Chapter 929 Interrogation

Man Bao thought for a while and accepted his apology, but there was no need to think about buying a drink or something.

She found a shade under the wall of the Imperial College and stood there to hide from the sun.

Some of the onlookers felt bored, and said goodbye to Feng Zongping one after another, and finally three people remained.

The three of them also hid under the wall, Man Bao raised his head and stared at them, "Why don't you leave?"

Feng Zongping said with a smile: "We have nothing to do, so let's wait with you. By the way, you look young. Isn't your junior brother even younger? Are you fourteen?"

Feng Zongping looked at Man Bao suspiciously, she looked only twelve or thirteen years old, wouldn't the younger brother be younger?

Man Bao knew the rules of the six studies, and only accepted students from fourteen to twenty-one, but, "they came to study at the emperor's will."

That is to say, there is no more.

Feng Zongping was surprised, "Your accent is not from Chang'an, where are you from?"

Man Bao looked at him and said nothing.

Feng Zongping smiled and said: "Well, if I ask you a question, you can also ask me a question. You can't lie or say you don't know. If you really don't know, we will fill in the next question until How can you answer it?"

Man Bao thought it was a good idea and nodded.

Yun Xinxuan and Yi Ziyang on the side looked helpless.

"Where is the little lady from?"

"I'm from Jiannan Road."

Feng Zongping: ...This answer is really broad enough, but he also figured it out. Although she speaks official language, she is obviously from the Sichuan area.

"May I have your name?"

Man Baodao: "It's my turn to ask, among all the Confucian classics, which one do you most admire for offering wine?"

Feng Zongping: "Of course it's "The Analects of Confucius."

Man Bao said: "My surname is Zhou, and my name is Zhou Man. Which book do you like most for offering wine?"

Feng Zongping thought for a while, then looked at Yun Xinxuan.

Yun Xinxuan said with a smile: "Let's say "University", and "The Analects of Confucius" is also often smoked."

Feng Zongping asked quickly, "What's your junior brother's name?"

Man Bao: "Bai Cheng."

Feng Zongping waited, seeing that she stopped talking, he asked, "Where's the other one?"

"Are you going to ask two questions at once?"

Feng Zongping was lucky, and said aggrievedly: "No, you ask me first."

"You know, among the students who applied this time, how many do you think can be admitted to Taixue if they take the big exam normally?"

Feng Zongping looked at her for a while and said, "Two."

"Including the younger brother who is slightly stronger than me?" Man Bao said, "You answer my question first."

Feng Zongping was silent for a while and then replied: "Including, what is the name of your junior brother's father, and what official position did he hold?"

Man Bao gestured a "two", indicating that there are two problems.

Feng Zongping nodded and said: "I know, you can ask another question later."

Man Bao smiled and said, "My junior brother's father is Bai Li, and he has never held any official position."

Feng Zongping blinked, realized, pointed at Man Bao and said, "You are so treacherous, aren't your two junior brothers the same father?"

Man Bao smiled at him and asked, "Is this a problem?"

"No!" Feng Zongping said hastily: "Forget it, you can ask me."

"Gentlemen in Xia Tian take poetry and fu exams, what's your favorite question?"

Feng Zongping looked at Yi Ziyang, Yi Ziyang thought for a while and said: "There are lotuses, there are also bamboos and the like, sometimes pointing to a corner of the garden and asking us to compose poems, that's a lot."

Man Bao wrote down one by one, seeing that Feng Zongping still wanted to ask questions, she stopped him and said, "Okay, I'm fine now."

Feng Zongping couldn't hold back, and said: "I only have one last question, and you can ask me another question."

Man Bao nodded after thinking about it, "Okay, you can ask."

"Who are you sir?"

"Zhuang Xun, the word Xunmei," Man Bao asked with a smile, "Are you a child of the Minister of Punishment?"

Yun Xinxuan and Yi Ziyang also looked at her in surprise.

Feng Zongping asked, "How do you know?"

Man Bao didn't have to wait for his answer, she smiled and said: "I have a friend who is very similar to you. His father used to be from the Ministry of Criminal Justice. When you asked me just now, I thought, your father is also from the Ministry of Criminal Justice, right?" ? But I thought, if your father is not from the Ministry of Criminal Justice, it’s fine if your grandfather is from the Ministry of Criminal Justice. What a coincidence, your surname is Feng.”

Feng Zongping glanced at Yun Xinxuan, he was the one who broke his name, he asked, "Who is your friend?"

"Like him, you always have many questions, but unlike him, he never asks me these questions directly." Man Bao saw Bai Dalang coming out with a book basket, and she waved to them. : "I'm going home, there will be a period later."

Bai Dalang came over with his face flushed, saw Feng Zongping and the others wearing the Confucian uniforms of the Imperial College, he bowed his hands first, and then boarded the carriage with Man Bao and left.

"Brother Bai, why is your face so red?"

Bai Dalang said: "Dried."

"Have you bought the paper yet?"

Bai Dalang nodded, took out two booklets from the book basket and said, "It's all here."

Man Bao flipped through it, and said pleasantly: "It's quite complete, are you sure it's true?"

"There will be no fakes in the Imperial College, don't worry."

Man Bao: "How much is a book?"

"This volume is mainly Tie Jing and Mo Yi, five taels of silver, this volume is the topic of policies and poems, ten taels of silver."

Man Bao opened his mouth wide and found his own voice after a while, "Senior Brother Bai, this is handwritten, it's just the questions for the mid-year and end-of-year exams in the past three years, is it so expensive?"

Bai Dalang nodded.

"I haven't even asked the questions for the big exam yet."

"I have the questions for the major exams over the years. I bought them from a relationship when I came to Beijing for the exam. It also cost twenty taels of silver. I have all the questions for the past ten years."

Man Bao lamented, "Doing papers can really make money."

Bai Dalang also felt, "However, this paper is not easy to buy. The papers of the Imperial College are rarely circulated outside the school. At most, there are a few volumes in some big bookstores, but they are only quietly sold to some rich and wealthy children. Most people don't buy it, even inquire about it." I can't hear it."

But when Bai Dalang was able to buy it, Mr. Zhuang took him to see Mr. Lan, who gave him a letter, and after he arrived in the capital, he found an academic officer to set up the purchase.

Although there are no repeated questions in this year's exam, by looking at the exam questions over the years, he can roughly know the scope of the doctor's questions, which book has more and which book has less.

You will feel more confident when you take the test.

Man Bao put away the brochure, and said to Bai Dalang: "Brother Bai, when we get back, we will ask Shan Bao and Bai Er for money, there is also my five taels of silver."

Originally, she thought it would be enough to prepare five taels of silver, plus the piece of silver given by Bai Shan, but who knew that the paper was so expensive.

Man Bao looked at the paper in his hand, rolled his eyes and asked, "Brother Bai, you said I asked my nephews to copy the paper and sell it, can you sell it?"

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