March 14, the day before the temple exam.

On Nanxunmen Street, two Confucian scholars walked side by side, it was Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai, who had just returned from receiving the examination card from the Kaifeng Mansion.

This street is the main road into the city of Bianjing, and there are many mansions of giant eunuchs on both sides of the street, which is even better than Jiying Lane, where the Sheng family is located.

In order to avoid suspicion, the eunuchs did not allow the women in the family to lean on the door to watch the street, but they specially built a two- or three-storey street watching building in the courtyard wall facing the street, so that the women in the boudoir could climb the tower in the house and overlook the street scene.

In the Tang and Song Dynasty market scripts, the encounters of countless heroes and heroines began from looking at the street buildings.

Today is the day of the palace test number, the Kaifeng Mansion is next to Nanxunmen Street, and three hundred new tributes will pass through this street, so the women of the eunuchs have climbed the building to see the street.

The more reserved women will put the beaded curtain low and hide behind the curtain to peep. Of course, there are also those who are bold, open the curtain and look around, pointing to the scholars passing downstairs and laughing freely.

Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai were walking and chatting on the street, and suddenly heard a burst of laughter on the street floor, and suddenly, they saw an embroidered handkerchief floating down from the upstairs and falling in front of the two.

Wei Chen raised his head, and saw that on the tall street tower in front of him, a delicate girl was hiding her face with a fan, looking at herself with shyness and timidity in her eyes, and there were several older women next to her, who kept teasing and coaxing.

"Xingyun, why don't you pick up this embroidered handkerchief soon? Look at the look of that little lady looking at you, if you come to the door to return this embroidered handkerchief, you will definitely be able to achieve a marriage! ”

Sheng Changbai glanced at the handkerchief on the ground and said to Wei Chen in a surging tone.

Sensing the sour taste in Sheng Changbai's words, Wei Chen couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.

Since they set foot on this Nanxunmen Street, there have been more than ten or twenty embroidered handkerchiefs that "missed" beside them, and it is no wonder that Sheng Changbai is in a bad mood.

A few days ago, Sheng Changbai was entrusted by his parents to test Wei Chen's mind to see if Wei Chen intended to marry the Sheng family.

Of course, Wei Chen wanted to marry the Sheng family, but the concept of marriage in his heart was quite different from what Sheng Hong and Wang Ruofu thought, and it was not easy to talk to Sheng Changbai at this time.

In the face of Sheng Changbai's temptation, Wei Chen could only implement a procrastination trick, and always talked about him left and right.

Sheng Changbai had a disgraced face here in Weichen, went back to recover from his parents, and was beaten by Sheng Hong and Wang Ruofu again.

Fortunately, Wei Chen did not reveal the intention of marrying other families, which made everyone in the Sheng family feel a lot more relieved.

It's just that when I went to the street with Wei Chen today, I saw Wei Chen so attracting bees and butterflies, and Sheng Changbai, who was in a better mood these days, was depressed again.

Although Sheng Changbai said in his mouth to let Wei Chen pick up the embroidered handkerchief and return it to others, if Wei Chen really did this, hum, it is estimated that Sheng Changbai would be so angry that he would leave on the spot.

Wei Chen naturally understood Sheng Changbai's thoughts, he didn't look at the embroidered handkerchief on the ground, just bowed upstairs and made a gesture, and then let go of the location of the embroidered handkerchief and strode away.

Sheng Changbai looked at Wei Chen in front of him, and then looked back upstairs, but saw that the girl upstairs was stunned, and said that Lang Jun was so elegant and handsome, but unfortunately he didn't have a chance.

Seeing this, Sheng Changbai couldn't help but smile on his face, and after also swaying at the girl upstairs, he quickened his pace and followed Wei Chen in front.

After this incident, when Wei Chen talked to Sheng Changbai again, he could clearly feel that Sheng Changbai's eyes softened a lot when he looked at him, and he couldn't help but laugh in his heart.

When the two arrived at Jiying Lane, they said goodbye to each other and went home, Wei Chen returned to his home, and after meeting Zhuang Jun, he went to the study and continued his daily homework.

Let's try it soon, everyone. 】

After writing a Fu and Harmony Strategy, Wei Chen held the bow in the courtyard and pulled it dozens of times to exercise his strength.

It wasn't until he was sweating profusely that Wei Chen put down the seven-bucket longbow, instructed his subordinates to boil hot water, and took a bath.

In the afternoon, it was the same as in the morning, reading and practicing texts, and practicing calligraphy.

In fact, for today's Weichen, no matter how much practice there is, the improvement of knowledge is limited, which is more of a way to maintain a state of mind, so that he is always in a state of study and exam preparation.

For more than ten days after the trial release of the list, Wei Chen spent his time like this, except for occasionally going to the Sheng family school to teach, like a warrior before the battle, and finally sharpened the blade of the sword in his hand.

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Early the next morning, before the fourth watch, Wei Chen, who was in the misty lake, heard Sheng Changbai's voice calling the door outside, and quickly got up and dressed up, and asked people to open the door and invite Sheng Changbai in.

During breakfast, Zhuang Jun told Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai about the precautions for the palace test, such as how to salute, how to knock on the curtain, etc., these are the valuable experiences of people who have come over, and Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai listened very carefully.

After breakfast, Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai boarded the carriage arranged by the Sheng family.

In order to make the future protégés of the Son of Heaven feel the royal grace, during the palace examination, the examination tools such as pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and food and snacks are all handled by the palace, so in addition to the examination card, Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai do not need to bring anything.

After saying goodbye to Zhuang Jun, the carriage drove the two of them all the way from Nanxunmen Street to the imperial city, turned a corner after entering the inner city, and finally arrived in front of Donghua Gate.

Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai got off the carriage one after another,

But seeing that there were several fires burning at the city gate, a team of imperial city guards guarding the city gate was awe-inspiring.

At this time, the sky was still full of stars, but the lanterns of the "Fengzhi Palace Examination" had gathered one or two hundred, and the candidates in Gongshi uniforms came one after another, waiting in line outside the Donghua Gate.

Different from the nervousness during the township examination, the atmosphere before this palace examination was more exciting and eager to try.

Because as long as you don't make stupid mistakes, the palace examination will not fail the candidates. Even if you don't do well in the exam, you can mix up with the same jinshi who is ready to use under the list, and you should be the county master outside.

Ten years of cold windows finally came to the harvest time, everyone was full of joy, giving each other hands, and there was no tension at all.

When Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai arrived outside the city gate, they found Wang Yaochen and other members of the Jingxi Society and stood with them.

In this examination, a total of 11 of the 23 people who went to the Jingxi Society passed the examination, which means that in this imperial examination alone, the Jingxi Society will produce eleven jinshi.

Wei Chen is also quite proud of this, although the members of Jingxi Club are all the "top students" selected by him, and they are very good, but if it were not for Wei Chen's hard work, they probably would not have such an amazing success rate.

As the sky gradually brightened, there were more and more scholars in front of Donghua Gate, although the officials of the Ministry of Rites had emphasized that there should be no noise at the palace gate, but the scholars couldn't help but greet each other and joke with each other.

Wei Chen, as the new branch of the Yuan, has five yuan in hand, so it is naturally the attention of the public, and it is inevitable that people will talk about it.

Wei Chen has been tested all the way, and he has long been accustomed to this kind of treatment, and he is also at ease with this, occasionally nodding to those tribute students who are looking at him, which flatters the other party and hurriedly returns the salute.

After waiting for a short time, I heard a melodious bell ringing on the city gate, and the Donghua Gate slowly opened.

The three hundred tributes in front of the door humbled each other, and then they all looked at Wei Chen.

Wei Chen did not give in, and after making a group bow to everyone, he took a big step and took the lead.