After dressing as a widow

Lin Zhen and Gu Lin, who had already experienced the crowding of the hospital examination, were not in a hurry this time. They did not get up until dawn, and then made breakfast. Everything was in order.

Zhong Yan who came to look for them was the calmest. Chen Xing seemed to be holding steady on the surface, but in fact he was restless visible to the naked eye. Huang Yuwen almost wanted to feed the breakfast in the bowl to the two of them with his own hands: "Uncle Lin, Gu Lin, you are really in no hurry."

He asked them to have breakfast, but they all said that he had eaten it himself. Lin Zhen drank porridge with pickles: "Now there must be a lot of people in front of the etiquette department. I'm afraid they won't be able to squeeze in at the entrance of the street. Let's wait until they are all crowded." , just right."

When Huang Yuwen heard that Lin Zhen and Gu Lin had to wait for the crowd to finish before going, he almost slammed his head on the door.

Chen Xing, who was still a little nervous at first, looked at Huang Yuwen and couldn't help smiling.

Zhong Yan, who seemed to be the calmest, was not so calm in his heart because of Huang Yuwen. Since his mother died tragically in the drought, he had devoted himself to taking care of his grandma and preparing for the hospital exam. It will be able to fulfill the expectations of my mother since I was a child.

I really don't want to go to the crowd again and squeeze so hard that Lin Zhen looks at Huang Yuwen and the others, and speeds up his meal. Squeeze, squeeze, just squeeze this once, and hope not to squeeze again in the future!

When he arrived in front of the etiquette department, it really opened Lin Zhen's eyes. It was even more exaggerated than the day he went in for the exam. Students without servants went by themselves, and those who had servants let servants go in to squeeze. Huang Yuwen, who had servants, forgot. With a small body, I was about to squeeze in.

Along the way, Gu Lin, who occasionally should have a few words with them, stopped him: "I'll go."

Then, in the eyes of Lin Zhen and the others, they steadily pushed aside the crowd who were almost crowded, and walked to the front. The list had already been posted. Gu Lin looked at the list, starting from No.1 and looking down, saw Zhong Yan, Huang Yuwen, and Chen Xing in sequence.

Huang Yuwen and Chen Xing both ranked very low and almost fell out.

He turned and walked out of the crowd, first said to Zhong Yan: "Congratulations, Brother Zhong, No.2."

Then Huang Yuwen, Chen Xing: "Congratulations, brother Huang, 143rd, and congratulations, brother Chen, 199th."

Huang Yuwen and Chen Xing's feet were soft, almost on the ground, hanging, too hanging!

But they passed!

They have become tributes!

The two of them didn't have much confidence after the first exam, and they were ready to come back to Kyoto three years later. Who would have expected that another village would be so lucky that they would pass it.

Dayu had a rule not to depose a tribute scholar, so as long as a tribute scholar passed the court examination, he could be called a juren.

But no matter what, as long as you are a Jinshi, you can at least get a seven-rank foreign county magistrate!

The families of the Huang family and the Chen family have changed since then, and they are truly noble families.

Suddenly, the happy Huang Yuwen, Chen Xing and Zhong Yan looked at Gu Lin, Huang Yuwen said: "What about Gu Lin, why didn't you talk about yourself?"

Gu Lin said: "No.1."

Although Huang Yuwen and Chen Xing were prepared, he still spoke up, "I...I...No.1!"

Huang Yuwen excitedly stepped forward and hugged Gu Lin's shoulders: "Congratulations, you are so good every time, we really can only hold our own."

Suddenly, Chen Xing said: "Then Gu Lin is the candidate for this exam!"

There are so many people waiting for their grades here that ants can't squeeze them in. They are extremely sensitive to grades. When Gu Lin came back and told Huang Yuwen, Chen Xing, and Zhongyan their grades, they noticed them. Naturally, they also heard that one of them was No. One is more than 2.

Needless to say, Zhong Yan immediately became the object of their scrambling to visit. Even Huang Yuwen and Chen Xing, who were not high in the rankings, gained a lot of envy and jealousy.

How about a low ranking, at least if they pass the exam, if they can pass the exam, it doesn't matter if they are the last one.

However, when they heard that Gu Lin said that he was No.1, his jaw almost fell to the ground, what kind of monsters are these, No.1 and No.2 are all there, and the remaining two are also Gongshi, for a while, I don't know who said that No.1 and No.2 are here, and spectators flocked to it.

The part of catching a son-in-law under the list, which is even bigger than Fucheng's robbing posture, is coming again. Gu Lin looked at Huang Yuwen, Chen Xing, and Zhong Yan, who had been surrounded by rich businessmen and wealthy businessmen in Kyoto, and raised his eyebrows, protecting his son-in-law with one hand. Seeing Lin Zhen walking quickly to the outermost side, many people who were pushed away by him didn't realize what was going on, and only saw a figure disappearing into the sea of ​​people.

Leaving there, people on the street don't know you, I don't know you, at most, they just look at Lin Zhen and Gu Lin's appearance a few times, not as crazy as those wealthy businessmen and rich Jia who are catching their sons-in-law.

Lin Zhen watched Gu Lin grow up from an eight-year-old child to the present, and his understanding of him is second. No one dares to say that he is the first. He can see that Gu Lin is in a good mood now, and he is also happy for his good grades. .

But he has always kept a serious face and does not allow anyone to get close to him, so no one can see it.

Lin Zhen walked side by side with him, and said, "Congratulations, Gu Lin."

"I'm so happy." Gu Lin looked at him seriously.

Lin Zhenxin moved his head, and took the initiative to hold his hand under the cover of his loose robe. The next moment, his hand was firmly held by Gu Lin, and the five fingers that used to hold pens and books every day slipped from his fingers. But hold them together.

Gu Lin knew that this was his first real step. From the moment he saw Lin Zhen being fined for Cai Jinzhu's frame-up when he was young, he vowed to be the one who made the rules, and he would never do it again. Let that happen again in front of you.

It's just that at that time, he had little knowledge and didn't know what to do, thinking that as a juren, a county magistrate, he could do what he wanted to do.

It wasn't until he became aware of his own intentions and saw the obstacles and bumps in the road under his feet that he realized that Juren was not his goal, and neither was Jinshi. The most important thing is to keep it inside.

Not urgent.

Gu Lin held Lin Zhen's hand and looked at Lin Zhen's face.

He is only 15 years old this year, he is only 26 years old, and he still has time.

He will bring the real matchmaker into his house and announce to the world that he is really his husband.

In a blink of an eye, the palace examination, the main event after the general examination, arrived. Unlike the previous exams, which were proctored by officials, the palace examination was written by the emperor himself, and the final ranking was determined by the examination of the scholars.

This time Lin Zhen couldn't send them off, Lin Zhen stood at the door, watching Gu Lin being picked up by the palace's unified green shed carriage, stood for a while and went into the house.

In the carriage, Gu Lin's eyes were condensed, and his body shook slightly with the shaking of the carriage. No one knew what kind of questions the emperor would ask, or how the emperor would ask them.

To poor students like Gu Lin and the others, to this master of the world who has been in power for decades, it can be said that his eyes are smeared.

The carriage stopped in front of the palace gate, and when Gu Lin came down, he found that some tributes like him had gathered here. When they participated in the palace examination, all of them were wearing the scholar's uniforms issued by the court three days ago, with a white background and black borders. , with silk sash around the waist reaching to the ankle, wearing a Shizi crown at the age of wearing a hair tie, Gu Lin, who is only 15 years old, can only wear a black hair tie.

With the Son of Heaven right in front of them, no one dared to act rashly or even speak. Huang Yuwen, Chen Xing, and Zhong Yan who saw Gu Lin coming all just greeted with their eyes.

Suddenly, the chief examiners of their exam came out from the palace gate next to them, and after they saluted, they checked their names according to the list to make sure that no one led them in by mistake through the palace gate on the side.

Gu Lin lowered his eyebrows slightly, as if he didn't see the solemn and solemn palace walls passing by from the corner of his eyes, and stepped into a palace with a very high dome.

"The minister brought two hundred tributes this spring and kowtowed to the emperor. Long live the emperor." Li Quan, the Minister of Rites who walked at the forefront, kowtowed to the ground. Gu Lin, who was closest to him, and more than 100 tributes behind him followed He knelt down and shouted long live three times.

"Flat body." Sitting high on the dragon chair, the Holy One said leisurely with a lazy voice.

Li Quan led Gu Lin and others behind him and thanked the emperor before getting up from the ground.

Suddenly, when everyone was worried about what kind of topic the emperor was going to ask, the emperor who was sitting high above said: "Who is the leader of this courtyard examination, Gu Lin."

Gu Lin, who just got up from the ground, knelt down again, "Gu Lin, a grassroots man, kowtow to the emperor." Just like the white clothes they were wearing, although they are already tributes and only one step away from the gentry, they are officially honored by the emperor. Before being appointed officials, they were still white, and they could only call themselves grassroots in front of the emperor.

"Head up."

Gu Lin raised her head a little according to her words, her eyes were still downcast, and she didn't look directly at the emperor.

The emperor on the dragon chair and other bored old fritters saw this too young face, with slender eyebrows, sharp brow bones, high nose bridge, and too thin lips, which looked a little too close Be more humane.

Such a face is too lonely and not friendly.

"You're so weak, Aiqing will have to eat a few more meals in the future, so that you can do things for me." The emperor's voice sounded a bit kind, if he didn't call himself Zhen, it would be like an ordinary family member telling the juniors in the family.

Gu Lin listened to the emperor saying that he was weak, and said with lowered brows and eyes in a steady voice: "Yes, the grass people must remember the emperor's instructions."

"Okay, get up, I've read your current affairs policy, it's very interesting, so I want to listen to it today."

"Come here, read Gu Aiqing's policy for current affairs once again. For the topic of today's palace test, you will be divided into groups of ten, and each will draw lots. Those who win the top one will use the one, two, and three points listed in Gu Aiqing's policy for current affairs as their own arguments. Argue with the other group that was drawn."

"The one who draws the next one is Che Luoguo's side. There is no argument, and you can refute it however you want."

Some of the two hundred tributes knew that the emperor's face was completely pale when he was in the midst of the fire of Che Luoguo. Really put it on the charcoal fire and roast it, it hurts no matter which side is roasted.

If you lose, the emperor can say that you try to figure out the king's heart.

If you win, let alone.

You are a Dayu man but let Che Luoguo win Dayu...