Bai Song passed the first round, and someone led him into the small study to rest.
There are many literati in the small study, all of whom passed the exam earlier today and are waiting here.
This first round of exams is the most time-consuming, because there are so many people signing up, each with their own background, and each with their own paths. Even Yu Shinan can't favor one over the other, so he can only take the exam step by step, one by one. Comment.
There were not many literati waiting in Bai Song's small study, so it didn't seem crowded.
All the literati inside had seen what happened during the exam outside.
Bai Song's crab poem was publicly criticized in the courtyard, and the people inside could hear it clearly.
When some people saw Bai Song coming, they raised their hands to express congratulations, but there were also a few people who showed dissatisfaction, feeling that the officials of Wenshu Monastery were a little over-praised, and they were not the best of the day.
Here, Bai Song met an acquaintance again, it was Xie family brothers Xie Yuan and Xie Shang. Unexpectedly, these two people both passed the first round, and Bai Song saved them in vain.
"Mr. Bai, your crab poem is truly a masterpiece!"
"Both of you, you are not bad either. You both passed, which is impressive."
It is a joy to meet old friends.
The three of them gathered together and bowed, so polite.
Xie Yuan rubbed his nose and felt a little proud: "Young Master Bai has been praised too much."
"By the way, where is Mr. Wang Changshi?" Bai Song asked garrulously.
Xie Shang shook his head, sighed, and said nothing more.
Bai Song knew that Wang Changshi was eliminated in the first round.
"It doesn't matter. Even if you can't become a disciple of Mr. Bo Shi, there are still many famous teacher schools in the capital. Our real competition is not here, but in the Spring Examination Hall next year."
Several people were talking happily, but they didn't want to hear a disdainful sneer from around them: "Humph, you are so naive, you talk as if you have already passed the Gongsheng Examination. A group of country bumpkins, this is the capital, and they are not just cheating and cheating in your countryside. You can get through it."
The speaker was a young man in white, waving a folding fan.
His folding fan is very unique. There is no painting on the fan, only three large black characters: "Come to the temple."
Bai Song looked at the fan, not sure why, and then looked at the Xie brothers, all of them looked a little afraid.
Bai Song asked: "Who is it?"
Xie Shang lowered his voice: "Chang Sun Huan."
"Changsun Huan? Changsun Wuji's second son?"
"Hush! That's the official secretary, how can I call him by his first name!"
"Oh." Bai Song murmured softly, "It turns out that Changsun Wuji hasn't become prime minister yet."
"Mr. Bai, what are you talking about?"
"Nothing, nothing..."
I didn't expect to meet the second son of the eldest son's family in such a small academy, and he was considered a big shot.
But what is the explanation for the fan that came to the temple? Why do you look a little silly?
Bai Song was confused when Xie Yuan, who was beside him, quietly pointed to the other party's fan and lowered his voice: "Mr. Bai, did you see that fan? It was inscribed by the Emperor himself and given to Changsun Huan."
"The emperor's calligraphy treasure?" Bai Song was a little surprised, but he never thought there was such a background.
Xie Yuan whispered: "The emperor encourages the imperial examination and ordered the children of ministers in the capital to also participate. If they do not participate in the imperial examination, they will not be given official positions. As an example for the ministers, this is the first year that Lord Changsun Wuji has asked his second son to participate in the imperial examination as an example. , and signed up for further study in the academy like students all over the world. The emperor greatly appreciated this and gave him this fan as a reward. The so-called 'come to the palace' means that Changsun Huan will pass the palace examination and go to the Golden Palace to meet the emperor."
"So, this eldest son Huan is a disciple of the public? No wonder he is so arrogant."
"A public servant?" The Xie brothers couldn't understand.
Bai Song didn't explain much and asked again: "In other words, this Changsun Huan is just going through the motions here? Among the fifteen places, does he have a place anyway?"
Xie Yuan nodded, but made a silent gesture to signal to keep quiet.
"The public sect is the public sect. Let's keep our distance from him. When we come to the academy, we may all be classmates in the future. No one can offend anyone." Bai Song whispered.
In response, the Xie brothers also nodded. They had experienced life and death with Bai Song. Even if he escaped from the bandit's cell, would he still be afraid of a dandy when he arrives in the capital?
With Bai Song present, the Xie brothers became more courageous, and they felt unhappy thinking about the eldest son Huan calling them country bumpkins. And they happened to know why the eldest Sun Huan was targeting the Bai Song Dynasty. There was a legend in the capital that this eldest Sun Huan was quite fond of Princess Runan, and he once wrote something like "The breeze blows to the south, and the flowers fall to their destination." This alludes to his love for Princess Runan. Princess Runan. And this Bai Song was the candidate recommended by Princess Runan, and Princess Runan had never recommended anyone to apply for the academy. Obviously, the eldest son Huan felt uncomfortable.
So, Xie Yuan said deliberately: "Even if he is a country bumpkin, he is still a country bumpkin that Princess Runan values."
The words were neither loud nor soft, and they reached Changsun Huan's ears.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Sun Huan's face suddenly darkened. He put away his fan with a snap and stared at Bai Song coldly.
"As long as you know, if it weren't for Princess Runan's sake, do you think the people in Wenshu Monastery would not hesitate to praise her? A limerick is a limerick. No matter how artistically it is written, it is still a limerick, and it will never be on the stage. Just like you country bumpkins, even if you come to the capital, you will still be country bumpkins and you will remain country bumpkins for the rest of your life!"
Bai Song frowned slightly, thinking that it was just a matter of saying BB to you, but now you are getting more and more reckless, it seems that you will not be able to survive without a cure.
Bai Song was about to fight back, but he didn't want two more people to come in from outside.
It was the handsome brother duo we met earlier.
The beautiful woman who was shocked by Bai Song seemed to have heard Changsun Huan's words. She was indeed not afraid of this guy. She lowered her voice and said: "Changsun Huan, this is Yongxing Academy, not a flower building where you look for flowers and willows. There is no such thing here. People are spoiling you. Mr. Bosch once said that when you get to the academy, there will be no distinction of status, everyone is a student! If you continue to humiliate people like this, be careful if your husband finds out."
Seeing Yu Ji's aggressive attitude, Changsun Huan did not refute, but just snorted in a low voice: "Country bumpkin!"
At this time, Yu Ji's younger brother walked up to Bai Song and asked curiously: "Is Princess Runan good-looking? What does she look like?"
Bai Song was stunned and nodded subconsciously: "It's pretty good-looking."
"Then Princess Runan has never recommended anyone to the academy, why would she recommend you?"
As soon as this question came up, Bai Song noticed that Zhang Sun Huan's ears stood up. He pretended not to care, but focused all his attention on Bai Song.
Bai Song noticed Changsun Huan, and his heart moved, and he deliberately prolonged his voice: "You should all want to know why Princess Runan recommended me, right?"
At this moment, everyone in the small study gathered around.
Sitting here are all prominent young figures in the Tang Dynasty. They all have different identities and backgrounds, but they all share the same gossipy heart.
There are more disadvantaged families recommended this year than in previous years, but disadvantaged families are a heterogeneous group after all, and few disadvantaged families are recommended.
And people like Bai Song who were recommended by the princess were even more exceptions among exceptions. Everyone was curious about what was the story behind the princess's recommendation.
Bai Song became interested, dragged a bench over and squatted on it, waved to everyone, and motioned for everyone to come closer: "Hey, there are a lot of stories in this! How to meet the princess? Let’s talk about a flood that broke out in Ji County two months ago…”
Bai Song taught Wang Xiaohua storytelling, and she also had some skills in telling stories herself.
Just listen to Bai Song vividly telling the story of what happened in Xicheng, Jixian County in the crowd, except that he omitted the time when he fell into the water, and replaced Mo Zhu with himself as the rescuer.
What it was about was that the princess fell into the water and her life was hanging by a thread, and the young master held up a bamboo stick and risked his life to protect her. Bai Song vividly described the turbulence of the Wei River that day. The scene was so dangerous that everyone was extremely nervous.
Fortunately, the princess was rescued in the end, and the two rode the bamboo together and hugged each other all the way back to the shore.
"From then on, Her Royal Highness the Princess became grateful and somewhat close to me. Then she notified the Governor of Youzhou to arrange for her to live in my home."
Everyone was still in silence as Bai Song described the sensual feeling when he hugged the princess, and did not recover from the various delicate little movements. Suddenly, when they heard Bai Song said that the princess lived in Bai Song's home, they suddenly exclaimed, and both pairs of eyes stared at her. De Liu's round eyes seemed to say: "This melon is really awesome!"
"Wait a minute!" The handsome little brother interrupted Bai Song with a bright red face, "What did you say? The princess lives in your house?"
"Hmph! Forget it if you don't believe it!"
"I believe it, I believe it! Tell me quickly, what happened next?"
"Let me tell you, the princess took the initiative to live in my house, and I didn't say a word!"
"hiss!"
Everyone in the small study gasped, this is too exciting, isn't it?
"Hey!" Bai Song sighed at this time, "It's true that Bai is young and ignorant. This Princess Runan moved in not long ago, I...I..."
Bai Song hesitated and hesitated to speak, which made the group of people almost crazy with anxiety.
Changsun Huan couldn't help it anymore and asked hurriedly: "You, you, you, what's wrong with you?! Can you explain it clearly? What did you do to the princess?"
"I...I accidentally made a big mistake!"
At this point, the door was pushed open with a creak, and the young man marking the examination shouted: "The examination room has been cleared, and the second round of examination will begin soon."
"Oops!" Bai Song quickly stopped, "The second round of exams has begun. Let's talk about this later."
"Brother Bai, you, you, you... finish your words!"
"that is!"
A group of people were so anxious that they didn't know what a big mistake they had made.
This man and woman living together under the same roof made a mistake...
Tsk tsk...I dare not think about it!
Changsun Huan's eyes almost popped out of his head. He twisted the fan with both hands as if he were twisting the damn country bumpkin. He wished he could just hold him in his hands and strangle him to death!
