When he returned to the house of Zhao Fulai, the old boatman who stayed overnight, it was not early, Zhao Fulai was still looking at the door, and when he saw him coming back, he immediately told him that the awning boat had a buyer, the owner of a rice shop in the city, and the highest price was two taels of silver, and asked him if he would sell it.

Sell, of course sell, Jiang Yun did not hesitate, what is the use of keeping the canopy boat, it can be sold for two taels of silver, which is enough for him to spend in the county for the past two days.

The next morning, at Jiang Yun's request, Zhao Fulai took him to the rice shop owner to discuss the purchase of the boat, the rice shop owner also lived in Yangqiao Lane, and Zhao Fulai was an acquaintance, with Zhao Fulai as the middleman, the deal was quickly reached, Jiang Yun sold the canopy boat, and got two taels of silver.

After finishing this transaction, Jiang Yun looked at the sky before noon, so he came to the Chenghuang Temple in the east of the city, and when he arrived at the Chenghuang Temple, he went in and burned a stick of incense, and worshiped the Chenghuang Lord who was enshrined here, which can be regarded as following the local customs, although he didn't think that if he worshipped, he would really be blessed by the Chenghuang Lord, and the county would take the high school test.

However, he knew that he had offended the Sect King miserably, and burning incense to worship the City God was also a kind of psychological comfort. Teaching Wang Xuan is the deputy chief examiner of this county examination, and he feels that the other party in this county examination will not let go of himself easily, and there may be some small actions, at least he will not let himself pass easily.

But although he knew this, he didn't have a way to deal with it, fortunately, the other party was only the deputy chief examiner, and it was impossible to cover the sky with one hand, so he could only comfort himself like this now.

Coming out of the Chenghuang Temple, passing by the county office, although he didn't have any hope, he still went in to inquire about the progress of the theft case, but this time he didn't see the torture room clerk, but the torture room clerk met him, and his attitude was very cold, telling him that the case was still being investigated, and told him to go back and wait for news.

Jiang Yun had no way to answer such an official style, he came out of the county office, he thought, after arriving in the county, he did not go to the Temple of Literature to worship, which is very undesirable for a scholar, thinking of this, he came to the Temple of Literature.

The City God Temple is located on the west side of the county government, and the east side of the county government is the Confucian Temple. The Confucian Temple covers an area of more than 10 acres, the pattern of three inside and outside, the simple and solemn construction, the antique, quiet and elegant, the carving is exquisite, here can be said to be the holy land of a scholar.

Among them, it is open to ordinary people, only the outer hall in front, and the inner hall inside is not open, and only scholars with fame can enter the hall to admire, but there are also many restrictions, not to come if you want to come, and you can enter if you want to.

When Jiang Yun came to the gate of the Confucian Temple, he saw that there were many scholars wearing square scarves and long robes at the door.

All the way to the front hall outside the main hall, you can see that on both sides of the courtyard, there are two three-legged copper furnaces, many students gather around the copper furnace, and bursts of light smoke rise from the copper furnace.

These students are not burning incense, but burning their own papers. Scholars believe that by burning their own texts in this way, light smoke curling up to the sky, they can make their articles reach the spirit of the Temple of Literature, so that the spirit of the Temple of Literature can know their talents and articles.

Of course, literati have been inferior to each other since ancient times, and no one will admit that their talents and learning are not as good as others, so there are many students who surround the incense burner here and compete to burn their own scrolls.

Jiang Yun didn't bring his usual essay scrolls, so he didn't join these students who were vying to burn the papers, and he walked straight inside again.

In the courtyard of this front hall, there are ancient cypresses all over the forest, each ancient cypress is as thick as a bucket, the branches are vigorous, lush, and there are some simple and broken inscriptions, which stand scattered everywhere, attracting many students to stop and watch.

These scattered inscriptions are the handwriting left by the predecessors of the famous masters, and those who can leave inscriptions here are at least the fame of the Jinshi or above, and most of them are also local celebrities and sages.

There are a lot of Jinshi from Linshui County, and there are some well-known people among them, so there are still a lot of inscriptions here, and there are always forty or fifty of them.

Jiang Yun was also attracted by these inscriptions, and couldn't help but stop and watch.

These local celebrities and sages left the inscription handwriting, or Fang Jin is clumsy, condensed and heavy, or tall and graceful, smart and fluttering, and so on, although it has experienced wind and rain, some are old, and have been somewhat dilapidated and damaged, but from the stele still comes a stream of indescribable vigorous and heroic atmosphere, like a sword out of the sheath, sharp still exists, so that people dare not blaspheme and slack.

Every inscription is like a proud and arrogant person, pointing out the country and inspiring the words of the reader, although the form and spirit have disappeared, but still retains a heroic atmosphere in the world.

Looking at the inscriptions left by these famous sages, Jiang Yun gradually immersed himself in it and forgot to return.

When will I be able to write the inscription by hand and leave it in this temple of literature for future generations to admire. He was thinking about it here, but he didn't know that someone next to him had already spotted him, pointing and whispering.

"Hey, that person, isn't that the daring man who made a big fuss about the City God's Temple lantern riddle last night?"

"Yes, it's him, although he guessed the lantern riddle of Lord Wang, but he refused Lord Wang's invitation to meet him, and walked away, not giving Lord Wang face at all, it is simply arrogant!"

"What, it's true, it's impossible. "Some students missed last night's lantern riddle meeting, but they were suspicious of it under unknown circumstances.

"Brother, your news is too closed, this matter has almost spread throughout the county, everyone knows it, how can it be fake. "Linshui County is not big, a little wind and grass is enough to spread overnight.

"Why did that person refuse Lord Wang's invitation to meet him so ignorantly, and didn't give Lord Wang face at all? Seeing that he is also a candidate for the exam, could it be that he doesn't know that Lord Wang is the deputy examiner of this county examination, and he doesn't want to be on the list. Someone still half-believed.

"I heard the reason for this, it is also very ridiculous, the reason why the person is like this, I heard that it is because Lord Wang made a little joke in the riddle lantern, only put aside a copper coin bounty, the man guessed the riddle of the lantern of Lord Wang, this is a great thing, but after seeing that there is only a penny of reward money, he was stunned, and he had a seizure on the spot, not only refused the invitation of Lord Wang, but also threw back a copper coin, saying that this copper coin did not dare to laugh and accept, and the words of returning the thing to its original owner were simply arrogant. ”

"Ah, it's unbelievable that there is such a thing! I shouldn't have missed it last night, I must have gone to see this excitement. Yes, didn't that man do this and offend Lord Wang miserably?" the man asked again, gloating, as if believing it.

"Needless to say, this person's name, Lord Wang, must have remembered it in his heart, and he must have no chance in this county test. ”

"This is not necessarily, although Lord Wang is a county teacher and the deputy chief examiner of this county examination, but he can't cover the sky with one hand, if this talent is really outstanding, Lord Wang can't go against the will of heaven and forcibly depose him. Someone disagreed.

"Hmph, you guys are naïve, if this person really has outstanding and proud talents, Lord Wang wants to forcibly depose him, he does have very scruples, but is this possible, there are more than 2,000 candidates for the exam, which one is not a person who studies hard in the cold window, and has poetry and books in his belly, no one will be much worse than whom, whether to take it or not, it is between the two. It is your luck to take you, and it is reasonable not to take you, so this person could have taken it, but if he offended Lord Wang, then he would have no chance. ”

"Besides, I heard that this person is a pedantic nerd, otherwise he would not have done such a stupid thing, a while ago it was rumored that the east wind in the county was blowing a poem, I think everyone still has an impression, I don't tell you, the east wind blows, is this person's masterpiece. Now you should know, how could such a pedantic nerd really make an outstanding article that would make Lord Wang downcast? Even if he was able to write a passable article, because of last night's incident, he completely lost this opportunity!"

Hearing this person say this, the other people also felt that it made a lot of sense, and they all felt that this person's road to the county examination was broken, as long as this Lord Wang was still in charge of the teaching post in the county, this person would never have a bright day, and all this person could hope for was that Lord Wang would be transferred to another place as soon as possible and leave here.

At this time, a group of people came over, saw the strange appearance in the field, and after inquiring, the results they got did not make them have much surprise, it turned out to be the incident last night, last night someone made a big fuss about the lantern riddle of the City God Temple, these candidates who rushed to take the exam are almost everyone knows.

When they saw Jiang Yun standing in front of a tablet and staring at each other, their expressions were a little angry and helpless.

"This Jiang Yun can make our Qinghe Academy miserable!" someone couldn't help but complain.

This group of people is the students of Qinghe Academy, and Zhou Shimin is also among them, when he saw Jiang Yun in front of the inscription, his expression changed a few times, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"That's right, now all the candidates know that there is such a pedantic nerd and bold man in our Qinghe Academy, and when someone asks, I am shameless, and I dare not say that I am from Qinghe Academy. A Qinghe Academy student also complained.

"You say, will Lord Wang implicate us and others because of him, and be prejudiced against us and other students of Qinghe Academy? Others are deeply worried.

"No, he is him, we are us, how can we generalize, Lord Wang should not be like this. ”

"Maybe this is also possible, I heard that this Lord Wang is not a generous person, I heard about last night's incident, he dropped the cup, if he is really angry with me and other Qinghe Academy students because of this Jiang Yun, it will really be wronged!"

Many people began to sigh when they thought of this possibility.