Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

At Maoshi on the second day, Su Mu and Wu Shiqi arrived outside the Meridian Gate early.

At the same time, more than 360 new scholars came here. According to the rules of the examination room, there will be a re-examination today.

This exam should not be too difficult for everyone. It only takes one day, and there is an eight-legged essay and a five-character eight-rhyme poem. If you are a fast writer, you can finish it in a while.

In fact, the imperial examination has reached this level, and there is no such thing as elimination.Candidates who can stand here today have already achieved stable Jinshi achievements, but the final ranking of who will enter the Imperial Academy has not yet been determined.

The dawn in Beijing was early, it was already early April, the weather was already hot, but the morning wind blowing on the face was extraordinarily cool.

Su Mu and Mr. Wu got off the sedan chair, and after walking a few steps, they came to the gate of the city without saying a word.

In fact, since they came out from the General Administration Department yesterday, the two of them haven't spoken much.As soon as he got home, Mr. Wu locked himself in the yard, refused to see Su Mu again, and let his family celebrate and play around.

Su Mu didn't bother him either. In fact, he also understood that the orthodox veteran literati like the old man had a very strong concept of honor and disgrace.This time Mr. Wu was able to be on the list only because he, Su Mu, leaked the title in advance.

If it wasn't for Su Mu, I'm afraid that the old man would have no results in the exam for another ten years.

The old man was naturally ecstatic about being able to win the Jinshi, but at the same time he felt a strong sense of shame, feeling that he couldn't meet people.

As for Wu Shiqi's thoughts, Su Mu was naturally the clearest, so he didn't take it seriously.

As a modern person, he only seeks the result in everything. As for the process, it doesn't matter.

Besides, this matter was a misunderstanding, and Su Mu didn't want to cheat.But God arranged it like this, what can he do?

"Zi Qiao, Zi Qiao, Master Wu!" As soon as he stood at the gate of the city, he heard a loud and joyful shout.

Su Mu looked over intently, but saw Niu Deshui and the former Tongzheng Secretary's experiences running over happily, bowing and bowing.

"Ziqiao, Mr. Wu, are you coming to take the re-examination too?"

Except for Duan Jiong, all of Su Mu's former colleagues from the Department of General Affairs arrived.

Su Mu didn't expect that they would all get together, and when he thought about how these guys used some means to get the exam questions out of Mr. Wu's hand, he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart: This is the way to hunt geese all day long, but the geese are pecking at the blind eyes.I think that even though I, Su Mu, have a good temper, I just schemed against others, but this time I was tricked by them.

Su Mu deliberately pretended to be surprised and opened his mouth wide: "You...you all got hit, what a coincidence!"

As for Wu Shiqi, he was even more annoyed, and he gave everyone a hard look.

Not many people knew about Wu Shiqi's promotion to the fourth-rank General Administration Secretary Zuo Tongzheng, but he already carried the majesty of a high-ranking official.

Everyone felt embarrassed and laughed a few times.

Su Mu then asked: "Where is Duan Jiong, don't tell me that everyone from the General Secretary has passed the exam?"

Governor Li said embarrassedly: "Lord Duan has been selected. It's really called Zi Qiao. You have been selected. All the governors of our General Affairs Department have been on the list this time. Duan Jiong has already arrived, but his temper is not good enough. I also know that you have never been able to get along well with Zi Qiao, and now I don't know where to find someone to talk to!"

Just as he was talking, Duan Jiong suddenly emerged from the dark crowd of people, and shouted in a low voice: "It's not eye-catching enough, let's go!"

Everyone was taken aback.

Governor Li and the others came to their senses that the Chinese style of the Tongzheng Secretary was already abnormal.At this moment, there are people talking and laughing together in a bunch, afraid to attract others' attention.

The imperial examination system can be described as one step to heaven and one step to hell for ancient scholars.There is no lack of envy, jealousy and hatred in the world, and they will find something to do if nothing happens, not to mention that everyone has ghosts in their hearts.

So, everyone murmured a few times, bowed their hands slightly to Su Mu and Wu Shiqi, scattered into the crowd in an instant, and were nowhere to be found.

Seeing how mysterious they were, Su Mu couldn't help shaking his head.

He was also very helpless that such a fraud incident in the examination room had happened by accident, and he was inevitably a little uneasy.

However, after thinking about it, there is no real evidence for this investigation, and even if someone came to investigate, there is no way to accuse him out of nothing.Besides, even if there is trouble, with the special relationship between myself and the emperor, Emperor Zhengde will definitely protect me, Su Mu.

Today is the re-examination, and the candidates all seemed very relaxed, chatting outside the Meridian Gate in twos and threes.For a while, smug laughter and "Brother Nian" could be heard endlessly.Some people even took out the film and left when they saw people. A well-known talent like Su Mu naturally won a lot. In just a moment, his sleeves were full of famous cards from his contemporaries.

Like Su Mu, the No.2 Kang Hai in this round is also in the center of everyone's attention.Strictly speaking, Su Mu only became famous in the past two years, and Kang Hai, who was a weak crown, squeezed into the ranks of the seven sons as early as five or six years ago, and he was a master figure in the literary world of the Ming Dynasty.

Su Mu accidentally copied someone else's paper, so he was naturally very careful about Kang Hai.Looking intently, I saw a handsome and unrestrained face, who was also young, at most 27 or [-] years old.

On the surface, this person seems to be a modest gentleman, and he is very polite when talking to his contemporaries. He does not have the slightest arrogance to try No.2, a future Hanlin scholar, and everyone in the literary world.

Seeing Kang Hai, Su Mu's heart moved: I copied other people's papers, and I don't know how the articles in the Kang Haihui examination room were written, and how they were different from the real history.It's better to go up and get to know each other, or inquire nearby.Only in this way can I feel at ease.

Just as he was about to step forward, he heard a "bang" sound, the Meridian Gate slowly opened, and a six-rank etiquette officer came out with a straight face, and sternly yelled at the messy Chinese newcomers: "Why? , I really thought that you guys are stable and don't want to retake the exam? Be quiet and line up!"

That's all for Su Mu, and then he thought about it: there are still a few days before the release of the new issue of the mansion newspaper, according to the rules, the top three papers of this period's meeting will be published on the mansion newspaper, when the time comes, ask Wu Shiqi for a Do you know what is written on Kang Hai's paper if you look at it?

Soon, more than 360 Xinke Gongsheng students lined up under the leadership of the etiquette officer and walked towards the imperial city with their heads down.

Probably because they felt that the ceremonial officer was not a good person, everyone remained silent.Su Mu had long since ceased to be that kind of young man, and he didn't bother to talk, and followed the long queue step by step.

The flat square bricks under the feet are moving back quickly. At the beginning, it was still dimly dark, but at the end it actually emitted light.

Looking up, the sky is bright.