On the fifth day of the seventh lunar month, this is an extremely important day for the princes and grandchildren in Jiangning City.

Because today is the preliminary examination for the palace to recruit relatives.

Six arts assessment, three exams a day, the first exam plus the re-examination is the Tanabata Festival. The Wang family set the day of Qixi Festival as the day of engagement, which can be regarded as the right time.

It's just that on this day, it doesn't have much to do with the Zhao Mansion.

For the Xie family and the Zheng family, it is a must-win. For many wealthy sons, although there is not much hope, there are many toads who are inspirational and want to eat swan meat, after all, there will be a chance after the Six Arts Exam, who can say for sure that fate is such a thing......

However, there is only one son-in-law in the Zhao Mansion, the music is not compatible, the five rites are not practiced, the arithmetic is limited to addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, the horse cannot be ridden, the bow cannot be drawn, in addition to calligraphy, the other five arts assessment is like five mountains lying in front of Zhao Gongzi, and he can only be bored when he goes.

Therefore, Zhao Shixuan and his wife didn't think about it at all, and even Xie Yun ran back to her parents' house a few days ago to cheer up and give advice to her baby nephew Xie Yu - Zhao Hao felt for the first time that this cheap mother was not like a real mother.

Therefore, on this day, Zhao Hao, as usual, got up early, had breakfast, said goodbye to his parents, and took Zhao Ling and a family slave out of the house.

The city street in Jiangning, the sun is shining brightly, steaming, but there is a rare cool breeze coming, blowing on the body is particularly comfortable.

It's a good day indeed.

"Go to the east of the city." Zhao Hao lifted the curtain and said to Zhao Ling and the handlebar.

Although the people were puzzled, no one asked anything, so the group went to the east of the city.

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Because of the equestrian test, the examination room for recruiting relatives is not located in the palace in the east of the city, but in the Ruihe Garden outside the city.

Ruihe Garden is more than ten miles outside the city, covers an area of 1,000 acres, pavilions and water pavilions, pond fish rockeries and so on are needless to say, and because it covers a wide area, the racecourse, the archery range and so on are readily available, and also dig the pond in the northwest corner to raise a group of cranes, so it is famous.

It is also close to the Qinhuai River, the scenery is magnificent, the princes of the Wang family and the daughters often come here to play, or enjoy the flowers and cranes, or run horses and archery, or board the south wharf, boating on the Qinhuai River, it is really a pleasant place.

It's just that Zuiheyuan, which has always been quiet, has become extremely lively today.

Like Xie Yu, Zheng Yu and other sons of the famous Wangfu family in Jiangning City, naturally they don't need to go through the joints, and the housekeeper of the Wang family has already greeted them at the door and personally invited them into the mansion. Regardless of whether he can become the Wang family's son-in-law, these etiquettes and mutual respect are indispensable.

Of course, it's not that anyone who comes doesn't refuse to participate in the competition at will. Xie Mansion, Zheng Mansion, and other prominent family members such as the son of Jiangning Tongzhi Family, the housekeepers of each prefecture have already communicated with each other, greeted them in advance, determined the list, and also distributed waist cards in advance to avoid admitting mistakes.

As for those who are not on the list, those without waist cards must go through the screening of the preliminary examination. The Wang family recruits relatives, and naturally not all cats and dogs can come.

Zhao Shixuan and Xie Yun, in the spirit of being noble and self-aware, made the decision early to let the housekeeper inform the palace that their son would not participate in the recruitment of relatives, so Zhao Hao was naturally not on the diamond VIP list.

Four or five new pergolas were built in front of the Ruihe Garden, and four or five gentlemen who were quite inky were invited, but they were not too famous, as the examiners of the preliminary examination, to select candidates for the Wang family.

There are four conditions for the Wang family to recruit relatives: first, the age is between fifteen and twenty-five years old, not too big, too small is naturally not suitable; second, they cannot be married, including concubines and widows; Third, it is naturally the screening of family backgrounds, such as peddlers and pawns, weaving mats and shoes, killing pigs and dogs, striking iron and planing wood, tailoring fortune telling, moving bricks and writing homework...... Eh, anyone with an average family background and profession will naturally have to be eliminated, and it is almost impossible for the grassroots D silk to take this opportunity to counterattack, but there are only two kinds of counterattackers who want to marry a wealthy woman, either the wealthy woman has a problem with physiology or IQ, or the wealthy family has no male in this generation, and wants to recruit a son-in-law, the daughter of the Wang family is both talented and beautiful, and the people are prosperous, so they will not give D silk a chance; Fourth, he must be dignified, have good facial features, and not be too short, and the son-in-law of the Wang family must not be too stumbling.

By the time Zhao Hao came to the front of the Ruihe Garden, the palace housekeeper had already introduced important guests into the park - even though Xie Yu and Zheng Yu didn't dare to be late, the others naturally came early, so the housekeeper saw that the people on the list had arrived, and he was not at all interested in the hundreds of test takers outside the door, and he also entered the park to get busy.

The palace housekeeper was not at the door, and Zhao Hao did not have a waist card, and he didn't even know that the prince of Zhao Mansion deserved to enjoy the treatment of diamond VIP, so he had to hang at the end of one of the teams from a distance, quietly lining up.

Zhao Hao has always been a well-behaved person, especially he doesn't like to cut in line. When I was in college in my previous life, I had never cut in line for four years, even if an enthusiastic female classmate sent out explicit and straightforward invitations such as "Zhao Hao, come to the front of me", "Zhao Hao, come and insert me behind", Zhao Hao was unmoved, and today he naturally has to abide by the rules.

So by the time Zhao Hao lined up in front of the old gentleman with a goatee, the sun was already high. Three or four hundred people came to take the exam, and less than 100 people passed the assessment, and most of them were brushed off.

The old man with a goatee is a gentleman from the private school of the palace, also surnamed Wang, called Wang Jing. It is said that he is also a distant relative of the Wang family. Usually teaches dozens of people in the palace, such as the sons and daughters of the royal family, and the daughters of the princes, and has been teaching for more than ten years, and the knowledge is okay, but it is a little bit of a wealthy atmosphere, and it is quite arrogant in front of ordinary people.

When Zhao Hao lined up in front of Wang Jing, Wang Jing was in a very bad mood.

Because the people who came today were more mixed, many people who were inspired to eat swan meat came to take the exam, which made Wang Jing unhappy, and what was even more unhappy was that Wang Jing met a strange test taker.

"What about the tailors? At that time, Liu Xuande, the emperor of the Shu Han Dynasty, was still a pawn of the peddlers, weaving mats and weaving shoes, and the Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty was only a pavilion chief...... The hero doesn't ask the source, the prince will have a kind of Xiangning? ”

Wang Jing, who was so talented in what the test taker said, was speechless, and finally had to let the security guards who maintained order ...... The royal slaves forcibly blew it away.

In fact, that person was not far in front of Zhao Hao, Zhao Hao also heard it, and felt that what this person said was very reasonable, so he also applauded, and the kind of applause that was particularly loud was exactly what Wang Jing looked at in his eyes.

Wang Jing's heart was not even, and when he saw Zhao Hao, who was applauding and coaxing just now, he was even more angry, but Zhao Hao still looked calm and relaxed, saying that he was neither humble nor arrogant, but in Wang Jing's eyes, he was arrogant - the one who came to take the exam was not sincere and fearful, but respectful, even if he was the tailor's son, he was extremely humble before he was rejected.

Therefore, as soon as Wang Jing saw Zhao Hao, he was already lucky and entered a fighting state.

"Whoever comes, report your name!"

Wang Jing's tone was not polite at all, quite a bit of a court interrogation.

Of course, he didn't regard Zhao Hao as a character, and the real character had already been taken into the garden by the housekeeper himself. Although Zhao Hao is also considered to be extraordinary, he looks dignified, but almost all of the people who came to take the exam today are dressed extraordinarily and have good looks, and they are already aesthetically tired, so they are a little fearless.

"Zhao Hao."

That Wang Jing didn't listen carefully at all, and wrote two words on the paper at random - anyway, this person will definitely be eliminated, and it is the same if it is written as a cat and a dog.

"How old are the years?"

"Twenty-eight."

"Married?"

"No."

"What a livelihood it is to run a family."

"Mobile phone film."

Wang Jing didn't care about the untimely four words of "mobile phone film" at all, and after asking routinely, a few words came out of her mouth.

"The conditions don't match, please come back."

Before the words fell, Liang Lie, the personal slave next to Zhao Hao, had already burst out, pointing at Wang Jing is roar: "What do you say, my son-in-law actually does not match the conditions, are you old and dizzy......"

Wang Jing rolled his eyes, didn't even look at him, just shouted: "Come on, blow away with a stick!" ”

Hulala, the house slaves around him have already swarmed with sticks, and the house slaves of the Zhao family naturally did not show weakness, and they stopped in front of Zhao Hao with water and fire sticks.

On the contrary, Zhao Ling and Zhao Hao were generally calm and relaxed, and they looked like they were going to watch a good show, because they saw that the palace housekeeper had hurried to this side.

Although Zhao Hao had never been to Wang's house, there were still people among the house slaves who recognized Zhao Hao, but they didn't dare to call the shots, so they hurriedly went to inform the housekeeper.

"Wait!"

The palace steward rushed over and shouted urgently.

Wang Jing turned around in shock, but saw that the housekeeper had already rushed to Zhao Hao, gave a deep salute, and said respectfully: "I don't know that Zhao Gongzi is coming, and he is not welcome, please follow me into the park." ”

"Zhao Gongzi ......"

That Wang Jing instantly understood, there was only one Zhao Gongzi in Jiangning Mansion, that is, Zhao Hao, the son of the Zhao family clan in the south of the city, and his face immediately turned red and white with shame.

Zhao Hao smiled faintly at Wang Jing, and he was not polite, and followed the palace housekeeper.

It was Liang Lie, the fat slave, who turned around and waved his fist fiercely at Wang Jing, and snorted heavily, and then followed Zhao Hao.

That Wang Jing was already ashamed, but seeing Liang Lie's provocative expression, she became more and more embarrassed, and she just wanted to get under the table.

For a long time, it was not until the figure of Zhao Hao and his party disappeared into the garden gate that Wang Jing came to his senses.

"The Zhao family has always had a bad reputation, mediocre and incompetent, and he can't pass the six arts assessment if he goes, even if he passes the assessment, the intention of the main family is only between the Xie family and the Zheng family, but it's in vain and it's not interesting to ask for yourself."

After comforting himself indignantly, he suddenly remembered something, and unconsciously fell into doubt again.

"The Zhao family's livelihood is very wide, including silk satin and silk cloth, rice grain, restaurants, tea, porcelain...... What kind of livelihood does the lean chicken paste ink make? It's the first time I've heard of it. ”