Long Wind Crossing - Chapter 156

    After Shen Ming left, that night, Gu Jiusi and Ye Shian entered the Gongyuan and began to prepare for the scientific test.

    Gu Jiusi served as the chief judge this time, and Ye Shian and Jiang He assisted. The exam questions were drawn up by Fan Xuan and handed over to Gu Jiusi the night before the exam.

    A total of three exams in Qiuwei, each of three days and nights, the first exam is the eight-part exam, the second exam is for official exchanges, and the third exam is policy theory.

    In previous years, the autumn season was usually in August. However, this year, when the new dynasty was established in the Great Xia Dynasty, the business was busy, so the autumn season was postponed to October. Gu Jiusi said that this time, the focus is on strategy and theory, and the first two exams will be enough.

    Gu Jiusi also had to accompany the candidates when they took the exam. He and Ye Shian and others had been locked in the Gongyuan all the time.

    Gu Jiusi was not good at reading before, and he was bound to cheat every time he took the test. Ask him to check the test room. He is very clear about these cheating methods. In a few days, no one dared to cheat in the whole examination room. And Gu Jiusi’s reputation for discerning and discerning is also imprinted in the candidates’ hearts.

    Nine days later, when all the candidates finished the test, the candidates came out, but the examiners had to lock them all together, wait for someone to paste their names on the papers, and they could anonymously approve the papers before they came out.

    Liu Yuru knew it, but she still had some thoughts in her heart, so when the Gongyuan opened, she arrived at the entrance of the Gongyuan early, and then saw the candidates come out one by one, some happy, some The ghosts cry and the wolf howls, and there is even one who, when he leaves the door, he runs out with his hair disheveled and barefooted, and then jumps directly over the moat.

    Liu Yuru originally came to take care of Jiusi, but she couldn’t help being attracted by these candidates. She sat in the carriage and watched them quietly.

    This is the most important time in these people’s lives.

    The hardest time is here, the hardest time is here, the most important time is here.

    The candidates know each other and talk about the exam in twos and threes. They discussed the topic and whispered to Gu Jiusi.

     “This time Gu Shangshu is the youngest examiner in history. I am citing scriptures in this article. What if he can’t see it?”

    “You don’t have to worry about that,” said another examinee, “People from Wangdu in Xiayou Prefecture, when King Liang attacked the city last year, Master Gu and King Liang’s advisors scolded the city head, and Xia happened to be next to me. People argue for half a day, and each other’s knowledge is exquisite. Although Master Gu is young, he knows everything, and it can be said that he is knowledgeable. Master Gu’s talent, Xiongtai can rest assured.”

    “Master Gu is a handsome man in public,” the previous candidate continued, “I only heard that Master Gu protects the capital, repairs the Yellow River, and destroys corrupt officials, so I only think Master Gu has the ability to work hard. , I don’t want to learn is outstanding…”

    The examinee walked past Liu Yuru as she spoke, Liu Yuru pursed her lips and listened to these people with a smile.

    She didn’t know why, listening to these people praising Gu Jiusi so much, she felt as if these people would be surprised if they really knew what kind of person Gu Jiusi was.

    Gu Jiusi stayed in the examination room for five days, and finally finished the examination paper, and then released the list.

    On the day the list was released, Gu Jiusi returned to Gu Mansion. Liu Yuru thought he would not come back until the afternoon, but Gu Jiusi rode back home early in the morning.

    He came in a hurry, Liu Yuru didn’t even get up, and fell asleep in a daze, she felt that someone was covered with chills, suddenly opened the bed and squeezed in.

    She screamed in shock, Gu Jiusi hugged her, and quickly said, “Don’t be afraid of me!”

    Liu Yuru was stunned for a while, Gu Jiusi hugged Liu Yuru, seemed extremely tired, and said vaguely: “Sleep more, I will sleep too.”

    Liu Yuru looked at the sky, but she still didn’t come back to her senses. Gu Jiusi’s eyes darkened, much more serious than when she was in Xingyang. Liu Yuru was dumbfounded, and she didn’t know Gu Jiusi Why did it come, and she didn’t know how Gu Jiusi jumped on the bed without doing anything and fell asleep. She couldn’t understand it, so she didn’t care if she thought about it, she shrank into the quilt and squeezed in.

    The two were nestled in the warm and crowded blanket, Gu Jiusi hugged Liu Yuru and sighed comfortably: “It’s better to sleep with your daughter-in-law.”

    Liu Yuru was confused, but she also felt that Gu Jiusi was right, she squeezed into his arms again, found a suitable position, and reached out to embrace him.

    When she was a little confused, she thought that her husband was still sleeping.

    Liu Yuru was pregnant and slept more. I didn’t know it before. Now that I know it, I let myself sleep at will. In addition, since Gu Jiusi was away for the past few days, she didn’t sleep very well. Now that she is back, she has calmed down and slept much more soundly. So the two slept until three poles in the sun, and Liu Yuru felt hungry, so she opened her eyes in a daze.

    She thought that Gu Jiusi was also tired and didn’t intend to disturb him. Whoever thought of her, Gu Jiusi woke up, he pulled her into his arms and said coquettishly, “I feel hungry. already.”

    “I’ll get people something to eat.”

    “Want to eat meat.”

    “Okay,” Liu Yuru said with a smile, “I’ll let someone get a table of meat.”

    Gu Jiusi rubbed on her shoulder and complained, “I won’t do this again in the future, but I’m exhausted. After reading so many papers in five days, I can’t help but look at my head. exploded.”

    Liu Yuru listened to his words and was a little strange: “Just look at the test paper, is it more tiring than repairing the Yellow River?”

    “Tired.” Gu Jiusi said decisively, “I am tired.”

    Liu Yuru pushed him up, ordered people to prepare meals and wash things, and then got up and washed himself.

    Gu Jiusi sat cross-legged on the bed, her hair was disheveled and watched Liu Yuru wash up. The husband and wife chatted casually, “Are you so afraid of reading?”

    “It’s not that I’m afraid of reading, I’m afraid of meeting people with brain problems,” Gu Jiusi scratched his head, and said a little irritably, “It’s just for me to see things, most of them are nonsense. How can something with such an unclear mind be sent here after passing the township test? I’ve been reading books for a few years, and I’m better than them.”

    Liu Yuru couldn’t help laughing when she heard this, knowing that Gu Jiusi was tired of reading the papers. She turned to a happy topic and said, “There aren’t many that make you look good?”

    “Of course there is.”

    Gu Jiusi was a little happy when he talked about this. He said several people’s articles, because he didn’t know the names, he could only comment on the content, Liu Yuru listened quietly, and read from time to time A few questions about his words. Gu Jiusi said happily, but couldn’t stop. The two of them ate together and chatted while eating. When they were about to finish eating, Gu Jiusi suddenly said, “Look, I’m talking about it. You sound boring, don’t you?”

    “No.” Liu Yuru smiled and said, “What do you say, I am happy to hear it.”

    Gu Jiusi was stunned for a while, and after a while, he put a piece of meat on Liu Yuru, leaned beside her and said, “I can’t always talk about it, you can talk about your business.”

    Liu Yuru seemed a little distressed after hearing this: “I can’t speak, I don’t know what to say.”

    “How come?”

    Gu Jiusi immediately said: “Come and tell me how you spent these nine days?”

    Liu Yuru thought about it seriously, and replied: “Get up every day, go to say hello to my in-laws, and then talk to my mother, and then go to Huarong to see, Shenxianxiang to see, and then come back , read a book, sleep.”

    Gu Jiusi listened. After Liu Yuru finished speaking, Gu Jiusi was a little puzzled: “Then what?”

    “That’s all.”

    After Liu Yuru finished speaking, Gu Jiusi was a little helpless, he asked Liu Yuru, “What have you eaten recently?”

    Liu Yuru answered everything she ate every day.

    Gu Jiusi asked her what clothes she was wearing, and Liu Yuru answered all the clothes she wore every day.

    They finished eating after talking like this, and then came the announcement that Ye Shian asked Gu Jiusi to enter the palace together. Gu Jiusi hurriedly said: “Oh, I just remembered to see Your Majesty.”

    Speaking, he hurriedly went to get the clothes, Liu Yuru knew where his clothes were usually kept, Liu Yuru took the official residence for him without haste, and at the same time took the fox fur cloak to let him People prepared tea.

    Gu Jiusi put on clothes in the shortest time, Liu Yuru sent Gu Jiusi out, Gu Jiusi was wearing official uniform and hat on his head, he draped himself a cape and tied a knot. He hurriedly said, “I’m leaving.”

    Liu Yuru got the words, but grabbed his cloak, Gu Jiusi was about to ask her what was going on, when Liu Yuru stood on tiptoe, pulled him down, and gently pressed against his cheek A light kiss.

    Gu Jiusi was stunned for a while, then looked up at Liu Yuru in surprise, Liu Yuru pursed her lips and suppressed a smile, with a bit of shyness in her eyes, and said gently, “I can’t speak, so I will give you a kiss. , so you don’t think I’m so boring.”

    When Gu Jiusi heard this, he was so happy that he hugged Liu Yuru’s face, and when Liu Yuru couldn’t be wrong, he hugged her and changed positions and kissed her face. .

    Liu Yuru was embarrassed and annoyed, and hurriedly pushed him and said, “Brother Ye is still waiting, don’t go out!”

    Gu Jiusi was very happy with the kiss, and finally gave her a hard kiss, and finally let go of her and said, “Okay, I’m really leaving.”

    Liu Yuru covered her eyes and turned her back to him: “Hurry up.”

    Gu Jiusi hugged the official document and ran out happily, Liu Yuru heard the footsteps, turned around, then turned around, heard the footsteps again, watched Gu Jiusi leaning out half of her body, brightly watching He said to her, “will you kiss me like this every day from now on?”

    Liu Yuru was enthralled by him, took a book from the bookshelf next to it and smashed it out, shouting: “If you don’t leave, I will personally send you to the palace!”

    Gu Jiusi was frightened by the violently smashed book, so she quickly retracted her head and ran away.

    When Gu Jiusi ran away, Liu Yuru laughed and said in a low voice, “childish.”

      case.

    This case occurred during the Jiazi period of Kangping in Daxia, and it is known as the river repairing case in history. This case demonstrates the tough attitude of the new emperor of the Xia Dynasty towards the aristocrats of the old dynasty. Taking the Yellow River as a guide, he established the country’s prestige thoroughly. After the case, the tyrants from all over the country have retreated, and Fan Xuan’s reputation has grown more and more among the people.

    And with Fan Xuan, the Mingjun’s reputation rising, was Gu Jiusi, who was the presiding judge of the imperial examination after finishing the case of repairing the river.

    The young and promising Gu Shangshu has risen rapidly in the political arena at an unprecedented speed. Everyone knows that if Fan Xuan forced Gu Jiusi to hold the position of Shangshu before, then after the imperial examination, his disciples quickly entered the court and spread to the imperial court. After he completed the Yellow River and accumulated popular reputation, then the position of Gu Jiusi’s Shangshu would not be forgotten. , even if it is completely seated.

    When Gu Jiusi returns from the Yellow River, he will be the third person above the entire court, second only to Zhou Gaolang and Zhang Jue.

    At this time, he was only twenty-one years old.

    For such a young man, the outside world may doubt, envy, or appreciate.

    He has become the hottest topic in the entire Eastern Capital, and his name is always after dinner. Every time Liu Yuru went out, she could hear Gu Jiusi’s name from different people.

    Politicians talk about Gu Jiusi’s career, businessmen talk about Gu Jiusi’s family, and women talk about Gu Jiusi’s handsome man.

    Liu Yuru listened to these remarks quietly, she felt as if she was carrying a piece of rough jade, and this piece of jade was polished and polished, and finally it had brilliance.

    After the autumn season, there is the palace exam. It is reasonable to say that the palace test should be held in Kaichun, but because of the Xiuhe case, the court is extremely short of manpower, so the palace test can only be arranged in advance, and the people will be arranged as soon as possible.

    So in mid-December, Gu Jiusi presided over the palace examination, and Fan Xuan personally selected the top three.

    On the day when the imperial examination ended, Gu Jiusi helped Fan Xuan back to the imperial study.

    The weather is cold, Fan Xuan is getting more and more tired, when Gu Jiusi is supporting him, he can feel his hands and feet are cold, Gu Jiusi whispered: “Your Majesty must be more careful, there are thousands of people in this summer. , are still counting on Your Majesty.”

    “Where are they counting on me?” Fan Xuan listened to Gu Jiusi’s words and smiled slowly, “They are counting on you.”

    “If there is a ruler, there will be ministers,” Gu Jiusi helped Fan Xuan to sit on the high seat, and said gently, “We are just helping your majesty.”

    Fan Xuan listened to Gu Jiusi’s words, he shook his head, he seemed a little tired, Zhang Fengxiang brought a heater to Fan Xuan, Fan Xuan held it in his hand, he leaned on the chair, and said slowly: “Everyone will grow old and die. I am almost at the end of my life. I founded Daxia, and the future Daxia belongs to you young people.”

    “Cheng Jue,” Fan Xuan coughed a few times, Zhang Fengxiang hurriedly served the medicinal tea to Fan Xuan, Fan Xuan coughed and drank the medicinal tea, and after recovering, he continued, ” I haven’t been this happy in a long time.”

    “These young people today are all very well. I am very pleased and happy. With you here, I am relieved.”

    “We are all still young,” Gu Jiusi heard Fan Xuan’s words of entrustment, and hurriedly said, “We all have to rely on Your Majesty to take care of us.”

    Fan Xuan smiled and said nothing. He raised his hand and patted Gu Jiusi on the shoulder.

    He seemed to have a lot to say, but in the end, he just said: “On the way back to Xingyang, take care of Yuru.”

    Gu Jiusi didn’t expect Fan Xuan to care about this, he was stunned for a while, then smiled and said respectfully, “Don’t worry, Your Majesty, I will take good care of my wife.”

    Fan Xuan smiled, and after a few greetings, let Gu Jiu think again.

    After Gu Jiusi left, Zhang Fengxiang added tea to Fan Xuan and said in a low voice, “Your Majesty treats Lord Gu like a real son.”

    Fan Xuan smiled when he heard Zhang Fengxiang’s words: “Looking at him, I think of when I was young.”

    Zhang Fengxiang didn’t say anything, Fan Xuan took the tea and looked out the door, the dark clouds were all over the east, and he remembered a little: “When I was young, I was like him too. It’s just that I didn’t understand him earlier, in my early years I only think about the people, the country, and power, I don’t spend much time on Niannu, and I don’t have time to discipline Yuer properly.”

    Yang Niannu is Fan Xuan’s wife and Fan Yu’s biological mother.

    Zhang Fengxiang knew that Fan Xuan had a very good relationship with this first wife, but Yang Niannu was too busy with Fan Xuan in his early years and did not take good care of him after giving birth to Fan Yu. Will die.

    After Yang Niannu’s death, even if Fan Xuan had only one son, Fan Yu, he never remarried. Many people thought that it was because of Fan Xuan’s deep love for Yang Nian, but Zhang Fengxiang heard a little more meaning from these words.

    “Your Majesty is punishing yourself now.”

    Zhang Fengxiang sighed, Fan Xuan smiled, but said: “I wanted to teach Yu’er well after ascending the throne. I didn’t expect that God would not give this time.”

    “But it’s okay,” Fan Xuan looked into the distance with a bit of bitterness in his expression, “God is not bad for the big summer.”

     As Fan Xuan said, the sky was slowly falling snow.

    Gu Jiusi wore an official robe, with his hands in his sleeves, and walked out of the palace all the way.

    Fan Xuan closed his eyes and sighed softly: “Da Xia and Gu Jiusi.”