Boom! When it was March, the spring thunder was stinging. The test has ended, and the thousands of people stranded in the capital are all looking forward to the results. Those who do well in the examination are complacent, but they are also inevitably suffering from gains and losses; those who do poorly in the examination mourn their relatives, but they also have a bit of luck.

However, the most talked about in the streets and alleys is the vision that appeared in this year's examination room. Someone said, "We stood outside the examination room and watched, about the second day, there was a cloud in the southwest of the field, which was shaped like a dragon."

When the volume was finished on the third day, the cloud seemed to be stimulated all of a sudden, and it went straight to the blue sky, and when it reached the zenith, it dissolved into a large canopy, covering the sky and the sun. Some old people said that this is not only talent and luck, but may even be the spirit of the emperor!"

Someone was shocked and said: "How can my brother talk nonsense? The examination room is full of loyal, filial piety, and righteous scholars, and the first one is to be loyal to the saints, where can there be any anger of the emperor? This is a great rebellion!"

At the beginning, the man said disdainfully: "So you know a fart? The anger of the emperor does not necessarily appear in the emperor, if you are loyal to the country, the monarch and the minister get along, and the minister can also use the emperor's anger to save the country and save the people." I think that in this examination, there must be a loyal minister and good looks!"

Only then did many people echo this remark, and they were all speculating about who the genius who made such an article was.

"Don't guess, it must be Ye Xingyuan. In a simple small mansion in Beijing, the white-clothed Confucian Yuwenjing drank sullen wine with a frown, and lamented with his friend Chen Zhi.

Chen Zhi was shocked: "Why is Brother Yuwen so sure? If he can make such an article, wouldn't it be a blessing for the country? Why does Brother want to target him everywhere?"

Yu Wenjing smiled bitterly and said: "I have read this person's article more than 100 times? No one in the world can match it, except for him, who else can turn the tide and save the people from fire and water?

Chen Zhi frowned and said, "Brother Yuwen suspects that he has a heart of disobedience? It's really hard to lie under people. But if he is a jinshi, he will enter the military as a civilian official and will not be in charge of the army, as long as he is careful to take precautions, it will be fine. Why bother so early?"

If a military general wants to rebel, as long as he has a few thousand brave cronies, it is enough to occupy a city in troubled times. But if the civil officials want to rebel, they have to be extremely powerful and leaning towards the government and the opposition, otherwise it will be regarded as a province and a province with the system of this dynasty. It is also difficult to mobilize troops and make chaos.

Even if Ye Xingyuan had a smooth journey, he was admitted to the Jinshi at the age of seventeen, and it would take at least twenty or thirty years to be promoted to a university scholar. In the past twenty or thirty years, who knows what has changed, why did Yuwenjing worry so early?

Yu Wenjing shook his head, "This dynasty has been deeply troubled, even if there are really ambitious people who seek to usurp the throne, I don't think it's different." This was originally the number of fates. If that's all I have to worry about, I don't have to worry so much. ”

He was a wise man, and knew that although the present dynasty did not see any major problems, it was on fire everywhere. Although a few pasters managed to maintain it, the fortune of the country was not long after all.

Changing the dynasty is a matter of course in heaven, as a wise reader. It doesn't seem that strange. Yu Wenjing's worry about Ye Xingyuan was not that he was afraid of stealing the country.

Chen Zhi wiped his sweat in horror and said: "My brother always makes such horrible words, just the two of us can talk about it." You can't do that out there. ”

Yu Wenjing smiled: "I don't know this, these complaints are nothing more than our brothers, that is, in front of Yan Shoufu, although he and I both know it, but they will never say a word." ”

Standing at the height of Yan Bingzhang, how could he not know that state affairs were difficult? As his confidant and mastermind, Yu Wenjing would not discuss the rise and fall of the country with him, and even if this matter was clearly explained, what was the use? It is better to be confused and be a monk for a day and hit the clock for a day.

Chen Zhi asked again: "Since my brother is not even worried about this, then why should I be so jealous of this person? ”

Yuwenjing is a glorious person, with a clear breeze on his sleeves, and he does not seek power, so he has not been willing to go to the test, and is willing to hide in the city. No matter what aspect you look at, he will not have any contradiction with Ye Xingyuan.

Yu Wenjing sighed and said: "Ye Xingyuan is a great talent, if he follows the teachings of the saints, it will be the luck of the country and the luck of the human race." But I read between the lines of his words that he was unruly, and I was afraid that this person would be a sinner of culture and education in the future.

With the learning of a sage, it is absolutely difficult to save the situation in the Southern Jin Dynasty, and he can make a comeback, presumably using his miscellaneous learning. Originally, the sage was broad and profound, and some miscellaneous studies could not shake its foundation. But the more I read Ye Xingyuan's article, the more I feel that his arguments are completely different from those of the sage, and once it becomes a climate in the future, it will definitely become a heretical study, and it will be infinitely poisonous!"

Yu Wenjing admired Ye Xingyuan very much in his heart, not to mention his ability to hold the sky with his hands, but all kinds of new learning directions, all of which were fascinating. In addition to the exam articles, Ye Xingyuan's essay on "releasing rent" in the provincial capital was also familiar with Yuwenjing.

His eyes were like torches, and he saw that among Ye Xingyuan's chaotic views, there was actually a huge system, and if it was matured, he was afraid that it would be comparable to the sage's learning. This is the source of Yuwenjing's fear.

Yu Wenjing knew that this meeting was a key turning point, and when he was the most nervous before the release of the list, this was the first time he expressed his inner worries in front of his best friends.

Chen Zhi was dumbfounded, he never thought that Yu Wenjing would worry about such a problem. To put it mildly, if Yuwen Jing thought that Ye Xingyuan's later doctrines might shake the foundation of the Sage's Humanistic Sect, wouldn't he think that he, a young man, had the ability to stand up to the Sage?

Chen Zhi hadn't seen Ye Xingyuan yet, but he was already full of curiosity about him.

Yu Wenjing drank a glass of wine, and sighed again: "The three main exams, I have visited them one by one before the exam, Xi Cifu does not pretend to be a man, and his temperament will inevitably support Ye Xingyuan as the champion." Scholar Shen is greedy and selfish, and when I listen to the tone of his words, I will inevitably suppress Ye Xingyuan with all my strength.

Now the key falls on Yan Shoufu, but unfortunately he is unpredictable, although we have been a guest for many years, but what he thinks in his heart, there is no way to know. ”

Yu Wenjing has no doubts about the person who made the shocking article, and it is 100% sure that it is Ye Xingyuan, which means that it is impossible not to let Ye Xingyuan pass the exam. His hope now is that Ye Xingyuan will never win the championship, even if it is just a leader, the momentum will be very different.

"It's come to this, and we can only resign ourselves to fate. The so-called plan is in people, and success is in heaven. Yuwenjing looked out the window solemnly, sighed, and fell into deep thought.

A few happy and a few worried, compared to Ye Xingyuan, who was waiting calmly, the three main exams who were arguing, and the worried Yuwenjing. Chen Jian, who was bent on framing Ye Xingyuan in the examination, suffered from flesh and skin at this time. He rolled to the ground, his face pale, his eyes turned up, and his appearance was indistinguishable from that of a demon.

"Brocade girl, spare your life, spare your life!" Chen Jian cried out.

Opposite him, the woman in white was furious, "The situation of the demon clan going south, even if it is a fool to operate, it can be swept away." You are so useless, not only can you not destroy Ye Xingyuan, but let him flourish and turn things around?

If the Monkey King Tuo doesn't kill you, I will kill you too!

She shook softly, Chen Jian twitched all over, almost fainted in pain, kowtowed like garlic and said: "It's incompetent, and I fell for Ye Xingyuan's trick." But beg the girl to give her another chance, and I will go far for the girl except for this leaf. ”

The woman in white sneered, "The test has passed, Ye Xingyuan's entry into the rank is a foregone conclusion, you are an incompetent person, you can't compete with him in the deduction illusion, how can you compete with him in the officialdom?"

Chen Jian hurriedly said: "This time, I defected to the demon clan and established the merit of education, although there is a loss in the big festival, but there is also a merit. Even if you can't enter the top three tripings, you can also enter the second class jinshi, I am a fellow villager with Ye Xingyuan, and I will be able to share his resources if I compete with him, and I can take him down in one fell swoop if I see the opportunity!"

He was in severe pain, but his mind was very clear, and this made sense. The woman in white thought for a while, nodded and said, "I forgot, we are playing for you and putting you in a high position in the demon clan." Although he failed to annex the Southern Dynasty in one fell swoop, he also committed many sins and merits, which made you cheaper.

If someone works for you, Sanding Jia is not without hope. You and Ye Xingyuan are from Guiyang County, Dinghu Province at the same time, and they entered the officialdom in the same year, as long as there is a disagreement, it will damage Ye Xingyuan's reputation, it seems that you have to be used?"

Her gaze swept coldly over Chen Jian, Chen Jian fell to the ground like falling into an ice cave, and said in a lamented voice: "This time I will live up to the girl's trust!"

He kowtowed heavily, and when he raised his head again, he saw a black blue on his forehead, and there were blood marks at the corners of his eyes, making his face more and more hideous.

Three days after the exam, the ranking was determined, and the yellow list was released, and the undercurrent before that was surging, when it still rose on this day, finally came to an end. Ye Xingyuan stayed in the post house and didn't want to see the list. Although Tang Shiyan and the others were in a hurry, they could only accompany him.

"The champion must belong to my virtuous brother, it won't be wrong!" Tang Shiyan couldn't help repeating this sentence with others, which could be regarded as comforting himself psychologically.

Ye Xingyuan had no sorrow or joy at this time, and he didn't feel fluctuating in his heart. After a trial, he is more aware of the impermanence of the world, his heart is like water, and he is more calm.

If it is the champion, of course, it is the best, and it can be regarded as a good beginning and a good end, an end point of the imperial examination, and the best starting point in the officialdom.

If not, as long as he joins the office, there is still a way for him to go. After that, his fate will no longer be dictated by an exam, nor will it be grasped by a few people, and he will forge his own path.

"The messenger who delivered the good news has arrived at the door!" An exclamation came from outside the door, and Ye Xingyuan was shocked and clenched his fists. (To be continued.) )