The college examination has been completed, the new students to fill in the pro-confession, age, hometown of three generations and height and physiognomy characteristics, the county's discipline issued a seal, handed over to the professor of the school, and so on after the hairpin banquet, the county discipline brought back to the county of the student, even if it is enrolled.

On April 20th, the Minglun Hall of Fuxue, the drum music was noisy, and the freshmen were dressed in new blue cloth shirts, and saluted to the history of the thorn under the leadership of the instructor, and the hairpin banquet officially began.

Feng Tingshi wore a golden flower on his head, looked at the students who saluted in the hall with a spring breeze on his face, and said with a smile: "Although Texas is small and thin, its literary style is prosperous, and its talents are multiplied. Master Ziyun 'learn and excel is the master', congratulations to you on embarking on the road of Qingyun from now on, and will shine in the future in the illustrious township. ”

An official speech encouraged the newly admitted talents to be overjoyed, all of them were full of spirit, and their chests were straight, which was afraid of damaging the sharpness of the talents.

Feng Jianshi saw the looks of everyone in his eyes, his face was proud, and he secretly sighed in his heart, everyone loves to hear good words, but in fact, most people will waste their years on showing off their talents and fame.

However, there was one person, Feng Tingshi, who was still very optimistic, and he raised his face and asked with a smile: "Who is Jiang Anyi?" ”

"Xiaosheng is", hearing the call of the assassin history, Jiang Anyi hurriedly walked a few steps and bowed forward.

Feng Tingshi came to Jiang Anyi's side, circled around him twice, and asked in surprise, "Jiang Anyi, how old are you this year?" ”

"Xiao Sheng Bingchen was born in the year of sixteen, and he is sixteen years old this year."

"The afterlife is terrible." Feng Tingshi sighed: "Being able to write such good sentences as 'wild crossing unmanned boat self-traverse' and 'empty cui wet clothes' at such a young age is a natural asset, a real talent of Xiuyi, I might as well too." ”

Deng Haonan stood beside Feng Tingshi and interjected: "Jiang Anyi, the old man is the head of Zechang Academy, you are willing to come to my academy to study, with your talent, you will be able to achieve something in a few years." ”

Professor Cheng was unhappy and said, "Chief Deng, everyone has a love for talent, and our school is willing to recruit him to enroll in the school." He turned his face to Jiang Anyi and said: "Jiang Anyi, you are my talent in Texas, why bother to go to Renzhou to see other people's faces." ”

As soon as he said that, Professor Cheng knew that he had said the wrong thing, Feng Tingshi was from Renzhou, didn't he even sweep in the Tingshi, peeking at Feng Tingshi's expression unchanged, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, quietly stepped aside, and stopped talking.

Feng Tingshi then ordered a few people to come forward and ask each other gently, and finally, Feng Tingshi asked: "Where is Guo Huaili?" ”

When Guo Huaili heard that Lord Thorn Shi actually called his name, he trembled with excitement, and stepped forward to salute with an excited face, "Xiaosheng greets my lord." ”

Feng Tingshi saw that Guo Huaili was fat, and said with a smile: "I can't imagine that you are rich and can write such an ethereal sentence as 'moonrise and frightening mountain birds', it is really unseemly, not bad." ”

Guo Huaili said triumphantly: "Although Xiaosheng has more meat, he has seven tricks in his heart." ”

Everyone burst out laughing.

Guo Huaili saw that the assassin was full of smiles, and became more and more crazy, took out the folding fan from his sleeve, opened the "brush", revealing the poem "people are idle osmanthus falling" written on the fan, and presented it to Feng Tingshi with both hands, and said: "My lord, Xiaosheng copied the poem 'People Idle Osmanthus Falling' on the folding fan and dedicated it to adults, in order to show the students' admiration for adults. ”

Feng Tingshi took the folding fan and looked at it, tried to fan it, felt light and handy, and said with a smile: "What is this thing?" It's also elegant, where do you get it? ”

"This is a folding fan, the only one, and the students will send it to the adults to try." Guo Huaili said with a shrewd face.

Feng Tingshi pointed at Guo Huaili with a fan, and scolded with a smile: "Sure enough, he is fat and cunning, and it is really aggrieved not to go into business." When he turned his head and saw Liu Zicai, he said with a smile: "This son and Yixing are fat and thin, but they complement each other." ”

The gongs and drums sounded, the little official came over with a red tray, the plate was full of silk flowers, the new students were one by one, the hairpin was on the side of the Confucian scarf, for a time, the red flowers were gorgeous, blooming in the tribute courtyard. After the hairpin feast, worship the master, the ceremony is over, and the instructors of the counties return with the new students.

There are two talents in the Xinqi County examination this time, Jiang Anyi is the head of the high school case, Ma Xundao was praised by Cheng Jiaoyu at the hairpin banquet, and he felt that his face was bright, and when he saw the two, he rarely had a smile on his thin face. After a few words of encouragement, Ma Xun said: "I still have some things here, you will go back with me the day after tomorrow." ”

There are carriage and horse expenses and food expenses for the return journey of Zhongxiu, and at this moment, both of them are like arrows, who are willing to follow the horse training guide slowly. Knowing that the two of them were going home on their own, Ma Xundao showed a smug smile, and the car, horses, and food expenses of the two naturally belonged to themselves, explained a few words, and left by himself with a flick of his sleeves.

People were in good spirits on happy occasions, and Lao Wang's carriage was in a hurry, and he returned to Xinqi County a day early. Guo Huaili knew that Jiang Anyi was in a hurry to go home to report the good news, and after making an appointment for a reunion, he instructed Lao Wang to send Jiang Anyi home. Lao Wang knew that Jiang Anyi had won the head of the case, so how could he not serve wholeheartedly and properly send Jiang Anyi to his home all the way.

Standing in front of the door of his own bamboo fence, Jiang Anyi found that the bamboo fence had fallen down, and he had only been out for a few days, and his home looked dilapidated, so An Yong didn't clean it up. Jiang Anyi endured the unhappiness in his heart, and shouted loudly as he walked inside: "Mother, I'm back." ”

Yan'er heard the voice rushing out of the house, her hair was scattered, and when she saw her brother flattening her mouth, she cried: "Brother, you are finally back, my mother is sick." ”

Jiang Anyi was startled, and hurriedly walked into the room where Jiang Huang lived, and saw his mother lying on the bed with her eyes closed, her face sallow and her face covered with a thin quilt, and there was a smell of medicine in the room.

"Mother, mother, what's wrong with you?" Jiang Anyi reached out and touched Jiang Huang's head, which was hot and scorching.

Hearing his son's call, Jiang Huang reluctantly opened his eyes and gasped with difficulty: "Yi'er, you are back, how did you do in the exam?" ”

"I'm admitted, mother, what's going on? Where is An Yong? Why don't you take care of it here? ”

Hearing that Jiang Anyi had passed the exam, a hint of joy flashed on Jiang Huang's yellow face, and he whispered, "Thank God." Then he closed his eyes weakly and fell into a deep sleep.

Jiang Anyi lightly pulled Yan'er outside, Yan'er couldn't stop crying, Jiang Anyi asked softly: "Yan'er, don't cry, tell my brother what happened?" ”

Yan'er was still young and couldn't speak clearly, and when she was anxious, her uncle Huang Kaishan walked in with a few patches of medicine. Jiang Anyi didn't care about the cold noise, and learned the truth from his uncle's mouth: Yesterday, Jiang Chen went to the county government to report Jiang Anyong's evil words to confuse the villagers and bewitch the villagers, and the county sent officials to arrest Jiang Anyong.

It turned out to be Jiang Chen's family, and a burst of anger burst out in Jiang Anyi's eyes, this vicious mother-in-law would never spare her.

At noon, the third uncle, Huang Kailin, hurried back from the county and told him what he had discovered: The reason was that the court was strictly investigating the use of evil magic to bewitch the people, and Jiang Chen's family accused Jiang Anyong of bewitching the villagers in the name of the mountain god, and now An Yong'an is in prison and has not yet been tried. After the third uncle spent a tael of silver to take care of the cell head, he invited Wu Xu to eat in the torture room, and got the benefits, Wu Xu agreed to take care of the matter, and let the Jiang family prepare more silver taels to admit punishment.

Hearing that An Yong was temporarily unharmed, Jiang Anyi breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly congratulated himself on the timeliness of the case, although Xiucai was not an official, he could see the official without kneeling according to the law, and he had the right to speak in front of the county order, and there was a lot more room for maneuver.

The family discussed for a while and decided to go to the county office tomorrow to complain. After eating, the third uncle rushed to the county seat again, the eldest uncle decocted medicine to take care of his mother, Jiang Anyi found "Zheng Lu" from the bookcase, and wanted to file a lawsuit, but he couldn't do it if he didn't know the law.

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Xinqi County Ya sits in the north and faces south and is located in the middle of the city, the gate is three rooms wide, the eight-character wall, and there is a pair of majestic stone lions on both sides. In front of the door, the first half of the east tip is placed in the front half of the drum to shout a drum for the people to beat the drum and voice the grievance, and there are two stone tablets between the first half of the west tip, which is engraved with the words "false accusation plus three grades, and the more sue thirty".

Today is not the day of the announcement, there is no need to go to the court to handle the case, the county order Chen Shide plans to enjoy breakfast slowly and then go to the second hall to work. The little concubine Bai Feng leaned down and handed over a bowl of japonica rice porridge, Chen Shide caught a glimpse of the snow white that could not be concealed in the red bandeau at a glance, remembering last night's coquettish moaning, his heart was hot, and he gently pinched Bai Feng's wrist, causing a coquettish white eye. Chen Shide smiled proudly, his body over fifty years old was still as energetic as a teenager.

"Rumbling and rumbling", the sound of drums alarmed all the officials of the county government. Chen Shide had just drunk two sips of carefully boiled japonica rice porridge, and his hands trembled by the sound of drums, and the porridge bowl was tilted, and the gruel in the bowl dripped all the way down from his beard. Bai Feng hurriedly took out a silk scarf to help Chen Shide wipe it, and Chen Shide angrily pushed Bai Feng away and shouted: "Change clothes and ascend to the hall."

The hall servants beat the drum three times, the two columns of officials shouted "mighty" in unison, Chen Shide was promoted to sit in the main hall in an official uniform, and the three classes of officials had finished worshipping, and they were lined up on both sides. Chen Shide was furious, slapped the shocked wood, and shouted: "The person with the drum." ”

Jiang Anyi followed the official to walk in, looking at the county government while walking, facing the wall painted a monster that resembles a unicorn "Xiao Greed", turning the wall, the platform in front of the hall is made of stone, wide and tidy, the carved beams under the eaves are beautifully painted, and there is a pair of couplets hanging on the red lacquer pillar: deceive people as deceiving the sky, do not deceive yourself; To bear the people is to lose the country, how to bear it.

In the middle of the lobby hangs the golden plaque of "Xinqi County Main Hall", under the plaque is the warm pavilion of Zhixian County, the front of the pavilion is painted with a picture of the rising sun of the sea, and the golden plaque of "Mirror High Hanging" is hung on it. The public case is placed on the wooden platform in the warm pavilion, the table is placed with the four treasures of the study, the arrow barrel, the startling wood, etc., and there is a Taishi chair behind the table, and an old man in his fifties is sitting in it, staring at himself with a gloomy face, it is clearly the Lord of Yama. The two columns of officials dressed in soap clothes and holding water and fire sticks with hideous faces, like ghosts in the palace of the king of Hades, green flags, leather lances, tong sticks, blue fans, official office cards, and drums are listed behind them, which looks eerie and terrifying.

Chen Xianling held back his anger, and when he saw a young man swaggering in, he didn't kneel down, and shouted angrily: "Where is the madman, when the public court is a place to play, come on, pull it down and take the five boards seriously." "Reach out and touch the red skewer into the skewer (the red skewer hits five times, and the green skewer takes the person).

"You can't fight," Jiang Anyi hurriedly shouted: "Xiaosheng has a talent and fame, and he can't be punished according to the law." Seeing the county master for the first time, Jiang Anyi was a little panicked.

Chen Xianling was stunned for a moment, he remembered all the twenty-seven Xiucai in the county, it seemed that there was no such young person, could it be that he was dazzled, saw the wrong person, and asked hesitantly: "Who are you, where do you live, and what year are Xiucai?" ”

"Xiaosheng Jiang Anyi, a native of Pingshan Town, is a talent in this year's new middle school."

It turned out to be a Xiucai in Xinzhong, no wonder I didn't know it, Chen Shide's hand retracted, his face was gloomy, and he coldly threatened: "Jiang Anyi, what are you doing with drumming, if you are playing a show, be careful that the county will remove your fame." ”