On the way to the palace, Liu Fan sat in the carriage, the carriage was protected by several Liu clansmen before and after, those people had already been wet by the heavy rain, Liu Fan was a little reluctant to go, but helpless, knowing that they would not go back no matter what they said, and suddenly understood a truth in his heart: one person attains the Tao, and the chicken and dog ascend to heaven; One person is rich, and the family is rising with the tide!

In the East, a society bound by clans, a person is not a single individual in a sense, but a member of a group that binds the people of the clan together and is inseparable. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoWhenever it is, the clan is your backstage! In the countryside, it is often one person who makes trouble, and the whole clan carries the guy to the head, if the girl of any family marries out and is bullied, it is also the clan that comes out of the horse and asks for justice together! Therefore, if you want to turn your face and deny people when you are rich and rich, I am afraid that it is not as easy as you think. Just like the Qing officials of the Ming Dynasty, if they want to be virtuous and avoid relatives, they want to have a clean breeze and do everything officially, I am afraid it is more difficult than ascending to the sky. First of all, you have to be ruthless and unjust! When your relatives, your old ones, those who have been with you come to your door, you must turn them away, your parents, your brothers, your siblings, even your own wives and children, you must be ruthless to them, you must endure the accusations of all your relatives, and if you want to become a clean official, the first thing is to become a rebel of the whole clan.

Thinking of this, Liu Fan couldn't help but sigh slightly, this kind of social relationship is not good, but it must not be said to be bad, just like now, Liu Fan was moved fiercely, he passed through the curtain of the car, although his body was in this soft and comfortable carriage, but what he saw in front of him was a storm, and under the lightning and thunder, they were drenched into the figure of a soup chicken, they did not complain. I just took it for granted, and the cold rain and cold wind penetrated through the cracks in my clothes. Even the occasional stirring did not stop their enthusiasm.

Seeing this scene, Liu Fan had only one thought in his heart: "Great kindness and great virtue must be repaid!" Even if they are pointed out by thousands of people, they must not be chilled. Whether you are selfish or make mistakes, there are already too many unfairness in this world, and I am not afraid of one more Liu Fan! ”

He sighed and lowered the curtain. Liu Fan closed his eyes, his head was empty, and perhaps many people had thought about the same problem as him on the way to the palace test......

When he arrived at the noon gate, there were already a lot of tribute students waiting here, but at this time there were no eunuchs to announce the decree, so there were many honest candidates who had to wait outside the noon gate in the rain in their robes, Liu Fan opened the curtain and wanted to get out of the car, but the clansmen stopped him, looked at those tribute students for a moment, and affirmed: "The young master will sit in the car, and wait for the palace to come and lead people before going in." ”

Liu Fan thought about it, after all, those tributes came to the imperial city for the first time, and they didn't dare to sit in the sedan for fear of desecrating the sacred palace city. But if an old fritter like himself is still messing with them, it will only seem that he Young Master Liu has no future! Anyway, the palace didn't say that it was not allowed to take the car outside the noon gate, did it have to be drenched into a soup chicken to be solemn and sincere?

So he waited in the car for a while. Finally, a eunuch hurried in the rain to the doorway. Holding the edict in his hand, he shouted: "Please enter the Baohe Hall to see the face of heaven today." Today's heavy rain is like a note, Your Majesty can't bear to enter the palace in the rain, and you are allowed to take a sedan car in the palace. ”

These tributes had already been drenched in soup, and when they heard the will, they were immediately full of gratitude, and they all said: "Your Majesty Shengming." Then he sat back in his car one by one.

Liu Fan wanted to laugh in his heart, Shengming can't talk about it, it's just a small means to win people's hearts, to show the love of the Son of Heaven, you are grateful to tears, if you really know who the emperor is today, I'm afraid that the word Shengming may not dare to say it.

At this time, Liu Fan's carriage had already entered the door first, but the coachman was not allowed to enter the palace, and there was a eunuch who took his errand and drove Liu Fan's carriage in the direction of the Baohe Palace.

The imperial city in the rain curtain is spotless, the mist in the air rises in the air, and the glazed tiles with red light and the clear white bricks can be faintly seen, making Liu Fan feel like he is in a fairyland, but such a "fairy scene", he does not have much interest to appreciate, after all, he has been here many times, and Liu Fan was really shocked when he came for the first time, but after coming too much, he was numb.

The carriage arrived outside the Baohe Palace, there are thirty-two stone steps outside the Baohe Palace, and you can enter the main hall through the stone steps, so you must walk, Liu Fan looked at the pouring rain outside, and smiled bitterly in his heart, it seems that the rain is still inevitable, he couldn't help but smile and said to the eunuch who was driving: "Father-in-law, can you borrow an umbrella, the student is a new clothes, it's a pity to get wet." ”

This father-in-law has an old-fashioned face, obviously he doesn't want to have anything close to Liu Fan, and he is not angry; "The holy decree does not say that umbrellas can be used in the palace."

There is a taboo to play an umbrella in the palace, that is, ordinary eunuchs must brave the rain when it rains, because this umbrella is similar to the canopy, and the canopy on your head, do you still want to rebel?

However, although the father-in-law replied to Liu Fan coldly, after he turned his head and glanced at Liu Fan, he was stunned for a moment, obviously recognizing Liu Fan, the meanness on his face disappeared immediately, and he immediately came up and said with a smile: "It turned out to be Liu Huiyuan, the slave is really damned, he has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, and he almost collided with your old man." ”

Liu Fan looked left and right, and said in his heart, in addition to me, there is an old man here? How did you become an old man at a young age? If he knew that here, Zhang Kang, who was in his thirties, had already become the ancestor of many people, it was estimated that most of his heart would be balanced.

This father-in-law is also a little embarrassed, let Liu Fan hold an umbrella? It's not proper either! But this Liu Fan has a very deep relationship with the palace, not to mention the relationship with His Majesty, even with Gonggong Zhang, which is still quite hot, if this surnamed Liu runs to say a bad word or two at this time, a eunuch of his identity can be slapped to death casually.

After hesitating for a moment, the eunuch decisively took off his coat, gritted his teeth and said: "Liu Huiyuan, it's raining so hard outside, your old man is going to test the palace today, don't catch a cold, the rules in the palace are not allowed to use umbrellas, the slave will give Liu Huiyuan this coat to block the rain, Liu Huiyuan doesn't have to be polite." ”

In fact, Liu Fan really didn't know what politeness was, so he took his coat with confidence, and glanced at the eunuch who was shivering in the wind and rain wearing a **, and just sighed in his heart: The eldest husband really can't be without power for a day! If this eunuch is not afraid of the identity of this young master, this time he is afraid that he will also be drenched in soup.

Liu Fan raised his coat above his head with both hands, covered his head and hurriedly rushed towards the Baohe Palace.

But at this time, the tribute students who came later saw the heavy rain outside, and then looked at Liu Fan, who rushed to the hall with his clothes, and couldn't help but ask the eunuch who was driving: "It's raining outside, can I borrow my father-in-law's clothes?" ”

But the angry thing is that these eunuchs are angry, oh, you are people, and the miscellaneous family is not human? Aren't you Gongsheng! What's the big deal? If you win the jinshi, it is only a petty official of seven or eight grades, and he is not even a fart in the palace. How unreasonable!

The eunuchs all had dark faces, sneered back at these guys who didn't understand human feelings, and then sneered: "This is not outside, borrowing clothes?" Can I borrow clothes? Can you afford to borrow? ”

The tributes felt that they had been insulted, and naturally they could hear the ridicule of these eunuchs, so they couldn't help beating their chests and stumbling and said, "Didn't that person borrow clothes to cover the rain?" He can, why can't the students? ”

There is only one standard answer for the eunuchs: "People are Huiyuan, are you also Huiyuan?" ”

So, when these same years didn't know each other, everyone had a lot of understanding of Liu Fan.

In this case, it was useless to make noise, so everyone had to continue to brave the rain, and rushed towards the Baohe Hall one by one like a kite with a broken string.

In the Baohe Palace, the eight examiners have been waiting for a long time, at this time the Son of Heaven has not yet appeared, the examiners are standing behind the case, and this hall has also placed more than a hundred cases, there are pen, ink, paper and inkstones, there are also brewed tea, there are dozens of eunuchs around standing with bated breath, when Liu Fan came in, the clothes on his body were not soaked much, but the sleeves were stained with some water, he casually threw the eunuch's shirt aside, stepped forward first, saluted the examiners: "Student Liu Fan, I have seen all the adults. ”

The faces of the eight book readers were a little serious, and they nodded coldly, even if they accepted his courtesy, they didn't talk to him, but a eunuch on the side said loudly: "Gongsheng Liu Fan, give the first row to sit down." ”

Liu Fan had already inquired about the rules of the palace examination, and these paper readers treated him so coldly, not because they had a grudge against him, on the one hand, to avoid suspicion, and on the other hand, to show the majesty of the paper readers, Liu Fan didn't say anything, and obediently sat in his seat.

After a while, the other tributes also arrived, and these people looked much embarrassed, the rain on their clothes could wring out a basin of water when they twisted hard, and they were shivering with cold, looking at Liu Fan, who was dry, and they were very jealous.

Everyone saluted the examiners one by one, the examiners frowned, after all, there was no weather forecast in this era, and I didn't expect that there would be heavy rain today, and now the candidates are drenched like this, I'm afraid it's not suitable for the exam, then the examiner stood up and called a eunuch to come over and whispered a few words, the eunuch willed, hurriedly went, and after a while, the eunuch went and returned, and said loudly: "Please all the tributes to move to the side hall and change into dry clothes." ”

Everyone was amnesty, but Liu Fan, who had been gloating, was quite disappointed, and couldn't help but scold: "It turns out that you can still change your clothes, it's a pity, if they are allowed to take the exam like this, it will be interesting." ”