What was written on the identity card was the words 'Xu Mo of Xinghua Village, Tongming County'. Gao Shangshu read it and couldn't help but think of one thing. Ten days ago, Emperor Zhizheng announced that he would summon the six ministries of the cabinet, saying that he would crown one person as the subtle and holy true monarch of Tongxuan, and specially asked the Ministry of Rites what etiquette to take.

Isn't that the name of the person who wants to be sealed? Even the place of origin is the same. At that time, Emperor Zhizheng asked himself and replied to him, throughout the ages, there has never been such a seal, so there is nothing to refer to, but the posthumous Confucius Saint and Guan Shengdi are comparable, but when these two people are posthumously sealed, they are both dead people. As for sealing the living, such a heavy title has never been seen since ancient times.

Thinking of this, Gao Shangshu couldn't help but become entangled in his heart, if it was this person, he would soon be named the Subtle and Holy True Monarch of Tongxuan, and what kind of imperial examination would he have come to take it? But anyway, if it was really this person, he couldn't afford to offend, so he should ask it clearly first.

Liu Zhenzhen sent him many gifts, but Gao Shangshu never remembered her self-reported name. Xu Mo was crowned as the subtle and holy true monarch of Tongxuan, and this person immediately remembered his name, not only his name, but also his place of origin.

Seeing that a few guards were about to walk out with Liu Zhenzhen and a few soldiers, he was in a hurry and hurriedly ordered, "Come back, I still have something to ask." ”

The guards walked far away and did not hear for a moment. One of the guards hurried out and called them back.

"Ahem!" Gao Shangshu cleared his throat and said to Liu Zhenzhen: "Then Xu Mo, I'll ask you." What did you do when you came to the capital?"

Liu Zhenzhen heard him ask like this, although she felt inexplicable, she also felt that things might take a turn for the better, and said in a thick voice: "Back to my lord, the students went to the capital, of course, to participate in the imperial examination. ”

She is a delicate young lady, learning to speak with men, where can she learn to be like? Wang Yuan has not left yet. Hear that. That Wang Yuan immediately shouted: "My lord, listen, this voice, how can a man make such a sound?"

Gao Shangshu felt a lot of disgust in his heart. His brow furrowed. It was decided to separate these people first. "Got it, the headquarters will take care of it, a few of you. Let's go to the exam room first. ”

Wang Yuan and the others were unwilling, but they didn't dare not agree, so they had to say, "Yes, my lord." Secretly, I thought: Looking at this Gao Shangshu's attitude, there seems to be something hidden. After entering, I stared at the door, if he dared to let Xu Mo in, I would make a fuss, and everyone would fail the test.

Gao Shangshu waited for Wang Yuanze and the others to leave, so he ordered the guards to guard the door and not let people in for the time being, and then asked Liu Zhenzhen, "What about the imperial examination?

Liu Zhenzhen lowered her head and thought about it, remembering that Xu Mo entered Beijing to participate in the Wanfa Conference, and said busily: "Back to adults, students entered Beijing and also participated in the Wanfa Conference." ”

Gao Shangshu frowned deeply and sighed secretly, "Sure enough, this name is indeed that person." It's just a good one, why did this person come to take the imperial examination? He participated in it, and he found a girl to replace him. ”

Gao Shangshu was even more entangled in his heart, if he blew people out, he would have to settle a grudge. This person is no better than others, if it is an ordinary official, it is fine, even if it is an old scholar, a prince and a prince, he is not afraid. But according to Emperor Zhizheng, this person seems to have found the way to immortality and offended him, but he is afraid that not only will he take revenge on himself, but his descendants will not want to have a good time.

Then he glanced at Liu Zhenzhen again, this girl is too delicate, anyone can see that it is a woman at a glance. If he puts it in, he will inevitably be caught, but if he doesn't put it in, he won't dare to offend the other party. I can't help but think: If you look for a substitute exam, why do you want to find a girl? It's okay to find a girl, or find an ugly one, so that people can't see at a glance that it's a woman, but now you're looking for such a delicate girl?

Then I remembered that His Majesty now has a heavy reward for each other, which is unprecedented in history, which shows that he is extremely favored and trusted. I feel a little more stable in my heart, even His Majesty believes in him so much, why should I be a bad person in vain, whoever dares to shake things out, let him find this person to make trouble.

Immediately turned to the few soldiers who searched their bodies, "Ahem!" Gao Shangshu cleared his throat again and asked, "A few of you, let me ask you, have you searched this person?"

The soldiers were still kneeling on the ground, looking at each other a few times, and for a moment no one knew what to answer. Fortunately, a soldier was clever and hurriedly said: "Back to the adult, the villain has searched for it." ”

Gao Shangshu waved his hand, "Since you have searched it, what else are you messing about." As he spoke, he threw back the identity card to Liu Zhenzhen, and scolded: "Don't go to the exam yet." ”

Liu Zhenzhen was overjoyed and picked up the identity card, "Lord Xie." This speech revealed a female voice again.

Gao Shangshu didn't look at her, turned around and led people away. He had memorized the compartment number of Liu Zhenzhen's exam just now, and thought to himself: Since he wants to sell favors, he simply sells a big one, otherwise, how can he let the other party remember him? When this candidate finishes the exam, let's see how her essay is doing. Jinke himself is the main examiner, who else dares to talk more?

Those soldiers escaped death, and they were all happy, and they couldn't figure out why Gao Shangshu suddenly changed his attitude, and they were all saying hello to Liu Zhenzhen.

The chaste maiden was equally overjoyed, and took out a few silver tickets from her body, and distributed them to some of the search soldiers, so that they could go and drink on their own.

Thinking of that Gao Shangshu suddenly changed his attitude, he thought: This Gao Shangshu suddenly took such good care of me, it must be that the gift I gave took effect. Well, before and after, I gave him a total of nearly 10,000 taels of silver, so much silver, it was not in vain.

At the moment, he dragged the box and walked to the examination room. Seeing this, several soldiers who searched her body hurriedly separated the two of them, helped her drag the box, and sent it in. One of the soldiers also said, "Girl, when you finish the exam, we will come back to help you get something." ”

Liu Zhenzhen was happy in her heart, "That's a lot of work for you." ”

When I entered the examination room, I saw that Wang Yuanze and a few other people were looking around. As soon as he saw Liu Zhenzhen, he shouted, and Wang Yuan said loudly: "Examiner, examiner, examiner, where is the examiner? This person is a woman, and she has been tested just now? Why did you let her into the examination room again? The examiner comes out and gives us an explanation. This is the imperial examination, when did even the main examination cheat?"

Several others followed suit.

That Gao Shangshu walked over from nowhere, and said with a cold face: "Disrupt the order of the examination room, take it down for me!" Several guards rushed over, quickly chained these scholars, and pulled them down. That Wang Yuan still wanted to scream, but his mouth was covered.

The virgin girl was secretly happy, and went to her examination room and sat down, thinking: The girl gave so many gifts. It is true that it was not given away in vain. These poor sours are looking for trouble with the girl. As a result, he was in trouble.

Then take out the contents of the box and wait patiently for the exam to begin.

But he said that the red line saw Liu Zhenzhen enter the examination room, and thought: Sister Zhenzhen said that it will take several days to come out. It's useless for me to stay here. It's better to go back first. Wait for her to come out of the exam room, and then come to pick her up.

At that moment, I took the carriage and returned to Changchun Courtyard.

Xu Mo saw her come back. He smiled and asked, "Zhenzhen went in?"

Red Line nodded. Xu Mo was surprised: "How did you get in?

"The search is a search, but Sister Zhenzhen has already bought off the person who searched her body. Liu Zhenzhen had already entered the examination room, so Hongxian no longer helped her keep her secret, and told Xu Mo the truth.

Luo Shi heard it on the side, and said strangely: "Brother Xu, are you talking about the imperial examination?

Hongxian couldn't understand what she meant by this world, and replied, "Sister Zhenzhen went to pretend to be a man." ”

Luo Shi glanced at her a few times, couldn't help but take her hand, and exclaimed: "Sister, you are so good-looking, just like my own sister." "She has stayed in this world and has to have a good relationship with the women. Seeing that Liu Zhenzhen didn't seem to deal with herself, and the little girl was obviously in the same group as her, she first said a few good words about the red line.

Sure enough, the red line was young, and she didn't have so many complicated thoughts in her heart, and when she praised her, she suddenly had a little more affection for her, "Sister, you are also good-looking." ”

Xu Mo asked a few more words. At this time, several people suddenly flashed in outside the door, and it was an internal official with four guards, and he proclaimed loudly: "Your Majesty summons Xu Xianchang into the palace." ”

Xu Mo was stunned for a moment and asked, "Your Majesty summoned me?"

The internal official said respectfully: "Please let Immortal Chang enter the palace with the villain." ”

Xu Mo turned around and instructed Luo Shi, "I'll go out and let the red line take you out for a walk." As he spoke, he took a few silver tickets and gave them to her, so that she could spend them for herself. He also instructed the red line: "Protect Sister Luo Shi and don't let people bully her." ”

Hongxian has always listened to him the most, and said with a smile: "Got it, Uncle Xu, you can rest assured." ”

Xu Mo and the eunuch went out of the courtyard, and what was waiting outside the courtyard was the entire Son of Heaven honor guard, and the pomp was amazing. The internal official asked Xu Mo to go up to the palace and drove all the way to the palace, during which he passed through several gates and corridors. Finally, they came to a large hall.

The internal official announced loudly, "Xu Xian has arrived." ”

Emperor Zhizheng personally greeted him, took Xu Mo's hand, and said with a smile: "Xu Daoyou, we finally met again." ”

Xu Mo bowed slightly, "I've seen Your Majesty." ”

Emperor Zhizheng smiled: "No need to be polite. Saying that, he took Xu Mo into the main hall, ordered the seat, and then said: "Xu Daoyou, I invited you to the palace this time for a reward." ”

Then he talked about the reward, and there is no need to say much about the reward promised in advance. In addition, there are 10,000 good land, 10,000 taels of gold, and a Changsheng Courtyard, which was given to Xu Mo as a mansion, and there are countless other maidservants.

But when it comes to the matter of being titled, it is inevitably a little troublesome. It stands to reason that with such a heavy title, it is necessary to choose a good day and an auspicious day to announce it to the world, and then hold a grand ceremony, but this kind of ceremony, throughout the ages, has never had a precedent to follow.

The officials of the DPRK were inevitably embarrassed, argued for a long time, and did not come up with a proper solution. Therefore, even Emperor Zheng's intention is to announce to the world first, give the title to Xu Mo, and as for the ceremony, temporarily postpone it for a while.

This time Xu Mo was summoned to the palace to ask for his opinion.

Of course, Xu Mo had no objections, and agreed in one bite. Emperor Zheng was overjoyed and immediately instructed the officials to draft a decree and prepare to announce it to the world. At the same time, another decree was issued, and the reward was issued. In the end, he asked Xu Mo to help him adjust his body and drink the spring water of the Fountain of Youth.

When Xu Mo left the palace, he had already changed into an imperial robe, and even the honor guard of the Son of Heaven who had just sent him into the palace was sent to him by Emperor Zhizheng for use.

Xu Mo returned to the Immortal Academy, where the guards had already changed. Everyone else moved out. Because this temple was originally a temple, it was converted into a mansion at this time, and many places had to be rebuilt.

Fortunately, Emperor Zhizheng had already arranged a mansion for him to live in temporarily, so Xu Mo moved over with his daughters.

The next few days were very idle, and on the day of Yoo Zhenzhen's exam, Red Line ran over to pick her up. The chaste girl has always been conceited, how could she ever take this kind of examination seriously? She did a good job of writing the essay on the first day, and finally survived until the last day, and then she handed in the paper. The soldiers flattered her and waited outside early in the morning. Wait until she finishes the exam. Immediately greeted her, helped her drag the suitcase, and sent her out.

That Gao Shangshu had long been paying attention to her volume, and when he saw Liu Zhenzhen handing over the volume. He immediately walked closer and took a look. Write down some of the contents of the paper.

This is followed by the sealing of the volume. Transcription, grading. During this time, all the invigilators, examiners. The same examiner must stay in the tribute courtyard and are not allowed to go out until the papers are reviewed, the rankings are ranked, and the list is released, and the quarantine is over.

The Gao Shangshu had already memorized part of Liu Zhenzhen's paper, and when he saw this paper, he took it out, read it himself, and passed it to the other examiners, "Everyone, take a look at this paper." ”

One of the examiners read it and shook his head, "The article is well done, but it is more than talented, and the knowledge is inevitably insufficient." ”

Another examiner read it and said a few similar words, "I have talent, but my knowledge is shallow." Looking at this content, it should be done by young people, and it is inevitable that scholars will see it. ”

The third examiner read it and said with a smile: "It's still okay to be recorded in the top three." ”

Gao Shangshu said: "Rank, do you know who made this scroll?"

One of the examiners was in the Imperial History Terrace, and his temperament was relatively upright, and when he heard this, he immediately frowned, and said unhappily: "What does the boss mean by this?"

I thought: Looking at the meaning of this Gao Shangshu, it seems that there is a plan to cheat for personal gain, is this person actually Gao Shangshu's nephew? If you dare to show favoritism and let me go here, I have no choice but to join you.

Gao Shangshu smiled, but he was not angry, "Everyone, who do you guess this person is?"

One of them smiled and asked, "Why did the old man say this? Could it be that this man still has a great background?"

Gao Shangshu smiled and asked: "What is the biggest thing in the DPRK during this time?"

The man didn't think about it, and immediately said, "Of course, it's a matter of canonizing the subtle and holy true monarch of Tongxuan. ”

When a person next to him heard this, he suddenly frowned, "Could it be that this candidate still has a relationship with that true monarch?"

The official of the Imperial Historical Observatory sneered: "Even if it is related to the True Monarch, it is still a third-class. ”

Gao Shangshu smiled and lowered his voice, "This person is Zhenjun himself. ”

The imperial historian was startled, and suddenly did not dare to speak. Everyone else was also silent, and everyone was extremely strange in their hearts: this person was named the true monarch, why did he still come to take the imperial examination?

Gao Shangshu looked at everyone's expressions, smiled, picked up the tea in front of him, took a sip, and looked leisurely.

After a long time, an official proposed: "Why don't you mention it to the premise and list it as a second-class?"

Gao Shangshu looked at him with a smile and did not speak.

The official was stunned for a moment, and then came to his senses, "Oh no, this old fox wants to be a good man, but he pulled me to the top of the tank." He hurriedly stopped talking.

The imperial historian said: "Even if you are a true monarch, what can you do? A good test is good, and a bad test is not good." Could it be that if the paper is made like this, can he still be admitted as a champion?"

As soon as he said this, he saw that everyone was looking at him with strange expressions. That Yu Shi Li was speechless, and hurriedly said: "When I didn't say it." ”

In the end, someone suggested, "It's always like this, and it's not the way to go." In my opinion, it is better to write down the results of their own approval on the paper, either as 'excellent', or 'good', or 'medium', or as 'poor', and see how many grades it can be listed in the end. ”

Gao Shangshu glanced at the man, and saw that it was the prince of the country who was traveling around the wine, and said with a smile: "Good suggestion! Lord Zhou, please first." ”

Zhou You is not fooled, "The adults are listed as the main exams of this subject, of course, the adults come first." ”

Gao Shangshu turned to the Yushitai Yushi, "Liu Yushi will come first." ”

Although Liu Yushi was upright, he was not a fool, and he excused himself: "The lower official is willing to attach to the end." ”

Gao Shangshu was helpless, so he had to take the exam paper, thought about it, put pen to paper and approved the word 'excellent', passed it to Zhou You, Zhou You took it, saw that Gao Shangshu approved a 'excellent', hesitated for a moment, and also approved the word 'excellent'. It was passed down again, and finally passed to that Liu Yushi, Liu Yushi first looked at what others criticized, and looked down from the beginning, and saw that everyone had approved the word 'excellent', gritted his teeth, and thought: You are all good people, why should I be a bad person in vain?

Then he also approved the word 'excellent'. In the end, the volume was passed back to Gao Shangshu, Gao Shangshu read it, nodded, and said: "Even so, it may not be able to win the top prize, so approve other papers first." ”

Everyone approved other papers, and all of them were approved, but only Liu Zhenzhen's papers were all excellent.

Gao Shangshu took out the top three volumes, browsed them carefully, and then took Liu Zhenzhen's volumes, and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, according to the first batch of rankings, of course, this volume is the highest, but how to evaluate it has to be carefully considered." ”

Guozi Priest Jiu Zhouyou sneered in his heart: "This old fox, obviously wants to point the other party as the champion, but he is still saying such things with hypocrisy and hypocrisy, which is really hateful." Knowing that this man is a true monarch, who would dare to mark the word 'good' on his scroll? Once it is passed out, will he not make a feud? Even if he is not afraid, who will not have descendants in the future? Even a person as Geng Jie as Liu Yushi has succumbed, let alone others?"

At the moment, he asked, "In the opinion of adults, how should this rank be distinguished?"

Gao Shangshu said: "If you have no objections, the department proposes to use the method just now of Zhou Saijiu, and then approve the words on the volume, the word 'excellent' is the champion at most, followed by the list eye, and the least is Tanhua." (To be continued......)