Hope for luck

Chapter 492
Gao Pan's reminder made Lou Hui very disbelieving in his heart, but Gao Pan was the young master of the Gao family after all, and he was not good at questioning and refuting back then, so he just hummed lightly and left Gao Pan's side.

Seeing this, Gao Pan's eyes flickered, and he thought to himself that he had done his best, if Lou Hui still wanted to hang out with Guan Shizhao, then he had no other choice.

"Hey, this kid is quite proud, what is his background, can he marry your lady?"

Seeing Lou Hui and Guan Shizhao enter a private room, Xie Yujun came to Gao Pan and asked.

Gao Pan squinted his eyes, motioned Xie Yujun to enter the private room, and then said in a low voice while walking:

"The son of the Lou family in Linjiang City, I heard that the Lou family is a well-known and wealthy family in the south of the Yangtze River. I heard that the Lou family started as a salt seller. Later, when they became rich, they changed their family and became a family of poetry and calligraphy..."

"This is Lou Hui's Xie Yuan from Yingtianfu, a senior high school last year. Now you know why he treats us so lukewarm!"

After saying that, the two returned to the private room, and Xie Yujun curled his lips and said:
"No wonder you are so arrogant, and you say you don't need any money for dinner and dinner, and you won't ask me to waive the meal money for this host, because you are afraid that his friend will look down on him!"

"So it's Xinke Jieyuan, or Yingtianfu's Jieyuan, so it's no wonder. He reckons that he should be the number one scholar, so how can he look at us..."

Although Xie Yujun's words were teasing himself, they were actually saying that Lou Hui had eyes but didn't know Mount Tai.

How about an honorable son like him, and an upstart nobleman like Gao Pan, not to make friends, but to make friends with another candidate?

Gao Pan heard what Xie Yujun meant, and said calmly:
"It's okay, everyone has his own aspirations, why should you force him, but this time he really went the wrong way."

This made Xie Yujun interested, and hurriedly asked:

"Going the wrong way? Fifth brother, are you saying that there is something wrong with Guan Shizhao?"

Gao Pan nodded:
"That's right, this Guan Shizhao is arrogant and conceited. He doesn't deserve his name. He is called Guan Zhong in this world. I don't think he even has half the talent of Guan Zhong. I don't know who gave him the name, and he is not afraid of being cast aside in the future!"

Deng Wenshan, who was on the side, saw that the two were talking about something he didn't understand, so he didn't speak, but just listened.

After hearing this, Xie Yujun said with emotion:
"In this way, this Lou Hui is really chasing after the end. Doesn't he know that you are already the head of the sixth rank of the imperial court?"

Gao Pan shook his head:

"A sixth-rank official, in his eyes, may be nothing. He must be thinking that after he was the number one scholar in high school, he started as a sixth-rank Imperial Academy editor. How could he think highly of us..."

"Maybe he still thinks we want to take his credit, so that's why he's being polite to us..."

The more polite you are, the more you want to keep your distance. Xie Yujun naturally understood the meaning of Gao Pan's words, and pouted again:
"With eyes but no eyes, it's him. If he knows that you are the Lord Shoufu and a frequent visitor to Prince Lu's Mansion, I don't know what he will think!"

These words made Deng Wenshan's face change greatly, and then he was quite excited inside. He knew that Xie Yujun would not talk nonsense.

That Gao Pan must be able to see Mr. Shoufu and Lu Wang often. Now Deng Wenshan finally understood why he was able to get out of prison easily and was promoted.

After understanding this, Deng Wenshan became more determined to follow Gao Pan closely, and his attitude towards Gao Pan became more respectful.

"Okay, don't talk nonsense about these things, as long as our own people know, Elder Dong and His Royal Highness King Lu are in high positions, and it's not for people to show off their existence."

Seeing that Xie Yujun's words seemed to show off, Gao Pan hurriedly persuaded him.

Only then did Xie Yujun react, knowing that he had revealed the details of Gao Pan in a moment of quick talk. Fortunately, only Deng Wenshan was here, so he was not afraid that it would spread.

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In a blink of an eye, it was the end of February.

Chun Wei also happened to be over, and as in previous years, many people were waiting for the test to release the rankings.

And during this period, it was the last carnival for the candidates, because no one could be sure whether there would be their own name on the list.

Before the list was released, they naturally wanted to relax, and all the brothels and restaurants were full of business for a while.

Most of the people who can participate in the examination are juren, and juren is already considered a gentry class, and there is no shortage of silver envoys at all.

After coming and going, the restaurants and brothels in the capital are all making a lot of money, and some candidates can't help but boldly talk about their titles on the gold list, hitting Ma Yujie, and playing the right scene in the Golden Palace.

Some people are happy, while others are worried. Faced with those people who say that they will definitely go to high school, some candidates questioned and asked them why they were so sure.

And those who are happy will naturally not explain the reason, but only say that they are sure.

Originally, this reason was absolutely plausible, but suddenly someone stood up and accused them of being happy people, saying that they must have bribed the examiners to gain so much confidence by engaging in favoritism and fraud.

Otherwise, before the list is posted, who is sure about it?

These words can be regarded as a single stone that stirred up a thousand waves, and instantly attracted the attention of many people, and as someone in the dark deliberately added fuel to the flames, this matter was instantly brought to the court.

A censor heard the wind and played, saying that some Chunwei candidates questioned some people's malpractice for personal gain, and suggested that the court should investigate the matter strictly.

If someone questioned cheating after the test list was released, everyone would think that it was not a big deal.

After all, there are only more than 200 people admitted to the exam, and there are as many as 3000 people who took the exam.

More than [-]% of the people will fail the list, and some people will definitely think that those who made the list were selected because of their connections and fraud.

But right now, the general examination is still in the process of inspection, and all the examiners have not yet come out, and some candidates have already questioned it, which is unusual.

Moreover, as the last two levels of imperial examinations, Emperor Tianfeng had always attached great importance to the general examination, and he would not tolerate any fraudulent activities for personal gain.

Now that the trouble had come to the court, Emperor Tianfeng asked the Secretary of the Imperial City to secretly investigate what was going on, and whether there was really someone who was cheating for personal gain.

After King Lu received the decree, he immediately sent people to investigate at this time, but within a day, he received a lot of information.

And this person who is favoritism and cheating has also been revealed, that is Chen Xianyu, one of the four chief examiners, the servant of the Ministry of Rites!

According to the evidence provided by some candidates, it proved that this Chen Xianyu had issued exam questions in advance.

King Lu did not dare to be careless about this situation, and hastily reported it to Emperor Tianfeng.

Seeing this, Emperor Tianfeng stopped all examiners' inspections overnight, and sent people to examine them one by one, as if intending to make matters worse.

(End of this chapter)