The newly promoted Scholar of Xin Xiang Province was a title awarded once every three years to a candidate from each province, and it was hardly something that would make officials such as the governor or the general feel honored. At most, they would grant an audience and offer a word or two of encouragement. Yet now, the officials of Xin Xiang Province, including the governor and the general, had personally visited the countryside and stopped by Chen Shi's home to offer their congratulations.
This spectacle left the villagers both amazed and scared, unable to make heads or tails of it.
Wasn't Mr. Chen about to turn bandit? How come, in the blink of an eye, he had become a Scholar and even ranked first in Gongzhou Province?
The key was, how did he rank first without even attending the autumn imperial examinations?
Li Tianqing was in the middle of Alchemy in Chen Shi's courtyard when several government officers hurriedly entered. Seeing that he was busy, they did not disturb him.
