Fan Jin did not wander around the city for too long.
The capital examination venue was in the examination hall that was used for both the Dao and provincial examinations.
The land was huge, occupying dozens of acres.
It could accommodate up to 10,000 people to take the exam together.
Fan Jin found an inn near the examination hall to stay in. The exam was tomorrow, but there was an accident today. Although Fan Jin's physical fitness was not affected at all, he was mentally exhausted.
No matter what, when he thought about how he had killed someone.
Burn the ship.
Burn the body.
Silver Plunder.
Thinking about these things didn't make him happy.
Now, he even felt like vomiting.
After entering the inn, they had a simple meal.
Wu Sixi began to prepare the food for tomorrow's examination hall under an oil lamp as instructed by his mistress.
The capital examination also had two Four Books questions.
Along with the search, entering the Dragon Gate, finding the number shed, and settling down, half of the morning time had to be taken away.
After that, he would have to answer the questions in the draft, make a copy, and hand it in in the afternoon at the earliest.
Food still needed to be prepared.
Fan Jin's mother had prepared a box of prawns and a box of pork shumai for Fan Jin. It was enough.
Wu Sixi placed the food that he had kneaded into a small steamer and asked the shopkeeper to steam it. Then, he placed it in a food box and carefully placed it into the roasting basket.
He also had to prepare brush, ink, paper, inkstone, and other items and place them neatly.
Fan Jin watched Wu Sixi fiddle with these, and his heart was only moved by the deep motherly love.
His mother was already very worried when his son walked for dozens of miles…In the prefecture, food and utensils were sold everywhere around the examination hall, from clothes, shoes, socks, rain gear, stationery, and food. There was really everything.
Unless they were extremely poor and could not afford it, they could buy anything they wanted.
Fan Jin had prepared everything.
There were even additional items.
His name card box contained Wei Wenqian's visiting card. Other than the card, there was also a letter.
The letter was written to Cai Zhen, the prefect of Guangzhou, who was a scholar in the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu.
There weren't many people on this list, and besides Cai Zhen and a few others, most of them had remained in the capital.
Huang Guan, the top scholar, was now the assistant minister of the Ministry of Works. His official position was far above Cai Zhen, the prefect of Guangzhou.
Wei Wenqian's father was a juren and did not pass the Jinshi examination, but in the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu, he had rushed to the capital to take the examination with the prefect Cai.
The two of them had lived and eaten together for many days and were quite close.
After Cai Zhen took up his post in Guangzhou, Wei Wenqian had visited him many times.
This letter recommended Fan Jin to Magistrate Wei.
The capital examination was the same as the He County examination. Whether they passed or not, the ranking was decided by the magistrate.
Unlike the Dao examination, the essay had to be recorded and posted for everyone to see.
The capital examination could also be done in secret.
The first two stages of the third stage were actually much easier.
But…
Fan Jin didn't intend to bring the letter to pay his respects.
It wasn't that he was morally obsessed with cleanliness.
It was just that he and Wei Wenqian got along quite well. He really didn't want their friendship to be built on a naked exchange of interests.
The more Wei Wenqian and the Wei family helped.
The more favors Fan Jin owed in the future.
The more involved they were.
It was the same with the deal with Palace Lord Cai.
If he was Magistrate Cai's underhanded manipulation, he would still have to return this favor in the future when he passed the imperial examinations or when he passed the imperial examinations.
There was no need for that.
Wu Sixi quickly finished his work under the lamp and yawned before falling asleep.
Fan Jin thought about it again and again. He put away the letter and the visiting card, smiled slightly, and went to sleep peacefully.
With his current state of writing a thousand words, why would he need to use such an external move?
……
"As expected, he's not coming."
More than ten candles lit up the room.
Dressed in casual clothes, Cai Fuzun and Wei Wenqian were facing each other in the study.
The drums of the first night ban sounded, and the pedestrians hurried back to their homes. Soon, there would be patrolling soldiers, soldiers, and torches patrolling the streets.
Once a violator was caught, they would be thrown into prison first.
Then, he would be put in the cangue for a day as punishment.
During the Hongwu period, the curfew was very strict and no one dared to violate it.
Wei Wenqian put down the chess piece with a bitter smile and said,""Lord Prefect guessed correctly, but my disciple guessed wrongly.”
Cai Zhen stroked his beard and smiled. His eyes were filled with smiles as he placed a piece down and said with a smile,"From what you said about Fan Jin's rise, he's a first-class smart person. You did well before, but from finding the county head to participate in the cultural gathering to pushing Fan Jin to be the county head, all these actions were too deliberate and the traces were too heavy. Since this person is a smart person and has built a large family business at such a young age, of course, he is not the kind of person who is easily controlled by others…You asked him to come and worship me. Since he owes me a favor and also owes you a favor, of course he won't come…"
" Actually," Wei Wenqian said with a bitter smile," the main reason for making little friend Fan the chief of the case is to suppress Zhang Shilu. I don't have any ill intentions towards Fan Jin…"
Cai Zhen rolled his eyes at Wei Wenqian and smiled."I know Zhang Huaiyuan. On the surface, he's an amiable old man, but he's actually vicious. You pushed Fan Jin to the point where he can't go against his family. This kid is interesting. I'll pay attention to him in the examination tomorrow. However, if he doesn't come to me, I'll write a fair thesis. Whether I can get the first place depends on his thesis!”
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