After being mistaken for a fellow by Long Aotian

Zhou Xun was sitting in his Bamboo Language Hall when he suddenly had a jolt.

Since the day he came back from the Duke's Mansion, he has been restless.The face of the woman in the gray cloak he saw that day was always engraved in his heart.Like a dream, but also like a nightmare.

"Eat, eat, start, start!" A lively voice came from outside, and the emperor's face came out from the bamboo curtain that separated the indoor and outdoor, "Shabu mutton, do you want to eat? It's winter, Warm up your body!"

Only then did Zhou Xun pull himself away from his complicated thoughts.

The busiest first three days of the first month passed, and on the fourth day the emperor began to visit Zhou Xun's house again.Zhou Xun pushed open the door early in the morning and saw the emperor standing majestically by the door. Seeing him coming to open the door, he clapped his hands and said, "The face of the Queen of Heaven in February, you can say whether you are cold or not in the winter." Come, come, come, I brought some mutton copper pot and shochu, peanut butter, sesame sauce, coriander powder, let's eat together, chat and be happy like a fairy..."

Then Zhou Xun watched helplessly as a sheep was carried into his mansion. While being carried in, the sheep was screaming desperately on the wooden stick. Seeing Zhou Xun's eyes was like seeing fate... …He stared at this scene in a daze, while the emperor was standing beside him very straightly, patted him on the shoulder and said: "I specially selected the most beautiful half-fat half-thin one, it looks so good-looking and must be delicious too I will kill it in your kitchen in a while, and it will be fresh when I order it! At that time, we will eat the tenderest piece of meat inside and throw it to Xiao Lizi to eat! Everyone on the road will watch it Looking at us, it can be seen that they have never seen such a sincere battle..."

Xiao Lizi also nodded in agreement beside him, and his posture was very echoing with the words "nodding and bowing".Zhou Xun watched them silently, his stomach full of pain and sorrow was washed away by this scene.

Xiao Lizi went to supervise the slaughter of the sheep, while the emperor pushed Zhou Xun into the study room - telling him to hurry up and work overtime to review.

"I even bought you a gift." The emperor also ordered someone to bring in a pile of books, "It was specially written by the Imperial Academy, such as the five-year imperial examination and three-year imitation, the Huanggang secret scroll, it is a New Year's gift for you! "

Zhou Xun: ...

Zhou Xun sat down at the table, the soup in the pot was already boiling, and the mutton, as thin as cicada's wings, was rolling in it.After he finished this lively meal, the emperor sandwiched the mutton for him, and asked him: "The imperial examination will be held next month. If you need anything, just tell me and I will give it to you." Got it. But..."

Zhou Xun:?

"Examination papers cannot be disclosed." The emperor said seriously, "I am a very fair emperor."

Zhou Xun: "Pfft."

Zhou Xun's complexion and reactions were normal all day, and the occasional exhaustion was thought by the emperor to be black eye sockets caused by many days of review.After the meal, the emperor honestly did not disturb Zhou Xun's sprint for the college entrance examination. He patted Zhou Xun on the shoulder and said, "Stay well and study at home. I will wait for your good news after the ninth day of next month!"

Zhou Xun also smiled, and waved to him in front of the mansion to say goodbye.

After the emperor left, Zhou Xun returned to his study.He leaned against the wall and thought long and hard, how could he tell the emperor?

What should he say?Hey friend, I saw my master and Princess Fukang having a private friendship talk when I went to the Duke's Mansion?The place where they talked was the most remote corner of the Duke's Mansion. It seems that there was a person living in the courtyard related to the Northern Wei Dynasty?On the way to the meeting, I saw a sneaky and eavesdropping person suspected of being a spy?Afterwards, I chased him out and found out that the person looked suspiciously like my mother?In view of the fact that my mother was left with nothing but a tomb due to the mudslide, I seriously suspect that she is my mother who narrowly escaped death?However, she saw me and denied me. I seriously doubt what illegal activities she has been doing recently?

Not to mention that there is no evidence for these ideas, even if they are spoken out, they seem a bit ridiculous.

He had a vague feeling that he was going to be dragged into another world—a world more complicated than the mutton soup pot, the sheep who saw fate, and the happy emperor.Zhou Xun returned to his bedroom and took out something from the box under the bed.

It was his mother's jade pendant that he found back from the Zhou Mansion.

There are not many things in this exquisitely carved box, but a jade pendant, and the hairpin given to him by the emperor, which is quite like buying a box and returning the pearl.He glanced at the jade pendant, then at the hairpin, and finally sighed.

"Test first, then talk." He told himself, "Test first, then talk."

Zhou Xun kept his ears to the outside world and devoted himself to reading sage books until the end of the first month.The day of Chunwei was approaching day by day, and his originally nervous mood became more and more peaceful.

But the one who became more and more restless became the emperor.The whole hospital is like a team of experts, waiting outside Zhou Xun's residence at any time.The emperor himself was busy, but he could send someone to inquire about Zhou Xun three times a day, as if he was afraid that Zhou Xun would fail due to a cold and fever.

"Last time you failed because of illness." The emperor said solemnly, "You must not do this this time!"

When he said this, Zhou Xun remembered the memories of the last time he went back to Chunwei, and also remembered the coldness of the lake in the palace that night.But now when he thinks of these past events that made him despair, his heart no longer fluctuates in the slightest.He just smiled and said, "It's not the same now as it used to be."

He no longer thought about Zhou Cai who was far away in the frontier, nor did he think about Rong Fen in the palace.How these two people are now has nothing to do with him.

Emperor: "Well, shall I send some ginseng and walnuts over to nourish your brain?"

When February came, it was difficult for the two to see each other again—to avoid suspicion after all.On February [-]th, it was raining heavily, and Zhou Xun stepped into the examination room on this day.

When he walked into the examination room again holding an umbrella, Zhou Xun found that he was not as fluctuating as he imagined.The row of willows outside the examination room is so familiar, it is a memory that has been depicted countless times in his dreams.For the purpose of avoiding suspicion, the emperor did not come today as usual.Zhou Xun carried the food for the past few days by himself and held an umbrella. After the inspection, the officials led him into his own small room.

At the place where his body was verified, Zhou Xun saw Yan Jia—he was different from the boy Zhou Xun had seen a few months ago.Yan Jia kept a cold face and kept silent, as if he had changed many years in a few months.

When the two met face to face, Zhou Xun heard his low voice: "Zhou Xun, I will beat you."

Zhou Xun turned his face sideways.

But the next one he saw was Li Miao.Li Miao saw Zhou Xun from a distance, thinking that Zhou Xun was turning his head to look at him, and immediately showed his fangs and claws.

Zhou Xun: ...

He turned his face away, and finally said to Yan Jia: "Okay, come on."

Yan Jia: ...

Along the way, Zhou Xun also saw other candidates led by officials.However, for some reason, Zhou Xun kept hearing the praises of these talents one after another as he walked all the way.

"The emperor is really sympathetic to us!"

"Thanks to the emperor, thanks to the emperor!"

"For the country and the court, [-] is the blessing of every candidate!"

Zhou Xun:? ?

"Zhou Sheng," the official said politely, "your compartment is here."

... As soon as he entered the small room, Zhou Xun was blinded by the scene in the small room.

"These are..." Zhou Xun asked the official who brought him here.

"The emperor is sympathetic to the examinees. Since last year, he has renovated the tribute courtyard. The newly installed washrooms in each room, as well as the new mechanisms inside, are all masterpieces invented by the emperor ordered Qianjiying." Official. Thumbs up to Zhou Xun, "Correct the test style, take the test seriously, cheer up the spirit, and pass the test!"

Zhou Xun: ...

After all, the emperor should have remodeled this place when he talked about taking the Chunwei exam last year.

Zhou Xun felt warm in his heart.

The first game of three days is coming to an end.Then came the second round, and the third round... On February [-]th, Zhou Xun stepped out of the examination room.

As soon as he left the examination room, he was dazzled by the sky that he hadn't seen for a long time.There was a lot of voices at the exit, Zhou Xun covered his face with his sleeves, and moved out step by step in the crowd. Before he moved a few steps, someone grabbed his wrist.

Zhou Xun:?

He didn't struggle, and let the masked man pull him out of the crowd, into the carriage.In the carriage, the emperor took off the mask on his face and said happily: "You have finished the exam!"

Zhou Xun nodded, and the emperor was even happier: "Did you do well in the exam? How do you feel?"

"It's okay." Zhou Xun said.

Emperor: "Yes, I think you will be admitted to Huiyuan."

"The emperor has so much confidence in me?" Zhou Xun said.

"When I finished the college entrance examination, I miscalculated the last big question in physics. I came out and told my classmates that I passed the exam." The emperor said, "Then the results came down..."

Zhou Xun:?

The emperor: "I passed two hundred and nine in the comprehensive test of science, but unfortunately, my Chinese is too bad, and the composition is off topic, ahem... Since you said you did well in the exam, you must be correct."

Zhou Xun said: "Your Majesty, be careful of being slapped in the face."

"Long Aotian will never be slapped in the face." The emperor snorted, "Now you think..."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the two people's tacit "cuckoo" sound.After a brief silence, Zhou Xun burst out laughing and said, "Let's go eat first."

The emperor scratched his head and said in embarrassment: "This... I came here early in the morning and forgot to eat."

The two of them were not picky, so they randomly found a restaurant to sit down and eat.It's not far from the Gongyuan, and most of the people sitting in it are this year's candidates.After Zhou Xun finished his meal, he followed the emperor into the carriage.But just as he opened the curtain, he heard a voice behind him: "The young man in front... is Zhou Xun?"

There was some hesitation in that voice.Zhou Xun turned his head, and saw a man who was dressed in one move and looked a bit simple and honest, looking at him behind him.The man's face was somewhat familiar. Seeing Zhou Xun looking back, he said happily: "Is it really you? It's me!"

Zhou Xun said: "You are...

"

"It's me, I'm Tu Run!" The man pointed at himself happily, "We were classmates when we were in Jiangzhou Country School, have you forgotten me?"

Only then did Zhou Xun think of this old classmate - when he was not seen by the Zhou family and sent to a country school by them, there was indeed this classmate who had a good time with him.So he said happily: "Is that you? Long time no see..."

The emperor also poked his head out of the sedan chair: "Who is it?"

Zhou Xun pulled Tu Run and gave a very simple introduction.Tu Run was also very happy to meet an old acquaintance in a foreign land. He asked Zhou Xun, "Brother Xun, is this also your friend?"

The emperor glanced at him and introduced himself: "My surname is Cha, you can call me Mr. Cha."

He whispered to the hidden guard beside him: "Check this Runtu... No, Brother Tu Run, is there any hidden weapon on his body?"

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