On the fourth day of the eighth month, the car and sedan that greeted the examiner of the Huiye Mansion stopped in front of the inn. Last night, Qiu Anqing lived in the inn outside the city. The inn notified the government office that Jiang Anyi asked Hua Sima to come and greet him. The city gate was closed at night, and the city gate was not opened without any emergency. Therefore, there were inns and inns outside the city for those who missed the time to enter the city. Qiu Anqing calculated the time to enter the city and intended to wait in the inn.

Governor Jiang, Ma Biejia and his officials were welcomed at the east gate. Qiu Anqing got out of the sedan chair and greeted Jiang Anyi. He bowed and smiled and said, "Master Jiang, after four years of separation in the capital, the master has become more and more majestic, which is enviable." Turning to Fang Shishu, he said, "Mr. Fang, you are an elder, how dare you beg you? Qiu really dare not take it." He flattered him twice and slapped everyone.

After a few words of humility, Qiu Anqing sat back in the sedan chair, drums and music started to play, and the team rushed to the government office in a mighty manner. The people along the street competed with the examiner to see the examiner. Qiu Anqing's heart was turbulent, and this kind of scenery was never seen before.

When staying in the welcoming hotel in the government office, you cannot communicate with people as usual, so you must avoid suspicion. Qiu Anqing was a little restless in his study. According to the rules, he would enter the curtain banquet tomorrow. After the banquet, the deputy chief examiner, the examiner, the supervisory examination and other officials should enter the tribute court with him. Then the tribute court is closed and the exam will be opened until the exam is opened on the eighth day of the eighth month. If Jiang Anyi wants to do anything, he should be sent to contact him before he gets up tomorrow.

There was something in my heart and it was difficult to fall asleep. The sound of the wind blowing bamboos at night woke Qiu Anqing several times, thinking that someone was coming, but the next day he was holding his eyes, yawning, and getting up early with his heart full of worries. No one came, could it be that the governor Jiang wanted to take advantage of the materials impartially? Qiu Anqing sat there and was worried about whether the Ning family and Cui family should sell this favor. 14,000 taels of silver were enough to live happily in the capital for the rest of his life. It would be a pity to give up like this.

There was a sound of words outside the house, and the official secretary came in with a smile and said, "Report to Lord Qiu, Lord Governor sent someone to send a horse gift."

This is a common practice. The local government office would send a gift before entering the curtain banquet. Qiu Anqing felt a move. Will the gifts he sent were Mingtang. The horse-drawn gift was two-end gift, and 20 taels of gold and silver ingots were each, which was twice the normal situation. Qiu Anqing was unhappy and sent the person who returned the gift to look through the gift quickly. There was nothing that disappointed him.

Sitting back to the chair dejectedly, Qiu Anqing's mind was blank, and he was upset that he was assigned to be the chief examiner in Huazhou. Now he was in a dilemma and could not feel at ease.

When he came outside to urge him to attend the curtain banquet, Qiu Anqing forced himself to take a sedan chair to the court for the banquet. He got off the sedan chair in front of the court, and a plaque on the bottom of the vermilion gate was hung with a large piece of paper on the middle of the vermilion gate, and the gold-shaped characters "Gongyuan" were uttered on the top. On both sides of the door, the stone yards on the east stone yard were engraved with "Ming Jing to obtain scholars" and the west stone yard said "Seeking talents for the country". Walking inward through the "Three Dragon Gate", you can see tall buildings standing with flying eaves, solemn and elegant.

The banquet was placed in the Zhigong Hall, and Jiang Anyi smiled and introduced to him the officials of the provincial examination. The deputy chief examiner was a book of Fang Shi, and the eight examiners were county magistrates and county magistrates of Huazhou counties. These people were all from Jinshi. Dozens of other officials such as promotion, supervision exams, acceptance of papers, sealed inspections, and searching for Huaihei and other officials came forward to greet him.

The wine and food are very rich, but the delicacies in Qiu Anqing's mouth are like chewing wax. Qiu Anqing wished he could strangle Jiang Anyi, who cut off his wealth. When the banquet ended, Jiang Anyi sent Qiu Anqing and others to the Jieshen Hall behind Zhigongtang. The houses on both sides of Zhigongtang and Jieshen Hall were the office, food and accommodation places for personnel in the department, such as the receptionist, and Yulu, which are also called the outer curtain door. There is a stone bridge passing through the outer curtain door, and the inner curtain door is the inner curtain door. The inner curtain door is the inner Hengjian Hall, which is the examination food of the examiner and the examiner.

The place where you stay. There is a difference between inside and outside during the provincial examination. You must not cross this bridge to show that there is no collusion.

Jiang Anyi stood in front of the stone bridge and chuckled at Qiu Anqing: "Looking back then, Jiang suddenly felt that his heart was smooth and his leisurely flying. Lord Qiu, I have to work hard. When the provincial examination is over, Jiang invites him to go to Qixianlou and drink some more."

Qiu Anqing was puzzled by hearing this. The eight words "The distance is just smooth, and the leisure is flying" come from the "Records of the Manwang Pavilion" by the wise prince Zi'an. It means looking far away, feeling relaxed, and having a superb interest immediately rises. What does Jiang Anyi mean? I feel that the time when I was in the Jieyuan was just the beginning of my life, and now I feel that the official position of the governor feels passionate and free.

Before there was too much question, Qiu Anqing and Jiang Anyi said goodbye, and took a group of examiners across the stone bridge and entered the inner curtain door. The door was closed and sealed. They opened the door three times a day. After the door was sealed, they were prohibited from entering and leaving.

Qiu Anqing could not understand what Jiang Anyi said. One of the examiners knew that Zhao Zehe, the magistrate of Jingyuan County. Zhao Zehe and Jiang Anyi were both from Zechang Academy. The last time the snow disaster, Zhao Zehe was caught by the patrolman, and Jiang Anyi helped him to help him overcome the difficulties. Zhao Zehe was grateful and expressed his willingness to recognize Jiang Anyi as the main person. However, Jiang Anyi was disgusted with his inappropriate status and never agreed.

In order to ensure that Liu Yixing passed the imperial examination, Jiang Anyi selected Zhao Zehe as the same examiner and arranged Liu Yixing's examination seat within his examination scope. Zhao Zehe was very jealous of Liu Yixing's good life and also recognized Jiang Anyi as his lord. He had been neglected for many years and ignored him. However, Liu Yixing personally arranged the matter for the imperial examination for him. He heard that he would take over the position of military officer in the future. Then he thought that Jiang Anyi confessed that he would handle this confidential matter, which was to regard himself as his confidant. When doing this, the lord would inevitably have a great increase in his trust in himself. In the future, his own benefits would inevitably follow the lord's success.

On the eighth day of the eighth month, Liu Yixing stepped into the examination room of the Gongyuan Academy. His position was in the middle of the mysterious character. The strange and familiar scene reappeared. Liu Yixing felt a little moved. When the exam questions were posted, his mood calmed down. I wonder if it was because of the bottom of his heart, his thoughts became particularly clear and he wrote lightly. After the three exams, he realized that he was the best performance in all the provincial examinations.

There were 587 scholars who participated in the Huazhou exam this time, only twenty people were selected, and almost one of them was thirty. If you were good at the exam, you would not be able to be won. Liu Yixing walked out of the Gongyuan, looked back at the Zhuhong gate, shook his sleeves, and walked towards his family in front of the Gongyuan gate with ease.

In the collaboration, Zhao Zehe had already selected Liu Yixing's work from 60 test papers. Although he had a title and copied it, the agreed words were clearly in his mind and should not be wrong. He was a little unwilling to do so. He read Liu Yixing's answer carefully with a picky attitude. He remembered the meaning of the scriptures very accurately, and there was no mistake. His poems were stable and qualified. As for the policy discussion, Zhao Zehe's eyes lit up.

The current subject of the theory of strategy is "Theory of Governing the Country and Safeguarding the People". Liu Yixing proposed strategies to govern the country and the people from six aspects: 1.4. The policy and discussion of the country and the people were strengthened and powerful. Many of them were done by Jiang Anyi in Huazhou. Zhao Zehe nodded secretly. No wonder the governor of Jiang planned to be the premiere for him. This person was clearly one of the lord's arms. He wrote a comment and said: "This article is at the right time, and the words are in good condition. The strategies he said are practical and effective. It is truly a masterpiece."

On August 23, each room began to submit papers one after another. Zhao Zehe intentionally fell behind, and it was not until the 25th that he sent the six sets of good papers he had read. The number of papers was about fifty, and the chief examiner selected twenty sets from them, and he was the one who passed the exam today.

Qiu Anqing and Fang Shi's book have been

Thirteen test papers were selected, but there was no record of the Ning family and Cui family requesting requests among these thirteen, and it is very likely that the requested requests were not presented. Although the examiner had the power to search for the papers, both of them were in the papers, and Qiu Anqing was afraid of being discussed. Did the Ning family and Cui family not go to process the tester to present the papers and directly press the treasure on himself? Qiu Anqing felt a headache. If this was the case, at least half of the money he got was flew away.

Seeing Zhao Zehe entering the door with the papers in hand, Qiu Anqing greeted, "Mr. Zhao, put the papers on my side. Ma Gong just took the papers presented by Master Cheng."

The six copies of the papers Zhao Zehe had read were all good. When he turned to the third copy, Qiu Anqing's eyes lit up. He saw the words agreed with the Ning family, and immediately picked out the set of papers and put them aside. The remaining papers were turned over without the word "Ji De" and knew that the papers entrusted by the Cui family were not included.

After delivering the test papers, Zhao Zehe did not return to the room, but stood by the aisle and looked into the distance, as if he was resting. When Fang Bie went out to go to the toilet, Zhao Zehe quickly returned to the examiner's room. Qiu Anqing looked at Zhao Zehe who flashed in in surprise. Zhao Zehe smiled and said, "I just thought of an important point and I want to share it with the adults."

Qiu Anqing remained silent, not knowing what Zhao Zehe sold in the gourd. Zhao Zehe found a copy from the failed list and said four words softly: "Yi Xingfeng Fei."

After understanding, Qiu Anqing was overjoyed. He had obtained his 14,000 taels of silver. He was afraid that Jiang Anyi would not be favored. Since he was in the same industry, everyone would be happy. He didn't even look at it. He immediately placed the roll in the pile of the book, and Zhao Zehe bowed slightly and returned to his house calmly.

The list was released on September 1st. Although he knew it, Liu Yixing still came to wait outside the Gongyuan early. At the time of the year, drums and music came from the Gongyuan, and the crowd rushed over. The leader of the ceremonial guard, the list was placed on the Huangshu Cai Pavilion and the list was all the way to the wall. The clerk respectfully saluted the list, stepped forward and took it out, spreading the list from left to right. Everyone held their breath and looked at the list. In an instant, the sound exploded like fireworks, scattered in all directions, turning into joy, anger, sorrow and joy. Heaven and hell were only a piece of paper.

Liu Yixing looked at him from a distance, but he tried to step forward but he was heavy. A famous lieutenant next to him saw him and ran up to report the good news with a smile: "Congratulations to the Recorder, you are the fourth in high school, Yayuan. Congratulations."

"Really?" Liu Yixing grabbed the little official's hand in surprise and asked, "Brother Tong, you can see clearly."

The little official surnamed Tong smiled and said, "Liu Lushi, it is clearly written on the list. If you don't believe me, I will accompany you to have a look."

Liu Yixing, the Huiye Mansion, was clearly written on the red list. Liu Yixing stared at his name tightly, and tears fell unknowingly. The little official named Tong smiled and said, "Congratulations, I hope you will take care of him in the future."

Liu Yixing wiped his tears randomly and said with a smile: "Thank you, Brother Tong, I didn't say anything. When Liu has time, I will come to invite Brother Tong to have a few drinks."

On the fourth day of the ninth month, the governor and the examiner invited new scholars. Twenty scholars were selected in the provincial examination. The first name was Jie Yuan in the Fuxue School, Liu Yixing was ranked fourth, Ning Tsinghua School was ranked fifteen. As for Qian Zhonghe, entrusted by Cui, was found by Qiu Anqing, and ranked nineteenth. The Fuxue School was ranked four, and three of them were also listed in the Jimin Academy. Most of the people on the list were famous people, and the most suspicious ones were Liu Yixing.
Chapter completed!