Xu Jie, who was nearly sixty years old, had a thin face, but was in good spirits, put down the file in his hand, slowly raised his head, and looked at the three people who had just come in gently.

These eyes are full of warmth, and the face also looks friendly, but it is not like the second assistant of Daming, but more like a kind elder.

"The student has seen Xu Ge Lao!"

Yang Futian and Ning Jiang are both clever people, and they also followed Lin Haoran towards Xu Jie.

The two are also overjoyed, and now that this "incorruptible" veteran Xu Ge is presiding over this fraud case, they will definitely be able to wash away their own stains.

Xu Jie nodded at the three of them, as if he noticed their embarrassed clothes, and said with a hint of pain in his eyes: "You and the other three were originally the pillars of my Ming Dynasty, but this time they were really wronged by the suffering in prison!" ”

"Xie Ge Lao cares!" This is undoubtedly a confidant word, and the painful experience of the past few days immediately came to my heart, not to mention Yang Futian, even Ning Jiang was already in tears.

Xu Gelao, who was the second assistant of the Ming Dynasty, not only did not treat them as criminals, but was so sympathetic and cared about them so much, how could he not move them?

"I think you also know that there is a major fraud case this time, and you and others are among the suspects. The old man was ordered by the emperor to come to assess you, and I ask you to cooperate! Xu Jie explained the reason to the three of them, and arched his hand in the direction of Xiyuan.

"We will fully cooperate!" The three of them gave up together, and their hearts were naturally 100,000 willing. Now they need this important minister to test them, prove their innocence, and get out of this prison.

Xu Jie nodded with satisfaction, and then asked, "Who is Xie Yuan Lin Haoran among the three of you?" ”

"It's the students!" Lin Haoran hurriedly saluted.

"What a good horse!" Xu Jie bowed his head slightly, and then continued gently: "And the article made by the first four-book question of the township test is silently on the paper!" ”

"Yes!" Lin Haoran was overjoyed in his heart, and he gave up.

In fact, the three of them have already predicted this assessment, not to mention the first article, all the articles written in the entire township examination, he has recalled them all these days, so naturally there will not be much difference.

Now Xu Jie only chose the first chapter, and it was the first of the four books, this attitude was clearly not going to make it difficult for them, how could he not be happy?

The table is next to it, and the table is already set with paper, pen, ink and inkstone.

Lin Haoran and the three of them received the first three questions in the four books, and then came to the table, and Yan Mo prepared to write the answer sheet of the day again.

The township examination has a "grinding" system, in order to prevent the trial of the same examiner from being perfunctory, so the test papers will be sent to the capital at the end of each township examination, so that the most idle Hanlin people in the Hanlin Academy can find faults.

Now that it is late February, the test papers of their Guangdong Township Examination must have been delivered to the Hanlin Academy, and this time the original papers are probably also brought here, and they will be able to check them on the spot in a while.

The three exchanged glances, encouraging each other, and then each took a silent note. After this imprisonment, the relationship between the three has obviously become deeper.

"A saint is not light on enlightenment, he wants to wait for something and then give it."

There was no chair in front of the table, Lin Haoran bowed slightly, rolled his sleeves and splashed ink, and silently applied the answer sheet "About Confucius's Teaching Methods" on white rice paper, using the usual pavilion style.

"And in learning, there must be nothing to ......"

When he wrote this, his brows furrowed slightly, and he suddenly felt a little trance in front of him. After being hungry these days, the excitement brought by that bowl of porridge is slowly dissipating, and now I am half-squatting and writing, which makes my body a little unbearable.

Lin Haoran turned his head to look at Yang Futian and Ning Jiang, and found that the foreheads of the two of them were sweating, and they were afraid that they were also holding back.

"There is nothing to do with the heart. I don't know if I learn by myself, but the teacher has a way to guide him......"

Lin Haoran took a deep breath, knowing that he couldn't drop the chain at this time, he must write the entire article silently to prove that he didn't cheat, and then leave this ghost place with dignity.

The pressure of survival and the desire to be free can often bring out the potential of people. He endured the discomfort of his body, gritted his teeth and continued to write, and even bit the tip of his tongue to stimulate himself.

About half an hour later, the article was finally written.

Lin Haoran put the pen down, his body instantly softened, and his feet trembled slightly. Turning his head to look at Yang Futian and Ning Jiang next to him, both of them had trembling hands holding the pen, but they also wrote the last paragraph.

Although these two people are obviously not improper, those who can get fame are actually stoic people.

Soon, the two of them finished writing the article, secretly exchanged glances, and said that there were no major mistakes, and they successfully completed the assessment.

A scribe came and took away the three test papers and sent them to Xu Jie's desk.

The three of them stood in the hall again, waiting for the results of the audit, and their attitudes were also optimistic.

After all, they did not cheat, and they all managed to keep their previous writings on paper. This has passed for several months, and the article must have been forgotten, but presumably the lenient Xu Ge will not find this little problem.

They really brought the original paper, Xu Jie took the original paper and checked it carefully, looking meticulous, especially circled a few mistakes on Yang Futian's test paper, and asked a few questions.

After waiting for a cup of effort, Xu Jie put down the test paper.

The three of them stood at the bottom of the hall, their legs and feet already weak. It's just that there is Daming's second assistant sitting in this hall, and there are two Daming's third-grade masters next to him, so that the three of them can only endure the discomfort of their bodies.

Call!

Seeing that Xu Jie had finally finished checking, and there was a gentle look on his face, the three of them secretly exhaled a breath of turbidity, knowing that the matter was finally coming to an end.

"The articles of you and the other three are indeed outstanding, especially Lin Jieyuan's article, which is brilliant, and it deserves to be Xie Yuan's choice!" Xu Jie praised the three of them for a while, and suddenly changed his words: "It's just that after all, this still can't prove whether you know the test questions in advance, so I still need to take the last assessment!" ”

The last assessment?

Lin Haoran and the others felt bitter in their hearts, the matter was not over yet, but they could only bite the bullet and say: "Elder Xu Ge, please speak!" ”

"This last item is the assessment of literary talent! It's not all the old man's idea, Yan Ge is also the intention, so the three of you must behave well! Xu Jie's face showed a gentle smile and encouraged the three of them.

"I'll do my best!"

Having said that, this is the idea of the two powerful ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and the assessment of the style is also reasonable, the three of them can only agree to it, and plan to grit their teeth and survive this assessment.

Xu Jie stroked his beard, looking quite satisfied, and then said slowly: "The emperor loves green words, and the three of you dedicated a song to the emperor to express the emperor's respect and sincerity to the gods!" ”

Rumble!

The three of them were stunned on the spot, but they never expected that they would be asked to write green words, which ...... What kind of assessment is it?