The two younger brothers of Mao Ying, Mao Gu and Mao Zhen, once served as officials in the Han Dynasty and held the position of 2,000 stones, and later abandoned their officials and families when they were seventy or eighty years old, and crossed the river to find their brothers.

Seeing that the two younger brothers were too old, Mao Ying also gave them a grain of four fans, Pei Yuan solidified the foundation, rejuvenated, practiced in the cave under the mountain for more than 40 years, and later became an immortal.

In the Han Dynasty, Xianyang, Shaanxi, there were three brothers of the Mao family who lived in seclusion here, so they built Sanmao Taoist Temple, called them Sanmao real people, so called the mountain this mountain as Sanmao Mountain. Since then, Juqu Mountain has been renamed Nanmao Mountain, and Sanmao Mountain in Jiangbei has been renamed Beimao Mountain, referred to as Mao.

During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Ren Dachun, a representative of the Yangzhou School who was famous for his research and research, said in the "Tablet of Guomao Mountain": "Beimao Mountain is the place where Sanmao Zhenjun first practiced the Tao". That is to say, during the period of Emperor Jing of the Western Han Dynasty, the three brothers Mao Ying, Mao Gu and Mao Zhen originally cultivated in Beimao Mountain to save the people, so it was called Maoshan Mountain. Later, they were invited to Juqu Mountain in the south of the Yangtze River, which led to the distinction between South and North Maoshan Mountains.

For such an immortal holy land, Zhou Heng naturally couldn't ignore it, after all, the opportunity did not fall from the sky, but fought for himself.

Zhou Heng step by step on the ancient road of this Maoshan Mountain, but after all, it is a long road, unexpectedly to the northwest foot of Damao Peak, after seeing a clear spring, the surrounding of this spring is made of a piece of stone, the diameter is about 3 meters square, Zhou Hang looked at this bend of the spring so clear, just a little thirsty, then walked to the edge of the spring, supplemented by a piece of stone and bent down, took out a level from the storage space, and then held a scoop of clear spring water to sit on the piece and savor.

After Zhou Heng finished drinking, he patted his face with the water of this clear spring, but unexpectedly, there were blisters in the spring, and the bubbling bubbles were just like pearl necklaces, and what was even more surprising was that this bent spring was different from the water of other mountain springs: the sound of ordinary water droplets sprinkled in the water was crisp, while the Xike spring water sprinkled in the water made a muffled sound of "poof".

Zhou Heng saw that the water was like this, and if he didn't collect it, he was really sorry for his desire to collect, so he poured the spring water directly into the Qiankun treasure bag, until the spring water had dried up and was about to expose the rocks at the bottom of the spring, Zhou Heng was embarrassed to stop his hand.

An hour later, after a long journey, Zhou Heng finally climbed to the top of Maoshan Mountain, and after looking around, he found that there was a dilapidated thatched hut on top of Maoshan Mountain, and an old man was sitting in front of it.

Zhou Heng carefully identified it, and found that the old man was the old man who saved his life in Caiyang City.

Zhou Heng walked up to the old man and just thanked him repeatedly, and then began to tell the old man about what happened after saying goodbye, saying that he had worshiped in Qingcheng Mountain and had seen a few demons of the Xuanyin Sect, but he didn't know who the leader was, and then looked at the old man with expectant eyes. (I see if I can prostitute it for nothing?)

The old man just listened quietly, and finally nodded, and said: "After you left that day, I also carefully calculated that the strength and power of the murderer are immeasurable, you should be careful!"

Seeing that the old man didn't take out some dry goods, Zhou Heng took out a Spirit Turtle Marrow Pill and handed it over: "Immortal Master, there is no respect, please accept this pill." (Let's take it!)

The old man took it and looked at it, and after careful consideration, he asked, "What is this......?" Is it the Spirit Turtle Marrow Pill?" (I really can't refuse this!)

Zhou Heng smiled and nodded, seeing that you still haven't taken the bait. (You're in my boat)

I don't know if it's an illusion, the old man's hand holding the pill couldn't help but tremble a few times, and then he muttered in his mouth: "You actually have this kind of treasure! Okay, good, good, I'm welcome! With this divine pill, it can save me sixty years of cultivation, and the early realization of the avenue is hopeful!" He was excited, and people walked around the house, wanting to find something to give to Zhou Heng. (Damn, the ancestors left some knowledge and didn't pass on some treasures!)

The old man couldn't find something satisfactory after looking at it for a long time, so he suddenly stopped and said: "Although the Qingcheng rune is not bad, but our Maoshan rune is more unique, so let's pass on a little bit of my experience over the past hundred years to you, and you and I are fated, although you have entered the Qingcheng gate, but you are also a person who leads the art in Maoshan!" (If you want my cause and effect, you have to tie it to Maoshan!)

Zhou Heng was overjoyed in his heart, and couldn't help but thank him again: "Thank you, Immortal Master!" (Actually, I originally asked for one or two spirit runes before!)

The old man bowed his hand, let him sit down and listen, and said slowly: "The Maoshan faction has been opened by the patriarch Sanmao Zhenjun since the beginning of the generations, and there have been many talents over the years, the first generation of Taishi is Nanyue Shangzhen Si Ming Gao Yuan Shenzhao Zixu to Daoyuan Jun Wei Huacun, the second generation of Xuanshi is Yang Xi, the third generation is the Zhiren Zhenjun Xu Mu...... The thirteenth grandmaster Li Sheguang was a national teacher of the Tang Dynasty...... In Taoism, it is also regarded as the altar of the Qing Dynasty. (Hehe, my generation has come down, and there are enough enemies, I'm afraid you won't be able to take it)

As he spoke, the old man sighed deeply: "However, in recent years, a group of demonic and evil people have come to Maoshan to deceive people, causing everyone to misunderstand that the Maoshan faction is an evil faction. It's heart-wrenching that his reputation has plummeted. (See if you still dare to take this cause and effect?)

Zhou Heng interjected: "I don't know who it is?" (This thing still needs to be inquired about.) ）

Unexpectedly, the old man's face turned grim, and he waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, don't worry, I'll talk about this later, I'll preach the Fa first." (You little rabbit cub, this cause and effect is really heavy, I knew that I wouldn't have saved you in the first place!)

After talking for two hours, the old man stopped, Zhou Heng memorized repeatedly, closed his eyes and thought, and felt that his understanding of the talisman had greatly increased, compared to before, it was simply two worlds.

He was very grateful, bowed to the old man three times, and said: "In my lifetime, I will uproot it and return Maoshan to a clean house, in order to thank the master for spreading the Fa!" (It's not so easy to think about cause and effect!)

The old man nodded: "It just so happens that I also have to go down the mountain to find a place to cultivate, if you can cleanse Maoshan Mountain, you only need to burn a spirit rune, and I will know." (I can't afford to provoke, can't I still hide?) I've been a cat for seventy or eighty years, according to your prodigal nature, I'm afraid it's already cold, and I'll come out again and be happy and happy.) ）

The fight between these two big and small foxes was temporarily suspended after Zhou Heng bowed to say goodbye.

Back in Jinling, there are still five days before the big exam. Zhang Cheng and Luo Musheng were still reading, Zhou Heng wanted them to go out to have fun and relax, but they didn't want to, saying that they didn't have the heart.

So Zhou Heng also locked himself in the room, carefully figured out the various talismans taught by the old man on the bed, and drew one spirit rune after another in his mind, feeling extremely effective.

Especially the last Huayang life and death talisman aroused his great interest, he practiced it over and over again, and felt that the harvest was not shallow, and he felt that he was not at a loss.

On the sixth day of the seventh month, the weather was very hot in the morning, and there was no breeze blowing, so everyone was so hot that they were sweating, but after a while, it would be even hotter because of the sweat, and in this closed room, it felt like a sauna.

Zhou Heng and the three of them came to the examination room of the Tianfu Association with the examination supplies, and there were several soldiers standing by the gate of the examination room, checking their identities and checking whether they were carrying cheating items.

They inspect it very carefully, groping all over their bodies, and sometimes even asking them to take off their shoes to see if there is an answer hidden inside.

After some philosophical examination, I finally entered the gate of the examination room, and there were dozens of long rows of houses inside the gate, which were divided into small pavilions one by one, each pavilion was about five feet square, and only one person could sit.

The three of them rushed in after being inspected by the big men behind the gate, each found their assigned position, and walked in. This small pavilion is also fateful, some are in a better position, and naturally some are in a worse position, for example, the one leaning on the thatched house has already burst into tears.

Zhou Heng also found his own small pavilion, walked in to see the small pavilion, it felt relatively clean, there was a desk by the door, the pen, ink, paper and inkstone had been placed, and there was a chair behind.

He sat down in the chair, spread out the paper, polished the inkstone, everything was in order, waited for the start of the trial, and the trial was divided into three sessions, one per day, and today was just the first one.

Clang!~~

It didn't take long to hear the gong, and the little guy next to him came over to hand out the test papers.

Zhou Heng opened it and found that it was a scripture, each with a limit of 500 words, a maximum of 700 words, and a minimum of 45 crosses. Those with less than 400 words will not be allowed to take the test again.

The examination requires that as a Confucian student, everyone is required to be no stranger to the scriptures and righteousness of the sages.

This scripture is somewhat similar to the comprehension of classical Chinese and the combination of propositional composition.

This method can only rely on more reading, more memorization, and more understanding, Zhou Heng is naturally well-read and strong, not only can he memorize it backwards, but also know very well the annotations of various scriptures in the past dynasties.

He was calm, his pen was round, and he wrote three articles word by word.

After counting it, it turned out that each article was 500 words, no more than one and no less, which was really a miracle.

After Zhou Heng finished writing, through the skylight of the small pavilion, the sun was just west at this time, about the time scene, there were still two hours before the end, he sat for a while, waited for the ink to dry slightly, handed over the scroll and walked out.

Out of the examination room, it was still early in the morning, and I walked around outside Jinling City, because it was a big test, the pedestrians outside were not interesting, so I had to return to the inn alone, Zhang Cheng and Luo Musheng have not come back.

Zhou Hang watched the classics of the sages for a while, ordered a few delicious side dishes, and waited for a while before the two returned together.

Luo Musheng's demeanor was still indifferent and flat, and he was completely sure of himself. In comparison, Zhang Cheng's face was very grim, and he shook his head as he walked: "It's not good, it's not good, it's not good!" Seeing this, Zhou Heng hurriedly put the book in the monk's hand and stepped forward to comfort: "It's good or bad, let's wait until the three games are over!"

The second day of the test was a policy question, and there was only one question: "Governing a big country is like cooking small fresh".

This kind of topic is naturally very simple for Zhou Heng, and it ends early, sitting in the guest room while eating some side dishes, reading a book, and waiting until it is dark to see the two of them come back.

This time, Zhang Cheng's face was even worse, and he couldn't stop muttering: "What kind of thing! 'Governing a big country is like cooking small fresh,' how can there be such a topic? A manly man, if he doesn't seriously govern the country, how can he play with the people? Governing the country is governing the country, how can it be compared with stir-frying?"

On the third day of the poetry test, everyone was required to write a poem, regardless of the genre, Zhou Heng carefully considered it before making a poem that he thought was okay.

Zhou Heng returned to the inn, but unexpectedly, the two of them had already arrived, and this time he came out at the latest!

Zhang Cheng sat on the chair in the guest room with a gloomy face, silent, and only raised his head when Zhou Heng came back.

Luo Musheng comforted: "What are you panicking about? The three games have been completed, resigned to fate, go to Wenxing Pavilion tonight to have a drink, don't get drunk!

Immediately, Zhou Heng and the others dragged Zhang Cheng to Wengexing for a night's drink.

Three days later, it was the time for the release of the list, and it is said that the exact time was late in the afternoon, but in the morning, a large number of people gathered in front of the ceremonial department.

After noon, Zhou Heng didn't want to go, but he was also pulled away by Zhang Cheng and Luo Musheng.

Everyone waited anxiously until someone finally came out of the gate.

I saw two strong soldiers in front of me opening the way, and an official in the back holding a roll of red paper in his hand.

The crowd "hula" surrounded it, and the soldiers who opened the way immediately stopped it, asked everyone to get out of the way, and then helped put the red paper on it.

Hundreds of lifters and onlookers gathered their eyes on the leaderboard.

There are about 100 people on the list, in no particular order. As soon as the list was posted, Zhou Heng saw his name with a flash of golden light in his eyes, so he just stood outside the crowd and waited.

Zhang Cheng and Luo Musheng squeezed forward for a long time before finally discovering that their names were also in it.

Zhang Cheng danced excitedly and shouted: "Hit, hit! Big brother, all three of us have hit!"

Although Luo Musheng walked out of the crowd and was still calm, he also wiped his sweat in his heart, and said with emotion: "Ten years of cold window, it was finally not in vain!"

Zhou Heng didn't feel the difficulty. Perhaps God gave him the disaster of destroying the door and wanted to compensate him for something, so he gave him fame and the success of his cultivation.

At this time, there were already people around who didn't know whether they were on the list or off the list, and they cried bitterly, and more people didn't say a word and left with gloomy faces.

Those who will pass the examination are called tributes, and only after becoming tributes can they participate in the palace examination, and the admission rate of the palace examination is very high, so it can be said that one foot has stepped into the door of the imperial court.

The temple test was scheduled for the twelfth day of the seventh month, and on that day, the weather was beautiful, and a rain fell in the morning, which made the hot weather cool at once. Everyone became energetic, especially the "tributes" who were about to participate in the palace examination, all of them put on their most satisfactory costumes, and came to the palace to wait for the Chinese hall under the leadership of their fathers-in-law.

The Chinese Palace is in the east of the Jinluan Palace, the red carpet in the hall, the walls are full of calligraphy and paintings, and the lintel and roof beams are carved with exquisite patterns.

Before the time came, the Ministry of Rites and the Cabinet scholars came first. After a while, someone shouted, "The emperor has arrived!" and in an instant, everyone knelt on the ground.

Then an old but powerful voice said: "All the ministers are flat, please sit in peace." ”

When Zhou Heng looked up, there was an old man in his sixties in front of him, in a crown dragon suit, his eyes were cloudy, and he looked old. Seeing this scene, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "It turns out that the emperor is so old, no wonder he is very faint, why don't he abdicate?"

After everyone sat down, they only listened to the emperor's words: "I am old and weak, and I can't sit for a long time, so the arrangement of this palace test is also unusual. As he spoke, he ordered the cabinet scholars to hand out the examination papers, and at the same time ordered the eunuchs to light a stick of incense.

Zhou Heng took the test paper, unfolded it and saw that it was indeed twenty uplink. Zhou Heng answered slowly, until the nineteenth question did not stop, he stopped, closed his eyes, released the Yuan Shen, looked at the other candidates, and found that Zhang Cheng had answered fourteen, Luo Musheng actually answered nineteen, and the rest of the people mostly answered ten or eight, and there were fourteen or fifteen of the good, everyone was there to meditate and think hard, it seems that everyone feels the extreme difficulty behind.

There is less than one-fifth of a stick of incense left, and Zhou Heng looked at the last one on the scroll as "ups and downs, warm and cold, looking for everywhere", he already had the answer in his heart, but he didn't put down the pen in his hand.

He knew in his heart that although the champion and the name of the list were good, they were not what he needed, because if he won the champion, he often entered the Hanlin Academy, and he was afraid that he would have to be locked in the study for a lifetime in the future, which would be very detrimental to his cultivation and revenge.

Moreover, there are many rules in the palace, and there are also masters to protect him, what if he is not there when the main god wants to cross, others look for him, but he is not there, and there are all kinds of masters who find out?

Soon a stick of incense was burned, the exam was over, and the emperor ordered everyone to disperse.

On the way back, Luo Musheng was still calm and seemed to answer well.

Zhang Cheng was a little annoyed: "Alas, there are still four left, the time is too short, it's too late!"

After Zhou Heng heard it, he said: "Sixteen is enough, it should be in the second class of Jinshi." ”

Zhang Cheng has always believed in his words, so he doesn't say anything anymore.

It's night, and there's nothing to say.

After breakfast the next day, the three of them were chatting in the inn, when suddenly there was a sound of gongs and drums beating outside, and a rough voice shouted: "Luo Musheng, Master Luo dominates, and he is the first champion in the first class of high school!"

When Zhang Cheng heard this, he immediately shouted: "Brother Luo, you have taken the high school entrance examination, and you have actually become the champion!"

Hearing Zhang Cheng's shouting, a group of people surrounded him, and many people in the inn poured out to see, wanting to know what the new champion was like.

It just so happened that I hadn't had time to reward and enter the inn to report the good news,

Someone shouted and poured in: "Zhang Cheng, Master Zhang won the crown of the Toad Palace, and won the seventh Jinshi in the second class!"

Now the whole inn was a sensation, and everyone talked about it, saying that this inn has good feng shui, and there are two jinshi a year, and the boss's smiling eyes have become a slit.

Zhou Heng helped the two of them reward the messenger who reported the good news, congratulated them, and the crowd slowly dispersed after a long time.

Luo Musheng and Zhang Cheng both hit, only Zhou Heng has not reported the good news, Zhang Cheng was afraid that he would be lonely, so he hurriedly came over to comfort: "Brother Zhou, wait a minute, yours should also come." ”

Zhou Heng was not nervous, he knew in his heart that his achievements were not outstanding, and he should not be suppressed.

Sure enough, an hour later, the sound of gongs and drums came again: "Zhou Heng, Old Man Zhou's Toad Palace has won Gui High School, and the third place in the first class is Tanhua!"

The crowd that had not dispersed outside suddenly gathered again: "Tanhua! Look, the champion of today's department, Tanhua! I have good eyes! I have seen it for the first time in so many years!"

The innkeeper ran in and shouted: "Three masters, your room money is free, but please get a little ink treasure, and hang it in the store in the future to ensure that my business is prosperous!"

The three of them smiled, each inscribed a few words to him, and the boss thanked him again and again.

On July 14, all the jinshi reported to the official headquarters. As a result, Luo Musheng entered the Hanlin Academy, Zhang Cheng was awarded the political secretary of Xishaanbu to the council, Zhou Heng was awarded the Yuyao Mansion, and the Qing Xingzhi County was limited to one month.

Out of the ministry, Luo Mu was sullen, thinking that he would have to compile books and draft edicts for the emperor all day in the future.

Zhou Heng was also a little puzzled, it is said that Tanhua should generally stay in Jingshi, which is conducive to finding out the reason for the Su family's annihilation, but now he has to go thousands of miles away to become an official, is it because the destiny of heaven is like this, and it is really impossible to take revenge before the hour?

Back then, my grandfather once said, "Come back in ten years!" Is it really necessary to wait ten years for the peak to turn around? When he thought like this, his heart calmed down a little.

The happiest is Zhang Cheng, who can return to his hometown to be an official, and he is not dreaming of beauty.

The three of them said goodbye that day, and Zhang Cheng had the lowest skill among the three Zhou Heng, so Zhou Heng repeatedly told Zhang Cheng, and drew a body protection talisman on him to keep him safe all the way. And gave him one, Qingyun Secret Heaven Talisman, and told him that if there was any danger, burn it, and Zhou Heng would know it immediately.

Only then did he turn around and comfort Luo Musheng: "Brother Luo is talented, both civil and military, he will not be trapped in the Hanlin Academy for a long time in the future, and there will definitely be an opportunity to show his talents." ”

Luo Musheng immediately thought about it for a long time and thought about it, and then what if he couldn't think about it?