Condescending and Condescending

In fact, Fang Yanqin even wanted to get rid of his fame if he couldn't get rid of the candidate in the palace examination.

But Fang Yanqin thought about it again, although Li Qingyu's character is worrying, he does have some skills, otherwise, in the original plot, he would not have swept the Shoufu Party and Yongwang Party.

The most important thing is that Fang Yanqin has no experience in governing the country at all, and he can't guarantee that he will be able to defeat those powerful officials.

After all, governing a country is not the same as conducting experiments. Experiments are allowed to fail, but governing a country cannot make even the slightest mistake.Because even the slightest mistake may kill countless Li people.

That being the case, why not keep Li Qingyu and those powerful ministers biting dogs?

Fang Yanqin frowned, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was feasible.

But he didn't intend to take back what he just said.

After all, Li Qingyu is not worthy, and if he also helps Li Qingyu like Emperor Cheng'an, will it still be dog eat dog?

The two officials below were stunned when they heard what Fang Yanqin said.

They originally thought that Emperor Cheng'an would definitely not let go of such a good opportunity to make things difficult for Xiao Shoufu.

So they never expected that not only did Emperor Cheng'an not choose Li Qingyu as the champion, but instead gave Li Qingyu a useless evaluation and cut off his future.

It took them a while to react.

So they immediately said ecstatically, "Long live the wise man."

They originally thought that they had messed up this matter, and that they would have to be credited with Xiao Shoufu afterwards, and their careers might even be implicated, but they didn't expect that they would turn around in the end.

But they quickly realized that if Emperor Cheng'an took Li Qingyu's title just because he lingered in Fengyue, then the reason would be too far-fetched. Not romantic?

Could it be that Emperor Cheng'an did this to please Xiao Shoufu?

Thinking of this, the two suddenly realized.

There was even a little more sarcasm in his eyes.

It's just that they all lowered their heads, not daring to let Fang Yanqin find out.

I saw Fang Yanqin throwing back the examination paper in his hand casually: "The rest will be ranked according to the ranking you have drawn."

Because he can't understand these articles.

The two officials immediately bowed their heads and said: "I will obey the holy order."

……

Three days later, the results of the palace examination were released.

The emperor held a ceremony to pass on the group of people in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

And when it was not dawn, the tributes were already waiting in front of the palace gate.

Among them, Li Qingyu was surrounded by the most people.

"Brother, I'm here to congratulate my younger brother Li for his victory in the Toad Palace, and his six yuan success."

"At that time, I will have to ask Brother Li for a glass of wedding wine."

"Ha ha ha ha."

Li Qingyu was dressed in a public uniform, wearing a three-branch nine-leaf crown on his head, and he looked like a talented person, elegant and suave.

With a smile on the corner of his mouth, he said modestly: "It's too early to say this, and in terms of talent and learning, the elder brothers are only above the younger brothers, not to mention, it is said that Mr. Xiao is also very confident in this palace examination..."

Hearing this, the others sneered and said: "I have been studying hard for more than 20 years. Although I am not as talented as Brother Li, I still have the basic appreciation ability."

"After all, we have all read the articles of Brother Li's Palace Examination. If Xiao Jincheng feels that his articles can surpass yours, why doesn't he also release his articles?"

"Unless Xiao Shoufu cheats for personal gain, the number one scholar must belong to you, brother Li, otherwise we will be the first to refuse..."

"Brother Song said carefully, Xiao Shoufu is the most fair person, how can he be selfish."

It's just that even though he said so, the pride in Li Qingyu's eyes could no longer be concealed.

Because as soon as the marking was over, he distributed the articles he had made.

Now everyone knows how wonderful the essays he wrote in the palace examination are.

And he was sure that Xiao Jincheng's article was not as good as his. After all, the article he wrote gathered the essence of the six great writers in ancient and modern times.

And this is the most powerful guarantee for him to win the No. [-] Scholar position.

Because in this way, even if the people of the First Auxiliary Party still want to make a move, it will depend on whether the scholars in the world agree or not.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, everyone suddenly lost their voices.

Li Qingyu looked back, but it turned out that Xiao Jincheng did not know when he arrived.

Xiao Jincheng's face was ashen, and veins popped out on his forehead, obviously he was furious.

The atmosphere became extremely tense in an instant, and everyone looked at the two of them in unison.

Xiao Jincheng gritted his teeth and said, "Let's wait and see!"

After speaking, he walked to the other end with a flick of his sleeves.

Seeing this scene, everyone was in an uproar.

As the son of the chief assistant, Xiao Jincheng must be able to know the ranking in the palace examination in advance.

But he is in such a posture now, obviously because the champion of the palace examination is not him, but Li Qingyu.

Thinking of this, even the group of people who wanted to be wise and safe looked at Li Qingyu with a little more admiration.

And the people around Li Qingyu were even more excited: "Congratulations, brother Li, congratulations, brother Li."

……

And Li Qingyu clenched his fists involuntarily.

At this moment, the palace gate opened.

Seeing this, everyone immediately shut up and stood up.

After a while, there were endless calls: "Xinke Gongshi enters the palace!"

Everyone filed in immediately.

Zhonghe Shaoyue was played immediately, and the emperor ascended the throne.

Then everyone knelt down on the ground and bowed three times and kowtowed nine times to the emperor.

Afterwards, an official of Honglu Temple came out and proclaimed loudly: "On April 23th, [-]rd year of Cheng'an, we will test the tributes of the world. The first class will be awarded Jinshi and rank, the second class will be awarded Jinshi's background, and the third class..."

"First Class No.1..."

Everyone's body couldn't help shaking.

Li Qingyu couldn't help letting out a long breath, he finally waited for this day.

Then I heard the official of Honghe Temple singing: "Xiao Jincheng."

what?

Everyone was shocked!

Li Qingyu's complexion changed even more, he raised his head suddenly, and then just saw Xiao Jincheng come out and kneel on the left side of the royal road under the guidance of the Honglu Temple official.

As if aware of his gaze, Xiao Jincheng looked back at him contemptuously.

Li Qingyu clenched his fists suddenly.

He forced himself to calm down.

It doesn't matter if you really lose the No. [-] pick, the gold content of the second place is not low.

Then I heard the Honglu temple official continue to sing: "No. 2 in the first class, Zhao Peng."

"First Class No.3, Song Weixin."

The expression on Li Qingyu's face couldn't help but collapse.

But this is not the end of the matter.

Then there is the second No.1.

……

Second A No.30 Seventh place.

The third No.1.

……

The third No.10.

By this time, the Gongshi who were in the back couldn't even care about their own rankings, and everyone looked at Li Qingyu from the corner of their eyes in disbelief.

Until the official of Honglu Temple finally sang: "The third No. 90 three, Li Qingyu."

boom!

Li Qingyu was actually the last one?

How could Li Qingyu be the last one?

Li Qingyu froze, followed the crowd to send the emperor back to the palace, and then followed the princes and officials to go out with the gold list, and went to hang the list outside the East Chang'an Gate.

He didn't come back to his senses until the princes and officials dispersed.

At this time, Xiao Jincheng walked over with a big smile: "Hey, isn't this Li Zhuangyuan?"

Then he suddenly realized: "Oh, no, you didn't win the first prize, you only got the last place in the top three."

"How about it, it doesn't feel good to fall from a high altitude, it's worth it that I played a play with you just now."

Li Qingyu's eyes turned red instantly.

But Xiao Jincheng's interest has already faded.

Because the current Li Qingyu is no longer worthy of his continued concern.

But he still 'kindly' told Li Qingyu the truth of the matter: "Do you know why you didn't win the first prize, because the news of you being jealous with others in the Fengyue place reached Wansui's ears, and Wansui thought you were dissolute. You are not worthy of being the number one scholar, so I decree that you will be demoted to the bottom of the top three."

After speaking, he laughed and left.

But Li Qingyu froze in place, his pupils shrinking terribly.

Seeing this, the others couldn't help but look at each other.

They originally thought that Li Qingyu's ranking was so low that Xiao Shoufu was acting as a hindrance, so they would have to make a fuss and make a name for themselves by the way.

But it never occurred to me that the real reason was actually this.

Li Qingyu had offended Xiao Shoufu in the first place, and now even the emperor believes that he is useless, even if Zhen Guogong has a fondness for Li Qingyu, I am afraid that he has no possibility of turning over.

Thinking of this, the group of people who had gathered around him all silently moved away from him.

Seeing this, Li Qingyu's eyes turned scarlet even more.

The emperor himself has three thousand in the harem, so how could he despise him for being romantic.

So there is only one reason why the emperor suppressed him so much, that is, he didn't want to offend Xiao Shoufu because of him.

So he turned his head suddenly, looked in the direction of the palace, and cursed bitterly: "It really is a foolish king, otherwise, how can a majestic king of a country be so afraid of a subject—"

……

"Ah!"

Fang Yanqin sneezed suddenly.

He is teasing a washbasin-sized money turtle, which was sent by Xiao Shoufu. It is said that this money turtle is more than 1000 years old, and it is auspicious among auspicious things.

In addition, there is also a large box of rare medicinal materials, among which there are many thousand-year-old ginseng and ten-thousand-year Ganoderma lucidum.

So Fang Yanqin couldn't help being a little puzzled, after all, it was not a year or a year, why would that Xiao Shoufu be willing to give him such a big gift.

Until a little servant behind him secretly looked up at him, as if guessing something, so he boldly reminded him: "Long live, because you dismissed Li Qingyu, the current champion is Xiao Shoufu's youngest son Xiao Jincheng ..."

And Xiao Shoufu would obviously be wrong about Fang Yanqin's intentions.

Fang Yanqin suddenly realized.

This is probably the true portrayal of inadvertently planting willows and willows!

Then he turned to look at the little servant: "What's your name?"

The little servant immediately said excitedly: "Slave Zheng Cong."

"Sure enough." Fang Yanqin said: "From now on, you will follow me by my side."

Zheng Cong fell to his knees with a plop, "Long live thanks, long live thanks!"

Hearing this, the face of the chief eunuch Ren Taichu who was following him suddenly changed.

Then he gave Zheng Cong a hard look, because he didn't expect that such a little foot-washing maid would dare to step over him to show off, and even let him succeed!

So he hurriedly said: "Long live, these medicinal materials are going to be sent to Xianyuan Temple?"

Fang Yanqin's attention was indeed attracted by his words.

Xianyuan Temple?

Only then did he think that Emperor Cheng'an still had a hobby of taking pills.

The main reason was that he had a serious illness three years ago, and he was not cured for more than half a year. It was not until the master of the Three Immortals Temple presented a golden pill left by the former master Liu Zhenren that Emperor Cheng'an was finally able to recover. get well.

At this point, Emperor Cheng'an became obsessed with taking pills.

It's a pity that there was only one golden pill left by that real Liu, so Emperor Cheng'an simply moved all the cultivation experience and alchemy handbook left by that real Liu from the Three Immortals Temple into the Xianyuan Temple in the suburbs of Beijing, and then A group of alchemists were recruited to Beijing, and they practiced medicine by themselves.

So Fang Yanqin immediately became interested: "Then I will also go to Xianyuan to watch it."

"Yes." The chief eunuch Ren Taichu immediately glanced at Zheng Cong contemptuously.

Then shouted: "Long live and drive."

Zheng Cong didn't change his face, and followed with his head down.

In Xianyuan Temple, a group of alchemists are busy.

Seeing Fang Yanqin approaching, an old Taoist priest in the head immediately greeted him: "Infinite Heavenly Venerable, I have seen Long live the poor Taoist."

This old Taoist is none other than Du Zhenren, who was conferred by Emperor Cheng'an, and he is responsible for making alchemy for him.

Fang Yanqin glanced at him and found that his spiritual sense was stronger than that of ordinary people, and it seemed that he did have some real skills.

Then I saw Zhenren Du excitedly saying: "Long live, Pindao has lived up to the entrustment of Long live. After three years, I finally refined the three pills of golden pills."

The chief eunuch Ren Taichu heard this, and immediately stepped forward to take the brocade box from Du Zhenren's hand, then opened it and presented it to Fang Yanqin.

"Long live congratulations, long live congratulations."

"Long live, it just so happens that you have been feeling a little uncomfortable these days, why don't you try taking a pill now?"

Fang Yanqin immediately reached out to pick one up.

He is very interested in this kind of elixir that can cure serious illnesses.

At this moment, Zheng Cong who was on the side suddenly said: "Long live, I heard people say that this golden pill seems to be made by Master Du after changing the pill left by Master Liu?"

"Ok?"

Fang Yanqin thought carefully about the alchemy formula left by Master Liu, only to find that some of the medicines in it had disappeared. No wonder Du Zhenren had been thinking about it for three years before, but he couldn't practice the golden alchemy.

However, under such circumstances, Du Zhenren was actually able to practice the elixir by improving the elixir formula, and he did have some skills.

So he nodded: "As expected of Master Du, his reputation is well-deserved."

But Zheng Cong's original intention was not to praise Du Zhenren.

So he immediately said: "It is said, it is said that autumn gold and red lead are used in it."

He was betting that a lowly person like him would feel disgusted after hearing about this incident, and the emperor should be even more disgusted.

Sure enough, in the next second, Fang Yanqin's expression changed immediately, and he immediately retracted his hand.

Autumn gold and red lead?

He doesn't know what Qiujin is, but he has heard of Qiushi, which is made by collecting the urine of virgin boys, cutting off the head and tail, taking the middle part, and adding medicinal materials to boil it.

Red lead is equally disgusting, and the raw material is virgin menstrual blood.

When Du Zhenren saw this, he became anxious in an instant: "Long live, "Introduction to Medicine" says that men's sores smeared with gold will not stop bleeding, and eagle feces will be used to remove scars on the face and boiled sores, and women without menstruation will not have you Me, so why do you say disgusting..."

Fang Yanqin: "..."

Great, he finally knows what Chu Jin is.

And of course he knows that these are not disgusting, so you can't use them for alchemy and then give them to eat.

This is not the most important thing, the most important thing is——

"Where did the autumn gold and red lead come from?"

"Could it be that you also searched for a group of virgins?"

Hearing this, Zheng Cong knew that he had made the right bet. He ignored Ren Taichu's cannibalistic eyes from the chief eunuch, and continued, "Your servant knows, I heard that Master Du specially collected a batch of seventeen Eight-year-old boys and girls, there are more than 100 people, and now they are locked in the cave in the back mountain."

Fang Yanqin's face darkened immediately: "Go, go and have a look."

When we got there, we saw a group of men and women locked in the cave.

Although it has long been known that the ancient warlocks could do anything for alchemy, they never thought that Du Zhenren would be so frenzied.

So he immediately said: "Let everyone go."

Immediately, Du Zhenren became anxious. You must know that it was hard for him to improve this pill formula, and these people are just slaves: "Long live..."

At this time, Fang Yanqin's consciousness suddenly caught the familiar mental fluctuations, and then he subconsciously looked somewhere in the cave.

It was a young man of about eighteen or nineteen years old, his lips were like rouge, and his eyebrows were like black ink.

Before he even had time to think about it, he suddenly saw his wife's dialect: "..."

what is this?

The examiner took the initiative to reveal the answer?

So his eyes lit up immediately, and then he changed his words and said: "The others are all let go, and he stays."

Zhenren Du shut his mouth instantly.

So the emperor didn't think Qiujin and Hongqian were disgusting, but that there were too many boys and girls imprisoned, which was harmful?

So he quickly said: "But if he is left alone, it will definitely not be enough!"

youth:"……"

He blushed.

Shameless!