"Brother, get up...... Get up ......"

Xiaomeng was wearing a golden butterfly and a big red jacket, a pomegranate red flower-sprinkled crepe skirt, a colorful palace silk tied around her waist, a sword obliquely inserted on the palace silk, and a flower bun on her head.

She tugged hard at her brother's arm on the bed, trying to pull him up.

"Sleep again, sleep again." Ning Jiang lay on the bed and rolled over.

"It's going to be released soon." Xiaomeng said urgently.

"It's okay," Ning Jiang continued to sleep, "Get ready for the silver reward, just wait for the good news person to come." ”

"Brother......" Xiaomeng was so angry that he stomped his feet, but he couldn't take his brother, so he had to leave his brother alone and wait outside.

The sun was slowly rising, the mountain fog in the distance had not yet dissipated, the lake was swaying in the sun, and the flower boats docked on the shore of the lake at the other end were quiet after the hustle and bustle of last night.

While waiting for the annunciation, Xiaomeng was bored and walked around the door.

In a corner of the Zheng Mansion, Lu Zhiyuan, who lived in the Zheng Mansion, waited restlessly, and Lu Xifu accompanied him while talking to him.

In this way, after a long time, the sound of firecrackers suddenly sounded outside, and then the steward came to inform him, Lu Zhiyuan breathed a sigh of relief, and when he arrived outside, his brother-in-law Zheng Xiang was already smiling and helping him release the reward. Seeing Lu Zhiyuan coming out, these people came to congratulate him, Lu Zhiyuan asked, and learned that he had won the third class.

Although it is only the third class, after all, he still won the move, plus his sister married into the Zheng Mansion, seeing that Dr. Zheng is about to leave the Ministry of Officials, even if he can't go further in his fame in the future, getting an official hat is also a sure thing, so he smiled.

asked again: "I don't know the top of the B list, who is Xie Yuan?" ”

Bao Xiren smiled: "Speaking of which, it is your fellow villager of Luju ......"

Lu Zhiyuan was silent for a while!

At the same time, Tongzhou Zhijun Gan's family, Gan Lie walked around at home, irritable, waited for a long time, there was no sound of firecrackers outside, until noon, there was no movement, and finally could only shake the cups and bowls on the table, and the people knew that the son was short-tempered, and he didn't dare to disturb at this time.

In Tongzhou City, there are thousands of talents gathered from various counties, and at this moment, the vast majority of people are gloomy, and the ladies of the green buildings and flower boats are also ready to comfort their wounded hearts.

On one of the flower boats from Yuehu, a woman with the stage name Qin Hongyun stretched her waist lazily, and Qingjuan, who went to copy the list, had already returned and presented the list of Benzhou's second list this autumn.

In the state test of each continent, the number of places in the lifting is limited to death, such as the capital, such as the big states close to the capital, the number of places can be hundreds, such as some remote states and counties, and the number of people in each game is only ten or twenty. Tongzhou is considered a medium-sized state capital, and there are sixty places given by the imperial court.

Qin Hongyun spread out the list, saw the name of Xie Yuan at the top at a glance, and said, "Is it him?" ”

By Luopei Lake, Ning Xiaomeng continued to pace, and suddenly saw a group of people rushing in the distance, rolling up the dust behind them. She opened her eyes wide and watched these people rush in front of her, and she was in an uproar: "Ning Xie Yuan lives here?" "Rather Xie Yuan?" ……

"Wait a minute," Xiao Meng shouted, "There is no one called Ning Jieyuan here, my brother's name is Ning Jiang ......"

Everyone laughed and said, "Isn't that Ning Jieyuan?" "The first name on the second list, Master Ningjiang!" "Congratulations!" ……

"My brother is Xie Yuan?" Xiaomeng jumped excitedly, and then rushed to the yard, and everyone hugged in.

At this time, Ning Jiang had just gotten up for a long time, and he was still holding a cup in the courtyard to rinse his mouth and brush his teeth, and suddenly everyone rushed in, congratulating, begging for silver, gossiping, he shouted: "Wait a minute, wait a minute!" ”……

***

In the imperial examination, the two most important lists, one is the Jinshi list released by the palace examination, also known as the A list, and the other is the list of people released by the state examination, called the B list.

Needless to say, the Jinshi list is self-explanatory, the cave room spends candle nights, and when the gold list is inscribed, this "gold list" is the first list, because it is hand-picked by the Son of Heaven, and it is released with the yellow list, which is also called the "gold list", and the "three tripod jia" on the list directly enters the Hanlin Academy, and even if it is only listed in the top three and put it in the locality, most of them can start from the level of the prefect and the same knowledge.

The list of people is basically preserved, even if you don't be able to go to the next level in the future, you will at least have an official body, be able to be a county magistrate, a school official, and there will be no chance to do the same knowledge in the future, of course, it will not be easy to continue to climb up.

List A and List B are the two dragon gates in the imperial examination, and the others, such as the Hui Examination, the Fu Examination, etc., are just skipping the steps of these two dragon gates.

It is precisely for this reason that the A and B lists, collectively known as the "two lists", are the top priority of the entire imperial examination.

The first place on the B list is "Xie Yuan"!

Brother not only won the move, but also in the understanding of the yuan, Xiaomeng is so happy that he keeps jumping his feet, renting the house to their yard owner, has already set off firecrackers outside, crackling, flashing light, renting their house Xiucai not only won the lift, but also the first place in the second list of Xie Yuan, in the future, there are no students rushing to live in this house.

The girls on the flower boat in the distance were also looking here, and at this time they knew that the top spot in the state test was so close to them, and they knew that they would invite him to stay on the boat last night.

Xiaomeng happily distributed the colorful heads, and everyone spontaneously helped to put up lights at the courtyard gate, so it was not lively.

In the afternoon, the professors and scholars of Tang Yu Academy also came to congratulate them, although they did not teach Ningjiang anything, but Xie Yuan came out of the state school, and always let the entire academy follow suit.

Like this, there was a lot of commotion, until it was quiet after dark, Xiaomeng's excitement still did not decay, and Ning Jiang couldn't take her.

After dark, the brother and sister were hot in the courtyard, and Xiaomeng also drank some, blushing, and said, "Brother, you are now a 'master', hehe." "Anyone who is admitted to the examination, regardless of age, whether he has a wife and children, can be called "master".

Ning Jiang knocked her on the head with a scroll: "It's just a lift, is it so worth being happy?" ”

Xiaomeng said: "Hee-hee! "If you win the lift, my brother can go to Beijing to eat the eldest princess.

Because I've been worried all the time, I don't know if my brother can be lifted, Xiaomeng didn't sleep well at all last night, and today is another busy day, and after drinking more wine at the moment, she staggered unconsciously, so that Ning Jiang had to carry her to her room and help her to sleep.

Walking out of his sister's house, he stood in the courtyard, looking at the stars in the sky, and in a few days it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the silver plate in the sky is already an ellipse. Outside, there is piano music and singing, and the singing is actually arranged by Qimeng, "The sky is connected to the clouds and the clouds and the fog".

He folded his hands and let the watery sunlight shine on him.

Next, you can go to Beijing to find Qimeng, so you have to think about it first...... Steamed or braised?

The sky is connected with clouds and fog, and the galaxy wants to turn a thousand sails to dance; As if the dream soul returned to the emperor's place, he heard the words of heaven and asked me diligently where I returned...... I report the long road and the twilight, and there are amazing sentences in learning poetry; Ninety thousand miles of wind is rising, the wind is resting, and the boat blows the three mountains......

***

Early in the morning of the second day, according to the rules, the new people who were on the second list of the state test all gathered in the government, led by Ji Chenghua, the Taishou of Tongzhou, and entered the government to worship the saint.

Ningjiang is naturally in the first place, after the induction of heaven and man, a large amount of literary qi is poured into his eyebrows, and the Wenqu Yin Mansion is further developed, so far, it can be regarded as really useful.

The first person to worship the saint can get the most literary atmosphere, and the following ones will decay in turn, and when they reach the third level, the obtained literary atmosphere is much worse than Xie Yuan, but no matter how bad it is, it is much higher than Xiucai.

At noon, Taishou Ji Chenghua set up a banquet in the mansion, and invited all the new lifters, and sixty new lifters were seated according to the ranking, and Ningjiang naturally sat at the top seat.

After the feast, the new lifters began to move around each other, and some lifters who were far away from the provincial capital also began to prepare to return home to reunite with their families during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

In fact, in the past, the time of the state examination was set at the end of August, and later changed to the beginning of September, although the imperial court did not explain the reason, but Ning Jiang guessed that one of the purposes was probably to let these people not have much time to hold together, after all, the factions formed according to the "friendship of fellow villagers" are often an important part of the party struggle in the court.

Putting the release of the list before the Mid-Autumn Festival, most of the newcomers had to rush home to reunite with their families after two days of gathering with each other.

Of course, there are many people who don't even plan to go home during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and linger in Fengyue places.

For Ning Jiang, there is no such problem, after all, his only relative is by his side, and there is no problem of reunion, but first, the wealth does not return to his hometown, just like a night walk in brocade, and second, staying here, it is bound to move around with other people, otherwise everyone is afraid that he will say that he is lonely, and he doesn't want to have so much entertainment, so it is better to simply return to his hometown first.

After returning to Linjiang County, the city was full of sensations, and the prefect Dianhong personally led the crowd to welcome him, which was "flattered" for Ningjiang.

Although Lu Zhiyuan and Yu Chengyi, who returned with him, knew that they were just following the light, what the prefect really greeted was Ning Jiang, the solution of the yuan, but with Ning Jiang, they were surrounded by everyone like stars and moons, and they were also honored.

At noon on the same day, Dian Hong and several local squires hosted a banquet for several newcomers in the restaurant.

In the wine, Dian Hong said: "On the same day, Ning Xian's nephew pushed the recommendation of the official Guozixue, and the official was worried that you were too confident, but I didn't expect you to turn around and come back with a Xie Yuan, the sixteen-year-old Xie Yuan, at least in Tongzhou, should be the first." ”

Everyone congratulated, and Ning Jiang arched his hand and said, "Thanks to the blessings of your lord and you!" ”

Dian Hong smiled: "Don't dare to be, never dare to be." ”

After the banquet in the county town ended, Ning Jiang returned to Gaosuo County, which naturally caused a sensation in the city.

The county's talent was admitted to Xie Yuan, which was originally a great thing, not to mention that he was also the head of one of the four major families in the county, even if he came to curry favor, he had to be a "sensation".

The other three big families invited Ning Jiang to be a guest in a row, this is an entertainment that cannot be shirked, and Ning Jiang can't do it.

In the evening of the day before the Mid-Autumn Festival, a horse-drawn carriage stopped at the shore of Yuehu Lake.

Ning Jiang got out of the carriage and looked at the extra big pit in front of him, at this moment, the entire town has disappeared, and the location of the town has become a circular lake pit, which is connected with Yue Lake, and the lake water is poured in, and it is dirty.

Just by looking at this scene, I already know how amazing the natural disaster three months ago was. And he was even more sure that in his previous life, absolutely nothing like this happened.

Is this really an act of God? Or is it a man-made disaster? He was there pondering!

The calendar has turned a page like this, and it is finally this year's Mid-Autumn Festival......

***

Somewhere in the capital -

"Girl, girl, that Ningjiang...... Ningjiang Ningcaizi, who asked his sister to send you a poem in Tongzhou, learned about Yuan in Tongzhou Mansion. A crisp voice rang out.

"That...... What does it have to do with me? The lazy woman's voice sounded softly.

"He likes you, he wrote love poems to girls, love poems, love poems......"

"Go, go, you talk a lot!" The woman blushed and chased away the parrot-like maid.

After driving the maid away, the woman leaned on the railing of the tall building and looked up at the bright moon in the sky. The bright moon is like a mirror, so that the pavilions and round forests near and far are like covered with frost, and the silver and white pieces are spread out like snow.

Looking up at the lonely full moon and the stars in the sky, she read softly: "Last night's stars and last night's wind, the west side of the painting building, the east of Guitang; There are no colorful phoenix wings, and there is a little bit of clarity in the heart...... Ningjiang !! ”

Alas!!!

She sighed softly.

Did you know that I am an ominous person?

She opened her hands and danced softly under the moon, softly and beautifully, and put her hands together again, holding the moonlight, revealing a happy expression.

Thousands of miles away in the county seat, a girl in a beautiful gown held a basin filled with water, reflecting the beautiful full moon in the sky.

"Brother, look, you see, Fairy Chang'e is dancing in the moon." She said excitedly.

The young man followed behind her funny, thinking to himself that she was so old, how could her sister still be like a child? You are like this, how can I train you to be the number one master in the world?

Fairy Chang'e!! He raised his head, looked at the silver plate that scattered the moonlight, and remembered in his heart the woman who always said that he was ominous.

Qi Meng, the bright moon is high...... Don't rely on it alone......