The queen must start from the head

Chapter 57

On August [-]th, Qiuwei's first exam is about to begin.

The sky was covered with dark clouds and the air was stiflingly hot.

In front of Zhennan Gongyuan, the scholars waiting at the door to line up to take the exam had already formed two long queues with no end at sight.These people have gone through the boy's test, annual test, and scientific test before reaching the stage of the rural test. Once they pass the nine-day and seven-night test, they will have the qualification to go to Beijing to catch up with the test and participate in the general test. The imperial examination is somewhat far away, so don't worry about it.

Scholars are lining up to chat in twos and threes, just talking about how many books they have read before the exam, how many articles they have written, and many others are encouraging each other to strive for the same year.

While these people were talking, a young woman in a green gauze tulle carrying a large bookcase walked through the gap between the two teams and walked directly to the front of the two teams.

The people in the teams on both sides looked at the woman's back in amazement, very puzzled.

"Brother Wu, you are a native of Zhennan City, do you know who is the woman walking in front? Since when is the Gongyuan a place where women can enter?" A scholar asked his acquaintance.

That brother Wu shook his head and said, "Of course women are not allowed to enter the Gongyuan." He looked at the figure of the woman who walked in front, and suddenly lowered his voice to the people around him, "Do you know that the day before yesterday A major event happened in the Gongyuan?"

Several people around him didn't come to Gongyuan the day before yesterday, so they didn't know, so they all asked him for advice.

Seeing that everyone was holding him up, Brother Wu said with a smile on his face, "Everyone doesn't know, the day before yesterday afternoon, a student was stabbed with a dagger by a woman in front of the Gongyuan gate. The army was dispatched. I heard that the black armor army was going to take the woman down, but who knew that the other party took out a scroll of imperial decree from his sleeve! Now, all the adults in the Hengjian Hall and the Supreme Court Hall will be given I was shocked. I heard that the leading official personally admitted that the imperial decree was true, but I don’t know what was written on it, I only know that the expression on the official’s face is ugly.”

When everyone heard this, they repeatedly "tsk tsk" in amazement.I'm afraid that the woman who just passed by them is the one Brother Wu mentioned.However, they remembered that this woman didn't seem to be amazing... and they didn't know how the other party came from to get the imperial decree from the monarch?

Some impatient people asked, "Then what? That woman hurt someone for no reason, how can you let her go?"

Hearing this, Brother Wu's expression also became complicated, "What happened later is a bit miraculous. Although I wasn't there at the time, several acquaintances told me about it in detail. Let me tell you guys."

"At first, everyone thought it was the woman who killed the man first, but the woman took out a fetish that could go back in time, and made the scholar attack her first, and then she fought back. As a result, the scholar However, the scene of stabbing the dagger into the body by herself was clearly displayed in front of everyone. Just when everyone suddenly realized, the scholar who had been seriously injured and fell to the ground suddenly got up from the ground, turned around and wanted to escape, but the woman unexpectedly condensed a With a sledgehammer as high as two people, the fleeing man was directly blasted into a puddle of flesh and blood!"

"Huh!" Hearing this, everyone gasped.

"It seems that this woman is definitely a warrior!"

"That's right, and the other party has methods such as void condensate, I'm afraid it can be compared to a master-level warrior!"

Just when the group of scholars began to speculate about Mu Lian's strength, the person involved had already arrived at the gate of Gongyuan.

I saw a small case placed at the entrance of the Nangong Courtyard in Zhennan, and behind the case sat two small officials who were in charge of checking the identity of the visitors.

One of the clerks raised his head and glanced at Mu Lian. He was stunned at first, and then looked surprised.

"This is my identity plate, please confirm it."

Mu Lian said and handed a small wooden sign engraved with her identity information to the other party.

The little official took the wooden sign and looked at it, "Mulian, female, has a fair face and a tall, thin face."

After reading it, he rushed to the guard in charge of guarding the passage and said, "Okay, you can go in."

Mu Lian thanked her, took the wooden sign back and walked into the Gong Yuan.

The teams waiting on both sides suddenly became uneasy.

"Who is this woman? How can she enter the Gongyuan before us?"

Seeing the situation, the little official shouted, "Why are you arguing, do you want to cause a commotion? Don't you all want to take the exam?"

The scholars below suddenly fell silent.

The little official then shouted, "Next!"

However, although he didn't show it on his face at this time, he was stirring up trouble in his heart.This woman with terrifying strength finally arrived, and the other party was even so arrogant that she came dressed in women's clothing.How could a woman be allowed to enter such a sacred place as Gongyuan!I hope the adults inside can show their talents and teach her how to retreat despite difficulties. We must not let the century-old brand of Zhennan Academy fall on a woman!

But when Mu Lian entered the hall, the guards who were in charge of checking the bookcases and food boxes for cheat sheets saw her come in and exchanged glances with each other.

Although this little move was very subtle, with Mulian's current strength, she was able to detect subtleties and predict, so she was already somewhat vigilant in her heart.

After she handed over the bookcase, the guards poured out all the contents, including pens, inks, papers and inkstones, etc. on the floor.Then they inspected the things Mu Lian brought one by one, basically these things could not be used after being inspected.Seeing this, Mu Lian frowned, but she didn't attack.

The guards in charge of the inspection then stared at her food box. They opened the food box, and there were some thin biscuit grains inside. According to the usual practice, these things are often cut into a square of one foot.But the guards picked up the kitchen knives in their hands and cut them quickly. The pancakes and other food on the chopping board had been broken into a pile of debris, which was no longer edible.

At this time, several guards gathered her things casually, threw them into her bookcase, waved their hands casually and said, "Okay, you passed the inspection, you can leave."

The dozen or so scholars standing behind Mu Lian suddenly snickered.

Mu Lian took two steps forward, her eyes calmly swept across the faces of the guards in front of her, and she said, "You should all have heard about me. Who is it that made you deliberately make things difficult for me here?"

A guard glared at her with a grimace and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? Why don't you just roll in for the exam if you have long hair and short knowledge? Why? Do you still want to fight with us? Don't you want to take the exam?"

Mu Lian stretched out her right hand, flipped it out of thin air, and made a black "death" mark on the faces of several guards in front of her.

Then she ignored the angrily reprimanded by the guards, picked up the bookcase and walked inside.If what she expected was right, there would be more troubles waiting for her.

Sure enough, when she was crossing a bridge, she was almost squeezed into the river by the crowd, and she did not cross the bridge safely until she used her qi protection to prevent anyone from getting close to her.

Then, another petty official led her to her corresponding dormitory.

The cell was located right next to the stinking horns of the crowd, and the whole cell was dilapidated, with only three or two tiles left on the top, and the sitting area and writing horizontal boards below were full of dust and mud.

The little official stood beside Mu Lian expressionlessly, but his heart was already full of smiles.Why, aren't you, Mulian, crazy?Can you take out the imperial decree and slap the adults in the face?How does it feel to be slapped in the face now that it's your turn?Anyway, it's impossible to be on the list with your level, but you still have to come here for the exam, today is going to disgust you to death!

Mu Lian glanced at the little official beside her, and then with a wave of her sleeve, the originally dirty house looked like a new one, without any filth.

The little official opened his mouth wide in surprise, seeing that the shape of his mouth could fit an egg.

Mu Lian opened the horizontal board and sat in. She first put down the bookcase, and then kicked away a large bluestone at her feet.Suddenly, a colorful poisonous snake flew out of it, biting Mu Lian with its fangs.

Mu Lian stretched out her left hand, pinched it lightly, and pinched seven inches of the poisonous snake directly. Then she flicked the snake outward, and the snake was actually wrapped around the neck of the little official just now.

Seeing the colorful poisonous snake that was spitting out snake letter, which was close at hand, the little official screamed several times, rolled his eyes, and fell to the ground and passed out.

After a while, two more petty officials hurried over, beat the poisonous snake to death, and carried out together with the fainted petty official.During this period, both of them lowered their heads, not daring to look at Mu Lian.

The time to start the exam is getting closer, the dark clouds in the sky are getting denser, and the thunder is rolling from a distance.

After Mu Lian placed the things on the table, she looked up at the sky, seemingly in a daze.

After an unknown amount of time, there was a sound of gongs from far and near. It was time for the exam to start, and the examination papers would be issued soon.

The Autumn Trial of the Northern Qi Kingdom in 590 kicked off.

(End of this chapter)