Chinese New Year's Eve Chinese New Year's Eve night, Cui Hanzhang pushed open the door of the house in the snowstorm and smelled the aroma of dumplings in the yard.

Along the way, excited children chased and played in the snow, their hands red from the cold, but their faces were full of bright smiles.

Xikou, which has been turbulent for a long time, gradually returned to tranquility under this heavy snowfall..........

When the New Year arrived, the sound of firecrackers gradually sounded outside the house, at first sparse, then dense, and in the back it was like the bubbling sound of a pot on the stove, and the sound was calm and continuous. Hanzhang asked his father to rest, walked to the courtyard, the door, and burned paper on the side of the road, and after doing this, he returned to the house in front of his parents' bed, and gently kowtowed to the New Year, and read in his heart: "Parents, Happy New Year." Finally, he sat down under his grandmother's tablet, added a handful of straw paper to the brazier, and closed his eyes to meditate.

The fourth prince, Youyin and Jin Yuwei, traveled from Yunlin thousands of miles away to Taikang day and night, and finally entered the palace on Chinese New Year's Eve. When he entered the palace, he saw that all the brothers were there, and when he saw the fourth brother from a distance, he shouted: "Youkang come here, they are all waiting for you, and the queen mother said that she will open the banquet when you come." ”

"Erchen Road encountered a snowstorm and missed a day's journey, please forgive the Queen Mother's father." Youkang ran into the temple in small steps and quickly bowed down.

"Good grandson, come and sit down at the mourning family and eat something hot." The Queen Mother was already the most fond of Youkang, and looked at the layer of snow on his shoulders that had not been removed, and said distressedly.

"Get up and eat, Yunlin's recital, I am very relieved." A simple sentence made Youkang listen to it with great joy.

Several princes next to him looked at the fourth brother with a smile, but they didn't feel good in their hearts, they hadn't heard it for almost several years, and the father praised his sons in public.

Since the four princes got Yunlin Jiang's "Northern Expedition Sacrifice Text", they sent someone to send Taikang urgently, and the attitude of the saint on this matter has been relatively clear, and the case of fraud in the imperial examination of Taikang and Jin'an will be combined, and the chief officials of the three divisions will be tried, and the case must be closed before the year. At the end of the trial, the princes were not involved, and Emperor Jialong's thoughts made the entire court unpredictable, but at least one thing can be seen clearly, our Taiping monarch still feels sorry for his sons.

How many students and literati can withstand torture? In the face of factual evidence, the major case of fraud in the imperial examination that caused a sensation in the 15 state capitals of the Shenguang Dynasty was quickly investigated, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites, Bai Zhiguang, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites were corrupt and bribed, and secretly supported some Taikang businessmen, and held a study and pulse festival in the name of Douwen Charge, but in fact, the truth was leaked, and the people involved in the case were either rich or noble, and the circle was extremely secretive.

The eunuch Ying Jiugong, the master of ceremonies, recalled that when the saint was reviewing the three divisions, he criticized three "kill!" Kill!! Kill!!! ", ordered more than 20 main criminals to be beheaded, razed the three clans, and confiscated family property; Accomplices totaled more than 100 people who were weak scholars, and the saint could not bear to let me wither in the court, and was sentenced to cut off his fame, and he was not allowed to participate in scientific examinations in this life. At the same time, the Ministry of Rites is still unclear, and the people are not observed, and they are even demoted by three levels. The examiners of the two places were jointly fined with the government and Taiwan for one month, and they thought about it behind closed doors for one month.

At the same time, Ying Jiugong did not dare to divulge that in the second half of the night, Zhu approved the list of Jinke sent by the ten masters of the Taiyuan, which of course had eliminated the students who had been verified by the three divisions to be fraudulent in the imperial examination, and more than 50 people were added to the list in order, a total of one hundred and three people. According to the meaning of Taiyuan, the selection of materials for the country is rather lacking than excessive. Emperor Jialong studied the top three articles in the list circled by the ten masters one by one, and after a short period of consideration, he adjusted the order of the next three people, and demoted Cui Hanzhang of Xikou Qianyanzhou, who became famous and had the highest voice, to Tanhua. Therefore, there are three people in the first class, Dong Baozhen of Hejian Wucheng won the first place, Jiahu Ji'an Gu Dingchen is the second leader, and Cui Hanzhang of Jianyang Xikou is Tanhua. There are 36 people in the second class and 64 people in the third class. Among them, Wucheng Dong Baozhen is the first champion in the past hundred years of the opening of Hejian, and the list of Zhongju is transmitted back to Hejian, and it is said that the whole city is boiling, and the officials and people are celebrated......

Before the four princes arrived in Taikang, the holy decree had already been issued and executed. Tonight, all families are reunited, sitting around a table for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, gossiping about the year's homely life.

Tonight, one hundred and three famous students took the first place in the imperial examination and became famous all over the world in one fell swoop.

Tonight, sixteen families suffered a catastrophe, and the Chinese New Year's Eve meal became a severed head meal, and the ancestors were extinct and disappeared from then on.

Tonight, Emperor Jialong, the fourth monarch of Shenguang, showed his butcher's knife to the world for the first time, the dragon's reverse scales, and he would die if he touched it.

The inner courtyard of the palace is peaceful, the stove is burning, and the whole hall is steaming. During the banquet, Youkang chatted with the brothers and learned that the main culprit of the imperial examination fraud case was being executed outside the south gate tonight, as a royal nobleman, he had naturally seen the bloody court, but looking at the bright fireworks set off in Taikang City, the fireworks lit up the entire sky, but outside the south gate was the head rolling down. Thinking of the emperor's mental technique explained by Mr. Upstairs along the way, Youkang shuddered in his heart and involuntarily wrapped his clothes........

But on the other side, Xiao Jing followed the holy decree of the waist to kill the family and went to Qingyuan, Zuo Shiqi killed himself and died, and the three clans of the Zuo family were all buried in the fire, so naturally there was no need to carry out the truthful return. Xiao Jing only saw the principals of the Cao family, the Tao family, and the Qiao family on this trip, and when he took out the holy decree and read the confiscation of the family property, he had already frightened the three of them to their knees and begged for mercy.

Xiao Jing was naturally not so kind to really confiscate all the Zuo's commercial houses and properties, he had already regarded them as things in his pocket, and he would not allow others to get involved. Although Cao Xida and the others acted extremely stupidly, and they spent 1.1 million taels of silver to buy the things that were at their fingertips, it was part of Xiao Jing's plan to send the Zuo's trading house and land properties that should have been confiscated to the names of Cao Xida's and others' families.

In the end, under the bitter pleading of Cao Xida and others, Xiao Jing reluctantly agreed, and the Zuo's commercial bank and land property were still taken care of by them, and ninety percent of the income was handed over to the Xiao Mansion every year. Cao Xi looked at each other and smiled bitterly, and they all saw the bitterness in each other's hearts. Stealing chickens does not make up for rice, and empties the treasury silver to supplement the Zuo family, but now it has become the second shopkeeper of the Xiao family in Qingyuan.

Although eighty percent of Zuo's shop in Qingyuan Mansion has been sold, Xiao Jing still copied Zuo's trading houses and inventory properties in 15 state capitals across the country, and he finally had an explanation when he went back. The empty shelves of Zuo's firm have all been cleaned, and the other three surnames have been installed.

"After the Spring Festival, before the photocopying starts, the affairs of Qingyuan Zuo's family must be sorted out and handed over clearly, don't make trouble for yourself." Xiao Jing said with a smile to Cao Xida and the others. In Xiao Jing's opinion, although there were some failures in the closing stage of Qingyuan Mansion, it was always not so ugly, and it was quite rewarding. Xiao Dagongzi took a group of slaves and decided to visit Luoshi Street at night to feel the beautiful scenery of Caoyun Town......

The first month is the end of the month, and its day is the first day, and the clouds are in the morning, and the clouds are in the yuanshuo.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, every household walks on the street to greet people for the New Year. Ask for a mouthful, take auspiciousness. The mouth of the stream is immersed in the sound of firecrackers, broken red all over the ground, falling in the snow, quite beautiful. What Cui Hanzhang didn't expect was that the first person to come to pay New Year's greetings to him was neither Cui Mingtang nor the stupid Erniu next door, but Zuo Mi, who came on foot from Qingyuan over the mountains and mountains. Speaking of it, it is not a New Year's greeting, Zuo Mi is cold, the whole person is almost frozen, the wind and snow in the mountains last night are particularly heavy, the cold winter of Sanjiu, dripping water into ice, Zuo Mi can insist on walking to the Cui family's courtyard is already the limit.

By the time Hanzhang pushed the door and saw Zuo Qi in the courtyard, he was already shaky and unsteady on his feet. Hanzhang hurriedly stepped forward to hug him into the house, poured him a bowl of hot tea and drank it, and at the same time cooked ginger soup for him on the stove, if he didn't get rid of the cold, he would have to freeze. When he sat down, he was startled when he saw Zuo Mi's face, and after careful inspection, Cui Hanzhang felt that his temperament and expression had undergone earth-shaking changes.

Cui Hanzhang didn't dare to publicize it, so he had to arrange Zuo Mi to rest in his room first, but fortunately, after Zuo Mi stopped after a long journey, his body was tired and he fell asleep in bed. Hanzhang went out to the living room and explained a few words to his father, and then took his sister Hanling and began to walk the streets.

First, he went to the ancestral hall of Cuifu to offer incense, kowtowed to the elderly, and then paid New Year's greetings to Mingtang's parents, and begged for New Year's money to make Han Lingmei smile. Unexpectedly, I met Mingwei in the garden, this bright but unassuming woman has been slim and elegant, with a neck and a show, and her bright quality is exposed. On the contrary, Han Ling ran over and grabbed Mingwei's arm, and affectionately shouted that the elder sister was short. Mingwei smiled lightly and gave a red envelope, happy with Hanling. The little girl has been talking about how beautiful and virtuous Sister Mingwei is all day long, so she almost told her brother to be a daughter-in-law, which is the most suitable.

Cui Mingtang took Hanling to the backyard to play, saying that he had prepared dates and candies for her, but in fact, he wanted to take Hanling away and leave time for Cui Hanzhang and Mingwei to be alone. If anyone else wants to be Cui Hanzhang's brother-in-law, then it must be Mingtang. Mingtang Hanling, the two ghost spirits whispered and quickly mingled and ran away.

Speaking of which, this is the second time the two have been alone, which is a little embarrassing, of course, it is much better than the first time they were alone.

Ming Wei has lived in Taikang Shangshu Mansion for a long time, and has the demeanor of a lady, so she couldn't bear to snub Cui Hanzhang, and asked, "Are the injuries on your body healed?" The torture in Jin'an North Prison is easy to leave the root of the disease. ”

Cui Hanzhang's heart warmed, and he unconsciously took a half step forward: "It's okay, I've been practicing the kiln handle style diligently, and my body has recovered well, you see, now the old scars are almost gone." ”

As he spoke, he rolled up his sleeves and showed Ming Wei, sure enough, there was white and tender skin on his arms, and the scars left by the Soul Breaker Whip had gradually faded.

Mingwei looked at it carefully for a moment, and then the roots of her ears turned red, and then quickly expanded to her cheeks,

"Hurry up and get dressed, don't be afraid of freezing." Cui Hanzhang didn't expect the situation to change so quickly, so he tidied up his sleeves curtly, and sure enough, every time the two were alone, they were 'honest with each other'. Although his face still has to remain natural and calm, there is an inexplicable feeling rippling in his mind. Looking closely, Cui Mingwei's beauty is in the bone phase, not in the skin phase, and the temperament is warm.

Tidying up his sleeves, Cui Hanzhang hugged his fists and bowed deeply: "Thank you Sister Mingwei for saving your life, allowing you to run around in the Taikang vortex as a weak woman, which really makes Hanzhang feel guilty and admires Hanzhang." Looking at Cui Hanzhang, who couldn't afford to worship for a long time, Mingwei also had mixed feelings when she said it. Although he actively rescued him, he hadn't seen him for many years.

Back then, the hairy boy who was like Mingtang grew up like this, and wrote a magnificent poem of 'horses stepping on Hu Chen, and the sword is overflowing with the three armies'. Although Mr. Lou mentioned it many times in the letter, he said that it was a piece of jade, which could withstand the polishing of the masters, and would surely shine. After all, I haven't met for a long time, but now when I see it, I feel both strange and familiar, and there is a feeling that I can't tell the meaning.

Although Mingwei has been fostered in Taikang Shangshu Mansion since she was a child, she grew up with Cui Yun, the third lady of Cui Mansion, and her vision is naturally unmatched. From the debate in the Mingjin Building to the final word of Xu Fuzi in the Taiyuan, she can clearly feel that the highest voice in the imperial examination is Cui Hanzhang of Qianyanzhou, especially after the comments and blessings of Yunlin Jiang's Confucianism, the name of the spotted tiger Cui Hanzhang is already resounding with divine light, and everyone knows it, and even the children in Taikang City ride wooden horses to play and play, and the words in their mouths are also this poem.

The old and young masters of Taikang like to join in the fun the most, and the gods and goddesses from all walks of life in the Mingjin Building swagger through the market, and they all compete for red faces. Later, it was rumored that Cui Hanzhang's "Strategy-Wenzhi" broke the topic and was also quite exciting, with 'Yao fought in Danshui Zhipu, in order to subdue the Southern Barbarians, how could the ancient saint king be famous for Wenzhi in the world? The problem was won the admiration of many people in the Ten Masters Marking Group. The title of the gold list is ironclad, but no one dares to guarantee whether it can win the top spot, in fact, the news that Mingwei learned from Cui Shangshu is also a first-class Tanhua, and Cui Shangshu also entrusted Mingwei to bring a gift to Cui Hanzhang before Mingwei left.

Thinking of the gift, Cui Mingwei turned around and went back to the room and took it to him in person.

"Taikang Cui Mansion has made great efforts in rescuing you from prison, only the third lady Cui Yun has accompanied me to lobby His Royal Highness King Pingkang twice, and Xu Ningyuan, the prefect of Jin'an, is Cui Shangshu's protégé, and Mingtang went to Jin'an North Prison with his handwritten letter." Although Hanzhang can figure out some of these ways, he is always unable to connect at many key nodes, and listening to Mingwei's words can be regarded as straightening out the part.

Open the gift box, see a warm and transparent jade cicada lying inside, carved by the ancient minimalist Han eight-knife process, the lines are straight and powerful but the form is full, white like mutton fat with a warm luster, there is a kind of coolness at a glance, always wear it to make people feel refreshed, deaf and bright. The back of the jade cicada is engraved with a poem 'high voice from afar', the iron painting silver hook, into the jade three points. Mingwei also saw the jade cicada for the first time, and suddenly understood that Cui Shangshu valued Cui Hanzhang of Qianyanzhou in Xikou so much, and personally carved poems to encourage her. Cui Shangshu is definitely a famous Taikang seal carving, many merchants ask for a word but can't, the joke of colleagues: "If Cui Mingyuan resigns, he can live a rich and prosperous life by relying on this seal carving calligraphy alone." "Shangshu protégé, all of them are honored to have a seal engraved by Mr., but there are very few recipients.

Cui Hanzhang thought about it for nothing, and just about to resign, he was glared back by Mingwei. The meaning of that look seemed to say, "I want to pay it back", Mingwei opened her mouth and said: "The gentleman has no reason, and the jade does not go to the body." Cui Shangshu's seal carving is a must for Taikang, since it is sent to you, there must be a deep meaning, accept it calmly. As she spoke, Mingwei stepped forward to help him put up the accessories in the box and give them to him, just enough to hang around his waist. Hanzhang looked at the bright and flushed face, and did not take it, and said seriously:

"Sister Mingwei, I still have wounds in my waist and abdomen, and it is inconvenient to lean over, so you can do good things to the end and help me hang up."

He was talking lightly, but in fact, he was very empty in his heart, for fear of being seen through and rejected.

Cui Mingwei looked at his serious eyes, and after a little hesitation, she carefully hung him around her waist, Mingwei was long, and she was tall among women, only half a head shorter than Hanzhang. Because the underwear worn in winter is thicker and the waist is tighter, it is impossible to wear it with a rope at once. Ming Wei could only rely on the front to re-induce, the two were so close, Cui Hanzhang smelled the unique faint body fragrance on the body, looked down, and saw through the bridge of Ming Wei's pretty nose that the green onion white jade hand was slender and delicate, and the knots were turned and knotted dexterously, and he was a little distracted at the moment when he lowered his head, and he suddenly felt that maybe he was suffering in front of him, just for this moment, the indescribable feeling, faint. Mingwei also smelled the breath of the man for the first time because she was too close, and the rough breath instantly hit her heart, her heart beat faster inexplicably, and a blush appeared on her face, which was very good-looking. The two of them kept quiet in this way, as if a small garden separated them from the whole world, and time was eternal and peaceful.

From a distance, the posture of the two is indeed relatively intimate, like hugging and snuggling together.

"Cui Hanzhang is a hooligan, and he bullied my sister again." Cui Mingtang suddenly turned around and came in from outside the garden gate, shouting in his mouth.

"If you want to marry my sister, you first asked me if my uncle agrees, hurry up and give me a big red envelope."

This scared Cui Hanzhang, who was already weak-hearted, into a cold sweat, and jumped away like a tanuki to block Mingtang's big mouth, and the two of them chased and ran away.

Seeing Cui Hanzhang's flexible footsteps and jumping over to chase Mingtang, Mingwei couldn't help but stomp her feet and snorted coldly, but the blush on her face expanded rapidly, and her whole pretty face was red, like a ripe red apple, and her little heart was beating non-stop..........