In late July, the examination in Chang'an ended.

A few are happy, a few are sad.

Many of the fallen scholars sighed.

And those who win, especially those who make it to the third round, are all dancing with their eyebrows, as if they are superior to others from now on.

In any case, Chang'an's liquor store is the ultimate winner.

Within a day, Chang'an's liquor sales directly climbed to a peak.

Whether it's the proud or the frustrated, they're buying, buying, buying.

Even, some big dog families directly held a feast in the Lu where they lived in Chang'an.

Li Wen pushed open the window and looked out at the happy crowd.

He let out a long sigh.

"I understand today, why King Xiang refused to cross Jiangdong back then!" Li Wen clenched his fists, full of resentment.

He is a native of Hedong, and he is also the son of Li Shan, a famous poet in Hedong.

Originally, he didn't need to come to Chang'an to participate in this examination.

His father had already arranged a career path for him.

Of course, he studied at home first, slowly accumulated his reputation, and when he was thirty years old, he asked someone to distribute his articles to nobles all over Hedong, especially the marquis of Pingyang and other nobles.

In this way, there is no need to worry about having no official position.

Moreover, as soon as he came out, he was a noble position of more than 600 stones.

But Li Wen is young and vigorous.

In the past, I listened to the stories of Zhang Tang, Yan Yi, Ji Di and others in my hometown, and I was envious.

So, resolutely, I came to Chang'an for reference.

But there is known that there are so many scholars in Chang'an.

So much so that it is so dense that it is not clear how to count at all.

Among them, those with a higher status, a better background than him, and more connections than him are just like the stars in the sky, and they can't be counted.

And after he saw the scene of this examination, his mentality was unbalanced and his performance was abnormal.

Staying in the exam room, I just felt that the questions seemed very simple.

But when I mentioned the pen, I didn't know how to answer.

So, unsurprisingly, he was defeated.

Not only did he not enter the third round as he had expected when he came, go to the Xuanmur Temple, and receive the wine of the Son of the Day.

Not even the first round passed.

It makes me feel humiliated.

I almost want to die.

And what's even more terrifying is ......

Li Wen stared out the window, the guy who was dressed in red and hung with colors, surrounded by countless neighbors and wealthy businessmen.

That person Li Wen knew.

Or his neighbor!

That's Biantong, a small point of the Zongheng family!

But his family was rich, and his father was said to be a merchant who specialized in transporting timber to Liu De, the crown prince of Jiaodong, in Jiaodong Kingdom.

In the past few years, the net worth has accumulated millions.

In this examination, he made it to the third round and was appointed as the lord of the Lu State, with a rank of 400 stones.

So, he threw hundreds of thousands of dollars and invited the neighbors to celebrate on this street.

"Brother Li plans to stay in Chang'an, or return to his hometown?" A man appeared behind Li Wen and asked softly.

"I want to stay in Chang'an......" Li Wen replied without even looking up.

Then, he closed the window and said, "I want to study, Brother Wang, please take care of yourself......"

The man was also Levin's neighbor.

It is said to be from a certain county in the country of Qi.

Many people say that he is not a scholar in Qi Country at all, but just a god who deceives and plays foolish women and foolish people in the countryside.

As the authentic successor of "Gu Liang", Li Wen adheres to his principles.

The son is silent, and the strange force is confused.

This generation of characters, in Li Wen's eyes, is even more hateful than the nouveau riche outside the window.

'Brother Wang' looked at Li Wen's expression and knew that the other party didn't like him very much.

He smiled stupidly and said, "Brother Li is too arrogant, I am kind enough to tell my brother something......

"What?" Li Wen held the book and asked intently.

But the other party laughed twice, and said: "It is advisable to read in the same courtyard, I still tell you, when the son has come out of the cloth today, recruiting virtuous gentlemen, who can go to distant countries, and send envoys with festivals, he will return with success, that is, he will be rewarded with the duty of a thousand stones!" ”

"What does this have to do with me?" Li Wen held the book in his hand, still motionless.

Going to a distant country, the road is far away, the auspicious and the evil is unpredictable, and the position of a thousand stones is not enough to make Li Wen tempted.

"Hehe......" 'Brother Wang' sneered: "Li Jun can't look down on him, but I really want to go to ......"

Then, he walked out of the door and spat twice towards the place where Li Wen was: "The erector is not enough to conspire!" ”

Today's reward is not an ordinary Qianshi official.

Yulin Weihu Ben Wei Jun Sima Yang or the post of military candidate!

This is a through train to the Marquis of Guannai and even the Marquis of Liehou!

"It's a pity that I come from a humble background and it is difficult to ......compete," 'Brother Wang' sighed in his heart.

Otherwise, with his self-esteem, it would be impossible for him to come to Li Wen's side to bring humiliation on himself.

However, Li Wen's attitude also made him understand.

He, a country corporal from the Qi Kingdom, wanted to be recognized by these self-proclaimed noble scholars.

It's almost like a poor boy dreaming of marrying a lady from the Liehou family, it's just a fantasy!

"Perhaps, I can contact the Xingchen family in Chang'an City and see if there are any like-minded people......" he thought to himself.

Over the years, the days of the alchemists have been very difficult.

The resurgence of the Mo family is almost equivalent to the death sentence in the big city.

If you want to rely on the tricks of the past, you will bluff others and be stunned.

That's impossible.

The Mo artists took the trouble to break the tricks of the magicians little by little, telling the world that this was actually a trick.

There are only fortune tellers and diviners, and they can still be mixed.

After all, even the Mo family also recognizes divination.

However, divination is also divided into three, six, nine and so on.

Tortoiseshell devouring, this is the highest grade.

The second is to calculate the birth date and physiognomy.

And those who rely on the stars for divination are the lowest.

He had heard more than once that there was a famous family of the Xingchen family, and life really couldn't go on.

I had to run to the Taishi Department to help the Taishi officials, record the movement of the stars and help with the plan.

Sure enough, after finding a few Xingchen families who are a little famous.

One of them, Zhang Han, finally agreed to go with him to seek the position of envoy.

"By the way, I don't know if Your Excellency respects?" Before leaving, the man suddenly asked.

"So-and-so, Qi Dynasty!" 'Brother Wang' replied a little shyly.

As soon as the other party heard this name, he immediately shook his head in fright: "Brother Wang, let's take it easy, a certain family doesn't dare to be with the deceitful and ancestor destroyer!" ”

When Wang Chao heard this, he was stunned: "Do you even know about my affairs?" ”

"Of course......" Zhang Han replied as he ran: "Your Excellency betrayed the teacher and abandoned my way, the world's scholars, immortal people, who doesn't know, who doesn't know?" ”

When Wang Chao heard this, he shook his head: "But I forgot, this warlock and priest have their own means to exchange news......

This is also a very normal thing.

Fangshi warlocks, don't look at the corners of the world, go their own way.

In fact, everyone shares information with each other.

This is to slaughter the fat sheep, so that everyone can get a piece of the pie together, and it is also to avoid falling into the trap of some well-intentioned people.

You must know that today's son hates people who pretend to be gods and ghosts.

The top is good, and the bottom is effective.

As a result, the court lieutenants and the counties at all levels have made it their political achievements to deeply grasp more sorcerers.

Many elderly people have fallen into various traps of fishing law enforcement.

But......

Wang Dynasty sighed: "I also want to eat......"

He was originally a warlock of the Qi Kingdom, followed his teacher, and swaggered in Linzi and Xue County.

Originally, I had a good life.

When I saw the landlord and the nobles, I went up and flickered.

What do you say, I am a disciple of 'An Jisheng', and I have obtained the teacher's decree to refine gold or immortal medicine Balabala.

Don't look at Qilu as the stronghold of Confucianism.

Those scholars, doctors and gentlemen, on weekdays, are silent and confused.

But in the end, one by one they are competing with strange forces.

Especially those old people are better deceived.

But, alas, this good day came to an abrupt end two years ago.

The kings of Qilu committed suicide one after another to apologize, and the landlords of the entire Qilu were washed once.

Then, the examiner from Chang'an was assigned.

These people are young and energetic.

Moreover, every day in Chang'an, I am used to watching the performances of the Mo family.

As a result, the trick between the dynasty and his teacher could no longer be played.

What's even more terrifying is that the government is still staring at the magicians everywhere, and when they are caught, they will be sent to Chang'an.

If you're lucky, you're now working as an assistant in the ink garden for the experiments of the ink masters.

But bad luck......

Welcome to the Great Wall!

The dynasty was scared.

So, late one night, he rolled up his hard-earned savings and ran away......

But, because of this, he was charged with 'betrayal' and 'betrayal'.

Fortunately, it is not a hundred schools of all the people.

Otherwise, where would he dare to swagger through the market now?

Unfortunately, even then, his situation is not much better.

The scholars and nobles did not recognize him as a scholar at all.

directly classified him to another book, even if he is a son of a businessman, his status is higher than him.

And the alchemists also regarded him as an enemy and an alien.

The dynasty knew very well that if he could not find a way out.

Then, sooner or later, you will starve to death in this Chang'an!

Thinking of this, Wang Chao simply turned his heart sideways: "I will go to the bus office myself, and I am willing to send an envoy!" ”

………………………………

In Weiyang Palace, at this moment, a wine banquet is being held.

The messenger from Dawan, called 'Okorati' but translated into Chinese as 'Origi', and the original Buddhist monk 'Chokodharma' who came to China from the other side of the distant Himalayas, the vast Indian subcontinent, thousands of miles away, came to China to preach the Dharma.

Originally, some of the young people of Da Honglu took it upon themselves to translate this person's name as Gautama.

But was stopped by Liu Che.

The word Bodhidharma is so weird.

It is easy to arouse the curiosity of some scholars and doctors in China.

Especially those sons and daughters of the princes who are well fed and supported.

You must know that the scholars and doctors of the Wei and Jin dynasties even dared to eat Wushisan, just to pursue fashion.

If they find something new, they may make a fuss.

Therefore, Liu Che personally gave this Indian monk the name 'Qiao Wu'.

This way, you can avoid some guys being too curious and triggering some bad things.

And at this moment, Qiao Ke Dharma, or the monk with the Chinese name Qiao Wu, did not know it.

He folded his hands with joy on his face, worshiped Liu Che, and muttered many inexplicable Sanskrit words in his mouth.

It was still the Roman envoy Zhao Qin who helped translate beside him: "Dear Your Majesty, Qiao Wu said: He is very grateful for His Majesty's grand act, and is willing to go to the body poison for the sake of His Majesty and the people of the Han Dynasty, contact the nobles and monks of the body poison, and start ......trade with the Han Dynasty."

"Thank you!" Liu Che bowed slightly and said with a smile.

Today's banquet is a send-off banquet.

Monks from India and an envoy from Dawan will form a delegation with an envoy from Liu Che to travel to distant West and Central Asia and South Asia next month.

They were tasked with exploring the geography and politics of Central and West Asia for Liu Che.

At the same time, it is also responsible for contacting the countries of the Great Moon Clan, Kangju, Anxi, and Body Poison, so that they can unite and jointly resist the Xiongnu ambition wolf......

However, the mission of this mission is different from that of the historical Zhang Qian mission.

Although nominally, Liu Che gave them the task of contacting the distant Dayue clan and the Great Xia kingdoms, fighting the Xiongnu with the Han, and jointly maintaining world peace.

But in fact, they fanned the flames in the past, and by the way, they added to the blockage of the Huns.

Of course, the mission also had an important mission - the reason why this Indian monk was here.

Cho Kedama will go to the Indian subcontinent with the edict of the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty in his hand to contact the nobles of various Buddhist beliefs, and raise the banner of the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty to support the re-establishment of the Mauryan Empire, so as to attract the attention of the kings of those princely states and small states.

Obviously, and for sure.

Today's Buddhism is definitely no match for Hinduism, which has countless untouchables as cannon fodder.

These monks, who were born in Kshatriya but who had betrayed their own class, could not have done anything better than the Hindus who treated the untouchables as human beings.

However, Liu Che had no intention of helping the Peacock Dynasty, which is now estimated to be dying, to continue its life.

Liu Che just wanted to speed up the historical process of Hinduism's destruction of Buddhism.

By the way, it made preliminary preparations for meddling in India's internal affairs in the future, dividing and disintegrating, and finally colonizing India.

The British Empire ruled India by relying on the Soil King and the Belt and Road Party.

If the Han Empire wants to rule India, it naturally needs to have a soil king and a leading party.

Of course, Chokodama is not a voluntary part-time job.

Liu Che promised to allow him to preach as soon as he contacted the Buddhists and nobles of India, and when he returned, he would be allowed to preach - in the steppe, of course.

For this reason, Liu Che also gave a law name to Qiao Kedharma.

He will represent the Emperor of the Han Dynasty and go to his homeland to spread the goodwill from China, and at the same time, by the way, bring a few books of Buddhism to educate and brainwash the entire grassland.

Liu Che stood up with a smile and looked at the strange combination in front of him.

Han Sanzang has.

Monk Sha also has a ......

The eagerness on Okorati's face and the expression of wanting to go to Great Xia were enough to make him the best candidate for the Sand Monk.

However, the second senior brother and the senior brother are still lacking.

As for the Roman emissary, Curitios?

I'm sorry, it's not just Liu Che who doesn't want him to go.

He himself was reluctant to go.

Curitios thought very simply: he didn't want to be captured by the Huns, put in a cage, and be a pet again.

His life was precious.

He planned to wait for the Han army to open the road to the Western Regions before returning to Rome. (To be continued.) )