Jiang Wumeng sent two more letters one after another, but Lu Youzhen didn't reply, so he didn't send them again. However, Su Xi wrote a long letter to his second brother Su Wenhan, chattering with him about many daily trivial matters, and Su Wenhan only had four words in the reply: return home soon.

The second brother is going home, which is a happy thing, Su Xi was so happy that he immediately wrote to the eldest sister. Lu Youzhen didn't see joy, but became silent.

The Companion Moon Sect began to dispatch cavalry, and the Longtu cavalry, who had resisted foreign enemies in times of danger and kept the capital of the Companion Moon Country, was aiming their iron hooves at the capital of the Companion Moon Country at this moment, and the momentum was like a bamboo.

The leader no longer pretends to be mysterious, revealing his true identity in front of the battle, it turns out that the person is actually the commander of the first prince's personal guard army Han Jiang, although the number of personal guards of the year is not much, but they only obey the orders of the first prince, and even the orders of the first emperor can not be obeyed, this is the privilege given by the first emperor.

Therefore, when Han Jiang appeared, the wind of public opinion began to tilt towards the former prince, and everyone began to doubt the remarks of "the emperor imprisoned his father and killed his brother, and was cruel and unkind".

Fortunately, the emperor did not adopt this suggestion, and Su Wenhai and the others were able to take the exam as they wished, but this time the strategy test questions made the students scratch their ears and cheeks a little.

In previous years, the topic was nothing more than talking about the past and the present, and about the sages, but this time they were asked to explain their views on the battle with the Banyue Sect, although there was no restriction on the angle, but it still made many students unable to write.

But there are also many great people. There are those who are good at saving the country, and after a few words of war, they began to talk about post-war reconstruction, and gradually transitioned to the people's livelihood issues that they were familiar with; There are brave and loyal martyrs, who fiercely criticize the rebels of the Moon Sect, and sing praises for the emperor; There are only two sides to the copper coin, there is a choice of the front and the negative, and a student who is not afraid of death directly questioned the truth of His Majesty the Emperor, which is really commendable.

Su Wenhai and Lu Zhou already have a gap in their chests, and there is a Lu Youzhen who is very concerned about the situation in the northwest at home.

Lu Zhou wrote "On the Way of the King", talking about how to stabilize the people's hearts. Su Wenhai made a detailed analysis of the battle situation and also proposed a method of battle.

The theme of the two essays was a topic that was debated in the court every day, and some officials who revised the paper read it and said bluntly: "Huangkou Xiaoer is not ashamed of his words", so he threw the paper aside, and only refused to give the last rank.

Before the test paper was submitted to the emperor, the emperor read the articles of the top ten to be selected, and the more he looked at it, the tighter his brows wrinkled, and sighed that the talents in the country were withering.

He remembered the appearance that the Seventh Prince admired when he repeatedly mentioned the two sessions of Xie Yuan in Sifang City, so he asked people to bring out the test papers of Lu Zhou and Su Wenhai, and he was extremely amazed at first glance, and he immediately laughed and laughed, laughing and laughing but crying. The attendants on the left and right were all frightened for some reason, and they knelt on the ground to plead guilty.

"Lao He," the emperor called his cronie eunuch He Wenzhong, "I am glad that I have finally found a talent who has the ability to assist my son in governing the country." ”

He Wenzhong was shocked in his heart, but he congratulated with a smile on his face: "This is the emperor's blessing." ”

"But these two are still young, they should have more experience and experience, and we will see them when I take the test."

After the emperor finished speaking, he lowered his face again: "It seems that there is no need for the examination yamen to exist, and I can't even change the test paper, you look at what they mentioned in the top ten." ”

He threw the ten test papers into He Wenzhong's arms and instructed: "Spread my will, order Taixue Xuezheng and the two doctors Liu and Zhang to revise the papers with the chief and deputy envoys of the Gongyuan Academy, let Fu Mingxia do it, and tell him to keep an eye on me, and if he can't choose anyone who satisfies me, he will let me go to the border." ”

He Wenzhong was busy responding, and quickly withdrew to spread the will.

Fu Mingxia accompanied a few old gentlemen to stay up all night and finally found out a few outstanding ones, they all breathed a sigh of relief, they rearranged the rolls according to the score and presented them to the emperor, and waited anxiously for the emperor to browse, until the emperor nodded and sighed: "There are still many talents in the country." ”

Only then did everyone really put their minds at ease, and as for the later ban on the examination of merit that was in charge of the imperial examination, it was not their concern that the personnel would be held accountable in turn.

Due to the re-revision of the papers, the release date was three days later than the scheduled time, but the wait was still worth it for many students.

The official who reported the good news came to Lu's house early in the morning and knocked on the door, loudly congratulating Lu Zhou and Su Wenhai on winning the first place in Huiyuan, which aroused the eyes of many neighbors.

Someone didn't hear the ranking clearly, so he asked the person next to him, "How many are you talking about?" Which one will be the one? ”

"It seems to be Su Gongzi."

"No, I heard the official shouting Lu Gongzi Huiyuan."

"It's obviously Su Gongzi......"

"Official, which son is Huiyuan?" Someone asked the official directly.

The official is not very old, and his small round face is particularly festive when he smiles, he cleared his throat and said again: "Lu Gongzi and Su Gongzi are both talented people, and the two of them are tied for the first place, so they are both Huiyuan." ”

Everyone looked shocked, and when they looked at the two of them again, their eyes were completely different, and while congratulating, they wondered in their hearts whether they could get married or something.

Su Xi looked very happy, pulled her third uncle to turn around, Lu Youzhen shook his head helplessly, and asked Lu Nian to take some silver taels, and sealed a big red envelope to the official messenger who reported the news.

The official checked the weight in his hand, and was immediately satisfied, and reminded: "The palace test is ten days later, I wish the two Huiyuan another good results." ”

As soon as the official left, Su Wenhai hurriedly ordered to close the door to thank the guests, and said to the public that he would prepare for the palace test quietly, Su Xi was still a little puzzled, but soon admired her third brother, because since noon, I have frequently heard people report that there are guests who come to the door, some congratulate, some have relationships, and the most are matchmakers.

Fortunately, Su Wenhai had the foresight to close the door first, otherwise it would be unimaginable.

There is only one person that Su Wenhai can't stop if he wants to, and that is Princess Baozhu, she directly called someone to smash a hole in the gate of the Lu family, and swaggered into Su Wenhai's yard.

The little princess didn't realize that there was anything wrong, and said hello to Su Wenhai with a smile, and when she saw Su Wenhai caressing the qin, she said with starlight in her eyes: "You can still play the piano, play it and I'll listen to it." ”

The third prince was cold, and the mean words came to his mouth and swallowed back, only coldly: "The princess's congratulations Su has received it, please go back to the princess, Su wants to warm the book." ”

"I'll accompany you with red sleeves."

Su Wenhai didn't make a sound, walked to the desk and pulled out the book used to cushion the corner of the table and handed it to Princess Baozhu.

The little princess took it happily, thinking that she had finally moved the iceberg with her enthusiasm, but who knew that the book cover was actually written as a "female ring".

What do you mean? Is he ready to accept me?

The little princess was overjoyed, suddenly became shy, hugged the female ring and said with a red face, "My father...... I will study hard and be a good wife. ”

Su Wenhai's face darkened even more, and he said: "I won't show this kind of book to my wife, only the princess, Su Mou feels that you need to read and recite the full text carefully." If the princess's IQ doesn't understand the mystery, ask your concubine. Princess, please go back, I won't be far away. ”

Princess Baozhu was pushed out of the door mercilessly, holding the book and walking out aggrievedly, suddenly heard the sound of the door opening behind her, and immediately turned her head to look, Su Wenhai was standing at the door. The little princess smiled and was about to run towards him, but she was so angry with his next words that she cried. He said:

"Remember to fix the gate."