Every year, when the list is posted by the Academy, people from all over the world, especially those who are studying, flock to the academy, even if they are not admitted to this academy, they are willing to come to see the future leaders.

It's the middle of May, and the lingering sunlight in the space is like rain, mixed with ups and downs, sprinkled on the shiny faces.

"It's so hilarious!"

"I'm looking forward to our Yanshan Academy taking the exam one hundred and eighty times a year, so that I can earn a lot of money every day."

The owner of the bookstore usually doesn't come to the store for a month, but at this time he is in a hurry, and he is busy with his guys.

As for the private love stories between a certain master and a certain lady, the inspirational story of a certain scholar who did not go home for three consecutive years, studied hard, and was finally admitted to the academy, is even more, even if the content is repeated ten or eight times, the sales are still not bad at all.

The shops on their street all rely on the Yanshan Academy for food, and they burn incense and worship the Buddha every year in the hope that the academy will get better and better, and there are more and more students, and their shops are also full of customers.

Wait until noon.

The front finally began to stir.

"It's on the list!"

From front to back, the voices were connected in a large area, and everyone stood on tiptoe to look out.

"The results of this year's final assessment are out together, and the first list is that, my God, Mr. Zhang personally came to post the list text!"

Fang Xiaoying's hand trembled, the teapot tilted, and a drop of hot tea poured on her fingertips, scalding her hand. took a sip in her mouth, and the big girl next to her squeezed to the front early in the morning to see the results, leaving only a little girl who was only seven or eight years old, who didn't understand anything, only knew that she was lying next to the window to see what was fresh.

The corners of her mouth hooked a shallow smile, Fang Xiaoying had some confidence in her heart, just a little bit of a county, even if it was a man, how much knowledge could she have, she didn't say that she had good grades in all subjects, and there was always a chance to get the top spot.

If Hong Wenbin finishes the exam. By the power of the One. Maybe he can still compete with her, but now Hong Wenbin is afraid that he has no power to fight!

The red list was posted, ranking first, and the news spread all over the country. Reputation. She can read all the time. Continue to read, and never be the same as the eldest sister, let the family sell it cheaply. If it weren't for the bad influence caused by her ex-fiancé Mei Zhonghai, she wouldn't be able to get married for a while, but she was talented and good-looking, and she spent a lot of effort and money to cultivate, and she was reluctant to let her depreciate easily.

Looking at the crowded place in front of her, a brilliant flower bloomed in Fang Xiaoying's heart.

After a while, I heard someone whispering in my ears.

"Ah, something new happened in the final assessment, and the first name turned out to be a woman, who is not very old."

"Really? Which talented woman is it? ”

"The news that came out earlier, I will definitely know later, what do you say a girl can ask for from the academy? Is it also like the 'champion' five years ago, asking the academy to sell books for him?

At that time, the champion, the subject assessment was all on the top, and finally put forward a request, saying that his father spent most of his life to write a huge work, called "Dream Awakening", written about the rise and fall of the family, he had no money to print, and planned to ask the academy to sell books for him, Guo Lao read the book, and agreed at that time, and now many bookstores around are still selling this, and it has been reprinted three times, and it sells quite well.

It's a pity that the champion, three years ago, was somehow detained as a gangster, how many classmates, and even some teachers pleaded for mercy, but they still didn't ask for it, and they were sentenced to death, at a young age, only 20 years old, which is extremely heart-wrenching.

"If you want me to say, if a girl can really make the academy promise something, or choose a good gentleman to be a disciple of herself, among the female gentlemen of our Yanshan Academy, Mr. Tong is the first in calligraphy and painting, and even the size of Shuangli cannot be compared, but speaking of which, to the woman who was taught by Mr. Zou, who is still a female student in the capital, is a famous lady, and even the queen didn't say that it was her senior sister, the sister who took care of her as a mother, and took care of her growing up? If only my daughter could take the first exam, I asked the academy to give me a letter of recommendation, recommending that I go to the Beijing Girls' School to find Mr. Zou. ”

It's pure dreamtalk.

The others just laughed and laughed.

Fang Xiaoying pursed her lips, a touch of red flew on her cheeks, and she also wanted to get into the wrong, trying to keep herself from flying so high, but this heart was pounding!

"Huh? Which one is Red Dust? I haven't seen you for many years, and another final assessment is the first, the subjects are all on the top, and all the gentlemen have given a good word! ”

"It's still a girl! I can see it, and let my daughter also be literate. ”

There is a big man at the bottom, the people are tall and big, and the voice is also very bright, and most of the guests in the restaurant can hear it clearly.

Fang Xiaoying slowly picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, the expression on her face did not change at all, her chest hurt slightly, she took a deep breath, thinking that if she could get the top few places and have a good ranking, she would simply enroll in Yanshan Academy.

This academy is also very proper, we must find a way to choose a good gentleman, be a disciple of others, and make more contacts, it will definitely be very beneficial to my father's business. As for whether she can get the top few, she doesn't have to worry about this!

A group of young and old are looking for Hongchen, Fang Xiaoying also followed her gaze, she has always been knowledgeable about current affairs, and she is also polite to ordinary people, many friends and many roads, who knows if there will be a time when you need help from others in the future? As for the kind of assessment that is domineering at first glance, and I can't say when I will soar into the sky, I have to take the opportunity to make friends!

The Hongchen girl that these people were looking for was squatting with the three-hated monk on the hill near Puji Temple with a large bag of dirty and ominous incense burners at this moment.

"One hundred taels."

"What about you who asked for food?" Hongchen rolled his eyes, "What do you dare to call Master Sanhate!" You are a door-picking monk, such an incense burner, even if it is sold individually, where can you buy it if it is less than a thousand taels? Now it's a set of four, in a set! ”

"Except for me. At least in Qixian County, except for me, if you sell this thing to others, even if you really accidentally sell it, it is also a matter of pit people, and it is a matter of losing fortune and longevity. ”

Sanyi is not in a hurry at all, the old god is in the tunnel.

Hongchen grabbed the cloth bag and turned his head to leave, walked out several steps in one breath, and immediately arrived at the carriage, and then quickly stood up and said with a wry smile: "Wait." Wait a minute. Why are you in such a hurry? At first glance, he is not a buyer and seller, and when he bargains, he has to ask for a price to pay back on the spot, and take his time. ”

"I'm not a trader. I don't have the energy to grind with you. These four incense burners. Because you still have to take it to purify, it takes a little hard work, and I don't want more from you. Thou shalt give thou two thousand taels of silver, and thou shalt give you all four. ”

Hongchen was too lazy to grind with him, the assessment results of Yanshan Academy were coming out today, Luo Niang and they went to see it early in the morning, she also wanted to go back early, so as to save the family from worrying, if it weren't for the fact that Sanyi was not in the temple a few days ago, and she was going to travel tomorrow, she would not have to come over today.

The three sighed for a moment, and saw that Hongchen really made up his mind and refused to change, so he had to agree.

Although there is a lot of money in Puji Temple, he can't use it casually, but the monk is a fat monk, not only has a lot of deposits, but also has a strong ability to make money, and often goes to Jincheng to solicit business and do a ritual for people, and it is rare to have less than one thousand taels of silver.

Hongchen is far worse than him, she is now being fooled into working, mostly voluntary help, at most she gets a little thank-you gift afterwards, and she has not yet collected money seriously.

After taking the incense burner, he couldn't wait to go back, arranged them in order, sat on the futon, and slowly turned the rosary.

"Hum, hum, hum, ......"

Hongchen also followed over to see the excitement, and as the three angry monks recited the six-character mantra, the golden halo rushed towards the incense burner.

Almost instantly, the cold air in the entire hall was swept away, and the warmth made people want to sleep.

Hongchen suddenly felt that his body was light, and he was very comfortable from the inside out, and he didn't feel puzzled in his heart.

"This guy is obviously also an evil monk, and he spends a lot of time, how can he still chant scriptures?" Others don't know, but she can see that the three angers were angry up and down at the beginning, and they must have done a lot of hurtful things, just like him, he was fine when he was young, but he was definitely sick in his old age, and he couldn't die well.

But these days have not been seen, and the anger on his body is almost invisible, and there are really some treasures and solemnities, and there is the charm of a virtuous monk.

After reciting the scriptures more than a dozen times, a smile appeared on his face: "It's done." ”

Hongchen blinked, the four black incense burners, although they were still black, had a faint golden luster on the surface, and there was an atmosphere in the simplicity, and at a glance he knew that they were good things.

Capital

In May of the fifth year of Zhishun, there had just been a plague, and the sky above the capital seemed to be shrouded in haze, and the sun was too lazy to care for the city.

In the Great Cloud Temple, Jing Shen swallowed a mouthful of black blood, squinted his eyes sharply, spit out a long breath, and coughed heavily.

"Uncle Shi?"

Outside, the little novice asked in a low voice, "But what do you need?" ”

"Hmph." Jing Shen snorted coldly, but after all, he still covered his chest and said in a low voice, "I'm out of luck with practice, you go and ask a doctor to come." ”

The little novice replied and bowed respectfully.

There was no movement for a long time, and after a long time, he moved his body cautiously, stood up slowly, squinted his eyes and pondered - he really shouldn't be too careless, he saw the two door gods in Cangqing Mountain that day, as well as those talismans, he knew that the people inside were not simple, but the breath of the magic weapon was too fascinating, even if he didn't snatch it directly, as long as he could take the opportunity to steal a trace of luck, it would be of great benefit to him.

However, he has always been careful, at this time, he will let people break the arrangement, and destroy the magic weapon, and he will only be slightly injured, and he can take two pills to recuperate, so it doesn't hurt.

Jing Shen pushed open the window, beckoned a little novice again, and said in a low voice: "Go and send a letter to your senior sister, just say that she should go to the Xia family's sword house more often, bring some spirit soldiers over, and let me open the light for them." ”

The little novice answered, and bowed down, but he felt a little uncomfortable.

Every time the ancestor of the vigilant master opened the light to the spirit soldiers, he took some of the ignorant cries of the spirit soldiers, which made people feel distressed to death.

Every time like this, he is particularly envious of the few acquaintances in the temple, as well as those little brothers, little brothers, they can't hear anything, they don't understand anything, and they chant Buddha quietly every day, how happy!

At the same time, Zhao Feng, the spiritual master of Qin Tianjian. He opened his eyes, frowned, and poked his head out to look at the celestial phenomena.

It is said that the Great Zhou Dynasty has been one hundred and thirty-five years ago, and Taizu Taizong is all talented, but it is a pity that the day is not a holiday, and it has been passed to the current saint, and he is already the fourth emperor, and it is said that the time is not long, even if there is always a change of dynasty. It's not time yet. It should have been in a prosperous era, the wind and rain were smooth, and the people were happy, but they have suffered repeated military disasters over the years. There are many natural and man-made disasters. Huang Mang's rebel in previous years. That's almost subverting half of the country, and there won't be a few good years, not to mention anything else. Just the majesty who sat on it has died several times, and I am afraid that I am a little more lucky to be able to survive until now.

Zhao Fengxiang is enshrined in the imperial court, and his own luck has long been integrated with the Great Zhou Dynasty, so he naturally hopes that it will prosper, and one day he will be able to come to the court from all directions, and the four seas will be called ministers, at least the two neighboring countries of Beiyan and Xidi will be pressed down, but recently he has been watching the sky at night, and it is dark and unknown, even he can't see the heavenly opportunity.

"The storm is coming!"

Zhao Feng shook his head, turned around and fell on the couch again, lay down with his clothes closed, covered the quilt and fell asleep.

The wind and rain are always coming, he just needs to do what he has to do, and there is no need to worry in advance.

The thoughts of the two gods over there, not many people care, the most popular thing in the capital now is to hold a literary meeting, who let it be the day of the assessment of the major academies recently!

Even the daughters of those backyard boudoirs have recently gathered, and the topic of small talk is mostly which academy, and there are talented students who are talented and high-level, and they may be able to win the championship in one fell swoop in the imperial examination next year.

The Xia family didn't care about these in the past, their family study, in the minds of young people, is not much lower than Guozijian, but Guozijian is mostly scholars, and there are spiritual teachers in the family study.

Even if there is only one out of a thousand, it is enough for a young boy and girl with a dream to fight the fire.

This year is different, the inner hall passed down the word early in the morning, asking the disciples who are responsible for delivering the news to pay more attention to the direction of Qixian County, once there is a news transmission, it must be rushed to the capital for 800 miles, so that the people above are so concerned about the enrollment assessment of a small Yanshan Academy.

So thousands of miles away the red list was posted, the disciples of the Xia family ran thirteen horses, and it only took seven days to rush to the capital, and sent the copied red post in, although it was hard, it was worth it, and I heard that the brother who sent the letter was rewarded with a thick and large envelope of silver, at least six or seven hundred taels.

It's just that the red post was sent in, and there was no movement, and there was no indication from above, so that these disciples were confused, they were still thinking that the quality of the disciples cultivated by the Xia family recently was not high, and they were also anxious, so they made up their minds on the good seedlings that emerged from all over the place, and they couldn't say that they had no intention of soliciting.

What they were thinking above, they low-level disciples couldn't analyze it, but they usually just chattered a few words.

There is frequent chaos in the capital, but Hongchen's family is very happy, even Ping'an has added meals these days, and there is a little more cooked minced meat, it is too small, usually mainly drink meat porridge, in fact, it should be allowed to drink more milk, the problem is that the white tiger gives birth to cubs for a long time, and its own cubs can leave their parents to hunt alone, and the milk should naturally be gone.

In fact, when Xiao Ping'an was out foraging, he ate everything, couldn't even fill his stomach, barely starved to death, what kind of picky capital did he have? But since following Hongchen, Hongchen intends to regulate its body, and has the ambition to domesticate it into a small spirit beast, and it has become very regular when it comes to eating and living.

It is estimated that even Ping An was a little unaccustomed to it at the beginning.

Luo Niang and Ah Yan they, one of them wore new clothes, some of them had better needlework, some could only sew and mend, and they couldn't embroider at all.

After months of conditioning, I ate enough every day, I ate well, and I left the root of the disease on my body, and I also found a doctor to carefully check it, poured medicine, ate and drank enough, was in a cheerful mood, and was stared at by Hongchen for training, these girls are young after all, and soon their bodies will get better, and it is simply a change every day.

That temperament is completely different from the past, and then let familiar people see it, I'm afraid they may not be able to recognize it, now they are walking outside, heroic and upright, dignified and beautiful, with excellent demeanor, who dares to guess that they used to be the most miserable and pitiful warblers in the world?

The day of the thank-you feast.

Hongchen led Luo Niang and Ah Yan to go, and when the banquet was over, he directly found Guo Shanchang and asked him for a full twenty-six letters of recommendation.

At that time, Guo Shanchang was speechless. Covering his face and crying, he couldn't laugh: "What a joke!" ”

It's really a random private school in their Yanshan Academy, as long as they give money, they can let people study, no matter which way of the students they are!

The sage cloud has no class, and it is not for people to joke about the academy.

Hongchen saw that this old man was going crazy, and she believed in Guo Lao's personality, so she whispered Luo Niang's experience, and did not deliberately say how sensational and miserable it was, but Guo Lao is not a child, an old man who has experienced the world. I listened to only a few words. Then I understood everything in my heart.

He pondered for a long time, and it wasn't until Hongchen pulled Luo Niang and Ah Yan in front of him and let him see the two girls with his own eyes that he took it seriously. Take it seriously. Twenty-six letters of recommendation were written. Words are thousands.

"Wow!"

Ah Yan hugged the freshly baked letter of recommendation and cried.

Luo Niang also cried because of the significance of this recommendation letter. Not only did it give them hope of leaving the country, but more importantly, this was the recognition of a well-educated Confucian, the old head of the academy, who was willing to agree that their group of women could still be human beings, rather than be beasts.

After taking these twenty-six letters of recommendation back, the girls in the teahouse have a very different spirit, to say that they were still passive before, let Hongchen tell them, care about them every day, only to learn, only to exercise, now they are full of energy, desperately running forward, even Xiao Mo said that these girls are like coming to life again.

Hongchen got a batch of internal materials of the academy from Guo Lao and gave them supplementary lessons, which were more targeted, and they were all used by gentlemen, mainly to let these girls cope with the exam.

No matter how hard they work, the foundation is thinner after all, and Guo Shanchang knows very well in his heart that the exam of Yanshan Academy is not so easy!

On that day, Hongchen said lightly, she wanted Luo Niang and the others to be admitted to the academy, and everyone went to school and studied together, and at that time Guo Lao was amused, if it was really that easy, the major restaurants and inns around the academy would not have private rooms all year round, and the birthday was booming.

The problem is that if you want to study Guozijian, you are either so good that people can take the initiative to invite you, or you have to have a good father, a good grandfather, a good ancestor, you have nothing, and you still want to think about the academy used by the royal family? Let's honestly find a good place and stay up first.

Therefore, the grade of Yanshan Academy is not low at all.

Guo Lao pondered for a while, and also moved back to his selfishness, and smuggled out the materials used by his own gentlemen to Hongchen, anyway, Hongchen has already passed the examination, and it is a person from their academy, and it is not a violation to take these materials, as for her to study and study with others, the academy will not care, on the contrary, her own students are so studious, shouldn't they be supported?

With those materials, I memorized them by rote, and when I took the exam, I was afraid that I would be able to grasp three or five points more.

Yanshan Academy is about to open, Hongchen didn't want to go to it at first, she went to the assessment just for Luo Niang and them, but she was pulled by Guo Lao to listen to a class, it was an old gentleman surnamed Liu who told Chen Shi, not boring at all, funny and humorous, and those historical figures were so vivid that they seemed to sit next to her and talk to herself, she didn't feel moved by her mind.

When she was old, she studied at home in the Xia family, and her identity was embarrassing, and her relationship with her classmates was very average, but she didn't enjoy the fun of going to school and reading for a few days.

Xiao Mo heard her lying on the desk muttering, so she beckoned Luo Niang and them to clean up her things for school.

A group of girls didn't know Hongchen's careful thoughts, and Ah Yan also ran out to ask a few guests who were also studying, what they needed to go to the academy.

When the group of guests heard that Hongchen was the mysterious top of this year's final assessment, you must know that Guo Laoshan praised her again and again, and praised her so much that everyone in the academy was so curious that they naturally answered all questions and were polite.

Pen, ink, paper, inkstone not to say, what sachets, mosquito repellent herbs, prepare a few more handkerchiefs, riding and archery classes must be used, clothes knees, elbows should be thickened, there is a terrible old woman to teach them etiquette, at every turn a stand, a walk, a sit, respectively, for more than an hour, super terrible!

Frightened, Ah Yan rushed to Hongchen and trembled for a long time, crying and shouting with a sad face not to let her go, to make Hongchen laugh, and the little hesitation in his heart also dissipated.

She is fourteen this year, and it is when she is young and studying, what do you do if you don't study? Anyway, the money she earned must be enough to repay the teacher's style, although what she owes is actually a personal favor, and the exchange of money is secondary, and it is important to repay the favor. (To be continued......)