Chapter 59: On the eve of the exam
Not far from the periphery of the examination room, there was a horse-drawn carriage parked, which looked very large and could seat three or four people, and a discerning person could see at a glance that this was a carriage equipped by the imperial court of the capital for big officials.
The upper beam of the carriage is hung with colored beads, precious blue satin, wrapped around, even the seat of the driver of the carriage is carefully paved with cotton pads, in the upper right corner of the door curtain, there is a small sign, if the eyesight is good, you can see at a glance that this is the official card belonging to the Ministry of Rites of the Imperial Court, that is to say, the owner of this carriage should be a big official of the Ministry of Rites.
The carriage was very spacious, with a small square table in the middle, on which tea was placed, and on either side of the square table, there were two people, one was a middle-aged man, and the other was an old man over sixty years old.
The middle-aged man was rich, sitting on the side, through the raised car window, with a sideways face, looking at everything that was happening outside, if Lintian was here, he would be very surprised, because this person looked very much like Wen Houde, but much younger than Wen Houde.
The sixty-year-old man next to him, dressed in a simple green coat, with gray sideburns, slowly holding a teacup, drinking tea, his eyes slightly closed, seemed to be not very concerned about the outside world.
The middle-aged man looked out the window, his eyes narrowed slightly. In the crowd just now, the friction between Lintian and the third son of the Wen family was fully visible to him, but after seeing it, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, as if he was a little disdainful, and then turned his head and looked at the old man next to him.
"Mr. Ye, the person who just accepted the bet contract should be the kid from the Linjia family, it is really the same as said, a little arrogant, no one in his eyes!"
The old man, who had his eyes closed, heard the man's words, slowly opened his eyes, and said, "Wen Liang, I remember that many years ago, didn't I help you crush this Lin family to death?
It turned out that the middle-aged man was the second eldest of the Wen family, Shangshu Wenliang of the Beijing Rite Department.
Wen Liang frowned, and he didn't seem to understand much, and said: "More than ten years ago, it was already crushed to death by this Lin family, but I remember that the eldest gentleman of the Ye family said back then, 'The rest of this Lin family will take seventeen years to end, and seventeen years will be completed before it can be lucky.' So, after I discussed it with my eldest brother, I kept him until now, but I didn't expect ......"
"I just didn't expect that you didn't hold him down in seventeen years, did you?" he said.
Wen Liang was a little embarrassed and said, "Well, that's right, my Wen family never expected that this Lintian would be able to come this far." ”
The old man shook his head, put down the teacup in his hand, and said: "Do you know, this is all your temporary greed to ask the price, when I came to this family, I have already calculated, but there is a sign of a rising dragon, however, everything is not absolute, since your Wen family back then, has been able to sit on the 'Shenglong foundation' of the family, at that time should eradicate the troubles, even if it can't be fully carried, but that is enough." If it weren't for your greed, you wouldn't be able to get up if you wanted to come to this boy called Lintian. ”
After Wen Liang heard this, he hurriedly arched his hand and said: "What Mr. taught me is that my eldest brother and I were indeed a little greedy back then, and I thought that when this Linjia kid was seventeen years old, he would use his blood to worship his ancestors, so that he could completely meet the luck of the Linjia, but this year has just reached the sixteenth year, so now we have no choice but to ask the Ye family for help." ”
The old man waved his hand and said, "Well, it's okay, I'm just saying, since Mr. Big sent me, I will definitely do it, you can rest assured, I have restored your home mound feng shui, presumably this Lintian will not be so lucky in the future, and he will not be able to perform in this exam." ”
Wen Liang's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly thanked: "Thank you, Mr. for your help, another day, I will go to the Ye family to knock on the door!"
The old man nodded, said nothing, closed his eyes again, and drank his tea.
Wen Liang had a smile in his heart, he knew that the person in front of him was the famous Ye family elder, the Ye family of the Great Xuanguo, that was a well-known family, Mr. Ye Family, Ye Tianlong, that was a saint in the realm of feng shui. It is said that he helped many princes establish an Izuka.
Then, Wen Liang's eyes gradually became ruthless, "Hmph, it's just a teenager who doesn't have a climate, this time, just do it directly, so as to avoid future troubles." ”
Lin Tian, who was queuing not far away, naturally didn't know that in the carriage behind, there was such a conversation, and at this time, he was still half-open, waiting to enter.
In the examination room, many gentlemen from the Liangfu Academy have already sat down, and there are many dignitaries and nobles around.
The examiners were sent by the capital, basically all officials from all sides, only the chief examiner, who was hand-picked by the emperor, most of them were bachelors of the Hanlin Academy, but I heard that this time it was a little different, it is said that it was not from the Hanlin Academy, but I don't know where it came from. Therefore, this mysterious feeling makes everyone look forward to it.
After a while, the long queue moved, and a large number of scholars began to enter the venue, and soon it was Lintian's turn, and Lintian came to the front of the officials, showed his waist card, and after inspection, he was allowed to enter the examination room.
The seats are randomly distributed, so it is impossible for Tuofei to sit with Lintian, and when they are separated, Tuofei and Lintian whispered: "Brother Lintian, you must come on, but don't worry, no matter what, my brother will support you!"
Lintian smiled, a little moved in his heart, although this Tuofei is usually a little out of tune, but his personality is still worth handing over, and then Lintian shook off his distracting thoughts and came to his seat.
The examination room is a square square, and there is a platform in the middle, and there is a sign several meters high on the platform, which is covered with yellow brocade, but it faintly makes people feel that there is a kind of deterrent coercion, which is exposed from the inside. Everyone knows that this is the 'Talent List'!
The examination room is divided into four areas, around which the examination is conducted in the southeast, northwest and southeast directions, and four invigilators and a chief examiner are monitored. At this time, the four invigilators were already standing in their own areas, but the mysterious chief examiner did not have a pavement.
But everyone didn't pay much attention to it, after all, the big guys are like this, and the focus now is on this showman exam.
Lin Tian sat down unhurriedly and began to prepare for the pen and ink used in the exam, and some objects, the exam papers were distributed by the examiner, so you can only see them when you wait for the exam.
In a short time, all the candidates were ready, and the crowd sitting on the periphery also stopped talking, and everyone's attention was gathered in the examination room.
The Xiucai exam is about to begin......