Little Scholar's Circle of Husbands

On the first day of February, the ship of Zhenpinzhai arrived in Luoyang. Luoyang is the eastern capital of Daliang, and it is also the end point of waterway transportation between the north and the south. Although the first month has just passed at this time, there are still many merchant ships. Yuezhou looks magnificent when it is moored, but it is inconspicuous when it arrives in Luoyang, and there are many more spectacular than it.

After the ship docked and moored, the sailors on board began to unload the cargo. Lu Fangzhou also packed up and saluted, and Yu Shui took him off the ship. Before the transfer carriage arrived, Lu Fangzhou first stood and admired the scenery at the Xiadongdu Wharf. grand scene.

Most of his impressions of Luoyang are the blooming peonies and the Di Renjie series of movies he has seen.The real thing is not as exaggerated as in the movie, but there are still clothes from all nations. Lu Fangzhou looked at the foreigners with different hair colors and different clothes with great interest, wondering which country they were from?Persia?Arab?

Just as he was thinking, a patrol came over and questioned the foreigners one by one. Lu Fangzhou was praising the good management of the pier when he was bumped into by someone, who kept apologizing.

It was Lu Fangzhou who smiled: "Brother Xu, you and I are destined." It was Xu Wen who bumped into him. Compared with Lu Fangzhou's cold-resistant equipment, Xu Wen was dressed much poorer, and he kept trembling. When she saw that it was Lu Fangzhou who bumped into her, she stopped apologizing and patted the padded robe on her body and said, "My mother heard that Luoyang is much colder than Yuezhou, so she specially added cotton to me before going out, and it turned out a little It’s useless, I tremble to death as soon as I get off the boat. If I don’t tremble, I can’t care about the road.”

Lu Fangzhou laughed after listening, took out the small hand stove he was covering and handed it to Xu Wen: "Here, take it and cover it."

Xu Wen didn't refuse, and warmed up after taking it. Just as he was about to thank him, the pier suddenly became noisy. A foreigner was arrested by patrolling soldiers and was escorting him away. The foreigner seemed to be protesting, talking in a gurgling voice. .

Naturally, Lu Fangzhou didn't understand those words, but Xu Wen did, and said, "It seems that it is true."

"What's the matter?" Lu Fangzhou asked.

Xu Wen immediately lowered his voice: "This is my senior brother. The senior brother who stayed in the Hanlin Academy in the last department sent me a letter. Top-secret news. It is said that the northern border is in chaos, and the army of the northern barbarians has assembled , there is a tendency to attack, and Princess Changping's military report is getting more urgent day by day."

Northern barbarians in the north?Lu Fangzhou had heard it mentioned by Yan Yan before, and also heard about Princess Changping's deeds. In Yan Yan's words, he praised the princess quite a lot, saying that since she was guarding the northern border, the northern border would be safe for the time being.

Now I heard that the princess sent back the military report every day, indicating that the northern border was urgent, so I couldn't help but feel a little worried, and then shook my head when it was over, because there are generals and soldiers to fight, and he, who is powerless, can only add to the chaos. Even worrying is in vain.

Xu Wen obviously saw what Lu Fangzhou was thinking, and clicked his tongue: "Brother Lu, you are really too generous. It's nothing to do with us to kill the enemy in battle, but the third round of questioning strategy is my favorite test of current affairs. The questions of the meeting have already been decided, but if there is an urgent matter, the questions will be changed. If it is changed to ask about the strategy of the northern border, have you thought about how to answer it?"

"How else can I answer? Let's fight!" Lu Fangzhou replied without thinking.

"Fight? It's not so easy to say, how to fight? Who to fight? How to dispatch? How to protect the rear? Have you thought about it? And the art of war." Xu Wen asked repeatedly.

"Art of War?" Lu Fangzhou glanced at Xu Wen, "Isn't that about martial arts?"

"Martial arts is a compulsory test of military art, but it didn't say that we can't test military art in this subject. If you ask, don't you dare not answer?" Xu Wen said.

Lu Fangzhou suddenly felt a headache, he didn't even look at the art of war a few times, wouldn't it be useless if he really took the test, so Lu Fangzhou sighed and said repeatedly: "You don't want a crow's mouth."

While the two were talking, Lu Shui came over: "Master Juren, the car has arrived, it's time to go."

Lu Fangzhou hurriedly agreed, thanked Xu Wen for informing him, Xu Wen returned the charcoal stove in his hand to Lu Fangzhou, and said with a smile: "Thank you, the kindness of sending charcoal in the snow should be repaid with equal value."

Xu Wen was referring to the fact that Lu Fangzhou gave him a hand stove to warm his hands. In fact, comparing the two, the thing Xu Wen revealed is more valuable. However, Xu Wen has always disliked being favored by others, and Lu Fangzhou is used to it. , accepted it frankly, and said with a smile: "See you in Chang'an."

Zhenpinzhai's carriage is quite elegant. Not only is the body wider than usual, but the inside is also covered with cushions, and a small charcoal basin is also set up. It is very comfortable to ride in, without much discomfort from bumps.

After getting in the car, Lu Fangzhou was bored, and remembering the possibility Xu Wen had mentioned, he began to look for military books in the books he carried with him.

Lu Shui heard movement outside, so he came in and asked, "What is Master Juren looking for?"

"Looking for books, I don't know if I have brought them with me." Lu Fangzhou said casually.

Lu Shui said with a smile, "What book do you want to look for? Let me tell you, master, all the books brought by our young master have always been managed by a special person, and you can find them as soon as you find them. You sign up and I will find them for you."

Lu Fangzhou thought it was good when he heard it. He didn't remember that he had read military books, so he probably didn't know how to bring them. After looking for Wuxin, he said, "I want to find some military books."

"Okay, I'll go look for it." Lu Shui left after saying that, and came over with a stack of books in his arms after a while, "The young master said that all the important military books are on it, so the master just pick it up and read it, and the young master asked me to ask the master, Suddenly looking for military books to read, but what doubts do you have? Sitting on the left and right is boring, so I can help the master to read the details."

After hearing this, Lu Fangzhou thought about it, he had traveled with this young master for so many days, and he had never seen his true face, but judging from the habits of eating, living and traveling, the two people's preferences were quite speculative, since the other party was bored. , Then he talked about it to relieve boredom, and then said: "It's not difficult, but if the third question is about current affairs, what should I do best?"

"Let's go and tell the young master." Lu Shui said and went, and brought back a note after a while, and handed it to Lu Fangzhou, "This is written by our young master."

Lu Fangzhou opened it and saw that it was a beautiful and delicate seal script, and he wrote four words: "Majestic."

Lu Fangzhou understood immediately when he saw it. In fact, when he heard Xu Wen talking about it just now, he had a vague feeling, like how to fight?Let who fight?How to schedule?How to guarantee these things in the rear is a matter for the emperor to make a decision. Candidates have not even passed the tribute students, and they have no qualifications to enter the court to discuss politics, so they should not answer this kind of question.

The correct way to answer should be, after determining the general direction of "fighting" or "not fighting", then play freely, and answer impassioned words such as some barbaric and uncivilized peoples dare to offend the majesty of my leader, and then contact history and quote classics After a while, you must never answer the point. If one accidentally answers what the emperor thinks, what will the emperor think?

Thinking of landing, Fangzhou couldn't help clapping his hands and laughing: "Your young master is really a god."

Lu Shui smiled complacently.

On the ninth day of February, Lu Fangzhou followed him from Lushui to the Tribute Academy for the examination. At this time, the matter of the Northern Territory was no longer secretive. Some people even proposed to abandon their pens and join the army.

Lu Fangzhou didn't participate at all. He abandoned his pen and joined the army to go to the northern border, which is farther away from Yan Yan. If he stays in Chang'an, he can't wait to go back immediately, let alone stay in the northern border. Wouldn't he want to kill him?

The area of ​​Chang'an Gongyuan is much larger than that of Yuezhou Gongyuan, and the conditions are much better, but the terrain is a bit superior. Yuezhou Gongyuan is low-lying, and Chang'an Gongyuan is on a small open and well-lit hill.

Candidates' rooms are also larger in size and about 1.8 meters in depth. Generally, candidates do not need to sleep with their legs bent at night.Because it was winter, there was a stove for survivors in the tribute courtyard.

That is not an ordinary stove, have you seen the big tank in the Forbidden City in Beijing?The charcoal fire is burned in such a large tank, and the heat is emitted along the wall of the tank. Not to mention the uniformity of the heat, the duration is still long, and there will be no hot spots near the tank and cold spots far away.

Seeing Lu Fangzhou repeatedly lamenting the wisdom of the ancients, while writing vigorously, he also slept and ate on time as he did during the Yuezhou Gongyuan Exam.This time, the food he brought to the Gongyuan was a little low-key, after all, it was in Chang'an City, so he couldn't do such hateful things.

Low-key is low-key, the food is still exquisite, some are specially made by Yan Yan, which can be kept for a month, and some are made by local people.Speaking of finding someone to cook, Mr. Sun Ge gave Lu Fangzhou a list before he left. They are all relatively famous dim sum shops in Chang'an City, and many of them specialize in food for candidates.

Just as Lu Fangzhou was preparing to go with the list, Lu Shui saw it and said with a smile that he would go and finish it. He was familiar with Chang'an City.Lu Fangzhou actually wanted to visit Chang'an City and see the world, but Lu Shui couldn't refuse after saying so, so he took a compromise idea and the two went together.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I arrived at the first shop, it was full of candidates who came to order dim sum. The candidates came from all corners of the country, and few of them brought enough food. They all ordered in Chang'an City.

This made Lu Fangzhou very worried. He couldn't eat well, and he didn't have the motivation to take the exam.

Seeing that he didn't know well, Lu Shuixin told the young master of Zhenpinzhai the truth, and the young master took care of the matter immediately, and sent someone to deliver the dim sum samples the next day. You must know that the young master stayed in Yuezhou for a long time Yes, the taste of the food is more like that of Yuezhou, and the dim sum is the same.

Once Lu Fangzhou tasted it, he couldn't let go of it, and accepted the kindness of the young master's family with embarrassment.

As for the test questions, the first two rounds were quite satisfactory, and the military test book predicted by Xu Wen did not appear. .

In the third game of asking about policy, Xu Wen really hit the mark, and it was really about asking about the northern border.

Lu Fangzhou followed his previous thoughts and referred to the attitudes shown by the students and the court before the exam, set the big theme of "fighting", and then began to make high-sounding arguments.

As soon as the nine-day exam was over, Lu Fangzhou handed in the paper quickly, and walked out of the Gongyuan with ease, without the slightest expression of frustration on his face.

Lu Shui was waiting at the door, and when he saw it, he smiled and said, "Master, the spring breeze is blowing on his face, I think it is a good chance."

Lu Fangzhou smiled and didn't say anything, he came to fail the exam, when will he be happy if he is not happy after the exam?As soon as the list is released, he can pick up his prepared bags and go home.

The author has something to say: Lu Fangzhou: It will take half a month to release the list, and half a month to go, so hard /(ㄒoㄒ)/~~