Wang Chongyang beat the young son of the Sima family and killed all the rest of his entourage, which caused a lot of turmoil. However, for the royal family and the family, this is just a small matter that slightly damages face, as long as it does not hurt the lives of the clansmen and does not involve interests, it can be compromised and forgiven.

It was also Sima Guang's bad luck, this person really wanted to experience what the legendary imperial examination was all about, but he had always been arrogant, and he was crazy when he was a little uncomfortable, and no one could stop him.

But he never expected that Wang Chongyang would appear in the Gongyuan for the first examination.

Although this person is from a humble family, he holds great power and represents the largest family in the world - the Great Wei royal family. Although the family can compete with the royal family, no matter the righteousness or the strength, as long as all the families are not united, the royal family can still suppress any one alone.

Therefore, this person is one of the few people who has the courage and strength to compete with the family.

The scholars who rushed to take the exam passed after a while, and continued to bury their heads in the most important occasions in their lives, but it was Zhang Yuan's abrupt kick that made his reputation not much more popular among the scholars.

When Zhang Yuan walked into the Tribute Academy, he was shocked by the examination room in front of him.

In the vast open space in front of you, countless examination rooms are densely displayed. With five rows of examination rooms as a community, each row of examination rooms is separated by 20 small rooms, that is, the examination seats of 20 scholars.

Roughly counted, such an examination room is not below a thousand rows.

Zhang Yuan came in early, found a ventilated place to settle down, and cleaned the room carefully before sitting down peacefully.

The examination room is dilapidated, I don't know how many years it has been used, needless to say, the environment is bad, but no one will complain about this place where the fish leaps into the dragon gate.

After sitting for more than an hour, an examiner walked by and sent a thick stack of files to each room, which was already densely printed with exam questions.

Zhang Yuan took a cursory look and found that most of the exam questions were Moyi and Paste Sutra (questions and answers filled in the blanks silently), as long as he had worked hard, it would be difficult for him.

It's just that the number of this question is too much, and it's very comprehensive, even if you copy the answers, it is estimated that it will take more than half a day.

Zhang Yuan poured a little water on the inkstone, grinding it slowly, and when everything was ready, he picked up the wolf's hair, dotted the ink, and wrote intently.

Between the examination booth and the examination booth, a team of armor soldiers walked by from time to time, and the invigilators who patrolled back and forth also kept shuttling among them, responsible for finding out the cheaters.

In the quiet examination room, a different kind of sound came into my ears from time to time. There are the sounds of hard thinking and anxious feet, the sound of frequent changes of sitting posture, the sound of clothes rubbing, the sound of coughing, breathing, farting, and even tens of thousands of people putting pen to paper at the same time, bringing together the originally silent sound and turning it into a tidal sound similar to the sound of the sea crossing the beach.

The sound of the voice, the elephant is invisible......

As soon as he thought of this, Zhang Yuan had a realization in his heart: this is the voice of human beings striving for progress, just like the waves that rush to the reef and never stop, and this is also the way that scholars hope to change their fate!

However, I am not here!

Where is my word?

This test is a whole day.

When it was nearly dark, Zhang Yuan slowly walked out of the tribute courtyard along the flow of people, and at this time, everyone's faces were tired, but there were sorrows and joys, and their moods were different.

Although the list was not announced until seven days later, many scholars who felt hopeless had already packed their bags and prepared to go home. Maybe the next big exam will come again, year after year, until you are too old to move.

Zhang Yuan walked through the streets and alleys, gradually becoming alone, and there were no more scholars beside him. Finally, I found a small wine shop at the foot of the mountain of Xiangsheng Temple and sat down, ordered a pot of turbid wine, two plates of side dishes, and poured myself a drink.

While eating, I suddenly heard the shopkeeper greet outside: "Commander Ning, what do you want to do?"

A middle-aged man walked in from outside the store, with a smile on his face at any time, and his appearance was very kind, "Didn't you tell you that I was called Ning Xiucai?"

The shopkeeper scratched his scalp: "Yes, yes, the little ones always forget." ”

The official is an honorific title for the official, but the official is not in the official sequence at all, and is usually held by a talented or ordinary person who is good at doing things, so it is often despised by real officials.

This person must have been haunted by such an emphasis on the title.

The middle-aged man glanced at Zhang Yuan, who was pouring himself a drink, and then made a gesture and said politely: "This little brother, do you mind sitting with him?"

Zhang Yuan nodded, "Yes." ”

The middle-aged man sat down with a smile, waited for the store to deliver wine and food, and asked again: "Contemptible people would rather not have me, is the little brother the scholar who took the exam this time?"

"Yes. ”

The middle-aged man didn't seem to mind Zhang Yuan's coldness, poured a glass of turbid wine, and motioned to him: "Then I wish you success in seven days and be on the emperor's list." ”

Zhang Yuan glanced at this person, followed by a glass of wine, and did not thank him, and suddenly said, "How many times has Your Excellency taken the exam?"

Ning Wuwu was a little embarrassed when he heard this, and then smiled "haha": "I laughed, I was a little older in the idiot, and I passed the Ming Jing test once, and I got this show and fame, but after that, I took the test for nearly ten years ......." ”

Speaking of this, he shook his head and sighed: "Ten years and ten exams, none of them have been on the list, it seems that the name of this talent will be carried for a lifetime!"

The two drank a few more glasses of wine, and the middle-aged man's interest in talking became more and more high, and he kept babbling about the suffering of the officials, which was nothing more than the last stream of errands for officials, and sighed that once he was not a lifter, it would be difficult to be promoted to a real official after all.

Zhang Yuan shook his head, "What's so good about being an official?"

Ning Wuwu patted the table case and said solemnly: "Why is it not good to be an official? Even if it is a seven-rank county order, it is also a hundred miles of marquis, and the power of life and death in one place is in his hands, and the eldest husband should not be like this?"

Zhang Yuan's eyes were already a little drunk, and he said: "You can control the power of people's livelihood and killing, and others can also hold your power of life and death." can hold you to a high position, and you can also seize everything at any time, and live tremblingly, like walking on thin ice. You've been begging all your life for something like this that you could lose at any moment?"

Ning Wuwu was stunned, and looked at Zhang Yuan with a somewhat strange look: "Then what are you pursuing?"

Zhang Yuan stared at the turbid wine in the cup with confused eyes, and his tone was a little erratic: "What ...... am I pursuing." ”

"Life is geometric, the past day is hard! I pursue...... Something that will never be lost. ”

"Possess, not to lose!"

How many years can life be squandered? Only in the twilight of life will you suddenly wake up to the fact that this life is as short as the rising and setting sunset, and that there is too much time to lose.

Once time passes, everything you have is lost.

"Life is geometric, the past day is hard!" Ning Wuwu muttered, smiling and smiling as if crying, and suddenly said: "Then according to you, there is nothing that cannot be lost, do you want to be a person who has no desires and desires, and has nothing to do all day long?"

At this time, the shopkeeper suddenly interjected: "This little brother is practicing in the Temple of the Dead, although he has not shaved his degree, he is not worse than those masters, last year's frost, I don't know how many lives have been saved." ”

Hearing this, Ning Wuwu's face became even more strange, and he looked at Zhang Yuan for a while, and suddenly smiled and said, "Could it be that your pursuit is to be a monk?"

After speaking, he sighed and shook his head, "The shape wins the bones and cultivates for a long time, and the body will eventually turn into ashes after a hundred years." When the green light goes out, the golden body is broken, and a dream of blissful relics. ”

"These two doors of Buddhism and Taoism, although they are a little miraculous, are no different from mortals, and in the end they will eventually turn into ashes and return to dust. ”

"It turned out to be a child who was obsessed with scripts!" Ning Wuwu shook his head, got up and walked out of the store, and his figure disappeared into the alleyway.