Master Zhou, after all, Shen Ao's ability has proved that he is powerful, and he has won the recognition of the Zhou family, the biggest key is that Shen Ao has ordered three family affairs in a row, if Zhou Ao marries Shen Ao, isn't he going to be a concubine? Even if the Ming media is marrying and saying that they are flat wives, but with so many wives, it is difficult for people to accept. In ancient times, it was the system of wives and concubines, not polygamy, and it was the most common thing for men to take concubines, but they were all wives, but it was difficult for people to agree, especially for a big family like the Zhou family.