Chapter 250: The First Imperial Examination

Walking all the way to the courtyard of the main hall, Lu Zhi saw a woman in blue casual clothes in the courtyard.

He recognized the identity of the woman at a glance, Qin Youyu, the commander of the First Army of the Hui'an Army, and Lu Jieshuai's fiancΓ©e.

She was standing by the flowerbed, looking like she was admiring the flowers, followed by two women, one stout and the other petite.

Lu Zhi walked over slowly, ready to salute.

Qin Youyu's voice suddenly sounded in her ears, and she turned her back to herself and said, "I'm just coming over to take a look, the grader doesn't have to worry about me, it's better to go to the main hall to receive Sun Shaoyin first." ”

"Xia Guan knows." Lu Zhi nodded, knowing that as a military general, she was not good at interfering in the imperial examination, so she was avoiding suspicion.

Lu Zhi had already heard that when Lu Jieshuai was imprisoned in Jinling, it was this woman who controlled the Hui'an Mansion, planning to rescue Lu Yuan, and secretly strengthening her strength.

With such skill, courage and loyalty, even Lu Zhi, who has always looked down on women, has a little admiration.

Entering the main hall, Lu Zhi saw Sun Shaoqing holding the exam questions in his hand and talking to Yuan Chi, it seemed that he should be asking about the exam questions.

He stepped forward and saluted: "Xiaguan has seen Master Sun." ”

Sun Shaoqing glanced at him and said with a smile: "Lord Lu doesn't have to be polite, I heard Lord Yuan say that Lord Lu has worked very hard for this imperial examination, and he must pay attention to his body." ”

Lu Zhi said lightly: "It's nothing, the imperial examination is a major event related to the future of the whole government, and the lower officials naturally have to pay more attention." ”

Sun Shaoqing secretly sneered, and said with a smile on his face: "What Lord Lu said is that I heard that in the imperial examination, there are always some candidates who like to take risks and cheat for personal gain, so Lord Lu should pay attention." ”

Lu Zhi chuckled in his heart, thinking to himself that she had heard some rumors? He said solemnly: "This is natural, the lower officials have strictly ordered the officials below to take strict precautions against fraud, Lord Sun, please rest assured." ”

In the exam room.

Lu Yuan's attention was completely attracted by the fat man diagonally opposite, the fat man simply regarded the place of the imperial examination as his home, and after copying the question, he took out all kinds of delicacies from the basket like a trick, chicken, duck and fish, and the fragrance that came made many examinees look sideways.

After a beautiful meal, he put his feet on * and fell asleep.

Thinking that the imperial examination that he was quite interested in was treated as a playground by others, Lu Yuan was very depressed, the only thing that made him feel better was that except for the fat man and himself in the examination room, everyone else was basically answering the questions seriously, and no one cheated.

Seeing that the fat man was asleep, Lu Yuan looked away and looked at the others, and suddenly, a handsome scholar in white attracted his attention.

This scholar has an excellent demeanor and a lofty atmosphere, but it is not just his appearance that attracts Lu Yuan.

Everyone else writes for a while, pauses for a while, and thinks for a while. And the handsome scholar rarely paused, if it weren't for Lu Yuan looking at him all the time on the exam questions, he would have suspected that he was copying cheat sheets like the fat man.

After observing for a while, it was noon, Lu Yuan took out the meatloaf made by Su Liuying and ate it, although it was just a meatloaf, but Su Liuying added various ingredients, which can be described as a complete five flavors, Lu Yuan ate with relish, his teeth and cheeks were fragrant, and he was amazed by his fiancΓ©e's craftsmanship.

After a full meal, Lu Yuan also began to answer the questions, the exam questions were extremely long, and if he delayed any longer, he was afraid that he would not be able to finish the answers.

In this way, a few hours later, Lu Yuan put away his pen after leaving the name of "Mu Xuan", looked at the test paper and smiled slightly.

This answer shows the level of the original lord Lu Yuan, that is, the level of Tang Guo Jinshi, and he can just use it as a reference to judge the level of this imperial examination.

I don't know how many of the candidates this time will be able to surpass this article.

After folding the exam papers, he glanced up and saw that the fat scholar was eating again, and the handsome scholar had finished writing the exam questions, and he was reading the answers he had written, and it seemed that he was doing a check.

Lu Yuan became more and more interested in this person, and decided to get acquainted with him after the exam.

After another hour like this, the sky gradually darkened, and Lu Yuan finally heard the drum sound of the end of the exam, he stretched his waist and began to wait for the examiner to collect the questions.

Soon, the examiner took the test questions away, and another drum sounded, announcing that all the candidates could leave the examination room.

Lu Yuan walked out of the examination room and was about to get acquainted with the handsome candidate, but heard someone shouting to him.

When he turned his head to look, he saw Zhang Shouliang, Sima Rui and a strange scholar walking towards him, Sima Rui smiled and said, "Brother Mu, how did you do in the exam?" Is it still going well? ”

Lu Yuan smiled: "You can barely get by, what about you?" ”

Sima Rui said with a bitter face: "Alas, it's a little more difficult than I imagined, and I didn't play very well." ”

However, the smile on the corner of his mouth was not well hidden, and it was obvious that his heart was different.

Lu Yuan was secretly funny, he understood Sima Rui's heart very well, he had seen many classmates similar to him in his later life, and he liked to deliberately say that he didn't do well in the exam, but his performance was very active, and he kept communicating with others about how he answered each question.

Hearing Sima Rui's words, Zhang Shouliang was a little surprised: "No, I think it's very simple!" ”

Sima Rui's cheeks twitched when he heard this.

Lu Yuan was secretly amused, it seemed that this young scholar named Zhang Shouliang was an honest man.

He looked at the strange candidate again, only to see that his eyes were sloppy, and he looked loveless, Lu Yuan glanced at Sima Rui, and said secretly: "See, this is what a person who really hasn't done well in the exam should look like!" ”

Sima Rui introduced to Lu Yuan: "Brother Mu, this is Brother Wang Hui, sitting opposite me. ”

Lu Yuan arched his hand and said, "Brother Wang is good." ”

Wang Hui smiled bitterly and returned the salute.

Sima Rui smiled: "Brother Mu, why don't we go find a teahouse and sit together and discuss the topic!" ”

Lu Yuan turned his head and glanced at the examination room where the Junxiu candidate was, and seeing that he was no longer there, he nodded and said, "It's okay." ”

Wang Hui didn't want to go, but was forcibly dragged away by Sima Rui.

Out of the Gongyuan, the four of them found a small tea shed nearby, ordered a pot of tea and melon seeds, and discussed the test questions around, Lu Yuan looked at them with a smile and found a little familiarity after the exam that year.

After Wang Hui finished answering with a few people, his face gradually turned rosy, and he found that he didn't seem to be so bad in the exam, so he rushed to pay the bill with joy.

Zhang Shouliang looked a little tight, his face was slightly red, he lowered his head and didn't fight, Sima Rui pretended to fight for a while, then smiled and asked Wang Hui to pay, Lu Yuan didn't fight with Wang Hui much, and let him pay the bill.

On the way home, Lu Yuan was influenced by Sima Rui and others, and his heart was much better, and he hummed a little song leisurely.

At this moment, Li Ruozhen's voice came from behind him: "Senior brother, I didn't find the sneaky person you said." ”

Lu Yuan had already gotten used to her elusiveness, so he turned around and said, "If not, forget it." ”

Li Ruozhen added: "But I found that there are several candidates who are copying the test questions like the fat man you are staring at. ”

Lu Yuan nodded and said in a deep voice: "It seems that there is no doubt about the leakage of the exam questions. ”

"And what are you going to do?" Li Ruozhen asked.

Lu Yuan touched his chin and said: "Now it is certain that Jiang Huashan and the fat scholar have a problem, I plan to send a few guards to secretly follow it after I go back, to see if I can find the clues leaked by the exam questions, but my personal guards are not very good at solving cases, if there is a famous person who is good at solving cases and has strong martial arts is willing to track and investigate, then it will be foolproof." ”

As he spoke, he looked at Li Ruozhen.

"yes, if only there was one of them." Li Ruozhen said lightly.

Lu Yuan's eyes widened, this drama is not right, he said angrily: "Senior sister, don't you always say that you are good at solving cases?" Now is your time to play! ”

Li Ruozhen said coldly: "Really? But why do I always think that you are a little dismissive of my skills? ”

Lu Yuan laughed dryly, he really liked to laugh at Li Ruozhen's ability to solve cases before, he smiled and said: "Senior sister misunderstood, in fact, when I was telling stories in the Heavenly Prison, I found that only you can keep up with my train of thought, and at that time, I concluded that Senior Sister must have an amazing talent for solving cases!" ”

Li Ruozhen said lightly: "Okay, although your words are a little perfunctory, I don't care about it, but if I am not by your side, what about your safety?" ”

"Senior sister, don't worry, I'll let Ma Kongming follow me."

Li Ruozhen nodded, and at this moment, she frowned and said, "Someone is coming." ”

Lu Yuan followed her gaze, and after a while, several men appeared in front of her, a man with a small beard in the middle, and two big men with big shoulders and round waists next to him.

After the bearded man approached, he arched his hand and smiled: "Presumably Your Excellency is Mu Xuanmu Gongzi, right?" ”

Lu Yuan turned his head to take a look, Li Ruozhen really disappeared again, he nodded and said, "I'm Mu Xuan, do you have anything to do with me?" ”

The bearded man took out a bag and handed it to Lu Yuandao: "This is ten taels of silver, as long as Mu Gongzi is willing to help him do something, the money in it is yours." ”

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