After dealing with the people who reported the good news, the upstarts in the Jiannan Hall examination inevitably chartered a nearby restaurant to hold a banquet to celebrate.

The banquet lasted until the moon was over, and the new scholars returned to the hall in twos and threes.

Chen Fusheng, Su Guo, and Ye Xin, the three best performers, naturally formed a group.

"It's a pity," Ye Xin, who had changed into loose clothes, looked at Chen Fusheng with a regretful expression, "Fusheng, you are the township test Xie Yuan, if you win the Huiyuan again this time, maybe you will be the champion when you take the palace test, and then it will be the third yuan and the first, I haven't recognized it in the past thirty years, but I didn't expect it to be only one place behind." ”

Chen Fusheng shook his head, and said calmly: "This time I will try my article is too extreme, it will definitely offend many examiners, I have not been deposed, it is already a blessing to be lucky to be on the list, I really didn't expect to be able to get second, it is really luck, where do you dare to hope for the position of Huiyuan, besides, people are not also a solution to the yuan, the depth of knowledge will only be above me, there is absolutely no reason lower than me." ”

"Well, that's what you said. Ye Xin had to nod his head when he heard this.

"But Brother Chen, you said that this article was written too boldly, so that you can be second in high school, you can see the level of the article, why don't you read a paragraph silently, let us also see a thing or two?" Su Guo, who was listening next to him, couldn't hold back his curiosity and asked.

"Don't do this, my article is really a little presumptuous, I don't dare to look back, if you want to see it, according to the usual practice, won't the Ministry of Rites post the top few articles in the past two days, and then you should go and see it yourself, I want to find a place to hide, so as not to be blocked and scolded?"

"What, Fusheng, are you planning to move out of the guild hall?" Ye Xin felt very keenly about this kind of thing, and immediately heard the hidden meaning of Chen Fusheng's words.

"Not bad. Chen Fusheng nodded, indicating that Ye Xin did not understand wrongly.

"Generally speaking, the results of the palace examination and the general examination are not much different, the three of us have good results this time, and when the time comes, we will either enter the Hanlin Academy or be assigned to the six departments to do things, I am afraid that it will take root in this capital for several years, and it is time to buy an industry. Also, you can imagine that there will be a lot of people coming to the door these days, even if it is the same year, but there will definitely be a lot of other people coming, and I don't want to spend too much effort on these people. Chen Fusheng looked at the two of them and said indifferently.

"Yes, what you said makes sense, but I'm afraid this house can't be decided all at once, so I'll see where I'll be assigned to work after the palace exam. Su Guo thought for a moment and nodded first. Then he shook his head and said.

While Chen Fusheng and the three of them were talking, several other conversations were unfolding at the same time.

In the inner garden of the palace, in the Wanshou Palace, Xiao Zhang, who had changed into a regular dress, leaned on a soft couch with his back and listened to the old eunuch in front of him.

"Chen Fusheng, 19 years and 7 months old, a person from Qingshen County, Xichuan, Jiannan Province, his family has been in business for generations, and his family has a lot of wealth. Father three generations are famous, never out of office, when childhood, both parents died, closed door study for ten years, two years ago Jinjiang Academy opened, successfully admitted to the academy, Mr. is the champion fifteen years ago, three years ago Yu Shi Wen Dongming, a year later, to participate in the imperial examination, even the small and medium-sized three yuan and the township test to solve the Yuan, and then out of Shu travel, in Hangzhou to meet the Ministry of Rites of the right Lang Shen Yun son Shen drunk, together with the capital, stay in Jiannan Hall, in addition, in Jubao Street Vientiane Pavilion and other businesses to spend a lot of money to obtain the bronze VIP qualification. ”

It turned out that this was actually Chen Fusheng's life experience, from the time the vision was triggered to today's Zhang Bang, ten days were enough for the old eunuch who had mastered the secret agents in the world to investigate most of Chen Fusheng's affairs.

Xiao Zhang nodded and said: "At a young age, he is a family of giant businessmen, and he can read books for ten years, and his heart is really extraordinary, plus he is a top student, no wonder he can write such an article." However, his ancestors have been famous for three generations, why has no one come out to be an official?"

The old eunuch smiled slightly and explained: "Your Majesty doesn't know, this land of Sichuan and Shu is rich in products, has the reputation of 'the country of abundance', and is a closed place, so the sergeant of Shu has always liked smelting rather than coming out to be an official, just like that Lord Wen also resigned early and returned to his hometown when he was at the height of the Spring and Autumn Period?"

"I see. Xiao Zhang nodded and said, "No wonder I see that the candidates in Jiannan are well-educated, but there are not many people in the court." So his martial arts are also family heirlooms?"

"That's not it," the old eunuch's face became obviously cautious, and said, "This Chen Gongzi's qualifications are even higher than the old slave imagined, according to the information he has found, he is only worshipping a master in the Jiannan River and Lake as a teacher, and it took less than a year from apprenticeship to mastering." ”

"A total of one year, it can make you, the chief manager, say that it is good, it seems that his talent is indeed very high. Xiao Zhang's fingers tapped on the table and muttered to himself.

The Shen family's study.

Shen Yun looked at his son Shen Zui, who put down his hand in Chinese Chapter, and asked, "

Now that you've read the article, can you comment on how it went?"

Shen Zui licked his chapped lips, reached out and poured a large cup of tea that had already turned cold, and then said in shock: "It's too sharp, don't say anything else, just the first three sentences almost scared me to death, Dad, this time the test was presided over by Wang Xiang, is this the article of Huiyuan?"

"No, you also know this person, he is Chen Fusheng of Jiannan Dao, and he is also the second place in this test. Shen Yun shook his head, revealing a fierce sentence that made Shen Zui unexpected.

Seeing the change in his son's expression, Shen Yun continued to speak: "Now, you introduce Chen Fusheng to me well, I want to know what kind of person he is." ”

"What kind of person?" Shen Zui thought for a while, shook his head, and said with an incredulous expression, "Dad, he is the same as I told you before, he has a martial arts, his family is rich, and he has no parents above, and he is quite righteous enough, as for Wencai, although I know that he is Xie Yuan of Jiannan Dao last year, and his knowledge must be good, but we usually don't see too much, and he is quite low-key on weekdays, I really don't know very well." I didn't expect his style to be so uninhibited, and if you hadn't told me that he wrote it, I wouldn't have believed it at all. ”

"Hmph, low-key?" Shen Yun snorted coldly, "Even the saint was shocked by him, he is Jane's figure in the emperor's heart, what kind of low-key is it?"

"Shengshang?" Shen Zui was suddenly surprised, "Although he is the second place, isn't there still a Huiyuan on it, how can Your Majesty pay so much attention to Chen Fusheng?"