Beijing.

Li Xuanying, the local academic administrator, knelt down and respectfully waited for His Majesty, Emperor Qin, to ask questions.

Emperor Qin had been married for two years, and logically he should have taken power long ago. Unfortunately, the court was always controlled by the Empress Dowager Lou, and there were old ministers who were eyeing him, so it was not smooth for him to take power.

It took him two years to finally place his own people in some important positions.

But in the end, he still had too few people. Because there were so few, some things still felt like they were being constrained when operating them, which made Emperor Qin feel particularly unhappy.

But this time, Li Xuanying brought him good news.

"Are you telling the truth?" Emperor Qin looked at Li Xuanying closely after reading the memorial.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I have sent people to investigate the area. The contents written on this test paper are all true. Whether it is the thinning method, the rice planting method, or the composting technology, it actually exists."

"In this case, I agree to your request."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

…

After the Gui List is posted, those on the list cannot leave immediately. They still need to participate in the "Deer Ming Banquet" hosted by the examiner.

Yu Jingqi was very pitiful. He was the only one who missed the mark. He could only watch Yan, An, Jiang Tongjing, Zhu San, Zhu Qi and others go out pitifully.

Seeing his pitiful look, Zhu Qi promised him: "Brother Yu, you go back first. I promise, I will definitely bring you back something good."

"Don't forget it!"

"I won't forget it, don't worry."

Yu Jingqi glanced at the others sadly and said, "Xiaoqi is still kind to me, unlike those heartless people who don't even think of me when they go out."

Jiang Jingtong simply rolled his eyes and didn't bother to pay attention to him.

Yan and An smiled lightly but said nothing. There was no other way. Who said that this deer-crowing banquet could be attended by anyone who wanted to?

As for Zhu Qi admitting that he would bring delicious food to Yu Jingqi...

Yan and An are not optimistic about it.

Although he has never participated in the Deer Ming Banquet before, he has never seen pigs running around or eaten pork. So, what else can be included in the banquet? You can't just stuff some snacks and bring them back, right?

If that were the case, it would be better than the dried meat prepared by Aunt Zhu.

The group of people went straight to the Deer Ming Banquet.

The chief examiner, Qi Shuming, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, sat in the main seat, the deputy examiner was on the left, the superintendent was on the right, and the other examiners sat beside him.

After everyone has gathered, it is the "Thank You Gift".

After that, all the new candidates for the imperial examination had to go to see the examiner, supervisor and others. After a set of procedures, it was already getting late.

The lights were turned on at unknown times, and the lively atmosphere at the banquet continued unabated.

The rankings of Zhu San and Zhu Qi were relatively close, and they were brothers who won the exam at the same time, which attracted a lot of people's attention. Even after the ranking test, some people came over to toast them and make them look familiar.

People like Yan, An, and Jiang Jingtong, who had official status, were also touted by people, and they gathered around them one by one, trying to get close to them.

Although Jiang Jingtong usually looks like an "old man", on this occasion, he still put on a rare smile and had a good time socializing.

Turning around, Jiang Jingtong discovered that the two Zhu brothers were missing.

Jiang Jingtong: "..."

Yan and An realized that he was looking for someone, so they approached him and whispered in his ear: "Don't worry, he should have been invited away by Lord Shangshu."

"How do you know?"

Yan Hean looked calm: "I just saw it."

"You have really good eyesight."

Yan and An did not refute. If you attend such a banquet, your eyesight will be bad. What if something goes wrong?

He was speaking from experience. Jiang Jingtong would understand when he attended more banquets in the future.

Jiang Jingtong did not argue with Yan Hean. After all, with his status, he often attended banquets. However, in the territory of Pushou City, he had an uncle who was the governor of the state, so not many people dared to mess with him.

He's not the little fool like Yu Jingqi, who doesn't even have the ability to talk to people or ghosts. If he didn't have this ability, he would have been eaten in the backyard without any bones left.

Others only knew that he had an aunt who was the aunt of Lord Zhizhou, but they didn't know that... he was actually Qin Zhizhou's concubine, a shady kind of person.

Oh!

Quite ironic, right?

A concubine can still see the light and can grow up under his father's knees. A foreigner like him can't even see the light.

However, Jiang Jingtong couldn't deny that Qin Zhizhou was really good to him. If it weren't for Qin Zhizhou's arrangement, he would have become a rat on the street, let alone calling him uncle, and everyone would scream and beat him up.

Qin Zhizhou also knows that he sometimes "makes trouble" because he knows the "truth", is in a bad mood, and wants to show off his temper. Qin Zhizhou is in the wrong, and as long as he doesn't make too much trouble, he just turns a blind eye and closes his eyes.

Only one eye.

Mrs. Zhizhou knew nothing about this and only thought that Qin Zhizhou was so kind to him because of his particularly favored "aunt".

cut!

The aunt is real, the favor is fake, it is just a cover.

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Zhu San and Zhu Qi didn't know that for just a moment, on this happy day, Jiang Jingtong could be in such a bad mood that he wanted to hit someone.

At this time, they did not care about anything else, and under the guidance of the servants, they respectfully presented themselves to Master Qi Shuming.

This is not the first time this kind of thing has happened to Zhu San. The last time he met him in private was Master Xuezheng. He didn't expect that he would become Master Shuzheng so quickly.

Lord Shangshu asked some weird questions, and later he seriously asked about the content of the practical policy to determine whether it was true or false.

A bit like Master Xuezheng, he likes to "threaten" people, saying that if he tells lies, he will be guilty of deceiving the emperor. When the time comes...

"My lord, the student did not lie. What the student wrote on the practical policy is true. If you don't believe it, you can send someone to investigate on the spot. All of this is what really happened in the student's hometown and is happening now."

Qi Shuming, the Minister of Civil Affairs, sat there, looking down at Zhu San with no expression on his face: "I will investigate on my own. I just want you to understand that since you were selected by me, then you and I

You are just a grasshopper on a rope. If something happens to you, I will be implicated. So I don’t want you to hide anything from me, do you understand?”

"Students understand that what they write is all facts and there is not a single lie."

…

Zhu San felt that the official authority of this Master of the Ministry of Civil Affairs was much greater than that of the previous Master of Academic Affairs. After walking for so long, his back felt cold.

Fortunately, what he wrote is all true, so you don't have to worry about being exposed. That's right. It's really uncomfortable to feel like your life and death are in someone's hands.

Zhu San looked back at the blurry night, and a small bud arose in his heart: If only one day, no one could hold my life in their hands.

"Third brother, this Lord Shangshu is so scary!" Zhu Qi looked sighing. He breathed a sigh of relief when he came out. He whispered to Zhu San, "Are all high officials so scary? If so, I don't want to be one.

I think I’m a little scared after becoming an official..."

The fear he was talking about was not that he was afraid of becoming an official, but that he was afraid of meeting such a terrifying high official.

Zhu San laughed, touched Zhu Qi's head, and said: "I think too much, this is just a special situation, wait for you in the future... Well, I mean, if you can pass the Jinshi examination, you will only be able to make sesame mung beans."

Small official, unless you are an outstanding official and have made great achievements, you will never see such a big official again in your life..."

As for several other situations that may be seen, Zhu San did not say anything.
Chapter completed!