Oriole Line

Very powerful.He coughed lightly and pushed open the door of the study.The young man standing by the bookshelf reading a book raised his head, just took a look, and stood there in a daze. Isn't this person the one Wen Tao asked him to draw a month ago?Wen Tao was very satisfied with the portrait he finally drew, and paid him a large sum of money. Wang Wei used this large sum of money to pay for his food and drink in Pufu.At that time, after Wang Wei finished the painting, he felt that Wen Tao's description would inevitably be beautified. Now when he sees the real person, he realizes that Wen Tao's description has no slight deviation.

On the other side, when Pu Chen saw Wang Wei, he was also shocked. He was tall and slightly taller than himself. Although he was dressed in simple clothes, he exuded a sense of elegance and indifference from the inside out.This is the self-cultivation that can only be infiltrated by a literati for many years of self-cultivation, and it is really different from the temperament of a general like him who grew up in the military camp.He also remembered that Wen Tao had a very happy conversation with this person. When the conversation reached the end, he probably enjoyed chatting with this person very much. The heart that had been let go last night was lifted for a little while now.

"You are the one invited by Master Wen...that..." Pu Chen couldn't remember the name of this person for a while, and the words "Jade Face Scholar" filled his head.

"My lord is Wang Wei, whose name is Chun Yu." The man was very polite and polite when he met him.

"Oh, yes, Chun Yu." Pu Chen suddenly remembered the name.

There was an awkward silence.Pu Chen couldn't find a word for a while, and Wang Wei couldn't figure out the identity of this person. This person was wearing an official uniform, but Wang Wei came from a poor family and was not familiar with the ranks of official uniforms. He just felt that this person was extremely majestic. Not for nothing.

"It turns out that the Patriarch is here." After a long time, the door of the study opened again, Wen Tao's figure flashed in, and saw the two people in the study looking at each other, as if they were not good at chatting.

As soon as Wang Wei heard the word "patriarch", he quickly bowed to Pu Chen again: "So it's Da Sima, I've seen Da Sima."

Pu Chen nodded his chin, and then remembered that when he saw this person just now, he didn't declare his identity, and he was wearing this official uniform for nothing, secretly regretting it.Now, in the study, there were three people looking at each other.

Pu Chen glanced away, and saw Wen Tao was wearing the silver hair crown he gave him that day, probably coming out in a hurry, slightly crooked.He said in a deep voice, "Master, this hair crown is not worn properly." After speaking, he directly took the hair crown on Wen Tao's head, held it in his hand for a while and said, "It seems that the color is a bit dull."

He took two steps in Wang Wei's direction, pretending to be an excuse, waving his hair crown in front of Wang Wei's eyes and saying, "What do you think?"

Wang Wei was speechless for a while, following Pu Chen's eyes, he saw that the silver crown was clearly new, he didn't know why Da Sima asked this question, and he didn't know what he should say.

Seeing that he hesitated to answer, Pu Chen said again: "Oh, there seems to be a word on this hair crown. Do you recognize it?"

The second monk Wang Weizhang couldn't figure it out. He took a closer look at the hair crown and saw that the hollow part seemed to be a character. He recognized it for a moment and said, "It seems to be the character 'Pu' in a big seal script."

Pu Chen seemed very satisfied, and suddenly said: "It turned out to be the word 'Pu', um, very good." He put the silver crown on Wen Tao's head again, and led Wen Tao out the door with his hands behind his back.

Only Wang Wei was left messy in the study alone, slandering in his heart, well, this good-looking general is really not very smart.

Wen Tao, who walked out of the study and held back his laughter for a long time, let out a "puchi" laugh when he thought of Puchen's stupid look just now.

"What's so funny?" Pu Chen was still tense on purpose, "I tried him with a hair crown just now, and he really didn't covet you, he's considered a good character."

Wen Tao and Wang Wei have been together for more than a month, and he knows that Wang Wei's temperament is upright and peaceful, and he will never have the kind of thoughts that Pu Chen is worried about. In this way, in Wang Wei's eyes, Pu Chen's operation just now was extremely confusing.

Pu Chen looked at Wen Tao and couldn't stop laughing, coughed lightly and tried to change the subject: "Didn't you say that the list will be announced today? Why is there still no movement?"

Before the words fell, Tang Yu hurried over and said: "The list is released, the list is released, and everyone on the street is rushing to the gate of Luoyang Palace!"

Wen Tao's pupils shrank, and his fingers curled up unconsciously.Putting his hands on his shoulders, Pu Chen said, "I'll accompany you."

Wen Tao gave a soft "um", although he still looked very calm, but Pu Chen knew that this moment was very important to Wen Tao, very important, and he didn't want him to face it alone.Pu Chen ordered Tang Yu to set up a carriage, and the carriage moved forward little by little in Luoyang City. When it was about to reach Luoyang Palace, the carriage could no longer squeeze in. Pu Chen opened the curtain and took a look: "There are too many people, how about Shall I send a personal guard to take a look?"

Wen Tao pursed his lips and said, "I want to go by myself."

Pu Chen shook Wen Tao's hand and said, "I'll accompany you there." When he got out of the car, he realized that he was still wearing an official uniform, which was a bit conspicuous, but when he glanced at Wen Tao, he saw the eagerness hidden in his eyes. , so he did not do anything, and accompanied Wen Tao to the place where the list was released at the gate of Luoyang Palace.

Crowds gathered outside the gate of Luoyang Palace, surrounding the list of candidates for the liberal arts and imperial examinations published in the new post.Most of the people around were watching the excitement in Luoyang, and there were also many scholars who took part in the imperial examination. When they saw people wearing official uniforms coming, they unconsciously stepped out of the way.Wen Tao walked to the front of the list step by step, and Pu Chen was half a step behind him. There were three rows of admission lists on the list, namely the first, second and third ranks, and the number increased in turn.Wen Tao is cautious by nature, so he started to look at the top three with the largest number of people. After scanning, he didn't have his own name.He took a breath, and looked at Erjia again. The list of Erjia only had a dozen or so people. Wen Tao looked at them one by one, but he was still missing.There is only Yijia left, and Yijia will only record three people. Wen Tao collected his mind, turned his attention to the three names in the first column, and suddenly found his own name, which is Yijia No.1!

At that moment, Wen Tao froze on the spot, the noise around him seemed to be quiet all of a sudden, only Pu Chen's lazy voice came: "I knew it."

Wen Tao gave him a sideways glance, and before his thoughts were fully brought back to reality, he heard someone say: "Congratulations to Mr. Wen for winning No.1 in the first class. Mr. Silver Fox is a great talent, and I can't wait to catch up."

Pu Chen looked at the man warily, and the man said tactfully, "Congratulations to Da Sima. There are a lot of talents in Da Sima's house."

Wen Tao took a closer look and saw that it was Chen Mao whom he met at Guiyun Restaurant a few days ago. Wen Tao vaguely remembered seeing Chen Mao's name on the second-tier list just now, so he said politely: "It's just a fluke. Mr. Chen is in high school, congratulations gone."

This moment of Chen Mao caused people around to whisper, and now everyone knew that No. 1 on the list was the handsome son of Da Sima's mansion.All of a sudden, some respectable people gathered together to congratulate, and congratulatory voices of "congratulations", "big talent", "bright future" and "prosperity".Knowing that Wen Tao never liked crowded places, Pu Chen coughed lightly and walked back with Wen Tao.

When he got to the car, Tang Yu got impatient for a long time. He poked his head into the car and asked curiously, "Wen Tao, did you pass the exam?"

Wen Tao sat in the car, lowered his head slightly, and smiled lightly.Pu Chen knocked on Tang Yu's head: "Isn't this nonsense? Yi Jia is the first. Go! Go back to the banquet for three days!"

Pu Chen was in a good mood, and he didn't have to hide it when he got in the car, he hugged Wen Tao and kissed him, saying, "Tao Tao is amazing!"

Wen Tao has recovered from his nervousness at this moment, he suddenly shouted: "Stop!"

"What's wrong?" Pu Chen wondered.

"Have someone make a copy of the list that was released." Wen Tao made a decisive decision.

Pu Chen knew that Wen Tao had his own reasons for doing things, so he ordered Tang Yu, the carriage stopped, and Pu Chen said, "Is there a problem with the list?"

Wen Tao recalled what he had read just now, and said with a strange expression: "I'm not sure, so I want to read it again."

Pu Chen lazily said: "I've seen it several times and you are the top of the list, what's so interesting about it?"

"I don't seem to have seen Brother Chun Yu." Wen Tao frowned.

Seeing that Wen Tao was thinking about that jade-faced scholar again, Pu Chen felt a little unhappy: "How can he compare to you? It's normal if he didn't pass the exam."

Wen Tao was noncommittal, and after waiting for a while, Tang Yu had handed over the copied list. This time, Wen Tao took a careful look at it from the beginning, but the shadow on his brow deepened.Seeing this scene, Pu Chen also came over to look at it, but he has been in Wuchang all year round, and he doesn't know much about the personnel and affairs in the court, so he didn't see any clues.It's just that Wen Tao's expression was so solemn, Pu Chen was a bit concerned and said, "What's going on?"

Wen Tao shook his head: "I don't know much about these people, but I have seen a few of them." He pointed to a name in Erjia, "This person, He Pin, is from the He family in Nanyang. After going to the famous He Jin and He Yan, he complained a lot before the exam, and his talent seems to be very mediocre. And this, Hu Sen.” Wen Tao pointed to Yijia No.2, “This is Hu Yunzhi’s The only son, that day he was riding a horse in the street and almost ran into brother Chunyu."

"Do you think these two people are tricky?"

Wen Tao frowned: "I don't know much about them. Judging from the behavior of these two people, they don't seem to be well-educated people. On the contrary, brother Chunyu and I have similar talents and knowledge. Jin, it's really suspicious."

Pu Chen analyzed: "The two you mentioned are from aristocratic families. They should be taught by the elders of the family. They may be domineering, but their talents and learning are not inferior to others."

Wen Tao really didn't know much about these people, maybe Pu Chen was right.

Pu Chen was in a good mood, so he took Wen Tao with him on the way