Zhao Kai raised his head, looked at the county lord Zimu with interest, and said with a smile: "Fei Yan, you seem to care about this double-armored boy very much." ”

Zhao Feiyan's eyes flickered, and she pretended to be calm and said: "Yes, I just think that this person has made a lot of contributions to books and chess, and he should be rewarded to show that the royal family attaches great importance to talents." ”

"Then you're going to be disappointed. Zhao Kai said very meaningfully.

"What do you mean, Your Majesty is unwilling to reward?" Zhao Feiyan's eyes widened, with obvious dissatisfaction on her face.

Zhao Kai shook his head and said: "Of course not, my father is rich all over the world, and he has never been a stingy person, he originally wanted to give Qin Mo a title, but he was persuaded by the third brother." ”

Zhao Feiyan didn't understand even more, Zhao Kai was broad-minded and should not be a person who was jealous of the virtuous and capable.

Zhao Kai explained: "In the excerpt handed by Xu Hao, the county magistrate of Xiayi County, in addition to introducing Qin Mo himself in detail, he also mentioned a very important thing, that is, Qin Mo will participate in the government examination in a few days. ”

Hearing the word "government exam", Zhao Feiyan suddenly realized and said: "What the third brother means is that if he is rewarded now, it will affect him to take the exam, right?"

Zhao Kai nodded, and said with a straight face: "Just imagine, if a person who has just been praised and rewarded by the emperor himself, if he fails to pass the government examination because of emotional influences, will he not become the laughing stock of everyone;

The chief examiner will also take this into account, in order to protect the reputation of the double-class children in the house, it is very likely that he will deliberately release water in the marking paper, even if Qin Mo's strength does not meet the requirements of the government examination, he will be judged to pass, which will seriously affect the fairness of the scientific examination.

Based on these two points, I felt that it was inappropriate to give a reward at this time, so I advised my father to postpone the matter. ”

Zhao Feiyan gave a thumbs up and said, "The third brother is really smart, and he thinks about things thoroughly. ”

Zhao Kai was small, and said casually: "Actually, I would like to meet this double-class boy, it is said that he is the same age as you and me, a little boy, can create two new strokes and a new chess skill, which is enviable." ”

Zhao Feiyan's eyes rolled, and she proposed: "Why don't the third brother go to His Majesty to ask for the position of the inspection inspector of the palace, let's go to Nanjing Mansion and get to know this Qin Shuangjia, how about it?"

Zhao Kai's eyes lit up, and he reached out and patted the table: "Good idea, Nanjing Mansion is the land of Longxing in our Great Song Dynasty, and I have long wanted to see the talents there." It's not time for my father to paint in the imperial study, so I can go and see him and ask for some painting skills by the way. ”

"Okay, I'll go with you. Zhao Feiyan wanted to cover up and said: "There is still a lot of unsolved evidence about the previous Holy Dao Star, so I just took advantage of this trip to do it together." ”

......

On the eighth day of April, the weather was fine.

West of Xiayi County, canal ferry.

The Great Song Dynasty had an extremely developed canal transportation network, a Bianhe River runs from Sizhou in the south, passes through Xiayi County to Nanjing, and then goes east to Bianliang City in Tokyo, and connects to Luoyang in Xijing through the Jinshui River.

Therefore, from Xiayi County to Nanjing and Tokyo Bianliang, it is much faster to take a boat than by land, and it is free from the suffering of bumps, which is the first choice.

More than a dozen horse-drawn carriages came to the ferry one after another, and the children of the county school got off the buses one after another and walked towards the two big boats that had already been chartered.

Qin Mo is also among them, there are a total of four new children who participated in the government examination this time, and the remaining sixty people are all old children, among whom there are many people who have participated in three or four government examinations, their expressions are solemn, but the expressions in their eyes are slightly complicated.

The difficulty of the prefectural examination is much higher than that of the county exam, and many children with outstanding grades on weekdays have the experience of failing in the prefectural examination.

Xuezheng He Chang personally led the team, and several teachers from the children's class accompanied him, and Gu Meng was also among them.

There are 120 miles of waterway from Xiayi County to Nanjing City, and it takes six hours to travel by boat, and when passing through Guzhi County, it is exactly noon, and the fleet will dock at the ferry, and everyone can go ashore for dinner.

The time to arrive in Nanjing City is about the afternoon application, and the candidates go to the inn to rest and take the exam early tomorrow morning.

He Chang was the only one who had an independent cabin, he put tea and melons in the room, and invited Gu Meng and others to come over to chat, Qin Mo was the only one invited as a student.

"This time the government exam brought the examiner to the sacrificial wine of Yingtian Academy, this person highly respects Confucianism and Taoism, I am afraid that the test questions will be more difficult than in previous years. He Chang said with a worried face.

Among the three religions of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, because Emperor Zhao Ji had a soft spot for Taoism, he once proclaimed himself the Taoist Emperor who was the head of the sect, and built a palace view, and often asked Taoist priests to see fortune telling.

This preference of the emperor directly affects the officials below, so most of the Wendao academies focus on Taoist classics, and the children mainly practice Wendao, and suddenly appoint a Confucian student as the chief examiner, which really makes everyone feel unprepared.

Gu Meng frowned slightly and said, "It is said that this Lord of the Wine Sacrifice is a member of the Meizhou Su Society, is that so?"

One of the priests nodded and said, "That's right, he is not only a member of the Su Society, but also has a high status in the Society, and is the vice head of the Nanjing Prefecture Branch, second only to the head of the Su family's children." ”

Meizhou Su Society, founded by Mr. Su Xun in the three Sus, is a literary society with calligraphy and painting, through the joint development of Su Xun, Su Shi and Su Zhe, the reputation of the Great Song Dynasty is very loud.

The Wendao group is divided into two forms: the society represents a single Wendao or a double or three Wendao, and the society includes four ways of qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, which is slightly higher than the society in terms of rank.

Among the societies of the Great Song Dynasty, the Su Society, the Huang Society and the Lumen Society are known as the three major societies of calligraphy, and the strength of the calligraphy of the Junmo Society is no less than that of the three major societies, and at the same time, it includes countless excellent scribes of the other three realms, and it is the first club.

Qin Mo frowned slightly, keeping in mind that the examiner was a member of the Su Society.

He Chang continued: "Just a Confucian student is troublesome enough, the situation in Nanjing Mansion is different from other places, because the official rank of Lord Yin is higher than that of ordinary state officials, and he also has the right to mark and mark papers, and his status is even above that of the chief examiner, which is the most troublesome." ”

One of the teachers was puzzled: "This situation has been maintained for several years, and this is not the first time it has appeared, so what is there to worry about Master Xuezheng?"

He Chang turned his head to look at Qin Mo, and said very meaningfully: "This person is the son of the nephew of Zhang Shide, the champion of my dynasty, although he is a child with a foreign surname, but he grew up in the Zhang family, and he studied the family science founded by the Zhang family, and he is grateful to the Zhang family. ”

Qin Mo frowned and said, "Xuezheng means that this Lord Yin will deliberately embarrass me because of the contradiction between me and Zhang Wenqi, right?"

He Chang shook his head and said: "What this school is worried about is that he is embarrassing all the candidates of our county school, this person is not an open-minded person, Zhang Wenqi has suffered a big loss on our side, and the Zhang family is disgraced, it is very likely to take this opportunity to suppress our Wendao Academy." ”

"Of course, maybe it's because I'm too careful, and Lord Fu Yin is in a high position, so I shouldn't embarrass you little boys. He Chang continued, but his tone seemed very unconfident.

Qin Mo smiled bitterly: "If this really happens, I will be so sorry for everyone." ”

Gu Meng shook his head and said: "You are wrong, as the old saying goes, flies don't bite seamless eggs, finding fault is never wishful thinking, if we don't have a handle to show here, no matter how big the official is, there is nothing to be done." ”

Listening to these words in reverse, it means that if you have any shortcomings, you may be used by the other party to make a fuss.

He Chang squeezed out a smile and said, "Ziyi, you'd better be mentally prepared, it's not a big deal if you don't pass the exam, we'll take the exam again next year." ”

Qin Mo took a deep breath and clenched his fists and said, "Remember, students. ”

An hour later, the two big ships docked at the ferry port of Guzhi County as originally planned, and everyone went to the nearest restaurant for dinner together.

When leaving the ferry, Qin Mo saw an imposing double-storey boat, docked at the best berth, with a large flag embroidered with the word "Zhang" hanging at the stern.

Because it was a light meal, everyone chose the first floor of the restaurant and politely refused the suggestion of the shopkeeper to enter the private room.

Qin Mo and his three classmates were sitting near the stairs, and just after a few bites of rice, they heard an arrogant voice from the second floor: "This time, our Zhang family must make that Shuangjia boy look good, dare to bully the descendants of our family, he will pay the price." ”

"Zhang Dashao, what are you going to do with him?" this is the unique tone of the dog's legs.

"The head of the family ordered that we must return to Nanjing Mansion to take the government exam, and the brothers worked together to find trouble for him in the exam, so that he could not play his normal strength!"

"Then, how many children of the Zhang family have joined forces?"

"At least a dozen of them, all of them are the leaders of our Zhang family. Also, it is said that the head of the family also greeted Lord Fu Yin, and Qin Moxiu wants to pass the house test!"

"Doesn't that mean that the double armor boy will be discredited?"

"It must be, this is the end of going against our Zhang family, see who dares to follow suit in the future!"

Hearing this, Qin Mo's face changed instantly.

He Chang and Gu Meng sat next to them by the window, although they were a little far apart, but because of their higher cultural level, their hearing was better than that of ordinary people, and they could hear clearly.

Gu Meng was furious, slapped his chopsticks on the table, and said angrily: "It's too much, the Zhang family is simply unsightly, I want to go up and teach them a lesson!"

"Dr. Gu must not act rashly!" He Chang persuaded.

Qin Mo also opened his mouth and said, "Yes, your status is noble, there is no need to be angry with such a few milky and dry boys." The two of you can rest assured that they have successfully aroused the competitive spirit of the students, and I will not only win the school examination this time, but also beat these invincible guys, so that they will never dare to be my enemy again. ”

He Chang smiled, and said with relief: "Ziyi is so ambitious, Benxue believes in your strength." ”

Gu Meng's anger finally disappeared, but he still glanced at the direction of the second floor with a sharp gaze, and his love for protecting the calf was beyond words.

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