In Yuanyang City.

Looking at the scholars and talents who are gradually emerging on the street, they look gentle and elegant, literati who are well-read in poetry but like to join in the fun and recite poems and write them right, which makes people difficult to not pay attention to.

While wandering, Du Bai was eating the freshly baked sugar man in his hand, while asking Ying'er beside him with a little confusion, "So Ying'er, why have so many scholars suddenly appeared recently?"

There weren’t many people a few days ago, but these days it seemed like they had appeared in groups. It was not uncommon to be in the streets, in inns, restaurants, and even at the entrances of brothels. Could it be a unique festival?

“Um…”

Ying'er tilted her head and licked the little candy man in her hand carefully. After looking around, she seemed to remember something, and raised her hand excitedly and replied, "By the way, my son-in-law, the day for the imperial examination is coming soon! It seems that it is early next month!"

"Oh, it turned out to be the imperial examination!"

Du Bai nodded slightly, and then he recalled the relevant information.

After all, his predecessor was a scholar. Although he was just a last-minute scholar, he was also considered to have fame and fortune. At the beginning of his time travel, he also made up for some relevant knowledge.

The implementation method of the imperial examination in this era is actually somewhat different from that in ancient times. Including that the examination papers were specially designed by an institution of the imperial court, and then assigned to the county towns in various regions and counties a period of time in advance. During this period, there were dedicated people to guard the examination papers, and even the chief examiner could only see what the question was until the opening exam.

If there is a slight violation, the head will easily fall to the ground and the whole family will be killed!

Although such confidentiality cannot be said to be perfect, it is also very good. At least there are few things that can be heard of leaking questions.

Du Bai suspected that this was the emperor, who was suspected to be a time traveler, learned from the college entrance examination policy in his previous life, and it was also considered to be a practical application.

In addition, the process of the imperial examination has also been simplified. Tong Sheng passed the county examination, scholars passed the palace examination, juren, juren, and the final palace examination are exams that determine the top scorer and the second place Jinshi. High officials and high-ranking officials are already waiting for them. It is impossible for those who are not talented and mortals to participate.

Among them, my predecessor once passed the mansion exam with a bumpy bluff and won the title of scholar, but unfortunately this did not save the fate of the family's destruction.

From this we can also see that even in an era when fame is regarded as sacred, scholars who only know how to read books are useless. Those who should starve to death will still starve to death.

"Son-in-law...I'm sorry..."

But just as he was stunned to recall, Ying'er's timid apology was heard in his ears.

He looked down in surprise. Seeing the little girl looking a little aggrieved and worried, he thought for a moment and understood the reason and couldn't help but laugh.

This girl seems careless, but her mind is also delicate.

I think I was worried that I would cut off the imperial examination road after getting married. Now I feel sad and sad when I get to know the scene...

He felt a little warm, and he suddenly reached out and rubbed her hair, withdrew his hand before she could dodge her face with a red face, and joked, "I don't care about these things anymore. Isn't it much more comfortable to have the cute Ying'er accompany me to enjoy the tour, than those scholars who study hard!"

"Son-in-law, don't talk nonsense..."

Ying'er's face was flushed and a little shy, but she obviously felt much better, and a smile appeared in her curved eyes.

She is indeed just a child, and she likes to show her smile and tears on her face, without too deep cunning.

Most of the women in the Su family are like this, and they are well protected by Su Wanmiao. Therefore, only she herself wears the strongest mask and is not approachable.

Thinking of Su Wanmiao, he remembered the "little surprise" he originally planned to give her.

...

There was no ups and downs during the day. Since the Liu family settled down, the Yuanyang City seemed to have become peaceful, and even there were fewer fights.

After all, there are more literary and talented people in the streets and alleys, and these guys are not the rough people who like to do things. They like to recite poems and write pairs. Inexplicably, the atmosphere in the entire county town has become a bit more elegant, as if even the pancakes sold on the street have a bit more ink flavor, which makes it particularly sweet.

But there are many other poems and gatherings. After all, if literati have the opportunity to get together, they always like to show off their talents. Although they can't compare to the level, it is also quite comfortable to show off their "good sentences" they have obtained by chance recently.

Even Du Bai, who was in the Su Mansion, strangely received two such invitations, inviting him to attend a poetry party he had never heard of before.

After asking, I found out that I was a few classmates and friends who were formerly studying. The relationship may not be very good, but it was also a good relationship. I also participated in the county exam with him two years ago, but unfortunately I failed the exam. Now those people came to the county town again, thinking that since this former classmate had already passed the scholar, it would be no harm to make friends with him, so I sent a letter.

However, these guys must have been very informative. Even Du Bai has married into the Su family and has given up his fame and fortune. Even this letter was sent to his predecessor's hometown, and it was handed over by another insider.

It felt a little funny in my heart. Du Bai wrote two letters casually and sent someone to send him back. Sure enough, the so-called poetry meeting was gone.

How could those self-proclaimed scholars willingly make friends with a virtuous person who "covet wealth and wealth" and marry into a wealthy businessman? It would be good not to break off the robe immediately.

However, this indirectly saved him a lot of unnecessary trouble, which is also a good thing.

At night, Du Bai came to the river bank alone as usual. He originally wanted to purify and fulfill the previous agreement, but he didn't expect that there were many more talented scholars here to cool off, which made him a little funny and helpless.

Fortunately, there seemed to be a performance on the river surface tonight, with pleasure boats one by one, attracting the eyes of many people. A group of people surrounded the shore, as if they were enjoying singing and dancing, which made the chessboard farther away from there free.

Du Bai didn't dislike it, so he simply chose an empty seat and sat down. While looking at the dimly lit pleasure boat from afar, he was waiting for the arrival of the agreed person.

Until a figure stopped at the opposite position, then sat down again and then a light voice sounded, "Come on a game of chess?"
Chapter completed!