Qi Zixiao did not choose to jump over the wall directly, but chose to walk through the front door, "knock", "knock", knocking on the door.

With a "crunch", the door opened, and a maid poked her head out, looked at Qi Zixiao, and asked curiously, "Who are you?" ”

"I live next to it, we are neighbors, and I heard the sound of reading here, so I came to take a look."

Qi Zixiao showed a smile, at this time, the clothes on his body had not been changed, and the maid looked at his clothes, and a flash of surprise flashed in her eyes.

"Lin'er, who is it?"

At this moment, a clear voice came, and a young man in a moon-white robe walked over, holding a book in his hand.

"Childe, it's our neighbor, it seems to be a head catcher."

The maid said crisply.

At this time, the boy had already come to the door, and when he saw Qi Zixiao's dress, a flash of surprise flashed in his eyes, "It turned out to be a blue-clothed head catcher, it's really disrespectful, Lin'er, don't hurry up and let this head catcher come in and serve tea." ”

Lin'er nodded obediently, quickly turned around, and went to prepare fragrant tea.

"Under Qi Zixiao, I'm sorry."

Qi Zixiao smiled and clenched his fists.

"In Xia Zhao Xian, where Brother Qi said, meeting is fate."

Zhao Xian said with a smile, led the way in front, and came to a gazebo.

The two sat opposite each other, Qi Zixiao looked around, scattered, full of flowers, and beside the stone table, three candles were lit, shining here extremely brightly.

"I knew that there were new neighbors in the nearby yard before, but I never met, and when I saw it today, I was really surprised, at a young age, he could become the blue-clothed catcher of the county office, which is not something ordinary people can do."

Zhao Xian said with a smile.

Qi Zixiao smiled and spoke, "Brother Zhao has won the award, I really admire your reading talents, Mo Dao scholars have no courage and dare to let the world sink into ruin." ”

As he spoke, he looked at several books on the table, one of which read "The Legend of Liang Guo".

Hearing Qi Zixiao's words, Zhao Xian smiled bitterly, "What Brother Qi said should be that kind of great Confucianism, and I am just a small person." ”

As he spoke, there was a hint of envy in his eyes, "Some time ago, our Baichuan Academy Junzi Hall finally entered a scholar, although he is a talent, but he is famous in Qingzhou, but unfortunately, it was exchanged for his life." ”

"Scholar, what is the pursuit of this life, isn't it just to live for a hundred years, that student has done it."

Looking at his emotional expression, Qi Zixiao knew that the other party was talking about Liang Xing, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Brother Zhao doesn't have to be presumptuous, as long as he wins the Jinshi, he will not be famous for a hundred years in the future, but it is enough to be famous all over the world." ”

"Haha, my family knows my own family affairs, I know how many catties and taels I have than anyone else, work hard for half a life, as long as I can be admitted to the Gongshi, I will be satisfied, as for the Jinshi, I don't have to think about it."

Zhao Xian shook his head with a smile, "In the land of our Great Qi Kyushu, there are less than a hundred Jinshi every year, which is equivalent to only ten scholars in a state who can become Jinshi, but what about scholars, such as carp crossing the river, I don't think I can stand out from this vast sea of scholars." ”

As she spoke, the maid brought two cups of tea.

Qi Zixiao took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "The distance should be fast, right?" ”

The Great Qi Imperial Examination is a system for selecting officials through sub-subject examinations, which are divided into townships, prefectures, associations, and halls, and the content of the examinations is mainly Confucian scriptures.

The township examination is an entrance examination at the county level, and only by passing the township examination can you become a showman, so as to enter the academy and participate in the higher-level examination, generally once a year.

The prefectural examination, which is an examination at the county level, is presided over by the royal family and is held every autumn, so it is generally called "autumn examination". Only the show can participate, as long as you pass the exam, you can get the status of lifter, and the first place is called "Xie Yuan"!

At this level, you can basically be an official, but you can only go to some remote counties and become a small sesame official with the main book.

Therefore, many people are not reconciled, that is, they will continue to take the exam, this exam, is presided over by the Ministry of Etiquette, once every three years, and in the spring, so it is called "Chunfu", through the exam, you can obtain the status of "Gongshi", the first place is called "Huiyuan". However, there is a limit to the number of students admitted to "Chunfu", only 1,000 people!

Becoming a "tribute" means that you can go to the following places to be a county magistrate, but the premise is that there is a vacancy, if there is no vacancy, then you can only wait, many people have waited for many years and can't wait for this opportunity, and the years are wasted.

Therefore, many "tributes" will use bribery to give priority to officials in the ministry.

At this point, it is basically the end of the average scholar, and then the palace examination, that is, the real genius, the emperor personally presides, and sets the order for these people, and similarly, the palace examination is also once every three years.

The admission is divided into three grades: the first and the third, given the title of "Jinshi and the first", the first name is the champion, the second name is the list, and the third name is Tanhua; The second and eighteen are given the title of "Jinshi Origin"; Eighty of the top three were given the title of "Tongjinshi Origin". The first place in the second and third grades are all called Chuanlu, and the first, second, and third ranks are collectively referred to as Jinshi. In the examination, the first class will be awarded an official position, and the second and third class will participate in the examination of the Hanlin Academy, and the official position will be awarded after studying for three years.

Of course, these were all flashed in Qi Zixiao's mind in an instant.

Hearing Qi Zixiao's inquiry, Zhao Xian nodded, "The examination will start next spring, and once you fail, you will have to wait for another three years." ”

As he spoke, he said with some embarrassment, "Did I make a noise to you?" ”

"It doesn't matter."

Qi Zixiao smiled and waved his hand, and casually picked up the book "Liang Guoji" on the stone table, "Brother Zhao, although I have read books, I am not even a Xiucai, I don't know what you will test in this test?" ”

Hearing this, Zhao Xian thought for a while and said, "I don't know what to test specifically, it is different every year, but it is often some countermeasures for governing the country, such as how to improve the economy of a county, and the stability of a county, not only reasoning, but also detailed and sufficient argumentation......

"So you need to read all kinds of books to prepare your arguments."

Qi Zixiao smiled and spoke.

""The Legend of Liang Guo", I seem to have heard of it before, this is one of the sixteen eastern countries back then."

"That's right, back then, Liang was rich in splendor, Liang embroidery was famous in China, and the original monarch was also a master, but unfortunately, he was born at the wrong time, and in that era, he could only become the foil of our Great Qi......"

Zhao Xian smiled slightly and said with a smile.

Qi Zixiao looked at this book, which recorded a lot of customs and customs of the Liang Kingdom back then, as well as some royal secrets.

He saw a line of small characters, which recorded that there were five children, two princes, and three princesses under the monarch of Liang State, but unfortunately, in the war to destroy the country, the undefeated god of war of Daqi, and now a Tiance god general, commanding an army of 100,000 people, destroyed the Liang State.

It is said that the three princesses disappeared and seemed to have been quietly sent away by the monarch of the Liang Kingdom.

However, the names of these princesses are unknown.

"Qi Zhutou also likes to read ancient historical books, I still have a lot of them here, if you are interested, you can take them back and read them slowly."

Zhao Xian said with a smile.

"It's just a little curious, but I don't think much of it."

Qi Zixiao smiled faintly and put down the ancient book in his hand.

"Okay, it's not too early, I should go back, and we'll talk when I have time later."

Qi Zixiao smiled and spoke, got up and left.

Zhao Xian also got up and sent him to the door.

Back in his yard, the sound of reading in the courtyard on the other side was inaudible.

The fine willow and the cold plum were all aligned with Zixiao and gave a thumbs up.

"Alright, let's all go and rest."

Qi Zixiao smiled and spoke, and when the two left, he looked into the distance, which was the direction where the Zhou family was located, with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

……

Zhou Yuan had a dream at this time, and in the dream, he entered a manor at this time, and the manor was silent and lifeless.

"What is this place?"

A flash of confusion flashed in Zhou Yuan's eyes.

"Squeak", in the manor, the door of a room suddenly opened, Zhou Yuan was startled, but looking at the door of the room that was opened, he subconsciously avoided it.

Vaguely, he saw a figure dressed in white appear in the room, but when he looked again, the figure suddenly disappeared.

Zhou Yuan thought he was dazzled and walked towards the outside of the manor.

Passing a pond, all of a sudden, the water in the pond boiled, and a black streak appeared from it, spreading in all directions like ink.

A cold breath came, Zhou Yuan's face changed, he suddenly increased his speed, and walked forward, behind him, a faint voice came from this time.

"Zhou Yuan!"

Zhou Yuan felt that this voice was very familiar and kind, like his mother, and he couldn't help but want to look back.

Suddenly, a tingling pain appeared in his mind, and he suddenly woke up, "No, I'm in a dream, it's all fake, the ghost has found me!" ”

Zhou Yuan's heart was beating violently, and he wanted to wake up, but he didn't know how to do it.

He vaguely saw that on his neck, there was a glazed jade Buddha, and at this time, this jade Buddha was emitting a faint light.

"It's this Jade Buddha protecting me!"

He suddenly realized.

He didn't dare to look back, and ran frantically forward, passing a garden full of flowers, but on top of each flower was a human face looking at him with a strange smile.

"Zhou Yuan, stay!"

"Stay with us!"

A sharp and piercing voice entered Zhou Yuan's mind, making him feel that his mind was about to explode.

"What the hell, I'm the young master of the Zhou family, who dares to touch me!"

Zhou Yuan roared.

As he spoke, he rushed forward, grabbed a flower, tore it off, threw it on the ground, and kept trampling on it.

The face on the top was still "giggling", "Zhou Yuan, you will accompany our ......"

More than a dozen flowers were trampled on in a row.

Zhou Yuan was panting, his eyes were red and he looked around, and various sounds were still coming from his ears.

He continued to flee forward, not realizing that the light of the jade Buddha on his neck was gradually dimming.

Suddenly, Zhou Yuan stopped, and in front of him, there stood a bright and delicate girl, this maid he was very familiar with.

"Lotus ......"

Zhou Yuan opened his mouth in a hoarse voice.

"Young master, I'll take you out......"

Cai He showed a bright smile and stepped forward to take him away.

"Good!"

Zhou Yuan subconsciously responded and stretched out his arm.

At the moment when their arms were about to touch, the Jade Buddha shone brightly, and Zhou Yuan retreated like an electric shock.

"You're a ghost!"

Zhou Yuan roared angrily.

As his words came out, on the other side, Caihe's face was stiff, the smile on his face froze, and the next moment, Caihe's face changed greatly, his eyes were prominent, his face was blue, and there was a blue-red strangulation mark on his neck.