There was a strong man in the courtyard, refining qi to the sun.

His method of refining qi is more interesting, first take a deep breath, until you can't breathe in, then hold your breath hard, and when you can't hold it anymore, you slowly exhale it, and the cycle repeats.

When he saw Xu Mo and the others, the strong man immediately stopped, turned around, and nodded slightly. Xu Mo nodded in response.

The miscellaneous Taoist didn't introduce it, and led everyone to a house, and said, "This is Room 13 of Changchun Courtyard, and this is the key." Saying that, he gave the key to Xu Mo, and said: "From today onwards, before the start of the Ten Thousand Dharma Conference, you can all live here, of course, you can also live in Lu, all according to your own will." If you are eating, there is a dining room on the right, so you can go there and eat. In addition, the rules of the Changsheng Temple are all listed on a tablet outside the courtyard, and you can see it yourself. The most important thing is not to make trouble, not to fight, and nothing else. ”

After saying that, the man went out.

Xu Mo said: "Let's go in." With that, he opened the door with the key. Looking inside, the house was clean, there were about six or seven rooms, and all the utensils were complete. Lin Su'er and Xue Ling'er didn't wait for orders, so they walked in and cleaned up.

The red line was very uneven, and said indignantly: "These people are so rude, with Uncle Xu's ability, how can they only be a third-class mage?" paused, and then said: "Uncle Xu, let's just go out and live." ”

Xu Mo shook his head and said with a smile: "No, it's just a house, it's not the same anywhere." Besides, even if you move to an inn, you may not be able to find such a good house. The Ten Thousand Laws Conference will begin in a few moments. During this time, there must be people coming every day, and I want to take the opportunity to see who are the people who come here. ”

Liu Zhenzhen said, "It doesn't matter to me, but I want to change my clothes and go for a walk." ”

The red line said: "Sister Zhenzhen, you just made a fuss that you had to live near the Gongyuan." ”

Liu Zhenzhen said: "If you can't live near the Gongyuan, then it's the same anywhere." Besides, the time for the scientific expedition is still early. Wait for me to change my clothes and go out to sign up. ”

Xu Mo said: "Don't you eat?"

Yoo Jung-jeong replied. "Don't report your name first. I can't eat it. ”

Hongxian was puzzled: "Sister Zhenzhen, if you go to sign up, can you succeed? When others see that you are a woman, how can they let you sign up?"

Liu Zhenzhen smiled: "So I have to change my clothes." Woman dressed as a man. It doesn't matter. ”

Xu Mo reminded: "Even if you wear men's clothes." Everyone else recognizes it too. ”

Liu Zhenzhen pursed her lips, "You are deliberately angry with me, don't think that I don't know what to do." Hmph, I won't fool you. As he spoke, he walked inward.

Hongxian glanced at Liu Zhenzhen's back, then looked at Xu Mo, covering her mouth and smiling.

Xu Mo didn't know what she was laughing at, glared at her, and then ordered: "Red line, you also change your clothes and follow her, so as not to be bullied by others when she walks on the road." ”

Liu Zhenzhen heard it in the middle and said loudly: "Who else will bully me besides you?"

Hongxian listened to Xu Mo's words very much, and listened to his instructions, so he nodded and walked inside, saying as he walked: "Sister Zhenzhen, I'll go with you." ”

Liu Zhenzhen said: "I don't want anyone to protect me." ”

Hongxian smiled and said, "I didn't protect you, aren't you lonely when you go out alone?"

Liu Zhenzhen thought for a while, nodded and said, "That's what I said." Then he said: "If you want to follow me, you also have to change your clothes and change into men's clothes." You...... Well, you pretend to be my little scholar, and I came to take the exam with my little scholar. ”

"Yes, yes. Red Line agreed, and went to the room to change clothes.

Xu Mo couldn't remember what to do for a while, so he sat down on a chair in the main room. After a while, Yoo Jung-jeong and Hongxian changed their clothes and walked out of the inner room. Both wore men's clothes.

Liu Zhenzhen had already made a lot of preparations before this, and this outfit seemed to look the same. She wore a light blue Confucian shirt, turned around in front of Xu Mo, and asked, "Look, do I look like a man?"

Xue Ling'er turned her face to look at it and said with a smile: "The virgin girl is too handsome, this dress is not like it." When you go out the door, anyone who sees it will know that Lu Dao is a girl. ”

"Really?" Liu Zhenzhen asked with some confusion and at the same time some disappointment.

Lin Xi'er reminded: "It's the virgin girl's face that is too handsome, if you get a fake beard, maybe you can cover it up." ”

Liu Zhenzhen frowned and said, "Where to find a fake beard?"

Xu Mo also said: "It's because the face is too white, otherwise it may be better to smear some ash on the bottom of the pot." ”

"Huh!" Liu Zhenzhen was reminded by him, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she pulled the red line, and walked out, "Sister Red Line, let's go to the canteen to find the ashes at the bottom of the pot, and you can also wipe some of it." ”

Hongxian was not happy, "I don't want it, Sister Zhenzhen, the bottom of the pot is so dirty." ”

Liu Zhenzhen threatened: "Your face is more tender than me, if you don't wipe it, you will be recognized, if you don't wipe it, don't follow me." ”

The red line was helpless, so she had to agree, "Okay, okay, I'll wipe a little less." ”

The two went to the dining room and went straight to the kitchen. Liu Zhenzhen took out a handkerchief, scraped some soot from the bottom of the pot, wrapped it in a handkerchief, and returned to her residence.

Then he went back to the room to paint, and after a while, he came out and asked Xu Mo to come and see it.

Xu Mo glanced at it, and smeared a thin layer on the exposed skin, neck, injury, face, and even behind the root of the ear, and sure enough, it looked a lot darker, so he nodded and said, "It's okay, but if you look closely, you can still see it." ”

Liu Zhenzhen looked proud, snorted softly, pulled the red line, and continued: "Sister Red Line, let's go." ”

Xu Mo asked, "Did you bring any money?"

Liu Zhenzhen replied, "I don't want you to care." Pulling the red line, the two went out. Seeing the giant tiger, the red line said: "Sister Zhenzhen, why don't we ride the tiger?"

Liu Zhenzhen shook her head, "No, let's sign up." Besides, they are all women dressed as men, and they should be low-key, riding a tiger is too high-profile, everyone has to pay attention to us, and it is not good to be noticed. ”

"That's just as well. Red Line chimed in. The two went out of the courtyard and went to the public carriage yard again. Showing their identity tags, a carriage carrying the two of them walked out.

When they walked to the gate, the carriage put the two down, and the two of them took the carriage they hired when they came, and went out of the gate of the Immortal Temple.

When she got to the street, Liu Zhenzhen asked a passer-by to inquire. "Where can I register for the exam?"

The passer-by pointed casually. "It's in the courtyard to the right of the Gongyuan. ”

The two of them then drove to the Gongyuan. When they arrived at the Gongyuan, the two got out of the carriage and searched all the way, and sure enough, they found a courtyard on the right. The courtyard was crowded with people. Dozens of people are waiting to sign up.

Yoo Jung-jeong pulled the red line. After squeezing in and asking about the rules, someone told her that nothing else was needed for this registration. As long as you are there in person.

"Let's line up. Liu Zhenzhen asked the rules, then pulled the red line and rushed to the back of a line to line up.

After some time, it was Yoo Jung-jeong's turn and stepped forward. Behind a desk sat a pen holder, protected by two big-headed soldiers with red tassel guns.

The pen shelf didn't raise his head, and asked directly: "Next, name, place of origin, age?"

Liu Zhenzhen replied in a thick voice: "Xu Mo of Xinghua Village, Tongming County, was twenty years old at the time...... Twenty-eight...... Twenty-nine years old. She didn't know Xu Mo's age very well, and when she spoke, she paused a few times.

The pen holder casually asked, "Twenty-eight or twenty-nine?" and looked up as he spoke.

Liu Zhenzhen hurriedly said: "It's twenty-nine, twenty-nine." ”

The pen holder glanced at her a few times, looked weird, and suddenly asked, "You are Xu Mo?" With a smile on his face, it seemed that he could laugh at any time.

Liu Zhenzhen was a little flustered by him, "Yes, I'm Xu Mo, what's the matter with the adult?"

The pen rack somehow recognized her as a girl, Ha Luha smiled, and said loudly: "This is the national talent ceremony, the emperor's Enke, although it is not limited to children, lifters, jinshi, and white ding, they can all sign up, but it is only limited to men, not girls." Girl, you'd better go home, haha!"

Liu Zhenzhen was still trying to calm down, "Girl, where is the girl? My lord, are you mistaken?"

The pen holder ignored her, smiled and greeted the others loudly, "Everyone, everyone, there are strange things every year, and this year is especially many." Everyone, come and see, there is a girl who has come to take the imperial examination. ”

"What, there's a girl?" the others heard him, and they all gathered around to watch. With the pen frame in front of me, I naturally saw at a glance that Liu Zhenzhen was a woman, and everyone laughed.

One of them grabbed and said: "Girl, this is the imperial examination, not a place to play." Let's go back and let your father and brother come. ”

"Ha Lu Ha !

"It's ridiculous that a girl came to register for the imperial examination. ”

Liu Zhenzhen was ashamed and annoyed, still arguing, and forced a smile: "Everyone, you must be mistaken, Zai Xia is indeed a man, but he is handsome and looks like a girl." ”

Someone shouted, "You said you were a man, dare you take your pants off?"

Someone heckled, "Take off your clothes, take off your clothes." Whether it's a man or a woman, take off your clothes and check it, and if it's a man, we will make amends to you. If it's a girl, we won't embarrass you, just kiss each of us. ”

As soon as he said this, some people immediately echoed it loudly. Then they all shouted, "Take off your clothes, take off your clothes." ”

"Bold!" Liu Zhenzhen didn't speak, Hongxian's face turned cold, and she snorted, reached out to her body, and touched the short sword that was as sharp as clay.

"What to do!" "Hugh has to commit murder!" "Put down your weapons quickly!" Several of the big-headed soldiers turned their guns and pointed them at the red line, shouting loudly.

"Sister Redline, don't. Liu Zhenzhen hurriedly stopped it, and in a hurry, even the red line sister shouted out.

When someone heard this, they smiled more and more proudly: "It's not a girl, this little scholar is also a woman dressed as a man, what did she call her just now?" ”

"Ha Lu Ha !

"Encountering such a strange thing, today is finally not in vain. ”

......

Liu Zhenzhen had no choice but to pull the red line and walk out of the courtyard.

Someone deliberately shouted: "Girl, don't you sign up?"

She didn't pay attention to it, and went out of the yard with a red line. It wasn't until he was far away that he stomped his feet and said, "How good is this? How good is this? I can't report my life and can't take the exam." ”

Red Line didn't understand her thoughts. comforted: "Sister Zhenzhen, if you don't take the test, you won't take the test, it's not a big deal." ”

Liu Zhenzhen shook her head and gritted her teeth: "No, no matter what, you have to find a way to take the exam." ”

The red line reminded: "Others have already recognized you, how can you sign up? ”

Liu Zhenzhen stomped her feet and said, "Come back another day, maybe it will be a different person." Damn it. I don't know how the pen holder recognized me. There was a pause. He whispered as if talking to himself. "I don't know where his house is, if I know Lu Dao, maybe I can think of a way to bribe. ”

The red line said: "Sister Zhenzhen." I don't understand. What do you say. Let's do it, how are you going to bribe?"

Liu Zhenzhen thought for a while, "It's not now." Let's get out of here and inquire elsewhere. ”

Red Line agreed, and the two were about to leave. A middle-aged man suddenly walked out of the alley, hurriedly walked over, did not look up at people, and asked in a low voice: "Do you want to take the exam?

Liu Zhenzhen asked loudly, "Hey, what exam questions are you talking about?"

"It turned out to be a girl. The man looked up at her, a little disappointed.

Liu Zhenzhen shouted: "What nonsense are you talking about, who is the girl?"

The man said 'I'm sorry' and turned to leave. Liu Zhenzhen hurriedly asked again: "What exam questions did you just say?

The man stopped and said, "It's the question of the scientific examination, you are a girl, and it is useless to tell you." ”

Liu Zhenzhen said anxiously: "Who said it's useless? You wait, I have something to ask you." ”

The man didn't stop, he kept walking. Liu Zhenzhen was anxious and said loudly: "Hey! wait, wait." The man ignored her. Red Line jumped forward, stood in front of the man, and said loudly, "My sister Zhenzhen told you, stop me." As he spoke, he took out his dagger and pointed it at the man. The man stopped, stumbled and sighed, "Girl, if you have anything to say, just say it, don't delay me in doing business." ”

Liu Zhenzhen said: "I just want to take care of your business." ”

The man said disapprerovingly: "I'm selling exam questions, what use can you be a girl?" Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered something, and his eyes lit up, "Oh! I know that your father and brother or your husband are going to participate in the imperial examination." ”

Liu Zhenzhen was noncommittal, "I don't ask you about the exam questions, I'll ask you, is there any way you can help me register?"

The man looked surprised and said in disbelief: "Sign up? You say that you are a girl who wants to participate in the imperial examination?"

Liu Zhenzhen said unhappily: "Rory is long-winded, what do you do so much?" I will ask you, is there a way to sign up?"

The man said: "There are still ways, but it is difficult to say whether you can enter the examination room." You know that the entrance is to be checked, how can you be a girl?"

Liu Zhenzhen was overjoyed when she heard this, and then said: "If I can't get in or not, that's my business." All you have to do is get my name on me. ”

The man said, "Let me think." Then he counted his fingers, "One hundred taels of silver, help you sign up, you know, this silver is not for me alone, many places have to be dotted." ”

"Yes. Liu Zhenzhen had to be able to report her name, and she didn't care about the others, and she was worried that the man would deceive herself, so she added, "Give money after reporting your name." ”

The man shook his head repeatedly, "No, this money has to be given first." ”

Liu Zhenzhen sneered: "What if I give the money and you take it and run away?"

The man also said: "If you report your name and you don't give money, which one should I go to?"

Liu Zhenzhen said: "What should I do then? Anyway, I can't believe you." ”

"Well, girl, I have a solution. The man thought about it for a while, and soon had an idea, and then said: "Do you think this will work? Let's write an IOU, on which it is written that after the name of the student XX in the scientific examination, in order to cope with the imperial examination, he borrowed one hundred taels of silver from XX, and returned it on a certain day, a certain year, a certain month, and a certain date. In this case, if you do not give your name, the IOU will not be counted, and if you report your name, you will owe me a hundred taels of silver. ”

Liu Zhenzhen was overjoyed and said with a smile: "This method is good, that's how to do it." ”

The man said, "Okay, let's make an IOU." There's a bookmark in front of me, it's my friend, let's go there and write, and ask him to be a witness by the way. ”

Liu Zhenzhen asked casually, "Uncle's surname?"

The man said: "My surname is Lu, Xingsan, there is no big name in the poor family, the girl calls me Lu San." Then he said: "Girl, what name did you use when you signed up? Let's say it first, the original name is not good, it is better to use a man's name, otherwise we will be recognized, and we will also bear a great sin." ”

Liu Zhenzhen said: "Don't worry, the name has already been there." ”

Lu San nodded, leading the way in front, and Liu Zhenzhen and Hongxian followed. After crossing an alley, I went to the street, and after walking a little more, I came to an office stall.

The writing stall was a simple table, covered with a few pieces of paper, a pair of pen inkstones, and an old man in his fifties dressed in black with a goatee sat behind the stall.

Lu Sanjing walked up to the old man and whispered a few words to him, and the old man glanced at Liu Zhenzhen and the red line, and then nodded.

Lu San then introduced: "This Fourth Brother Hu is my friend. You can call him Hu Si, or Brother Hu, whatever the girl wants. ”

Liu Zhenzhen shouted: "Fourth Brother Hu." ”

Then Lu San asked again: "What do you call the girl?"

Liu Zhenzhen thought for a moment, and then said, "You call me Xu Mo." ”

Lu San nodded, knowing that this was the name she wanted to use in the report, and said to Liu Zhenzhen: "Girl, there are still some details about this note, let's discuss it slowly, it's better to find a shop and talk while eating, what do you think?"

Liu Zhenzhen knew that he wanted to disturb himself, and this meal could not be saved no matter what, so she had to nod and agree, but she then touched her body, but found that she had forgotten to bring money. Although she didn't have much money, she also had a few taels of silver, which Xu Mo gave her when she was in Taihua County. I changed my clothes just now, and I forgot to take them out. (To be continued......)