As an official, what's wrong with raising a few monsters?

Chapter 56 Xiao Zhengyang's Goodwill
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Xiao Zhengyang saw the white bird at a glance.

He knew the ordinary-looking little white dove very well.

He saw with his own eyes how this magical and psychic bird grabbed a glass of wine and placed it in his palm.

The bird may not be important, what is more important is the person behind it.

Xiao Zhengyang needs to know who Mingchen is.

After that night, he thought about it carefully.

Mingchen must not be the person in the court now. If the other party was, he would have known it long ago. But he said the words "covered cards" to himself that night.

It was said that he could go on a diplomatic mission to Beilie.

That means he will become an official of Qianyuan.

Then the answer is obvious.

The scientific expedition is approaching and the timing is right.

This is also the main purpose of his coming here today.

When he saw the white bird landing on top of the gate, he knew that his guess was correct.

He took his eyes off the bird and scanned the surrounding area.

At a glance, I saw a young man at the end of the team, enjoying the cool under a tree.

He was special and easily distinguishable from the others.

He was too young, and his casual and relaxed manner formed a sharp contrast with the other candidates who were nervous, excited, anxious, etc.

And while he was looking at the candidate.

The candidate seemed to have noticed something as well and looked in his direction, and their eyes met.

it's him!
Xiao Zhengyang nodded slightly, and was certain in his heart.

He has the ability to judge people.

However, despite this, he had no intention of communicating with that special person.

The two looked at each other, understanding each other without any extra words or communication.

Xiao Zhengyang turned to look at the noisy and crowded entrance of the examination room, his expression becoming increasingly cold.

"How dignified!"

He had a tense face and a rather unhappy expression.

Several followers behind him couldn't help but tremble violently and trembled with fear.

The prince rarely gets angry, but he is the prince after all, the second most noble person in the dynasty and the future emperor, so he naturally has his own majesty.

"These people will be officials of our dynasty in the future and will guide the future of our country."

"All the moral principles and etiquette you learned have been thrown away! How shameful!"

Xiao Zhengyang had a cold expression. He glanced at the attendants behind him and said calmly, "Go tell Master Qi to leave one hundred good positions vacant for the last one hundred people."

What's insulting?
Being polite is just being pretentious when it has nothing to do with your own interests. But when things really need to get done, what can scholars do?

We are all human beings.

It’s like this every year, why is this year different?
It's just an excuse to show goodwill.

There are some things that Xiao Zhengyang is really powerless to do, but there are also some things that only require a word from him.

"Um...yes sir!"

Having achieved his goal, Xiao Zhengyang looked at Mingchen again, then turned and left.

The crowd was noisy and there was constant scrambling.

A single word from the person above can often make the efforts of many people below go to waste.

……

"There are too many people..."

"Brother, you are not in a hurry at all?"

At the end of the line, a few scholars were so anxious that they were sweating profusely but couldn't squeeze in.

However, after all, they are not the last ones.

It's reassuring to have someone behind me.

The scholar in front of Mingchen seemed to be in a bad mood. Seeing Mingchen behind him, he felt a sense of sympathy and said, "I guess we should sit down together by the toilet."

"What's wrong with a toilet? Why should whale sharks compete with small fish and shrimp for food?" "Those of us with real talent and knowledge can still pass the exam sitting in a toilet."

Okay, the vest is off.

This prince is also a smart man~

Pity……

Watching the prince leave, Mingchen smiled, retracted his gaze, and drank chicken soup for the person in front of him.

"Hey!"

"We have real talents and knowledge, so what are those crooked ways?"

"It makes sense, it makes sense!"

Liu Wang slapped his thigh suddenly, feeling that Mingchen's words had struck a chord with him: "Why should we whale sharks compete for food with small fish and shrimp?"

The front was still crowded. While waiting in line, he leaned over to Mingchen and said, "From your accent, you shouldn't be from Kyoto, right? Where are you from? I'm from Linzhou, and my name is Liu Wang."

Mingchen: ...

Linzhou? She's from the same hometown as Daijie.

This unlucky guy must be an ordinary person, from a good family, and he should be quite cheerful.

In this era, people from poor families can't get rich.

For example, Mingchen, his cheap dad doesn’t work very hard, and he thinks he is quite introverted.

Mingchen bowed to him and said without using a nickname: "My name is Mingchen, from Qingzhou."

Since he had to go to the toilet anyway, Liu Wang gave up struggling and decided to chat with the people around him: "Qingzhou? That's quite far!"

"Brother, this year is the year of the imperial examination. I heard that the emperor has specially set the questions and will specially mark the papers!"

"I heard that I will go to see the martial arts exam in person~"

Liu Wang leaned closer to Mingchen and talked in a babble.

"Yeah~"

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk. I don't know if I can pass... To be honest, I don't really want to take the imperial examination. The country is in danger right now, and a good man should join the army to defend the country and ride on horseback to kill the enemy."

He shook his head and said, "It's really tiring to memorize those messy Four Books and Five Classics!"

Guo Chongyun should have a lot in common with this person.

Mingchen just smiled and nodded without saying anything more.

"but……"

Liu Wang talked for a while, looked around, and said to Mingchen: "Brother, to be honest, I'm not very good at studying. I don't have any confidence in this imperial examination. I'm not a whale shark, just a small shrimp..."

"Hahaha……"

Before he could finish his words, Mingchen also started laughing.

"Brother Liu, don't you see why I'm always standing at the end?"

He shrugged and said indifferently: "I don't know anything either."

"Huh? Well... then you were just... bragging!"

"What's wrong? What's wrong with bragging? Didn't Brother Liu brag too?"

Liu Wang couldn't help but laugh and said, "Hahahaha, brother, it looks like both you and I are going to fail the exam~"

How to make a poor student happy?

That means meeting another poor student.

Mingchen's words instantly made Liu Wang feel like he had found a close friend.

The long queue of candidates was moving slowly forward. The people in the front were vying for a spot, while the two people at the end of the queue were chatting leisurely.

However, it was mainly Liu Wang who talked the most, while Ming Chen listened and responded from the side from time to time.

Seeing that it was almost their turn, Liu Wang said, "My dear brother, after the exam is over and you and I both fail, how about we have a drink together?"

Mingchen looked at him with interest, smiled and nodded: "Okay."

"Good good!"

Liu Wang turned around to face the inspection, but narrowed his eyes slightly.

I don't know if it was his imagination.

This person glanced at him lightly, as if he could see into his heart and discover his secret.

(End of this chapter)