The thin literati said this, laughed, and threw the letter paper in his hand into the pond by the roadside. "So, he Xia Wangxi wants me to be a dumb person, it's okay, I'll be a dumb person to show him. This one is in the past, and there is always the next one. Just understand that a person like Xia Wangxi, who has no foundation, does everything on the ice, and the farther he goes, once the ice cracks, it will be too late to turn back. So, when it really gets to that point, he will change to the side of a crazy gambler...... People, once you go crazy, you are not far from destruction. That's when it's a good time for us to go out. ”

After saying this, the housekeeper You had completely restrained his contempt, and said respectfully: "Dong Weng Mingjian, this is a lesson for You Wu!" I know what to do. ”

The thin literati smiled "hehe", didn't speak again, patted Steward You on the shoulder, and let him retreat quickly.

Whether it was the small episode that happened in the capital, or the Xia family's closed-door rectification, for Yuzhang's Zhou family, there was no notice.

The Western Zhou Dynasty returned to the sect, and there was no danger, and this joy diluted all the negative emotions - at least in the eyes of several older generations in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, this was the case.

Even Zhou Daoan, who "crossed", has lived in this world for more than half a year, although he will always feel the concept of "family", but he inevitably retains modern values in his bones. Under the influence of the significance of this big family's major events, he has a deeper understanding of the "order" of human society in this world.

At this point, the saying of the Western Zhou and the Eastern Zhou no longer exists. Although among the people, the common people may not be able to change from verbal titles for a while, but in terms of inner cognition, they gradually accepted the merger of the Eastern and Western Zhou Dynasty.

However, after all, the Huizilou of the Western Zhou Dynasty is also a building that has been built for 200 years, how can it be said that it will be abandoned? Especially Zhou Daoan's mother, Zhou Lushi, has a deep affection for this place. Zhou Daoan himself also felt that it was more comfortable to live alone, and with the factor of the Ark mission, it was better for him to live here. Therefore, Zhou Daoan's branch did not move back to live in the sect for the time being.

Fortunately, for Zhou Wenyuan, as long as the two sects have been nominally integrated, some details can be changed slowly, and there is no hurry to do so.

The only thing that made Zhou Daoan feel a little uneasy was that the Xia family didn't seem to have any follow-up actions, and the wind was loud and the rain was small, which was a bit of a "play house". But trouble doesn't come to the door, and he can't take the initiative to find trouble.

In the blink of an eye, the spring festival is about to pass. However, the things that follow one after another will never make life dull again.

First of all, the major event in the whole Han region is that the spring festival will usher in spring after the spring festival.

Chunfu is the most important part of the imperial examination - the general examination. This exam is held in the capital and lasts from March to April. It is very similar to the ancient imperial examination of Zhou Daoan's previous life, with only differences in details, for example, the name of the imperial examination was changed to the county examination, and those who passed were awarded the meritorious name of the person and obtained the qualification to enter the Beijing examination. This examination is held at the turn of autumn and winter, so it is also called autumn, once every 3 years. And the spring is at the turn of the spring and summer of the second year after the autumn, and it is also once every three years.

In this world, in the Han Domain, "both civil and military", the spring festival once every 3 years is considered a grand event in the literature. In the same way, once every three years, the list of heroes formulated by the imperial court will also be rewritten, and it will become a grand ceremony for cultivators.

Why? Because Yingjie will be different from the imperial examination. The latter is a one-shot deal, as long as you pass the exam, you will enter the official career later, and the exam books can be thrown aside. In the former, the focus is on "rewriting", which is equivalent to adjusting the list every 3 years. In other words, practitioners who care about their ranking have to take part in a competition every three years.

As a cultivator, although they are beyond mortals, how many of them don't care about their names? It was in this way that the imperial court put an invisible shackle on the cultivators of the world.

Of course, not all practitioners are cold to this kind of thing. For example, those geniuses in first-class families do not seek to be a blockbuster, but only seek to improve day by day, and there are some who are scattered in the rivers and lakes and regard fame and fortune as floating clouds...... But this is a minority, after all.

Take Zhou Daoxuan as an example. 3 years ago, he was on the list for the first time, and he ranked twelfth on the Yingjie list, which was a blockbuster, and if he wanted to go further this year, he had to try again. In the same way, if he advances, he will inevitably drop one of the higher rankings. Therefore, the Heroic Heroes list also stimulates practitioners to strive for progress, otherwise it would be too embarrassing to be replaced by others.

Some people will ask, if those top cultivators have not regressed, and the new cultivators have become more and more difficult to make the list? In fact, there is one of the biggest restrictions on the Heroic List, that is, cultivators over the age of thirty will automatically withdraw from the list, that is, this list is set for those young and handsome people.

As for after the age of thirty, if you have ever been on the list of heroes, then you have a worry-free future, either by the imperial court or by the world. Some can even start their own sects...... In short, the Yingjie List is an official recognition and a golden stepping stone.

Zhou Daoxuan, who is 26 years old this year, only has one last chance to participate in the Yingjie list, and he is determined to win the top ranking. Before Zhou Wenyuan's body had problems, he had been personally teaching Zhou Daoxuan and taking him around to practice, although he no longer traveled in the past six months, but he practiced behind closed doors, and he also improved a lot.

The time of the Yingjie List is almost the same as the Spring Festival, so after the Spring Festival is over, Zhou Daoxuan is ready to set off - although he can directly use the family aircraft to go to Yongjing, he can delay his departure for a few days, but he still plans to take the land walker all the way north, so that the semi-play state can relax his mood, and he can adjust his body along the way and adapt to the difference in climate between the north and the south.

Almost at the same time as Zhou Daoxuan, it was Zhou Daoqi. Of course, it was impossible for him to go to the Yingjie Meeting, but he was going to follow the students who participated in the Spring Festival to the capital to catch the exam.

Zhou Daoqi didn't even pass the county exam, so naturally he was not qualified to take the exam. But Zhou Wenbo is counting on this unobtrusive son to go to the capital and experience first-hand the warm atmosphere of both the Spring Festival and the Yingjie Meeting, which will promote his progress...... Well, these are still superficial reasons, in fact, this time the Zhou family still has the affairs of the capital to take care of, Zhou Wenbo gave the task to Zhou Daoqi in the spirit of exercising the child's mentality.

also entered Beijing, naturally there is Zhou Daoan. However, his reason for entering Beijing was more complicated than Zhou Daoqi's, because Zhou Wenyuan knew that Zhou Daoan had also crossed the threshold of a cultivator. But at this Yingjie Conference, Zhou Wenyuan did not recommend Zhou Daoan to participate.

First, Zhou Daoan is still young, and there are opportunities in the future, and there are many masters in the battle for the heroes, and Zhou Daoan may not have a chance to enter the list (top 60); Second, the Eastern and Western Zhou Dynasty have just merged, and the imperial court's impression of the Western Zhou Dynasty is still in the stage of withering talents in the past 200 years. Don't think that this can't happen, in fact, in addition to the first-class family court, which is not easy to handle, for second-rate families, the court has means to restrict.

3 years later, Zhou Daoan is twenty years old, and the confluence of the East and West Zhou has stabilized, and another hero after Zhou Daoxuan is a more stable choice.

For the arrangement of the elders, Zhou Daoan has nothing to do. In his heart, he didn't think much of the Heroic List, in contrast, it was more interesting for him to see the world of cultivators from all walks of life and the capital.

But more importantly, Old Master Ren suddenly sent him an invitation to enter Beijing together! In fact, this trip to the old master also decided to go to the capital.

This is the first big exam after Ren Lao Fuzi took office, although it is only more than half a year, but Ren Lao Fuzi's reform measures are aimed at the imperial examination, I think about it, he also wants to prove that his method is effective, so this time he will personally follow the students who participated in the Spring Festival into Beijing together, which can be regarded as escorting the students - this is said to be the result of the pleading of the county guard, a little hasty, but it is also reasonable on the face.

Compared with being forced to leave Beijing before, this time, Mr. Ren has a mentality of going back to Beijing to smash the field, and he wants to use this group of scholars from Wenxiang to fight for the elite of Beijing Public School...... As for Zhou Daoan, he was a close disciple of Old Master Ren, and even if he didn't refer to it, he became a member of Yu Zhang's group to go to the capital to catch the exam.

In this regard, the happiest person turned out to be Liang Dagong.

During the Spring Festival, Liang Dagong had completely "made friends" with Zhou Daoan, greatly reversing his previous impression and not mentioning it, and his appreciation of Zhou Daoan caught up with Zhou Daoxuan. The reason is very simple, Zhou Daoan's story about the disputes in the rivers and lakes has firmly captured the heart of Liang Dagong.

On the one hand, he was amazed at how this seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy could make up such a wonderful story, and on the other hand, he couldn't stop it. Now, Zhou Daoan's manuscripts have been read by Liang Dagong, and as soon as he is free, Liang Dagong will chase Zhou Daoan to ask about the direction of the story behind. Now in addition to Zhou Daoan himself, Liang Dagong is the person who knows the most about Xiaoao Jianghu and an expert in "laughing learning", and he can guide the theater to rehearse the next play.

What's even more outrageous is that without Zhou Daoan's knowledge, Liang Dagong had actually copied a copy of his manuscript and sent it to the crown prince. The original intention was to divert the attention of the prince who was deeply troubled, but who knew that in just a few days, the prince was also fascinated.

When the prince learned that this article was written by Zhou Daoan, he also became interested in Zhou Daoan - after all, in Xia Taifu's description, this person is a sinister and cunning person, although there is the endorsement of Liang Dagong, so that the prince will not listen to and believe it, but after really witnessing this strange book, the prince is deeply impressed by the chivalrous spirit in the book. I also believe that people who can write such works will not be traitors.

But the prince was cautious, so he didn't make it clear that he wanted to see Zhou Daoan in person. But if Zhou Daoan has the opportunity to come to the capital, the prince will not hesitate to try this person's bottom.

Therefore, Zhou Daoan's trip to the capital had another impact.

In this way, after the Spring Festival, Zhou Daoan took Xiao Gui and Huang Lier, together with his cousins and teachers, and embarked on the road to the north.