Bachelor

Chapter 236 Worry
While talking, time passed by little by little, and soon it was noon, and the news from the examination room continued to flow like a stream.

Just as the emperor expected, there were people from the Hanlin Academy, the Ministry of Rites, and the Shuntian Prefecture who were studying politics, and the emperor himself was the chief examiner, so the exam went on like this.

After the emperor and Empress Chen played a few more games between Huang Jin and Sun Dan in the Beiya Prison, they finally got bored and messed up the chessboard: "Okay, Sun Dan's chess is too exhausting. I will fight with you later." The queen pondered, but she didn't know what was going on in the examination room, and Sun Dan didn't know if she had finished answering the paper? With his speed, he should have finished it long ago."

A smile appeared on the emperor's face: "Although Sun Qing is young and mature, he is still a young man just like me, and he has a quick temper. If you do it quickly, the rest of the time will be hard to pass."

The queen also laughed: "Your Majesty, it seems that it is not a good thing to be a talented scholar. If it is changed to a concubine, the thought of sitting idly in the examination room for a whole day will be very annoying. Sun Danruo knew In this way, it is better to answer the questions slowly." She stretched out her white and slender fingers to clean up the scattered chess pieces on the table as she spoke.

While talking, Bi Yun came in again: "Long Live Lord, there is another news from the examination room."

The emperor: "Tell me." The so-called news from the examination room is actually Sun Dan's news.Sun Dan is a key task of the emperor's future new policy. The emperor eagerly hopes that Sun Dan can be selected as a candidate, so that he can be appointed as a county magistrate for two years, and also to see how effective the new tax law is.But if Sun Dan can't even hit a single candidate, everything will be empty talk.

Bi Yun knew what the emperor was thinking, and he was also a little proud of his friend Sun Dan: "If you go back to Long Live, Sun Dan seems to have stopped writing."

"What does it seem like, has he finished the paper?" Before the emperor could ask, Empress Chen couldn't bear it anymore.She asked with some displeasure: "It's finished when it's finished, and it's not finished if it's not finished. What's it like?"

Bi Yun is not sure: "Returning to your majesty and empress, according to the system, my subordinates will not be able to enter the examination room. Naturally, I don't know if Sun Dan has finished the questions. Maybe it's done, maybe it's because the train of thought is not smooth. text."

The queen was a little confused: "Then... what exactly is Sun Dan doing now?"

Bi Yun also found it funny: "Sun Dan seems to be meditating now."

"What...meditate!" Empress Chen cried out.

The emperor also looked at Bi Yun with some doubts.

Bi Yun hurriedly said: "It's meditation, it's the Vajra seat, and the people under the minister can see it clearly. Sun Dan didn't write any more, just put one foot on the top and one foot on the bottom, forming a Vajra seat for the exam. Refining Qi in the home."

Bi Yun paused: "As for whether he has finished the questions, I don't know."

Empress Chen's complexion changed: "What is this Sun Dan doing? It's really worrying." Probably because she was afraid that the emperor would see her true thoughts, the empress added: "Your Majesty will still use him a lot in the future. Juren, what should I do? Why is this Sun Dan so unreliable?"

The emperor: "This Sun Dan is a wonderful person. When a big event comes, he can hold his breath. Well, I will wait for him here. It seems that this is the case for this provincial examination." He pointed to the big case. Pointing: "Bi Yun, bring two elixir."

Hearing that the emperor was going to take light medicine, there was a flash of anger behind Chen.

The emperor took light medicine for a long time, and his health became worse day by day, his personality gradually became irritable, not to mention, he became less and less concerned about the affairs between men and women.During these days, Empress Zhang was left out in the cold because of the fraud case, and the emperor often came to Empress Chen.But after coming to Kunning Palace, he only meditated and practiced Qi, and did not do that kind of thing, which made Chen Houbai very happy.

Strange to say, it is said that such things as elixir are hot and hot things, and ordinary people have the effect of aphrodisiac after taking them.But the emperor didn't know what antidote he had learned from Wang Li, so he became more and more ascetic.

Empress Chen's doubts are understandable. If Sun Dan is here, he probably knows something.In fact, in real history, Emperor Jiajing had a very indifferent view of the relationship between men and women because of his long-term practice of Taoism.Because of this, Jiajing's heirs have always been very thin. After more than 40 years in power, there were only three children, and in the end only one son survived.The only surviving son was King Yu, who later became Emperor Longqing of Emperor Muzong of the Ming Dynasty.

Although he also made absurd incidents of mixing medicine with virgin menstrual blood, and was even murdered by unbearable court ladies, but if he is lecherous, it really can't be said.

As for later generations saying that Jiajing was licentious and lustful, it was just a kind of slander against him by the Qing people.

The views of the literati in the Qing Dynasty are very strange, almost every Ming Dynasty must be good: everything in the Ming Dynasty is bad, and all Ming Dynasty emperors are licentious.

This is also a typical performance of the ass deciding the head.

Seeing that Empress Chen was going to have a fit, Bi Yun quietly gave her a wink, signaling her to be patient.Then he walked to the case, opened the drawer, took out two blood-red pills and walked over to the emperor.

Fortunately, although Empress Chen had an explosive personality, she was not stupid, so she forcibly held back the anger in her heart.

The emperor took the elixir, swallowed one first, and then handed the other to Bi Yun: "Bi Yun, I wronged you a while ago. I don't want to bear it in my heart, and I want to make up for you. I heard that Bei Yun The humidity in Ya’s prison is very heavy, you are getting old, and you have rheumatism. This elixir is a pure yang tonic, after taking it, it will be of great benefit to you.”

Bi Yun knew that this elixir was powerful, but he dared not refuse the emperor's gift, so he just had to bite the bullet and put the elixir in his mouth, and knelt down to thank him: "Thank you, Long Live Lord, for the elixir."

"You guys go out?" The medicinal properties of the elixir are very strong, as soon as it enters the stomach, the medicinal power rushes to the forehead.The emperor only felt that his body was so light that he was about to rise into the air. His heart trembled, and he quickly waved his hands: "I heard that Sun Dan meditated and practiced Qi in the examination room. Then retreat. Daily life, walking, sitting and lying are everywhere. It is estimated that it will take half a day to dissolve the medicinal properties of this elixir. You all retreat, and don’t come in to disturb me until you are called."

After speaking, the emperor took a deep breath and closed his eyes. After a long time, he let out a long breath of foul air.

There was a weird scent in that breath, which made Bi Yun's head swell when he smelled it, and he flickered unnoticed.

Bi Yun and Empress Chen were helpless, so they had to retreat lightly.

After leaving the hall, Bi Yun hurriedly spat out the pill in his mouth into the handkerchief.

Empress Chen turned her beautiful eyes: "Eunuch Bi, why did you spit out the elixir that His Majesty gave you?"

Bi Yun smiled wryly: "Your Majesty, this dragon-tiger golden elixir is too powerful. Although it can become a fairy after taking it, it needs a good elixir to refine it to be effective. How can an old minister survive the wind and candle? It’s like ordinary people making a fire to cook. Blowing on the fire with a blower can certainly make the stove more prosperous. But if you use too much force and blow it down in one breath, the flames in the stove will be blown. Went out."

Chen Hou smiled: "Eunuch Bi is eloquent." She is also a straightforward person, and she doesn't shy away from it: "What kind of elixir, in fact, you and I both know that it is three-point poison, this thing is not edible."

Bi Yun didn't dare speak up.

Empress Chen sighed suddenly: "Sun Dan doesn't know whether he has finished the paper, it's really worrying!"

Bi Yun: "Your Majesty, don't worry, Sun Dan is a well-known celebrity in the world."

"Maybe I'm too worried, but big names have eccentricities, so it's hard to tell."

"I have no choice but to wait."

"Then just wait, anyway, Wanzai doesn't know when he will wake up."

There were still news coming in, and the news that came, without exception, was that Sun Dan was meditating, and this sitting lasted all afternoon.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Empress Chen became more and more anxious.

"The book is closed." Bi Yun walked over.

"Ah, have you finished the exam?" Empress Chen was startled, and asked anxiously, "How is Sun Dan?"

Bi Yun was silent for a moment: "Sun Dan finally finished his meditation, got up and left."

"Then has he finished it?" Empress Chen finally stamped her feet anxiously: "This Sun Dan is so stubborn and arrogant, it's really worrying!"

Bi Yun: "I don't know, maybe it's done, maybe it's not done."

Empress Chen murmured: "If he doesn't finish the questions, what if he doesn't win the Juren? Isn't this a disappointment to the Holy Grace?"

Bi Yun was also worried: "Your Majesty, don't worry too much, I'll go back to Your Majesty."

Just as she was about to leave, a female official in the palace walked up to the queen and said angrily, "Mother, Concubine Zhang..." Probably because she saw Bi Yun here, she immediately stopped talking.It seems that this female officer is the Queen's confidant.

"What's wrong with Concubine Zhang?" Empress Chen was very annoyed, and said, "Eunuch Bi is one of his own, so feel free to speak up if you have something to say."

Bi Yun took a deep look at Empress Chen, and immediately returned to a dull expression.

The female officer said angrily: "Madam, the concubine Zhang heard that Sun Dan was in a daze in the examination room and didn't write all afternoon, so she asked someone to ask the majesty how big the red sandalwood statue of Zhang Sanfeng was. She also said that Sun Dan was A mad student who earned his reputation, but he was caught blind when he really got on the stage."

"Zhang Huhu is really hateful!" Empress Chen had a look of hatred, and then said coldly: "It's okay if Sun Dan wins the Juren this time, but if he doesn't win, I must give him a good look."

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The make-up examination of the Shuntianfu Township Examination was finally over. After all, it was a major examination administered by the emperor himself. The officials of the Tribute Court did not dare to delay, and immediately collected the papers. More than 500 people began to copy the papers at the same time.

According to the rules, all candidates' papers must be transcribed by a special person in a neat pavilion style, pasted with their names and handed over to the examiner for marking.Because cinnabar is used for transcription, these papers are also called Zhuan.

There are only more than 3000 candidates in this exam, and more than 500 transcripts are done at the same time, with six papers per person.Based on the calculation of [-] words per paper, each person has to transcribe tens of thousands of words.

Due to time constraints, everyone did not dare to neglect, stayed up all night, and finally got it done.

The rest is simple, with so many assistant examiners, and all of them are academically educated academicians from the Imperial Academy and experts from various ministries, one eye and ten lines are the basic skills of a scholar, and it only takes half a day to score the examination papers that need to be eliminated come out.

Then there is the ranking.

If all goes well, the ranking can be determined within a day.

This exam was rough from the beginning to the end, but it was unreasonable. The emperor stared at it with two eyes, and was eager to give an explanation to the scholars in Shuntian Mansion.Everyone can't say that they have to work hard.

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As for Sun Dan, he has a cold.

Speaking of which, he practiced boxing with Feng Zhen every day this year, and his body became stronger and stronger.Last time in the Gong Yuan, he was able to defeat two Kong Wu's powerful servants by himself.

Although a good body may not make people live longer, it can make people enjoy life better.

Sun Dan can be considered a rich man now, he has a wide circle of people in the capital, and he is favored by the emperor, and now he is going to be famous, and his future is bright.In the past, he was a poor man, but now he wants Haozhiniang to live a good life together.

Because of this, he exercises for at least half an hour every day.

After practicing boxing for such a long time, Sun Dan's appetite is getting bigger and bigger, and his spirit is getting better and better.In the past, whenever the weather changed, he would catch some minor colds.But since I started exercising, I haven't had any illnesses for more than a year.

However, he was really bored in the examination room today, and after finishing the papers, he couldn't find anything to do.I simply found a piece of qigong that I had downloaded from my database, and prepared to try it out.

It has been so long since the Ming Dynasty, Sun Dan has seen the demeanor of martial arts masters of this era, and knows that those superb martial arts are not fabricated by later generations.But as far as he knew, masters like Feng Zhen and Huang Jin practiced their kung fu by squatting on horseback, hitting sandbags, and then combined with drugs and high-calorie meals.

As for such things as internal strength, I have never seen it before.

Sun Dan felt strange in his heart, and decided to try it himself first, to see if he could develop the so-called internal strength, and maybe he would become a master comparable to Feng Zhen.

In the past, because of his busy schedule, he never had time to contact.Now that I finally have some free time and nothing to do, I meditate in the examination room according to that article.

This sitting lasted an entire afternoon, not only did I not feel the so-called Qi feeling at all, but fell asleep in the test house.

But because he had been sitting for too long, his whole body was stiff, and his body still maintained a straight sitting posture, which seemed to be a bit of a master.

It is almost October now, which is the beginning of November in the Gregorian calendar.Even in future generations, it's time to cool down.Under normal conditions, the temperature in November in Beijing should be around [-] degrees.But here is ancient times, and there is no greenhouse effect, and the temperature is a few degrees lower than modern times.

In the past few days, because of the hot sun for several consecutive days, Sun Dan still couldn't feel anything.But today, the temperature suddenly dropped, and it seemed a little cold.

If he sat in the examination room and answered the papers like everyone else, he wouldn't feel anything.But as long as this person fell asleep, his body temperature would be two degrees lower than when he was awake.

After sitting for an entire afternoon, Sun Dan woke up when it was time to hand in the paper. He felt numb all over his body. He stretched out his hands and patted his legs for a long time before recovering.

Not only that, but he also felt that the vest was a little cold, and he cried out in his heart.

By the time the test papers left the examination room, it was completely dark.

Zhi Niang and her family were waiting outside the arena, and when they saw Sun Dan coming out, they all surrounded her.

Zhiniang asked worriedly, "Sun Lang, how did you do in the exam?"

Sun Dan, the descendant of Chen Rong, stepped out and was already waiting outside. Hearing Zhi Niang's question, he said, "Sun Jingyuan is a well-known celebrity in the country, Madam shouldn't have asked this question."

Zhi Niang was still a little worried, but Sun Dan said: "No problem, I should be able to win."

The members of the Sun family cheered at the same time. With tears in her eyes, Zhi Niang clasped her hands together and said again and again: "Amitabha, Amitabha, Sun Lang is finally going to be the master of juren."

Ting Lan still had sharp eyes, seeing Sun Dan's face was red and her breathing was a little heavy, she hurriedly asked, "Master, what's wrong with you?"

Sun Dan said: "It seems that I have caught a cold."

Only then did Niang Zhi "Ah!" cried out: "Hurry up, bring the master's cloak, carriage, carriage."

There was another frenzy, and after returning home, Sun Dan ate a dose of Bupleurum soup, then wrapped himself in a quilt and curled up in his back to sweat.

That night, Sun faded out of a stinky sweat.I woke up the next day feeling better.He was planning to go out for a walk, but Zhi Niang refused to let him go out.

Sun Dan had no choice but to lie on the bed for a whole day, but forgot how to arrange for the people of Huichang Hou Sun's family.

During this day, many of the same year from Shuntian Mansion came to visit, all of them were stopped by Niang Zhi.

On the third day, it was finally all over, and Zhi Niang felt relieved.

Then Sun Dan took Zhiniang, Ting Lan and Feng Zhen to go to the Water Chestnut Temple to meet the Sun family members. Firstly, he had a good time to discuss with the three wives of the Sun family to see how to arrange the Sun family members; secondly, , the mourning halls of Sun Henian and Sun Songnian are set up there, and as a child of the Sun family, he is obliged to go to worship.

He also knew that the matter of Sun Henian had a lot to do with him, Sun Dan. Although he was open-minded, the people of the Sun family might not think so.

Although Zhiniang didn't know the truth of the matter, she was still a little afraid of the people in the Sun Mansion, and she also knew that those people were not easy to get along with.He said worriedly: "Sun Lang, you have a bad temper, and the Sun family will speak harshly later, so don't get angry."

Sun Dan smiled wryly: "I have a good personality, so don't worry, my lady."

Ting Lan sneered: "Their words are ugly, and now they are all fallen and scattered, and they are still on airs. Once my master wins the Juren, he will be rich and powerful, and the Sun family will still depend on us to support them, so why should we be embarrassed?" Ma'am, you don't have to worry, the current situation is that they should please and compliment our sisters, not the other way around. Just take care of yourself, why are you afraid of him?"

Zhi Niang still didn't want to see Mrs. Liu and the others, she hesitated and said: "Sun Lang, it's better not to go. Today is the day when Shuntianfu Township will release the rankings. This is a big event. Let's go to see the rankings."

Sun Dan: "Let's talk about the exam, there is no suspense in Zhongju, and it would be a waste of time to go to see it, but Sun's house is probably out of food, so we have to worry about it."

Ting Lan wanted to show off to the people in the Sun Mansion, so that she could express the anger that they kicked out of the Sun Mansion and sent to Sun Dan, so she couldn't stop saying: "The master is right, it's more important over there. That list is not It doesn’t matter if you go to see it, anyway, if you win the Juren, there will naturally be a mission to announce the good news, I will leave a message at home, and when the good news comes, let them go to the water chestnut temple to find the master.”

Sun Dan nodded: "That's quite appropriate."

Sun Dan and his party went to the water chestnut temple, but they didn't want to see another scene.

(End of this chapter)