Nanxuan calendar, seven hundred and seventeen years, March 15, the earth faded away the winter cold, ushered in the charm of spring.

In the palace of the capital of Nanxuan Kingdom, the triennial imperial examination is in full swing.

Jinluan Treasure Palace, magnificent, the furnace floats with a strange fragrance, making people fascinated, such as in a dreamland.

In the hall, candidates and students from all walks of life are working hard to write the strategy of governing the country and life ideals in their hearts, and occasionally some people stop the pen in their hands and think about it.

In the southeast corner of the hall, there was a young examinee with clear eyebrows. At this moment, he is waving his pen and ink on the specially made desk of Jin Sinan, pausing occasionally.

This young candidate is the biggest hit of this year's champion, surnamed Lu Mingfang, who is only 16 years old.

It is also legendary that this young man Lu Fang, whose parents died when he was eight years old, told him when he was dying that he was not their biological child, but picked up at the door of the house on a stormy night, as if it was a gift from heaven.

Eight-year-old Lu Fang became an orphan again, maybe God bless the poor person, a child who has not been loved by his father and mother since he was a child, and now even his adoptive father and adoptive mother who raised him have passed away one after another, so the villagers and neighbors in the township moved their hearts of compassion and raised him together.

Lu Fang has been smart and studious since he was a child, much smarter than ordinary children, although he only began to receive formal education at the age of eight, but he is quick to think, often touches the class, and has the ability to never forget, often so that the private school teacher is full of praise.

At the age of twelve, Lu Yiyi was admitted to the local college examination in his hometown Lantian County, because he was the youngest and youngest talent in the county's history, and it was rumored to be a beautiful talk for a while.

What's even more legendary is that it has only been three years since Lu Fang won the show. Nanxuanli, 716 years, in August, Lü Fang passed the local township examination held by Beizhili and Buzheng Division. And it was the laurel list that won the title of Xie Yuan.

After Lu Fang was lifted, he did not stop, but made persistent efforts and continued to prepare for the next entrance examination.

After the township examination, the year after winning Xie Yuan, that is, at the beginning of the 717th year of the current Nanxuan calendar, after half a year, Lu Fang came to Beijing to participate in the national examination presided over by the Ministry of Rites. Due to the large number of people, the examination was divided into three sessions, and Lu Fang was divided into the first one.

Soaring all the way, nothing seems to be able to stop Lu Fang's road to the imperial examination and his brilliant talent. In the examination, Lu Fang did it in one go, and also won the first place, won the title of member, caused a sensation in the capital, and became famous.

After the meeting, he soon devoted himself to the highest level of the country's exam-the palace examination.

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At this moment, there is not much time left to leave the end of the temple test, and Lu Fang has already finished answering the questions. I put away the manuscript paper in my hand, tidied up the desktop, and looked at the test paper with my complete answers, I was quite satisfied, and even a little complacent.

This is the highest level of the imperial examination of an examination, but also the last exam, from the poor countryside, to this prosperous capital, facing the busy traffic, high-rise buildings of the market, Lu Fang was quite shocked in his heart, was deeply attracted by the grandeur and prosperity of the city, but also sighed at the opportunities and gaps in this life.

Here, there is really too much difference from the countryside where he grew up.

Invincible all the way, Lu Fang's pen is like a sharp sword, invincible, the first in the field, after the exam, from now on will leap into the dragon gate, worship the official side or be an official in the court, life will be changed.

Thinking of the brilliant results he had achieved along the way, Lu Fang's handsome face was full of solid heroism and strong self-confidence, and his demeanor was full of energy.

Lu Fang firmly believed in his heart that this year's champion of the imperial examination must be his own, and he couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth.

Suddenly, a crumpled lump of manuscript paper flew into Lu Fang's chest, splashed to the ground, and rolled.

Lu Fang looked in the direction where the paper was thrown, and a fat man wearing a gorgeous brocade robe and looking very fat was looking at him contemptuously and provocatively at the moment.

This fat man's robe is gorgeous, but it is a little untidy, and at first glance, it gives people a feeling of not learning and not knowing. At this moment, he was holding a fat leg and his head in his left hand, he was very complacent, and he was also very rude and staring at Lu Fang with disdain.

Lu looked at it, and said softly with disdain in his mouth: "You can't teach a child! Rotten wood can't be carved!"

After saying that, Lu Fang also directly ignored him and hurriedly went to check his test papers.

The more elegant and lofty Lu Fang was, the more angry the fat man became.

Seeing that Lu Fang despised himself so much, at this moment, the fat man's eyes were split, and he couldn't wait to eat Lu Fang in one bite.

But after thinking about it, the fat man actually put away his anger, looked at Lu Fang darkly, and kept shaking his head, and whispered: "Proud! I'll let you be proud for these two more days!"

"I dare to offend Young Master Ben and me! I don't even inquire about the origin of Young Master Ben!" The fat man in the hall who behaved frivolously and provoked Lu Fang said in his heart: "When you are the imperial master, you are my dear uncle, you dare to scold Young Master Ben for insulting Sven and insulting ancestors that day, you bold scholar, this time it is really over, and the gods can't save you." ”

Thinking about this, the fat man couldn't help but laugh.

Sitting in the hall, the chief examiner who presided over the palace examination was the imperial master, because the emperor had something to do, so he handed over this year's palace examination to the imperial master.

When he heard the sound of laughter coming from the hall, Taishi's eyes opened, and he slapped the table fiercely: "Silence!"

Seeing that the person who despised the hall was his nephew, he was both angry and helpless in his heart, and frowned slightly, so he didn't pursue it, and the other examiners didn't say anything when they saw this.

This fat man, named Liu Tailai, is the nephew of Liu Xiong, the chief examiner in the hall. was originally the son of a local official, and he has been a child since he was a child, and he has no learning skills, and when he grows up, he is even more reckless and harms the villagers.

In the neighborhood, they hated this fat man even more, but his father was a local official, and he had an uncle who was the imperial master, so all the evil deeds of the fat man were always protected.

Speaking of this fat man's uncle Liu Xiong, he can be regarded as a person with a lot of talent and ability.

Liu Xiong and his younger brother were born in a large family. It was a big family, but the family was in the middle of the road, his parents died early, his children and grandchildren were not prosperous, and he also experienced poverty and bullying from others.

But this Liu Xiong, young has great ambitions and ambitions, while taking care of his younger brother, while studying and studying, in his twenties, he was born as a scholar, elected as a Jishi, with outstanding talent and ability, in middle age, mixed into the position of the imperial master, regarded as a big man in the court, the top of the official.

After becoming a big official, Liu Xiong bought an official position for his younger brother in the countryside with the power and relationship in his hands, and even repaired the ancestral tomb of his family.

The only fly in the ointment is that Liu Xiong, who has been busy with officialdom, although he is married to a wife in the fifth room, he has no children, and he has a huge career, but he has no heirs, and he can't help but feel a little sad in his heart.

Fortunately, there is a son in the younger brother's family, otherwise their Liu family would really be cut off. Therefore, even though Liu Tailai is stubborn and unlearned, he is the only seedling in the family, although his uncle Liu Xiong is a little dissatisfied with him, he still loves him very much.

Through the dotting and buying relationships along the way, Liu Tailai also successfully entered the palace examination hall, and when the exam is over, he Liu Xiong can justifiably bring this single seedling in the family to the capital as an official and inherit his career.

In the process of Liu Tailai's imperial examination, a small episode occurred, that is, the contradiction between him and Lu Fang, the first talent in this year's imperial examination.

That is after the meeting, Lu Fang won the first place and won the title of Huiyuan, and all the candidates came forward to congratulate him, he Liu Tailai was red-eyed and unhappy, so he relied on his family background and ran to Lu Fang to humiliate him for a while.

Unexpectedly, although Lu Fang was young, his character was tough and upright, and he directly scolded him Liu Tailai: insulting Sven and insulting ancestors!

At that time, Liu Tailai wanted to be mad, but thinking that he had cheated all the way to the exam, and thinking of his uncle's admonition, he still forcibly suppressed his anger and pointed at Lu Dao with his finger: "You're finished!"

When Liu Tailai informed his uncle of Lu Fang's abuse, Liu Xiong was so angry that he took the case. Not only because he doted on Liu Tailai, but more importantly, Lu Fang scolded Liu Tailai's ancestors, that is, Liu Xiong's ancestors.

For those who have no children, no daughters, and no descendants, the status of the ancestors in their hearts is even more noble, not to mention that he Liu Xiong and his younger brother's parents died early, and they were bullied when they were young, and now they are middle-aged and powerful, which is even more inviolable and insulting.

"No matter how talented you Lu Fang is, scolding my ancestors, this crime is unforgivable!" Liu Xiong's eyes were fierce, with unconcealable anger.