A bell rang, and all the beings in the Zichen Hall successively turned to the pens in their hands, waiting for the officials who collected the test papers to collect the papers.

Xu Mingyuan had already finished writing half an hour ago, looking at the neatly folded test strips in front of him, as well as the neat and unavoidable Xiaokai on it, a smile appeared on his face.

A quarter of an hour later, the five hundred scholars, led by the previous official, returned to the imperial city and dispersed in front of the Suzaku Gate.

Xu Mingyuan and Bai Molou naturally got together, and then went to the Tianxiaju in Pingkangfang, and Li Mu and Lan Xianwu, who also participated in the martial arts hall test today, arrived early.

Everyone drank and chatted, and talked about the strategy of today's temple examination, and under the simple debate, they all gained something.

According to Li Mu's statement, it was a big battle of more than 100 rounds, and he almost tired the BMW under his crotch, and finally Li Mu narrowly won half a move, which shows that Lan Xianwu's kung fu is not much weaker than Li Mu.

After drinking, everyone went to Yicui Building, and everyone said that Xu Mingyuan would definitely be able to win the champion, anyway, he was playing tricks to ask him for a treat.

Last time, Xu Mingyuan didn't have a treat when he got Huiyuan, so this time he should make up for it, and these people knew that Xu Mingyuan was not short of silver, but they didn't be polite to him.

After three rounds of drinking, Xu Mingyuan didn't drink all night with them, and there was something to do tomorrow, so he went directly to the room next to him to sleep.

Early the next morning, Xu Mingyuan woke up and saw that Li Mu and the others, who had been lying down, were still sleeping on the table, with a thin quilt on their bodies, and the sleepy-eyed maid on the side saw Xu Mingyuan come out, and hurriedly saluted slightly.

Xu Mingyuan signaled that they didn't need to be polite, and he didn't wake them up, so he went straight out of the attic, and after paying a thousand taels of silver tickets, he went out of Yicui Tower.

The black carriage drove out of Pingkangfang, Xu Mingyuan first went back to Qi Mansion to change into clean clothes, washed briefly, asked the coachman to go to sleep first, and drove the black carriage out by himself.

Half an hour later, the black carriage drove out of the Zhengfang, and Xu Mingyuan leaned against the wall of the carriage, talking softly to the people in the carriage.

Naturally, it was Zeng Qingyi who was sitting in the carriage, but he didn't sit outside the car today, leaning against the wall of the carriage in the car, and Xu Mingyuan talked without a word.

"Were you caught by Lord Shangshu when you went back that day?"

"Zeng Beichen, as soon as I went out, I went to my father to complain, and I was caught as soon as I entered the door, fortunately you ran fast, otherwise the family with a stick would rush out of the door."

"Hehe, it seems that a beating still can't suppress your brother's Gaomi's determination, so is it okay to come out today?"

"One meal is not enough for two meals, anyway, beating him will be distressed except for my mother, my father has no opinion. They confiscated all my things that day, let's go to the West Market today, I heard that it is more lively than the East Market, and there are a lot of strange things from Hu Shang. ”

"Okay, I heard that there is a roast sheep restaurant in the West Regions in the West City, which is quite famous, I don't know if the roast is authentic, let's go and try it."

"That's fine, but you'll have to buy the rouge again later, so you bring the silver."

"Bring it, it's enough. But can we buy a little less, this big bag is carried in small bags, but my hands are sore. ”

"After practicing martial arts for more than ten years, you can't even lift a few rouge boxes? Do you think it's too shameful to go out with me and mention these things? ”

"How come, when you see something, buy it if you like it, and I'll bring you back a cow if you buy it."

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Xu Mingyuan, who was sitting on the wheel, shook his head with a smile, Zeng Qingyi was not very afraid of his father, maybe it had something to do with growing up with Zeng's husband since he was a child, and it was very different from the ordinary ladies who did not dare to disobey their parents. Who does Zeng Lijing want her to marry, if she is unwilling, she will definitely not succumb to the words of her parents.

After visiting the Great Ci'en Temple together that day, the two did not see each other again, how to say that Zeng Qingyi is also the eldest lady of the Zeng family who has not left the boudoir, these days in Chang'an City, there are many eldest ladies of the Zeng family and the last member of the relationship is not shallow.

And Wenhua, who originally made Zeng Qingyi famous in Chang'an, became a tragic figure in these rumors, first outside Chang'an City, he was trampled on and ignored under the attention of tens of thousands of people, and then he was ruthlessly robbed of Huiyuan on top of the examination, and could only be relegated to second, which was completely the unintentional plot of Lang You's concubine.

However, Wenhua's family background is not bad after all, and the favor of Hengguo Gongsheng is undiminished, if it is said to be a good match, it is much stronger than the powerless Xu Mingyuan.

Of course, there are some people who know Xu Mingyuan's identity at the level of the Yuntai Division, and those people will not say such things, but no one likes to talk about the three words of the Yuntai Division, so Xu Mingyuan's identity as the deputy of the Yuntai Division is not widely circulated.

The official position of Wupin is not a high-ranking official in Chang'an, which is full of ministers, but the addition of the three words Yuntai Division is much different.

And even if he won the champion, he could only be awarded an official position of eight or nine grades at the beginning, which was much worse than Xu Mingyuan's five-grade real power.

It's just that the officials of the Yuntai Division are not assessed by the Ministry of Officials, and they also lack a little credibility, as if they should be hidden in the dark night, and their identities are not easy to use in front of people.

Therefore, Xu Mingyuan was also thinking about whether he could get the title of official after winning the Jinshi, and the kind that could be recorded in the official book, so that it could be regarded as an identity on the façade.

The carriage drove into the West Market, and the east and west cities were similar in size, but compared to the East Market, which was mostly for nobles, the West Market was much more common.

Because of its proximity to the Gaewon Gate, Seoshi gathered merchants from the Western Regions, Goryeo, Baekje, Silla and other places, among which the Hu merchants from Central Asia, Persia and Daeshi were the most, and they mostly lived in Seoshi or some workshops near Seoshi. Hu Shang brought spices and medicines from the Western Regions, and after selling them, they bought back jewelry, silk fabrics, and porcelain from Dawan.

Therefore, there are many shops opened by Hu merchants in the West Market, such as Persian mansions, jewelry stores, warehouses, wine stores, etc. Among them, many of the orchid wine shops for which girls from the Western Regions sing and dance and serve wine, and from time to time, there are sons and brothers who come to visit and enjoy the exotic atmosphere.

Xu Mingyuan and Zeng Qingyi had some breakfast first, and then they walked around in the West Market, with the experience of the last time, Xu Mingyuan didn't want to end shopping early, so he simply relaxed his mind and walked by Zeng Qingyi's side.

After all, the stunning gaze that looked at Zeng Qingyi all the way, as well as the envious and jealous gaze that fell on him, still made Xu Mingyuan quite enjoyable.

I have to say that Hu Shang's spices are indeed unique, and some of the specialties are also quite exquisite, so Zeng Qingyi couldn't put it down, and bought several in one go.

A small bag of spices that only cost one tael of silver in the Western Regions was sold for thirty taels in this Western Market, which made Xu Mingyuan secretly amazed at the huge profits involved. (To be continued.) )