And smoke and rain cover the water, reflecting the bamboo and reflecting the village of Lianba Bridge.

Baqiao is located in the east of Chang'an City more than 20 miles, when the rush of Qindi, the head of the east Qu, drag the stumbling to the horizontal, if the Changhong is not turned, the most Chang'an Chong, where from the west and east and enter and exit the two passes, Tong two passes, the road must be by.

There is a post station in Baqiao, where to send off relatives to the east, more stop here, fold willows and give each other, according to the farewell. Farewell every year, the wind and snow on the bridge, the ecstasy of the soul, only farewell!

The ancient bridge and stone road are half tilted, and the willow green is close to sweeping the eyebrows.

The shallow level of sand is deep and hateful, and the light and flying flocculent want to inscribe poems.

On both sides of the bridge, build the embankment for five miles, plant 10,000 willows, and the visitors shoulder the rubbing hub, which is the magnificence of Chang'an.

Baqiao is also known as the Ecstasy Bridge, one of the scenic spots in Chang'an.

At noon on September 15 in the first year of Kaiyuan, although it was the end of autumn, the weather was getting cooler, but the sun was still hanging high in the air, pure and warm, looking at Chang'an from afar, golden and brilliant.

The distant mountains are like daisies, and the short roads are like smoke, but this smoke is the dust rolled up by pedestrians, cars and horses.

Pedestrians are in a hurry, their faces are tired and dusty, but they are all full of ambition and hope, and seven or eight out of ten are scholars who have come from afar to catch up with the examination.

Wu Kan Wu Yuandai has a poetic name, but he often has a ranger dream in his heart, fantasizing that he carves a saddle white horse, a lonely shadow and a long sword, talks and laughs and kills people, but unfortunately now he can only live in a corner with some copper-smelling teethers.

As early as the early years of Shenlong, the then Minister Ziwei ordered Yao Yuanchong to be sympathetic to the students from all over Yantang who rushed to take the exam, and specially ordered the various Jinjuan academies and major colleges in Kyoto to receive them carefully, and the saints also allocated funds every year to make up for it, but they still couldn't help the students who rushed to take the exam over the years, and it was reported that this year it was nearly 10,000, and at least 50,000 people poured into Chang'an, Kyoto.

Although for the millions of families in Chang'an, 50,000 people are still in the Bahe River, but they are all gathered in August and September to enter Beijing, it is inevitable that there will be negligence in the resettlement of the DPRK and China, and more importantly, the scholars who can travel long distances to Kyoto are all worth a lot of money, and they are used to living in a small mansion and a large house, and they are relatives.

So the good days of renting houses have come.

Although Wu Yuandai is not a rented house, he was still driven out by his two brothers to find a student who needs to rent a house to study, not that his brother and sister-in-law are fierce, but that he Wu Kan and Wu Yuandai need to save money to marry.

Wu Yuandai is the head of the Wuhou shop in the fang, the two brothers have started a family, the eldest brother Wu Zhen Enyin is the city gate lang, and the fourth brother Wu Xun Shangwu has entered the right Weiwei Mansion soldiers early, and returned triumphantly from the Far East last year, and has been moved to join the army. The four sisters also married into the Yin Shi family, and the two brothers each bought a house in Lifang, which was a little closer to the mansion, and the ancestral house in the southeast corner of Chang'an was left with him Wukan Wu Yuandai. Although the ancestral house is partial, but the hall house has three rooms and five frames, the gate house has three rooms and two frames, more than 20 rooms, he lives alone and is also idle, and his brothers and sisters have persuaded him to rent and subsidize the family, but it is rare and quiet, no one rents it on weekdays, but it is a rare place for diligent students.

Early this morning, before the morning drum of Chang'an stopped, he was called out by the eldest sister and rushed to the Bahe Bridge to pick up the tenants.

Wu Yuandai lives in Chang'an, more than 20 miles away from the city is familiar with the Bahe River, looking for a conspicuous river wine shop, ordered two corners of wine, a few dishes of food, and waited for the guests to come to the door slowly.

The wine shop here is not big, and it can accommodate more than a dozen cases, and several familiar Yalang sat on the Hu bed and chatted around the two cases, and the drinks and food on the cases were also messy.

Nearly noon, a few people sporadically made a deal, and the Yalang people did not see frustration, a few days ago, a large number of scholars had entered Beijing, and now only the remote and scattered people remained.

Wu Yuandai's house is spacious, and she can accommodate four or five scholars per year, but this year she only received two people, one of whom was introduced by the fourth brother, just because Wu Kan recently traveled with the rangers of Pingkangfang, and he had the idea of selling his ancestral house to live in the north of the city.

But he was beaten by the fourth brother, and he was not allowed to sell the ancestral house, and even called those rangers as prodigals, and the eldest brother also warned those rangers not to provoke his younger brother, and several sisters were looking for a suitable lady everywhere to prepare for a marriage match, so Wu Qilang and Wu Yuandai, who were called the tigers in the forest in the south of the city, were afraid of doing anything, and they couldn't lift their spirits.

More than a dozen Yalang gathered, since the gossip continues, Kyoto Chang'an, the foot of the Son of Heaven, the Yalang are all living in Gyeonggi, similar to the general public, keen to talk about state affairs, today's saints are enlightened, not guilty for words, the removal of the court, the palace affairs, the frontier military newspaper, the state government officials, everything is discussed, the rhetoric is agitated, the needle is disadvantaged, the comments are different, if this bureau talks about the miscellaneous affairs of the market, it is considered to be lonely, laughing and generous.

Of course, the biggest current event today is the first year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty.

At this moment, he is talking about a middle-aged man with an eight-character beard, his name is Su Balang, and his wife is the chef of Su Xianggong, the waiter of the Yellow Gate, and what he said starts with Su Xiang's public words.

"Su Xianggong said, the first year of the first year should have a new atmosphere, now the four seas banquet clear, for the country to promote talents is the right move, in previous years the regular department of the department are presided over by the Ministry of Officials, the pattern is simple, this autumn system by the Ministry of Rites presided over, the Ministry of Officials and the Imperial History Terrace assisted, the departments of coordination, complement each other"

"Also, the Yantang Academy is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites, and it should be presided over by the Ministry of Rites."

"Could it be that Su Xianggong wants to preside over it in person?" Someone else asked, this talk is boring if it is not praised, and asking and answering is the correct rhythm.

"How can it, Su Xianggong is the minister of the political hall, the squire of the Yellow Gate, and the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, a high and powerful position, and busy with state affairs, if he ends up in person, it will be too much to exalt these white-clothed scholars" Su Balang sneered.

"The Ministry of Rites will only send a Lang Zhong to the end?"

"The saints and ministers have decided to be presided over by Han Xiu, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, Han Shilang is also from the system, and now it is also a good story to preside over the next stage" Su Balang does not sell Guanzi.

"Nowadays, there are more and more people from the imperial examinations in the DPRK and China," someone sighed.

"That's not, there are regular subjects every year, Ming Jing, Jinshi, Junshi, Ming Law, Ming Zi, Ming Arithmetic There are many subjects, this is the gospel of students all over the world."

"The five Xianggong of the Political Affairs Hall, Song Jing, Song Xianggong, the Huangmen Supervisor, the weak Guanzhong Jinshi, the Zhongshu Ling Zhang Shuoxiang, the Xiangxiang Metric Examination Policy is the first in the world, Su Ying, Su Xianggong, Yuan Qianyao, and Yuan Xianggong are all from Jinshi, Zhang Jiazhen and Zhang Xianggong are also from the Ming Jing, and the heads of the various ministries and Lang Zhong are born in seven or eight out of ten imperial examinations.

"Even so, the imperial examination can also be recommended now, wasn't there a Jinshi who did not take the examination to determine the ranking in the past few years?" There were also discordant words.

"This time is different, this time it is a vague name, the first round of the Ministry of Rites is eliminated, the ministers of the political hall are re-selected, and finally handed over to the saints and the division to determine the ranking" Su Hachiro once again showed that he was well-informed.

"In this way, you can choose a truly talented person," everyone nodded in good faith.

"This time there are many talents in Beijing" and someone sighed, "The Wang brothers in Hedong are young and talented, Cui Hao's poetry in Bianzhou is famous, and Bohai Gaoshi is poetic and majestic, all of them are handsome for a while."

The topic turned to the reference students, and there were praises and disadvantages, and some people immediately refuted them.

"Hedong Wang Wei is talented but his heart is to Buddhism, and there is no dispute with the world, Cui Hao's talent is outstanding but glamorous and light, Gao Shi is even more from a poor family, Zhang Jiazhen Xianggong once commented that the pattern of the three sons is limited, but Yang Qiulang Jun of the Sword God Mansion is both civil and military, chivalrous and courageous, Du Juan of Shaolingyuan has learned from generation to generation, and Wei Bin, the son of Wei Anshi Xianggong, the former Shangshu left servant, has traveled to many places and visited famous teachers, and these three sons will enter the first place."

"According to a certain point of view, Lantian Wen Yu Langjun has studied hard since childhood, entered the government at a young age, and the prodigy recorded that the saints and the ministers praised each other, and his parents died when he was a thief when he was young, and the young man was a pro-investigation case, and finally captured the thief to show the legal system, and spread the filial piety to Gyeonggi.

When Wu Yuandai and Wu Qilang heard Wen Yu's name, they couldn't help but think of one of the tenants who were now living in their own house, and the gentle and elegant student who was as good as his name had such a bumpy experience.

"Don't forget Wang Xuan, the son of Wang Shou, the Duke of Jin, and Jiang Qingchu, the son of Jiang Jiaozi, the Duke of Chu, who are also famous teachers and professors, I heard that someone once suggested that the courtier's parents and children should participate in the other first examination, but they were not adopted by the sage, and the sage laughed that if the courtier's relatives can stand out from the world's scholars, it is more rare."

The list of mentions is growing.

"Have you ever heard that fate is determined by heaven, if the world's scholars can go to the Longmen apricot orchard to explore the flowers, it is the cause of heaven, and a certain discussion is to peek into the will of heaven, and be cautious and cautious" There are serious people who remind.

"The world is discussed by everyone in the world, and this way of heaven is also" Some people refute.

"This system, gathering Yantang bachelors, Tiannan and Haibei, Dongfu West Road, it is difficult to understand, there is a scholar who rents a house is a Wuzhou person, and the one who speaks is not a word, and finally has to compare, it is really like a blind deaf and dumb language" Some people also said interesting things to dilute the embarrassing situation.

"That is, I heard that even the Far Eastern Governor's Mansion who has just entered the county has people who have gone to take the exam, and there are also people from the Annan Metropolitan Protectorate who have also paid tribute to Beijing. Someone began to laugh.

"If they can also get in, will they try it next year?" The crowd laughed.

Wu Yuandai looked at these idle Yalang with a smile, drinking and eating unhurriedly, it seems that today is a trip for nothing, thinking about whether to go back as soon as possible and sneak to Pingkangfang to find a ranger to eat and drink.

The water is clear, the bridge is empty, the people who fold the willows to send off have broken up, the afternoon sun is sparkling on the river, and the bridge is also golden.

Two carriages suddenly appeared on the bridge, both of which were white horses and green cars, and the canopies were dusty, and they looked like they had come from a long journey.

Everyone in the wine shop stopped talking, and they all fixed their eyes on the number of people on the road.

The two carriages descended from the bridge and headed straight for the wine shop, apparently the visitors had come to rest and eat because of hunger and fatigue from the long journey.

The liquor shop faced the Ba River, there were no stables, and the vehicles and horses of the visitors were placed under the shade of the willows on the bank of the river, and the two carriages also went straight away.

The two carriages have more than zhang, incomparably spacious, green silk to make a canopy, pear wood as the axis, the front one is a young man, green cloth shirt, the back one is a King Kong-like white-faced man, sitting in the front of the car is also tall, golden curly hair, half-arm short shirt.

The two got out of the car and set up the vehicle, and the young driver of the previous car took out a long pedal from the front of the car, put it in front of the car, and shouted, and a black-robed scholar got out of the carriage.

This person has a long figure, although he is still sleepy and ignorant, but he can be called handsome, flat scarf, black robe on the right, the robe is made of silk, the color is pure black, and the curtain of the curtain is also the same pure black, Wu Yuandai has only heard of pitch black as ink before, and now he knows what it means when he sees this black robe.

Yan Tang forbids Zhu, purple, green, green, these four colors are the color of the official robes of the minister, and the folk robes are more ochre, white, black and red, Wu Yuandai has seen the white carbon black, the blue indigo, and the blue black in his name, it is the first time I have seen such pure pitch black.

The black-robed scholar stepped down, looked at the Bahe River with his hands in his hands, his figure was tall, and a sense of nobility arose, and then he .....

Then the gentleman began to twist his neck and swing his hips, and then twisted his neck in a circle back and forth, and his hips moved in the opposite direction at the same time, which was indescribably weird.

Then he began to bend to the right with his left hand and waist with his right hand, and so on more than a dozen times, and his right hand was raised to the left and bent to the left.

After doing this three times, I changed to a squat upright, and finally jumped a few steps, turned around, and was completely sleepy and refreshed.

This son beckoned the young driver and the curly-haired strong man to walk to the wine shop together, the three of them were side by side, the young man just reached the shoulders of the scholar, but the scholar did not reach the shoulders of the strong man, but it also looked interesting.

The young man in Tsing Yi followed with his sleeves down, his eyes lowered, and he didn't care about the situation around him.

The curly-haired man was slanting a cowhide bag, looking left and right, his face was beaming, and he seemed to be full of surprise at everything.

The black-robed scholar was holding his hands in a reserved manner, but his eyes were also as black as ink, and he was obviously looking at the things around him, and he couldn't see clearly from a distance, but when he looked closely, he saw that the hair under the hood was gray and black, and this person was actually a young man, but his face was white and beardless.

The three of them entered the wine shop, and walked straight to the sky above Wu Yuandai, and the strong man quickly picked up the Hu bed and wiped it with his sleeves before letting the scholar sit down.

"Would you like something good?" The black-robed scholar smiled.

The strong man nodded frequently, and the case was less than his legs and knees, so he sat on the ground.

When the Yalang looked at it, they had a plan in their hearts.

First of all, there is no shortage of Kaiyuan Tongbao, no matter the carriage and black robe, it shows that this person is worth a lot of money. Entering the capital of the scholars to see a lot, a servant and a servant is the standard, most of them will bring a beautiful maid, occasionally two or three guards, as for a line of more than 20 people, this line of three people and two carriages is also ordinary, but the Yalang are thoughtful people, this carriage looks ordinary, only slightly larger, but the shaft is pear wood, although the other is painted with black lacquer, it is not made of miscellaneous wood, and the curtain is also common for silk, but such a black silk is by no means ordinary rich can have.

Secondly, this person has a good temper, and both servants and servants can naturally sit and eat with him, which shows that he is humble. Again, this son is a young man, and he is afraid that he has a hidden disease.

Su Yuandai saw that half of the people in this trip were from the Far East, because the horse they led the car was a black water horse unique to the Far East.

Su Balang got up first, walked quickly to the table of three, and arched his hand, "I've seen Lang Jun in person"

"What's delicious?" The black-robed gentleman asked with a smile.

Su Balang was stunned, and the others laughed, these three people actually regarded him as a doctor running the hall, and everyone commented: These three people are from remote counties and have limited knowledge.

Su Balang looked at himself, he was dressed in brocade, and he was actually regarded as a running doctor, and he was angry in his heart.

"A non-running doctor"

"Then why did you come to ask Ben Langjun?" The black-robed scholar tilted his head and asked, and the strong man sitting on the ground also looked at Su Balang curiously.

"A certain is renting a house," Su Hachiro replied proudly.

"Rent a house? Oh, and there's food? The black-robed man continued.