Spring has not yet emerged, and the weather in the early morning is still a bit cold, but today in the inner city of Shenjing, there is a warm breeze blowing on my face, and there is a strong sense of warmth.

Because there are 30,000 Juren candidates, many people want to travel at different times to avoid delays.

Before midnight, there was already a huge queue of people outside the Gongyuan in the east corner of the inner city, stretching for miles and filling the streets.

The serious spring clothes they wore were very thin, but they didn't feel the chill at all.

The old people have known the inside story for a long time, and the newcomers who are participating in the Spring Festival for the first time from other states look up at the sky under the guidance of their "seniors".

They were not allowed to look at the starry sky and the waning moon, but the light film on the dome covering the entire inner city, the looming mysterious runes, and the spiritual light that scurried like meteors from time to time, gave everyone a strong sense of security.

In order to ensure the smooth progress of the examination, the entire inner city will be open to protect the city for three days.

This is not like the usual semi-dormant state. Although it also has many defense and warning functions, its consumption and power are not as good as the hair at this time.

During these three days, the city defense array was operating at full power.

Maintaining a constant temperature under the coverage of the array is just an incidental function that cannot be smaller.

However, there is a rumor among the people that Taizong Daxu has a concubine who is very afraid of the cold, and the concubine likes to hang out in the inner city in casual clothes, so this function is specially designed to make the beauty smile.

There is a Yang Shen Zhenjun who is from one of the top ten sects in the world. He once saw the city protection formation in its prime state and bluntly said that his own mountain protection formation could not compare with this formation.

As long as there are still spiritual stones in the treasury, from a mortal perspective, the city of Shenjing can be said to never fall.

Zhou Bai also finished washing up at this time, and at the urging of Si Jie and the others, he joined the queue, along with Qi Hua.

In fact, Zhou Bai was also surprised that in the few days he had been here, he met very few people in Dingzhou, including Sun Yucheng.

Little did they know that Sun Yucheng was at the front of a long queue, cursing secretly.

After the Dragon God reports his duties once in a hundred years, there must be an opportunity.

This is the general news that the Sun family is the successor of the old county king. Although he does not know the specific opportunity, he knows that at this time, every point must be fought for.

Bu Yuanzi calculated that in one to three years, his Hidden Dragon Qi will emerge.

If you can win the top three this time, you will definitely be able to take advantage of this position. It is still difficult to do things just based on your status.

Those who started with the Jinshi were county magistrates or even county magistrates. Even if they were promoted and had connections to fill the official position, they would still be ninth-grade minor officials.

But Sun Yucheng never expected that he would risk the face of the Sun family and take a few Dingzhou disciples to recite poems and compose poems by the Ningjiang River for half a month, but he would not attract the Dragon King of Ningjiang.

In the end, they broke up on bad terms, and before they arrived at Shenjing City, he received another message from Bu Yuanzi from home.

Zhou Bai may be an obstacle to his rise in Bei'an County, giving him a chance to suppress him.

Specifically, they still need to meet so that Bu Yuanzi can have a chance to judge the possibility of the other party being a hidden dragon.

When a hidden dragon is in the abyss, it is difficult for traces to be revealed.

Even a person like Bu Yuanzi, who specializes in Yishu, must inherit his master's legacy to be sure that Sun Yucheng is Qianlong.

Logically speaking, there can be several hidden dragons in one state in Jiangnan, a region with profound cultural heritage.

However, Dingzhou, which has been included in the Central Plains Dynasty for only a hundred years and has a population of less than 10 million, can have two or three dragon veins. It is considered that Dingzhou is developing well and can generate latent dragon energy.

There was Sun Yucheng in Bei'an County, and Zhou Bai, who was suspected of being a Qianlong, was something that Bu Yuanzi could not understand.

In any case, since receiving assistance from Bu Yuanzi, many of his suggestions have played a substantial role.

So Sun Yucheng trusted him very much, so he decided to cut off Zhou Bai's luck.

According to his opinion, Zhou Bai was not from a rural background, and no matter how talented he was in literature, his luck was still lacking. 81 Chinese website

It should be impossible to pass the top three exams in the fiercely competitive spring school.

Just as a precaution, Sun Yucheng wanted to block the place where Zhou Bai obtained his luck.

For example, from Dadukou to Shenjing, there are many relics of famous literati along the way, and it is possible to obtain relics at these places.

Another example is the several Chenghuang Temples and Earth Temples with many holy manifestations... These temples are also places where you may receive blessings from the gods.

Sun Yucheng himself may not be able to obtain these mysterious fortunes, but he can interfere with Zhou Bai's acquisition.

As long as Zhou Bai is really Qianlong, and he happens to appear, when Qianlong meets Qianlong, there will be a collision and entanglement between Qi and Qi.

In this way, in the eyes of those sensitive gods or "remnant souls", Qianlong's destiny can no longer be concealed.

Investing in one hidden dragon in front of another hidden dragon is a risky thing that no one is willing to do.

After all, giving away good luck, leaving unowned good luck, etc. are all investments and arrangements, and the recipients are involved in cause and effect.

For example, if Zhou Bai accepts the fate of Tingshan Mountain God, he wants to save the Canglan Water God.

As long as Zhou Bai and Sun Yucheng are together, no ordinary luck opportunity will be obtained by either of them.

Of course, if Zhou Bai was not Qianlong, Sun Yucheng would not be worried at all.

Not only will they not be hostile, but they will spend energy and resources to apologize and make friends.

Taking advantage of the large number of people he had with him and the advantage of starting early, Sun Yucheng went around to each location first and sent people to stay at the ferry at the same time.

As a result, after all his luck points were exhausted, Zhou Bai still did not show up. It was only one month before the exam, so Sun Yucheng could only continue to Shenjing.

He was not too depressed. After all, he had not run in vain. He had accumulated a lot of good luck, and he had more confidence to pass the top three exams.

As for those conditions, he didn't take it to heart at all. He could take advantage of the situation and become the master of a party, and he could easily end the cause and effect.

But if you fail and turn into withered bones in the grave, then why worry about the debts you owe during your lifetime.

After finally arriving at Shenjing City in the last few days, Sun Yucheng finally found out why he didn't wait for Zhou Bai, because he showed off his talents in the Dragon Palace and took the opportunity to come first in the competition.

With the support of the Dragon Clan, there must be no shortage of luck to be named on the gold list. This made Sun Yucheng confused and couldn't read a few pages of the book.

So much so that for today's exam, he was almost among the first group of people to come to Gongyuan to wait for the exam.

Qianlong can fail, and there have even been cases in history where Qianlong failed and fought repeatedly, and finally became a real dragon.

But when Qianlong is gaining momentum, he must not fail. If he fails, he will lose everything.

Zhou Bai didn't know that Sun Yucheng and he were actually in the same team, otherwise he would have said hello to see how things were going.

I don’t know if Sun Yucheng was invited by the Dragon King of Ningjiang in his previous life. Anyway, Chunwei’s ranking was only in the middle of the top three.

Although he was awarded the title of "Tong Jinshi", he did not become a heavenly being, so he was restricted by the imperial governor for a long time, delaying his opportunity to sweep Dingdong.

The sky was getting brighter and brighter, and the candidates lining up around them seemed to have adjusted their moods and began to discuss the exam in a relaxed manner.

"Look, those foreign nationals who came to participate have no idea why they came to participate, so they took away our quota."

"No, no, my dear, you must be more generous. Just look at the number of admissions of these people in the past. They will not want to stay in Daxu as officials with the Jinshi, but it is rare for a Jinshi to be born in a hundred years."

Zhou Bai listened to the conversation and glanced at the foreign candidates who were mixed in the crowd from time to time. Almost every one of them had a heavy face.

Also, in the more than three hundred years of Daxu, there really were not many heavenly beings left.

"Have you heard that the chief examiner this time is that crazy king, and the deputy examiners are the Grand Scholar and the Six Ministers?"

"That Prince Rui from the previous generation?"

"This is not a disagreement with Li. There is no reason for the royal family to invigilate the exam."

"Shh, are you crazy? That person is sitting in the Gongyuan."

The topic mentioned was too sensitive, causing the surroundings to be silent for a moment. Zhou Bai could even see the faces of those who had spoken out just now, with a look of fear on their faces.

However, Zhou Bai really didn't pay attention to who the examiner was, and he didn't expect it to be Prince Rui.

This is the youngest brother of the current emperor. When Emperor Xiangxing was not yet the crown prince, Prince Rui was favored by both his parents and his elder brother.

Originally, Emperor Xiangxing was a well-deserved crown prince, but the previous emperor and queen favored Prince Rui too much and actually wanted to make him the crown prince.

The emperor has power over the world, and after his death, he can enter the Dragon Court as the emperor and sit on a dragon chair.

Faced with this temptation, Prince Rui not only refused, but sternly refused, telling his parents and brother that it would be most appropriate.

After Emperor Xiangxing ascended the throne, Prince Rui naturally became his right-hand man. Not only did he not live idle or be enfeoffed like other brothers, but he stayed in the court to handle government affairs.

There is even a joke among the people, calling him the "Vice Emperor".

After a few years, the "Vice-Emperor" gradually lived up to his name, and all civil and military officials bowed to him.

Later, I don’t know whether Emperor Xiangxing felt that his imperial power was threatened, or whether Prince Rui suddenly became stupid.

In short, on a very ordinary day, this crazy king never appeared in the court again, nor did he appear in the outside world.

There was only one official announcement: Prince Rui suddenly suffered from dementia.

In this way, he stayed in Prince Rui's Mansion at the foot of the imperial city and stayed behind closed doors for decades.

Unexpectedly, Emperor Xiangxing fell seriously ill and Prince Rui returned to the Daxu court as the examiner of the examination.

Perhaps it is to seize the last batch of talents before the troubled times? Or to invite this person to come out and stabilize the overall situation?

Zhou Bai put aside these big-picture things and asked Qi Hua, who was standing in front, with a smile: "Brother Qi, are you confident?"

Qi Hua nodded first, then shook his head, and said: "If I had been given the opportunity in Tingshan last time, I might be confident enough to win, but I really dare not say this time."

"Then if you can win, would you choose to be a Jinshi or a fellow Jinshi?" Zhou Bai asked again. He suddenly realized that he had never discussed this issue with his friends.

Qi Hua said matter-of-factly: "Jinshi are scholars who pay tribute to the heaven. For the imperial court, Jinshi are the truly useful talents. Of course I choose the latter."

Zhou Bai was astonished, because in this era where extraordinary people came to the world, heaven and earth were so promising, and Jinshi scholars were often the second choice who could not get into the top two.
To be continued...