The imperial examination system has changed to once a year, and this year's imperial examination time is approaching.

This time it was Gu Wanwan's suggestion, so the emperor specially asked Gu Wanwan to participate in this imperial examination.

Dressed in court clothes, Gu Wanwan stood in the Imperial Pavilion with all the officials who supervised the imperial examination, and the entire place of the Imperial Pavilion is now classified as an important place for selecting new talents.

Those who can enter and leave here are restricted to officials of the ministry.

Gu Wanwan, an official who is not concerned with the imperial court, can participate in this imperial examination selection, which is already good.

Gu Wanwan stayed in the Imperial Library, and there were books and books in the Imperial Library, as well as those books from the past.

She sat in two positions behind the official department with the servant of the ministry, and the scholar was also in his fifties, and he had been sitting there since he entered the Imperial Library, holding a pen in his hand, and he kept writing there.

The whole Goshokaku is quite quiet.

She couldn't help but look at the servant next to her, the servant was not young, so he looked a few years younger than Shangshu, and he was holding the book in his hand and reading it very seriously.

With a sigh, Gu Wanwan stared at the book in her hand, which was densely packed with words, and she had a headache.

Raised his head and silently observed the two of them, wanting to open his mouth to calm the atmosphere, but he didn't know what to say, so forget it.

"Li Shangshu, Qin Shilang, Master Gu."

A minister at the door hurriedly ran in, holding a stack of papers in his hand, and he handed the paper to Li Shangshu.

Li Shangshu slowly put down the pen in his hand, picked up the piece of paper, and watched Qin Shilang stand up, Gu Wanwan also stood up and walked to Li Shangshu's side.

Opening the paper, the three of them looked at the names on the paper.

Li Shangshu glanced at the paper casually and put it away.

"Is this all the people who applied for the imperial examination this year?"

Gu Wanwan couldn't help but ask, no, why didn't she see the name of that champion lang.

She remembered that when she was writing about this champion lang, what was this champion called, yes, it was called Mu Nian, it was a personable character, although it was not as handsome as Ning Changyuan, but it looked like a little white face.

But why didn't you see his name just now, could it be that she he missed his eyes?

Thinking so, Gu Wanwan hurriedly stretched out her hand and snatched the list in Li Shangshu's hand, pinched it in her hand, opened it and read it one by one, and there was indeed no Mu Nian's name on the paper.

The old lady has given you the imperial examination in advance, don't you hurry up and play, and wait for the old lady to invite you, right?

Yes! Anyway, you are a character written by my mother, I don't need to investigate to know where your family lives, wait, wait for me to find you out.

Thinking so, Gu Wanwan threw the piece of paper in her hand back into Li Shangshu's hand, and then walked out in a hurry.

Back in the mansion, Gu Wanwan sat at the desk, closed her eyes, and recalled Mu Nian's life experience.

In his memory, Mu Nian seemed to be an orphan, his mother died of illness, and then he took the silver taels left by his mother to the capital to participate in the imperial examination, and then became the champion.

Speaking of which, the family is still quite poor.

It seems to be a person who lives in a village called Kimura not far from the capital.

She wrote the address where Mu Nian lived on the rice paper in front of her, and then shouted at the door: "Zirui! ”

"Your Excellency."

Zirui walked in from the door and stood in front of the table.

Gu Wanwan folded the paper in her hand and handed it to her, with a serious face, "Zirui, this task will be handed over to you, go to a place according to the address above, and then find a person named Mu Nian, find out what is going on in his family, why not participate in the imperial examination." ”

Saying that, he stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder vigorously, the expression on Zirui's face suddenly stiffened, looking at the piece of paper in his hand, how uncomfortable and uncomfortable he was.

"Alright, hurry up, I'll be back and I'll buy you something to eat."

Gu Wanwan hurriedly coaxed, and the expression on Zirui's face softened a little, and even if she was reluctant, she still walked out.

After waiting for Zirui to come back, it was already the next morning, he hurried back, ran back to Gu Wanwan's room, and saw that she had just dressed.

He hurriedly said: "My lord, I have already inquired, the person named Mu Nian you asked me to inquire about wanted to participate in the imperial examination this year, but my mother was seriously ill and there was no one to take care of her at home, so I gave up and planned to take the exam again next year." ”

"Next year?"

Gu Wanwan calmly sorted out her clothes, if he was a man, he would wait for him and the princess to have children next year, and then there would be something to do with Mu Nian.

"This year's college entrance examination, Mu Nian must participate, Zirui will prepare the carriage, and Lord Ben will go to the meeting in person."

Waiting to come to Kimura, the terrain of Kimura is around the capital, and many people who come and go to the capital will rest here, or drink tea and eat.

There are many teahouses and small shops in Kimura, and it seems that there is no shortage of them.

But when Gu Wanwan came to the door of Mu Nian's house. Mu Nian's house is in Kimura, and you can see his house if you walk forward.

His house was made of bamboo, and there was a small courtyard in front of the house, which was fenced with wooden planks, and Gu Wanwan stood at the gate of their house.

He reached out and knocked on the door.

By the way, I stood on tiptoe and looked inside, the door of the room inside was closed, and there was a faint smell of medicine in the air.

It should be at home.

After a long time, no one opened the door.

Gu Wanwan couldn't help but stretch out her hand and knocked twice more, and the door of the room was opened, and a young man in a rough cloth robe rushed out of it, his face full of anxiety.

"It's coming, it's coming, don't knock."

With the sound, the door opened.

Looking at the young man in front of him, the gray cloth clothes looked about the same age as Gu Wanwan, and his skin was a little rough, but he still had the temperament on his body, but the first impression was that he was a polite young man.

It's very comfortable to look at.

"You are?"

Mu Nian also looked him up and down, looking at the clothes she was wearing, she was not an ordinary person at first glance.

"My name is Gu Wan."

"Master Gu?"

Hearing the name Gu Wan, Mu Nian's eyes were slightly surprised, and then he couldn't believe it, because the imperial examination was proposed by Gu Wan Gu in advance, and now many people are secretly appreciating Gu Wan.

So this name, Mu Nian is also very familiar.

Mu Nian hurriedly took a step back, bowed to Gu Wanwan, and clasped his hands in front of his chest, "Grass people Mu Nian meets Master Gu." ”

Seeing this, Gu Wanwan hurriedly stretched out her hand and pulled him up, "No need to be polite, this is outside, where did you come from so many rules, Lord Ben came to you today, but I just wanted to ask, why didn't you participate in the imperial examination." ”