However, according to the practice of the examination room, it is very easy to pass the college examination first if you take the government examination first.

Because in the officialdom, the presiding officer for the college examination must take care of the face of the master who is presiding over the government examination. Even if he does not do well in the first examination of the government examination in the college examination, he will usually hold his nose and let him pass.

At most, I would put him in the last place.

This was not only the practice in the Zhou Dynasty, but also in the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Liang Ping'an's previous life.

Officialdom is all like that!

After answering the question like this, the four of them got on the carriage and drove towards the Yellow River Inn.

The third day after passing the examination in the college is the day when the results will be announced.

This morning, Liang Ping'an and the other two were having a drink by the window on the second floor of the inn. They had no intention of looking at the list at all.

They had experienced the crowded and unsightly situation in front of the list last time, but now they were willing to wait here, waiting for the official to come and announce the good news.

After the government officials came to report the good news, they could only give them some reward money.

At this time, the four of them were sitting at a table, and only Liang Ping'an looked the calmest. He would not fail the exam no matter what.

The other three people, Ren Ling, Chen Zheng, and Wang An, all looked a little worried.

Although they feel that their test papers are quite acceptable, they just don't know what the level of other candidates in this college examination is. If they are much higher than themselves, then they will definitely fail the exam.

Just when Liang Ping'an and the others were waiting for the official messenger to announce the good news, they were in the Lu Palace in Weihui City.

In a palace of King Lu in the palace of King Lu.

At this time, King Lu was talking to Liu Xi, one of his most trusted eunuchs in the palace.

"Banban, how much money is left? How long do I have to wait to live forever?

King Biegu is dead, and the elixir of life has not been refined yet?"

A fat middle-aged man with a big belly and wearing a python dragon robe was lying on the gorgeous bed in the dormitory, looking at the roof, but not looking at Liu Xi who was standing beside the bed, maintaining a respectful demeanor.

Liu Xi lowered his head, but without King Lu's attention, his eyes flickered downwards. He pondered for a moment, and then said:

"Your Majesty, actually, this matter..."

King Lu heard his hesitation, so King Lu twisted his body in dissatisfaction, turned his head, stared at Liu Xi, and said dissatisfied:

"Banban, you are the person I trust the most. Why are you so hesitant? If you are missing something, if you want anything, just say it. As long as you can bring it out, as long as the Taoist priests who have been invited can refine the elixir of death,"

When he said this, his eyes were full of wishes for immortality in the future. Er, he said extremely firmly:

"As long as you can refine the elixir of death, no matter what you do, I will let you do it!"

When Liu Xi heard King Lu say such words, his lowered eyes suddenly narrowed slightly, but only for a moment.

He immediately knelt down towards King Lu and said with a cry in his voice:

"The prince trusts this slave so much that I am willing to die!"

Just to refine the elixir for the prince, you have to... spend a lot of money to buy those rare treasures from heaven and earth, thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum, ten-thousand-year-old ginseng, even if they are not available on the market,

But if you want to get it, you have to ask for it, right?

And these expenses are astronomical! At present, the palace’s treasury is...almost empty!"

"Empty?" King Lu suddenly became a little anxious, "This... this is not a few days ago. Banban said that he could set up checkpoints on the road leading to the outside world from Weihui Mansion to collect money.

However, could the collected silver money and the savings in the treasury be used up so quickly?"

Liu Xi was kneeling on the ground, and his body was lying tightly on the ground.

I just heard him "crying" and saying: "Your Majesty, the money gained from those passes has long been beyond our means.

You must know that the heavenly materials and earthly treasures required for the elixir are difficult to find, and even if they have been found, they will cost a lot of money.

The money in the palace's treasury is now at its lowest point. If I hadn't... if I hadn't used my own wealth to make up for it, I'd be afraid... I'd have missed the prince's plan! Woo hoo...

Woo..."

Listening to his most trusted companion crying in front of him, King Lu was a little angry at the money spent too quickly, and wanted to blame himself, his most trusted companion.

But when I saw this scene in front of me, I saw that the eldest companion was so considerate of himself, and that the eldest companion was so dedicated to doing things for him.

The words of blame that King Lu wanted to say suddenly dissipated in his heart, and the rest was filled with guilt for this great companion who had devoted his whole life to him.

King Lu then slowly got up from the bed - it can be seen that at this time he really felt that he had wronged Liu Xi, his companion, otherwise he would not have been able to get up from the bed.

After King Lu got up, he slowly got out of bed and wanted to help Liu Xi.

He just put his hand on Liu Xi's shoulder.

Liu Xi trembled all over and stood up without any help, but with a look of panic on his face, he immediately supported King Lu:

"My lord, you treat your slave like a reborn parent!

Such consideration for the slave, it is hard to repay the slave with his body broken into pieces! Woo hoo..."

As he spoke, he started to cry again, as if he was deeply moved by King Lu's actions.

When King Lu saw Liu Xi, his most trusted companion, he stood up to support himself, fearing that he would fall, and expressed his loyalty to what he said. King Lu himself was obviously very fond of this trick.

"King Fu Gu, please just lie down again. King Fugu doesn't want to move at all!" King Lu said again.

If Liang Ping'an were here at this time and knew that King Lu always took pills, he would be able to tell immediately that King Lu was eighty percent, no, ten percent, because he had taken too many pills and was so weak.

of,

This is what later generations said, mercury poisoning. If you eat too much of the elixir refined from mercury, you are mercury poisoning. If you eat a certain amount, your life will be in danger!

But ancient people didn't know this. They thought that mercury was a supreme good thing. After eating it, you might be able to achieve enlightenment and become an immortal.

As everyone knows, that is actually just "achieving the Tao and becoming a ghost"!

He helped King Lu to the bed again. After being up for a while, King Lu lay down and immediately began to breathe. It was obvious that his body was too weak after taking the elixir, and his body was almost empty.

The person involved didn't know it, so Liu Xi didn't know that it was mercury poisoning.

I simply think that the prince's health is not good.

After King Lu took his breath for a while, he immediately asked hurriedly: "Banban, now that the treasury is empty, the refining of the elixir, but... will it be suspended?
Chapter completed!