The so-called ten miles of Qinhuai, from the East Water Pass through the Egret Bridge, Wende Bridge, meanders to the west, and then through the Wuding Bridge, Zhenhuai Bridge, and finally arrives at the West Water Pass, about ten miles of road scenery. This section of the waterway is the most prosperous place in the southern capital.

In these places, Miss Shiso couldn't be more ripe, but with a confidant, she had a new taste. Yang Muyun came in a hurry yesterday, but he didn't watch it carefully, and he watched it with relish along the way. Su'er followed far behind, for fear of disturbing them.

Ten miles of Qinhuai, the most lively place is the Tianguo Zixue and Jiangnan Gongyuan, here people are bustling, the two came to the peach leaf ferry, the ferry is named after the shore is full of peach trees, when the wind rises in spring, there will be a continuous peach leaf floating on the water, blown by the wind everywhere, because the river is full of peach leaves, so it is called the peach leaf crossing. In addition to the fishing boats, there are also sailboats, and the boats are not cargo, but people ---- readers. One by one, they got off the sailboat of the "Jiangnan Township Trial" hanging high on the mast, and then hurried to find a place to stay.

Yang Muyun was stunned: "There are still more than three months left for the hometown test, are all the talents of Nanzhili coming over?" ”

Miss Shisu smiled at him, full of charm: "If you don't come at this time, will you squeeze your head again in August?" Seeing that Yang Muyun didn't understand: "What if you're still a showman?" There is no rush at all to the township test. The township examination is held every three years, and many candidates have already settled around here a year ago. What you see is still late, and there are even earlier, that is, the last autumn fell, simply find a good place to settle on the side of the Qinhuai River, prepare for your homework, and prepare for the exam in three years. If you can't pass the exam for three years, you will live for another three years and take the exam again. ”

"And then fall to the ......," Yang Muyun said.

"Poof......" Miss Shisu laughed, "Look at your mouth as a scholar, I wish no one else could pass the test." ”

"It's not that I have a poisonous mouth, Miss, you see, this exam has been three years and three years, and after so many years, I am not willing to give up on anyone."

"So how many years are you going to take the exam? Yang Xiucai? Miss Shiso asked jokingly.

"Why a few years, this year." Yang Muyun is arrogant.

"Hey, the toad yawns - what a big breath, if you really have a heart, Yang Gongzi, you should prepare now, now it is estimated that most of the talents in Zhejiang are gathered in Hangzhou except for you, right? Are you really not worried at all? Miss Shiso rolled her eyes and looked at his face.

"It's enough for you to worry, Miss, I'll just take care of the exam." Yang Muyun is still smiling.

"Yang Gongzi, the scientific examination is not a child's play, some people can't pass the exam in a lifetime, you can't be careless!" Miss Shiso got serious.

"Miss's kindness, how can I not know, but Yang still has an official in Huzhou, so he can't do what he wants, and he is fortunate to be able to take the exam." Yang Muyun also became serious.

"Young Master Yang," Miss Zisu stopped talking, but still said, "Have you been in Nandu for a long time?" If it is long, my uncle is the national prince of Nandu, and you can get your school registration there, so that you can take the township test in Nandu. ”

Yang Muyun's heart moved: "I'm here, Miss, you will ...... Will you come to see me from time to time? ”

"You?" Miss Shisu's slender waist twisted, turned around and ignored him, and said quietly for a long time: "Don't you have long legs on your body?" Can't you come to me? I'm a girl, how can I show my head from time to time? ”

Even the dullest person can hear the affection contained in the words of this fairy-like character.

Yang Muyun's heart was excited, she wouldn't like me, right? I am married, how can I accept his affection again? I have always introduced Miss Shisu as a confidant in my heart, although I was attracted by her amazing beauty, but I didn't think anything wrong about her.

The gate of Jiangnan Gongyuan is very magnificent, it is a three-que gate, a wooden structure, the door in the middle is open, there are soldiers on both sides of the door, it is strictly forbidden for ordinary people to approach, and the two side doors are closed. The main entrance is five sizes, and the vermilion plaque on the middle door is written with two big characters of "Tribute Courtyard". There is a pair of stone lions standing in front of the door, which is very solemn and magnificent. There is a memorial arch on both sides, the left is: "open the branch to take the scholar", the right side is "for the country to seek talents".

The two stood in front of the gate of the Tribute Courtyard for a long time, and Miss Zisu said to Yang Muyun: "Young Master Yang, the Tribute Courtyard is a place dedicated to scientific research, and ordinary people are not allowed to enter. If it was during the Hongwu and Yongle years, you could still come here to take the Jinshi exam after the lift, but now you can only go north to the Beijing Division. ”

Yang Muyun shook his head and said: "Jiangnan is so beautiful, why did Emperor Taizong move the capital to the bitter cold land of Youyan, and even take my Jiangnan scholars to Beijing to take the exam, and then run thousands of miles away." ”

Miss Zisu's seductive eyes glanced at him: "Xiucaigong, don't you know that the Son of Heaven guards the country?" Emperor Taizong is an emperor who has made a difference, how can his ambition be stumped by the warbler Yanyan in the south of the Yangtze River. ”

The two of them unconsciously came to a grand school palace in front of the scale, Yang Muyun raised his head, the gate of this school palace is as grand as the tribute courtyard, the big red plaque on the door is engraved with "Ying Tianfu Guozi Xue" six big characters painted with gold, and there is a line of small characters next to it "Hongwu fifteen years of Li".

Yang Muyun sighed: "This country is much more magnificent than Huzhou Nafu. "All the scholars in and out of the gate are dressed in Confucian shirts, and they should all be students of Guozixue. Yang Muyun suddenly felt close, and was about to enter with Miss Shisu, when he suddenly heard a cheer from the left side of the archway of the gate, and followed the prestige, only to see a large group of students gathered around to see what to see.

Miss Shisu pulled his sleeve curiously: "Young Master Yang, let's go over and take a look." Yang Muyun nodded.

The two of them looked over, it turned out that the students of Guozi School were playing the pot throwing game, two ear-eared clay pots were placed five steps away from the two people, and ten feather arrows were thrown into their respective pots in each hand. After watching it for a long time, there was no one game with ten arrows, Yang Muyun shook his head slightly, he had practiced secret weapons with his master for three years, and he naturally couldn't stand this kind of little trick. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he suddenly heard a crisp voice: "Brother, you see them throwing pots, it's really bad." Yang Muyun followed the sound and saw a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy talking to a young man about twenty years old, the young man was wearing a crimson robe, plump and handsome, and his eyebrows were full of heroism. The young man in scarlet clothes hurriedly scolded: "Don't talk nonsense. ”

At this time, a scholar who was throwing a pot was unconvinced: "We can't do it, then you come." The young man in scarlet clothes bowed his hand: "Brother She's speechless, and I ask Brother Ren for forgiveness." The scholar glanced at him: "Okay! Then if you vote for ten, I will forgive him, otherwise," he laughed evilly, "and give Brother Ling to me." After saying that, the people around him burst into laughter, and the young man's face was flushed with anger: "You, you are bold, you dare to ......" The young man in scarlet clothes glared at him coldly, and the young man hurriedly swallowed the words back into his stomach.

The young man in scarlet clothes smiled and said, "Then it is better to be respectful." He took out ten arrows from the quiver, took two steps back at a distance of five paces, stood firmly, drew an arrow from his right hand, took a slight aim, and the feathered arrow came out of his hand, drawing a beautiful arc in the air, and the feathered arrow fell steadily into the mouth of the pot. "The first one, medium!" The judge next to him shouted.

The corner of the scarlet-clothed young man's mouth showed a slight smile, without the slightest excitement.

"Whoosh---", "dangchang"......

"The second one, medium!" "The third branch, medium!" ......

"Ten branches, still seven steps away." The students exclaimed.

The young man in scarlet clothes rubbed his hands together and was about to leave......

"He's amazing, he's shot all this far away." Miss Zisu looked at Yang Muyun with a surprised face, and Yang Muyun smiled faintly: "Carving insect skills, what's there to be surprised about?" Miss Shiso's beautiful eyes flickered twice: "You can also throw pots?" Yang Muyun was reluctant to talk about this issue again: "Let's go, there are too many people here, let's go out and talk about it." ”

"No!" Miss Shisu stubbornly shouted into the audience: "Wait a minute, there are still people who want to compete with you......"

Hearing a heavenly sound, everyone was stunned and followed the reputation, only to see a son who was more beautiful than the immortals...... No, it's a woman, why is she wearing a men's dress? Everyone was stunned for a moment, and the young man in scarlet clothes was also attracted by her beauty, and slowly turned around and stood up: "This son...... No, girl, do you want to compare yourself to me? Miss Zisu smiled, everyone's hearts beat wildly, she grabbed Yang Muyun's sleeve, made him turn around, and his teeth were slightly exposed: "It's him who compares with you!" ”

Yang Muyun's face was slightly gloomy: "What are you messing around?" Before Miss Shiso could answer, someone said, "This son, in front of such a beautiful girl, are you embarrassed to be a turtle with a shrunken head?" "Yes! So many people are watching! Don't let the girls around you look down on you! ”......

Everyone was gossiping, Yang Muyun looked at the smile on Miss Zisu's face, and walked towards the field helplessly.

When the young man in scarlet clothes saw that the person who came was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but put on a contemptuous smile. The young man next to him also pouted: "Not a few years older than me!" I still want to compare ...... with my brother."

"Little brother, are you going to compare with me?" The young man in scarlet clothes bowed his hand to Yang Muyun very politely.

"Hmm."

"Then little brother, please go and get the arrow, you can stand at a distance of five paces and throw it again."

"No!" Yang Muyun refused: "How boring is this? ”

"Little brother means ......" The young man in scarlet clothes was stunned, he didn't know what Yang Muyun was thinking.

"I want to compare myself with you according to the ancient law." Yang Muyun's eyes showed a hint of cunning.

"Ancient law......" The young man in scarlet clothes didn't understand what he meant.

"Mr. Shushui's "Pitching Pot Xinge" brother Tai won't know, let's follow the rules there, how about it?"

"You mean the pitching method?"

"Exactly!"

"Okay, I'll compare."

Pitching a pot? The students of Guozi School have come to be interested, and many of them know about this elegant way of playing, but because the technique is not very skillful, they have not played it seriously.

At this time, an older scholar came to them and bowed his hand: "Please report the names of the two sons, and we will all plan for you." ”

"Yang Muyun."

"Cheng Yu."

Yang Muyun took ten feather arrows in the past, walked to a position ten steps away from the amphora pottery pot, and smiled at Cheng Yu: "I am used to a position ten steps away, and it is okay for Cheng Gongzi to be in the same place." ”

Cheng Yu smiled, and also walked ten steps away from the amphora pottery pot, and stood side by side with Yang Muyun.

"Cheng Gongzi Cheng Gongzi, please ---- first" Yang Muyun made a gesture.

Cheng Yu was no longer polite, with a wave of his hand, the feather arrow drew a beautiful arc, and "Dangchang" entered the pot in response.

"Cheng Gongzi, there is a beginning, ten chips." The judge shouted.

Yang Muyun's hand was raised, and with a "dang long" sound, the feather arrow was inserted diagonally into the left ear hole of the clay pot.

"Young Master Yang, there is a first ear, twenty chips." ......

"Wow----" There was an exclamation from the crowd.

......

With a whoosh, the arrow flew and plunged diagonally into the left ear of the clay pot, but the arrow did not hit the ground.

"Cheng Gongzi, with tenacity, fifteen chips."

The arrow of "Zheng" spun on the spout of the pot, leaning obliquely on the spout, and the tail feathers still trembled.

"Young Master Yang, Wave Pot, Fourteen Chips."

As the arrows in the hands of the two men decreased, one by one. Miss Shisu also became more and more nervous, and suddenly, she raised her slender and soft right arm and shouted, "Young Master Yang, come on!" Her magnetic voice seemed to be infectious, driving many people to shout along: "Young Master Yang---, come on---! ”

The young man who followed Cheng Yu stared at Miss Shisu unconvinced, and also raised a white and tender arm, and shouted sharply: "Cheng Gongzi, come on!" Although it also drove some people to cheer for Cheng Gongzi, it was much weaker than Miss Shisu's side.

Miss Shiso's eyes glanced at the boy triumphantly, as if provocative, and the boy's face flushed with anger.

It was already the ninth arrow, and the feather arrow flew out in Cheng Yu's hand, drawing an arc, and inserting it diagonally into the spout, and the arrow feather was facing Cheng Yu.

"Cheng Gongzi, Dragon Tail, fifteen chips."

The feather arrow also flew out of Yang Muyun's hand, drawing an arc, which was also inserted diagonally into the spout, but the arrow was facing Yang Muyun.

"Young Master Yang, dragon head, eighteen chips."

Both men had only one arrow left in their hands.

"Now let's announce it first, the first nine shots of the two sons, the total number of Cheng sons is one hundred and forty-two. Yang Gongzi has a total of one hundred and fifty-four chips. ”

"Great!" Miss Shiso's smile was more beautiful than flowers, and her jade hand was clenched, and she secretly said in her heart: "It's won." ”

The young man's face is not very good-looking, and he is worse than a dozen points! As long as Yang Muyun hits, he will win.

Cheng Gongzi's head was already sweating, and he was short of more than a dozen points, I was afraid that he would not be able to catch up, he concentrated slightly, raised his hand, and arrows came out. A graceful arc crossed, probably a little more force, and with a "bang" sound, it flew into the spout of the pot and spun around and bounced out, so nervous that everyone's heart seemed to jump out. The feather arrow fell vertically into the mouth of the bottle again, and the body of the arrow shook endlessly.

"Cheng Gongzi, Xiao Arrow, Ten Chips. Cheng Gongzi's ten arrows have been completed, a total of one hundred and fifty-two chips. ”

"Alas......" Everyone sighed, ten arrows are not as many as nine arrows, it seems that they have lost!

Cheng Yu's face was gray, as if he had admitted defeat in advance.