Chapter 504: August 8th, the Beginning of Autumn!

On the eve of the imperial examination, it was destined to be uneasy. At this moment, after Shangguan Yan struggled for a while, he finally knocked on his teacher's door...

"Bang, bang"

Shangguan Yan was not at peace in his heart because he was not yet sure, or rather did not believe, that the teacher he had always respected would be like this...

"Who?"

Baibo's voice came from inside the house,

"It's me, teacher,"

"Oh, it's you, come in,"

Shangguanyan opened the door and walked in. At this moment, Baibo was sitting on the edge of the bed, soaking his feet.

He rolled up his trousers and held a book in his hand, reading by the candlelight on the table.

Under the firelight of the candle, his hair was pale and his face was old, but he had a temperament,

The unique temperament of a scholar,

This temperament becomes more and more precipitated with age.

Anyone with this kind of temperament is a well-educated person who is respected.

Shangguan Yan looked at it blankly. From the moment he entered the Hanlin Academy, he became Bai Bo's disciple!

A teacher is someone who teaches, teaches, and resolves doubts.

In a place like the Hanlin Academy, the title of master and apprentice is even more important!

But……

"Is it because of what happened just now?"

Baibo was still concentrating on reading the book. He said without raising his head: "Don't think too much. You didn't mean it. Nothing happened. Go to bed early."

Shangguan Yan thought for a while and said in a deep voice: "The fire in the study just now was not caused by me...it was you."

"It was indeed me. If I hadn't fallen, you wouldn't have..."

Shangguan Yan interrupted him and said, "That's not what I meant. You should know..."

"Um?"

Baibo raised his head, looked deeply at Shangguan Yan and said, "What do you mean?"

"You should understand what I mean,"

Shangguan Yan took a deep breath and asked in a deep voice: "I just want to ask you, why do you do this? Is it because Wang Kang is the chief official of the imperial examination?"

"What's wrong with you tonight? You said some incomprehensible things. I'm going to have a rest. I have to go to the examination room tomorrow."

As he spoke, Bobo lifted his feet from the basin, wiped them with a cloth, and said, "When you go out, pour the water for washing your feet."

"teacher!"

Shangguan Yan's voice suddenly rose: "I just want to know an answer!"

"At that time, the examination papers were closed, and it was you who suggested marking them. At that time, I discovered that the ink you used had a strange smell."

"And Zhuo Qianhe also used...and in the study room, you accidentally fell down, and I was busy trying to caress you. You knocked down the candle on purpose,"

"After the window of the storage room was broken, I was the second one to go in. I was busy rescuing the test questions and didn't pay attention. After thinking about it, I realized that there was an off-topic mark..."

Shangguan Yan asked excitedly: "These various explanations..."

Baibo asked coldly: "What does it mean?"

"I want to hear it from your own words..."

"You already know this, why are you still asking?"

Seeing Bai Bo's cold face at this moment, Shangguan Yan stared in disbelief. For the first time, he felt that his teacher was so strange!

"You are a Hanlin bachelor and a model of literati!"

Shangguan Yan said: "How can you do such a thing, and it just so happens that when you do this, I am always by your side!"

"Everyone knows that I come from a Shangguan family and am an old noble!"

"If it breaks out later, Wang Kang will only doubt me... Why did you do this!"

Shangguan Yan said like venting,

"I naturally have my reasons for doing this,"

Baibo said coldly: "You can go to Wang Kangdu and make it clear, it's not too late!"

"Teacher, you..."

"go out!"

Bai Bo shouted directly,

Shangguan Yan looked at it blankly, then turned and walked to the door. He did not carry the basin of foot-washing water.

"You think you did it perfectly, but we know that Wang Kang may not be able to know..."

After Shangguan Yan finished speaking, he went out and left.

Baibo, on the other hand, was looking at the ground in trance. He did not take away the water for washing his feet.

He used to do things like this all the time,

Does this mean that the relationship between master and disciple is over?

Wang Kang...

Baibo's faint voice sounded in the room...

At this moment, somewhere in Kyoto, in an ordinary courtyard, several bungalows were still brightly lit even though it was late at night.

There are tables and chairs in several rooms, all filled with people, including old people wearing Confucian robes, scribes wearing long robes...

There was a man pacing anxiously at the door. He was Shen Yu, the son of Huaiyin Marquis Shen Yuanchong.

"Why aren't you here? Something went wrong, right?" He murmured,

"Bang, bang,"

At this time, there were several continuous knocks on the door, three long and one short!

Hearing this, Shen Yu was immediately overjoyed and hurriedly opened the door. A man in black clothes handed him a piece of tissue paper from his arms.

"Master, here are the test questions,"

Shen Yu asked: "Do you have both the main topic and the preparations?"

The man in black said: "The preparation of the question is complete, but the main topic is somewhat lacking."

"What a waste!"

Shen Yu cursed secretly, and then said: "It doesn't matter, the test tomorrow is about preparation questions, so it's not bad."

"You just wait here, wait for the answer to be made, and then spread it out..."

"yes!"

After that, Shen Yu took the tissue paper, entered the room, and quickly arranged it.

It turns out that this is a secret place arranged by Shen Yuanchong. The purpose of the placement is to provide answers!

Answers to science exam questions!

This is the goal that he is confident to accomplish. Among these people, if you are knowledgeable, you will find that

These people who wrote the questions are all very famous beings, and among them are quite famous literary figures, each with their own specialties!

I will definitely be able to give you a perfect answer...

There is no need to do this in the first place. Usually, after the test questions are given, an answer will be given. It is not complete, but it can also be regarded as an outline.

But Wang Kang changed the system and did not provide answers in advance, so Shen Yuanchong made such an arrangement. All of this is for tomorrow's fraud...

A night of unrest will eventually pass,

The time came on the second day,

August 8th, the beginning of autumn!

It’s also the day when the imperial examination starts!

It was already three years since the imperial examination was held for the first time in the year when Emperor Zhao succeeded to the throne.

In that imperial examination, a large-scale fraud broke out. In the same examination room, all the candidates had the same paper, and even one punctuation mark was correct!

What's even more bizarre is that no clues were found afterwards, no clue as to how the fraud was committed...

This year’s scientific examination is destined to attract national attention.

Because this is another one opened by Zhao Huang three years ago, and it is also the year when the restructuring will be announced!

The specific restructuring has been announced two days ago. The content of the scientific examination focuses on changes and system changes!

Moreover, the chief official was the controversial Wang Kang from the Earl's Palace of Fuyang, who was recommended by Emperor Zhao against all opinions...

Under various circumstances, this year’s imperial examinations are even more closed than ever before!
Chapter completed!