"PS: There was a title bug in the previous chapter, Zhao Hongzhao's son should be the great-grandson of his maternal grandfather Wu Yuan, not the great-great-grandson. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo』

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At two o'clock, Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, and Du You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, jointly appeared in front of the Confucius Temple, announcing the official start of the examination, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites began to distribute the examination questions.

To be honest, Zhao Hongrun was not very happy to stand with Du You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, in public, not that he had any opinions about Du You, the key was that although Du You was a civil official, he grew tall, breaking through the average height of about eight feet in Wei. And Zhao Hongrun, although his height has also improved significantly in recent years, he has not yet reached the average level of the Wei people, and it is only on par with Mi Jiang. (About 1.73 meters, 1.74 meters.) ）

In this regard, Zhao Hongrun attributed it to his insistence on eating soybeans for several years, although his subordinates have never been able to understand why His Royal Highness King Su eats horse food. "Note: Soybeans, generally referred to as soybeans, were first one of the staple foods for horses, and then slowly turned into civilian food."

The only regret is that although the height has increased significantly, it has not yet reached the average level of the Wei people, especially the people around him, except for a few people such as Mu Qing, almost all of them are strong men with a height of more than eight feet (more than one meter eight), and like the sixth uncle Zhao Yuanyan, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Du You, is a beautiful man with a bone frame that is close to nine feet (about one meter nine), and Zongwei Chu Heng does not need to say much, standing there like an iron tower, the iron "husband" (more than two meters). "Note: The Su scale is taken here, which is about 2.1 to 2.2 meters per zhang."

With a height like Zongwei Chu Heng, Zhao Hongrun can't count on it in his life, his only wish is to reach the average value of Zongwei, but counting the age, Zhao Hongrun can't help but feel a little anxious.

At the same time as the officials of the Ministry of Rites distributed the test papers, Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, and Du You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, respectively made speeches encouraging the examiners, and when Zhao Hongrun spoke, Jie Ziyuan looked at His Royal Highness the King of Su from a distance, and his heart was inevitably a little excited - after all, that was the object of his allegiance.

He still remembers vividly, when he was in the "Four Kingdoms Expedition to Chu" period, he was obviously a compatriot, but the army under the command of Juyang Jun Xiong Li took away their food; And it was obviously the army of the hostile country, but the Wei army took out the food in the army and distributed it to them, the Chu people.

That incident made Jie Zi Owl feel very deeply.

Now, more than 100,000 Chu people who moved to Wei with him have settled in Shangshuiyi, and each family has enough shelter from the wind and rain and enough food to satisfy hunger, and the tax is also "fifty percent after removing the surplus grain", so that many Chu people will no longer worry about the embarrassment of not receiving the next meal at the beginning, nor do they need to worry that there will be soldiers under the command of Yi Jun who violently kick open the door of the house and forcibly snatch the food.

Jie Zilu must admit that the general environment of Wei is much better than that of Chu, and the domestic aristocracy will not force the commoners to the point where the people are miserable, but the most fundamental thing is that Jie Ziyu believes that it still lies in the great nobles of Wei like Zhao Run, the king of Su.

Jie Ziyu inquired very much, Zhao Run, the king of Su, as the commander of the 100,000 Wei army, participated in five wars in six years, and the post-war profits were more than the savings of Juyang Jun Xiong Li's life, but this venerable Wei Gongzi did not use those wealth to enjoy luxury at all, and did not hesitate to invest it in the development of the Smelting Bureau, into the construction of Bolangsha, Xiangfugang, and Liangluqu, or as a reward for the soldiers under his command, so that the normal expenses of the Su Wangfu were maintained. actually has to rely on the sheep's tongue lady in the palace to take care of it.

In the eyes of Jie Zi Yuan, this is very incredible - Zhao Run, the dignified king of Su Wang, is not as rich as his righteous brother Wen Shaobo, who dares to imagine?

However, this also convinced Jie Ziyu that Zhao Run, the king of Su, was a rare benevolent lord in the world.

Assisting this benevolent lord, winning the world and winning the Central Plains, this is exactly the long-cherished wish of Jie Ziyu in this life.

Of course, the most crucial step before this is that His Royal Highness King Su must become the monarch of Wei, otherwise, everything will be empty talk.

"Smack." An official of the Ministry of Rites gently threw an envelope-like paper bag on the desk in front of Jie Ziyu.

"Finally ......"

Jie Ziyu took a deep breath and secretly encouraged himself: In this meeting, he will try to get on the high school gold list, and then take advantage of the second place to defect to His Royal Highness King Su.

After encouraging himself, Jie Zilu opened the paper bag with some excitement and pulled out several pieces of paper from it.

According to his observations, half of those sheets of paper were exam questions.

In previous years, he had heard of the examination, and there were probably five exam papers of "Book of Songs", "Book of Songs", "Book of Rites", "Zhou Yi", and "Spring and Autumn".

But this year, there is a slight difference, there are only two examination papers, one can be understood as the comprehensive subjects of "Book of Songs", "Book of Rites", "Zhou Yi", and "Spring and Autumn", which is drafted by the Ministry of Rites, and the other is said to have been drafted by His Royal Highness King Su, called "Book B".

According to the explanation of Du You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, all students are only required to answer any one of the question papers, the difference is that the "A Paper" follows the path of the Ministry of Officials, and selects the best officials through the Ministry of Officials, just like the previous year; The "B Juan" does not go through the Ministry of Officials, and directly recommends officials to the "Military Science", "Metallurgical Bureau", "Ministry of Industry", "Criminal Department", and even the official positions of Xinhedong County and Shangshuiyi, and the recommended officials are varied.

After only a little thought, Jie Ziyu put the armor roll back in the paper bag, picked up the exam questions drafted by His Royal Highness King Su himself, and took a closer look.

The first category of this exam paper is 'Criminal Law', although Jie Ziyu does not intend to pass this exam paper to serve in the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and Daliang Mansion, but this does not prevent him from taking a look at the test questions drafted by the King of Su.

"Criminal law" can be divided into two categories: "criminal investigation" and "law", the former tests the ability to solve cases, and the latter tests the understanding and memorization of the law.

"Question 1: On a rainy night, a murderer broke into a house and looted, and fled in a hurry after being discovered by the owner, the owner of the family and his neighbors braved the rain overnight to chase him, and chased him to a ruined temple in the city, and found three suspects, a rude strong man, a scoundrel who lived in no fixed place, and a wandering monk, all of whom had not been wet by the rain. Since it was impossible to determine who the thief was, the three were sent to the government, but the county magistrate saw at a glance that the real person was responsible. I ask you: Who is the thief?"

『……』

Jie Zi Owl opened his mouth, dumbfounded.

In fact, it is not only him, whether it is in the open-air examination room or in the examination room of the number room at this moment, all the examinees who choose to answer the question of "Paper B" are dumbfounded after seeing this question.

Even those students who were familiar with the criminal law were dumbfounded.

How did the county magistrate in the exam question "see through the criminals at a glance"? That county order is simply a divine decision!

They read these exams several times, and their hearts are still in a state of confusion at the moment.

"Is this the problem with His Royal Highness King Su?"

Swallowing his saliva, Jie Zilu regretted choosing "Volume B" a little, because he felt that the first question of this "Volume B" gave him a dismount.

At the same time, outside the Confucius Temple, Chu Shuli, the Zhengchu of the Daliang Mansion, Yang Yu, the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, and Chi Fang, the chief arrester of the Criminal Department, also got an exam paper and saw the first question on the "B Volume".

"It must be that rude strong man, right?" Chi Fang, the chief catcher, pointed to the line on the exam question and said: "Look at the two of you, it says 'This strong man is unreasonable and tries to arrest', which clearly means that there is a ghost in his heart!" ”

"The old man thinks it's like a scoundrel who has no fixed place......" Chu Shuli of the Great Liang Mansion said with a frown.

I have to say that this old man has a very bad impression of people like rangers, scoundrels, and ruffians.

Among the three, only Yang Yu, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, smiled and said nothing after carefully reading the exam questions repeatedly.

Seeing his expression, Wei Chifang asked curiously, "Could it be that Yang Shaoqing knows the identity of the thief?" ”

Yang Yu smiled slightly and said, "If I guessed correctly, it's that wandering monk...... Look at the two of them, the inscription says "heavy rain that day", which means that the thief who was chased by the owner of the house and his neighbors must have been wet. The wet clothes could be changed, but the wet hair could not be hidden, so the thief shaved off the hair and pretended to be a wandering monk. …… Therefore, when the county magistrate saw these three suspects, he saw through at a glance that the fake wandering monk was the thief. ”

Hearing Yang Yu's conclusive analysis, Wei Chifang and Chu Shuli were greatly admired, and praised repeatedly: It is worthy of being the Shaoqing of Dali Temple!

Yang Yu waved his hand humbly, then picked up the exam paper, smacked his lips and said: "Most of the exams in the past have only memorized the criminal law by rote, and His Royal Highness King Su is afraid that at least seventy percent of the exams will be planted on it......"

Hearing this, Wei Chifang and Chu Shuli glanced at each other and nodded thoughtfully.

After all, even the two of them couldn't guess the answer to the exam question, you know, they are also judicial officials, but they are not officials who focus on criminal investigation.

As Yang Yu, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, guessed, those examinees in the examination room originally chose "Paper B" because of the gimmick of "His Royal Highness King Su personally drafted the exam questions", but the first question gave them a heavy blow to the face.

That's all for the first question, but for the rest of it?

As a result, a small number of examinees quietly put the "Paper B" back in the paper bag, and pulled out the "Paper A" to continue answering the questions.

Of course, there are also some unbelieving examinees who continue to answer questions out of stubbornness in character.

For example, the meson owl.

I have to say that there is really nothing to say about Jie Ziyu's intelligence, even if it is the first time he encounters such an unfamiliar topic, after some careful thinking, he also deduced the truth that "the wandering monk is a thief", and wrote down the answer and the basis for the inference on paper.

As a result, after he finished writing, he suddenly woke up: he didn't take the criminal division, what did he do with this?

But even so, Jie Ziyu still set his sights on the second question—he was very interested in the topic drafted by His Royal Highness King Su.

Compared to the first question, the second question is more ferocious.

"Question 2: A man's mother passed away, and at the funeral, he saw a woman who came to mourn and fell in love with her at first sight. After the funeral, the man killed his sister, and asked: What is the motive?"

『……』

Seeing this question, Jie Zilu opened his mouth and was completely stunned.

In the end, Jie Ziyu decided to give up the "Criminal Law" exam question, because he felt the evil thoughts of a certain His Royal Highness King Su towards their students - which is the exam question for the students, even if it is a criminal officer who has been on the job for many years and has experience, he may not be able to answer it.

He glanced at the follow-up questions, his face becoming more and more solemn.

For example, if a family has two children, one of whom is a boy, ask the other question about the probability that the other is also a boy.

And some questions he can understand, but after writing the answer, he always feels wrong, for example: a person buys a pig for eight taels and sells it for nine taels, and then he thinks it's not cost-effective, buys it back for ten taels, and sells it to another person for eleven taels, and asks him how much money he makes?

Jie Zilu replied "earn two taels", but he always felt that something was wrong.

In contrast, topics that focus on the art of war and the Ministry of Engineering are much simpler.

For example, in the question of the art of war, I drew a map directly on the paper, and asked the examiner to combine the topography on the map to lead a number of soldiers to conquer a cottage, and asked to write down the specific process.

The topic of the Ministry of Works is similar, for example, there is a question under which a map is drawn under the title, and the theme is to dig a river canal to irrigate the village.

The difference between the two is that the villagers are free but the excavation efficiency is not high, while the hired laborers are twice as efficient as the villagers although they need to be paid daily.

Finally, the questions require the examiners to calculate the number of villagers and employees, as well as the cost of the three policies: "the fastest", "the most cost-effective (within the time limit)", and "the most reasonable", within the specified date and time limit.

Even if you are a talented person like Jie Ziyu, you feel dizzy when you see this kind of topic, because there are so many problems involved.

In contrast, Wen Qi, who sat in the front seat of Jie Ziyi, was much more familiar with this kind of topic, after all, when he was in charge of the affairs of Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, in Shangshuiyi, he was mostly responsible for this kind of thing.

Therefore, this kind of topic is still difficult for Wen Qi.

But the problem is that Wen Qi's main purpose this time is not to get the top position in this examination, his real purpose is to take revenge on the Ministry of Rites, and by the way, win the bet between him and King Su Zhao Hongrun.

Therefore, while answering the questions, Wen Qi always paid attention to the invigilators walking around.

At first, Wen Qi didn't pay attention to these invigilators, after all, he thought that these guards were just soldiers borrowed from the Ministry of Rites, until he saw that one of the invigilators was wearing a pair of sleeve arrows under his sleeve.

Will the guards have a weapon that can be smelted and produced in limited quantities? It's simply impossible!

As far as Wen Qi knew, there were only two hidden thieves under the command of His Royal Highness King Su - the Green Crows, or the Black Crows.

No matter which one they are, they are all hidden thieves who are extremely good at surveillance, and no disturbance can escape their eyes.

『…… So ruthless?'

Wen Qi raised his head and glanced at His Royal Highness King Su who was sitting at the front of the examination room, and it just so happened that His Royal Highness King Su also looked at him with a smile.