Early the next morning, the fifty-three Zhongbang Jinshi of Taixue took ten ox carts to the Gongyuan, attracting the attention of countless passers-by along the way, which was quite spectacular. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Yanqing jumped out of the ox cart, and saw Zhou Chun walking out of a wide and luxurious carriage at a glance, he couldn't help but be stunned, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Brother Zhou, please stay!" ”

Zhou Chun didn't expect to meet Li Yanqing at this time, his face suddenly swollen red, and he said for a while: "Brother Xian, what a coincidence!" ”

At this time, Li Yanqing found that Zhou Chun's clothes were also wrong, yesterday morning it was still a fine linen straight jacket that was about to fade, but today he was wearing a new deep coat, and it was cut with the finest lake silk, the half-old leather belt around the waist has also become a gold silk soft belt, and the cloth boots that are about to crack have also become high-grade deerskin boots, which looks chic and elegant, and shows talent.

Li Yanqing looked him up and down and said with a smile: "If I guessed correctly, Brother Zhou was arrested last night!" ”

Zhou Chun squeaked and whined, speechless for a long time, "This..... It's really hard to explain, let's go in first and talk about it in detail! ”

walked into the Tribute Courtyard, but it turned out that Li Yanqing couldn't close his mouth, it turned out that Zhou Chun was arrested by the Gao family, he scratched his head, and scolded secretly in his heart, "How can it be so coincidental!" ”

Zhou Chun sighed, "Actually, they didn't force me, I agreed voluntarily." ”

"Brother Zhou can't resist the temptation of beauties!" Li Yanqing said with a smile.

Zhou Chun's face was even redder, not only a beauty, but also money and future, three arrows at the same time, what else could he do except surrender?

"Brother Xian also thinks that I am not sticking to my principles, right?"

"I don't think so!"

Li Yanqing shook his head, "If Brother Zhou doesn't get married or married, then I think this is a good thing, since Brother Zhou wants to mix in officialdom, it is difficult to move an inch without a backstage." ”

Speaking of which, Li Yanqing is a little worried about himself, if he and Tong Guan turn against each other, he will also have no backstage, so how far can he go?

Zhou Chun nodded, Li Yanqing's words went to his heart, "I'm just worried about this, if I don't have a backstage, I will definitely go to the state to teach, I don't know what year and month I can turn over, so I think I should be pragmatic, the Gao family has good conditions in all aspects, why don't I agree?" ”

Li Yanqing hugged his fists and smiled: "Then congratulations to my brother!" ”

"Thank you Brother Xian for your understanding, we will take care of you more in the future."

At this time, Li Yanqing suddenly remembered something and asked, "If my brother has to be conferred an official, do you want to go anywhere?" ”

"No, of course I can't help it."

"It's different with the Gao family, our Tangyin County Lieutenant has been vacant, you can ask the Gao family to fight for your brother, and Jiang Zhixian has been in Tangyin for a long time, he should leave in two years, won't the position of Zhixian be vacant?"

Tangyin County has been made into a miasma by Jiang Dadao, Li Yanqing doesn't want to go to another Zheng fat man, he hopes that Zhou Chun can go to his hometown to be an official and turn the chaotic situation in Tangyin County back.

Zhou Chun is also quite excited, it is everyone's dream to return to his hometown, of course, he also hopes that he can go to Xiangzhou as an official, so that he can take care of his parents and siblings, and this matter can be discussed with his father-in-law.

Li Yanqing decided to woo Zhou Chun again, he took Zhou Chun aside, and said in a low voice: "I carefully studied the exam questions of every palace exam since the Son of Heaven ascended the throne yesterday, and I found that he is actually a strategy, fu, poem, and word in turn. ”

Zhou Chun's heart suddenly burst into excitement, this information is too important, he suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said: "The poem from the last palace test!" ”

Li Yanqing smiled and nodded, "Then tomorrow will be the test word nine times out of ten." ”

"Then I'll have to prepare."

Li Yanqing patted him on the arm and said meaningfully: "There are only twenty people admitted to the palace examination, there are more monks and less porridge, and Brother Zhou's silence is golden!" ”

Zhou Chun nodded silently, he understood what Li Yanqing meant, don't go to Yuelu Academy to publicize this matter among his classmates.

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There was nothing to say all night, and at the fifth watch of the next day, all the scholars got up, everyone gathered in the Gongyuan for breakfast, and then packed up for a quarter of an hour, and everyone lined up in front of the gate of the Gongyuan and walked to the Ouchi Palace.

Before dawn, a team of more than 580 scholars appeared on the royal street in the inner city, and they were walking quickly in the direction of the palace.

More than 20 examiners also followed the team, the chief examiner Yu Shen rode a horse and walked with the team, at this time, an official ran to report to Yu Shen: "The three scholars who did not come have found out the reason, Haizhou scholar Cao Qun is because his father died, he is the only son in the family, and he must rush back, so he had to give up the palace test, Kaifeng Mansion scholar Zhang Shen was drunk last night and fell and injured his lower leg, so he could only be absent, and Xiangzhou scholar Zheng Rongtai had severe diarrhea and could not participate in the palace examination. ”

Yu Shen sighed, "There are always such and such reasons for every palace exam, and this year is no exception!" Put them on record and list them as the bottom three on the B list. ”

Although they could not participate in the palace examination, as long as there was a normal reason, the imperial court would not easily deprive the scholars of the results of the provincial examination, and would still recognize them as the scholars of the same Jinshi background, but the ranking would be listed last.

Li Yanqing and Zhou Chun glanced at each other, and the two knew that Zheng Rongtai would not dare to participate in today's palace exam anyway, but it was also cheaper for this guy, who was not as knowledgeable as even a county bachelor, and actually passed the Jinshi examination.

In a short time, everyone arrived in front of the palace moat, in front of them is a magnificent high-rise building, called Xuande Tower, below is the extremely open Xuande Gate, hundreds of steps away from the left and right, there are left and right doors.

At this time, the Xuande Gate slowly opened, and the scholars passed the provincial examination, and their identities became protégés of the Son of Heaven, so they were eligible to enter the imperial city through the main gate just like the ministers of the imperial court.

The ranks of scholars rushed in, in front of them is a very open square, there is a city tower and gate in front, here is just the urn city, officials take a carriage or ride a horse to the palace, from the left and right doors to get off the horse here, and then walk into the front of the Daqing Gate, in fact, the Daqing Gate is the real palace gate.

"This way!"

Only then did everyone notice that there was a row of buildings on each side of the east and west, which seemed quite small in front of the magnificent palace, but when they walked to the door, they realized that it was actually not small, and the inside was very spacious.

"Everyone is bathing and changing clothes here!"

Yu Shen gathered everyone together and shouted to everyone again: "I repeat, the content of the palace examination is different from the provincial examination, don't think about cheating or anything, once you are searched and found to have any extra items, you will be immediately expelled from the palace, and at the same time cancel the results of the provincial examination, it will be too late to cry at that time, except for the clothes on your body, you are not allowed to carry any items!" ”

Yu Shen said it twice in a row, and then let everyone go in to bathe and change clothes, and their own clothes, shoes and socks were placed in their own small cabinets, and after half an hour, everyone was brand new, wearing white scholar robes, even shoes and socks and headscarves were new.

Yu Shen stood on a square platform in front of the door, like a condescending eagle, staring sharply at every candidate who came out of the bath and changing clothes, at this time, he suddenly rushed down, grabbed a scholar and shouted: "How did I explain, you still don't listen, get out of here, don't allow me to participate in the palace exam!" ”

The scholar was so frightened that he didn't know what to do, and Yu Shen pulled out a hairpin from his head, "What is this?" ”

"This.... Isn't that okay too? ”

Yu Shen was furious, turned to several examiners and said, "Escort him out of the imperial city and disqualify him from the palace examination!" ”

Shizi finally realized that the mistake he had made was irreparable, and he cried bitterly, and was invited out by several examiners, who comforted him in a low voice, "If you go out now, at least you can keep the results of the provincial examination, if you are found by the soldiers, you are really finished." ”

Having said that, the scholar still came from sorrow, and cried and followed the examiner out.

Yu Shenyu was still angry, and said to everyone: "I will give you one last chance, any items, including hairpins, rings, and jade pendants, are not allowed to be brought in, and you have done your best to be benevolent and righteous, if you are still searched by the soldiers and find anything forbidden, then go back to your hometown and farm!" ”

Several scholars turned pale with fright, and secretly took off the hairpins on their heads and stuffed them into their cabinets.

After this small turmoil, the scholars were led into the Daqing Gate with trepidation and subjected to severe body searches.