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Chapter 721 The imperial examination begins (13)

On March [-], the first year of Qiongyu, the capital of the Great Chu Emperor.

Today is the day of the first imperial examination established by Chu State. The entire imperial capital became extremely congested early in the morning. The sixteen gates of the imperial capital opened together to welcome practitioners and students from all directions.

The entire outer city was already crowded with people, shouting merchants and hawkers, soldiers maintaining order, and many melon-eating people who got up early in the morning to watch the excitement.

Relatively speaking, the students going to the examination room were somewhat inconspicuous in the crowd.

Although they are inconspicuous, they are the ones who serve everyone to watch the theater.

"Look at these Confucian and Taoist students, all of them are handsome and suave, gentle and gentle, I am so happy to see them!" A middle-aged man stood at the gate of the outer city and looked at some Confucian and Taoist students in unique white clothes on the street. The students in uniform had strong smiles on their faces.

"I heard that the 'Four Books and Five Classics' they read are books of sages, and they will become saints and immortals in the future. They are not comparable to us practitioners." A practitioner next to him couldn't help but sigh.

"Hey! The empress opened Enke, and the shop owner personally came to sit in the imperial capital, which is really beautiful for this group of Confucian and Taoist students." Another practitioner shook his head and stomped his feet, his face full of remorse.

"Yes! Who knew that the shopkeeper and the empress would attach so much importance to Confucianism and Taoism, not only breaking the seal of righteousness, so that all students can practice by reading the Four Books and Five Classics, but also setting up Enke and holding this imperial examination. If I had known these , No matter what you say, you are going to sign up for the Confucianism and Taoism."

When Confucianism and Taoism were first opened, although it was considered a sensation, in fact there was no particularly popular scene, because everyone did not know what was taught in Confucianism and Taoism. The reason why more students chose Confucianism and Taoism , the main thing is that they can enter the college they want to study by joining the Confucianism and Taoism Academy. The Confucianism and Taoism Academy is just a step.

This also directly led to the discovery that the Four Books and Five Classics in Confucianism and Taoism could not bring them any benefits, so everyone stopped class and went to other places to listen.

If Ma Fei hadn't discovered the problem of the Confucianism and Taoism in time, and he had unsealed the Haoran righteousness, it is estimated that the grass on the grave of the Confucianism and Taoism in the major colleges of Chu State would have been three feet high.

"Your news is already outdated, as far as I know! This time, the owner, the old man, came to the Imperial City not only because of the imperial examination." At this time, a young practitioner said, his face was full of Mysterious.

"Oh? How do you say that?" Everyone had doubts and curiosity on their faces.

'Clap~'

The young man opened the folding fan. The weather in late winter was already a bit cold. Not only did the young man wear less clothes, but he fanned the fan in such a cold weather, and the biting cold wind wafted around in an instant.

The practitioners standing around shrank their shoulders one after another, and consciously took a step back with their legs.

The young man didn't care at all, looked around, and said mysteriously: "The owner, the old man, has recruited some stunning women from somewhere this time. Two days ago, I saw the owner and those women enjoying the snow in Qinchun Garden."

"And then?" When everyone heard the stunning woman, their eyes glowed green, and their hearts of gossip ignited.

The young man smiled and said, "Then? The owner is twenty this year! According to the laws of our Great Chu, if a man fails to marry and start a business at twenty, he will have to pay a poll tax and have to train in the barracks for three months. The regulations are invalid for practitioners, but after all, it also shows that the shopkeeper has reached the age of marriage!"

"That's right! The shop owner is an old man who was born in Zhonghe 330. This year is the first year of Qiongyu, and he is exactly 20 years old!" A practitioner said suddenly.

Ever since Ma Feifei and his magical bookstore became famous, Ma Feifei's identity has been no secret to practitioners in the entire Canglong Continent. 330 annuals.

Even some things about Ma Feifei's childhood were picked up and became interesting stories for people to chat after dinner.

"If you say that, doesn't it mean that the shop owner is planning to tell the world that he is going to get married when he comes to the emperor this time?" a practitioner said in surprise.

"It's very possible! And there may be more than one." The young man chuckled, then his face regained his composure, and he fanned himself.

"Hiss~! I remember there are rumors in the market that the old shop owner had six stunning women by his side when he came to the imperial capital this time!"

"No, I saw seven of them a few days ago!"

"No, no, no, you are all wrong, it is eight!"

"..."

Then it became chaotic, and the scope of the discussion became wider and wider, starting to radiate from a corner of the outer city, and finally the entire outer city was discussing this matter, and even the inner city gradually showed signs.

In this strange topic phenomenon, the imperial examination is about to begin.

The inner city is the most prosperous area of ​​the imperial capital, and there are all dignitaries and high-level practitioners living in it. Compared with the outer city, the inner city is less noisy and more solemn.

Due to the large number of students who signed up for the imperial examination this time, a total of more than 3 people, the Empress deliberately placed the examination room in the open-air square of the inner city, extending to the main street from the inner city to the imperial palace. The format is laid out all the way down, with no end in sight.

On both sides, there are soldiers in armor guarding, three steps a person, with long spears standing horizontally, pointing the tip of the gun to the end of the gun, blocking all the gaps.

On the opposite side of these soldiers were the onlookers eating melons. They were not forcibly isolated from the examination room area, and they could watch the imperial examination at close range.

Around the examination room, there are 3 examination room entrances, and more than [-] students can enter the examination room through different examination rooms, get their own examination room number, and find their own seat to sit down.

By ten o'clock in the morning, more than 3 students had all entered the examination room, and all of them successfully found their seats and sat down. Each of them was sitting in white shirts and scarves, sitting upright, with a solemn expression, and did not make a sound.

"Your Majesty is here!" A eunuch sang loudly at the gate of the palace.

"His Majesty is here!"

"His Majesty……"

Everyone stared at the direction of the palace.

"squeak~"

The gate of the palace opened, and the empress walked out slowly in a golden dragon robe, followed by maids holding lamps on both sides.

"Strange, why didn't you see the shopkeeper and his old man?" The melon-eating crowd in the inner city looked towards the direction of the palace and found that apart from the empress, there was no Ma Feifei, not even the women with him. .

(End of this chapter)