As the sun sets, the moon hangs in the east.

More and more crowds gradually gathered outside the examination room, and the endless convoy occupied the entire avenue, and as it was getting late, some horse-drawn carriages had lanterns on them, silently waiting for their candidates to walk out of the examination room.

Finally, the door of the examination room was wide open, and the scholars walked out in twos and threes.

Some candidates left early, strutting their heads and high spirits, reciting their own proud poems surrounded by relatives and friends, which attracted a lot of attention.

There are also candidates who cry bitterly, hugging their father and brother without saying a word, while their father and brother are sad and relieved in a low voice, although for some poor children, if they want to sponsor a scholar, the pressure is not heavy.

On the carriage, many girls to be married lifted the curtains, their eyes were full of spring, looking forward to being able to take advantage of the fact that the list had not yet been released and their identities had not changed, and they deceived several scholars with sugar-coated shells.

After all, no matter what time it is, the reputation of the son-in-law is not good, not to mention that most of them are just the families of merchants, and it is impossible to let a jinshi enter the family, change the household registration from now on, and get tax exemption and many other benefits.

One can only expect to bet on potential stocks.

And their eyes were naturally attracted by those scholars who seemed confident after they came out, and almost all of these scholars had good facial features and extraordinary appearances, after all, if you want to be an official in this era, there are few ugly people.

Like Zhong Kui, because of his ugly appearance, even though he won the first place in the examination room, he was deposed by the emperor in the palace examination and was not taken as a jinshi.

So, it's a world of faces.

......

Of course, it is not reliable to pick people in this way, and many outstanding children from poor families may not be sure to pass even if they answer the questions.

There are also many people who don't know the height of the sky and the thickness of the earth, boasting about themselves, thinking that their articles are full of flowers, and they will definitely be able to win, and they are tired of some wealthy people competing for them.

As a result, when the list was released, he didn't win, and he had to complain that the examiner couldn't "discern the English".

Those "blind" rich families still have to pinch their noses to admit this family business, after all, many rich families are businessmen, and they have too little chance of winning lawsuits with scholars.

It's a gamble, but it's also a win-win situation.

After all, even if they pass the exam and become a jinshi, many poor children still need a lot of money to work up and down and expand their contacts.

And because of the role of public opinion, naturally there will not be those who will abandon their wives and Jinshi once they fly on the branches, and the vast majority of rich families can still get what they want.

Di Renjie and Dinisha stood side by side, attracting the vague and jealous eyes of many people.

"Why is that cold-faced and cruel official interested in bringing an orchid here today, is there another case of fraud?"

"It can't be our family's business...... No, such a trivial matter, even the officials don't bother to take care of it, and he will personally go out for this trivial matter?"

"Anyway, you and I should be careful, this cold-faced and cruel official didn't know which crazy he did the night before, he swept the whole city with Qianniuwei, and I don't know how many people were arrested, I heard that even the barracks were full of prisoners, and it was useless for anyone to intercede. ”

"But you see, that orchid's skin is so white, like milk, I haven't seen it before......"

"You're looking for death! Do you dare to look at a cold-faced and cruel woman?"

There are also some scholars who didn't notice this at all, and talked boastfully with their friends: "You don't know that the candidate next to me today finished the first volume early, but the second volume was held in his hand, and he was stunned that he had not handed it in since he wrote it in the morning. The look of scratching his ears and cheeks is simply laughing to death. ”

"Indeed!" said the friend, "I don't know which noble son even the examiner dared to forcibly take away his papers, you see, the drum has been beaten, and the people have not yet come out." ”

Di Renjie took the opportunity to look over, and sure enough, there was no one in front of the gate of the examination room.

He muttered, "That's ...... It can't be too white, right?"

......

When Li Bai came out of the examination room, his steps were a little heavy, and his face was like a piece of black charcoal, because he was the last to hand in the papers.

And before he finished writing, the examiner took the candles on his desk and asked him to leave, but he was stunned and forced to write for another three minutes, filling the last gap.

Before leaving, the examiner smiled bitterly and waved at him.

There is no way, the first person in the dignified Chang'an Sword Dao, it is said that even the Song Land Sword Saint was beheaded with a sword, who dares to offend?

It is only those young scholars who are not afraid of tigers that newborn calves will be like Meng Lang.

The audience in the live broadcast room has been shielded by Li Bai, and the barrage is much less than before.

[The crew bothered, such a complicated thing is simply a perfect restoration. 】

[My graduate student of mechanical engineering, I didn't understand what the core was for. 】

[Power source, if you change that position to the engine, you may be able to figure it out.] 】

[No, there is also a problem with the gearing. 】

[Look at the inscription engraved on the surface of the machine, this thing is completely black technology, we can't figure it out at all. 】

As earthlings, they feel that their intelligence is deeply despised.

When some little girls saw Li Bai come out, their eyes lit up, and they said that this young scholar is so good-looking, and then pulled their father and brother and said, "Is it okay to choose him?"

Some people sneered: "The last one to appear, how can there be a future." ”

Some people also smiled bitterly: "That's the recently famous Poetic Sword Immortal Li Bai, even Dongying Sword Hao Miyamoto, Song Di Sword Saint Ben Lei were defeated in his hands, where can a small family like us cling." ”

As he was walking, he passed the scholar who had mocked him that morning, snorted coldly, and said proudly: "This is not suitable for a reckless man like you, and it is insulting to take the same exam with someone like you." ”

Li Bai felt a little funny, although I was sad, but I thought it should be no problem to come to the middle jinshi, but I was not sure that I would directly enter the first class. Where did you get the confidence to speak out in front of me?

"Hehe, who should I be, it turned out to be the son of Liu Guogong's family. I have long heard that Liu Guogong's family is rich and rich enough to rival the country, and when I look at it today, I am really dressed in extravagant clothes, and even the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone I carry with me are treasures of the Demon Dao, and I didn't visit yesterday, which is really a mistake. ”

A cold snort sounded, and the scholar looked back, suddenly sweating coldly, and lowered his head and arched his hand: "Master Di said that he laughed." ”

Di Renjie said coldly: "Don't get out of here!"

The scholar cursed secretly, and hurriedly took his family and the slave away.

Li Bai smiled and said, "Why bother, it's just a clown who jumps off the beam." ”

Di Renjie said with a straight face: "I'm not just angry for you, do you know why the lords of Chang'an call me for the night before?"

"Breaking the county order?" Li Bai said.

Di Renjie snorted: "It's almost the same meaning, they call me a cold-faced and cruel official." ”

"Cool officials, you said that one of those cool officials in history had a good death, this is purely scolding me for not dying well. ”

Li Bai doesn't know what cool officials there are in the so-called previous dynasties in this world, but referring to Zhang Tang and Shang Yang in the history of the earth, the things behind him are indeed miserable.

He sighed and said instead: "I didn't expect that this imperial examination will also test the mechanical skills, and my head will almost explode." ”

Di Renjie was slightly stunned: "You don't know?"

Li Bai smiled bitterly, it turned out that this was still common sense.

But it doesn't hurt.

Although he was a little caught off guard by this organ art test, the fundamental reason is that in order to cater to the civilian candidates who occupy most of the places in the imperial examination, the level of the organs examined is still very low.

To be honest, if he had eaten through the secret scroll given to him by Guo Qianjin, he would have thought that this exam would be more than enough, but he felt that those gadgets were useless, and every time he watched it for less than half an hour, he would feel drowsy.

In the end, everyone handed in the papers, and he answered fifty or sixty percent.

The rest is reluctantly filled in according to the speculation of the engineering boss in the live broadcast room.

But that's just filling in, hoping that the examiner will give a hard score.

If the mechanism technique of the King Continent is really just a trick, presumably although it is rare for thousands of viewers in the live broadcast room, they can always find two or three that can be understood.

But it also involves the Demon Dao Formation, whose power source is not electricity or steam power, but the use of the power of the Demon Dao that is congested between heaven and earth.

The root of the mechanism technique is not science, but the way to use the power of the demon path of the special meow.

So in the end, he was not sure at all whether the four or five percent could be right.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Di Renjie knew that Li Bai's examination was definitely not very good, and he was relieved: "It's okay, if you want to be an official in just one imperial examination, it is not impossible for me to recommend you and directly command the army." ”

Dinisha also comforted: "It's okay if you don't do well in the exam, when I was a trainee in the organization, my grades were not very good. ”

Li Bai shook his head, he didn't want to speak, it wasn't that this exam really had a big impact on him, in fact, it was just a casual trick, and by the way, he made a name for himself in order to complete the main task two.

But it stirred up a lot of nightmares that lurked deep inside him.

The nightmare of being dominated by exams.

Once upon a time, due to his shallow thinking about science, Li Bai was often in an embarrassing situation in the examination room where he could only rely on tearing up scratch paper and filling in ABCD to cope with math and chemistry problems.

In addition, it is the torment of scratching ears and cheeks, like sitting on pins and needles waiting for the "comrades-in-arms" to pass on the answers.

Even after he got to college, this experience still came back to his dreams repeatedly......

"You are inferior to those scholars than Wuwen, and if you are more than killing, none of these people will be your opponents. Di Renjie thought that Li Bai was still immersed in that frustration, and hurriedly said.

Denisha agreed: "These people have a very poor physique, I can kill them all with one sword, and I think you have no problem." ”

Li Bai was speechless: "I really don't know if you are comforting me or laughing at me." ”

"Anyway, this matter is over, I invite you to have a whole crab banquet tonight, Wu Lao once followed the military cook to learn a good skill of crab cooking in the southern border, and you can be regarded as a mouthful. ”

There was a sudden commotion on the street, and I saw a crowd of people lined up in front of me, and a convoy blocked in front.

"It's the envoy group of the Loulan people. ”

"I heard that Princess Angui of Loulan is the most beautiful flower in the Western Regions, and if you are lucky enough to meet her, it is a blessing for three lives. ”

"Ouch, don't squeeze it, your shoes are all off. ”

"Who stepped on Lao Tzu's foot!"

"Loulan Mission?" Di Renjie said. "I remember that this delegation was attacked by horse thieves at the border gate, and it was you and Mulan who rescued this envoy group. ”

Li Bai frowned: "How long has it been, I've been in Chang'an for many days, how did I arrive?"

"Ha, do you think that the mission of the Loulan people in my Tang Dynasty is all the way unimpeded? First, the Beiting Mansion has to send someone back to Chang'an to report, and then His Majesty will decide whether to receive it, and then send someone to deliver the holy decree......

"That's a bit harsh, isn't it? Li Bai said, "Even ordinary caravans can come and go freely in the territory, why can't the upright Loulan envoys?"

The smile on Di Renjie's face was a little weird, and he said, "You don't know yet, Loulan Kingdom has been besieged by the Beiyi army for many days, and the envoys are anxious to see Your Majesty in order to ask for assistance, and it is natural to delay them for a few days." ”

"You see, the Beiyi people have retreated, the Loulan Kingdom has not been broken, and my Datang has not worked hard to mobilize the people, the best of both worlds, isn't it?"

Li Bai frowned and said, "What if the Beiyi people don't retreat and destroy Loulan?"

Di Renjie said with a smile: "That's impossible, it's also thanks to your bloody battle on the Great Wall, destroying the siege equipment carried by the Beiyi people with the army, and thwarting their arrogance, a group of Beiyi people who only want to reap the benefits will retreat sooner or later, but the King of Loulan will definitely have to hemorrhage once." ”

Li Bai sighed: "My Tang Dynasty is really witty. ”

Denisha didn't understand what they were talking about, and didn't interject, following like a porcelain doll, well-behaved.