So even though the official position is not high, the actual power is great!

County Magistrate Ma took great pains to invite this person so that Ma Jun could steal the show in front of everyone.

Ma Jun didn't want to cause any more trouble today, so he let those people deal with Wu Mingde and the others casually, without making a big deal out of it.

He is the protagonist today, not Wu Mingde and others.

When he was about to start painting within the specified time, someone suddenly said that his ink stick was missing and suspected that someone had stolen it.

But at this time everyone was busy preparing, and no one paid attention to who stole it.

So the man asked everyone to cooperate in the search, because the ink stick he bought at Zizhuxuan was the top-quality ink stick, worth more than ten taels.

Many of the scholars present came from well-off families, so it was common for them to spend more than ten taels of silver on ink sticks.

But there were also many people from poor backgrounds among them. While saying that his ink stick had been stolen, the man looked in the direction of Wu Mingde and the others.

Ma Jun immediately understood what he meant. This person had received news in advance that he was going to join the Hanlin Academy, so he deliberately helped him at this time.

Ma Jun naturally accepted this favor, because he had never been on good terms with Wu Mingde and the others. After all, although no one dared to mention the fact that he was kicked out when he went to become a disciple in front of him, they always talked about him behind his back.

Driving Wu Mingde and his men away can be considered as helping him. He will remember this matter, and if that person asks for something in the future, as long as it is not excessive, he will agree to it.

He agreed because he was a member of the Hanlin Academy!