Chapter 56: The Beginning of the Examination
The two people who were thrown to the ground wailed, and the onlookers also screamed, Huang Ju stepped forward and grabbed the chain and pulled it hard...
The two children have been tossed again... Under the misty starlight, like a flying kite, under the kite, Huang Ju grabbed a chain with one hand and pushed back hard, and the bare muscles of the young man under the misty starlight skyrocketed....
The two men in the air landed again, howling in pain... Fortunately, it was not raised again, and it had been pulled back into the boundary, and Huang Ju let go of the chain in his hand and threw it on the ground.
"Come again. He said.
The two children cried and couldn't get up, while the others retreated in fear when Huang Ju looked at them.
"I'm going to die!" someone shouted in a trembling voice.
Huang Judao: "I won't die, I won't die if I fall too much, I won't die." ”
The others looked at him, and then looked at the two children who were still wailing on the ground, they couldn't see clearly in the dark night, but they must have fallen and their mouth, nose, hands and feet were bleeding, so they hadn't seen it before, they were so hungry and crazy that they were tempted by people, and seven or eight of them had died like this in the past few years, and they were injured when they couldn't fall to death.
Of course, there are also those who are not dead, such as Huang Ju, such as the one who was taken care of by Zhu Yikai.
"But what's the use of doing that?" said one of them, even if he could not be beaten to death, how could he break free and fly away, just to grab the meat that those people threw for fun?
"Huang Ju, if you rob it like this once, they won't come. Someone said timidly, those people didn't really want to give them meat to eat, just for fun, how could they come without fun.
There was silence in the wilderness, except for the moans and cries of the two men who fell to the ground.
Huang Judao: "I don't know. Turning away from the children, he said, "Then you can go." ”
The children hesitated for a moment when Soso picked up the two wounded children who were lying on the ground and wept on their backs, and the sound of footsteps and chains was gone, and silence returned to the wilderness.
Huang Ju ran forward at the moment of independence, and the sound of chains, wind, and the sound of human bodies colliding with the ground was mixed in the night.
Xue Qing looked at the figure jumping in the night sky, and didn't know how many times he had been beaten to do so.
"What's the point?" she said.
Of course, the question is not about the boundaries, but about the existence of these people.
Du said: "Qin Tangong used it to fool the people, the evil spirit, in order to make the people believe that the death of the queen and the emperor was an accident, and although the other ministers in the court knew that this was absurd, they couldn't let the queen and the emperor bear the reputation of being killed by thunder and fire, so they pushed the boat down the river and let Qin Tangong act." ”
As for these people who have lost their homes and are still regarded as evil spirits, they are like ants and don't care about it.
So this is why a tour guide like Big Yellow Tooth can exist, and it should be forbidden to use the death of the Empress Emperor for profit and fun, but because it is exaggerated and treated as a story, the tragedy of the past is covered up, which is exactly what the imperial court is happy to see.
Xue Qing was silent for a moment, the truth in this world will always have misery and helplessness that you can't imagine.
Du said: "Let's go." ”
Xue Qing hummed and turned around, and the two of them left in the night.
Huang Ju, who was flying in the night sky, felt the strong force coming from under his feet, he could fly up with the help of this force, but he must also control the fall of this force.
What's the point? The bird with shackles on his feet, even if he can fly, is only lying to himself in the end, his expression is a little dazed, and he suddenly looks in one direction, there are people over there.
Not a guard on horseback, not a sneaky idler looking for fun, two black dots, one tall and one short, one in front and one behind, they did not fly in the air like him, but ran on the ground .... They are as fast as arrows piercing through the night, and they have no wings but are freer than birds.
Huang Ju looked a little stupid, forgetting that the action person was thrown to the ground heavily, and the severe pain spread throughout his body, but it did not make him curl up, but like a stubborn stone, he fell to the ground and smashed a pit and did not move, allowing the sand to smash into the bare skin like a knife and a hammer.
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On the eighth day of July, the gentleman's test finally arrived.
When the first rays of light fell on the earth in the early morning, all the scribes who were guarding the city gate to examine the Praetorian Guards disappeared, and the candidates who came again from this moment were disqualified from the examination.
The city gate was cleared, the forbidden army guarded the road, and under the watchful eyes of the onlookers, the candidates wearing uniform black robes lined up and walked out of the city gate to the Queen's Mausoleum, where a sacrifice was to be performed before the exam, and the Queen's Mausoleum was also the place where the first subject was held.
Xue Qing stood in the team and looked forward, this time because he came to worship the first queen on behalf of the Son of Heaven, the specifications were the great drive of the Son of Heaven, of course, the specifications were much smaller, but it was shocking enough for Xue Qing, he had only seen this kind of scene in the past on the books, and this time he was able to see with his own eyes that it was different from what he imagined, and after walking all the way, the horn sounded and finally arrived at the Queen's Mausoleum.
The Queen's Mausoleum is isolated in the wilderness during the day, and there are musicians dressed in sacrificial clothes in front of the broad mausoleum, rows of drums and trombones, and fierce flags.
The officials are dressed in official robes, and the examiners are also unified Confucian shirts standing solemnly in front of the mausoleum, with the arrival of the auspicious time, the drums are ringing in unison, the rumbling sound is deafening, the officials step forward with the ceremonial officer, and the candidates also move, the original unfamiliar tension disappears with the ritual music and solemn steps, replaced by the infectious power of the ceremony, everyone is immersed in a solemn and solemn atmosphere, except for Xue Qing.
Xue Qing's movements followed everyone, and he also bowed his head respectfully, but his ears were pricked up to listen to the sound of the drums, and from the high-pitched drums and the dull trombone sound, he could hear the movement, knock, knock, knock, and the ground seemed to tremble with it, but no one paid attention to this, and everyone was engrossed in following the music, expressing their piety to the gods of heaven and earth.
Religious.... The underground palace of the worshiped true phoenix is being opened, and the means used are to smash and even gunpowder.
Xue Qing shook his head lightly and leaned over to bow.
After half an hour, the sacrificial ceremony ended, and the candidates who had not slept well last night and were tired took a short rest, waiting for the first exam to begin.
"Today's test is the five ceremonies, which are carried out separately, and the candidates register separately, either by single choice or both. ”
"Which one do you choose?"
"I haven't thought about it yet, my auspicious salute is a little better, and I can't remember the military salute or anything. ”
There will be a draw of lots later... One in every five state capitals. ”
It is impossible for more than 400 candidates to do it together, not because the venue is insufficient, but because the examiners can't see it, so as not to affect the scoring, so it is divided into five state capitals, and the team and order are determined by lot.
Xue Qing shook his shoulders to relieve his fatigue, and heard cheers or lamentations in the crowd, it was the result of the lottery, some were satisfied and some were dissatisfied, but what is satisfaction?
"Ha, ha. ”
Pang An and Zhang Shuangtong squeezed over from the crowd with joyful faces, and they crowded to the front to follow the scribe to find out the first news.
"Good news, good news, we are in a group with the Xiliang people. ”
The candidates around heard it and immediately cast a look of envy, how can the five rites handed down by the ancients be deep into the bone marrow for the students of the Great Zhou, this subject is negligible for the candidates of the foreign countries, and the candidates who are assigned to a group will naturally have one less opponent, in addition to this, there is more joy for the candidates in Chang'an Mansion.
What could be more satisfying than winning head-on over an enemy.
Pang An clenched his fists: "Great." ”
Xue Qing frowned slightly and said, "It's too coincidental." ”