The noble boy likes to play chess

Shu Jing looked up at the starry sky and asked himself silently, is it appropriate to do this?It's no wonder Jingzhi and the others are worried, and I don't know what to do next.

Thinking of a few months ago, he accidentally heard that the Seventh Prince had been shutting himself out for several years. It was rumored that he was either too ugly or too sick, but Shu Jing was really taken aback. Back then, he was seriously injured and thrown in the The outside of the city fends for itself. After being rescued by Shu Yang, he has never returned to Shengjing. He should have been found missing long ago. If the prince has not heard from him for a year, he will be declared dead of illness. How could it be rumored that he will stay behind closed doors?

Shu Jing thought about it for a few days, and finally decided to go to Shengjing to have a look. If someone helped him cover up, it must be Li Zhaoyi, not now it is the concubine Li and the second brother, who can hide at other times, but the emperor's five Not showing up on the tenth birthday will definitely raise suspicions, and the responsibility will not be light when the time comes.

However, he doesn't want to be a prince. For him, it is a shackle that cannot be thrown away, and a sadness that cannot be forgotten. What's more, the person he can't see the most now is the second prince. The dignitaries of other countries in Beiyuan Kingdom were seen through by the people in the dark pavilion, and they chased them all the way to the border. At that time, they not only met each other, but also fought against each other. However, if the man hadn't been injured and exposed the jade pendant in his arms, he would have never He would have imagined that the master of the dark pavilion, which is frightening in the world, is actually his second brother. I only hope that he will never know that Shu Jing will be his seventh brother. If we meet in Shengjing at this time, the second brother will be He is a spy and will not show mercy, but if the second brother finds out, I am afraid that he will blame himself for the sword that pierced his chest.

He visited his mansion, and couldn't help being surprised. This empty city plan has not been seen through for eight years. He doesn't know whether to be lucky or sad.There are still more than three months before the emperor's fiftieth birthday, and he hasn't figured out a plan yet, what should he do?

I remember that at the beginning, I had an appointment with Brother Liuhuang to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival and New Year together, but he missed the appointment, Brother Liuhuang must be very disappointed.Fortunately, according to what Jingzhi said today, Brother Liu Huang's condition has improved a lot.

The sound of a heavy object banging on the door interrupted his thoughts.

An Hao has already fallen asleep, who made such a big commotion?

Slowly walking to the door, Ling Zimo's voice had already come: "Jing'er, a person fell at the door, and he fainted from hunger."

Everyone said that Shengjing was good, beggars were nowhere to be seen, everyone knew that Shengjing was rich, and rich clothes and fine food were commonplace.How would outsiders know that there are also poor people in Shengjing who are starving to the side of the road.

At first glance, he is a frail scholar. Why is he still in this remote place so late?

Helped into the house, fed some sugar water, and woke up after a while.The thin scholar looked around, and immediately realized that he was rescued, struggling to get up to thank him, Shu Jing smiled gently: "Don't move around, lest you faint again later, let's talk when we are full first." Anything else."

Seeing him swallowing three buns without any image, Shu Jingcai asked, "Who are you? Why are you fainting from hunger?"

He immediately stood up, bowed deeply to Shu Jing, and said gratefully: "Xialuonan is a candidate who came to take the autumn exam. Because of my negligence, money was stolen, I was unable to pay the rent, and was kicked out by the innkeeper." After getting out, I had to find another cheaper inn in a remote place, never thought..." Luo Nan blushed, "Thank you benefactor for saving me, and I will repay today's kindness in the future. Excuse me, benefactor, where is the hotel nearby? Is there an inn?"

Shu Jing looked at him again. He was only wearing a long coat made of coarse cloth, which looked extraordinarily thin on this early autumn night. There was no rain today, but the dust on the coat had spread to his knees, and the clothes around his feet could no longer see the original clothes. From the color, it can be seen that he has difficulties: "There is no inn near here. Why don't you see your luggage when you come out to stay in an inn?"

Luo Nan's face became even redder with embarrassment: "I was seized by the innkeeper to repay the debt."

"Oh, in the middle of the night, you can stay here for a night. It's too late today. We'll talk about other things tomorrow."

"This...excuse me, thank you benefactor!"

Shu Jing smiled and said, "It's fate to meet you. My name is Shu Jing, and his name is Ling Zimo. Don't call me Engong anymore. It's just a matter of little effort."

"Mr. Luo, are you awake?" Early the next morning, An Hao saw that Luo Nan had not appeared for a long time, so he came to have a look.

"I'm disheveled, I'm afraid it's hard to see people." Ling Zimo gave him his own clothes yesterday, but the scholar said that he was not used to wearing them, so he had to take An Hao's clothes, An Hao was shorter than Luo Nan, He was fatter, and he wore it on his body, revealing half of his arms and legs, so he didn't dare to go out of the room in the morning.

An Hao pushed the door open and walked in unceremoniously. When he saw his scene, he laughed so hard that he couldn't straighten up.After a while, he smiled and said vaguely: "Just wait, I'll find you clothes again."

When Luo Nan arrived at the lobby, he saw Shu Jing and Ling Zimo waiting for him to have breakfast. His eyes were red all of a sudden, and he almost shed tears. He has been living alone since he entered Beijing last year. Such a situation , Touched his longing for his family.

"Sit down and have breakfast." A simple sentence, as if Luo Nan was originally a member of this place.

"Where are you from? Are you here for the autumn exam? When is the autumn exam?" An Hao didn't say anything when he was eating or sleeping. He didn't have any idea in his mind. He asked whenever he wanted, said whatever he wanted, naturally, No one will restrain him.

But Luo Nan was still a little cautious, he quickly swallowed what was in his mouth, and answered seriously: "I am a native of Yuhang, and I am a candidate for the autumn exam. Once a year, the first exam is on October [-]. The autumn exam is for the imperial court to select officials. It is set, each time a certain number of people are selected to enter the court as officials, and this year will be the second year to participate."

An Hao's eyes lit up with admiration: "October [-]th, it's not even a month away, can you be an official this year?"

Luo Nan looked away, and said unconfidently: "This, then, taking part in the autumn test may not necessarily make you an official."

"Didn't you participate in the second year? Why can't you be an official?" An Hao asked curiously.

"This is only acceptable if you do well in the exam." Luo Nan looked at An Hao, apparently dissatisfied with such an explanation.

Shu Jing finished his breakfast, rinsed his mouth gracefully, and then explained to Luo Nan: "The imperial examination system in this dynasty is divided into literary examination and military examination. The literary examination is usually held in autumn, so it is also called autumn examination. Three rounds, the first test, the second test, and the palace test. Only the tributes and those who have been recommended by officials above the second grade can participate in the first test. The chief examiner will set the questions and test the Four Books and Five Classics. Those who fail the re-examination can participate in the re-examination, which will be conducted by officials other than the officials in the initial examination. In the imperial examination, the top three will be determined by the emperor himself."

Luo Nan was shocked when he heard this: "Then I can directly participate in the re-examination? Last year's top [-]."

"That's what I heard. For details, you might as well go to the Tribute Academy to find out." Shu Jing wondered why he didn't even know the basic rules when he took the autumn exam. However, the other three were amazed at his omniscience.

"Thank you for your advice, my lord. My lord is so knowledgeable that I can't match it. I'll go to the Gong Yuan to ask about it today." Luo Nan bowed deeply and hurried out.

Seeing him like this, Shu Jing asked An Hao to follow him, and ordered him to redeem Luo Nan's luggage and give him some money.

"Jing'er knows so much about the imperial examination system that ordinary people don't care much about. Why didn't he know that he accepted the girl's peach blossom comb at the beginning because he wanted to marry her?" Seeing that they had all left, Ling Zimo said Yoyo opened her mouth.

Seeing the curvature of his mouth, Shu Jing knew that he was making fun of what happened back then, saying that Zimo was not good at words, but he never felt that.

Ling Zimo saw that Shu Jing blushed, and his red ears were still moving, very cute. He touched Shu Jing's head and said seriously: "I have to leave for a while, about half a month, you can Don't run away again."

"Well, be careful."

"You have to be more careful, the water in Shengjing is very deep." Ling Zimo reminded uneasily.

Outsiders think that Shu Jing and Ling Zimo are masters and servants. In fact, they are friends who live and die. They each have their own world, but they never interfere with each other.

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