[Chapter 13 - Scholar from Jiangnan] The emperor had a very happy conversation with him

When he went down to Jiangnan from the royal city, Chu Yuan's heart was full of things.

When he returned to the royal city from Jiangnan, Chu Yuan's heart was also full of things.

However, the difference is that when he came, he was very worried, in order to prepare for danger on the way, and to guess what kind of storm Liu Fu would make. When he returned, he was thinking more about how to rearrange the power of the DPRK and China, the imminent war in the northwest, and ...... Duan Baiyue.

The burning star in the palm of your hand is very cold, and no matter how long you hold it warm, it feels like it has just been taken out of the ice. Chu Yuan looked out the window thoughtfully, as if he remembered something, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously raised an arc.

"Emperor-" Sixi Gonggong pushed the door in with the fruit, and saw that he seemed to be contemplating things, so he hurriedly swallowed the rest of the words, carefully put the plate on the table, and was about to bow down.

"Come back." Chu Yuan said, "I have something to ask you." ”

"Yes." Sixi's father-in-law closed the door again.

"Dried apricots?" Chu Yuan sat back at the table and picked up a dried fruit casually.

"Yes, it's pickled with the finest wolf tooth nectar." Sixi is fair, "The emperor will probably be too sweet, but this is the people's heart, and it's not bad to taste it." ”

"Take some back to the royal city." Chu Yuan said, "The Liu family has fallen, although Liu Dajiong has nothing to do with it, Bacheng is also worried in his heart at this time, and he should be shocked when he brings some gadgets back." ”

"Yes." Sixi's father-in-law nodded, "I'll let people prepare." ”

"In this way, the royal city will be much more dissipated." Chu Yuan wiped his fingers, "I went back just in time for the palace exam, and I don't know what the qualifications of the students are this year, and whether they can be qualified to fill the vacancy in the court." ”

"Your Majesty doesn't have to worry." Sixi pinched his shoulders for him, "The territory of Chu is so vast, I'm afraid that I can't find a capable person to be an official?" ”

Chu Yuan nodded, but remembered one more thing, so he said casually: "That plum tree ......"

Sixi's father-in-law hurriedly said: "It's being planted in the cold palace." "Didn't throw it, didn't throw it.

Chu Yuan said, "Oh." ”

Half an hour later, Sixi's father-in-law went out to call the post official and ordered him to send someone to hurry back to the royal city. Before the emperor returned to the palace, the plum tree must be planted properly.

There was a noise outside the window, Chu Yuan glanced down, and saw a group of bandit-like people being shackled, escorted forward by the officials, there were still a lot of them, and the people stood on both sides to watch the excitement. After inquiring, the guards came back to tell that there was a scholar who wanted to go to Wangcheng from Jiangnan to take the exam, but he met this gang of thieves on the way, and he didn't know how to do it.

"Oh?" Chu Yuan smiled.

"The mouth of a scholar can really speak." The guard sighed, "Everyone has arrived at the Yamen, and those thieves have not yet come to their senses, and they have been crying and shouting to make that scholar a big master, but they can't persuade them." ”

"What about people?" Chu Yuan asked.

"According to the onlookers, after bringing the robbers to the Yamen, the scholar went to buy several large jars of candied fruit with the silver bounty, and continued to go to the royal city happily." The guard said, "Do you want to bring it back?" ”

"That's it." Chu Yuan shook his head, "Since I am going to catch the exam, I will have to meet sooner or later, and I also want to try to see if I can find him out of the many test papers." ”

On the official road at the other end, Duan Yao kicked the horse's belly, and chased a few steps alongside Duan Baiyue: "Did you really go back like this?" ”

"Or else?" Duan Baiyue asked.

Of course, it's to snatch your sweetheart back! Duan Yao was very incomprehensible, why was he so domineering in other things, but he was so indecisive when he came here? What's more, this time he traveled thousands of miles to go to Wangcheng to save the court Chu from a big trouble, if he can't even change one person, then where will the face of the Southwest Mansion be saved, where will the face be saved, and the face will be saved.

"Ahem!" Duan Yao cleared his throat and prepared to give a long lecture.

Duan Baiyue flicked the reins of his horse, smashed countless puddles and galloped forward, leaving him far behind.

Duan Yao: "......"

Nan Moxie did not return to the southwest this time, but stayed in Qionghua Valley. Ye Jin went to the street to go shopping this day, and the owners of the pharmacy recognized him, and greeted him with a smile, saying that a batch of new herbs came from the southwest, and there were many strange flowers and plants. Ye Jin was really interested when he heard this, so he went in and picked and bought a lot of them, the boss smiled and helped him wrap it, and forcibly sent this martial arts cheats, saying that it was brought and sold by a medicinal herb dealer, and everyone in the southwest wanted it, which was very rare.

Ye Jin took it and flipped it open, and the title page was full of four black characters.

Bodhicitta Sutra.

……

Of course, although the name is the same, the moves and mental methods are not the same, the one given by Bai Laicai is ejaculation, and this book can be aphrodisiac when practiced.

Ye Jin shook his head and stuffed his hand under the baggage, planning to take it back as firewood.

In the royal city, the matter of Liu Mansion has already been spread, and the people are sighing, long live today is really powerful, and it has not been three years since he ascended the throne, and he will completely eradicate Liu Mansion that has been entrenched in the DPRK for decades, and all the same party has not been spared, but he is not wrong to kill one person, for example, Liu Dajiong Liu of the Ministry of Officials, although he is also a distant relative of Liu Fu, but he still sits in a sedan chair in front of the officials, and even got a plaque of the imperial pen himself, which is hung on the middle hall.

I don't know how many matchmakers in the royal city are envious and red-eyed.

After Chu Yuan returned to the palace, he had not rested for two days, so he summoned the officials of the Ministry of Rites to the imperial study to discuss the matter of this imperial examination.

Shen Qianfan is a martial artist, he doesn't know anything about the imperial examination and is healing from a big injury, so it is rare to be idle, and when he encounters good weather, he will wander around the imperial garden, and by the way, he thinks if he can take time to go back to Jiangnan, it is said that the fourth brother fell and injured his head, and he should also go to see it as a brother. However, before he could write the excerpt, another report from the northwest war was sent overnight with an urgent 800-li rush - after hearing that Sha Da was missing, the tribes of Mobei began to be restless again, and recently clashed with the Chu army again and again, and their intentions were clearly revealed.

Chu Yuan sighed: "It's hard work. ”

"The emperor's words are serious." Shen Qianfan bowed his head to receive the order, and the next day he led the personal guard army to set off and go to the northwest to join the Chu army and jointly defend the frontier.

The imperial examination was held as scheduled, and five days later, the screened examination papers were sent to the imperial study. Chu Yuan read them carefully one by one, and there are naturally those who are full of poetry and books, but they are not outstanding, let alone at a glance, and they are inevitably a little disappointed in their hearts.

"Your Majesty." Sixi's father-in-law said outside, "Master Taifu asks to see." ”

"Xuan." Chu Yuan put down the exam paper in his hand.

Tao Rende entered the imperial study, and the chamberlain brought a chair as usual. Chu Yuan motioned for him to sit down without courtesy, and said with a smile: "Why is Taifu here this time, why can't we discuss it tomorrow morning?" ”

"The emperor forgives me, this matter is not in accordance with the rules, but the old minister has been thinking about it for most of the day, if this test paper cannot be seen by the emperor, it is really a pity." Tao Rende took out a stack of folded rice paper from his sleeve and presented it to him with both hands.

"Why don't you behave?" Chu Yuan asked.

"For some reason, this candidate only did half of the question." Tao Rende said, "But the font is free and easy to pleasing to the eye, and the whole article is brilliant and ingenious. ”

"Oh?" Chu Yuan became interested when he heard this, and after reading it carefully, he laughed, "What is the name of this candidate?" ”

Tao Rende said: "Wen Liunian, a native of Jiangnan. ”

"Get someone!" Chu Yuan said, "I want to see him in person." ”

Tao Rende was overjoyed, and after returning home, he hurriedly found the housekeeper and asked him to go to the city to find someone quickly. The housekeeper's name is Tao Dajin, and he is also very good at handling things, so it didn't take long to ask the candidate's inn and personally lead someone to find him.

"Your Excellency is Gongzi Wen?" Tao Dajin smiled.

"Who are you?" Wen Liunian was vigilant.

"Under the surname Tao, he is the housekeeper in the mansion of Tao Rende, the master of the imperial court." Tao Dajin said respectfully, "My lord sent me to invite Mr. Wen, saying that there was a discussion. ”

"Ah, congratulations to Brother Wen Xian!" As soon as the housekeeper finished speaking, Wen Liunian didn't have time to open his mouth, and a circle of scholars around him had already surrounded him, scrambling to talk, and even tried to hold his hand.

Didn't anyone pay attention to me before...... Wen Liunian was frightened, and quickly hid behind the housekeeper, and walked out of the inn with him, first into the Tao Mansion, and then with Tao Rende, was carried into the palace.

It was already late, but Chu Yuan was still waiting for the two of them in the study.

"The grass people see the emperor." Wen Liu Nian saluted.

After seeing him, Chu Yuan was a little surprised in his heart, because the scholar in front of him was white and pure, and he looked at most fifteen or sixteen. I read that half of the article before, and the thoughtfulness and insight were so profound, and the people behind it were at least in their thirties.

Wen Liunian knelt on the ground, and said in his heart why he didn't scream for a long time.

"Wen Liu Nian." Chu Yuan said.

"It's the grass people." Wen Liunian raised his head slightly.

"Get up." Chu Yuan instructed the chamberlain to bring two chairs, and picked up the test paper casually, "Is this really what you did?" ”

"Yes." Wen Liunian nodded apprehensively.

"Why don't you finish it?" Chu Yuan asked again.

How can I call it unwilling, I really want to be the champion of the ancestors. Wen Liunian was very sad in his heart, and said honestly: "Because on the day of the exam, the grass people felt unwell in their stomachs. "Before I started, I ran to the thatched house seven or eight times, not only my legs were weak but I also had a headache, and then I couldn't hold on, so I had to hurriedly hand in the papers, and let the little guy who was guarding outside carry him to the hospital.

"I see." Chu Yuan understood, "Let's stay in the palace tonight." ”

Wen Liunian was surprised: "Huh? ”

"Early tomorrow morning, go to the morning court with me." Chu Yuan raised his eyebrows, "If you can convince those old ministers, I will give you a flower to do." ”

Wen Liunian knelt on the ground to thank him, and by the way, he regretted why he was only willing to give a flower.

I still want to be the champion.

The eyeliner placed in the palace in the southwest palace, returned to the residence on this day to continue the 1510 record, the emperor ate xiaolong soup dumplings for breakfast, and ate silver silk noodles for dinner.

I also wrote that the plum tree was not dug up today, and it grew very well.

In the end, I summoned a white and delicate Jiangnan genius into the palace.

We had a great conversation.

Sleepless nights.