On the ninth day of the first month of March, in Daliang City, the originally relatively deserted Confucius Temple Street was overcrowded at this time. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Thousands of students who traveled from all over the Wei Kingdom to Daliang at their own expense to participate in this year's examination gathered on this temple street, waiting for the initial examination that was about to begin.

However, this is not all the candidates for this year's entrance examination, in addition to these, there are still thousands of candidates who have passed the township examination, still studying hard in their respective residences, making their final efforts before the examination.

It is no wonder, after all, for the examiners, the examination is equivalent to the dragon gate, and the golden scales will turn into a dragon when they cross the dragon gate, and they will embark on a career and a bright future.

Of course, at this moment, on this temple street, not all of them are examiners, there are also many peddlers, merchants, brokers, ruffians and the like.

After all, with the number of examinees on this temple street at the moment, as long as there are ten percent of the examinees willing to buy, then these hawkers and merchants will be developed.

And the brokers, to be precise, are not brokers in the real sense, they can only be regarded as speculators, they specially select those brightly dressed but obviously worried-looking exams, and vaguely reveal that they have the questions for this preliminary exam, and defraud those students of their money.

However, if such a broker is discovered, the patrol outside the examination room will arrest him mercilessly.

As for some ruffians, the nature is more complicated, some of them are here to join in the fun, while others want to see if there is a chance to pick a fat sheep from so many examinees and steal their money bags.

After all, in the Wei State, about seventy percent of the scholars were well-off or even wealthy, and some poor civilians couldn't even fill their stomachs, so how could they have spare money to read and write? You know, books are quite expensive, and even some precious books have no chance to come into contact without a certain connection and status.

At this time, in the wing room of a restaurant facing the street, Chu Shuli, the head of the Daliang Mansion, Yang Yu, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and Chi Fang, the chief catcher of the Supervision and Arrest Department of the Criminal Department, were sitting at a table by the window, looking at the overcrowded temple street outside the window.

It's not that there have been any major cases in Daliang recently, they just ordered to maintain order in Temple Street, after all, the Ministry of Rites does not have enough manpower to maintain order, so they can only borrow people from the three governments of Daliang Mansion, Dali Temple, and Criminal Department.

It can be seen that the expressions of these three are quite solemn.

It's no wonder, after all, they will try to make such a big noise, and if something bad happens halfway, it will be an indelible stain on their political achievements. And more importantly, this year's examination is still personally invigilated by His Royal Highness King Su as the chief invigilator, in case there is any chaos in front of His Royal Highness, and he accidentally collides with His Highness, then Chu Shuli, Yang Yu, and Wei Chifang will not be able to apologize for their resignation.

"Huh?"

Just as the three of them were staring at the temple street below with solemn faces, Yang Yu, the young secretary of Dali Temple, suddenly had a carriage driving over slowly.

"Where did that carriage come from?" Wei Chifang frowned and said, "I'll go and ask someone to order him to leave." ”

"Always catch the head and be slow." Daliang Mansion Zheng Chu Shuli narrowed his eyes and looked at the carriage with a confused expression.

To be exact, he was looking at the two men sitting in the groom's seat.

"Huh?" Yang Yue, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, said in surprise: "Isn't that the two Zongwei beside His Royal Highness King Su, He Miao and Zhu Gui?" ”

Hearing this, Wei Chifang's eyes widened, because he was almost about to send someone to drive the carriage away.

"His Royal Highness King Su has come down?" He asked, surprised.

Chu Shuli and Yang Yu didn't speak with doubts on their faces, because they could see clearly that the carriage was not the carriage of King Su's Mansion, but the strange thing was that the people driving the carriage were Zongwei He Miao and Zhu Gui beside King Su Zhao Hongrun.

Just when they were puzzled, the carriage stopped about a dozen zhang away from the Confucius Temple amid the complaints of some examiners, and then a young scribe and a richly dressed woman stepped down from the carriage.

"Could it be that you are going to take the exam for this year's exam?"

"What is the relationship between this person and His Royal Highness King Su?"

Chu Shuli and Yang Yu looked at the young scribe in confusion, and they were surprised to find that the young scribe seemed to be being told by the woman, so that he couldn't stop nodding his head, looking quite deferential, showing a strong contrast with the height of the man and woman, so that it looked quite interesting.

"Would you like to go down and say hello?" Wei Chifang asked.

Chu Shuli and Yang Yu hesitated, although it seemed that His Royal Highness King Su did not come, but they went down to say hello to He Miao and Zhu Gui, which was not condescending.

But after thinking about it carefully, they still gave up, because the scribe was obviously here to participate in the examination, and if the three of them went down to greet Zhu Gui and He Miao, the two sect guards, they would inevitably be seen by the many students present, which would not be conducive to the scribe.

"This person, could it be a guest of King Su's Mansion?" Chu Shuli stroked his beard and muttered.

At this time, the chief catcher, Chi Fang, had already seen the scribe's face clearly, and his expression was a little strange.

Because he had recognized that the young scribe was clearly the examiner who had been thrown into their prison three years earlier, Wen Qi.

Although it was not Wei Chifang who personally arrested Wen Qi back then, after being thrown into the prison of the Criminal Department, Wei Chifang paid attention to this matter - the stupid person who does not cheat for himself and others in the examination room will always make people curious.

"I don't know how the people of the Ministry of Rites reacted when they saw this person."

Touching his chin, Wei Chifang looked at Wen Qi on Temple Street with interest.

At this time, Wen Qizheng lowered his head uncomfortably, not because he felt the gaze of Chu Shuli, Yang Yu, and Wei Chifang, but because of the woman in front of him who was telling him all kinds of things, as well as the strange eyes of many examinees around him-in front of everyone, being repeatedly told by a woman who was far inferior to himself like a child in front of everyone's eyes, this feeling was simply worse than death.

What made Wen Qi even more frightened was that in the face of that little woman, he didn't seem to know how to restrain at all, and kept asking him to win the top spot on the gold list, and his tone was quite relaxed, as if winning the top spot in the gold list was like going to the market to buy cabbage.

Wen Qi clearly felt that the suspicious gazes of the students around him when they looked at him were gradually turning into hostility.

"Kuya!"

Wen Qi secretly complained, and he even regretted asking to participate in this examination.

At this moment, a few exclamations came from not far away, which finally attracted the hostile eyes around them.

Wen Qi turned his head curiously to take a look.

I saw that on the other side of Temple Street, more than a dozen strong men with strong martial arts were walking towards here surrounded by two men.

One of the men, dressed in a rich and luxurious brocade robe, was clothed in fine fox velvet, wore a crown of pearls on his head, and tied a jade belt around his waist, and the jade pendant hanging from his waist was crystal clear.

I remember that on the way here, Wen Qi saw a lot of rich sons along the way, and compared with this person, those rich sons were immediately compared, if from the words of a certain His Royal Highness King Su, this person's dress is really too sassy, this person's set of clothes and ornaments is even more valuable than a certain His Royal Highness King Su.

However, the literati next to the man was only wearing a plain cyan cloth robe, and the two of them were dressed in a very different contrast.

These two people are Jie Ziyu, who came to participate in the examination, and Wen Shaobo, the righteous brother who accompanied him.

Just like Wen Qi Fangcai, at this time, Jie Zilu also lowered his head, his face full of embarrassment.

It's no wonder, after all, Wen Shaobo, who supported him on the field, was too ostentatious, and called more than a dozen Hu guards to protect him, so that along the way, those examinees along the way looked at them with extremely strange eyes, making Jie Ziyu embarrassed and embarrassed.

Perhaps it was a coincidence, the brothers Wen Shaobo and Jie Ziyu came to Wenqi and his party about two feet away.

"Hu Ren?"

Zong Wei He Miao looked at Wen Shaobo and his party in surprise.

"It's a slave of Mikawa, right?" Zhu Gui guessed, because he saw the marks on the faces of Wen Shaobo's Hu guards, although they were faded, they could still be seen if they looked closely.

After listening to Zhu Gui's words, He Miao took a closer look, and then guessed: "It seems that he is a wealthy businessman in Sanchuan Deli." ”

The two of them were guessing in a low voice, when a cold snort came from Leng Buding's side, a cold snort from Lord Lu'er, the family commander from King Su's Mansion.

It turned out that just a moment ago, Wen Shaobo did the same thing as Lu'er Fangcai, patting Jie Ziyuan on the back to cheer up this righteous brother and encourage him to strive for the top spot on the gold list.

When Lu'er heard this, Lu'er was immediately unhappy.

He was originally full of ill feelings towards Wen Shaobo, because Wen Shaobo was so sassy that he wanted to let everyone in the world know how rich he was, which was simply a big rebellion in Lu'er's eyes - none of the clothes and ornaments of His Royal Highness King Su in her family were so valuable!

Thinking of this, Lu'er snorted coldly and said to Wen Qi: "Zhao Qi (Wen Qi Kana), do you want to take the test well this time?" Make sure you get the top spot...... You are not like some people who bring shame on themselves. ”

Wen Shaobo, who was encouraging his righteous brother, was stunned when he heard this, turned his head to look Lu'er up and down, pursed his lips, and continued to encourage Jie Ziyu and said: "Jie Zi, don't care about this kind of barking that is destined to be a lost dog, no one will be more talented than you!" ”

With that, he glanced at Lu'er again, and Lu'er also glared at him.

On the side, Zong Wei He Miao and Zhu Gui couldn't cry or laugh.

At this moment, the door of the Confucius Temple opened, and an official of the Ministry of Rites walked out with a roster in his hand, and shouted against the roster: "In the first preliminary examination, the named examinees will enter, Hedong Zhang He, Cheng Kuang Zhou Liang...... Liang Zhao Qi, Shangshui Jie Zi ......"

Hearing this, Wen Qi and Jie Ziyu almost unanimously walked towards the door of the Confucius Temple with their heads down.

Feeling ashamed, they wanted to leave this place immediately.

Behind them, however, their respective groups of relatives and friends are doing their best to cheer them on.

"Meson! Remember, momentum! Momentum! Overwhelm your opponents with momentum! ”

"Zhao Qi, if you fail the test, you will die! …… Well, in short, try! ”

『……』

Coincidentally, they stumbled in unison, Jie Ziyu and Wen Qi glanced at each other, and they unexpectedly found that they could also see an emotion called shame in each other's eyes.

At this moment, Jie Zilu and Wen Qi became friends.