Although the center of the imperial city is lively and can be said to be brightly lit, there is a place in the middle that is out of place with the surroundings.

A few yellow lanterns fell in the night, the moonlight reflected off the deserted stone slabs, and the noise not far away could be faintly heard, as well as the neat footsteps of the guards nearby.

This is the sleeping palace of Emperor Qin.

It was late at night, but the candles were still flickering in the dormitory.

An old man in his fifties, with gray hair and wrinkled furrows, was wearing a golden nightgown, holding a pen in his hand, lying on the table, and was writing hard.

Emperor Qin looked excited at first, but after writing for a while, he frowned again and stopped moving.

"Your Majesty, it's not too early, your body is important. A graceful and luxurious old woman picked up a thick velvet robe and draped it over Emperor Qin's shoulders.

Emperor Qin stretched out his hand and patted the old woman's hand, and there was some joy in his voice.

"Tilt, what do you think of this candidate's writing?" Qin Huang put down his pen and pointed to an exam paper on the table.

The old woman looked down and saw that there were obviously two kinds of handwriting on it, one was the original candidate's, and the other was the Qin Emperor's.

And the Qin Emperor wrote many comments on it, a third of which were some words of praise.

When the old woman saw those praises, she smiled and said, "I don't understand what this person wrote, but the emperor seems to be very satisfied with this person?"

Emperor Qin opened his mouth and laughed twice, "I can't talk about satisfaction, it's just that I haven't met someone who makes my eyes shine for a long time, if you cultivate it well, it will be a big help for me." ”

The old woman was shocked when she heard this, it was the first time she had heard such a high compliment when she had accompanied the Qin Emperor for decades, especially to a stranger whom she had never met.

Emperor Qin put away the roll and rubbed his brows, looking a little tired.

He looked out the window, shook his head and said, "You can't compare with young people, Tian'er, let's go back to the room." ”

The old woman nodded, helped Emperor Qin and blew out the candle, and walked into the room.

The next morning, before dawn, Jiang Wenwen came to the palace, and outside the Xuanwen Pavilion, there was a person who came earlier than him.

"Prime Minister Cao, it's early, I don't know the emperor about him?" Jiang Wenwen greeted first.

Prime Minister Cao Cheng was in high spirits, holding an exam paper in his hand, which was decorated with gold edges and tied with a red tassel.

"The emperor has finished the selection, and the champions, lists, and tanhua have all come out. Prime Minister Cao shook the exam paper in his hand.

"So fast?!I wonder who the champion is?"

"As I predicted, see for yourself. Prime Minister Cao handed the exam paper in his hand to Jiang Wenwen.

Jiang Wenwen opened the exam paper, and at the end of the paper, the words "Du Yi" were written.

"Is it him? I didn't expect the emperor to speak so highly of him. Jiang Wenwen saw the comments written by Emperor Qin on the examination paper, and said silently in his heart.

Jiang Wenwen's eyes rolled a few times, put away the exam papers, and said with a smile, "Then I'll go and arrange the relevant matters announced by Zhuang Yuanlang." ”

Prime Minister Cao nodded and said, "Then the matter will be handed over to Jiang Shangshu." ”

Emperor Qin has already selected the champion candidate, and Jiang Wenwen doesn't have the courage to make an obstacle from it. Prime Minister Cao Cheng was relieved to hand it over to Jiang Wenwen.

It didn't take long for another eunuch to enter the Xuanwen Pavilion, and he was the one in charge of the selection of the list.

And there are other candidates in charge of exploring flowers.

This is the Qin State system, the upper and lower levels are obvious and serious.

The champions of each edition are the most eye-catching, and this year's edition is more dazzling than the previous ones, and the reason can be imagined.

Although countless people outside want to know who the champion of this session is, and many officials are constantly inquiring, Jiang Wenwen's secrecy work is still very perfect.

If he couldn't do this, then his position as a scholar would be gone a long time ago.

As the time slowly passed, the three days were quickly up, and many candidates gathered in the Champion Hall, because this is the place where they can directly see the unveiling of the results.

Early in the morning, the outside of the Zhuangyuan Hall was crowded with people, most of them hawkers and stalls, to rub the light of the day of the unveiling.

The shouting and shouting continued, and the champion pavilion was surrounded by water.

Du Yi also came to the Champion Pavilion early in the morning, and he originally thought of the Champion Pavilion and quietly waited for the time to unveil the list.

It's a pity that the proprietress dragged Dr. Du to the outside of the champion hall early in the morning and set up a stall.

Doctor Du wore an apron stained with flour and held a rolling pin in his hand, and worked hard to roll out bun skins on the table.

Thanks to the fact that Du Yi is a countryman, the proprietress sighed at this dough rolling technique.

Several cages were sold early in the morning, and the income was more than ever, and the proprietress was also smiling, and her attitude towards Du Yi improved significantly.

"Du boy, how about being a buddy in my store in the future? ”

Doctor Du looked at the proprietress speechlessly, speechless.

Look at the time, it's almost time to unveil the list.

And there are more and more people around, but fortunately, Du Yi's stall is well occupied, and when you look up, you can see the city wall where the list was unveiled.

Dr. Du put down his rolling pin, drank a sip of water, and sat down behind the stall to rest, looking at the city wall.

The proprietress looked at it and didn't speak.

"Yo, isn't this our champion, why are you sitting and selling steamed buns?" a shrill voice sounded in front of the stall.

Doctor Du turned his head to look, but he didn't expect it to be Jiang Shu.

Jiang Shu held a folding fan in his right hand and an exposed woman in his left hand, looking at Doctor Du with a smile on his face.

And on the left and right sides of Jiang Shu stood the same laughing boy, dressed similarly to Jiang Shu.

The two Du Yi naturally recognized that the one on the left was called Li Xing, who was the son of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites. The one on the right is called Zhong Qin, the son of Shangshu of the Criminal Department.

These two people, together with Jiang Shu, the son of a college student in the current dynasty, are collectively known as the Three Evils of the Imperial City.

Without waiting for Doctor Du to speak, Jiang Shu took out a silver ingot and threw it on the stall.

"I'll take a bun for the young master, and taste the taste of the bun made by Zhuang Yuanlang, it's definitely not ordinary, haha. ”

On the left, Li Xing became interested, shook the folding fan in his hand, and said with a smile, "Since Brother Jiang said that the taste is not ordinary, then I will also taste it." ”

When the proprietress saw the three evils in the capital standing in front of her stall, her heart jumped violently, a little ordinary person like her couldn't afford to mess with the three people in front of her.

Wrapped three buns with a smile, he said flatteringly, "Three... Three young masters, you can taste this freshly baked bun, it is delicious. ”

Steaming buns are placed in front of the ginger book.

Jiang Shu picked up a bun, threw it on the ground with a sneer, and stepped on it.

Li Xing also waved his hand and knocked the bun to the ground.

And Zhong Qin was even more excessive, without saying a word, he stepped forward and kicked the boss lady to the ground, and said arrogantly.

"Hmph, this kind of junk food, dare to be brought in front of us, don't you die?"

The proprietress covered her stomach, her face turned blue, but she still knelt on the ground and said, "I'm sorry, three young masters." ”

Dr. Du hurriedly came to the boss's side and helped the proprietress up.

"Hey, you still dare to help people?" Zhong Qin raised and kicked again.

"Too much deception!"

Doctor Du was furious, grabbed Zhong Qin's foot with his left hand, and Peng burst into flames.

Zhong Qin screamed and slapped his shoes in a hurry.

By the time the flames were extinguished, the shoes had burned out, revealing half of the black and white soles of the feet.

"You bastard!" Zhong Qin, who made a fool of himself, was extremely angry, and even Jiang Shu and Li Xing felt faceless.

After all, it is in the market, and there are many people.

A trace of panic flashed on Doctor Du's face, but he still stood in front of the proprietress.

"Three, in broad daylight, and at the feet of the Son of Heaven, isn't it okay to bully the people like this?"

Du Yi's eyes drifted to the side of the city wall, some court officials had already appeared there, and it seemed that the time to unveil the list was about to come.

Jiang Shu's face changed for a while, but Zhong Qin was angry in his heart, and he rolled up his sleeves and wanted to fight.

Jiang Shu grabbed Zhong Qin and shook his head.

"Brother Jiang, you?" Zhong Qin asked strangely.

"Doctor Du, when the time for the unveiling of the list has passed, I'll see what tricks you can play!"

Then Jiang Shu took Zhong Qin and Li Xing away slowly, and finally his eyes were full of viciousness.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, a bell rang, and everyone looked in the same direction.

It's time to unveil the list!

I saw three eunuchs walking around the city wall, and then stopped in the middle of the city wall.

A richly dressed eunuch picked up a scroll, opened it, and read it aloud.

"Tanhua - Zhang Chu!"

As soon as the words fell, a commotion erupted in the Champion Pavilion.

Congratulations rang out one after another, and in the center of the voice sat a man in white.

He hugged his fists around and thanked him, smiling all over his face, but his eyes revealed regret.

The eunuch on the city wall naturally didn't care about the person below, and then picked up another scroll and opened it.

"Bangyan - Xue Taehyun!"

Then another even bigger commotion erupted in the Champion Pavilion.

"It turned out to be Snow Boy! Congratulations!"

"I've long heard that Xue Gongzi's martial arts are extraordinary, but I didn't expect it to be a must in terms of literary talent!"

"Snow Mansion has always been a place for generals, but Xue Gongzi has made such achievements in literature, I admire it!"

"Snow Boy can be said to be both civil and military, which is really powerful. ”

A compliment surrounded Xue Taehyun, but he was not like Zhang Chu, who smiled at the people around him, and didn't even respond, with a cold face.

He looked at the city wall, a little unwilling and confused in his eyes.

The eunuch took out the last scroll without hesitation, and on it was the name of the champion.

"Champion - Doctor Du!"

This time, there was no sound in the Champion Pavilion, only whispering.

"Doctor Du, it seems to be a candidate from the countryside?"

"Country, isn't it, is it the son of General Du?"

"Haha, that reckless man didn't get married, where did the heir come from?"

Xue Taixian is also a little unfamiliar with the name Du Yi and has never heard of it.

"Hmph, I'll see who that Doctor Du is. He whispered.

And Doctor Du, who was outside, was immediately stunned when he heard the news.

Although he was confident that he would get the top spot, he couldn't help but be stunned when he really heard the news.

The proprietress couldn't believe that Du Yi had really been lifted, and she asked in a trembling voice.

"Du... Boy, was it really you who just read it?!"

"Among the 100 people in the palace examination, I should be the only one called Doctor Du......" Doctor Du clenched his fists and his voice trembled.

Then he laughed out loud, with madness in his laughter, as if he wanted to vent all the humiliation he had suffered.

When the proprietress saw the crazy Doctor Du, her heart was already determined, and she immediately knelt down.

And when she knelt, everyone around her knelt down.

"Congratulations to the champions!

When Dr. Du saw the scene around him, a wave of joy and pleasure welled up in his heart.

Is this what power feels like? It's so comfortable!

Doctor Du grinned, and his smug look was so undisguised!