140, Tanhua

Gu Cong hugged his clothes tightly and said, "Obey Madame's orders!" Rest assured, I will not delay a day. I'm just afraid that if I see you again in a few days, I'm going to kill you. ”

The two couldn't help but hug each other and entangled for a long time before parting.

Gu Cong remembered something again, and said to Zhan Yi: "Oh, by the way, there is another thing, you know that Qingsong is my former scholar, he and Hongyao are brother and sister, and their parents have died since they were young, and they depend on each other for their lives." When he saw that his sister had given it to you, he came to me and wanted to come with her to your house. I saw that his brother and sister were affectionate, so I agreed. He is literate and can do arithmetic, and now he has been a shopkeeper in my shop for a few years, and he can use it in your house. You have made good use of their brother and sister, and you will also be a helper when you marry in the future. What do you think? ”

Dipping clothes smiled sweetly: "I'm so happy that you plan so well for me." Don't worry, I will definitely arrange him, and I will treat his brother and sister as my confidants. ”

Gu Cong smiled with satisfaction.

On the sixteenth day of the lunar month, the Sun family sent someone to pick up the clothes, and the clothes finally reluctantly boarded the car and left.

Back at Sun's house, Li Haizhu had already been waiting for her eyes to wear, and when she saw her clothes and got out of the car, she hurriedly hugged her and cried: "My son, you have suffered!" Let my mother take a look, but have you lost weight? ”

Dipping clothes hurriedly said: "Mother, don't worry, since my father has looked for Uncle Gu, my aunt has been much more restrained, although she still doesn't want to see me, but at most she ignores me, and she won't be embarrassed for me anymore." I won't have a hard time in the future, mother, don't worry. ”

Li Haizhu saw that she was radiant, and she really didn't look like an angry little daughter-in-law, so she breathed a sigh of relief and said: "As long as she still listens to your Uncle Gu's words, if she is difficult for you in the future, don't swallow your anger, just send someone to sue me and your father, and we will give you anger!" ”

The family reunited for the holiday, but they never waited for the oak and cypress. It's okay to say that Han Oak hasn't seen her for a few years, and I'm used to it. It's just that Han Bai can't be contacted, and he doesn't know where he has gone all the way. Sun Zhangyang was anxious about whether he could rush back to take the exam, and it would be a pity if he missed a subject.

Before the New Year, the whole country rushed to Beijing to take the exam in February. For a time, the capital was overcrowded. But no matter how long the people of the Sun family waited, they still didn't wait for Sun Hanbai to come back. The Sun family was so anxious that they were all in a hurry, and they were even more frightened when they were alone in their clothes. Since she returned to Sun's house, there has been no menstrual affairs in the past two months! In the first month, she only cared about taking care of the housework and missing Gu Cong, but she forgot about it at all, and one day two months later, she couldn't help but feel nauseous when she smelled the smell of fish soup. Only then did I suddenly remember, and I broke out in a cold sweat for a while.

Behind someone's back, she called for red medicine and asked, "Will there be a problem with the medicine you fried for me?" ”

Red medicine pretended to be stupid: "It was all handed over to me by the young master's washing ink, and I decocted it according to the dose, and there was no omission." ”

Dipping clothes hurriedly said: "But I haven't had a menstrual period for two months, do you think it will be?"

Hongyao was frightened: "My miss! Don't say that! Be careful to be heard! This medicine is not even good and there is also a failed miss, so far we have to wait, fortunately, the young master is about to take the exam, and when he finishes the exam, I will go to sue him and let him come to marry quickly. If it's true, let's keep it a secret, and then we will say that it was born prematurely. ”

Touching his lower abdomen, his heart was numb: "It's just like this, it's just that Hongyao is going to trouble you these days, help me cover it up more." ”

It's easy to look at the day and night of getting wet, and the three exams are finally over. On this day, I was restless and sent out several groups of people to see the list. Sun Zhangyang and Li Haizhu also sat in the hall early in the morning and waited. It's easy to wait until the sun is rising, only to hear Lai Wang shouting from the front yard while running with his throat pulling: "Uncle!" My uncle has passed the exam! ”

Dipping clothes was so anxious that he stomped his feet and said, "How many people have you taken the exam?" ”

You must know that the first place in the test is also in the test, and the third hundredth place in the test is also in the test. The difference here is too great. The difference in treatment between the three grades of A, 2, 3, and 3 is simply like a cloud. Therefore, if you pass the 200 to 300 places in the examination and get the title of "Tongjinshi", you will not be able to raise your head for the rest of your life.

Fortunately, Laiwang took a breath and continued: "Congratulations to the old lady! Congratulations, Miss, my aunt is in high school! Hit the 10th place! ”

Dipping clothes sighed, Gu Lang should be unhappy, he originally went to the first place, but he only got the tenth place in the exam, how can he not be disappointed?

Sun Zhangyang smiled: "It's already good, tenth place!" Besides, the emperor is also a young man, and he likes young people who are full of vitality. When the palace exam is over, Gu Cong's ranking will rise. ”

was really said by Sun Zhangyang, when Zhu Zhanji was watching the strategy of the palace test, he saw that Gu Cong was young and outstanding, and his appearance was graceful, and he smiled: "Such a talent is worthy of the name of Tanhua!" So he picked up the pen and pointed Gu Cong to the third place: Tanhua.

After the emperor's golden palace passed the roll call, there was a gold list posted at noon. Immediately, the champion led all the jinshi to thank the emperor. Immediately, it was a grand event that the people of Manjing were looking forward to: the champion praised the official parade on the street. Champion parade street, refers to the emperor in the Jinluan Hall to pass the roll call, hand-picked champions, Bangyan, Tanhua and Jinshi, the champion led all the Jinshi to thank the emperor, to the left gate of Chang'an to watch the process of posting the gold list and going home. From the Jinluan Palace to the left gate of Chang'an, it is necessary to pass through the Taihe Gate, the Meridian Gate, the Duan Gate, and the Chengtian Gate (that is, the present **) to the Daming Gate.

Once a scholar is named on the gold list, he will be like a "carp jumping over the dragon" and become a new powerful person known all over the world. Therefore, the left gate of Chang'an is called the "Dragon Gate". The doors on both sides of the noon gate are usually not opened, and they are only opened on the days of the Great Dynasty. Civil officials go to the east gate, and military attaches go to the west gate. The main entrance is accessible only to the emperor. The queen can go once when she enters the palace for a big wedding. The champions, Bangyan, and Tanhua in the palace examination, can also go once when they come out. The rest of the people can only go through the door. It can be seen that the glory of the top three.

Often on the day of the champion parade street, the Beijing division is crowded on both sides of Chang'an Street, in order to have a glimpse of the champion's demeanor. If it is a young champion, it can cause a sensation among countless girls.

Today's champion Yu Chenglin is a white-faced scholar in his thirties, although he was born well, but he is older, and Li Jin is a black and thin Cantonese, and his appearance is not good. So this time, almost all the limelight fell on Gu Cong. He rode on a white horse in a brand-new official uniform, and his graceful demeanor made the screams of the girls on the side of the road sound all the way. Not to mention how many flowers, colored silks, and handkerchiefs were thrown, which made him scramble all the way, and his body was also covered with colorful silk, and his arms were full of purses. It can be described as "the spring breeze is proud, and the Chang'an flowers are seen at one time." ”