"With such snow falling like this, how can the imperial examination be done!?"

You Chu lifted the curtain and entered the house, scolding.

However, as soon as he entered the house, a wave of heat rushed to his face, and he could feel his almost frozen face slowly regain consciousness.

Sweeping away the mud and snow on his shoes with a small broom next to the door, You Chu sat down and groaned:

"It's a public job!"

He wasn't the only one in the schoolhouse, but everyone else was already familiar with him, so no one paid attention to him, what they were doing.

You Chu didn't recognize his life, so he directly leaned in front of the young man on the adjacent bed and said:

"Master Zhou, are you reading the Analects again?"

The young man shook his head and smiled:

"Brother You, how many times have I said that my surname is Zhou Sheng, Minglie, not Zhou Shenglie."

You Chu smiled, lowered his head and looked carefully:

"Today's change to "Zuo Chuan", it seems that even if he fails to pass the imperial examination, Master Zhou's trip will not be in vain."

Zhou Shenglie was not annoyed when he heard this, nodded in agreement with a graceful manner, and even persuaded:

"Brother You, tomorrow you will have the imperial examination, today is really not the old knowledge?"

You Chu patted his chest with a grin and said:

"In this imperial examination, a certain person is not the words of a saint, but a million soldiers hidden in this chest."

A gentle smile appeared on Zhou Shenglie's face and said:

"Brother You's great talent, you must get the blue eyes of General Zuo."

It's just that not everyone agrees with Zhou Shenglie's opinion, and a voice on the other side of the room interjected:

"Hmph, I'm afraid that this million soldiers are not enough to defeat the enemy, and in the end I will have to beg for money to return home."

This is a man about forty years old, sitting there holding a scroll of slips, which has a momentum of his own - the books borrowed by Taixue and the candidates are all made of paper, and the slips can only be brought by themselves, so it can be seen that they are not poor.

You Chu pursed his lips and said softly, "Hey, dogfoot Xu." ”

The man's anger grew, but at that moment, a crisp voice interjected again:

"Tomorrow is the imperial examination, General Zuo has raised the Han Dynasty for the first time in 400 years, if something happens the day before the imperial examination, you are not afraid of provoking the master here?"

So the man who was ridiculed as "Dog's Foot Xu" glared at You Chu, and finally sat down stupidly, and then changed the direction he was facing.

You Chu didn't care, took a sip at his back, and then leaned next to this crisp voice and smiled:

"Thank you Brother Ma Zhong for relieving the siege, but this heavy snow doesn't stop, and the imperial examination really won't change day?"

Although his face was green, he had a calm demeanor in dealing with others, Ma Zhong nodded lightly and said:

"I have heard the news, there will be no snow tomorrow, and the imperial examination is feasible."

You Chu nodded, and didn't continue to ask, just returned to his bed and swept the inside of the school.

He was originally Feng Yiren, but nineteen years ago, his father You Yin was falsely accused to death by Dong Zhuo's Sili lieutenant Hu Zhen, and the family that had little money was completely lost.

Fortunately, before his father's death, he had Bo En with the fellow villager Maocai Zhang, and this Zhang was also a loyal and kind person, so You Chu turned to follow Zhang Ji, and the two were called brothers.

You Chu also aspired to take revenge, but unfortunately a year after his father was falsely killed, Hu Zhen died of a violent illness, Dong Zhuo died at the same age, and the revenge was inexplicably retribution, and You Chu was also free to follow Zhang Ji in all directions.

Fortunately, the eldest brother's career is still smooth, and the government is remarkable, Jian'an persuaded Ma Teng to ask the thief to protect the peace of the customs in the seventh year, and then persuaded Ma Teng to enter the Xu capital, which was liked by Prime Minister Cao Cheng and entered the Chang'an army.

Then it was this year, the Weihe Valley Road was defeated, the eldest brother Zhang was captured, and You Chu, who stayed in Chang'an, inquired in many ways to confirm the safety of the eldest brother, and then traveled in all directions in Chang'an City.

Then he heard that Xuande had opened the imperial examination, and after thinking about it, You Chu decided to use what he had learned in his chest to save his eldest brother from prison!

What's more important is, of course, that the treatment of the candidates for this imperial examination is quite good, at least there is a place to live, and relying on Lisuo's mouth, he is basically familiar with the candidates in the same dormitory now.

Zhou Shenglie, the word Wenyi, a native of Dunhuang, is good at reading the scriptures, and he has traveled far to Chang'an to read the logistics, no matter when he looks at the past, he is reading.

There is also a person named Jiao Xian, who is from Hedong, and his family is extremely poor, and he heard his fellow villagers say that this person heard about the decline of the Han Dynasty, cried and coughed up blood, and lived in seclusion to avoid Cao Yan.

There is also a middle-aged man in the corner of the house, named Shi Delin, it is said that he once apprenticed to a famous Confucian, and after the chaos in Guanzhong, he was almost forced to enter the Wudou Rice Sect, and now he has returned to Chang'an with General Zuo.

As for the person who was ridiculed by himself...... Feng Yihao strengthened Xu Ying, kept slaves and seized the land, and once whipped the eldest brother for thirty, such a grudge You Chu remembers clearly, so the two have been bickering since they lived in one room.

The last person was Nama Zhong...... The youngest even had a Shuzhong accent, so Xu Ying was contemptuous of him at first.

But seeing that this son was acting on the orders of Dr. Lu, and when he met the two military advisors of Wolong and Fengxiao, they were also honored as disciples, and Ma Zhong was faintly respected in this school.

Either because the dispute between You Chu and Xu Ying disturbed the interest of others, or because Ma Zhong said that the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty was involved, no one in the house spoke, only the sound of turning the pages of the book, and the sound of the brush rubbing against the paper that had absorbed the ink.

When it was time to cut the wick again, You Chu heard the assistant teachers of Taixue knocking on the door and telling him that he would get up tomorrow when the imperial examination was required, so he had to go to bed early today.

If it's spring and summer, it's nothing, but now it's winter...... The people in the school building didn't say much, one by one they pulled out the futon and lay down, and soon some people blew out the lights.

You Chu listened to the sound of falling snow outside the house gradually stopped, and he could even clearly hear the barking of dogs in the city.

In the darkness, he suddenly couldn't contain his cranky thoughts: Will he really be able to get General Zuo's blue eyes tomorrow?

If not, what will the eldest brother in prison do?

However, You Chu knows very well that the best way to be depressed is to pull others to be depressed with you, so he gently kicked the bed next door with his foot in the dark:

"Master Zhou, if you fail the imperial examination tomorrow......"

Even in the dark, Zhou Shenglie's unhurried voice is still very recognizable:

"My family is poor, I have no family to rely on, I have no shade to survive, and the person I rely on is only talented, why not?"

Zhou Shenglie's words did not mean to lower his voice at all, or because he had the same thoughts, a hoarse voice said slowly but firmly:

"Even if it doesn't work... cough, and wait for the next imperial examination, how wise General Zuo is to save the Han family, this imperial examination will be won......"

You Chu could hear that this was Jiao Xian from Hedong, or he coughed up blood and injured his throat due to the Han Dynasty, and he still hasn't been able to make a good move.

As for the unfinished meaning, You Chu also understands, to put it bluntly, isn't it better than filial piety and honesty, after all, in many places nowadays, it is not a secret that filial piety and honesty are clearly marked, but it is one thing to know, and it is another thing to be able to say it.

It's just that Jiao Xian's words caused some people to be dissatisfied, and someone "snorted" heavily across the bed across the coal stove.

You Chudang even came to the spirit:

"What's wrong with the dog's feet!? Do you think that the field slave in your family can be passed down for hundreds of generations? But what is the order of the imperial examination of the suspicious general? ”

Several people in this house are either from poor backgrounds or from poor families, and now as long as they have the heart, it is not difficult to find out that General Zuo has woven mats and sold shoes, in this case, Xu Ying on the Haojia side is out of place, so he simply stopped talking.

Blocking the enemy made You Chu forget his previous tension and fell asleep.

In the dark, he was woken up by Zhou Xianlie, and then someone took the lamp.

Listening to the chaotic sound outside, You Chu reluctantly got out of the futon and put on his clothes, and then confirmed with each other that he had brought his name and went out.

I heard it right last night, the snow has long stopped, and the huge Taixue is brightly lit at the moment, and there are constantly sergeants running back and forth with torches and shouting loudly:

"Go forward in a group and go straight along Xuan Street!"

You Chu slapped his face against the cold air and came to his senses, and then went back to the school house and shared the hot water in the clay pot on the coal stove with the others for washing.

Now that it is difficult to get water in winter, they are also the common people of Chang'an, and they chisel ice and put it in a basin before going to bed and sit on the stove, and it is just right to get up the next day, and it can also make the house not so dry.

After getting ready, a few people went out together, and followed the direction pointed by the sergeant along the way, and only then did you understand what Xuan Street was - the snow on both sides, and a road had been cleared in the middle, which looked black, but it was not Xuanse.

The examination room was on the other side of Taixue, and after walking along Xuan Street for a while, a sergeant came over and ordered to line up to get the number to enter, so a large group of people began to line up in turn.

"Zhou Shengwenyi!" You Chu listened to the sergeant in front of him verify Zhou Shenglie's quote, and then hurriedly pinched his name quote into his hand.

"You Zhongyun!" It was the sergeant who sang his words, and when the inquest was correct, the other sergeant searched for a notebook in his hand and stuffed a wooden sign into his hand:

"Examination room 24, go straight ahead and don't delay, someone will lead you over!"

In front of the examination room marked 24, the sergeant inspected the wooden card and explained to him the general precautions before letting him in.

You Chu took two steps inside before he reacted and turned around and asked:

"Have a meal today?"

The sergeant nodded and pointed to the room and said, "The morning food is here, and it is used, and there is a meal at noon." ”

The examination room was quite comfortable, with a coal stove and a low table, and there was food at each table, so You Chu hurriedly found a place to sit down.

The meal was simple, with two round steamed cakes and a cooked chicken in one bowl, and a white one in the other.

You Chu was familiar with steamed cakes, and when he smelled the fragrance, he couldn't wait to grab one and take a bite, which was soft and sweet in the mouth, and there was no sour taste that he was familiar with before, which surprised him.

As for this bowl of white matter...... You Chu studied it, and it smelled like a bean mixed with sweet fragrance, and when it was served, it would shake like a thick soup.

At that moment, as soon as his heart was horizontal, You Chu snorted when he picked it up, his mouth was sweet and soft, and the bottom of a bowl of stomach became warm and dry, and he was extremely satisfied.

General Zuo is really a good person...... You Chu thought in his heart, after all, he didn't take a single article in this imperial examination, and as a result, he not only controlled but also ate food, and You Chu was already looking forward to lunch in his heart.

A good person like General Zuo, even if he is not famous in the imperial examination, as long as he can see General Zuo and explain to him in detail that his eldest brother Zhang is a good person, then it should be okay?

Before I knew it, the examination room was full, and after everyone had eaten, someone brought paper and ink to the table, and then a sergeant also announced the topic:

"Listen to a question in the policy discussion section: If you want to turn Qiang'er into a Han'er, what is the solution?"

This is not a difficult problem, but it takes a lot of effort to answer well, but fortunately, You Chu has lived in the pass with his brother for a long time, and he also has his own opinions on the strategy of Han Qiang.

He even had time to think: I don't know what the title of the scripture and history subject reported by Master Zhou is?

In addition to wanting to save his eldest brother, You Chu participated in the imperial examination because he was really curious about this imperial examination, because just looking at his sub-disciplines, he knew that General Zuo was very human.

The imperial examination is divided into seven subjects, including scripture and history, policy theory, literature, clear calculation, instrumental work, Tao law, and medicine.

Master Zhou once told him that if the medical workers were counted alongside the classics and histories a hundred years ago, Kyoto would be in an uproar.

But now...... This old Kyoto alone was set by General Zuo, so what can others say?

However, thinking of such a division, You Chu was extremely curious, how to test this medicine, could it be that a patient was brought over for diagnosis and treatment on the spot?

When the ink study was completed, You Chu also held his breath again and focused his attention back on the test question in front of him.

The strategy of getting along with Han and Qiang, honestly based on what he saw with his own eyes, reviewed the policy of the previous dynasty, and then talked about the new strategy after Zang Zang, and finally finished the article, more than an hour has passed.

After another half an hour, the sergeants entered, asked the candidates to write their names on the spot, and then pasted them on the spot, and then took them away one by one.

Then the second question was announced, this question was actually the strategy of the Western Regions, You Chu couldn't help but secretly applaud in his heart, he was familiar with it again!

After sprinkling the text, the sky outside the house has also brightened, and when the lunch is delivered, You Chu immediately feasts.

It's food I've never seen before, some diced vegetables and meat are wrapped in dough and cooked, accompanied by a little tempeh to make You Chu eat very comfortable.

The strategy test seemed to be quite simple, and by the time lunch was over, each person was even stuffed with a piece of cane sugar, but the sweet taste made him very alert: this question won't be particularly difficult in the afternoon, right?

In the morning, it was almost an hour for a question, and in the afternoon, a single question was put for two hours, but because the questions were too uninhibited, You Chu was still dizzy until the end of the exam.

I subconsciously returned to the school house like a fugue all the way, and it wasn't until I crossed the threshold that I suddenly woke up: Can I still live here after the exam?

But what I saw when I crossed the threshold was something I didn't expect:

That Xu Ying knelt in the corner like an angry bag, and in the middle a sergeant sat with a golden sword, his armor was torn, and his face was weathered.

And this face is a face that You Chu thinks about day and night:

"Big brother!"

This is naturally Zhang Ji.

Seeing You Chu, the frost engraved on Zhang Ji's face melted a little, and he said softly:

"Brother, I went out of Liangzhou three months ago with General Zhang under General Zuo to quell the rebellion, and now I am innocent."

"After the defeat of the Weihe Valley, he was sent by General Zuo to dredging ditches in Guanzhong, and later joined General Zhang in Chencang and went to Liangzhou, so it was too late to inform you."

You Chu didn't speak, he wasn't tall, so he could only bury his face between Zhang Ji's elbows and say in a muffled voice:

"I thought my big brother was killed ......"

The two immediately briefly told each other about the situation, and Zhang Ji saw that You Chu's face was still a little sullen, so he asked curiously.

You Chu didn't hide it, and said in a low voice with a twisted brow:

"The last topic of today's strategy."

"General Zuo asked, who is the master in this world?"

(End of chapter)