For the people of Kyoto, the triennial hairpin parade is a great event. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoOn this day, the sun was shining, and men, women, and children on Chang'an Avenue were crowded in front of the large and small shops on the side of the street, with their shoulders on their shoulders and their heads tilted, looking in the direction of the Forbidden City. The sound of the suona gong slowly moved from far to near, and the crowd began to get excited. More than 20 officials played music and walked forward, the champion was dressed in red silk, and the horse was tied with red flowers on his head, walking in front, and the flowers were followed in turn, and slowly moved forward in the cheers and crowds of the people beside the road.

Qiu Yinming sat on the horse, trying his best to adapt himself to the glory of being pointed at by everyone. The "Gold List Title" coveted by scholars all over the world pushed him to his career by mistake, which is not surprising, nor is it happy, maybe it is already doomed in the dark. At this point, he couldn't help himself, and he was thinking about the future. Anyway, now that you've got your business, God knows what else will happen. Maybe there's a real opportunity to make a career.

From Chengtianmen to Caitai on Chang'an Street, the distance is not far, but it takes nearly half an hour to arrive. Wine is served on a wooden table decorated with red silk ribbons. The champion, the list of eyes, Tanhua got off the horse and took the stage, occupying the eyes, the people crowded the audience, and even the windows on the second floor of the restaurant and teahouse were full of people. The three yuan in this year's palace examination are all young people in their twenties, and the citizens of Beijing feel that they are even more fresh. Moreover, these three jinshi have their own demeanor, Dongfang Yan is handsome and clear, Chu Jun is weak and elegant, and Qiu Yinming is heroic and upright. The people watched with relish as if admiring rare birds and beasts, and only after a long time did they gradually disperse.

It took a whole day to pass on the roll call, parade the streets, and drink hairpins. Neither Qiu Yinming nor Dongfang Yan had a chance to say a word. Finally stayed until sunset, sent away the official errand of Ying Tianfu with silver, and after saying goodbye to Chu Jun, the two walked back to the inn. Who knew that the inn had already been made of red silk and hung lanterns, and the owner of the inn personally came to celebrate the champion and Tanhua. A large table was set up in the hall for a banquet, and many of the guests in the store came to toast the two, tossing until late, Dongfang Yan was drunk.

Early the next morning, Dongfang Yan expressed his gratitude on behalf of all the new science and technology scholars in the early court, and his literary essence made all the members of the venue admire. The emperor immediately awarded Dongfang Yan as the editor of the Hanlin Academy, and Chu Jun and Qiu Yinming were both awarded the post of editor of the Hanlin Academy. He was appointed in three days. After the dispersal of the dynasty, all the new science and technology scholars had a feast in the same hall.

Dongfang Yan is busy now, Wang Darthead has returned to Nanjing to report the good news to Dongfang's family, and there are only Mozhu and another Li Darthead by his side. Three days later, he will take up his post in the Hanlin Academy, and now he doesn't even have a house. Qiu Yinming was also very embarrassed, he wanted to settle down in the capital, and he didn't know where to start. At the banquet, it was learned that Chu Jun also came from Guizhou alone, so the three of them agreed to go to meet their teacher Wang Wen first.

Coming out of the Huitong Hall, the three of them walked all the way up to the Wang's Mansion with a prayer post. Wang Shangshu's mansion is not large, located in a rather quiet alley on the side of the chessboard street outside the Daming Gate, next to the houses of many middle-aged families. When I walked to the door of the Wang's mansion, I saw an official sedan chair parked at the door, and it seemed that someone was visiting. The three of them discussed it and handed over the post. The person at the door didn't put up a fight, and after a while, he went back to the door and said, "Your Excellency, please." The three of them walked through the door.

There are some pandan azaleas in the courtyard, the green tiles and white walls are very plain, and a few gray-clothed men are sweeping the floor. There are a few places where the pillars of the house have lost paint, the white plain silk windows, the green gauze curtains, the wooden bead curtains, elegant and generous, but the style is far inferior to the Oriental home. The three of them, led by the servant, entered the second gate and stopped in front of a study. The servant knocked on the door and entered, and the moment the door opened, the two of them could be heard talking and laughing in the room. Immediately, the servant came back and said to the three people: "Three masters, please come in." ”

The three of them were fully dressed, stepped inside, and raised their eyes to see two men in their fifties drinking tea in the front toilet chair. One of them was Lord Wang, and the other was dressed in a wide robe and civilian clothes, with three long hairs and eyes. The three of them saluted the king together. Dongfang Yan said, "The student meets the teacher. I don't know if there are distinguished guests visiting, and there are many disturbances. Lord Wang smiled and said, "Okay." You don't recognize this one? While pointing to the middle-aged man beside him: "He is Lord Shangshu Yu of the Ministry of War." The three of them were taken aback, and hurriedly saluted: "Meet Lord Yu." ”

Yu Qian's name has long been heard of by the three of them. About six years ago, the Emperor Yingzong listened to the slander of the eunuch Wang Cheng and drove the expedition in person, but was captured in the battle of Tumubao before that, and the Wara army went south, seeing that the city of Beijing was in danger. At that time, Yu Qian served as the governor of the five armies of the Beijing Division, and despite the opposition of many ministers, he resolutely fought to the death, and finally kept the imperial capital. Later, he was defeated first, and Yingzong was rescued, all thanks to his credit. Moreover, Lord Yu is an upright and honest official, and he is also well known to the government and the opposition. The three of them saw him recently, and they were all glad that they had come at the right time.

The three of them took their seats in turn, and Lord Wang asked with great interest about the three of them's family background, school enrollment, and so on. Although Qiu Yinming really didn't want to deceive this kind and approachable Wang, he really couldn't tell the truth, so he had to make it up. Bangyan Chu Jun's hometown is in a small county town by the Beipan River in Guizhou, and only his mother and wife are still in his hometown. Lord Wang was very appreciative of the three of them. Lord Yu didn't smile in front of the living, but he could see that he was quite satisfied with this year's first-class jinshi, and he got up to say goodbye after greeting a cup of tea on the side.

After chatting for a while, Lord Wang learned that the three of them had not yet bought their own houses in the capital, so he immediately recruited the old housekeeper and instructed him to help the three of them set up three houses near the Hanlin Courtyard and recruit some servants, and the three of them were grateful.

Before leaving, Lord Wang suddenly asked Qiu Yinming: "Chengxian, do you know medical skills?" Qiu Yinming didn't know what Lord Wang meant, and replied: "I know a little bit about it, where did the teacher know about it?" Wang Dadao: "I saw it outside the Chengtian Gate yesterday. Qiu Yinming smiled and said: "It's just a small treatment, not enough medical skills." "Say goodbye to Lord Wang, and go out with the other two. Chu Jun returned to the inn, and Qiu Yinming and Dongfang Yan chatted all the way through the street.

Dongfang Yan said half-jokingly: "Lord Wang wants to be a matchmaker for you, why do you refuse?" Anyway, it's time for you to start a family. ”

Qiu Yinming diverted the topic and said, "You haven't thought about it? In case the Ministry of Rites notifies the Yazhou Mansion that I have been hit by Tanhua, and the Yazhou Mansion comes back and says that there is no such person, I will be in big trouble. ”

"Well, that's true." Dongfang Yan said, "Then what are you going to do?" ”

Qiu Yinming said: "Let's do it first, and then talk about it when something really happens." ”

The two were talking, when they suddenly saw Mo Zhu hurriedly coming from the front, and said, "Young Master, Master Qiu, it's not good!" Dongfang Yan was startled and asked, "What's wrong?" Mo Zhu stepped forward and said, "The inn is about to break through the threshold." They are all house maids. Too much! It's too late to say hello. ”

When the two of them heard this, they laughed. Originally, I was worried about not having a house, but I didn't expect so many people to come to the door. So I hurried back to the inn. As soon as they entered the hall, many people gathered around them, gossiping. The two had to say again and again: "Thank you, thank you, the house is already there." "I was startled when I squeezed up the stairs, and there were a dozen people waiting for them in the hallway. It took a lot of money to send these idlers away and close the door.

Early the next morning, Lord Wang's housekeeper sent someone to deliver the deed, and the two finally left the inn where they had lived for more than a month. The bookkeeper of the inn sent him off with a smile. There were five Jinshi in an inn, and the owner must have burned incense to worship the Buddha, and the business was booming. The house that Lord Wang's housekeeper was looking for was really good, the size was just right, only two streets away from the Hanlin Courtyard, and the three houses were connected left and right. When Qiu Yinming and Dongfang Yan arrived, Chu Jun happened to come too. After greeting each other, the three of them went into their rooms to settle down, and then came to the door to thank the king.

Qiu Yinming's house was closest to the street, smaller than Dongfang Yan and Chu Jun, but it was still too spacious. He pushed open the door and saw two housekeepers sweeping the floor vigorously in the patio. In front of it is an empty living room, with two transepts on the left and right, and the house looks like it is still 70% new. Just as he was looking around, a black, thin, thirty-five or sixteen person ran out from the back of the hall, and said with a smile on his face: "May I ask you are Lord Qiu, right?" Qiu Yinming was not used to the word "adult", and always felt awkward, so he just nodded. The man immediately said, "I am your butler, and my name is Chai Ban." ”

Qiu Yinming frowned, what a good name is this. He looked at the butler, who looked like dry firewood, and said, "How is it arranged inside?" Steward Chai said, "Almost." That is, the furnishings in the living room, study, and bedroom have to wait for the adults to decide. The butler spoke smoothly and said, "Do you want to meet your subordinates?" Before he could reply, Steward Chai shouted in, "Hey—everyone came out—I've seen Master Qiu—" I heard footsteps behind the house, and four housekeepers and two maids hurried out, and after a while, an old man in his sixties came with an apron. Steward Chai slipped through the words and told him the name of the servant. Qiu Yinming nodded and said to the servants: "You guys go get busy first." Then he said to the butler, "I want to look around." Steward Chai immediately stepped forward and led him inward, pushing open every door for him to inspect as he went, and kept saying: "Look, the tables and chairs in this living room are all good wood, you can put a few pots of flowers here, and hang a picture here." Outside it is where the servants live. Adults beware of thresholds. Ah, this room can be used as a study, there is a small hall here, and the other two are side rooms. Hey, if you go through this door again, you see, this is the inner courtyard. Bedchamber. Beyond that wall is the kitchen. There is also a small stable next to the back door. If adults think that the place is too small, there are still some small households outside the back door that can be bought. Qiu Yinming looked at it as he walked: "No need, I'll see if you open a list later, and I'll give you money to buy what you lack." Steward Chai said, "Then I'll go first." Adults take a look at it casually. Qiu Yinming nodded and said, "Come to the study in a while." ”

After the housekeeper walked away, Qiu Yinming carefully looked at all the houses in the house, and several rooms were temporarily useless, so he went to the study and sat down. The study was still empty, there were no books on the shelves, no pens or paper on the table. It seems that starting a business is really a hassle. After a while, the butler of Chai came, holding a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and handed him a list full of writing: "This is the utensils, bedding, etc., which are still missing, a total of fifty-eight pieces, what else do you want?" Qiu Yinming browsed it and saw that everything he should think of was there, and said with satisfaction: "Let's do this first, and I'll open a book list for you." So he picked up the pen and wrote down the titles of dozens of books while thinking, and then found two gold ingots and handed them to the butler, saying, "You take them, and after you have finished buying, you will take some change and share them with the servants to buy something for yourself, and the whole thing will be left with you." The butler thanked him again and again, and went out the door. Qiu Yin saw that there was nothing to do, so he went to Dongfang Yan's house to sit for more than an hour, but when he came out, he was taken aback.

There were many people around the door of his house, and Steward Chai was embarrassed to command the two housekeepers to move things into the door, Qiu Yinming walked forward quickly and pulled Steward Chai into the door, and asked, "Chai Ban, what's going on?" Steward Chai took him to the back of the hall, frowned and said, "My lord, no one can blame this matter, some people say ......"

"Say what?"

"Say there's a ghost in this house! Someone hanged themselves five years ago, and no one has lived there. ”

"Ridiculous." Qiu Yinming said: "Do you believe it? Chai Ban said: "I don't believe it, I've been a housekeeper for more than ten years, and this haunting is not the first time, but I'm afraid of ......."

"What are you afraid of, with me."

Seeing that his tone was tough, Steward Chai said straightly, "I'm afraid that the servants won't want to stay." Qiu Yinming said: "Then it's okay, I don't have a family, and I don't need many servants." While the people are still there, quickly set up the house and wipe all the corners clean. Steward Chai said yes and went, and several servants kept busy until it was time to turn on the lights, and only then did they make the empty room quite presentable. Qiu Yinming was very satisfied with this hard-working housekeeper in his heart. The four family members and the two Yahuan are all from Beijing, and the old man who cooks in the kitchen is from the countryside, and the dishes are fried well. Qiu Yinming observed for a long time, and found that when the Yahuan family heard that there were ghosts, they all looked a little panicked, but the old man was still happy.