Lin Jue suddenly realized that it turned out that the current saint came to the Gongyuan to visit the candidates. No wonder there was such a battle. Then it is not surprising that these soldiers with gorgeous armor and tall and handsome looks were selected from the Imperial Guards in front of the palace.
The imperial troops protecting the emperor.
The shouting notification sounded for a quarter of an hour, and all the more than 3,000 dormitories in the entire Gongyuan had been notified several times. After that, an examiner came to unlock the door of the dormitory, and with an order, all the people in the rows of dormitories
The candidates left the dormitories one after another and came to stand in the corridor. After everyone waited in silence for half an hour, amidst the sound of drum music, someone shouted in a loud voice: "The Emperor is here!"
"Salute!" the examiner ordered loudly, and all the students knelt on the ground and bowed their heads to wait. Soon after, a large group of people surrounded Guo Chong appeared from the west and walked slowly along the stone road in front of the dormitory. Civil and military officials gathered around him.
Looking at Guo Chong with a smile on his face, the two chief examiners introduced the situation of the Spring Examination. A group of people walked over talking and laughing, turning a blind eye to the candidates kneeling under the dormitory corridor.
Not long after, the holy driver passed by Lin Jue's residence. Although there was a ban on raising his head, Lin Jue couldn't help but look up after hearing the familiar solemn voice. He saw a group of people wearing bloated official robes.
Officials surrounded a slightly fat man, dressed in bright yellow and wearing a gold crown, who was slowly walking past dozens of steps ahead.
Although he was far away and couldn't see his face clearly, from the body language of the people surrounding him and the man's gait and movements, he could feel an aura that seemed like there was no one around him. To put it more tackily, that
It is the royal demeanor and the aura of a king.
"Lower your head, who asked you to raise your head?" someone shouted from the side. Immediately afterwards, armor and sabers clattered. Two soldiers from the front department rushed towards Lin Jue.
Lin Jue was startled and quickly lowered his head, but it was already too late. Two soldiers had already grabbed Lin Jue's arms, one on the left and one on the right.
"What's going on?" A tall general who was accompanying him outside the corridor, holding a sword in his hand, shouted loudly.
"Commander Jiang of the Cavalry, a candidate here dares to raise his head and peek, breaking etiquette." A soldier shouted.
"Take him away!" The general waved his hand, as if dealing with a caught mole.
"Yes! Let's go!" Two soldiers dragged Lin Jue and left.
Lin Jue regretted it in his heart. He didn't expect that the rules for seeing a driver were so strict. He only raised his head and looked around for a few times before he was about to be taken away. What a fucking ghost. It's not a big deal, and it's impossible.
It's a capital offense or something, and at most it's just a few days of beatings and a few days in prison, but this Chunwei exam is completely abolished.
The noise in the corridor attracted the attention of Guo Chong and the accompanying officials. They all looked this way. Guo Chong frowned and asked, "What happened?"
"Your Majesty, a candidate did not understand the etiquette. He raised his head and looked around without permission, and faced the Holy Master directly. I ordered someone to take him away." Jiang Rongzu, the commander of the front office of the palace and deputy minister of the Privy Council, responded hurriedly and loudly.
"Oh!" Guo Chong nodded. Ordinary people are not allowed to raise their heads in front of the emperor. The emperor is the son of heaven, and it is disrespectful to look up. This is basic etiquette. There is nothing to say about this. However, this matter
It's just a trivial matter, and it's a bit far-fetched to take someone based on this.
"Forget it, let him go. After all, he has studied hard for ten years, and his future cannot be ruined because of this incident. It is understandable that local students do not understand the rules. I came to inspect Gongyuan to encourage students and give them encouragement.
The purpose of their encouragement is not to make them panic, and that is not my original intention." Guo Chong waved his hand.
"Your Majesty is kind and generous, and your heart is as big as the sea. I admire you very much. I, the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty, are truly blessed to have such a sage in ten lifetimes. I thank you on behalf of the people of the world." The prime minister of the dynasty who was accompanying him
Lu Zhongtian said with emotion.
"Yes, your Majesty's move makes me speechless in admiration. Your Majesty is an example that I and others will follow throughout their lives. Commander Jiang, won't you let that student go?" Yang Jun, the burly envoy to the Privy Council, said.
He echoed loudly and shouted at Jiang Rongzu.
Jiang Rongzu hurriedly agreed loudly, turned around and ordered the soldiers to let Lin Jue go. Lin Jue sorted out his messy clothes and felt relieved.
"Although the Holy One is kind, it is not appropriate for a student to be rude. It is better to call him over and have the Holy One teach him a few words himself, so that he knows the great grace of God and where he is wrong. This matter can also be publicized and taught to the world.
People know that the Holy One teaches earnestly and loves the people with great care. It is also a good story."
The one who spoke was the historian and compiler Liu Shi. He was the historian responsible for keeping records with the emperor. Different from the living accounts of Qi Julang, he recorded some important events as materials for later compilation of national history. Today's incident is obviously worth mentioning.
It was written, but the flesh and blood was not fleshy enough, so he wanted to add a story about the Holy Master personally teaching the students, and the students burst into tears of gratitude, and the whole world became a legend. This is obviously a staged act, and it is suspected of tampering with history and creating history.
But this matter was beneficial to Guo Chong's image in history books, so he dared to bring it up.
Guo Chong obviously understood the situation and said with a smile: "Okay, call that Gong Sheng over and I'll have a word with him."
Soon after, Jiang Rongzu led Lin Jue and walked quickly. When they were more than ten steps away, Wu Chunlai and Yan Zhengsun, who was standing next to Guo Chong, both opened their eyes in surprise.
"Why is it him?" Wu Chunlai and Yan Zhengsheng shouted in unison.
"What? Do you know this person?" Guo Chong asked with a smile.
"Your Majesty, this person's name is Lin Jue, and he was the number one Jieyuan in Liangzhe Road last autumn. I went to Hangzhou last year and met him several times." Wu Chunlai explained, and by the way, he also explained how he and Lin
The reason for awareness.
But in fact, he didn't need to explain at all. When he heard the name Lin Jue, Guo Chong already knew who he was.
"It turns out that he is Lin Jue, what a coincidence. Didn't I also issue a decree to commend him? It's interesting, I almost killed him just now. Seriously, is it him?"
"Your Majesty, this is Lin Jue. Alas, this boy has behaved badly today, and he really shouldn't have done so. I will inform Fang Zhongcheng later and ask him to give him a good lesson." He said solemnly.
"Hahaha. This is really interesting. This Lin Jue is quite famous. Several of his lyrics circulated on the street seem to be highly praised by others. He is also Jie Yuangong. He is a talented person with a more out-of-the-box personality.
, it is common for someone to lose some etiquette. As someone who relies on his talent and is arrogant, he should naturally be more tolerant towards such people." Guo Chong said with a smile.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty," everyone said one after another.
While he was talking, Lin Jue had already been brought in front of him. Lin Jue didn't want to cause any more trouble. He lowered his eyebrows and didn't dare to raise his head to look around again. When he got in front of him, he bowed profusely and shouted long live.
Guo Chong smiled and said, "Are you Lin Jue?"
Lin Jue said hurriedly: "They are just ordinary people."
"Raise your head and tell me to take a look at this great talent that everyone praises seriously." Guo Chong said with a smile.
"The common people don't dare." Lin Jue said.
"What are you being pretentious about? You dared just now, but you don't dare now. The Emperor wants you to raise your head, why are you bothering?" Privy Councilor Yang Jun frowned and shouted.
Lin Jue was speechless and had to raise his head. Then he saw Yan Zhengsu, Wu Chunlai and others, as well as the tall and sinister-looking Yang Jun and the extraordinary-looking Lu Zhongtian. Lin Jue had actually seen these people before, of course not in this life.
, but in the last life. Lin Jue couldn't remember the faces of many people in the previous life, but he still remembered the appearance of several giants clearly. It's just that these people all looked much younger than in memory. After all,
In my last life, I passed the Jinshi examination more than ten years later, and I only met these people at that time. The time was ten years earlier, so I naturally looked younger.
This was the first time Guo Chong met him. After he passed the Jinshi examination in his previous life, Guo Chong was seriously ill and died soon after. After that, the new prince came to the throne, and he would settle the accounts after the fall and put all the nine Lin family clans to death.
He also died on that hot noon. It was a terrible nightmare, unforgettable. Guo Chong's appearance was somewhat similar to Guo Bing's, but his skin was whiter and fatter. There was a faint anxiety between his eyebrows. His eyes were full of worry.
The light is like electricity, bright and spiritual.
Lin Jue only looked at Yan Zhengsu and did not dare to look at him further. Because he knew that he had broken the rules before and he did not want to embarrass Yan Zhengsu, so he pretended not to know Yan Zhengsu. However, Yan Zhengsu spoke.
.
"Lin Jue, you didn't behave yourself just now. The Emperor has forgiven you, otherwise you would have been dragged out now. How can you be rude? This is not Hangzhou, this is the capital. You need to learn more etiquette. Not yet.
Thank you?"
Lin Jue hurriedly kowtowed again and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace. The common people have realized their sins."
Guo Chong smiled and waved his hands and said: "That's all, yes, you are a talented person with a dignified appearance. You have served the imperial court to suppress bandits before, and I didn't know it was you. If I knew it was you, I wouldn't have to ask you to admonish you. This matter has come to an end.
So far, no need to mention it. Get up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Lin Jue stood up and stood in front of Guo Chong with his hands lowered.
Guo Chong smiled and asked: "How did you do in the exam? Did you answer the questions well? You are Jieyuan of Liangzhe Road. It is unreasonable not to get a top three this year. Your mentor Fang Dunru is a great scholar in the literary world of our dynasty, and you are his
The disciples should be good."
Lin Jue said in a deep voice: "Replying to the Holy Spirit, I answered the questions quite smoothly. This year's questions were not difficult. In fact, I had finished answering them already in the morning and was waiting to leave. The common people think they answered pretty well."
"Crazy student! Too crazy. The Chunwei test questions in this subject are not easy. This is the consensus of all the adults. You said it was easy." Qian Qianyi, one of the chief examiners, shouted.
All the officials, including Yan Zhengsheng, also frowned. This kid was indeed crazy in what he said, but he was just thinking. When you said that the test questions were easy, didn't you mean that all the officials who asked the questions were perfunctory? Besides, everyone was familiar with the question.
You know, it's not easy. I'm afraid this kid is not crazy, but stupid.
Guo Chong was also a little unhappy. Lin Jue seemed a little arrogant, saying that he had already answered everything and was waiting to leave. This attitude was indeed a bit arrogant and unpleasant.
"Oh? It's not yet time and you have already finished answering the questions? Well, Wu Chunlai, go and bring his answer sheet for me to see. I want to see how he answered." Guo Chong said calmly.
