Chen Changsheng successfully entered the official entrance examination of the Star Picking Academy, this time, unlike the Heavenly Dao Academy, he was greeted with banter or indifference, waiting for him was ardent expectations and gentle exhortation in his eyes to encourage, for this he felt very warm, very determined, and his state could be said to be very good.

Kyoto's colleges have different emphases, the Tiandao Academy focuses on the national religion doctrine and cultivation of talent, but the Star Picking Academy does not care too much about practice, the Great Zhou military always thinks that practice is something that needs to be paid attention to after entering the hospital, they are more concerned about the military quality and discipline of those candidates, so the number of test questions in the Star Picking Academy is not as many as that of the Heavenly Dao Academy, but there are extremely strict requirements for the format and even the writing method of the name, and the content of the test questions is basically biased towards battlefield simulation and analysis of battle examples.

If Chen Changsheng has any talent, the thousands of books he has memorized since he was a child is his greatest talent, just like the exam of the Heavenly Dao Academy, when he opened the test paper, the first question he saw was very familiar, the three thousand avenues are all-encompassing, this sentence is really not the slightest false, there is no mathematics in the world, and the content is like stars and sands, naturally including those famous records of the art of war and famous battles in history, for the war between humans and demons, it is extremely described, he remembers those, naturally he will not answer wrong.

Very smoothly, Chen Changsheng finished the exam, and the rest of his companions came to the front of the Military Discipline Building, waiting for the promulgation of the final list. Standing in front of the divine beast that represented the strict military discipline of the Great Zhou military, he recalled the content of the test paper, confirmed that there should be no problem with his admission to the Star Picking Academy, relaxed a little, looked at the demon clan boy with a bitter face, and kindly tiptoed and patted the other party's shoulder to comfort - it was obvious that this demon clan boy with divine power did not know much about the human art of war, and he did a little badly in the exam.

The sunset was about to set, and the reddish light shone on the cold iron fence of the Divine Beast and the Military Discipline Building, giving the environment a wonderful and mysterious feeling, Chen Changsheng stood in the light and shadow, looking at the stone wall that was still empty, and his immature face was full of happy smiles and expectations for the future.

However, he didn't know what to do, and what he ushered in later was still bitter disappointment.

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"For what?"

The Great Zhou officer who had presided over the preliminary examination of the grinding disc and another instructor with a solemn expression stood in front of the book case, looking at a middle-aged general behind the case and questioning, the expression on his face was abnormally blue, and it was obvious that he was about to lose the anger in his heart.

The middle-aged general was expressionless, his eyebrows were like silkworms, he was not angry, he listened to the angry questions of his subordinates, frowned slightly, and said, "This is your attitude of asking your superiors?"

The two instructors were stunned when they heard this, and one of them pointed to the sunset outside the building and said: "Although there are only two of us who saw the test paper, there are still many colleagues who pay attention to the candidate named Chen Changsheng, and my attitude may not be good, but if I let my colleagues know the outcome of the Dao, they will also ask the same questions." ”

The middle-aged general said: "After all, he is just an ordinary teenager who has not succeeded in washing the marrow, why do you value it so much?"

The instructor took a step forward angrily, pointed to the test paper that had been crumpled into waste paper behind the case, and said: "You have also read that test paper, you should know very well that for more than ten years, in the admission entrance examination, there has never been such a perfect test paper, whether it is the answer specification or the analysis of combat examples, there are no loopholes, not a single typo, not even a slightly thicker stroke." Yes, that kid may not be able to be a heroic and powerful general like you, but he can definitely be the best staff officer!"

The middle-aged general was silent for a moment and then said, "This is an order from the palace, I don't need to explain it to you." ”

The instructor was stunned when he heard this, but after a while he came to his senses, and said in a deep voice, "But...... I need to give the kid an explanation. ”

The middle-aged general raised his head, glanced at him, and said, "Then you ask him to come over, and I will explain to him." ”

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Walking into the solemn pavilion, looking at the candle flame burning on the case, Chen Changsheng was silent, his fists hanging by his side gradually clenched, his face was a little pale, he didn't know if he was tired or angry, or both, when he saw that there was still no name on the stone wall, he was really angry, countless times more angry than when he encountered cold eyes and contempt in the Divine General's Mansion yesterday.

Because he has great expectations for entering the Star Picking Academy, he has great expectations for the Star Picking Academy, and all the expectations turned into disappointment the moment he saw the list, and the efforts he put in for it now seem to have become a joke, what is all this because of?

He needed an explanation.

After the case, the middle-aged general said that he wanted to give him an explanation, and he wanted to know what Lu Dao would be.

"I'm sorry. ”

The middle-aged general stood up and stared at him indifferently like a beast staring at a little white rabbit, but the words he said were sorry.

"As a Great Zhou soldier, I want to go against my own principles, I'm sorry. ”

"I'm sorry that my actions may have tarnished the reputation of the Star Picking Academy. ”

"You're talented, you're promising, you're just a kid, but I'm going to suspend your future for the time being, I'm sorry. ”

"I can't tell you what this is for, sorry. ”

"But I think you'll soon find out why, so I hope you'll give me a chance to correct my mistakes. ”

After hearing this, Chen Changsheng was silent for a while, and then turned to leave.

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At five o'clock in the morning of the next day, Chen Changsheng woke up on time as he had done yesterday and every day in the past fourteen years, washed and dressed, meditated and cleared his mind, and then left the inn to continue his study.

He went to the other two academies in the order on the list. The encounter in the Heavenly Dao Academy and the Star Picking Academy naturally made him depressed and unhappy, but he was the person who cherished time the most in the world, he was unwilling to waste his time in senseless anger and remorse, and was only willing to use his time in valuable places.

Yesterday's encounter did not seem to have any effect on him, and he prepared carefully, took the exam carefully, and with the knowledge and tenacity of his mind, he successfully passed the entrance examination of the two academies—judging by the content of the paper, he himself thought he should have succeeded—and then failed without any surprises.

With the experience of the previous two times, Chen Changsheng was no longer so disappointed, or he was already numb.

He knew very well that someone must be secretly targeting him, as for who...... The answer is also clear.

In the evening, he walked out of the fourth academy, and finally saw the carriage of the Divine General's Mansion for the first time, and saw the somewhat old but clear thrilling blood phoenix emblem on the wheel, of course, it was because the other party specially parked the carriage in front of the courtyard gate just to let him see it.

Chen Changsheng looked at the carriage and knew that the answer was about to be revealed.

Although he had already guessed the answer, the feeling of seeing the test paper was a little different after all.

The middle-aged woman stepped out of the carriage.

"You're just a kid...... There is no qualification for the Divine General's Mansion to do so many things. ”

The middle-aged woman walked up to him and said with an expressionless face: "But we still did so many things, because we were worried that you would not be able to have a clear understanding of the situation because you were too young, so we showed our strength very seriously to let you see, you should be very clear by now, as long as we don't agree, you will never have a bright day in the Great Zhou Dynasty." ”

Chen Changsheng remembered that in the Divine General's Mansion, the first person he saw was her, saluted, and then straightened up, without speaking.

A strange color flashed in the middle-aged woman's eyes, she didn't expect that even under such circumstances, this young man could be so calm, and he didn't even forget to salute himself, this kind of behavior was really a little overwhelming, even a little uneasy, but she had to finish this matter.

"What we want, you know very well...... If you agree, everything we have taken away from you can be returned to you, the Heavenly Dao Academy, the Star Picking Academy, and the Sect Worship Institute...... You can choose, what you want to learn, you can choose, you can choose which gentleman you want to follow, you can choose, after you have learned, do you want to enter the army, do you want to enter the state religion or enter the court as an official...... Everything, the choice is yours. ”

The middle-aged woman looked at him with a serious expression and said, "And if you don't agree, the experience of the past two days will be a picture of your life repeating itself." ”

Chen Changsheng was still silent and did not speak.

The middle-aged woman said, "You are a smart man, you should know very well what to choose." ”

Chen Changsheng looked at her, and finally said the first sentence: "Senior brother wrote in his notes that smart people will live unhappy, so it is rare to be confused." ”

The middle-aged woman smiled and said, "But you are indeed very well-behaved and smart, and you did not tell anyone about the marriage contract...... Otherwise, you're a dead man by now. ”

Chen Changsheng has now finally confirmed that the Eastern Imperial God General's Mansion has been sending people to follow him in the past two days.

The middle-aged woman said, "Of course, don't get me wrong...... I was just talking about a possibility before, the Holy Queen is above, the Divine General Mansion has always been law-abiding, never bullying people, only willing to help people, but you need to pay some ...... What you are prepared to give, we can help you gain a lot. ”

What I was going to pay was naturally the marriage letter.

Helps you get a lot, but that's what you can get in the first place.

Chen Changsheng suddenly felt that compared with the bustling Kyoto, the mountains and forests full of fierce beasts behind the old temple were so beautiful.

He looked at the middle-aged woman and suddenly said, "Mother-in-law, have I done anything wrong?"

The middle-aged woman was stunned and speechless for a while.

She has lived in Kyoto for more than 100 years, watching the young lady marry into the Xu Mansion, watching her uncle fight for a better and better future, accustomed to seeing high-ranking officials in the court, powerful people outside the world, and used to deceit, intrigue and trickery, but she never thought that she would hear such words and ...... Words that seem childish, but are extremely difficult to answer.

So she couldn't answer.