Five days later, the Taiji Palace once again came out of the Queen Mother's decree, sealing Henan Mansion Shaoyin Zhang Hua Taichangqing, Henan Mansion Shaoyin only from the fourth grade, but Taichangqing is the third grade, Zhang Hua jumped up several levels, the right minister Cui Yuan immediately approved the Ministry of Officials to do so, this move caused a sensation in the government and the opposition, it is obvious that the Queen Mother wants to forcibly establish the power of foreign relatives.

But the reason for the sensation was not just that Zhang Hua was promoted several levels, but that Tai Changqing was originally booked for Cui Yuan's eldest son, and was taken away from the position by the Queen Mother, but Cui Yuan also respectfully complied, and many political observers were keenly aware that the Queen Mother was about to make a comeback.

Zhang Hua's matter died down after a while, followed by the release of the imperial examination in the sixteenth year of Qingzhi, the first place unexpectedly fell to the Chu family, the eldest son of the Chu family, Chu Wei, won the champion, and the second place was still taken away by Guangling Academy, a young scholar named Han Yu.

The sound of firecrackers in Pingkang Fang can be heard everywhere.

"It's coming! Here it comes! ”

With the sound of gongs and drums coming from afar, the scholars of the Gaosheng Inn were like a flock of geese crowded at the door, all of them stretched their necks, and watched more than a dozen officials walking briskly to report the good news.

The gongs and drums rang loudly, the lion danced and jumped and tumbled, only to hear the first announcer announce loudly: "The forty-first Jinshi and the first, Liu Wei of Nanyang County; The twenty-third Jinshi and the first, Zhao Yan of Taiyuan Mansion ....."

"Sister, what's wrong with you? Wake up! ”

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Zhao Yan grinned and smirked, he didn't know what his surname was? The messenger stepped forward to put on red flowers for him and helped him onto the tall horse, while Zhang Huan was busy stuffing a lot of copper coins for the officials, but as soon as the copper coins entered the pockets of the officials, they were immediately touched back by Uncle Lin, who was unwilling to be lonely, and marveled that the pockets of these officials had a strong value-added function.

Zhang Huan watched Zhao Yan being taken away with a smile, and repeatedly assured Qiaoqiao, who had just woken up, that her husband would never be hit by the hydrangea thrown by Princess XX, but unfortunately he did not get the full authority of Princess XX, and finally watched Lin Qiaoqiao chase after her husband with Ping Ping uneasily.

"Go to the disease, I may not be able to hit this time."

Song Lianyu's face was already long, but at this time, he pulled it down, adding a little bit of mildew, if a stranger saw him for the first time, he would most likely blurt out: 'Brother Mahu....'

Zhang Huan patted him on the shoulder and comforted: "Actually, you have no loss, you are now a cloud cavalry captain, and a scholar of Jinyang Academy, when I will tell the head of the family, let you be a real shortage, and go to the Hedong Army to make a clerical or something." ”

"Can you arrange a position for me when you go to illness?" Zheng Qingming squeezed over, only one of the five people hit, his heart was greatly balanced, and the frustration of several days in a row was swept away.

"You!" Zhang Huan slapped his scalp casually, and scolded with a smile: "If you restrain a little, will you fail the exam?" You don't have to talk about it, and you can continue to take the exam next year. ”

Song Lianyu has gradually figured it out, although Zhang Huan has a way to become an official, but as a scholar, he is really unwilling to be a jinshi, he shook his head, and said firmly: "I understand the kindness of going to the disease, but I have a thousand rewards to solve my worries, and I decided to continue to participate in the imperial examination next year." ”

As soon as the words fell, the sound of gongs and drums sounded again, and another group of messengers who reported the good news came with red flowers, "The sixty-eighth Jinshi and the first, the scholar of Shu County, Ma Han." After a pause, he suddenly proudly announced loudly: "The third Tanhualang, Song Lianyu, the son of the scholar of Jinyang. ”

There was silence at the intersection, everyone turned their heads to look at Song Lianyu, the third Tanhualang, who had always been monopolized by the family, actually appeared among them, and suddenly, applause and cheers sounded like thunder, and everyone rushed forward to congratulate him, Song Lianyu was already crazy, and tears poured out of his eyes.

"Go ahead!" Zhang Huan patted him on the shoulder, handed him over to the official, and everyone dressed Song Lianyu in red and green, and helped him to go to Makua Street.......

Until nearly noon, no one came to the door, and the scholars all went to watch the list together, and the inn became deserted, and the sound of Lin Zhilanglang's reading came from the room, and it seemed that he was going to come again next year.

Zhang Huan walked around, and his friends were all on the list and crossed the official on the street, and then there was the name of the Wild Goose Pagoda, and the grand Qujiang banquet, which was the dream of every scholar, but he Zhang Huan lost it.

It was like a cat meow at midnight, waking up Zhang Huan, who was sitting alone on the stairs.

A sense of loss permeated his heart, originally he could also go to the scenery of Qujiang, but at the moment he was the only one who had nothing, as if he had a dream, and everything was still the same after waking up from the dream.

Zhang Huan took out a letter from his arms, which was left to him by Zhang Potian before leaving, ordering him to return to Taiyuan to serve in the army.

At this time, a burst of rapid footsteps came from outside, and I saw Zheng Qingming running into the courtyard with an excited face, "Go to the sick, Qujiang is so lively!" Why don't you go? ”

"Has the Qujiang banquet begun?" Zhang Huan asked with a reluctant smile.

"It's coming! This year, the Queen Mother and the Emperor are here, and Chu Shangshu actually arranged a seat for Pingping, this world is really chaotic. Zheng Qingming took out a few pieces of money from the room, and hurriedly ran out and said with a smile: "You can also go and have a look!" Those young ladies of the family have come out to choose a son-in-law, hey! If only I were the champion, I would have been able to sit at the same table with Miss Cui. ”

After that, Zheng Qingming ran away, and Zhang Huan's heart began to sink downward, bottomless, as if sinking into the boundless dark abyss, and his chest was so suffocated that it almost exploded.

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Today, the business of the Qinglou and the wine shop in Pingkangfang is particularly prosperous, many frustrated scholars gather together to borrow wine to drown their sorrows, and the small wine shop opposite the inn is also full of scholars, Jing Niang laughed and laughed, like a flower butterfly shuttling in the crowd, she laughed with this a few words, and quickly dodged the other salty pig hand stretched out to her.

At this time, Zhang Huan, who had a gloomy face, appeared at the door, "Yo! Another frustrated man. Jing Niang greeted her with a smile, "I want you to drink with me!" Zhang Huan slapped a flying ticket with 100 yuan in her hand.

Jing Niang was stunned for a moment, she suddenly recognized Zhang Huan, it was that snowy night, he was drinking here alone, Jing Niang's smile gradually softened, she carefully put away the Baiguan flight ticket, "You come with me!" She grabbed Zhang Huan's wrist and walked briskly to the back of the store.

There were several crooked huts behind the store, and Jing Niang pushed open one of them, pulled Zhang Huan in, and gently closed the door.

The light in the room dimmed, and Zhang Huan looked up at the house, which was simple and damp, with only a wooden couch and a mattress neatly folded, similar to the house he lived in Taiyuan.

"Sit down! This is my room. ”

Jing Niang took out a pot of wine and two wine glasses from the couch, filled them with wine and said with a smile: "If you can't pass the exam, you can come back next year, as for this pain?" Listen to me, get drunk, get some sleep, and have no worries. ”

Zhang Huan sighed depressedly, "Actually, it's not for the imperial examination, I didn't take the exam at all this year!" ”

"Then why? Oh! I see, it must be for women, right? ”

The smile in Jing Niang's eyes was even softer, she pressed Zhang Huan to sit on the wooden couch, returned the ticket to him, gently hugged his head, and smiled softly like a child: "Can you be a loser if you are frustrated?" A hundred thousand dollars. ”

Zhang Huan's face was close to her soft body, he felt that he had really become a child, his heart was full of attachment to his mother, he couldn't help but hug her waist, and his lips gently rubbed against her plump breasts.

Jing Niang lowered her head and kissed him on the forehead, looked at him with bright eyes and whispered, "Drink as much as you want!" Drunk and sleeping with me tonight. ”

Zhang Huan reluctantly let go of her body, Jing Niang saw it in her eyes, she 'fluttered' a smile, picked up the wine glass and handed it to him: "Did you fall in love with a woman, and then she married someone else?" ”

Zhang Huan took the wine glass and drank it all, let out a long breath and said, "No, she is not married yet." ”

"Then what are you suffering from!"

Jing Niang snatched the wine glass from his hand, her face was gloomy, and she scolded him angrily: "A dignified manly man, if you like a woman, you don't dare to rob it, you only know how to escape, you are a coward, you don't deserve to drink my wine, get out of here!" ”

Zhang Huan's face was so red from humiliation that it was red to the roots of his hair, and a latent wildness gradually came back to life in his heart, he let out a low cry like a beast, grabbed the wine jug and poured a few sips, threw it to the ground, and strode out of the door.

Jing Niang suddenly found that he had forgotten the Baiguan Flight Ticket on the table, so she grabbed it and chased it out, "Hey! You forgot about your money. ”

"Give it to you for the elderly, I have it!" Zhang Huantou didn't answer.

Jing Niang looked at his back and gradually disappeared into the distance, and couldn't help but shake her head gently and smiled: "It's really a man, I like it!" ”

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