"If you can bet, we can bet too."

Shen Zhiyi didn't expect to really make any money, because a copper coin wouldn't make much.

She looked at the old man in front of her curiously and said with a smile: "Old man, you seem to be a candidate as well?"

"Yes."

"It's not easy. You are still taking the exam at such an old age."

The old man said unhappily, "As the saying goes, you never stop learning and you never stop taking exams. Young man, why are you discriminating against people based on age?"

Shen Zhiyi smiled.

I ignored the old man and found an empty table to wait for the Eight Treasure Duck.

"You two, can I share a table with you?"

Chen Yuanwailang of the Ministry of Rites nodded and said, "Please feel free to do as you please."

"Thank you very much."

After the man sat down, he started asking questions all over the place as if he couldn't keep quiet.

"Are you two here to take part in the examination as well?"

Chen Yuanwailang of the Ministry of Rites shook his head.

Shen Zhiyi rolled his eyes and nodded under the shocked look of Chen Yuanwailang from the Ministry of Rites.

"This young man is handsome and I'm sure he will be admitted this time."

The other party’s expression froze, his eyes flashed with an unknown light, and he closed the fan he used to pretend in his right hand and nodded at Shen Zhiyi.

"May I ask your name, brother? You have a good eye. My surname is Su, my courtesy name is Ziruo, and I am from Huangzhou in Huainan Road."

"Oh, my last name is Chen, my courtesy name is Boyan, and I live in Dajing."

Chen Yuanwailang of the Ministry of Rites suddenly turned his head and looked at Shen Zhiyi.

No, why does your name sound so familiar to him? Isn’t this his name?

"What about this one?" Su Ziruo looked at Chen Yuanwailang of the Ministry of Rites.

"Oh, my last name is Chen, my courtesy name is Zhiyan, and I also live in Dajing."

"Pfft, cough, cough, cough."

Shen Zhiyi choked on a mouthful of water and started coughing.

"You two have really good names. You will definitely pass the exam this time. Well, to be honest, I have taken the exam twice and failed both times."

Su Ziruo leaned slightly to the side and lowered his voice, "I see that I get along well with the two of you, so I'll tell you a secret. I heard that the examiner this time has a rather strange background. Normally, none of us know the examiner's identity, and there are many different opinions. But this year, the examiner's identity is not to be kept secret. It seems to be some kind of attendant? Isn't this a joke? An attendant? To be the examiner for the joint examination? Hahahaha, it's hilarious just to talk about it."

"In the past few years, the chief examiner of this examination must have been a high-ranking official at the level of the Minister of Rites. But now the Minister of Rites has become the vice president. Wow, tsk tsk tsk, this is really strange. Could it be that the chief examiner is the old emperor's illegitimate son?"

"puff!"

Shen Zhiyi sprayed a mouthful of tea on Su Ziruo’s face.

Chen Yuanwailang from the Ministry of Rites quickly drank a sip of tea to calm himself and did not respond.

[I also think it’s quite funny. The old emperor is just making trouble!!!]

[But saying that I am the old emperor's illegitimate son is too much. 】

Su Ziruo wiped the water stains off her face in a panic, and asked in confusion and grievance: "Why? Don't you think it's weird?"

"Strange, strange."

"Aren't you curious about the details of that attendant?"

After saying that, Su Ziruo took out a small booklet and said, "Ding ding ding, a small business. You only need one or two taels of silver to take all the information about the examiner home."

"In case you think I'm lying to you, I'll give you a piece of information for free. The attendant's name is Shen Zhiyi, and he seems to be quite favored by the emperor."

"Oh, your name is actually quite similar to Brother Zhiyan's."

[Slander! This is slander! I have received great grace from the Holy Spirit, how could I, the person involved, not know this!]

[Besides, my pale news is actually worth one or two taels of silver? ]

"As long as there is this news, why worry about not being able to find Shen Zhiyi?"

"Why are you looking for her?"

"Hey, look who we are following." Su Ziruo threw a coquettish eye at Shen Zhiyi: "It's tacitly understood, tacitly understood, what else can you do when you find the examiner, which official nowadays is more or less, a little bit of that."

Shen Zhiyi turned to look at Chen Yuanwailang of the Ministry of Rites, and then turned to look at Su Ziruo.

"You mean, all the previous examiners received bribes?"

Su Ziruo waved his hands repeatedly: "I didn't say anything."

【cut. 】

Shen Zhiyi began to take the time to look through the surveillance system.

[Let me see who has received the benefits. Who should I start with? Then let's go to Chen Yuanwailang. ]

"puff."

Chen Yuanwailang from the Ministry of Rites sprayed a mouthful of tea directly onto Su Ziruo's face.

Su Ziruo wiped the water stains off his face expressionlessly again, and said with a fake smile: "You two really have a tacit understanding."

[I never thought that when Chen Yuanwailang was a minister, he could resist temptation.]

[However, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites could not resist. But how could he hold back this time? Tsk tsk tsk, that's five hundred taels of gold. How could he not be tempted? ]

At this time, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites was still reminiscing about the large amount of bribes he had lost.

That’s five hundred taels of gold.

He didn't even dare to look at the duck he had caught.

[Are you sure you don't want to take it? Are you sure you don't want to take it? You have 20 sons in your family who need to get married, so there are a lot of places to spend money.]

The corner of Chen Yuanwailang's mouth twitched violently. His political enemy was really fertile.

"Hey kid, how much is this booklet worth?"

An old voice interrupted Shen Zhiyi’s concentration.

She moved her eyes from the surveillance camera to the one in front of her. It was the old man who came to Su Ziruo to buy, uh, her information.

"One ounce of silver is enough."

The old man gave readily and Su Ziruo sold happily, and thus a pleasant transaction between the two was born.

It feels amazing to have Shen Zhiyi as the protagonist.

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