Spring is strong, the rising sun will sprinkle the warm sunshine all over the courtyard, in the verdant background of the mountain, the Jiangjia courtyard looks extraordinarily clean and elegant.

On the second day of the fourth month, today is the day when Jiang Anyi set off for the exam, Jiang Huang cleaned up early, and took his family to have incense on Jiang Zhihou's tablet.

The neighing of horses sounded outside the bamboo fence, and a rough and loud voice sounded: "Anyi, I'm here." ”

Yan'er ran out of the door with a smile and shouted, "Guo Da Pang is here." ”

There was a fat man standing in front of the carriage outside the bamboo fence gate, with a round face, slender eyebrows and eyes, a faint two-figure mustache on his lips, and a long shirt bulging from his belly.

Seeing Yan'er running over, Guo Huaili squatted down with difficulty, picked up Yan'er, and said with a smile: "Xiao Yan'er is getting more and more beautiful, do you want to be a fat brother." He took out the preserved fruit from his bosom and stuffed it into Yan'er's hand.

Jiang Huang took Jiang Anyi and Jiang Anyong to greet him, Guo Huaili put down Yan'er, bowed down and said with a smile: "I've seen my aunt, Anyi and Xiaoyong are good." ”

"Thank you Guo Gongzi for coming to pick up Yi'er, and please take care of Guo Gongzi on the way......"

"Auntie rest assured", without waiting for Jiang Huang to finish speaking, Guo Huaili hurriedly said: "You just wait for the good news at home, it's not early, we should go." Guo Huaili listened to the nagging when he came, and when he saw that Jiang Huang's family was about to start again, he hurriedly pulled Jiang Anyi and turned around and walked towards the carriage.

Jiang Anyi said goodbye to his mother, got into the carriage under the send-off of his family, and as soon as the whip sounded, the wheels "rolled", and came towards Wenping Mansion in Dezhou. Xinqi County is 200 miles away from Wenping Mansion, there are official roads connected along the way, there are endless pedestrians on the road, from time to time there are richly decorated luxury cars coming and going, guards in black suits riding horses to guard the long caravans, there are people working in the farmland on both sides of the road.

Jiang Anyi's eyes swept over those figures who were bent over and their feet were covered with mud, if they couldn't get the show, they might have to work in the fields like them, they were originally children of a farmer's family, and they had no aversion to farming, but when they thought of the ten-year cold window, their families paid more for it, and if they wanted to return to the starting point, all their efforts would go down the drain, and they were really unwilling. Jiang Anyi secretly clenched his fists, success or failure is a test here, and I hope that the sky will live up to the hardships.

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Wenping Mansion is like a crouching giant beast, the long city wall is like an arm stretching into the distance, the arrow tower above the city tower is towering, the corner tower is strict, the flag is fluttering, and a group of soldiers in armor patrol back and forth, revealing the majesty of the state city.

"Sit tight", Lao Wang shouted, Jiang Anyi's eyes were dark, and the carriage drove into the south gate hole of Wenping Mansion. Paving arrays on both sides, the north and south goods are dazzling; The flow of people is bustling, riding horses, sitting in sedan chairs, carrying burdens, transporting goods, loitering......

When he was dizzying, the carriage stopped in front of an inn, and a guy stepped forward to greet him, Jiang Anyi got off the carriage and saw a plaque hanging in the inn: Liansheng Inn. Lao Wang said to Guo Huaili: "Young master, this shop is quite clean, the tribute courtyard is not far in front, let's stay here." ”

In and out of the inn, there were people dressed as scholars, Guo Huaili smiled and said to Jiang Anyi: "It's still early, don't try to find a place to live in this area in two days." "Think about it, there are forty-seven counties in Texas, and it is estimated that there are no one thousand or eight hundred people who participate in the hospital examination, for convenience, everyone must prefer the inn next to the Gongyuan, and look at the name of this inn "Liansheng Inn", it must be to please the mouth of the examiner.

The next day, I went to the government office to report my resume, guarantee, etc., the tribute court was in the southeast of Wenping Mansion, and the Taishou Yamen was in the middle of the city. With Lao Wang taking care of it, the examination citation (that is, the admission ticket) was quickly issued, Guo Huaili was the sixth Hongzi, and Jiang Anyi was the twelfth Chenzi. The test number is arranged according to the "Thousand Character Text", "Heaven and Earth are Xuanhuang, and the universe is desolate ......", that is, the first position of the first column is "Tianzi No. 1", and Guo Huaili's number is the sixth in the seventh row.

There are still a few days before the exam, and people dressed as scholars can be seen everywhere on the street, and the candidates in the inn are either immersed in hard reading or getting together to discuss papers.

Guo Huaili is a stubborn owner, and he can't stay in the store for a moment. Last time, I was accompanied by the shopkeeper Guo, and I couldn't be presumptuous, but this time the old brother can call the shots, and he brought enough silver taels, how could he have wronged himself. As soon as the morning dawned, he took Jiang Anyi to visit the mountains and rivers and sightseeing scenic spots.

Jiang Xueyi wanted to meet with other candidates, but just a little hesitant, Guo Huaili glared at him and said, "Xiao Jiang, don't you learn from those people who are temporarily clinging to Buddha's feet, you usually don't work hard to read flowers these days." It's better to be happy with me, as soon as this mood is comfortable, the exam will naturally be smooth. Let's go, if you don't go, my brother will be angry. ”

Jiang Anyi was helpless, for the sake of his friend's affection, he had to accompany him, and after thinking about it, what Guo Fatzi said also made some sense, not to mention that there was good food, drink and fun, so he should sacrifice his life to accompany the gentleman.

In the evening, drunk Qiuxuan, full of wine and food. Jiang Anyi wiped his mouth and said to Guo Huaili, who was full of oil: "Brother Guo, I will enter the examination room in two days, let's rest for a day tomorrow?" Looking at the book? ”

Guo Huaili leaned back in the chair, stroked his belly with his hand, and teased: "I've seen your brows frowning all day, people who don't know still think I bullied you, poor brother, I haven't paid for you to eat and play yet." ”

Seeing that Jiang Anyi was a little angry, Guo Huaili hurriedly said, "There is something serious tomorrow." Although we can't learn from others to temporarily cram, we must go to Laojunguan to burn incense. Kunhua Mountain Laojunguan, the incense is particularly spiritual, tomorrow we will burn incense together, and ask Grandpa Sanqing to bless our high school. ”

Kyushu Christianity, the former dynasty of the Great Wei State worshiped the Tao excessively, and spent a huge amount of financial resources of the country to make the people's livelihood wither, the Buddha came from the west more than 200 years ago, and was suppressed by the local Taoism, and there were not many believers. The founding emperor of Dazheng used Buddhism to spread, took the Wei dynasty, learned the lessons of the previous dynasty, and at the same time introduced Buddhism and suppressed Taoism, he also let Buddhism and Taoism contain each other. Judging from the distribution of believers, North Buddha South Province and Dezhou are located south of the Yuanhua River, and the people believe in Taoism more.

Kunhua Mountain, the mountain is majestic, the mountain is flying and the stream is deep, the ancient pine beside the road is towering to the sky, the birdsong is quiet, the flowers on both sides are brilliant, and the scenery is beautiful. Along the stone steps, all the way bustling, half of them are dressed in long shirts, it seems that people are of the same mind, before the examination to ask for the blessing of the gods, to show talent.

Laojunguan exposes the eaves in the jungle cover in the middle of the mountainside, the main hall is the Sanqing Palace, and the eaves pillar has a pair of couplets with gold characters on a black background: "Ten thousand auspicious lights return to the purple house, and a thousand Ruiqi runs through the yellow court". Jiang Anyi was surrounded by people into the hall, the hall was dedicated to Taishang Laojun, Yuan Shi Tianzun and Lingbao Tianzun, into the countryside to follow the customs, incense and prayer, thinking of the expected family, Jiang Anyi sincerely kowtowed, silently prayed.

Squeezed out of the crowd, Guo Huaili wiped a handful of sweat on his head, took out the folding fan given by Jiang Anyi, fanned it vigorously, and sighed: "This incense is really strong enough, Grandpa Sanqing is too busy these days, and the Taoist priests with a mountain full of red light all look like the face of the God of Wealth, hehehe." ”

Kunhua Mountain is a famous scenic spot, and it is natural to enjoy the scenery when you come. On the day of April, the sun was shining, Guo Huaili was fat, and he came out of a sweat after a while, and saw a gazebo in front of him, Guo Huaili quickened his pace and wanted to rest.

There are already more than a dozen people talking in the pavilion, and the two are leaning on the rocks outside the pavilion to chat, shaking the folding fan and watching the mountain scenery. The mountain spring pours down from the stone wall opposite the pavilion, falls into the deep stream, the pine and cypress all around, the mountain breeze comes slowly, the pine waves gust up, cool and tranquil.

Jiang Anyi made a few folding fans at home, in addition to giving Yu Zhijie ten, he brought six with him and Guo Huaili with two. No one has me, Guo Huaili likes it very much, especially when he sees someone paying attention to the fan in his hand, more and more people are going crazy, the folding fan in his hand will open, close, shake, and stop, showing off his ability to do his best, enjoying the amazed gaze.

Guo Huaili smiled and whispered: "Xiao Jiang, it's hard for you to come up with this folding fan, it's lightweight, convenient and eye-catching, you see that the eyes of those boys are about to bulge out." Why don't you open a folding fan shop, my brother got together to form a partnership, and such a money-saving business slipped past me, so that my father knew that he had to cut off the father-son relationship with me. Xiao Jiang, you have pity on your poor brother. ”

Guo Huaili grinned and played treasure, the more he talked, the more excited he became, the folding fan in his hand couldn't be shaken into a windmill, Jiang Anyi could only smile bitterly.

A group of people came up on the mountain road, and several strong men pushed aside the crowd in front to open the way, and the mountain road was not wide, only enough for two or three people to go in parallel, and the more congested. The faces of this group of people were almost labeled as powerful, and the pedestrians had to swallow their anger and avoid the roadside, glaring angrily.

Seeing the pavilion, a kid walked a few steps briskly and shouted at the pavilion: "Everyone, the second son of Li County Order of Kyauknan County is here, everyone squeeze, let the second son rest." ”

There was silence in the pavilion at first, and then a voice sneered: "County Commander, what a great majesty, but this is not Kyauknan County, what kind of majesty did you send to our Wenping Mansion?" ”

"Daring, who are you?" The man thought that the fox was used to the power of the fox, and asked with a glare.

A thin figure stood up proudly and responded loudly: "Liu Yixing, the son of the record who joined the army, greets your second son Li." When the boy saw that he had hit the slate, he shrank his neck and did not dare to open his mouth.

Led by a silver-shirted boy who heard the sneer in the pavilion, his face remained unchanged, and he came to the pavilion and saluted Liu Yixing gracefully: "The family is ignorant, offended Liu Gongzi, and Li Yifeng accompanied him." ”

"Don't dare to be, as long as Li Ergongzi doesn't show the power of a tiger and a wolf, just drive us out of the pavilion." The word "two" in the words is prolonged intentionally or unintentionally, and it is full of irony. The crowd erupted in laughter, Guo Huaili watched the excitement from the side, shaking the fan and laughing very loudly, and the smiling face of that Li Gongzi gradually became gloomy.

Kyauknan County is a medium-sized county, the official rank of the county order is on the seventh grade, and the rank of the officer who records the affairs is only from the eighth grade, which is four levels behind, but the record officer is a state official, and he is in charge of the Cao Wenshu, and he has the responsibility of raising the good and evil, and it happens to have the responsibility of supervising the state and county officials.

There was a sleek person in the pavilion, who got up to play a round field, and said to Li Yifeng with a smile: "We are meeting friends with poems, and Li Gongzi's family has a history, so you might as well give me some advice." ”