According to the current time, the two teams training on the training ground are the Tigers and the Fanlou team. At this time, the leader of the Tigers has changed from Pan Wen to Yang Tao. However, Pan Wen is not satisfied with this.
He has no complaints. He feels that letting Yang Tao take over the Tigers is a very good choice.
Yang Tao naturally knew his position very well. As a servant of the Zhao family, because of his love for Cuju, Zhao Hu made him the leader and coach of the Tigers. He must work harder.
However, this morning's training, Yang Tao felt a little strange. I heard Zhao Hu and other Tigers players say that Pan Wen was very serious about training. Not only Pan Wen, but also the other Tigers players.
Instructor Zhe Kexing also has very strict requirements for military training. However, Yang Tao always felt that during the training this morning, it was not only Pan Wen, but also Han Yonghe, Han Wenyuan, Cao Guoshu and his son who were watching the training from the sidelines, and even
Therefore, the instructor Katsuyuki Ori who was guiding everyone's training looked a little absent-minded.
Could it be said that everyone has this attitude towards training? We should pay more attention to it. This is a competition organized by the emperor. Yang Tao thought so in his heart. He originally thought that everyone in this training ground should be very attentive, but
Now it seems that is not the case.
Especially Pan Wen, Yang Tao always felt that Pan Wen seemed to have something on his mind.
After some time, Yang Tao finally couldn't bear it anymore. After all, he was a passionate young man, but he couldn't bear everyone's attitude. So he found Pan Wen and said: "Senior Pan Wen, I feel that you
Are you not too interested in today’s training?”
When Pan Wen heard this, he immediately smiled and said: "Don't call me senior, we are not much different in age. As for what you said, indeed, have you noticed that everyone who participated in the training today, from the instructors to
The leaders all look worried?"
Yang Tao nodded and said, "That's true. Why?"
Pan Wen continued: "Actually, this is not your fault, because you are a newcomer to this training ground, so you don't know much about this new Cuju competition. Let me tell you, in fact, although this competition
It is nominally organized by the Emperor's order, but do you know who is actually organizing it?"
Yang Tao thought for a while, and Zhao Hu had mentioned this issue before. Yang Tao said: "I heard the master talk about a young man named Lu Yao, who is about the same age as me. I have also mentioned the name Lu Yao to other people many times.
Speaking of which, it seems that he is a very capable young man in Bianliang City, and he is already rich at a young age."
"Yes," Pan Wen nodded and said, "He is still my good friend."
When Yang Tao heard this, he immediately thought about whether he had said something wrong just now. Pan Wen didn't care too much and continued: "Of course, these identities are not important. Lu Yao's most important identity is the reality of this new Cuju competition.
Organizer and person in charge.”
"What?" Yang Tao was shocked. He naturally didn't believe that such a young boy could hold such a huge competition, and even get the emperor to support him. It seems that Lu Yao is a great person, and he should
All leaders think so.
"Then you mean that the reason why everyone is worried now has something to do with Lu Yao?"
Pan Wen nodded and said, "Yes, you should know that today is the first day of the provincial examination. Lu Yao is already in the examination room."
As soon as this statement came out, Yang Tao was very surprised. In his opinion, it was not easy to rack his brains to study such a huge competition, and now he learned that he actually had to take the imperial examination.
It seems that these people are worried about Lu Yao's imperial examination, so they are absent-minded. Knowing this reason, Yang Tao will not make any more accusations.
Chen Chen and Zhe Kexing, as Lu Yao's good friends and sworn brothers, were naturally very concerned about Lu Yao's test results. At this time, Cao Jiahe was watching the training of the Tigers and Fanlou.
The Han family father and son had different ideas in their hearts.
What was rare on Cao Yi's side was that he walked next to Han Yonghe and Han Wenyuan, looked at Han Yonghe, then looked up to the sky, and said: "Master Han, today is the day when your son-in-law Chenglong takes the provincial examination.
Do you feel uneasy in your heart?"
Han Yonghe did not look at Cao Yi, but it was obvious that he was touched after hearing these words and said: "Lu Yao is Lu Yao. What grade he got in the exam has nothing to do with my Han family.
, so I have nothing to be worried about."
"Oh, really?" Cao Yi didn't even look at Han Yonghe and said, "It seems that you are full of confidence in Lu Yao's provincial examination."
When Han Yonghe heard this, he sighed and said, "Even if Lu Yao becomes a Jinshi in the future, neither our Han family nor your Cao family will know whether it is good or bad. What do you think?"
When Cao Yi heard this, he nodded. He turned around, his eyes met Han Yonghe's, and said, "Yes, Lu Yao, that's Lu Yao. He doesn't belong to either of us."
It seems that these two people have reached an agreement on Lu Yao's future position in the court.
Han Wenwen on the side looked at the situation and whispered: "What will the situation be like in the future?"
After saying this, he looked into the distance. Cao You was standing there, looking at the sky from the top of the tower, not knowing what he was thinking.
Let’s go back to Gongyuan Lu Yao.
To say that the person who took the longest time in the body search today was probably not Lu Yao. After all, there were students who were richer than Lu Yao, or who had brought more things than Lu Yao to undergo the body search. However, when it comes to this person,
The one with the strangest luggage is undoubtedly Lu Yao. After all, students mostly bring clothes, dry food, or some specialties from their hometown, but few of them are like Lu Yao.
Entering the examination room with ingredients such as potatoes and tomatoes. These ingredients may be very common in modern times, but in ancient times, these things can be said to have never been seen by everyone. So there are the two before
It happened that the examiner ate green pepper and his throat was stung.
Lu Yao and Su Shi and Su Zhe were finally assigned to a dormitory. The entire dormitory, including the three of them, had a total of ten beds. At this time
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, there are already two students in the dormitory, and they have occupied the two beds in the middle.
When the two people saw Lu Yao, Su Shi and Su Che coming in, they were about to say hello. One of them immediately recognized Su Shi and quickly said a few words to the people next to him. The two people became very excited and immediately moved towards
Came over here.
Although the name Lu Yao has become somewhat famous in Bianliang City, in the literary world and in the world of talented people with so many students, even if Lu Yao did write a few poems before, there are still many people who don't know about it.
In terms of talent and popularity alone, Lu Yao could not keep up with Su Shi. Seeing the excited expressions of the two people, Lu Yao naturally knew that they were not here for him, but for Su Shi and Su Shi.
Zhe’s fame comes from it.
Lu Yao didn't think it mattered. He looked at Su Shi and Su Che and said, "You guys chat first while I choose the bed."
After saying that, Lu Yao put the two big bags he was carrying on the bed closest to the door. Although it would feel a little cold here at night, it was just next to the door. What should I do when doing things?
It is even more convenient, and there is a door not far to the right of this bed, which means that there is only one person living on his left side, and there will be no other people on both sides.
The other two people naturally didn't take Lu Yao seriously. They started chatting with Su Shi and Su Zhe as soon as they came up, and they chatted as if they had known the two people for a long time, as if they were good friends with each other.
Speaking of which, this may be the impression Su Shi gave people. In fact, Lu Yao already understood it very well from the first time he came into contact with Su Shi. Originally, when he was in the brothel, Lu Yao thought that Su Shi would be a very condescending person.
The characters are difficult to approach, or they have their own style.
But after that, Su Shi and Su Zhe proved with practical actions that, as the great talents others said, they had no pretensions at all. This is probably why they are admired by others.
The four people didn't chat for a while, and some more people came to the dormitory. Seeing everyone choosing beds, Su Che said a few words to Su Shi. Su Shi seemed to suddenly react and immediately waved his hand.
Ignore the two people I had a good chat with just now, and then put their luggage on the second and third beds corresponding to Lu Yao's left.
"Huh, in the heat of the conversation, I forgot to reserve a bed first." Su Shi looked at Lu Yao and said.
This move made all the students present no longer dare to underestimate Lu Yao's existence. After all, the great talent Su Shi respected Lu Yao so much and had a friendly attitude. Maybe Lu Yao's talent is not
Did he lose to Su Shi?
However, Lu Yao did not want to respond to these people's surprise, but continued to tidy up his bed. Su Shi and Su Che also started tidying up. After all, the time given to all students was limited.
.
Sure enough, about a quarter of an hour later, all the students should have been assigned to their dormitories, and then everyone heard an official shouting loudly: "Come out and gather together, let's take a bath together!"
Sure enough, Lu Yaoxin said that what she encountered during the imperial examination was the shower and body search. As mentioned before, it was indeed a very embarrassing thing to show her breasts to others in front of the invigilator.
Taking this into account, some adjustments were made in the imperial examinations of the Song Dynasty, that is, before the examination, all students were allowed to bathe, and during the bathing process, it was observed whether any candidates had prepared any cheating measures.
Go and check what they're wearing.
Then, Lu Yao saw that some students had taken out carefully prepared new clothes. It seemed that they had prepared for it and planned to put on new clothes after taking a bath to take the exam. It didn't matter to Lu Yao, after all, these clothes were for his mother.
I made it new for myself, and it’s the first time I’ve worn it today. It’s been less than half a day, so I shouldn’t need to change it.
Of course, this is Lu Yao's own modern thinking. When he saw Su Shi and Su Che, they both took out a new set of clothes, and were very surprised that he did not change clothes. Lu Yao could only
He said that this piece of clothing had a special meaning to him, so he did not want to change it.
Lu Yao followed Su Shi and Su Che to leave Su Shi and come outside. Although the students were arranged to take a bath, due to the large number of candidates taking the exam, even taking a bath had to be done in line. Moreover, even though the bath was in name only,
It appears that there is a bathing, but in fact it is just a disguised body search of the candidates by the invigilators. In addition, there are people waiting in line, so the time given to each student to bathe is extremely limited.
"Oh, it's a shame for them." Seeing this scene, Su Shi felt extremely sentimental.
Lu Yao then asked: "Why did Brother Dongpo say such sentimental words?"
Su Shi said: "Brother Lu, you grew up in Bianliang. You must know very little about the situation of these poor children. In fact, they left their hometowns and came to Bianliang City to take exams. For some students, this bathing, for them,
This is the first time since leaving home."
Su Che nodded at the side and added: "Yes, not everyone is like you and comes from a prominent family background."
Lu Yao took a look and found that indeed, some of these candidates were wearing tattered clothes, some were still taking the exam at a very old age, and some had even stayed in Kyoto for several years in order to gain fame.
Now, thinking of this, Lu Yao felt guilty for his previous contempt for them, and he secretly made up his mind to change the current situation of these people when he came to power.
"Look at the way he looks at us, it's really irritating."
"That's right, isn't it just because he is the son of the Minister of Household Affairs and has some money?"
"Oh, who told him to have a good father? Let me tell you, a person like him has no real talent or learning at all."
"That person has probably already found a relationship. He came to take the exam just to go through the motions."
It seems that Lu Yao's identity, coupled with the way he looked down on these students after coming out just now, has caused some people to criticize him, and everyone began to comment on Lu Yao. In their opinion, Lu Yao is just a person.
He is just a second-generation rich man. Everything he got, including fame and fortune, was just because he was Lu Xu’s son. He himself was not good at all.
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Faced with these criticisms, Lu Yao had no intention of fighting back. He had indeed done something wrong in this matter, and the exam was about to take place. Lu Yao did not want to have any quarrels with these students whom he might have just met once.
fight.
However, Su Shi and Su Zhe, who were still criticizing Lu Yao just now, seemed a little excited when they heard someone criticizing Lu Yao. They left the team directly, ignored Lu Yao's dissuasion, and walked directly to the people who were talking about San San.
In front of Daosi people.
"Do you know who I am?" Su Shi asked sharply.
Those students didn't know Su Dongpo's name, so they quickly said: "Isn't this the great scholar Su? Why, what are your orders?"
Su Shi first pointed at himself, then at Lu Yao, and said: "I tell you, this Lu Yao's talent is many times higher than mine. Just based on the few poems he has written before, you...
Don’t even think about writing it in your lifetime.”
As soon as these words came out, the scene was suppressed in an instant. Su Shi gave Lu Yao such great recognition that the criticism stopped.
But soon, another voice came out from the crowd.
"Tsk, what's so great about being able to write poetry? Being able to write poetry doesn't mean you can become an official and pass the exam. Don't you still have to read books and review your homework like the rest of us? There's nothing to be proud of, great talent, don't make a mistake.
This is Gongyuan, not a place for you to write poetry!"
As soon as this statement came out, the voice of discussion came again, and this time, not only Lu Yao was targeted, but the two brothers Su Shi and Su Che were also affected.
However, the two people didn't think it mattered. This time it was Su Zhe's turn. He walked to the direction where the voice came from and asked loudly, "Who spoke just now? Come forward!"
Naturally, no one stood up. The place was very crowded and no one knew who had just said that.
Su Che sneered and said, "You have the guts to say it, but don't have the guts to admit it?"
However, no one came forward to admit it.
Su Zhe then said loudly: "Listen to me. The books you came to Bianliang to read, whether they are the Four Books or the Five Classics, you can go and find out where these books were printed.
The text is clear and the price is very low. I really don’t know how you have the face to laugh at the person who gave you the opportunity to read. Let me tell you, Lu Yao has always been responsible for the printing of these books. If he hadn’t created it
With movable type printing, how can you now see books at a low price? You are really ignorant. You are a group of narrow-minded guys who are unwilling to admit other people. I really disdain to be associated with you.
"
After saying this, Su Che snorted coldly and led Su Shi back to the queue.
At this time, the students who came to take the exam realized that after arriving in Bianliang, the books they saw with extremely high printing quality and very low prices were all produced by Lu Yao's printing factory.
However, even after knowing this, the lemon essence attributes of these students and the attributes of poor scholars who want to save face in life and death broke out again, and they just didn't want to say thank you to Lu Yao.
"Really, how could I take the exam with these people?" Su Zhe still looked a little angry.
Su Shi didn't think it mattered, and said: "Most of these people will be dismissed. Everyone knows how difficult the provincial examination is, so there is no need to be angry with these people who may only meet once in their lives."
Already."
Lu Yao's ideas coincided with Su Shi's.
Although those students did not express their gratitude to Lu Yao in the end, Su Shi and Su Che's fierce speech finally stopped those people from looking at Lu Yao strangely, and after that, Lu Yao and his party
Before the three of them went in to take a bath, there was no more gossip.
So, Lu Yao and Su Shi and Su Zhe entered the so-called bathroom to take a bath. Naturally, the examiner also wanted to check their clothes and bodies. After washing, the three of them put on their clothes and came to another open space.
, wait for everyone to finish bathing, and then enter the examination room together.
Within the palace...
Zhao Zhen had an early morning court, thinking that today happened to be the day of the imperial examination. In fact, early in the morning, Zhao Zhen sent people to the Gongyuan to inquire about the news. Now he just remembered it, so he sent people to call the previous one.
Come back.
"Tell me, did anything interesting happen in the Gongyuan this morning?" Zhao Zhen asked excitedly.
The spy replied: "Actually, this morning, conflicts did not break out, but everyone did criticize a candidate."
"Oh?" Zhao Zhen became interested, "Let me guess, that person should be Lu Yao. He is a guy who wants to show off his talent wherever he goes, and he is also a guy who can't rest."
The spy nodded and said: "Yes, but it was not Lu Yao who started the incident, but the students who disliked Lu Yao. Mainly because Lu Yao brought too much luggage. These people thought Lu Yao
You are showing off your wealth."
"Why does he, a man from the inner city, bring two big bags of stuff to the exam?" When he heard the spies say that Lu Yao brought two big bags of luggage to the exam room, Zhao Zhen was surprised at first, but then he suddenly
He also reacted and said: "I know, Lao Sun!"
Having said this, Zhao Zhen called over Lao Sun, the old eunuch beside him. After Zhao Zhen gave a few instructions, Lao Sun withdrew.
Zhao Zhen continued: "Then, how did Lu Yao react when faced with criticism from others?"
The spy said: "It's different from the usual Lu Yao. This time, he didn't make any verbal retaliation. Instead, the two brothers Su Shi and Su Zhe, who were traveling with Lu Yao and lived in the same dormitory, helped Lu Yao stand up.
, and finally calmed down the storm.”
"Oh? It seems that the relationship between the three of them is really good." After Zhao Zhen heard the names of Su Shi and Su Che, he said, "This is understandable. Didn't Lu Yao let the two brothers do the commentary for the new Cuju competition before?
Members, it is only natural for them to stand up for Lu Yao."
Thinking of this, Zhao Zhen said again: "The two of them live together with Lu Yao, so they can be said to be blessed in the past three days."
Sure enough, Zhao Zhen had already guessed that the two bags of luggage that Lu Yao brought must contain food.
