After the doubts in his heart were solved, Yu Jin had no worries, and the group continued to walk up the mountain road.

I'm just a small person, and it's not worth the trouble.

I really can't resist it, there are still Zhao Jin's thighs to hug, and as a member of Jinyiwei, if necessary, you can also ask Zhu Xizhong, who is now hot, for help, they are all their own people, and they will not die without help.

Besides, in front of the public and in full view, I am not afraid of their tricks.

Anyway, I'm thick-skinned.

A group of people talked and laughed and walked up, at this time the wind and snow stopped, that touch of winter sun on the body, people feel ambiguous, very comfortable, the roadside has been piled up nearly half a foot thick snow, many treetops are frozen shuttles, as far as the eye can see, the world seems to have become a world of ice and snow.

It's as beautiful as a scene from a fairy tale.

The advantage of a large number of people is reflected here, under the constant trampling, the road is just a little wet, not slippery, Yu Jin and his party can be seen while walking.

At this time, there are many tourists, and many people help the old and the young to participate in this grand event.

"Young master, give it." Qing'er bought a few strings of rock sugar gourds on the side of the road and gave Yu Jin a bunch.

Yu Jin took a look at it, and found that the sugar gourd has several colors, and knew that this gourd is a mixed bunch, and the practice of rock sugar gourd is to string wild fruits into strings with bamboo skewers and dip them in maltose syrup, and the syrup quickly hardens in the wind is a rock sugar gourd, and wild fruits have hawthorn, begonia fruit, hemp yam, mountain red, walnut kernels, grapes and so on.

Most of them are hawthorns, and the strings in Yu Jin's hands are mixed and matched, made of three kinds of fruits.

When you take a bite, it is sour and sweet, with a sweet, crunchy, refreshing feeling.

"Well, it's delicious." Yu Jin nodded and said.

Xu Bangning also nodded and said, "This rock sugar gourd is also authentic." ”

"I asked people to wrap all those sugar gourds, and I will appetize those talents later." Xu Bangrui immediately made a decision and asked people to wrap the old man's rock sugar gourd.

He is worthy of being a member of the preparatory team. Very conscientious, I actually want to get this.

Being able to participate in the preparation of such an important gathering is originally a beautiful and long-faced thing, and I know it from the seriousness of the Xu family brothers.

The ancients attached great importance to "fame", even a family like Xu Bangrui also attached equal importance to it.

Eating rock sugar gourds is just an episode. And they went on their way.

"Give way, give way."

"Quick, get out of the way."

"Guys, please give way."

Just when everyone was walking, they suddenly rushed up to a few wealthy slaves who opened the way, and kept yelling at the crowd, and when they saw these richly dressed people like Yu Jin, their tone was a little polite.

The Xu Bangrui brothers were invited aside. I wanted to make a fuss, but they were people from the Guogong Mansion, where could they be so angry, but they glanced back and silently withdrew to the side.

The slave who opened the road also recognized the Xu brothers and confessed to him again and again, while Xu Bangrui generously let them continue to open the road.

Yu Jin thought they were going to make a fortune, but on weekdays they were the first tyrants in Beijing. Now being "invited" to the side of the road is definitely in a bad mood. I didn't expect them to be so submissive.

Not a word of complaint.

No, when did the gentlemen in the capital become so tolerant?

"Brother Xu, who is behind you to make you respect you so much?" Yu Jin couldn't help but ask.

A little disappointed, I wanted to watch the play for free. I didn't expect anything to happen, in fact, not only the Xu brothers gave way, but many gorgeously dressed dignitaries and nobles also gave way, which made Yu Jin very strange. When I looked back, I saw a cyan four-person bridge going up the mountain road.

The four sedan chair bearers are really good figures, walking like flying, carrying people, and walking on mountain roads faster than ordinary people walking flat roads.

"That's the sedan chair of Scholar Yuan, he is a scholar of Jianji Palace, and he is also a judge of this poetry meeting." Xu Bangning explained on the side.

Scholar of the Kengokuden Temple?

Yu Jin remembered that he listened to Zhao Jin introduce this person, and when he introduced it, he said it in a disdainful tone.

Yuan Wei!

Speaking of which, this person can also be regarded as his fellow countryman, he is a native of Cixi, Zhejiang, the third place in the seventeenth year of Jiajing, awarded the Hanlin Academy to edit, and moved to study for a bachelor's degree.

Yuan Wei is indifferent and arrogant, but his official luck is excellent, first he was promoted to the right waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and in the second year, he was added as a guest and bachelor of the prince; In forty-one years, the Wanshou Palace was completed, promoted to Shaobao, and the Ministry of Rites was still in the book; Forty-three years, he was promoted to the young master and the crown prince, and the scholar of the Jianji Palace.

The promotion is as fast as a rising cloud.

He rose quickly, not because he was an excellent official, but because he was good at writing green words, which won Jiajing's liking, and he was also called into the cabinet, and Li Chunfang, Yan Ne, Guo Pu and others had the name of "Prime Minister of Green Words".

Jiajing trusted him very much, opened the course in forty-one years, and also handed over the important responsibility of the examiner to him, thus making his reputation even more famous.

can invite the chief examiner of the last imperial examination to judge, I have to say that the ability of the preparatory team of this poetry meeting.

After the New Year, it is a triennial imperial examination, many students grind their fists early, ready to charge the official career again, this time it is Yuan Wei as the judge, maybe it will prompt the key points of the imperial examination, you know, he is the person in that circle, and he is deeply favored by the emperor.

No wonder among the tourists, there are so many people dressed as scholars.

Just as Yu Jin was thinking, four strong men carried this Yuan scholar through quickly, Yu Jin wanted to see the people in the sedan chair, but the sedan curtain never opened.

Zhao Jin said that Yuan Wei was arrogant and had no one in his eyes, and he saw that what he said was true.

So many people hike up the mountain, and he is the only one who is special.

After Yuan Wei left, Yu Jin and his party continued to walk forward.

Yu Jin patted Xu Bangrui's shoulder and joked: "Brother Xu, you have such respect for Scholar Yuan, why do you want to take the top prize?" ”

"Forget it, it's useless to do well in the exam, and if you don't do well in the exam, it will make people laugh, these opportunities are still reserved for those who read."

It is already great to be able to enter the cabinet when you get a meritorious name, but even if you enter the cabinet, your status cannot be compared with the hereditary repudiation of the country.

The purpose of the Xu family brothers' visit this time, like Yu Jin, is to increase their prestige and expand their contacts.

Being a Guogong can also progress, just doing an idle position, the position is not important, and there is little oil and water, like Zhu Xizhong, he is a Chengguo Gong, but he has held many important positions, and now he is still at a sensitive moment, serving as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, what an honor.

"Haha, that's, that's." Yu Jin nodded in agreement.

Everyone was talking and walking, Yu Jin suddenly screamed, and suddenly pointed to the front and said, "Hey, what are those people worshipping, worshipping the father-in-law of the land?" ”

Just beside a boulder in front of them, a group of people, both men and women, were putting incense on a big tree, kneeling and worshipping very reverently, despite the fact that the ground was wet and dirty, and their hair was dirty, and their clothes were wet.

Since ancient times, China has the habit of worshiping the land, some places have temples, and some pick a big tree or a big stone, but it seems not appropriate to set up a land in such a place as a temple.

The brothers of the Xu family walked in front and didn't hear it, but Xiao Mu said happily: "Young master, young master, I know." ”

"Okay, Xiao Mu said."

Xiao Mu pretended to be mysterious and said, "Young Master, do you know what kind of temple this is?" ”

"Tanzhe Temple, by the way, is also called Jiafu Temple." Yu Jin immediately replied.

Tan Zhe Temple was founded in the first year of Yongjia in the Western Jin Dynasty (307 AD), the original name of the temple was "Jiafu Temple", and later the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing Dynasty gave the name "Xiuyun Temple", and Tan Zhe Temple has always been the name of the folk.

"We all call it Tanzhe Temple, that is, the poetry club is also called the Tanzhe Poetry Club" Xiao Mu explained: "The origin of Tanzhe Temple is that there is a Zhe tree in front of the mountain, and there is a dragon pond behind the mountain, so it is called Tanzhe Temple." ”

Yu Jin's heart moved, and he hurriedly asked, "This is Zheshu?" ”

"The young master is really smart, just a little bit, that's right, this is the most famous Zhe tree, the whole body of the Zhe tree is a treasure, and the stem bark is a good raw material for papermaking; The root bark is used as medicine, relieves cough and phlegm, dispels wind and dampness, disperses stasis and relieves pain; The trunk can be made into furniture, strong and durable, that is, the leaves of the tree, take it to feed the silkworms, the silkworms can spit out high-quality silk after eating, "Qi Min Yaoshu" said, the leaves feed silkworms, the silk is good, do the strings such as the piano, the name is clear, and it is better than the anti-silk. ”

"The common people have cough, phlegm, rheumatism and bone pain, bruising, etc., come here to get a little skin back to boil water to drink, often a drink is effective, very effective, these years have healed a lot of people, the people are grateful, feel that this is blessed by the gods, so often come to incense."

Yu Jin looked at the scarred hundred-year-old tree, and then at the small sedan chair that was fading away, shook his head, and said in a low voice: "In these years, some people are not as good as a tree. (To be continued......)

PS: A little toothache today and another outburst tomorrow