Twelve, who trains from morning to night every day, races and digs stones, and his ability has been greatly improved. "The Art of War" can also recite a lot of content, he has a good memory, Yueying read it to him a few times, and he will be able to remember it quickly. It's just that because of the lack of literacy, I can't write silently.

Day by day time is like flowing water, day by day is like flying arrows, and soon the day of the first day of the new year arrived. Early in the morning, Yueying heard a knock on the door at home, she opened the door and saw that it was two officers and soldiers on an errand, and before Yueying could speak, one of the officers and soldiers asked, "Is Twelve at home?" We were ordered by Lord Miao Qi, the deputy general of Shizhu City to pick him up and send him to the capital for the exam. ”

Yueying hurriedly said, "At home, I'll call him." When he arrived in the twelfth room, he said to the twelve: "An officer and soldier have come to pick you up, get up and clean up quickly." Twelve hurriedly got up and put on his clothes, dressed up, and Yueying helped him pack his baggage. Twelve carried his baggage and followed the two officers and soldiers out of the door. Seeing a carriage parked outside the door, there was a coachman waiting in front of the carriage, and one of the officers and soldiers said to Twelve: "Please get into the carriage." Twelve sat down in the carriage and lifted the curtain of the carriage door, revealing that there was a candidate waiting in the carriage.

When the candidate saw Twelve coming up, he laughed and said, "I didn't expect it to be me, right?" ”

That candidate was none other than Onishi. Twelve was very puzzled, went to the car and sat down, and asked Onishi, "Onishi, why are you, are you going to the capital too?" ”

Onishi said: "I took the first place in the exam, so I can go to the capital to take the exam." ”

Twelve was deeply puzzled and asked, "Are you number one?" Didn't you say...... Did you not write a word during the exam? ”

Ohnishi said: "I really didn't write a word, not even my name...... However, I still became number one, and I didn't even expect it. ”

Twelve continued, "Then why did you become number one?" ”

At this time, the carriage was just about to leave, and Yueying shouted, "Wait a minute, wait a minute." While running to the carriage, still holding a package in his hand, the officer and soldier had just ridden a horse at this time, and when he saw Yueying, he motioned to the coachman to wait before leaving, and asked Yueying: "What's the matter, what else is the matter?" Yueying said: "Get some food for the child and bring it." She went to the carriage and lifted the curtain of the door, and said to Twelve, "Twelve, it's a long way to go, so take these steamed cakes and eat them on the road." With that, he gave the package to Twelve, and got out of the carriage. Twelve didn't speak at the time, he thought that he was just going to the capital to have a look, and it wouldn't be long before he would come back, even if he could go to the rivers and lakes, he would still go back to Shizhu City. Years later, Twelve could never have imagined that this would be the last time he would see his mother.

The officer and soldier rode a horse and led the carriage to the city gate, and Master Miao Qi was waiting outside the city gate for a long time. The carriage came to a stop next to Master Miao Qi's horse, and the officer and soldier dismounted and bowed to Lord Miao Qi and said, "My lord, both candidates have received it." Miao Qi said: "Tell them how many days they have to travel to reach the capital?" The officer and soldier said: "Not yet." Twelve and Onishi heard the sound of talking outside, and poked their heads out of the carriage. Miao Qi said to the two of them: "It will be a month's journey from here to the capital, you should rest in the carriage, bring enough water and dry food, and find an inn to rest at night." ”

Twelve listened, and felt that it was too long, but thinking about it, Shizhu City was in the Western Regions, and the capital was in the Central Plains, and the distance was thousands of miles apart, so it would be fast to arrive in a month.

12. They traveled during the day, stayed at the inn at night, and after a month's journey they finally reached the outside of the capital, and because it was getting late, they decided to stay outside the city for the night, and then enter the city until the morrow. At this point, there are still two days left before the exam. At the moment, they chose to stay at the "Cat Capital Inn" outside the city.

Twelve and Onishi live in a room, as soon as they arrive at the room, Onishi said that he wants to go out to the thatched house first, Twelve is too tired, just lie on the bed, ready to sleep. Suddenly, I heard the sound of conversation next door, and one of the men with a clear voice said, "The city lord sent us to pretend to be candidates to take the exam this time, do we really want to take the exam, or is it just for our ultimate goal?" Another man with a strong voice replied: "You take the literary test, I take the martial arts test, of course our purpose is not the exam, it is for our ultimate goal, as well as to be familiar with the layout of the palace, bribe some court officials, let those officials be used by our city lord, if you meet the emperor, you know what to do, right?" The man with a clear voice said, "Assassinate when you see the opportunity!" The man with a deep voice whispered, "Be quiet, be careful that the wall has ears." Then, Twelve heard the sound of the window closing next door, and then, the man with a deep voice said: "The city lord has tried to assassinate the emperor for two consecutive years, but he has failed, this time we must not fail again, otherwise, our lives will come to an end." The man with a clear voice said: "Why don't we go to the martial arts test together, but also go to the test separately, the two of us still have a care together, so that the two of us assassinate the emperor together have a higher chance of success than assassinating the emperor alone." The man with a strong voice said: "Because every time the emperor takes the exam, he does not necessarily invigilate the exam, sometimes he invigilates the literary exam, sometimes he invigilates the martial exam, so the city lord will send one candidate each for the literary exam and the martial arts exam every time to take the exam." The man with a clear voice said, "Why did the city lord send me this time?" I've never done an assassination. The man with a deep voice said again: "Don't look at your young age, but you are witty and changeable, we can't find a second one in Pinghe City who is so witty as you......"

At this time, Daxi opened the door and returned to the room, and the two men next door seemed to have heard the sound and quickly stopped talking. Seeing Twelve lying on the bed, Onishi said: "Twelve, just now I saw a few more candidates who went to the capital to take the exam come to this guest room to stay, it seems that there are really a lot of people who go to the capital to take the exam, and I don't have such good luck to take the first place in the exam this time." ”

Twelve knew that they could definitely be heard next door, and said in a low voice: "You haven't told me yet, why can you be admitted to the first place in Shizhu City after you handed in the blank paper?" ”

Onishi thought for a moment and continued: "Actually, it's because of ...... I also knew that after I took the first place in the exam, my grandfather told me, it turned out that on the day of the exam, my grandfather found a distant cousin of mine who had taken the exam five times, and he wrote my name on the exam paper, so he ...... My grandfather said that he gave the candidate a lot of food, twelve, don't say it, or you will ...... The officials of Shizhu City will be punished for fraud. ”

Twelve suddenly realized: "I see, don't worry, I won't say it." ”

He didn't say a few words, but because he was too tired, Onishi fell asleep. But remembering the conversation between the two men next door, Twelve couldn't sleep all night, thinking: "Why do any candidates want to assassinate the emperor, I heard that the emperor is the biggest commander of our Eastern Empire, and all the people in the world are his people, how can any people want to kill him?" ”