Lan Yu sent Kexin to visit Li Fanyi, which made Li Fanyi happy in his heart, although he didn't see Lan Yu himself, but that package was of great significance to Li Fanyi.

Li Fanyi carefully opened the package, only to see a letter on it, a jade pendant and a purse under the letter, and a brand new clothes.

As soon as Li Fan picked up the letter envelope and said 'Brother Fan opened it personally', he couldn't wait to open the envelope, only to see that it was written

"I said goodbye to my brother that day and couldn't see each other again. During the day, the figure of my brother comes to mind; Every night, Lan Yu saw her brother many times in her dreams; The thoughts of the brother in my heart are better than the stars, and like the bright moon; Lan Yu wishes to brother Wu Ju Dengke and first; At the end of the twenty-ninth month, the Buddhist temple, Lan Yu went to the Buddha Rice Cave, when the time came, the brother must go to the appointment on time, looking forward to meeting with the brother, Lan Yu wrote the book. ”

Lan Yu told in the letter about her longing for Li Fanyi, sweet feelings, Li Fanyi now has more worries in addition to the master, and this kind of care is extremely beautiful and sweet in her heart.

Li Fan looked at the letter over and over again, every word exuded a happy look, the twenty-ninth day of the end of the month, Fomi Cave, Si Shi, the appointed day is the fourth day after the end of the martial arts, if she can be on the list, this is the best gift for her. Looking forward to the day that would come, Li Fanyi felt for the first time that time passed so slowly.

Yes, the beginning of love, the most beautiful age, the most noble emotion, the world can get a thing of "love", and I can't complain that people "don't envy mandarin ducks and immortals".

Since Li Fanyi and Lanyu met and were emotionally attached to each other, this is God's favor for them, since then, Li Fan has begun to have concern, spiritual sustenance and yearning in this lonely capital.

Li Fan picked up the jade and put it around his neck, put the purse on his body, and put the letter on his chest, which was probably the most precious object in his life!

Let's not talk about how Lan Yufan and the two lovesick, and say that the imperial examination determines whether or not they can draw a clear line with the past without gunpowder war, and it is also a test of their own knowledge and culture.

In the 26th year of Shuntian, in April, students from all walks of life who rushed to take the exam were uniformly arranged by the Ministry of Rites, and the regulations and punishments for the examination were informed of the students, as follows:

1. Any examiner who accepts bribes in the examination, once discovered, shall be immediately decided, and the student who bribes the examiner shall be given forty rods and will never be hired;

2. Those who carry and substitute examiners shall be shackled for three months, with a staff of forty months, and the word "hair distribution" tattooed on their faces, and filled with military frontiers;

3. During the examination period, students are not allowed to make noise or leave the venue, and those who disturb the order of the examination room will be displayed outside the examination booth with shackles, and will never be hired;

Fourth, one door and two doors each search once, if the second door search for the entrainment, the first door of the search inspector will be fined five taels of silver, forty rods.

The exam is divided into three sessions of three days each, for a total of nine days. In these nine days, eating, drinking, and Lazar have to be in the number room, and they can't come out until the end of the exam. Students will meditate hard and write hard in this small number, don't look at this small space, which is about to be the starting point for some people to move towards the glory of life.

On this day, students from all walks of life came to the gate of Gongyuan early, of course, there are also those who are lazy and late, those who have serious insomnia the night before, and those who are overly nervous and unwell. But an exam is an exam, everyone has equal opportunities, self-regulation, and comfort the heart, which cannot be replaced by others.

After the firecrackers were fired, the students lined up in several long lines, each holding a small bamboo basket in his hand, which contained the four treasures of the study needed for the exam. The officers and soldiers at the gate of the Gongyuan are busy, they carefully check the things in the bamboo basket of each student, search for any hidden things on the body, one purpose, strictly investigate cheating, fair competition, if they are derelict in their duties, they can ask for forty rods.

Zhang Wenbo came late, stood at the back of the line, waited for the review, took a deep breath and spit it out, in order to relieve his tension.

The punishment is strict, but it still can't deter the luck and the fat, and from time to time there will be people who are searched and entrained, which can also be described as varied.

Some students wrote dense text cheat sheets on the inside of their clothes; Some hollowed out the soles of their shoes, hiding "cheat sheets" inside; Some are tucked inside their socks and hidden; Some found articles in the brush barrel, and even hollowed out the inkstone; Worse still, they took candles and hollowed out them so that they could hide their cheat sheets; The methods of cheating can be exhaustive, varied, ignoring punishment and battling wits with the invigilator, but I'm sorry, you all accept the punishment.

The students were searched and entered the Gongyuan in turn, the courtyard is a wall separated by a "number house", each student has a room, before the end of the examination, they are not allowed to come out, there is an invigilation desk opposite the "number house", and there are neat and uniform officials around it.

On this morning, Lord Zhao Yu of the Ministry of Rites came to the palace to meet Lord Shun and lead this year's Enke test questions, Zhao Yu stood outside the door and paced back and forth, he is also a cultured person, can he guess the emperor's thoughts, when he was thinking, a eunuch came out, it was Sun Yanren.

Zhao Yu hurriedly stepped forward, complimented the celebrity beside Shun Tianye, and said, "The lower official has asked my father-in-law to say goodbye, my father-in-law is good."

Sun Yanren said: "Yo, I'm tired of Lord Zhao, last night Long Live Lord was happy, and rewarded the slave with an object, okay." Eunuch Sun was on display.

Zhao Yu said: "Yo, that's congratulations, the objects rewarded by the Lord must not be bad, so that the lower officials are envious, and you have to take them out to let the lower officials open their eyes when they are free," Zhao Yu finished speaking, but thought in his heart, you are not all human, you have never even tasted femininity, what is the joy.

Sun Yanren said: "My lord, go in quickly, long live Lord is waiting for you inside, you will be in a hurry for a while, please come here,"

After speaking, Zhao Yu followed Eunuch Sun to the south study, at this time Shun Tianye was reviewing the folds, Zhao Yu hurriedly stepped forward to ask An Dao: "The slave knocks on the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live."

Shun Tianye said: "Aiqing quickly flattened," Shun Tianye finished speaking, and put down the fold in his hand.

Then he continued: "Zhao Yu, you are the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, I know that you are talented and eloquent, I want to ask you, which question is suitable for this year's Enke exam?"

Being asked like this, Zhao Yu was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat, paused, and hurriedly replied, saying: "Long live the master is today, and he is smart and rich, and he is ashamed of himself; The matter of Enke can be said to be related to the people's livelihood of the country, and the slaves are stupid and dare not judge casually. ”

After hearing this, Shun Tianye laughed, got up and said, "Zhao Yu, Zhao Yu, you want me to underestimate you." When Lord Shun asked this, he was actually testing Zhao Yu, to see if you were guessing what the question was, in case you guessed the emperor's heart, he would send a proposition, but he would lose his head.

No one is stupid, otherwise how could Zhao Yu have been an official by the emperor's side for many years, not to mention that he didn't guess, even if he could figure it out, he wouldn't dare to show his intelligence in front of the emperor.

Shun Tianye said: "Okay, I won't be difficult for you." With the theme of 'The Way of the University, in Mingmingde, in the People's Kindness, and in the Ultimate Righteousness', go back quickly, it will be delayed for a while. ”

Zhao Yu said: "The ministers obey the order, my emperor is sage, and the slaves retire."

Zhao Yu said goodbye to Lord Shun, came out of the south study, still had lingering palpitations about the question just now, went out of the palace and sat in a sedan chair, and slowly calmed down on the road.

From time to time, Zhao Yu came to the Gongyuan, the students were already seated and waiting, there was a tense atmosphere in the Gongyuan instantly, the invigilator distributed paper to the students, read out the exam questions, and the exam officially began.

"It's a mule and a horse comes out for a walk", a real scholar, chic, and a pen; Those who are indiscriminately filled, ponder and meditate, and half a word is not accomplished; There are even more people who hand in blank rolls, sighing and leaving.

Let's say that Zhang Wenbo, the son of a poor family, has studied hard for more than 20 years, knowledge changes fate, only for himself, this is the moment when he needs to "explode", and whether fate can rise or not will be known.

During the exam, Zhang Wenbo's psychological quality was quite passable, and he could also understand the meaning of the questions made by Shun Tianye.

The exam takes nine days to complete, and the students eat, drink, and laze in the small space of the exam. Zhang Wenbo stays here, and the smell is not much better than the horse shed in Qingfeng Inn.

After dinner the night before, Zhang Wenbo laid out the bed board and was about to go to bed when suddenly the student next door gently knocked on the wall.

It's none other than that Ma Chao, although Ma Yuanwai complained that he was not angry, he still donated a person to him, in order to fulfill his desire to serve the court for many years, and came to take the exam indiscriminately.

Ma Chao whispered: "I want to delay my brother's work for a while, and I have something important to discuss with my son." Zhang Wenbo stretched out his head to take a look, and saw Ma Chao wearing silk and satin and smiling at him, with outstanding temperament and talent.

Zhang Wenbo looked puzzled and said: "What's the matter with the son, but it doesn't hurt to say it, just listen carefully."

Ma Chao said: "Oh, under Ma Chao, please come closer to talk to my brother's ear,"

Zhang Wenbo listened to the past, and Ma Chao looked around to see that no one was paying attention, and turned back to Zhang Wenbo and whispered: "I learned that Brother Tai is talented and knowledgeable, here is a thousand taels of silver tickets, and I hope that Brother Tai will help you in the exam tomorrow."

Zhang Wenbo listened, looked at the silver ticket in Ma Chao's hand, and was really greedy, where had he seen such a big silver ticket, how could people not be moved. A cool breeze blew, Zhang Wenbo shivered, woke up a lot in an instant, came back to his senses, was really startled, and a lot of sweat suddenly oozed from his forehead. Don't say 1,000 taels, it's 10,000 taels, and I can't ruin my future.

Zhang Wenbo said: "Childe looked away, but he is only a shallow person, and he also asked Childe to ask Gao Ming to make plans." But I would like to advise Childe below, don't disturb the order of the examination room, after eating the lawsuit, I'm going to sleep, and please ask Childe to make it easier for me, don't bother me, I don't know anything. After Zhang Wenbo finished speaking, he hurriedly returned to the number house, with a trace of panic on his face.