On this morning, as soon as Xu Jin returned to the academy, he was confronted by dozens of classmates coming out of the academy, all of them looking excited, full of indignation, and a rhythm of generosity to death.

"Case Chief Xu, great, Case Chief Xu is back!" When this group of scholars saw Xu Jin, they immediately surrounded them excitedly.

Xu Jin saw that Cai Yue and Li Yingjun were also among them, and he couldn't help frowning imperceptibly, this group of middle and second young people mixed together with righteous indignation, it must be no good!

Sure enough, Cai Yue and Li Yingjun came out of the crowd, and the former said with an indignant face: "Brother Xu came back just in time, we are about to go to the mansion to protest, is Brother Xu willing to go with me?" ”

Xu Jin wanted to roll his eyes at this thing, and asked, "Brother Yuanhao, don't get excited, why do you want to go to the mansion to protest?" There has to be a reason, right? ”

The surrounding classmates talked about the reason, and Xu Jin finally understood what was going on after listening for a while.

It turned out that last night, in the name of the Wenhui, a certain official hosted a banquet for candidates from all counties in Linjianglou, and except for Xu Jin, the capitals of other counties attended, and the candidates who were a little famous in each county received invitations.

However, when the candidates came to Linjiang Building, they found that it was actually Ning Wang Shizi who was actually treated, and several tough candidates turned around and left on the spot, among which Min Shixun, the head of the case in Yushan County, directly scolded Ning Wang for being a chaotic minister and thief.

At that time, the prince of Ning Wang still maintained his demeanor, looking like a corporal of courtesy, and generously let the candidates choose to leave or stay voluntarily, and as a result, most of the candidates from all counties who came to the banquet ran away.

And that night, all the candidates who left were beaten by strange gangsters on the way, among which Min Shixun, the head of Yushan County, had a broken leg, and He Mian, the head of Guangfeng County, had his right hand broken, so neither of them could participate in tomorrow's government exam.

Although I don't know the identities of these gangsters, as long as I have a brain, I can guess that it was someone sent by King Ning Shizi to do it, so the candidates from all counties who were filled with righteous indignation ran to the government office early this morning to block the door, and strongly demanded that the prefect Lu Kang severely punish the murderer.

Cai Yuanhao, Li Yingjun and others are now planning to rush to the government office to participate in the protest and support the beaten candidates.

After hearing this, Xu Jin couldn't help but secretly scream a fluke, so it seems that the backstage master who doesn't care about things is indeed King Ning, fortunately he didn't accept the invitation, otherwise he would end up like those candidates who were beaten, after all, he was Fei Hong's protégé, and in order to show his attitude, he would definitely choose to leave.

This Ning Wang Shizi is really simple and rude, and even arranged for someone to beat up the candidates who left halfway, but the more simple and rude the person, the easier it is to deal with, it seems that the level of this Ning Wang Shizi is not good.

"The prince of Ning Wang is too arrogant, wantonly beating and hurting scholars, there is no king's law, Brother Xu and I went to the mansion to protest, let the lord of the mansion severely punish the murderer, and return justice to our students!" Cai Yuanhao said impassionedly and loudly.

Li Yingjun nodded and said: "Brother Xu is the head of the county trial, and his appeal is greater than ours, as long as he ascends to the heights, there will definitely be more classmates responding!" ”

"Case leader Xu, go and go together!" The rest of the classmates also urged one after another.

Xu Jin is not a young man with no enthusiasm, not to mention that there is no conclusive evidence that these gangsters were instructed by King Ning's son, even if there is evidence, with the power of King Ning, even the prefect Lu Kang is attached, this kind of protest is just thankless, and if it makes a big fuss, it will even be violently suppressed, and it has no meaning at all.

Xu Jin arched his hand and walked straight away, Cai Yue and Li Yingjun couldn't help but be stunned.

"Hmph, the government test is imminent, Xu Jin is afraid of affecting his future, so he doesn't dare to go with me!"

"The head of the Xu case is afraid of power, and he does not have the slightest literati and gentlemanly backbone, which is simply a shame for my generation of scholars, even if he has talent and learning in his belly, I am ashamed to be with him!"

A group of scholars expressed their disdain, Cai Yue and Li Yingjun finally had a little friendship with Xu Jin, but they didn't say anything bad. Cai Yue paused, gritted his teeth and said: "Everyone has their own ambitions, since the head of the Xu case chose Mingzhe to protect himself, we don't have to be strong, let's go!" ”

"Go, go together, how can you say that you have no clothes, and you are with your son!" A group of enthusiastic middle school and second young people descended the mountain and went straight to the city.

Xu Jin shook his head, who is not enthusiastic young people, and when they hit their heads, they will gradually mature.

Of course, Xu Jin is not criticizing the enthusiasm of young people, if there was no such a group of enthusiastic young people in China who generously went to the country, how could there be a new China later?

Because of this, Xu Jin did not stop Cai Yue and the others, nor did he persuade them.

From an ignorant teenager to a hot-blooded youth, and then into mature middle age, the way of seeing problems and handling things will gradually change, which is the natural law of growth.

Xu Jin has a mature soul, he deals with problems more about gains and losses, and he will not do sacrifices without results, hope, and inaction.

As Xu Jin expected, more than a dozen candidates who took the lead were arrested, and the rest were violently dispersed, among which Cai Yue and Li Yingjun, the leaders of Xinjiang Academy, were arrested and put in prison.

Fortunately, Governor Lu was obviously afraid that things would go too far, and at the same time cherished his reputation in Shilin, so he released all the arrested candidates that night, and symbolically scolded each of them with three sticks, and the matter was over.

……

In the thirteenth year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty, on April 15, the government examination of Guangxin Mansion was held as scheduled.

Like the county exam, the exam venue is in the examination room of the Confucianism Administration, Xu Jin got up at three o'clock in the morning, and after washing, he took the examination guide (admission ticket) and went out to the examination room.

The prefectural test is stricter than the county test, candidates are not allowed to bring even the test basket in addition to the test citation, and all the pen, ink, paper and inkstone are provided by the official, and even the meals of the day are provided by the examination room.

This time, the little slave didn't drop the chain, got up early in the morning, and went out to give Xu Jin the lamp.

Since Xu Jin was the head of the county test, Xie Xiaowan thought that the government test would pass, so she was not as nervous as the county test, so she sent Xu Jin and the little slave out of the hospital with a sweet smile, and then went back to the room to make up for sleep.

Xu Jin's mood is just the opposite, I hope that Governor Lu will still be cheeky, don't make any moths, and let himself pass the government exam smoothly, otherwise the next situation will be a little difficult.

The first is the conscription at the end of the year, which is secondary, after all, you can use silver as a substitute, and now there is no shortage of money, the key is the bet with the patriarch Xu Deming, and he will be admitted to Xiucai within two years, otherwise he will be expelled from the Shangrao Xu family.

Judging from the way Lu Kang dealt with the candidates' troubles yesterday, although Lu Zhifu took refuge in King Ning, he was still a person who cherished his reputation, so Xu Jin was still lucky, as long as he passed the government examination, the college examination would be easy to do, because the great master who presided over the court examination was the academic administration stationed in the local area by the center of the imperial court.

Xu Jin and Xiao Nu'er arrived at the examination room, it was only about three or four o'clock in the morning, compared with the county exam, there were many fewer people waiting outside the examination room at this time, after all, the number of references was only about five hundred, nearly twice as less than the county exam, and in fact, some candidates in Yushan County and Guangfeng County were vindictive, declaring that they would no longer participate in this government exam, so the actual number of references was less.

The procedure for queuing up to enter the venue is the same as that of the county exam, first a search for a body, and then a singing guarantee.

To Xu Jin's surprise, Lu Kang, the prefect of the Singing Guard, was actually present, and when he saw Xu Jin, he nodded slightly, looking a little tired, but he couldn't see his joy or anger.

Xu Jin found the location according to the seat number and found that it was not good, but it was not bad, and it seemed that he was not wearing small shoes.

At half past five in the morning, all candidates entered the venue, and the examination papers were officially opened at about six o'clock.

There are three examinations in the government examination, the first examination of scripture posts, the second examination of essays, and the third examination of policy theory, the first two examinations are all one-day examinations, and the papers are handed in overnight on the same day, and the third examination is conducted for two consecutive days, and you have to spend the night in the examination room.

Xu Jin was originally a competition-type candidate, the more nervous he was, the more excited and flexible his brain became, and as soon as he got the test paper, he put all his worries behind, regardless of whether he Lu Governor would get in the way, first take the test well, don't let the other party catch the flaws, even if Lu Kang wants to make a stumbling block, it is really not good, it is a big deal to learn from Li Chen at that time, beat the drum and apply for review.

Time passed inadvertently, and this time Xu Jin did not hand in the papers in advance, until the bell rang at the last moment, and then he followed the large army of candidates to hand in the papers and leave.

"It's over, it's over, Xu bites the silver...... Oh no, Xu is determined, I'm done again this time! ”

As soon as Xu Jin walked out of the examination room, he ran into Han Chuang, who still had two balls of paper stuffed in his nostrils, and complained to Xu Jin in frustration.

It turned out that Han Chuang was assigned to the stinky number this time, the location of the exam is next door to the toilet, and he was so smoked by the smell that he almost had endocrine disorders, especially from time to time when candidates went to the toilet, peeing, farting, suffocating shit, and the sound was in the ears, it was strange to be able to do well in the exam!

Xu Jin is both funny and a little sympathetic, saying that this product is really unlucky.

Han Chuang pulled out the two balls of paper stuffed in his nostrils, sneezed, and asked, "How did Brother Xu do in the exam?" ”

"It's okay!" Xu Jin felt that he had done well in the exam, and under normal circumstances, it was no problem to pass the first game, but it was difficult to say if the situation was not normal.

Han Chuang patted his forehead and said, "I almost forgot that you are the head of the case, and I will pass the government test, alas, I still went to find Yuan Hao and Brother Ziyu for comfort!" ”

Three days later, the results of the first round of the government test came out, which was also a round case, with 20 people in the inner circle, 30 people in the outer circle, and only 200 people on the sub-list, and those who did not have a seat number on the rest of the list meant that they were eliminated!

This time, Xu Jin went to see the list early in the morning, and whether he could pass the house test would be this one, if Lu Kang didn't do anything in the first game, then he shouldn't have to worry about the next two games.

The Fei brothers were obviously also very concerned about whether Xu Jin could pass the government exam, so they also followed to see the list.

Xu Jin nervously looked for his seat number on the round case, and when he saw that his seat number appeared in the tenth place in the inner circle, his heart finally let go, and Lu Kang really didn't dare to risk the world's disapproval.

"Brother Xu, are you out of the circle?" Fei Maozhong asked with concern.

Xu Jin nodded and said with a smile: "Out, tenth in the inner circle!" ”

Fei Maoxian said happily: "Congratulations to Brother Xu! ”

Fei Maozhong frowned and said: "It's only tenth, then there is basically no hope of taking off the head of the government test, it seems that Lu Kang is still suppressing you, my father has said that it is no problem to enter the top three at your level, not to mention that there are now two county heads who have not participated." ”

Xu Jin smiled indifferently, he didn't care what the case was, as long as he could pass the government test smoothly, it would be considered a blessing.