"Can't I talk to you if I don't?" Yi Chen smiled faintly, and summoned the Burning Sky Banner by the way.

Su Mei'er snatched the Burning Sky Banner over, lit the demon fire, washed it on her body, and was so comfortable that her whole body trembled slightly.

During this time, she has been nesting in Yi Chen's house and has not left the house.

At first, one person and one demon were still a little wary of each other, but as they got along for a longer time, this estrangement slowly disappeared.

Yi Chen asked Su Meier a lot of things about the Demon Kingdom in the Western Regions, and basically got answers, only the secret of his biological father, Su Meier always refused to say it clearly, and when she was asked, she was coquettish and vague.

The relationship between the two sides has also deepened a lot with the mutual understanding, and I dare not say that they have become friends, at least not as intrigued as before.

Under the nourishment of the Burning Sky Flag, Su Meier's injuries have basically healed, and the Burning Sky Banner has been nurtured by her demonic energy, and her appearance is much better than before, at least it looks like a little "flag", not a rag with big holes and small eyes.

This is a win-win situation, and Yi Chen is naturally happy to do so.

"Say, what's the matter?" Su Mei'er glared at him again, her eyes were full of waves, and she was extremely seductive.

"Sure enough, I can't hide it from my sister's eyes, so I said it. Yi Chen arched his hand and immediately said what he thought in his heart.

He left a fox demon in his home for so long, of course, he was not completely selfless......

If it is said that it is for some evil purpose, it is not - even if Yi Chen has this heart, he does not have the courage.

What he was thinking about was actually another level: he was about to set off soon, so what would his mother do? If An Shao, who was raised by Wang Bayang, found someone to make trouble, it would not be good.

Although there are still three masters in the town, Wang, Wu, and Zhou, after all, they don't live with the Yi family, so it is inevitable that there will be omissions.

If Su Meier agrees to help, hehe......

With her ability as a six-hundred-year-old demon, I believe that in the land of Yongle Town, only she bullies others, and no one can touch her.

After Su Mei'er listened, she couldn't help but smile: "What should I do, that's all?"

"If you can help, thank you very much. Yi Chen solemnly arched his hand.

"Okay, okay, don't take it so seriously, I promise you. Su Meier smiled, her pretty eyebrows were affectionate, and her beautiful eyes were full of spring.

Yi Chen didn't dare to look at her again, got up and left, and went to the yard to wash his face and put out the fire.

Su Mei'er saw that he didn't look back, so she couldn't help but wave her pink fist at his back, and said angrily: "You little elm pimple, wait for me, one day I will tear off your fake mask!"

Early the next morning, Yi Chen went to the academy to get the recommendation papers, and then with Xu Fuzi, he met with the rest of the students who went to take the scientific examination.

These are all adults over the age of eighteen, and Yi Chen, a twelve-year-old child, is very eye-catching when he is caught in it.

Fortunately, a few days ago, he won the first place in the junior group, so no one dared to despise him.

Xu Fuzi took their hands and put them together, and said earnestly: "You are all people who are full of poetry and books, this time, you will definitely meet young talents from all over the world, our Yongle Town is a small place, some arrogant people may want to despise you, remember, you must not be angry because of a moment, before the exam, you can only make splendid articles in the examination room, it is the right way!"

The five of them bowed their hands in unison and said, "Obey the Master's teachings." ”

Master Zhao Jinde also came up and said a few words, he didn't have much talent, he couldn't say anything beautiful, only said a few basic words, and everyone gave up together after listening.

The last person to speak was the head of the martial arts, his words were very short, only one sentence: "Rely on your parents at home, rely on your friends when you go out, you are all going out for the first time, you must support each other, you know?"

All four of them nodded, but Yi Chen replied loudly: "I know!"

It's no wonder that among the five people who went to take the scientific examination this time, only he applied for the martial arts examination, and the remaining four people either took the exam or the talisman, and they usually don't practice martial arts, so naturally they have nothing to say to the head of the martial arts sect.

Back at home, Yi Chen simply cleaned up, brought enough dry food, and a few changes of clothes, and fell asleep.

Early the next morning, Wang Dashensuan, Zhou Tuhu and the head of the martial arts came to the door together, and gave Yi Chen ten taels of silver and asked him to take them on the road.

Yi Chen's nose was sour, and he almost cried.

You must know that in ancient times, ten taels of silver was not less, according to today's currency system, one tael of silver is equal to a consistent copper coin, that is, a thousand Wen.

The purchasing power of a penny is almost equivalent to a dollar on the earth, and ten taels of silver are equal to 10,000 yuan, and you can't use so much to go out for a test.

"Take it, don't talk to me. Zhou Butcher forced the silver into Yi Chen's arms, "Manly man, do things simply, just a few taels of silver, you are also slimy, how will you do big things in the future?"

Yi Chen nodded, no longer verbose.

As the saying goes, great kindness is not grateful, and the three masters in front of him treat him like a mountain, and it is really unnecessary to be hypocritical with them.

"Slow down on the road. Yi Yunzhen pursed his lips, as if he wanted to say something, but after all, it only turned into the simplest four words.

Yi Chen opened his arms, hugged his mother, turned around and left.

On this trip, there was only one Qingyun by his side, and the other four people brought their family friends and walked with each other, and they didn't call him at all.

Of course, Yi Chen doesn't care, he takes his own test, and it's about other people's?

This time, the location of the scientific examination is located in Dongping County, which is quite far from Yongle Town, and if you walk on two feet, it will really kill you.

Fortunately, the imperial court supported the imperial examination, and all administrative units at or above the county level across the country were equipped with "student cars", which in short, were similar to today's special trains.

It's just that this kind of train is only open to students who take the exam, and it will only start work during the period of the scientific examination, the township examination, and the general examination.

Yi Chen took Qingyun for a day, and finally arrived at Linhe County at dusk, he had the recommendation documents of the academy, so he didn't need to do any identity screening, and the soldiers on both sides looked at it and immediately let him get into the car.

The minimum standard for students to drive a car is 50 wen at a time, and the iron-clad car is used, which is specially prepared for poor students in various places.

Of course, in addition, there are three specifications of copper, silver, and gold, and their prices have also risen with the tide, respectively 500 Wen, 1,000 Wen and even 5,000 Wen.

Yi Chen wouldn't have a bad brain to ride the gold-filled car with five taels of silver at a time, this thing is purely for those young masters who have a lot of money to burn their hands-such as the boy on the other side who wears gold and silver, and is full of jewels, he casually threw out an ingot, his eyes glanced at this side inadvertently, and the corners of his mouth curled up with a trace of disdainful sneer.

In this regard, Yi Chen could only shrug his shoulders.

His eyes fell on his side - a scholar in sackcloth was anxiously groping around his body, but after spending it for a long time, he only took out more than 20 big coins, which was not even enough to ride in the car.

It's the last train now, and if you miss this one, you'll have to wait for tomorrow.

However, the date of the issuance of cards in the examination room is tomorrow morning, and it may not be too late to rush from the county seat to the county seat at that time.

The scholar was sweating profusely and was so anxious that he begged the soldiers in charge of the guards on both sides to beg them to be lenient.

The soldiers have seen this kind of person a lot, so they won't be soft-hearted, and the scholar begged for a long time, but to no avail, so anxious that he almost knelt down.

The soldier was most annoyed by this, and pulled out half of the knife on the spot, and the cold light of the snow was printed on the scholar's face, reflecting a deep despair.

Yi Chen got up suddenly, stepped forward quickly, took out fifty yuan and said, "This military master is angry, what a big deal, why bother to use a knife and a gun." ”

The soldier then put the knife back and sneered: "Look, look, every doll is more sensible than you, you are so poor that you can't even take out fifty yuan, what else do you want to take the test? It is better to go home as soon as possible to copy books for others to earn some money than to run so far to be embarrassed." ”

When the people around heard this, many of them laughed out loud.

The scholar clenched his fists, his knuckles turned white, Yi Chen saw that something was wrong, and hurriedly pulled him into the car.

Seeing that the time was almost up, the two soldiers didn't wait, they got into the car directly, turned into coachmen, and drove the two big horses forward.

There were already seven or eight people in the car, full of people, as soon as the scholar came up, he saluted Yi Chen, and said loudly: "Yuan Bo in Xiajingxi County, thank you little brother for your help today, fifty yuan will be given another day." ”

Yi Chen also returned the salute and said with a smile: "It's just fifty dollars, why bother? Everyone is a disciple of Confucius, if you really want to thank me, when he is named on the list, the two of us will be drunk." ”

The scholar said curiously: "Listening to the little brother, could it be that you are also a candidate for this year?"

Yi Chen arched his hand: "Exactly." ”

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of everyone in the car suddenly focused on Yi Chen.

Hey, this is strange, a teenage doll can actually go to the scientific exam?

You must know that the imperial examination is a troublesome matter, and there are three kinds of preliminary examinations: one is called the children's examination, the other is called the annual examination, and the other is called the scientific examination.

The children's test is also known as the "small test".

When a child begins to take the initial examination, he is called "Tongsheng", and after a certain examination and selection, he or she will go to the superintendent to take the examination after being selected in the county, and he can be called "Xiucai" if he passes the superintendent examination.

Don't think that Xiucai is easy to test, Fan Jin in the well-known "History of Confucianism" is a child for many years, and it took a long time to be admitted to Xiucai.

Xiucai takes the exam once a year, which is called the "annual exam".

Every three years, they also have to take a big examination, called the "scientific examination", mainly to promote the qualifications of the lifting examination, and through the nomination of this examination, they are eligible to participate in the examination.

At this time, the people in the car are at least talented, and they are all talents!

Only Yi Chen, he is a special case, because his qualification for the examination is recommended by the academy, and he does not need to take the exam one by one, he only needs to get the recommended documents to take the scientific examination.

Of course, this qualification is not easy to obtain, only the best four academies in a county have quotas, and there are only five every three years.

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Note: The purchasing power of ancient coins is different from one dynasty to another, and this book is not a historical text, so for convenience, it is tentatively set to be equal to one piece. In addition, one thousand wen is equal to one tael of silver, and ten taels of silver is equal to one tael of gold, all of which are ancient and do not change.