On the main hall of the dragon jade pillar, three young men with solemn faces and extraordinary temperaments knelt on the oily marble floor. Standing on either side of them are civil and military officials in official robes and half-bowed bodies.

At this time, they were waiting together for the white marble steps, and the founding emperor of the Daran Dynasty, Le Ruheng, announced the top three in this scientific expedition.

The Da Ran Dynasty has been in a state of ruin for more than two years, not to mention the lack of talents in the central court, even the county officials and prefectures in various places are also in urgent need of a large number of available people to fill.

Therefore, from the opening of the department to the selection of talents that began last year, to today's entrance examination, it has always attracted the attention of the emperor of the dynasty.

Le Ruheng sat on the majestic dragon chair, many years of battlefield fighting and regime strategy, so that his extremely ordinary appearance, invisibly infiltrated a fierce aura, the bottomless eyes just swept lightly on the main hall, everyone was shocked to tighten the breath, tense the whole body did not dare to move in the slightest.

On his right, there stood a middle-aged Taoist priest with meridian hairpin, a three-inch long beard, a black robe, and a white dust.

Le Ruheng met the man's eyes, understood what he meant, and ordered Gonggong Wu on the other side to announce the final palace test results.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

The top three in this year's scientific examination, along with the courtiers standing on both sides, kowtowed to Le Ruheng to thank Longen.

"Flat. ”

The three of them bowed their heads again and thanked them, and then stood upright.

And the courtiers standing on both sides turned their eyes to these three new colleagues, and their eyes were not uncomplicated.

Ning Fenglan, the son of the Ning family in Taizhou, Pei Che of the Pei family in the capital of the Bangyan, and Chu Zhe of the Chu family in Mengzhou.

In fact, if the thesis is talented and strategic, Le Ruheng and all the courtiers feel that Chu Zhe should be the first, but the national teacher standing next to the emperor made a vague hint when he was about to announce the results.

The national teacher has followed Le Ruheng for many years, made suggestions for him to unify the country, and made great contributions, so when he was about to set the ranking of the three people, the national teacher suddenly coughed, and he paused very tacitly, and then saw the fingers of the national teacher clearly, and then decided the current order.

At this moment, the three of them had already gotten up and withdrawn from the Jinluan Palace, but next, he had to discuss state affairs with the courtiers, so the doubts in his heart could only wait for the next court and then talk to the national teacher alone.

The status of the national teacher is special, and all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty do not know the emperor's importance to him, so when discussing national affairs, they all listen to the words and deeds of the national teacher and treat it prudently.

However, in fact, apart from standing motionless beside the emperor, the national teacher rarely spoke.

Today, the top three in the palace exam, the ministers have some imagination about the abnormal behavior of the national teacher, some have sensitive noses, and even smell a smell of forming a party for personal gain, or is it that the national teacher is highly meritorious and wants to replace him?

The courtiers hid all kinds of thoughts and began to ask the emperor to cut over various affairs such as the military department, the official department, and the household department.

In fact, the national teacher is far from being as complicated as they think.

After the court meeting was over, Le Ruheng walked into the imperial study with the national teacher.

"National Teacher ......"

"Your Majesty!" the national teacher interrupted Le Ruheng, and Wu Gonggong, who was making tea on the side, was not surprised, and smoothly placed Qishan Lengsong in a place where Le Ruheng could raise his hand.

"You're trying to ask why the rankings of those three people have been adjusted?"

The emperor is the son of heaven, and only the national teacher has this privilege, not only can he interrupt the emperor's words at will, but also return yours without scruples.

Gonggong Wu put the hot tea on the coffee table next to the national teacher, and then quietly withdrew from the hall.

"Among these three, if Chu Zhe is the most agreeable, why can't he be the champion?"

The national teacher looks very ordinary, with a square face, thick eyebrows and small eyes, a three-inch long beard on his chin, he can't tell his age, and his body is thin, which is much inferior to the ordinary-looking Emperor Le.

He squinted his eyes and said with an unfathomable expression: "After many years of war, the people's livelihood has withered, and the emperor now needs more pragmatic people to go to various places to appease the people and promote prosperity."

Although Ning Fenglan and Pei Che are not as resourceful as Chu Zhe, they have ordinary family backgrounds, and they have a more real and profound understanding of people's livelihood, and they are the most able to do great things in office, in order to be recognized and appreciated by the emperor and the imperial court.

And that Chu Zhe, not to mention his illustrious family background, still has a prominent face, he must have been a nerd who didn't listen to things outside the window and only read sage books.

Moreover, the poor Taoist view of his deeds, this person is frivolous, stubborn, put in the peaceful and prosperous world, no fault and no merit, he can not affect the safety of the society, but this is the time for the emperor to establish authority and rejuvenate the country, and such a person must not be allowed to spoil the overall situation of the country. ”

When Le Ruheng heard this, he didn't speak for a while.

However, since the national teacher said so, he naturally has his reasons. After so many years of getting along, the national teacher's loyalty to him is beyond doubt!

Moreover, although he is a little sorry that Chu Zhe did not have the eyes to enter the national division, this is indeed not a big deal, now, the war has subsided, and when everything is on the right track, there will be more and more talents.

So, Le Ruheng smiled, took a sip of the teacup, and said to the national teacher:

"In the past two days, the queen has been busy selecting show girls for me to fill the harem. The national teacher has laid down this country for me, and he should also relax and relax appropriately, and the previous excuses of being pure and lacking desires should not be mentioned again!

The national teacher has nothing to do at this time, why don't I order someone to bring the show girl's picture album, you can pick a few desirable ones and bring them back to the national teacher's mansion, okay?"

The national teacher raised his eyebrows and looked at it, only to see Le Ruheng staring at him with a smile on his face, so he immediately got up and waved at Le Ruheng, and said:

"Your Majesty, haven't you forgotten what Poor Dao said to you before?"

"Huh?" Le Ruheng was a little embarrassed, pretended to cough, and asked, "The national teacher said too much to me, which one do you mean?"

The national teacher stood up straight, ignored Le Ruheng's pretending to be stupid, and said straightly: "Poor Dao has said, when you sit firmly on this dragon chair, it will be time for Poor Dao to leave." ”

"The national teacher is like this, is he going to put me and the land of injustice and injustice?" Le Ruheng frowned and said:

"I have said before, this country belongs to you and me, and I want to share this prosperity with you!"

The national teacher was unmoved, and still said calmly and self-controlledly: "The emperor doesn't need to say much! If the emperor really wants to reward the poor, he will revitalize the concept of Niangniang as a thank-you gift." ”

"This is natural! Didn't I just ask the household department to allocate silver taels to carry out a unified renovation of the Niangniang Temple affected by the war in various places?

Not to mention the side, I just made a proposal and asked the national teacher to consider one or two. ”

As soon as the national teacher raised the dust, he bowed to the emperor again, and said: "Originally, Poor Dao wanted to wait two days to say goodbye to you, but now that I have said this, then I will say goodbye to Poor Dao." Poor Dao is here to wish the emperor a prosperous and prosperous Chang'an!"

After speaking, the national teacher stopped staying, turned around and walked out of the imperial study.

"National Teacher!" Le Ruheng was caught off guard by this rash move of the national teacher, and he couldn't care about the emperor's prestige, so he opened the corners of the dragon robe, raised his legs and rushed out.

However, in the corridor outside the imperial study, in addition to Gonggong Wu standing quietly at one end, where is the shadow of the national teacher?

"What about the national teacher?" asked Le Ruheng with an ugly face.

"The Emperor...... Your Majesty!" Gonggong Wu was frightened by Le Ruheng's face, and quickly knelt on his knees, and said in a trembling voice: "National teacher, you didn't come out!"

When Le Ruheng heard this, his eyes closed, and he finally retreated to the imperial study in despair.

That's it, he's bent on leaving, and no one can keep him!

............

Because of Uncle Ling's fifty taels of silver, Niangniangguan hired two young men from the nearby village to turn over the tiles that were leaking rain in the main hall, and then mended the missing leg of the offering table and the broken stone pillars and floor tiles.

In order to save silver taels, the work of painting the temple was completed by Miao Zhen and Yao Guang.

After being so busy for more than ten days, the dilapidated Niangniang Guan finally looked a little bit like a Taoist immortal cultivator.

The next day was June 15, and after Ling Xuguan took his disciples to finish the morning class, he let everyone go out to make final preparations.

"Miaoqing, after the evening class, let's go to the back mountain to bathe. ”

"Okay. Yaoguang straightened the red cloth on Nuwa Niangniang's body, turned around and jumped off the offering table, then picked up the rag from the bucket and wrung it out, and wiped off the footprints on the offering table.

Miao Zhen placed the polished copper incense burner in the center of the offering table, and placed a plate of apples, grapes, and peaches in turn.

The futon in front of the offering table was covered with new cloth that they had bought anew. And the Dao Po they are wearing now is the old Dao robe that was patched before.

The two black cloths given by Uncle Ling Wu have been made into brand-new Taoist robes, just waiting for the Zhai Jiao to appear tomorrow.

After taking care of the main hall, the two of them went to the courtyard again and poured the incense ashes prepared in advance into the large incense burner used to insert incense.

Miao Jing had already cleaned the yard, and at this time she also ran over to carry the empty wooden barrel away.

"Hey, how many villagers do you say will come tomorrow?" Miaoqing dusted off the ashes on her body, looked at Nuwa Niangniang in the main hall, and asked.

Yaoguang also looked at Nuwa Niangniang, this statue looked like it was some years old, and it was solemn and solemn, without sorrow or joy, but it was not the slightest resemblance to the Nuwa she had seen with her own eyes.

In fact, people worship the gods and don't really care what they look like.

Yaoguang was in a trance for a while, if Nuwa was gone, would there be a new god to occupy this body? Just like the position in the company, when the old person is gone, there will be a new person to replace him and continue to have the work and responsibilities that he should have?

"Let people see the miracle of Nuwa Niangniang, and naturally some people believe in it. Yaoguang smiled at Miaozhen.

"What kind of miracle?" The two of them walked towards the backyard together, and Miaozhen muttered quietly: "Usually go to see a doctor, catch a ghost or something, it's still okay, ask Nuwa Niangniang to show up, it's not something we can do!"

Yaoguang did not answer. In fact, the world has far exceeded her cognition. In the past, they were busy making a living, and Master Ling Xuan didn't urge them to practice magic much.

Besides, during the war years, there were too many unjust ghosts and ghosts who died in vain, and most of the men in the nearby villages were also captured and thrown to the battlefield to die.

Faced with the threat of death and the undead after death, the surrounding villagers have become numb. And this directly led to the complete neglect of these female crowns who specialize in catching ghosts and driving away evil spirits in Niangniang's view.

Tomorrow's Zhaijiao, after the end of the war, Niangniangguan regained her life for the first time after the altar preached, although as early as half a month ago, they recruited craftsmen to renovate the Taoist temple, go to the county to sell herbs and advertise by the way, but, seriously, even the Lord of Ling Xuguan has no confidence in how many people will come tomorrow.

Yaoguang has lived in Guanli for seventeen years, although he has learned some exorcism techniques from his master, he has no choice but to lack food and clothing, and has not practiced it himself.

If only the Thunderbeast were here.