Lu Bing also took a glass of wine and touched Zhao Shichun and drank it all, Lu Bing warmly invited Zhao Shichun to sit down, and only said after sitting down: "It is my generation's duty to draw a knife to help when the road is uneven, and brothers don't have to be polite." My surname is Lu Mingwei, the word is Chiming, and I am from Dengzhou, Shandong. Seeing that you are not very old, you should not be weak yet, it is really not easy to enter Beijing alone for the exam in the past six months. "Zhao Shichun looks like sixteen or seventeen, and being able to participate in the examination at such an age does belong to the category of genius.

"Well, that's a long story." Zhao Shichun is not very old but looks like a cliché, which makes Lu Bing laugh dumbly, and only let Zhao Shichun continue after coughing lightly, Zhao Shichun said: "There are three brothers in my family, and I do two, and the family is all engaged in small business. The eldest brother opened an oil mill, and he originally had some savings. My father also has ancestral property, and the eldest brother does not rely on his parents and has his own industry, so the money can be spent by our two brothers, and the life of the family is more than enough. I shouldn't have been so down, my third brother is young, I study, my eldest brother's business is honest and trustworthy, and he is very famous in Pingliang. This time I went to Beijing to catch the exam, and my eldest brother specially gave me fifty taels of silver, and hired a child to serve me. ”

Zhao Shichun said as he spoke, with tears in his eyes: "I will treat him with fifty taels of silver, hey, God does not fulfill people's wishes, the money is spent and the child is also sick and died, I can only be a thing, and I came to the capital on foot." Seeing that the money was spent, it was too late for the family to send money, so I had such a dilemma, thanks to Brother Lu's righteous rescue, otherwise I would have frozen to death on the side of the road if I was kicked out of the door today. ”

Lu Bing nodded, seeing that Zhao Shichun's clothes were thin. took off his big hat and put it on Zhao Shichun, Zhao Shichun was moved to tears, and resolutely refused to accept it. When he stood up, he was about to return it to Lu Bing, but he stroked the big foil with his hand, but he felt that the material was so slippery and warm. But in an instant, Zhao Shichun still strengthened his determination not to want this thing, and said something like a gentleman who is useless.

Lu Bing scolded: "If you want to wear it, you can wear it, what so much nonsense, you treat me as your eldest brother, I am older than you, so there is a younger one than me." Don't let me go undone with my brother's majesty. Everyone laughed when they heard this, Zhao Shichun was embarrassed, Lu Bing said this and then excused himself, which was to refute Lu Bing's face. So I accepted Lu Bing's Dayu, but I secretly thought in my heart that I must remember where this Brother Lu's family lives, and I will repay it twice in the future, at least to return this Dayu that looks very precious.

Generally. Lu Bing's entry into Beijing to take the exam this time was a success. In the early stage, except for people like Yang Weijie and Liu Fugui who didn't care about finding themselves, they did not attract the attention of Yang Yiqing, Zhang Xuan, Guo Xun and others. And the later exam was also quite smooth, and at this time, the news of Lu Bing's entrance examination in Beijing also spread, and he found that the information was true. And when waiting for the list, Emperor Zhu Houxi knew about Lu Bing's reference, so no one dared to do anything on Lu Bing's examination papers.

The only thing that's wrong is to say that. is to let Ouyang Qu, Gong Yongqing and Zhao Shichun know each other, and each of these three people is more stubborn than the other. You say that Zhao Shichun is young, forget it, Gong Yongqing and Ouyang Qu are old, and they are also people who are only eight years old, but they are even more stubborn. The three of them could quarrel from dawn to dawn for the right or wrong of a sentence, and Lu Bing's mind was full of words, which made him have a headache.

However, now that his identity has been known by the officials in the capital, Lu Bing can go home, go back to visit his parents, and see the real Lu Wei and his sister Lu Ran. Of course, in order not to be estranged from the good friends he just made, Lu Bing did not tell Ouyang Qu and the others his identity, so as not to be able to say nothing from now on because of his superiority and inferiority, of course, Lu Bing didn't know how to reveal his identity, although it was a white lie, but after all, it was a lie.

Because the imperial examination has to be adjusted back to time, the palace examination has also been advanced accordingly, so the candidates in the capital are not leaving, even those who live in Shuntianfu are too lazy to go back and forth, so they stay in the capital and wait for the list of the examination to come out, and then decide to stay.

On the day of the list, Lu Bing, Yang Weijie and others went together, and Lu Bing found his name among the top two, but he remained silent, because none of the people around him knew that he was Lu Bing except Yang Weijie, and fortunately they didn't find Lu Bing's name on the list. Lu Bing was very happy about this result, and Yang Weijie and the three of them were also on the list, and they were all in the second place.

Only Zhao Shichun didn't find his name in the second class, nor did he find it in the top three, and after looking around, he couldn't help but get depressed, Lu Bing hurriedly comforted: "Jingren, you are still young, if you don't pass the exam this time, there will be a next time, I will go back and arrange a place for you to live, you write a letter to your family, and you won't leave." If you study for another three years, and wait until the next imperial examination, you will definitely be on the list, I believe in you, you can do it. ”

Zhao Shichun now has a strong dependence and trust on Lu Bing, listening to Lu Bing's words, a glimmer of light ignited in his gray eyes, nodded and said: "Big brother, I remember, I will never give up, after three years, I will definitely get a good score to show you, and live up to your expectations of me." ”

"This is my good brother, I support you." Lu Bing smiled and patted Zhao Shichun's shoulder.

Anyway, it was a blessing that four of the five were on the list, so the five decided to have a drink, and went to the nearest tavern. Lu Bing often shows up now, and those shopkeepers see that Lord Lu, who used to be kind and reasonable to them in the past, and has never been corrupt and bribery, has returned, and they all take out their housekeeping skills for Lu Bing to eat and drink, and often give Lu Bing free money for wine and food. Lu Bing is also disrespectful, this is all human favors, sometimes you let others return favors appropriately, but it is considerate of others.

In this way, in addition to Yang Weijie's strangeness in knowing Lu Bing's details, Ouyang Qu and Gong Yongqing are even more strange, and Zhao Shichun admires Lu Bing's well-informed and strong connections in the capital, and always says: "Big brother, you are amazing, everyone knows you." Lu Bing was very embarrassed at first, but he accepted it after he reached the end, and gave Zhao Shichun the title of the best champion.

On the day of Zhang Bang, it is natural to eat and drink, and the luck of the four people on the list is worth celebrating, and they chose to choose the Honghe Pavilion not far away to have a bird feast. The five of them walked forward, but they heard two scholars walking by and talking, "How did you do in the exam?" ”

"Hey, I didn't get in, it's the second time, what about you?"

"I'm in the top three, although it's not satisfactory, but it's better than nothing. Don't be discouraged, I took the exam four times before I was admitted, and you only got twice, so the chances are much bigger than mine, maybe I will win Huiyuan next time. ”

"By the way, who is the winner this time?"

"I don't know, it's called Zhao Shichun, I've never heard of it, this guy is so lucky, it seems that Ji Jishi can't run."

Lu Bing suddenly reached out and grabbed the person who spoke just now, and Lu Bing's tall and long arms grabbed it at once, and his hand hooked the scholar like an iron hook. The scholar was talking when he felt himself soaring into the air, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly closed his eyes, and when he opened his eyes again, he was surrounded by five big men, all of whom were staring at him.

The scholar couldn't help but tremble with fright, and cried in his heart: I just won the top three, why is it so miserable. These people are not bandits, it's over, it's over, I don't have my life to return home, why is my life so bitter. Wait, no, this is the street of the capital, who is so bold to tie up tickets here in broad daylight, no, I have to shout for help.

Before the scholar could shout, Lu Bing opened his blood-red eyes and asked, "What do you say Huiyuan's name is?" ”

"Zhao Zhao Zhao Shichun, what's wrong? I don't know anything. When the scholar saw Lu Bing, he forgot to shout for help, and replied with a sad face.

Then the scholar was placed on the ground, and then he saw the five of them running wildly towards the place where the apricot list was posted.

The scholar was so frightened that he was out of breath, and then he saw that his companion had long since disappeared, and he should have run away, and a team of brocade guards came over at the right time, so he hurriedly reported the situation. The person who led the team of brocade guards was named Liu Fugui, so after the matter was investigated, Liu Fugui led people to chase in the direction of Lu Bing with a big mouth, and then there was no more, Liu Fugui went crazy when he saw Lu Bing, and he rested at home for half a year before regaining his senses.

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At the wine table, Zhao Shichun couldn't believe that what he saw just now was true, the name of Yijia Huiyuan turned out to be himself, this is incredible, he is only seventeen years old, where is the reason. Thinking about it, Zhao Shichun picked up the wine glass and drank it all, Lu Bing said: "Don't drink too much, play that drunkard like last time, you kid doesn't drink well, drink less and drink less." ”

"Brother, I'm happy, I'm happy." Zhao Shichun was already a little incoherent, and he forgot all the lessons such as not being surprised when he was rich, not being lewd, etc.

"It's Chiming, you don't care about him, I'm happy today, even if he drinks too much, let's just carry him back." Gong Yongqing shook his head and said, After speaking, he also hiccuped, Lu Bing secretly smiled and said that your wine is not good.

Ouyang Qu smiled and said: "Brother Meiji, this is the first time I've seen you speak so freely, and you are talking quite arrogantly now." ”

"I didn't learn from Chi Ming, hey, it's really hard to learn, and it's bad to learn." Gong Yongqing pretended to be sad and indignant, and everyone laughed.

Lu Bing said: "In the next palace test, our brothers have to work hard, I think we will be able to create more brilliance, let's go one." The five raised their glasses and shouted victory, then drank the wine in their glasses.

"Wait, Brother Chiming, I glanced at it just now, why didn't I see your name, are you optimistic?" Ouyang Qu said suspiciously with a wine glass, his eyes were full of deep meaning, as if he knew what he had said. (To be continued......)