Sheng Shian

In the early morning of the next day, Shen woke up late for the first time in a thousand years. When washing his clothes, he hastily filled his sleeves with water. When he walked out, he was completely wet, and was blown by the cold wind, making him tremble.

But when he went out, he still asked Chengyi again and again: "Is my hat right?"

"It's right, it's right, the master read it all the way, didn't he just forget to look in the mirror, no one can see if it's crooked." Cheng Yi took a dry towel and twisted his sleeve: "Hey, why is this clothes so wet? ..."

"It doesn't matter, just blow it dry." Shen Shi pulled away the half-absorbed towel in his hand, reined in the rein and stepped on the horse, and asked again: "Is it right?"

"Yes, yes."

Shen Shi drove there on horseback, the capital had been snowing for the past few days, and there were deep and shallow horseshoe prints on the ground.

When Shen Shi arrived at the gate of the palace, he thought he was the last one to come. He didn't expect to see a few old acquaintances. He shook off his cuffs that were almost frozen, walked over and asked, "Why do you look so pale?" ?”

Wen Tong supported his back and said, "Maybe Tian Liang spoiled the food. We went there together yesterday, and we all got caught."

Shen frowned, "Did you hand in the picture?"

Li Yunfu said weakly and unsteadily: "No, I don't feel well, and I plan to go down the court again."

Wen Tong shouted to the two people who were holding each other in front: "Brother Fu, wait for us!"

Is there such a coincidence?

Shen Shi grabbed Li Yunfu's hand, and Li Yunfu turned his head to look at him.

"You..." Shen Shi noticed the green and short stubble on his chin, presumably because he was busy composing pictures these days and didn't care about it.He wanted to open his mouth again, but he saw his eyes, which were always black and white, filled with bloodshot eyes, as if he hadn't slept well for a long time...

Li Yunfu looked a little embarrassed, nodded slightly, and asked suspiciously: "Brother Shen?"

An hour later, the director of the courtyard will close the draft, who is so cruel that he doesn't even have time to change the picture.

Shen really couldn't say it, so let him stop saying such things.

"It's okay, let's go."

Shen Shi closed his eyes, let go of his hands, and walked towards the Golden Luan Hall together with them.

The cuffs were frozen again, but Shen Shi didn't feel it at all. He took a deep breath and exhaled white mist.

There may be heavy snow today.

Throughout the morning, Shen Shi listened with all his energy, for fear of missing a piece of information, but he didn't see anything strange until after the crowd dispersed.

Perhaps, he was thinking too much.

Liu Changze turned his head and saw that he was listening to Emperor Chengming and Chang Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites talking about offering sacrifices to heaven and ancestors in the New Year with his ears fully focused, and his brows frowned.

If he wants to, it is not impossible to be human.

The corners of Liu Changze's mouth were pressed down, he could do it intellectually, but resisted psychologically.

After going down, Liu Changze walked up to him in a mysterious manner, his brows were tightly frowned, and he was about to speak to reward him on New Year's Eve...

Shen brushed past him without looking sideways.

The tip of Liu Changze's tongue rested on the palate, and his eyes glanced sharply at the back of his neck.

to what?

Oh, just go to see the ancestors.

Shen didn't know that his little head had been separated, so he eagerly moved up to pat Li Yunfu's shoulder, clinging all the way away.

"Master Hou, I heard that you like to collect Hui ink, my little daughter..." Chang Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites came over and said.

"roll."

Liu Changze flung his sleeves and walked away. The chill almost wiped out the entire family.

Chang Shangshu was so frightened that his words stopped abruptly.

His face looked so belated, the Holy Majesty had never let him down like this, Liu's family didn't have a good thing!

There was a mocking voice beside him: "Oh, Chang Shangshu, this is trying to become a relative of the emperor..."

"Fu Xingnei, what nonsense are you talking about, and you bring me together with Chaocheng thief, I will turn against you!"

And the young green-robed officials in front were chatting in low voices.

"Brother Shen, what's wrong?" Li Yunfu asked.

Shen Shi turned his head back and took a look: "It's okay, I feel a cold wind blowing, it's a bit cold."

Li Yunfu looked up at the sun that had not risen for a long time, touched the palm of his hand and said: "The sun is shining brightly, and the trees are not fluctuating. It is much warmer than when we came here. Brother Shen must be an illusion."

Shen nodded and asked, "Brother Yun Fu, is he going to the Imperial Academy now?"

"Well, you need to hand in the picture quickly, or you will always feel that something is missing." Li Yunfu said.

What's missing...

Shen felt that something was wrong now. He looked at Wentong who was like an eggplant, and suddenly realized that it was too quiet: "Brother Wentong, it's very quiet today, but you still feel unwell?"

Wen Tong dodged his eyes and nodded in a panic.

Li Yunfu said for him: "Brother Wentong ate the most yesterday, probably hurt his spleen and stomach, and he lost his energy all day."

"Then after handing in the map today, go back and have a rest first. If the root cause of the disease has fallen, it will be bad." Shen Shi persuaded.

"Well, I'll... go back after I hand it in." Wen Tong still lowered his head and said.

Shen felt a little strange, but he was too concerned about it, so he didn't pay attention, and asked, "Brother Yun Fu, can you give me a look before handing it in?"

"Brother Shen is willing to watch, it's my honor." Li Yunfu smiled.

The Imperial Academy was not very far away, and it arrived in a short while. Li Yunfu opened the long scroll and spread it out on the case for him to read.

Shen is moving his hands back and forth on the painting, but his eyes are looking left and right for things that can be used: "Fengxia Pass, Hulukou, connecting the canal to the top, and the people of Zeze..."

Shen Shi spotted a plate of ink with his sharp eyes. He picked it up and said in surprise, "Brother Yun Fu, do you also use Hui ink?"

"Hui ink? I remember it's pine smoke ink..." Li Yunfu walked up to Shen Shi, looked at the ink in his hand, took it over and shook it, and said, "It's really pine smoke ink..."

"That's my mistake."

Li Yunfu smiled and said, "Brother Shen sometimes misidentified the Four Treasures of the Study."

"A horse stumbles, and a man stumbles. There is no one who never makes mistakes..." Seeing that Wen Tong also took the painting, Shen bent over to scroll it: "I've finished reading it too, let's go together..."

Shen Shi put away the painting and stepped back, bumping into Li Yunfu's body with his elbow, and all the pine smoke and ink fell on Li Yunfu's robe.

Shen Shi hurriedly took out the towel and wiped it off for him, but the ink was black from his chest to his belt, and he couldn't see anyone at all.

Shen Shi kept apologizing.

Li Yunfu stopped his hand and said: "Brother Shen, don't worry about it. I still have a rotation of robes. It's just that I don't have time. My clothes are unclean. If I go out, I will discredit my teacher."

Li Yunfu cupped his hands: "Brother Shen, please hand over the water control map for me."

Shen Shi took the picture, and also cupped his hands and said: "There are priorities, I will hand in the picture first, and I will make an apology to Brother Yun Fu when I come back."

Shen Shi looked at the ink stains under his fingernails and the picture in his hand, and walked out.

Wentong didn't even wait.

……

Emperor Chengming looked at the scroll on the desk, and asked Lu Gonggong beside him: "What is this?"

Eunuch Lu bowed his head and said, "The water conservancy map sent by the Ministry of Industry yesterday."

"Not today, why did he send it in advance?"

Emperor Chengming narrowed his eyes.

He opened the scroll calmly, and then Qin Zhangyuan came.

Emperor Chengming didn't see him, but asked Lu Gonggong to go to the Ministry of Industry to announce that Jiang Tu would come first.

Soon, Eunuch Lu said: "My lord, Jiang Shilang has arrived."

"Let them come in together."

The two walked in slowly, with a distance of five feet between each other, looking at each other with disgust.

But Emperor Chengming was fascinated by the water control map and ignored the two of them.

After watching the last gate, Emperor Chengming was full of praise and said: "The water control map completed by the Ministry of Industry under the leadership of Jiang Aiqing is really eye-catching. It is not only beneficial to people's livelihood, but also can control floods. Especially the magic pen of the gorge is wonderful. , wonderful..."

Didn't the Ministry of Industry and the Imperial Academy cut the deadline together today?

The head of the courtyard felt like a stone was bound and fell down.

He glared at Jiang Tu fiercely, and was about to impeach, but was intercepted by Jiang Tu.

Jiang Tu preemptively cupped his hands and said: "There are many people in the Ministry of Industry, and they are afraid that someone with a heart will leak it, so I submitted it as soon as I finished it yesterday, and I also ask the emperor to punish the officials for not being punctual."

Qin Zhangyuan was blocked back.

Emperor Chengming laughed: "Since ancient times, it is a crime to be late, and it is also a mistake to complete it early. Jiang Aiqing is too harsh. I am very satisfied with this water control map. I hope that today's academicians of the Imperial Academy will also have refreshing works."

If something goes wrong, there must be a demon.

The head of the court knew this very well, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead: "The subject has gone through thousands of mills, carefully selected, and finally wiped out all the yellow sand, and got three pearls, waiting for the emperor's orders."

Emperor Chengming said with a smile: "The master's eyes are as bright as a torch, and it is your Hanlin bachelor, so you can choose it."

The Holy Majesty would not bring Xuan Jiangtu here for no reason, it should be to imply that there is a difference in the Ministry of Industry, the original person should not be selected, and give him a chance to turn the tide.

"Observe the order." Qin Zhangyuan hesitated again and again from the long triangular scrolls, took the top scroll, and handed it to the Holy Majesty.

Emperor Chengming opened the map.

He read it from beginning to end.

Emperor Chengming didn't look up, but asked, "Who made it?"

Qin Zhangyuan knew that the situation was wrong, so he thought about it and said, "Fu Jiang is the editor of the Imperial Academy."

Jiang Tu raised his eyebrows invisibly.

"It's not satisfactory." Emperor Chengming shook his head and said, "It was considered a clever idea, but the jewels and jade from the Ministry of Industry are in front, which seems a bit unsightly."

Qin Zhangyuan bowed his hands and apologized: "The Ministry of Industry is all talented in water conservancy, and now it has gathered the talents of hundreds of schools. Naturally, the level is not comparable to that of ordinary Hanlin."

I saw that Jiang Tu stepped forward and interrupted: "My lord, the Qin Zhangyuan is not a person who specializes in water conservancy. I am afraid that it will be biased when I am selected. If I let my ministers take a look, it may be different."

After finishing speaking, Jiang Tu walked towards the purple-lacquered tray painted with golden mountains, and was about to reach for the three scrolls, but Qin Zhangyuan stepped forward to stop him, pointed at him and said in a deep voice: "Jiang Shilang! If he is not in his position, he will not seek his own affairs. !"

But Jiang Tu still moved forward, stretching out his hand to reach, Qin Huai grabbed his hand out of the ordinary: "Since the Holy Majesty has assigned the matter of choosing a person to the minister, it is trust in the minister's talent and learning. If you act like this, you can't question it." Holy Majesty makes a decision!"

"Ten years of hard work, gaining fame! Doesn't the Qin School have any compassion for the students all over the world!"

Jiang Tu exerted a little more force, and the two of them put their hands on the blank paper, and they couldn't stop arguing. He said: "I heard that Fu Jiang is the nephew of Fu Shangshu of the Ministry of War. Don't be in charge of the court for favoritism and cheating. You have lost your conscience!"

"Jiang Tu, you're spitting blood! I, Qin Huaixing, have done the right thing! Don't give up on yourself, don't be ashamed of the heavens, and always be on the alert with the sages. I have never done anything that blinds my heart!"

Jiang Tu sneered: "Then please let the director let go and prove your innocence!"

"enough!"