As long as there was a place to live, Cheng Linzhi agreed.
I thought it was just a chance encounter and Wen Yanping and Cheng Linzhi would never have any more contact.
But when they arrived at the banquet, they met again.
Before the candidates who came to Beijing to take the imperial examinations took part in the joint examinations, many powerful people would try to win them over.
If one of the candidates they recruited actually passed the exam, and they recruited him/her in advance, wouldn't that mean they would have an extra helper in their camp?
This is also what many powerful people would do before the imperial examination.
Wen Yanping had never attended such a banquet before, and he only attended it out of curiosity.
Such banquets are basically about reciting poetry and writing couplets.
Wen Yanping shined at this banquet and received a lot of praise from people.
Cheng Linzhi stood in the distance and looked at Wen Yanping jealously. At this moment, he was surrounded by people. He was so dazzling, so dazzling...
Wen Yanping didn't notice Cheng Linzhi's look at all.
After this banquet, Wen Yanping rarely attended such banquets again.
Whenever he received invitations to banquets, he would refuse them on the grounds that he had to review his studies.
Even without Wen Yanping, Cheng Linzhi also made his mark several times and was remembered by everyone.
Later, Liu Siyuan, a fourth-rank official, held a banquet and invited Wen Yanping.
Originally, Wen Yanping didn't want to go, but the servant who brought the invitation repeatedly told him to attend, saying that Lord Liu had invited many students this time, and everyone could get to know each other.
This was the first invitation from a fourth-rank official.
Wen Yanping planned to send someone to find out the situation first.
Not long after, the person sent by Wen Yanping came back. He spent a lot of money to find out that Liu Siyuan and the second prince Feiyue had frequent contacts.
Wen Yanping guessed that Liu Siyuan might be the Second Prince's man. He had to go to this banquet. He couldn't offend the Second Prince's men before taking the exam.
Wen Yanping attended this banquet and he still shined at the banquet.
Cheng Linzhi also attended this banquet.
As long as Wen Yanping is around, he won't be able to stand out, and no one will pay attention to him.
Cheng Linzhi looked at Wen Yanping with resentment...
In a blink of an eye, a few months passed and soon it was time to take the exam.
On the first day of entering the examination room, Cheng Linzhi made an appointment with Wen Yanping, on the grounds that they should get together to relax before the exam and relieve the pressure brought by the exam.
Wen Yanping originally wanted to refuse, but then he thought that he was under a lot of pressure during this period and it would be nice to relax for a while, so he agreed.
Wen Yanping never thought that Cheng Linzhi would poison him.
This is not the kind of poison that will kill you, but it will make you feel unwell and have a high fever. After seven days, the body will naturally recover.
Cheng Linzhi's goal is to make Wen Yanping miss this exam.
The poison did not take effect at that time. Wen Yanping returned home and started to have a high fever in the middle of the night.
The Wen family immediately found a famous doctor. An ordinary doctor might have diagnosed it as a common fever, but this doctor was experienced and after examination, he said that Wen Yanping was poisoned.
The doctor immediately prescribed an antidote for Wen Yanping. However, even after taking the antidote, his body was still extremely weak and his mind was dizzy. It took him two days to fully recover.
The Wen family realized that this was a conspiracy and immediately reported it to the authorities. The case was soon traced back to Cheng Linzhi and he was arrested.
Neither Wen Yanping nor Cheng Linzhi took part in this exam.
The prefect of Jingzhao learned about the whole incident and felt that it was too bad. He sentenced Cheng Linzhi to be banned from taking the imperial examination for 25 years and stripped him of all his honors.
Song Yaoyao: [This is true.
What kind of fate is Wen Yanping?
This is another missed exam.
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