The master doesn't want the monk to say

Chapter 50

Spring exams are coming soon.

Chiruo said that he had never seen the Spring Examination, so Hua Ziyao asked the little emperor for a token to leave the palace, and took Chiruo to visit the Spring Examination.

The spring test is a written test for civil servants.

Since it is held every three years, there are many people who come here for reference. This year, especially in the past few months, Beijing and China are always more lively than usual.

Jingzhong schools or study buildings are often full of people, most of whom are studying and revising, and have a good style of study.

Most children also go to school at this time, mainly for elementary school.

As a prince, Xiao Jiu has already started to learn to read, and his literary knowledge is always more profound than other children, naturally even better than Xiao Lian.

Xiaolian is not convinced, but following Xiaojiu to study in the imperial study is always against the rules.So Xiao Lian held his breath and asked Chi Ruo to teach him.

If he is a monk, he can teach Xiao Lian some simple things, but he always unconsciously brings them to the Buddhist scriptures.

Hua Ziyao was very busy and couldn't spare time.

When they left the palace this time, they also wanted to find a famous old gentleman in Beijing, so that Xiao Lian could go to school with the other children.

Xiao Lian was very happy when he knew that he was going out of the palace. He stayed in the palace, Xiao Jiu could not play with him all the time, Chi Ruo's teaching methods were often stretched, and he would ask Hua Ziyao for help from time to time.

Hua Ziyao is not free all the time, and everyone feels that it is not enough to spare a little time in the busy schedule.

So, they decided to send Xiao Lian out of the palace and return to the palace for three days in half a month.

Xiao Lian was very willing at first, but when it came time to leave the palace, he was reluctant to part with Xiao Jiu, and did not want to go to Beijing Zhongmeng Xue Academy again.

But small practice small return small, the reason still makes sense.

Chi Ruo and Hua Ziyao took turns to fight, and after explaining such and such reasons to him, Xiao Lian reluctantly nodded, but asked to return to the palace to stay with his father for five days.

Chi Ruozhen was very reluctant when it was time to send Xiao Lian away, so he nodded and agreed.

In this way, Xiao Lian will only be away for 20 days in January, and they will not stay in the palace for a long time, so Chi Ruo told Xiao Lian that there is not much time, so they should study hard.

Watching helplessly as Xiao Lian was taken away by the little teacher from Changyuan Academy carrying the little burden they had prepared for him, he turned his head back and forth at them, "Daddy!"

Chiruo actually felt a bit reluctant, Hua Ziyao waved his hand, telling Xiao Lian to go in quickly instead of dawdling.

Then he turned around and left with Chi Ruo, pretending that he didn't see Chi Ruo's slightly red eyes.

He pretended not to see it, but Chi Ruo said, "I feel very sad, he is so small."

Hua Ziyao nodded, "This is reluctance. Congratulations, you understand another emotion."

"But it's too uncomfortable," Chi Ruo sniffed, "Actually, it's okay if he doesn't study, I can teach him to study scriptures."

"Xiao Lian said that he wants to learn, so let him learn!" Hua Ziyao put his arms around the monk, "If he doesn't want to learn, I can teach him some kung fu. Not to mention the top master, he can also protect himself or draw his sword to help."

Chi Ruo disagrees very much, "Whatever you want to learn, you must study hard, and you should not give up halfway."

Hua Ziyao: "...I just comfort you."

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The location of the spring test is the Gongyuan next to the original Moge, the largest library in the capital.

Before the candidates could enter, when the invigilator inspected the examination room for the last time, Hua Ziyao led Chi Ruo to a high place. In the tribute courtyard, there was a small separated room with a corridor in the middle for the invigilator to patrol the examination room.

The small room has the necessary four treasures of the study, as well as clean water and dry food.

The spring test is a literary test, divided into three sessions, one session per day, and admission at Chenshi. The first session is mainly for poetry and prose, the second is for policy questions, and the third session is for candidates to write their own compositions. Extract from a sentence.

It was only a moment before Mao Shi, and there was already a long queue outside the Gongyuan, and candidates came from different streets one after another.

"These are all selected through various examinations," Hua Ziyao embraced Chi Ruo and jumped to the other side of the original ink pavilion, looked down and said to Chi Ruo, "There are many real scholars among them, but now Qi Ruo The government dominates the court, and it is rare for those who enter the court to be officials to be innocent."

Chi Ruo nodded, not interested in the fight for power, "So many people?"

Hua Ziyao sneered, "There are so many people who only live for this all their lives. Studying is gaining fame, and seeking power is the only way to get into the upper class."

"why?"

"Because it's human!"

If the edict calls out the Buddha's name, "All living beings suffer from their mediocrity."

Hua Ziyao said: "If you take the Buddhadharma as proof and cross the sea of ​​suffering, others will not thank you, but blame you for disturbing their pursuit."

Chi Ruo frowned, "Why?"

"Everyone has their own pursuits and ideas. The pain is long and small, and the happiness is short and huge." Hua Ziyao lowered her eyes and looked down. "In this life, many times, people will ignore small pains and turn to pursue big ones. happy."

"But everyone's pursuit is different, and the happiness they get or want to get is also different."

"How can you prove that the end of the sea of ​​suffering is their happiness?" Hua Ziyao said.

Chi Ruo glanced at Hua Ziyao, "It's not to seek a place of happiness, but to seek peace of mind."

"If you want peace of mind, you can do it anywhere," Hua Ziyao said, "Then what's the point of realizing the Buddhadharma?"

Chi Ruo was speechless, and after a while he said, "Perhaps, this is the reason why I came here."

Hua Ziyao glanced at him and stopped talking.

After a while, there was a sudden commotion outside the tribute courtyard.

I saw a young man tightly clutching the skirt of a young man, Hua Ziyao led Chi Ruo and stood tall, except for seeing the chaos below, and the long line seemed to be divided into three groups intentionally or unintentionally, the situation was unknown.

"What's going on?" Chi Ruo turned around and asked.

Without saying a word, Hua Ziyao jumped from a high place and landed steadily on the second floor, "Just look here and you'll know."

Sure enough, after a while, a long line was divided into three teams in the chaos.

The young man who grabbed the son was a team, most of them were filled with righteous indignation, shouting that the law of heaven is unfair.

Most of the people standing behind the arrested young master were people in fine clothes and brocade clothes. There were not many people, but Shengzai brought many servants and stared aggressively at this group of helpless scholars.

The rest of the team consisted of spectators and persuaders, headed by a young man in a blue shirt, and the rest shouted from time to time that the exam was imminent, and so on, but were buried by the voices of those who were filled with righteous indignation.

After arguing for a while, seeing the officers and soldiers coming, Chi Ruocai will understand, but he still looked at Hua Ziyao with some doubts, as if he could get all the answers from Hua Ziyao.

Hua Ziyao's eyes were full of sarcasm, "As I said, it is rare for those nominated to be officials on the list to be innocent, and most of them have to do with Duke Qi."

"These scholars have been studying for half their lives and came to Beijing to take part in the exam. Maybe someone leaked the news and told the news that they could be listed as high officials by bribing Prince Qi and other officials, so that the group of people were only for reference. The scholars who have achieved fame and fame know about it, so they made such a good show." Hua Ziyao was thinking of watching a play.

Chi Ruo looked at the unmoving team standing aside, "Not all of them know."

"No," Hua Ziyao didn't care, "That group of people also know about it, but except for these young masters on the list, there are still places. But it's just a matter of participating in the way of being wise and protecting one's life."

Chi Ruo lowered his eyes, "It's so unfair!"

Just as he was talking, officers and soldiers arrived and took away all the troubled candidates.

For a while, there was an uproar outside the tribute courtyard.

The young master straightened his clothes, a little like a fighting rooster triumphantly, and asked his servants to stop an officer and soldier, and pointed to the young man who was being held tightly, that is, the examinee who had just grabbed his collar.

The moment he took the person, a piece of silver slipped out of his arms, and the officer and soldier narrowed their eyes with a smile, and shouted, "Take it, take these troublemakers back, and lock them up in the prison, waiting to be dealt with!"

A little panic flashed in Chi Ruo's eyes, "This group of officers and soldiers are so outrageous, how should those group of scholars deal with them?"

Hua Ziyao looked at Chi Ruo's slightly flustered expression, and a hint of amusement flashed in his eyes, "I was detained for more than a month, and then I was released."

Seeing that Chi Ruo seemed to be relieved, Hua Ziyao said again: "Then he was sent back to his original place, and he will not be able to refer to it for life."

Chi Ruo looked at him, Hua Ziyao smiled, "No reference, for a group of scholars who can only hold a book, maybe they live by painting and calligraphy, but they will end up in poverty all their lives, and there is no way to stand out. hour."

"Isn't it too unfair?" Chi Ruo felt a little unbearable and resentful.

The corners of Hua Ziyao's lips curled slightly, and continued: "This is the essence of this world."

Chi Ruo lowered his eyes, "If you don't pursue these famous things outside your body, how can you suffer today?"

"This time, that time"

After such a toss, the Gongyuan let people in early, and it was only three incense sticks before Chenshi.

The young man who grabbed the young master's skirt was left behind and brought to the young master, with some inexplicable and puzzled expression on his face.

People went in one after another around, and some people stopped to watch another good show.

Before going in, the young master in a green shirt stopped and looked up, Chi Ruo happened to meet his eyes.

Young Master Qingshan gave him a slight nod and smiled as a gesture, and walked into the gate of the Gongyuan.

Chi Ruo looked at Hua Ziyao, "He saw us."

Hua Ziyao looked a little unhappy, and said softly: "You were so excited just now, I think everyone who is smarter down here should know about it."

Chiruo lowered his head, it was just that he was more emotionally ups and downs, he has always been like this recently, he is not always calm, and sometimes he wants to cry when Xiao Lian is so angry.

He frowned slightly, he hadn't felt the Buddha's heart for a while.

If Chi turned his head, it seemed that there were not many clever people down there, at least the young man in blue had noticed it.

He turned his head and glanced at Hua Ziyao, then turned his head, the young scholar who was supposed to be unable to tie a chicken or catch a duck unexpectedly pushed the young master to the ground while no one was looking.

The servants on the side rushed forward and rescued their master with all their might. Their clothes and hair accessories were a little messy, but it didn't affect the aura they should have in the slightest.

The little boy howled: "You! You! You!"

"This young master kindly tried to find a way out for you. You just don't appreciate it. Why bother to hurt both?!" How well you did in the exam, don’t laugh your ass off if you don’t even get on the list!”

The servant next to him laughed out loud in response to the occasion, as if he was bound to laugh his teeth off.

The young master glared at them again, and strode into the tribute courtyard with a flick of his sleeves.

The young man stood there in a daze for a while, then turned around and wanted to leave, unwilling to take the exam.

But the conscientious servants surrounded him and sent him to the Gongyuan just like that.

The person in charge of the tribute courtyard is also a discerning person, and said coldly: "This tribute courtyard is a place for exams, you come in and want to go out, you can't treat this as an inn!"

The young man pursed his lips tightly and stared at the manager for a long time. The manager was a middle-aged man, and he seemed to have seen this kind of young man with backbone. After saying "please" three times without changing his expression, he went He didn't speak anymore, and he just stood still while others stared at him.

The young man seemed a little discouraged, and seemed to have figured it out again, with anger still erupting in his eyes, he stepped heavily into the Gongyuan.