Feng Bao knew that he couldn't fight these personal elites, and he could only end up bored if he continued to hold on, so he arched his hand and whispered: "The slave maid went to see if the prince was up." And he walked away.

Seeing that Feng Bao was gone, Chen Yiqin walked to Shen Mo and said: "I heard that when Zhuang Yuanlang was in Jiangnan, he had a reputation for piercing intestines, how about commenting on my pair?" ”

How could Shen Mo not feel the provocation in his words, and said with a faint smile: "Wonderful, wonderful......" Since ancient times, literati have been contemptuous, and if they don't stop him, they think they are afraid of him.

"What's wrong?" Chen Yiqin asked, "What is the other half sentence?" ”

"Some truths are not good to tell the truth," Shen Mo punned: "Talking too much offends people." ”

This soft and prickly sentence pierced Chen Yiqin's old face, he 'hummed', and wanted to say a few words to Shen Mo several times, but Yin Shizhan diverted his words, and hinted to him with his eyes, after all, everyone is in the same palace, and he still has to save some face.

Chen Yiqin held back. After a while, King Yu came out, and the three of them saluted together, and after King Yu returned the salute, he smiled and said: "Today is the July Festival, so the masters will stay for a meal at noon." The three of them couldn't refuse, so they all smiled and agreed.

During class, King Yu asked Shen Mo with concern, did Mr. Li find it? Shen Mo nodded and said: "I have been contacted, I have already passed the Shanhaiguan, and I can arrive in Beijing without saying anything." King Yu was very happy.

After listening to the class for a while, Feng Bao, who was waiting on the side, whispered: "It's a festival today, sir, let's get out of class early and kill a few games with the prince, the slave likes to watch you play chess the most." ”

As soon as he heard that he was playing chess, Yuwang's eyes immediately lit up, and he and Shen Mo were opponents in chess...... It's not that they are so powerful, it's just that the level is relatively close, winning or losing is between the first line, you can let go of the fight without any scruples, and the next one is happy.

Shen Mo knew that Feng Bao was sincere in wanting to block Chen Yiqin, but he didn't break it, and said to King Yu, who was looking at him: "It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate." ”

King Yu was immediately overjoyed and said, "Feng Bao, go and play chess!" ”

"Okay!" Feng Baomei smiled.

This kill is a dark place, Feng Bao scratched his ears and cheeks on the side, and helped whoever was about to lose, so that these two people couldn't tell the winner from the loser, and finally they were about to become bare-bones veterans, so they had to admit a draw.

King Yu straightened his waist and said unfinished: "Come on, kill another game!" This time I have to decide the winner! ”

Shen Mo shook his head and smiled: "If you kill another plate, Master Chen and Master Yin will directly 'double cannon without pad'." Then he got up and said, "Let's change the name and fight again." ”

Not long after Shen Mo went out, Chen Yiqin hadn't come in yet. Feng Bao looked at the table clock on the table...... It was a gift from Shen Mo to King Yu...... Then he shouted, "Oh, it's almost noon, lord, let's start the banquet first." ”

"It's not good." King Yu said: "Master Chen will be unhappy. ”

It's right to be unhappy. Feng Bao sneered, but said with a look of disapproval on his face: "You don't know Master Chen's temper, as soon as you talk about it, you will talk at length, and it can't end without two hours." He spread his hands and said, "When the time comes, you will also be hungry, Master Shen and Master Yin will also be hungry, and it is not good to interrupt Master Chen's class, it is better to eat and drink enough, and then talk slowly." ”

King Yu already had soft ears, and nodded when he heard this: "Okay, so be it." ”

At this time, Chen Yiqin also came in. He said loudly: "Your Highness, today we will talk about 'wine and food, gentleman's food, I used to think that filial piety'......"

King Yu smiled and said, "Whether filial piety or not, sir, we all have to go to drink and eat." ”

"Uh......" Chen Yiqin didn't reflect for a while and said, "Why are you going?" ”

"The prince said that it was time to eat." Feng Bao hurriedly answered, opened them, and made a gesture of please.

King Yu originally wanted to see what Master Chen meant, but now let Feng Bao do this, he has to go if he doesn't go, so he has to stretch out his hand and ask, "Master, please." ”

"Oh uh......" Before Chen Yiqin's mind turned around, he was invited out of the study in a daze, and only reacted when the wind blew.

On the way to the dining room, he pondered this matter in his mind, needless to say, then Feng Bao must be the culprit, and then think about silence, this guy is angry with the dead eunuch in the same nostril, and they gang up to make fun of me, it must be like this.

When he sat down at the dinner table, Chen Yiqin was already holding his stomach and had to spill it, but when he wanted to find Feng Bao, he found that the dead eunuch had disappeared, and he obviously avoided it and secretly had fun.

The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, so he had to take Shen Mo to vent his anger first, and then began to search for the idea of scraping his stomach to avenge this arrow.

Because the banquet time was half an hour earlier, the kitchen had not yet started to fry hot dishes, so I had to serve some cold dishes first, and serve wine to the prince and the three masters.

When Chen Yiqin's eyes fell on the table, he saw a plate of shredded bamboo shoots, so he tasted it first, and said with an intoxicated face: "Good dishes, good dishes, this must be the tender bamboo shoots in the south of the Yangtze River." ”

"Oh, how can Master Chen see that?" King Yu said with interest.

"Because we have a Shanglian there who said it well." Chen Yiqin deliberately glanced at Shen Mo and said: "Jiangnan tender bamboo shoots, thin skin in the mouth, empty belly!" ”

There is only one Jiangnan person in this room, and he is the youngest, so naturally it is the 'Jiangnan tender bamboo shoots', even Prince Yu heard it, and said with a smile: "Mr. said that he was joking." ”

Lao Chen made a move, and Shen Mo naturally continued, he smiled faintly and said: "It's not a skill to taste the place of origin, I can tell where things come from with a pair of eyes." ”

"Oh, you have to see and know," Chen Yiqin sneered.

Shen Mo pointed to a pot of palm trees next to the dining table and said, "This old brown must be from Shuxi." ”

"How so?" King Yu said with a smile: "I have heard that all the southwestern provinces have grown. ”

"The minister has the next link as proof." Shen Mo smiled and said: "Shuxi is old brown, the stem is long and the leaves are big and the foundation is shallow!" ”

"You!" Chen Yiqin is a Sichuan man at this table, and his face can't be hung up...... Obviously talking about the old man, he is a lot old, and he still can't achieve anything!

In the morning, when Feng Bao was paired with his son, he also thought the same, which showed that he had already formed a grudge against himself for his delay in promotion.

Over there, Yin Shizhan saw that the two of them were about to pinch up, and hurriedly interjected: "Yes, the two of you are lively, Your Highness and I can only watch the excitement, it's really boring, it's better for us to make a drinking order." ”

"Okay." Everyone had no opinions, so naturally His Royal Highness King Yu ordered it first, and he thought about it and said, "Let's analyze the wine order." Then he smiled and said: "Listen to my beginning-there is bright light on the mountain, I don't know if it is the light and the moonlight?" ”

This pair of silent three talents, naturally there is no difficulty, Yin Shizhan smiled: "There is a bead curtain hanging in the hall, I don't know if it is the Wang family curtain and the Zhu family curtain?" ”

When it was his turn to be silent, he smiled and said: "There are guests who come to the post, I don't know if they are people and officials?" ”

Finally, Chen Yiqin, he didn't think twice: "Giving birth to a child in the middle of the night, isn't it just a child's time, a child's time?" ”

Seeing that the three people who received the order were not stumped, King Yu had no choice but to take a drink and said, "It's really a loss to play this with the masters." ”

It was Yin Shizhan's turn to raise the order, he originally wanted to make a difficulty, but considering the level of His Royal Highness King Yu, he smiled and said: "My wine order is a little complicated, the first sentence is a word, the second sentence is a common saying, and the third sentence leads to a Tang poem', listen to my first - three mouths of the word, rather add a bucket, don't add a mouthful; Mouth, mouth, mouth, persuade you to drink a glass of wine. As he spoke, he picked up a cup for Chen Yiqin opposite...... He didn't want Shen Mo to think that the two were working together to trick him, so he used the power of the lord to designate the right person, and because his last sentence was with an order, Chen Yiqin had to drink it and say it again.

Chen Yiqin had no choice but to take it and drink it, frowned, and then smiled: "Listen to me - the three waters of the Miao character, the blue is blue, and the ice is born in the water; Water, water, water, will have to drink three hundred cups. As he spoke, he picked up his glass to Shen Mo and said, "Lord Shen, drink slowly, if you can't solve it, I'll ask someone to buy it for you on the street." "If silence doesn't dissolve his last sentence, he will have to drink up the three hundred cups...... Until you get drunk, of course.

Shen Mo smiled and said, "What's so difficult about this? Listen to me - three hands, big eyes, small hands; As he spoke, he waved his hand three times and said, "Hands, hands, hands, the drunkard does not mean to drink." Chen Yiqin's offensive was dissolved.

There was only one Yuwang left, he scratched his ears and cheeks for a long time, but he didn't come up, so he drank another one, waved his hand and said: "I can't play with you, it's more interesting to watch the excitement." He withdrew from the liquor order.

Yin Shizhan also smiled: "Then I won't play anymore, let the two of them fight it out." ”

The two of them didn't shirk, you came and I went back and forth a few times, and found that no one was helpless, knowing that the general wine order was useless, Chen Yiqin said: "I'll come out with another one, if you come up, even if you win." ”

"Please." Shen Mo smiled slightly.

"Dandi, digger, Yokogawa, side-eyed, lack of ugliness, broken big, soap bottom, split head, not pill, Tian Xin!" Chen Yiqin said in one breath.

The silent face immediately sank, and he quickly thought about how to deal with it.

King Yu didn't quite understand, and asked Yin Shizhan in a low voice, "What do you mean?" ”

"It's one to ten, ten." Yin Shizhan whispered: "The bottom of the Dan word is one, the I-word is dug and the vertical is two, the horizontal Sichuan word is three, the lying eye word is four, and the ugly word is missing one stroke for five......"

"I see." Yuwang now understood, the big character is six, the bottom of the soap word is seven, the head of the word is eight, the point at the end of the pill word is nine, and the heart of the Tian character is ten.

This is too difficult, because if Shen Mo wants to be right, he must include ten numbers in it, and it has to be like this, consisting of ten anagrams, and King Yu doesn't dare to think about it anyway...... He couldn't help but sweat for Shen Mo, and said in his heart that if it doesn't work, let's admit defeat.

But Shen Mo took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "There is no white flag in the million army, no one asks Zhongni, the overlord has lost Optimus Prime, and scolded the general for having no horse to ride, I don't need to open my mouth today, the rolling rivers are dehydrated, the soap is often hung white, you don't need to hold the knife in the divide, you lose the Ning Dan medicine in the pill, and you will be sent to the end of a thousand miles!" ”

It's also one to ten, and it's returned in long rhyming sentences, which is much more difficult. Chen Yiqin finally knew that he was not a silent opponent at all, so he sighed and said, "I admit defeat." As he spoke, he drank it all, and his face was a little unbearable.

King Yu hurriedly came out of the round and said: "It's entertainment to help the fun, and it's fun to lose." He raised his glass and said, "Come, let's drink this cup together!" ”

Chen Yiqin smiled gratefully, touched a glass with everyone, and since then he has changed his liking to be sarcastic about others.

After settling the pretentious Chen Yiqin, the silent life entered a period of calm, every time he went back and forth between the palace and the Guozijian, he got along with King Yu very well, and did his best to the students, and was widely supported, it seems that he has fully adapted to the life of a teacher. The once powerful Shen Humble Yan seems to have become a legend, and he has disappeared in this gray Yanjing City, and he is no longer concerned.

In the blink of an eye, in August, the center of gravity of the entire political life of the imperial court turned to the autumn of Jiajing's 40th year, which was the starting point of the triennial competition and the injection of fresh blood into the officialdom, so it attracted people's attention...... Although after Dabi, those heavenly pride will be quickly forgotten, it does not prevent adults from paying attention at the moment.

Autumn is traditionally held on the seventh day of August, and this year is no exception. After the July Festival, the imperial court announced the list of the main and deputy exams of the 13 provinces plus the Tianxiang examination, and as for the Shuntianxiang examination at the foot of the Son of Heaven, it was customary to announce it seven days before the examination.

After the list came out, Shen Mo was taken aback, because the chief examiner of the Shuntian Township test this time was none other than him who was silent and silent. You must know that the main examination of the township examination is a hot and good messenger, and there is a way to be the main examination once and benefit for life, which is absolutely true. Think about it, as soon as you are admitted, there are two or three hundred people, and you have to call you 'teacher', there are so many students at once, and there must be a group of people who are promising, and they don't need to be any old scholars, they are ordinary middle-level cadres, and they are also a valuable connection.

Therefore, people are all eager for the position of examiner...... Of course, not everyone can be the main examiner of this township examination, Hanlin was born and wore a four-grade scarlet robe, these are two hard conditions. Although Shen Mo is now only the secretary of the five-rank Guozijian, after all, he used to be a governor, so his qualifications are completely reasonable.

But after receiving this good errand with face and lining, Shen Mo couldn't laugh anyway, why? Because Suncheon is the location of Gyeonggi, there are many powerful and wealthy families, and princes and princes are all over the place! He has heard that every year of the township test, it is not uncommon to go through the back door and pull relationships!

The competition in the Shuncheon Township Examination was quite fierce, with a total of more than 5,700 candidates, and only 206 of them were admitted. In the face of such fierce competition, candidates and their families have tried their best, and the eight immortals have crossed the sea to show their magical powers, so they must take the lead and be nominated on the list!

Someone has to ask, isn't there a very complete anti-cheating measure in the imperial examination? What's the use of supernatural powers?

The answer is, it certainly works; If you don't feel it, there is only one reason, that is, your supernatural powers are not big enough, if your supernatural powers are big enough, any seemingly invulnerable system will be a chicken and a dog in front of you.

This is the reason why the chief examiner of the Shuncheon Township exam announced the list before the exam. It's just that I'm afraid of those joints that can't be prevented.

However, even if the examiner is fair and honest and resolutely does not cheat, there are ways to do it with the examiner, and even the transcriptionist who transcribed the paper can be involved, not to mention the entrainment, cheat sheet, and even internal and external collusion of the examinee. It's hard to guard against, but you can't help it.

On the day he received the order, Shen Mo was equivalent to being placed under house arrest, and he didn't even return home, so he was directly loaded into an airtight carriage by Jinyiwei, taken from Guozijian to a courtyard in the middle of nowhere, and then began to propose...... It took three days to prepare the scriptures and meanings of the first field, among which the three questions and four books that determine the surname, in line with the idea of not seeking surprise, but seeking no fault, are respectively "Ju Ze said that I don't know", "Virtue: Yan Yuan, Min Ziqian, Ran Boniu, Zhong Gong", and "The gentleman is sick and unworthy of the name", all of which are dignified and upright, and will not cause bad associations.

handed over the Jingyi questions to the 'guard' of his Jinyiwei, and then spent two days formulating the last two exam questions and handing them over to Jinyiwei, he fell asleep, and said in his heart that only then did he know that being an examiner was more torturous than being a candidate.

On the sixth day of the new year, Shen Mo woke up, feeling that his energy was re-energized, so he shook his spirits, bathed and changed clothes, and prepared to meet with the deputy examiners and fellow examiners to meet this difficult challenge, or war!

This is a war between candidates and examiners, a battle between cheating and surveillance, between the system and the anti-system, and as the party that maintains the system, silence must eliminate any violation of the system...... Or, at least, reduce to an acceptable level.

If this township test fails, he will be ruined, and no one can save him.

If he didn't fail this township test, this experience would be a strong stroke on his resume!

(To be continued)