The daily routine of the ancient imperial examination

"Master, are you teasing me on purpose?" Yang Weijian stared into his master's eyes, with a tone of disbelief, "I want to call that Lu young master uncle? How is that possible?"

Seeing the surprised look of his apprentice, Master Wu was also a little helpless.

He did have the idea of ​​taking Lu Xiuyuan as his apprentice before, and he started to pay attention to him when he was giving lectures in other colleges, but he didn't know enough about Lu Xiuyuan's life experience at that time, so he could only temporarily withdraw his thoughts.

But at the Liushang banquet two days ago, I learned that the other party has such a deep bond with me. Since the other party is the apprentice of my master's benefactor, the matter of accepting the apprentice will naturally have to be decided after the teacher returns.

As he expected, when the old Chief Assistant came back and heard about the matter, he directly stated that he would accept disciples himself.

The reason is naturally Master Wu's apprentice, and the name of Mr. Zhang's first assistant apprentice sounds resounding.

At the beginning, Pei Wuyou risked offending the second prince to save the old chief assistant, but now the other party's apprentice appeared, just in case, naturally he wanted to give Pei Wuyou's apprentice the best protection.

"Wei Jian, this matter was decided by your ancestor. If you have any doubts, go directly to your ancestor."

Master Wu pushed the trouble to his teacher, picked up the big characters written just now, and blew on the ink on them, looking leisurely and calm.

Yang Weijian originally came here with a red paper to question, but now that Mr. Wu said that Mr. Zhang made the final decision, thinking of the terror of the other party, his expression changed.

"I'm not going, the master is really scary!"

"Your ancestor naturally has his intentions, so there is no way to intervene as a teacher?" Lord Wu spread his hands helplessly, "No matter how bad this old man is, he is still in charge of the Imperial Academy, and now suddenly there is a younger brother who has no fame. Where can I go to reason?"

After hearing this, Yang Wei glanced at Master Wu suspiciously. For some reason, he always felt that his master was not as helpless as he appeared on the surface, but rather happy?

Thinking of the current result, Yang Weijian couldn't help sighing, if he had known this, it would be better if his master had accepted Lu Xiuyuan in the first place!Anyway, I can also be the other party's senior brother, but now it's a good thing, I have become the other party's senior nephew, which is directly inferior!

But no matter how dissatisfied he is, now that his master has spoken, he can only be forced to accept this reality.

Two days later, the Wu Mansion officially held the ceremony of accepting apprentices.Red lanterns are hung high, and the gates and courtyards are filled with all kinds of precious flowers and plants.

The reason why the location is in the Wu Mansion is because of the poisoning incident of Zhang Lao Shoufu many years ago, and the yards on both sides are far away. Live with yourself.

The Wu residence was not deserted in the first place, and two of Mr. Wu's students often stayed here, so it was very lively.

For this disciple acceptance ceremony, in order not to waste time, Lu Xiuyuan stayed there the night before, and was carried by Mr. Zhang to the main entrance early in the morning to welcome the visitors.

Zhang Lao Shoufu is a very serious old man. Although the other party is leaning on crutches, his back is straight, his head is held high, and his eyes are fixed on the door.

In front of the old Shoufu, who was as strong as Lu Xiuyuan, he couldn't help but breathe lightly, and quietly followed behind him.

It was late autumn now, there were not many visitors early in the morning, and a gust of cold wind blew by, Zhang Lao Shoufu couldn't help bending over and coughing uncontrollably.

Seeing the scene in front of him, Lu Xiuyuan thought for a while and went straight up to help the other party start patting his back.

Don't look at the opponent standing up straight, but because of the previous poisoning, his physique is not as good as before.

Waiting for Mr. Zhang to recover from his breath, he waved his hand to signal him: "Okay, it's fine as a teacher, so there's no need to shoot."

Only then did Lu Xiuyuan withdraw his hand and stand back beside the other party.

He only met Zhang Lao Shoufu twice now, and he didn't say much, but he couldn't bear to see such an old man struggling to stand at the door to receive visitors.

"Master, why don't you go in and take shelter from the wind first? Take a break?"

After hearing this, Zhang Lao Shoufu directly tapped the ground with his crutches, "What are you resting for? Today is my apprentice acceptance ceremony, so you must not lose your etiquette."

After hesitating for a while, Lu Xiuyuan persuaded: "Most of the people who come early are close ones. Those big names who are famous usually arrive when the banquet starts. It's cold in the morning, so Master should be careful to catch a cold."

Zhang Lao Shoufu obviously still insisted on his point of view, but fortunately Master Wu came over after a while, and forced him back to the room with persuasion.

Looking at the back of Zhang Lao Shoufu leaving, Lu Xiuyuan couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Senior Brother Wu is the best."

The other party smiled kindly at him, "Master is just like that, you will know after a long time."

After seeing off the old Shoufu, he and Mr. Wu stood at the door waiting for the receptionist, chatted along the way, and talked to him about the sphere of influence on the science side.

They are headed by Zhang Lao Shoufu, standing in the first team of the first prince.When the former queen was alive, she was naturally orthodox.

But since the empress passed away due to illness, the old emperor began to favor Concubine Zhao. The Yuying of the Zhao family had a beautiful appearance, and the seductive emperor had no intention of government affairs. As for the lord of the harem, since then, the first prince has never had a good life like before.

Empress Zhao felt the old emperor's indulgence to herself, so she began to interfere with the court with many relatives that would appear in history, and arranged her own relatives, big and small, into positions, or the kind that only received salary and did not work, so , the originally crumbling court has added a large burden.

Hearing this, Lu Xiuyuan suddenly felt that the future was bleak. Even if the fatuous old emperor died, and there was still such a big moth in the court, if they didn't pull it out, then no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't change the status quo.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help asking: "Then we can only pin our hopes on the First Prince?"

Lord Wu nodded and sighed: "Yes, although Mrs. Zhao began to help the second prince recruit talents after becoming the empress, but our eldest prince still takes the place of the eldest son. As long as you are careful not to make any mistakes, there is still a fight." of strength."

Lu Xiuyuan thought about what Han Xu said before, that most of the talented people in Taixue had already been won over by the second prince's people. Although he had never even met the first prince, but now he is standing in the team as a teacher, which concerns himself In the future, I still can't help but worry about the other party.

"I've heard people say that the second prince eats, drinks, and has fun, and doesn't do his job properly. In this case, as long as the first prince can show his personality charm and recruit more talents for himself, the chances of winning are still great, right?"

Master Wu made a gesture of silence: "Today the eldest prince will also come over, and the younger brother will know as soon as he sees it."

Said that Cao Cao Cao Cao arrived.

Not long after their discussion, Lu Xiuyuan saw a young man in a python robe with his head held high, surrounded by a group of guards, coming down to the main gate of Wu Mansion.

Master Wu hurriedly pulled him down and greeted him: "I don't know that the eldest prince is coming, so I'm sorry if I'm too far away to welcome you."

Seeing this, the eldest prince quickly reached out his hand to stop the other party's movement, "I don't blame Mr. Wu, it was my own initiative to come early."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Lu Xiuyuan behind his eyes, and then looked away in disappointment: "Is this Zhang Shoufu's new disciple? His facial features look correct."

Seeing the expression on the eldest prince's expression, Mr. Wu guessed the other party's intention in an instant.He probably felt that the old Shoufu was still taking in apprentices at such an advanced age, and was curious about what kind of talent he had taken in. Seeing him now, he felt that it was different from what he had imagined, and he was a little disappointed.

Even if you are disappointed, don't make it so obvious!Mr. Wu sighed helplessly in his heart. The biggest problem with their eldest prince is that they have low EQ, they speak straightforwardly, and never look at the occasion.

The eldest prince has been used to being surrounded since he was a child, so he naturally doesn't care what others think, and just expresses his opinion on his own.

"When I saw it, it looked ordinary, and it seemed to be different from what I imagined."

Master Wu paused for a moment. Although he had nothing to do with the eldest prince, he couldn't let the other party make random comments in front of his junior, so he could only quickly lead him to the inner courtyard and send him away first.

Fortunately, Lu Xiuyuan didn't mind, he just noticed the eldest prince's appearance from the corner of his eye.

The other party has a Chinese character face, with thick eyebrows and big eyes. Looking at this face, he probably followed his father, the old emperor. Adding the two sentences he said before, he doesn't look very smart at first glance.

Thinking of the two princes today, one arrogant and reckless, the other eating, drinking and having fun, he couldn't help worrying about the future of the people.

Lu Xiuyuan followed Mr. Wu and led the eldest prince to Mr. Zhang, the chief assistant. Watching the two exchange pleasantries, he somehow felt that the other person looked familiar.

Seems like where?But I can't even think about it.

After the eldest prince arrived, the others received the news and couldn't help complaining in their hearts. It stands to reason that it would be just right at noon. Who would have thought that the eldest prince would pass so early without playing cards according to the routine, and the rest of the people could only continue one after another. Hurry up and go to the door to give gifts.

After all the people are gathered, Zhang Lao Shoufu, as the highest-ranking supporter on the side of the eldest prince, no matter how much he is not optimistic about Lu Xiuyuan, he still needs to encourage him.

After the other party finished speaking, the apprenticeship process officially began. After the ceremony was over, Lu Xiuyuan, chief assistant of Zhang Lao, introduced him to his connections.

Through some pleasantries, he probably understood the thoughts of these First Prince's supporters.

Although they felt that the first prince was not smart enough to be useful, but compared to the second prince, he could only be taller than a dwarf. Anyway, it was enough to pass a little bit of character, and the rest could be corrected slowly in the future.

After a busy day, after seeing off the guests, Lord Wu dragged Lu Xiuyuan back to the room and told him, "Junior Brother, I forgot to tell you before that in the capital, besides the Second Prince, you should also be careful of King Ming's people."

"Ming King?" Hearing the unfamiliar title, he couldn't help asking curiously: "Who is Ming King?"

"Duke Ming is a mad dog under the Second Prince's hands. Besides helping the Second Prince with his affairs, he loves to trouble the First Prince. If anyone accidentally bumps into him, he will be injured even if he doesn't die..."

Hearing Master Wu's words, Lu Xiuyuan's scalp began to tingle. He felt that the world seemed to have opened a difficult mode for him. Why did other people travel so smoothly, and why did they come to him? The people in the camp are so complicated.

"Since he is called King Ming, then the other party is also the prince?" Lu Xiuyuan asked tentatively.

"Yes, King Ming was originally the third prince. It stands to reason that the sage should choose the crown prince and the rest of the princes should be conferred together. It is estimated that the saint will have difficulty choosing between the eldest prince and the second prince this time, so he first conferred the grown-up third prince. The king is divided."

He didn't understand, "Since he has become an adult, why doesn't King Ming go to fief himself and stay here in the capital?"

"Naturally it is because of the Second Prince." Master Wu sighed, thinking of this, his heart became a little heavy, "During the period before the exam, you will stay at the mansion to study, and you probably won't meet King Ming. Take it easy for now."

After listening to the instructions, Lu Xiuyuan also started packing the presents he received today, and transported them back to the General's Mansion in large and small bags.

Today, he has gained a lot of knowledge, met a lot of people, and learned a lot about the current court, but the more he understands, the more powerless he becomes. Can he grow into a generation of Mingjun according to the wishes of the old chief minister and the others?

Here Lu Xiuyuan is still worrying about the future, while on the other side, his name has already been passed on to the Zhao family.

The head of the Zhao family squinted slightly and leaned on the rattan chair, tapping his index finger on the table.

"You mean that little scholar who reported my son came to the capital? He still worships that old man Zhang as his teacher?"

The spies below saluted and said: "My lord, this subordinate has seen this matter with his own eyes, and it is absolutely impossible to fake it!"

boom!

The teacup on the table was smashed by Patriarch Zhao to the side of the spies, who shrank his neck, did not dare to dodge, and let the splashed fragments scratch his cheeks.

"Trash! A bunch of trash!"

Patriarch Zhao was furious, "I asked you to inquire about the news before! As a result, everyone has come to the capital now! You didn't notice at all! What are you doing with your brains?!"

The spies knelt on the ground and didn't dare to speak, so they had no choice. They couldn't get any information about Lu Xiuyuan before, and they were obviously hidden. It's just that they are now aware of the huge momentum of the apprenticeship as the chief assistant.

Patriarch Zhao also thought of this reason, so he could only take two deep breaths to calm down.

Now that he delivered it to the door by himself, don't blame him for being rude.

Governor Liu and Shi Yunzhang, who stabbed the head, couldn't fix it for a while, so couldn't a small Juren do it?

But because of the face of the chief assistant...

"If you have disabled the opponent's hands and feet, first destroy the meeting in front of you."

Patriarch Zhao leaned on the rattan chair and sneered. Once his hands and feet were disabled, he would become a useless person. Naturally, he would be kicked out of the door by the old chief assistant. At that time, wouldn't he be able to take revenge as he wanted?

The author has something to say: First of all, I’m sorry, I was busy with work transfers before, so I didn’t have time to update, so sorry~

After two days off on weekends, I can finally update~