The twilight of the sunset flows down the sky, spreading over the red bricks and green tiles of the city of Tokyo, or the brightly colored eaves of the pavilions. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Gu Xiaosheng stood in front of the gate of the Heavenly Academy, couldn't help but raise his arm to block the still dazzling brilliance, and seriously looked at the majestic and atmospheric Moyu Courtyard Gate in front of him, looking at the statue of the sage carved from the warm white jade, and naturally had a feeling of admiration and yearning.

Countless years ago, there were traces of the sages who viewed the world and created the Tao to practice, and the wisdom of the people was first enlightened, and countless Dharma outlines were derived, covering all aspects of the awakening world.

Today, the Ming Dynasty has been founded for hundreds of years, and under the rule of the contemporary Ming Emperor, the country and the people have been peaceful for decades, which can be called a prosperous era, and various academies have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and there have even appeared many private academies that are specifically aimed at the temple and taught secretly by the strong in practice.

As one of the many academies of the Ming Empire, the Heavenly Academy is naturally the most difficult to enter, but the number of applicants is still the largest. For nothing else, this academy with a long heritage has sent many important priests to the temple in the history of the imperial examinations, and has also dedicated countless corrupt officials to the Ming court. The most important thing is that the students of the Heavenly Academy, regardless of their backgrounds, treat the poor people or the disciples of the official eunuchs equally.

This is also the reason why Gu Xiaosheng chose Heavenly Academy.

The queue in front of the Moyu Gate is very long, looking like the hundred-zhang silver python killed in the dream of the founding Ming Emperor, extending from the front of the door to the distant side of the building, and even running through the main road with busy traffic in the middle, many people who are waiting are blown by the gradually cooler sunset wind, and their faces are a little blue from the cold.

Strangely, they seem quiet.

Gu Xiaosheng was lucky to stand in the middle of the long snake, and he couldn't help but wrap the white coarse shirt on his body tightly, resisting the cold. It's early autumn weather, but he's still dressed very thinly, not to emulate the previous dynasty and the Great Jin Dynasty to be single-clothed in the cold winter, but...

Can't afford extra clothes.

On both sides in front of the gate of the Heavenly Academy, there are two huge stone walls, on which are hung Xuanbai paper densely written with nearly a hundred names, which seems to be something like a list, so that everyone's eyes fall on those names, hot and envious.

Gu Xiaosheng's eyes were very bright, and there was a calm in the depths of his pupils. He knew that it was the list of the hundred sons of the Heavenly Academy over the years, and the names on it were all talented without exception, and they were selected as protégés by the Heavenly Academy.

He has been reading the books of sages for more than ten years, and he is also here for this list.

And today is the day of the list.

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As the sun sets, a glimmer of afterglow struggles to shine with the last bit of strength at the highest star-picking tower in Tokyo.

Several teachers suddenly appeared in front of the Heavenly Academy, looking at these young people waiting for the release of the list with serious expressions, as if they felt their hot gaze staring at him intently, and a slightly older teacher cleared his throat and said seriously: "Release the list!"

Suddenly, the surrounding environment became like a vegetable market, and people rushed to the stone wall with new paper. Gu Xiaosheng didn't choose to go with the flow, just stood quietly in place and waited for the result.

In fact, he also wants to squeeze in with those who are physically strong to see if his name shines on the coveted list, but after many years of staying up late to copy books, his physical strength is far inferior to these people.

Soon, people came back from the stone wall, all of them were young men and girls, their faces were even more blue than before, and they were very ugly. They are more or less wearing thick cotton clothes, and since they are not frozen, they are naturally unsatisfactory.

Of course, there are also young people who are overjoyed, happily telling their relatives, friends, and slaves about the joy of the moment.

The people who were still waiting in line looked at their appearance, and suddenly became nervous, and they were no longer in the mood to chat.

Gu Xiaosheng was no exception, he tried his best to move forward, and then his gaze extended to the list hanging on the stone wall, carefully looking for his name. The list of 100 sons of the court test is not very large, so it is not so difficult to find, and after a while, he found his name under the dense small print.

It's very beautiful and beautiful.

He is the last of a hundred sons, and he is not in the position of being up or down.

Gu Xiaosheng's face couldn't help but ripple with pleasure, and he didn't feel frustrated at all that his ranking was the last on the list.

There is a very written rule in the Heavenly Academy, anyone who is famous in the list of 100 sons in the court examination can enter the academy for further study without paying the entrance fee, which is a welfare treatment specially prepared for poor people like Gu Xiaosheng.

Obviously, he got that treatment.

So Gu Xiaosheng is very happy now, and even begins to feel that his body is not so cold, because it won't take a few days for him to wear the uniform that belongs to the Heavenly Academy, and the white clothes like clean clouds will definitely be very warm.

He walked up to the instructors, pressed the excitement in his heart, and said respectfully: "The student wants to receive the identity card." ”

Countless eyes full of envy turned to Gu Xiaosheng, and then turned to jealousy and hatred.

The list of 100 sons of the Heavenly Academy is released, and it is natural to have an identity waist card as a certificate to allow many shabby cloth clothes to enjoy welfare treatment, which is an immutable thing, and no one can find fault.

However, the Heavenly Academy Sect at the head did not intend to give, he looked at Gu Xiaosheng and said calmly: "Someone needs your quota of 100 sons, you can make any request, and that noble person will give it to you." ”

Because of the distance, people did not notice the anomaly that was happening here, and it was only thought that the teaching was motivating the diligent new pilgrimage.

Gu Xiaosheng didn't expect to hear such a sentence, and was stunned for a while.

He was silent for a long time and asked, "Can I ask why?"

The sect looked at Gu Xiaosheng who was standing at the bottom of the steps condescendingly, and his expression suddenly turned indifferent and said: "The impact of the status of the hundred sons of the court is not as simple as the exemption from paying the hospital fee that you, a shabby cloth, thinks, it represents the inclination of future cultivation and teaching, and can even be used as a stepping stone to the temple." Do you think you have what it takes to fight for these things?"

Jiao Xi looked at him with mockery in his eyes, thinking that it was ridiculous that a broken boy from a poor country would dare to ask such a thing.

The wind swept through the dense trees planted in front of the gate of the Heavenly Academy, bringing up a few yellowed leaves, which rattled.

Gu Xiaosheng didn't understand very much, even if the benefits brought by the status of a hundred sons in the court can have so many and such good treatment, but what does it matter to the teaching in front of him?

He worked hard to get such a ranking, although it is not up or down, but this is something that belongs to him, and no one has the right to take it away.

Mr. Jiaoxi looked at Gu Xiaosheng, who was silent in thought, and continued: "

I know you're smart, so we should talk like smart. What you have to think about is no longer to continue to maintain your ranking, but to think carefully about what compensation you should need, and I will also guarantee that you will still enter my Heavenly Academy to cultivate, what do you think of this proposal?"

Gu Xiaosheng was silent for a moment and then asked, "Why me?"

Yes, there are ninety-nine people on the list hanging on the stone wall with him, and there are ninety-nine people for the unknown noble man to choose, but why is it his turn.

Jiao Xi looked at his eyes with undisguised contempt and indifference, and said expressionlessly: "Just because you are a cloth cloth, and that person is a noble person." Just because you are the last of a hundred sons, and others are far above you. Just because you don't even know where the Xuanmen Heart is, and that person has already crossed the hurdle of washing the dust, can I explain it clearly enough?"

The voice of the teacher is very calm, as if talking about some trivial matter, full of care.

However, that contempt was accurately transmitted to Gu Xiaosheng.

Gu Xiaosheng's body trembled slightly, but his voice was unusually clear: "It's very clear, but ・・・・・・ I refuse any of your requests!"

The teachings were indeed explained very clearly, and even every sentence was spoken from the heart, so Gu Xiaosheng understood that the other party first looked down on his identity as a cloth cloth, and then it was the turn of the embarrassing ranking that was not up or down.

This is a blatant insult.

People are still talking about this morning exam, and there are many people who are on the list of 100 children who are staring at it, but considering that the teaching and learning "motivate" the students, they have to endure the excitement and wait for the end.

They were all wondering which lucky person would get the favor of the teacher and not stop for such a long time.

Jiao Xi's face slowly sank, and said, "You say it again?"

He was a little unsure if his hearing was fading because of his age, and he couldn't hear the rejection in Gu Xiaosheng's words. The conditions offered by that nobleman were even better than the treatment enjoyed by the original court test hundred sons.

Except for the benefits that no one else can have.

He was very confident that a shabby cloth would be able to get not only what these conditions had, but also the friendship of a nobleman. There will be many people vying to do this kind of business.

Being very confident does not mean absolutely.

Gu Xiaosheng looked at him and said seriously: "I refuse!"

The faces of several instructors changed, and an invisible and intangible pressure suddenly leaked out of their bodies, diffusing it.

In front of the Heavenly Academy, at this moment, it seemed to have become much heavier.

The teacher's face was so gloomy that he was about to drip water, and he asked word by word, "Why?"

This is a very embarrassing thing, the words that Gu Xiaosheng asked before were returned by him as they were, and all the initiative and all the condescension became passive at this moment.

This made him, as a teacher of the Heavenly Academy, feel very uncomfortable, and that feeling was like when the groom official of the cave room was about to lift the red hijab, and found that the other party was a man with five big and three rough.

Gu Xiaosheng's expression suddenly became serious, and he said: "You didn't ask me if I agreed to this matter, but you forced me to make a condition in exchange, this is a very disrespectful thing, so why should I respect your proposal? I used my own efforts to get the rank of 100 sons, naturally it is my own business, no one has the right to deny this fact, so why should I give it up?"

He paused, raised his hand and pointed to the list on the stone wall, and said in the most serious tone: "The virtues of the sages are as white as lotus flowers, so I tried everything to worship the Heavenly Academy, but now that it is tainted, then I don't want to enter." ”

The sunset light on the horizon could not withstand the erosion of the eternal night, and quietly fell.

A hint of coolness rose in the teacher's eyes, and he forcibly endured the throbbing in his heart that came out of nowhere, and made his voice as steady as possible, and said, "It just so happens that we can..."

Gu Xiaosheng seemed to know what he was going to say, and interrupted with a sudden wave of his hand: "Tomorrow, I will hand over the submission to the Discipline Division and cancel my name as a hundred sons of the Imperial Examination!"

After speaking, he carefully tidied up his coarse cloth shirt and walked directly into the distance.

The young man's heart still has residual warmth.