067 The strongest candidate
"Zhu Ji, why is your brother in charge of the case invited to come and don't tell us a word, what are you doing hiding it?"
Seeing Shen Yichen appear, Li Lian, the son of Xiangcheng Bo, first teased.
Xun Qi is not monolithic, for example, his relationship with Zhu Ji is like fire and water, basically as long as he can seize the opportunity, he always has two sentences of yin and yang.
"What's your business?"
Zhu Ji replied coldly, the expression on his face was a little ugly, he didn't know that Shen Yichen would come to participate, and theoretically Shen Yichen was not qualified to participate.
The partiality of Taining Hou Chen Ying was still vivid that day, and today Chen Qingtong was present and Shen Yichen appeared accurately, Zhu Ji found it hard to believe what kind of coincidence this was.
Could it be that this maid gave birth to a son, and really has the ambition to enter the genealogy and win the title?
"Your Chengguo Mansion has a prosperous literary style, and now that the head of the case is so hidden, are you afraid that others will find out something?"
Li Lian seized the opportunity and did not intend to let go of Zhu Ji at all, and the rumors of fraud in the imperial examination of the Chengguo Mansion are now known all over the city.
Others don't dare to point it out in front of Zhu Ji today, I, Li Lian, am not afraid of this kid. The Zhu clan relatives who were specially selected were basically Zhu Ji's followers, and they had worked with their own group several times.
It's best to be found guilty of fraud in the imperial examination, and then arrest them all and cut off their heads, and see what Zhu Ji will use to be arrogant in front of him in the future.
"Li Lian, can you bear the consequences of slandering the Chengguo Mansion?"
"Slander? What did I say, is the heyday of the Chengguo Mansion a slander? ”
This kind of threat in the eyes of others may be too frightened to speak. And Li Lian is also a relative, although his father's title is not as good as that of Chengguogong, but with the real power of the Nanjing garrison, at least in the territory of Nanzhili, he is worthy of Zhu Ji.
Scare me? No way!
I have to say that the gentleman is hard-hearted, and ordinary people really don't dare to offend the second son of Chengguo Gong so much.
Seeing the eyes of other people, attracted by Li Lian's words, Zhu Ji gritted his teeth and swallowed this breath back.
On this occasion, the controversy over the fraud of the imperial examination of the Chengguo Gongfu is the ultimate loser regardless of whether he wins or loses. And no matter how much he hates Shen Yichen, it is impossible to remove him from the Chengguo Mansion alone, so he can only grit his teeth and acquiesce.
Shen Yichen used to feel the helplessness of "one glory and one loss", and now Zhu Ji also feels the same way......
"Donghae, did you lose the battle for the head of the case to him?"
Wei Zhuo, the head of the Hangzhou Mansion, opened his mouth to ask, he and Xu Donghai were classmates of Zhaowen Academy, but their scriptures were different, so they had never seen Shen Yichen.
"Lose? I didn't lose to him! ”
Xu Donghai's face was full of disbelief at the moment, if he said this before the government exam, he might hear an excuse in the ears of others that he couldn't afford to lose.
But now it is different, almost as Tianshizi is recognized as having a problem with the Chengguo Mansion and the Mansion, then Shen Yichen, the head of the case, is naturally the most suspicious.
It's just a deceitful person who won the head of the case by cheating, where did he lose to him?
Regarding Xu Donghai's words, Wei Zhuo just smiled and didn't speak, as a classmate, he knew that the other party's personality was more arrogant, and it was difficult to admit that he was inferior to others.
Of course, whether Shen Yichen, the head of the case, really relies on knowledge, there are indeed doubts in the current situation.
Shen Yichen slowly walked into the garden, feeling the strange eyes of others, which made him feel quite uncomfortable. But at this moment, a white and chubby figure rushed in front of him, relieving his embarrassment like a savior.
"Big brother, why are you here?"
This white fat figure is none other than Zhang Qi, the white fat man from the outer courtyard school, Shen Yichen really didn't expect to see him in such a place.
"At the invitation of Lord Yin Li of Tianfu, what about you?"
"I, hehe."
Zhang Qi faced Shen Yichen's inquiry, and was a little embarrassed to spare his head.
"You kid can't have gotten in."
"Of course not, my father is actually the commander of the former military capital of the Beijing Division."
Are they all in command of Zhang Xuan?
Shen Yichen searched for this name in his mind, and suddenly remembered that in the Chengguo Gongjie report from the Beijing Division at the beginning of the year, this Zhang Xuan followed Zhu Yong out of the fortress to Felt Hat Mountain, and commanded the affairs of those who were promoted because of their merits.
And this Zhang Xuan also has a very famous brother, he is the British Gong Zhang Fu!
In this way, Zhang Qi, this kid is the nephew of the British Gong Zhang Fu, with such an identity, and he is still a junior brother in the outer courtyard school?
"Yes, you kid is really hidden."
Shen Yichen patted Zhang Qi on the shoulder, now that he has seen a lot of various relatives, the identity of a prince and nephew can no longer cause too much mood turmoil.
"Big brother, how can I hide it from you, politely."
Zhang Qi is still the same old look, which makes Shen Yichen a little speechless, no wonder he likes to be a little brother so much.
But then again, with the appearance of Zhang Qi, an acquaintance, at least Shen Yichen felt a lot more comfortable, at least there was someone who could speak.
In Jingmiao Hall, Xu Xianzong, the Duke of Wei, saw that the scholars in the courtyard had almost gathered, so he spoke: "There are many sons and scholars present today, many of whom are handsome and talented, and I don't know who can choose a good son-in-law to return. ”
After that, Wei Guogong looked at Chen Ying, the Marquis of Taining, his only daughter Chen Qingtong is the pearl of today's flower-viewing party, I don't know how many young talents belong to her, so I naturally have to listen to Chen Ying's opinion.
Hearing Wei Guogong's words, Taining Marquis Chen Ying smiled, he naturally understood that he was talking about himself.
But seriously, in today's flower-viewing parade, Chen Ying doesn't have much to pick a son-in-law. Because among the sons and literati present, the status is enough to match their only daughter, and it can almost be said that there is none.
After the relatives who can't attack the knight, they are just an ordinary rich man in the end.
If she didn't want to help her daughter open her heart knot and see more outstanding young people, Chen Ying would not have let Chen Qingtong participate in such a party.
Seeing that Chen Ying, Marquis of Taining, did not speak, Wei Guogong also understood his cherishment of this only daughter, so he looked at Guo Sheng, Marquis of Cheng'an, and his concubine Guo Yongxin also came to participate today.
Guo Sheng is currently childless, and his status is the same as that of Chen Ying, Marquis of Taining, but in Xuande for five years, Guo Sheng was imprisoned by Gejue.
Later, although the title was restored, Shilu was lowered by one notch, resulting in the status of the lord being much worse than before.
"Wei Guogong, this still depends on how the talents of the sons and scholars are."
"What Cheng Anhou said is very true, why don't you let the young talents present dance and write a little bit of ink, and you come to taste their literary talents?"
"That's very good."
Guo Sheng nodded and said yes, today's parade, in addition to allowing the ladies of the noble family to see each other's appearances with their own eyes, is also to investigate their knowledge.
Otherwise, it is nothing more than an embroidered pillow, and it will not be able to enter the eyes of these ministers of honor.
With Wei Guogong's order, the servants who had been waiting for a long time rushed into the crowd with pen, ink, paper, inkstone and board. Whoever is inspired can splash ink without delay.
And between Jingmiaotang and Fan Pavilion, a public notice board was also erected, and talented and confident sons and scholars could post their works directly on the public notice board after completion, so that everyone could judge the merits of the high and low!
In the face of this mode of public judgment, some of the sons and literati present were eager to try, while some of them did not look very good-looking, after all, the literati were light and their strength was not enough to show, what they got was not praise, but shame.
"Zhu Ji, you Chengguo Mansion is full of talents, why don't you start writing a poem?"
"Li Lian, since you are so active, why don't you try it?"
"Zhu Ji, aren't you afraid?"
"Li Lian, you can do it."
Zhu Ji and Li Lian started a war of words again, but in the final analysis, no one started writing with a very tacit understanding.
I have a few pounds and a few taels of knowledge, and I still know very well in my heart that if I don't write, I can't be in the limelight at most, and if I don't write well, it's a pure shame.
If Wencai can be appreciated by the ministers present, or the noble ladies in the fan pavilion, then it may be a quick son-in-law in the future.
Soon, a scribe in the crowd wrote a poem and posted it on the bulletin board, and his courage attracted applause.
If someone takes the lead, then there will be a second and a third, and soon the bulletin board will be plastered with the works of today's children's literati. Among them, there are some excellent works, and they have also been praised by the ministers in Jingmiaotang.
The work was praised to the scholars, and the expressions on their faces couldn't help but be happy, and after thanking them, they all deliberately leaned towards the position of the fan pavilion, hoping to let the ladies of the noble family in the light gauze see their appearance clearly.
"Big brother, aren't you going to show your hand?"
Zhang Qi saw that other people's creations were hot, so Shen Yichen was unmoved, and couldn't help but ask.
"Have you ever seen the final boss, which appeared at the beginning?"
"Ultimate what?"
Hearing Shen Yichen spit out such inexplicable words, Zhang Qi didn't understand what he was talking about at all.
"It means that you don't worry, you have to be calm and understand when you do big things."
"He is worthy of being the boss, he is really wise and martial, and his strategy is extraordinary. If you don't make a move, you will be shocked, and what you pay attention to is a surprise! ”
In the face of Zhang Qi's fanciful forcible touting, Shen Yichen was dumbfounded.
I thought that when I said this, there was already some element of pretending, but now that I saw Zhang Qi, I realized that I was still too young......
Shen Yichen was calm here, but Yin Li Min of Yingtianfu in Jingmiao Hall was already impatient. Frequently turned his head to look at the bulletin board, wanting to see if Shen Yichen had any masterpieces that overwhelmed the crowd.
As a result, he didn't see Shen Yichen show his head for a long time, which made him feel uneasy, could it be that this kid couldn't write?
If you can't write it today, or write a clumsy poem, the impact will be worse than not participating, and it is almost confirmed that the head of the case is also suspected of fraud. Then his own operation is simply lifting a stone to shoot himself in the foot.
Seeing that Li Min's expression was a little restless, Wei Guogong felt a little curious, so he asked, "Lord Li, have you taken a fancy to that masterpiece?" ”
Xu Xianzong's words interrupted Li Min's anxiety, and he hurriedly replied: "Back to Wei Guogong, there are indeed a few poems that are well written. ”
"Oh, Master Li, you also served as the chief examiner of the government examination before, why don't you come to evaluate which ones?"
"The works of Wei Zhuo, the head of the Hangzhou Mansion, Xu Donghai, the child of Ying Tianfu, and Zhang Zhong, the son of the British Gongda, can all be called masterpieces."
"Then Lord Li, who do you think is the best?"
In the face of this inquiry, Li Min hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and replied: "Back to Wei Guogong, the work of the best candidate in the heart of the lower officials has not yet been submitted." ”
Li Min's words aroused the curiosity of the ministers at the table, who can be so worthy of Tianfu Yin's attention, and the poem is recognized as the best before it is written?
"I don't know who Master Li is talking about?"
"Ying Tianfu Mansion test case - Shen Yichen!"