In Tianqiong Academy, the weather is not very good when school is approaching. The classroom is hot and sticky, and everyone feels that they are almost out of breath.
The doors and windows were wide open, and it was still difficult for the cool breeze to blow in.
Those who come to study here are not from too poor families. Everyone is very particular about it, and there is no unpleasant smell.
Gu Jiao sat in the last row, with Mu Qingchen on her left and the back door on her right.
She can still breathe enough fresh air in this position.
Zhou Tong in the front row was drowsy.
First, it was stuffy due to the weather, and second, he stayed up late to paint again.
In the lecture, Master Gao was explaining the Shang Gao Theorem, which is the Pythagorean theorem that Gu Jiao learned in his previous life.
"Zhou Tong!"
Master Gao suddenly called his name.
Zhou Tong's body trembled, and he stood up with a dazed expression.
Master Gao said lightly, "How much do you get for this question?"
Zhou Tong swallowed.
What question, what count
"Eighty." Gu Jiao whispered expressionlessly.
Mu Qingchen looked at Gu Jiao strangely.
Zhou Tong straightened his waist and said loudly, "Eighty!"
Master Gao glanced suspiciously at Zhou Tong, then looked behind Zhou Tong.
There were only two people behind Zhou Tong, Mu Qingchen and Xiao Liulang, Mu Qingchen would not report the answer, Xiao Liulang never listened to lectures in class, and all his homework depended on copying.
"Well." Master Gao responded and let Zhou Tong sit down.
Zhou Tong breathed a sigh of relief, raised his sleeves and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
After class, Mu Qingchen picked up a question left by the Master recently, pointed to a question and asked Gu Jiao, "What is the answer?"
"I don't know." Gu Jiao said without hesitation.
"What about this question?" Mu Qingchen changed the question.
"I don't know." Gu Jiao said.
Mu Qingchen frowned and looked at her: "Why do you know when Zhou Tong asks you?"
Zhou Tong can't do it, and you can't do it either
Gu Jiao said casually, "I won't do it, Meng."
After a while, Gu Xiaoshun came to look for Gu Jiao: "Luo Lang, go back!"
"Hmm." Gu Jiao started to pack her book bag with a nonchalant look, as if she was not interested in learning by nature.
Mu Qingchen took a deep look at her and said, "Have you ever thought about ending the imperial examination?"
"I'm not from the country of Yan." Gu Jiao said.
Mu Qingchen said, "As long as they are academy students, they can participate in the imperial examinations."
The State of Yan is an upper country that attaches great importance to talents, which can be seen from the opening of underground martial arts fields in various countries to select martial arts geniuses.
Although most of the imperial examinations are based on national candidates, if they are really outstanding, they will be admitted exceptionally.
There is no shortage of such precedents over the years.
If you are admitted, what is the city symbol festival in the district, and the permanent household registration of Yan State is not impossible.
"Don't you want to stay in Yan Country?" Mu Qingchen asked.
"Among the thousand candidates, can one stay?" Gu Jiao asked rhetorically.
… Disaster.
The Imperial Examination of Yan Kingdom is the most difficult among the six countries. It not only has a wide range of examinations, but also has many examination subjects, and the number of examinations is also the largest.
National candidates accounted for 80%, and the remaining 20% were outstanding students from the five countries. The candidates from the country received extra points, and the candidates from Liang and Jin also received a small amount of points. Only the candidates from the overseas countries had the most cruel screening mechanism.
Therefore, the difficulty for Gu Jiao to stand out from the candidates can be imagined.
Mu Qingchen said, "I think you can try it."
Gu Jiao waved her hand: "Forget it." She would have to kneel just to write the eight-part essay, and it would be almost the same for Xiao Heng to take the test.
"Where's Wu Ju?" Seeing that she was not interested in Wen Ju, Mu Qingchen changed her routine again.
Gu Jiao was fascinated: "Why are you so interested in my exam all of a sudden?"
Mu Qingchen emphasized again: "If you pass the exam, you can stay in the country of Yan."
Gu Jiao raised her eyebrows and looked at him: "Why should I stay in Yan country? Or do you want me to stay in Yan country? Mu Qingchen, don't you like me?"
"You—" Mu Qingchen was so choked by her that she turned her face coldly, "You are a man, how could I possibly fall in love with you!"
"It's good to know." Gu Jiao put the last book in, picked up the book bag, "Let's go!"
"It's going to rain!" Mu Qingchen reminded her by looking at her back.
Gu Jiao didn't look back, but just raised her hand to show that she knew.
"Sister, it seems that it's really going to rain, it's getting dark." On the path out of the academy, Gu Xiaoshun looked at the dark clouds above his head and said, "Are you still going to teach that little princess?"
"Go." Gu Jiao said.
The little guy is too serious, she can come to the academy if she asks a question, she is afraid that if she doesn't go, the little guy will kill her in the rain.
Although you can't actually go to class if you go, you have to show up so that you don't disappoint the children.
"Then I'll drive the car to see you." Gu Xiaoshun said.
After learning that Ma Wang was only two and a half years old, the family seldom let Ma Wang pull the cart, and generally only let it pull the mill.
Fortunately, there is a horse at home.
Gu Xiaoshun took the horse out and put it on the carriage.
Then he went into the house and took the cloak and hood. When he came out, the horse pulling the cart became the king of the horse, and the horse was standing far away in the alley.
Gu Xiaoshun scratched his head dumbfoundedly: "What's the matter? Who changed it, why is it you?"
He took the chariot off the horse king, pulled the horse king in, and brought the horse over and put it on.
"Xiao Shun, eat something before you go!"
Nan Shi Niang called him in the house.
"I'll just bring two steamed buns!" Gu Xiaoshun hurried into the house.
When he came out carrying the steamed buns, the horse pulling the cart became the horse king again!
"No, this..."
Gu Xiaoshun was fascinated: "Sister!"
Gu Jiao came out, looked at Ma Wang, then looked at the horse beside Ma Wang who was frightened by Ma Wang, and said, "Come out."
The king does not move.
This means you have to go out.
Gu Xiaoshun: "Sister."
Gu Jiao said: "Forget it, you can come in, I'll go by myself."
"Oh." Gu Xiaoshun scratched his head, turned and entered the room, "...Actually, I'm not too heavy."
Gu Jiao got into the carriage, and with a whistle, the carriage drove away!
Ma Wang was fast, and Gu Jiao didn't catch the rain on the road, and it didn't fall until he entered the mansion.
It rained non-stop and showed no sign of abating.
Gu Chengfeng hid in the tree for a while, but was finally found.
He didn't know how they discovered it, obviously he didn't reveal any flaws.
There were four officials in total, and all of them were not weak in martial arts. If Gu Chengfeng had dealt with them in the past, it would not have been difficult, but the wound on his leg was so painful that he escaped from the four at the cost of minor injuries.
The four fell to the ground with serious injuries and could not catch up for a while.
I am afraid that there will be a second wave of officials chasing after him.
It's just a slave. In Gu Chengfeng's opinion, there is absolutely no need for such a mobilization, but at the same time, he also understands that what they are arresting is not a slave, but a rule.
If everyone followed his example and walked away, then who would stay in the mines with all their heart to work
They were going to take him back and kill him as an example.
Gu Chengfeng walked along the road of the official road. I don't know how long it took, and finally came to a bustling street.
The prosperity of Shengdu is not comparable to that of Zhaodu. It is raining heavily, and there are still many hawkers setting up stalls on both sides of the street. Pedestrians are hurrying on the road, and the shops are full of customers.
Braving the heavy rain, Gu Chengfeng walked down the wet street with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
His head hurts a lot, and his body is a little cold.
Suddenly, he was bumped by a man walking towards him.
The man yelled, "You don't have long eyes when you walk!"
Gu Chengfeng ignored him.
He couldn't understand it anyway.
On the way to Shengdu, he was imprisoned with a group of slaves who went to the country, and there were not many opportunities to learn Yan Guo dialect.
After walking for a while, he had a splitting headache, and his mind was groggy.
According to his previous experience of being sick, he should have a high fever.
He found an open space under the eaves and sat down against the cold wall.
"Hey! Go away!" the beggar on the side yelled, "This is Lao Tzu's territory!"
Gu Chengfeng glanced at him, too lazy to move.
But the beggar pointed at the brand on the outside of his right calf with a stick: "It turns out to be a slave, then you dare to take territory with Lao Tzu!"
In Yan Kingdom, the status of slaves is lower than that of beggars. They are not people, but goods, cats and dogs.
Gu Chengfeng couldn't understand what he was talking about, he was too tired and just wanted to lean on for a while.
He didn't want to cause trouble either.
But this man was too loud and beat him with a pole.
Gu Chengfeng could squeeze him to death with a finger, but he was just a lame old beggar.
Why bother with such a person
In the past, Gu Chengfeng would compare.
Not anymore.
After more injustice and abuse, this unkindness is not worth mentioning at all.
Gu Chengfeng was so noisy that he dragged his tired body away.
He fell into an alley full of standing water.
The alley came and went, and no one noticed that a person fainted here.
Finally, a carriage stopped nearby, and a middle-aged woman with jewels and flowers brought a little maid into the rouge shop beside her.
When the two came out of the rouge shop, the little maid glanced inadvertently and saw the figure on the ground: "Mom, there is someone over there!"
In Yan Kingdom, only the prostitute in the brothel was called the mother.
The middle-aged woman glared at her and said, "How many times have I said it, we are no longer a brothel! We have changed it into a theater! Call it Madam! Madam!"
"Yes, ma'am!" The maid hurriedly changed her words, thinking that the theater and the brothel were not the same.
"Alive or dead?" The middle-aged woman looked at the people in the alley, Gu Chengfeng was lying on the ground, tall and slender, revealing a delicate and slender hand bone.
"Yo, there's a bit of beauty."
The middle-aged woman and the maid walked over with umbrellas.
The maid squatted down and touched his neck: "I'm still angry. Huh? He seems to be talking."
The maid put her ear to it.
"What did he say?" the middle-aged woman asked.
"He doesn't seem to be from Shengdu, and the language he speaks is very strange..." The maid listened carefully for a while, and finally understood a few words, "He said, Tianqiong Academy. Madam, he won't be a student of Tianqiong Academy, right? "
The middle-aged woman glanced at Gu Chengfeng in ragged clothes: "Have you ever seen a student from Tianqiong Academy dressed like this?"
The maid said: "Yes."
The middle-aged woman was an experienced woman. She directly lifted Gu Chengfeng's trouser legs with her feet. Seeing the brand on it, she smiled coldly: "It turns out to be a slave, okay, take it back."
Gu Chengfeng was carried onto the carriage by the maid and the driver and threw it on the cold floor.
The maid opened the curtain, looked at a carriage approaching, and said curiously, "Look, Madam, that carriage has no driver!"
The middle-aged woman wiped the water droplets from her body with a handkerchief: "What's strange about other people's horses being obedient?"
It was the horse that jumped and jumped, Tesa Huan, like a fool.
(End of this chapter)