A large group of people surrounded Jia Mu and left the Rongxi Hall. Jia Zheng sighed and thought of his mother's expression and eyes just now.

Unexpectedly, he called the boys and asked them to go to the street to find out the specific information about Shi Zhongkui.

Soon the nickname of "Stone Dude" spread not only throughout the capital, but also in the inner palace of Jia Mansion.

A group of girls and ladies with different ideas suddenly hesitated.

But Jia Mu and Wang Xifeng suspected in their hearts that Shi Zhongkui might have been playing dumb before.

Then the news that Shi Zhongkui had 20 excellent ancient fans reached Jia She's ears as expected.

Unfortunately, Jia She asked his servant to look for him, but said that no one in the neighborhood knew where Shi Zhongkui had gone.

Moreover, the time did not match up at this time. Jia Yucun was still the prefect of Yingtian, so he had no chance to target Shi Zhongkui in order to please Jia She.

After a few days, Jia She finally learned from several students on the day the results were released that Shi Zhongkui seemed to have returned to his ancestral home in Daxing to devote himself to studying in preparation for the college examination.

On the same day, Jia She called his son Jia Lian to the east chamber. Then Jia Lian took twenty taels of silver and rode with a few boys to find it in Daxing County.

After leaving the back door of Rongguo Mansion, before even getting on his horse, he saw Xue Pan and four or five servants walking out of the Lixiang Garden in the east.

"Brother Lian, are you going to do something?"

Jia Lian's heart moved. Although the twenty taels of silver given by his eldest master was indeed enough for a few days, if he couldn't find anyone for a while, the money would be almost all spent.

Not only will there be no benefit, but you will also have to eat a lot.

Thinking of this, Jia Lian hurriedly stepped forward to greet Xue Pan, and then said, "Isn't it because the great master heard that Shi Boqian had twenty ancestral fans in his hands and insisted on asking me to find him?"

Upon hearing this, Xue Pan hurriedly asked, "Brother Lian, have you ever found where Shi Boqian is?"

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When Jia Lian heard this, he couldn't help but wonder if Xue Pan was also looking for that person?

And based on my understanding of Xue Pan, although this guy is a stupid overlord, he never tells lies.

"Is Brother Xue also looking for this person?"

"Hey," Xue Pan sighed, "I don't know what my mother was thinking. She asked me to look for him the day before yesterday. Unfortunately, when I came to look for him, there was no servant who opened the door.

After asking several neighbors, they didn't know where the person had gone.

No, early in the morning, my mother kicked me out again to look for someone."

What Xue Pan didn't know was that it was not Aunt Xue who insisted that he find someone, but Aunt Xue. After listening to Xue Baochai's words, she felt that since Shi Zhongkui's family was in decline and the imperial examination was very expensive, she started to sponsor him.

thoughts.

And if the Xue family is not interested, other businessmen or petty officials will definitely come up with the idea of ​​funding.

In this case, the earlier you make friends with Shi Zhongkui, the greater the rewards will be in the future.

Not to mention spending hundreds of taels of silver, even the Xue family would be willing to spend thousands of taels of silver.

From now on, Shi Zhongkui will pass all the way and become a high school Jinshi.

Just like Xue Baoqin's father, Xue Baochai and Xue Pan's uncle, he supported Mei Hanlin when Mei Hanlin was in decline.

Only then did the engagement between Xue Baoqin and the young master of the Mei family come about.

Aunt Xue thought for a moment and then agreed.

In the past, when Xue Pan's father was still alive and the Wang family and Jia family were backers, Aunt Xue would not have such thoughts.

However, his son Xue Pan was involved in a life-and-death lawsuit in Yingtian Mansion in the south, and the family business was deteriorating day by day. Xue Pan was a careless person who only knew how to spend money and have fun.

It would be natural to find an outside source of help.

The Southern Zhou Dynasty has already had examples of subsidizing scholars to take the imperial examinations. Although the probability is very small, once the bet is won, the rewards are quite large.

This forced Xue Pan to look for Shi Zhongkui.

Jia Lian laughed when he heard this, and he just caught someone who was taken advantage of. "If Brother Xue is interested, then accompany me to Daxing County."

After hearing this, Xue Pan cursed loudly, "Such a plagued scholar, I asked you why I sent so many people to inquire, but couldn't find him. It turned out that he was hiding in Daxing County."

Then, he took Lian Er's arm and said, "Let's go, let's go, Brother Lian, let's go find him right now."

Everyone left the capital and rode away all the way.

Ever since Shi Zhongkui read the imperial examination list posted by the state capital and knew that he had been on the wrong side of the case again, he knew that it was no longer possible for him to continue to study and practice at home with peace of mind.

In this case, it is better to go to the teacher's house, or find a mountain forest in Daxing, and consult Yu Honggao while studying in the bamboo forest.

You can also take the opportunity to understand in your spare time how the county government hears cases and operates at this time.

Also, Shi Zhongkui vaguely understood that in addition to the good articles he wrote, he was able to get the top spot in the government trial because of Yu Honggao's reasons.

Or maybe Yu Honggao had some connections and went to Liu Zhongkun, the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture.

Or maybe some means were used to get Liu Zhongkun to appoint him as the head of the case.

Scholars must undergo county examinations, government examinations and hospital examinations.

It can be said that the county examination depends entirely on the opinion of the county magistrate. He is the one who sets the questions and the one who examines the papers.

He said that your article was not good and you didn’t even have a chance to appeal.

Some people who submitted their documents too early were reviewed by the county magistrate on the spot and passed immediately.

The prefectural examination is similar, except that the examiner changes from the county magistrate to the prefect.

Only when it comes to the college examination, the examiner is formally chaired by Yisheng Xuezheng, and there are 3 or 5 reviewers who review the papers together. It is not so easy to find connections.

But there is no way around it. Of course, the premise is that Shi Zhongkui is really talented, otherwise no official would make fun of his own future.

I followed Uncle Fu back to Daxing County and entered the backyard of the county government office. To my surprise, the person who picked me up was not Yu Honggao.

But a young man who looks to be in his twenties.

"Da Lang, this is my eldest son, Young Master Tongfu."

Hearing Uncle Fu's introduction, Shi Zhongkui hurriedly straightened his clothes and saluted, "My dear brother, Shi Zhongkui. Shi Boqian has met senior brother Yu."

Seeing Shi Zhongkui calling his senior brother directly, the corner of Yu Tongfu's mouth twitched.

He thought of his own father and mother's attitude towards Shi Zhongkui, and how harshly his parents treated him in the past.

Yu Tongfu felt that his own son was not treated as well as his apprentice, and he felt a little unhappy.

Fortunately, after all, he was still 24 years old, had a lovely wife and two children, and was selected as a candidate at the age of 18. Yu Tongfu finally calmed down.

Smiling, he cupped his hands and returned the greeting, "My dear brother is finally back."

He stepped forward and took Shi Zhongkui's arm, leading him to sit on the first two seats of the four chairs on the left side of the hall.

"Father has been waiting for you all morning. After lunch, a case came up in the yamen, and I had to wait for my dear brother.

I hope my dear brother will not be weird."

Shi Zhongkui instantly felt that this cheap senior brother was digging a hole for him.

Where can a master wait for his apprentice, and then the master apologizes on behalf of his father for his own son?

He stood up hurriedly, saluted his colleague and said, "It's my fault that I was so excited that I was delayed for too long on the road. I'm lucky if the teacher and senior fellow apprentices don't blame me. How dare you be disrespectful to the teacher and senior fellow apprentices."
Chapter completed!