In the past few days, all kinds of worldly images have appeared in Nanjing City one after another, and the people who saw them did not feel strange, but just looked at these future pride of heaven with sympathetic and pitiful eyes.

The road to fame does not lie in how big an official will be in the future, just the fame itself is enough to be honored, enough to glorify the ancestors, and enough to live freely and happily in this world. This is the consensus of the world. Therefore, the imperial examination has such a great charm in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and it can turn the world upside down, not only scholars, even if they are not scholars, they are also ruthless to work hard to let their children and grandchildren study and become officials.

Although the Zhou family is rich, but because no one in the family has succeeded in the imperial examination, they are always not so tough, although several generations have donated money to get fame, but this is not the same thing as the fame of the examination, and it will be looked down upon everywhere, saying that it is a copper smell.

Wenbin's father asked the two brothers to study hard, just to use their fame and glory to honor their ancestors, not to make them rich as officials, but to wash away the family's reputation.

"Wen Bin, after you release the list this time, you will have to enter our country's prison for ten days and eight days, and we will arrange a special welcome ceremony for you. Meng Fanjun's eyebrows and eyes were smiling, it is a great honor for Guozijian to get a new branch of Xie Yuan, although Guozijian has also cultivated a lot of lifters and jinshi over the years, but Xie Yuan and Zhuangyuan have not seen each other for more than ten years, which is a great omen.

More importantly, Meng Fanjun can straighten his waist and talk to his colleagues in Beijing Guozijian.

"Well, let's go with me, disciple. Wen Bin still hasn't adapted to the sudden change in his identity, and feels that he is more confident with him.

"Well, that's fine, whatever you want. It's just to report first, and then you can ask for leave if there is something, and I won't be too strict with you. Meng Fanjun said with a smile.

Lian Daning was also full of emotion, he really didn't expect Wenbin to have the possibility of Zhongjieyuan, since Zhongyuan is solved, it is not impossible to win the champion next. Thinking about it like this, even he feels like he is living in a dream.

"Wenbin, you don't need to help with the affairs in the yamen in the future, go all out to prepare for the next exam, there is not much time, that is, three years, what about me, there are not many official duties, I still have to help you prepare, and the old master will also help you prepare in all aspects." "Lian Daning has already begun to help Wen Bin sprint to the top prize.

Wen Bin nodded frequently, but he figured it out in his heart, these are useless, and he has to find out, even if he begs him, he has to let him come up with another question for himself, and use the time of the past few years to do it well, maybe it is the topic of the palace exam, only in this way can he really respond to the prophecy of the champion.

Now that Xie Yuan has arrived, it is not too outrageous to dream of being a champion again.

He also thought about it repeatedly, there are two reasons why he got this solution, one is that he was given a topic in advance, so that he has sufficient preparation, and when he writes that article, he has no pressure at all, but it is better than his other articles. The second is that this time the question is too obscure, all the candidates have been made abnormal, and the level cannot be played, he is equivalent to using his own strengths to expose everyone's shortcomings, so he can take Xie Yuan into his pocket.

He looked at Lian Daning's eyes a little evasive, he felt guilty in his heart, he didn't dare to tell the truth, and he made up his mind, he would rather die than say it. Besides, not to mention not telling the teacher about giving him the topic in advance, only Sisi knew about it at home, not even his father. This is still the case, and when the question came out, Sisi was on the side, otherwise he might not even tell Sisi, and there are no secrets between husband and wife.

Lian Daning is so shrewd, and he can see that some famous halls are coming, but he didn't ask, and he won't ask, this kind of thing is not good if it is broken, as long as Wen Binzhong understands the yuan, the others can be ignored, and the imperial examination is that the winner is the king and the loser is the villain.

When it was close to the morning, Wen Bin fell asleep, he dreamed of Sisi, Sisi was waiting for him to uncover it with her head covered, and when he reached out to uncover it, he found that it was not Sisi, but an ugly girl he didn't know at all.

He woke up frightened, and thought about it for a long time before he realized where he was and what had happened that day.

"Am I a lifter? am I a new branch Xie Yuan?" he had a sense of reality at this time.

Besides, he didn't sleep all night, and when he saw the painting in the middle of the night, he began to practice internal skills, which made him feel more and more like Wang Shouren.

The starlight was sprinkled much more than before, and the speed of the sprinkling was much faster, and he could even clearly see the starlight flowing along his meridians to his body, and then merging into a stream, which was greedily absorbed by the golden dragon that had been retracted into his body. And then there are many more stars that are missing.

He didn't bother looking for it, knowing that he couldn't find it at all, it must have been absorbed by another inexplicable energy in his body.

When the starlight passed through his body, he felt the coolness of his heart being moistened, which is probably the so-called cool world of Buddhism. From this point of view, it is not unreasonable for Buddhists to believe that the world is a house of fire, and everyone is suffering in the house of fire, just like ants on a red-hot iron pot.

This coolness is not cool, but a great sense of peace and comfort for both body and mind, and an unprecedented sense of satisfaction, which makes people no longer have any other desires and no longer have any needs.

He'd felt it before, but not as clearly as it is today.

After he finished practicing internal skills, a question suddenly appeared in his mind: whether Wang Shouren remained a child for life, it is estimated that he and his wife have never had sex at all, so he has no heirs, and the title is inherited by his nephew.

He didn't know if this was the case, but he had a feeling in his heart that it must be like this, and that after tasting the inner taste of meditation, he was indeed entitled to sneer at the enjoyment of the seven emotions and six desires, and would no longer be tempted by them.

Early in the morning, he walked out of the study and began to practice Xinggong and Wufowl Opera, and the early maids all looked at him from afar, and discussed with great interest, but they did not dare to come forward, for fear of disturbing him.

After he finished practicing, a girl ran over with a blushing face, handed him a silk handkerchief, and asked him to wipe his sweat.

Besides, after thanking him, he took it, wiped the sweat beads on his face, and gave it back to this girl.

Of course, this girl ring was also married by the Chen family, but he was not familiar with it, he was only familiar with a few girls in the original room of the pomegranate, the most familiar ones were Red Sleeves and Qiuling, and the other Yahuan just looked familiar, but he didn't know the name.

"What's your name?" he asked.

Yahuan came over and handed the handkerchief was beyond her courage, but she didn't expect to ask her name, and she was flustered for a while, holding the handkerchief in both hands and unable to speak.

"Her name is Qin Nier, and she is my niece, no wonder my aunt doesn't know her, and she only came to the house last month. A middle-aged housekeeper came over and laughed.

This housekeeper knows each other, his name is Qin Luzhu, but his appearance is too different from Shi Chong's green beads. In the Chen Mansion, everyone called her Aunt Chen, and she was also the old man of the Chen family, and Chen Musa valued her very much, so she came over to manage the inner house.

"You stupid girl, why don't you say it when your uncle asks you, you're dumb?" Steward Qin scolded his niece, he hated iron and steel, and finally seized the opportunity to make a good impression on his uncle, but he couldn't speak.

"Don't blame her, she's still young. After saying that, he quickly walked away.

"Why are you so stupid, what a good opportunity, usually those maid rings in the young lady's room are like thieves to put you outside the girl rings, you finally got this opportunity, why don't you talk to your uncle, is it easy to find such an opportunity again? ”

There was the chatter of Steward Qin from behind, and the girl Huan cried loudly as if to prove that she was not dumb.

Besides, with a wry smile, it seems that I will get the outer house in the future, and the water in it is too mixed, and it is said that the wives and concubines are jealous, and the maids are also fighting endlessly.

He came to Pomegranate's room, Pomegranate led the four maids out, and when he saw him, he was blessed: "Husband, I let my husband be wronged last night." ”

Besides, he was startled, and quickly avoided it: "Don't, don't, don't come here in our own house, I can't afford it." ”

Pomegranate smiled, still with a layer of guilt on his face, and saw that he really didn't mean to be dissatisfied at all, so he put his mind at ease.

The girls all looked at it with ambiguous smiles, and besides, there were not many grooms who were turned away on their wedding night.

"Did you sleep well last night?" he asked.

He saw that Pomegranate's face was not very good, and it was estimated that he didn't sleep well last night, as for the reason, it is difficult to say, it may be that he chose a bed, and it is more likely that he is worried that he will break in in the middle of the night, and he estimates that the door latch inside must have been inserted overnight.

"Okay, I'll sleep until dawn after you're gone. Pomegranate said with a high spirit.

"It's useless to lie to me, I'm a doctor. You can catch up on it in the morning. And he smiled faintly.

"Hmm. Pomegranate obediently agreed, probably feeling ashamed, so she was extra obedient.

Besides, I had breakfast with Pomegranate, and I was about to get up and go out, when Sisi and Qiuxiang arrived.

"Why so early?" he wondered.

"It's not because of Wenbin, Sister Sisi didn't sleep all night, she woke me up early in the morning, and she pulled me over. Qiu Xiang pointed at the slightest helplessly.

"He doesn't know what's going on in there, how can I sleep. "I said with a hint of trepidation.

"I've said it a long time ago, it's going to be fine, and it's a good thing to have something, why don't you believe me. Besides, he laughed.

"It's not that I don't believe you, I know it's probably the case, but people who can't see him, can't get the right trust, and always can't settle down. ”

Besides, he also understood, and said with a smile: "Okay, I also have a heart here that can't settle down, you two should be companions, Sisi simply don't go back at night, right here, the two of you are together, maybe you can fall asleep." ”

Sisi and Qiu Xiang were stunned, not knowing what they meant.

"Don't listen to him, I'm sleeping well. Pomegranate blushed.

"You ......" Sisi was stunned at first, and suddenly remembered something, and seemed to understand.

Besides, he didn't say anything more, laughed and walked out, leaving the three sisters to talk to themselves.