Mai is like snow, full of nine qu.

On the 25th day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar, the white-clothed lifters all over the streets and alleys of Chang'an walked up to the Vermilion Bird Street and rushed to the imperial city.

This is one of the few opportunities for ordinary scholars and literati to enter the imperial city in a year.

For the Gongju people who have just arrived in Chang'an, ten years of hard study is nothing more than to enter the imperial city of Beijing official office one day.

And this political vision, behind a Suzaku gate.

Outside the Suzaku Gate, there are heavy guards guarded by the Jinwu Guard, and those who enter the Suzaku Gate must hold a turtle talisman to investigate.

The turtle talisman is the turtle-shaped talisman, which is the status symbol of the court officials, although the tribute people have obtained the identity of the scholars, but they still belong to the ranks of the common people, and naturally there is no turtle talisman that can enter the imperial city.

However, there are exceptions, and the Zhuzhou Assassin or Shangzuo must go to Chang'an every year to report on the examination of local officials, and determine the performance evaluation level of local officials for that year with the examiner, and pay tribute to local local products. When a local official who also served as an envoy to the imperial city reported to the imperial city, the people who offered the offering could enter the imperial city with them and participate in the gathering of the household department.

The so-called household collection is actually to review whether the tribute is qualified to participate in the provincial examination.

Yes, on this day, the genius is Ma Ma Liang, and the outside of the Suzaku Gate is full of tribute people waiting for the survey report.

As far as the eye can see, there are all the tribute people wearing white linen clothes outside the robes, a piece of white flowers, where to find Cui Yao and Xue Cheng.

Liu Qingshan is a young man, he has been in Chang'an for half a month since he came, except for a trip to the West Market when he came, he was pressed by Liu Wensu in the courtyard to study all day long, the farthest place is the West Gate of Yongchongfang, less than a thousand steps on foot, he felt sad for himself when he thought about it, and he couldn't find Xue Cheng and them for a while, so he couldn't help but regret and said: "Why did you make an appointment today, you should make an appointment directly at the gate of Pingkang Fang!" Even if people come and go, it's easier to find than now! In this way, he can also use the poetry club as an excuse, he doesn't have to be detained in the courtyard every day, of course, he can also go to Pingkangfang to see a thing or two, otherwise when he returns to Qinghe in the future, he will be asked by his classmates what Pingkangfang is like, how should he answer?

Liu Chenxing is different from Liu Qingshan, who is studying in the county, because of the limitation of her status as a female student, she goes back and forth between the village school and her home every day, which is no different from the current life, and she has been accustomed to such a closed-door learning method for many years.

Listening to Liu Qingshan's annoyed words at this time, he couldn't help but look at him sympathetically, if it weren't for the inconvenience of her going to places like wine shops and brothels, it is estimated that Uncle Liu would have taken Liu Qingshan to make friends, so he thought for a while and said to Liu Wensu, who accompanied them: "Uncle, didn't you let us interact more with our fellow villagers?" When the collection is over, can we invite them to Pingkang Fong for dinner? ”

Well, she also wanted to go to Pingkangfang to see one or two, but she was not as stupid as her brother, so she said it so hotly.

Liu Chenxing immediately added: "Uncle, the main thing is that most of them live in the east of the city, and some wine shops in the east of the city are in Pingkangfang, so I thought about going to Pingkangfang to feast guests." Of course, it is also because there is a sister who has a very good relationship with me, she also came to Chang'an this time, and she will definitely be called to the banquet, but I will not be the only woman present. After speaking, he behaved and smiled at Liu Wensu flatteringly.

Liu Wensu also knew that the brothers and sisters had been very restrained these days, and they should also be allowed to see the level of the literati in Chang'an, and it didn't hurt for Liu Chenxing to go to the wine shop in Pingkangfang once in a while, so he nodded and said: "You have always said that they take good care of you on the road, in this case, we just happened to be together today, so let's invite them to eat together." ”

Liu Chenxing was immediately excited when he heard this, but he didn't have time to speak, only to hear a female voice next to him suddenly snort coldly: "But for a nine-grade petty official in green clothes, he is so flattering, if it is a golden turtle minister, how can he pay it back?" It's a shame for me and other female jinshi! ”

Although he did not nominate the surname Dao, among the many Mai men, only Uncle Liu was dressed in a blue and blue nine-grade official uniform, which was quite eye-catching.

In addition, this place is a parallel world of the Celestial Empire, and although history has deviated, some historical events are being staged one by one.

In the Sui and Tang dynasties of the Celestial Dynasty, there were fish charms to symbolize the identity of officials, and Wu Zetian changed the fish charm to a turtle symbol.

At that time, the same was true, the empress changed the fish charm to the turtle charm, and its turtle charm and official uniform have the same level restrictions, the third grade or more is the gold texture of the turtle charm, the fifth rank and above is the silver turtle, and the ninth rank and above is the bronze turtle. Therefore, the golden turtle refers to the high-ranking officials and ministers above the third grade.

However, the courtiers are the prime minister, and they are only three products, how can the golden turtle be easy to find?

Liu Chenxing used to be busy studying all day long, and he didn't have time to think about this, but when he heard it, he suddenly remembered the golden beetle son-in-law that he often heard in modern times, and suddenly realized that this was a misunderstanding of the relationship between her and Uncle Liu.

Xun Sheng turned his head to look, and saw a twenty-six or seventeen-year-old female jinshi looking at her with a disdainful face.

The female jinshi has a long face, double eyelids, and beautiful facial features. But I don't know that it is because of the rigidity and seriousness, I often frown, and there is already a deep vertical line between the eyebrows.

I have heard people say that people with vertical lines between their eyebrows have a too upright personality, and they must do everything to the end, and they will not stop until they reach their goal, and they don't know where to turn back. But such a character is very hardworking, so he can often achieve a career.

But what is the person's character, she can't be used as a guard of honor to criticize others at will, especially when people value virtue, she can't let others slander Uncle Liu and herself like this.

Liu Chenxing's expression was solemn, and he wanted to testify for their uncle and nephew.

Liu Wensu didn't want Liu Chenxing to have problems at the time of the collection, if he lost the qualification for the provincial examination because of a quarrel with other lifters, it would be worth the loss, he preemptively said: "This female jinshi is only the school book of a secretary province, and she has no real power to help raise the provincial test." Besides, these two are the children of a certain sister, so what is the problem with sending them here? ”

I don't know if it was because I misunderstood their relationship, or because I didn't expect an official from Liu Wensu to confront her in person, the woman's face turned red, and according to the current situation, she was ashamed, and only looked at her uncle and nephew for a while.

When the other people around him heard this, they saw that Liu Wensu was actually a noble official such as the secretary of the provincial school, although he had no real power, he must be quite knowledgeable, and he also had a certain reputation in the Chang'an literati circle, which was one of their favorite people, and there were many discussions at the moment:

"My nephew is like an uncle, I look at them a little bit of a look!"

"Someone slandered them like this, it is estimated that he is the one who flatters them, so he will have such filthy thoughts!"

"But it's no wonder that the two of them can take the provincial exam at such an age, it turns out that their uncle is actually a school book, it's really not like we can compare......"

For a while, the four of them either had the heart to make friends and were unhappy about it, or they were envious of Liu Chenxing's brother and sister for having such an official's uncle.

The female jinshi probably couldn't stand the ridicule around her, and apologized with a bow: "Chang'an Zhang Qingzi can't stand it today!" "Just turn around and leave.

Liu Wensu frowned when he heard this, and when he wanted to go to see Zhang Qingzi, he only heard an excited female voice, and shouted loudly: "Ah Xing, I heard someone say that there is a young school scholar here with a man and a woman, so I know that it must be you!" Brother, I have to come along, it's not me, you still have to find it! ”

Who else can be so chattering and pitched octaves?

Liu Chenxing raised a smile and looked over, and sure enough, he saw Xue Yuan taking the lead, followed by Cui Yao and Xue Cheng, as well as the other two people in Beizhou.

In this way, the seven tributes selected by Beizhou this year gathered, and it was very good to find their envoys from Beizhou and follow them into the imperial city.

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