At the beginning of May, the beams have entered the early summer, the sky is still blue, the sun is still bright, and the country's Shizi has been waiting for a long time, and the long-awaited release date has officially arrived on this day.

The sky was bright, Jiang Weizhen had already gotten up, dressed himself up very energetically, stood at the door of the wing room and took a deep breath of fresh air, and then walked firmly towards the door of King Yu's mansion, but he didn't expect to meet Xuan Shaoning.

"Brother Xuanxian also got up so early?"

"Today is a big day for the release of the list, how can I miss this hour? Looking at Brother Jiang's dress, I think it should be on the list! ”

"I am willing to borrow the auspicious words of Brother Xuanxian!"

"A few of my classmates are also going to Nangong Academy, why don't you go together?"

"Very good!"

The two walked out of the door, only to see Xiao Moyan, Yan Keran, Mu Qingyuan, Du Shaoyin, Su Qian, and Zhao Kexin already waiting.

"Shaoning! Brother Jiang! Hurry up and get on the horse, don't miss the good time to release the list! Xiao Moyan was already a little anxious on horseback.

"But ......." Before Xuan Shaoning finished finishing the second half of the sentence "Brother Jiang can't ride a horse", he saw Jiang Weizhen get on the horse skillfully and look back at himself.

"Brother Xuanxian, what are you hesitating about!"

Xuan Shaoning adjusted his somewhat stunned expression, and hurriedly turned on his horse, thinking in his heart, "This Jiang Weizhen really can't be underestimated."

At this time, the outside of Nangong Courtyard was already crowded, hundreds of scholars and the number of Jingshi people were talking and waiting, and the scene was very lively. Xuan Shaoning and the others tied the horses farther away and squeezed into the crowd on foot. In the bustling sea of people, Jiang Weizhen's eyes were sharp, and he soon saw An Liyin, who was still dressed in cloth.

"Brother Ann!" Jiang Weizhen walked in the direction of An Liyin, obviously An Liyin also heard Jiang Weizhen's call, and greeted him with a smile.

"I wanted to go to Brother An, but you have already arrived before me!"

"Haha, today's anxious heart wants to come to Brother Jiang is no less than me!"

"Brother Ann is extremely right!"

"I guess Brother Jiang will definitely be shortlisted for the top three!"

"Don't hide it from Brother An, enter the top three, and be a brother, I am still a little sure."

"Then congratulations to Brother Jiang first, I just want to be on the list and I will be satisfied."

"Although I haven't known Brother An for a long time, I think I will definitely be on the list from Brother An's words and deeds!"

"It's time to put the list!" I don't know who shouted, and almost everyone's eyes looked in the direction of the Gongyuan: two officials in yellow silk clothes walked towards the list wall under the protection of four guards holding two volumes of list texts. Those who did not take the Beijing Entrance Examination were infected by the atmosphere around them, and it was also difficult to suppress their nervous and excited mood.

The official who walked in front of the list first pasted the list in his hand on the wall, and the names of the people on the list were written on this list; In the hands of the ranking officer who walked behind was the names of the six ladies who ranked in the top three in the examination. When the list was slowly unfolded, almost everyone held their breath. Xuan Shaoning also tried his best to lean forward, his eyes wide open to see the name on the list.

Liang Li's 29th year Beijing examination will be the top three

Champion: Jiang Weizhen

List eyes: Sun Jincheng, Ma Daochuan

Tanhua: Mu Qingyuan, Lei Xinyang, Wu Zhe

"Qingyuan! Flowers! Xiao Moyan was the first to shout, and Xuan Shaoning also saw the words "Jiang Weizhen", and was about to go to congratulate, but unfortunately he couldn't find him for a while.

"Shaoyin, there is your name too!"

"You two are so good!"

Yan Keran, Xiao Moyan, and Su Qian had already surrounded Mu Qingyuan and Du Shaoyin in the middle, everyone's faces were filled with joy, and Xuan Shaoning was also standing aside and looking at them happily.

"Look, Brother Jiang! You're the champion! An Liyin's eyes widened, and he pointed vigorously in the direction of Bangwen, Jiang Weizhen looked at his name and couldn't believe it, although he was conceited and talented, but to say that he could become the champion of the Beijing Entrance Examination, he really didn't expect it, the look on his face slowly changed from surprise to surprise, and the emotions in his heart turned a thousand times at this moment, but in the end it turned into tears.

"Hey...... I don't have my name" An Liyin was very disappointed after reading the list article, Jiang Weizhen and An Liyin knew each other after all, so he thought about comforting a few words.

"Why don't you have my name?"

"I don't have it either, I think I'll be on the list this time!"

"Look, the name of the top three is so familiar"

"Isn't that Sun Jincheng the son of today's Hubu Shangshu!"

"That's right! And that Wu Zhe, I know him too well, where can he talk about it! His father is the richest man in our county! ”

"I don't think it's just Wu Zhe, Ma Daochuan is the son of the president of the Jiangnan Salt Chamber of Commerce!"

"The son of the Left Governor of the Imperial Inspectorate, Yu Shi Lei Qiwei, is also on the list!"

"Mu Qingyuan, the son of Shaoqing of Dali Temple, is also among them!"

"Where is this the Beijing Entrance Examination! It's clear that the sons of eunuchs and rich families are playing tricks, and we are all teased! ”

"It's not just the top three, fifty of the sixty gentlemen on the list are all southern gentlemen!"

"But it's not, there are only so many of our northern scholars and they are still at the bottom of the rankings, this is discrimination!"

"Ten years of cold window....... I've been studying hard for so long, and it's such a result, what's the use of reading! ”

"How can this be true? tore up this official and powerful and exclusive list of the south! ”

"That's right! Tear it up! Tear it up! ”

Jiang Weizhen's tears had not completely fallen, and before Mu Qingyuan and the others had time to celebrate, a group of gentlemen had already begun to be excited, especially the northern scholars.

"What's going on? How did it suddenly become like this? Looking at the angry faces, Zhao Kexin was obviously frightened.

Seeing that the chaos among the gentlemen was getting worse and worse, Xuan Shaoning actually saw a person in the crowd again, that is, the person who had left after colliding, and the person who had appeared near the Gongyuan, appeared among the ladies again, and coaxed very hard. There is something wrong with this person! Catch it first! But thinking about it, there are too many people, although the two are not far apart, it is not easy to squeeze through the crowd, and at this time, the person was also vigilant to find Xuan Shaoning squeezing towards him, so he turned around and fled towards the crowd.

Oh no, he found out what I was trying to do! Xuan Shaoning was even more anxious when he saw the man fleeing, but he didn't know that something worse was happening at this moment. A few leading soldiers actually pushed away the officers and soldiers, and directly tore off the two lists!

"These two articles soaked in power, money and regional discrimination, everyone says this should be done?"

"Torn!"

"Torn!"

"Torn!"

Xuan Shaoning just wanted to shout, "Don't tear it!" Only the sound of paper cracking was heard, and the two copies of the list were torn to pieces and began to fly in the air.

"We're not convinced!"

"We want the court to give an explanation to the students of the world!"

"That's right! Hand over! ”

In a moment, the man had disappeared. Xuan Shaoning was so angry that he stomped his feet, and at the same time, Yan Keran's voice came to his ears, "You guys don't mess around!" This is the Tribute Courtyard, the Holy Land of the Imperial Examination, how can you be allowed to make such a mess! Xuan Shaoning secretly screamed in his heart!

A leading scholar looked at Yan Keran viciously and scolded angrily: "The Gongyuan used to be indeed sacred in our hearts, but unfortunately, it is not now!" ”

"I think you should be the ones who benefit!" Another gentleman stepped forward and pointed in the direction of Mu Qingyuan and the others, "Otherwise, how can you go against all of us!" ”

"That's right! Either from a family of eunuchs or from a rich family! ”

"I know that person, he is Mu Qingyuan!"

"No wonder!"

Yan Keran didn't expect that his actions would backfire, and seeing that these students were about to vent their anger on them, Xuan Shaoning shouted in a hurry: "The officers and soldiers are here!" Just when everyone's attention was diverted, Xuan Shaoning ran to Yan Keyan's side, picked up a few people and ran in the opposite direction to Gongyuan.

"Damn! They lied to us! ”

"Go after it!"

"No need, it's a felony for us to tear up the text of the list, let's go to Chaoyangmen to ask for guilt!"

"That's right! Please!"

Hundreds of unsuccessful scholars walked angrily towards Chaoyangmen, the main gate of the imperial city, shouting loudly along the way, "Give justice to the students of the world!" This attracted more people who were fighting for the gentlemen to join in, and the procession gradually became larger.

At this time, several people who ran out of the crowd stopped at the corner of the street, and Du Shaoyin, Mu Qingyuan and others were all gasping for breath, "What the hell is going on, why did you suddenly start making trouble?" ”

"Didn't you hear them shouting, you must be dissatisfied with this release!" Su Qian gasped while not forgetting to look back to see if anyone was chasing him.

"It seems that these students who failed the list are dissatisfied with the list?"

"It's not just dissatisfaction, it's anger!"

"It's a big deal, Ke Ran, hurry back to the house and inform your father!"

As soon as Xuan Shaoning reminded Yan Ke Ran, he remembered it, and hurriedly pulled his legs and ran towards Jing Zhaoyin's mansion.

"Qingyuan, Shaoyin, you better go home first, it's not appropriate to show up at this time, especially Qingyuan!" Xuan Shaoning turned to Xiao Moyan again and said, "Moyan, you send them back." ”

"What about you?"

"I have to go back and tell King Yu quickly!"

The incident happened only half an hour, and when Xuan Shaoning rushed back to King Yu's mansion, King Yu was reading the military documents sent by Mobei in the study.

Syllable! King Yu threw the military piece on the table, stood up and asked loudly, "How can this be!" ”

"Back to Your Highness, now that the gentlemen have gone towards Chaoyang Gate, Ke Ran should have informed Yanfu Yin of this matter at this time!"

"I believe that Fu Yin can control the situation, prepare the car, I want to enter the palace immediately!"

When King Yu's car arrived at the Qingxuanmen, which was specially used for the royal family to enter the palace for the first time, the parade of the gentlemen also arrived at the Chaoyang Gate, and the shouts of the ladies could be heard even in the Qingxuanmen, and the solemn face of the King Yu sat in the car and said in a firm tone: "East Palace!" ”

Yan Di, as the Yin of the Jingshi Mansion, is naturally responsible for maintaining the safety of the capital, and once the scholars arrive at the imperial city, it will inevitably alarm the Imperial Forest Guard. Therefore, hundreds of scholars can be said to be "suffering from the enemy on their backs" at this time: it is the Imperial Forest Guard who is blocking in front of them, and behind them are the soldiers of the Beijing Division who rushed to hear the news.

Standing at the forefront of the Imperial Forest Guard, a person in golden armor, frowned, holding the sword body in his left hand, pressing the hilt of the sword with his right hand, it seemed that he was ready to shoot the sword at any time, he shouted loudly: "This is the Imperial City, if you take another step, our Imperial Forest Guard will be merciless!" All the soldiers of the Royal Forest Army behind him were also armed with spears and ready for battle at this time. On the two sides of the confrontation, on the one hand, are scholarly and indignant scholars; On one side is the duty-bearing, sword-wielding, iron-faced and ruthless Guard. For a while, the atmosphere outside Chaoyang Gate was so tense that even the air was about to freeze.

"Commander Han!"

"I've seen Lord Yan in my humble position!"

The person standing outside the Chaoyang Gate was Han Ruxun, the commander of the Imperial Forest Guard.

Yan Di quickly jumped off the horse, blocked the middle of the two sides of the confrontation, and said loudly to Shizi: "Ladies and gentlemen! I'm Jingzhao Yin Yandi, no matter what the reason, please don't move forward, the front is the imperial city, and guarding the imperial city is the duty of the imperial guard. Anyone trespassing on the imperial city is a great crime of extermination, and only if you save your life can you have room to speak! ”

Yan Di's words are very useful, after all, the scholars have read the books of sages all the year round, where have they seen the posture of real swords and real guns, on the one hand, they are afraid of the sword of the Royal Forest Guard, and on the other hand, they are also asking for an explanation, and they don't want to rush into this rash but their own lives will affect the family at the same time. So, a few scholars led by him came out of the crowd and faced Yan Di, "Lord Yan, we are all students who study hard in the cold window, and this Beijing examination is also an opportunity for the imperial court to select talents once every ten years, but now it has become a means for the children of official eunuchs and rich families to control the court, how can it not make the world's scholars feel cold?" Especially how can we not let us northern scholars chill! ”

"The old man already has a little understanding of the release of the list, the old man is also from a scholar's background, and he has studied hard for several years, so he can understand your mood very well! However, no matter how dissatisfied you are, you can't come to the imperial city to make a mistake, and you are all people who have read poetry and books, how can you not understand such a truth? ”

"What if you understand the truth? Who can stand up and speak for those of us? Who dares to offend the powerful and give justice to the poor people in the world? If it weren't for us uniting, how would we be able to talk to Lord Yan on an equal footing like we are now? ”

This gentleman's four consecutive questions really made Yan Di a little unable to answer, but after thinking about it, what he said was indeed right. Yan Keran saw that his father choked for a while, he was very angry, and shouted: "If you really want justice, then only the Son of Heaven can be the master now!" ”

Yan Di was shocked by his son's words, and hurriedly interjected: "What nonsense! How can the emperor see him if he wants to, don't talk nonsense! ”

"Did you see that? Lord Yan is just looking up to people's breath! ”

"Shut up!" Yan Keran was furious: "Don't talk about my father like this!" If you really have the guts, then wait for the emperor to report to the emperor and let the Son of Heaven decide! ”

"Ke Ran!" Yan Di almost vomited blood.

"Daddy! I am also from Shizi, and so is you, Dad, today's events have all been witnessed by the children, and those on the list may be a little strange, since the matter can no longer be hidden, then the only way to return the world is a fair, and this matter can only be done by the saints! ”

"Enough! You'd better retreat quickly, or the Guards will do it! Han Ruxun didn't want to be so entangled anymore.

"Lord Han, don't be impatient!"

Han Ruxun turned his head and saw the crown prince and King Yu walking towards him, both of them had serious expressions, and Xuan Shaoning was behind them.

"Humble Han Ruxun see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness King Yu!" Han Ruxun knelt down on one knee and bowed his head in salute. As soon as they heard that it was the prince who had arrived, Yan Di's father and son, as well as all the royal forest guards and Jingzhao Yin Mansion soldiers, all knelt down and saluted, leaving those angry gentlemen who didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

"Please get up, Lord Han!" King Yu watched the prince stand in place in a daze and didn't say anything, so he had to push the prince, and the prince came back to his senses.

"Brother Huang, you are the crown prince, I need you to stand up and speak at this moment" King Yu reminded in a low voice, but the prince saw the crowds of Shizi and the cold royal forest guards, and his heart retreated, and suddenly he regretted that he agreed to King Yu to stir up this trouble.

"Brother Huang!"

"I ...... Fourth Brother ......."

Seeing that he couldn't go on like this at this moment, King Yu had no choice but to walk in front of the princes and shout with his head held high: "I am King Yu, this is the prince of the dynasty!" Shizi is the foundation of my Liang's talents, and you can be called the pillars of the country, the Shengshang held the Beijing Examination is to give the world a chance to devote himself to the government and serve the country, my Liang has always hated and severely punished the fraud in the imperial examination, today you have doubts about this list, and the court will definitely not ignore it! ”

King Yu's words were loud, and even the angry leader had nothing to say for a while.

King Yu swept through the crowd and said to a gentleman: "You should be the one who takes the lead, right?" ”

The man raised his head, and there was no panic in his eyes, "That's right, the one who started below!" ”

"Excellent! Since you are asking for justice, this kind of justice can only be given to you by the saint, if you have the courage, follow me to Chengyuan Palace to face the saint directly! ”

Hearing the words of King Yu, many scholars began to bury their heads down, although they all had doubts in their hearts, but when it came to directly facing the saint, they were really afraid, and the imperial city in front of them was a great city, if it were not for the large number of people, most people would not dare to come to make a mistake, let alone enter the Jinluan Palace. Not only them, but the crown prince was also surprised and looked at King Yu in a panic.

"What? Don't dare? ”

"The grass people are willing!" The leader was the first to answer.

"The grass people are willing, too!"

In the end, the three scholars who stood up and were willing to follow King Yu to Chengyuan Palace to face the saint, King Yu looked at the three of them and gave affirmation, "Okay, have guts!" Then follow me and the prince into the palace! Then, he said aloud to all the remaining scholars: "You can wait for the results here, but you must not make any noise outside the imperial city, and I, King Yu, promise everyone as a prince that I will urge the court to give justice to the princes!" ”

"Lord Yan" King Yu instructed Yan Di: "The matter is big, the soldiers of Jingzhao Yin's Mansion are temporarily handed over to Gongzi Yan, and Lord Yan should enter the palace with this king." ”

When King Yu walked past Han Ruxun, he stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Lord Han has worked hard, and the safety of the imperial city today is due to Lord Han." ”

"Yes! Please also ask His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness King Yu to rest assured! ”