The morning sun rises, and the breeze is not dry.

The streets in the city of Jian'an are full of traffic, and there are street vendors on both sides of the street, and from time to time there are some plump ladies with their maids wandering in the streets, just like a prosperous era.

Cao Wei was lying on the windowsill, his face full of sadness, and his eyes were blank.

There is no other reason.

This time he took the exam, and he failed the test!

I thought I would try my luck and maybe I could compete for the last few places, but when I entered the examination room and saw the questions, my eyes were black!

I can't understand it at all!

Obviously, if you want to be admitted to the Gongshi, you can't rely on luck alone!

Even if you want to copy a few sentences, you have to understand the question first!

In desperation.

Cao Wei had no choice but to answer randomly, and then left the examination room dejectedly.

For days on end, he was autistic.

Even if I saw many noble ladies, I still couldn't soothe the sorrow in my heart.

On the eve of the exam.

Guo Jia, who couldn't bear the loneliness, often called him to go to the Qinglou.

Originally, Cao Wei refused, although the exam depended on luck, but he also fought hard!

But who let this Guo Jia have no other skills, "persuasion" is a good hand, and the girl in the capital is like water in Guo Jia's mouth.

The kind that can get out of the water with a light pinch!

They accompany the guests to chant poems, drink and admire the moon, and only a small part of them can really stay and sleep together.

Guo Jia loves that small part.

Cao Wei insists on not breaking through his bottom line, but for experienced boys and chickens, even if they can't go further, it is equally tempting to listen to music and drink and talk about life on a large scale.

Besides.

It's not a problem just to look at those noble ladies!

Cao Wei followed Guo Jia to the fireworks building in the east of the city.

I have to say.

The moon is the hometown of Ming, but the girl is still the run of the capital!

For several days on end.

Guo Jia spent the night in the Qinglou, but Cao Wei returned to the inn alone after drinking at night to rest.

The Gongyuan is in the east of the city, the Qinglou is in the south of the city, and the inn is in the southeast corner of the city.

It's very easy to get around.

"Do you really want to be a son-in-law?"

He was not reconciled.

He knows very well the days of being a son-in-law.

Although the youngest daughter of the Liu family is indeed smart, it is not bad.

But Cao Wei doesn't want this kind of life, he is a person who pursues "freedom"!

Not to mention.

In recent days, there have been many demon troubles.

As Cao Wei, who has really experienced a demon.

If you encounter any monsters again, I'm afraid it won't be as cute as Miss Spider last time.

It's not good.

If you don't give you cool, you'll be killed!

Cao Wei sighed faintly: "Hey, it's really better to die than to be happy at the beginning......"

But at this time.

Outside, there was a knock on the door.

"Brother Wei, open the door, it's me!"

A familiar voice came, Cao Wei opened the door, and it was Guo Jia standing outside the door.

Guo Jia was pale, still dressed roughly, and the smell of rouge and wine came to his nose.

Cao Wei raised his eyebrows: "This is the night incense of the fireworks building in the east of the city, where did you spend the night again?" ”

"Brother Wei, now is not the time to talk about this, I'm here to tell you that the Donggong Academy in Tomorrow City will release the list!"

Hearing the word "release", Cao Wei was expressionless, but he just said "oh", and then walked to the table and sat down:

"Then you hurry up and pack your bags and get ready to go home tomorrow."

"Home?"

Guo Jia was stunned, and hurriedly walked to Cao Wei and sat down: "Brother Wei, isn't it the title of the gold list you said, every day?" The list will be released tomorrow, why do you want to go back before you see it? ”

Cao Wei glanced at Guo Jia:

"I remember that after the exam, I also said that the answers were scribbled, right? If the scribbling can be on the list, isn't everyone a jinshi? ”

Guo Jia replied without thinking about it: "Then they have to be admitted to the examination first before they have the opportunity to scribble!" ”

“？？？”

Cao Wei was silent, so he had to give a thumbs up: "You are really smart!" ”

Guo Jia thought about it for a while.

Cao Wei said it was true, so Cao Wei also closed himself alone in the inn for several days.

Even Qinglou is not in the mood to go!

So Guo Jia said: "Brother Wei, since we are all here, let's go and take a look tomorrow morning, what if we get hit?!" ”

"Unless the person who examines the file is a big fool, how can he be successful?!"

The more Cao Wei thought about it, the more unhappy he became.

What's the point of reading a list without your own name?

Guo Jia hurriedly comforted: "Maybe it's really a big fool?" Brother Wei, you forgot that this time it was the joint invigilation of the Ministry of Rites and the Hanging Sword Division, and it was not without a chance! ”

Cao Wei shook his head: "With the eunuch party intervening, wouldn't there be no chance?" Who knows if these eunuchs have accepted the benefits of certain people and engaged in favoritism......"

Besides.

Even if the eunuch invigilates the exam, what does the review have to do with this?

So Cao Wei was deflated again.

Guo Jia saw that Cao Wei was so decadent, and he was anxious:

"Brother Wei, think about it, we have gone through a lot of hardships, and even escaped from danger, and finally came to this capital, don't you want to go and see it?"

"Brother Wei, are you really willing to be someone's son-in-law?!"

"Are you really willing to bring foot washing water to the little daughter of the Liu family?!"

"What if the examiner is a big fool? Brother Wei, don't you want that life to be free every day? ”

"I know that I am not as good as Brother Wei, if Brother Wei doesn't win, I can't win, I haven't given up lightly, Brother Wei, how can you just give up!"

As a brother, Guo Jia knows Cao Wei.

was stimulated by Guo Jia repeatedly, and Cao Wei became more and more unconvinced.

Although I want to try my luck, I have suffered so much in front of me, and it is indeed a pity not to take a look tomorrow!

And.

The key is that as long as you are admitted to the Gongshi, the Jinshi is just a difference in time!

The temple test is just a re-ranking!

As long as you win the list!

Even if you are the last one, you can also participate in the temple exam!

As long as you participate in the temple examination, it is a Jinshi fame!

What if.

What if it's really like what Guo Jia said, it's just a big fool who just happened to be reviewing the file?

With this in mind.

Cao Wei slapped the table: "You're right, I'm here anyway, it's a pity if I don't go tomorrow!" ”

Guo Jia nodded again and again, and comforted: "Don't worry, Brother Wei, you also know my level, with me giving you the back, what else do you have to be afraid of, of course, the best thing is that we can all be on the list, raise your head and be a man!" ”

"Well, that's right!"

Cao Wei regained his confidence, after all, he has come!

Rather than not being able to face the list, it is better to indulge before becoming a son-in-law!

"Brother Wei, I invite you to drink, if you don't get drunk tonight, you won't return!"

"Okay, don't get drunk and don't go home!"

……

Meanwhile.

Dali Imperial Palace, Wenhua Palace.

The door of the palace was closed, and Emperor Yongchu sat behind the curtain.

Wei Jinzhong stood under the hall with an expressionless face, and arched his hand at the curtain and said: "Your Majesty, after this investigation by the slave maid, there is no demon transformation among the candidates for this examination. ”

Emperor Yongchu sat behind the curtain and said tepidly: "Wei Qing has a heart, no wonder he will take the initiative to ask Ying to let the Demon Slayer Division go to the Tribute Academy to invigilate the exam, if you really let those big demons into the court, it will be troublesome." ”

"Your Majesty is serious, this is what a slave should do."

Wei Jinzhong's eyes were steady, but his heart was full of slander.

Originally, it was just a reason to meddle in the imperial examination under the pretext of demon trouble!

Helping your own son, that's not called having a heart, that's what a father does unconsciously!

How can it be said that there is a heart?

"Wei Qing, I still have something for you to do."

"Your Majesty, please speak."

"Now that there are many demons, the number of candidates in various places is less than half of the previous years, those people have no pressure, if this is the case for a long time, I am afraid that this imperial examination will also be useless, I don't want to be full of useless people who are hereditary and reckless in the court, I don't know if Wei Qing has any good suggestions?"

The voice fell.

Wei Jinzhong was ecstatic in his heart, but there was no wave on his face: "...... suggestion"

"Wei Qing, but it's okay to talk about it."

Hearing Emperor Yongchu's promise, Wei Jinzhong arched his hand and said:

"The slave maid thinks that it is better for His Majesty to make a special case to open Engong and let the candidates who have won the list enter the national prison, so as to put pressure on them, and at the same time show His Majesty's wisdom. There are not many commoner children who can join the gang, so it is enough to set up more schools and invite a master from the academy, maybe they just lack good teachers, if there are really meritocracy, they can understand a little......"

"Hmm." Emperor Yongchu behind the curtain bowed slightly, and then said: "What Wei Qing thinks is exactly what I think in my heart. ”

"Oh?"

Wei Jinzhong pretended to be surprised.

"The unpacified demon calamity can be regarded as my fault. This is to make up for it, and it just so happens to let those people know that Guozijian is not their back garden, and useless people will not let them stay in the court. ”

Wei Jinzhong's face did not change, and he replied with his hand: "Your Majesty Shengming." ”

As a nine-thousand-year-old son, he should have studied in Guozijian!

Guozijian is his son's back garden, not someone else's!

Son!

It's time for Dad to take care of you!