Two days before the first test of the provincial examination, the inner curtain officials will enter the regular test, then lock the door of the examination room and send a dedicated person to guard it to prevent fraudulent behaviors such as missing test questions.

During the two days when the inner curtain officers were locked in the examination room, their work content was naturally to set questions. However, in their spare time, they would also read the list of candidates and arrange the number and locations for the students and related households they were interested in.

Zhou Xu belonged to the old school school, and he was relatively honest in his official position. There were not many candidates who had his connections. Therefore, the number of number houses he arranged seemed more eye-catching. Among them, Chen Yichen was placed in the best number house newly built after the Zhengtong three-year fire, and was even seen by other inner curtain officials.

But this kind of convenience has nothing to do with the imperial examinations, such as favoritism and fraud, and it doesn't matter if it is made public, so everyone doesn't care.

Wang Yining also heard about Chen Yichen. In addition to poetry, he also heard rumors of fraud in the Duke of Chengguo's Mansion.

Compared to Chen Yichen's real talent and knowledge, Wang Yining's thinking and thinking tend to be more conspiracy theories without having any contact with it.

That is, Chen Yichen's poems are likely to be the gunman found by Duke Cheng. The first achievement of the imperial examination case. With the premise that the fraud in the Duke Cheng's house is a real cause, I believe that the credibility is not much higher, right?

Therefore, in Wang Yining's eyes, Zhou Xu's arrangement was not because of Chen Yichen's knowledge, but because of the father of the other party's current duke!

Now, I have no mistake in speculation. Chen Yichen is really too ostentatious. He has not yet entered the genealogy and became the concubine son of Duke of Cheng. He doesn’t even take the provincial examination seriously?

"Oh, it's Yichen."

Zhou Xu's face showed an unexpected look, but it was soon covered by a smile.

He talked with Chen Yichen several times during this period, but in other aspects he could only say he appreciated and recognized. However, in calligraphy, Zhou Xu could use the word "convinced" to express his attitude.

Because Chen Yichen's first-hand Taige style is too exaggerated, Zhou Xu was a colleague of Chen Du, a great calligrapher in the Ming Dynasty and the peak Taige style character. Who can see the value of the font better than him?

It is no exaggeration to say that Chen Yichen's Taige style already has a deep nine-point charm in Zhou Xu's eyes. He is not the kind of person who is very familiar with Shen Du calligraphy, and he can completely make it as fake and real.

If you want to write good calligraphy, you must be able to do it all year round regardless of the cold and heat. How can a person with such perseverance and perseverance regard the provincial examination as a joke?

Therefore, Chen Yichen must be confident that he will be able to hand in the paper in advance!

Wang Yining looked at the smile on Zhou Xu's face, and now he was a little confused. With the other party's personality, he should be very dissatisfied and angry when he encountered such a playboy.

After all, this is a house that will be arranged for you, Duke Cheng, but your son doesn’t even take the exam. Wouldn’t he be slapped in the face?

Judging from Zhou Xu's attitude now, he can still smile. Could it be that Duke Cheng Guo gave too much?

Of course, even if you have this idea in your heart, Wang Yining cannot say it directly. After all, what literati value most is face and integrity. Even if there is no such thing, you cannot say it explicitly!

So Wang Yining could only say tactfully: "Brother Gong Xu, is this child's behavior too perverse? I'm afraid the impact is not good."

"Absurd? Anyone who becomes famous at a young age has a sense of arrogance. Brother Wentong, you should contact more young people."

This sentence made Wang Yining confused. Isn’t Zhou Xu the most hates young and frivolous people who don’t know etiquette the most? Why do he protect Chen Yichen so much?

It seems that Duke Cheng really gave a lot. Even Brother Gong Xu, who regarded money as something outside his body, was degenerated...

On the other hand, the guards at the lunar gate of the Gongyuan were also surprised to see that a student had finished the exam so quickly. However, they were not qualified to say anything more. They used the key to open the door lock and let Chen Yichen out.

After leaving the Gongyuan, Chen Yichen did not return to the Gongyuan Mansion, but found a restaurant to have a full meal first. After all, the last meal was said to be breakfast, but in fact it was eaten in the second half of the night, which almost took more than ten hours.

In addition, although Chen Yichen also brought dry food, these things were not as delicious as hot food. After the exam, it was the best way to go to the restaurant...

After eating and drinking, Chen Yichen returned to Duke Cheng's Mansion with satisfaction. Aniu was now pacing back and forth anxiously in front of the Duke's Mansion.

Seeing Chen Yichen coming back, he immediately came up and asked, "Brother Chen, how did you do the exam? Have you become a juren?"

"It's not so fast. Today is the first one, and there are two more exams. Even if the exam is finished, it will take more than ten days to mark the papers. It may take half a month to finally get the results."

"Okay, I'm not anxious."

A Niu also knew that his grades were not out so quickly, but when he saw Chen Yichen, he threw these things away and thought that Brother Chen could pass the exam as soon as possible.

"Get in, don't make you nervous than me."

Chen Yichen replied helplessly, as if he was quite calm every time he took the exam, but the people around him were very concerned.

When he returned to the Duke's Mansion, Chen Yichen read and wrote as usual, and could not feel that he had just experienced an exam in which a scholar changed his destiny.

However, after nightfall, an "uninvited guest" came to the West Chamber Courtyard.

Zhu Yi walked into the courtyard and happened to see Chen Yichen sitting at the desk, looking at the book with a concentration, with a somewhat complicated expression on her face.

I just experienced the first national examination and was able to calm down. How can I achieve this with strong psychological qualities?

"The eldest son."

A claim broke the silence, and A Niu just came out of the room and saw Zhu Yi standing at the door.

"I don't know that the eldest son will be here, so I will not be able to welcome him."

Seeing this, Chen Yichen stood up and bowed to Zhu Yi.

"Yichen, you don't need to be so polite between you and me."

Zhu Yi smiled and replied, "I have a de facto brotherly relationship with Chen Yichen, and I am in the Duke Chengguo's mansion, but I am very kind but like an outsider."

Even some outsiders are not as good as Chen Yichen's rules. The more they become so formal, the more unfamiliar and estranged between the two sides.

"I wonder what happened to the arrival of the eldest son at night?"

Chen Yichen did not answer this sentence. Although Zhu Yi has shown her appearance so far, it would be too naive to judge a person only by looking at the surface.

Before absolute trust, he would rather keep a little distance from Zhu Yi.

"It's nothing big. Today's first provincial examination, I'll come here to see how you are in."

"fine."

"Is there any difficulty in today's test questions?"

"No."

"Would you need help?"

“Not even.”

After a few consecutive conversations, Zhu Yi could also feel that Chen Yichen didn't have much intention to talk about.

"Actually, today I am here, in addition to concerning the provincial examination, there is another thing I plan to tell you. I will follow Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji to Yansui, Ningxia and Gansu to inspect defense in Yansui, Ningxia and Gansu soon."

The Yansui, Ningxia, Gansu and other places in Zhu Yi's mouth are the famous Jiubian areas of the Ming Dynasty.

Compared with the late Ming Dynasty when Xunqi became mascots, Xunqi's children became wastes. At this time, the Tumubao Incident had not yet happened. The first generation Xunqi who were awarded titles because of the Fengtian Jingjian Dynasty had not yet died, and the overall situation was still called the strong martial style.

The eldest son who would stabilize the title without any accident like Zhu Yi would not take the civil service path. He was already in the Governor's Office of the Five Army in order to be familiar with military affairs and prepare for the future title.

In addition, although Zhu Yi's conversation is not as simple and crude as Zhu Yong, the Duke of Cheng Guo, and it is more similar to the literary style. In fact, according to the "Records of Emperor Xiaozong of Ming Dynasty", he competed with all the martial officials in the Neiyuan during the Tianshun period, and was able to leap on horseback and shoot both shots.

This level of riding and shooting is not something that ordinary people can do. It is enough to see that Zhu Yi's martial arts are really good, and the second-generation heirs of honor and Qi have not yet completely degenerated.

As for the King of Jingyuan, he was even more a legendary figure in the Ming Dynasty. He was a civil servant and led the army to fight three battles in Luchuan, and was eventually awarded the title for his military merits.

The idiom "deserving a marquis and a general" was achieved in reality.

"I heard that the people's lives have been difficult for several months in Shaanxi, and many plundering outlaws have appeared. I hope that when the eldest son arrives at the border, he can report to the emperor to provide relief to the people, and put the people first."

Chen Yichen didn't want to talk much to Zhu Yi about private matters, but it was about justice and affairs, so he would definitely put his personal grudges aside.

"Oh, Chen Yi, the right censor of Shaanxi, arrived in the capital five days ago. Yichen, you are so well-informed that you have learned the current situation in the northwest?"

Wang Ji, the best man from Jingyuan, went to the border for the severe drought in Shaanxi. Unexpectedly, Chen Yichen had already learned the news, and Zhu Yi was really surprised.

ah?

When Chen Yichen heard Zhu Yi say this, he was stunned. He just remembered that there was a severe drought in Shaanxi in the ninth year of Zhengtong. In addition, he had seen the miserable situation of refugees in Zhenjiang Prefecture before, and the disasters in the barren border areas in the west will only be even worse than those in Jiangnan.

Therefore, he couldn't bear it and reminded Zhu Yi to have a mouthful, but he forgot that the spread of ancient news was far less convenient than that of modern times, and the court had just received a memorial on the disaster of severe drought.

"I happened to visit Lord Zhou that day, and he mentioned the severe drought in Shaanxi."

Fortunately, Chen Yichen reacted quickly enough and immediately pushed the source of the news to Zhou Xu.

Zhu Yi also knew about the fact that Chen Yichen often went to Zhou Xu's mansion during this period, so he nodded and didn't think much about it.

"By the way, there is another thing I think you should know."

"Please say it, my eldest son."

"I received a letter from home. My mother has taken my second brother to the capital to prepare for the spring exam for the next year. You may meet again."

After saying that, Zhu Yi had a look of hesitation on her face, and then added: "Yichen, my mother and second brother are relatively narrow-minded. You must always grasp the right position when dealing with them."

The mother Zhu Yi said was naturally not his biological mother, but Mrs. Lin, the second wife of Duke Cheng Guo.

In other words, Zhu Ji and his mother will soon arrive at the Duke Chengguo Mansion in the capital. At that time, Chen Yichen will be like living under the same roof with them.

Zhu Yi is very clear about the character of this stepmother and younger brother, and they have been hostile to Chen Yichen and his son since childhood. So he said hello in advance so that Chen Yichen would be mentally prepared so that he would not be troubled.

Hearing this, Chen Yichen just smiled faintly. He thought Zhu Yi was an uninvited guest tonight, but he didn't expect that the real uninvited guest was still behind.

It will take at least one month for the letter from Yingtian to the capital. Zhu Yi received it now, which means that the Lin family and his son will set off as early as July.

It is theoretically logical to set out in advance to take the next spring exam in July, but Chen Yichen has a feeling that this is probably Xiang Zhuang’s sword dancing, aiming at Pei Gong.
Chapter completed!