Dao Fruit

"Um?"

Li Kun stopped moving and looked up, with a puzzled look on his face: "Why did the eldest companion say this? Where does the joy come from?" His eyes were bloodshot and his complexion was not good. He looked slightly pale and looked haggard. Feelings, but still strong and energetic.

Noticing Li Kun's expression, the white-faced old man sighed secretly in his heart.

He had watched Li Kun grow up since he was a child. Although the old man had to behave respectfully due to his status, the deep feelings he had after getting along with him for such a long time were difficult for outsiders to understand.

As the eldest son of the late emperor, Li Kun has had a sense of mission since he was a child. This is what the old man sees. After Li Kun ascended the throne, he devoted himself to meditation every day, almost in a desperate manner, which also made the old man secretly pity him. .

But the country was declining, and even though Li Kun was trying his best, his brows were getting tighter day by day.

Therefore, whenever there is something that can make Li Kun happy or happy, the white-bearded old man will always tell him as soon as possible to relieve the pressure.

Now that he knows about the changes in the examination, the white-faced old man will naturally not hide it or report it. However, there is also something to be learned about how to say this.

The white-faced old man knew the emperor's temperament very well, and knew that what Li Kun liked to hear the most was Dali under his rule. Every time there was good news, just like now, a congratulation immediately attracted Li Kun's attention. .

After thinking about it, the old man continued: "Isn't it auspicious for the state to be a happy event?"

"Oh?" Li Kun is also a smart person, and after spending so much time together, he still understands the temperament of his companion, "What kind of rare and exotic animals did the supervisor below give you?"

Unexpectedly, the white-faced old man shook his head at first, and then said seriously: "Rare and exotic animals are common, but wise men are not. In ancient times, the birth of wise men all heralded the great prosperity of the dynasty, and then changed the way of humanity and clarified the world."

Noticing the old man's expression, Li Kun finally moved slightly: "A talented person has been born?" Then a flash of light flashed in his mind, "Is it related to the examination? However, it has just reached noon, and I am afraid that no candidates have handed in their papers yet. Can I What's the news?" Even so, Li Kun also knew that his senior companion was actually a well-informed person.

"Official sage." The white-faced old man stopped circling. Now that Li Kun was interested, it was time to explain the matter clearly. "Old servant got a piece of news, saying that it was in the examination room this time..." He He looked up at Li Kun and said word by word, "Someone is infecting the exam paper with literary thoughts!"

"Huh?" Li Kun was stunned, and then stood up. Because he stood up too quickly, he dropped several memorials on the table with him on the ground, but he didn't bother to look at them or pick them up.

"Wen Ran test paper? But as recorded in history, it is almost a sage's paper?"

After seeing the old man nodding, Li Kun calmed down again, frowned and asked: "Could it be that the people below are doing my bidding and fabricating the news? There are many theories about the matter of dyeing the examination papers, and it is difficult to distinguish the true from the false. , and there is no vision coming to the world." In his heart, the old man will not lie, but there is no guarantee that the people below are not deceiving.

"This must be true." The white-faced old man responded calmly and did not argue, but his simple words gave Li Kun a decisive feeling.

Snap!

There was a soft sound, and Li Kun pressed the brush in his hand on the desk. The ink on the tip of the pen dyed half of the memorial and a small piece of tablecloth black, but Li Kun didn't notice it.

Then, he took a deep breath and said: "This matter cannot be taken lightly."

It can be seen that he still has some doubts, but he also hopes that this matter is true, so he added: "However, if this matter is true, it is indeed not a trivial matter. In history, anyone who can dye paper, no matter what he is, Born in China, he has achieved a lot in the end. Now that Dari is facing internal and external troubles, it is exactly the time when talents are needed. It is the right time! "

"This is the reason why the officials are wise." The white-faced old man nodded, "The world belongs to the officials. Most of the ministers in the court only care about their own families, which can be said to be short-sighted. After all, there are only a few people like the princes who are dedicated to the country. , Now that the examination can produce talented people, it can relieve your majesty's worries, and it is also auspicious for the country. In history, when this kind of thing happened during the imperial examination, all those who were in power were Mingshi, and this was God's way of rectifying the official's name!"

These words spoke to Li Kun's heart, making the latter more and more eager to distinguish the true from the false.

Li Kun left his desk and paced back and forth, looking restless.

Soon, he made a decision: "In that case, let me show it to the Gongyuan. I will go there in person to confirm. If it is true, I can know the name of the sage immediately!"

After hearing this, the white-faced old man said: "In the official family, the talent selection ceremony has its own rules. This time the prince is in charge to select talents for reform. If the official family passes, it will inevitably attract criticism."

These words were like a basin of cold water, calming down Li Kun's urgent thoughts. He sighed: "This time, I asked Wang Qing to take the exam, which has made many people dissatisfied. If I go to Gongyuan now, it will really cause trouble." ”

Although he is the emperor, one person cannot govern the world. He cannot do everything as he pleases. Now that he wants to be prosperous, he is constrained everywhere, and it is difficult to stretch his strength.

After a while, Li Kun patted the table in fear, sat back on the chair, and said: "In that case, let's not go there yet, but my companion can take my instructions and ask for the names of the talents, and then I will report back. "

The white-faced old man narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he sensed what Li Kun was thinking, and whispered: "Family and national affairs are not something that I can interfere with, but I still want to advise the emperor on this matter. Now is not the time to ask. The emperor did not go to the Imperial Examination Hall in order not to give people a reason to talk. In this case, it might as well be postponed for a while."

After hearing this, Li Kun was silent for a while, and after a few breaths, he nodded and said: "Okay, I pretend not to know, using the affairs of the wise as bait to test the reactions of you beloved ministers, which is not a bad idea. I just hope that Wang Qing will not disappoint me."

The white-faced old man was startled, and then Looking at the emperor, what he saw was the expression of the supreme ruler who was worried about gains and losses, and then he heard the latter say: "Speaking of which, the two people recorded in the history books who had dyed the test papers with literary thoughts in the examination room had mentioned that there were strange phenomena when the paper fell on the paper, why was there no reaction in the city this time?"

The white-faced old man knew that the emperor was suspicious again, so he took out the prepared words: "The predecessors always exaggerated when writing history, and the emperor must know it."

Li Kun breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, "Then wait a few days, but it's wronged that wise man." His words were full of the desire to see people immediately.

Then, he turned his head and looked deep into the study, his eyes fell on the map of rivers and mountains.

This map is unpredictable, and now it is covered by a dark cloud, but there is also a little light in the center.

………………

As if to confirm the emperor's words, not long after, the news that someone who dyed the test paper appeared in the joint examination reached the ears of some forces in Xingjing.

The Imperial Academy was under martial law, and the forces that could get the news from it undoubtedly represented the power behind it. Many of them had already noticed when Qiu Yan broke the air column, attracted the dragon energy and the city's thoughts, and now it was just a reconfirmation.

Soon, without ordinary people noticing, an undercurrent began to brew in Xingjing City.

Bang!

When the news reached the Hanlin Academy, someone accidentally broke a cup.

On the side, a gentleman said: "Brother Yang, what's the matter? But you are too tired to edit the "Rhyme Dictionary" for two consecutive days? Why don't you go to the wing room to rest for a while, I'll keep an eye on it first."

"Thank you, Brother Han." The man heard it, and did not refuse, and retreated, but just as he walked out of the door, his brows frowned.

"I have been dragged by miscellaneous matters these two days, and such a change has occurred in the city! If it is not good, the layout of the Hanlin Academy will be affected."

………………

"Is the luck changing again?"

In the inn, Qiu Yan just stepped on the stairs and felt something in his heart.

"Since the examination, the luck of my flesh and blood has been constantly changing. Sometimes it seems to be offset, and sometimes it falls to the bottom. The three fires of fortune, wealth and longevity are also swaying. It is really wonderful and unusual. If the list determines your life, how can you have such an experience if you don't experience it yourself?"

Feeling the changes in luck and the three fires on his shoulders, Qiu Yan was like a bystander, marveling at the changes. In this drastic change, a mood of impermanence in life slowly invaded his heart, and a clear understanding came to his mind.

"After the examination, before the list was posted, it was like a condensed life. In the examination room, you rely on your own hard work. After leaving the Imperial Academy, your fate will be affected by many environments and it will be difficult to grasp. Only when the final conclusion is made can you know whether it is glorious or obscure."

In this feeling, Qiu Yan continued to move forward, and suddenly stretched out his hand to grab something, as if he wanted to grab something, but after the five fingers were put together, there was nothing in his palm.

Hu Qi and Dai Guo, who were following behind, looked at each other, but did not make a sound to disturb them. However, the dog dragged by Dai Guo trembled all over, and then turned over, exposing the hair on its belly.

Retracting his hand, Qiu Yan closed his eyes and thought for a while. When he opened his eyes again, he actually went straight to the room of the two elders of Jinwu. Seeing that they were still sitting cross-legged on the bed, sitting in strange postures, he frowned and ignored them.

"Today and tomorrow, I will rest in my room. The morning and evening meals will be sent directly to the room."

Then, after giving Hu Qi a word, Qiu Yan returned to his room and closed the door to refuse visitors. He took out a few blank books from his bag, ground ink and picked up the pen, and then wrote with a dragon and snake. The fatigue in his soul actually condensed, flowed out with the pen and ink, and was engraved on the paper.

There were several strange ink marks on the paper immediately, like cracks, faintly infecting the paper, but not strongly.

"This time, the paper dyeing test allowed me to capture a little bit of the veins of the sage paper. It seems that I can further see through the fog of humanity and understand the essence of the sage's way, but without the right time and place, it seems that I am unable to do it."

Thinking in his mind, Qiu Yan's hands did not stop, and he actually used this method to eliminate the hidden dangers in his body, but his expression became more and more tired, but his thoughts quickly gathered with every stroke!

Suddenly, he stopped writing and his eyelids jumped.

"Huh? You actually came at this time, I don't have time to fight with others now!" (To be continued. Please search for Piaotian Literature, the novels are better and updated faster!)