After eating tea, Master Wucai seemed to be a little more awake. He looked at Chen Kaizhi and said confusedly: "Kaizhi? Why are you here?"

Chen Kaizhi had no choice but to explain.

Mr. Wucai stroked his beard and was not ashamed. Instead, he said lightly: "Oh, it's hard for you. Uncle Master, I happened to be drinking with my friends nearby. I'm afraid I'm drunk." Looking at Chen Kaizhi, he said with a calm look: "This test is about to be released. Are you sure?"

"This... is not good." Chen Kaizhi said angrily.

Uncle Wucai smiled and said, "I'm not sure, it's not a big deal. You have to know that the most important thing in the court is the imperial examination and the provincial examination. However, there are not so many rules in this palace examination. Kaizhi, my brother is a scheming person, I'm afraid I haven't explained some ways to the government examination to you. You must know that when you are a person and do things, you can't learn from my brother. His name is a great scholar, but what's the use?"

Chen Kaizhi was extremely disgusted when he heard his words, but he was too lazy to argue with him, so he just gave him a few perfunctory words.

Master Wu Cai took another sip of tea, then frowned, and seemed to think that the tea was a bit inferior, so he put down the teacup: "Actually, I have a few friends in the palace school. This time Kaizhi was not sure. This is not a big deal. I went to say hello to my friends and I would always make you a top spot. Oh, who made you my nephew? This is a matter of course."

Chen Kaizhi said in his heart that the examination papers in the circle of the public school have been submitted to the school, and he still knows friends in the public school.

Seeing that Chen Kaizhi was unmoved, Master Wu raised his eyebrows dissatisfiedly and said bitterly: "This is for your own good. If you fail, you have to wait for two years. Two years later, two years later. How many two years will you have in your life? Don't worry, it's up to Kai's future. Uncle Master will definitely work hard, but... Kaizhi, this relationship is not a good thing, and it costs a lot. Of course, this money is only 180 taels of silver? What can you bear to give up for Kaizhi's fame? But... Uncle Master has been a little tight recently. Don't be afraid, you didn't ask you to take 180 taels of silver, only ten taels of silver, and I'm the rest. Uncle Master has raised you for the rest. Now people are so heartless. If you want to do things, it's hard to do it without money."

Chen Kaizhi almost rolled his eyes. Uncle Master, am I like a fool?

Well, Chen Kaizhi has to admit that he is very young and likes to pretend to be harmless. It is reasonable to be mistaken for being a fool who is easily deceived.

But... this trick is too low-level. Even if I fool Uncle Hei in my previous life, I wouldn't bother to use it.

Chen Kaizhi was unwilling to expose him. After all, he was his mentor's brother. The mentor was actually good to him and he couldn't just slap his uncle in the face. Chen Kaizhi looked dull and remained silent.

Seeing his appearance, Master Wucai thought he was just about to beat him, so he said, "Okay, Kaizhi, fame and fortune cannot be bought easily with money. Don't be too late."

Chen Kaizhi said: "But uncle, what if he fails to win at that time?"

Uncle Wucai widened his eyes: "My relationship is very hard, why can't I miss it? Well, even if I miss it, I'll get you half the money."

I will give you ten taels of silver, and if you win, you will get all of them; if you fail, you will get half of it, which is really a huge profit.

Master Wucai kept urging him, and Chen Kaizhi finally took a deep breath impatiently and said, "Thank you for your kindness, it's just a pity..."

"What a pity?"

Chen Kaizhi looked very serious and spit out two words from his thin lips and white teeth: "I'm poor."

Uncle Wucai was stunned and said nothing for a long time. He wanted to say something, but he didn't know where to start. Yes, he was poor and no solution was useless.

He seemed very unhappy and stood up and said, "Oh, the uncle is gone. You missed this opportunity, don't blame me then."

He was about to leave, but his eyes fell on several books on the desk, and then he smiled coldly and said angrily: "Kaizhi, do you read such a book?"

A finger in his hand was given by Zhou Chaimao's "The Beautiful Wife Like a Cloud" and "The Romantic Son" given by the Concubine.

Chen Kaizhi was a little confused. He was busy these days and had no time to pack up. His mentor asked him to burn it, but Chen Kaizhi was still a little reluctant. The books of this era are quite expensive and the printing cost is high. So if you buy them, you can exchange them for some money for dinner.

Mr. Wucai looked very disappointed, shook his head and was disappointed: "It's really outrageous. If you can pass the test like this, that's a damn thing. As a scholar, if you don't read the Four Books and Five Classics, you're so angry. Uncle Master is so angry, you... just face the wall and reflect. Humph, the uncle has confiscated these books."

After saying that, he took a few books in a volume and left in anger.

No... confiscated...

Chen Kaizhi didn't have time to give this uncle Wucai, but he suddenly realized that his IQ was not enough. This uncle... looked a little...

This is really boring!

The next morning, when Chen Kaizhi went to Mr. Fang's place to study, he had almost finished his studies. Mr. Fang was about to ask about Chen Kaizhi's piano music when he saw Uncle Wucai yawning in.

Mr. Fang frowned and said, "I'm so proud, the sun is on the verge of three o'clock, why did I get up?"

Master Wucai looked at Chen Kaiyi and said, "Brother, I studied until dawn last night, and I only took a nap in the early morning."

Mr. Fang showed a bit of distress: "Reading is of course important, you must take care of your body."

"Yes." Uncle Wucai nodded.

Chen Kaizhi was too lazy to expose the affairs of Master Wucai, so he stood up to say goodbye.

But Master Wucai said with a smile: "Kaizhi, I heard early in the morning that when you were taking the exam, you didn't have any ink during the exam, right? Don't be discouraged. For us scholars, learning the principles of saints is the most important thing. Fame and fortune are just icing on the cake. If you don't pass the exam, you won't pass the exam. The results will be released the day after tomorrow. Uncle Master will take you to see the rankings."

Chen Kaizhi glanced at Mr. Fang, and was also looking forward to how Zhang Xuezheng and the others would deal with his own affairs. No matter what, he had to give himself an explanation!

Just as he was thinking, he saw Mr. Fang with a stern face and said, "What's the matter with this list? It's better not to read it."

Chen Kaizhi naturally guessed that his mentor was afraid that he would be hurt by the scene.

Mr. Wucai shook his head and said, "You can't say that. You can only motivate yourself after reading the list and seeing someone else in high school. This is a grand event and you can't miss it."

Chen Kaizhi thought to himself, I was going to see the list, but... I went to see it with this uncle... I shook my head in my heart, and said tepidly: "Let's talk about it."

………

On June 12th, Chen Kaizhi got up early in the morning and just washed up, he heard someone outside shouting: "Kaizhi, Kaizhi... go to the list."

When he looked out, he saw that Mr. Wucai and a few people were standing outside the fence with their hands behind their backs. Chen Kaizhi had no choice but to go out to greet him.

Uncle Wucai smiled and said, "In another hour, the results will be released at the entrance of the government school. Kaizhi will follow me to see."

Then he recommended Chen Kaizhi to several other people: "This is my junior nephew."

These people were idle at first glance, and Chen Kaizhi recognized one of them, who often lingered in nearby singing halls.

They all smiled and said, "It turns out they are Mr. Fang's disciples, and we are also well-known. Hello, Mr. Chen, I wish you high school this time."

Master Wucai looked at Chen Kaizhi with a meaningful look: "I came later. If I had come to Jiangning early, Kaizhi would have won, but this time it's hard to say. Brothers, don't praise me as my nephew like this, this will make him proud. You don't know that a few days ago, I looked at him reading miscellaneous books. Humph, I criticized him severely."

When everyone heard this, they smiled awkwardly.

Chen Kaizhi vomited blood, Damn, I'll see you again**.

Of course, I am a late junior, so it is not easy to criticize him for his mistakes in front of outsiders.

Uncle Wucai then said goodbye to the idle men and led Chen Kaizhi to look at the list. He looked like a rooster with high fighting spirit.

Uncle Wucai was actually quite resentful towards this nephew. He took a few steps: "It is said that you handed in the blank paper?"

"Ah..." Chen Kaizhi thought for a while and said, "It's not like handing in the blank paper, I have written more than twenty words."

Uncle Wucai was stunned, with a obviously terrifying expression, and then said sternly: "You are confused. If you gave Uncle Master a few days earlier, it would be fine if you handed out the blank paper, but you... are out of reach. Oh... you must have failed the exam!"

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Chapter completed!