Xuanmen Xiaoguo Shi is divination again

Chapter 126
Chao Ling stood at the gate of the old temple, staring at the figure that was leaving quickly, frowning slightly.

The broad bookcase concealed most of the scholar's figure. He only felt that the man looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it.

That blouse is too ordinary, without memory characteristics, every spring test age, he can grab a lot of scholars with the same clothes in the tribute courtyard.

"Master Chao, have you seen who that person is?" Followed by Guanshi Zhu with a hoarse voice, his old face wrinkled, "What's going on, how can there be people in this kind of place?"

"It looks familiar, but I didn't see it clearly." Chao Ling shook his head, "Perhaps he is a student rushing for an exam who is staying here."

"This is difficult, and I don't know how many things he has seen." Steward Zhu said in a deep voice, "It is not appropriate for outsiders to know about Master Hou."

"Lord Chao, look, what should I do?"

"When I go back, let the people from the Ministry of Rites investigate carefully." Chao Ling sighed. He never thought that there could be a scholar hidden in such a dilapidated old temple. With a flick of his sleeve, he turned around and wanted to walk back. Inside the temple, a hard object was suddenly stepped on under his feet.

Chao Ling raised his eyebrows, and leaned over to pick up the jade pendant. The material of the pendant was quite ordinary Xiu jade, and the carving was not good, but it looked very familiar to him.

I seem to have seen...

Touching the jade, he slowly frowned and pondered, and suddenly remembered the scholar he met today——

He remembered that Lu Zixiu was wearing a shirt like that, with a piece of jade tied around his waist.

And he said that he temporarily lives in the suburbs of Beijing.

Isn't this old temple in the suburbs of Beijing?

"Guan Zhu, I seem to know who the scholar is." Chao Ling, holding the jade pendant, sneered.

Originally, he cherished his talents and wanted to persuade Lord Hou to save his life and become a disciple.

but now……

I can only blame his bad luck.

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Lu Zixiu got out of the old temple and ran wildly along the nearest official road. The pens and papers in the bookcase jingled.

There is only an inextricable chaos left in his mind now, he doesn't understand why Chao Ling came to this place, and even secretly gave and accepted with a steward surnamed Zhu of the Marquis Mansion.

Is it selling officials and nobles?Or do you want to do something about the upcoming spring test?
He didn't know, he just felt that the previous image of Minister of Rites in his mind collapsed, and the officialdom was more complicated and darker than he imagined.

He didn't know how to judge whether Chao Ling's move was right or wrong, but he instinctively disliked it and felt that it shouldn't be.

Officials in the court should not be like this.

That "Lord Hou" shouldn't have done such a thing.

Scholars study poetry and books hard to obtain fame. Shouldn't they serve the country and benefit the people?

Why do they obviously get official positions, even high officials in the court, but... use them to fulfill their own selfish desires?
Isn't it enough to be a Marquis and a Prime Minister?
Isn't being an official and a second-rank minister of etiquette not enough to satisfy them?

Lu Zixiu couldn't figure it out, all kinds of doubts and resentment almost tore his head apart.

His eyes were blurred, his footsteps were stumbling, holding his breath, he ran for several miles in a row, reducing the distance he was supposed to walk for more than a moment to half.

He was finally tired from running, and the bookcase on his back made him almost out of breath. He had never thought that this small bamboo bookcase could be so heavy, but today——

Lu Zixiu braced his knees and gasped for breath. He subconsciously looked up at the city gate a few feet away. The azurite seal characters on the gate were full of majesty, and the years of wind and rain added to it a sense of simplicity and vicissitudes.

Perhaps it wasn't the bookcase that was pressing him down, but the reality that he had been avoiding and unwilling to face.

"Ha--hahaha!" The young man dressed as a scholar laughed loudly, he couldn't tell how much indescribable meaning was in that smile.

For the first time in his life, he thought of quitting the spring test; also for the first time in his life, he could no longer see clearly the official career that was in front of him.

But can he give up?

Nancheng is a small place, so how long did it take for three or two candidates to come out, and the money he spent on coming to Beijing was put together bit by bit by the elders in the city.

When the original county magistrate learned that he had to understand Yuan, he even held a banquet in the city for three days and three nights happily.

How could he just give up?
He still bears the expectations of his relatives and friends in Nancheng!
Lu Zixiu's eyes were filled with heavy confusion, and the azurite handwriting on the tower was dim in his eyes. He propped himself up, and moved to the bustling capital step by step, numb and dazed, like a walking dead.

But he...should he just go to the spring test like this?

That spring test was obviously about to be tampered with.

The young man was stunned. At this moment, he suddenly couldn't figure out what was the purpose of his ten years of hard study.

When he came to the city gate, he stretched out his hand and took out the sealed document. He entered and exited the city several times in two days. The soldier guarding the gate had already remembered his appearance, checked the document casually, and let him go easily.

"Thank you." Lu Zixiu subconsciously thanked him, and the soldier saw that he was out of his mind, so he raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder: "Scholar, don't be nervous, just take the exam hard."

"You scholars are much better than us who are soldiers like us." Bing Shi said, sighing as he spoke, "Those who can come to participate in the spring test, even if they fail the ranking, they can still go back and be a place. Officer."

"Those guarding the city gate like us, I'm afraid there will be no other way out in this life!" The soldier smiled, "Relax."

"Brother Bing, thank you, but Xiaosheng is not nervous." Lu Zixiu pulled the corners of his lips, prevaricated the soldiers indiscriminately, and shuffled back into the city.

The moment he passed through the gate, he looked up at the bricks and stones on the city wall. After passing through the gate, he was the capital city.

This is the capital.

He blinked, suddenly remembered what the soldier said, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind——

The ancients had a saying that when mud comes out, it is not stained, and when it is clean, it is not demonic.

It is he who has limited his own thinking.

How do the people in the court have anything to do with him?Why must he care about the behavior of others?
Even if they form a party for selfish reasons, even if they fight against each other, so what?

He just wants to be honest and upright, so he will be his upright official.

The chaos in the court may not be eternal, and he may not necessarily have to deal with them.

If it doesn't work, he can go back to Nancheng and become the magistrate's teacher.

What's more, the general examination has not yet started, what is he thinking about?

It's better to report to the Gongyuan earlier.

Lu Zixiu shook his head, he suddenly felt that the road in front of him became clear again, he looked back at the soldiers who were still guarding the city gate gratefully, and took a deep breath.

He wasn't sure if Lord Chao recognized him, the Buddha statue was too big, and he ran so fast at that time, he didn't know if they could see his face clearly.

However, this is not a problem, even if he is recognized, at the emperor's feet, he is at most a failure.

The young man calmed down so far, and strode towards the Gongyuan with big strides.

　Ahhhhhh chapter [-] didn't show up
　　Try to let her out tomorrow
　　woo woo woo I'm going to sleep good night
　　
　
(End of this chapter)