When Baoyu woke up, it was already early in the morning.

This night, but I have slept to death many times.

He told the assailants to stay around, calling him every other hour.

An hour is exactly the time when he can take a step, that is to say, he takes a step in Wenshan, and he has to endure an hour of thousands of cuts, burning himself, and shattering every cell, every inch of soul.

In the course of a day and a night, he walked out twelve steps, and together with the four steps he began to take, he had climbed a distance of sixteen steps.

Counting, that's a little more than two zhang.

And he is forty-one zhang away from the top of Wenshan Mountain.

[After the Xiucai exam, it is necessary to get the approval of nine lifters, and then climb Wenshan, I heard that it takes up to half an hour to climb Wenshan. 】

Baoyu was surprised, even frightened.

Such a climb to Wenshan only takes half an hour at most?

Oh my God, is he a once-in-a-century masochistic physique that has to endure hundreds of times the pain of others? Or is it ......

How weak is his endurance?

No matter, today is the big test for talents.

Baoyu walked out of the door and saw a small courtyard - although he didn't enter Jiafu's house in Jinling City, nor did he enter Xue Pan's mansion, but he found the best inn in Jinling City.

The identity of the second master of the Guogong Mansion is due to the fact that if the food and clothing are poor, he will be trained by Jia Zheng.

Baoyu took a look at the Tianzi upper room of the largest inn in Jinling City. It is a small courtyard, antique, and grapevines climb all over the courtyard walls. In the cold winter, there are naturally no green leaves on the vines, but with a drizzle of ice and snow, this year's spring came exceptionally early.

The yard is a little green, and it is the grass sprouts that are in spring. The little second brother who was waiting came in with a shovel to clean up the guests.

Baoyu smiled: "The green of spring is a good thing, I will live for a few days, so let's keep it for the time being." ”

The little second brother was dressed in coarse cloth clothes, dressed plainly but very cleanly, and said jokingly: "This master is still knowledgeable." The green of spring is the most auspicious. ”

Baoyu saw that he could speak, and rewarded him with a string of money.

Xue Pan came in from outside, and scolded as he ran: "Brother Bao, you give me a comment, what does it matter to me that this family surnamed Feng is dead......? You went to the Xiucai exam by yourself, and I went to find the servants to see who dared to talk nonsense. ”

Baoyu was stunned for a moment and asked, "How did the government deal with it?"

At the mention of the Jinling City Mansion, Xue Pan immediately became proud and said, "What else can I do?" That Jia Yucun was really sensible, and sent a servant out, saying that he had taken the water and burned it himself. Our four major families are in the same spirit, where does he have the courage to offend?"

Hearing this, Baoyu felt that something was wrong.

Even if it is to refute rumors, there should be a story. The Xue Mansion is an imperial businessman, and it involves their affairs, and the Yin of Jia Yucun, the mansion, should personally come forward to refute the rumors, instead of just sending the officials out. Thinking of the several case files that crushed the four major families in the original book of "Dream of Red Mansions", Baoyu's brows furrowed.

"Brother Pan. ”

Bao asked seriously: "You said that the Feng family was burned, it really wasn't you who did it?

"Absolutely not!"

Xue Pan was also very serious, and sneered: "Those things in the mansion will only serve my majesty on weekdays. I'm not here, they don't have the guts. As for myself...... Brother Bao, what I want to do is a chivalrous warrior who fights swords, not a horseman who robs homes and houses!"

Baoyu narrowed his eyes and said, "Then make a big deal out of it." ”

"What's the fuss?"

"I led all my family members to surround Jinling Mansion, and I must make sure that Jia Yucun came forward to investigate thoroughly. No matter how he prevaricates you, you must ensure that you are accompanied by more than five old demon family members to thoroughly investigate the tragedy of the Feng Mansion. It is absolutely necessary to remember that you, as well as the more important people in the mansion, must gather together and have more than five old demons to protect them before they can face Jia Yu Village. ”

Xue Pan said arrogantly: "Five old demons, Brother Bao, what are you afraid of him doing in Jia Yu Village?"

"I'm afraid that he will be beaten into a trick and framed. ”

Baoyu said very seriously: "Brother Pan, you have to remember that Jia Yucun is the same person as me. And I, for sure, will do so. ”

"......" Xue Pan.

It's so hard.

Others crossed, it was a pile of golden fingers, a shock to the tiger's body, and a group of powerful people rushed to be the little brother. What about him?

Jia Mansion is a mess, Xue Mansion is a mess, the Wang family and the Shi family don't talk about it for the time being, these two are enough for him. But who made him the sister-in-law of Jiafu, the most favored second master of Bao? If the mansion fell, whoever could escape would not be able to escape.

There are also powerful characters, Jia Yucun, which is something that wants to uproot the four major families.

It's the enemy.

Baoyu suddenly felt that except for everyone in the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties as his backing, he really had nothing else to do.

The most pitiful thing is that this backing is still what he learned from reading books before.

...

Xiucai took the big exam in Saigon Courtyard in Jinling City.

If you are a member of another student, you must first go to the yamen to get your household registration to show that you are a native of Jinling, and you must also ask the master to write a copy in the school, indicating that this son has lit eighty-one fires and is eligible to participate in the Xiucai examination.

Baoyu doesn't need it, he is the concubine of the Guogong Mansion. The above two things are the only preferential treatment he has in the Xiucai examination.

Li Gui opened the way, Wang Shanbao and Mingyan followed, and Baoyu walked in the middle with Xuanjue. Xuan Jue is a temperamental, and it doesn't let Baoyu ride on his back unless necessary.

This is understandable. Ghosts and elves are respected beings throughout the Great Zhou.

Countless students in gray robes along the street were walking slowly. Those from average families came alone, or were accompanied by their fathers, uncles, and brothers, while those with good families, such as Baoyu, were accompanied by slaves and did not bring maids.

Men in the Great Zhou Dynasty are inferior to women, and when the talent is examined, let alone the maid, even the female dependents cannot accompany them.

Soon, I arrived at the Nanzhi Gate of the Gongyuan.

The large mansions are all sitting in the north and facing south, which was initially for the convenience of lighting, and gradually, it has become a status symbol. It is enough for poor families to have tiles to cover their heads, and rich and noble families pay attention to a etiquette.

In addition to the most basic north and south, there are also a few gates, how many fences at the door, and a few rows of copper nails on the door - this Baoyu is clear. Jiafu is the house of the national prince, and the three beast head gates must be six nails, six rows horizontally and vertically.

The Gongyuan symbolizes the Confucian law, and the ceremonial use of the county king level, which is the seven road nails in seven rows of horizontal and vertical rows. A three-foot bronze mirror is fixed above the gate.

Baoyu asked Wang Shanbao to wait for them, and took Lingyu over, and saw the bronze mirror sweeping the light of righteousness, making his talent and qi tumbling around him, like a flame burning.

"Passed. "The door does not raise its head, let people in.

Baoyu didn't mind Menzi's rudeness. According to Jia Zheng, each Gongyuan has only one disciple, not a simple person.

He saluted Menzi and walked in with Lingjue.

According to the rules of the big examination, students can bring their own horses, or they can choose horses from the Gongyuan, which is not considered a violation.

It's just that the horses in the Gongyuan are all high-quality horses, and no one will ask for trouble except those who think they have better horses. So Menzi looked at Lingjue more.

Noticing the horse's face and black donkey's body, and then looking at the limp left front leg, he stood up suddenly.

"Lame horse!"

Baoyu heard the exclamation, turned his head, and smiled gently at Menzi.

Menzi waved his hand, as if he didn't want to see Baoyu, he wanted to pick up people, and muttered in his mouth: "Bastard thing, whose son is this? Why is this such extravagance? Using ghosts and elves to cheat, he can figure it out!"

Baoyu smiled bitterly. I really didn't want to cheat, but I was riding and shooting......

He didn't want to get much success with Xuanjue, he just wanted to ride and shoot and barely pass.

[Becoming a showman can impact the human level, the sooner this thing is, the better.] It's a pity that if you can't get many good results in riding and archery, you won't get the chief, and you won't even be able to go up to the top ten on the first list, and you won't be able to enter the Qinglushan Academy of Literature. 】

[It's okay, it's just the Academy of Literature, is it true that my second master Bao doesn't have the strong teachers in the Academy of Literature, so he can't become a lifter and a saint?]

Baoyu laughed heartily, and walked much briskly.

Suddenly, someone called out to him, and only said, "Second Master Bao, Lin Xiuzhu is polite." ”

Someone else followed: "Brother Bao, Jia Huan is polite." ”

To say that Lin Xiuzhu's greeting is still a little sincere, Jia Huan's greeting is properly perfunctory. Baoyu turned around and saw Lin Xiuzhu straightening up, obviously bending down when he greeted him, while Jia Huan was his younger brother, but he didn't move.

Baoyu beckoned and smiled: "Xiuzhu prodigy, Brother Huan'er, since you are here, let's go together." ”

I don't mind Jia Huan's faux pas, the child is still young, and he will repair it slowly in the future. The small tree is not repaired and does not slip straight, he thinks that Jia Yucun should help him repair a silhouette.

The huge Jia Mansion can't be supported by him alone.

Too tired.

Lin Xiuzhu entered the door, as if he had entered his own country, his eyebrows and eyes were full of energy, and he said to the Quartet: "Second Master Bao, you are here, but it has put pressure on Xiuzhu." The chief of this first list, Xiuzhu has been waiting for seven years, and he is determined to win!"

At his words, the students were so angry that they pricked up their eyes.

Some of these students are older, and some are a few years younger than Lin Xiuzhu. No matter how old or young they are, they are all the proud sons of heaven who have lit eighty-one simmers, which one of them will obey others? They were just about to start sneering, when suddenly someone was shocked and asked, "Lin Xiuzhu, but the prodigy of Xiuzhu seven years ago?"

Suddenly, there was silence.

Seven years ago, there was a prodigy cultivating bamboo, and his talent was the best in Jinling.

I haven't heard of it for seven years, but I didn't expect to take the talent test this year. In the past seven years, where has the prodigy gone?

Lin Xiuzhu said politely: "Xiuzhu followed his teacher on a study tour, and he only came from the central capital recently. Fellow students, it's not about cultivating bamboo to take it, but about seven years of gestation, this is the first leader, and Xiuzhu must be held in your hands!"

"To get the name of the chief, to enter Qinglushan College, and even to raise people and jinshi, this is Xiuzhu's lifelong wish. ”

Speaking of this, Lin Xiuzhu glanced at the lame Xuanjue, frowned, and said: "It's just that when I see Second Master Bao, Xiuzhu really has no confidence, and he will have the ambition to win." ”

Baoyu touched her nose and smiled bitterly, for no reason, why did she pull it on herself again?

But when I think about it, I seem to have just made trouble for Jia Yucun when I came.

Layue's account was repaid quickly, and other people's lovers came to pick thorns.