All of them brought a small baggage, which looked very weighty, and there was no need to look at it, it contained the silver of the master of thanks.

Lu Chang's burden is particularly heavy, he has just recovered from a serious illness and his physical strength is not good. Wu Jie was a little worried, so he lifted it for him, and slowly walked in with the dead fat man.

The two haven't seen each other for a few days, and they both have something to say.

Wu Jie asked: "Fatty, I have received your message, how is your body today?" ”

"The disease has been completely cured, not to mention, Imperial Doctor Li's medicine is good. They are all ordinary medicines, which can be combined together, and they are very comfortable to eat, and they are also strong. Later, Imperial Doctor Li also asked someone to send another prescription, saying that he had taken the previous pair of medicine for a while, and if he felt that his body was not good, he would change it. It's strange that when the latter pair is useless, it will be replaced with the previous one. "The fat man couldn't understand it.

Li Shizhen was in a hurry to compile his "Compendium of Materia Medica" and was unwilling to stay in the capital, so he stayed at Wu Jie's house for two days, so he left and left, saying that he was going to travel to the south.

What the fat man just said, Wu Jie immediately understood the truth after a little thought, one of the two prescriptions left by Li Shizhen for Lu Chang is estimated to lower blood sugar, but if you eat it for a long time, there will inevitably be signs of hypoglycemia. Once you don't feel good, you have to change it. Wait until your blood sugar rises, and then go back to taking the first medicine.

"Since Imperial Physician Li said so, it will be done according to what he said. By the way, you won the lift this time, I'm afraid that your father and mother don't know what they will be happy about. ”

Hearing Wu Jie ask, Lu Chang's face was depressed: "My mother was naturally so happy that she cried several times, it's my father...... Daddy doesn't seem to have a son like me. ”

Wu Jie sighed and patted him on the shoulder, not knowing how to comfort this old friend. It is difficult for a Qing official to decide family affairs, and it is really difficult for an outsider to comment on the affairs of the Lu family.

As soon as the two of them talked like this, they walked slowly.

I saw Lin Tingchen walking past the two of them in a hurry with a gift box, and he also looked back at Wu Jie resentfully from time to time.

"Look at what, look!" Lu Fatzi was not happy, and waved his fist: "Looking for a fight?" ”

Lin Tingchen was scared at this time, knowing that Lu Chang was a dull overlord, and he could do anything, regardless of the occasion. Today, such an important story, if he is really beaten, there will be no place for his face. Hurriedly lowered his head and left.

Lu Fatzi grinned, and suddenly gave Wu Jie a thumbs up: "Admire, admire!" ”

Wu Jie: "What do you admire about me?" ”

Lu Fatzi squeezed his eyes: "Brother Jie, I didn't expect you to make a private agreement with the female devil for life, haha, it's amazing, Lao Tzu has a brother-in-law like you, but my heart is very happy." Now, this matter can spread in the mansion, and it is said that Lin Gongzi's head is a little green, and then let's see what face he has to stay in our Lu family. He is bent on clinging to our Lu family, and now you have cut off this way. Let's see if he still has the face to marry his little sister. ”

Wu Jie couldn't hear this the most, and suddenly became annoyed: "Your sister and I are innocent, don't talk about this." The female devil is your own sister, is there a brother like you, who actually ruined his sister's reputation? ”

Lu Fatzi tilted his mouth: "What if it's ruined, as long as we can give Lin Tingchen something good-looking, we have to do it." ”

Wu Jie then remembered that this fat man was a **, and he didn't care about this kind of thing at all, so he smiled bitterly angrily.

"No, no......"

Wu Jie: "What's wrong?" ”

Lu Chang scratched his head and muttered: "Lin Tingchen, this birdman is a faceless and skinless person, if he is really cheeky and wants to marry his little sister, who can do anything to him, I am afraid that my father is also very willing in his heart, as long as he can marry the female devil smoothly!" ”

"Ah, no, Lin Tingchen actually has a hobby of being a pick-up man?"

"It's hard to say."

Wu Jie still couldn't believe it, and couldn't help but ask again: "Is your sister okay?" ”

"Ha, you also said that you are innocent with the female devil, what's the matter, now you care about her?" The dead fat man laughed strangely: "It's okay, it's just that I've been locked in the room for a while, and my father said that as long as she dares to go out and take a step, she will break her leg directly." Also, when my mother heard this, she cried so much that her eyes were swollen. ”

Wu Jie had to shake his head and sigh, and the two entered the lobby of the tribute courtyard while talking.

Everyone has arrived, and the two examiners, Bao Yingxia and Lu Fengyi, are sitting precariously.

The public hall is very large, with dozens of tables and simple dishes. It's just three cold dishes, two hot dishes, and a pot of hot rice wine, which is more ordinary than the porter shop on the street.

The banquet was presided over by Bao Yingxia.

Mr. Bao's mood was obviously not high, and his speech was sloppy, and he only said some clichés, which was completely lacking in the flying spirit when he presided over the hospital examination in Sichuan.

However, Lu Fengyi seemed very energetic, with a seat such as "All the students are outstanding talents of my Shuntian Mansion" and "If you become an official the next day, you will live up to the court and the grace of the monarch, and live up to the people of Li".

His new official was proud, and he spoke unusually smoothly, with a flush of excitement on his face.

After the speech, a group of musicians came in with musical instruments, and in the chime, the scholars next to them sang "Deer Song" in unison:

Yo yo deer chirping, eating wild apples. I have guests, drummers and shengs.

Blowing the sheng drum spring, bearing the basket is the will.

People are kind to me, show me to walk.

Yo yo deer chirping, eating wild artemisia. I have a guest, Deyin Kong Zhao.

If the people are not ashamed, the gentleman is effective.

I have a purpose to drink, and the guest style Yan Yiao.

Yo yo deer chirping, eating wild Qin. I have guests, drums and pianos.

The drums and drums are harmonious and harmonious.

I have a purpose to wine, with the heart of Yanle guests, "Deer Song" is the first article in the "Book of Songs" and "Xiaoya", describing the situation when the ancient nobles feasted the guests and sang the praises of virtue, expressing the praise of the guests' morality and the feelings of the Yanle guests. "Deer" is the same as "Lu", and "Luming" represents the meaning of the imperial examination. Later, the deer song gradually evolved from the drinking and banquet music of the nobles to the special music of the official banquet and the first scholars.

At first, Wu Jie didn't know about this program, and he was startled when he listened to the people next to him singing loudly.

It is estimated that they learned this song from Mr. when they were in the Mengmeng, but unfortunately Wu Jie can't sing it. I had to open my mouth and make a few random words, and I made up for it.

At the end of the song, the emotions of the people were also mobilized by the music, and at the same time, they raised their glasses and drank bitterly, and for a while, the sound of poetry and clouds was endless.

Next is the dance of the stars.

The music stopped, and only the rhythmic beat of the drums remained.

I saw the drama coming in from behind, and it kept dancing to the music.

This Kui Xing Dance performance is usually composed of three people, they play the role of Tianguan, Kuixing, and God of Wealth, and the performers all wear masks, the Tianguan mask is white, wearing a white python dragon robe, and holding a yin-yang board; Kui Xing wears a golden mask on his face, wears a military uniform and hat in the costume, and holds a gold bucket and a red pen; The God of Wealth wears a prince's hat, a short red python robe, a golden mask on his face, and holds a gold ingot.

All three of them are stepping on the beat, swaying their bodies from side to side, which looks interesting.

It was the first time for Wu Jie to participate in such an occasion, so he was naturally excited.

Speaking of the banquet of the imperial examination, there are two. One is the Kui Xing Banquet after the township test, and the other is the Qionglin Banquet after the examination, and I don't know what the Qionglin Banquet is like.

Since the beginning of the Kui Xing Dance, the lifters have all gotten up casually, drinking and singing louder, and the two examiners have not stopped them, and they have been wandering by the lifters.

Although the dishes at the banquet are simple, the chef's skills are good, even if they are not as delicious as the third daughter. Wu Jie ate with a slippery mouth, but it was bitter for Lu Chang next to him. He lifted his chopsticks, looked at the wine and meat on the table, thought about it, sighed and put it down, and only drank a sip of rice wine.

"My life is over, I can't eat meat, I can't get sugar, every day is green cabbage, cabbage, cabbage, just a livestock, just let me lie in the field to gnaw it."

"If you want to live, control your mouth, by the way, if this disease is not well maintained, but if it is going to be extinct, are you not afraid?" Wu Jie deliberately teased him.

It's okay not to mention this, but Lu Chang suddenly felt a little embarrassed when he mentioned this: "Brother Jie, are you going to my mansion?" ”

Speaking of this, Wu Jie had a headache. Tomorrow is the Lu family's example of lifting people to visit Mr. Xie Dai and the master of the two rooms, and he and Miss Lu San got that big oolong, and they are really a little afraid of seeing the Lu family.

However, the teacher's grace is as big as the sky, and he really can't go over it head-on.

Sullen for a moment: "I'm going, what's wrong?" ”

The fat man's face was a little red: "After thanking Mr. Dai Ming, will you go to my yard to have a glass of wine?" ”

"Joy of wine......" Wu Jie was stunned.

The fat man rolled his eyes: "Brother Jie, what are you afraid of, it's not that you want to marry a female demon, it's me who takes a concubine." ”

"Who?"

"Who else could it be, naturally it was a lilac." The fat man was embarrassed: "Imperial Doctor Li asked me to get married earlier, otherwise there is a possibility of extinction, and I am also afraid." There is no hurry to get married, but the child can be Mr. ”

Wu Jie smiled and arched his hand: "Congratulations to Brother Lu Nian, I wish Brother Lu Nian an early birth of a noble son." ”

"I have not been a woman, and what is born. Okay, come to my yard tomorrow, my mother means, this matter of closing the house does not need to alarm others, just a few people in their own house to drink wine. ”

"Okay, when the time comes, this matter naturally can't be missed."

After talking for a long time, the Kui Xing dance was finished, and the banquet was almost over.

The chief examiner and the deputy chief examiner ordered the hall to be cleared, and the candidates also withdrew one after another and waited outside the hall.

Then comes the most important part: the worship of the teacher.

Standing at the door of the lobby, Wu Jie looked around and saw two grandmasters sitting solemnly in the middle of the hall.

Then, according to their ranks, the scholars entered the public hall respectively, knelt down in front of the teacher, and then offered Geng stickers and thanksgiving gifts.

Suncheonfu is an important place in Gyeonggi, and the scholars are all from rich and noble families, and they are also generous.

The gift package of the apprentice is as little as twenty taels and as many as hundreds of taels.

In an instant, the gifts in front of the two grandmasters piled up a small mountain.

After the whole set of procedures, the two examiners each had three or five thousand taels in their accounts. This is also the reason why officials are willing to be the chief examiner, even if you are so poor, after a single imperial examination, you can enter the ranks of millionaires in one fell swoop.

Of course, Bao Yingxia is a righteous gentleman, and she doesn't pay much attention to gold and silver.

However, it is still a happy thing to accept so many protégés in one go.

The gloom between Master Bao's eyebrows also disappeared, and his constricted brows gradually unfolded.

It took a lot of time for the seventy-five candidates to step into the hall in turn, and by the time Wu Jie and Lu Chang arrived, an hour had passed, and both of them were standing with their legs and feet a little sore.

Wu Jie and Lu Fatzi went in at the same time and each found their own teacher.

Wu Jie was ordered by Bao Yingxia, and the two of them really became teachers and students this time.

He Bao Yingxia had a close relationship when he was in Sichuan, and he also felt happy when he met now. also knew that Bao Yingxia was an incorruptible person, and he didn't prepare too expensive gifts, so he casually sealed a letter of silver and presented it.

"Student Wu Jie, meet the teacher."

Then he knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times.

Wu Jie has never been in the habit of kneeling after coming to ancient times, even if he saw Emperor Jiajing, he was also a gesture and shouted "Daojun", fortunately, Jiajing did not care about this kind of false courtesy, and it was up to him. Even, some like Wu Jie's uninhibited chic calmness.

Wu Jie has been able to see officials without kneeling since he was in Xiucai, and it is not so troublesome.

But this time he knelt down with Bao Yingxia, but he was sincere, Master Bao was a gentleman and worthy of respect.

Bao Yingxia took Wu Jie's Geng post, stretched out her hand to help Wu Jie up, and suddenly sighed: "Wu Jie, we are also a teacher-student relationship now, and you are a proud protégé that I have always been optimistic about. A few days ago, because I didn't think about what to say, you came to me, and I deliberately closed the door for the teacher. Now that I think about it, it's hypocritical, not what you did. Gentlemen, when you are frank and open, I say my heart, and there is nothing to shy away from. ”

Wu Jie felt strange in his heart: "Teacher, please speak, students listen to the teachings." ”

Bao Yingxia: "Actually, Shizhen's style of writing is already very familiar to the teacher, when I presided over the college examination in Sichuan, I loved the agility in your article and took your first name." It can be said that your exquisite and beautiful writing is also the first in the world, and it is not difficult to lift people. However, if a young person becomes famous, he lacks life experience, and without the precipitation and polishing of the years, his heart will not be calm, and his future achievements will be limited. ”

"Back then, when a talented man like Zhang Ge participated in the township examination, he used his paper to get a Xie Yuan. But his mentor also took this into account and deliberately did not take it. Also because of this situation of falling to Sun Mountain, Zhang Ge Lao finally matured and steady, and three years later, he won the first place in the township test in one fell swoop, and then won a Jinshi and the first. entered the eunuch road, had a smooth journey, and finally entered the cabinet. ”

"The teacher also wants to follow this example and give you a little tribulation. When reading the paper, I deliberately don't point at you. ”

Hearing Bao Yingxia say this, Wu Jie was stunned: "Teacher, please continue." ”

Bao Yingxia then sighed: "Therefore, when the teacher found an article in the volume that was very similar to your writing style, he thought it was written by you, so he deliberately brushed it down, but he didn't want the volume to belong to another person, and this time he was in another car." Come to think of it, in fact, that paper also has the qualifications to take the first place, and it is not fair to him to do this for the teacher. ”

"I didn't expect Shizhen's style of your article to be so changeable, I couldn't even guess it. After this incident, it was self-defeating for the teacher, and I was ashamed in my heart, so I hid for a few days. Today, I have figured it out, we are both teachers and students, and there is nothing to hide, so it is better to say it directly. No matter whether you hate me or resent me in the future, you will suffer it for the sake of the teacher. ”

Wu Jie didn't expect Bao Yingxia to be so frank, and he also admired it in his heart: This is a gentleman and an honest man. You only have reverence for this kind of character, but you can't have the slightest resentment.

He immediately gave a salute: "The student knows that the teacher has very high expectations for me, and it is too late to be grateful, how can he be resentful?" ”

Next to her, Lu Fengyi smiled and looked at Wu Jie with joyful eyes: "Shizhen Zhi is high and clean, how can he complain about Lord Bao." ”

Listening to Wu Jie's sincerity, Bao Yingxia's heart was gone, and the whole person was also happy.

Wu Jie performed a teacher salute here, and it was Lu Fengyi's turn to worship Lu Fengyi.

The fat man was bold, so he put a large bag of silver next to Lord Lu.

Lu Fengyi looked at it, at least two or three hundred taels, and her heart was a little happier. To tell the truth, why did he order Lu Chang, where did this fat boy know about joints, he was also a little confused.

The fat man was also in the city, and after putting down the silver, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times, and said, "Student Lu Chang has seen the teacher. The grace of the teacher, the mountains are high and the waters are long, if it weren't for your old man, Lu Chang would be a despicable gentleman in his life. ”

Speaking of this, thinking of the grievances he had suffered in the house over the years, Lu Chang's eyes turned red and tears flowed.

Lu Fengyi asked with a smile: "Lu Chang, do you know how you got hit by the lifter?" ”

Lu Fatzi just looked at the list and saw that his name was in the other file below, and he knew that it was searched out, and when he saw that it was Lu Fengyi, the deputy chief examiner of the Shuntianxiang Examination, who recommended the paper, he was very grateful.

Therefore, he bowed down to Lu Fengyi with tears in his eyes, offered a thick bag to the master, and then held his own Geng post in his hand and asked Lu Fengyi to name him. Such a rule was a great respect for recognizing people as fathers at that time, which shows how grateful Lu Fatzi is to Lord Lu.

Of course, the joints left by Wu Jie are the most important factor. However, the fat man and Wu Jie are like brothers, and they don't say thank you for their great kindness, so their brothers don't need to say such grateful words.

Lu Fengyi was able to pick out his scroll from the search, even if there was a misunderstanding in it, but this kindness could not be erased.

Lu Fengyi also wondered in her heart where Lu Chang knew about this joint, but she was a little surprised and even more proud by him so much, and pinched the two whiskers on her lips with a smile: "Your name is Chang, and the one who is smooth is also accessible." Meng Ziyun: The flood is cross-current, flooding the world, and the vegetation is lush. From now on, you will be called Shigeyuki. ”

After worshipping the master, the day has passed.

Second, Wu Jie hesitated whether to go to Xiyuan. After thinking about it, it would probably take some time for the emperor to digest the note he had written.

Different from the regulations of the courtiers of this era, Wu Jie used many methods of later generations to discuss the certificate, the data is detailed, and there are practical means to learn from, which is extremely fresh and convincing to the people of this era.

Come to think of it, it shouldn't be difficult to impress the emperor's heart, or rather, it's fooling.

After resting at home for a day, and waiting until dusk, I took a sedan chair to Lu Mansion again.

When he saw the gate of the Lu family, Wu Jie was a little drumming in his heart.

(To be continued)