Liu Yue's expression moved slightly, and his behavior over the past few days has finally paid off.

This is the first time that Ma Chao has not called her a 'princess', Liu Yue naturally knows what this means, and can't help but approach Ma Chao and say: "Husband, isn't it a scholar taken from the scientific examination?" ”

"Not bad." When Ma Chao saw Liu Yue approaching, he didn't show the intention of resisting and retreating, and the smile on his face deepened. continued: "It's the first time I've seen them, and I don't know how much real material those people have. If you're all right, you might as well stay and watch. ”

"The concubine is fine, but Tang Ji occasionally feels cold, and the concubine is about to go to the pharmacy to get the medicine." Liu Yue's expression moved, and he said this, while observing Ma Chao's reaction.

And Ma Chao only felt slightly strange and said, "Tang Ji is sick? I don't know that yet. After interviewing the scholars, I went to pay a visit. So the princess went to get the medicine, and I didn't delay any longer. ”

"It doesn't matter, since the husband is so interested, the concubine will naturally accompany him. Tang Ji is not a serious illness, and the concubine should let the maidservant serve. ”

Ma Chao didn't think much about it, so he went to the county guard mansion with Liu Yue. But walking on the road after leaving Ma's house, Ma Chao realized that he might have made a mistake.

Originally, Ma's family was on the most prosperous street in Fufeng, and Ma Chao vigorously encouraged commerce, making it extremely prosperous and developed, especially in the center of the intersection of five or six streets, but also formed a business circle similar to Ma Chao's previous world, all kinds of business shops and inns gathered here, the general number of business groups from the south to the north, there are also more than a dozen set up here, the most prosperous.

During this period, Liu Yue often went in and out of the activity circle of the businessman family, which made Liu Yue extremely impressed by these people. And Ma Chao, who rides a dragon BMW, is the first person to be recognized by a round-minded businessman. Even though Ma Chao and Liu Yue went out lightly this time, there was no pomp. But the sharp-eyed businessmen still recognized Ma Chao and Liu Yue at a glance, if it was usual, these businessmen would not take the initiative to greet Ma Chao, but in the past few days, Liu Yue's close-to-people and intersecting temperament deeply touched the restless hearts of these businessmen.

Walking all the way, it was quite leisurely at first. But helplessly, a boss who had accepted Liu Yue's reprimands had the courage to bow deeply to Liu Yue, and after Liu Yue also nodded in return, the scene was a little uncontrollable. Seeing that Liu Yue really didn't have a shelf, those businessmen came out of the shop one after another to see the face of Princess Wannian of the Han Dynasty. At the same time, I also want to take this opportunity to show a little courtesy to Ma Chao.

This is good, for a while, almost all the people who led to the entire street of the county guard mansion saluted Ma Chao and Liu Yue. At the same time, he also praised Ma Chao's husband and wife's love and concubine, and the woman sang with her husband. Ma Chao wanted to leave quickly, but he was afraid that he would hurt passers-by in the city. In desperation, he could only return the salute to these people with a smile on his face and tears in his heart: Damn, after going home now, it is estimated that Diao Chan will not cripple himself!

Fortunately, the Ma family is not a long way from the county guard's mansion. After entering the mansion, Ma Chao's mind was on taking the shi. And when he didn't sit in the hall for a long time, two long rows of old and young men walked in outside the hall, and they were the scholars selected for this scientific expedition - since these people can stand in the hall of the county guard's mansion, they can be called Taoist, Confucianism, the study of Wei and even the six arts of the gentleman, and many other disciplines are involved, and few are incomprehensible.

At this time, the guards in charge of discipline sang loudly, and the group solemnly saluted Ma Chao according to the instructions, taking advantage of this time, Ma Chao glanced at it: these people all went to the hall in order of rank, and the first one was the real first champion, and to Ma Chao's surprise, this person was quite young. However, although there is a suave state, there is a lot of arrogance between the eyebrows.

Turning his head to look at the soldier standing in second place, Ma Chao was a little dumbfounded. Because, that person is also quite young, and the rebellious spirit on his face is even worse, it seems to be a picture of the virtue of the eldest in the sky, the second in the earth, and the third in Laozi.

Ma Chao was a little puzzled by this, and Liu Yue saw that Ma Chao didn't say a word, so he gestured to Ma Chao. At first, Ma Chao was still talking about the current situation with great interest, but the more he came later, the more he felt that something was wrong, and his eyebrows couldn't help but move.

Because, the champion and the list of people are really like a river, quoting scriptures and classics. However, these two guys didn't speak human words, and they gradually criticized Ma Chao for being a political person! Listening to his tone, the two seemed to know each other or had explored the Ma family's new policy before the scientific expedition, and actually attacked Ma Chao's new policy in unison to prevent the development of the family and cut off the foundation of Yongzhou's foothold in the competition, which is actually the way to self-destruction.

It is said that there is some truth in the statements of these two people. After all, in addition to the two states of Yongliang, or also the two states of Yongliang, in the land of the Han Dynasty, it is mainly the scholars who are rampant, occupying an absolute resource advantage. And whether the Ma family wants to dominate the world or stand out from the crowd, they should win over those scholars. But Ma Chao did the opposite, making the two think that the Ma family was playing with fire.

Ma Chao became interested in these two people, but at this time, it was not the time to play with them. Ma Chao put aside these two people for the time being, picked other people and asked everyone a few words, and after seeing that the rest of them answered decently, he finally showed a satisfied smile on his face, and said: "Among you, some people have traveled thousands of miles to Fufeng to take the exam, and they are very relieved." ”

When everyone heard this, the people who really traveled thousands of miles were overjoyed, and others were also honored. Ma Chao asked some small words casually, then ordered his subordinates to prepare paper, pen and ink, and said: "The sky testifies, I will be fair and honest with the wind and scholars, and the thick soil will be a reference, and my Ma family will do the same in selecting talents, whether it is a child of an official family, or a scholar from a poor family, whether it is a famous apprentice, or a self-taught, as long as you achieve more than 60 points, you can be named on the gold list." If you break your oath, the gods will forsake it. ”

When the words fell, a thick pillar of incense was lit, and the examiner standing under the platform began to distribute the test papers, asking the scholars to fill in their places of origin and names first, and then the examiners themselves pasted their names and places of origin with a slip of paper. It's too late to transcribe the scroll, so it's just like this, and when the next time I make the department, there will be a special person who transcribes the scroll, so as to prevent someone from cheating by recognizing the scholar by his handwriting.

Ma Chao had already thought about the topic of this exam. He didn't care about other topics, he just asked for his essay score to be increased to 50. Because his topic is on the relationship between the Ma family and the Han court.

However, when he saw that the examiner was handing out the test papers with the first and second places in the big exam, Ma Chao was playful, called the examiner to whisper, and then added another question to the test papers of the two: 'The stars have gods called giant spirits, and their power is infinite, and they can lift everything without lifting anything, and they can transform everything without success. Asked, can a djinn conjure up a stone that no one can lift? ’

After writing this test question, Ma Chao smiled cheaply and rested with Liu Yue: Let you both be crazy, let you both be proud, brother will give you a dilemma reasoning question now, see how you answer!

Before leaving, Ma Chao also deliberately glanced at the two of them, and saw that the two of them really scratched their ears and cheeks and sweated in winter. Ma Chao's heart was as beautiful as drinking honey, and his hand was unnaturally resting on Liu Yue's slender shoulder. Liu Yue was originally surprised, but then smiled and got closer to Ma Chao......