Zhou Daju went to help the beggars again and asked God for instructions.
He knelt under the altar and prayed, "O Great Immortal! The disciple plans to enter the Beijing meeting to test, whether you can enter the army or not, you still have to ask your old man to make it clear first, because entering Beijing is not better than the provincial city, thousands of miles, or I will not go, so as not to waste the flower plate fee. I can only ask the Great Immortal, nothing can hide from the eyes of the gods, I was lifted this time, because you always told me to carry the big brick platform, tired is a little tired, but in the end it is the middle. Whether I can be a jinshi this time, how can I win a jinshi, you tell the disciple as it is! ”
The one who wielded the pen was still the one who urged the narrow ghost, and as soon as he heard his prayer, he became more and more confused, how could the big brick platform make him lift it? This time, I can't let him bump into any ghost line when he is thinking, and let him carry a big brick platform, thousands of miles, and crush you boy! Thinking about it, a poem appeared on the sand table with a wooden stick:
Entering Beijing can not be afraid of bitterness,
A stone table is required to press the back.
Can't take a car to walk,
The soldier will be in hand!
Obedient yay! This son can make Zhou Daju create a sin, and he is obedient to the words of the Great Immortal, not to mention letting him carry the Big Yantai into Beijing, that is, letting him carry the stone grinding on his back, he will definitely not doubt it at all. Because the capital is far away, he had to leave early, take a servant to pick up the bag, he really wrapped the big stone platform with a large quilt, carried on his back, sixty or seventy pounds of hard stones of course oppressed people, but he had a self-explanation: "The merit of the jinshi is higher than that of the people, naturally he should suffer a little more than the provincial city!" On the way, the servants wanted to carry it for him, and he not only did not let go, but also stared at him and shouted, "What, do you want to fight with my grandfather to enter the army 1?" He was as pious as wudang worshipping the golden dome, so that the top of the heel, wind and rain rushed to Beijing, it was already dark, so he rushed to the examination room in a hurry, and when he ran to the door of the examination room, the gate of the examination room - the dragon gate was closed! This is really over, although people have not yet been crushed to death, and the name of the merit is finished!
During the feudal dynasty, the examination was called the state's talent ceremony, the system was also extremely strict, no one was allowed to enter or leave the dragon gate, and you had the talent to learn, and it was in vain that you could not enter the scene. Besides, Zhou Daju was a stroke of luck, how could he have come late when he had left earlier? It is because I am too tired to carry this big stone platform, and I can't walk fast before I take a step late. The examination room sealed the dragon gate on schedule, is this not the tiredness of the big brick platform? The show talents in his hometown who played with him this time were on the nonsense, and Zhou Daju would not be able to try it! He put the big brick platform towards the dragon door, and sat on the top of the brick platform and cried bitterly.
The sky has not yet paid five more, four more, the royal street is silent, Zhou Daju people are crying so sad, suddenly there is a team of lights in the distance, it is a large car with eight, the big official sitting in the car heard the crying, he asked: "What kind of person is crying outside the dragon gate of the royal examination hall at night?" Disturb the forbidden place, grab it and ask! ”
Upon questioning, Zhou Daju reported his name according to the truth, and said that in the three years of the ceremony, thousands of miles came to Beijing to take the exam, did not want to be only half a day late, mistakenly appeared, was sealed outside the dragon gate, and wept bitterly while talking.
The senior official snorted and said, "So to seek fame, and the heart is so cut, I think there must be ink in the belly, come!" Give him a name post, let him go to the door to take the exam, get up! "Drop a big red poster, he wants to borrow the light to see, but there is no street lamp, only to see zhang Dahong's famous post, I think it is always a big official, otherwise can I sit in the eight-up car? Calling the door should not be called, he tucked the name sticker through the crack of the dragon door, and this plug was lively inside.
Inside the dragon gate was brightly lit, and the person on duty saw a huge red film, and there were only three big words on it: "Wei Zhongxian"! The head on duty was frightened, he knew that Wei Zhongxian was a great eunuch who was known as nine thousand years old, and even the people in the capital knew that Wei Zhongxian was the second imperial court. Indeed, in the Ming Dynasty dynasty at that time, the eunuch Wei Zhongxian became a close confidant of the emperor, and the power fell to the opposition, and he also served as the "secret service agency" of the Dongchang Admiral, and was a great traitor who plundered the government of the dynasty, did no evil, framed Zhongliang, and brought calamity to the country and the people. However, the officials who tended to be inflamed and attached to the situation were still afraid that they would not be able to settle down, and the ministers of culture and military affairs in various provinces built shrines for him one after another and prostrated their heads in prayer.
At this time, Wei Zhongxian's business card was sent into the examination room, and the examiner who led the examiner who read the paper hurriedly ran to the dragon gate to kneel, for fear of upsetting Wei Zhongxian, and he would not die or peel off his skin when he snorted.
The lord examiner knelt down and did not even dare to come out of the atmosphere, and his heart was beating a drum: "Is it not the examiners who have sinned for nine thousand years?" Or did I do something inappropriate and let Chitose Grandpa come and ask him? Thinking about it, the beads of sweat of soybeans rolled straight on his face, and the duty asked, "Lord, can the dragon door open?" ”
The main examiner knows that according to the provisions of the state, in order to prevent cheating in private messages, after the dragon gate of the examination room is sealed, the dragon gate is not allowed to open unless the emperor arrives or is under the holy will. Now when the age of nine thousand years has arrived, the king's law of the country does not count, his old man is bigger than the king's law, he is the king's law!
As soon as the dragon gate sounded, the officials inside the door were about to shout "Knock on Chitose Ye", but there was no Wei Zhongxian under the light, only Zhou Shi, who was so tired that his legs were unstable. The town field guards were preparing to arrest it, but the main examiner hurriedly stopped and carefully inquired about the way. At this time, Zhou Shi saw the official in the black python robe kneeling on the ground, and he was also confused, and said in his heart that the person who gave him the film was at least a prince! He couldn't say anything, only that because he was late, Wang Ye wanted him to come to the entrance examination. The main examiner did not interrogate him, and immediately arranged for him to go down, send out papers and test questions, and let him make an article in the number.
This is even more difficult to spoil Zhou Shi, the questions of the entrance examination are more difficult than those of the examiners, and he cannot even recognize the words of the test questions. There was no more rutting, only to put down the big brick platform and sit quietly in the trumpet. Until the appearance, he did not make a word, only wrote his name and hometown. As for the article volume is too clean, hand over a white paper!
He was recommended by the nine-thousand-year-old, and of course the examiner paid great attention to his article, but he did not expect it to be a white scroll, so he hurriedly picked it up and personally presented it to the main examiner. The main examiner was an extremely intelligent person, he took the white scroll, groaned for half a moment, and said to the examiner who was looking at the paper: "This Zhou someone is really a very intelligent person, and handed us a white paper!" ”
The examiner was stunned: "What is going on, the lower official does not understand, please ask the adult to enlighten." ”
The examiner laughed, "Why hasn't the dude turned the corner yet?" Do you think that if he is a person who can't even do articles, can Nine Thousand Years give him a business card to let him in? The reason why he entered the scene and handed in the white paper was because he knew that the papers of the kaojinshi were to be published to the whole country, especially sometimes the emperor had to read it, so this article could not only be read from the past, it must be excellent, otherwise it would not only not add glory to the face of the nine thousand years old, but would it also smear it?
The examiner nodded and asked, "This Zhou someone is not sure to make a good article!"
The examiner: "Not bad."
Examiner: "Then how dare he foul up and hand over the white paper?"
The examiner pressed his hand on the white scroll and said, "Why hasn't your brother realized it yet?" This is exactly where someone in zhou is cautious. ”
"How?"
"You don't think about it, he is a nine-thousand-year-old man, even if he is handed over, who will dare to punish him?" Because he wanted to come up with an excellent article that could be put out and overwhelmed by everyone, he was so cautious that he simply did not write down, got a white scroll, and only filled in a name to send it, did not he clearly want the examiner who read the paper to do the last one for him? ”
"Oh! As it turns out, this week Gong is really smart and a talent on the road. ”
"Yes, then your brother will work hard for him once, right?"
So Zhou Shi was a jinshi again!