Zhao Xing said a lot of rules, nothing more than worrying that the widow girl would have an affair with the domestic servant, and when he finished speaking, the widow straightened up and replied confidently: "Yes!" ”

"The promise of the widow is so distinctive, almost with the strength of the dantian to shout this sentence, after shouting, their bodies will fall, is it strengthening the tone", Chen Yiyi was attracted by their voices, stopped working and walked over and asked.

"Stand down, rest today", Zhao Xing waved at the widows. The widow girl responded with a "hey", then jumped up, trotted to Zhao Xing's side with small steps, and couldn't help but pull Zhao Xing's arm and straighten Zhao Xing's leg...... Countless hands groped around Zhao Xing's body.

Cheng Azhu was stunned, and Chen Yiyi shouted: "Bring a stick." ”

Zhao Xing seemed to enjoy the touching of these widows, and when Yiyi picked up the stick, Cheng Azhu grabbed the knife, and he hurriedly stopped: "Don't, just now I gave each of them a piece of silk, they are measuring my body - this is the Japanese rule, they have to make clothes for me first, and then use the rest of the cloth to make their own clothes......"

Cheng Azhu quietly hid the knife, and Chen Yiyi was still waving the stick angrily, pouting at the top of his mouth. Those widows didn't care about her anger, and after measuring Zhao Xing's body with a chatter, they laughed, "It's so majestic, I don't know how to be happy...... How does it taste" and so on, and then ran away in small steps, and the last widow still knelt beside Zhao Xing, carefully smoothing and straightening each corner of Zhao Xing's clothes and each belt, and then bowed and retreated out of the door.

Zhao Xing took a few breaths, turned his face to the door, and thanked Liao Xiaoxiao, who had been appreciating the movements of the widow with a playful expression: "Liao Xingshou, in such a cold weather, let you run, thank you so much for your help...... It just so happens that among the luggage sent today, there are a few sable furs made by the Waguo Palace, so I'll choose one for you. ”

Liao Xiaoxiao has seen Chen Gongchuan's shot. Not moved by Zhao Xing's generosity, she made a blessing and replied lightly: "The big official calls Xiaoxiao Xingshou, and when he sees the outside, how about calling Xiaoxiao directly?" …… Xiaoxiao thanked Zhao Daguan for the gift. Official, I just saw those new musical instruments you said. Xiaoxiao wants to ask the permission of the big officials to come to the house to learn a new musical instrument from them! ”

"Absolutely! …… When the little girl left, she remembered to go to the concierge to get her bag, and I put a carriage fare in the package! ”

"Thank you to the big officials", Liao Xiaoxiao asked for placement and retired.

After Liao Xiaoxiao retreated, Cheng Xia led the students to salute the teacher again. Among this group of students, only Cheng Xia and four others came from Cheng Jiaao. The rest are all from the Jiangxia Cheng clan.

After saluting, Cheng Xia handed over Cheng Tong's letter, and said respectfully: "The teacher is back this time." Don't go to sea anymore, do you? Ah Da said that if the teacher does not go to sea, he will let me study with the teacher for another three years. ”

Zhao Xing looked at Cheng Xia's expression with concern: "Do you bring a certificate of student status?" If you want to take the test, I'm going to register you, it's still too late. ”

Cheng Xia kowtowed: "The teacher said that I still have six years to leave the school, and this time I also asked several teachers in Huangzhou, and it is exactly as the teacher said." They also said that the students' knowledge was not enough, and they still needed to hone their knowledge for a few years...... In the first three years, I hated not being able to follow the teacher's side. ”

Cheng Xia appeared this time. Obviously, he wanted to see how Zhao Xing coped with the imperial examination in order to gain some experience. Because three years later, if he also participated in the imperial examination, he would need to face all this alone. It is impossible for Zhao Xing to accompany him.

"Okay, you can follow Ma Mengde and go through it. This old oilman of officialdom is obviously more familiar with officialdom than me. The practicality he teaches you. Besides, this time he came to take care of our goods into Beijing. If you follow him, if you fail the imperial examination in the future, you can also help your father manage the Cheng family's property......"

"Be taught!" Cheng Xia bowed and agreed.

Cheng Shuang Cheng Wang reported the situation at home to Zhao Xing, and Zhao Xing also assigned them to study with Ma Mengde, and then pointed to Cheng Xun and asked Su Mai about the situation: "Ah Xun, I haven't been to Jingshi, let's play for a few days, and go back and report the situation of Uncle Su Mai to Shigong...... Needless to say, the horse thing. You don't have to worry about this, when the horsemen of the Japanese country arrive, I will transfer the horses directly from Hangzhou......"

After explaining everything, Zhao Xing clapped his hands: "Okay, the scientific examination is going soon, I'll flip through the books these days, what should you do, disperse." ”

On February 17 of the second year of the first year, that is, the day of Jihai in the month of Renyin in the year of Ding Mao in the lunar calendar, March 23, 1087 AD, Zhao Xing was dressed in light clothes, carrying an examination basket, and walked out of his courtyard. Several widows even knelt on the ground and kowtowed to bid farewell to Zhao Xing.

This is not an execution site, but an examination room.

Zhao Xing was dressed in light clothes, because the examination room had to be searched to prevent candidates from being entrained, so candidates were required to have no other warm clothes such as cloaks except for their clothes.

Nearby, the same scene is being staged at the entrance of countless courtyards, countless candidates are carrying examination baskets and stepping out of their rooms, and countless landlords are carrying lanterns to light the way ahead for the tenants.

At this time, it was just half dark, and there were sparse snowflakes in the sky, and it was snowing. Zhao Xing looked up at the sky and muttered: "Everything is not normal this year, except for ......"

"Except" anything, Zhao Xing couldn't think of it, he wanted to say "except for the national football team, everything is not normal". But in the Song Dynasty, the level of football was not stinky to the point of the national football team, and now in Bianliang City, any football team can sweep across Asia, so this phenomenon beyond modern times is not "normal".

A man passing by seemed to hear Zhao Xing's first half of the sentence, and he answered: "Yes, for more than ten years before and after this year, Bianliang City has been warm and ice-free in winter for many years, and even thousands of miles without snow in winter, why is it snowing this year?" Another resident, who is obviously a resident of Bianliang City, is also saying: "Yes, yes, not to mention previous years, it is this year, it was still warm as spring a few days ago, why the weather has changed sharply in the past few days, and the cold wind has biting." ”

None of the people present knew that even in Zhao Xing's original time and space, the heavy snow in the second year of the Yuan Dynasty was very famous in climatology. Some people say that since this snow, the earth has entered the "Xiaoice period". But. It is also said that the Xiaoice River period should be from the last year of the Yuan Fu (1100) as the cut-off point, and the snow in the second year of the Yuan was only an omen.

The reason why Zhao Xing said that "everything is not normal this year" is because this year's Qingming Festival is March 30 of the Gregorian calendar, and the beginning of summer is April 30 of the Gregorian calendar - the solar terms have changed so much, and the actual situation is completely different from the climate conditions that the solar terms should present. Is this normal?

At this moment when Zhao Xing hesitated, Chen father and son, Ma Mengde and Chen Gongchuan also appeared, and among all the people in the courtyard, only Qin Guan did not come.

Zhao Xingchong saw off the people with a slight smile, waved goodbye, walked into the snow, and walked towards the tribute courtyard with the crowd.

In the Tribute Courtyard. The cold climate made the candidates shiver, and Su Shi, who rushed to inspect the hospital, saw this situation and ordered the students to prepare braziers for warmth. There are officials who object. Su Shi replied: "These moves will be the pillars of the imperial court in the future, and they will also be your colleagues, even if you look at the feelings of your colleagues in the future, you can't freeze them." ”

After transferring this examination room, Su Shi ordered the examiner to send the brazier to another courtyard, where there were several candidates who were taking other exams, most of whom had a relationship with the examiner in the field. The move that needs to avoid suspicion - Zhao Xing is there, and Zhou Bangshi is also there.

For the imperial examination in the Song Dynasty, Zhao Xing actually relied on his own ability. It is not necessarily certain that he will be admitted, because he has learned a lot of knowledge, and it may be extremely anachronistic in the Song Dynasty, and even some ideas are rebellious......

But now he is not afraid of these, because he has Qin Guan.

Who is Qin Guan? The great prodigal son and student of the four scholars of Sumen. He writes bad articles. Which candidate's essay is good in this era?

Zhao Xing made a bet with Qin Guan to ask Qin Guan to write a few related articles. Then he relied on his own paste** to reorganize these articles, and they became his own articles, and he promised that Qin Guan would feel that it was right or wrong.

Why is this so, because in this era, when it comes to understanding, there are few people who can surpass Zhao Xing, and after he understands Qin Guan's article, he expresses it in his own words. Although the meaning is there, the words are different from the original.

After three days of taking the three exams, Zhao Xing put the paper full of words on the table and waited for the ink to dry, while he did push-ups in the narrow examination shed. The passing inspectors occasionally saw this scene, and their eyes almost glared out of their sockets.

The examiner curiously picked up Zhao Xing's article and found that Zhao Xing had answered all the questions, and the article was written in a good way, quite in the style of Qin Guan, but the writing was a bit ugly.

The inspector nodded secretly, took note of the peculiar candidate, put the paper back on the table, and continued his round.

In fact, Zhao Xing stayed at home, he was too cautious. Candidates in the Song Dynasty were required to stay in the Tribute Courtyard during the exam, and were not allowed to go out to eat, drink, or sleep, but they were not allowed to leave the Tribute Courtyard Gate. And the Gongyuan has its own world - the food here is taken care of, and you can do it yourself before entering the examination room. There is also a boiler for cooking rice hanging on the wall of the Gongyuan, and you can start your own fire when you are hungry. From time to time, some people also show their cooking skills to everyone, and they don't need to report or get a license when they go to the toilet.

Zhao Xing was taking the test in another hospital, and he felt that the body search before entering the venue was very strict, at least stricter than the college entrance examination, so he treated it according to the college entrance examination, even if he heard the crowd outside the building, he didn't dare to look up...... In fact, there has already been a commotion outside, and some candidates have finished answering the papers, and it is estimated that this imperial examination is no longer playful, and they are writing limerick poems on the wall with a pen and complaining; Sometimes the candidates are bored or have a headache in the exam, so they come out for a stroll, and they can chat with acquaintances; When you meet a cook, you plunge into it and taste the cooking skills of Gongshi - Gongshi cooking is not often encountered, except for the exam, no one pays attention to you when you want to eat at other times.

All this, only Zhao Xing didn't know, he even went to the toilet in his own examination booth to solve it, and really didn't listen to anything outside the window.

The Song Dynasty allowed the imperial examination to be handed in in advance, and Zhao Xing didn't last long, when he heard that the examiner next to him handed in the papers, he immediately jumped out, and then he found that it turned out that the Gongyuan was so lively...... Repent, how can I believe the words in the book, honestly outrageous! Ahh

As soon as he thought of this, Zhao Xing hurriedly looked at his paper in his arms, he wanted to pretend that he hadn't finished writing, stay here for a while, and at least meet a few friends, but the examiner had already been eyeing him, so the paper was put in. The examiner walked up to Zhao Xing, spread his hands, and Zhao Xing bowed his head. The papers were immediately taken to the transcription room by the examiner for re-transcription - in the imperial examination of the Song Dynasty, the candidates' papers needed to be re-transcribed in case someone cheated based on handwriting.

Zhao Xing, who was kicked out of the tribute courtyard, looked sullenly at the reclosed gate, on both sides of the gate. Some candidates looked depressed, some were nervous, some were at a loss, some were excited, and some were full of ambition. Zhao Xing belongs to the kind of candidates who are still unsatisfied - a kind of laziness when completing tasks.

"Ah, I don't know if I can get what I want in this life, I can get what I want." Zhao Xingyi reluctantly looked at the closed door, singing the crooked song that Zhou Xingxing sang in "The Legend of Deer and Ding".

In fact, this imperial examination is already over for Zhao Xing. Su Shi is the question writer. Zhang Lei, his senior brother and one of the four bachelors of Sumen, is the marking officer, although these two people are rigorous, but on weekdays, they will inadvertently leak their intention to write questions and revise papers. Zhao Xing memorized it, and then found a similar topic for Qin Guan to write about...... So, is there still a problem with being on the list?

Now, the only suspense is just the ranking. Even Jin Fuji knows about this. So when he led the horse to meet him, he replied to Zhao Xing with confidence: "The master will definitely win, and he will definitely get what he wants." ”

"What do you know?" Zhao Xing said sullenly: "Do you know what my wish is? ”

The Song Dynasty was a gentleman's politics. In order to avoid suspicion, the examiner often lowers the ranking of his protégé relatives to admit them, so if Su Shi avoids suspicion, this exam paper with Qin Guan style. Admission may be low...... However. This doesn't matter to Zhao Xing, he originally didn't care about the ranking.

"Know, know". Jin Fuji drew a circle with his fingers and said, "There are hundreds of people who are studying here, but they all have only one mind, how can the little old man not know...... Master, let's go home now, we can't publish the list today. ”

"Say what?" Zhao Xing was angry: "Don't I even know that I won't publish the list today?" I'm waiting for Zhou Bangshi...... Forget it, you don't know the name - wait for someone, I'll wait for someone. ”

Cheng Xia finally squeezed to Zhao Xing's side, and just wanted to speak, when he heard Zhao Xing speak, he quickly shut up, he stood beside Zhao Xing, and turned to ask what was new in the mysterious Tribute Courtyard, how were the questions in this exam, and so on.

Zhao Xing waited for Zhou Bangshi to ask how his degrading brother was, but he finally waited for the other party to come out, and when he saw Zhao Xing coming away from the crowd, he snorted with his nostrils facing the sky, pushed away the person next to him and walked away.

Jin Fuji wanted to beat him angrily, but Zhao Xing waved his hand to stop it.

"Who?" Jin Buji said fiercely: "Why don't I know this person, I ate my lord's a few days ago, drank my lord's, and I was like a brother, and my face changed in the blink of an eye, this hasn't been released yet, maybe who's not in it, hum, villain, @#¥."

Zhao Xing calmly took the sable cloak handed over by Cheng Xia, and then the carriage started, and Zhao Xing instructed Li Ying, who was running with the car, through the window: "Go and inquire when Zhou Bangyan will leave Beijing." ”

Zhou Bang's resentment of Zhao Xing is understandable, their brother came to Su Shi for help, but the next day the derogatory edict was issued, they resented Su Shi's sleeve, and then, the party consciousness was even more awakened, and they had more reason to hate......

The snow is still falling, the heavy snow has been intermittent these days, the snow has just stopped, the ground is very muddy, but before the time to dry, another heavy snow fell, after repeated repeats, the ground is a little muddy. At the same time, Bianliang City has also activated the emergency mechanism for snow disasters, and the officials are distributing relief money and relief food from door to door, with 10 yuan per household and 1 liter of rice per day.

This kind of relief is indiscriminate, and even the children who participated in the scientific expedition in Beijing can get it, and they have more firewood than ordinary people. For example, at this time, Chen Yiyi was carrying ten yuan in the house, looking at the rice bag left by the servant, he was a little moved, and he felt a little funny - ten copper plates and one liter of rice, cough cough, my lord of Quang Yuan, Vietnam, now also enjoys the benefits of the Great Song Dynasty, but this money is ......

Stepping on the thin snow, Zhao Xing stepped out of the carriage, he looked around, all around were lazy lifters, they were wandering around like wandering spirits, some lifters even snotty, but they were still strolling lazily. From time to time on both sides of the street, officials knocked on the doors of residents, counted several households living in the compound, and then distributed relief food and relief money in accordance with regulations, and some officials stomped their feet in the cold.

Zhao Xing looked at the busy officials, and looked up to the sky and sighed: "Our Song Dynasty is really rich, this city with a population of one million, each household pays money and food, how much money does it get a day, no wonder people say that it is weak Song Dynasty, so soft to the people, I like it...... Come and ask the people in the house to bring a bowl of hot soup to the government brothers. The people's government that does not beat the people is moved in. Tell the people in the house that all the officials who pass by will let them drink hot rice soup. ”

Ma Mengde heard Zhao Xing's voice, greeted him from the mansion, and whispered anxiously: "Dong Weng, come into the mansion quickly, something happened in the mansion." ”

Zhao Xing's hair buzzed, and he asked urgently, "Is it Su Dun?" He's sick again? ”

Ma Mengde shook his head: "No, it's Chen Gongzi...... Dong Weng better go in first, let's talk in the house. ”