Autumn goes to winter, spring leaves summer solstice.

In the blink of an eye, it was five years of God's blessing.

This year, Wei Chen was fourteen years old.

In the past two years, Wei Chen has been reading, writing articles, and by the way, he has trained the two little Loli of the Sheng family, and he has lived a comfortable life.

At the beginning of each year, he and Sheng Changbai went back to Jiangning Mansion to participate in the annual examination, and by the way, he lived in Youyang's hometown for two or three months, accompanying Wei Ruyi's family of three.

Zhang Xu, the little guy, has now grown into a young man, and when he was ten years old, Wei Chen specially invited Chen Jun to enlighten him.

However, Zhang Xu has no interest in reading, he was woken up by Wei Chen's reading sound every morning when he was a child, and he understands how hard the road to the imperial examination is.

Zhang Xu asked himself that he didn't have the talent and perseverance like Wei Chen, and he really didn't have much confidence in participating in the imperial examination, but in comparison, it was the matter of Shangjia that was more in line with his heart.

After Wei Chen discussed with Wei Ruyi and his wife, he arranged for Zhang Xu to work in Wuquan Winery and let him follow Zhang Ming as an apprentice.

Today's amber wine sells well in the north and south of the country under the name of tribute wine, and the shares of Wei Chen and the Zhang family in the winery have long been priceless.

But for Wei Chen, more money is just a number, and he doesn't care about it anymore.

According to the letter sent by Wei Ruyi, Zhang Xu did a good job in the winery, and even Sheng Wei praised him for having brains and being a good seedling in business.

On the side of the Sheng family's school, Sheng Changfeng and Qi Heng made rapid progress in their studies under the guidance of Zhuang Jun, and both passed the college examination last year and were admitted to Xiucai.

However, for the township examination in August this year, Sheng Changfeng and Qi Heng really had no bottom in their hearts, and in the end, they both chose to study hard for three years and wait for the next township examination to take the exam.

Therefore, only Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai participated in the autumn festival this year, in fact, there is also a Gu Tingye, but Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai returned to Jiangning to participate in the township test, and Gu Tingye returned to his hometown Jiangxi.

There are still more than two months before the autumn season, so Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai packed up and set off together to prepare for the exam in Jiangning.

Before leaving, Sheng Hong and Wang Ruofu took the family to the dock to see off Sheng Changbai.

At the time of separation, Minglan and Rulan were in tears, and Wei Chen tried his best to persuade them to finally break their tears into laughter.

Seeing the reluctant scene of his two younger sisters surrounding Wei Chen, Sheng Changbai's eyelids jumped, and he always felt that something was not right.

In the end, I comforted myself in my heart: it must be the conscientiousness of this little gentleman Wei Chen that created such a strong teacher-student friendship......

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The passenger ship drove slowly, and the figures on the pier gradually moved away, this was the third time that Wei Chen had taken a boat down to the south of the Yangtze River, looking at the beautiful scenery on both sides of the strait, Wei Chen couldn't help but sigh.

From Xiucai to lifting people, from lifting people to Jinshi, these are the two most critical levels in the imperial examination.

Da Zhou every three years to open the list, by the three thousand people to take three hundred scholars, the provinces are also every three years to take the township test competition, from the three thousand members to take 90 people, so the scholars often say that the township test is difficult to test, there is a gold lift, silver show talent said.

If he can't be promoted, no matter how famous Wei Chen is, he is just a small talent, and with the passage of time, he will inevitably gradually emerge from the mainstream Shilin circle.

Since the first year of Tianyou, to the current five years of Tianyou, through the past four years, Weichen has worked hard to raise his career, and all preparations are for the township to try this fight.

Once it crosses, it is the carp jumping over the dragon gate, and the road is smooth from the past!

After entering Jiangning City from the Water Gate, Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai came directly to the old residence of the Sheng family in Huagaifang to live.

Huagai Fang is not far from the Jiangnan Gongyuan, both of which are located on the north bank of the Qinhuai River, where the population is densely populated, the city is prosperous, and it is a place where well-dressed people live.

And the south bank across the water is the famous Qinhuai Old Courtyard, a place where singers and celebrities gather.

Every time in autumn, the scholars of Jiangnan Province gather in Jiangning, and they have to come to this place, as for whether to mix the north bank or the south bank, that is, everyone has their own ambitions.

On the second day of Wei Chen's arrival in Jiangning, he brought gifts to visit his senior brother Shen Du according to the teacher's instructions.

When Shen Du saw Wei Chen, he first asked the teacher about his current situation, and then exchanged pleasantries, and finally got to the point: "Xingyun, do you know who is the president of the Jiangnan Provincial Township Test?" ”

The president of the township examination, in fact, is the chief examiner of the township examination, which is generally not served by the provincial academic administration, but is appointed by the imperial court separately, and presides over the examination from the central government to the local level.

In order to prevent solicitation, the examiner candidates are not vocal before the exam, and the candidates can only inquire on their own.

The sooner you know who the examiner is, the more you can figure out his essay and prepare for the township exam, which is an off-field advantage.

At this time, the candidates are all eight immortals across the sea, each showing their magical powers.

When Wei Chen heard Shen Du mention this matter, he suddenly perked up: "Senior brother, what news did you hear?" ”

Shen Du nodded, lowered his voice and said, "It's Dali Siqing, Wang Wenqing." ”

"Is that him?" Wei Chen was taken aback.

Unexpectedly, this predecessor Jiangnan Xuezheng, who had been promoted, actually wanted to return to Jiangnan Province to preside over the township examination.

Gaining the appreciation of Wang Wenqing, the first turning point in Wei Chen's life, since then, Wei Chen's fame has risen, and the name of a prodigy has spread all over the south of the Yangtze River.

It is also by virtue of Wang Wenqing's name that Wei Chen can be a fox and a fake tiger, so that Sheng Wei is willing to partner with a childish like him on an equal footing.

Although Wang Wenqing was transferred out of Jiangnan early, there was no master and apprentice between him and Wei Chen, but just because of his kindness back then, he could be regarded as Wei Chen's master.

In March this year, Wei Chen also made a special trip to Wang's house to deliver a post.

It's just that although Wang Wenqing saw Wei Chen at that time, he didn't show too much affection to Wei Chen, only said a few words to Wei Chen, and then served tea to the guests on the grounds that he was busy with official business.

Wei Chen originally had some resentment in his heart about Wang Wenqing's lack of old feelings, but now that he thinks about it, he is too superficial.

Perhaps Wang Wenqing had heard the rumors at that time and knew that he was likely to serve as the chief examiner of this year's Jiangnan Provincial Township Examination, so he deliberately did not get too close to Wei Chen.

It's not that Wang Wenqing doesn't miss the old feelings, but that he is protecting Wei Chen from being attacked in the future.

Thinking of this, Wei Chen sighed.

Shen Du didn't understand the feelings in Wei Chen's heart, and after revealing the candidate for the examiner to Wei Chen, he solemnly instructed: "Xingyun, after you go back, you must carefully figure out the articles of the main exam, if you don't have all the articles on hand, even if you come to me to get them, you must eat them all." ”

Wei Chen bowed down and thanked him: "Thank you, senior brother." ”

Shen Du waved his hand and said disapprerovitically: "Don't thank me, thank you if you want to thank the teacher, everything is his arrangement, I just acted as ordered." ”