On the Avenue

Granny Sha wanted to hug him, but her hands passed through Xiang Tianyu's body and the hug was empty. Yes, my son is already dead.

The little body gradually became cold.

She cried her heart out and tried every means to save him. What came back this time was the soul of his son.

She used a little bit of magic to hug her son's soul, and he was still the same little child as before.

Grandma Sha cried out and held him tightly in her arms.

"Tianyu, my mother has been thinking about you every day for the past thirty years and has been looking for you. I have searched all over the underworld and can't find you!"

She felt sad, and the grievances and torture she had suffered for thirty years were released at this moment.

Chen Shi quietly exited the room, leaving mother and son behind. At this time, it is better for them to let their mother and son talk about the pain of separation.

He turned around and saw Chen Tang standing outside.

Chen Tang showed a rare smile and said: "It must have been very hard for you to bring these people back from the underworld alive, and you took a lot of risks."

Chen Shi shook his head: "It's not hard at all, and I didn't encounter any danger."

Chen Tang frowned slightly, thinking of the dangers he and Grandma Sha had encountered when they went to look for Chen Shi and the hardships they had gone through along the way, and felt that there must be some misunderstanding.

Probably because Chen Shi has grown up and doesn't want his old father to worry. He thought.

"When Xiang Tianyu comes back, my mother-in-law will have one less thing to worry about. All her busy life is actually to find her son."

Chen Tang whispered, "But Xiang Tianyu is dead, and he is still a ghost when he is found. I don't know what she will do."

He cited scriptures and said: "In the Chinese continent, there is a saying about molding a golden body. You can mold a golden body for the rain to the sky, so that it can appear holy and gain incense from the people to become a god. You can also use lotus roots and lotus leaves to recreate the lotus root body, which is also a kind of Method. You can use the puppet method or the Yanshi method to create a physical body, or you can use the method passed down by your grandfather, Talisman Creation, to create a body for him."

Chen Shi said: "Perhaps he can be reincarnated, or he can enter the body of a child who has just died and resurrect the soul through the corpse. Granny Sha is a master in this way. We can all come up with many methods, and she will only come up with more."

Chen Tang nodded.

The father and son walked out, and Chen Tang said: "I'll boil the medicine first, and you can rest for a while. Grandma Sha's great sadness and joy will definitely damage her soul, so I'll prepare the medicine first..."

Chen Shi asked behind him: "Dad, I want to kill the young master and win the first prize, will you support me?" Chen Tang's body trembled slightly, he stopped and smiled. There was a great joy in his heart, which made his eyes a little moist.

He turned around, his eyes were warm, and he smiled: "You are my son, of course I support you." Even if you break the news, I will support you!

He said silently in his heart. Xijing.

On the twentieth day after the accident occurred, Yan Jiuzhi, the Minister of Rites, had to give up searching for Juren who had fallen into the underworld.

Three of the officials in Shanglinyuan Prison were exhausted, but they still could not find the whereabouts of these people.

The incident of the Fairy in White caused 644 people to fall into the underworld, and soon only 427 people died. When Yan Jiuzhi gave up and continued the search, seventy-six more people died, leaving 351 people left.

But twenty days have passed, and these 351 people are afraid of bad luck. No more searches are possible.

Yan Guzhi asked the Ministry of Rites to spread the news. After twenty days of fire rescue, they rescued a cat named He Wei from the underworld. It was said to be a cat nourished by the Fifth Army. On the day of the martial arts test, he accidentally entered the Xianqiao Paradise and ended up falling. To the underworld.

In order to rescue this innocent kitten, the Ministry of Rites sacrificed sixteen minor officials, and finally rescued the kitten He Wei from the mouths of ghosts and gods in the underworld.

At this point, everyone in the capital knows about this cat named He Wei. As for the 644 Juren who fell into the underworld, who knows their names? Mostly it's just numbers.

Yan Guzhi settled the matter and secretly made up his mind that the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army must confess to this incident. He must sever the relationship and must not be slandered by the two bastards of the Xia family. Of course, on the surface, the Ministry of Rites still needs to continue searching for those juren to avoid being attacked by Qingliu.

However, what happened in the next few days made Yan Guzhi know what it means to have a sinister heart.

In the court, he was read by two brothers, Xia Fanghe and Xia Shuoying, saying that the Ministry of Rites, in charge of the exam, did not plan in advance and did not pay attention to the danger, which resulted in the death of so many people and soldiers of the fifth army camp, and caused many problems. Senior, it almost brought disaster to Xijing.

The important treasure of the Fifth Army Camp, the Immortal Bridge Blessed Land, was also lost, and the Ministry of Rites is also responsible for this! "You fart!"

Yan Jiuzhi was so angry that he was shaking all over. He argued hard in the court and angrily scolded the two Xia brothers for having selfish motives and changing the geography of the Xianqiao Blessed Land, causing the Blessed Land to lose control and hit the realm of ghosts and gods in Qixia Temple, which caused such a big disaster.

Xia Fanghe and Xia Shuoying sneered and asked him to produce evidence. Of course he couldn't take it out.

Then there was a group of Qingliu from the Hanlin Academy in the court who attacked the Cao Ying of the Ministry of Rites and killed many people who were attending the Spring Festival. The Minister of Rites was incompetent and failed to rescue them. Yan Guzhi was so angry that he cursed on the spot and shouted: "These days, only my Rites Department is working hard to save people. Where the hell were you when we were saving people?"

The Qingliu people then ignored his failure to rescue and began to attack his character, bringing out the fact that he had married many concubines, and that the concubines were jealous and beat people to death.

He also said that he kept many concubines, and the eldest wife and concubines took their servants to kill the concubines.

Then he mentioned his unclear affair with some married women, and also implicated other officials in the court.

Yan Guzhi's heart felt cold. These Hanlin bachelors were raised by the Xia family. It was obvious that the two brothers of the Xia family had made preparations. In order to get rid of the sinner, they would file a complaint first and prepare to put the crime on him.

These two brothers are first-rank officials, and he is a second-rank official. Obviously, it is absolutely impossible for the Xia family to give up two first-rank officials, but the Yan family can give up on him, a second-rank official.

It's ridiculous that he has been trying to save people these days, but he is just afraid that he will be abandoned.

Sure enough, the cabinet announced at the court that he, the Minister of Rites, would be suspended for investigation, and Yang Shaoqing, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, would temporarily take over the post of Minister and take care of the follow-up to the Spring Palace.

Yang Shaoqing, the Minister of Rites in the Qing Dynasty, acted vigorously and quickly, and soon promulgated the Spring Golden List and set the rankings for those who passed the examination.

The young master was appointed Huiyuan, and three hundred Jinshi were appointed and stayed in Beijing on standby. The rest of the candidates can return to their hometowns or have other appointments.

Yang Shaoqing immediately sent an order for 300 Jinshi people to conduct the imperial examination in Zhongji Hall on May 20th. There was great joy in the Fuzheng Pavilion.

"Young master, you have destiny. I hope God will help you this time."

Cao Jishi cried with joy and said, "Young Master's two major rivals, Chen Shi and Zhang You, have both fallen into the underworld and do not know whether they are alive or dead. In this palace examination, Young Master will definitely win the first place!"

The chief lieutenants, priests, and chief clerks of Fuzheng Pavilion were extremely happy. Shui Xuanzhi couldn't help but smile and said: "Actually, I think it would be better to leave one or two opponents behind. After a wonderful battle, the young master won the battle." If you win, you will become famous all over the world.”

Officials from all over Xijing also came to the Xiuxiu Pavilion to visit the young master, ranging from the commander-in-chief of the Fifth Army to the ministers and ministers of the Sixth Ministry, Dali Temple, Taichang Temple, Guanglu Temple, General Affairs Department, and Honglu Temple. Waiting for the Yamen, officials also came to visit.

Qin Su planned to block these people because the young master wanted to practice. Shui Xuanzhi shook his head and said: "The number one scholar has been decided. Now it is time for the young master to meet with all the officials to calm people's hearts."

So the young master met with officials from all sides.

Shui Xuanzhi added: "Before the palace examination, let's build momentum first."

The people in Fuzheng Pavilion then published the articles that the young master had written in the examination, and bribed some scholars to interpret and deconstruct the meaning of the articles word for word. Every sentence must be quoted from scriptures, and they must write a eloquent thousand-word essay and demonstrate it repeatedly.

Most of the talented people who have no money or power would be happy to be given three melons and two dates. Even cow dung can blow a flower. What's more, these articles were written by junior officials in the Ministry of Rites, which are extremely outstanding. .

Fuzheng Pavilion also bribed some monks and Taoists from Senglu Division and Daolu Division to let them publicize the merits of the prince in Xijing, various things about rewarding good and punishing evil, various legendary experiences, and even the visions when the prince was born. version.

Some say that golden lotuses swelled from the ground when the young master was born, and some say that before the young master was born, his mother dreamed of purple stars flying across the sky and falling into her belly. Others say that when the young master was born, he was surrounded by a red light that lasted for three days. When the young master was born, he was protected by the true god, blessed by the true god from heaven, and so on. Then he asked Qianhu from Qianhusuo to challenge the young master, but he was defeated openly by the young master. Thousands of households bowed down to the young master and kowtowed to him in public, thanking him for his advice.

He also asked the generals from the Wei Commander's Department, the Capital Commander's Department, the Jingwei Commander's Department, the Fifth Army Commander's Office, Shenji Camp, and Shenshu Camp to challenge the young master. If they were defeated by the young master, or received a few words of advice from the young master, , or burst into tears of gratitude, thanking the young master for not killing him.

There are also many rumors that the young master is not the son of Master Ren Xiaoren, the Minister of War, but an adopted son. The young master's surname is not Ren, but actually Zhu. He is a descendant of the true queen and a prince with upright Miaohong roots.

The young master's visit to Beijing this time is actually the beginning of Xiniu Xinzhou's good fortune, calling for a true king to lead the people of Xiniu Xinzhou out of bad luck.

Then there was an old fortune teller on the street who said that if the purple energy comes from the east, there will be a true king alive. Outside Xijing, there was a fox shouting in the middle of the night: "The number one scholar will come out, the Ming Dynasty will be prosperous!" Many people heard it.

In a few days, the young master's reputation spread all over Beijing, and no one knew about him. There was a lot of discussion throughout Xijing.

On May 20th, the palace examination began.

The inside and outside of the Zhongji Hall were heavily guarded. The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion changed into bowl-mouth blunderbuss, the Shenshu Battalion set up their formations, and the fifth military camp guarded the outside.

Officials from the Hanlin Academy, the Imperial Academy, the Sixth Ministry, the Cabinet, the Three Dukes, the Three Gus, the Prince's Third Master, the Prince's Third Young Master, etc. all gathered together. The Cabinet set up a literary test and then a martial arts test.

Three days of big exams.

During the Literary Examination, the young master's article was filled with light, and the words were like pearls, floating in the sky, shining like stars, attracting the people of Xijing to look up and read. When I heard that the vision was caused by Young Master's article, I was even more excited.

On the third day, there was a martial arts test. Many Jinshi were convinced and did not dare to compete with the young master.

As for the No. 2 overall pick and a group of second- and third-place winners, they have already been decided in the Jinshi martial arts test, but it's just a matter of process.

Zhang Fuzheng, the chief minister of the cabinet, took a long breath, stood up, and said in a deep voice: "The imperial examination is over, and the number one in today's martial arts examination is..."

"Who said the martial arts test is over?"

A loud voice came, alarming all the officials in Xijing, and they all followed the sound. The terrain of Zhongji Hall is quite high, and everyone is condescending, but they see the righteousness between heaven and earth like a rainbow, coming from a distance, stretching for more than a hundred miles, directly to Xijing, and at the end of the righteousness of heaven and earth, a young man is walking towards Zhongji Hall Come.

Behind him, there are young people, both male and female, with the spirit of a dragon and a horse. Their momentum reaches the sky, connecting the righteousness of heaven and earth.

Hundreds of people walked through the long streets. On both sides of the streets were the people of Xijing, who looked at them with surprised and curious eyes.

People were extremely shocked. These people who were destined to die had been trapped in the underworld for a month, but they actually came back alive!

Once, these scholars trapped in the underworld moved people's hearts, and later they were replaced by a cat, but how could these people who were destined to die come out alive? The scholars were majestic, and when more than 300 people came, they were united as one, giving people a sense of oppression as if thousands of troops were approaching the capital.

Their steps were in line with the formation, and there was a creepy murderous aura.

The soldiers of the Five Army Camps guarding the inner city faced these scholars, and were stimulated by the murderous aura. They couldn't help but show their talismans and waited in battle.

The soldiers of the Shenji Camp couldn't help but raise their bowl-mouthed guns and aim at these scholars.

Jin Hongying was furious, kicked a soldier down with one foot, and knocked down another with one punch, and shouted: "Why are you holding up your guns? Did I tell you to hold up your guns? They are scholars, do you want to rebel? Put them down, all of them!"

The soldiers of the Shenji Camp put down their guns.

Several officers of the Five Army Camp turned back and looked at Xia Fanghe and Xia Shouying, the governors of the Five Armies. However, the two governors were in Zhongji Hall at the moment and they could not get any instructions.

Xia Fanghe and Xia Shouying's faces were also uncertain. If an order was given at this time to kill these juren, it would definitely clear the trouble for the young master.

However, if an order was given to kill the juren, and there were more than 300 juren, they would lose their heads!

The two brothers did not move at all. Even though Shui Xuanzhi kept looking at them, they pretended not to see it.

Chen Shi led the juren army and marched straight in. In full view of the public, he walked into the Meridian Gate. The righteousness of heaven and earth was as bright as the sun and the moon hanging in the sky, giving people a feeling that the righteousness between heaven and earth lasts forever.

The haze that had lingered in the inner city for a long time seemed to be swept away!

Chen Shi and 350 candidates climbed the steps of Zhongji Hall and walked up step by step. "Student Chen Shi!"

In front of Zhongji Hall, the civil and military officials of Xijing looked at the stone steps, and heard a sonorous voice from the bottom of the stone steps. The voice was not loud, but it spread throughout the whole city of Xijing, inside and outside, and it was clear and distinct.●

"A month ago, I encountered a great disaster and fell into the underworld with the candidates. I traveled through mountains and dangers, fought ghosts and gods, killed ghost monks, and quelled the demon atmosphere. I fought for thousands of miles. After going through hardships, I returned to Beijing today to participate in the palace examination!"

Chen Shi's face came into the eyes of the officials, followed by his upper body, his whole body, and then the faces of the candidates, young and vigorous.

Chen Shi's eyes passed over the civil and military officials and fell on the young man kneeling in Zhongji Hall. His voice shook, like the sound of metal clashing, and it was difficult to conceal his murderous aura.

"Who is worthy of being the champion without fighting with me?"