Looking at the sensation caused by Zhou Chen's return home, Zhao Darthead, who turned over and dismounted and walked with Zhou Chen, his face was also full of excited and honored.

"Hahaha, Xiao Xianggong, you are quite popular in our Hanzhong Mansion!"

Zhao Darttou grinned and laughed again and again: "In the legends of the ancestors of Hanzhong, the master of the people is the stars and immortals in the sky.

Xiao Xianggong, you are the third place Yayuan, and it is even more of the stars and immortals, and the people gather here to get their hands on your immortal spirit. ”

Zhou Chen smiled undeniably, he didn't say anything more.

In the midst of many onlookers, Zhou Chen rode slowly towards the center of the city in a carriage.

Suddenly, an extremely lively gong and drum sound sounded from a distance, and they walked towards the location of Zhou Chen and the others.

It was a line of officials holding plaques and wearing saffron satin on their chests.

As the distance between the two sides became closer and closer, Zhou Chen immediately signaled Zhao Dart to give an order, ready to make way for the officials on the opposite side.

Although Zhou Chen is already a high school person now, he is not a high-flying person, and it is indispensable to be polite.

However, at this time, the officials on the opposite side suddenly stopped in place, and saw a junior official wearing a black gauze hat, a green official uniform, and a quail embroidered on his chest come out of the crowd.

The Jiupin petty official shouted at Zhou Chen and the others: "But the new promotion, Zhou Chen and Master Zhou in person?" ”

Hearing these words in his ears, Zhou Chen's eyes couldn't help but flash a look of doubt.

Except for taking the imperial examination, he didn't think about any communication with the government, why did this nine-grade petty official look for him in front of him?

However, the other party has already asked by name, how could Zhou Chen retreat? He got up and stood on top of the carriage and replied, "I'm Zhou Chen, I don't know what this adult is looking for me?!" ”

Although Zhou Chen now has a reputation for being famous, he doesn't have any real official position after all, so it is not wrong to call a Jiupin petty official an adult.

But where did the nine-grade petty official on the other side get the courage to inherit it? You must know that with Zhou Chen's current status, as long as he enters the court as an official, he will at least get an official position above the eighth grade.

If the spring of the next year can be named on the gold list, it will be able to serve as an official position from the seventh grade at the beginning.

Therefore, when Zhou Chen's words fell, the nine-grade petty official on the opposite side immediately bowed his hand and said: "Raise the face of the master, where do the lower officials dare to claim to be adults, Master Zhou, you have tormented the lower officials." ”

Immediately, I saw that the nine-rank junior official paused slightly, and then he continued to say: "Xiaguan came this time to send an invitation for Lord Yang, the prefect.

The prefect has prepared a banquet in the mansion to celebrate Master Zhou's high school promotion, and at the same time to pick up the wind and wash the dust for Master Zhou, and also invite Master Zhou to go to the mansion with the officials to attend the banquet. ”

It turned out that this Jiupin petty official was the governor of the Hanzhong Mansion, and he made a special trip to convey the invitation of the Hanzhong Governor to Zhou Chen.

In order to congratulate the Hanzhong Mansion on the second high school promotion in more than ten years, the Hanzhong Prefect actually personally held a banquet in the mansion to pick up the wind and wash the dust for Zhou Chen, who returned home.

You must know that this Hanzhong prefect is not just a local parent official, this is a dignified four-grade member in the court.

The prefect personally sent someone to invite him to the banquet, which made Zhou Chen himself feel a little flattered.

Even if Zhou Chen didn't have much interest in the communication in the officialdom, how could he break the face of the prefect?

"The prefect is invited, how dare you disobey?"

Zhou Chen arched his hand and said, "Please also ask this lord to lead the way, and then go to the mansion to meet the prefect." ”

After the words in his mouth fell, Zhou Chen whispered to Zhao Dart, who was following him, and ordered: "Zhao Darthead, you will take someone back to the dart bureau to report safety, and Lao Liu and I will go to the mansion to meet the prefect first." ”

"Little minister, I know."

Zhao Darttou didn't raise any objections, he directly hugged his fists and said to Zhou Chen.

Immediately afterwards, I saw Zhao Dart head flip onto the horse's back with great neatness, and led the other dart masters to return directly to the Longmen Dart Bureau.

As for Zhou Chen, he rode in the carriage driven by Ba Dao, gathered with those officials, and drove towards the government in the center of Hanzhong Fucheng.

When I entered the palace, there were already officials waiting in the hall of the government.

At the top of the head sat a middle-aged man with a broad face and a generous bearing, dressed in a crimson robe and embroidered with a lark on his chest.

This person is the prefect of Hanzhong Mansion and the four-rank member of the Ming Dynasty.

After Zhou Chen walked into the center of the hall, when he bowed down and saluted the prefect, he greeted him aloud: "Student Zhou Chen, meet your parents, the prefect." ”

The prefect's surname was Yang, and the moment he saw Zhou Chen, his face was also filled with a bright smile.

Especially after seeing Zhou Chen's etiquette so thorough, the smile on the corner of his mouth became more and more obvious.

Although Zhou Chen's current figure looks a little thin, he is slender and tall, and his appearance is also quite handsome.

The scholarly atmosphere cultivated by reading for a long time, coupled with a special temperament condensed by coming in to practice the star guidance technique, makes Zhou Chen extremely suitable for the style of a scribe who reads poetry and books.

And the prefect in front of him is obviously the mainstay of the civil official system of the Ming Dynasty, and he naturally admires the same scribes.

Moreover, Zhou Chen's high school promotion also brought a lot of political achievements to the prefect, which was a good impression that Zhou Chen had in his heart.

The prefect, who admired Zhou Chen very much, actually walked into the hall and helped Zhou Chen up.

At the same time, he also patted Zhou Chen's arm while praising with a smile: "Good student, really a good student!"

When you were in the county, government, and hospital examinations one after another, the official heard your name.

I didn't expect that it has only been more than a year, and you have already raised people in high school, and you have won the third place in the Shanxi Township Examination across provinces.

This is really a surprise in the heart of this official, and it is really a blessing for my Hanzhong Mansion. ”

After the words in his mouth fell, the prefect didn't wait for Zhou Chen to say anything, he even kindly pulled Zhou Chen to the back hall.

During the march, I only heard the prefect say with a smile: "Come with this official, this official has set up a banquet in the back hall of this mansion, and made a special trip to pick up the wind and wash the dust for you, a talented and handsome man!" ”