On July 10, the 46th year of Xiangxing, Zhou Bai appeared outside Dingzhou City, which was also the first time he came here in his life.

Compared with the prosperity of other inland states and counties, Dingzhou has only been opened for a hundred years, and it faced great military pressure at the beginning.

Every 100 steps set up a horse-faced war shed, dense female wall, corner towers stand in a forest, and are repaired at dusk.

It is a city with high walls and deep walls, towering and towering, strong and square, looking at it is a strong city, giving people a strong and heavy, awe-inspiring and difficult to break feeling.

To be more specific, the eyes are standing tall and there is a golden trend.

This is Zhou Bai's description of Dingzhou City, under the catastrophe in the previous life, even if the situation was too bad to control, Dingzhou City still did not fall.

Of course, now the country is peaceful and orderly, Dingzhou City has not heard of war for a hundred years, Yadao has become a commercial street, and the sheep and horse wall has become a captive place for people's livestock.

When passing through the tall and spacious city gate, the soldiers were not too strict, and after simply checking Zhou Bai's scholar documents, they were exempted from the city fee and let them pass.

It seems that the blood eucalyptus outside Jixi City did not set off a storm, perhaps the local government found out the identities of these people and knew that they could not be publicized at will.

Obvious ambush, and then counter-killed.

Not to mention whether Zhao Liangji's identity has been ascertained, the appearance of a strong crossbow is a big trouble, and who else has such a great energy to gather these errant soldiers.

Zhou Bai deliberately didn't deal with the finish, as long as he didn't expose himself.

Of course, there are gods everywhere in Dingzhou County, and there may be gods who have seen Zhou Bai enter the grove, but it is just a humanitarian dispute, and they will not get involved.

The iron law of the heavenly court, except for the investigation of the imperial examination and the supervision of the gods, which can collect evidence, the rest cannot be used as testimony.

If the imperial court really wants to collect evidence, then the only way to ask for the overhaul of the Yin God and Yang God level is to let them use the Dao method to find out the clues.

However, when they touched Zhou Bai's body, Zhou Bai must have already lifted people, and he would definitely not be able to check it.

Could it be that he will become a dignified new imperial examiner or even Xie Yuan, and will practice those invisible Taoism in advance?

Besides, the victims are not those "anti-thieves" who wear night clothes and hold hidden weapons and crossbows.

The city gate of Dingzhou City facing the Ningjiang River to the west is called Zhenjiang Gate, and just led the yellow-maned horse through the city gate hole, Yao Ping and Yao An greeted it.

"Childe, it's good that you're okay."

Zhou Bai smiled and said, "What can I do, let's go, let's see what place you have arranged for me." ”

Although the township test is still early, a large number of scholars have poured into Dingzhou, which has added a bit of poetry to the vulgar prosperity, and it is not a few who have come nearly a month in advance like Zhou Bai.

Everyone wants to book an inn in advance, and then prepare for the exam to warm up, and by the way, participate in various cultural meetings to increase contacts and knowledge.

The time of the township examination is basically the unification of all prefectures, starting on the sixth day of the first month of August, each session is three days and two nights, and the examination is held three times in a row, and it will not end until August 14.

The reason why it is said that Jin Juren and Yin Jinshi is not only a leap of social class, but also that the difficulty of lifting people is much greater than that of Xiucai.

The county test is one day, the county test is two days, and the number of people who take the test is directly increased to nine days and six nights, and those with slightly poor physical fitness cannot complete the test.

For this reason, some people call the lifting test "ploughing cattle test", because only when candidates are as diligent and tenacious as ploughing cattle can they work hard for nine days and six nights to complete all the questions.

Therefore, now the heirs of the big family will pay attention to physical exercise, and they will also practice a few hands of boxing and the like in addition to learning literature, even if Ma Liang's physique will not cause strange eyes, this is the origin of family learning.

And ordinary small households, and even the villagers from Zhou Bai, often don't think about it so far-reaching.

This leads to the fact that every year in the township examination, there will be many frail talents who can't survive the whole process, and often regret while vomiting blood.

Following the Yao brothers through the streets and alleys, they came to a relatively quiet street, and further from here is the residence of the dignitaries of the state city.

Therefore, the environment and security in this area are excellent, but the rent is more expensive.

In a quiet courtyard, Zhou Bai said that he was very satisfied, and he didn't give you money to do business.

"Yes, you can buy this yard in the future, and when I finish the exam, it can be used as your foothold in the state city."

The Yao family brothers were all happy on their faces, not only because the first little errand was done, but also because Gongzi meant not to arrange tasks for them.

"Childe, even if you tell us, we can learn if you don't understand!" Yao An ate a whole Ningjiang perch, his face was a little more bloody, and he spoke a lot more powerfully.

Yao Ping also said in a deep voice: "We are brothers, Yao An begged you to save me, saying that you will be a cow and a horse, then how can we break our promise!" ”

Then the two knelt down together: "Yao Ping and Yao An have no parents, they are only willing to follow the lord, please take them in!"

"That being the case, Yao Ping Yao An listened to the order, and now Feng Er and others are the commanders of the Xuanyi Guard of the Inner Palace, responsible for the internal guard on duty, military and political intelligence collection, and other matters." Zhou Bai was expressionless, and turned around solemnly.

This is the official position appointed by Zhou Bai for Yao Ping's personality characteristics, he can perceive the good and evil of people, and can expand the scope of his abilities in the future, which makes him extremely sensitive in interpersonal communication.

And he will be handy even with the command of the intelligence agencies, and whoever has signs of betrayal can find out at the first time.

Although the two of them were still a little confused about what this errand was, the first thing they thought about was to accept the appointment.

Zhou Bai finally changed his smile at this time, and stepped forward to help the two of them: "In the future, I will still be called Gongzi outside, and I will tell you about the specific tasks of Xuanyiwei now......

"Collect beggars, orphans, buy gangs and ruffians, and there must be news channels in green houses, docks, teahouses and other places...... As for the current entry point, you can start from the commercial aspect of medicinal materials, it just so happens that Yao An needs nourishment. ”

"Don't worry, although Yao An's disease is congenitally deficient, as long as I enter the Shi and rank in the future, it will not be difficult to take the elixir to make up for the foundation."

They were a little confused when they heard it before, but they still knew that Zhou Bai was kind to them, and there was no need to express his gratitude again.

"In the month before the exam, you will first follow me to learn the basics of intelligence gathering, and then go to the village guard team to train regularly." Of course, Zhou Bai saw that the two were confused, and he was in a hurry to build the structure in the early stage.

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In the following days, Zhou Bai did not study behind closed doors, but participated in various literary and poetry meetings every day, and of course, he also had dinner appointments with Xiucai from various counties.

In this process, Yao Ping and Yao An obeyed Zhou Bai's command and went to various lively places.

Needless to say, the restaurant restaurant, the Qinglou Golan is also indispensable, they spend money like dirt, and by the way, they quietly spread Zhou Bai's literary name.

Whenever Zhou Bai made a poem at the poetry meeting, the next day it must have become famous, Zhou Bai's name gradually became known to the people of the state city, and the Zhou family bookstore sold the New Year's cold set also took the opportunity to enter the market of the state city.

He is a good name, although it is not as strong as the luck brought by slowly cultivating hope, but these floating luck can always start to work.

Time passed quickly, Zhou Bai completed the registration process, everything was ready, and he only waited for the sixth day of August.