Ming Dynasty: Domination of the World from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 62 Listen to the dragon’s roar!

Seeing Xia Zhibai walking towards them, Hua Lun and the other two looked at each other, with a hint of restlessness and anger in their eyes. However, seeing Xia Zhibai's current appearance, they couldn't help but be moved.

At this moment, Xia Zhibai's clothes were tattered, his hair was unkempt, and his face was covered with water and mud. He looked very embarrassed, but his eyes were exceptionally bright, giving people a feeling of being extremely firm and able to stand tall and upright, and he could not be overwhelmed by any difficulties.

See this.

Hua Lun couldn't help but snort coldly, but for some reason, his anger subsided a lot, but the hand holding the sword secretly tightened.

Xia Zhibai approached the three men and bowed, saying, "Brothers, long time no see."

Lian Zining snorted coldly, his face gloomy, and he said without any good expression: "Did you come back here on purpose to humiliate us?"

He also held a sword in his hand.

If Xia Zhibai's answer is not good, he will draw his sword immediately.

It is better to take it from the straight path than to seek it from the crooked path!
As a scholar, he has the pride and dignity of a scholar.

Scholars can be killed, but not humiliated!

Xia Zhibai shook his head and said calmly: "Why should I humiliate you? What good will it do me to humiliate you? Just because you came to me with swords today? If I am not careful, I will lose my head?"

"I know the result of the examination."

"But it has nothing to do with me."

Huang Zicheng said angrily: "It has nothing to do with you? You are talking nonsense. If it weren't for you, would we have ended up like this?"

"Do you know how badly you've hurt us? We've become a joke to the whole world. You've brought shame upon us. We've worked hard to study for more than ten or twenty years, and now all our efforts have gone to waste."

"Why are you trying to hurt us?!"

Huang Zicheng glared at him, the anger in his eyes almost turned into substance, his eyes were red and bloodshot, his emotions had reached the point where they could no longer be controlled.

Hua Lun also pointed his sword at Xia Zhibai, his face ashen and his eyes cold.

Xia Zhibai looked at the three swords in front of him that were emitting cold light, pressed down the swords with his palms, and said lightly: "If you are really angry, you should not vent it on me, but on the court!"

"Because I'm not the one with the problem."

"It's the imperial court!"

"I, Xia Zhibai, did make a bet with you, but if I, Xia Zhibai, was really uneducated and a scumbag, how could I have come to this day?"

"The third test in Kaifeng Prefecture."

"I ranked first in the Tongshi, Yuanshi, and Xiangshi exams. You should have investigated this, otherwise you wouldn't have accepted this bet."

"Now that I have failed the imperial examination, it is indeed very unexpected and shocking, but have you ever thought that it may not be my fault, but there is something wrong with the results of this imperial examination?!"

Xia Zhibai stood with his hands behind his back, letting the rain soak his whole body, and looked at the three people indifferently, "I, Xia Zhibai, am indeed a little frivolous, but not to the extent of looking down on everyone and being arrogant."

"I will never go out of my way to humiliate others."

"Scholars have their own nobleness and arrogance, and farmers have their own perseverance and hard work. I have always respected them and will not easily smear or humiliate them."

"I'm not that mean."

"Nonsense!" Hua Lun was furious and refuted: "If there was really fraud in the imperial examination results, why didn't you stand up at the time? Why did you choose to escape and hide at that time?"

"You are clearly humiliating us."

"You haven't told us a word of truth so far and you are still lying to us. This time, I will never be fooled by you again, and you can never lie to me again."

"Today, I will kill you!"

"Look at the sword!"

Hua Lun's anger completely exploded. Xia Zhibai's excuse sounded ridiculous and even a naked mockery to him.

He raised his sword and stabbed Xia Zhibai, wanting to kill him with one blow to relieve the hatred that had been suppressed, frustrated and ashamed in his heart for some time. Xia Zhibai frowned.

He took a few steps back to avoid the sword, and said coldly: "Hua Lun, I know you are very angry, but this is the fact."

"And when have I ever escaped?"

"I did leave for a while, but I didn't escape as you said. I left openly, with the pass given by the prince."

talking.

Xia Zhibai took out a pass and threw it in front of the three people. Lian Zining and Huang Zicheng looked at each other with a solemn look in their eyes.

The two men hurriedly picked up the pass from the ground, looked at it carefully, and their faces changed slightly.

Because this paper pass has a seal with the words "Crown Prince's Seal" engraved on it. This is the seal of the current crown prince. They have never seen it before, but is there anyone in the world who really dares to cheat on this thing?

Lian Zining grabbed Hua Lun and asked solemnly, "You really didn't run away at that time?"

Xia Zhibai shook his head and said calmly: "Why should I run away? Even if I fail the imperial examination, so what? I left to prepare for the palace examination."

"It is also for the sake of saving the lives of the people of the world."

Listening to Xia Zhibai's righteous words, the three of them looked at each other, somewhat confused.

If this pass is true, then Xia Zhibai did not hide intentionally, and since His Highness has asked him to prepare for the palace examination, he should be among the top three.

But why did Xia Zhibai fail the exam?

Is there really something wrong with the imperial examination system?

"No." Hua Lun shook his head, noticing the flaw, and said coldly, "When do we have to leave Yingtian Prefecture to prepare for the palace examination?"

"You are obviously lying!"

Xia Zhibai glanced at Hua Lun for a few times. Hua Lun was less than 20 years old now, full of vigor and vitality, and it was indeed easy for him to get carried away.

He said calmly: "My palace examination is different from what you think, because I am not competing for the top scholar, but the future of this land."

“I gave an answer too!”

"Xia Zhibai, do you know what you are saying?" Lian Zining said solemnly, "The palace examination hasn't even been held yet, when did you take part in it? You didn't even make it to the top three in the imperial examination, so you are not qualified to take part in it at all."

"Stop talking nonsense here."

Xia Zhibai turned around, with his back to the three people, and pointed at the disaster victims and refugees who were queuing in the rain, waiting for relief from the charity officials, and said in a deep voice: "I am not participating in the palace examination of the imperial examination."

"Instead, they are representing the people and asking the Hongwu Emperor for an answer on what kind of future he wants to bring to the world. This is the world's examination of the imperial court."

"The people's demands are very simple. What they want is progress, profit, wealth and strength, not backwardness, empty talk, poverty and weakness!"

"A strong country must be strong!"

Hua Lun and the other two looked at each other, their scalps tingling. Was Xia Zhibai crazy? How could he say such outrageous words?

Question the emperor?

How dare he have such an idea?

Xia Zhibai turned around, looked at the three people who were a little panicked, and said lightly: "If I'm not mistaken, the palace examination of this imperial examination will begin soon."

"And I will definitely be the top scorer."

"In this fight, I won because I didn't die, I'm still alive."

"You can wait a few more days, and then you will know whether what I said today is true or false, but don't forget the bet we made."

"Then listen to the dragon's roar!"

(End of this chapter)