When Zhu Cheng saw his old friend visiting, he greeted him with a smile, but before he finished laughing, Li Yongzhen ordered to come forward and take someone.

Zhu Cheng thought Li Yongzhen was joking: Wei Zhongxian, the most unlikely person to capture Zhu Cheng in the entire Ming Dynasty. Not to mention the friendship between Zhu Cheng and Wei Zhongxian, the great contribution he made had to make Wei Zhongxian think about it again and again before taking action. Could it be that the trafficker who took Wei Zhongxian's grandson was arrested and told Wei Zhongxian that he was not his grandson?

Li Yongzhen was not a joke, he was really playing. Two Dongchang players stepped forward, one left and one right, and took him off the carriage. Zhu Youjian stepped forward to stop him. Although he often trained in the military camp and was stronger than ordinary children, these two Dongchang players were taller and taller, Kong Wu was powerful, and Zhu Youjian could beat him. Fortunately, Zhu Youjian was the younger brother of Emperor Tianqi, and Dongchang players did not dare to do anything to him.

Although Zhu Youjian captured the two Dongchang men's faces, he still couldn't save Zhu Cheng.

The Dongchang manuscript behind him was one by one, and he was carried forward in a soft sedan chair, and Zhu Cheng was stuffed into the sedan chair.

At this moment, Zhu Cheng and Zhu Youjian were both stunned.

Li Yongzhen urged him to come forward and smiled and said, "Mr. Zhu, Mr. Zhu, our family is not here to arrest Zhu Cheng for trial this time. I am here by the order of the factory to escort Zhu Cheng to Beijing for the exam."

Zhu Youjian said angrily: "Then why don't you talk well? I was so scared that I thought Brother Cheng had caused another big disaster."

Li Yongzhen muttered a little embarrassedly: "I'll just make a joke when people say that Zhu Cheng has a cunning man who has not changed his face when he collapses in front of him. But I don't know that the master didn't say anything, you..."

Li Yongzhen's voice became lower and lower, and he couldn't hear the following words clearly.

Zhu Cheng opened the curtains and asked, "I still have to go to Beijing for a scholar. Isn't it over here?"

"Mr. Zhu, you are not taking the exam for scholars, but you are taking the exam for Juren."

"Oh, Eunuch Wei can actually change the rules of the scientific examination and let me, a person who has not obtained the qualification of a scholar, take the exam directly for the juren?"

"No, even the emperor cannot change the scientific examination system. However, Eunuch Wei wisely donated a student to Lord Zhu in the Imperial College, and the student can directly take the imperial examination. This year, there happened to be a provincial examination in Beijing, so I sent me to pick up Lord Zhu for the exam. Eunuch Wei was worried that Lord Zhu was frightened and found many reasons to refuse, so he sent a villain to escort you into the examination room. The exam date is approaching, and I have traveled day and night, and finally found you."

"What a joke? I, Mr. Zhu, have all the troops coming here. A small provincial examination. I, I... am really a little stage frightened..."

While training and teaching, Zhu Cheng also learned Chinese with Wen Donglai, Ruan Dacheng and Feng Menglong's subordinates. In addition to learning a beautiful Guange style calligraphy, he also made eight-legged articles that are interesting. Wen Donglai and Feng Menglong failed to get the exams many times and are not considered good at eight-legged articles, but Ruan Dacheng is a Jinshi on two lists. How bad can the students taught? However, Zhu Chengkong has the skills of slaying dragons, but he has never tried it. Although he was forced to brag once by Queen Zhang last time, it was just bragging and he really didn't take it to heart. This time he drove the ducks on the shelves, and he felt a little guilty.

Zhu Youjian walked to the front of the sedan chair and saw that there was a lot of space inside the sedan chair. He squeezed in and said, "I will go back to Beijing, and I will stand up and cheer for you."

Zhu Cheng and Zhu Youjian were children, and they were not too heavy together. The sedan chair man lifted the sedan chair and walked like the wind. Even so, he walked for more than half a month before he arrived in Beijing.

Zhu Youjian jumped out of the sedan chair and said, "The sedan chair is much slower than a carriage, but it is a little more comfortable than a carriage. I can bear it even if I go further."

The sedan chairwoman rubbed his shoulders and smiled bitterly. We couldn't stand it.

It was already noon on the eighth day of the eighth month when we arrived in Beijing, and there was still one day left to leave the provincial examination. Zhu Cheng was still a little leisurely and Li Yongzhen said anxiously: "Sir Zhu, why don't you hurry to the tribute school, and the exam is about to be taken."

"Don't you take the exam on the ninth day of the eighth month? Don't bully me for not taking the provincial exam."

"The exam is taken on the ninth day of August, but you will be admitted on the eighth day of August."

"Will the Gongyuan issue pens, ink, paper and inkstone? If not, then let's buy pens and inkstones as soon as possible. Oh, you didn't say it earlier."

"I heard that the tribute court only distributes paper, and you must bring your own other things."

The two were discussing, and suddenly they heard the sound of gongs coming from afar. They just chatted but didn't hear it. It was not until the team arrived in front of them that they realized that it was Wei Zhongxian patrolling the streets.

When Wei Zhongxian saw Zhu Cheng, he was very surprised and said, "Zhu Cheng, you finally arrived. These days, I have sent people outside the city to greet you every day, but I can't wait, and I'm worried that you won't be able to make the exam."

Zhu Cheng said: "I was just thinking about visiting the mansion, but Li Yongzhen said that the first national examination was to enter the market on August 8th. I thought I hadn't bought a pen yet and was discussing where to buy it."

"Hahaha, why bother with these little things? I've prepared it for you."

As he said that, Wei Zhongxian waved his hand and a little eunuch came forward with a big basket.

Zhu Cheng said: "Why do you need to prepare so many things?"

"Zhu Cheng, you have to go in the provincial examination one day in advance and eat it at night. There is still a whole day in the exam the next day, so you have to eat it on this day. There is also water. There is water in the tribute court, but it is just raw water. If you drink it and have a stomachache, isn't it delayed?"

Zhu Cheng opened the basket and saw that he was ready. In addition to the black paper and inkstone, there were also kettles and food. Wei Zhongxian served the emperor and was a very careful person. Considering that it was inconvenient to use fire in the tribute court, all foods prepared without heating and were not easy to deteriorate. What's more considerate is that Wei Zhongxian actually prepared filthy paper for him.

"What else is there to be a shortcoming, just say, I'll ask someone to buy it right away."

"It's probably gone, then I'll go to the tribute court now."

"What's the hurry? Li Yongzhen will send you there. Let's go for dinner first, and then leave. You won't want to go to the tribute court for dinner, right?"

The group went to the most luxurious restaurant in the capital. The restaurant had so many dishes and exquisitely made, which was breathtaking. Wei Zhongxian, Zhu Youjian, Zhu Cheng and Li Yongzhen were very happy. Because he was so happy, Wei Zhongxian even drank a little wine. However, Zhu Cheng was very restrained and he didn't want to be the first person to die in the exam room because of his fullness and indigestion. Li Yongzhen did not dare to drink, because Wei Zhongxian had already said that he would send Zhu Cheng to the exam room. If drunkenness made a mistake, not everyone could bear the anger of the factory.

The sun sets westward, and Li Yongzhen takes Zhu Cheng straight to the tribute courtyard.

Although it was dusk, there were still people queuing up at the gate of the Gongyuan. The Gongyuan was already open in the morning and candidates were allowed to enter. However, the Ming Dynasty attached great importance to science and education, so the soldiers checked the entrainment carefully. They opened their hair to see if there were any cheats, cut the soles of the shoe to see if there were any entrainment... so it was particularly delayed.

Of course, Li Yongzhen would not line up, so he led Zhu Cheng directly to the gate. The group of scholars couldn't help but feel funny, waiting for the two of them to be forked out. This year, from morning to night, people kept walking through the back door, and wanted to enter the venue without queuing, but they were all forked out by the soldiers. Not only did they not get into the queue, but they were greatly embarrassed.

When he arrived at the door, the captain on duty reached out and stopped him, saying, "Look in line for inspection."

Li Yongzhen took out a wooden sign and handed it to him.

He took the wooden sign and looked at it, saying, "Dongchang Inspectorate. Dongchang also needs to line up. This is the national talent simultaneous ceremony, so it is difficult to open the back door."

Although he still refused, his tone became much softer and he did not ask the soldiers to fork out the two men.

"You flip through the sign and look at the name above."

The man flipped over the wooden sign and said, "Even if it is a big shot, it's... Wei, Wei, Wei..."

"What's the point of feeding me? Take it. This is what the adults gave me to Lord Zhu."

Then the man noticed that Zhu Cheng's clothes were very wrong. The embroidered patterns looked like dragons. After counting, they had four claws, which were python robes. Who would wear python robes to take the exam these days? Isn't it bullying? Are you planning to be angry to the main tester who is not qualified to wear python robes, or are you trying to be jealous or a white scholar?

The selfless Bao Gong in front of him immediately turned into a servile and charming dog: "Sir, please go here."

Zhu Cheng looked back at the candidates who were still queuing up, and felt very happy. The feeling of privilege is great.
Chapter completed!