I'm taking the imperial examinations in Liaozhai

"Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, if you practice the deep Prajna Paramita for a long time, you will see that the five aggregates are empty, and you will overcome all hardships..."

In the pure meditation room, the young monk sat cross-legged on the step, closed his eyes, held a Buddhist bead in one hand, knocked on a wooden fish with the other, and chanted Buddhist scriptures in his mouth, just hearing the sound.It makes people feel calm, as if they are far away from the hustle and bustle of the world all at once.

However, this tranquility did not last long, and the sound of chanting suddenly stopped.Huixin opened her eyes, and looked at the beautiful girl who seemed to be boneless lying on her lap.

"Buddha, why don't you read it anymore, but Sanniang bothered you?" The girl seemed to be puzzled with her bright eyes open.

Huixin didn't move, and suddenly the same girl appeared again, lying on his lap in the same posture, and responded, "How could it be Sanniang who bothered Buddha, Buddha likes Sanniang the most. Sanniang is with Buddha, No matter how long the Buddha recites the scriptures, he will not be tired."

Huixin's eyes were lowered, and an arm suddenly stretched out from behind him, wrapping his arms around his neck.The girl's soft body was pressed against his back, her head was resting on his shoulder, and she whispered into his ear, "Buddha, chanting sutras is so boring, why bother to be a monk. Why don't you take off this cassock and Wouldn't it be a pleasure to be a carefree fairy couple with Sanniang."

"Heart Demon." Hui Xin looked indifferent, as if talking to herself.

The three identical girls suddenly bent their eyes at the same time and made the same expression.The original elegant demeanor disappeared without a trace, and there was a strange evil in the smile.

The three girls said in unison, "Monk, if your heart is not calm, you will not be able to become a Buddha."

Huixin turned his ears off, closed his eyes, continued to knock on the wooden fish, and continued to recite the Buddhist scriptures, "Shariputra, form is not different from emptiness, emptiness is not different from form, form is emptiness, emptiness is form, and perception..."

"You can't become a Buddha, don't waste your efforts, you can't become a Buddha." The girls smiled and kept whispering in his ear.Huixin never failed to respond to them, and they never disappeared...

The three-day holiday for the New Year is gone soon, and it is time to work again in a blink of an eye, which really makes people feel tired.

Since Bai Hu took Xiao Jiu out on New Year's Eve, he never came back. Meng Zhang nestled at home for a few days, and was finally pushed out by Ji Zihe to look for him.As a result, he went out and never came back. He and Bai Hu met Suzaku. The elder brother hadn’t seen each other for tens of thousands of years. Wo don't worry.

Visiting relatives and friends during Chinese New Year is the norm, so Ji Zihe didn't think much about it, and wrote back to let him have fun and don't come back in a hurry.

When Ji Zihe first came to Ning'an County to be an official, he didn't have any relatives or friends around, so this was omitted.However, most of the officials under him, especially the yamen servants, are locals. Fortunately, Yan Ruyu had done a good job of taking time off a few years ago, so that they could balance their work and life.

A few days later, Yan Ruyu brought a stack of documents and put them on Ji Zihe's desk, and took out one of them and handed it to him before, "My lord, the time for the child's examination has been fixed."

Ji Zihe was stunned for a moment before he realized that he was the magistrate of a county now, and he was going to preside over the county examination.It's really a feng shui turn. In the past, others were testing him, but now it's time for him to test others.

How to say that sentence, when I grow up, I will become you.All of a sudden the student became a teacher, Ji Zihe said that he was a little swollen.

Ning'an County is not a big county. Not only is it average in size, but also the academic style in the county is not strong.Looking through the previous archives, sometimes no scholar can be produced for several years, which is incomparable with those major imperial examination counties.Therefore, Ning'an County does not have the right to hold the hospital examination, and is not even qualified for the government examination, so they have to go to the provincial examination.The only thing to be tested here is the county test, which is the first test in the children's test.

Children's examinations are divided into county examinations, government examinations, and hospital examinations. Only those who pass the county examinations are eligible for the government examinations. Passing the government examinations means that children are born, and then they are eligible to participate in the hospital examinations.After passing the college examination, you are a scholar.

As the first examination of the imperial examination, the county examination is equivalent to a stepping stone, the weight is not very important, and the questions do not need to be too difficult.This is just an initial test, and there are retests waiting for it later.Anyway, after passing the county test, you have to take the government test. If you can't pass the government test, everything is useless.If you pass the government test

If you haven't passed the college exam, you can take the college exam directly in the next exam, and you don't need to take the first two exams again.If you haven't passed the government examination, you will have to take the county examination again next time, without any preferential treatment.

Because of its status in the imperial examination, the county examination is fully presided over by the county magistrate.The county magistrate was not only in charge of the examination room, but also issued and corrected the papers, and he had the final say on who was admitted.The same is true for government examinations administered by provincial officials.

Of course, the subsequent college exams will not be so casual, after all, if you pass the college exam, you will become a scholar.The host of the college examination is Xuezheng specially sent by the imperial court. In terms of the court examination, the local officials basically have no say.

The county examination is not fixed, but the difference is not bad, basically in February.Now it is the first month of the month, and the time of the county examination is confirmed and normal.After the time of the county examination was announced, Ji Zihe began to worry about what questions to ask.

It's too difficult, it's a county test after all, so it doesn't need to be too difficult.Too simple is not enough, if it is simple, everyone can do it, and it is not easy to screen talents.Ji Zihe also paid great attention to the questions of the county examination for the first time. In order to grasp the degree, he dug out all the files in the fire shelter to check the previous years' examination questions.Holding the Four Books and Five Classics every day, I was thinking about how to write a question.

He was worried here, but Yan Ruyu sent him another message over there.

"My lord, there is an urgent report from the province. It is said that the major case of Sang Chong has been closed, and the people from the court will arrive in Ning'an County in two days." Yan Ruyu put the urgent official document in front of Ji Zihe.

Ji Zihe regained his energy. After waiting for so long, the money giver finally came.

Ji Zihe opened the official document happily, looked at the list of personnel on it, and smacked his lips, "Why are there so many people?"

Yan Ruyu smiled, but did not answer.

Ji Zihe didn't say much, he just sighed.After all, these ostentations all represent the court's face, and of course they can't be small.

"Elder Yingxian, I seem to have heard of this name somewhere." Ji Zihe touched the fake beard on his chin and said.

Unexpectedly, it was an eunuch who came to announce the decree for him, Ji Zihe was a little flattered.The eunuchs are all people in the palace, and even if they announce the decree, they rarely leave the capital. I didn't expect that he, a small county magistrate, would be able to receive this kind of treatment. The Sa family's ticket is worth it!

"It is one of the eight supervisors around the emperor. After His Majesty succeeds to the throne, there will be one post of supervisor, one supervisor of palm printing, and seven supervisors of pen holding. These eight are headed by the chief supervisor of palm printing, Mr. Luo Xian, and they are all confidantes of His Majesty. Eunuch Yingxian holds the position of mighty general. As for whether this position is real or not, no one knows. On the surface, no army belongs to him. However, there are rumors that His Majesty secretly entrusted him with a secret army, and even There are also rumors that he is also the leader behind the six doors." Yan Ruyu said.

Ji Zihe propped his chin with his hands, "Regardless of whether the rumors are true or not, it seems that His Majesty really values ​​that princess if he can send this supervisor here."

"Perhaps His Majesty values ​​you."

"Me?" Ji Zihe is very self-aware, "Come on, I'm just lucky, how can He De get this kind of treatment. I haven't even seen each other a few times. My position in His Majesty's heart may not be as good as those rewards. Important. He can send a big supervisor, it must be for the world to see, not for me, a small official."

Anyway, there were no outsiders, so Ji Zihe dared to say anything disrespectful.

"maybe."

"Wait, I suddenly remembered, do these eight eunuchs all have the word fairy in their names?" Ji Zihe asked.

"Yes."

Ji Zihe's expression was complicated, what is this called, Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea?

"Are there still seven maids with the word fairy in their names?"

Yan Ruyu smiled and said, "Indeed there are, I thought the adults didn't pay attention to these things."

"I really don't know, I just guessed casually." Ji Zihe said.

Now that the Eight Immortals are here, it is not surprising that there will be another Seven Fairies.I didn't expect you to be such a majesty. You have found a group of immortals and fairies to serve you. Is it really okay to be so self-obsessed?If it is really known by the gods from all walks of life in the heaven, then they... well, they can't do anything, who makes the heavens rule

It is stipulated that people in the heavens are not allowed to interfere with mortals.

Yan Ruyu looked suddenly enlightened, and said flatteringly, "My lord is really clever."

Sure enough, if he seized the opportunity, he would immediately fart in the rainbow. There are really many dog ​​legs around Ji Zihe.

"You're welcome, you're welcome." Ji Zihe smiled and waved his hands. Who doesn't like to hear good words, and you'll get used to it after hearing too much. Just don't get flustered.

The emperor was happy to be surrounded by a bunch of immortals or something, that was a person's personal hobby, and of course Ji Zihe couldn't care about it.Although the name given by the emperor to his servant was a bit arrogant, even the admonisher who focused on the emperor's words and deeds couldn't say anything.After all, those immortal names do not really correspond to the names of any immortals in the sky, and there is no question of whether they respect gods or not.

Compared with the emperor, Ji Zihe is of course more looking forward to the team that will give him money.

At that time, the arrest document of the group of flower pickers clearly stated that they could get a hundred taels of silver for providing clues to the flower pickers.If you catch a flower picker, you can get 600 taels, and if you catch the leader of the flower picker, Sang Chong, you can get a thousand taels of silver.In addition, there are tax-free seals and other preferential treatments, so Ji Zihe doesn't need them. As an official of the imperial court, the land under his hands does not need to pay taxes.

The six flower picking thieves were all caught in Ning'an County, and five of them were discovered by Ji Zihe himself and led others to arrest them.The leader of the most valuable flower picker, Sang Chong, was also arrested here, and he would have to pay 4000 taels of silver no matter what.Of course, Feng Yunlin who provided clues to Wang Erxi and the police officers who cooperated in the arrest also received silver rewards.Ji Zihe is not that greedy. Although he can't take all of them, he can definitely get a big one, which is not a lot.

Ji Zihe rubbed his hands, secretly anticipating the arrival of this huge sum of money.Unexpectedly, the cooked duck can still fly.

That day, Ji Zihe took everyone from the yamen to the gate of the county seat to greet him early on, brought the Yingxian father-in-law into the county yamen, set up the table, and knelt down to receive the order.

After the holy decree was finished, Ji Zihe was dumbfounded.What about the promised money?Where is the money?

I thought that the princess was so favored, but the emperor was willing to hand out such a large sum of money, but the emperor turned around and turned his back on her.A few thousand taels turned into a verbal reward, do you want to be so stingy, for the sake of money and face?

I didn't expect you to be such a majesty!