I have a fortune book

Chapter 128 The plan failed, the Emperor Xinxi

It's not yet spring, and the weather in the morning is still a bit chilly, but in the inner city of Shenjing today, the warm wind is blowing on the face, and the warmth is strong.

Because there are [-] candidates, many people are thinking of traveling at the wrong peak to avoid delays.

Before Maoshi arrived, there was already a huge queue of people outside the Gongyuan in the east corner of the inner city, and the streets stretched for several miles.

The decent spring shirts and Confucian clothes they wore were very thin, but they didn't feel the coolness at all.

The old man has known the inside story for a long time and is used to it for a long time. The newcomer who participated in the Spring Festival for the first time in the outer state looked up at the sky under the guidance of the "senior".

It's not for them to look at the starry sky and the moon, but for the light film of the dome that covers the entire inner city, the mysterious runes that are looming, and the spiritual light that shoots like shooting stars from time to time, giving everyone a strong sense of security.

In order for the test to proceed smoothly, the entire inner city will open a protective circle for three days.

This is not like the usual semi-dormant state. Although it also has many defensive and warning functions, the consumption and power are not as good as the vellus at this time.

During these three days, the city guard formation was operating at full power.

Maintaining a constant temperature under the coverage of the array is just an incidental function that cannot be smaller.

However, because of this, there is a rumor among the people that Taizong Daxu has a concubine who is afraid of the cold, and the concubine likes to hang out in the inner city in casual clothes, so this function is specially designed for the beauty to smile.

A Yangshen Zhenjun who was born in the top ten sects in the world, had seen the city-protecting formation in its heyday, and bluntly said that his own mountain-protecting formation was no match for this formation.

As long as there are spirit stones in the national treasury, in ordinary terms, Shenjing City can be said to never fall.

At this time Zhou Bai also finished freshening up, and under the urging of Si Jie and the other three, he joined the queue, and Qi Hua was also in line with him.

In fact, Zhou Bai was also surprised, why he came here for a few days, Dingzhou Juzi had few encounters, and Sun Yucheng hadn't met either.

Little did they know that Sun Yucheng was at the front of a certain long dragon, cursing secretly.

After the once-in-a-hundred-year Dragon God report, there must be a chance.

This is the general news that the Sun family has passed on as a veteran prefect. Although he doesn't know the specific opportunity, he knows that every point will be fought for at this time.

According to Bu Yuanzi's calculation, within one to three years, his Qianlong Qi will grow.

If he can win the top three this time, he will definitely be able to take advantage of this position. It is not easy to do things just by being a juror.

Starting with a Jinshi is the county magistrate or even the county magistrate. Even if you leave the relationship and have an official position to fill, it is still a ninth-rank junior official.

But Sun Yucheng never expected that he would sacrifice the face of the Sun family and drag a few Dingzhou scholars to recite poems and write poems by the Ningjiang River for half a month, but he did not attract the Dragon King of Ningjiang.

In the end, they broke up unhappy, and before they arrived at Shenjing City, he received another news from Bu Yuanzi from home.

Zhou Bai may be an obstacle to his rise in Bei'an County, giving him a chance to overwhelm him.

Specifically, they had to meet each other so that Bu Yuanzi could have a chance to judge the possibility that the other party was Qianlong.

When Qianlong was in Yuan, it was difficult to show traces.

Even a person like Bu Yuanzi who specializes in easy numbers must inherit the legacy of his master to be sure that Sun Yucheng is a potential dragon.

Logically speaking, in Jiangnan, a central region with a profound heritage, there can be several potential dragons in one state.

However, Dingzhou, which has been included in the Central Plains Dynasty for only a hundred years and has a population of less than [-] million, has two or three dragon veins, which can be regarded as Dingzhou's development is good, and it can develop potential dragon spirit.

There is Sun Yucheng in Bei'an County, and there is also Zhou Bai who is suspected of Qianlong. This is something that Bu Yuanzi can't understand.

In any case, since he was assisted by Bu Yuanzi, many of his suggestions have played a substantial role.

So Sun Yucheng trusted him very much, so he decided to cut off Zhou Bai's luck.

According to his thinking, Zhou Bai was not born in a rural family, no matter how high his literary talent is, his luck is also a shortcoming.

It should be impossible to get the top three in the highly competitive Chunwei examination.

Just in case, Sun Yucheng wanted to block Zhou Bai's luck.

For example, from Dadukou to Shenjing, there are many relics of famous literati along the way, and it is possible to obtain relics in these places.

Another example is the City God's Temple and the Earth Temple, which are more holy... These temples are also places where it is possible to receive gifts from the gods.

Sun Yucheng himself may not be able to obtain these mysterious luck, but he can interfere with Zhou Bai's acquisition.

As long as Zhou Bai is really Qianlong, and he happens to appear, and Qianlong sees Qianlong, there must be collision and entanglement of Qi.

In this way, in the eyes of those sensitive gods or "remnant souls", Qianlong's destiny can no longer be concealed.

In front of one potential dragon, invest in another potential dragon, this kind of risky thing is not willing to do.

After all, gifting luck, leaving unowned luck, etc., are all investments and layouts, and the recipients are involved in karma.

For example, Zhou Bai accepted the luck of Tingshan Mountain God, so he wanted to save Canglan Water God.

As long as Zhou Bai and Sun Yucheng are together, none of them will get the ordinary luck.

Of course, if Zhou Bai was not Qianlong, Sun Yucheng would not be worried at all.

Not only will not be hostile, but will spend energy and resources to apologize and make friends.

Taking advantage of the large number of people with him and the advantage of starting early, Sun Yucheng went to each location by himself and sent people to guard the ferry.

As a result, Zhou Bai still didn't show up after all his luck points had run out. At this time, he had only been away from the exam for a month, and Sun Yucheng had no choice but to continue to Shenjing.

He wasn't overly depressed, after all, he didn't run around for nothing, he had accumulated a lot of gift luck, and he was more confident in getting the top three in the exam.

As for those conditions, he didn't take them to heart at all. He could take advantage of the momentum and become the leader of one party, and he could end the cause and effect casually.

But if it fails and turns into a dry bone in the tomb, then why worry about the debt in life.

After finally arriving at Shenjing City in the last few days, Sun Yucheng finally learned why Zhou Bai was not waiting, because he showed his style in the Dragon Palace and took the first place in the chance competition.

With the support of the Dragon Clan, there must be no lack of luck for the title on the Gold List. This made Sun Yucheng difficult to settle his mind, and he couldn't even read a few pages of the book.

So much so that for today's exam, he was almost the first group of people who came to the Gong Yuan to wait for the exam.

Qianlong can fail, and there have even been Qianlong in history who have been defeated and fought repeatedly, and finally became real dragons.

But Qianlong must not fail when it is rising, and if you lose, you will have nothing.

Zhou Bai didn't know that Sun Yucheng and him were actually in the same team, otherwise he would have to say hello anyway and see how things are going.

In the previous life, Sun Yucheng didn't know if he was invited by the Dragon King of Ningjiang. Anyway, Chunwei's ranking was only in the middle of the top three.

Although he was selected as a fellow Jinshi, he did not become a heavenly man, so that he was restricted by the governor of the imperial court for a long time, which delayed the opportunity to sweep Dingdong.

The sky was getting brighter day by day, and the candidates who lined up around seemed to have adjusted their moods, and began to discuss this exam easily.

"Look, those Fanbangju people don't know why they came to participate, and they crowded out my quota."

"No, no, brother, please be more magnanimous. Just look at the number of these people admitted in the past. They will not want to stay in Daxu with Jinshi as officials, but Jinshi is rare in a hundred years."

Listening to the conversation, Zhou Bai glanced at the foreign candidates who were mixed in the crowd from time to time, each of them had serious faces.

That's right, Daxu has been around for more than 300 years, and there are really not many heavenly and human places left.

"Have you heard that, this time the main examiner is the idiot king, and the deputy examiner is the bachelor and the six ministers."

"The Prince Rui from the previous generation?"

"It's not because of discord between etiquette, there is no reason for the royal family to invigilate the examination."

"Hush, are you crazy? That one is sitting in the Gongyuan."

The topic mentioned was too sensitive, causing the surroundings to be silent for a moment, and Zhou Bai could even see the faces of those who spoke up just now, their faces were full of fear.

However, Zhou Bai really didn't pay attention to who the examiner was, but he didn't expect it to be Prince Rui.

This is the youngest younger brother of the current emperor. When Emperor Xiangxing was not the crown prince, Prince Rui was favored by both his parents and his elder brother.

Originally, Emperor Xiangxing was a well-deserved crown prince, but the previous emperor and empress doted on Prince Rui too much and wanted to make him the crown prince.

The emperor rules the world, and after death, he can enter the Dragon Court as the emperor and sit on a dragon chair.

Faced with this kind of temptation, Prince Rui not only refused, but sternly refused, telling his parents and elder brother would be the most appropriate.

After Emperor Xiangxing ascended the throne, Prince Rui naturally became his right-hand man. Not only did he not live at home or be entrusted out like other brothers, but stayed in the court to handle government affairs.

There are even jokes among the people, calling him the "deputy emperor".

A few years later, the "deputy emperor" gradually lived up to his name, and all civil and military officials bowed to him.

Later, I don't know whether it was Emperor Xiangxing who felt that the imperial power was threatened, or whether Prince Rui had suddenly become stupid.

In short, in a very ordinary day, this fool king never appeared in the court, nor did he appear in the eyes of the outside world.

There is only one official announcement, that Prince Rui suddenly suffered from dementia.

In this way, he has been staying in Prince Rui's Mansion at the root of the imperial city, shutting the door for decades.

Unexpectedly, today, when Emperor Xiangxing was seriously ill, Prince Rui returned to the Daxu court with the position of chief examiner.

Perhaps it is to grasp the last batch of talents before the troubled times?Or ask this person to come out to stabilize the overall situation?

Zhou Bai put aside these general issues, and asked Qi Hua who was standing in front with a smile: "Brother Qi, do you have confidence?"

Qi Hua nodded first, then shook his head again, and said: "If I got the chance at Tingshan last time, I might be sure enough to get it, but I really dare not say this time."

"Then if you can win, do you choose Jinshi or fellow Jinshi?" Zhou Bai continued to ask, and he suddenly realized that he had never discussed this issue with his friends.

Qi Hua took it for granted: "Jinshi is a scholar who pays tribute to the heavenly court. For the imperial court, fellow Jinshi is the real talent that can be used. Of course I choose the latter."

Zhou Bai was stunned, because in this era of transcendence, heaven and man are expected, and Jinshi is often a secondary choice for failing to pass the top two exams.

Perhaps seeing his friend's incomprehension, the corners of Qi Hua's mouth curled into an arc: "My Qi family has been blessed by Daxu since the time of our ancestor Wu Weibo, and we have been officials of Daxu for generations, until now I have the title of Xiaoqiwei , how can I, as the direct descendant of the Qi family, not repay it."

"Zijian doesn't need to worry about me. Everyone yearns for the way of heaven and man, and you should take it."

"There is a heavenly brother, and I, Qi Hua, have face!"

Zhou Bai looked complicated, and said slowly: "As you wish."

It's no wonder that in the previous life, Daxu Mingming was fragmented, and the princes separated the area, but still maintained a considerable part of the territory for a long time.

In the last days of the dynasty, there are many ambitious people, like the Qi family, who have many loyal fans who stand with the court.

Zhou Bai was even thinking that he should pay attention to Qi Hua's feelings when he seeks the county in the future, maybe the Qi family can no longer be the internal support he imagined.

With the gradual gathering of [-] candidates, the surrounding area of ​​the Tribute Academy has been plunged into a sea of ​​people.

But fortunately, the imperial court had already made a plan, and all the main roads of the Tribute Court had been turned into control areas, and guards in pitch-black Xuanjia stood like a human wall to prevent accidents.

The sky is completely bright, and the first ray of sunlight in the morning shines directly on the Mingyuan Building in the center of the Gongyuan, and the glazed red tiles are shining brightly.

Mingyuan Building is the central building of the Shenjing Gongyuan, and also the tallest building. It is nine stories high, with eaves protruding from the lower eaves, windows on all sides, and a very wide view.

Needless to say, this is where the inspection examiners and Taoist supervisors stayed. Living in the Mingyuan Building, they could see any corner of the examination areas of the Tribute Court.

It is said that upstairs in Mingyuan, there is also a special monitoring device, so that it is no problem to see the words on the examinee's test paper.

"The time has come, open the dragon gate!"

The dragon gate of the Gongyuan, which is as wide as the gate of Shenjing, makes a creaking sound,

"Candidates enter!"

The majestic and deep sound of the gatekeeper was conveyed to the ears of every examinee through the method of amplifying the sound, and they knew that they could enter the tribute courtyard to wait for the examination.

With a swipe, the five long crowds moved forward rapidly, without any pause.

When it was Zhou Bai's turn to go to the front, he didn't know what was going on. It turned out that there was no process of guarding and checking in this test, not even the form.

Even there is no Taoist officer holding a magic weapon to search at the door. As long as you enter the tribute courtyard, you can find the test shed hall you are going to on the panel marking the test area.

Is this because you trust the Juren and don't even check your license plate?

In fact, there are gods standing three feet above their heads, and many great gods gather here, so there is no need to worry about cheating and someone sneaking into the examination room.

Because there is no number plate, you can't even enter the Longmen.

As soon as Zhou Bai stepped into the dragon gate, his soul felt that he had crossed an invisible barrier. This was a small formation that had been opened separately in the entire Gongyuan.

The outer city is half open, the inner city is fully open, and the Gongyuan has another layer and three layers of protection, which is extremely safe.

On the wooden panels surrounding the city, Zhou Bai found his examination room of Ren Zihao, and then he shuttled through the Gong Yuan.

"Let's take a step ahead, best wishes." At this point, all the excessive words are useless, it all depends on the next three days.

There are no guards everywhere, and there are no Taoist officials everywhere. There are only scattered officials who will be responsible for guiding candidates and follow-up examination work.

It is certain that there is no danger in the Gongyuan.

Not to mention the gods of heaven and the Qingchi-level Kyoto City God who must be watching, just say that the few old men upstairs in Mingyuan who are chatting and laughing, any one of them is a big shot at the level of Yangshen Zhenjun.

The Yin God is respected as a real person, and when he lives to three hundred, he can establish a sect and establish a sect.

Only by going through the thunder calamity can he become the true king of the Yangshen, with a lifespan of eight hundred, and from then on he can go in and out of Qingming without restriction.

It is often said in Taoism that only the Yang God is qualified to see the demeanor of those 33 days.

It wasn't until Zhou Bai sat in front of the luxurious exam table made of Nanhai mahogany that he finally understood the layout of the Shenjing Tribute Court.

With Mingyuan Building and Zhongtai Main Hall as the core, hundreds of palaces and pavilions are arranged around them, forming a "feng shui" pattern, no, to be precise, it is a pattern of luck.

Zhou Bai looked forward to great success, but he didn't understand that this was done on purpose.

As long as you take the exam in the surrounding exam rooms, your luck will not be scattered, and all of it will be drawn to the central office, and finally supplied to the heaven.

Heaven is watching, how long will it take for [-] high-quality candidates to enter the arena?

The answer is very fast, no one was caught trying to cheat, and no one made trouble in front of the dragon gate.

Before Zhou Bai could burn out the circle of refreshing sandalwood, the familiar voice came again.

"Longmen is locked, and all laws are forbidden!"

All of a sudden, Zhou Bai felt his whole body sink, and he couldn't even try to use his divine sense.

In the Zhongtai Hall, Prince Rui, wearing a four-clawed dragon robe, is majestic and majestic. Although there are white silk on his temples on both sides, his eyes are sharp and energetic, and his every move is the demeanor of a superior.

The associate examiners of the bachelor's degree may have their own ideas in their minds, but when they heard the order to lock the dragon gate, they immediately bowed in unison: "May the chief examiner be lucky!"

Prince Rui didn't procrastinate, stood up straight, brushed up his sleeves, and took out a big seal wrapped in yellow cloth with dragon patterns from his arms.

Dragon pattern yellow cloth? !
The assistant examiners were horrified, and just about to return to their normal posture, they bent down again, not daring to lift their heads.

Sure enough, when the yellow cloth was lifted, there was actually a jade seal inside.

This is one of the six seals of the emperor, the emperor's seal, which was originally used to serve the ghosts and gods of heaven and earth, but it was unexpectedly brought by Prince Rui today.

Then Prince Rui held it in both hands, and solemnly placed the emperor's seal in the middle of the desk, where there was a circle of golden patterns, which was the center of the entire tribute courtyard.

hum~
A pressure that was heavier than the previous prohibition came, and all the candidates, including Zhou Bai, were almost pressed on the table.

Worried that the luck of the [-] candidates this time is too great, and the previous Wang Yin can't hold back, so I specially invited the emperor Xinxi?
Prince Rui opened his mouth slightly, as if spitting out a dragon's chant, sweeping the audience.

Township!

　I didn't ask for leave during the Chinese New Year, but the journey to work tomorrow is very long. Considering the traffic jam, it may take midnight to arrive.

　　So ask for a day off tomorrow, don't wait for an update at night.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)