There are hundreds more candidates in the government exam than in the county exam, and it is more difficult to mark the papers, so the crime in the first session will be appropriately postponed and the crime will be reported on the fourth day after the exam, that is, on the morning of April 22nd.

The second round of revenge is scheduled for April 23.

As for how many people were admitted in the first round of the 1st round, or how many people were admitted to the second round of the recruitment, the government office did not specify in detail. All candidates could only roughly guess: according to the admission ratio of ten to ten, the number of people should be around 100. In this way, there should be thirty or forty candidates who have been to the second round of the recruitment, and at most 200 people should participate in the recruitment.

During dinner in the evening, Zhou continued to urge Chen Xi to review carefully next, so as not to participate in the recruitment and fail to take the exam if the first session is not prepared enough.

Just the nagging on her mouth made Chen Xi feel that her ears were almost calloused.

In the end, Hui Niang helped Chen Xi excuse her: "Sister, don't make things too difficult for Xiao Lang. He is so young. We don't need to force him to pass the exam this year. It's rare that he will finish the exam now. We should have a good rest. If we can pass the first round, we will be happy. If we can't, we will still have a chance in the future. If we don't drink water, we can't force our heads."

Zhou scolded: "This guy can compare with a cow? A cow can work by eating grass. He is making trouble at home all day long."

Hui Niang pursed her lips and smiled: "If my sister thinks it's impossible to compare, then just ask her sister to buy a cow and exchange it with your little boy. What do you think?"

"Change, change quickly, I'm afraid my sister will turn back and regret it." Zhou, who originally intended to urge Chen Xi to study with a stern face, was amused by Hui Niang and finally laughed out loud.

There were chatting and laughing at the dinner table, and several maids were whispering there. They were also speculating in private whether Chen Xi could pass this house examination. However, according to their attitude, even if they were respectful and friendly to Chen Xi, they would not dare to have too much hope.

Hui Niang helped me and said that Chen Xi would not have to study on the second floor of the pharmacy shop in the next few days, and could stay in her own yard for review. Because Shen Mingjun had to go to the printing workshop during the day, Zhou needed to go to the pharmacy shop. Lin Dai followed Zhou, and there were only Chen Xi people at home during the day, so he felt more relaxed and comfortable.

Chen Xi was actually quite confident about this mansion examination. However, the imperial examination mainly depends on whether the article can be seen as the examiner's eyes. The same article may be a good example in the eyes of an examiner or a fine one, but in the eyes of another examiner, it may be nonsense.

Even if you have confidence, you can't guarantee that you will be determined.

Fortunately, there are some things. Yi only served as the magistrate for three years. Even if Gaomingcheng was biased against him or was not optimistic about his articles, he would still have the chance to pass the exam after changing to a new magistrate.

As Hui Niang said, Chen Xi was young and succeeded too early in the imperial examination, which may not be all good for his future development.

On April 20th, the day after the exam, Chen Xi was reviewing his books at home. Suddenly, the knock on the door came from the gate of the courtyard.

When Chen Xi was alone at home, he always bolted the yard door. This was why the family had improved and there were too many valuable things at home. Even if he was in broad daylight, he was afraid that thieves would come to grab them.

Chen Xi thought it was Zhou or Lin Dai who came back, so he came to the courtyard gate and looked through the crack in the door, but Song Xiaocheng looked around at the door.

"Sixth Brother, you are"

Chen Xi opened the door and looked at Song Xiaocheng in surprise.

"Little shopkeeper, go in first. This is not a place to speak."

Song Xiaocheng was nervous. When he got to the yard with Chen Xi, he bolted the door first, and then turned to look at Chen Xi. "Little shopkeeper, have you heard about what happened yesterday?"

Chen Xi shook his head. It was dark after the exam yesterday. Hui Niang and others didn't say anything to him. He really didn't know what was happening outside.

Song Xiaocheng sighed: "Yesterday, the government sealed off Lei Wu's carriage and horse stores, and sent a large number of officials to search for Lei Wu inside and outside the city. Lei Wu suffered a loss and is now hiding, but he asked someone to speak out and he must find out which grandson and who made it."

Chen Xi smiled and said, "Just because of this? You haven't revealed your secrets yet. How could Lei Wu find us?"

"Little shopkeeper, you can still be so relaxed. Who is Lei Wu? He has people from both black and white. Even when the government searches for his carriage and horse carriage, he can deliberately let him go. The day before yesterday, we did such a flamboyant thing, so he can't even receive any news?"

Chen Xi thought to himself that Song Xiaocheng might have been against the government for the first time, and he was too nervous. It is right to be cautious, but he is too worried and afraid. He is a sign of timidity.

"Brother Six, you should go back to Ninghua and even your aunt is like you going back. If you see it, you should think about how to explain it to her first." Chen Xi did not answer Song Xiaocheng's question directly.

Song Xiaocheng's bitter face was a long time ago, and he was also depressed by Chen Xi. He was clearly talking about Lei Wu and the government chasing the real murderer, but Chen Xi said how to explain to Hui Niang.

"Little shopkeeper, actually"

"Nothing actually seems."

Chen Xi said sternly, "We do things. After doing it, you have to put your heart back in your stomach. What's the use of just worrying? Why not think about how to do things more perfectly!"

"Then Lei Wu's carriages and horses were sealed off, but are there other forces in the Hanlu Gang? If we slander Lei Wu, other forces will take over Lei Wu's people. Those people will also go to the dock to make trouble. The Chamber of Commerce's business will still not be able to do it. At that time, our efforts will not be in vain?"

"Sixth brother, it's better that you haven't returned to Ninghua. I'll find some people to go outside the city to do something about smashing, looting and burning, threatening that the Hanlu Gang would give the government some color, which would be best to arouse public anger. While the government is suppressing the forces of Leiwu and the Hanlu Gang, I'll call the villagers to go to the county and government offices to cause trouble, and see if the government office is in charge of the people!"

Song Xiaocheng was stunned when he heard this: "Little shopkeeper, is we really going to do evil things?"

Chen Xi shook his head and said, "Some things can be done, but they cannot be done really. You must know how to be flexible and adaptable. The most important thing about this is to arouse public anger and make the people feel that the people in the Hanlu Gang are deliberately not wanting to give people a way out. There are so many brothers on our dock, so let them go back to promote them to relatives and neighbors, saying that people will think that the words of being smashed by someone on the street next door will be believed. Then you can arrange it and call everyone in the Water Gang to create some momentum. The government will not let it go."

Although Song Xiaocheng claimed to be brave, he never dared to have such a crazy idea. He summoned people to the door of the government to cause trouble, which almost scared his soul.

"Then I'll try it first"

Song Xiaocheng's original confidence disappeared because he found that Chen Xi's thoughts were too crazy. If he couldn't do it well, he would be the only one who took the blame.

At the beginning, the people of the "Shuilu Gang" thought that Song Xiaocheng was a microphone and was responsible for the contact between the "Shuilu Gang" and the chamber of commerce. However, after the incident of "Drop Road Gang" hitting people at the wharf, Song Xiaocheng took the money given by Hui Niang to each company to pay pensions, busy and busy. Now the heads of the "Shuilu Gang" who are in charge of their own affairs trust Song Xiaocheng very much.

After a while, Song Xiaocheng gradually became a leader in the water and drought gangs.

Chen Xi sometimes admires Song Xiaocheng very much. Although he is not very capable, as long as he plans to implement it, he will definitely do his best and will not delay any delay.

After talking about the matter that day, Song Xiaocheng asked someone to do it at night.

Song Xiaocheng did not show up in the previous beating, so he didn't have to hide, but he was guilty. In addition, he asked for leave from Hui Niang, but he didn't want Hui Niang to lose her job when she knew he was lying. Even when he came to tell Chen Xi, he was secretly doing it.

"The little boss, everyone has arranged it, and the news has been released. He also asked someone to burn a few bamboo forests and haystacks outside the city, and then pushed all of them to the heads of the Hanlu Gang. The villagers are now so angry that they are at the Hanlu Gang people, and they are afraid that the house will be burned by the group of people."

When Song Xiaocheng was talking to Chen Xi, he specially asked Chen Xi to leave the street and talk about it, so as not to be seen by Zhou. When he spoke, he looked around.

Chen Xi nodded: "You should hurry up and take care of his illness in the past two days. If the gust of wind cannot kill all the people from the Hanlu Gang, they will become more and more rampant. Sixth brother, I think of you. In the future, you will be the number one person on Tingzhou Prefecture Road. Even Aunt will be admiring to you in the future."

"Really?"

Song Xiaochengyi heard this and raised his back, but soon became energetic again, "Little boss, don't joke, I just help you do something, but the credit is yours. Hehe."

After Chen Xi explained in detail, Song Xiaocheng rushed away excitedly.

As a result, just after a day, the matter of Song Xiaocheng's strand in the Mansion City was exposed.

It turned out that when Song Xiaocheng was arranging plans with the "Shuilu Gang", the female relatives from the fellow villager saw that these women did not know what the men were doing outside, so they told Xu Lian about the matter. Xu Lian was anxious and ran outside the city to "carry Song Xiaocheng back", and then pulled him to Hui Niang to cry and said that Song Xiaocheng was sneaking up with women outside.

"Big boss, I really didn't do anything to you, nor did I feel sorry for Xu Lian. I want to meet the shopkeeper, and he asked me to do everything."

Chen Xi was called to the medicine shop by Zhou, and when he heard such a sentence, he was immediately angry. What did this kid say on weekdays that he was responsible, but he turned out to be so unfaithful.

Zhou went into the backyard and asked in surprise: "Liuzi, you can't rely on our stupid baby. I feel that you have a woman outside. Can this kind of thing be said to be instructed by the stupid baby?"

Hui Niang heard something in this, but Xu Lian was still holding her head and crying, and the backyard was in chaos.

Song Xiaocheng said nothing, but only said that the matter was related to Chen Xi.

Song Xiaocheng said anxiously: "Master, you can't wrong me. Who said I have a woman outside? It's all Xu Lian who listened to those gossips outside seriously."

Xu Lian raised her head and Li Huahua said, "Then why do you tell me that you wanted to go back to your hometown without hiding it from me and the two leaders, but ended up staying in the city secretly?"

Song Xiaocheng lowered his head and said with grievance: "Can you let the shopkeeper tell me? This matter has nothing to do with me. It is the shopkeeper who is planning from beginning to end." It will not be continued.
Chapter completed!