The middle-aged man on the painting boat did not show disdain because of Jiang Han's clothes, but invited him to the boat in surprise.

This young man's casual counterpart is extremely neat, and it can even be called a "absolute" word!

must be a very talented person, if this person has an innocent family background, he may really be able to become Ning Guofu's uncle.

As for poverty, Ning Guofu didn't care about that.

With the status of Ning Guofu in Yunmeng City, who can be the right person with Ning Guogong's Mansion?

Jiang Han walked up to the painting boat with some excitement, his eyes fell on the food on the deck, and his stomach was already screaming.

And his excited expression fell on the eyes of those young people on the shore, but he became excited because he could go to the painting boat and become the uncle of Ning Guofu.

"Who is this man? He actually wanted to be the uncle of the Qin family so much? Didn't he know how terrible Miss Qin was? ”

"I know him! Isn't he the Jiang Han of Zhen Fuzi's school? This person is stupid, and he didn't get into the Tongsheng exam for a few years! People give the nickname Jiang nerd. ”

"Oh! It turned out to be him! Even the children can't pass the exam, no wonder they dare to go to the painting boat, after all, if they can really enter the Ning State Mansion, they will have no worries for the rest of their lives. ”

"Wait...... Doesn't it mean that he is stupid? And how did he come up with this couplet? ”

The scholars on the shore looked at each other, all of them in amazement.

This Jiang nerd, when did he become so right?

Could it be a blind cat touching a dead mouse?

Jiang Han turned a deaf ear to those people's words, he came to the middle-aged man and arched his hand.

"What is your surname?" The middle-aged man looked at Jiang Han and said with a smile.

"It's cold in Xiajiang." Jiang Han imitated the tone of the ancients and spoke.

The middle-aged man praised: "It turned out to be Jiang Gongzi!" I am Qin Fen, the housekeeper of the Qin Mansion. Jiang Gongzi's coupling is very good, and he should be the guest of honor of my Qin family! Come, Childe, please come here. ”

After speaking, Steward Qin invited him to sit down at a table on the deck.

On the deck, there are more than a dozen large round tables, half of which are filled with pen, ink, paper, and inkstones, and the other half are filled with a variety of exquisite pastries and snacks.

Jiang Han sat down at the table, and impatiently reached out to grab a piece of osmanthus cake and stuffed it into his mouth.

Hungry to the point that his eyes turned green, he felt that the pastries on this table were really the most delicious food in the world.

Steward Qin smiled and said: "Gongzi Jiang looks at the age of only eighteen or nineteen years old, but he has an extraordinary spirit, and he has lightly faced this Shanglian from my master, he must be talented and ambitious...... However, Qin still has a puzzle, with Gongzi being so talented, why not participate in the imperial examination and seek an official position? ”

In Dayu, the son-in-law is a lowly and cannot participate in the imperial examination.

Although he became the son-in-law of Ning Guofu and did not worry about food and clothing, it was naturally impossible to participate in the imperial examination.

is a truly talented and ambitious person, who would rather participate in the imperial examination to seek an official position, but he is not willing to enter the Ning Mansion and become the son-in-law of the Ning State Mansion.

Steward Qin deliberately asked like this, but there was a reason to test his heart.

Steward Qin looked at Jiang Han and wondered how he would answer.

Jiang Han finished eating the osmanthus cake and began to eat the mung bean cake, as for the words of the Qin steward, he went in and out of the right ear and left ear, and he didn't hear a word.

Steward Qin watched Jiang Han gobble it up, the smile on his face froze slightly, and he stretched out his hand and shook it in front of him: "Gongzi Jiang, Gongzi Jiang!" ”

Jiang Han came back to his senses at this time, looked at Steward Qin and smiled awkwardly, and asked, "What did you just say?" ”

Steward Qin said: "I asked if you are a talented son, why don't you go to the imperial examination to get an official position?" ”

The corners of Jiang Han's mouth twitched, and he said in his heart that if I want to fall, I have to find it! Doesn't this poke at someone's heart?

It's not that the predecessor hasn't been to the scientific examination, and the key exam has not been admitted for several years!

Do you want me to say that I can't even pass the child exam? What a shame this is!

He thought for a moment and said with a smile: "Flowers are not flowers, and fog is not fog." In the middle of the night, the morning goes. ”

"When you don't come to a spring dream, you can't find a place to go."

"Life is like morning dew, but also like a spring dream."

"An Neng broke his eyebrows and bent his waist to deal with the powerful, making me unhappy?"

"As an official in the imperial examination, Jiang disdains it!"

These words were originally bragging words to cover up that the original body couldn't be admitted to Tongsheng at all, but listening to Steward Qin's ears, it made his heart tremble and his eyes lit up.

"Childe is a great talent!"

Steward Qin bowed his hand to him, then left the deck and headed towards the second floor of the painting boat.

And seeing Steward Qin leaving, Jiang Han thought to himself that he was finally leaving, so he didn't have to worry about chattering here.

He refocused on the food on the table, and stretched out his hands to eat a meal.

……

On the second floor of the painting boat, in a beautiful and spacious box, there were three or four old men in Confucian robes.

However, the judges invited by Ning Guofu this time are all highly respected talents in this Yunmeng City.

This time, Ning Guofu held this selection of sons-in-law for Miss Qin, although regardless of background, they want talented people, and the participants have to judge them for their next link.

Ning Guogong Qin Zhong sat in front of the window of the painting boat, looking at the lively crowd on the shore, but his brows were furrowed.

He was worried about his daughter Qin Muqing's marriage.

Qin Muqing is already twenty years old this year, and it stands to reason that he should have married a long time ago, but unfortunately because of his murderous reputation, he once beat the son of the family who came to propose marriage so much that he couldn't get out of bed, so that now there is no one to even propose marriage.

Although this son-in-law election meeting was held today, from Hudong to Huxi, so far, there are not many people who can face the Shanglian, and most of them are unsatisfactory.

Although the four talented people in Yunmeng City also came to the shore, those talents were either beaten by Qin Muqing and feared like a tiger, or they had higher ambitions in their hearts and did not want to enter the Qin Mansion as sons-in-law.

At this moment, Steward Qin hurriedly pushed open the door and walked in, and said happily: "Master! Four gentlemen! Someone's on that link! ”

"Oh, who is it? By the way, what? The four judges couldn't help but look up in curiosity.

Qin Zhong also looked at Steward Qin.

Steward Qin said loudly: "It's a scholar, named Jiang Han." He's right to iron over rusty iron! ”

The four judges glanced at each other, and their eyes lit up.

"Not bad, not bad! This link is excellent! ”

"Iron against ice, just right! This is one of the best of so many downlinks in the morning! ”

"This couplet should be on the armor!"

Qin Zhong pondered for a while and said, "This person can enter my Qin family's painting boat!" How old is this person, what does he look like? ”

Steward Qin said: "This son is only seventeen or eighteen years old, and his appearance can be regarded as delicate, but his body is quite thin, and his clothes are a little shabby, so he should be a poor student." ”

Qin Zhong said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if you are a poor student or not, as long as you are not old or ugly, you can learn and get by!" ”

Steward Qin said: "Master, when I asked him why he didn't participate in the imperial examination, did the master know how this person answered?" ”

"Oh, how did he answer?" Qin Zhong asked.

Steward Qin cleared his throat and said in a cautious tone: "He said, flowers are not flowers, and fog is not fog." In the middle of the night, the morning goes. When you don't have a lot of spring dreams, you can't find anywhere to go to the clouds. Life is like morning dew, but also like a spring dream. ”

"He also said that An Neng broke his eyebrows and bent his waist to the powerful, making me unhappy?"

Qin Zhong's eyes lit up, Huo Ran got up, savoring these few lines of poetry in his mouth, and his heart was even more shocked.

He deliberately set up this question to test the hearts of the contestants.

But I didn't expect to hear this answer.

Everyone in the world is running for fame, but this young man abandons fame like a piece of fame.

And the four judges, after hearing these words, also changed their faces and their eyes lit up.

"This son's temperament has surpassed most of the Confucian students in this Cloud Dream City!"

"Life is like morning dew, but also like spring dreams...... This son has a deeper understanding of life than the old man! ”

"This verse, I'm afraid even the four great talents can't write it!"

Qin Zhong pondered slightly, and said: "Then I will come up with another topic and ask him to compose a poem, if he can enter the eyes of the four judges, he will be my Qin Zhong's son-in-law!" ”

After speaking, Qin Zhong took a piece of rice paper, wrote down the title, and handed it to Steward Qin.