As they spoke, the two walked to a street, and at this time, from a corner, another blue-clothed scholar walked out, about the same age as Lu Yuan, and behind him there was a petite woman.

After the blue-clothed scholar saw Lu Yuan and the others, he said to the woman: "Look, others don't see their wives following them when they go to the exam, so you can go back quickly." ”

The woman said in a low voice: "But people are still a little worried, after all, ...... last time"

"With Brother Dong taking care of it above, what else is there to worry about." The man disagreed, "You go back and wait for the good news." ”

Saying that, she took the book basket from her wife's hand and walked quickly towards Lu Yuan and the others, and the petite woman had to stop and watch Xianggong walk away from a distance.

The couple is Sima Rui and He, Sima Rui greeted Lu Yuan and Zhang Shouliang, and arched his hand: "In Xia Sima Rui, I have seen two brothers, did they also go to participate in the imperial examination?" ”

"Not bad." Zhang Shouliang nodded and returned a salute: "Xiaosheng Zhang Shouliang." ”

The standard of return salute action can be seen that his tutor is excellent.

Lu Yuan's expression moved, isn't Sima Rui the candidate who is related to the fraud in the proxy exam? Unexpectedly, this coincidence could be used to investigate the matter from him.

Thinking of this, he smiled and said, "In Xia Mu Xuan." ”

"Luckily!"

"Fortunately."

Sima Rui looked at the two of them, and saw that Zhang Shouliang had an excellent demeanor, and although Lu Yuanchang was not very good, he was dressed well, and he might be a child of a rich family, so he suddenly became friends with the two of them, and smiled: "I don't know how many exams the two brothers are?" ”

"I'm the second examiner." Lu Yuan replied.

Zhang Shouliang said with a smile: "I, like Brother Mu, am also from the Second Examination Institute. ”

"That's such a coincidence, I'm also the second examination institute, why don't we go together!" Sima Rui was secretly happy, he couldn't imagine that he was so close to them.

Lu Yuan and the others did not allow it, and along the way, the three of them began to talk.

Zhang Shouliang asked, "Are the two brothers locals?" ”

"No, I'm from Xuanzhou." Lu Yuan replied.

Sima Rui smiled: "I am a native of Hui'an Mansion, and before Lu Jieshuai came, it was still called She County, what's the matter, is Brother Zhang from other places?" ”

Every time he talks about this, he will have a little more smile on his face, and all the locals of Hui'an Mansion will be a little proud in this regard.

Zhang Shouliang nodded and said, "The younger brother is from Chizhou." ”

Sima Rui blinked and smiled, "Oh? My maiden home in Xia Neizi is in Chizhou, and I have been there once, and the scenery there is different than our Hui'an Mansion. ”

Zhang Shouliang said gloomily: "That's all in the past, now Chizhou is very chaotic, the people are not living, Brother Sima had better take over his father-in-law's family." ”

"Really?" Sima Rui said lightly, his own life is still unstable now, how can he have the ability to take care of his father-in-law's family.

Lu Yuan was speechless after hearing this, he had also heard about the situation in Chizhou, although he had food under his command, but now it was a world of great contention, and all he could do was to protect the safety of the people under his jurisdiction.

Zhang Shouliang didn't want to continue the topic of Chizhou, and asked: "I heard that this imperial examination is different from the imperial examination of the Tang Kingdom, and I don't know what the situation is and what the difference will be. ”

If it is a traditional imperial examination, he is very confident in himself, and he is afraid that when the time comes, he will take the test that he is not good at.

As a local, Sima Rui naturally knew about Qi ng's situation, and he smiled: "Brother Zhang doesn't have to worry, the test is still the same three, that is, there are more mathematical and physical questions in the third game, and I heard that the difficulty has dropped a lot." To say that there are also differences with the imperial examination of the Tang Kingdom, for example, women can also participate, but this actually has no impact, and I did not see any women participating in the imperial examination this time. ”

Lu Yuan sighed secretly, knowing that he was right, although he allowed women to participate, there was still no woman who signed up.

Sima Rui continued: "The other thing is to take the official, I heard that among the candidates in the exam, only the top person can be an official. The later examinations all started from the officials, so there were many famous talents who did not come to participate, and it is estimated that they all planned to participate in next year's Tang State imperial examination. ”

The imperial examination of the Tang State is held once every two years, and when Lu Yuan was still in prison when he took the examination last year, the champion was Xu Shilian, who was sent to Hui'an Mansion.

Lu Yuan didn't care too much about the boycott of these people, what they wanted to do was to maintain the status of scholars, but what Lu Yuan wanted to do was to blur the demarcation line between classes.

In his opinion, everyone has amazing potential, but it has not been explored, and the talent is not single, the ancient talents are equivalent to the liberal arts, and he is more interested in science talents.

However, if the imperial examination wants to develop to half of the arts and sciences, it still needs a long way to go, and there is no urgency.

Zhang Shouliang also doesn't care about the level of his official position, he crawled out of the line of life and death, for him, as long as he can make money and repay the mother and daughter of the Xue family and the villagers of Xiaohe Village, he is very satisfied.

As they spoke, the three of them walked towards the examination room.

In a carriage not far behind the three of them, Sun Shaoqing lowered the curtain and said with a smile: "Sister, Brother Yuan is really amazing, he got along with those two candidates so quickly!" ”

Qin Youyu smiled and said: "This is Lu Lang's greatest advantage, no matter how big an official he is, how noble his status becomes, he will not have any frame to treat others, and only a person like him can really think about the people." ”

Sun Shaoqing stuck out her tongue, she really admired Brother Yuan at this point, and so did Sister Qin, she and Brother Yuan were the same in this regard.

She can't do it herself, even if she knows in her heart that this is right, but the habit of many years still makes her inadvertently reveal a sense of hierarchy when facing ordinary people.

Outside the exam room.

Because the number of people who passed the preliminary examination was larger than originally expected, the official in charge of the imperial examination expanded the previous examination room, which formed the huge tribute court in front of him.

Unlike other mansion gates, the vermilion gate is particularly majestic, and the gate has a total of four doors, side by side, making it easy for people to enter and exit.

On the middle two gates, there is a plaque hanging, writing the words "Hui'an Mansion Tribute Academy", at this time the candidates outside the door are crowded, Lu Yuan looked around, in addition to the young and middle-aged, there are many old people.

Most of these old people are people who have never been admitted to the imperial examination in their lives, and this new imperial examination has become their last hope in life.

The three of them showed the certificate of passing the preliminary examination at the door, and wrote their names, and finally entered the examination room.

When you pass through the gate, you will see a huge courtyard in front of you, and this is the first examination hall.

There are several rows of makeshift houses in the courtyard, each of which is only a few square meters, and if you lie down, you can't even stretch your legs, and there is no way, if the houses are too big, I'm afraid that the Gongyuan will have to be expanded to accommodate so many candidates.

There is a corridor on the side of the first examination hall, Lu Yuan, Sima Rui, and Zhang Shouliang cross the road, and a courtyard appears in front of them, which is where they take the exam, the second examination hall.

The examination hall is blocked by a red fence, and you will need to search your body when you enter.

In ancient times, body searches were not like brushing with a detector now, but a full body examination, even the hair had to be untied and removed, and the clothes had to be taken off for inspection, which was like a crime.

Although the imperial examination was opened by Lu Yuan, these details were decided by the people below, and if he hadn't come to participate in it in person, he wouldn't have imagined it at all.

After entering the examination room, the three of them each held a sign engraved with a number and looked for their place.

"Brother Mu, Brother Zhang, then we will part, I wish you two a smooth exam." After Sima Rui found his position, he said goodbye to Lu Yuan and Zhang Shouliang.

Lu Yuan was about to speak, when he suddenly noticed several men chatting diagonally across the side.

Although these people were all dressed in scholar's clothes, they were richly dressed, and each of them wore a strange badge on their chests, which looked like a small gang of rich children.

One of the men, who looked a bit like Sima Rui, smiled and arched his hand: "Brother Sima." ”

Sima Rui snorted coldly and did not speak.

Lu Yuan was secretly a little strange, Sima Rui was not like that kind of arrogant person, the other party was so polite, why did he react like this?

A person next to the man laughed: "Brother Jiang, I don't know which family this brother is a friend of, and he doesn't even pay attention to you." ”

Brother Jiang? Could it be Jiang Huashan? Lu Yuan was suddenly taken aback, yes, it must be him, Lu Yuan had heard that Jiang Huashan was very similar to Sima Rui, and Sima Rui's attitude towards him at this time confirmed this.

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