In front of the Guozi Prison, the officials who simultaneously delivered the decree had also come here and read out the emperor's will to pardon Li Shimian and others.

For a while, slogans such as "Long live" and "Your Majesty Shengming" were endless, and the students waiting for the entire Guozijian were boiling.

"Sir, Shen Yichen has succeeded in soothing and returned justice to the Da Si clan!"

Li Da is also very excited at the moment, fighting against Wang Zhen can be called a war with no chance of winning, Shen Yichen's move can be described as a miracle!

"It's still a big brother, I knew he would definitely be able to do it."

"Sir, it's freezing here, let's hurry back to the guild hall first."

The students of the other outer courtyard schools also gathered around with a happy face, ready to help Li Tingxiu away.

After all, now that the sky is dark, Li Tingxiu has been standing in the snow and freezing for most of the day, and he urgently needs to enter the house early to warm up.

"No, for the teacher, I have to wait here for Yichen to return!"

Li Tingxiu didn't have much joy on his face, he knew that with the amnesty of the Da Si clan, all the pressure and risks would come to Shen Yichen. Using the power of the scholar to knock on the grievances and force Wang Zhen to make concessions, will he give up so easily?

didn't see Shen Yichen return for a moment, and his hanging heart could never be put down.

"Close, let's go!"

On the other side, after receiving the holy decree of amnesty, he also beckoned his subordinates to prepare to leave the Guozijian, but his eyes were full of unhappiness when he looked at Li Da.

Now that Jin Yiwei commanded Ma Shun to take refuge in Wang Zhen, and Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen has promoted the authority of the secret agency, Jin Yiwei can be said to be sideways in Beijing. Unexpectedly, today he met a team of Jingwei who dared to be tough with him, how could he swallow this breath.

If it weren't for the follow-up investigation that this group of people was the second generation of officials, and there was the shadow of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies behind them, I am afraid that it would not be so easy for Li Da and the others to leave.

"Zhao Hongjie, you haven't returned to the team yet?"

Seeing that Zhao Hongjie was still standing next to the middle-aged lifter and did not return to the queue, this brocade-clothed guard Qianhu felt angry.

"Lord Qianhu, my subordinates will report back to the guard station later, and I hope to give one or two graces."

didn't see Shen Yichen come back, and Zhao Hongjie was also not at ease.

"Zhao Hongjie, this is the third time you have disobeyed the officials, and you should be cut off and imprisoned according to the law!"

What happened to the thousands of households today, whether it was the "robbers" of Shen Yichen and other scholars, or the toughness of Li Da and others later, made him hold back a lot of anger in his heart.

Zhao Hongjie is still hitting the muzzle of the gun one after another, and he has the urge to take him under the knife.

"Let's go, sir, I'm here here!"

Seeing that the other party seemed to be about to move seriously, Li Da finally couldn't help but persuade him.

Brothers are on the wall, and they are insulted outside!

No matter how dissatisfied Li Da is with Zhao Hongjie, it is impossible to watch him being bullied by outsiders.

"Sir, Yichen will notify me if there is news."

Zhao Hongjie knew in his heart that although he now had the title of Wang Zhengan's son, in fact, he was only a false name at present. It's okay to make others jealous, if there is really something, it is impossible to go to the palace to find Wang Zhen to support him.

repeatedly disobeyed his direct boss, and he didn't have any foundation in Beizhen Fusi, if the other party really tried to act according to the law, there would be no way to resist.

After weighing the pros and cons, the only choice is to return to the Jinyi Guard from the fate.

"Hmm."

Li Da replied with a straight face and didn't say anything more.

Several other students from the outer courtyard also nodded with complicated expressions.

"Hongjie, take care of yourself."

Li Tingxiu instructed in a weak voice, he did not have a great sense of anger like Li Da and the others, no matter what situation Zhao Hongjie was in, he was his own student.

Listening to the teacher's words, Zhao Hongjie's eyes turned red instantly, but now he already understands that only if he is strong can he protect the people he cares about.

So he ruthlessly arched his hand and said, "Sir, you too, the student has taken his leave!" ”

After that, Zhao Hongjie returned to Jinyiwei's team and left without looking back.

The snowflakes were still falling, and the crowd in front of the gate of the Guozi Prison had dispersed, and at this time, a figure was rushing from a distance, and the green robes were fluttering in the wind.

"Sir, Yichen is back!"

Li Da was sharp-eyed, and recognized the person from a distance as Shen Yichen, and immediately informed Li Tingxiu.

"Big brother, you're finally back."

"Big brother, I'm worried about death, but fortunately I'm back."

The younger brothers of the other outer courtyard schools also cheered, they all left the family school after Li Tingxiu announced his resignation to take the exam, so today is the first time to meet Shen Yichen in Beijing.

Before we had time to celebrate together, we encountered this incident.

"Sir, the disciple is late, how is your body feeling now?"

Shen Yichen didn't have time to mess with this group of junior brothers, so he rushed to Li Tingxiu's side as soon as possible and asked him a question.

"Much better, it's not a big deal, ahem......"

Li Tingxiu originally smiled and wanted to comfort him, but he couldn't help coughing, and with that pale face, it was obvious that he was not in a good state.

"Li Da, let's send Mr. back to the guild hall first."

"Zhang Qi, a few of you hurry up and ask the doctor to come over."

In a short period of time, Shen Yichen made a decision, and everyone didn't say a word, and immediately began to act separately.

……

In the guest room of the Yingtian Hall, the dim oil light shone on everyone's faces, and they all looked nervous.

Li Tingxiu was lying on the bed with his eyes closed at the moment, and there was a Lang Zhong next to him who was checking his pulse, and when he let go of his hand, Shen Yichen couldn't help but ask, "Doctor, how is my teacher's condition?" ”

"The rush to attack the heart and the wind and cold, the two evils of cold and dryness invade the body, and you have to recuperate and recuperate."

Hearing this, Li Da couldn't help but interject: "How long will it take?" I'm going to take the exam soon, and my husband has to take the exam. ”

"This depends on the recovery situation, and the contemptible person first prescribes a few pairs of herbs to remove dryness and coldness for the patient to take, and wait and see the cure."

"Doesn't that mean you didn't say that?"

Li Da's urgency is coming, the exam is just around the corner, Mr. has waited for more than ten years to catch the exam again this time, how sorry is it if he misses it?

"Li Da!"

Shen Yichen's court glared at him, then turned to Lang Zhong and said, "Then the doctor will prescribe a few potions first, thank you." ”

"Xie Yuanlang is polite."

Lang Zhong walked out of the room after returning the gift, and the white fat man Zhang Qi followed to get the medicine, and only Shen Yichen was left in the room.

"Yichen, it's getting dark, why don't you go back to the Chengguo Mansion first, and we will take care of it here."

Seeing that Shen Yichen's face was not very good-looking, Li Da persuaded him.

You must know that Shen Yichen has been kneeling in the snow for several hours, even if he is young and in good health, he can't bear this toss.

"It's okay, Mr. hasn't woken up yet, I'll take a look."

"How is the eldest husband mother-in-law and mother-in-law, there are still ten days to try, what if you also fall ill, go back!"

With a wave of his hand, Li Da was about to push Shen Yichen out of the door, it didn't make much sense for him to stand here and guard, the test was the moment to decide the fate of a scholar, and he must not take it lightly.

"Okay, then I'll go back first, you take good care of Mr."

Shen Yichen is not a hypocritical person, he understands the priority of things, his trouser legs have been soaked with snow and water, and if he doesn't go back to change his clothes or something, he may really have the influence of the wind and cold.

"We're here, don't worry!"

Li Da and the others patted their chests and sent Shen Yichen out of the door.

In the Chengguo Mansion, Zhu Yong was sitting in the lobby, waiting for Shen Yichen to return.

Since returning from the palace, he has always felt like he is dreaming. Why did Wang Zhen not choose to retaliate, but instead made a statement to the emperor that he had given a Xie Yuan archway, no matter how you look at it, it is not in line with his character and common sense.

"Grandpa, Shen Gongzi has already returned home."

Just as Zhu Yong was pondering, Steward Wu came in and said goodbye.

"Let him come and see me."

"Yes, Grandpa."

Soon Shen Yichen was brought into the lobby by Steward Wu and looked at Zhu Yong.

"What do you say about today?"

Although Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, did not blame Shen Yichen too much, as long as he opened his mouth, as if he wanted to reprimand, his attitude never softened.

"There is nothing to say."

Similarly, Shen Yichen always looked stubborn in the face of Zhu Yong, and no one was willing to speak well.

Faced with this atmosphere of dialogue, Steward Wu stood aside and shook his head helplessly, these two fathers and sons are really amazing, and their personalities and tempers are like carved out of a mold.

may not have expected that the son who is most like Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, will be a servant son who has not entered the genealogy.

"Do you know the consequences of offending the prince."

"Yes."

"I know that I dare to do this, if something really happens, even I can't protect you!"

A wave of anger surged into his heart, and Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, slapped the table with a "snap", startling the housekeepers in the lobby.

Looking at Zhu Yong with an angry face on his face, if it were the previous moment, Shen Yichen would definitely be stubborn and unwilling to give in, he had his own reasons for doing so.

After all, Shen Yichen was not in the limelight, or in any bookish fashion, he was purely forced to stand up and prevent a bigger casualty accident.

But this time, the picture of being at the palace gate before came to his mind, and Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo at that time, looked at him with a look in his eyes that was not angry, but a kind of worry.

For the first time, Shen Yichen felt in Zhu Yong's gaze that such a thing as family affection existed.

"Thank you, Grandpa."

There was no argument, no justification, Shen Yichen just bowed his head and bowed deeply, and thanked Zhu Yong.

Looking at Shen Yichen's actions, Zhu Yong was stunned, the anger that originally surged up disappeared in an instant, and his emotions were complicated.

It was at this time, under the illumination of the flickering candle flame, that Zhu Yong saw Shen Yichen's wet trouser legs, so he secretly sighed and said, "You go back to the house first." ”

"Yes, Grandpa."

Shen Yichen bowed goodbye and turned to leave the lobby.

Looking at Shen Yichen in the distance, Steward Wu came to Cheng Guogong's side and said, "Grandpa, in fact, Shen Gongzi has accepted your feelings in his heart, but he is not good at expressing it. ”

"Hmph, I don't need him to admit it, just don't make trouble for me in the future."

"What Grandpa said is very true, Shen Gongzi has this lesson, and he will act more steadily in the future."

Steward Wu naturally followed Cheng Guogong's words, but he muttered in his heart, the mouths of these two fathers and sons are really hard......

Time flies, the sun and the moon are like a shuttle, and the time soon came to the seventh day of February.

The emperor officially decreed the appointment of two chief examiners, with eighteen examiners, to review the examination of the Ming orthodox ten years of the Yi Chou subject.

However, this kind of appointment will be made up for a formality, and almost at the end of last year, the candidate for the chief examiner has already spread among the literati, and there have been no surprises as a result.

It fell on the head of Qian Xili, the head of the Hanlin Academy, and the head of the cabinet member, Wenyuan Pavilion University Shi Ma Yu.

It's just that Shen Yichen didn't have any nervousness and joy to meet the exam, because the teacher Li Tingxiu's body has not recovered in the past ten days, and he is still in a weak state.

The squeezing and collision that day made Li Tingxiu already depressed, and he fainted when he saw Zhao Hongjie's anger, and finally he was willing to take the hostage and freeze in the snow for several hours.

All factors are superimposed, and with the medical conditions of ancient times, it is almost impossible to recover from a serious illness in a short period of time.

In the corridor outside Li Tingxiu's room, Shen Yichen and Li Da were standing here to discuss, their faces extremely solemn.

"Yichen, with Mr.'s physical state, I'm afraid it's not suitable to participate in the exam."

Hearing Li Da's words, Shen Yichen did not answer immediately, but fell into deep thought.

The ancient examination is not as simple as a few days of examination as modern people think, and the examination is the same as the township examination, each test takes three days, a total of three tests and nine days.

However, the biggest difference between the general examination and the township examination is that the general examination cannot be submitted in advance, and you must spend the night in the examination room, and the general examination is in the cold season of early spring, and the climate is not as pleasant as in autumn.

In the Ming Dynasty, the examination room had the title of "lifting the mound", and some people in the Qing Dynasty called it "the door of death".

The reason is that the house is small, you can't sit or lie down, and if you encounter heavy rain or snow, it is even more cold. Candidates whose physical fitness is not good enough are frozen, and those who die of illness in small houses abound.

Coupled with the problem of eating, drinking, and Lazar, as well as the psychological pressure of the exam and other factors, after a normal test, you will have to lose at least a few pounds, not to mention a patient like Li Tingxiu to take the exam.

If you force the sick body to participate in the examination, it is very likely that you will not be able to get out of the tribute hospital alive.

"I understand, it's just that Mr. has been dormant for more than ten years, and he finally made a decision, just for the sake of this spring, how can he open this mouth?"

Shen Yichen knew very well the reason why Li Tingxiu went to the exam, that is, his success gave his husband fighting spirit.

If he misses this session again, will he still have the courage and fighting spirit to apply for the next session?

"Why don't I tell my husband, anyway, I have a big heart."

Li Da knew that Shen Yichen's personality was forward-looking, and he was used to it, so he was more suitable for doing this kind of difficult thing.

"I'll tell you."

Shen Yichen didn't want to throw the problem to others, since the teacher's fighting spirit to take the exam was caused by himself, so let himself be cruelly extinguished.

Just as Shen Yichen made a decision, the door was suddenly opened, and Li Tingxiu appeared at the door with a sallow face.

"Sir, we ......"

Shen Yichen wanted to explain two sentences, but saw Li Tingxiu shake his head and said, "Yichen, there is no need to say much, the teacher has heard it." ”

"Your worries are right, the body of the teacher is indeed unable to participate in the scientific examination, and now that he is about to be confused, it is time to accept the mandate of heaven."

During this period of lying on the hospital bed, Li Tingxiu himself also thought a lot, including regret for evading the imperial examination for more than ten years, and pride in his career as a teacher for more than ten years.

Life in the world, more than ten years of time can see a lot of things clearly, now that I have come to Beijing to take the exam, I have made up for the regret that I have not mustered up the courage for more than ten years, and I am not confused when I am nearly forty years old, and it is time to accept my fate.

"I'm sorry sir, it's the disciple's ability that is not enough."

Shen Yichen is also a literati who has participated in the imperial examination, and he can deeply understand how difficult it is to give up the examination for a man who has finally had the courage to do it.

If I could be stronger, maybe my husband would not have to be in the snow, and his condition would not be dragged aggravated.

"What do you say, what does it have to do with you as a teacher? And then again, it's enough to be proud to be able to see the growth of a few of you in Jingshi! ”

When he said this, Li Tingxiu showed a proud smile on his face, the results of the outer courtyard school, in any private school, can be called a collapse, and the children can't pass the exam.

But in addition to the grades, the students taught by Li Tingxiu have not gone astray, and they have always adhered to their bottom line and virtue in their hearts.

From this point of view alone, it is worthy of the identity of a teacher.

"Mr. ......"

Shen Yichen opened his mouth, but he didn't know what other words of comfort he could say.

"Alright, don't be a woman!"

"Yi Chen, tomorrow to commemorate the ancestor of Confucius will enter the Tribute Academy, you don't have to stay here, go back to the house early to prepare."

"It's okay, sir, I'm ......"

Before Shen Yichen finished speaking, Li Tingxiu waved his hand and motioned for him to leave first.

"Yes, sir!"

Shen Yichen understood that Li Tingxiu had made up his mind, so he bowed and turned around and left, so that they could have less psychological burden on each other.

Seeing Shen Yichen's back disappear into the guild hall, Li Tingxiu finally couldn't hold back and coughed violently.

Seeing this, Li Da immediately came over to help him: "Sir, Yichen has already left, you better go into the house." ”

"Hmm."

Li Tingxiu held Li Da's arm and walked back to the house with staggering steps, just silently praying in his heart that Shen Yichen would be able to win the Toad Palace in the future.

On the eighth day of the second month of the tenth year of orthodoxy, the Shuntian Gongyuan in the southeast of Beijing was already bustling with people at this time.

In the entire Ming Dynasty, two capitals and thirteen provinces, a total of 5,326 people came here to take the exam, and the number of references set a record high.

There are new examinees who go to the exam for the first time, and there are also old examiners who have been referred to for the second, third, and even more times. The pursuit of countless scholars in their lives is to win a gold list title in this short nine-day exam!

It's just that compared with the crowd of people in the township test, it was obviously much quieter when the test was waiting, and all the lifters stood in the square, waiting for the arrival of Hu Hu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, to explain the first master of Confucius together.

Pray for the Ming Dynasty to be prosperous, and pray for yourself to be able to win the dragon standard!