The system forced me to be emperor

Xiao Rui looked at the fat man and saw that he was dressed in luxurious clothes and accessories, and he did not look refined at all. It seemed that he was not from a powerful family, but probably came from a merchant.

Although the Great Xia Kingdom did not seriously emphasize agriculture over commerce, the status of merchants was still lower than that of scholars and farmers, but merchants were not prohibited from taking the imperial examination.

Xiao Rui became interested and asked him, "Are you also a candidate for the general examination?"

"That's right! The Golden Leopard, an examinee from Hangzhou Prefecture!" the fat man said with a smile.

"Money Leopard?" Xiao Rui was immediately in awe. The name was so domineering, it must be a big family business.

"It's not impossible for you to agree to the deal, but you need to answer my question first." Xiao Rui asked tentatively.

Money Leopard said: "Brother, please ask me!"

Xiao Rui asked: "A person cannot stand without faith, guess a word!"

Leopard immediately fell into thinking, scratching his ears and scratching his cheek. After a while, he said with emotion: "Brother, this question is very difficult. I can't figure it out after thinking hard."

"Damn it." Xiao Yan was shocked: "You are a Juren after all, you can pass the provincial examination, but you can't solve this anagram? Is this difficult?"

Xiao Rui smiled meaningfully: "Brother Jin's family business is very big, it seems that the family is rich."

The golden leopard was not at all embarrassed, and said with a smile: "It is all thanks to the blessing of the ancestors to be able to win the exam, so the two brothers laughed."

With five fingers deep in Xiao Rui's mouth, he said, "5000 taels, it's a deal! How about it?"

"Okay!" Leopard immediately took out a thick stack of banknotes, counted out 5000 taels, and handed it to Xiao Rui without any hesitation.

Xiao Yan took the banknote and saw that it was from the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce. There are many stores in the capital, and you can exchange it for silver directly when you enter the store.It is said that the headquarters of Hengtong Chamber of Commerce is in Hangzhou.

"You really have a lot of money!" Xiao Rui joked.

"Other than the money, nothing else is worth mentioning!" Leopard laughed.

Xiao Rui felt that the Leopard was more and more interesting. This person was just suitable for him to complete the task and make money, so why not do it.

"Come here with your ears." Xiao Rui waved his hand, letting the leopard approach, and then sold him a poem.

After reading it once, the Leopard was embarrassed and said, "Brother, I didn't hear clearly..."

Xiao Rui had no choice but to read it again.

"Brother, what's the third sentence?"

Xiao Rui was speechless and read it again.

"Brother, what happened in the fourth game?"

Xiao Rui sighed, patted Jinbao on the shoulder, and simply waved his hand to call for his servants. He personally wrote a poem with a pen, and left a name: Hangzhou Fu Candidate Jinbao.

Then he gave the poems to his servants and sent them to Shiting for tasting.

"Whoosh..." Unexpectedly, the leopard actually took out a bank note, which was 100 taels, and said with a smile, "This is the fee for Xiongtai's brush."

Xiao Rui took the bank note unceremoniously, and then asked in a low voice, "Brother Jin, do you want to be a Jinshi?"

The leopard immediately widened its eyes with horror, but was soon overwhelmed by surprise.

Chapter 199: People die up to the sky, immortal for thousands of years (thanks to "The Prodigal Son of the Mountain City" for the reward)

The golden leopard looked horrified, but was overwhelmed with ecstasy. If he won the Jinshi, even if he was from the worst fellow Jinshi, his father would go crazy and distribute money from house to house.

Their Jin family is rich, and they are one of the best merchants in Hangzhou Prefecture, but money alone is useless. Seeing the prefect of Hangzhou Prefecture has to be like a grandson, so their Jin family hopes so much to have a descendant. He strode forward in his official career, and he didn't want to be a prime minister or a marquis, as long as he could gain a foothold in the capital.

"Brother, brother, do you have a connection?" Leopard asked eagerly, the flesh on his body was trembling because of anxiety.

Xiao Rui blinked, and found that Xiao Yan's ears moved, and his head was already close. He smiled and said, "Acquaintances? What connections can I have? I just simply asked if you want to be a Jinshi."

"That's it!" Baobao suddenly regretted, it turned out that he was whimsical, and that's right, if there is a way, the two people in front of him can grasp it by themselves, so how can they talk nonsense.

The general exam is a big exam in the capital, and he took such a big risk of cheating in the rural exam, and he didn't dare to mess around in a place where he was unfamiliar with the capital.

In his father's words, he went to the capital to get to know the rich and powerful, and if he could follow some princes and generals, it would not be a bad thing. If he could curry favor with the prince, being a dog would be great.

Xiao Yan scanned Xiao Rui suspiciously, always feeling that his seventh brother was hiding something, but he couldn't figure out what it was.

At this moment, the time for a question has come. Chu Wang Xiao Yiheng and the four great scholars browsed all the poems, and finally selected three best poems, and then the great scholar with the best calligraphy personally copied them on the white-walled corridor. .

At the same time, the three poems quickly spread word of mouth and spread to everyone's ears.

"Hangzhou Mansion Candidate Golden Leopard, who is this person? He is so talented!"

"This song "Ode to Plum Blossoms" must be at the top of the list. I don't intend to fight hard for spring, and I will be the envy of others. The pieces are turned into mud and dust, and only the fragrance remains the same. With such an artistic conception, the other two poems have no ability to compete!"

"That's right! It's obvious at a glance!"

"Actually, the other two songs are not bad either!"

"Ha, are your eyes blind?"

"That's right! Are you flattering the other two?"

……

Discussions arose everywhere, and instantly spread throughout Huayan Pond.

Hearing the voices of praise all around him, the leopard immediately straightened his chest, wanting to put up a signboard and wrote: Leopard is here.But considering that keeping a low profile can impress King Chu, and I have a chance to curry favor with him.

"Brother is indeed a great talent, thank you very much." Jin Bao immediately thanked Xiao Rui, the more he looked at Xiao Rui, the more pleasing to his eyes.

Xiao Rui nodded and gave him a meaningful smile.

Seeing the eyes of the golden leopard, his heart skipped a beat, and he took another look at Xiao Yan, who had mischievous eyebrows, without any strange expression on his face.

Next, is the second question.

Xiao Rui asked with a smile: "Brother, do you still want to be famous?"

"No need, no need, the reputation is already very loud, and I don't want to be too famous. It would be embarrassing if it is exposed." Bao Bao laughed.

Xiao Rui nodded, since he can't make money, forget it, and he won't participate.So he said to Jinbao: "Brother, would you like to move and find a place to rest with us?"

Without hesitation, Leopard immediately agreed. He felt that the smile of the person in front of him must have a deep meaning. This is like doing business. Only by catching business opportunities can you make a lot of money.

Afterwards, the three of them moved a little further away, and found a pavilion to rest their feet in the bamboo forest.

Li Yuanfang took out snacks and wine from the bamboo basket, and placed them on the stone table. Xiao Rui stretched out his hand to invite, and said, "You are welcome, Brother Jin, just drink as you like."

Leopard looked at the dim sum and wine, and found that the dim sum turned out to be coconut-flavored glutinous rice cakes, jujube paste shortbread, and pine nut lily shortbread. It's true.