Murong Qian and Murong Zhan, as well as Chu Yichuan and everyone present all set their eyes on Lu Wanting, waiting for Lu Wanting to speak.

Lu Wanting smiled and said in a crisp voice: "Shanglian: Smoke lock pond willow." ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this couplet, and Murong Qian stared at Lu Wanting and asked, "Are Miss Lu sure that she is not proficient in couplets?" ”

Murong Zhan also looked at Lu Wanting with a little surprise, and Chu Yichuan smiled bitterly, look, she is always so good.

Lu Wanting looked at everyone's eyes, moved her body uncomfortably, and said: "I am indeed not proficient, this upper link is what I saw in a broken ancient book, only the upper link, there is no record of the lower link, I am also very curious, I don't know what can fight with it, thinking that if someone has read the complete ancient book, they should know the lower link." ”

Everyone shook their heads, and Murong Qian said bluntly: "I don't know what the name of the ancient book that Miss Lu said, this king has never heard of this smoke lock pond willow before. ”

"I don't know what that ancient book is called."

"That's a shame." Murong Qian said regretfully, "This couplet can be called an absolute through the ages!" ”

"His Royal Highness King An, let's continue this literary test first." Lu Wanting was afraid that he would have to ask again, so she could only urge him to continue the next literary exam.

Murong Qian came back to his senses and said to the housekeeper: "The last question of the literary exam: smoke lock pond willows. If you can enter the next level of martial arts test, the rest of you will be invited out. ”

They originally prepared a lot of questions, but as soon as Lu Wanting's uplink came out, Murong Qian lost interest and directly omitted many steps.

Without saying much, the housekeeper nodded, turned to the crowd and said, "The last question, Shanglian: Smoke Lock Pond Willow." Those who make the next link can enter the martial arts test. ”

When the remaining twenty-one people heard this, they all bowed their heads and pondered, thinking that they must enter the next level. But they can't think of a good downlink after thinking for a long time, this uplink is really difficult, in addition to the five elements of the side, this artistic conception is also very beautiful, so it is not easy to meet the requirements and conform to the artistic conception of the downlink.

Half a pillar of incense time passed, and almost half of the twenty-one people chose to give up and turned to leave. Only ten people remained, still meditating on the spot.

Someone finally stood up, and he first reported his name, "Serving in the Lower Hanlin Academy, Yang Congjiu." He paused and continued: "This link is extremely difficult, and after thinking about it for a long time, I only thought of one, the mirror burning river embankment. ”

Murong Qian listened and said lightly: "The river embankment is against the pond, and the mulberry tree is against the willow tree, there is no big problem, but the pattern is a little smaller, but it is quite neat, but." ”

That Yang Congjiu was overjoyed when he heard Murong Qian's words, and walked to the side at the direction of the housekeeper.

"Next."

The man who was standing next to Yang Congjiu before stood up confidently, he didn't answer the question directly, but looked at Murong Qian who was sitting in the hall, bowed to him and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness King An, I am Zhang Bufan, the son of Zhang Erhe, the left attendant of the Ministry of Works, and I greet His Royal Highness on behalf of my father." ”

Murong Qian said "um" lightly, signaling Zhang Bufan to answer the question, Zhang Bufan's smile was a little stiff, and he repeated again: "Father Zhang Erhe." ”

The corners of Murong Qian's mouth hooked, what's the matter, is this a climbing relationship? Knowing that he is his subordinate, so he wants to go through the back door? It stands to reason that Zhang Bufan is the son of the Ministry of Works, and it is not impossible to give him an invitation in his capacity, but he doesn't have much ink in his stomach, and his conduct is not good. Just want to be his sister-in-law of King An? What a whims!

Ignoring Zhang Bufan's hints, the housekeeper looked at him quietly and asked him to answer the question. Zhang Bufan's face was extremely ugly at the moment, and his eyes kept looking at Murong Qian, hoping that he could understand what he meant, but King An didn't look at him at all, and drank tea lightly, looking like he didn't care about himself.

The housekeeper waited for a long time, but he still didn't see Zhang Bufan answer the question, so he directly called someone to invite him out.

The rest of them also tried to climb the relationship and go through the back door, but they were all driven out like Zhang Bufan. Now in addition to Yang Congjiu, who passed the test before, there are four people left, and one of them is the previous Wang Zixuan. Among the couplets of this total of five people, the most satisfying for Murong Qian is Wang Zixuan's "Dust Floating Brocade Case Lamp" and Ji Ming's "Fog Cage Yang City Bell" in the Hanlin Academy's canon, one of these two is a microscopic description, and the other is a longitudinal view.

There are a total of twenty-four people, and nineteen people were eliminated in the literary exam alone, in fact, if it wasn't for Lu Wanting's question that was too difficult, maybe there would be a little more people left.

After the literary test, it is the martial test. The remaining five people pass the top three, and those who pass can be seated.

Ji Ming, a proper civil official, has only learned some simple kung fu of fists and feet, and he is okay with self-defense on weekdays, but he can't really use it to fight.

Wang Zixuan can be regarded as both civil and military, his father is a smart man, and he has done a good job in educating children.

The five people took turns to compete, Wang Zixuan lived up to expectations and won the first place, and Ji Ming only got fourth, but Murong Qian asked the housekeeper to drive out the person who was ranked third, leaving Ji Ming, the man asked a little unhappily: "Obviously I won, why did you keep him?" ”

The housekeeper said: "You won, but you also lost, when you and Ji Ming Gongzi confronted him, Zhao Zhao attacked him at the vital point, as if he wanted to take someone's life, when Ji Ming Gongzi had already said that he would admit defeat, you didn't stop, or knocked him to the ground, this kind of behavior has no gentlemanly demeanor, and he is not worthy of being seated!" ”

The man was a little unwilling, but there was nothing he could do, and he didn't dare to make a mistake in King An's Mansion if he was given 10,000 guts, so he could only leave obediently.

Wang Zixuan is first, Ji Ming is third, and the second is Yang Congjiu. Ji Ming and Yang Congjiu are colleagues, in terms of official rank, Yang Congjiu is the edict of the Hanlin Academy, from the ninth grade, and Ji Ming is from the eighth grade, and the difference between the two is not big. On the contrary, Wang Zixuan, who is just the son of a businessman, can rank first, which shows that this son is indeed excellent.

After a few competitions, it was already past lunch time, and this son-in-law banquet officially began.

After everyone took their seats, Murong Qian asked people to invite the county lord of Xirou to come over, and everyone was looking forward to it, waiting for today's main lord to appear.

After waiting for a while, Caizhu finally came out, except for Lu Wanting, Murong Zhan and Chu Yichuan, everyone else stayed for a while, they all knew that His Royal Highness King An's righteous sister was a fisherman's girl, thinking that she would be the kind of girl who looked ordinary and had no characteristics, but her appearance today, she couldn't tell who she was at all, and even felt that she should be King An's sister.

Some people were reluctant to come to this banquet to choose a son, they were all forced by the elders in the family, but now when they see this Xirou county lord, they can't help but feel a little more reluctant in their hearts.

Everyone got up and bowed down together and said, "I've seen the county lord of Xirou." ”

Caizhu lightly blessed her body to return the salute, and then sat down on the seat next to Murong Qian, her every move was elegant.

Murong Qian nodded secretly with satisfaction, then announced the start of the banquet and ordered his subordinates to serve the food. After the dishes were served, they were finally able to eat, everyone picked up the chopsticks and held the dishes, occasionally commented on the taste of the dishes, and chatted about some interesting things in Beijing at will.

Murong Qian and Caizhu sat on the first seat, looking at the people eating below, he glanced at Wang Zixuan, who was talking and laughing in the distance, motioned for Caizhu to look at him, and said in a low voice: "Caizhu, what do you think of him?" ”

Caizhu looked at Murong Qian's line of sight, Wang Zixuan was gentle and elegant, smiling kindly, chatting with Yang Congjiu who was sitting next to him.

"This Wang Zixuan was the first in the previous test, although he is not the son of an official eunuch, but his father is also a famous businessman in the capital, and his family is also wealthy, if you marry him, you can live a stable life in the future."

Caizhu let out a faint "um". Seeing that she didn't have much expression, Murong Qian said again: "Yang Congjiu next to him is the edict of the Hanlin Academy, from the ninth grade, the official rank is indeed a little lower, but there should be a future for development in the future." His literary style is okay, but his martial arts are a little weaker, but there is absolutely no problem in protecting you. ”

"There is also Ji Ming, who is sitting at the end, his writing is good, but his fist and foot skills are average, but he still dares to come forward to fight when he knows that he will lose, he is light and light from beginning to end, and he is a true gentleman!"

Caizhu's eyes swept over the three of them, and finally their gaze fell on Murong Qian.

Murong Qian saw her staring at herself, thinking that she was the one who couldn't look down on the three of them, "What?" Can't even look down on it? He looked at the man sitting at Murong Zhan's head again, and said to Caizhu: "That person is Peng Huaizuo, the son of Peng Yanzhang, the secretary of the ministry, he also has an official position, he is the Seven Rank Ceremony, and he is my right-hand man, I understand his conduct, otherwise I wouldn't let him sit here today." ”

Caizhu just watched Murong Zhan speak quietly, she didn't have the opportunity to listen to him talk so much to herself on weekdays, let alone sit beside him for so long to look at him.

Seeing that Caizhu had not spoken, he turned to look at her, but Caizhu had withdrawn her gaze that stayed on him.

"Look at the man sitting at the bottom of your side, he is Chu Yichuan, the son of General Chu Yuntianchu, my god of war in the east, who has been following his father on the battlefield in the past few years, and is the pillar of my east."

Caizhu looked at Chu Yichuan who was lower, he was sitting there drinking alone, looking a little lonely, his eyes had been on Lu Wanting opposite, Caizhu obviously saw that he was pleased with the saint, retracted his gaze, nodded, and said, "Well, it looks good." However, he must like that sister, right? ”

"It doesn't matter, you're the same as him, he's the best fit for you."

"Does my brother want me to marry him?" Caizhu felt that he seemed to have a favorite candidate for a long time.

Murong Qian nodded, "You marrying him, whether it is for you or me, it is the best choice." ”

"No need, I don't like him, he doesn't like me, I don't want to marry him."

Caizhu couldn't understand Murong Qian's words, and she didn't want to understand, she wouldn't marry someone she didn't like, and besides, that Chu Yichuan liked the holy sister, if she married him, then neither of them would be happy in the future.

"Feelings can be cultivated." Murong Qian looked at Caizhu, his eyes full of seriousness and non-refusal.

Caizhu was a little frightened by his staring, a little mist appeared in his eyes, and his body also ducked back. Murong Qian noticed that he was a little aggressive, his face softened, and he said to Caizhu: "Okay, you may just need time, let's talk about this later." ”