According to the general practice, the doctor and the first, even if it is the champion, can only be directly appointed as the imperial doctor from the eighth grade, and can only be a medical officer, not a local official, but Du Yan is the imperial historian at the same time to inspect the school officials and the secretary, from what this young man said just now, this Du Yan can be said to be the power of the government and the opposition, in his hands, he can be directly appointed as the sixth rank of the imperial doctor, and if you don't want to be a medical officer, you can even directly change to politics and become a magistrate. That Du Yan's sponsorship is indeed of immeasurable value, what many people dream of, but for himself, it is like a hot potato, he can't eat it, and he doesn't dare to throw it.

These days, I have been inadvertently involved in this political struggle, thinking of the ruthlessness of both sides, looking at the Zhen brothers who were once in the limelight were also put on death row, thinking that Du Yan can risk death and pretend to be dead, this is definitely a terrifying tiger, such a tiger's butt, it is better not to touch it, or leave the place as soon as possible!

At this time, when she heard Bai Zhihan's footsteps outside the door, she must have seen the young man go out, so when she returned to the room, Zuo Shaoyang hurriedly put the deed and settlement receipt into the envelope, folded it and stuffed it into her arms.

The door creaked open, and Bai Zhihan walked in. Seeing Zuo Shaoyang's gloomy face, he was stunned, and came over and whispered, "What's wrong with the young master?" ”

Zuo Shaoyang smiled reluctantly: "I'm fine." "He can't tell Bai Zhihan about this, he can't tell anyone, anyway, there will be a while, think about it again, plan and then act. Now let's leave the capital first. So he said, "Let's go to the master and talk to him." ”

Bai Zhihan glanced at him a few times and nodded slightly. Didn't say anything else.

Zuo Shaoyang took Bai Zhihan to his father Zuo Gui's house, saying that when he left the capital the next day, he lied and said that Xiao Yunfei would wait for them on the road.

Zuo Gui's father is still very kind to this Brother Xiao, if it weren't for others, his family would only be afraid of starving to death in famine, and the last time Zuo Shaoyang was trapped on the top of Guigu Peak, he was also rescued by others. Now I heard that he would wait on the road, and I was afraid that he would lose time, anyway, the matter here in the capital had already been entrusted to Mrs. Qu and Qiao Guan, and it was almost the end of the year, so this attitude was almost clear, so I agreed to leave for the state the next day.

Zuo Shaoyang immediately told Qiao Qiaoer the news, Qiao Qiaoer's illness has now improved, and the pain is much less than before, and she wants to go to the state with Zuo Shaoyang, and she is worried that her parents will not agree, so she asked Zuo Shaoyang to go home with her and tell her parents.

This is Zuo Shaoyang's first time to Qiao's house, Qiao's family is very big, Qiao Guan has already married, and the other son of Qiao's family is out to buy and sell all year round, and the family is also outside, so the huge mansion only lives with Qiao's husband and wife and daughter Qiao Qiaoer, and there are some maids and servants.

Qiao Qiaoer lives alone in the back garden. This back garden is very large, several times larger than the Qu family's old house, and because it can't be taken care of, many places are empty and overgrown with weeds.

Mr. Qiao and his wife were reluctant to let their daughter leave, but their daughter's illness was more important, if they stayed during this period and her condition changed, it would not be a joke, so they promised Qiao Qiaoer to follow Zuo Shaoyang to the state for the New Year. arranged for a car and an old mother and a little maid to follow.

The Zuo family hired two carriages, one was Zuo Gui and Ding Xiaosan, and the other was Zuo Shaoyang and Bai Zhihan, with the New Year's goods purchased back.

Old lady Qu got the news and rushed to see him off, Qiao Guan and Master Qiao also came, and set up a wine banquet, although Zuo Gui's father explained that he would come back after the New Year to continue the lawsuit, but this candied wine still has to be drunk.

After drinking the candied wine, the two cars of the Zuo family and Qiao Qiaoer's car set off.

Out of the city gate, Qiao Qiao'er relied on Zuo Shaoyang's car to sit in a car with them.

Fortunately, Zuo Shaoyang's car is also very wide, and the three of them are not too crowded, but it is inconvenient to make love with Bai Zhihan, Qiao Qiaoer is still young, and she doesn't seem to understand the affairs of men and women, and she doesn't think about it so much, she just wants to be with Zuo Shaoyang to talk conveniently.

Bai Zhihan helped her bring all the mattresses, she can now recline, Bai Zhihan laid a soft couch for him to recline, and he and Zuo Shaoyang sat cross-legged on the other side.

Qiao Qiao'er talked a lot, chattering like a cute little sparrow, asking this and that, lifting the curtain to look out at the scenery. When it snows, he pokes his head out to see the snow scene and reaches out to catch the snowflakes to play. When Zuo Shaoyang saw her like this, he must have been holding back for a long time after being sick, and finally got the opportunity to go out of the city, so naturally everything was new.

After leaving the capital for a few days, Zuo Gui's father asked Zuo Shaoyang why he hadn't seen Xiao Yunfei yet, Zuo Shaoyang was just an excuse, and when he heard his father talk about it, he wanted to plant a branch to see if he could make an appointment with Xiao Yunfei to appear.

Seeing that he was about to arrive in Shijing County, Hezhou, there was still no news of Xiao Yunfei, and Zuo Shaoyang was a little deflated. Zuo Gui's father asked a few times, but Zuo Shaoyang only said that Xiao Yunfei might have something else to do and didn't come to him.

On this day, on the road, it snowed heavily, and the ground was completely white, and the pavement was like thick cotton wool, and in the evening they stayed at an inn. After dinner, it was still early, and there was no curfew in a small township, so Qiao Qiaoer shouted that Zuo Shaoyang would compensate her to go to the snow to find plums.

Zuo Shaoyang saw that she could already walk with crutches relatively easily, so he agreed, took Bai Zhihan with her, and accompanied her out of the town slowly, wandering around the hills outside the town.

It's a pity that after turning around for a long time, they didn't find a single plum tree, and the scenery was not desirable, and the three of them were very disappointed.

Qiao Qiao'er rolled her eyes, looked at the snow on a decimal tree on the side of the road, and exclaimed, "What beautiful snow!" He reached over and took a handful, and looked at it in his hand. Zuo Shaoyang and Bai Zhihan also bent down to look at the snow on the branches on the roadside.

At this moment, Qiao Qiao'er quickly pinched a snowball, and with a bang, it smashed on the back of Zuo Shaoyang's neck! It spread out with a snap and fell into Zuo Shaoyang's neck, making him jump straight up. Qiao Qiao'er clapped her hands and giggled happily.

"Okay, you, dare to sneak up on me?" Zuo Shaoyang grabbed a handful of snow, pinched a snowball, and threw it at Qiao Qiaoer, he didn't want to smash Qiao Qiaoer's face, this snowball smashed low, and with a bang, it was smashing on Qiao Qiaoer's already bulging chest.

Qiao Qiao'er sighed, and her pretty face turned red. Zuo Shaoyang felt that it was inappropriate, and he was embarrassed.

Qiao Qiaoer grabbed a ball of snow, kneaded it tightly, and raised her hand to smash Zuo Shaoyang, Zuo Shaoyang raised her hand to guard against it, Qiao Qiaoer's eyes rolled, but she suddenly turned around and smashed at Bai Zhihan. But Bai Zhihan was also on guard and dodged away.

In order to hide the embarrassment just now, Zuo Shaoyang also grabbed a handful of snow and put it directly on top of her head while she was only concerned about dodging Qiao Qiao'er's snow ball.

Yes! It's cold!

Bai Zhihan jumped and shook off the snow on his head and neck, and without paying attention, he snapped and hit Qiao Qiao'er with a snow ball.

"You two are bullying me! Hum! Bai Zhihan grabbed a ball of snow and fired back at Qiao Qiao'er.

The three of them laughed and had a snowball fight, crackling, and after a while, all three of them had crushed snow on their heads.

In the end, Bai Zhihan giggled and waved his hand to hide: "Okay, okay, don't fight, there is snow on your body and neck, and you will catch a cold if you make trouble again!" ”

Zuo Shaoyang and Qiao Qiao'er stopped with a smile, and each stripped off his clothes to shake the snow on his body.

Zuo Shaoyang also took off his cotton jacket and shook the snow, and with a click, an envelope fell from the jacket to the snow, Zuo Shaoyang only cared about shaking the snow and didn't see it for a while.

Qiao Qiao'er next to her saw it, her eyes rolled, she bent down and picked it up, and when she saw that there was no writing on the envelope, she was very curious, so she took out the two pieces of paper inside and took a look: "Wow!" Brother, are you going to participate in the imperial examination? Don't even tell us! ”

Bai Zhihan was surprised and delighted, ran over, and looked at it, it was a receipt of the solution issued by Shangshu Province to participate in the National Medical Examination Examination, but the place of solution was the capital, and asked suspiciously: "Young master, what's going on?" ”

Without waiting for Zuo Shaoyang to answer, Qiao Qiao'er saw the deed and shouted again: "There is also a mansion!" Let me see, uh, this house is a little smaller, I'll see where it is, huh? Is it Qinglongfang? It's very good, although there are more poor families there, but the scenery is very beautiful! ”

Zuo Shaoyang was not familiar with the names of more than 100 li fangs in the capital, and he didn't know where this Qinglong Fang was, but listening to Qiao Qiao'er say this, it seemed to be a slum.

In ancient times, it was important to sit in the north and face south, so the people living in the north of the city were generally nobles, and the people living in the south were generally commoners. The same is true of the capital Chang'an, the imperial city and the palace city are in the north, and the northeast and northwest of the city are all occupied by dignitaries, and the Zhen brothers, the Qiao family, and the old lady Qu's family all live in these two places. The southern city, south of the East City and the West City, is a civilian area.

Du Yan gave Zuo Shaoyang this residence, is in the southeast corner of Chang'an, generally speaking, the city tower next to the square belongs to the civilian area of the civilian area, his house is located in the Li Fang, far away from the city, and is in the capital Chang'an famous Qujiang Pond next to the beautiful scenery, so in the civilian area is relatively good.

Qujiang Pond is a large lake in Chang'an City, a small half is in the city, and most of it is outside the city. The Qujiang River flows through Qinglongfang and flows into the famous tourist attraction Qujiang Pond.

Zuo Shaoyang didn't know how to explain it, so he didn't answer Bai Zhihan's question in time, and Bai Zhihan asked again: "Young master, did you buy this house?" ”

Zuo Shaoyang smiled, pondered for a moment in his heart, and wrote lightly: "No, just because a few days ago, a court member was sick, and I cured him, and he was happy and appreciated my medical skills, so he recommended me to participate in the medical examination and gave me this house." ”

"Huh? So generous, huh? Who is this great official? So rich? ”

"Well...... people don't let me say it, it's a big official anyway. I said no. ”

Qiao Qiao'er said strangely: "Why don't you want what people give you?" ――You don't want to take this medical exam, do you? ”

(To be continued)