Xu Jin postponed his coming to Nanchang in order to avoid a conflict with the prince of King Ning, but as soon as he landed on the shore, he encountered a "decisive battle" between the candidates of Guangxin Mansion and Nanchang Mansion, and the initiator was still the prince of King Ning, so he was really afraid of something.

What to do?

If you participate, you will definitely be with King Ning's son, this guy wants his own life, Nanchang is the head of King Ning's mansion, the tree has deep roots, not to mention that King Ning holds the power of the three guards, even if each guard only has 3,000 people, adding up to nearly 10,000 troops, Governor Sun is afraid that it will be difficult to compete with King Ning.

However, if you don't participate, I'm afraid that you will be spurned by the candidates of the same school, and even laughed at by all the readers, and your reputation will be damaged.

Xu Jinzheng weighed the pros and cons, and saw a team of scholars coming towards him, and it was a classmate of Xinjiang Academy headed by his senior brother Wei Yang.

"Ziqian!" Wei Yang and the others couldn't help but be overjoyed when they saw Xu Jin, and Fei Maoxian and Fei Maozhong hurriedly greeted them, and they had been separated for more than a month before they knew it.

"Senior brother, the people are dedicated to the people and the people are ......" Xu Jin smiled and greeted a group of classmates!

There are as many as 20 people from Xinjiang Academy who came to participate in the college examination this time, in addition to Xu Jin and other six new children, there are also five talents from Wei Yang and Fei Maozhong, and there are also nine children who have not passed the college examination before, such as Fei Maoxian.

Fei Maoxian said regretfully: "If Ziqian had arrived a few days earlier, we wouldn't have lost the first match." ”

All the classmates of Xinjiang Academy thought so, Xu Jin's strength against the pair was obvious to all, on the day of the Shangyuan Festival, he overwhelmed Yushan Academy, and it was absolutely connected, if there was Xu Jin Town the day before yesterday, he would definitely be able to kill Nanchang Mansion without leaving a piece of armor.

Senior brother Wei Yang was dressed in a jade-colored shirt, with a handsome appearance and a gentle temperament, and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, anyway, it's still a draw so far, and now that Ziqian arrives, we will win the door of poetry today." ”

All the candidates in Xinjiang Academy laughed, although Xu Jin did not have many poems, but unless he didn't make a move, he would definitely be a masterpiece once he made a move, and his strength was there, who would dare to disagree?

Xu Jin couldn't help but smile bitterly, I'm afraid it won't work if I don't participate in today's Wenbi, not to mention anything else, just because of the trust of all my classmates, I can't drop the chain.

"Look, everyone, Nanchang Mansion is here!" Huang Dacan said suddenly.

Xu Jin followed the prestige, and sure enough, he saw a group of scholars coming from a distance, there were about fifty people, the leader was about twenty-four or five years old, tall and thin, and he was also dressed in a jade-colored shirt representing Xiucai, holding a folding fan.

"This person's name is Li Zhe, a native of Nanchang, the head of Yuzhang Academy, and he is good at writing faces." Fei Maozhong introduced to Xu Jin in a low voice.

At this time, the candidates of Nanchang Mansion had already come to the front, and Li Zhechao, who was the leader, arched his hand to Wei Yang and said, "Wei Yuanzheng, today I will definitely divide a high." ”

Wei Yang said lightly: "That's exactly how it should be." ”

A candidate from Nanchang Mansion mocked: "Our Nanchang Mansion is rich in treasures, outstanding people, and how can it be compared to your Guangxin Mansion, I advise you to admit defeat now, so as not to bring humiliation on yourself when you get it." ”

"I'm afraid that it will be you Nanchang people who will humiliate yourself at that time, isn't it just where the province is governed, what kind of effort do you have to make, our Guangxin Mansion is no worse than Nanchang Mansion." The candidates from Guangxin Mansion here immediately ridiculed each other.

Any indiscriminate attack involving a geographical nature is the most tolerant of hatred, and it will also unite the attacked party like never before. Therefore, in an instant, the two sides sprayed each other fiercely, and Wen Dou had already emitted a strong smell of gunpowder before it began.

Li Zhe opened the folding fan and shook it, and said coldly: "It's useless to talk more, let's see the real chapter under our hands, go, all the talents of Nanchang Mansion, follow me upstairs!" ”

Li Zhe took a group of candidates from Nanchang Mansion to walk to the stone steps outside the gate of the Tengwang Pavilion, and the Guangxin Mansion naturally refused to lag behind, and nearly 100 people from both sides climbed the stairs and rushed to the gate of the Tengwang Pavilion.

"Hey, this son thought that the surname Xu didn't dare to come to Nanchang, and he was really not afraid of death."

Brother Zhu, the prince of King Ning, was standing in the corridor on the sixth floor of the Tengwang Pavilion at the moment, leaning on the railing to watch the confrontation between the candidates from the two prefectures below, and naturally saw Xu Jin standing on the side of Guangxin Mansion, and suddenly his eyes showed murderous intent and let out a burst of sneering.

At this time, there was a middle-aged scribe standing next to Brother Zhu, who was the brave strategist of Ning Wangfu, Liu Yangzheng, a man from Anfu County.

Liu Yangzheng frowned imperceptibly, and reminded: "Your Royal Highness, if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, and the current situation is not easy to come by, and you can't make extraneous branches at this time." ”

"But Xu Jin's fang is extremely hateful, and not killing it is not enough to eliminate the hatred in the heart of this son." King Ning Shizi gritted his teeth and said.

It is said that the losses suffered by the prince of King Ning in Shangrao County are almost all related to Xu Jin, so he hates Xu Jin to the core, and he can't wait to let the guards rush down now and kill Xu Jin in His Excellency King Teng.

Liu Yangzheng said lightly: "His Royal Highness, go to the army to fight, then fight again, and then cut the army." Direct coarseness is only a strategy for the next step, it is the work of fools, and it is not advisable. Moreover, what the prince needs most now is to win people's hearts, if His Royal Highness the Prince orders someone to kill Xu Jin, I am afraid that it will cause all the scholars to be dissatisfied with the palace. ”

King Ning's face was black and silent!

Over the years, in order to loot money to support the army, King Ning has bribed the powerful, and has done a lot of things that anger and resentment of the people, so the reputation among the people and Shilin is very poor, resulting in very few literati willing to take refuge and serve.

King Ning is aware of this, and is currently committed to whitewashing himself, trying his best to recruit talents, and preparing for future rebellion, after all, for a regime to function normally, it is inseparable from literate literati, just like a large company, without finance, accounting, administrative personnel, there is no way to operate.

And this time he secretly provoked the competition between the candidates of Nanchang Mansion and Guangxin Mansion, on the surface, in order to vent his anger, the prince of Ning Wang targeted the candidates in Shangrao County, but in fact, it was a ploy by Liu Yangzheng to win the hearts of the people for Ning Wangfu, using regional disputes to pull the local scholars of Nanchang Mansion to the camp of Ning Wangfu.

Now the plan is going well, and the candidates in Nanchang Province have all been mobilized, enthusiastic and full of regional pride, and they want to compete with the candidates in Guangxin Province.

And King Ning's fief is in Nanchang, so he naturally belongs to a part of Nanchang, plus the prince of King Ning during this period of "Corporal Lixian", trying his best to provide logistical support for the candidates in Nanchang Mansion, for example, the cost of each literary meeting is from the prince of King Ning.

In this way, the emotions of the scholars in Nanchang Mansion will naturally be drawn closer to King Ning's Mansion, and King Ning's purpose of winning people's hearts will be initially achieved.

However, if the prince of King Ning had people kill Xu Jin at this time and treat the scholars so cruelly and roughly, then the good impression of the scholars in Nanchang Mansion towards the newly established Ning Wangfu would be gone, and even verbal and written criticism, and all the previous achievements would be wasted.

Because of this, Liu Yangzheng advised Wang Shizi Ning to be patient and not to do bad things in the eyes.

Ning Wang Shizi naturally understands this, but he really hates Xu Jin, he was hooked by Xu Jin twice in a row in Shangrao County that day, and he was also stepped on by Xu Jin to break his face, how can he bear such humiliation?

Liu Yangzheng smiled and said: "Your Royal Highness, revenge does not have to kill him, in fact, there are more painful things than death." For example, if such a son risked his life to come to Nanchang to take the exam, he must have attached great importance to his fame, and failing the list was the best punishment for him. ”

Ning Wang Shizi's eyes lit up, and he laughed: "What Mr. Liu said is very true, then the prince of this world let him fail the examination." Hehe, Xu Jin, this son can make you the head of the government test, and it can also make you famous Sun Shan. ”

A trace of cruelty flashed in the eyes of King Ning Shizi, and he pondered in his heart that he would let Xu Jin taste the taste of falling off the list first, and then kill Xu Jin unknowingly, anyway, he couldn't let Xu Jin leave Nanchang alive.

The attic of the vine king is nearly 15 meters high, the light three dark seven, the surface is three floors, the actual top floor has as many as seven floors, the main field of the two mansions is located on the fifth floor, because the space here is large, can accommodate more people, but also can meet the requirements of climbing high and looking far, overlooking the river.

Of course, although the fifth floor is wider, it can't accommodate more than 100 candidates from the two prefectures, so both sides each nominated 20 people to climb the fifth floor, as the main force of Wenbi, and the remaining candidates waited on the fourth floor to watch the battle, and if necessary, they would transfer people upstairs to help.

Xu Jin naturally ascended to the fifth floor as the main force, and in addition, there were Wei Yang, Fei Brothers, and Jiang Yun in Xinjiang Academy, a total of five people, and the remaining fifteen people were selected by the remaining six counties of Guangxin Mansion to serve as outstanding talents.