"What's wrong? Why is there a crowd outside the Daimyo's mansion? ”

When Wu Haogu arrived at the Daimyo's Mansion with Zhang Shangying, Zhang Shuye and others, who were hurrying slowly, it was already early October of the second year of Yuanfu.

Zhang Shangying naturally would not be in a hurry to return to Beijing to resume his life, he would soon come to the Daimyo's Mansion as a minister (the Hebei East Road Transfer Envoy was located in the Daimyo's Mansion), so he had to take advantage of this opportunity to have a relationship with the officials of the Daimyo's Mansion.

Last night, it was Wu An, the transfer envoy of Hebei East Road, who had a treat, and drank all night, and Wu Haogu couldn't hide - the officials in the Caosi Yamen were all his future colleagues, how could he not drink a few cups? Moreover, Wang Anshi's son-in-law Wu Anzhi and Wu Haogu "hit it off at first sight", pulled him to drink a few big cups, and by the way, introduced a seventeen or eighteen-year-old official of the Daimyo Mansion, a girl named Xu An'an, to Wu Haogu.

Of course, the meaning is very clear, I have to let Xu An'an go to the "Oiran" album!

An official trick, it seems that it won't be long before he will be Wu Anzhi's concubine, what kind of "Oiran" album will be on? Does it mean that taking an "Oiran" as a concubine has a special face?

The face of the transfer envoy, Wu Haogu naturally can't refute it. So I made an appointment to go to the Caosi Yamen this afternoon to paint Xu An'an.

It was now almost noon, and after Wu Haogu slept for a short time in the morning, he left the pavilion with the obedient Du Wenyu and the old guard Lin Wancheng and went to the Caosi Yamen. As a result, when I walked outside the Daimyo's mansion, I was blocked by a sea of scholars.

Seeing the scene of a sea of people, Wu Haogu thought that there was some mass incident, and asked himself.

"This official, don't you know that today is the day when the Daimyo's Mansion will release the test list?"

An old man who was a little older, dressed a little sloppily, and had a white beard under his chin seemed to hear Wu Haogu's question, and immediately opened his mouth to answer.

"The Daimyo's Mansion Interprets the Test...... Wu Haogu nodded, then glanced at the old scholar again, and saw that he was happy, so he asked with a smile, "Old scholar, you must have been successful, right?" ”

"That's it."

The old master stroked his beard and replied, he had already seen from the official uniform of Wu Haogu that he was a military attaché, so he did not look restrained - a young "green-skinned military attaché" was a door-shaded Congjiupin, which was not noble for a lifter.

"The old scholar is expensive this year?" Wu Haogu asked with a smile.

"The old man is 60 years old this year." The old pedant replied.

60 years old......

Wu Haogu thought of his distant grandfather Wu Zhongyi, who is 65 years old this year, and he has been stumbling in the field all his life.

Thinking of this, Wu Haogu suddenly asked: "By the way, old pedant, isn't it the first time you have tried to solve the test?" ”

"That's it." The old man touched his beard and was quite proud, "The old man has solved it five times. ”

Wu Haogu asked: "Then do you recognize Wu Zhongyi of Luoyang Baibo?" ”

"Wu Chongqing of Bai Bo Yimen Wu?"

"Yes, yes, yes." Wu Haogu nodded, "That's him." ”

"Why don't you recognize it?" The old pedant said, "The old man has taken the exam with him three times!" ”

Wu Haogu smiled: "That's good, you can take the fourth exam with him again." If we can go to high school together, we will be the same year in the future. ”

"Sure!" The old scholar nodded, "This official, since you know Wu Chongqing, you must be Wu Chongqing's junior, right?" ”

"yes." Wu Haogu smiled, "This official is Wu Haogu, the deputy envoy of Dongshang Gate, and Wu Chongqing is my distant father, and he has been living in my home in Kaifeng Mansion these days." ”

"Deputy envoy of the East Gate?" The old man was stunned, and hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Disrespectful, disrespectful, the old man Zhao Jiaren is a person from the famous mansion city." ”

The deputy envoy of the East Gate is a rampant official from the seventh grade! It must not be easy to be such an official at a young age! Where do old pedants dare to make mistakes? Immediately respectfully respected.

Wu Haogu said with a smile: "Since you know my distant father, it is related to me, why don't I take you to Kaifeng Mansion." He paused, "I'm staying in the pavilion now, with Zhang Zhongshu." ”

"Zhang Zhongshu?"

"Zhang Tianjue, a scholar from the middle school."

"Ah, the Jinshi in the second year of Zhiping, a native of Sichuan, right?"

"You know him?" Wu Haogu asked with a smile.

"Alas," Zhao Jiaren sighed, "knowing is knowing...... It's been more than thirty years in a blink of an eye! ”

……

"Why not!"

Fan Zhijin didn't know at this time that his enemy Wu Haogu was less than 100 steps away from him - even if he knew, it was okay, now Wu Haogu had practiced martial arts for several months, and his strength had improved significantly, Fan Zhijin couldn't beat him at all, and there was also a Lin Wancheng escorting him.

Moreover, Fan Zhijin's attention was completely attracted by the test list.

He's in ruin!

If you don't have a name on the list, you're going to die right away...... I didn't go back to Zhang's Mansion (a relative's house of Zhang Kegong), I went directly to the best restaurant in the Daimyo Mansion to eat a meal of Kaifeng dishes, and then called a girl, and went to jump into the water after spending all the money on my body!

His eyes widened and he was looking for it on the list, looking for it, but there was no word "Fan Zhijin" on it.

Actually not!

Fan Zhijin's heart was already trembling, and tears were rolling down, why didn't he have it? He felt that his essay was well done, and that he answered the questions better. The truth that Song Liao and the two are beneficial, and the fight is the first and the most defeated, is about to be written.

After coming out of the solution, he recited his article to Zhang Kegong, and the other party thought that it was a must-win, so he returned to Yanggu County with confidence.

Why did the must-win roll fall off the list?

Could it be that the heavens are going to be overwhelming!

Thinking of this, Fan Zhijin couldn't help crying.

The crying grew louder and louder, for more people were crying. On the field, there have always been few complacents and many losers, and many people still fail to succeed for a long time...... To be honest, it is not easy for an ordinary family to provide for a scholar. Although the imperial examination of the Great Song Dynasty was a low-cost education, the problem was that the imperial examination could be passed on endlessly.

The imperial examination is not like university and military academy education, no matter how expensive it is, it is a few years, and the bankrupt can pass it with gritted teeth. For a family, if a man has been studying for decades and taking the imperial examination, but he can't get a jinshi, the extra money spent is actually very amazing.

For example, Wu Zhongyi and Zhao Jiaren, if they go out early to be a staff member and a scribe, they should earn three or four thousand yuan in thirty or forty years. If this money is used to study in the Six Arts Academy and go to university, it is definitely enough.

Therefore, to a certain extent, imperial examination education is to cut meat with a blunt knife, one small piece at a time, for decades! In the end, the test was a big setback, and he was trapped for the rest of his life.

The education of the Six Arts Academy and the University is a long-term pain that becomes a short-term pain, and although it costs a lot of money, the return is generally guaranteed.

Seeing crying outside the yamen of the Daimyo's Mansion, Zhao Jiaren, who was beside Wu Haogu, sighed: "It's like this every time!" This year, there was another flood, and many scholars' families were hit by a major disaster...... Lost again in the field, the reader is really bitter! ”

Wu Haogu nodded and said, "Yes, the man doesn't flick when he has tears, but he hasn't reached the sad place." ”

……

Fan Zhijin cried all the way to Zhangshui, he was not in the mood to eat any Kaifeng dishes, his heart was full of a dead word, and he really couldn't think about it.

The dream of a lifetime is now completely empty!

Moreover, what else will he do besides the imperial examination? It doesn't seem like anything! You can't even learn Liu Sanchang to fill in the words like that! Even his enemies Wu Haogu and Ximen Qing are greatly inferior.

He already knew the foundation of Wu Haogu from Zhao Tieniu, who was a first-class painter in Kaifeng Mansion, and there were thousands of paintings on paper! Even if you don't become an official, your life can be extremely nourishing.

And Ximen Qing is a heroine of Yanggu, super fierce! is still a girl, and has seen many daughters of wealthy families on Jingdong East Road and Hebei East Road, and she is also a master who can rob and cheat money.

"It's useless! It's useless! ”

Frustrated and completely desperate, Fan Zhijin cried and cried, and at the same time walked to the edge of Zhangshui in a daze, got on a stone bridge, and found that there were already several young people dressed as scholars standing on the bridge at this time.

Are they all here to throw water?

Fan Zhijin thought to himself: Huangquan Road is not lonely anymore.

Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth, and didn't care that the water was too cold, and he was about to jump into Zhangshui when he climbed over the railing, but he was hugged by someone who didn't know why.

"What's wrong? Why do you have to throw water into the water? ”

The person who hugged Fan Zhijin asked loudly.

"Leave me alone, let me die......"

Fan Zhijin yelled. While shouting, he struggled to drill down, and gradually half of his body was already in the air, and the person who was originally holding his waist had to hold on to his pants.

"You have to have a reason to die, right? Why do you want to die? Someone next to him asked.

"The solution test failed! I can't live! ”

Someone immediately said: "What are you afraid of if you fail the test?" You're still young, you can take the test again next time. ”

"Yes, you think you're Fan Jin! I took the test as soon as I took the exam! ”

Fan Jin? That's a familiar name, isn't it...... At this time, Fan Zhijin suddenly remembered that he seemed to be taking the exam under a fake name, not using Fan Zhijin's name, but using Fan Jin's name!

Could it be that he fell into the Xie Yuan of the Daimyo's Mansion?

Fan Zhijin was a little stunned for a while, this matter was troublesome, and he ran to kill himself after being hit by Xie Yuan! If this wants to get out, won't people laugh off their big teeth?

Just thinking of this, there was a stabbing sound of cloth tearing, and Fan Zhijin's whole person quickly fell into the cold Zhangshui, and then he fell into the water with a pop!

It turned out that Fan Zhijin's trouser legs were not strong enough, and he couldn't bear his weight and was torn, which made him the only scholar in the history of the Great Song Dynasty who was the only scholar in the history of the imperial examination who committed suicide by jumping into the water.

Of course, the folk customs of the Great Song Dynasty are still very good, and when they saw someone throwing into the water, there were still many righteous people who braved the cold to rescue, and finally fished Fan Zhijin up.