The sun is scorching and the north wind is howling.

The capital of the Yu Dynasty is North Xuancheng, in front of the Taixue Palace, and the scientific examination is released.

"I'm on the list, I'm on the list~"

Listening to the cheers that erupted one after another in the crowd around him, Shi Shan's eyes flickered a little. He scanned the list back and forth, but among the names of the big fighters, there was no word 'stone mountain' after all.

This time, the scientific expedition failed the list.

With a light breath, Shi Shan turned around, his gaze pointing a little downward, and walked away from the crowd.

I saw that his lips were slightly closed, and his right hand was clenched into a fist. Obviously, he was not discouraged by this failure, and seemed to be more determined to make all preparations for the next scientific expedition.

Back at the inn, Shi Shan picked up the package and prepared to leave Beixuan City.

He walked up to the door of his room and reached out to push it open.

He stopped suddenly, his eyes rolling slightly.

Then, he turned around, came to the desk, picked up his pen, and a few lines of poetry jumped on the paper.

The pen finally left the case, and Shishan walked out of the door.

Not long after leaving the inn, Ishiyama found a caravan along the way, and after talking with the leader, he spent some money and was allowed to accompany the team.

The sun shines on the earth, reflecting the bustling people.

Inside a carriage, Ishiyama looked intently at a book titled "The Legend of Tailu Mountain". This book was written by Zhu Xiang, a scholar of the current dynasty, and Zhu Xiang was the chief judge of this scientific expedition.

Ishiyama felt that he was not on the list this time, largely because he was not familiar with the reading preferences of the scribes of the current dynasty, and his articles deviated from the style of writing that the people in the capital liked.

"Mount Tailu stands majestically, reaching the world and the world, blocking the north and south, and holding the universe~"

Shi Shan read "The Story of Tailu Mountain" word by word, and seemed to have an understanding. At this time, the inn room where he originally stayed in Beixuancheng ushered in a new guest.

I saw a woman in a green coat and a pale yellow hat on her head, pushing open the door and just about to sit down, her eyes suddenly saw a piece of paper spread out on the desk.

The woman frowned slightly, walked to the desk, and thought to herself why this inn didn't clean the room.

Suddenly, the woman's brows furrowed, her eyes lit up, and she looked at the verses on the white paper attentively:

"The twelve cities of the heavenly floating capital, the hundreds of millions of locked doors.

If I am not a person in the cabinet, who dares to call the emperor Huanyu burning. ”

The woman read the poem word by word, and then took a breath, "Whose poem is this, so bold!"

Reaching for the paper and examining it again, the woman put it in her arms and walked to the inn hall.

"Shopkeeper, what is the last guest's surname in the room I live in?"

Listening to the woman's inquiry, the innkeeper looked embarrassed, he didn't want to say the identity information of the guest at will.

Seeing the innkeeper's appearance, the woman took out a bank of silver and put it on the table in front of the innkeeper.

The innkeeper happily picked up the silver, hesitated a little and said: "The last guest in Huang Bing's room was a candidate named Shi Shan, but he should have failed the list, because today is the day of the list, but he checked out and went home, not long after leaving." It's a pity, I think that young man is talented. ”

"Stone Mountain ~ Failed candidates?"

The woman muttered to herself, then looked at the street outside the inn, as if she saw the back of Shi Shan leaving.

A ray of sunlight shone into the inn and sprinkled on the woman's face, slightly distracted.

This year, the Yu Dynasty calendar 354 years.

After returning to Shangyang Town, Shi Shan visited his teacher Tang Bin for the first time. Although he failed in this scientific examination, Shi Shan had the heart to continue to take the exam, and he couldn't say that he would have many questions to ask Tang Bin in the future.

"The scientific expedition is too difficult and too difficult. ”

After learning that Shishan failed in the scientific examination, Tang Bin sighed with emotion: "Our Shangyang Town is located in a remote area, you can stand out from thousands of students, and it is not easy to obtain the qualification to participate in the scientific examination in the state capital, but it is so difficult to stand out from the outstanding students from all over the dynasty and the title of the gold list!"

Ishiyama won the third place in the town examination in Shangyang Town, and then won the 58th place in the government examination, thus qualifying to participate in the examination.

The Yu Dynasty has a total of thirteen states, the scientific examination is held once every three years, and the top 80 in the state government examination can be qualified to participate in the palace examination, and then 60 students are selected from these people.

How difficult it is to conduct scientific expeditions!

"I also gained a lot from this scientific expedition, and in a few days in Beixuancheng, I really broadened my horizons, really met a lot of outstanding people, and deeply felt the gap from their conversations. ”

Tang Bin also nodded slightly when he heard this, "Beixuancheng is the capital of my Dayu Dynasty, bringing together the world's heroes, and new ideas are born every day. ”

Shi Shan was about to agree, but Tang Bin took out a letter from his arms.

"Not long after you left Shangyang Town, a jailer in the town died of illness. A few days ago, Lord Zhenzun was busy with government affairs and had not set a new jailer, but he had some leisure in the past few days, so he let out a rumor and asked me to wait for the old man with some prestige in Shangyang Town to recommend a person as a jailer. ”

Tang Bin said and glanced at Shishan, paused for a while and continued: "This is a rare opportunity, you have participated in the scientific examination, I think Lord Zhenzun will take a high look." ”

With that, he handed the letterhead to the past.

Shi Shan took the letterhead, feeling bitter in his heart, Tang Bin must have prepared this letterhead a long time ago, which means that Tang Bin didn't believe that he Shi Shan would be on the gold list, so he didn't wait for Shi Shan to come back, so he wrote the letter of recommendation.

Despite the bitterness in his heart, a smile appeared on Shi Shan's face, "Thank you, teacher." ”

"This jailer has a salary of 300 yuan a month, and he doesn't have much to do on weekdays, nothing more than to check on the prisoners, and as long as you don't make any big mistakes, he will not expel you from the prison. This is a very safe errand, and you can study with peace of mind in your spare time to prepare for the next scientific expedition. Tang Bin said earnestly.

Hearing this, Shi Shan nodded, if he could become a prison official and have a stable source of income, his life would be much better, he would not have to worry about his livelihood, and he could prepare for the scientific examination with peace of mind.

"Without further ado, you can take my letter of recommendation to the town government and ask to see Lord Zhenzun now. Tang Bin said.

After saying goodbye to Tang Bin, with a letter of recommendation, Shishan came to the town house, and after waiting for a short time, he saw Zuoshuang, the town of Shangyang Town.

After reading the letter of recommendation written by Tang Bin, Zuo Shuang looked at Shi Shan, who had a beautiful face, "I didn't expect you to be an orphan who sells lanterns for a living on weekdays." Life is so hard, but he has studied hard, and he can still get the qualification to participate in the dynasty scientific examination, which is very much. ”

Zuo Shuang pondered for a while, then glanced at Shi Shan again, "How old are you this year?"

"Back to Zhenzun, I will be seventeen years old in a few days. "Stone Mountain back.

Hearing this, Zuo Shuangyan picked up the teacup in front of him, took a sip lightly, put down the teacup and said: "Originally, I already had a candidate for prison officials, but after seeing you, I changed my attention, and in three days, you will go to Shangyang Prison to join the job." ”

Shi Shan was a little overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Thank you, Lord Zhenzun." ”

Not long after, in a room in Shangyang Town Prison, a middle-aged man looked at a package on the table in front of him with a gloomy face.

This package was given to Zhenzun Zuoshuang by a middle-aged man, and it contained a hundred taels of silver, which he gave to Zuoshuang in order to make his nephew a new jailer, and Zuoshuang also accepted it.

I thought that the matter had been finalized, but I didn't want to send someone back the package today, and informed me that a young man named Shi Shan would come to join the company and become the new prison officer in three days.

"Stone Mountain?"

The middle-aged man kept chanting this name, and his face became more and more gloomy.