It had been three months since Yue Su came to Beijing. During the Spring Festival, the emperor greatly rewarded him. Not only did he load two carts of delicacies from the Shangshan Supervisor for Yue Su to take home for the New Year, but he also selected several fine items from Ouchi.

The jewelry was given to his wife.

Turning over to the new year, it is the second year of Tianqi. This year is not only the year of Beijing inspection, but also the year of the examination competition. The city of Beijing is extremely lively. Of course, the person in charge of Beijing inspection this year is still the Minister of the Ministry of official affairs.

It's just that the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs is no longer a member of the Three Parties, but Zhao Nanxing of the Donglin Party. As the saying goes, there is repayment of injustice and revenge. How you excluded us six years ago, we will exclude you this year.

The person in charge of the examination was also a member of the Donglin Party - Sun Shenxing, the Minister of Rites. As the chief examiner, this was a first-class job. Once he was ranked, he could be regarded as his disciple all over the world.

Everyone in the capital is busy, not to mention giving gifts based on relationships, but it is either for the inspection of the capital or for the examination. Only two people are the most leisurely, these two are the Carpenter Emperor and the Carpenter Minister.

Under the management of Yue Su, Shuntian Prefecture is already in good order, and the crime rate has dropped dramatically. Everyone knows that the current governor cannot be offended. The local ruffians felt that it was difficult to get around in the capital, and seeing that it was really difficult to get along, they went to other provinces.

. Playboys who idle around for nothing, bully good men, and dominate men and women do not dare to cause trouble easily under the strict urging of their families. Everyone knows that once they are arrested and paraded in the street, where will they show their faces? They have committed a serious matter.

, Yue Su really dares to kill you regardless of human feelings, it is better to calm down.

As a result, Yue Su now spends most of his time working as a carpenter with the emperor, and various high-end sofas, modern-style wall cabinets, and spring beds have come to the fore one after another. Zhu Carpenter is not happy, if Yue Su is not always there to remind him,

He didn't even bother to eat.

On this day, the emperor was going to accompany the pregnant Queen Zhang, so Yue Su was able to return to the mansion early. As soon as he arrived at the mansion, he saw Ruan Aoyue, Du Shiniang, Mei'er, and Tie Qiu all dressed neatly, and asked

Next, it turned out that he planned to go shopping. Yue Su thought to himself that he had nothing to do, so he might as well go with them for a walk, put on casual clothes, and called Jin Chan, and everyone went to the street together.

Even though the salary of officials in the Ming Dynasty was low, they still had a lot of money when they reached the third rank. I bought a few pieces of cloth and walked around the bustling street a few times. It was already noon and I found a pretty good restaurant to have dinner. Because it was Beijing Chaocha.

, it was the first year of the lunar new year, and the restaurant's business was quite booming. When they entered, there was only one seat left by the door.

After sitting down, he ordered a few dishes and started to eat. Before he had eaten a few mouthfuls, two young juniors came outside the door. Both juniors were dressed as scholars. One of them said as he walked: "Brother Feng, I heard that Liu Banxian is here."

There are only the last two days left for the test questions. Fortunately, we came early, otherwise we would regret it for the rest of our lives."

"Brother Wei, are the words of a charlatan sorcerer accurate? The examination questions were drawn up by the Ministry of Rites, and the emperor personally decided and sealed them. Who can know? He wouldn't just make a few comments casually to deceive us."

The scholar Feng seemed a little unconvinced.

"My schoolboy has made inquiries in many ways, and I heard that Liu Banxian is extremely accurate in calculations. Anyone who bought the test questions from him in the last session of the National Examination was awarded the gold medal. Although you and I have studied hard for ten years, how can we learn Haiya?

If the exam questions are not covered, wouldn't it be a waste of time to come to the capital. With these exam questions, you will definitely get twice the result with half the effort, which is inevitable in high school. Even if he is a liar, so what, but just a few taels of silver, I think it is better

I believe it is good." The scholar surnamed Wei is determined to do it.

While talking, the two of them walked past Yue Su's table and went up to the second floor. Yue Su understood what they said. It seemed that someone was selling exam questions for the triennial exams in this restaurant.

, but there is no room for mistakes in the world's major events. Now that Yue Su knows it, how can he sit idly by and ignore it. Although his Jieyuan is not based on his true ability, he still needs to take care of this kind of thing when it comes to it.

He immediately called the waiter over and asked with a smile: "Second servant, I am here to take the exam in Beijing. I just heard someone mention that Liu Banxian is good at counting. Is there such a thing?"

"My husband, if you ask me about this, I have found the right person. Now Liu Banxian is doing calculations in the private room upstairs. There are countless people who come here because of his fame. Are you sure this is accurate? I don't know.

, but one thing is true, all the candidates who took the exam last year and bought the exam questions from Liu Banxian will be on the gold list in the end." The waiter said with certainty.

"It's so effective. I don't know which room Liu Banxian is upstairs. I'll go up and have a look. Maybe it's my chance to come to your place for dinner. It seems that my literary star is moving, and I will definitely succeed in this subject." Yue Su deliberately

Act like you are happy.

"Liu Banxian is in the private room at the end of the second floor. You can find it if you go up and take a look," the waiter said with a smile.

"Thank you so much." When the waiter left, Yue Su whispered: "Jin Chan, Tie Qiu, you two come up with me and have a look. If that Liu Banxian really dares to sell the test questions privately, we will take him."

"Yes, sir." Jin Chan and Tie Qiu responded in a low voice, and then the three of them got up and walked upstairs.

With such excitement, Ruan Aoyue couldn't sit still, so she asked Mei'er to accompany Du Shiniang below, and then ran up.

After the four people went up, they followed the waiter's instructions and walked all the way to the private room at the end. When they arrived at the door, they didn't hear any sound from inside the private room. Yue Su felt puzzled and gently opened the door a gap. When he looked inside,

There were more than thirty people standing inside. These people formed a circle, and you couldn't see what was going on inside the circle.

At this moment, the door was suddenly opened. Yue Su was shocked, and then a teenage Taoist boy stood in front of him.

"Sir, are you here to ask my real person to do the calculation?"

The Taoist boy didn't seem to notice any difference in Yue Su's actions and asked directly. It turned out that the little Taoist boy had been guarding the door. He must have opened the door when he saw it moving.

Yue Su nodded with a smile and said: "That's right. I heard Liu Banxian's name and heard that he was here, so I came here to pay a visit."

"Young master, it just so happens that you are here. My master is holding a qi, please come inside." The Taoist boy moved out of the way and asked Yue Su to come in.

Yue Su thanked him and walked in with Jin Chan, Tie Qiu, and Ruan Aoyue. He got into the crowd, raised his eyes and looked in, and saw a middle-aged Taoist priest in the circle, shaking his whisk from side to side, and mouthing

He spoke plausibly, but his voice was so low that it was hard to tell what he was saying. After a while, the Taoist priest suddenly threw the fly whisk on a pile of yellow paper on the table, raised his left palm to his mouth, and mumbled again.

It took a while. Finally, he took the whisk aside, picked up the brush he had prepared, dipped it in cinnabar, and started writing on the yellow paper.

Because there was an incense burner and other cooking utensils on the table blocking it, it was really hard to see what the Taoist was writing. Every time the Taoist finished writing a piece of paper, he folded the paper neatly and put it into a black bag. I guess.

After putting twenty tips in the bag, the Taoist put down his pen, made gestures on the bag with his fingers for a while, and then said: "The questions for the current examination are already in the bag. Unfortunately, my cultivation is limited, so I just did what I did.

Only these twenty talismans can be produced, and it takes an hour of cultivation before you can continue the practice. Now, whoever wants this kit, please come forward with fifty taels of silver to get it. If it is too late, you will have to wait until an hour later.

.”

As soon as he said his words to me, someone immediately shouted: "I want it, I want it..." As he said that, a young man wearing a red robe came forward first, took out fifty taels of silver, and was about to step forward to grab the gold medal.

bag.

Unexpectedly, the Taoist covered the bag with his hand and shouted "Slow down!"

"Liu Banxian, what do you mean? I have already brought the silver." The red-robed young man put the silver directly on the table.

The Taoist spoke plausibly and said: "Master, don't be impatient, I have something else to say. The talisman in this brocade bag was painted by me begging the Supreme Taoist Lord to send down the spiritual energy. After you obtain it, please do not open it immediately. You need to

Fast devoutly for three days. At noon on the fourth day, after taking a bath, burn three sticks of incense before opening it. If your heart is not sincere, the talisman will turn into a piece of waste paper and will never show the exam questions. There are also

, after knowing the test questions, you must not leak it to the outside world, or mention even a word to others, otherwise you will leak the secret and you will be punished. Remember, remember..."

When Yue Su heard this, he couldn't help but cursed in his heart, "I thought someone dared to leak the test questions, but it turned out that I met a liar."

However, others did not think so, especially the red-robed young man, who shouted loudly: "I know, I am the most pious person. After I go back, I will fast and bathe, and then start again in three days."

"Since the young master is so pious, I will give the brocade bag to the young master first." After the Taoist finished speaking, he picked up a brocade bag and handed it to the red-robed young master.

Seeing someone buying, the people behind were not to be outdone and stepped forward one after another. After all, there were only twenty copies in total, and the number of people who came could be more than thirty. If you missed this opportunity, you would have to wait for another hour. So,

Everyone swarmed up, put their money on the table, and started grabbing the tips. In a blink of an eye, all twenty tips were sold out. Those who grabbed it were very happy, and those who didn't grabbed it inevitably had a look of disappointment on their faces.

Fortunately, Liu Banxian came out to explain and said that he would definitely do it after an hour, which cheered up the mood of those who had not grabbed it.

Yue Su squeezed forward at this moment, sneered at Liu Banxian, and suddenly shouted: "You are so brave. You dare to sell exam questions in broad daylight. Do you know what crime you should be punished for?"

Liu Banxian raised his head and glanced at Yue Su, then showed a look of contempt, "So what if you sell test questions? I said, are you from the Yamen Gate?"

At the same time, the red-robed young man who had just bought the test questions for the first time also grabbed it, glared at Yue Su, and shouted: "Boy, you dare to come to Liu Banxian to make trouble. Are you tired of living? Do you believe what Banxian does?"

Will your life be worse than death? Show your talent, don't make yourself uncomfortable, get out of here, there is someone above me!"

Yue Su had just been looking at the back of the red-robed young master, but now that he saw his appearance, he couldn't help but laugh. This man had a sinister face and a big, thick body. He didn't look like a scholar. It seemed that Liu Banxian was most likely responsible for this.
Chapter completed!