Chapter 182 Fame

Author: Emei Swordsman

Chapter 182 Fame

After several people left Xu's mansion, they went straight back to the Imperial Examination Hall.

As soon as I stepped into the gate of the guild hall, I saw Bai Xingjia, with a pale face, shaking his body, and he didn't stand very steadily.

Gu Yunji walked up to help him and asked, "How are you? Are you getting better? I just fainted yesterday. You are still weak now, so you should stay in the room and have a good rest."

Bai Xingjia smiled weakly: "Mr. Lao Gu is worried about me, I am much better. Yesterday I was busy and had not informed my family of the interview, so I went out early in the morning to send a letter. But I was very tired.

, walked step by step for a long time before walking back."

Gu Yunji said: "Then what are your plans next? Will you go back to Songjiang Mansion after recovering from the disease?"

Bai Xingjia shook his head: "I don't plan to go back to Songjiang Mansion. I want to stay in the capital and wait for the next session in three years."

"You won't go back to Songjiang Mansion?" Gu Yunji looked at him unexpectedly, "You are still sick now. You are not familiar with the place in the capital and no one takes care of you. Are you sure you can?"

"I emptied my family's fortune and went to Beijing to take the exam. In the end, I ended up with such a result. What kind of face do I have to go back to see my family?" Bai Xingjia smiled bitterly and said to himself, "Besides, my disease is caused by the lack of adaptation to the local environment. If I go back,

I stayed at home for three years and came back again. I was afraid I would get sick again. It would be better to stay in the capital and slowly adapt to the climate here."

Cheng Yan looked worried: "But the cost in the capital is high. How can you support these three years?"

Bai Xingjia smiled slightly: "The money I brought this trip has not been used up yet, and my family will send money from time to time. If I don't help, I can copy books and sell calligraphy and paintings. There is always a way."

Although Bai Xingjia's tone was relaxed, Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan felt heavy when they heard it, and they didn't know what to say.

After a while, Bai Xingjia took the initiative to break the silence: "Where are you? When will you participate in the palace examination? You should be awarded an official position after the palace examination?"

"Yeah." Gu Yunji nodded, his voice a little dull, "The palace examination is in early April, and there are more than ten days left before now."

Bai Xingjia smiled and said, "Then you must be well prepared. If you come back from the No. 1 pick, my fellow villager will have a bright face."

Gu Yunji felt more and more sour when he heard this. He wanted to say something, but he was afraid that whatever he said in his own identity would give the other party a feeling of showing off. After he hesitated for a long time, he finally said "Take care" when Bai Xingjia left.

After saying goodbye to Bai Xingjia, Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan looked at each other, sighed silently, and then went back to their own rooms.

After confirming that Gu Yunji returned to the room, a black-clad scholar in the guild retracted his long neck, raised his chin in the direction he left, and said to his companion, "Did you see it? That was the exam for this session just now.

Huiyuan, Gu Yunji."

"Is he Gu Yunji?" his companion suddenly widened his eyes and looked surprised, "I've been hit by Huiyuan, but I didn't even set off firecrackers and red envelopes to celebrate, which made me even more unaware that he lives in the same guild as us.

Low-key.”

A white-clothed scholar came over next to him: "He is the cousin of Gu Yuanhui, the Minister of Justice of the Ministry of Justice. He is a person at the forefront of the storm. He naturally acts in a low-key manner on weekdays, which is normal."

The scholar in black thought of something, and his expression was meaningful: "Gu Yuanhui is the chief examiner of this examination? As his cousin, Gu Yunji was young and could actually win the exam in one fell swoop. Could it be..."

Although he did not say the rest, his meaning was obvious, and the scholars here immediately understood it.

"Shh! Be careful." The white-clothed scholar looked around carefully and scolded him softly, "This imperial examination is of great importance. Every admission quota is determined by the seniors, but

Whoever passes the exam does not have real talent? What's more, Gu Yunji avoids the candidates, and the exams are taken separately, and the examiners are all assigned to the testers. Do you think this is so easy to deal with?”

"Besides, the admission list of tributes has been read by His Majesty. Even His Majesty thinks it is okay. Do you dare to raise objections? Is it a lie to discuss the admission qualifications and question the fairness of the imperial examination? Do you still have a brain?"

The black-clothed scholar was frightened by him and his neck shrank, and he subconsciously swallowed: "I just said it casually. After all, in previous years, there were no examples of avoiding the admission of candidates, but in order to avoid suspicion, most people ranked.

It's been overwhelming, and I've never seen anyone who directly won the exam like him..."

"You don't know this, right?" A middle-aged man from the table next door came over, looking mysterious, "It's a big source!"

Realizing that his conversation was eavesdropped, the few people immediately looked at the middle-aged man with a look of defense, but in the end they could not resist the curiosity in their hearts and couldn't help asking, "What's the origin?"

The middle-aged son smiled proudly and lowered his voice: "Gu Yunji, this Huiyuan, is the emperor's imperial pen that His Majesty has chosen!"

"Imperial pen selection?" The few people were shocked, with disbelief on their faces, "Is it true or false?"

"Of course it's true!" The middle-aged man raised his eyebrows and spoke in a decisive tone. "It is said that Gu Yunji's original ranking was much lower than this, as if it was seventeen or eighteen... Anyway, it's not Huiyuan. His Majesty looked at it.

What do you guess the first sentence of the initial admission list?”

"What is it? Tell me quickly!"

The middle-aged scholar has a good talent for storytelling. While speaking, he still doesn't forget to swell people's appetite. Until he was so anxious that he wanted to scratch his head, he showed a satisfied look and continued: "The first thing His Majesty asked was-

—'Why is Gu Yunji's ranking so low?'"

The middle-aged student learned the tone of Emperor Jing Feng in his imagination and performed well: "'I have read Gu Yunji's paper and answered very well. Not to mention the top ten, even if I can get one, I can get one of the first ones, no matter how many of them are, I can get one of them.

It shouldn't be such a low ranking!'"

"Then Your Majesty said again: 'Although Gu Yunji is Gu Yuanhui's cousin, he should avoid suspicion appropriately, but the imperial examination is to select talents for the court. It is unfair to suppress them blindly. To select talents but not relatives, it is natural that they should be the same as the candidates for scholars."

The middle-aged man performed and gestured, and spoke vividly. The few of them were so sensible that they stared at his movements without blinking.

"Your Majesty's words are incisive and the truth is clear. The Minister of Rites who prepared the list is ashamed and speechless. He kneels down on the spot to apologize to Your Majesty."

The middle-aged son looked righteous and his tone became more and more ups and downs: "However, Your Majesty is generous and kind. He did not hold the Minister of Rites accountable at that time, but turned his head and called him to the pen and ink. With a wave of his hand, he personally pointed Gu Yunji as the first place in the first place.

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