Early the next morning, someone came to take us to the ministry election. The person who came was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old Tsing Yi officer, and he told us to line up and not make noise, because on the way to the compound of the Ministry of Inspectors, we would pass by the four gardens where the masters of the palace lived. When he repeatedly confirmed that each of us knew the result of accidentally colliding with our masters, he led us out of the door.

In the original world, I was a person who didn't have the opportunity to travel. In fact, it's not that I don't want to go, it's mainly because of the shyness in my pocket. For a person who practices a planned economy on a daily basis, it is obviously not in line with the reality to think about going to the mountains and rivers. So when I walked around King Jin's Mansion, my heart began to get excited, and I felt like I had a free sightseeing opportunity.

Yesterday, Hei Xiaopang said that King Jin's Mansion is the capital of the richest place in Dayu, I didn't think so, but today I saw it really extraordinary. The architectural style here is very similar to the ancient mountain building form: the roof is steep and steep, the four corners are light and cocked, exquisite, and extraordinary, both the majestic momentum of the palace building, and the pretty style of the top building. The color palette of the building is also gorgeous, with vermilion and gilt as the main tone, which is very eye-catching. This kind of collocation should make people feel extravagant, but because of the clever use of mountains, ponds, trees, pavilions, and pavilions, the treatment of the overall space makes it appear that the layout is compact, varied, and has changed the scenery step by step.

It is also very large in scale, divided into four gardens, six bedrooms and eight departments. The four gardens are the Yikun Garden where the prince lives, the Mingzhi Garden where the prince lives, the Qinxin Garden where the princess lives, and the Yihail Garden where relatives and friends live. The sixth room is the residence of relatives and officials who are responsible for the government affairs of the palace. The eighth room is the department in charge of daily affairs. Looking out of the wall, the pavilions and towers where the masters live are all carved and jade, and the garden is even more beautiful and verdant, and the strange flowers are flashing, and it is really a wealthy scene.

Although the opportunity to visit for free is very good, what surprised me even more was that thanks to God's kindness, I finally did not become illiterate after receiving the fifteenth year of education! When I accidentally saw the plaque couplet mentioned on the building, I was surprised to find that the book on it was actually in traditional Chinese characters! You must know that my father, who was a Chinese teacher, forced me to copy ancient calligraphy repeatedly every day in order to exercise my calligraphy ability! Although my calligraphy works have won numerous awards when I was young, I can't help but say that those dark years caused damage to my young mind. Not only because other children are playing, but I can only stay at home every day to practice big characters, the most important thing is that I have to endure my father to give me his private collection of the best old ink, the taste is really with the stinky tofu that has been put for more than ten years, which has caused serious damage to my sense of smell. As long as I smell the stench, my hands will be sore and my eyes will be dizzy, and my heart will be left with a serious shadow!

When we arrived at the compound of the Inspectorate for the selection of the department for an hour and a half, I realized two truths: First, the automobile is definitely the greatest existence of all inventions! The second is that I will never buy such a big house and find guilt for myself! (Actually, I can't afford it if I want to!) In addition to indignation, the greater component is because I am very red-eyed, and this whole thing is to encroach on the blood and sweat of the working people and enjoy it alone! ）。 But on the other hand, I also have to thank the large scale of the palace and the employment opportunities, because after arriving, I found that in addition to our group of children, there were about fifty children standing in the courtyard. Together, we have at least sixty children.

The Tsing Yi Xiaojun who brought us here, let us stand in a certain formation in a certain formation facing the Jianzheng Hall in the east. There are eight hollowed-out sandalwood chairs in the hall, which seem to be waiting for the heads of each room to choose people.

After waiting for two pillars of incense and no movement, I began to get bored, so I looked around. Only then did I find that Su Chen was standing on my left. Probably feeling me looking at him, he also looked back at me, looking at each other, and I was truly amazed for once. The light in the house yesterday was too dim for me to see clearly, and I only vaguely felt that Su Chen was very delicate. At this time, in the sun, I found out where he was, and he was unusually beautiful! His figure is slender, his skin is as white as jade, his eyebrows are like willows, and his lips are like grease. And the most attractive thing is his bright and clear eyes like spring water, as if you can see ripples in them. At this time, he smiled at me, and two small pear vortices appeared next to his thin lips, which made him even more beautiful.

I couldn't help but look stunned for a while, probably thinking that I had dementia yesterday again, Su Chen frowned slightly, and just when he wanted to say something, he suddenly heard a huge gong sound, which made me and he hurriedly turn our heads to look at the hall.

I saw eight middle-aged men dressed in brocade clothes walking into the hall and sitting on the chairs prepared in advance, and it was obvious that these eight people were the heads of the various departments of the palace.

This morning, when we were waiting to pick us up, I heard some things about the ministry from the children. The so-called ministry election is the eight functional departments in the palace, and the personnel with corresponding qualifications are selected from the children who enter the palace every year. The eight departments are: the Department of Appraisal in charge of personnel scheduling, the Department of Farming and Breeding, the Department of Meal Preparation, the Department of Vocal Music and Priesthood, the Department of Treasures of Material Allocation, etc., the Department of Construction and Maintenance, the Department of Cleaning and Rescue of Diseases, and the Department of Protection. Among the eight departments, the department in charge of personnel scheduling is headed by the department.

After the chief was seated, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy in a gray robe came out from behind the head of the Inspector's Department, came to the door of the hall and shouted to us: "Among the people who are elected, those who can read and write, please come to the steps." ”

Just as I was hesitating whether to go over or not, I suddenly noticed a figure beside me, and then I found that Su Chen beside me had walked out of the column. The ancients suddenly thought of the ancients: "Everything is inferior, only reading is high." Although the time and space here are different, the young man who gave the order when he asked the literate person to go to the front of the steps just now used the word "please", and he didn't expect anything wrong. My heart was crossed, my teeth were gritted, and I also chased Su Chen out.

Su Chen was obviously very surprised by my appearance, staring at me with a pair of round eyes, until he was frightened away by a smile that even he knew was extremely ugly, and then he stopped snooping on me.

Me, does it look so stubborn? , yesterday I was yelled at 'beggar', today even literacy makes people think I'm cheating! It seems that the appearance of this body is really not worth expecting. God, can we negotiate? I allow you to make me not pretty, but at least not to describe it as difficult? I promise not to describe your eye disability when you get angry in the future, will you ever be satisfied?

This plane is probably the same as the ancient ones I know, with a scarcity of matter. Because our predecessors taught us that only when material civilization has developed to a certain stage will people have more time and energy to pay attention to the construction of spiritual civilization. And now standing in front of the stairs in front of the hall, plus Su Chen and I are only about seven people, if you look at the number of candidates, it is almost an eight-to-one ratio.

The head of the Appraisal Department is called Lin Cheng, a slender middle-aged man about forty years old, wearing a dark blue plain brocade forging robe, with a long beard, an elegant temperament, and eyes like a torch. I saw that after he took a sip of a cup of tea, his eyes swept over us children, but I noticed that he paused slightly when he saw Su Chen.

"Write your names on a piece of paper." As soon as Lin Cheng's words fell, two servants appeared carrying a rectangular carved table, and the ink, paper, and inkstone had already been placed on the table.

I came to the table with the others and took a piece of paper, hesitated for a moment, and remembered that most of the fonts I had seen in the courtyard were mainly official scripts and lines, so I wrote the word 'Xiao'an' on the paper with the letters.

Seeing Su Chen's expression when he saw me writing, I couldn't help but feel a little proud. Daddy is wise! Thank you for your dictatorship back then, and thank you for your determination when I cried because I didn't want to practice calligraphy; Thank you for the retaliation-doubling practice when I told my relatives and friends about your troubles while practicing calligraphy, so that I would not fall into the point of being despised and disdained today.

As soon as we finished writing, the young man who had read the instructions in front of the hall handed the paper of our written names to Lin Cheng with both hands. After Lin Cheng took it with one hand, he asked, "Who among you is Su Chen?" ”

"Back to the lord, the villain is Su Chen." Su Chen heard that he stepped forward and bowed to Lin Cheng.

Lin Cheng nodded slightly and said to him, "Where are you?" How old are you? What books have you read? ”

"Back to the main thing, the villain is from Dong'an County, Fengzhou, he is 12 years old this year, he has never gone to school, and he has only read "Si'an" and "Dazhi". Su Chen replied in a low voice, his voice was gentle, neither humble nor arrogant.

Obviously, Lin Cheng was very satisfied with Su Chen's appearance, his eyes were a little appreciative, and he motioned for Su Chen to stand aside first, and then he asked us, "Who is Tang Ning?" ”

The young man named Tang Ning also came out to salute Lin Cheng and also answered the question that Su Chen had answered before. He is tall, with clear eyebrows, although he is not as handsome as Su Chen, he also looks good. Sure enough, Lin Cheng was also satisfied with his performance, and motioned for him to stand in line with Su Chen.

Based on my many years of experience in the field of interviewing, the 'high standards, strict requirements' measure only means one thing: this is definitely an enviable job! Judging from the fact that Director Lin is personally taking on the role of interviewer, it must be the popular department of the ministry that is now selecting people. It is said that not only is the staff of the Inspectorate Department the highest in the palace, but even the probability of getting ahead is many times higher than that of ordinary departments. Since the salary is expensive and the future is bright, it naturally means that the Department of Inspectors has become the object of everyone's pursuit. However, although a large number of newcomers enter the palace every year, only a handful of people are lucky enough to be selected for the department, and the competition is really fierce enough. Just as I was sighing in my heart, I heard a familiar name read out by Lin Cheng: "Xiao An? ”

Yes? It's me! My heart is tight, the opportunity has come to the door, but I have to take advantage of it. Hurriedly followed Su Chen's appearance, and Shi Li replied: "The master is good, and the villain is Xiao An." ”

I don't know if Su Chen and Tang Ning, who appeared before me, are too good, or if this body is really ugly and unsightly. Lin Cheng only glanced at me with the peripheral light of his eyes, then frowned slightly and said, "Go down." ”

Yes? That's it? Could it be that spikes were also popular in ancient times!? Am I knocked out of the tournament in less than a second? I don't understand anything, why should he just look at me and deny me! Why can I lie on the ground without doing anything? It's so unjust to die!?

I suddenly looked up at Lin Cheng, word by word, and said loudly: "My lord, the villain has encountered something recently, and I can't figure it out. I have heard that Lord Su is knowledgeable, and I am fortunate to see it today, so I dare to ask my lord to give me advice and solve my doubts. ”

Maybe I didn't think that not only did I not retreat but suddenly asked, Lin Cheng was stunned for a moment and asked, "What's the confusion?" ”

"The villain stayed in an inn a few days ago, and the innkeeper has a two-room concubine. One beautiful and one ugly. The strange thing is that the ugly-looking concubines are respected, but the beautiful ones are treated indifferently. The villain didn't know why, so he asked the innkeeper for advice. The innkeeper replied: The beauty is self-beauty, I don't know its beauty, its evil is self-evil, I don't know its evil. The villain was stupid, and he was still puzzled after hearing about it. I still think that beauty is beauty and ugliness is ugly, and I don't understand why this shopkeeper will confuse the public, and there is no distinction between beauty and ugliness? Please give me some advice. "Hmph, why should I be humiliated for no reason in my reincarnation? I'm going to give you some color to see today! Use the allusion of Yangzi's Song to cross your old puppet who judges people by his appearance, lest there be good people who will be poisoned by you!

After listening to my question, Lin Cheng was silent at first, and then replied slowly: "The owner of this inn must be a person who has good virtue and forgetfulness." ”

The children can be taught! I pretended to be enlightened: "Ah, I see! Your words, Lord Principal, really made the villain pause. Now that I think about it, it's a lot! The innkeeper must be a person who attaches great importance to the inside, and the character of the person is the most important, not just the appearance of the person. "Hmph, I sneered in my heart: Uncle Lin, I want to see what you want to do next?

Sure enough, he stared at me and chuckled, "You're a young kid, but you're funny. How old are you? Who? What books have you studied? ”

Count your acquaintance, if you don't accept me, you're the villain who judges people by their appearance! I've always been fair, and I've told you such a philosophical story, is it too much to get a good job for yourself? It's certainly not too much! Come to think of it, you've taken a big advantage! Only after picking me up did I understand things and grow in knowledge!

"Back to the adult, the villain fell some time ago, and when he woke up, he didn't remember many things clearly. Even the name Xiao An was given by himself. I really can't remember the family history clearly, and I ask for your forgiveness. After saying that, I lowered my head and pretended to be pitiful and depressed. I really don't know anything about the previous owner's situation in this body, and it's not fun if someone accidentally debunks it, so it's better to pretend to have amnesia at the safety point.

"When you enter the mansion, the relevant life history is registered, and you don't have to be depressed." He looked at me with a kind look in his eyes, "You can go and check the history by yourself later." ”

Ah, fortunately, I didn't make it up, and I was careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years, what I said is really true! "Thank you, sir!" I pretended to be very excited and bowed to him: "Since the villain has lost his memory, his heart has been uneasy, and he has been in a trance all day long. Thanks to the adult's explicit, the villain empathizes with the reconstruction. "In ancient times, I really felt that my acting skills had improved rapidly, and it was like Wei Xiaobao had gone up.

Thousands of wears are not worn by sycophants! Sure enough, after listening to my praise, Uncle Lin's expression became more and more cordial, and he pointed at Su Chen and Tang Ning and said, "You can also join the Inspectorate Department with the two of them, and then move to the inner courtyard of the Inspectorate Department with Yuewen." Tomorrow onwards, the Master will teach him and then send out the appropriate errands. ”

After speaking, I saw him stand up, wave his sleeves, and without waiting for the three of us to thank him, he said goodbye to the other heads of the department, and then turned around and walked out of the courtyard.

As soon as he left, the gray-robed young man from before walked in front of us, thinking that he was the Yuewen in Lin Cheng's mouth just now. He nodded to us and motioned for us to leave with him through the side door. I was just about to take a step, but I saw Su Chen looking at me with an inquiring look. I winked at him with an innocent look on my face. He smiled and turned back to look at me.

The inner courtyard of the division is in the dry garden not far from the ministry selection hall, and there are many green plants planted in the garden, which is quiet and elegant. Yuewen led us to a small courtyard, pointed to several empty rooms in the courtyard and said, "Most of the personnel of the Inspector's Department are close to the masters, and they usually don't go back to live in the department. Therefore, among the eight departments, we have the most vacant rooms here, and the three of you don't have to crowd together, just pick a favorite place to live. ”

At this time, I found out that Yuewen has thick eyebrows and big eyes, is hearty and clear, and is also a young man. Thinking of what he said about the fact that most of the people in the division department are close to serving the master, I suddenly realized why Lin Cheng was so picky about his appearance. It was really understandable for him to do this, and it was indeed detrimental to the image of the noble and extraordinary masters who followed a dinosaur-like little guy when they came and went.

Yuewen was about to leave after finishing speaking, but as if remembering something, he turned back after taking two steps, and said to us: "There is a change of clothes in the wardrobe of each room, and there is a bath room on the right side of the courtyard. ”

The corners of my mouth twitched, and I replied, "Thank you, Brother Yuewen carefully reminded me!" "When I say you, you seem to be speaking to the three of us, but why are you staring at me alone? You are putting this euphemistically, am I the so-called person who obstructs the view and will cause the Master's thunderous wrath?

Despite the attitude of Qi Yuewen, I still obediently came to the bath room to prepare for cleaning. On the wall of the bath room is a bronze mirror for dressing. The mirror is more than a meter high, and it is decorated with patterns of seasonal flowers, which is very exquisite.

I have never looked at an ancient bronze mirror when I am so old, and I can't help but be curious, and when I look closer, I can't help but shudder. An eerie ghost appeared in the mirror: wearing a white coarse linen dress, ragged, short stature, long hair dry and messy, most of which covered his face, and he couldn't see his facial features clearly, only the faintly exposed skin was black or blue, the colors were mixed together, and he couldn't tell what kind of skin color it was, and his whole body exuded a creepy ghostly atmosphere. And the most terrifying thing is that now his eyes are looking directly at me and emitting a faint cold light!

"Hell!" I was so frightened that I lost my voice, and I felt that I didn't even have the strength to scream, and my legs trembled, and I wanted to rush out of the door, but I caught a glimpse of the 'ghost' in the mirror in the same pose as me!

Oh, my God! This is not true! This is the best wonder of acting in horror movies without makeup, scaring people to death without paying for their lives, and it turned out to be me now!!???