The afternoon is the time for the paper marking, and eight county school assistants will be held for the paper marking behind closed doors. The officials will no longer participate. In the afternoon, the prefect Li Kui will return to Anyang County. Before leaving, he needs to express his opinions on the boys in Tangyin County.

In the county hall, five officials including the magistrate, the county magistrate, the county magistrate, the chief clerk, and Xuezheng were humbly listening to the prefect Li Guanren's speech.

Li Kui smiled gently at everyone and said, "This time I accepted the invitation from Liu Magistrate to come to observe the boy competition in Guixian. Although it has not been long, I have deeply understood the influence of boy competition in Tangyin County.

Especially when Lushan Academy won the championship in the debate test yesterday, firecrackers all over the city, I knew that Tangyin County's literary style was so prosperous. This competition was subtly influenced by the people and was worthy of praise. So I first affirmed the positive role of the Boy's Association. After I went back, I would promote the experience of Tangyin County to the whole province and report to the court. Of course, the suggestions should also be made. In order to make the Boy's Association do better, I only make two suggestions."

When the magistrate was about to report to the court, the magistrate Liu Zhen was very excited. The main purpose of his boys' meeting was to add some points to his career. He hurriedly said: "If you ask Guanren Li to criticize him for not enough, we will learn from the lessons and continue to work hard."

Li Kui smiled slightly, "It's a big deal to say that whips are serious, just to make two small suggestions. The first is the selection of students. I found that most students have participated in several consecutive sessions, and they are old faces every year, which is not conducive to the selection of rookies. I suggest that each student participate at most two sessions, and at the same time expand the number of participants, so that more students will get this valuable learning opportunity."

Li Kui's suggestions hit the nail on the head and limiting the number of students participating will break the monopoly of several major families on the quota and give more students the opportunity to participate in the competition.

Li Kui immediately made a second suggestion, "This time, I found that the age gap between students is very large. The youngest is only six years old, but the oldest is fourteen years old. I don't think this is appropriate. I suggest that the age of participating students is slightly limited, such as twelve years old or fifteen years old, so that their academic level is closer to each other, or they can be divided into groups, one group at six to eight years old, one group at eight to twelve years old, and one group at twelve years old, one group at twelve years old, one group at twelve years old, one group at twelve years old, one group at twelve years old, and one group at twelve years old. What specific plan should be used for your own consideration, and I just make a suggestion."

Li Kui's two suggestions were very reasonable, and he also said that if he hit the boy, he would be insufficient. County Ma Fu immediately seized the opportunity to criticize Liu Zhen. He interrogated: "The advice of Li Guanren is very sharp. I said that six-year-old students cannot participate in the competition. Such students are just talented, but there is no process of learning and accumulation. This is unfair to other students who have studied hard. However, Liu Magistrate is stubborn and must give the opportunity to win the championship to six-year-old students. I don't understand why this is? Is there anything shameful about it?"

Liu Zhen was not angry at all and said coldly: "Mr. Ma is talking about Li Yanqing! His knowledge is obvious to everyone. I am biased. Everyone knows it. But Ma. Ma collected 500 taels of silver and promised that others won the championship next time. I don't know if this is considered a matter of not being able to see the light?"

Ma Fu's face changed drastically, and she stood up and said angrily: "You... are slandering people. You made it clear today. When did I charge someone else 500 taels of silver?"

Li Kui's face had become extremely ugly, but he still said nothing and watched them fight coldly. Other officials turned around, fearing that they would be taken in too.

Liu Zhen said calmly: "Of course you won't admit it, but you can't expect that the five hundred silvers are marked, and they are all official silver minted in the first year of Jingguo in the Huangkeng Silver Field in Shaozhou. Twenty-five taels per ingot. Believe it or not, I'll search your house now and search for 500 taels of silver on the spot."

Ma Fu's brain buzzed! He immediately understood that the gift of silver to him was actually a trap arranged by Liu Zhen, just to shake it out on the spot in front of the magistrate and he was fooled.

Ma Fu was suddenly angry and anxious, trembling all over, pointing at Liu Zhen and scolding: "You...you are despicable and shameless!"

As soon as he said this, it was equivalent to admitting that he had collected 500 taels of silver. Everyone sighed in their hearts that Liu Zhen's move was too ruthless, and Ma Fu might be over this time.

Li Kui's face turned pale, he stood up and shouted angrily, "It's like a mess!"

He shook his sleeves and turned around and left the county government. After a moment, a yamen runs over and reports, "The magistrate is gone."

Ma Fu, who had been glaring at the magistrate, then reacted and stomped his feet in a hurry and chased him out. Liu Zhen looked at his panicked back and sneered in his heart. Although Guanren Li did not express his opinion on the spot, Ma Fu did not want to pass the test easily this time.

.........

The internal strife in the officialdom in Tangyin County did not affect the Boys Association. News that night came out that Lushan School ranked third in the exam and first in the debate exam, and finally won the top leader of this Boys Association with the first overall score.

Although Tangbeixiang School did not enter the finals, it still ranked third in the debate exam, ranked second in the total score of the first in the exam, and Tangyin County Xue Primary School ranked third.

Surprisingly, Weinan Town School ranked fourth in total with the fifth place in the debate exam and second place in the exam.

The second-year-old Wuli Town School in the debate exam was in big trouble. Some people reported that the "Quail Sky" written by their master three years ago, and is still in the Tanchun Pavilion in the Wenli Town. The evidence of fraud is conclusive. The Wenli Town School was cancelled and the competition will be suspended for one year next year.

After the news came out, the sound of firecrackers rang all night, and various emotions mixed with the crackling sound of firecrackers.

The next morning, the students attended the award ceremony and began to return to their hometowns. The Wang family's wide carriage was also waiting in front of the inn early, with red and green hangings on the carriage, which was quite a bit of joy in marrying a bride.

Amid the sound of firecrackers, Li Yanqing and the four of them bid farewell to the villagers who were seeing him off, embarking on the road to return home.

"I wonder what my grandfather will reward me this time when I return home?"

Wang Gui didn't sleep all night last night and was in a state of great excitement. He kept fiddling with a copper plum on his chest, with four small words "Cut of Students" engraved on it. This is a medal that he received. In addition, their names will be written into this year's county annals.

Li Yanqing lazily leaned on a soft cushion, holding his own "The Great Sage's Monster Hunt" in his hand. He read his masterpiece as a reader.

Hearing Wang Gui's words, half of his face showed off from the back of the book, and he said with a smile: "Ask your grandfather to wear real armor."

"That thing is too heavy, I don't want it! I want a horse."

"Riding a horse is not good, your legs are too short!" Tang Huai said to the point.

"screw you!"

Wang Gui stretched out his short legs and pulled it on Tang Huai's donkey's ears, and then asked Yue Fei: "Fifth Brother, what do you think I want?"

Yue Fei was also reading "The Monster Hunt". He covered his face with a book, and his words jumped out from behind the book, "If I were you, I would have studied hard from now on, otherwise I would be sorry for the title of "Captain of Students."

Wang Gui blushed and muttered: "I knew you would say that for a long time."

At this moment, a sound of a strong horse galloping sounded, and it came from far away like thunder. Everyone looked at each other in front of them. Li Yanqing reacted the fastest, stood up, poked his head out of the car window and looked back, and saw that the horses behind kicked up black mud and mud, revealing a team of powerful knights.

It was morning, the sun was shining and warm, and the official road from Tangyin County to the south was quite lively. In addition to the residents of this county, there were also many tourists and merchants passing by Tangyin County. This was the intersection of two official roads. There were stalls selling hot ginger tea, hunters selling wild game, elderly people selling snacks, and peddlers selling hardware and groceries. Many nearby villagers squeezed in front of the stalls to select the items they needed.

But when the hooves sounded, the official road suddenly called her mother, and there was chaos, and everyone stumbled into the snow next to the official road to hide.

The carriage driver's face changed drastically and he shouted, "Everyone is ready to sit!"

He didn't have time to look at the terrain carefully, so he pulled the horse and rushed into the snow next to him. The carriage was shaking violently and almost overturned. The four teenagers fell into a ball in the carriage. Yao Ding bit his lips tightly and hugged a beam tightly.

"What's going on?" Li Yanqing asked anxiously.

"It's a Khitan barbarian!" Wang Gui's face was pale and his eyes showed panic.
Chapter completed!