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Pei Ziyun walked on the street, there were restaurants, teahouses, noodle stalls, snack stalls, rice shops, and cloth shops on both sides of the street, but the cloth shops were ready to close. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

It was already evening, and there were still a lot of people on the street, including some young students wearing green shirts and strolling around the street.

Out of the dock just now, the four Xiucai didn't know if they were frightened, or if they had an itinerary early, and they hurried away as soon as they got off the boat, Pei Ziyun originally wanted to say something, but when he saw them walking away, he didn't stop.

The street stretches forward, and as the sky gets darker, many vendors hang lanterns in front of the door to illuminate the street, and many porters pass by, carrying goods on their poles, and with each step, the poles sway with the goods.

There was a Xiucai walking out of the store with goods in front, Pei Ziyun moved forward, the sign was hanging at the door, but the night was a little thick, and it was clear when it was closer, it read: "Li Ji Store"

A few oil lamps have been lit in the store, and the shop is lit up before entering the store, and the owner of the store comes out: "Is this minister going to buy some four-grade gifts to visit the adults?" ”

Pei Ziyun walked around the store, saw that the goods were really good, took a fruit and ate it, nodded his head, waved his hand, and said, "Boss, yes, give me a four-box gift bag." ”

After a pause, he said, "Give me a gold silk gift box." ”

The boss was busy, and ordered the guy to go down to pack the box, and personally delivered the tea, Pei Ziyun only drank a few sips, and the guy took the gift box with his hands and feet.

After paying the money, Pei Ziyun asked the boss about the Tribute Courtyard, and when he heard that Pei Ziyun was going to the Tribute Courtyard, the boss came out of the shop and pointed to the tall building in the distance: "This Xianggong, the Tribute Courtyard is there." ”

Pei Ziyun raised his head and looked along the boss's finger, the night was gray, only an outline was seen, he thanked him, and went in the direction, and after a while, he saw the Gongyuan.

There are two lanterns hanging on the left and right of the steps of this tribute courtyard, and there is a gold plaque at the main entrance, on which there are two magnificent gilded characters: "Tribute Courtyard"

At night, the stars were still bright, but the ground was dim, and only two soldiers with knives stood straight under the lantern to guard, and a few Xiucai also looked closer, not forward.

"It's all about finding the way. ”

Pei Ziyun also did not mean to break in, Da Xu established the system, the county school is called the school, the government is called the college, the province is called the Gongyuan, and the central government is called the school palace.

The school is basically unguarded, and there is only a gatehouse.

The academy has guards, but they are not equipped with knives.

The Gongyuan in this province is an academic powerhouse in a province, and there are already special guards with knives, and the trespassers will be taken down lightly, and the heavy ones will be killed, and no one wants to impact the Gongyuan.

"But my place is very close. ”

"There is a handwritten letter in the booklet given by the teaching, telling me to stay directly by letter, not far from the tribute courtyard, which is very convenient, and it must be a friend of the teaching. Pei Ziyun was looking for it around the Gongyuan.

If it is not far, I saw a mansion, close, this house is not big or small, there is a plaque on the door "Fu Mansion", there are two rows of couplets on both sides of the door, but the couplets at night are a little unclear, and you can faintly see the handwriting on it flying dragon and phoenix.

I went up and knocked on the door, and after a while I heard the door open inside, and when I got closer, I saw a servant carrying a lantern.

Pei Ziyun hurriedly made it clear that the servant heard that it was recommended by an old friend of the old man in the family, checked the letter, and said, "Son, wait a minute." ”

After saying that, he went in and hurriedly reported.

It didn't take long for the servant to go out and lead Pei Ziyun in, and the gate was a courtyard, and he walked along the wooden corridor to the inside, and the servant took a few steps forward, saying, "Be careful, there is a staircase here." ”

As he spoke, he turned around and shone the lantern in his hand, and an upward staircase appeared, and he entered the hall along the way, where a few lamps were lit, and the lampshade was covered with some orchids and bamboos, and there were calligraphy and paintings distributed around it, and hung on the wall.

In the center sat a middle-aged man, in his forties, with some beard, dressed in brocade clothes, a little thin, and holding a scroll in his hand.

The servant whispered: "Childe, in front is Master Fu Juren." ”

Pei Ziyun hurriedly stepped forward and said, "The student has seen Master Fu." ”

He handed over the letter again, and the man put down the book in his hand, took the letter, looked at it, and said: "It turns out that the reader recommended by an old friend is welcome, and I will arrange for you to stay here." ”

Then he said to the servant, "Call the butler to come and arrange a lodging for this minister." ”

Pei Ziyun only listened to the sound of "Huh", and looked up, under the curtain on the right side of the hall, the face of a little girl was revealed, about eleven or twelve years old, very beautiful, but still a little Lori.

Pei Ziyun was thinking about it, and Lori, who looked over, seemed to be startled, shrank her body, and returned to the door curtain and disappeared.

Behind the door curtain, the show window is slender, the musk is fragrant, a beautiful woman is boiling tea, and when she saw the little girl peeking and was found retreating, she couldn't help but stretch out her hand: "You little playful ghost." ”

The beautiful woman went out with the tea, looked back and saw the Lori hand touching the forehead that had just been knocked out, so she smiled and said, "Don't mess around." ”

After saying that, he went out with tea.

Pei Ziyun was talking to Fu Juren, the right door curtain was opened, and a beautiful woman with coiled hair came out with tea.

Pei Ziyun only felt that his eyes jumped, he looked up at the woman, he felt familiar, and he couldn't remember who it was for a while, so the woman handed over the tea, and the porter came to report it.

"Master, there are four more ministers to visit, this is a greeting. So saying, he brought the prayer post.

Master Fu put the prayer note in his hand and looked at it, pondered for a while, and then said, "Please let these four come in." ”

After speaking, he turned his head and said to the beautiful woman: "Yun Niang, I am still bothered to pour four more cups of tea." ”

"Yes, sir. The beautiful woman returned with the tea tray, prepared new tea, entered the curtain, and just now little Lori squeezed up again, and asked, "Auntie, how is this person?"

This Yun Niang's beautiful woman stretched out her hand, and a pair of slender hands knocked on Xiao Lori's head, and said, "Xiao Xia, don't make trouble, I'll tell you when I'm done." ”

After the beautiful woman finished speaking, she continued to prepare tea and boiled it on the tea stove, but Lori was holding her head with both hands, two big eyes, and a look of grievance.

Pei Ziyun got up the tea, the tea was a little hot, blew the heat dissipation, took a sip gently, and felt a kind of comfort through the heart and spleen, and thought in his heart: "Good tea!"

After a while, a servant came in at the door, and it turned out that Yu Guangmao and others were stunned when they saw Pei Ziyun drinking tea, and said with a smile: "Brother Pei also came to visit Master Fu." ”

After saying that, he saluted to Master Fu.

Several people sat separately, Yu Guangmao and Yi Xiucai were a little familiar with Pei Ziyun on the boat a few days ago, and when they saw each other today, they looked for a seat next to Pei Ziyun and sat down.

Master Fu looked at it and smiled: "Since several talents have been recommended by others, let's stay here, and I can prepare for the exam with peace of mind." ”

After speaking, he took a sip of the tea that Yun Niang had just handed over.

Master Fu has a good reputation, and he often helps scholars, and if he is recommended by others, he can stay until the end of the exam, but he can often only live for one session.

Yu Guangmao and Yi Xiucai didn't want to take a letter of recommendation, but it was close to the state test, and the hotel and inn accommodation in the state capital were rising in price, which was a lot more expensive, even if the four of them pooled the money, they couldn't live in a good inn, and the bad inn was still a trivial matter, I was afraid that it was a mixed bag, this was the state test, and I couldn't get out of the pool, so I looked for a while, and I really couldn't find a guest house, so I came to Fu Mansion with a letter of recommendation.

A few people were chatting, the right door curtain was opened, Yun Niang served tea to everyone again, but it was dignified and beautiful, how could the new show see such a woman on weekdays, they couldn't help blushing, lowered their heads and didn't dare to look more.

Only Yu Guangmao is still calm, but his eyes also avoided the beautiful woman, not to look directly, this beautiful woman used a tea tray, carrying four teas to send up, her eyes swept over the newcomers, and the remaining two swept over, her eyes stayed on Yu Guangmao and Yi Xiucai for a while, but when Yi Xiucai, it was a pity.

It wasn't until this beautiful woman left that the three Xiucai didn't dare to raise their heads, Pei Ziyun had greatly increased his ears and eyes since he practiced the Hundred Beast Diagram, and he heard Yi Xiucai chanting softly: "Don't look at incivility, don't listen to incivility, don't look at incivility." ”

Listening to this person's silent recitation, Pei Ziyun only took a sip of tea, and a spiritual light flashed in his mind: "This beautiful woman, I remember, isn't it Uncle Yun of Songyunmen?"

"That Luo Li just now, is it the future senior sister of early summer?"

Immediately, he figured out a little bit about the trick: "All the factions have bases in the prefecture and county, Uncle Yun is checking who has the Dao fate among the talents who are rushing to take the exam?"

As soon as the beautiful woman of Yun Niang opened the door curtain and walked in, Xiao Lori came up again and asked, "Auntie, now that you're done, you can tell me, how about someone today." ”

Listening to this Lori's curious question, she stretched out her hand and pinched the little Lori's face, and said, "You." ”

Putting down the tea tray, she pulled the little Lori to the inside with one hand, turned the corridor into the inner courtyard, and the most impressive thing was a pool, with a small bridge in the middle, and there were strange stones next to it.

These strange stones are meandering and overlapping, piled up on the side of the pool, planted with a lot of strange flowers and plants, you can hear the sound of water in the pool, and look at it, it is the fish in the pool jumping and playing in the water.

Across the bridge, a dwelling, this dwelling is two-storey, in front of the door stands two big red pillars supporting the second floor, the door is lit with candles, the candlelight shines through the gauze, the courtyard is bright, no lantern can be seen clearly.

Pushing open the door and entering the room, after checking it, the beautiful woman said: "Xiao Xia'er, don't say these things outside in the future, if it spreads, it will be disadvantageous." ”

criticized Xiao Xia'er, and then she opened her mouth to talk about what she saw today.

"There are a lot of people here today, but most of them are mediocre today. The beautiful woman said, paused for a while, and saw Xiao Xia'er's curious gaze, and then said, "Or there are only two or three people, who may be able to pass the exam." ”