At least when Mrs. Cui heard this, her smiling face almost froze.
But she knew her own limitations, so after thinking it over, she called Cui Zhongyuan over and said, "Second brother, help Jian Ge'er look at this document and figure out how to write it."
Cui Zhongyuan came to help happily.
Pei Jian said, "Uncle Cui, how about this? You write one and I'll copy the other."
Cui Zhongyuan was a little embarrassed: "Brother Jian, you have to tell me the details, otherwise how can I help you write it."
Pei Jian rolled his eyes and said, "My situation is more complicated, so you should write according to Xian's situation. Write a letter to prove that Xian has a clean record, and then write down Xian's place of origin."
"I'm telling you, uncle, you can't be careless about this. Brother Xian will have to take the imperial examination sooner or later. You have to learn how to write these things in advance."
Cui Zhongyuan found it a little strange. He had participated in the imperial examination before, so he naturally knew the process and didn't need to learn it at all.
But when Old Cui heard this, she quickly agreed: "Yes, right, second brother, hurry up and write."
Ah, this, okay.
Therefore, Cui Zhongyuan wrote a document proving Cui Xian's innocent background, and also wrote a household registration document of three generations of the Cui family.
Pei Jian narrowed his eyes and watched him write.
Then he pretended to copy it and wrote a document of his own.
Wait until it's finished.
He took out the ink pad, pressed his fingerprint on his document, and joked, "Uncle, you should put your fingerprint too."
This is not a random press.
Cui Zhongyuan shook his head and laughed: "What are you doing with this?"
Pei Jian blinked and said in a joking tone, half-seriously, "If you put your fingerprints on it, I can take this document and apply for your brother Xian to take the imperial examination."
Cui Xian is eight years old now, and he will be nine years old when he takes the imperial examination next year.
The Daliang Code stipulates that children under the age of ten are considered minors, and the imperial examination requires an elder in the family to register for the examination.
However, even if you put your fingerprints on this document, it will be invalid.
Because the five students had to guarantee each other, they had to find the students registered in the county to issue a guarantee letter, and it had to be submitted to the etiquette office of the county government for verification.
Cui Zhongyuan thought Pei Jian was joking and shook his head and laughed.
Old Cui was surprised and said, "Hey, Jian'er, why do you want to register Xian'er? Xian'er is only nine years old, there is no need to rush, it is not the right time yet! But you, you must study hard next year."
Pei Jian continued to complain half-truthfully: "Oh, grandma, what you said sounds like I don't want to take the exam seriously. I am a playboy, very stupid, and I can't learn no matter how hard I try."
"I definitely have no hope of passing the imperial examination! But your brother Xian is very capable and will definitely be the top scorer in the future."
"You said I should throw away my insurance policy and information and report Brother Xian's. In this way, does it mean that Brother Xian is taking the exam for me? If he becomes the top scholar in the future, I will definitely have half the credit! No matter how powerful he is in the future, he still has to call me big brother."
"Grandma, please tell me first, is this true?"
Old Cui laughed when she heard this and comforted him: "Don't underestimate yourself, you are also very capable."
Pei Jian showed a trace of inferiority in his eyes, but he quickly concealed it and shouted in surprise: "Grandma, you have learned so much recently that you can even use idioms!"
"You are so amazing, Xian Ge'er is just like you!"
Old Mrs. Cui kept laughing because of the praise.
Pei Jian struck while the iron was hot: "Think about it, in the past 100 years of our Daliang Dynasty, the youngest first place in the county examination seems to be 11 years old. The youngest number one scholar seems to be 21 years old."
"Our Xian brother will be nine years old next year and will be the first in the Zhongxian exam! He will be the youngest first in the county exam in the history of the Daliang Dynasty. That will surely shock the entire Daliang."
"Then he took the exam again. Three years later, when he was twelve years old, he got top scorer!"
"After the court session, His Majesty sat in the court, squinted his eyes and looked around, wondering: Eh? Where is the number one scholar? Our Xian Geer, wearing a scarlet number one scholar robe, like a little carrot, struggled to squeeze through the ministers and got to the front, shouting, I'm here!"
"So you see, just this handprint, press it or not!"
His description was so vivid and exaggerated that it was outrageous. How could a 12-year-old become the top scholar?
Both Old Cui and Cui Zhongyuan were overjoyed. Finally, Old Cui got excited and said slyly, "Press one, press one! Zhongyuan, let's ask for a prize in private!"
Cui Zhongyuan thought about it and realized that although it looked like a written document, in fact, there was no one to guarantee it, and it was not submitted to the county government, so it was actually just waste paper.
Pei Jian, this kid, can't really dare to sign up for Xiang'er.
So he half-heartedly gave in and pressed a handprint amid Pei Jian's joking voice.
Pei Jian cheered loudly: "Nine years old, first in the county case! There is no one else like him in the whole of Daliang! Grandma, Uncle Cui, your family is going to be prosperous!"
Old Mrs. Cui and Cui Zhongyuan thought about that scene, it was so beautiful that they grinned with joy!
Later, because they were busy cleaning up their new home, they no longer paid special attention to this matter.
It seemed that he didn't remember where he threw the document.
Pei Jian was very smart and made a joking amendment: "Grandmother, Uncle Cui, don't tell Brother Xian about what happened today. If he knew that we were making up a story about him, he would definitely be unhappy."
Old Cui laughed so hard that her stomach hurt: "Don't worry, grandma will definitely not tell him."
Pei Jian felt relieved, took the two documents with fingerprints on them, and left leisurely.
When I went out, I happened to meet Cui Xian coming back.
He immediately put away the documents with caution, his expression slightly guilty: "Hey, brother Xian, you're back?"
"Brother?"
Seeing Pei Jian like this, Cui Xian narrowed his eyes and looked at him: "Why do you look a little strange? Did you do something bad?"
Oh my god!
You are a smart guy!
Pei Jian coughed lightly and changed the subject: "What bad things can I do? I came here to chat with my grandmother. Let's go."
After saying this, he ran away quickly, fearing that he would be exposed.
Looking at Pei Jian's embarrassed back, Cui Xian looked suspicious, but for a moment he couldn't figure out what was going on.
The other side.
Mr. Dong Lai received a letter from his teacher Zheng Xiasheng.
In the letter, Zheng Ge Lao expressed his meaning like this: "Our little Cui Xian has been too popular recently. Please keep him in check. Help him block the outside interference and let him concentrate on his studies. We can also use this time to train him well."
"He is still young, so we should not let him be in the whirlpool of public opinion for the time being. Let him grow up for a few years before showing his talents. By then, he will not only be able to debate scriptures on the stage, but also take the imperial examination and become an official."
"Let him take over our post, combining the position of literary leader and cabinet chief minister in one person. We will send him to the highest position among the officials of Daliang!"
Mr. Donglai recalled the time when his apprentice was quietly reading books, and wrote back:
"Teacher, you can rest assured that I will do my job well! Our little Cui Xian will soon be forgotten by everyone! He is very low-key!"
"All the things that attract attention have nothing to do with him."
"He is just an ordinary eight-year-old child now!"
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