Chapter 272: The heart is the backbone
After listening carefully to Chen Mo's words, the Song Gongzi couldn't see what kind of expression it was, and he couldn't hold back a smile, as if he was looking at a fool, and he was a fortune teller, and he couldn't even throw a copper plate, so he could be a fortune teller? Who gave him the confidence!
Besides, let's just say that the hexagram he calculated for himself has no parental paperwork, and he will definitely be disappointed and return? Hmph, this fortune teller is also very closed when he wants to get the news, otherwise how could he not even know about the missing question in the exam! A few days ago, he got the question, and his father even gave up a lot of money and invited several poor scholars with good knowledge to draw up an answer sheet for himself!
Thinking like this, that Song Gongzi raised his eyes again and looked at Chen Mo's side, looking at his appearance of the old god, this Song Gongzi felt very funny in his heart, but he just caught a glimpse of Mo Qianxin on the side, looked at the beautiful woman standing there quietly, and thought of which unsightly red clothes in the past few days, this Song Gongzi's heart inexplicably gave birth to a lot of jealousy, looking at Chen Mo's gaze became less friendly again!
"Will you be disappointed?" haha, then this kind of thing is definitely going to disappoint you, this exam, this son is determined to win!" This Song Gongzi said, paused, and sneered in his mouth, "Tell me about you, if you tell a fortune, you can throw a few copper plates and pretend to be not, look at this look, even fortune-telling you have no skills, you don't make a lot of money, right?"
Even if he could hear these words and the ridicule in those words, this Chen Mo didn't care in his heart, looking at the determination on the face of that Song Gongzi, this Chen Mo didn't take it to heart, but at that time, this Song Gongzi was bluffing in front of so many people!
"Fortune-telling, this kind of business, is originally a believe, there is no belief, if Song Gongzi does not believe in the words, he can't be reluctant to do it!" After Chen Mo opened his mouth to say this, he didn't want to entangle with that Song Gongzi more, and he was about to leave with Na Mo's heart!
Finally saw this Chen Mo again, how could Song Gongzi let him go easily, seeing that this Chen Mo was about to leave, he hurriedly took a few steps forward, blocking the way of the two of them, and said, "Why are you leaving?"
Chen Mo glanced at the few people left in front of the examination room, and said softly: "If you don't leave, do you still have to wait for Song Gongzi to finish the exam? That is a whole day of waiting! Calculate the hour, it's almost the same, if Song Gongzi doesn't go in again, I'm afraid that it will be delayed, don't talk about high school when the time comes, I don't know if I can see the appearance of the test paper!"
After hearing these words, Song Gongzi blinked his eyes and glanced at the door of the examination room, and sure enough, there were indeed a few people left who did not enter the examination room! Thinking of these serious things that could not be delayed, this Song Gongzi's face was very gloomy, he glared at Chen Mo fiercely, and said: "Don't worry, as long as you stay in the capital here, this son will definitely be able to dig you out!"
Chen Mo smiled casually, most of his lives in the Taishi Mansion were simple, even if this Song Gongzi really found himself, what could he do with himself!
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On this day, Fang Xie Yuan was also the same as those other scholars, he got up early, packed his things, and arrived at this examination room, with the certificate issued by the state government, this Fang Xie Yuan entered his own room, if there is no accident, the next whole day, he will stay in this room, of course, there is no accident!
Waiting for these scholars to enter their own rooms one by one, but after hearing the three bells, this Fang Xie Yuan put down his things, and safely did it in front of the window door that was no more than the size, waiting for those scrolls to be handed to his hands!
Sure enough, he didn't let Fang Xie Yuan wait long, and after a while, he could hear a knocking sound in front of his window, and then, a stack of papers was handed to him, and he didn't need to look at it, this must be the test paper of this exam!
After Fang Bai took the test paper, he didn't open it immediately, let alone rush to see it, but put it on his desk, but he turned around and came to the corner of the room, where there was a copper basin and a basin of clear water in it, after all, this imperial examination was the emperor's decree, all the scholars in the world, speaking of it, must be the protégé of His Majesty today, this test paper should naturally be taken after cleaning your hands!
After carefully wiping his hands with the towel to ensure that there were no more water stains on his hands, he slowly walked to the bookcase, picked up the test paper with both hands, and carefully stretched it out!
The first test is the meaning of the scriptures, the so-called scriptures, of course, is the meaning of those Confucian classics, the test is the understanding of these scholars to those sages, this is not, the test paper is opened, and the opening question is the words from the first classics!
"There are bandit gentlemen, if they are like learning, if they are grinding, what is the solution?"
Seeing this, Fang Bai's eyes froze, and he didn't answer the questions in a hurry, but turned over the exam papers, looking at those exam questions back and forth!
"Zi said, there are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is the greatest!
Not only these, but all the next exam questions, I am very familiar, not anything else, it is which leaked exam questions brought back by my own mother, exactly the same, with this Fang Bai's unforgettable ability, I am very sure that this is myself
The exam paper in my hand was leaked a few days ago!
Thinking like this, this white eyes are full of some caution, this kind of thing really can't be underestimated, this imperial examination is not ordinary, but the Enke opened by the Holy Heaven today, what kind of person is it, who has such a big courage to dare to do something in such a thing!
Fang Bai didn't want to continue, too, the exam papers in Shangjing City had been spread all over the city a few days ago, no matter how outstanding his literary skills were, there was no need to write down this test paper! After figuring out this section, this Fang Xie Yuan raised his hand to close the test paper, he didn't even write his name, after closing it, he knocked on his window, and handed over the exam papers!
After a while, someone came outside, and after putting away the test paper handed out by Fang Xie Yuan, an invigilator opened the door of the room! Fang Xie Yuan raised his eyes and saw that this invigilator was only a middle-aged man in his thirties!
"For so many years, Hanzhou has never even come out of a top three-class jinshi! Originally, I heard that this year's Hanzhou Fang Xie Yuan is also an extraordinary figure, but today, it seems that it is nothing more than that, and he doesn't even dare to write the test papers?" After the invigilator glanced at Fang Bai a lot, his words were full of some sarcasm!
Fang Bai saw this, his face was calm, neither humble nor arrogant, but he didn't say anything about missing questions before the exam, he just bowed his head and bowed, and said: "It's because the student doesn't have enough knowledge and is a shame for Han Zhou!" After saying these words, this Fang Bai got up and walked out of this room!
After waiting for this Fang Bai to get out of this examination room, he still thought about those things that missed questions before the exam, and his heart was full of some fears, if the things that were missed before the exam were poked out, I don't know what would happen to the purple capital city!
"Yo, isn't this Fang Jieyuan?"
Just when Fang Xie Yuan was walking aimlessly, he heard someone calling his name in his ear, and in a blink of an eye, he saw a person, wrapped in bright yellow, and with a dignified appearance, it was Jiang Boyue, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!
After seeing this person, this Fang Xie Yuan hurriedly leaned over, bowed his hand, and opened his mouth to say to Jiang Boyu: "Fang Bai has seen His Royal Highness the Prince!"
"Okay, Fang Jieyuan doesn't have to be polite!" Jiang Boyo said, waving his hand gently, thinking that a few days were the day of the imperial examination, this Jiang Boyo also had some doubts on his face, and said: "Isn't there an exam today? Why is Fang Jieyuan not in the examination room, but on this street?"
After Fang Bai heard these words, his face was a little struggling, and he looked at Jiang Boyao, his heart was full of hesitation! According to the law of Daqi, if you know it and don't do it, you will be punished for the same crime, but the prince in front of him is in the party struggle, if he knows these things, it is inevitable that this Daqi court will definitely make a lot of waves!
Just thinking of his ten-year cold window, but it can't compare to a few taels of broken silver before the exam, this Fang Bai's heart has some resentment for no reason, looking at the doubts on Jiang Boyue's face, he said softly: "This exam, even if you don't take the test!"
After hearing these words, Jiang Boyo's face was even more puzzled, and he couldn't help it anymore, but he also knew that the public in front of him was really not a good place to talk, so the prince of the current court opened his lips and teeth lightly, and said: "There are many people this time, if there is anything, why don't you ask Fang Xie Yuan to move and come to my Guanfeng Mansion to discuss?"
The reputation of the prince of Shangjing City's Guanfeng Mansion is not small in the entire Great Qi, this Fang Xie Yuan has also heard of it early, and now that he sees that this prince has sent such an invitation to himself, although Fang Bai's face is still very calm, but in his heart, there are also ripples!
"In that case, without further ado, Your Highness, I'll wait for this to pass!" Fang Xie Yuan opened his mouth and said with his hand!
Not long after, this Fang Bai followed the prince to the long-famous prince's Guanfeng Mansion! Looking at the Guanfeng Mansion whose furnishings were not as good as the prefect's mansion in Hanzhou, it was really hard for people to imagine that this place was actually the mansion of the current prince!
Waiting for the two of them to arrive at the top of the hall, the prince ordered his subordinates to serve good tea! At that time, Fang Bai was anxious, and he still had the heart to taste those fragrant teas, and before the prince could speak, this Fang Bai took the lead and said: "Your Highness, something big may have happened in the capital!"
"What's the matter, it can make Fang Jieyuan even lose his fame!" Jiang Boyu spoke, still with a little smile on his face!
"Missed the question in the scientific examination, Your Highness, you said that such a thing is not a big deal!" Fang Bai's face was cautious, and he spoke!
As soon as Fang Bai's words fell, the action of the prince Jiang Boyo raising his hand to hold up the tea cup suddenly stopped, and that hand stopped in mid-air, and in the blink of an eye, looking at Fang Bai's face, his face was also full of seriousness and solemnity, and he said: "Fang Jieyuan, you have to know that such a thing is very important, and it is categorically no joke!"
"I naturally know the severity, if there is no real evidence, Fang Mou will definitely not say anything!" Fang Bai said, his gaze did not dodge, and met the prince's eyes directly!
Looking at Fang Bai's determined face, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince put down the tea cup in his hand, giving birth to such a big event, and there was still time to taste tea! Then, the prince spoke again: "How did Fang Xie Yuan know about such a thing?"
Hearing this, this Fang Xie Yuan also knew that now His Royal Highness the Crown Prince finally believed in himself, so he spoke again: "A few days ago, my family
The lady said that she bought an exam question from a fortune teller, saying that it was the exam question of this year's Enko, and that day I had no place to take such things to heart, but that the profiteer was hateful and deceitful. ”
"It's just that the exam started today, and after Fang Mou arrived at the examination room, he was really stunned when he got the test paper, without him, the exam questions are the same as the one that my lady bought before, it must be that someone in the court has leaked the exam questions a few days ago!"
After listening to these words, the prince was speechless for a long time, looked at Fang Bai's face seriously, lowered his head and thought for a while, and then said softly: "Since Fang Jieyuan has already read the exam questions before, and he thinks that he has already considered those questions, why didn't he continue this time, but took the lead out of the examination room?"
This Fang Bai stood up, bowed to the north, and said: "I am waiting for Confucianism, ten years of cold window, waiting for this scientific examination for one day, waiting for the gold list for one day! But in the end, what is it, relying on his own knowledge and literary talent, Your Highness should not look down on me!"
Looking at Fang Bai's serious appearance, the prince also felt that his heart was a little touched, and this time he actually felt a little remorseful, regretting that he had looked down on these Confucian students a few years ago, and regretting that he had chosen the wrong path when he was a child and had never studied Confucianism!
"Fang Jieyuan doesn't have to be so serious, this palace is just joking with Fang Jieyuan!" Jiang Boyu said softly, erasing his previous gaffes lightly, and then said: "Fang Jieyuan don't worry, if this palace doesn't know about this matter, but today I already know these things, I will definitely ask you for an explanation!"
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Fang Bai didn't stay in this Guanfeng Mansion for long, after saying that he missed the question in the scientific examination, this Fang Bai said goodbye to the prince!
"Shopkeeper, why did you say that Fang Xie Yuan came back so quickly, I remember that in previous years, didn't those scholars have to stay in the examination room for a whole day?
"Hmph, how do I know!" The shopkeeper who was dialing the abacus opened his mouth, thoughtfully, and after a while, he turned his eyes to look at the little guy who spoke before, "No matter what, cheer me up, these scholars are not something we can say, do more things and talk less, it will definitely not be wrong, if I hear which one dares to say more, then let me settle the account and leave immediately, do you hear!"
"I heard you!"
The book is back to the main story, and the conversation is returning to that Fang Xie Yuan's side! When he came to his own room, this Fang Xie Yuan was indeed a little hesitant! Thinking of his own lady, this Fang Xie Yuan also had a headache! After standing in front of the door for a while, this Fang Bai's heart made up a little determination, raised his hand, gently pushed the door open, and then walked in by himself!
As soon as I entered the door, I saw Mrs. Fang, who was busy sewing and mending in the innermost part of this room! The handsome young woman sat beside the couch, holding the white gown in her arms, and the edge of her hand wandered back and forth.
Hearing that the door was pushed open, the woman looked up and saw her husband who had gone to the exam early this morning.
Fang Bai glanced at Mrs. Fang, a little guilty in his eyes, turned his head to avoid it, and said softly: "After the exam, I'll be back!"
After hearing these and seeing this, how could Mrs. Fang not know that there must be something in her father-in-law's heart, she couldn't help but get up, put down the needle and thread in her hand, came to Fang Bai's side, and said, "What's the matter, what's on your mind?"
Fang Bai thought for a while, a little determination flashed on his face, he came back in a blink of an eye, looked at his own lady, and said, "Lady, do you remember what you brought back from outside the day before yesterday?"
After hearing these words, Mrs. Fang was also slightly stunned on her face, and then, when she came back to her senses, her face was a little excited, and she couldn't hold back her excitement anymore, and said: "Remember, could it be that what the fortune teller said is true, and that is really this year's exam questions?"
Seeing the expression on his mother's face, this Fang Bai's heart was even more helpless, he didn't speak, just nodded lightly!
"I'll just say, when Xianggong participated in the government examination in Hanzhou, he didn't go so fast, is it easier to take this scientific examination today? It turns out that it is still my credit, in this case, then Xianggong will definitely be the top student in the examination!"
Seeing her like this, Fang Bai couldn't help but speak, breaking the illusions of his own lady, "No, how can I be admitted to the top prize if I don't answer the paper?"
After hearing this, the lady of the Fang family was stunned, looking at her husband, tears kept rolling in her eyes, and she sobbed softly and said: "I should have thought of it a long time ago, Xianggong will definitely not cheat." If Xianggong didn't know those exam questions in advance, he wouldn't have taken a good ranking, and he would have thought like this, and he would have left the exam room without even answering the papers!"
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The examination room is white, and the heart is the backbone!