The rain is so cold that it is sad,

Nine Moses have no dust and no mud.

Still the usual taste,

Slowly hang your sleeves and cross the street west.

——Han Wei's "First Going to the Issue"

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"Yi Sun." Cui Kuan hurriedly greeted the other party.

Cui Youfu pressed the wall he held and whispered, "Don't be impatient, Gao Yue will definitely pass this test."

The so-called "trading" means that after a new Jinshi went to the head of the tribute family to "receive gratitude", under the leadership of the head of the chief minister, he went to the Shangshu Province to visit the prime minister.

Cui Kuan was skeptical about Cui Youfu's words, but the other party immediately said, "You don't have to go to Yanying's wall, because the Holy Lord will definitely summon Yanying after the morning court today."

At this time, in Zi Pavilion west of the imperial city, more than a dozen Jinshis below Gao Yue sat cross-legged there. This was originally an official job for officials from various provinces, and they came here to enjoy their leisure time. Outside the pavilion was an open space, planted with various plants and flowers, but now it has become a place for this group of Jinshis waiting for the examination. They were surrounded by thorns on all sides, and the children of the Southern Yamen were guarded.

Therefore, from yesterday afternoon to early this morning, Zheng Zhi had no intention of enjoying the scenery outside the pavilion.

Zheng Zhi's mind is very complicated now. On the one hand, he did not expect that the situation would be in trouble. The Holy Lord issued an imperial edict to ask everyone to test the Pavilion of the Shangshu Province. If Gao Yue's name does not match the truth, then the end would be a tragic and was killed by a stick. On the other hand, Zheng Zhi felt that this was also a good opportunity for him to be the leader, which could not be proved during the Spring Examination. At this moment, he wanted to show it to the world.

Thinking of this, Zheng Zhi looked at Gao Yue with complicated eyes:

I saw Gao Yue's hair bun was a little scattered (at this time his hair had completely grown), but he was very calm. The food delivered by the kitchen of the Shangshu Province just now was only a few bare dishes left. Several Taofen's slept around him, and were planning a judgment.

Before, Gao Yue and the others stood in the small open space outside the pavilion and had a concert together. It can be said that even after coming here, they still strictly abide by the shed class format and did not panic at all.

"Gao Yue, you..." Zheng Zhi couldn't help asking.

"What's wrong with Mr. Zheng? Do you have to pay back the ten-cent money for my sanitation?" Gao Yue was there, without raising his head, holding the pen and answering lightly.

Zheng Zhi could only swallow the words to his mouth.

So they continued to wait quietly.

After the court meeting, Emperor Li Yu indeed summoned Yan Ying. This time, he specially asked Xiao Xin, the attendant of the scattered cavalry, to attend. Li Yu in the hall asked Xiao Xin if he had received his ink edict?

"I will definitely live up to your Majesty's entrustedness and try my best to do a good job of the overhaul."

At this time, Chang Gun also interrupted, as if to alert Xiao Xin, "Xiao Sanqi must excite the turbidity and promote the good..."

Li Yu said to Xiao Xin: "The tribute scholars in the scientific examination are the system of my Tang Dynasty's selection of wise men. Xiao Sanqi must not make him lose his reputation."

After saying that, the emperor actually asked Chang Gun and Cui Youfu to go out first, because the following was the time for him and Xiao Xin to discuss intimately.

Li Yu told Xiao Xin his true thoughts, and Xiao Xin hurriedly agreed. Next, Li Yu asked Xiao Xin if he had confirmed the question for the over-examination? Xiao Xin said it. Li Yu frowned and asked, "Is this question too inequality (not consistent with my Tang Dynasty's goal of restoring the glorious atmosphere)?"

"The question is not important, the key is whether the answer is high."

"Um." Li Yu nodded when he heard Xiao Xin say this.

Soon, in the Xizi Pavilion of the Shangshu Province, these Jinshi quickly heard the footsteps coming from the corridor. The master Sima, who knew that the test was over, was about to arrive...

The surrounding thorns and the ground around the pavilion were all over the pavilion, and spring snow began to fall again. Gao Yue looked up and saw that it was not as big as the spring exam that day, and it was probably the last "peach blossom snow": Chang'an will soon usher in the warm spring season.

In fact, half of the calmness he had just faced with Zheng Zi's face. In order not to let friends such as Wei Shi, Liu Deshi, Dugu Liangqi and others be nervous. What's the matter? It goes without saying that although he can write fu now, Pan Yan leaked the title of "using bamboo as fu" to himself in advance. He prepared himself when he went back, and the test was temporary. Who knew who was the person who presided over it and what topic was asked?

Although according to Gao Yue’s previous plan, Liu Yan, Pan Yan and the others will try their best to protect themselves, no one can tell the ending before the dust finally settles, right?

After the curtain was tilted, Gao Yue knew that the examiner who had passed the exam had arrived, and the time to determine his destiny had come.

He couldn't help but clench his clothes nervously with his hands!

Looking in a blink of an eye.

Liu Deshi almost shouted out, but fortunately he controlled himself.

It was actually Xiao Xin, the attendant of the Sanqin who was in the wrong day, who actually asked him to preside over the exam. You must know that the last time this tribute was more than ten years ago. Now it seems that the evolution of this matter is really wonderful and indescribable.

Gao Yue's hand was released, and he looked at Xiao Xin who was walking in, and Xiao Xin's eyes were also looking at him with a smile.

This smile immediately made the stone in Gao Yue's heart fall slowly and steadily.

"Well, don't panic. The Holy Lord is just trying to calm down the objection. As long as there is no accident and not pulling the white scroll, we will ensure that everyone passes the test." Xiao Xin, who was seated, said with kind eyes and stroked his beard.

Zheng Zhi was relieved at this time. He knew that Gao Yue could still write his poems, so even if he couldn't get a trump card and kept his Jinshi, it would not be a bad ending.

Next, Xiao Xin slowly pointed to the flowers and plants covered with snow outside the pavilion and submitted the title of the essay, "The topic is to take the snow as the remaining, and the five words of the bright moon shines on the snow as the rhyme, and the limit is 300 words."

No wonder the emperor just now said whether Xiao Xin’s question was too weak and the residual snow melted. Does it seem too dusk for a country’s scientific examination questions? So Li Shangyin’s sentence in the late Tang Dynasty, “The sunset is infinitely beautiful, but it’s near dusk” expressed so much sadness and helplessness!

After listening to the topic, all the Jinshi began to start writing together.

Gao Yue shook his sleeves, showed his wrists, held the pen in his hand, and couldn't help but smile like a "horse to success" on the corner of his mouth!

That's right, Xiao Xin once promised me that as long as he takes care of the documents and when I am in the literary world, I will definitely live up to my promise and take me as a lie. I didn't expect that this kind of reward would come so quickly.

It seems that after Wuqian was shocked by Yun Shao's wife, my fortune has really come.

Gao Yue couldn't help but remember that that day, he was in the South Garden of Xiaosan Qijia. After Xiao Xin finished reading the papers, in order to personally examine the literary talent of his and Liu De's room, he asked them to have a "private test" on the spot (the Tang Dynasty scholars gathered together in private to simulate the exam, called a private test).

The private test questions given by Xiao Sanqi are called "The Fu of Remnant Snow".

After the overhaul, the emperor Li Yu in Zichen Hall was also very excited. Beside him were the prince and the king of Han who came to serve. They both knew that His Majesty was waiting for the overhaul.

Soon, several eunuchs came in one after another with the copied essay test papers, asking everyone to read them.
Chapter completed!