The exam questions of one hundred taels of silver are really sky-high, but it also depends on whom. This prince named Li Wei is none other than Li Tai, the fourth prince who offended Xiao Rui and was forced to go out to avoid the limelight. A hundred taels is just for him, and he doesn't blink an eye.

"Childe, do you really want to read this exam question?" Seeing that Li Tai was about to open the envelope, the guard advised.

Li Tai sneered: "What? Do you think this is really an exam question? ”

"What? You're saying, it's fake? ”

"Fake, of course. This is Chang'an, eyeliner everywhere, who dares to sell real exam questions? Unless he doesn't want to live anymore. ”

"But, but they dare to take a fake exam question and sell it for a hundred taels, isn't this looking for death? Those who can afford this are all aristocrats, so they are not afraid that these people will settle accounts with them afterwards? The guards were puzzled.

Li Tai nodded and sighed: "Yes! Therefore, this person must not be afraid of the nobility. In this world, how many people dare to provoke the entire aristocratic circle? ”

Hiss......

"You mean, Champion Hou?"

"Hehe, I can't think of anyone else but him. Peddling exam questions? I had never heard of it in previous years, and he was the only one who could do it. is really a mercenary businessman, and he doesn't miss any opportunity to make money. Li Tai couldn't help but scoff.

The guard was surprised: "Champion Hou is the one who wrote the questions, and he actually peddled the exam questions...... So ...... this question?"

Li Tai waved his hand and said, "Of course it's fake." He can cheat the nobles' money without hesitation, but he will not break the rules and leak the exam questions. The reason why I buy it when I know it's fake is because I'm curious. Even if it is fake, it needs to be carefully designed, otherwise it will not sell at a high price. It's also good to buy and take a look, and learn from each other's strengths. ”

The guard suddenly realized: "Oh...... Are you saying that the Champion Hou will hide some imperial examination mysteries in it? Otherwise, how could it be worth a hundred taels? ”

Well? Mystery?

A flash of inspiration flashed in Li Tai's mind.

"Wait...... It's not impossible. But he won't write anything about the imperial examination into it, otherwise he will be suspected of breaking the question. ”

"So what is the mystery he is hiding? Is it just to make money? It's impossible, Xiao Rui will never do anything useless if he takes one step and sees three steps...... There must be some secret behind it. ”

"By the way, he set the price of one hundred taels and sold it exclusively to the children of the rich nobles. And Xiao Rui himself is on the side of the Hanmen, so ...... The purpose of his touting this set of fake test questions is to pit the nobles! ”

After Li Tai's brainstorming reasoning, he came to an astonishing conclusion.

But the guard next to him was confused, "Son, do you need to talk about this?" You can see from the beginning that he is cheating on the nobles' money. ”

Li Er sneered: "Stupid! That's not about money. ”

"If I'm not mistaken, everything in this test paper has nothing to do with this test. In other words, what is written here is precisely what will not be tested. Xiao Rui just wanted to mislead those noble children and make them all busy thinking about the wrong exam questions, so as to indirectly help the children of the poor family win. ”

Yes? Can it be like this?

I have to say that Li Tai is really a bit crooked. By mistake, he was blinded by mistake.

Although this exam question is not peddled by Xiao Rui, it is really written by Xiao Rui, and it has the purpose of confusing it.

The sellers are Wang Jishan and Wu Zhao, and the two would never have thought that their simple money-making plan would unknowingly help Xiao Rui a lot. I'm afraid that those aristocratic children who bought the test questions and then studied them carefully will hate the two profiteers to death when they know about it.

"How so? It's impossible......"

Li Tai, who opened the envelope, muttered to himself.

The guard asked curiously, "Son, what's wrong?" Is there something wrong? ”

"That's not right! That's not right. In order to cope with the examination, I found all the questions of the imperial examination in the previous five years and studied them carefully. The set of questions in front of me, not to mention that it is completely similar to the exam questions of previous years, is also comparable to ninety percent, which is obviously intentional. Li Tai commented.

The guard was puzzled: "Son, didn't you just say that the champion Hou faked the money, so naturally he had to be careful, otherwise he wouldn't be able to sell it at a high price." ”

Li Tai shook his head: "No, it's not about the price." If he asks the question this time, it will not have anything to do with this fake test question at all...... So what will he take this time? ”

The guard smiled and said: "Son, there are more questions in the world, and it may not necessarily be the basis for the previous year's exam questions." When the former Sui first implemented the imperial examination, there must have been no reference. ”

Li Tai couldn't help but point at his subordinates and smiled: "You don't read much, you don't understand." There are regulations for the imperial examinations, such as the Ming classics for the examination of sages, and the arithmetic examination for arithmetic...... Not everyone takes the same questions. ”

The guard seemed to understand, "Then you mean that this imperial examination will not be tested in previous years?" Gongzi, that's the champion Hou, and the Hou never pays attention to the rules. What if he was going to come the other way around and not take the Ming Sutra arithmetic? ”

Hiss......

The guard's random guess was like a bolt of lightning, and Li Tai stood on the spot.

In the next half month before the exam, Li Tai never stepped out of the small courtyard for half a step.

The time soon came to the day of the opening of the examination, and countless candidates lined up to check and enter, even the crown prince Li Chengqian was no exception, all of them changed into ordinary clothes and accepted the examination as ordinary people.

"Fourth brother?" In the team, Li Chengqian shouted out in surprise.

Li Tai, who was pretending to be Li Wei, was indifferent.

Li Chengqian couldn't help but walk over, "Fourth brother, when did you come back?" Why don't you talk to your brother? Still angry? No matter how bad it is, you have to get it back...... Ahem, go home and see your parents, right? ”

"This brother, you have recognized the wrong person. I don't know you below. Li Tai didn't want to recognize each other.

Li Chengqian smiled and said, "Okay, everyone is happy that you can come back." My brother-in-law has already forgiven you, so why bother? ”

"Hey, who are you? Pulling and pulling with my son-in-law? Go away, go away. "The guards drove Li Chengqian away.

Li Tai glared and retreated from the guard.

Then he said seriously: "Thank you brother for your kindness." I just want to take the exam smoothly, and when I pass the exam, I will naturally go to see my parents. Now I wear a guilty body and go home without shame. ”

You...... Alas!

Li Chengqian patted him on the shoulder, "Okay." It seems that after some experience, there is a lot of understanding. Peace of mind exam, I won't tell my parents. ”

It wasn't until Li Chengqian left that the guard trembled and asked in a low voice, "Son, he, is he really your brother?" Wouldn't he ...... then?"

"Hehe, don't worry, he won't bother with you as an eyeless subordinate." Li Tai scoffed.

As he was talking, there was a commotion at the entrance of the examination room, "Hey, we are women, women dressed as men, do we also have to search our bodies?" ”

It turned out that it was a woman who took the exam and didn't want to be searched, so she made a fuss.

The examiner in charge of the security check came over and said with a smile: "This year is the first year to make an exception for women to participate, although there are not many people participating, but the imperial court has made arrangements." There are special women's passages and women's examination rooms, so you don't need to dress up as men. ”

"Come on, take these female candidates over there, and put a guide sign at the street corner to distinguish between men and women, don't let you go wrong."