It turned out that the three of Jin Fei went to sell salt along the way. When I returned to the capital, I saw the gold list, and there was a famous Sun Zhaoyuan, so I was very happy, and I immediately went back to the inn to find him.

didn't think that Sun Zhaoyuan had already gone to Beijing to catch the exam.

Jin Fei and the three of them discussed: "Brother Sun Zhaoyuan is righteous, and the three of us brothers have shared hardships, and with his talent in the future, he must be a big official, so it is better to go to him, and in the future, he will soar and give his brother a little sweetness, which is also a hundred times stronger than selling salt." ”

The plan was decided, so he rode a big horse to find Sun Zhaoyuan along the way. They were originally people from Luyang Mansion, familiar with the road, and it didn't take long to chase them to Luyang Mansion, just past this Yongding Gate, and saw someone climbing the side wall, and looked at it, it seemed to be Sun Zhaoyuan, but it was dark, and they couldn't see it very clearly, so they tied their horses with Lu Daqiang and Jiang Fugui, and went to the city gate to take a look.

happened to see a gangster pushing Yu Yinqiao, the situation was too urgent, and he flew out of the treasure knife directly and threw the gangster to death.

Yu Yin Qiao Gang and Sun Zhaoyuan almost lived and died together, but luckily struggled back from the edge of death, couldn't hold back for a while, sat down on the ground, and muttered: "Scared me to death, scared me to death." "I can't come back after a long time of sanity.

That Sun Zhaoyuan was already sober, and said in his heart: "Who would do this?" Could it be Li Youmin's father and son, relatives and friends? Then he ruled this out, "If anyone knows that I led someone to slaughter them, they will go to the government to sue me and take me." Sun Zhaoyuan said again: "Could it be Qian Yinan?" Yes, this person is the son of a rich and noble eunuch, and he has never been the only one who bullies people, how can anyone else bully him. That day, Yu Yin Qiao scolded him for being a dog, he must have a grudge, and it was a big exam, it was not good to have a seizure, and he saw that I understood the yuan, but he had nothing to do, so he wanted to take my life, so on the way, he arranged a killer, but instead of looking for that kind of villain with high martial arts, he found this kind of cunning person, so that the strategy made me die by accident. This place is far away from Yong'an Prefecture, and he died unexpectedly, so he died without evidence, and the officials of Yunxi Prefecture closed the case. He sat back and relaxed. ”

The next day, Sun Zhaoyuan took a few people and continued on the road. Sometimes you walk fast, sometimes you walk slowly, sometimes you deliberately go the wrong way, sometimes you go back, sometimes you stop in the woods of the trail to see if anyone is following, be careful of the abnormal.

Along the way, Jin Fei and the others guarded carefully, but they did not make any mistakes. After more than 20 days, I arrived in the capital city of Jingzhou.

As soon as Sun Zhaoyuan entered the territory of Jingzhou, he felt very unhappy. The climate in Jingzhou is dry and cold, and it often snows, and all the way over, the wind blows like a knife on the face, even if the face is wrapped in a cloth, it can invade.

Everyone sighed: It's better to be in the capital.

Sun Zhaoyuan said in his heart: "In the future, if I become an official, I still trust the relationship, and it is good to go back to the capital, Rao is to let me be a member of that product, in this place, the weather is cold, and I am unwilling." ”

That Sun Zhaoyuan didn't know that his catastrophe was coming, not to mention that he would return to the capital to be an official, that is, to return to the capital safely, I was afraid that it would be a luxury.

Entering the city of Jingzhou, Sun Zhaoyuan went to the Gongyuan to report, as soon as he entered the gate of the courtyard, he saw a row of stone tablets, which were originally the names of all the tributes, all of which were recorded on the stele, and there was no lack of champions and names of Huiyuan on the stele.

Sun Zhaoyuan reported his name and household registration and the certificate of the big examination opened by the Yongan Prefecture government to the master of the Gongyuan. Although he is a state Xie Yuan, but the master of the Gongyuan is thin, not to mention Xie Yuan, it is the Hui Yuan, the champion, and often see, so he doesn't care about him, just a routine, his name is listed in the book, after the fact, said: "This student, you have been registered, the fifth day of next month, is the big exam, good students prepare, I hope you will be inscribed on the gold list, the name will also be engraved on the stone tablet, and the ancestors will be glorified." ”

Sun Zhaoyuan carefully prepared for the big exam, and he knew that all the most powerful scholars in the world had gathered in this capital. There is no first in the text, there is no second in the martial arts, and it is natural to be more familiar with historical facts and biographies, more familiar with scriptures and articles, and more relevant to the proposition to win. If you want to win, you must reserve more knowledge.

On that day, before dawn, the street next to the imperial city was already crowded, and the Beijing officials above the fifth grade were all in the court at this time, and each of them was carried to the palace gate by eight sedan chairs, and then walked into the political palace to ask the Son of Heaven for matters.

Qian Zhen, the secretary of the ministry, said: "Your Majesty, the big examination is imminent, according to the rules, please ask the emperor to decide the president of the big examination, and the supervisor will take the main examination. ”

Emperor Yan said: "If Qian Shangshu has any proposals, come and listen to me." ”

Qian Zhendao: "According to the practice of the past department, the president of this big examination must be an important member of the imperial court, so it seems that the matter is solemn and the Son of Heaven attaches great importance to it." The qualified candidates are none other than Lord Nukzanu, Lord Saturusa, Lord Tu Latu and Lord Jindehajin. Lord Nukza has been recuperating for half a year after being unwell recently, and Lord Saturu has gone to Jiangzhou again to raise food and wages, and now the only people left in the court are Lord Tu Le La and Master Jindeha. Please let the emperor decide. ”

The position of president of the imperial examination is what both Tu Le La and Jin Deha want. Although this position is a temporary position, it is the first teacher of officialdom for all the officials in the world, and it is the recommendation of the president of the big examination that the scholar can be selected as a tribute and participate in the palace examination. Therefore, whoever is the president of this big examination is the leading teacher of this science scholar, and he will definitely take the lead of the teacher in the future, and he will obey his orders.

So both of them want to win the position of president and increase their court power chips.

Emperor Yan said: "Then who does Qian Shangshu think is suitable?" ”

Qian Zhen was originally a party of Tulula, and he didn't dare to directly recommend Tubila just now, for fear that the Son of Heaven would feel that he had taken away his decision-making power, and now the Son of Heaven asked him for his opinion, and he just happened to be able to elect his own master, so he played: "Lord Jindeha has recently taken over several major errands such as rectifying the rule of officials, liquidating the national grain depot and money treasury, and buying horses from various countries. And in the previous few major examinations, Lord Jindeha has already served as the president of the big examination, and Lord Tulu has not served as the president since the imperial court opened the examination, so this errand is best served by Lord Tubila. The minister had the courage to ask the emperor to serve as the president of the big examination, select scholars for the emperor, and benefit the society. ”

After listening to the music, Emperor Yan said, "What are the opinions of the other ministers?" Listen to it. ”

Deng Changcheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Lord Jindeha is more suitable to be the president. If this subject is not a literary examination, but a martial examination, the minister thinks that the Catalogue is more suitable to be the president. But if it is a literary examination, Jindeha University is very highly educated and full of wealth, which can better represent the attention of the imperial court. Although it is the responsibility of the Ministry to elect the president of the big examination, but the specific affairs of the big examination are the responsibility of our Ministry of Rites. The minister dared to make a statement to the emperor, the president of this science and technology examination, was elected as Lord Jindeha, only Lord Jindeha can unite the scholars of the world, so that the scholars can return to the court and the saint. ”