"There are three of them... Elder brother... Brother! Which one to memorize first? Qian Hongbao knelt on the ground and looked at Han Ai in embarrassment.

"Come in order!" Han Ai glanced at him, not wanting to pay attention to these people.

"The first one... The first article "Qian Hongbao was chattering in his mouth, very nervous, and stammering" The first article, I remembered! ”

"If you think about it, memorize it!" Han Ai stood in the center of the main hall, calmly and without cowardice, not only because of the relationship with the emperor, but also because of his longing for a career since he was a child, he loved to study the law of the Gang, at this time he regarded himself as a law enforcer, and behind him was the Chaogang, who was absolutely selfless and distracting.

Qian Hongbao didn't dare to make small movements, so he could only calm his emotions by breathing, maybe his uncle in his heart gave him some comfort and gradually eased his mind.

"This first article is called 'What You Should Know,'" Qian Hongbao said.

'Just one word from the title of my article?' What a coincidence! Hearing Qian Hongbao say the title of the article on the first day, Han Ai looked at Qian Hongbao curiously.

"Those who observe are wise, and those who do not observe are confused. Clearly, you can enter the whole country; Retirement can protect oneself. A gentleman should be careful. If you don't know, you will be a traitor*** If you are born, the sage will go, and if the sage goes, the country will not lift, and if the country does not move, it will perish, and if you die, it will be dangerous..."

Qian Hongbao stubbornly memorized the article, squeezing his eyebrows and recalling from time to time, sometimes he couldn't even break the sentence, and the people present had already seen the trickiness in it.

At this time, Han Ai's whole person was in a state of extreme anger, hating Qian Hongen, and suddenly Qian Hongbao forgot the words "Militarism... of the militaristic state..."

"There are five evils to the evils of militarism. One is to form a party and connect with each other, and to slander the virtuous; Second, it is said that its clothes are extravagant, and its crown and belt are different; The third is to boast of witchcraft and sophistry; Fourth, it is said to investigate right and wrong, and move the public privately; The fifth is to wait for gains and losses, and to confine the enemy. Han Ai skillfully recited the follow-up article, effortlessly, looking at the money red envelope indifferently while reciting.

Qian Hongbao looked at Han Ai blankly, curious why he knew the follow-up length.

"Are you curious that I can also carry it?" Han Ai leaned over and asked softly.

"It's... Be! Word for word! Qian Hongbao moved in fear with a smile.

"The title of the article I wrote is "Jun He Zhi", which is exactly the same as the article you memorized! Skillful! What a coincidence! Han Ai clapped his hands and walked around the money red envelope, "Recruit from the truth!" ”

"It's none of my business, it's..." Qian Hongbao was about to reply.

"Ai'er~" The emperor suddenly spoke, interrupting the money red envelope and giving Han Ai a look.

Han Ai immediately understood the emperor's thoughts, and immediately stopped asking about the follow-up of Qian Hongenvelope, and knelt down, "Your Majesty!" I've already thought of this second question! ”

"Oh? Let's talk about it! The emperor was very relieved, and Han Ai understood what he meant.

"Since the article in the next is heavy with the article of this Brother Qiantai, and he is in the top three, and he is on the gold list, I wonder if it will be because my volume font is not as good as him, so this second question is a word! Let everyone present rewrite an article that they made on the day of the imperial examination, and let the emperor see whose words can please the emperor more! Get the examiner's approval! As soon as Han Ai finished saying this second question, someone had already begun to wipe the beads of sweat from his forehead.

"Exactly! Give pen and ink! After the emperor finished speaking, the eunuchs began to distribute pen and ink to the students.

Han Ai stood in the main hall at noon and stared at Qian Hongenvelope, "It's really providence, I originally thought that it was the manpower of the test to suppress the crowd, but it was actually the article that was transferred, and it was my article!" Rise! Third place, do these top two beat me? ’

Han Ai thought about it and was extremely curious in his heart, he looked at the emperor, and the emperor immediately understood his thoughts, and moved his hand to instruct him to please, so Han Ai immediately walked to the front row of the students' tea case, wanting to see what articles they had written, but when he got closer, the first and second places looked at Han Ai in fear without writing a word, and the hand holding the pen kept shaking and dropped a few drops of ink and splashed on the paper.

"Father-in-law! There is labor for paper! Han Ai immediately reminded the eunuch on the side to change the paper for several students.

The little eunuch glanced at Gonggong Cao, who naturally knew Han Ai, raised his chin and signaled the little eunuch to ask for a little bit, and smiled at Han Ai again.

In the next half hour, the little eunuch changed the paper several times in succession for the students in front of the seat, some of them did not write a word, and even the questions were empty, and some of them thought about it for a while like gamblers, and then began to move with a horizontal look, and Han Ai had a rough answer in his heart.

The emperor sat on the dragon chair and closed his eyes to recuperate, and suddenly moved his hand, and Gonggong Cao immediately announced, "Stop writing!" ”

The emperor walked down the Jinluan Terrace and came to Han Wen's side, "Teacher! Take a look with the widow and Elle! ”

Han Wen's face was full of sleepiness, and after glancing at Han Ai, there was only helplessness in his eyes, and Han Ai and Han Wen also looked at each other, and felt distressed in their chests.

The emperor helped Han Wen and walked to Han Ai's side, "How is it written?" "It was said that he was asking Han Ai, but in fact, the emperor saw it in his eyes, and some people didn't dare to write it at all.

"Back to the emperor, I think you can pick a few to read their articles!" Han Ai replied respectfully.

Han Wen roughly understood Han Ai's thoughts from the beginning, and then looked at the articles on these tea cases, he couldn't help but just shake his head, the emperor patted the back of his hand, and said softly, "Teacher! The widow is convinced that you are just overlooking. ”

Han Wen actually no longer believes in the so-called top three in his heart, it can be seen from tonight's situation that the imperial test has long been a mess, he actually felt that everything was going well, shame, shame, and the sadness of Han Ai's disobedience to his tutor occupied his whole body, and there were words of suffering, for the emperor's words, he could only shake his head with a bitter face.

"Why don't you write?" The Emperor asked a student with a blank piece of paper.

"Back to the emperor... I... I know that I am wrong, for my father's sake, I beg the emperor to spare my life! The student immediately knelt down.

"Li Xiao? Keep your head up! The Emperor asked.

"It's me, the emperor! I shouldn't pretend to take credit for other people's articles, I say" The student named Li Xiao kept kowtowing and begging for the emperor's forgiveness.

"It seems that the name on this gold list is a big article! Do you know what you did? The Emperor asked.

"My father didn't know, and if he knew, he wouldn't let me do it!" Li Xiao kowtowed repeatedly.

"Good! So tell me about it? The emperor actually helped Li Xiao up.

I saw Li Xiao with tears on his face, snot hanging down to his chin, and wiped it regardless of his image, "Back to the emperor, I have participated in the imperial examination, and on the day of the exam, on the way home from Bangxia Pavilion, I met a monk." Li Xiao said and looked at the emperor from time to time.

"Go on! Don't look up at you! Han Ai scolded.

Li Xiao immediately lowered his head, "He blocked my way, at first I thought it was to ask for food, but then he gave me a large bag of silver money and a few pieces of letterhead, saying that it was calculated that I could be named on the gold list, and that I could be respected fifth, I naturally didn't believe it, he bet with me, if my name was engraved in the fifth place on the day of the gold list, I would be asked to memorize a few articles in this letter paper and identify it as written by my own imperial examination, otherwise there will be a disaster of blood and light, I am a scholar, I don't believe in ghosts and gods, but don't be in vain, That night on the perfunctory him, but after the distribution of the gold list, I was really high school top five, excited to remember the bald donkey's words, but the heart of a row to carry the letter, who knew that the mother in their yard on the broken leg and then unconscious, in the middle of the night, the bald donkey actually came into my room, asked me how to memorize, I was very scared, lied to him that he had memorized it all, but he saw through, he warned me must be rotten in my heart, otherwise the Li family will be destroyed, not a day, I memorized the article, Mother woke up immediately! And I was hardened, and I believed the bald donkey's words! ”

After hearing this, the emperor was silent and looked at Han Ai, "What do you think?" ”

"Like a storyteller!" Han Ai said.

"Back to the emperor, what I said is true! Brother Han, although you and I don't know each other, but we played together when we were young, you should be able to know something about me, except for being lustful and greedy for money, I don't have the habit of bluffing! Li Xiao instantly knelt down and pulled Han Ai's clothes.

Han Ai looked at several other students with blank papers, and found that they were all well-known gentlemen in Chang'an City, and their eyes were a little hostile to Han Ai, but more fearful.

"Cao Qian! What about you? Han Ai asked a man in red with the same white paper in front of him.

"I... I'm pretty much the same, but it's a Taoist priest who hurt me," the man in red immediately stepped forward and knelt down, and replied timidly.

"Yu Kunpeng! What about you! ”

"I~I... It's the same as being a monk! ”

"Gao Gan!"

"I... It's the same! ”

Han Ai knew almost all the people with blank papers, and after being interrogated one by one, the answers he got were all unanimous.

Sheng Linyun sat in the back and listened to the whole process of Han Ai's interrogation, and he had already analyzed the whole matter a little clearly.

Similarly, Han Ai and the Emperor also saw through the intentions of those who interfered with the imperial examination, and prevented the emperor from cultivating his own henchmen, because most of these gentlemen were from large families with hereditary titles, so it was not so smooth for the emperor to put power in one place.

"The widow is a little tired, this last question..."The emperor said and looked at Han Ai, "Or are you out?" ”

"Then the student will give all the impostors and Taoli Academy a question!" Han Ai's mouth was like a river, and his voice was loud, "First!" The impostor personally finds out the original writer of the article he memorized, second! The Taoli Temple found out the initiator who interfered with the imperial test! ”

After hearing this, the emperor nodded with satisfaction and slowly walked back to the Jinluan platform: "Spread the widow's will, and those who bravely enter the Zichen Hall today will be awarded the entrance qualification of the Wenlong Pavilion!" ”

"Ahh There was an uproar in the audience, this Wenlong Pavilion was a academy that had always only accepted relatives of the emperor, and among the more than 50 people who rushed through the wall of fire for the emperor's will, some people had already fainted excitedly.

When Han Wen heard the three words about the Dragon Pavilion, he unconsciously glanced up at the emperor and instantly leaned down.

"As for the original writers of the top 100 articles in the imperial examination, they will all find a new gold list! Do it again! Han Ai stepped forward to listen to the seal! ”

'Finally broke this rule' Hearing that the emperor was going to give Han Ai the title, Han Wen had already guessed that there would be such a day, and he couldn't say what it would be like in his heart, and he was relieved, frightened, and relieved.

"Feng Han Ai! For Dali Temple! From the six pins! In charge of the prison, the right discipline, if the crime is improper, the law will be corrected! ”

"Thank you, Emperor! Long live my emperor, long live! Han Ai knelt on the ground, his eyes were like torches, his righteousness was in his chest, and he slammed his head deep on the ground.

"The championship banquet is over!" Gonggong Cao shouted, and everyone withdrew from the Zichen Hall in an orderly manner.

Many students are still in a state of confusion, why didn't the emperor delve into the people who interfered with the imperial examination, let Han Ai ask every question to the point, and there was no intention of punishing the impostor, and scribbled over the championship banquet, as for those who were sealed in the Wenlong Pavilion entrance qualifications, they were already excited to find the north, this honor is no less than the high school champion, the Wenlong Pavilion is a royal academy, only the children of high-ranking cadres can enroll, and more than fifty admission qualifications fell on their heads at will, which made some of the winners extremely unbalanced. I am deeply looking forward to the day when the gold list will be reopened, so that I can return my innocence.