Chapter 3 Selection and Assessment
The bluestone avenue outside the palace gate was full of officials' sedan chairs, thanks to Fu Xuechen's choice to ride a horse, it was easy to squeeze from the narrow road gap to the front, and he was able to dismount very close to the palace gate, throw the reins to Fu An, and let him lead the horse to find a place to rest and wait for her to come out.
All the teenagers who are ready to participate in the selection of the prince's companion are registered in the palace, and they can be led in by the little eunuch on the side and directly arrive at the assessment site.
Fu Xuechen had just taken a few steps with a little eunuch, when a summons suddenly came from behind him: "Yuchen!" Yuchen! Wait for me! ”
It's kind of bad! This met Fu Yuchen's acquaintance, and it happened that Fu An was not around, so he couldn't remind her in time who was coming.
Fu Xuechen settled down, looked back, and saw a masculine young man with a strong figure and dark skin chasing after him, looking at Fu Xuechen with a happy look, his eyes were translucent, and he seemed very familiar and close to Fu Yuchen.
"It's you!" Fu Xuechen smiled politely back, and his mind flashed the names, backgrounds, and appearances of several classmates and friends that Fu Yuchen often came and went with on the road, and roughly locked on two people who were similar, one was Zhang Chuyang, the youngest son of Zhang Shu, the squire of the military department, and the other was Guan Enming, the second son of Hou Guan of Zhenxi, who was also a noble son.
These two are also candidates for the prince's companionship, but the chances of winning are small, and unless there is a miracle, these two are both accompanying materials.
Leading the way for one person is leading, leading the way for two people is also leading, the little eunuch has the foresight to stop and wait for the person to be side by side with Fu Xuechen, and then continue to lead the way in front, but unfortunately the people in the palace are very tight-lipped and don't make mistakes when they don't speak, and they don't give Fu Xuechen the slightest hint of who the person is.
Fu Xuechen had no choice but to walk forward silently, pretending to be a little nervous, and not speaking easily.
"Yuchen is nervous?" The young man was a little arrogant, looked at Fu Xuechen twice, and comforted him: "You can rest assured!" I said I would help you, and I would help you to the end, so that no one else could pass the test! ”
Fu Xuechen heard it strangely: "How do you want to help me?" ”
The young man looked left and right, lowered his voice and whispered: "My father revealed to me last night that my distant clan uncle, Zhang Ying, the commander of the imperial guards in the palace, has already helped us greet our friends, and will put water on the two of us at that time, and we will definitely be promoted in the martial arts examination!" ”
What a guts! Fu Xuechen Waterfall Khan, this is cheating in front of the emperor!
At the same time, she also knew who this young man was, Zhang Chuyang, the youngest son of the soldier squire, no wonder he could know the inside information of the cavalry assessment in advance.
Fu Xuechen didn't stop him from cheating, according to what she knew about Fu Yuchen's character, where would she consider the consequences of doing this, knowing that someone could help him cheat, it was too late to be happy.
After struggling in his heart for a while, Fu Xuechen had to frown and whispered, "It's not enough to ride and shoot!" My opponent is also Xie Yucheng, who has studied literature since he was a child, and I am afraid that I am not his opponent in the previous literary test. ”
"He's it!" Zhang Chuyang didn't regard Xie Yucheng as a big threat, waved his hand and said: "It's just a literati who can read and is not good at martial arts, today's saint is a god-like figure, and the world that will be obtained soon, how can it be possible for the princes to choose this kind of literati weak chicken as a companion!" ”
Fu Xuechen shook his head: "Brother Zhang, don't be careless!" As the saying goes, it is easy to fight the world and it is difficult to defend the world, and now that the four seas have been decided, it is a good time for the ministers to use what they have learned to govern the world. ”
Zhang Chuyang was stunned, and looked at Fu Xuechen several times in a row: "Makes sense!" Yuchen, you actually think so far-reaching today. ”
Ooh! What do you say...... Could it be that Fu Yuchen usually behaves like a stupid white sweet straw bag in front of his friends?
Fu Xuechen was speechless: "I listened to what my father said." ”
"Oh!" Zhang Chuyang immediately believed: "It was Uncle Fu who said it, no wonder!" My father said that Uncle Fu was a wise general. ”
Xie Yucheng is also studying in Guozi School, and his class ranks very high, although he is not as good as some of the children of Wenchen from Jiangnan, but he is also a small talent, and his literary talent is much better than that of Xungui's children.
Zhang Chuyang couldn't think of a way to overpower the other party after thinking about it, so he couldn't help frowning.
Fu Xuechen is actually not worried about this, the time and space where the Darong Empire is located, the geography of the territory is similar to that of the original space-time earth Huaxia, but there are many different places, such as the location and naming of the city and county governance office are very different, including the location of the capital Shangjing, which is neither Jinling nor Yanjing, but is closer to the southwest than Yanjing and more northwest than Jinling, which is just in the center of the imperial territory.
There are many differences in history, except for the inescapable primitive society - slave society - the development process of civilization in the feudal era, as well as the repeated changes of the cycle of chaos, others, since the Qin and Han dynasties, from historical celebrities to the words left behind, are all different!
In such an almost new world, Fu Xuechen, who is only better than words, and has the backing of the ancient literature and ancient poems of the whole earth, no matter what kind of exam questions she has to face, she is not afraid, although she actually has a lot of ancient texts and ancient poems that she has learned before.
Of course, if you can, Fu Xuechen doesn't want to take those big waves to wash the sand, and he can still shock others with famous poems that have been handed down from ancient times to the present, which is not in line with Fu Yuchen's education level as a disciple of the generals after the noble, too out of line, and will only cause trouble in the future.
Thinking about the place has arrived, this is a side hall, dozens of seats have been placed in the hall, and each seat has been equipped with pen and ink, as the candidates have arrived one after another, seated, vacant seats are rapidly decreasing, the noise gradually rises.
Ignoring the surrounding environment and furnishings, as well as the antique costumes of the teenagers, the whole visual sense of a large classroom in later generations.
As soon as Fu Xuechen and Zhang Chuyang arrived, they saw another tall young man with the same dark skin turn back from his seat, wave vigorously to the two, and greeted: "Yuchen! The early sun! This way, this way! I've got you all in the seat! ”
Another Fu Yuchen's little friend! This should be Guan Enming.
Fu Xuechen reluctantly approached Zhang Chuyang and nodded in response: "Brother Guan turned out to have arrived early!" ”
Zhang Chuyang pulled Guan Enming, the three of them occupied a corner, and began to discuss and guess with great interest what the content of the literary examination of this assessment would be, but unfortunately there are few children of Wenchen in the circle of the three of them, even if there are one or two, they are not qualified to run for election, not to mention that they are all scumbags, and they only know how to skip class and play blindly every day, and they can't help the three of them at all in this regard.
Fu Xuechen made up his mind to listen more and talk less, and seemed to be participating in the discussion, but in fact, he was watching and listening to the six directions, carefully observing the surrounding environment.
The sky has just begun to brighten, but it has not yet reached the point where it can be written without hindrance, except for the guards guarding the palace, only the little eunuch is busy leading the way, as well as inspecting the assessment equipment placed and taking care of the surrounding charcoal basins, from the invigilator to the princes, it is far from the moment of appearance.
Except for the teenagers who are in a circle of three or five and talk to each other, the most eye-catching thing in the field is probably the teenagers who are wandering in the corner of the back, as if they have become a few girls in their own country, their average age is also the youngest, and they are dressed up pink, indescribably soft and cute.
was observing, Fu Xuechen suddenly felt a gaze on her, followed this line of sight to find it, and saw a thin and thin young man sitting on the left oblique, who seemed to be a little ruthless, was looking at the three people here with disdain, and his eyes met Fu Xuechen, and he did not flinch, but his eyes revealed a little provocation, making lip shapes, thumbs upside down, and clearly and quietly spit out three words "dead sissy cannon" towards Fu Xuechen!
Who is this! In the palace, he dares to be so arrogant.
Fu Xuechen's face darkened, and he subconsciously began to reflect on whether he had revealed any flaws, Zhang Chuyang and Guan Enming next to him were aware of it, and looked at the thin young man with her gaze, and immediately stared back with wide eyes.
"It's Cheng Defang, the skinny monkey again!" Guan Enming muttered unhappily: "I look ugly, so I like to arrange Yuchen, don't pay attention to him first." ”
Zhang Chuyang said: "It seems that this kid has itchy skin, and if you look for a chance later, I'll help Yuchen find a chance to beat him!" ”
It turned out that the thin young man was one of the powerful competitors mentioned by his father, the grandson of the Yiguo Gong, Cheng Defang! Fu Xuechen understood, and at the same time glanced at Fu Yuchen's two friends, and was about to beat people up when he opened his mouth, these two are not good things.
However, judging from the reactions of the two friends, she has not shown any flaws anywhere, and the reason why she was cursed by Cheng Defang is probably because she and Fu Yuchen's two siblings are too handsome and fair-skinned, and lack the rough masculine atmosphere of the generals.
But at this moment, it was too late to find Cheng Defang's stubble, as the eunuch on duty outside the palace gate fired two whips, and as soon as the surroundings were quiet, I saw several teenagers and a young girl following closely behind the two old men, and a group of people walked straight into the side hall.
It's the prince and princess, and the two instructors of Mingde Hall have arrived!
Everyone in the hall quickly returned to their seats, and they all stood on the edge of their seats, quietly watching the group of people walk in front of everyone together.
"Please, Master! Greetings, Your Highnesses! Everyone bowed in unison.
The Darong Empire does not kneel and respects the teacher, even if the prince and princess have no privileges in front of the teacher, they all have to perform the disciple ceremony, so everyone must greet the master first, and then come down to the prince and princess, this set of etiquette has been taught in advance, and no one will make a mistake.
"Excuse me! All sit down. ”
The old man at the head waved his hand to let everyone sit down, including the princes and princesses also sat behind him, starting with the introduction of the princes and princesses, and officially opened the day's accompanying reading test.