In the blink of an eye, in March, the weather in Chang'an City is getting warmer.

On the fourth watch, Xue Bai pushed Du Fu, who was still asleep.

"Brother Zimei, it's time for you to take the exam today."

Du Fu turned over and muttered: "To Jun Yao Shun, and then make the customs pure." ”

Before going to bed last night, everyone talked about the first poem to be written when the spring list was released, and he actually brewed a few sentences in his sleep.

Yuan Jie woke up early and was still tidying up his clothes.

This is a young man with outstanding temperament, outstanding talent and perseverance. He also traveled extensively, and after arriving in Chang'an, he had to go out to meet friends every day.

He smiled at Xue Bai and said, "For this Spring Festival, I think you are more serious than Brother Zimei." ”

"Admission to the imperial examination is a big deal."

After a while, Du Fu woke up, and he didn't change his clothes, so he went out with Yuan Jie.

Du Wulang hurriedly handed over a new set of four treasures of the study, and said: "This is a gift from Xue Bai and I to Du Gong, and I wish Du Gong a great victory in the study field and the title of the gold list." ”

"Haha." Du Fu accepted it freely, grabbed Du Wulang's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Please drink at that time, drink good wine." ”

"Eh, okay."

The four of them left the hall and left the Taixue Hall.

Today, there is no need to wait for the morning drum, Jin Wuwei and the neighborhood envoys opened the door of the Wubenfang in advance, and the long street is full of lifters, which is "sackcloth like snow, full of Jiuqu".

The morning light dewed slightly, as if a light veil was draped over the imperial city in the distance.

The lifters are clearly divided into two kinds, one is coarse linen clothes and wind and dust; One is a brocade rust dressed and lightly furred fat horse, which is rare to gather together at this moment and wait in front of the gate of the imperial city.

Three or four thousand people gathered together, and it was very lively.

Chunfu is not only the Jinshi department, but also the Ming Jing, the law, and the arithmetic subjects, which are all regular subjects, that is, there are regular rules every year.

Tianbao six years is different from previous years, there is one more system. It is the whim of the sage, and the edict to recruit the world's corporal has an artist, and all of them can go to Beijing to choose it, as the "elegant and ancient tune department".

This time, there are a lot of cloth clothes from the poor family, and those who participate in the Fengya Ancient Adjustment Department do not need to pass the state and county tribute exams.

Xue Bai passed by the groups of cloth clothes several times, and faintly heard some similar words.

"I will admonish the saints with poetry and rebuke the wickedness of traitors!"

"I don't want to be on the throne today, I just want the saint to know how many officials and boatmen have died along the Yellow River because of the involvement in the Wei Jian case!"

“……”

Xue Bai sniffed, smelling the restlessness in this cold spring weather.

The atmosphere is not right.

Since the beginning of spring, people from all over the world have gathered in Chang'an to criticize current affairs in the daily literary meetings, and a kind of anger has been spreading.

It seems that small flames are gathering today, faintly burning the prairie with a faint momentum.

"Brother Jishan."

"Huh?"

"Did you hear that?"

"Don't make a noise." Yuan Jie pulled Xue Bai to the side of the street and said in a low voice: "There are grievances in various places. ”

"The book business is angry, and you can't do anything."

"I understand that we've been reassuring them these days." Yuan Jie said: "Before today, you didn't hear the wind, right?" ”

Xue Bai nodded, and his evaluation of Yuan Jie in his heart was one level higher.

This is a good candidate to form a partisanship.

"Let's go."

The two followed their companions.

I was listening to a few brocade-robed men in front of me talking about something.

"Did you hear that? The current department canceled the palace test, after the provincial test, the sage will not personally test, but still commission the province of Shangshu and the left and right Cheng Divisions, and commission the imperial history of the Cheng more test. ”

"Impossible, since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the saint has never been present for the examination in person!"

"What my grandfather told me can't be fake."

"Imperial History? Wang Jie? ”

"Yes, the last one will be reviewed by Wang Zhongcheng."

Like a stone thrown into the water to stir up ripples, the news that the saint does not come to the temple is not limited to this place.

Some of them also heard Xue Bai's name.

"The face of Mrs. Qiu Guo is Xue Bai, and she sacrifices dominoes to the saint, so that the saint is addicted to frolic, has no intention of national politics, and even ignores such important matters as the imperial examination."

"Nepotism brings disaster to the country!"

Du Wulang was stunned when he heard this, pulled Xue Bai over, and comforted: "Don't listen to them, cockfighting is much more fun than dominoes." Why don't they say that the saint didn't come for the sake of the chicken boy? ”

Not far away, there was a student in a light fur who must have also heard the discussion, laughed, and shouted: "I said a long time ago, dominoes are the most fun!" ”

The brocade-robed men in front of them turned their heads to look at this person and began to discuss.

"Who's that idiot?"

"Yang Hu, the side branch of the two kings and three kes, picked up a big bargain in the Hongnong County Gong family."

"Shhh, his cousin Yang Qixuan is the eleventh son-in-law of the right prime minister......"

Suddenly, the drums of the imperial city sounded.

"It's time!"

"According to the regulations, open the door!"

The heavy door opened slowly.

Xue Bai bowed his hand to Du Fu and Yuan Jie, and said, "I wish the two brothers Toad Palace success." ”

"Come to the wild goose pagoda to inscribe the name and drink it."

Du Fu and Yuan Jie responded heartily, straightened their robes, and walked towards the imperial city with the torrent of lifts.

~~

There is no class in Guozijian today, Du Wulang is in a hurry to go to Fengwei Building, and Xue Bai plans to go home.

Waving goodbye, Xue Bai turned around and saw Zheng Qian standing not far away with his hands in his hands.

"Teacher."

Zheng Qian was looking at the eaves of the imperial city with worried eyes, and when he heard the words, he turned his head and saw that it was Xue Bai, and said, "Since you have met, let's have a cup of tea." ”

Guozijian was quiet, and the two returned to the Taixue Hall and sat down.

"This is the spring of the branch, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. There is a man named Liu Changqing in Songshan Academy, the word study, the five words are written very well, and he throws the scroll to the old man, and also uses your poetry dictionary 'melancholy Wang Sun Cao, Qingqing for another year'. ”

Zheng Qian said casually while fiddling with the tea set.

"There is also an emperor Fu Ran, whose name is Maozheng. Bright and studious, he was able to write at the age of ten, and was a student of Zhang Qujiang Gong. It's delayed on the way to Beijing, otherwise the old man should be introduced to you, don't worry, you will see it after the spring. ”

Xue Bai listened silently, knowing that Datang really has no shortage of talents, and these are the best candidates to become friends.

But the premise is that his strength is enough, otherwise he can only be a guest for these people in the future, in order to be protected by them.

Zheng Qian sighed slightly and asked: "Zimei, Cishan, Wenfang, and Maozheng are all top talents, how many people do you think can be on the list?" ”

"The students don't know about the imperial examination and want to ask the teacher for advice."

"Before the exam, the ranking was almost set." Zheng Qian said: "The chief examiner of this department is Li Yan, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and this person is quite fair. ”

Such an imperial examination is very unfair.

The Datang scientific examination is not famous, if the examiner wants to point out who is on the list, he can directly find his paper.

But relatively speaking, it is not as unfair as it sounds, and the people and examiners have a rough idea in their hearts before the entrance examination, and the people and examiners have a rough idea in their hearts, so they will list the rankings first.

In other words, the Tang Imperial Examination is not only a few questions in the examination room, but everything that can be shown before and after the examination.

"On the list proposed by Li Shilang, these talents are all on the list?" Xue Bai asked.

He was a little surprised, because he vaguely remembered that Du Fu had not been admitted to the Jinshi.

"Talent is obvious to all, if the examiners dare not take these talented people, they will be scolded by the ages." Zheng Qian said: "Li Shaobao has already said hello to this matter. ”

Xue Bai only thought of how this spring festival had changed compared to the original - Li Shizhi was still there, although he had no real position, but the influence of the crown prince Shaobao on the court was still there.

"Dare to ask the teacher, does Li Shaobao still have such prestige now?"

"Du Zimei's poem said, 'Zuo Xiang's daily prosperity costs thousands of dollars', Li Shaobao's temperament is sparse, and it is not suitable to be a prime minister. But do you know why the saint asked him to pay homage? ”

"Please teach me."

Zheng Qian said: "After the Wu Zhou Dynasty, the clan relatives were persecuted, and even the Hedong clan dared to despise the heavenly family, for this reason, the saint must be generous to the clan relatives, the clan relatives are talented, and the Tang Dynasty can be stable......

Xue Bai didn't know about the current affairs in this regard, but after thinking about it carefully, he understood.

He heard Lu Fengniang say that the children of the five surnames were reluctant to marry the princess of the Li family in their hearts, not only because the princess often had bad conduct, but also because he didn't look down on the Li family at all. For this reason, Tang Gaozong forbade the five surnames and seven families to intermarry with each other, so as not to make their marriage more powerful...... This is a woman's opinion, I don't know whether it is true or false, but since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the Li family's influence on Hedong Junwang should still not be enough.

This point can be glimpsed from Li Zhi and Wu Zetian's frequent visits to Luoyang.

When he arrived at Li Longji, he seemed to feel that the Li family's more than 100 years of heaven was stable enough, not only did he not go out of Chang'an for ten years, but he also trapped all his children and grandchildren in the Ten Kings' Mansion and the Hundred Grandchildren's Courtyard.

Then, Li Shizhi's role in the Tang Dynasty was not to be in power from the beginning, but to enhance the influence of the clan with his literary prestige.

Letting a clan member who is extremely influential in the literary world ensure the fairness of the court and enhance the prestige of the clan is the most basic thing that Li Longji should do to maintain the community.

After Zheng Qian pointed out this truth, he said slowly: "Therefore, since Li Shaobao has come forward, Tianbao's six-year imperial examination should have a result that can convince the public." ”

Xue Bai smiled cooperatively.

For a moment, he also thought about it, if it was because of himself, Li Linfu didn't have time to get rid of Li Shizhi, and then let Du Fu go to high school. That really made his butterfly fan the great changes in Datang.

However, he groaned and asked, "Today's students have heard that there are many villagers who want to admonish the saints with poems......

"It's a matter of no mention." Zheng Qian waved his hand, "Brother Nu has been in power for more than ten years, and there are resentful people every time, but it will not help, it will only ruin the future, and it will be appeased." ”

"I heard that the saint won't try it this time, is it a ...... brother?"

Zheng Qian waved his hand, signaling that Xue Bai didn't need to say much.

There was a look of worry in his eyes, but his mouth said: "This matter is just a rumor, and the saint has not called for the cancellation of the temple examination, so you don't criticize it." ”

"Yes."

Zheng Qian sighed imperceptibly and said, "Speaking of business, you should learn more and watch more in this year's spring." The old man just taught you some rules in the examination room......"

~~

The things in the examination room had nothing to do with Xue Bai, he got Zheng Qian's guidance, and went back to his home in Changshoufang to study and practice calligraphy.

In the evening, Qinglan and the three daughters of the Xue family came back from the Yan house.

Seeing that Xue Bai was at home, Qinglan was quite annoyed that she didn't come back to accompany him earlier, and then talked about interesting things when she was studying in Yan Mansion.

"Yan Sanniang has learned the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting profoundly, the little ladies can't keep up, Mrs. Yan has asked the female gentleman to teach from scratch every time, we are so unhappy, Yan Sanniang said that she is happy to have more playmates, however, she has been a little uncomfortable in the past two days, looking wilting, so pitiful......"

Xue Bai listened silently, turned his wrist, and wrote the word "Yong" smoothly, and he already felt a little bit of the feeling of being free to put in and go as the teacher said.

"What do you think of me?"

"Wow." Qing Lan exclaimed: "Lang Jun, your handwriting is so beautiful. ”

It has been ten days since the last time Yan Zhenqing was consulted, and Xue Bai wrote a note seriously, and went to the teacher for guidance while there was still a curfew.

Yesterday, Yang Yuyao sent two boxes of palace snacks.

~~

Yan House.

Wei Yun was putting some pastries into the food box.

Suddenly, the dusk drum sounded, she was a little hurried, sped up her movements, covered the food box, and handed it to the maidservant girl beside her.

"Hurry up and send it to the backyard, and let the housekeeper send it to Lang Jun."

"Yes."

"Wait, you have to bring a thick blanket."

With that, Wei Yun hurriedly walked to the main room.

Today, Yan Zhenqing was all sent to the office, and suddenly he was summoned, saying that the Gongyuan needed manpower, and the prefects of Shangshu Province and the Ministry of Rites ordered him to go over.

This is a temporary transfer, and she has to stay in the tribute courtyard at least all night, there are too many things to prepare, and she is inevitably a little panicked.

"Auntie."

Yan Yan didn't have much fun today, she had been following Wei Yun all the time, her little face was pale, and she looked a little uncomfortable.

She watched her mother run away, chased a few steps, and stood in the hallway holding on to a pillar.

"Sanniang, what's wrong?"

"Yong'er, I'm so uncomfortable."

Yan Yan held the hand of the maidservant girl beside her, looked helplessly into the distance, and felt that the sound of the twilight drum from the fang building rumbled, which made her panic.

……

Wei Yun took out the blankets and clothes, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to hurry up and send them to Yan Zhenqing.

What she dislikes most about Chang'an City is the 600 twilight drums every day, which always make people busy.

Before the arrangements were made, I heard that Xue Bai was visiting.

The two have been in frequent contact recently, although Wei Yun does not often see Xue Bai, Yan Zhenqing often talks about him in private, "The writing is too ugly, and the bad old man is famous" Yunyun, she knew that her Langjun was interested in this child, so she went to see him in person.

When he arrived at the lobby, he saw Xue Bai standing there with a childish face and a dignified demeanor, Wei Yun sighed slightly, and said in a mocking tone of Yan Zhenqing: "Your teacher went to the Tribute Academy, and he can't be seen today." ”

Since she said this, Xue Bai immediately saluted and said, "The student invites the teacher to be Chun'an." ”

"Since I have received your voice of 'master', the notebook will be taken for you to see, and the gift will not be necessary."

"Don't worry, the pastries this time are worthless."

Xue Bai knew that even if Yan Sanniang's little girl was there, she couldn't see the price of these two boxes of pastries.

Suddenly, a handmaid came.

"Lady, it's not good, Sanniang is hurting again."

Wei Yun's face changed suddenly, and he hurried to the backyard without caring about the side.

The drums rumbled at dusk, and Xue Bai walked to the door of the lobby, only to see that Yan's house was in a hurry.

Not long after, Wei Yun rushed to the front yard with Yan Yan in her arms, and shouted in her mouth: "Prepare the car, go to the hospital!" ”

……

The twilight drum finally stopped.

A horse-drawn carriage arrived at the gate of the Longevity Square in the night.

"The family members of the county governor of Chang'an have a sudden illness, please let them go."

"Is it the lady of the Yan County Wei family? The curfew is out of the workshop, even if it is a court official, it is necessary to have documents. ”

"It's too late, please ......"

"There's paperwork."

Xue Bai rode his horse and handed over the talisman. This was secretly hidden by him when he was doing things for Li Linfu, and he originally planned to keep the treatment for use in a critical situation.

Soon, the door slowly opened.

"Master Niang will go first."

Xue Bai and other Jin Wuwei recorded that they drove their horses to follow the Yan family's chariots and horses.

The wheels and bones rattled, all the way to the north, and finally arrived at Fuxingfang in the north of the city, the master and servant of the Yan family hurriedly knocked on the door of the medical hall, and almost fell on the steps.

"Is Dr. Zhen here? Our Sanniang is sick! I beg you to give a hand ......"

The hall was filled with ink, and Wei Yun was waiting anxiously outside with Yan Yan in her arms.

Everyone became more and more panicked, and the maidservants were so anxious that they cried, and Yan Yan's breathing became more and more short.

Xue Bai looked over and saw that the little lady was lying on Wei Yun's shoulder weakly, her eyes were closed, her small fists were clenched tightly, and her expression was very uncomfortable.

"Doctor Zhen?"

"Doctor Zhen?!"

Finally, a little guy opened the door.

"Is the doctor there? Quick, my Sanniang ......"

"It turned out to be the lady of the Yan family, Ah Lang is not here today, and he was invited to the Tribute Courtyard."

"Is there a doctor next to you?"

"There is only a villain in the museum, but the villain doesn't know medical skills."

Just when she was in a hurry, Yan Yan's body suddenly weakened, and she almost fell out of Wei Yun's arms.

Wei Yun hurriedly held on, but she had already noticed that her daughter was not right, and reached out to probe her nose, and she was shocked.

"Sanniang? Sanniang ......"

"Get out of the way, don't hang around."

In the chaos, a calm voice sounded, and Xue Bai stepped forward and pushed away the helpless people around him.

"Put her down and lie flat with her collar loose, lest she breathe."

Xue Bai didn't know medical skills, but he once learned simple first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation when he was working next to an old chief.

He had just arrived in Datang and met Du Youlin fainting, and this skill played a little role, but at this time, he didn't know what Yan Yan was like, and he wasn't sure.

Reaching out to probe Yan Yan's snort, Xue Bai looked at the pitiful little face, hesitated for a moment, and still pressed it in the middle of her sternum.

“……”

There was a noise in his ears, but Xue Bai didn't listen.

At first, he thought that it would be very troublesome if he couldn't save her, but then he didn't think about it.

It was very physically demanding to do cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and I don't know how long it took for him to feel physically exhausted, so he turned around and wanted to call someone to replace him, but someone around him had already stretched out his hand and pointed to his face and said that he was rude.

"Whew...... Whew......"

Xue Bai gasped, suddenly felt something, and when he turned around, Yan Yan, who was lying on his back, opened his eyes, making him feel a burst of joy inexplicably.

There was an innocent, dazed, and painful look in her eyes, and although she regained her breathing and heartbeat, she did not regain her brilliance.

"There must be a doctor." Xue Bai forgot to be tired, pulled the little guy in the medical hall, and said, "Where is the doctor?" ”

"There's no other clinic around here...... If you must find ......"

"Where?"

"In the Yuzhen Temple in the southwest corner of the square, the alchemists inside also know some medical skills."

~~

"Looking for a doctor?"

A little female crown opened the door that was knocked on in the night, heard Wei Yun say the situation, hesitated for a moment, and replied: "There are indeed a few senior sisters who are proficient in medical science, and I am afraid that they have stopped at this time." ”

"Please also ask the refiner to come to the rescue, there will be a great reward."

Facing Wei Yun's pleading eyes, the little female crown was finally moved and responded: "Wait a minute, and let Xiaodao ask." ”

“……”

Everyone had to wait outside the door, anxious.

Xue Bai comforted them in as calm a tone as possible, so as not to be too anxious, which would cause Yan Yan to panic even more.

As she spoke, Yan Yan's eyes rolled and she glanced at him.

Xue Bai comforted: "You'll be fine." ”

Yan Yan flattened her mouth and didn't speak.

There was finally movement in the Yuzhen Temple.

"Who's sick?"

With a crisp female voice asking, Xue Bai turned to look.

In the moonlight, a slender female crown walked over, wearing a lotus crown and a feather coat, but it was someone he knew.

"It's you."

Li Tengkong stopped and looked at Xue Bai, also in a trance.

She thought that if she was born to practice, she would be able to stop her heart like water. I never thought that I would meet him again so quickly, like a catastrophe, and I couldn't hide from him......

Today's next chapter is going to be later, don't wait, let me write slowly~~ Because it's after the foreshadowing, the next plot has just begun to unfold~~

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