In the first month of the forty-second year of Kangxi, Emperor Kangxi had a fifty-year birthday, and the ministers congratulated him on his fifty years of longevity. Miao Tong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, asked for a career in old begging bones, and the emperor allowed him, and replaced him with a generation of Confucianism and Dongge University scholars. In the first month of the forty-second year of Kangxi, Emperor Kangxi's fourth southern tour, Wushen in March, the emperor returned to Beijing, with Xiong Cixu and He Longling as the main and deputy examiners to test the world's students.

The imperial examination, the grand ceremony of the country, and the way for the world's scholars to enter the ranks are really a grand event of the country. Since calling this dynasty, Yinzuo has already seen the imperial examination many times, but he doesn't care much, according to Yinzuo's view, the imperial examination as the way to select talents, although there are advantages, but there are more disadvantages, not to mention that most of the selected people are mediocre talents who only know how to read dead books, even if they claim to be fair, they may not really be able to be fair. In the past, Yinzuo has always paid little attention to the imperial examination, although many of his slaves were born as jinshi, but before these people were jinshi, Yinzuo had already examined his true ability, not because he was in the Jinshi to enter Yinzuo's eyes, but this time the examination was a little different - the group of scholars adopted by Yinzuo are also going to participate in the examination today.

Unlike other princes and nobles, the scholars collected by Yinzuo are not all scholars, these children are all taught by Master Xixi, among which Chu Qiao can get the guidance of Wu and Lin, the two famous teachers, and can be regarded as well-educated people. Although these four people are all Yinzuo's subordinates, and they have been in the palace for seven or eight years, they must avoid suspicion when they will try, and these four people will not be able to live in the palace before the test. No, Yinzuo is giving a lecture to the four of them.

"When you wait for the first time you try, the king does not deliberately ask for it, and it is just to settle for your own life in the middle and not, but there is one thing: you must not do anything in the name of the king, otherwise you will blame the king for not being merciful, and you will go to the account room to withdraw two hundred taels of silver, and go outside to live, don't make trouble, do you remember it?" Yinzuo sat up with a serious face, looked at the four lifters kneeling in the hall and calmly commanded.

"Yes, please rest assured, we will not disappoint the master's high expectations." The four of them kowtowed and went straight down the hall.

Li Weiba, who was accompanying Yinzuo, had those thief eyes, and whispered with an envious look: "There is silver to take, and there are officials to do, hey, when it will be our turn to do such a good thing." ”

Oh, this stinky boy, asking him to study on weekdays is like asking him to die, and now he sees that others are going to be officials, and his eyes are red, hey, he is fooling around all day long, doing some bullshit things. Yin Zuo snorted coldly and said, "Dog, where's your homework?" Where have you read it? ”

Li Wei is smart, but he doesn't like to read, he can doze off every time he picks up a book, what he is most afraid of is that his master asks about his homework, looking at Yinzuo's calm face, the careful liver is a little anxious, if you can't answer a reason, maybe you have to eat the family law again, the beads of the eyes rolled, and hurriedly replied: "Master, the four of them didn't take care of it for the first time, I'm afraid it's going to make jokes, hehe, it's not good to lose the face of the master, or the master will let the slave follow, come to have a long insight, follow the learning, Second, let the minions take care of them, okay? ”

,This stinky boy is playing with us to avoid the real and be virtual.,Hey,Follow and learn? There are so many masters in the house, this stinky boy is not easy to learn, and he can learn from Chen Qian and others? But let this stinky boy go with him. Yinzuo glanced at Li Wei angrily and funny, and snorted: "Okay, since you have the heart to learn, then let them be scholars." ”

Scholar? Li Wei was suddenly a little dumbfounded, everyone is a scholar, but now he has become a scholar's scholar, what is his identity? looked at Yinzuo with a bitter face, but he didn't dare to say anything. Yinzuo was too lazy to talk to Li Wei, and snorted: "Go ahead, you can help them carry the bag and polish the ink." ”

During the period of March in Beijing, the inns of Beijing are full of students who come to Beijing to catch the exam, and it is not easy to book a good inn at this time, but it is a trivial matter for Prince Yi's mansion, Chen Qian and others went out of the palace, and naturally there were people to help send them to the "Hongpeng Inn", the largest inn in Beijing, and arranged a courtyard as a residence for Chen Qian and others to review their homework before the exam. As soon as a group of people settled, Li Wei's suffering began:

"Li Wei, bring a basin of water."

"Dog, grinding ink, my son wants to compose."

"Li Wei, make tea, my son is thirsty."

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Li Wei, this kid likes to play pranks on weekdays, and the big guy is not less tossed by him, at this time, he finally has an opportunity to entertain Li Wei, so naturally he can call hard, and he is stunned to toss Li Wei dizzy, but he doesn't dare to resist - Yinzuo's precepts are there, and he can only be sent by Wang Sheng and others, so busy that his feet don't touch the ground, the annoyance in his heart is big, and he finally finished everyone's orders, and came to Chen Qian and said with a smile: "Brother Haoming, hehe, it's almost dinner, Didn't you reward a lot of silver, why don't we go out and have fun, and by the way, we will make friends with the text? ”

Chen Qian, the word Haoming, the oldest among the people, he also entered the palace since he was a child, the difference is that he is Yinzuo's family slave, and his father is in charge of a large manor under Yinzuo's name. Chen Qian has been good at writing since childhood, writing a good hand, occasionally met Yinzuo who patrolled the manor, was favored by Yinzuo, and brought back to the palace to be cultivated, his identity is much higher than Wang Sheng and others, his temperament has always been easy-going, when everyone entertained Li Wei, he just smiled and watched, and did not participate in it, at this time he saw Li Wei asking, smiled and said: "The money rewarded by the master is not for me to wait to go to leisure, you, or be an honest scholar." ”

Li Wei originally couldn't bear to be sent by everyone, thinking of a way to trick everyone into going out for a walk to avoid the fate of being sent, at this time, seeing Chen Qiandao's scheming, but he was not annoyed, his eyes rolled and said: "Brother Haoming, little brother has heard that 'Sanyuan Restaurant' is a place where people who are rushing to take the exam must go, hey, one is to meet friends with literature, and the other is to please a good fortune, isn't it?" Hehe, how many people don't want to go to high school? ”

Li Wei, this kid is not good at studying, he often sneaks out of the house to have a good time, and Yinzuo also sends him out on business, but he knows a lot about the in the capital, and the big guys know this. Chen Qian and others studied hard, rarely went out of the palace on business, and they really didn't know about the "Sanyuan Restaurant" that Li Wei said, at this time, Dabi was imminent, no matter how hard they worked, it was impossible to have a big breakthrough, although Yinzuo didn't require them to be in high school, but as a scholar, who didn't want to be named on the gold list? Lin Cheng, the youngest, was the first to move, and said with a smile: "Brother Dog, shouldn't you be a wine bug and want to cheat and drink again?" ”

"Cut, what did you say, I, Li Wei, am a manly man, how could I cheat you about your wine, hehe, it is said that those who have drunk wine in this 'Sanyuan Restaurant' before the exam have won the three champions, you guys, if you like to go, don't go and pull it down, I don't want to lead the way." Li Wei pouted.

Xiao Tianliang, Wang Sheng and others couldn't help but be a little moved when they saw that Li Wei was telling the truth, looked at each other, and laughed and said: "If the dog's words are scored, I might as well go and take a look, even if it is not the champion, it is good to have a little joy, what does Brother Haoming think?" ”

Chen Qian was the head of everyone, and when he saw that his brothers were all looking at him with blank eyes, he couldn't help laughing: "Let's go, listen to the dog blowing for a long time, I have to go and see what, it's not for any joy, it's good to see the talents from other places." ”

Sanyuan restaurant is not big, a three-storey building, located in the west of the capital, is not very famous in the many restaurants in Beijing, it is far worse than the Moon Tower, which is called the first restaurant in Beijing, the decoration is ordinary, the only desirable thing is that it is antique, the literary style is strong, and the restaurant is generally a scholar, and it can also be called a no-nonsense.

Chen Qian and the others received a lot of silver before leaving the palace, but they were not bad for the money of those private seats, and when they arrived at the restaurant, they listened to the papers of students from other places in the lobby, and felt that there was nothing surprising, so they went upstairs by themselves, and asked for a private seat for Xiao Er. The wine party was half drunk, but when he saw the door curtain ringing softly, he walked a Taoist priest from the traveling side, with three locks of long beard, his face was picturesque, and he looked like a fairy wind, and said: "Immeasurable Tianzun, everyone, Zhang Hongzhe is polite." ”

Li Wei drank a little high, and when he saw the Taoist entering, he said with a smile: "I don't believe in the Tao, the second doesn't tell your fortune, and the third doesn't give alms, so the Taoist priest went to the wrong door?" ”

The Taoist priest saw that Li Wei was dressed as a scholar and said something disrespectful, but he didn't bother to pay attention to it, but just looked at Chen Qian and the others with a smile on his face: "The poor Taoist is not a fortune, and the other is not fateful, but he is just here to send a pile of great wealth, I don't know if you are a blessed person?" ”

Yinzuo doesn't believe in Taoism, Buddha, even with the people of the palace rarely play those tricks to deceive people, Chen Qian and others have followed Yinzuo since childhood, naturally they don't believe in ghosts and gods, at this time, seeing this Taoist pretending to be a ghost, I couldn't help laughing.

The Taoist priest was not annoyed, but waited for everyone to finish laughing before he said faintly: "You must know that the Tao is very Taoist, the name is very famous, the poor Tao has been enlightened by immortals since childhood, but you can calculate some famous halls, you scholars have studied hard for ten years, but you don't know the Mo paper in the field, the paper is ashamed of the hero?" ”

Chen Qian and others studied hard in Yinzuo's mansion for many years, rarely went out, although they didn't believe in Taoist priests and other things, but at this time, seeing that Taoist priests talked well, and there were words in their words, they didn't dare to despise it too much for a while, Chen Qian got up and said with a smile: "Zhang Zhenren has something to say, please speak, I want to have an epiphany one or two." ”

The Taoist shook the dust in his hand lightly, and said with a smile: "The donor's seal hall is shining, it should have been Wen Kuixing's high light, and this branch is hopeful, but the vestibule is slightly hazy, and I am afraid that it will be lost because the text is not relevant." ”

Chen Qian never believed in these fortune-telling things, and laughed when he heard this: "Whether you are in the middle or not is originally the order of everyone, but there is nothing to say, is it possible that a Taoist can solve this misfortune?" ”

The Taoist said with a smile: "The real person has the guidance of the immortals, but he can also investigate the first line of heaven, if the donor really wants to solve this misfortune, it is not difficult, the real person has a side antidote here, it is not expensive, you wait for four people, the real person only accepts six hundred taels of silver." ”

"Six hundred taels? Why don't you go to robbery? Li Wei jumped up first and shouted loudly with the strength of the wine. The Taoist didn't pay attention to Li Wei's shouting at all, and looked at Chen Qian with a smile.

Although Chen Qian has never been involved in the specific affairs of the palace, he is not the kind of person who reads the book of the dead, and when he heard this, he was already suspicious in his heart, and he muttered for a while: "I would like to hear it in detail." ”

The Taoist priest smiled, took out a folded red paper from his big sleeve, handed it over and said: "This real person has calculated the three questions of this subject, this is one of them, if Mr. has a letter, you can pay half of it first, and the rest wait for Mr. to leave the examination room, if it is correct, how about paying it off?" If there is a mistake, even if you come to this 'Sanyuan Restaurant' to get back the silver, the true person has faith in his words, if you don't believe it, you can let the restaurant bail. ”

Chen Qian and the others were dumbfounded, and they didn't know what to say for a while, but Li Wei woke up suddenly, his heart moved, and he said with a smile: "That is the case, the Taoist will take out all the three exam questions, but the silver will not be less, as long as this 'Sanyuan Restaurant' is willing to be a guarantee, we can offer the silver." ”

The Taoist squinted at Li Wei, but did not answer, just smiled and waited for Chen Qian to speak. Seeing that Li Wei had already agreed, he knew that Li Wei had already made a claim, but he no longer hesitated, and said with a smile: "Okay, that's it, I'll pay half of it first, and wait for the rest to get out of the examination room." ”

The Taoist smiled and took out two pieces of red paper again and said: "These three questions are all propositions of the current subject, and the real person can only be counted here, as for which question comes first and which question comes later, it is not something that the real person can calculate." ”

Chen Qian took the red paper, signaled Li Wei to come forward and pay the silver ticket of three hundred taels, and accepted the insurance policy of the restaurant, and did not drink the wine, hurriedly went home, and entered the "Hongpeng Inn", Li Wei said to Chen Qian and others: "Wait for the brothers, and wait for the younger brother to go back to the palace to find the master and report." As soon as the words fell, he took advantage of the darkness to sneak out of the inn and go straight to Yinzuo's palace......

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