The first fire of the new official of Chu Thorn Shi has not been lit yet, and it has been extinguished, and the local officials in Lingzhou breathed a sigh of relief and set up a dust washing banquet in the Zuixiang Building, the most upscale restaurant in Lingzhou, to officially wash the dust for Lord Thorn Shi.

They wrapped up the entire Zuixiang Building, except for the Lingzhou officials, who also stayed in Lingzhou, and the new promoter who did not rush to the capital was also invited.

The state trial is a huge resource, and the magistrates have formed inextricable ties with them through the Luming Banquet, and in the future they will be above the officialdom to take care of each other.

Tang Ning had made an appointment to run with Fang Xiaopang in the evening, but his plan was disrupted by Chu Tingshi's dust-washing banquet, and he only hoped that this banquet would end early, and perhaps he would have time to discuss several ways to eat old yogurt......

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At the dust washing banquet in the evening, Tang Ning came with his father-in-law, and it was neither early nor too late to arrive, the entire restaurant was wrapped down by them, and there were already many people sitting on the first floor.

There are 240 new people in Lingzhou's state examination, and about half of them are Lingzhou students, and more than half of them are in Beijing immediately after the state examination is over, and they are ready for next year's provincial examination.

"Lord Zhong."

"Tang Jieyuan."

"Chu Thorn History hasn't arrived yet, Lord Zhong has to wait for a while......"

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Tang Ning didn't know any of these people who were here today, and the only people he knew, Xu Qingyang and Zhang Yansheng, were not there, so he thought he should have set off for Beijing.

Tang Ning shook his head, where to study is not to study, it is better to go early than to go early, and he was blinded by the flower world of Jingshi, how can he have any thoughts of studying, it is better to stay in Lingzhou quietly.

Today's Jingshi, in his heart, is completely different from before.

The previous Jingshi was the dream place of his family happiness and salted fish, and the current Jingshi, for him, was no less than the Longtan Tiger's Den, where there were enemies who shared the sky with him, although he still didn't know what kind of hatred he had with the other party......

He was far away in Lingzhou, and they did not hesitate to send dead soldiers to put him to death three times and twice, not to mention the Jingshi?

Thinking that Jingshi had such a behemoth waiting for him, Tang Ning even thought about never going to Jingshi, but thinking about it carefully, although he was unwilling to provoke the other party, judging from the previous situation, the other party would obviously not let him go, even if he cowered in Lingzhou, I am afraid that there would be countless troubles.

Not only that, but it will also affect the people around him.

Based on this alone, he had a reason to go to Jingshi. What's more, he also has to figure out the truth of the matter and know who the person behind the scenes is, so as to prevent future troubles.

Of course, the premise of all this is to put one's own safety first, and so far, Tang Ning has not found a foolproof way.

With this in his heart, there was a sudden commotion at the door of the restaurant.

"Cui Changshi!"

"Sima Chen!"

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Tang Ning glanced in the direction of the door and saw several people walking in through the door.

Chu Tingshi was transferred to Lingzhou, naturally he was not a bare-bones commander, and the assassination of the envoy last time affected not only Dong Tingshi, but also several adjutants around him, Lingzhou Governor Shi, Sima Zhi and others, all of whom were degraded to Fengzhou.

If it weren't for that, the envoys of the Chu State would not easily let go of this matter.

This Cui Changshi is the confidant brought by Chu Thorn Shi from Beijing.

Ahead, an official looked at Cui Changshi and asked, "Master Cui, why didn't Chu Tingshi come over?" ”

Cui Changshi waved his hand and said, "The envoy of the Jingshi is coming, Lord Thorn Shi is accompaniing, please wait for a while." ”

An official was surprised: "The Jingshi is here, but what's the big deal?" ”

Cui Changshi shook his head and said, "I don't know about this official." ”

An official had already invited him to the front table and said with a smile: "Master Cui should sit down first." ”

Chu Tingshi was not there, Cui Changshi was the head of the officials here, and after he sat down, he looked to the side and said, "These are the new recruits in this state test?" ”

"Exactly." A Lingzhou official smiled, waved his hand to everyone, and said, "Why don't you come over and see Cui Changshi?" ”

Everyone got up one after another, bowed down and said, "I've seen Cui Changshi." ”

Tang Ning also stood up and casually arched his hand to this side.

Cui Changshi looked at everyone and asked, "The state test is imminent, why don't you go to Beijing to prepare early, why are you still in Lingzhou?" ”

One of the students at the front was a little confused by his question, didn't they invite their own people to come today, what does this mean?

Cui Qing was in Beijing before, although it was just a Qingshui Yamen, but he received Yulu every month and lived a leisurely life, which was not bad, and in his lifetime, he would spend time until Shangguan retired or returned to the west, and maybe he could go one step further, and there would be no regrets in this life.

At this time, the imperial court ordered him to come to Lingzhou to make a long history, not to mention the busy affairs, and far away from the prosperous place of Beijing, he was extremely dissatisfied in his heart, and even looked at everything here unpleasantly.

Cui Qing looked at the student, frowned and said: "Although you are a person who stands out from the Lingzhou State Examination, you can't be proud of it, and you must know that there are people outside the world, there are heavens outside the sky, there are so many students in the Chen Kingdom, and the students of the Beijing Normal School are among the outstanding ones, not to mention the students of the Guozijian, it is you Lingzhou Xie Yuan, participating in the Jingshi State Examination, you may not be able to rank in the first list, the provincial examination is a competition between students from various states and provinces, you should study hard......"

As soon as Cui Changshi came up, he first preached, and the students in Lingzhou lowered their heads one after another, and the local officials in Lingzhou were also gloomy.

Jingshi is the capital of Chen State, and most of the young talents of Chen State are gathered in Jingshi, which is naturally not comparable to other state capitals.

Beside Cui Qing, an official looked at him and suddenly asked, "If the lower official is not mistaken, the son of Cui Changshi's family should also participate in the imperial examination this year, but I don't know what the result is?" ”

"It's not talented." Cui Qing smiled and said, "It's just the nineteenth in the Jingshi Gongyuan A list." ”

The Lingzhou officials and students present raised their eyes and looked at him, how could there be a little "untalented" on Cui Changshi's face, which was clearly full of pride and contempt.

He just said that Lingzhou students are not as good as Jingshi students, that is, Lingzhou Xie Yuan, who participated in the Jingshi exam, and couldn't even enter the first list, and now said that his son is ranked nineteenth in the first list of the Jingshi Gongyuan, doesn't this mean that their Lingzhou students are not as good as his son?

Although they were depressed, everyone chose to endure this breath.

After all, although Cui Changshi's words were ugly, what he said was the truth, and the educational resources of Jingshi were indeed not comparable to Lingzhou.

A state scholar in Lingzhou couldn't help it, and said: "Tang Jieyuan Provincial Examination in the first game, all the questions were answered correctly, and the poems in the second field were also the best, and they were praised by the two main examiners and the rest of the same exams......

A smile appeared on Cui Qing's face, and he said: "Such talents are rare in Lingzhou, but what kind of place is Jingshi, there has always been no shortage of talents, this time Jingshi Xie Yuan is the head of the household Shangshu himself, and even the two prime ministers praised him, this is the real masterpiece......

Naxue opened his mouth, but he couldn't say anything anymore.

Hubu Shangshu, plus the two prime ministers, the weight of these three is much heavier than all the examiners of the Lingzhou State Examination combined.

Zhong Mingli looked up at Cui Changshi, frowned, and a trace of dissatisfaction appeared on his face.

At that moment, the sound of footsteps was heard again at the door.

Cui Qing immediately got up and stepped forward, walked to the door, bowed down and said, "Lord Chu is here......"

Chu Tingshi didn't look at him, glanced at the crowd, and said, "Where is the Lingzhou Prefecture trial Yuan Tangning this time?" ”

Tang Ning raised his eyes and looked, a hint of surprise appeared on his face, and he walked out of the crowd.

Chu Tingshi looked at him and asked, "You are Tang Jieyuan?" ”

Tang Ning nodded: "Exactly." ”

Two emaciated figures walked out from behind Chu Tingshi, and the one on the right cleared his throat and shouted in a shrill voice: "Lingzhou Prefecture tries to solve Yuan, Tang Ning takes the order!" ”

Crash!

As soon as the word "receiving the order" came out, the officials present were stunned for a moment, and their bodies shook, and those who didn't have time to get up also hurriedly stood up, tidied up their clothes, and knelt on the ground.

It was Cui Qing Cui Changshi, a trace of confusion appeared on his face, and then he immediately knelt down.

Before Tang Ning realized what was happening, he was pulled to his knees by his father-in-law.

At this time, the eunuch's sharp voice had also come out.

"Edict said: Lingzhou Xie Yuan Tangning, knowledgeable, economical, dedicated to water control and epidemic prevention strategies, to solve the people in the upside down, for the country to share worries, won the heart, so a jade belt, silk fifty horses ......, admiration."

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Although Tang Ning lowered his head, he also felt countless lines of sight, converging on his body from all directions.