Shuntian Fuyi greeted him, personally sent the three tripod armor, opened the ** main gate and swaggered out, along Chang'an Avenue to praise the official parade street, let the people on both sides of the street admire the demeanor, clamoring and applauding, all this etiquette Lu Runzhen is smile, spent in the group, if the heart is bright and dark, the chaos is like a wandering mind, although a "Thanksgiving Table" was memorized yesterday, but when it came to play, it was a pimple, so that Tan Zongjun and Li Guolou next to him were anxious, but they couldn't help.

After the ceremony, the champion Gong Lu Runzhen knew that he had played abnormally, and he was a little helpless to stand, Li Guolou reluctantly stepped forward, took out a hundred taels of silver tickets and handed it to the officials of the Ministry of Rites, and said: "Thank you for your support, this silver will be taken to lunch first, and the right to celebrate the three of us, come to Baozhifang tomorrow night to drink, and then you will not get drunk and not return!" ”

Li Guolou spoke on the scene, he said it well, I don't know how many times better than the champion Gong Lu Runzhen, those officials and errand officers of the Ministry of Rites have already gone sweaty, scorched, and have long been looking forward to rewarding silver, I wish I could leave early, take the silver ticket, say the same joy, carry gongs and drums and lead three jujube red horses, go to find a place to drink, fart, and immediately look up to Li Guolou in the midst of teasing each other, give them a silver reward, and invite them to go to "Baozhi Fang" tomorrow night to drink, this kind of Tanhualang has never met.

Tan Zongjun hooked Lu Runzhen, opened his mouth, and said with a smile: "Boss Lu, don't think about it, it's a trivial matter, it's embarrassing to think about it, let's go, go to the teacher to ask for a cup of wine to drink, don't tell us, you have to go back to lunch, go to the teacher in the afternoon, then we will go first, don't wait for you!" ”

Li Guolou added a sentence and said: "Boss Lu, you congratulate you, I have prepared it for you, two hundred taels of gold ingots, you have to return it to me then, and the other apprenticeship gifts, count the three of us together, don't count the money with me!" ”

Lu Runzhen also figured it out, no longer worried about what happened just now, and said with a smile: "Hey, Shicai is too nervous, it's the first time in your life, you can't blame me, if you are Tan Laoer, you will be at a loss, don't think about it, let's go to see the teacher together." After speaking, Lu Runzhen accompanied Li Guolou and Tan Zongjun to sit in the carriage that had been prepared, and the three of them went to meet their mentor Li Hongzao.

This morning, Li Guolou has sent Wei Xiaoliu to Li Hongzao's mansion, and has already informed the people in Li Hongzao's mansion that the "Sandingjia" official parade is over, and he will come over, and he will ask for a cup of happy wine to drink.

At noon, Lu Runzhen, Tan Zongjun, and Li Guolou came to Li Hongzao's mansion together, and came to meet his teacher, Li Hongzao's mansion is not far from Xihua Gate, and it was the Tongzhi Emperor Zaichun who rewarded him, this is the official house of the Qing Dynasty, what level of officials and what kind of house allocation, Li Hongzao is the emperor's teacher, in addition to the state allocated him a house, there is also the Tongzhi Emperor Zaichun to reward a mansion, carved beams and painted columns, the golden and brilliant attic and the palace building a style, at a glance is the handwriting of the royal craftsmen, ordinary people can not build this kind of building even if they have money, that is a violation, hairpin, will cause a monstrous disaster.

Looking up, Li Guolou said: "Boss Lu, you can also live in this kind of building in the future, Tan Er, I'm afraid it's difficult, I'm not rare, I still like to live in a bungalow, who called me a fake foreign devil!" ”

Lu Runzhen and Tan Zongjun smiled, as Li Guolou expected, all the thoughts in their hearts were seen through by Li Guolou.

Li Guolou is used to being lavish, since the eunuchs in the palace have sent 12,000 taels of silver as a bribe, and it is too difficult to give 200,000 taels of gold to his mentor Li Hongzao, he also sent a congratulatory gift worth more than 30,000 taels, and the four servants in the family picked up the gift box from another carriage and filled the living room.

A three-foot high jade Guanyin, then it can not be regarded as worth, this Siamese jade jade jade production, the royal tribute is nothing more than that, generally a foot high jade Guanyin has been the queen, the concubine Niangniang Xiangtang decoration, the three-foot high jade Guanyin placed in the living room, everyone's eyes are gathered on this jade Guanyin.

Even Li Hongzao, who is accustomed to seeing the rare treasures in the palace, also stopped to watch for a long time in front of this jade Guanyin, and waited until eight servants came in with a specially customized tribute platform for jade Guanyin, which surprised Li Hongzao, which was carved into a tribute platform after inlaying several pieces of golden silk nanmu for hundreds of years, such a complete old wood, more luxurious than the royal family.

Li Hongzao knew that Li Guolou's family was very rich, and he was already a famous and wealthy child of Beijing, so he didn't expect that the gift of worshipping the teacher would be so grand and extravagant, which made his heart warm, and he didn't look at other items on the gift list.

Heart: No wonder Prince Gong Yixun takes such a fancy to Li Guolou and leads the door directly to him, if he is willing to spend so much money, everyone will give Li Guolou three points of thin noodles.

Li Hongzao smiled and said: "Let you break the bank, it's not good if it's too grand, you will be gossiped!" ”

Li Guolou hurriedly bowed and said: "Teacher, it's not a cost, the student does his own jade business, and his own workshop makes it, it can't be counted as money, it is the student who respects the teacher, and asks the teacher to accept it!" ”

Li Guolou said lightly, his own made items, prevarication, so that both sides have brilliance on their faces, this set of rhetoric, he is familiar with it, and took out a brocade box from his sleeve, opened it, and his face is a string of crystal clear Buddha beads made of East Pearls, saying that he was specially looking for the master of the monk Lingzhi to open the light, and coaxed the master Wang to smile.

The names of Lu Runzhen and Tan Zongjun are written on the gift list, and the financial gifts are sent together with the three tripods, so Lu Runzhen and Tan Zongjun are very face-saving, and the teacher Li Hongzao can't tell which gifts the three disciples have procured, just smile at the disciples and worship the teacher.

This is not the end, Li Guolou said: "Teacher, the disciple heard that you are old, and you are compiling a book of famous scriptures and scholars in the Qing Dynasty, and the disciple also wants to make a modest effort, and there are some manuscripts written by Zang Lin in the scholar's hometown library, and when the disciple returns to his hometown, he will bring it to the teacher for detailed study!" ”

Li Hongzao was happy to hear this, stroked his beard and nodded: "Okay, good, I still like the disciples to give it to me, the seniors make academic manuscripts, if you have it, I am the more the better, hahahaha!" ”

Lu Runzhen and Tan Zongjun hurriedly said that they went back to their hometown to find it, and also sent the manuscripts of famous artists collected at home to their mentor Li Hongzao for "detailed study", but this time they were unwilling, and they all glared at Li Guolou viciously, and the famous writers wrote the manuscripts themselves, which are much more valuable than gold and silver for readers, and far more valuable than things outside the body.

Taking advantage of Li Hongzao's happy hand dance, the three disciples begged for a banner, so that the teacher Li Hongzao splashed ink on the spot, and each person got a couplet five feet long, watching Li Hongzao write ink and paper gold couplets with a very thick brush, Li Guolou was secretly ashamed, writing such a big character, but also swaying freely, the pen is vigorous, he does not have this ability, writing brush skills to use decades of hard work accumulation, his kind of fly-headed small Kai, not elegant.

I heard that Li Guolou was going to buy a wedding wine at night, and invited more than 200 Jinshi to drink the wedding wine, Li Hongzao also gave Li Guolou an additional five-foot picture scroll, unfolded a look, it is a landscape painting, Li Hongzao does not have many paintings, he is good at calligraphy, it is rare to paint to cultivate sentiment, and also gave Li Guolou a fan with poems written on it, so that Li Guolou is grateful, grateful, and the scenery is occupied by him.

This made Lu Runzhen and Tan Zongjun next to him extremely red-eyed, and they couldn't wait to snatch it from Li Guolou's hands, knowing in their hearts that their mentor Li Hongzao favored one over the other, and looked down on Li Guolou, but Li Guolou had good luck and happened to catch up with the wedding joy, which made them want pantothenic acid in their stomachs, and it was not easy to speak, so they could only wait for the next opportunity to make fun of Li Guolou again.

After going through the banquet, Lu Runzhen, Tan Zongjun, and Li Guolou left Li Hongzao's mansion together, and before leaving, Li Hongzao was sent to the door of the living room, and said: "The three are the pillars of the country, and the teacher has high hopes for you, and in the future, you must be diligent and honest for the emperor, be honest and honest for officials, be diligent in doing things, and be upright. Don't think about which one was promoted in the same year than himself, it takes a lifetime to be an official and a eunuch, the ups and downs in the sea of eunuchs, the ups and downs are very normal, you can't sell your ideals and morals, and get fame and fortune, chase fame and fortune, give up your desires, that's not a good person, for the teacher in this life, and this time as the chief examiner, you will be respected in the future, you must know how to clean yourself! ”

Li Hongzao meant to tell Sanding Jia that the three of them were his confidant disciples, and if they were covered by him, they would be able to travel thousands of miles in the future, and the scholars were all smart people.

Lu Runzhen, Tan Zongjun, and Li Guolou bowed down to thank them, taught their teachers, and left Li Hongzao's mansion with gratitude.

As soon as he got out of the gate, Tan Zongjun grabbed Li Guolou and didn't let him go home, Li Guolou was a little strange, he was going to get together at night, what else was going on.

"Tan Lao Er, what are you doing, I'll just take two more text panels, can you settle accounts with me?" Li Guolou thought that Tan Zongjun wanted to ask him for Li Hongzao's writing fan for the sake of the text in his hand.

Tan Zongjun said with a wicked smile: "Li Laosan, how can you be so stingy for your brother, for this little thing, let you miss the beautiful scenery, I am really lacking for me, I have already seen it, you Jingshi has to go around, anyway, I want to go out for a few years, you do me a favor, make a fat shortage on the salt road, you must always help in this matter!" ”

Li Guolou shook his head and sighed: "Tan Lao Er, you are too anxious, this year or two later, what are you talking about now, the younger brother knows, when you are really lacking in the future, I will help you, fat is lacking, you are not qualified to tender wheels, you can choose the middle section, since you don't like to be a parent official, Yandao is suitable for you to mix!" ”

Tan Zongjun smiled, pointed to Li Guolou, and said: "It's enough friends, I can spend my blood to buy off the teacher, and I can sell it for the title of Tanhualang, it's worth my life!" ”

Buying the examiner is such a thing, if you put the former dynasty into the court, you will be beheaded, this is not a joke, Li Guolou's face changed, and he said angrily: "Tan Er, the joke is too much, if you keep talking, I will turn my face·······"

Lu Runzhen hurriedly interjected: "Li Laosan, Tan Laoer is just a joke, don't mind, he won't say it again, we'll see you in the evening, go back and rest for a while, and see how we repair you at night, hahahaha!" ”

Tan Zongjun knew that he had made a mistake without concealing his mouth, so he hurriedly made amends, blinked his eyes, and said with a smile: "Li Laosan, I'm sorry, I like to joke, I won't make the same mistakes again, don't worry, I will only talk about your three peach blossoms, and I will take care of my stinky mouth!" ”

For Li Guolou's ability to be admitted to the first and third "Tanhua", the first and second class people don't believe it, and even Li Guolou's fellow townsman "top three" Zhu Dinghe doesn't believe it, it's too strange, a person who originally gave up the scientific examination, and even the scientific examination cram school of the Gongyuan Academy can't see the shadow person, will go all the way to the first class and win the title of Tanhualang, all the science and technology scholars have doubts about Li Guolou, but they can't hold the handle, they can only say a few cynical words when joking, no, Tan Zongjun is the first to start.

Before Li Guolou left, he glared at Tan Zongjun and shouted: "Second Tan, I am not allowed to make this kind of joke at the wedding banquet, I will be sued by people with bad intentions to Yushitai, don't eat enough, and commit a taboo in the court!" ”

Tan Zongjun could only apologize again, bid farewell to Li Guolou, shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Boss Lu, do you believe that Li Laosan is innocent!" ”

Lu Runzhen smiled and said: "Tan Laoer, look at Li Laosan's poetry, like he has studied the Bagu literati well, doing two poems will kill him, this is not a bit of urgency, how can he write five poems in response to the situation during the scientific examination, it is really doubtful!" ”

"Hey, anyway, Li Laosan has a good life, and if he makes it, we can only be with him." Tan Zongjun sighed, and felt a little ashamed, and Li Guolou, a person with a level of literary talent, praised the official parade on the street together, this Wenqu star is high, and he can't reach the top of the beam.

"Hey, the teacher takes a fancy to him, Tan Laoer, in the future, our promotion speed can't be compared with Li Laosan, do you believe it?" Lu Runzhen knows that he is the champion of the prince, and if he mixes well in the future, he will be the emperor, as for the fat shortage can not do it for seven years, he will return to Beijing to return to the Hanlin Academy to do learning, sometimes looking at the "champion" scenery and dedication, but the actual situation, on the contrary, the backward Jinshi will have great development, and the fat shortage is all released officials to go, staying at the feet of the Son of Heaven, that is, the grade is higher than others, the price is higher than others, and the gray income is greatly reduced, so there will be a "bitterness" to be a poor Beijing official.

"Well, Boss Lu hit the nail on the head, Li Laosan hit his mentor with blood, and Li Zhongtang has the support behind him, the Qing School is going to unite with the Westernists, this Li Laosan is the key person, are you right." Tan Zongjun touched his fat chin, brushed his beard and thought about the layout of the court,