The action of the toad running into Wang Shuhua's study to get pen and ink had already been noticed by Lu Liangsheng.

"What is Master doing with these, so that he will not be idle and bored to draw maps?"

Lu Liangsheng put down the book, stood in the light spot and stretched his waist again, the side yard was quiet, only an old sycamore tree swayed its branches and leaves, and the rustling sound.

Uncle Hua Gong went out to visit friends a day ago, and has not come back, at this time there is only Lu Liangsheng in this side courtyard, looking up at the big tree like a canopy, the morning sun is shining down, the breeze caresses the branches and leaves, mottled and flashing.

The light spots are cast on the face, and you can feel the warmth of spring.

After a while, the breakfast and half a bowl of gruel on the table were served, Lu Liangsheng pushed open the door, and on the edge of the desk by the window, the toad Taoist climbed on it with his flippers, his legs hung outside and kicked a few times, but he didn't go up, and when he put it on the table early, the scholar stretched out his hand and pushed it behind the toad, so that he could climb on it.

"What is Master tossing early in the morning?" Lu Liangsheng smiled and handed over the pastry.

The panting toad sat down, leaned his back against the edge of the bowl, took a small bite of the red bean crisp, swallowed slowly, and looked at the apprentice lightly.

"Hmm...... As a teacher, I like to climb mountains and find a feeling. ”

Belch.....

I saw you running around against the wall.

The corners of Lu Liangsheng's mouth twitched, squeezed out a smile, and said, "Master is so interested. At that time, in the picture scroll on the wall at the head of the bed, Nie Honglian poked out half of her head lightly, and her figure was a little erratic, it was Zhu Ziyi's sword qi outside Liyang City that day, and a lot of yin qi was damaged.

Her cheeks were still conspicuously pear, chuckling.

"Master Toad came back with Uncle Huagong's pen and ink. ”

The toad glared at him and turned in a direction with the red bean crisp in his arms.

The old man called it ..... borrowing, but the lord's family was not there. ”

There was a lot of talk in the room, Lu Liangsheng helplessly watched the argument between the master and Hong Lian, and suddenly frowned and walked to the door.

"Somebody's coming. ”

Sure enough, two footsteps came from the crescent gate, Min Changwen, who had just gotten off the morning court, and his teacher came in from outside, the two talked in a low voice, and the old man saw the scholar standing under the eaves, and said with a smile:

"Haha, Wei Shizheng and Shangshu talked about you, and they happened to come and sit together. ”

When the Chaoshang book was put in Shengdou Xiaomin, it was quite a big official, even in front of Lu Liangsheng, who had a meritorious reputation, it was an existence that needed to be admired, but when Fushui County was in Fushui County, the two were already acquainted, and now that the other party's official was reinstated, there was no big shelf.

The three of them sat under the plane tree, usually the uncle Hua Gong and Min Shangshu were talking, Lu Liangsheng was listening, most of them were about the government and politics, and they also mentioned the protector of the country during the period, which made Lu Liangsheng pay attention to it deliberately.

"In the matter of He Liangzhou, Your Majesty listened to the slander of the demon monk, and only sent a batch of grain for a few months, and almost caused a civil uprising!"

"Well..... demon monk bewitched you, saying that the drought was short, and it took a whole year to stop, and how many victims were waiting to be fed, and in the end, it finally rained, and the credit was all on the demon monk. ”

"Damn it!!"

"However, it is rumored that the heavy rain was forcibly cast by a monk in white clothes and white robes, which made it rain all day, and it was a thunderstorm. ”

"Yes..... I've been there a lot of cultivators over there, and I don't know who they are. Min Changwen stretched out his hand and patted the plane tree twice, and looked back at the quiet scholar on the side.

"Liangsheng, who is also a cultivator, happened to go to He Liangzhou during that time, do you know who that person is?"

The drought in Heliangzhou is also the reason why the scholar wants to use it to attack the protector of the country and warn the emperor to run the government, but unfortunately it is useless, and his friend and staff Wang Shuhua is also running around to prepare food and send it to that side, and later heard about the whole situation, and learned that it was a person who had attained the Tao and risked the catastrophe and forcibly rained, and it was difficult for Min Changwen to say this complicated feeling in his heart.

It's a pity that after the thunder catastrophe, the master didn't know life and death, and the prefect of Liyang City, who rescued the other party, did not disclose it...... Only by waiting for the other party to return to Beijing to report on his work in the future, and then find an opportunity to ask for clarification.

The scholar who was asked, by the words of his teacher and Min Changwen, reminded him of the matter of He Liangzhou, and when he heard the words asked, he calmed down.

...... To say or not to say?

But in other words, wouldn't it be too terrifying to be robbed by lightning and not die?

After thinking for a moment, Lu Liangsheng replied respectfully:

"I don't know that. ”

"There are so many cultivators, and it is common sense that good people do not know each other. Shuhua looked at his face and turned his words back to the affairs of the court and the livelihood of the people in various places.

Occasionally, the spring festival a few days later was mentioned, and both the old man and Min Changwen encouraged him.

The sun is shining, and there is gradually warmth.

The two of them were still busy with official business, and after sending them off, Lu Liangsheng returned to the courtyard, set up an easel, looked at the old sycamore tree in front of him, and at the same time as the green ink fell, in the window lattice behind him, the toad Taoist turned out the pen and ink he brought and spread out the paper.

Recalling the mountains and rivers that once overlooked me, the ink stains slowly fell to outline the vast land.

Soon, he straightened up, supported the pen with one web, crossed the other at his waist, looked at the black patch on the paper, closed his eyes, gave up and threw the brush aside, and sat on the edge of the table.

"What kind of bullshit did the old man draw ..... his mother. ”

Outside the window, the sycamore has already taken shape, and the last two strokes of green ink have fallen, revealing a leafy and vibrant painting scroll.

In the breeze, the sycamore waving its branches and leaves gently shook the man, adding a lot of vitality.

"Perhaps, I can tell Your Majesty about the tragic situation of He Liangzhou in the Jinluan Palace...... I hope it helps. ”

Lu Liangsheng thought to himself.

Bang.......

Spring thunder rolls faintly in the sky, and when the clouds drift in, a gentle drizzle falls in the city.

On the second day of the second month of February, the dragon raised its head.

When the spring of the Ministry of Rites arrived, Lu Liangsheng straightened his robe, only brought pen and ink, and a certificate, washed up briefly, and after greeting the toad Taoist and Honglian, he took an oil-paper umbrella and walked out of the side yard, and did not let the servants of the Min Mansion send it, so he opened the paper umbrella and walked on the street.

Bang Bang .....

The raindrops splashed on the oil-paper umbrella printed with colors, and Lu Liangsheng, who was dressed in a green robe and long sleeves, walked through the wet streets, his shoes and socks did not get wet, he could have done without an umbrella, in that case, I am afraid it would be too eye-catching.

At this time, the long street is a little more lively than in the past, and you can see that the people who went to Beijing to take the exam were sent to the tribute courtyard by their families and servants.

"This time, I don't know which champion will fall on. ”

"The exam questions of the Gongyuan are personally written by His Majesty, but our Majesty is proficient in literature and Taoism, I'm afraid it will be a little difficult. ”

"Who can tell ....., there will always be one or two masters who will be able to catch up. ”

"That's what I said, that's what I said. ”

Buzz Buzz...... In the voice of the ear to ear, Lu Liangsheng squeezed through the crowd with a paper umbrella, smiled and politely whispered to the onlookers: "Trouble let me pass." ”

When the surrounding people saw the appearance of the scholar, they could probably see that it was the person who lifted the exam, and consciously shouted to the people behind him, "What are you squeezing, there is a lifting man in front, do you want to take a closer look?"

"Everyone, please let me ......"

"Ouch, stomped on my feet. ”

"Yo..... this lifter is so young, I'm afraid he hasn't passed the double ten, so he won't come to see the excitement. ”

.....

Through the water curtain hanging from the eaves, Lu Liangsheng took the oil-paper umbrella, shook the water stains on his shoulders, took out the certificate of the exam and the identity citation and handed it to the guard, and only after checking it was he let him in.

Similar to the township exam, the exam room is mostly a cubicle, when he entered, Lu Liangsheng took the candle handed over, and then was locked in by the invigilator, one to prevent being disturbed, and the other to prevent someone from secretly passing the answers.

Lu Liangsheng waved the sleeves of his robe, brushed the dust off the couch, and the commode not far away was waved to the corner by him, and soon, the exam papers were handed in.

The first exam, "The Lord is a saint, the minister is virtuous"

Seeing this question, Lu Liangsheng closed his eyes and gently rubbed the ink.

"If the Lord is holy, He Liangzhou is afraid that there will be no such tragedy. ”

After a long time, he had a little idea, and a candle stood up in the corner of the table, and touched it with his fingertips, drawing out a bean-sized flame that illuminated the compartment.

The tip of the pen was stained with ink, the inkstone was scraped, and then the test paper was dropped.

"The poor border villages in the mountains and wilderness also know that the lord and the ministers are virtuous, which is the sign of prosperity, and the country is the ....... of the trees."

When Lu Liangsheng wrote the word 'people' in the back, the tip of the pen stopped, and his eyes looked at this word, a little distracted, as if the brown and yellow land and the tomb-like mountain bag appeared in his sight again.

The frightened victims were slowly surging in rags, the helpless old people sat on the lonely rocks on the side of the road waiting to die, the children who had lost their parents stood in the crowd crying helplessly, and the men with their wives and children anxiously urged, and the women behind them sobbed quietly......

"People's ....."

Lu Liangsheng said lightly, hovering the tip of the pen, and then wrote down.

"....... people are rhizomes, although the rhizomes are weak, but there is a prison to grasp the ground, the roots are solid and the wood grows, and it is also like the virtue of the people, so that the country can be safe. ”

Before I knew it, it was dark, and the candle flame flickered in the compartment, shining on the paper, sprinkled with hundreds of words.

"The ........ lord and saint will live in a wide area according to the artifact, treat the people with benevolence and virtue and rule of law, and the hundred officials will abstain from extravagance and frugality, and treat them wholeheartedly, so that the lord is holy and the ministers are virtuous......"

The Spring Festival will try, a total of three, each three days, Lu Liangsheng has done his best in the past four years, and wrote it with his own opinions, and also has the intention of persuading the king, after all, he knows that in the palace, there is a big demon like Pudu Cihang.

If it is dealt with by an individual in private, it will be extremely difficult, but if the emperor is open-minded and upright, he will naturally be able to drive the other party away.

After the test, Lu Liangsheng walked out of the Tribute Academy, compared to the rest of the candidates, he was still in good spirits, and the only thing that made him lacking was food.

"The food in Gongyuan tastes ..... tsk, go back and eat a good meal. ”

Throw the pen and ink into the package, go to a corner with few people, cast a blinding trick, and walk through quickly.

......

It was night, the palace was brilliantly lit, and on the lampposts in the row, there were stacks of dragon cases and answer sheets.

Behind the dragon case, Chen Shubao had already approved part of it and threw away the basket next to him.

Well?

Taking out a set of sealed scrolls, the emperor frowned when he saw the name on it.

"Lu Liangsheng ......"

Glancing at the corner of the dragon case, Pisces Hanzhu was immersed in the lamplight, Chen Shubao picked up the imperial pen and didn't look at the answer inside, and directly drew a circle on the cover.

Then, throw away the basket on the other side.

"I want to see what the people praised by the concubine and the prince are like. ”

In the whisper, there was a hint of vinegar.