Madam, protect me!

Song Lian, who went home for lunch at noon, heard these treasonous words as soon as he got home. He took off his boots and chased Song Yu to beat him. Even Li Nuo couldn't stop him.

In fact, Li Nuo had thought about sending his second uncle to the Dali Temple for reflection.

However, driving and archery can be considered as specialties.

But Li Nuo was not sure whether understanding the etiquette of Daxia was considered a specialty?

If not, there was no need to take his second uncle to the Dali Temple.

Moreover, the etiquette subject was the easiest of the six subjects, similar to the political science in the postgraduate entrance examination. You only need to memorize by rote and don't need to use your brain too much.

It is difficult to get a high score in this subject, and it is not easy to get a low score either. He just needs to memorize it himself. He passed the legal examination and the civil service examination in one try, and he is quite good at memorizing.

Zhou Yu bowed to Li Nuo and said, "Brother Li, I'm going to the horse farm to practice driving, so I'll take my leave first."

Li Nuo saw several figures walking slowly not far away and said, "There's no rush to practice driving, you can finish the class here before leaving."

Zhou Yu was stunned: "Listen to the class, what class?"

Of course it's a learning class.

Two days ago, Li Nuo resumed his lectures to several old gentlemen in Qingfeng Academy.

For a war god like Zhou Yu who is good at one subject, participating in the imperial examination is actually a gamble.

Betting that no one can surpass him in the imperial examination.

If the bet is right, he will be the top scorer in the imperial examination, and if the bet is wrong, he will find another way out.

But gamblers usually don't have a good ending.

In each imperial examination, if they make mistakes themselves, or if other dark horses emerge, they can only go home to inherit the family business.

However, Zhou Yu is different from those war gods who are good at one subject.

He is the top one in the imperial examination, and his archery score is also good, but not as good as the imperial examination.

If only these two subjects are good, it would be fine.

But he was very good at law. If his math could be improved, then even if he didn't get the first place in the imperial examination, as long as his total score was in the top 100, he could still get a Jinshi.

Zhou Yu helped him so much, Li Nuo must consider him more.

Under the double insurance, if he still didn't pass, it was not in his destiny, and Li Nuo couldn't do anything.

At least he had a clear conscience.

Zhou Yu, who was forced to stay by Li Nuo, listened to the class in a daze.

His math was originally poor, even worse than Song Yu.

What Brother Li said was not the math he had learned. If those old men hadn't listened very seriously and nodded from time to time, Zhou Yu would even suspect that he was talking nonsense.

After the class, Li Nuo saw Zhou Yu's confused eyes and said to the teachers: "This is Zhou Yu, a friend of mine. His math is not very good. Please take the trouble to teach him. It would be best if his math can be improved before the imperial examination..."

Mr. Chen cupped his hands and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Li. There is still half a year before the imperial examination. We old guys are idle anyway, so we will do our best to teach him well."

The last time he didn't get him into the academy, they always felt guilty.

Mr. Li finally asked them to do something again, so they had to do it properly and beautifully.

Mr. Lu looked at Zhou Yu and asked: "Boy, what are your math scores usually?"

Zhou Yu came back to his senses and said: "B-level..."

Mr. Xu frowned, but still said: "B-level, it's a little worse, but it's not hopeless. There is still half a year. It's a bit difficult to get the best. It's not a big problem to get you to A-level..."

Zhou Yu was stunned when he heard this. What is this old man saying?

In half a year, he went from B to A in mathematics. He had studied mathematics for more than ten years, but he didn't know if he was good enough for it.

Li Nuo bowed to the gentlemen and said, "Please, gentlemen."

The old gentlemen were all the question setters for the mathematics subjects in the imperial examination. Li Nuo believed that with their professional ethics, they would not deliberately reveal the questions to Zhou Yu, but in the process of teaching Zhou Yu, there would definitely be some subtle influence.

He could only help Zhou Yu so much.

After Zhou Yu and the old gentlemen left, a figure jumped in from outside. After doing twenty backflips, he clapped his hands and said to Li Nuo, "Brother Li Nuo, can you play the piano for me? I want to hear you play the piano..."

Although the code has a great ability and can easily obtain the skills that others have practiced for a lifetime, its disadvantage is also very obvious, that is, the validity period is very short.

If you want to obtain it after the time limit is exceeded, you have to exchange your life.

Even if it is only for one day, Li Nuo is reluctant.

Li Nuo stretched out his hand and said, "I just finished teaching them, my hands hurt, I don't want to play the piano..."

The little girl said obediently, "Then don't play, I'll massage you..."

Mu'er's little hands were soft, Li Nuo sat in the yard, enjoying the little girl's hand massage.

Until another little girl appeared in the yard, angrily said: "Song Ning'er, what are you doing again!"

Li Nuo still can't tell Mu'er and Ning'er apart.

Ning'er now is no longer as arrogant and domineering as before, but has become as well-behaved and polite as Mu'er, and her martial arts progress is particularly fast, making Li Nuo even more unable to tell them apart.

But there is no need to tell them apart.

There is no point in pulling Ning'er out every time, she will pretend to be more like it next time.

She pretended to be Mu'er just to make herself play with her. Although it is not ruled out that there is a little bit of evil taste in her heart to pretend to be a sister, it is harmless.

There is also a benefit for the two twin sisters to fight for each other.

The two sisters each grabbed one of Li Nuo's hands, looked at each other, snorted and turned their heads away, but the massaging movements on their hands did not stop.

In Song Mansion, Li Nuo was enjoying the massage comfortably.

At the racecourse, Zhou Yu looked at the empty track and scratched his head in confusion.

In the past few days, as long as he was here, those guys from the academy who were also good at imperial subjects would definitely come, even earlier than him.

He was a little late today. Why are none of those people missing?

Could it be that he felt that Yu Ke was no better than him and gave up on his own initiative?

However, it didn't matter that they didn't come, so that no one would compete with him for the track. Zhou Yu practiced heartily for an hour by himself, and his whole body was so clean that in the end he didn't even have the strength to crack his whip...

In the past, when Brother Li was supervising, he could practice for two hours straight.

He was not here today, and Zhou Yu always felt that he was missing something. After practicing for a while, he felt that his interest was waning, so he left the racecourse and returned to Zhou's house.

He had just returned home, and before he had time to take a shower, his mother told him that four old gentlemen had come to his home, saying they were here to teach him arithmetic.

Zhou Yu thought of the four old men he met in Song Mansion today.

Until now, he didn't know the identity of the other party.

He only knew that they seemed to be math teachers from a certain college. Brother Li asked them to help him improve his math scores. He thought it was just a casual comment from Brother Li, but he didn't expect that they all found their home.

He just wants to sleep now.

If it was the gentleman invited by his father, he wouldn't even bother to pay attention.

But Brother Li arranged it, and he really didn't dare to act recklessly.

Zhou Yu simply took a shower and went to the study to listen to the lectures of the old men.

An hour later, Zhou Yu walked out of the study refreshed.

These old men have some strength.

This hour passed so quickly that Zhou Yu didn't even feel the passage of time. Today's lecture was over.

The math problem that had troubled him for a long time, under the few words of these old men, just like the girls from Baihualou, they took off their clothes one by one, revealing their perfect bodies.

For the first time, he felt that arithmetic was not that difficult.

The old men said before they left that from tomorrow on, one of the four of them would come to Zhou Mansion to teach him arithmetic at this time every day, and asked him to wait at home and not run around.

The doctor from the driving department got down from the sedan chair and happened to see several old men walking out of the house, getting into a carriage and driving away.

Those old men looked familiar, and he always felt like he had seen them before somewhere.

He soon remembered that they were the four masters of arithmetic in the Xia Dynasty. They had achieved great success all over the world, but now they had retreated behind the scenes and no longer took care of the affairs of the academy.

Although they do not hold real power, their influence cannot be underestimated.

They are not only one of the examiners of the mathematics subject of the imperial examination, but also the final finalizer of the mathematics examination paper.

After returning to the mansion, the doctor from the driving department asked his wife doubtfully: "Why did those gentlemen come to the house?"

Zhou Yu's mother was surprised and said: "Isn't it the arithmetic teacher that the master hired for Yu'er?"

he?

Zhou Ting shook his head.

If he is willing to spend a lot of money to ask one of them to give advice to his son, it is not impossible.

But four old gentlemen came together and didn't take any money. How could he have such dignity?

Zhou Yu, who had just fallen asleep, was woken up again.

First he practiced the Royal Examination for more than an hour, and then listened to the Mathematical Examination for an hour. He felt that his physical and mental strength were both exhausted. He wanted to take a good sleep to replenish his energy, but he couldn't.

The doctor in the driving department looked at him and asked, "What's going on with those old gentlemen?"

Zhou Yu said in a daze: "What's going on? That's the arithmetic teacher that Brother Li found for me. Dad, you know them..."

After learning the origins of those old men from his father, Zhou Yu felt no longer sleepy instantly.

Are those old men so powerful?

The doctor in the driving department said: "More than that, they are the ones who set the math test questions for each imperial examination. You have to study hard with them. Even if you don't win the first place in the imperial examination, if you rank among the best in the six subjects combined, you will still be a Jinshi." hope……"

Only then did Zhou Yu realize Brother Li's good intentions.

It turned out that he was worried that he would fail in the academic subjects, so he specially found such a powerful gentleman to help him improve his weak subjects.

Although Song Yu and he have similar personalities.

But Brother Li is his best friend in life.

No, he is more than a good friend, he is simply a foster father!

At this time, Song Mansion.

After dinner, Li Nuo lay comfortably on the chair. He turned his head to the right for a while and took a bite of the grapes that Mu'er had peeled. Then he turned to the left and caught the apples that Ning'er fed and cut them into small pieces with his own hands.

Li Nuo became the battlefield in the battle between the two sisters.

He finally ate a grape, stood up from the chair, and said: "I'm full, don't eat anymore, you go and play, I'm going to read a book..."

Song Ning'er bit the apple and walked away. Song Mu'er snorted softly. The first bite of brother Li Nuo was grapes, and the last bite was grapes. He was still the best in the world.

Watching the two sisters leave, Li Nuo lay back down again.

He took the first bite of grapes and took the last bite of grapes, which was of course intentional.

Even though Mu'er is a young girl, she is more thoughtful than a lady. If he doesn't eat her first, or doesn't eat her last, she will definitely doubt the relationship between two people who are the best in the world.

He lay on the chair and picked up a book beside him.

He was reading "Jili". The imperial examination tests "Five Rites". Jili is the top of the five rites, mainly the sacrificial ceremonies for the gods of heaven, earth, and human ghosts.

Candidates need to know when and what year, month, and day these sacrificial activities will be held, what the sacrificial process is like, what needs to be done in each link of the sacrificial ceremony, what music to play, and how to deal with various unexpected situations...

After the imperial examination, every Jinshi can independently hold various ceremonial activities.

Li Nuo read and recited in his mind.

There is no such thing as highlighting the key points in the imperial examination. At that time, the examiner will randomly select five ceremonies from hundreds of ceremonies on the spot, and the candidates need to memorize all the ceremonial processes in full to deal with them with confidence.

If one of them is not memorized, and the imperial examination happens to test it, this subject will be useless.

In the next few days, Li Nuo was memorizing the five ceremonies.

Others have learned the five ceremonies since childhood and have more than ten or twenty years to memorize them slowly. Li Nuo needs to memorize the same thing in five months. The time is indeed a bit tight.

These days, he was so dizzy from memorizing books that his eyes changed when he looked at his second uncle Song Lian during the family dinner at the Song Mansion.

If knowing etiquette is also considered a specialty, it is better to let his second uncle stay in the Dali Temple for two days.

He can save himself several months of hard work by staying there for two days.

Song Lian felt uneasy when he saw Li Nuo's eyes. He coughed lightly and said, "I heard from Song Yu that you want to take the imperial examination?"

Li Nuo came back to his senses and nodded, "Yes."

Song Lian said, "If there is anything you don't understand about the etiquette department, you can ask me."

Li Nuo nodded and said, "Thank you, second uncle."

He decided not to use his second uncle as an experiment. Eating from the Song family, living in the Song family, and arresting the Song family, Li Nuo could not do such things.

But after memorizing books for a few days, he still felt that it was better to rely on others than on himself.

His second uncle was a member of the Ministry of Rites. Above him, there were also the Ministry of Rites Langzhong, the Ministry of Rites Shilang, and the Ministry of Rites Shangshu.

The latter two were high-ranking officials, and the Dali Temple had no right to deal with them. The Libu Langzhong, like the Jiabu Langzhong, was a fifth-rank official, and his official position was neither high nor low, just right.

Li Nuo had not thought of him before because the Langzhong was the head of each department, and the head was responsible for controlling the general direction, and the specific affairs were handled by the Yuanwailang and the chief officer below.

The Libu Langzhong was not necessarily the official who knew the most about etiquette in the Libu Department.

If the Libu Langzhong was not good enough, then try the chief officers of the Libu.

Whoever wanted to recite this book could recite it, but he didn't want to recite it anyway.

After dinner, Li Nuo asked Wu Guanjia to find the information of the Libu Langzhong through the Mingjing Division.

As he expected, this Libu Langzhong was the top scholar in the Like in the sixth year of Zhisheng.

The court had always been very thorough in terms of specializing people for special purposes. Those with outstanding performance in the Like would almost certainly enter the Libu or Taichang Temple, which were responsible for rituals, music and sacrifices.

If the Libu Langzhong was not good enough, Taichang Temple could also be tried.

Last time, Liu Shang failed to light up the code in the first place. Li Nuo thought that the requirements of the code had been raised. Later, he found out that Liu Shang just didn't practice for a long time and his hands were not good enough.

The Taiyue Ling has thousands of musicians under his command. He doesn't need to play in person, so it's normal for his hands to be not good enough.

But the officials of the Ministry of Rites have to arrange the ceremony process by themselves. They will only become more and more familiar with etiquette. If the etiquette department is considered a specialty, theoretically, they are very likely to meet the requirements of the code.

The problem is that this doctor of the Ministry of Rites is worthy of being the top scholar of the etiquette department. He has been an official for many years and has always been cautious and polite. He is neither late nor leaves early, nor does he visit prostitutes. Even the Mingjing Division has no handle on him. What reason should he be arrested?

Forget it. Let's leave this matter to the officials of the Dali Temple.

Ministry of Rites.

When there was still a quarter of an hour before the end of the court, Lu Sheng, a doctor of the Ministry of Rites, put down a book of "Auspicious Rites" in his hand.

Although as a doctor of the Ministry of Rites, he no longer needs to personally prepare for the specific ceremony, he still has to be familiar with all the etiquette processes.

If there is a problem with the rituals he has reviewed, he cannot escape the blame.

He has memorized the five rituals by heart and reviewed them every day. Since he became a doctor of the Ministry of Rites, he has not made a single mistake in more than ten years.

When the bell rang for leaving the yamen, he had already tidied up the table, put all the items back in place, and wiped the table spotlessly with a rag.

After doing all this, he closed the door of the yamen and walked out of the Ministry of Rites.

When passing through the ceremonial gate, a middle-aged official came from behind.

Lu Sheng looked back and did not leave immediately. Instead, he stood in front of the ceremonial gate and saluted the middle-aged official. He waited for the other party to pass before passing through the gate.

After the middle-aged official passed through the ceremonial gate, he turned back and said, "As an official in the same yamen, Doctor Lu does not have to be so polite every time."

Lu Sheng smiled and said, "It should be so."

He is a doctor of the Ministry of Rites. When facing the Minister, he should let the superior pass first.

Although there are no clear regulations in the law and etiquette, this is the etiquette of being an official that he has realized.

Seeing this, the Minister of Rites could only shake his head and leave.

After the Minister of Rites left, Lu Sheng walked towards the gate of the Ministry of Rites. Outside, an official of the Ministry of Rites was about to cross the gate of the Ministry of Rites. Lu Sheng glanced at him and coughed lightly.

The official raised his head and saw that it was the doctor. The foot that had already stepped into the gate of the Ministry of Rites retreated again and stood outside the door honestly, waiting for the doctor to pass first.

In the Ministry of Rites, you can compete with the Minister and the Shangshu for the way, but no matter how urgent the matter is, you have to let the doctor pass first.

Not only should we pay attention to this point, whether in the yamen or outside, we must salute the doctor when we meet the doctor. When we go to the doctor's office to report, if we see that the doctor's tea cup is out of water, we must refill it for him. When the doctor takes a nap, we must not say " any sound...

If you violate any of these taboos, although the doctor will not say anything at the time, after returning to the Ministry of Etiquette, you will be waiting to be worn by the doctor.

Lu Sheng lifted up the hem of his clothes, took a square step, crossed the threshold of the etiquette department, and got on a carriage that had already stopped at the entrance of the etiquette department.

He couldn't afford a house near the Ministry of Rites, so he lived a little further away. It took about half an hour to go home from the Ministry of Rites by carriage during the rush hour of Xia Yamen.

Although if you leave work two quarters of an hour in advance, you can save half the time.

But for an official to leave early is not only against etiquette, but also against the law. As the doctor of the Ministry of Rites, he would naturally not do such a thing.

The carriage started slowly and drove in the right lane.

Mr. Lu sat upright in the car. Even if the carriage bumped slightly, his body would not move much.

Call!

Bang!

At a certain moment, with the driver's shout, the carriage suddenly stopped.

Lu Sheng had no time to react, and his head hit the car hard.

He covered his head and opened the curtain angrily, only to see two officials standing in front of the carriage.

The official uniforms of the two people are a bit special. On the left shoulder, there is a small tower sewn with silver thread.

This is the symbol of Dali Temple.

Dali Temple was originally only in charge of prisons. After Li Xuanjing became the minister of Dali Temple, the power of Dali Temple gradually expanded and it took charge of everything. The officials had been dissatisfied for a long time, but there was nothing they could do.

Facing the two Dali Temple officials, Lu Sheng was not worried. He walked and sat upright, so he was naturally not afraid that Dali Temple would catch him.

He looked at the two Dali Temple officials and asked, "My lords, what do you mean?"

One person looked at him and said, "Mr. Lu, you are suspected of violating the law. Come with us."

Lu Sheng was not afraid, he puffed up his chest and asked, "Oh, sir, can you tell me which law I have violated?"

The pale-faced Dali Cheng smiled slightly and said: "Article 176 of Daxia Law, Miscellaneous Laws, and Etiquette Orders stipulates that when walking in the streets, the humble should avoid the noble, the young should avoid the old, and the light should avoid the important. Go and avoid... The carriage must not go too fast. Mr. Lu is in a hurry to go home, so he must pay attention to safety. Even if he does not hit anyone, it is wrong to hit cats, dogs and livestock. "

Lu Sheng's lips moved, but he couldn't refute.

Is he driving fast?

It's a little faster.

Because there are many government offices here, this road will become extremely crowded after a while. If you don't drive through it quickly, it will be difficult to walk.

He just wanted to get home quickly.

Is this illegal?

It was indeed committed.

But he was not the only one speeding, so why did Dali Temple target him?

He pointed at a carriage speeding by and said angrily: "This car is traveling too fast. Why don't you arrest him?"

Another Dali Cheng with a square face said: "That car is too fast and can't be stopped. Mr. Lu, don't worry about others. You are a fifth-rank official. Even if the carriage is speeding, you will only be fined fifty cents. Please reflect on yourself." It’s only time. If you go to Dali Temple with us earlier, you can go back earlier. When you come out, the road will not be blocked, and you can go home in time for dinner..."

Song Mansion.

Li Nuo was reading a book and suddenly felt something was wrong.

Why is this book becoming more familiar the more he reads it? When he closes the book, the contents of the book will automatically appear in his mind.

It seems that he has read this book "Ji Li" countless times.

He changed to several others and found the same effect.

At the end of the code, a portrait of a strange man appears.

Li Nuo was a little surprised.

He just had the attitude of giving it a try, but he didn't expect it to actually work.

It turns out that being familiar with etiquette is considered a specialty.

These officials of the Great Xia court were worthy of being selected from thousands of troops, and all of them possessed unique skills.

After Leke and Yuke, his Etiquette finally lit up.

Li Nuo threw aside the few books on etiquette. Now, apart from archery, he only had the "Articles" subcategory of calligraphy, and he was not completely sure yet.

He was going to go back to Li's house and bring some new books over.

When I walked out of the gate of Song Mansion, I happened to meet my second uncle who was returning home from the Yamen.

Seeing Song Lian step into the door with one foot, Li Nuo subconsciously stopped and coughed lightly.

Song Lian paused, stopped as usual, took back his feet that had already entered the house, lowered his head and stood outside the door, waiting.

Li Nuo crossed the threshold, called "Second Uncle", and then got into the carriage.

Song Lian then walked through the door of his house and walked a few steps. He seemed to realize something again and looked back at the carriage that had driven away.

It's strange. When he saw Li Nuo just now, why did he feel like he was meeting a doctor?

Especially that cough made him feel like he was returning to the Rites Yamen in a dream.

After being stunned for a while, Song Lian shook his head helplessly. He must have gotten used to hearing the doctor cough. Now when he heard someone else coughing, he subconsciously wanted to get out of the way...