Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 308 Mr. Qi's Favor
Du Jinning felt relieved.

"It doesn't matter if the case is not the top case, as long as he doesn't let me pass the government examination." She said with a relaxed expression.

Although Du Jinning had said something similar, Huang Chengming thought it was just talk.In this way, it is good to have a way out when the exam is not good, so as not to lose face too much.At this time, seeing that Du Jinning really didn't take the case to heart, he realized that the child was really open-minded.

"That being said, we are not made of mud. It would be great if Zhou Dongping can find someone with a better article than yours, who can be the leader of the case. Otherwise, we will make him look ashamed." Huang Chengming said proudly, "Before coming, your master repeatedly told me that after you finished the first exam, let me take you to meet someone to seek justice for you."

"Oh, who is it?" Du Jinning asked with interest.

"Qi Yuandao, Mr. Qi. Mr. Qi is a well-known Confucian in the Song Dynasty. He never cares about world affairs, but only reads his talents. Show him these two articles. When the time comes, the article at the head of the government office will be posted. If it is obviously not as good as you, Mister Qi will definitely speak for you." Huang Chengming said, "Even if Zhou Dongping is the magistrate, he can't cover the sky with one hand in the territory of Guangxi Province."

"Mr. Qi?" Du Jinning has a good memory. She remembered that Qi Bokun said that Qi Muyuan would come to Fucheng to worship Mr. Qi as his teacher after being admitted as a scholar. At that time, Yuan Xiuzhu also said that he would recommend her.That Mr. Qi should be this Mr. Qi, right?
Unknowingly, the carriage stopped in front of a house.

This mansion occupies quite a large area, and the trees inside are lush and lush. It can be seen that the mansion has been around for quite a while.And looking at this very elegant architectural style, one can tell that Mr. Qi is also from a family.

After Huang Chengming and Du Jinning got out of the car, the servant stepped forward and handed a post to the gatekeeper of the Qi Mansion.It was not long before the gatekeeper came and invited them in.

Walk along the corridor through two arches, and then you arrive at the outer hall of Qi Mansion.The servants led Huang Chengming and Du Jinning to their seats when an old man with white beard and hair came in.

Huang Chengming hurried forward to greet him: "Student Huang Chengming, I have met the teacher."

Du Jinning was surprised, but he did not move slowly. He followed closely behind Huang Chengming and bowed to salute: "Du Jinning, a junior, pays respects to Mr. Qi."

Mr. Qi sat down on the seat: "Sit, sit down, there is no need to be polite." Then he looked at Du Jinning, "Chengming, is this your new disciple?"

Huang Chengming sat back on his seat and said with a smile: "Students are not so lucky. This is our mountain chief's disciple. He came to take the government examination this time. He just came out of the examination room. I saw that his essays were not bad, so I took him with me. Come and show it to you, sir, and let you give him pointers."

"Oh?" Qi Yuandao stroked his beard, "Where's the article?"

Huang Chengming took out the article written by Du Jinning from his arms and handed it over.

Qi Yuandao didn't say much, and started to look at it.

After a cup of tea, he raised his head and looked at Du Jinning: "Did you write these two articles?"

Du Jinning quickly stood up: "The junior's clumsy writing made me laugh."

Huang Chengming knew that Qi Yuandao didn't pay much attention to the form of the article, although he didn't care about world affairs, he was not rigid, so he said a word for Du Jinning: "Jinning was taught by Guan Shan, and the form of writing is not rigid. It's just that the chief examiner this time is Zhou Zhifu, and Zhou Zhifu advocates taking stereotyped essays in the exam, so Du Jinning wrote two stereotyped essays in the examination room."

Catering to the examiner's preferences before the exam is considered flattery, without the character of a literati, and is disliked by many scholars.

Qi Yuandao didn't pay much attention to it, but asked in surprise, "How long have you been learning to write stereotyped essays?"

"Uh..." Du Jinning thought for a while, "It's more than a month."

This is also the intention of Huang Chengming's previous explanation, and now he explained with a smile, "This child took the county examination in February. After the county examination, he said that he wanted to learn the art of making, so he learned the art of making with Mr. Yuan Xiuzhu for more than a month." art."

It took more than a month to write stereotyped essays so well; and it was incredible to write such two essays in such a short time while still in the examination room.This kid is so talented.

However, Qi Yuandao always felt that these two stereotyped essays were so sophisticated that it was hard to imagine that they were written by a child like Du Jinning who only learned art.

He was noncommittal and said: "I have a topic, you can write an eight-legged essay and I'll have a look." He said, "A gentleman is dying without a name."

This is a sentence in "The Analects of Confucius·Wei Linggong".

After thinking for a while, Du Jinning said to Qi Yuan, "Please also give me the pen and ink, sir."

Qi Yuandao was surprised and said: "This is it?" With a wave of his hand, the servants took out all the four treasures of the study and put them on the table.

Du Jinning polished the ink and started writing.

Qi Yuandao walked behind him and looked at the first sentence she wrote to break the title: "No name for future generations is the worry of a saint." He nodded in satisfaction.

Seeing this, Huang Chengming's heart fell to the ground.

Du Jinning was completely unaffected by Qi Yuandao and Huang Chengming behind him, and continued to write: "The name of a husband is unnecessary; the name of future generations is indispensable..."

Qi Yuandao watched her write down sentence by sentence, and when he reached the last word, he clapped his hands vigorously and said loudly, "Okay."

At this time, he looked at Du Jinning as if he were looking at a rare treasure, and he circled around her: "Okay, okay."

After feeling a lot of emotion, he returned to his seat and sat down, let the two of them sit down again, and asked Du Jinning, "How old are you this year, how many years have you been enrolled?"

This time, Du Jinning didn't report his false age, and said honestly: "I'm 12 years old, and I'll be in school for two years."

"Two years?" Qi Yuandao looked at Huang Chengming incredulously.

"It's been two years. I knew this kid before he started school. He learned to read by himself." Huang Chengming mentioned his relationship with the Du family and the situation of the Du family to Qi Yuandao. Mention.

After all, "the world is full of parents", no matter how much Du Chensheng and Niu Shi treat Du Jinning too much, and go around saying that the elders are unkind, such behavior will also be criticized by others, so Huang Chengming said it very cryptically.

After Qi Yuandao listened, he looked at Du Jinning even brighter, Fu Xu read a passage, and asked Du Jinning, "What's the explanation?"

Du Jinning knew that Qi Yuandao wanted to test his own foundation, so he quickly got up to answer.

Huang Chengming saw that the sky outside was gradually getting dark, and after Qi Yuandao took the school exams, he enthusiastically kept them for dinner, so he knew that the purpose of today's business had been achieved.Du Jinning has caught Qi Yuandao's eyes and won his favor.Not only will the two articles written by Du Jinning in the examination room not be buried, but also seeing what Mr. Qi means, as long as they propose to apprentice, there is a high probability that they will agree.

　I rushed back from out of town yesterday and drove for six or seven hours. I posted that chapter last night when I was resting in the service area.I was really tired after returning home, so I went to bed after eating and washing.Although I got up early to code this morning, I still didn't catch up with the [-]:[-] update, sorry.

　　
　
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