But it is said that this day is the end of February, it is the time when the peach and plum compete for the fang, the flowers are blooming, and it is also this day, the triennial spring festival is held in Jinling, and the children from all over the country have been waiting in Jinling City for a long time.

Although the weather outside this February looks warm, it is still cold in the house, especially in Jinling City, if it is rainy, it will be colder in the house than in winter, not to mention the house of the Gongyuan.

I don't know how many young people can repair this tribute house, some of the rooms are leaking rain and wind, sitting in the sun can't be basked, but the rainy weather can be cold and make people only feel biting, throughout the ages, I don't know how many people have broken their bodies because of this imperial examination for a few days.

Some people in the north couldn't bear the cold weather in the south, and when they went out, they carried the test basket on their backs, and then looked at the layers of single clothes on their bodies, and they felt more and more unfinished.

Even if the people in the south encounter such weather, they can only say bad luck in their hearts.

It's okay for others, only the three of the Ji family are going to take a scientific examination this year, this season is billion, and they have been the chief examiner for many years, but this year they avoided it because of their relatives, even so, he still called his nephew to his front last night and told him thousands of instructions, and said a lot of words, all of which are extremely old-fashioned words, and they are also the way of experience.

Early in the morning, the Ji family got up before dawn, and Wu personally took people to the kitchen to take a look, and made a lot of food, which was not very watery, in order to prevent the three of them from having to pay tribute when they were waiting to inspect the tribute courtyard.

Wu boiled a few more eggs and was ready. She took the girl to Ji Wei's courtyard and set up a big table, all of which were full of all kinds of good food and dishes.

At this time, the Ji Wei brothers were also ready, wearing clothes made of cloth that Song Huaijin had worked so hard to find, wearing a scholar's scarf on his head, and shoes with mille-feuille soles under his feet.

Ji Songxian stood aside and placed the dishes and chopsticks, and quietly stood beside Wu Shi when they were placed, Wu smiled. beckoned to Wu Ruiyun: "You are the eldest of the three brothers." Take care of your brother along the way, if the two of them are disobedient, just beat them up. ”

Wu Ruiyun hurriedly responded, and Wu Shi said to Ji Wei and Ji Jin: "Your brother is honest and down-to-earth. You two have a bit of a broken nature. I'll have to tell your brother to keep you in check. Whatever he says is for your own good, even if you don't like it, you have to listen to me. Don't be angry with your brother. ”

Ji Wei hurriedly smiled: "What did my mother say, where is my brother angry, we also know my brother's temperament, and we know that he is good for us." ”

"You understand, it's done." Wu Shi smiled and nodded, and then said, "Eat something to fill your stomach, and I will ask someone to send you to the Gongyuan in a while." ”

The three of them came over to get breakfast, sat down and ate a lot of things slowly, and when they finished eating, Wu Shi loaded some dry food and eggs into the examination basket and said with a smile: "When you enter the Gongyuan, if you are hungry at noon, eat eggs first, if it is still cold today, this egg can be put for some time, only eat it today, if it is left, you will not be able to eat it tomorrow, be careful of bad stomach, but the dry food there can be stored for a long time, you just have to eat." ”

The three of them hurriedly smiled and said yes, Ji Songxian came over to support Wu's family, and said to the three Ji Wei brothers: "You are all familiar with the things in the test basket, but the alcohol lamp is very careful, and there is nothing to do on the side." ”

This alcohol lamp was also made by Ji Songxian and many later memories of glass and specially purified wine, in order to make Ji Wei and the three of them warm up and eat during the exam.

This thing is lightweight, and it is less labor-intensive to burn than others carrying firewood or coal, and there is much less soot.

Ji Wei and the others also followed Ji Songxian to learn how to use the alcohol lamp, and when they heard Ji Songxian mention it, they immediately said: "Sister don't worry, brothers must be more careful." ”

It just so happened that Ji Yi came over at this time, and when he saw this scene, he immediately coughed: "Since you are ready, let's go quickly, go over early and enter the tribute courtyard earlier." ”

Ji Wei and the three of them were ordered to go out, and there was already a small guy who carried the test basket to keep up, and when he got out of the house, a huge carriage was waiting outside, and the three of them got into the carriage along with their entourage, and the coachman shouted and waved the whip and left, the coachman had been driving the carriage for many years, and the car was very stable, and he walked all the way, but he didn't feel panicked.

Ji's house was already very close to the Tribute Courtyard, and it didn't take long for the car to arrive, Ji Wei lifted the curtain of the car to take a look, but saw that there were already many people standing outside the Tribute Courtyard, and they were all waiting for the soldiers to come out.

Ji Zhen also took a look, and then saw that the sky outside was getting more and more gloomy, and the wind blew from time to time, it was very cold, because he thought about how many sins he might suffer after entering the tribute courtyard, and he would suffer less if he could suffer less at this time, so he asked everyone's entourage to go out and line up, and wait for the soldiers to come out to inspect them again.

Naturally, everyone followed closely, and after a while, there was already a long line outside the Tribute Courtyard.

At one moment, the cannon rang out, the gate of the Gongyuan was opened, and the soldiers in brand-new costumes came out of the Gongyuan and began to inspect the things brought by the lifters in several batches.

Every year, there are many new ways to cheat for scientific research, which are almost impossible to prevent, and these soldiers are also time-tested, even the cheat sheets you hide in your hair can be searched.

When Ji Wei and the three of them carried the examination basket over, there was already a foreign lifter who was beaten out because of a cheat sheet sewn in the upper of the shoe, and a local lifter was driven away because of the micro-carved handwriting in the rice grain.

Ji Wei has been sweating since the first move, Ji Wei saw it and said that this person is afraid that there is something entrained, but he doesn't know it, and besides, it is inconvenient for him to say anything on such an occasion, so he can only pay attention to it secretly.

Sure enough, when it came to this lift, he searched for something, someone had already dragged this lifter out, the first lifter after Ji Zhen didn't know how many times he took the test, the white hair of the test, about the body was not very good, seeing many people were searched out of objects, although he thought he was bright, but in the end he was also nervous, plus the weather, he was out of breath for a while and passed out.

Ji Zhen sighed slightly when he saw it, this scientific expedition has always been like a carp jumping over the dragon gate, and it is a thousand good things after it, but the process of jumping the dragon gate has gone through a lot of hardships, and some of them are even life-threatening.

For a while, he admired Ji Yi more and more.

They now have seven jinshi at home to teach their experience, plus they don't have to worry about eating and drinking, and they have a very powerful brother-in-law to help them do it, at the beginning, Ji Yi relied on his personal efforts to go to the scientific examination single-handedly, and at that time, he couldn't even eat enough, and he didn't know what kind of amazing perseverance it took to pass the exam.

After all, it was Ji Wei's turn, he stepped forward, the soldier glanced at him, smiled but didn't say anything, took his test basket and checked it, it seemed to be very serious, but Ji Wei seemed to have some errands. Another soldier came over and touched Ji Wei's shoulder, then touched his waist and feet downward, and waved his hand: "Okay, let's go in." ”

Ji Wei suddenly felt a little strange, and thought about it again, it was probably his brother-in-law Song Huaijin who greeted him in advance, so that these soldiers would release water like this.

When it came to Wu Ruiyun and Ji Jin, it was the same, the three of them went into the examination room together after the inspection, first visited the room master, and then received the number of the room, the three of them were all Tianzi room, but they were not next to each other.

After entering the number room, Ji Zhen took a look, and saw that it was very clean, it should have been ventilated and dried in advance, and there was no musty smell, and looked at the bed cover on the examination bench, it didn't seem to be dirty and old, and then touched it with his hands, and the soft inside was all new cotton.

In this way, Ji Zhen didn't know that this was all done by Song Huaijin.

It was only said that the three Ji Zhen brothers were seated, and some soldiers walked forward with signs, and the topics written on them were the topics of this scientific examination.

The three of them raised their pens to answer the questions, and there was a safe place in the room for a while.

Also on the same day, Cheng Guogong got up from the newly raised concubine's room, and a girl stepped forward and whispered: "Master, the uncle of the Zhu family is here." ”

Cheng Guogong suddenly lowered his face: "What are you doing again, you knocked me a lot of good things before, aren't you here to blackmail me again?" ”

Even so, Cheng Guogong still changed his clothes and went over, and as soon as he walked, he thought that although Cheng Ping'an was not necessarily his own son, however, now Cheng Guogong's Mansion still needs Cheng Ping'an to support the façade, and he can't always let him go, and besides, even for the sake of face, he can't be called Cheng Ping'an to go back to Zhu's house.

Cheng Guogong entered the study, and saw Zhu Dazheng sitting and drinking tea in a big way, and when he saw Zhu Da like this, he was angry: "Brother Zhu is here." ”

Zhu Da smiled, got up and bowed slightly: "No, it's been a few days, I don't know if Brother Cheng has thought about it, our Zhu family can't wait for Ping'an to recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors." ”

"Didn't we say so?" Cheng Guogong was a little puzzled, and his anger became even greater: "Wait for you to take a few concubines for a few years, if you give birth to a son, if you can't give birth, then call Ping An to go back." ”

"Brother Cheng's words are wrong." Ambassador Zhu shook his head: "Ping An is a descendant of my Zhu family, what does it have to do with whether I can have a son?" I have a few sons, and they are not my second brother's flesh and blood, and I still have to recognize it. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Da's tone was slightly painful, and his eyes were slightly red: "Don't hide it from my brother, my brother Tete's dream and I only said that I was bullied in the underworld, and scolded my second brother for being out of the house, and there was no offspring to worship with incense, my second brother didn't know how much he suffered for this, and he cried to me that he shouldn't have asked Ping'an to go with Zhou's at the beginning, and told me that if I could, it would be better to take Ping'an home, otherwise, my second brother will not be able to live in peace over there, and it will be desolate and tight." ”

One line said, Zhu Da actually cried: "Brother Cheng, you can do it, even for the sake of the dead, let our family be safe." (To be continued......)