Mrs. Rebirth

With the sound of drums outside the imperial city, the thick red gate slowly opened, and the students stared at the towering palace walls in the distance with fiery eyes, with high fighting spirit.

This is the place of their dreams of studying hard for more than ten years, the starting point for them to jump over the dragon's gate, and the majestic place where they fear and envy.

The students held their breath and lined up to enter the palace gate in a regular manner. There was no body search or investigation, but each student did not feel slack in the slightest, wishing that even the sound of walking was blocked.

Walking all the way to the square outside the Golden Luan Hall, most of the students lowered their heads and did not dare to look too much, and a few brave ones looked up and were immediately lowered by the solemnity rushing towards them.

The huge square was eerily quiet. After standing for half an hour, everyone heard a thin and melodious voice: "The emperor is here! Kneel...kowtow..."

At times like this, the body always responds half a step faster than the brain. Even though the rules were not taught in advance, everyone still kowtowed and bowed in unison: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

I don't know how long it took, everyone lowered their heads and only heard the slight sound of walking, and then a majestic male voice came to their ears: "Pingshen..."

"Thank you, Your Majesty..." Probably because they were too nervous, several students' legs were weak and they didn't stand up for a long time. Fortunately, the people around them were kind and helped them avoid a joke.

The bright yellow guard of honor was placed on the steps leading to the Golden Luan Hall. Unless they looked up, no one could see the emperor's face at all. Of course, even if they could see it, few people would dare to look directly at the emperor.

Zhan Yuanfeng scanned the audience condescendingly, and asked the servant beside him in a low voice: "Which one is Zuo Shaoqing?"

The servant was the one who came to Zuo Mansion to announce the good news. He squinted his eyes and searched for a while, and finally pointed to an inconspicuous place and said, "Your Majesty, over there...the one in the white cotton dress."

The distance was a bit far, and Zhan Yuanfeng couldn't see it clearly, but according to his figure, he could probably tell that he was a handsome young man. He knocked on the armrest, "Okay, keep an eye on him, don't let him drown in the crowd. It's in the pile."

The waiter smiled and nodded, slightly bowed his waist and sang: "Candidates take their seats..."

Thousands of desk tables were neatly arranged in the square, and cushions were placed at the back of each desk table. There were no fixed seats. Candidates sat down consciously according to the position they found, and then waited for the emperor to come up with a question.

"I won't say much, all of you are the future pillars of Da Yang's country, look at your rear, I hope that after three years, you will also be able to sit here and select good talents for me!"

Everyone glanced up, only to find that there were hundreds of civil and military officials sitting in a circle around the examination room. The official uniforms of various colors exuded a charming luster in the sun, which made the hearts of all the students feel hot.

Thinking that three years later, they will be able to sit on an equal footing with these ministers, how can they not feel hot?

"This time, the results of the imperial examination were not fair due to the mischief of villains. I don't want to miss any talents, so I called everyone here to re-write the questions. The results of the imperial examination will be based on this time. Do you understand? ?”

All the students replied with different expressions: "Observe the order!"

"Well, I won't embarrass everyone. Today, everyone will use the topic of "the way of heaven" to talk about what is the way of heaven? What is the way of heaven? Let's start."

As soon as Zhan Yuanfeng finished speaking, most of the students realized the subtext behind his words. There was no way they could forget what happened just a few days ago.

Many students' self-confidence was inflated, and they wrote a magnificent article praising the emperor, and criticizing those villains who committed chaos as useless.

Zuo Shaoqing looked up at the sky subconsciously, what is the way of heaven?What is heaven and what is Tao?Who knows this question?

He, Zuo Shaoqing, was mediocre in his previous life, and before he died, he did something treasonous and treasonous, but just like that, God gave him a chance to be reborn, is this also the way of heaven?

If so, that day was too sentimental, and the Tao was too kind.

The world is not benevolent, and all things are regarded as dogs, why are they only kind to themselves?Zuo Shaoqing thought that she didn't have the capital to be valued by God.

Zuo Shaoqing didn't start writing for a long time. He knew what he should write, but he still couldn't agree with it in his heart. For a while, he was at a loss.

It wasn't until a pair of bright yellow boots embroidered with golden dragons appeared in the field of vision that Zuo Shaoqing came to his senses, subconsciously raised his head, and faced a pair of eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling. The bead curtain hanging from the crown covered half of Zhan Yuanfeng's eyes face, but Zuo Shaoqing still saw the scrutiny in his eyes.

The Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven, is the Son of Heaven. Zhan Yuanfeng is nothing more than wanting everyone to say that he is chosen by God and belongs to all Taoism. Anyone who opposes him will go against the sky.

Zuo Shaoqing didn't know where the spirit came from, so she picked up a pen in front of Zhan Yuanfeng, dipped it in ink and wrote on the rice paper: "The way of heaven lies in the heart, where the heart is, where the way is..."

Hearing deep laughter from above, Zuo Shaoqing caught a glimpse of the pair of bright yellow boots dangling in front of his eyes, slowly moving away, but the writing didn't stop.

The exam time was two hours. During the period, the court ladies and eunuchs brought snacks and tea, and placed them silently on the candidates' desks one by one, which made many candidates' favor towards Emperor Tianfeng increase a lot.

When the time came, the bell rang, and the examinee put down his pen consciously, then knelt and sat on the spot without looking sideways, watching the court ladies and eunuchs take away the test papers in an orderly manner.

And Zuo Shaoqing also understood why Zhan Yuanfeng said before that he hoped that they could sit in the back and select talents for him in three years. It turned out that the first judges of this palace examination were the civil servants sitting in the back, regardless of rank. Regardless of official position.

Zuo Shaoqing was a little worried about this kind of evaluation method. After all, there were too many examiners, and the values ​​and aesthetics would be very surprising.

For a while, there was only the sound of flipping through papers in the square. It was the first time for the students to encounter such a scene. They didn't know which minister their answer sheets were assigned to, and whether their fonts and articles could be entered by that minister. eyes, sweaty palms.

With more judges, the speed of reviewing was also much faster. Thousands of papers were reviewed before sunset, and each minister selected a copy of the answer papers and handed it to Emperor Tianfeng.

Emperor Tianfeng expressed his trust in them, picked up a copy and looked, this process almost made every candidate's heartbeat rise to the throat.

"Heaven's way of luck has no accumulation, so all things come into being; the emperor's way of luck has nothing to accumulate, so the world returns; the holy way of fortune has nothing to accumulate, so it is served in the sea... not bad!"

Soon, everyone found out that the test paper praised by Emperor Tianfeng just now was put aside alone, and everyone's eyes were fixed on the emperor's next move.

"Those who follow the way of heaven are virtuous, and those who are virtuous are helped by people. They follow the hearts of the people. Those who follow the hearts of the people will be big even if they are small, and strong even if they are weak; those who go against the way of heaven are thieves. It is against the will of the people, and those who go against the will of the people will fail if they succeed, and they will perish even if they prosper! Therefore, the one who obeys the way of heaven, the teacher of all things, the foundation of all wonders, those who follow it will prosper, and those who go against it will perish. Although there is nothing, it is mysterious and unpredictable , the door to success or failure in ancient and modern times!..."

It wasn't a very brilliant article, but it was much better than those words that clearly praised Emperor Tianfeng to the sky. Everyone who watched Emperor Tianfeng's actions knew that the student who wrote this article was going to high school.

When Emperor Tianfeng finally read the last selected answer sheet, everyone couldn't help holding their breath, waiting for him to announce the result.

The Zhongshu Sheren at the side handed the drafted imperial decree to the emperor for review, Zhan Yuanfeng nodded, took a pen to write down a few names, and handed it to the servant waiting at the side: "Read it out."

"Yes!" The waiter who was waiting at the side took the imperial decree respectfully with both hands, then took two steps forward, slowly unfolded it, and read in a high-pitched voice: "Zuo Shaoqing, Jiang Hengzhou, He Zhicheng stepped forward to listen to the decree!"

Zuo Shaoqing was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly got up and walked out, raised his clothes and knelt down in the middle, "The student is here!"

"By heaven's blessing, the emperor's edict said: Zuo's Shaoqing, with both talents and virtues, is elegant and simple, always welcomes kindness, Gong Yeke is diligent in court training, hand-picked as the first champion in the Enke Palace Examination in the second year of Tianfeng, and hereby declares The world, the whole country celebrates together!..."

Zuo Shaoqing bit his lip, feeling a sense of pain. Only then did he realize clearly that he was really in high school, and this wish that he regretted in his previous life until his death had finally come true. He kowtowed excitedly: "Student accepts Thank you, Lord, for your grace!"

Zhan Yuanfeng nodded expressionlessly, and at the same time thought with regret: If Zuo Shaoqing is not the person Lu Zheng likes, he can focus on training him. He is an excellent talent at a young age without losing blood and true temperament.

It's a pity, since it is the person Lu Zheng wants to get, then he will be the person who will be labeled as the Duke of Zhenguo. How to arrange him is still a problem.

Putting aside these irritating questions, Zhan Yuanfeng looked at the other two people standing below, and with a smile on his face, he said: "The previous Tanhua Langs were all rich and handsome young masters, and I can't make an exception. List……"

Jiang Hengzhou had heard of the name Jiang Hengzhou before Zhan Yuanfeng. He knew that he was Yin Xueshi's closed disciple, and that he was the most popular candidate for the No.

Zhan Yuanfeng squinted his eyes, stared at Jiang Hengzhou's calm face for a while, and didn't find any expression of disappointment or even jealousy, then nodded secretly, it seems that he is also a good seed.

After Tanhualang settled down, there was no doubt about who would win the second place, "He Zhicheng, I know you, I read your article when I was still the prince, it's very good, I hope you can devote all your life's learning to serve the country. people, and benefit the people of one side.”

Zuo Shaoqing cast a congratulatory look at He Zhicheng, and saw that the scholar who was over [-] years old had red eyes and looked like weeping with joy.

He Zhicheng obviously didn't expect the emperor to remember him. He has always known his shortcomings, but he is too smooth and lacks the temper that a scholar should have. Therefore, he is not favored by the chief examiner in every imperial examination. He did not expect that after so many years, someone finally recognized him. up.

"Student...student, thank you for obeying the order!" He Zhicheng knelt down and kowtowed three times.

Many students looked at this scene with jealousy. Zuo Shaoqing, Sanyuan and No one would doubt his ability anymore. Jiang Hengzhou was famous outside, so he had to be Tanhualang. Everyone already felt that he was at a loss, but this little-known He Zhicheng turned out to be a fool because of his appearance. It's not amazing but it got the second place. I really don't know what kind of shit luck it is!

No matter what they thought in their hearts, everyone still gave him congratulatory and appreciative looks.