The bells echoed in the bell and drum tower, and in the distant eastern sky, the morning sun rose, and a glimmer of light appeared in the sky.

A waiter in Zhengde Gate holds the will in his hand, this person is Liang Shicheng, Liang Shicheng is a little thinner than before, his eyes are dead and gray, but he still deliberately made a solemn appearance, walked to the door, and said loudly: "Listen to Xuan: Where is the painting of Zhugongsheng?" ”

The tribute students who were trying to draw gathered around, Shen Ao was also among them, Liang Shicheng glanced at Shen Ao lightly, and said expressionlessly: "Everyone, please go with the miscellaneous family." ”

He entered first, passing the Yimen along the way, crossing the arched bridge paved with white jade, and the Gongsheng behind him followed him into the crimson palace wall.

"Shen Gongzi ......" Zhao Boqiao appeared beside Shen Ao at some point, and said with a light smile: "Boqi has already seen Shen Gongzi's paintings, and it is really extraordinary." ”

Shen Ao said lightly: "Where! Where! ”

Zhao Boqiao continued: "But I won't lose to you again in the palace test this time, and I will definitely go all out to defeat you." ”

The vigor of the young man is still the same, his eyes are shining with a hot light, this kind of domineering, newborn calf is not afraid of the tiger's surname, but it is quite the taste of Shen Ao, art is about moving forward bravely, abandoning all classics, in order to integrate his own style, so as to enter the realm of masters.

Shen Ao smiled slightly: "Shen is looking forward to Zhao Gongzi's challenge. ”

Zhao Boqiao threw this punch with all his might, originally thinking that Shen Ao would sneer at each other, but seeing Shen Ao's calm appearance, it felt like a punch on cotton, and a little weirdness appeared on his face.

Zhao Boqi couldn't help but said: "Shen Ao, in fact, I still admire you very much, you are very similar to my brother, I am not talking about painting, but temperament, but my brother is now thirty years old, but you are as young as me, I really don't know why you can put on such a face every day, it is too solemn and difficult for people to get close to." ”

Shen Ao wanted to laugh in his heart, solemn? Dude can scare you to death when he's crazy! However, he was a man in two lives, and although he was occasionally crazy, the mature temperament on his face was by no means comparable to that of his peers; smiled slightly and said: "After the entrance examination, you and I have decided the winners and losers, how about we find a chance to have a drink?" "This can be regarded as throwing an olive branch, and I want to recruit Zhao Boqiao.

Zhao Boqiao thought for a while and said, "I'll talk about it when you win." ”

It means that only those who defeat him are qualified to drink with him, and that arrogance has not been restrained at all.

Liang Shicheng stopped in front of a temple, the central axis of the temple is facing the gate of Zhengde Palace, there are partial halls on the left and right sides, the stairs of white marble go up the stairs, there are nine small steps, five big steps, just respond to the number of ninety-five, the pedestal of His Royal Highness is full of solemn guards, the guards are all carefully selected, even the height is not the same, the whole palace, shrouded in a solemn atmosphere.

Liang Shicheng entered the palace to restore his life, and after a while, an attendant shouted: "Xuanzhu Gongsheng enters the palace......"

Shen Ao and other seven or eight people stepped in, in this wide martial arts hall, carved beams and painted buildings, golden and brilliant, on both sides are the courtiers standing on the class, up a little, it is seven or eight old ministers who are seated, and then up, it is the royal platform cast by Yunlong stone carving, on the royal platform, Zhao Ji is sitting in danger, his eyes are soft, looking left and right, he can't help but smile.

Most of these tribute students were already very excited from the moment they entered the hall, some of their knees trembled, some were nervous, some hung their heads and held their breath, and some pretended to be calm.

Chao Wei Tian Shelang, Dusk Dengtianzi Hall, life in the world, for these tribute students, to be able to enter the martial arts hall, is the most glorious moment.

Zhao Ji bowed slightly, his eyes showed a look of expectation, and finally his gaze fell on Shen Ao in Gongsheng, Zhao Ji was slightly startled, but saw Shen Ao with a calm face, this kind of calmness is by no means deliberately delicate, the whole person is wearing a blue uniform, looking calm and determined, just his eyes are raised, and Zhao Ji's eyes are a pair, Zhao Ji can't help but sigh in his heart: "Honor and disgrace are not shocked, Mount Tai collapsed in front and the color remains unchanged, such a young man, it is really rare." ”

At this time, Shen Ao had already recognized Zhao Ji, his face changed a little, and he couldn't help but say, "Wang Xianggong......"

Wang Xianggong...... This call was very disobedient, Zhao Ji couldn't help but smile, and glanced at Shen Ao, but he didn't answer, and still sat still.

In the hall, Zhou Zheng's eyes did not squint, and the quartz was sitting in danger, but the King of Jin on the Jindun was drowsy, and when Shen Ao and the others entered the hall, they only glanced at it lightly, and continued to close their eyelids and pretend to sleep.

Sitting opposite the King of Jin is Cai Jing, the Taishi who has been a master for a long time, Cai Jing is already old, but sitting on this brocade pier, he is diagonally facing Zhao Ji behind the imperial case, sitting with his body bowed, and showing all the respectfulness from beginning to end.

Further down are the officials, some of these people Shen Ao knows, and some don't know, but just now Shen Ao said a sentence of Wang Xianggong, but it attracted the attention of countless people, some cast contemptuous eyes, some showed expectations, many complicated eyes were intertwined, but they all swept over the body of this handsome young man.

In the entire hall, there is only one person who has always kept smiling, and that person is Yang Jian, Yang Jian stood sideways next to Zhao Ji, and saw Shen Ao shouting out the sentence Wang Xianggong, with a mysterious smile on his face that had been expected, this Wang Xianggong, only three people in the hall knew the meaning, and Yang Jian was one of them.

Shen Ao understood in his heart that Wang Xianggong was the emperor, and the emperor was Wang Xianggong, Khan, who was good at observing words and feelings, guessed that Wang Xianggong must be a high-ranking official, but he couldn't imagine that this person was the emperor.

I was embarrassed in my heart, and when I saw Zhao Ji looking indifferent, I suddenly understood that in this solemn hall, these things can only be buried in my heart, and I must not tell them to outsiders, I smiled indifferently, and resumed the smile of honor and disgrace, and my eyes fell on Zhou Zheng, Quartz, and finally fell on the sleepy King of Jin.

"Asleep? There is no royal law! Shen Ao sighed in his heart, where did this guy not sleep, but he snored slightly in this hall, on such a solemn occasion, King Jin was naughty again; However, from the emperor to the courtiers, they didn't care about King Jin's outrageous behavior, and there was no trace of shock, presumably King Jin had a lot of criminal records.

The tributes and students saluted, Zhao Ji was in a good mood, raised his hand and said: "Since you enter the palace test, you are my protégé, and the teacher ceremony has been done, so you don't have to be restrained, come, give my protégé a seat." ”

The protégés of the Son of Heaven are so glorious, the restraint of the tributes gradually dissipated, and was replaced by indescribable excitement; The attendants moved the brocade pier up, and everyone sat down together, and before Shen Ao's ass was hot, he heard a courtier behind him step out and said loudly: "The minister has something to play." ”

Everyone followed their eyes, Zhao Ji's face was slightly dissatisfied, according to the etiquette system, the next moment was to make the question by himself, personally presiding over the palace examination, at this time someone wanted to do something, why didn't he say it when he didn't call the tribute students into the palace before? However, he still made a calm and relaxed look and said, "It's okay for Aiqing to speak freely."

The official of the performance is the Taichang Temple Fenglilang, whose duty is to supervise the ceremonies such as guest ceremony, military ceremony, Jia ceremony, auspicious ceremony, and fierce ceremony, and he said calmly: "Your Majesty, the minister heard that this time the art examination was opened, and Shen Gongsheng won four exams in a row, and Shen Gongsheng's knowledge and intelligence were admired by the minister." It's just that since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, no one has ever taken the exam, but I am afraid that the art examination will be four subjects, and the etiquette will not match. ”

As Feng Lilang, there is nothing wrong with him raising this question, in fact, even taking a few subjects, let alone the Great Song Dynasty, it is also a unique thing in the Tang Dynasty, but the provisions of the law are not standardized, after all, there is no one who reports for several exams in a row, and Shen Ao even has four subjects, which is quite a bit of a loophole in the law; However, the law of etiquette is different from the law, and it is reasonable for the priest to take the ceremony and talk about things.

However, a little Fenglilang, taking this issue to make a fuss, the meaning behind it is worth pondering, if no one is behind him, who dares to hold the ceremony on the cusp of the storm, even the matter of the four subjects, the official family has long known, that is, it has acquiesced, at this time to overturn the case, I am afraid that the matter is not simple.

Zhao Ji snorted coldly, his eyes wandered over His Royal Highness's Liang Shicheng and Wang Hao, seeing that the two of them looked indifferent and innocent, Zhao Ji was suspicious and fell into deep thought.

As soon as Feng Lilang's words fell, a few more people came out of the class and said: "The ministers seconded the proposal, Lord Wu said well, if one person can report several subjects in a row, candidates will flock to the exam in the future, and it is difficult to ensure that the people who take the test are uneven, which makes it inconvenient for the court to select talents, please deprive Shen Gongsheng of the title of three tribute students." ”

Most of these people are nobodies, and there are no important central ministers except for the heads of a few ministries and a few imperial histories.

Zhao Ji's face showed a slight color of iron, Zhou Zheng and Quartz both looked at each other, they never imagined that someone would suddenly attack in this hall, but the more at this time, the two of them were calm, as if everything in front of them had nothing to do with them, but they still glanced at the respectful Cai Jing.

"Ministers seconded the proposal ......" This time there are gradually heavyweights who stand up, such as Wang Tao, the right of Shangshu, the minister of Shangshu Wang of the Criminal Department, Zhou Dai of Taichang Temple, etc., all of whom are powerful officials who are in charge of the government and the opposition.

Zhao Ji's eyes fell on Shen Ao, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, this Shen Ao, before he entered the army, had so many opponents in vain; Zhao Ji sighed in his heart, and he was embarrassed for a while.

At this time, a yawn sounded out, but it was King Jin who suddenly woke up, he opened his eyes slightly, looked at the officials who stood out of the class with a confused face, blew his beard and glared and stood up and said: "Brother Huang, the younger brother is very angry, someone insults the clan and ignores the etiquette law, which is a great crime of disrespect, please ask the imperial brother to be the master of the courtier." ”

This carefree prince suddenly attacked, and the situation in the sect hall became even more confusing, and everyone was puzzled, not knowing where the spearhead of this Jin king was going to point.

Insulting the clan, ignoring etiquette, and being disrespectful, who dares to wear any hat here? The prince is powerful, and he is really different!