Fantasy: Starting out as a gigolo, born a Confucian sage

Cui Zu'e looked at Su Yue'e and Chu Pingshan in confusion, "You... don't you know Mr. Shen's results?"

"He's on the list..." Su Yue'e said hesitantly.

"Yes... he's on the list." Cui Zu'e blinked, "But it's on the gold list."

"Gold list?" Su Yue'e was incredulous at first, then turned to look at Shen Wuming with a face full of surprise.

Shen Wuming nodded, "Yes."

"Gold list..."

Chu Pingshan's expression became serious. After all, he was in the officialdom and was now a fourth-rank Guangwu general.

Naturally, he also knew some gossip.

He turned his head slowly, "I heard that there was only one person on the gold list this time, it wouldn't be..."

"It's Mr. Shen." Cui Zu'e smiled, "So, Mr. Shen is now famous in Dingzhou!"

Chu Pingshan blurted out, "Are you that monster?"

Shen Wuming had no expression on his face, although he had secretly scolded the guy who dominated the gold list many times as a monster.

But when others said this to him, he still felt a little speechless.

After a while, everyone finally accepted this reality.

Especially when the candidates of the Imperial Academy sent the examination papers for the second exam, the whole Shouting Marquis Mansion was in a boiling state.

Although the first subject was on the gold list, it did not mean that he had passed the autumn exam.

But normally, as long as the results of the second exam were not too bad, a place was basically locked.

At the same time, the three words "Shen Wuming" once again resounded throughout Zhongshan County and even Dingzhou!

As the top of the list, and the unprecedented dominance of the gold list, the Imperial Academy also made some explanations.

Even his test paper was posted outside the Zhongshan County Imperial Academy, and the Imperial Academy of other counties also had someone copy a copy and posted it outside.

Whether it was the first "Soldiers' Chariot" or the second "Shang Yang", they won praise from all the candidates.

These two poems alone were enough to convince the entire Dingzhou candidates, and no one had any objection to his dominance of the gold list.

After all, even in the palace examinations of previous years, poems of this quality may not appear.

In terms of level, "Song of the Chariots" is naturally slightly better.

But unexpectedly, the most praised is the sentence in "To Shang Yang" "The crowned and covered are all over the capital, this person is alone and haggard"!

People can't help but think of his previous writing "I will never regret my clothes getting looser, I am exhausted for her"!

So the name of Shen Haocu has spread from Zhongshan County to the whole Dingzhou.

If you say Shen Wuming, he may be unknown, but if you say Shen Haocu, even the girls in the brothel know him.

On the contrary, after seeing the essays on policy, the opinions of the candidates were greatly divided.

Qingmiao Law and Baojia Law are fine, but Yitiaobian Law, Diluding Mu; Huohao Returned to the Public, Changtu Guiliu...

Each one hit the vital points of various interest groups and bombed their most vulnerable points.

For a time, undercurrents surged.

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"Your Excellency, even if you are throwing a stone to test the water, the splash is too big, isn't it?"

Lu Yuansheng, the chief examiner of Dingzhou, stood behind Pei Mao at this time, bowed slightly, and whispered.

Pei Mao still held the fishing rod, on which a big carp had already taken the bait, but he still didn't pull the line.

Hearing Lu Yuansheng's words, Pei Mao's eyes also revealed a hint of complexity.

"Do you think I dare to move such a big water?" Pei Mao said meaningfully.

If it was an ordinary imperial examination article, he could make a decision even if it was a bad or a good reform.

But after he got this article, he felt it was so hot that he was scared and sweated on the spot.

However, as the left chancellor of the Shangshu, who was close to the emperor, he also knew what the emperor meant.

So he didn't make a big deal out of a small matter, but spent a communication flying talisman worth tens of thousands of gold to send its image back to the Shangshu Province.

The emperor personally ordered that this person be included in the autumn examination gold list, and he dominated the gold list.

Pei Mao had already understood the emperor's intention, which was to test the waters and see how others would react.

"Wait, such a big thing is not our turn to worry about, there are still the prime minister and the emperor above."

Pei Mao said leisurely.

Lu Yuansheng smiled bitterly, he seemed to feel that this sentence was very familiar, and he had said it to his subordinates before.

Unexpectedly, the Shangshu Zuocheng did not dare to interfere in this matter casually.

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"Don't you remember everything? How can you still dominate the gold list..."

Song Nanzhu crossed her arms and looked at Shen Wuming with suspicion, looking him up and down.

Shen Wuming's eyes fell on her chest, and then slid down to a pair of slender legs without interest.

This guy is good at leg techniques, and he doesn't like to wear skirts on weekdays, but a tight suit.

The slender legs were wrapped in silk pants, and the breeze blew them tightly against the legs, like straight chopsticks.

It was indeed quite pleasing to the eyes.

Relatively speaking, her chest-hugging posture was not very elegant, it was better to hug her legs.

Hearing her questioning tone, Shen Wuming lacked confidence, but still acted wildly.

"Aren't those questions very simple? Don't they all have hands? Is there anything else to remember?"

"Really?" Song Nanzhu's beautiful eyes moved slightly, and there was a hint of provocation.

If it was so simple, maybe I could take the test myself?

It's a pity that I'm not a man...

Just when she began to fantasize, Chu Youyi interrupted her bestie's dream without hesitation.

"Do you really believe it?" Chu Youyi put a box of pastries and homemade lemon tea on the table.

"My father took the military exam three times before he finally passed!"

"Later, he was determined to take the military exam, but he hit a wall three times and didn't even step into the threshold of the Golden Palace!"

"Finally, he turned around and joined the army..."

"That's right!" Song Nanzhu came back to his senses and glared at Shen Wuming.

"My father didn't seem to pass the exam to become a juren. When he went to the border army, he was still a soldier."

"You just remembered it, and you still want to lie to me, otherwise how could he have passed the exam to get a single place on the gold list..."

"Everyone's physique is different, this is normal." Shen Wuming laughed and skipped the question.

"Oh, my lady, how is the second round of the imperial examination? What is there in the Confucian Temple?"

He had read some introductions about the second round of the imperial examination before, which were very general.

"It's hard to explain." Chu Youyi walked behind him and let the back of his head rest on her chest.

Slender white fingers gently pressed his temples, and Shen Wuming couldn't help but close his eyes slightly.

Song Nanzhu curled his lips and turned to deal with the lemon tea.

It seemed that he mistook the lemon tea for Shen Wuming and drank several gulps.