Promotion and fortune in Song Dynasty

Although they promised not to interfere with Lu Ci's actions, the other examiners couldn't help but feel aggrieved when they thought about the other party's qualifications that were much lower than the official rank, and then thought about their sharp attitude that made them feel like a thorn in their backs.

If it wasn't for Han Yi, who is the most influential among the few people, to speak up and ask them not to intervene in this matter, they might have tried every means to make a stumbling block.

Lu Ci knew exactly how difficult it was to go through these hundreds of test papers and select the rankings by himself.

But the position of the other examiners suppressing Wu was very clear, even though he was exhausted, he could no longer count on others.

Once Lu Ci made up his mind, even a rock couldn't be moved.

For the next three days, he ate and slept in a room full of exam papers.

He was so sleepy that he couldn't keep his eyes open. In order not to fall asleep, he only wrapped himself in a thin quilt, closed his clothes and squinted for an hour or two, and then he would wake up from the cold.

Immediately drink a cup of strong tea and continue to light the lamp to mark the papers.

In a blink of an eye, it was the day when the secret pavilion gave out the list of pavilions.

When people with different thoughts gathered around, waiting to see the frustrated face of the young and vigorous Lu Sanyuan, they were caught off guard by a radiant and handsome face.

"I have kept you waiting for a long time."

Lu Ciyun smiled lightly, except for the faint blue color in his eyes, his spirit flickered unbelievably: "These twenty papers, and the prepared list... I will trouble you to send it to the sealing official, and wait for it to be sealed again. Afterwards, I will personally send it to His Majesty."

Everyone was surprised, they looked at each other in tacit understanding, pushed Han Yi forward and said: "This is a big matter, if Master Lu doesn't mind the exam, I am willing to follow."

The words are beautiful, but what is the reason, everyone must go to deliver these papers with Lu Ci, everyone obviously knows it well - but they are worried that Lu Ci will be a hindrance, avoiding the important things, or even hiding them from the officials who prefer to listen to him. Just go to the list they made up.

Lu Cihun raised his lips and smiled indifferently: "Han Daizhi was joking, you are willing to help hold those test papers, I can't ask for it, why don't you hate it?"

Han Yi's face froze.

He never said that he wanted to hold the pile of heavy papers with his own hands.

As if he didn't see Han Yi's hesitant expression, Lu Ci said in a warm voice: "I haven't had a good rest these days, and my energy is inevitably lacking, but just like what you said, this is a big matter, so I don't want to borrow others' knowledge The only way to deal with it is to work hard for Han Dai.”

Hearing that the young gentleman who had blocked all of them with words of cruelty, suddenly took the initiative to show weakness and come to deceive him, the corners of Han Yi's mouth twitched slightly, and Fang nodded after a long while and said: "Mr. , what a hard work."

Lu Ci smiled: "Since it will take a while to reseal the seal, I will hurry up and take a nap for a while, so I won't chat with you."

As soon as he finished speaking, he closed the door openly, shutting out a group of sullen-looking people.

"Hmph." After an embarrassing silence, Wu Kui said angrily: "A fox pretends to be a tiger, and a dog takes advantage of others... Let's see how long he can be proud!"

Han Yi frowned, and reminded in a deep voice, "Wu Hanlin speaks carefully."

Wu Kui knew that his words were inappropriate due to his anger, and even brought His Majesty in. He also felt guilty after being scolded by Han Yi, and immediately shut up.

Fan Shidao was silent for a while, then sighed suddenly, and said in a low voice: "Forget it... I'm afraid it's only this time when I work with that person. In the future, he will go back to Qinzhou to live and live with the martial arts he favors." Death, why bother with him?"

"That's not necessarily true." Han Jiang sneered and said, "The officials have wanted to call him back to Beijing for a long time. In the past, he was just trying to put on airs and fight for such a breath, so he didn't return for so long, which aroused the appetite of the officials. Now he is coming back. Bianjing, seeing the prosperity of this place again, do you think he is that blind fool, willing to go back to that vague and bitter cold place?"

"Isn't that so?"

Thinking of the official's blatant preference for Lu Ci, everyone couldn't help but sighed, and couldn't hide their envy: "Jane is in the emperor's heart, this son's luck is really good!"

Lu Ci turned away a few people, not only because he was too lazy to talk nonsense with people with malicious intentions, but also because he was really tired.

He glanced at Shilou, lay neatly on the couch, and fell asleep almost as soon as he touched the pillow, completely undisturbed by the few people who deliberately stood outside the door discussing him and stabbing him with words.

Because he had some important things in his mind, he woke up naturally after not sleeping for a long time.

After he simply washed up and tidied up his appearance, Feng Mi's official office was finished, and the forty papers were sent along with the list.

"Thank you." Lu Ci smiled and nodded at Feng Miguan, then looked at Han Yi: "With Han Daizhi alone, I'm afraid I can't handle these things."

A total of forty papers, even if they are all light and thin paper, can be said to be surprisingly heavy when stacked.

Han Yi reluctantly twitched the corners of his mouth, and was about to say something when Lu Ci turned his eyes to Han Jiang, who had a cold face, and said as a matter of course, "I can only trouble Han Zhongcheng to follow along."

Han Jiang who was suddenly named: "..."

Han Yi closed his eyes helplessly.

So this chief examiner, Lu, has no plan to share part of the test papers from the beginning to the end?

No matter what, this small trick of making things difficult for others, while being dismissive and sneered at by a few people, is what they wish for.

To be able to show up in front of the imperial court and guard against this person's tricks, so what if I have to carry some heavy test papers in person?

So Han Jiang readily agreed, and followed Lu Ci with Han Yi, one left and one right, holding a tall stack of papers in their hands.

Lu Ci's hands were empty, and he was relaxed and calm, walking in front of him in a cool and sassy manner; in stark contrast to this, he was holding the heavy test paper carefully, reluctantly walking behind him at a brisk pace, sweating profusely There are two people surnamed Han.

The road from the secret pavilion to the palace where the official's house is located is usually not long, but at this moment it makes the two of them feel extremely tormented.

Why hasn't it arrived yet?

Sensing the secret and curious look from the passers-by, the two of them blinked hard, shaking off the sweat that was about to drip into their eyes, but their cheeks were flushed with embarrassment.

Before Han Yi and Han Jiang came to the gate of the palace, panting and following the refreshing Lu Ci, they were spotted by the sharp-eyed Lin Neichen.

In front of the former emperor, Lin Neichen, who had spoken to Zhao Zhen, who was still the prince at the time, and gambled so much, since Zhao Zhen succeeded to the throne, not to mention the prosperity, at least his position is stable.

Not only is there no lack of power, but he doesn't have to follow up every day, but he is the leader of all affairs in this imperial palace.

When he rarely came to the front of the palace to inspect, when he suddenly saw the long-lost Lu Ci, his first reaction was to put on a smile full of surprises and greet him warmly: "Lu Jiedu is coming, why don't you come earlier?" Tell me? If the officials had known about it earlier, they would have sent someone to pick it up."

"It's just sending the draft list of the cabinet, it's all a matter of duty, how can I disturb the officials?" Lu Ci said with a smile: "Lin Neichen, long time no see."

"Lord Lu Jiedu has a good memory, and he still remembers me." Lin Neichen felt happy, and the joy on his face became more real: "Come in quickly, I'll pass it on right now."

He made no secret of his closeness to Lu Ci, an evergreen tree that was favored by the two emperors successively, and he did not pay attention to the two civil servants behind him who were sweating and embarrassed like servants Here, he didn't even tell the other servants to pick up the pile of test papers, he just led people in while talking and laughing.

Han Yi is still good, but Han Jiang is suffocating, but he is in the Royal Palace, and the one who deliberately shows his face to them is Lin Neichen, who is quite able to speak in front of the official family. .

Anyway, Lin Neichen usually has a lot of airs. Although he doesn't make things difficult for civil servants, he seldom has any good looks, but Lu Ci and those ministers are exceptions.

When they could finally put down the test papers in their hands, move their tired arms that were about to cramp, and before their buttocks warmed up in the seat, they heard a rush of footsteps.

When he raised his eyes again, he saw the official with a serious face, who was only betrayed by the sudden change of footsteps: "Master Lu is here for the exam?"

"Your Majesty has met His Majesty."

Lu Ci got up, and was about to give a slight salute, when Zhao Zhen stepped forward to support him, and complained affectionately: "Why didn't you tell me in advance? I was going to the Secret Pavilion quietly, I knew I didn't have to bother you to run so deliberately It's been a trip."

Han Yi Han Jiang only felt that the trip was in vain, and his mouth was still bitter.

The one who worked hard to carry the test papers, but for the two of them, Lu Ci can be said to be relaxed except for walking the distance, so why bother to talk about it!

To their great surprise, who were about to vomit internal injuries, Lu Ci smiled and said a fair word: "The officials misunderstood, this journey is really hard, but don't worry about carrying important test papers In the hands of others, I personally supported Han Daizhi and Han Zhongcheng all the way."

Han Yi and Han Jiang were taken aback in disbelief, and when they sensed the official's gaze, they stood up subconsciously, not daring to take the words out of their mouths.

However, after Zhao Zhen glanced at them and politely said 'hard work', he never took his eyes away from Lu Ci: "Go back and have a rest, it's been a hard time grading papers for the past few days, next thing, I will work with Lu Ci." If the main examiner discusses it, you don't have to keep it."

How does this work?

Han Jiang was in a hurry. If he only played a supporting role in carrying the papers, wouldn't he be able to say whatever he wanted after Lu Ci left alone?

Lu Ci seemed to see through his eagerness, smiled, actively cooperated, and casually talked about the little quarrel a few days ago.

It's just that after his spring and autumn brushwork, the aggressive color is completely gone, and it's just like an ordinary discussion.

The result of that 'discussion' also aroused the little emperor's interest on the spot.

"Examiner Lu is saying that the forty test papers and the two lists were selected separately?"

Zhao Zhen blinked suggestively, instinctively guessing that the inside story was not so simple, and wanted to get some extra information from the young master.

Lu Ci refused to let him do so, and just nodded with a smile: "To ensure justice, why don't the officials read the test paper first, and then the list?"

As soon as these words came out, both Han Yi and Han Jianggu opened their eyes wide, looking in disbelief at Lu Ci who had given up his greatest advantage.

In their view, given the little emperor's trust in this 'little master', if they knew which list was drawn up by whom, they would definitely be affected by preconceived ideas.

But in the case of reading the test paper first and then the list, there is no such concern.

Because Lu Ci spoke in a relaxed tone, the officials found it interesting, and did not suspect him at all, let alone the strange expressions of the two, so they happily agreed, "That's fine."