That night, Du Shiyi gave up the bedroom to the Wang brothers, and she slept alone in the study on the east side of the building. Although it was a room prepared for Cui Xiaofat, there were neatly stacked books on the bookshelves on all sides, and he flipped through two volumes before going to sleep, and for a while his heart was itchy and old habits attacked, and he almost had to copy books at night with candles, but Zuihou still endured and endured before going back to bed.

Sometimes I think about Yang Zongwan and a few masonry workers who came with me this time, as well as the heavy box of Duanxi stones, and sometimes I think about the fact that I want to go back to Fan Chuan's former residence, Du Qu's old land, and he should have been tired of the journey, but he was always unable to sleep. And what made him unable to sleep peacefully for a while was the sound of the Wang brothers in the west bedroom thinking that he was asleep and talking in a low voice.

"Brother, let's go back to Chang'an this time, where do you plan to live? I heard that all the jì in the north of Pingkangfang gathered, and there were many scholars, and if there was a good poem, it would be widely sung when it was given, so it was better to ......"

"That kind of land of wind and moon, if you say it well, it is a name, and if you don't say it well, it is a good name. Besides, it's not the time for your brother to come to Chang'an for the first time to seek fame, why go to that kind of place to make a name for yourself? ”

"But...... Then Brother is back this time, and several kings should always post a post to visit......"

"Fifteen Lang, there are more scholars in this capital who send ink scrolls everywhere every year, hoping to be favored by Bo people, do you know why there are few people who are important? In addition to real talent and learning, style is also indispensable. Even if I just rent a humble house, as long as I shine in the first or second literary meetings, there will naturally be someone to make a name for me, and the Tao is that Wang Shisanlang has returned, and several kings will post invitations. You don't want to suffer because Du Jiulang has to take the Jingzhao Mansion exam this year. He met me in Pingshui but at first sight, I respect his character, he also respects my Zen heart, who wins and who loses, but I have to see after the test! ”

Wang Wei came back this time, and sure enough, he should be released from Jingzhao Mansion this year!

Du Shiyi knew that Wang Wei was not from Jingzhao Mansion, and this time he took the exam, he must be a parasitic, which is not surprising nowadays. Jingzhao Mansion and Tonghua Erzhou have always been the most prosperous places in the imperial examination, and they are also the places where the whole world is flocking to, not only the number of Xianggong Jinshi is large, but also if the top ten of Jingzhao Mansion are ranked, the possibility of the final ranking is far more than those Xianggong Jinshi who were born in poor rural areas.

Even if it is not easy to live in the capital, I don't know how many people are thrifty and shrink their food and clothing, and seek advancement here year after year. And just like Wang Wei, he has been in the two Beijing ministers since three years ago, and he was famous for a while, but he didn't take the exam until this year, so naturally it is impossible to just rank in Jingzhao Mansion, but to go to the first place, no wonder Wang Jin has such concerns!

It's just that respectful sentence, he couldn't help but show a knowing smile when he heard it, yawned and closed his eyes, and didn't listen to the whispers of other people's brothers. Gradually, he fell into a deep sleep. For the whole night, it was as if he hadn't even dreamed a dream, and when he opened his eyes, it was already bright outside.

After washing, Du Shiyi had breakfast with the Wang brothers, and Wang Rongting came over again. Referring to his father Wang Qinglan, Wang Rongting said apologetically that his father went to the court early in the morning, and he was afraid that he would not be able to come back until at least in the afternoon. Du Shiyi and the three of them humbly resigned again and again, and finally accepted it, but they all said goodbye. When he arrived, he called Du Sanniang and went to Zheng's dormitory to say goodbye, but Zheng gave Du Shisanniang a silver clay curtain, laughing that it was the popular style in Beijing this year.

got other people's gifts, whether it was Du Shiyi or the Wang brothers, they naturally prepared gifts in return. The Wang brothers are a box of notepaper made by Luoyang Bingxin Fang, and Du Shiyi is a ruler screen embroidered by Du Shisanniang, as well as a volume of the "Prajna Doramita Heart Sutra" translated by Master Xuanzang by himself. When he was in Luoyang, he knew that there were many ministers and noblewomen who believed in Buddhism in Liangjing, and he had written Buddhist scriptures to meditate and practice calligraphy, and he didn't know how many Buddhist scriptures he had copied.

When Du Shiyi said goodbye to the Cui family sisters and brothers, and listened to Cui Xiaofatzi say some extremely insincere parting words, he took Du Shisanniang and the Wang brothers out of the inner house together. The two groups of entourages in front of the door have already been prepared, Wang Wei and Wang Jin are only two servants, and there are three or four servants, but Du Shiyi found that next to the ox cart that he had obtained from Cui Yunzhi, in addition to Tian Mo and a few masonry, there were also Liu Mo and other Cui family members. Without waiting for him to ask, Liu Mo, who was more familiar with him, stepped forward and saluted deeply.

"Du Langjun, Mrs. and the fifth lady and the eleventh Langjun have all instructed before that when Du Langjun returns to Chang'an, let us stay with you. Now that Du Langjun wants to take the thirteen ladies back to Fanchuan Duqu to visit, we should naturally be with us. ”

Du Shiyi found out that the people sent by Cui Yunzhi to Cui Xiaofat stayed in the royal mansion, and these people in front of him were all family members who followed him out of the city to chase people at that time. Although the Cui family's kindness to treat him completely as his own made his scalp tingle, he thought about it

Now that there is a lack of people around, he is no longer polite, and he laughs and says that he has worked.

After saying goodbye to Wang Rongting who was sent out again, he first sent Du Shisanniang and Zhuying to the ox cart first, and then got on the horse himself. One after the other two groups of people out of the north gate of Guangdefang, Wang Wei waited for Du Shiyi to come forward, because of a smile: "Du Jiulang, don't go over today, when you settle down, I will definitely go to Fanchuan Duqu to visit friends, I think at that time, there will be no one who doesn't know where you live!" ”

"Brother Wang, this is to inspire me to make a name for myself after returning to my hometown?" Du Shiyi hahadaxiao, immediately clasped his hands and said to Wang Wei, "When the house is cleaned up, please Brother Wang and Wang Shishilang to have a small gathering at home!" Farewell today, see you again next day! ”

Wang Jin saw Du Shiyi smiling and making an invitation, and immediately nodded in response: "Du Shijiulang, there will be a period later!" ”

The two groups of people said goodbye, Du Shiyi and his party went south out of the city, and Wang Wei brothers went all the way to the north. Sitting in the spacious ox cart, the car was stable, Du Sanniang couldn't help but look at the long wooden box that Brother had just handed to him, saying that it was a long wooden box given by the lord of Wang Jialang, and looked at it upside down for a while, and finally Zhuying said with a smile on the side: "If the lady really wants to know what the lord of Wang Jialang sent, why not open it and take a look?" Since Lang Jun handed it over to the lady, it naturally doesn't matter. ”

Hearing this, Du Sanniang couldn't help but be curious after all, carefully opened the lid, opened it, and saw that there was a bamboo tube pen lying in the box. The pen of this bamboo pen is faintly purple, she touched it lightly with her hand, only to feel that it is short and hard, there is a Xuan character faintly on the bamboo tube, she suddenly muttered softly: "It is Xuancheng Purple Rabbit...... Lord Wang Jialang's shot is really generous! Fortunately, I also embroidered some things when I was in Luoyang, and my brother also prepared a return gift, otherwise I would have made a fool of myself! ”

Out of the Anyuan Gate of Chang'an City, along the thoroughfare to the south of the road not far away, a group of cars and horses turned onto a green road on both sides. As those familiar scenes came into view, Du Shiyi only felt that some memories that had been sealed for many years gradually recovered, and she was a little dazed for a while. When he first became another person and came to this strange era, although he quickly accepted Du Shisanniang, he always resisted setting foot in Fan Chuan's hometown. But now that he came back, those scenes were not just shocking, but also a familiar sense of intimacy, a sense of intimacy that made his tense nerves gradually relax.

The origin of the Jingzhao Du clan is because Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty migrated high-ranking officials and wealthy people to enrich Du Ling, and Du Yannian, Marquis of Jianping, migrated to it with 2,000 stones. Although many descendants emigrated to other places after that, most of them still took Duling as their county. Today's Duling has long been decayed, but Fanchuan, where the Du family lives, is still thriving.

Duqu is divided into south Du and north Du, south is Dugu, located on the south bank of Weishui, south of Shenhe Yuan, north of Duqu, in the north of Weishui, north of Shaoling Yuan. South Du and North Du face each other across the river, and they are all inhabited by Zhudu. There is a way to be dressed in the world, whether it is Nandu or Beidu, well-dressed households abound, even the children in the field can often sing good poems, a graceful atmosphere. Although because the scenery of the mountains and wilderness is extremely outstanding, in addition to the families surnamed Du who have lived here for generations, there are also many officials in the DPRK and China who have built villas in other industries again, but it is no exaggeration to say that there are nine Du surnames out of ten. And the ancestral house of Du Shiyi and Du Shisanniang is in Beidu.

After three years, even Du Sanniang couldn't help but raise the curtain and look greedily at the scenery of her hometown. When the carriage passed in front of a house, she was stunned for a moment, and then shouted: "Stop, stop!" ”

"Thirteen Niang?"

Du Shiyi turned around and shouted, but saw that the car door was suddenly pushed open, and then Du Shisanniang jumped off the high ox cart by herself with her skirt. Before the bamboo shadow that followed behind went up to help her, she had already reached the firewood and knocked hard a few times, and then shouted loudly: "Da Yuan, Da Yuan!" ”

With this sound, there was a quick movement in the house. A middle-aged woman in a coarse cloth shirt came out of the house while wiping her hands, and the moment she saw Du Sanniang, she seemed to be suddenly sluggish, followed by Fang showed a surprised and happy smile, and actually rushed to the firewood in front of the firewood, and opened the firewood in a little panic, and then hugged Du Sanniang's arms tightly and said: "Little lady, really a little lady!" But it's finally back, and there have been rumors and everything in the past few years, and the slave still thinks it...... I thought it was ......"

She was so excited that her voice trembled, and when her eyes fell on Du Shiyi on the horse, her voice was cut off all of a sudden. She crossed Du Sanniang and stumbled to Du Shiyi, only then did she reach out and cover her mouth and nose, and her voice was choked and she couldn't say a word. Seeing this scene, Du Shiyi hurriedly turned over and dismounted, but saw that the woman suddenly hugged him, and she cried bitterly. For a while, the occasional other pedestrians passing by on the road were all sideways.

For this sudden closeness, Du Shiyi was very unaccustomed to it at first, but when he saw Du Sanniang bowing his head and wiping away tears, the bamboo shadow was also red, and he only felt that a young rǔ媔's face vaguely appeared in front of him, and his stiff body softened. Fan Chuan's hometown, how many old memories still carry those memories in his mind?