Inside Yuanyang City.

Looking at the scholars and talents gradually appearing on the street, they look like a gentle and well-read literati who read poetry and books, but they also like to join in the excitement everywhere and chant poems against each other, which makes it difficult for people not to pay attention.

While strolling around, Du Bai was eating the freshly baked candy man in his hand, and asked Ying'er beside him with a little doubt, "Good Ying'er, why are there so many scholars suddenly coming out recently?" ”

A few days ago, there were not many people, these days it seems to be a pile of appearances, in the market, in the inn, in the restaurant, it is not uncommon to see the entrance of the green building, is it not a unique festival?

"Hmm......"

Ying'er tilted her head, carefully licked the little sugar man in her hand, looked left and right as if she remembered something, and raised her hand excitedly and replied, "By the way, uncle, the day of the imperial examination is coming!" It looks like it's the beginning of next month! ”

"Oh, it turned out to be the imperial examination!"

Du Bai nodded slightly, and then recalled the relevant information.

After all, his predecessor was a showman, although he was only a last class, but he was also famous, and at the beginning of the crossing, he also made up for the relevant knowledge to some extent.

There are actually some differences between the implementation of the imperial examination in this era and the ancient imperial examination in the previous life, including that the examination papers were specially designed by an institution of the imperial court, and then assigned to various regional counties and counties for a period of time in advance.

If there is a slight violation, it is easy for the head to fall to the ground and the door will be beheaded!

Although this kind of secrecy cannot be said to be perfect, it is also very good, at least there are very few cases of leaks.

At this point, Du Bai suspected that the emperor who was suspected of being a time-traveler had learned from the college entrance examination policy in his previous life to reform, and it could be regarded as a living study.

In addition, the process of the imperial examination has also been simplified, those who have passed the county examination are children, those who have passed the government examination are Xiucai, the township examination is to lift people, and the meeting examination and the final palace examination are the examinations that determine the champion list and the Jinshi, etc., and the high-ranking officials are already waiting for them, and it is impossible for those who are not talented to be mortals to participate.

Among them, the predecessor once stumbled and luckily passed the government test and won the title of a showman, but unfortunately this did not save the fate of the broken homeland.

It can also be seen from this that even in an era when fame is regarded as sacred, Xiucai who can only read dead books is useless, and those who should starve to death still starve to death.

"Uncle...... Sorry ......"

It's just that when he was stunned and remembered, he heard Ying'er's timid apology in his ears.

He looked down in some surprise, and saw that the little girl looked a little aggrieved and worried, and after a little thought in his heart, he understood the reason, and couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

This girl looks careless, but her mind is also delicate.

I think it's because I'm worried that I've cut off the road to the imperial examination since I joined the family, and now I'm sad and sad when I touch the scene......

With a slight warmth in his heart, he suddenly reached out and rubbed her hair, withdrew his hand before she blushed and dodged, jokingly, "I don't care about that." Wouldn't it be much more comfortable to have the lovely Ying'er to accompany me on a tour than those scholars who study hard! ”

"Uncle, don't talk nonsense......"

Ying'er blushed and was a little shy, but she was obviously in a much better mood, and there was a little smile in her crooked eyes.

She is indeed just a child, and she likes to show her laughter and tears on her face, and there is no too deep city.

Most of the women of the Su family are like this, they are well protected by Su Wanmiao, and because of this, only she herself wears the strongest mask and is not easy to approach.

Thinking of Su Wanmiao, he remembered the "little surprise" he originally planned to give her.

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There were no waves in the daytime, and since Liu Jia'an was divided, it seemed to be peaceful in Yuanyang City, and even there were fewer fights.

After all, in the streets and alleys, there are more literati in various restaurants and inns, and these guys are not rough people who like to do their hands, but they like to chant poetry very much, which inexplicably makes the atmosphere of the whole county a little more elegant, as if even the pancakes sold on the street have a little more ink taste, and they eat extra sweet.

It's just that with this, there are inexplicably more poetry clubs, gatherings, and the like. After all, throughout the ages, if literati have the opportunity to get together, they always like to show off their talents, although they can't compare with one high, but it is also quite refreshing to show off the "good sentences" that they have recently obtained by chance.

Even Du Bai, who was in Su Mansion, strangely received two such invitations, inviting him to participate in a poetry meeting that he had never heard of.

After asking, I found out that it was a few classmates and friends from the previous body when they were studying, and the relationship may not be very good, but it is also a relationship that can be spoken. I also participated in the county exam with him the year before last, but unfortunately I failed. Now that those people came to the county seat again, thinking that since this former classmate had been admitted to Xiucai, it would not hurt to make friends a little bit, so they sent a letter.

However, these guys must not be very well-informed, and they don't even know that Du Bai has joined the Su family and given up his fame. Even this letter was delivered to the predecessor's hometown, or it was forwarded by another insider.

Feeling a little funny in his heart, Du Bai wrote two replies at random and sent them back, and sure enough, there was no follow-up to the so-called poetry meeting.

How could those self-proclaimed scholars be willing to make friends with an unscrupulous man who "coveted glory and wealth" and became a wealthy businessman? It's good not to cut off your robe and break off your relationship immediately.

However, this also indirectly saved him a lot of unnecessary trouble, which is also a good thing.

At night, Du Bai came to the bank of the river alone as usual, originally just wanted to clean up and complete the previous agreement by the way, but he didn't expect that there were even a lot of talented literati here, which made him a little funny and a little helpless.

Fortunately, there seemed to be a performance on the river tonight, and the painting boats were one after the other, attracting the attention of many people, and a group of people gathered around the shore as if to enjoy the song and dance, but the place on the chessboard farther away from that side was vacant.

Du Bai didn't dislike it, so he simply picked an empty seat and sat down, while looking at the brightly lit painting boat from a distance, while waiting for the arrival of the agreed person.

Until a figure stopped at the opposite position, and then sat down, and then a light voice sounded, "Let's play a game of chess?" ”

Du Bai raised his eyes, but he couldn't see the other party's appearance clearly, because a heavy plain white veil covered most of his face, and only a pair of smart eyes were exposed, looking at him with a little smile. Its dress is also plain, without any showiness, like a young girl growing up next door, beautiful and lovely.

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