Yesterday's Los Angeles officially kicked off the curtain of midsummer after a rain, and everywhere was full of vitality.

In this midsummer lotus moon season, many students of the Divine Dynasty ushered in their most important day.

Today is the day of the Taifu assessment, the day that the students have been waiting for after many years of study and preparation for months or even years, and those who can pass the Taifu assessment will become a glorious freshman of the Taifu of the Divine Dynasty, able to contact the rich knowledge of heaven and earth, able to learn books that they can't learn on weekdays, and may become a ...... Practitioners!

There are so many mundane mortals in heaven and earth, how many ordinary creatures in the mountains and wilderness are billions, and there are a few people who may come into contact with the Great Dao, and the proportion of them is terrifyingly low.

Even if you don't have the opportunity to get a glimpse of the avenue, as long as you can succeed in your studies in Taifu and seek a half-official position in the court, why can't you soar.

So today is an important day.

In the early morning, the sky was white, and the sun shyly showed half of his face, peeking at the ground on the horizon, thinking about how to wake up some of the guys who were lying in bed.

At this time, the Yuan family mansion.

Because the weather was hot, Yuan Youtao was bare-chested, lying on the mat with a big character on all fours, but this big character was a little fatter, he kicked the thin blanket covering his legs with his feet, turned over comfortably, and the incense burner next to the bed was burning with a good smell and soothing insect repellent spice, so Master Yuan slept more comfortably.

It's just that sweet dreams are often easy to be broken, in the bursts of knocks on the door and the loud shouts of Master Yuan's father, Master Yuan, Yuan Youtao turned over and got out of bed with great reluctance, rubbed his eyes as if they were stuck by something, opened the door and asked, "Dad, why don't you sleep at night?"

Old Man Yuan's eyes widened when he heard this: "What are you doing?" What time are you looking, can you still sleep with such a big event today?"

Yuan Youtao was still a little dazed, and asked suspiciously, "What are you going to do today?"

As Master Yuan slammed the door hard, Yuan Youtao was stunned for a moment at the door that was wiping the tip of his nose before he suddenly remembered that today was the day of the Taifu assessment.

And he is also one of the many students who will participate in the assessment.

Yuan Youtao sat in front of the mirror, looked at the maid who was helping him comb his hair behind him in the mirror, and asked, "Hanqing, do you think I can pass the exam?"

The maid who was called Han Qing replied with a smile while gently running her hair with a comb: "Don't worry, young master, Madame said, it doesn't matter if you pass the exam or not, the important thing is that you have to go and see it, so that when you talk about matchmaking for you in the future, Madam will also have confidence, so that other girls will know that young master you will not only make money!"

Yuan Youtao was stunned when he heard the words coming from behind him, and then pretended to be annoyed and said: "What kind of words are these! Look at your usual little brain melon seeds are quite clever, why can't you say some auspicious words wishing me success and victory!"

"Okay, good! The young master will definitely be able to pass the exam! But then again...... Have you finished reviewing all the textbooks that your husband gave you?"

Yuan Youtao suddenly changed from a righteous and arrogant rooster to a quail, he lowered his head, his face was full of expressions that he had not finished, and whispered: "This is not ...... I've been busy lately......"

The maid Han Qing flicked Yuan Youtao's head and quipped: "Yes, young master, you run to the red pile of snow every day, how can you not be busy?"

"You know what! I'm ...... I'm here to relax, so don't you think that the Qinglou is your own home!" Yuan Youtao argued.

Han Qing giggled when he heard him compare himself with the Liu family, and said, "But then again, young master, you are also getting married...... Ah no, the age of marrying a daughter-in-law, Mrs. has been concerned about this matter recently, so you have to go to the building of Pingkangfang, those eldest ladies definitely don't like this. ”

"Then I'd better go to Kaotaifu. ”

"I think our Miss Lin in Jinling City is quite good, her family background is good, and you have known the young master since childhood, and you are ......."

"I said Hanqing, why are you almost catching up with my mother......"

Yuan Youtao looked at the maid in the mirror and stuck out her tongue playfully, thinking about the real question that she hastily wrote a few words, and her heart became more and more bottomless, and then she thought that if she failed the exam, she would immediately face the sad matter of marrying a wife and having children, and became more and more sad.

"Alright!" The maid behind her put down the comb in her hand, looked at her bun, and clapped her hands with satisfaction.

Yuan Youtao touched the flesh on his face, touched the bun on his head, and asked, "That's it, don't you add some gouache or something?"

"You think you're a girl, and you still replenish water powder, you go to the exam and don't go to dance, I think those students in the academy are like this. Han Qing burst out laughing and said, "Let's go to dinner, the lord and the lady are waiting in the front hall." ”

In the hall of Yuan's mansion, Mrs. Yuan handed a bowl of white fungus lotus seed soup to Yuan Youtao, and looked at her fat son who was dressed as a student and nodded with satisfaction.

Yuan Youtao's rare meal today has decreased a lot, he can eat three steamed buns on weekdays, he put down the chopsticks in his hand after supporting half a cage this morning, for no other reason, just looking at his father and mother looking at his eager gaze, he felt nervous for no reason.

"There are peaches, when you will do the test questions, you must write the words well, whether you can do it or not, you must write all over the paper, I have heard that the gentlemen of Taifu like students with good attitudes the most. Mother Yuan solemnly explained.

"Right...... You have to memorize what Mr. teaches on weekdays, and if there is a right question, won't you make money!" Master Yuan sent encouragement from his old father.

Yuan Youtao held a porcelain bowl with white fungus lotus seed soup, and thought to himself: The words are beautiful, I don't even know what to write, what does Mr. teach on weekdays? Oh yes, "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", what are the classic examples in "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic"? I really haven't heard of this.

"Don't forget the certificate of approval when you leave!"

"Got it!"

Yuan Youtao's end note dragged on for an extremely long time.

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The Taifu assessment is a big event for the entire Divine Dynasty, in addition to the students who have to get up early to prepare, even all kinds of vendors have advanced the opening time, and the work and rest time in Manluo City is much earlier than in the past.

Except for those who live in the specially set up study hall in Taifu, the rest of the students are scattered all over Los Angeles, especially the academy, and the rest are all local residents or relatives of Los Angeles.

In order not to delay the students' rush to the exam, the Divine Dynasty issued a street control order on the first day, and the Ministry of Rites also requisitioned all the carriages for the students to use, and the city patrol army began to stand by in the middle of the night.

Everything is for today's Taifu assessment.

The carriage of the Yuan family was already waiting at the door, and after Yuan Youtao got into the car under the gaze of Master Yuan, the coachman drove all the way to the southeast of Los Angeles.

Fortunately in Nancheng, although there were people on the road, it was not to the extent of congestion, the coachman thought that in the back carriage was sitting his own young master who was about to go to Taifu gilding, and he couldn't help but drive the carriage extremely cheerfully, turning, overtaking in one go, and the carriage was so stable that Yuan Youtao was drowsy in the carriage.

But when he arrived at Hanguang Gate in Xicheng, no matter how good the coachman's driving skills were and how cheerful his mood was, he had to slow down the speed, so that the carriage moving at a steady speed often took two steps and stopped at one step, because the road ahead was full of carriages.

Yuan Youtao was a little dizzy by the bumps of the stalled carriage, and when the carriage stopped completely, he lifted the corner of the curtain and poked his head out to look forward, the sky at this time was not completely bright, with a faint orange skylight, from Yuan Youtao's line of sight, the hundreds of carriages in front of him were like a long black snake winding on the street.

I don't know how many wheels pressed over the bluestone slabs of this Xicheng Avenue, and the Divine Dynasty mobilized a lot of people to assist the defenders in maintaining order on the streets, even so, as time passed, many horses kicked their hooves and snorted.

Los Angeles has a huge population, many people and many carriages, and this long street is blocked not only by carriages that send students to take exams, but also by those nobles and wealthy merchants.

Under the current circumstances, even the luxurious carriage of the Yuan family has to stop on this street!

Taking advantage of the time when the carriage stopped, Yuan Youtao sat in the carriage, took out two or three books from his arms, frowned at the night pearl inlaid on the wall of the carriage, and then picked up the pen and wrote something in his palm......

After a short period of stopping, the control order issued by the Divine Dynasty began to have an effect, and the carriages with the Taifu examination documents were given priority, and the rest of the carriages, regardless of the rank of the nobles or the wealthy merchants with a lot of money, all pulled aside.

In short, the students in Taifu's assessment today are the largest.

What officials, what businessmen, in front of these energetic young faces, have to go back a little, this is the rule that the Divine Dynasty has set since the establishment of the Dynasty, the young and strong will make the country strong, and the young and promising talents will always be the cornerstone of the Divine Dynasty.

Under the command of the Ministry of Rites, there were carriages one after another to break out of the encirclement, along the Hanguang Gate to the southeast, although the road is not blocked, but because there are more carriages, the speed is still very slow and slow.

Yuan Youtao stuffed the scroll into his arms again after some busy work in the carriage, and his nervous mood calmed down a little early in the morning.

When a long line of carriages drove out of the east city gate under the watchful eyes of the soldiers on the city gate, the green water and green mountains on the official road blew into the carriage with the cool breath of the morning, Yuan Youtao stretched his head and looked at the rising sun slowly rising on the horizon in the distance, and had forgotten his anxiety.

The reckless mountains outside the imperial city seemed to be like opening a broad embrace to welcome the carriages bathing in the morning sun and moving slowly.