The next day, the second day of August.

Xu Liang was woken up by the iron head shouting through the door, he sat up, moved his neck, and felt that his head was still a little dizzy. Thinking back to the situation last night, I sighed in my heart that Tie Siye was too bold and too capable of fooling, and even his own cup of wine was squeezed by him to pour three or four glasses, and finally he didn't even know how to pour it on the bed.

It was another encouragement and encouragement from the elders of the Xu Mansion, and Xu Liang couldn't help but be a foil again.

Finally, the team heading north started.

This time when he went north to Nanchang, the Xu Mansion sent Yang Lin, the steward of the inner courtyard, with four subordinates to lead the way and guard. Xu Jiang and Xu Liang each brought a scholar, Xu Liang's scholar is an iron head, although he looks like a bodyguard more than a scholar, but there is no way, Xu Liang is relieved that there are not many people, and the iron head is the most satisfying one for him.

In the afternoon, the men and horses of the Xu Mansion rushed to Wan'an County, and when they were about to leave Wan'an County, Xu Liang unexpectedly met Xing Zhutou who came back from outside the city. Xu Liang was overjoyed and couldn't help but stop to meet Brother Xing.

Xing Zhongshan didn't say a word about what Xu Liang mentioned last time to catch fast, and kept sighing that he didn't look away, Brother Xu is really not an ordinary person.

Xu Liang thought of Feng Suqin who ran out of Xu's mansion, and thought of Xing Zhongshan's status in Wan'an City, so he immediately asked Xing Zhongshan to help find Feng Suqin's mother and daughter.

After some explanation, Xing Zhongshan understood who Feng Suqin was, and at that moment Xing Zhongshan laughed, and squeezed his eyebrows at Xu Liang and promised that he would definitely find the person and settle him.

Although Yang Lin is the manager of the inner court, compared to Xu Jiang, Xu Liang and the two rich young masters who rarely go out of the house, can be regarded as well-informed, experienced in going out, under his arrangement, Xu Liang and his party set off from Wan'an City on the second day of the first month of August, went to Ji'an Mansion through Taihe County, stayed in Ji'an Mansion for one night, set off early the next morning, passed through Linjiang Mansion, lasted three days, and arrived in Nanchang, the seat of the Jiangxi Political Envoy Si Yamen on the afternoon of the fifth day of August. That night, we stayed at the Xinghua Inn in Xinghua Village Street, in the city.

Xu Liang was the first time to come back to Nanchang City in the Ming Dynasty, and he seemed to be so fresh and curious, and that night, despite the dissuasion of Xu Jiang and Yang Lin, he took Tietou and walked all the way down Xinghuacun Street.

The sun is also slanting to the west, but the pedestrians on the street are still in an endless stream, only to see the street as wide as five or six meters, the blue brick paving, the pedestrians spontaneously walk on both sides, occasionally one or two carriages in the middle, ox carts, or carrying people, or pulling goods, in the melody of the driver in the shouting of the frustration of the clattering driving by, two rows of shops on the side of the street, there are tall and short, wine flags and tea flags, waving with the wind, and under the façade decorated with a colorful curtain, two half-old, wiping their red and glamorous lips, pinching the champa to solicit guests, scratching their heads and making gestures, snorting. Xu Liang looked up curiously, there were three gilt characters "Xinghualou" on the door plaque draped with colored curtains, and then looked up, three or four kiln sisters with heavy makeup in the corridor on the second floor were frequently sending autumn waves to Xu Liang through the guardrail......

What a place to go! Xu Liang swallowed his saliva secretly, turned his head and left in pain, no way, he was here to take the exam, he couldn't do anything wrong before the end of the autumn season, if the young master didn't get in, then he would come to this apricot blossom building again, and it would not be in vain to come to ancient Nanchang City!

When Xu Liang returned to the inn, he heard Xu Jiang and several young people sitting in the room chatting, and when he went in to inquire, it turned out that he was an examinee who had lived in the inn earlier, including Linjiang Mansion, Guangxin Mansion, Jiujiang Mansion, and Ji'an Mansion. The Xiucai surname in Ji'an Mansion is Qin, a single name and a peak character, he looks five big and three thick, and his face is so black that he is comparable to Bao Zheng, Xu Liang because he is a native of Ji'an Mansion, he should be closer in his heart, and after some talking, he found that although this Qin Feng looks like a martial artist, he is the master of real talent and real learning. Xu Liang knew that the little ink he was just enough to be at the bottom was not on the same level as others, so he was busy stopping the topic and chatting about trivial things.

Xu Liang didn't know that this could stump Qin Feng, Xu Liang was born in a poor peasant family in his previous life, and his family was poor when he was a child. He picked up a few interesting things in this regard and told Qin Feng with great interest, Qin Xiucai's eyes lit up when he heard it, and his heart was fascinated, but he couldn't answer with dry eyes. In short, Xu Liang finally showed his face in front of Qin Xiucai.

The next day, Xu Jiang called Xu Liang together and discussed going to visit Huang Weizhong, the political envoy of the old lady Xu. According to the address inquired by Yang Lin in advance, the two found Huang Weizhong's mansion near Yonghe Gate, and presented a post, and the Huangfu family saw that it was a student of Ji'an Mansion, and immediately a family led Xu Jiang and Xu Liang into the main hall of the Huang Mansion.

There were already seven or eight students from Ji'an Mansion sitting in the main hall of the Huang Mansion, and all the students looked at Senator Huang who was sitting in the center, and they were very respectful.

Xu Liang followed Xu Jiang to solemnly greet Senator Huang and present gifts, and then sat down with the other students under the guidance of the Huang family.

If Xu Liang met Senator Huang on the street of Nanchang Mansion, he would never have thought that he would be a high-ranking official from the fourth rank of the dynasty. Huang Weizhong was born with a chubby round face, small eyes piled up on his face, he looked smiling when he saw people, two beards on his lips, and he shook and shook under the tip of his nose as soon as he spoke.

Senator Huang faced a group of students who were taking the exam, and his sense of superiority was very strong, and at this moment his expression was relaxed, and the whole person was almost sinking into the wide Taishi chair, the stone bullet in his left hand was mothballed, and the right finger gently tapped the tabletop, making a series of subtle hooves like galloping horses. Senator Huang's small eyes flashed, and he said slowly: "Although this official is an official of the court and the main examination of this Qiufu, he must not test the law and give you special care, but after all, the old man is from Ji'an Mansion, and several of them are young descendants valued by the hometown fathers in Ji'an Mansion. ”

A group of talents in Ji'an Mansion couldn't help but be excited when they heard that Senator Huang was actually the chief examiner of the autumn exam, and an older Ji'an student said: "Before I came, my father was repeatedly confessing, saying that Lord Huang is really the pride of our Ji'an Mansion, and now Lord Huang is willing to personally guide the students, what an honor the students are, they must always remember it." ”

He pointed out a finger, dotted in the air, shook his head and said: "I think my Ming Dynasty imperial examination is prosperous, it is actually the initiative of Emperor Taizu of my dynasty, after hundreds of years, he has contributed countless pillars to the country, far from Wang Yangming, Yu Qian, near Zhang Juzheng, Yang Tinghe, all are able to govern the world, admired by the world." I am the imperial examination, based on the four books and five classics, must be sages to stand up, the shape of the text of eight shares, eight shares of articles, and divided into the topic, the topic, the origin, the shares, the shares, the shares, the back shares, the bundle shares, the knot. The wording and intention are very particular, and you must keep these eight parts in mind when writing, impartial, square, and square, in order to be able to high school. ”

The sentient beings nodded frequently when they heard it, only Xu Liang didn't care, and said to the old man, you said for a long time, we all know what you said, the eight-strand article, just a few times over and over again, the structure is fixed and dead, who won't talk about the big truth? You have to come up with some real dry goods to convince people.

Senator Huang said that the stars were flying, and at the moment he said that the mental journey from his entry into the Tribute Academy to the completion of the examination was full of ups and downs, and it was fascinating. The students listened to it with a relaxed heart, and Xu Liang was drowsy.

Senator Huang saw that the students looked at him with admiration, pricked up his ears to listen to him tell the story, and couldn't help but be even more proud, his little eyes rolled, and then said: "Autumn in the middle of the move, although it is the first step for you to step into the officialdom, but if you want to be an official and do it for a long time, the key depends on your own moral cultivation. Peony, the rich and noble of flowers; Lotus, the gentleman of flowers. "In the future, whether you make chrysanthemums or peonies depends on you...... Lotus, the gentleman of the flower child, this is also the word, it is really wonderful to use it......"

After leaving the Huang Mansion and returning to the inn, Xu Liang couldn't help but scolded Huang Weizhong, "This old man Huang is really dark enough, let's go to the door to give gifts, he really doesn't know what it means?" Hmph, pretending to be crazy and stupid, Lao Tzu drank a belly of herbal tea and didn't hear that he showed some real goods! He complained to Xu Jiang: "I knew this was the case, eldest brother, you should really listen to me, and you will have to seal one hundred and eighty taels of silver, so you have to send five hundred taels at once, this is good, all in vain!" ”

Xu Jiang was also very disappointed with the Huang Mansion and his party, he thought about it and hesitated: "Third brother, it is the old lady's intention to give gifts to Lord Huang, but today I have nothing to expect that Lord Huang is the main examiner, and I have a lot of inconveniences......

Xu Liang sneered: "The inconvenience of fart, didn't you see him when the old boy collected the money, did he have any inconvenience?" Damn, the heart of this Ming Dynasty official is really black! ”

Xu Liang scolded Huang Wei Zhongguang for taking money and not doing anything, and sighed in his heart, it's over, it's over, now it's really going back to Wan'an County to be a catcher. He grabbed Xu Jiang, who wanted to go into the room to rest, and said, "Big brother, before we go out, did the old lady talk about other officials?" Except for Senator Huang? ”

Xu Jiang shook his head and said, "No, the old lady wants us to visit Lord Huang." ”

Xu Liang looked at Xu Jiang with a blank eye, and said, "Big brother, think about it again, could it be that you forgot, the old lady didn't say anything about others?" For example, Jiangxi's political envoys, according to the inspection envoys, command envoys or something? ”

Xu Jiang's eyes widened, and he smiled bitterly: "The third brother said that he laughed, what kind of person is the third envoy, how can we ordinary people be able to climb it?" He patted Xu Liang comfortingly, "Third brother, don't think about it too much, your article level is known to the eldest brother, this autumn, you will definitely be able to go to high school!" ”

Fart level! Xu Liang lowered his face and said hatefully.

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