After being mistaken for a fellow by Long Aotian

Zhou Xun originally wanted to rest in the palace in the afternoon, but since he decided to participate in next year's Spring Festival, he had to get ready as soon as possible.

No matter what kind of past he has and who he knows, since he intends to take the exam openly, he is just an ordinary student.

It has been two years since the last spring.During these two years, Zhou Xun was entangled in messy things when he was in the palace, and he didn't even want his life, let alone study.Those two years were devastating to his mind and body. Mentally, he often had nightmares, and his soul and consciousness were on the verge of collapse; At the end of the crossbow, only relying on a mouthful of unwillingness to support his entire life.During the worst period of time, he was as thin as a dead tree, and his skin was so white that the bruised and purple blood vessels under his wrist could be clearly seen.The imperial physician could only shake his head and said that he would not be happy for long.

After being admitted to the palace by the emperor, his health has improved greatly - the emperor asked him to drink a glass of milk every day, take nourishing prescriptions, and let him go out to bask in the sun and take walks in his spare time. After eliminating it, not only could he sleep soundly, but his pale skin gradually became more radiant.

However, the test lasted for several days, and the candidates were kept in that small compartment. Even eating and drinking, they could only eat cold food they brought in.That's why for several years there have been elderly or weak candidates who couldn't hold on and fainted and were carried out of the examination room... It was the same when he went to the examination room with a serious illness.Therefore, with his current body, it is not enough to hold on to the exams for these few days.

However, the body can be recuperated slowly, and there is no rush.At present, what he can work hard for is to pick up the knowledge left behind and prepare for the battle again.

Even though he had been wasted two years in the palace, Zhou Xun seemed to be at an absolute disadvantage as far as Chunwei was concerned.However, before entering the palace, Zhou Xun had always done a solid job in basic skills.When he studied with his husband, as a bastard, he always knew that knowledge was not easy to come by. He had to recite things that others only read a few times, so even though it was only two years ago, he did not forget all the knowledge he had acquired. .

But that alone is not enough.The college examination is to select the best among the children, the township examination is to select the best among the talents of a province, but the general examination is to choose among the candidates selected by each province, and all those who can participate in the general examination are not There are countless talents in each province who can be said to be the top among the best, and thousands of troops have gone to the single-plank bridge.

Even so, it is not particularly difficult for Zhou Xun if he only wants to enter the second class in the examination.He was very young when he participated in Qiu Wei, but the talent he showed has already impressed the examiners. After one year of review, it is not difficult to become an ordinary Jinshi.

But he wanted more than that.

What he wants to take the exam is the champion.

In the first spring, among all the candidates from all corners of the country, from the seventy-year-old man who participated in countless trials, down to the vigorous young Lingyun, all the rich and poor families gathered in the capital. of……

The best example!

Jinshi in the middle school, first-class in the first class, interview with the saint in the palace examination, and the champion in the middle school!

Zhou Cai also won the number one prize, but it is said that this is inseparable from the fact that the emperor saw him during the palace examination, said to him, "Is it you?" for another person's sake.

Zhou Xun knew that his friendship with the emperor was unmatched by others, but this did not bring him a sense of relaxation, but instead put more pressure on him, making him determined to be more harsh on himself and make himself more watertight.

He will not rely on old love to win the title of champion, he wants to convince everyone present, this is his way of life after Nirvana.

This is undoubtedly an extremely difficult task. Even the proudest and most talented geniuses dare not say that they will definitely be able to do it.However, Zhou Xun is not only determined, but also clearly understands that he, who seems to be at an absolute disadvantage, has an advantage that ordinary people cannot match.

That is the experience of accompanying the emperor in the imperial study and co-authoring memorials with the emperor since this month.

Dajing will try to emphasize policy theory, despise poetry and prose, and pay more attention to letting Juzi discuss a certain content in the scriptures in combination with actual policies.As the saying goes, what is achieved on paper is always superficial, and you must know that you have to do it yourself.No investigation, no right to speak.Many scholars grew up in the ivory tower of the Shushu, and they don't understand the various aspects of the people and the actual policies. Therefore, the articles they write are just castles in the air, just piled up with colorful meanings and rhetoric.

Zhou Xun this month can be said to be true knowledge through practice.In this month, although he is a white man, he has a deeper understanding of Dajing's court, Dajing's national strength, Dajing's policies, and Dajing's future development direction. At the same time, the emperor has unprecedented understanding of Dajing Interests in countries such as Liang, the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the Western Regions also allowed him to understand the larger world and have a broader perspective beyond the big scene.

This is a practice that is difficult for others to obtain.

Therefore, after setting his ambition, Zhou Xun quickly arranged his time for the next year.Whether it is fighting other countries, governing the country, or taking exams, intelligence is the most important.

He remembered that when he came to Beijing to temporarily live in the palace two years ago, he knew that there was a place in the capital called "Moyuan".Moyuan is not a courtyard, but an area composed of dozens of streets, where literati, poets, celebrities and celebrities often gather here.There are teahouses, restaurants, art stalls selling paintings, chess courts where literati often sit and talk, and many bookstores.In addition to finding good books in the bookstore, you can also find materials related to exams.

Having made up his mind, Zhou Xun left the palace with his badge.The belt badge that Xiao Lizi sent him urgently was very beautiful, it was a piece of extremely beautiful jadeite, engraved with a phoenix, exuding a cold brilliance.

It is not easy for him to go shopping by himself, so he only finds a guard to accompany him.When the time came, he would arrive near Moyuan in a sedan chair and go shopping by himself.The sedan chair will wait a few streets away, and after he finishes shopping, he will be picked up back to the palace.

Zhou Xun didn't intend to attract attention when he went out this time, so Xiao Lizi specially sent someone to find the most unobtrusive sedan chair for him.When the time comes to leave the palace and enter the crowd, he will look like the most ordinary student.

...Of course, maybe the appearance is not so ordinary.

Living in the palace all the time is not a long-term solution. Zhou Xun is determined to wait a few months before the exam, and after the emperor can skillfully approve all the memorials without his help, he will report to the emperor and go out of the palace to find a small courtyard. live.

There are indeed many small courtyards for short-term rent in the vicinity of Moyuan for foreign students to live in.No matter what era, there is always a business for something like "school district housing."

He was bouncing gently all the way in the sedan chair, holding the waist badge in his hand, thinking about the future.After he had a goal and a goal in life, his brows no longer had the gloom he had when he entered the palace that day, but became more stretched and more condensed.

This is his first time out of the palace since the palace banquet assassination.

The sedan chair went to the Donghua Gate, and there was a sound from outside that the guards guarding the gate wanted to check.Zhou Xun lifted the curtain with one hand, and gave him the waist card directly, with a cold voice: "Thank you, my lord."

The guards didn't intend to embarrass them at first.After all, Young Master Zhou of the Hall of Mental Cultivation is a figure that everyone knows.Seeing that Zhou Xun actually opened the curtain himself, he respected him so much, and his face burst into a smile: "Young master Zhou, if you want to leave the palace, just let me know, and there is no need to check your waist card.

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Zhou Xun shook his head: "Rules are rules. Since I want to leave the palace, I must follow the rules of entry and exit. Although the emperor said that you can enter and exit freely, I will follow the rules so that you don't have to do it."

What he said was very plain, without any intention of intimacy, but every word touched the guard's heart, which made him listen very warmly.

Most of the people who can serve as bodyguards in the palace are well-faced and have a bit of kung fu.Although his family background is not considered prominent, but after all, he is a person who shows his face in front of the emperor, so it is not much worse.Now the bodyguard guarding Donghuamen also has an official position in the court at home, and he came to the palace as a bodyguard for the purpose of gaining qualifications and training himself.

However, among the officials coming and going in the palace, some of them still respected him, and some of them really only regarded him as the current person.Especially "certain" people who can freely enter and exit the palace, he is relaxed, he can go in if he wants to, and go out if he wants to go out, but every time something happens in the palace, check the records, those who are punished Isn't it still him?Of course, the emperor's heart is free to enter and leave the palace, but it's just a pain for these little people.

The previous Master Zhou had already caused the guards to suffer unspeakably.So these two times Master Zhou knelt in front of the Donghua Gate, he deliberately dawdled a few times - not really revenge, but it also made him feel uncomfortable for a while.Later, a Young Master Zhou came to the palace. He was worried that this man would be like the previous Master Zhou, who seemed gentle, polite and considerate, but did things that would make others suffer.Unexpectedly, this Mr. Zhou is not only not arrogant, but also considers that he will be "difficult to do"!

With this comparison, the guards couldn't help but feel a sharp increase in their favor towards Zhou Xun.He thought about drinking peanuts with his friends in the future, and talking about these things as a casual appetizer.

After checking the badge, the guard registered it and returned it to Zhou Xun.Zhou Xun took back the waist card, and wanted to put down the car curtain, but his eyes fell on a person.

That person was also looking at him.

——Zhou Cai.

Zhou Cai was looking at his carriage.Zhou Xun clearly saw a trace of resentment flash in his eyes, and soon, it was disguised by a gentle smile.

In the past, Zhou Xun might have been startled by such an expression, and worried about what he did wrong, and what kind of calculations and horrors he would encounter next... But now.

He will not be afraid of his calculations, nor will he be afraid of fighting him openly.

Seeing Zhou Cai walking towards him, Zhou Xun originally wanted to put down the curtain and leave—

—He hated this man, and he didn't even want to speak a word to him.

But he finally stopped.He was also very curious about what this person thought he could say to himself.

Moreover, Zhou Cai did not go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing. Now that he is waiting in front of Donghua Gate, something must have happened to the Zhou family.

"Master Zhou," before Zhou Cai could speak, he heard Zhou Xun's cold voice from inside the sedan chair, "How is the Zhou family doing?"

Zhou Cai: ...