"Jingming, it's getting colder and colder, why are you still wearing this hat, didn't your mother-in-law make you a new hat? Why don't you bring it? ”

Xiao Yuanjun saw Jing Ming sweeping the fallen leaves at the door with a broom, reciting while sweeping back, he was thin, his clothes were thin, and the wind was blowing outside, as if he was going to sweep him away.

Jing Ming turned around and saw Xiao Yuanjun, who he hadn't seen for a long time, still holding a sesame cake in his hand, and smiled, "Son, don't get in the way, I'm not cold, my mother-in-law is old, and her eyes can't survive!" ”

"You!"

"Don't persuade him, this kid is very tough, and he is reluctant to wear it, for fear that his mother-in-law will have to sew it for him if it is worn out, so he simply doesn't wear it."

The out-of-tune voice spread from his head, Xiao Yuanjun raised his eyes, and saw Seventeen holding this handful of melon seeds leaning on the edge of the bed, staring at the ground, while talking, he spit out the melon seed shell from his mouth, Jingming was not annoyed, and went to sweep quietly.

Seeing his moody appearance, Seventeen lost any interest, and his tone was complaining, "Such a young man who is only half an age is even colder than those old pedants, look at the other children, how lively they are, can you?" ”

"Alas, alas, it hurts, little lady, you hurt me!"

Xiao Yuanjun didn't know what was going on, so he saw Seventeen suddenly exclaim, half of his body was dragged into the house, and only half of his legs were still walking outside.

Jing Ming was surprised by the scene, did not raise his head, and continued to sweep his fallen leaves.

Yiren pulled Seventeen's ponytail and asked him not to talk nonsense, Jingming has a cold temperament and doesn't like to speak, but he is delicate, young, and already has an opinion, and Seventeen can't be forced even if he is forced.

Because he was afraid that the sudden touch would make him fall, he gently pulled his ponytail and asked him not to talk nonsense, who knew that this person was so shameless, and he would take advantage of her when he got the opportunity, and he was angry, but when he saw his pitiful expression, he was helpless.

Pulling him into the house by his braids, he shouted to the bottom, "Brother, come up!" ”

The corners of Xiao Yuanjun's mouth twitched, he probably knew what the situation was above, and sighed in his heart, it was really one thing and one thing.

"Jing?" was about to say hello to Jing Ming, but when he saw that he was concentrating on sweeping the floor and books, he also stopped, put the sesame cakes in his hand on the steps, patted the dust on his body before walking inside.

The wind was blowing outside, and everyone in the study house was reading quietly, agarwood was quiet, and the troubles in the world had nothing to do with them.

Until he entered the cabinet, he had a smile on his face, and he didn't even notice it.

"What does my brother think? So happy? ”

Yiren took the sesame cake in his hand and asked casually, but saw him smile more and more conspicuously.

"Our Xiaojun is really powerful, we can start such a bookless house."

"Of course, it doesn't look at how smart she is!" Speaking of the words of the Quay, Seventeen had something to say, but unfortunately no one gave him a chance.

"Brother, what's wrong? Why did you say this all of a sudden? Yiren was uneasy, especially seeing that his brother had been getting busier and busier recently, and his temperament was becoming more and more stable, which made her inexplicably a little scared.

Xiao Yuanjun reached out and touched her head, smiling even more, "I just passed by the scholars, and when I saw everyone looking at the book intently, with a smile on their faces, incense rising, and surrounded by them, I felt that the picture was quiet and beautiful, and I was very happy!" ”

This kind of picture, the Yiren have often seen recently, since the Wen, the officials, and the Ministry of Rites changed the water, the people were impetuous for a while, but what followed was that they looked down on the peace after that.

When they walked towards each other, with a smile on their faces, hanging in the vegetable basket was the expectation of life, and when they left the corner, the laughter still echoed in the courtyard.

Such a scene makes people happy, and when Yiren is in the country, so is her brother.

"After the beginning of spring next year, it will be the imperial examination, and they can't care about it!"

"Imperial examinations?" Xia Zhishu just came, and happened to hear this sentence, and bumped into Xiao Yuanjun at the door, his heart trembled, and the prince's brother blurted out, the corners of his mouth were still trembling, and he laughed seventeen times.

Xia Zhishu was extremely strange, and he also knew that he couldn't fight seventeen, so he ignored him, turned to Xiao Yu'an and asked, "Didn't you just appoint those officials, why do you want to take the imperial examination?" ”

Xiao Yu'an sat there from beginning to end, and no one noticed him, he was happy to watch the play, and now that Xia Zhishu came to him, he couldn't continue to be a theatergoer.

Wen Sheng said: "This year's civil appointment is just a rough one, it was originally next year's imperial examination, because of the urgency of time to rush the election, although it is already very rigorous, but I am still afraid of missing something, so the emperor asked the imperial examination to be held as usual, and the elected people will be compared with the current officials, survival of the fittest."

"Tsk!" Xia Zhishu listened, and couldn't help but let out a soft snort in his mouth, "This batch of civil officials is really miserable, they fought with the former waves in the past, the bench was not hot yet, and the back waves came again." ”

But no, this group of civil officials is the fastest growing among the officials in the past dynasties, growing up under high pressure, for fear of being compared to others, now not only those candidates are working hard, I heard that those newly appointed civil officials are not far behind, even people like Xie Chen have borrowed a large number of books without books.

I don't know if such a growth environment is good or bad for them, but tiredness is real.

Shortly after the signing of the Northern Pact, there was another disturbance on the southwestern border.

The northern border is still unified, things are trivial but can be suppressed in the end, but the southwest is different, it is the land of barbarians, and it is also a big trouble for Dayan, although the army is not as much as Dayan, but the terrain is complicated, and the men in the west are good at riding horses, and the terrain is really difficult to overcome.

Xiao Yuanjun has been in the palace during this time, just to discuss this matter, the civil and military sides have their own opinions, and it is difficult to decide.

"So now the generals want to attack directly and unify the southern border in one game? And the civilian officials want to value peace, after all, once the fight starts, the people will inevitably have to suffer again, and the southwest is not so easy to fight, once it fails, the whole army will be annihilated. ”

Seventeen calmly analyzed the situation, his fingers unconsciously rubbing against the tiger's mouth, and his voice was calm.

Xiao Yuanjun nodded silently, "For this matter, hundreds of civil and military officials are arguing in the court every day, and the emperor's body is also getting worse. ”

The atmosphere was a little heavy, Xia Zhishu didn't understand, seeing that they were suddenly silent, he spoke cautiously, "You can't take a compromise method, for example, take advantage of their inattention, catch them off guard, and give them a chance to surrender, so that I can avoid losses and exchange for peace." ”

"How can there be such a good thing in the world!" Seventeen spoke indifferently, and glanced at her with cool eyes, Xia Zhishu knew that he was not targeting him, but he was still frightened by his eyes.

"Now there are only two choices, to fight or not to fight." Xiao Yu'an saw that the atmosphere was anxious, and patiently explained to Xia Zhishu, "If it is beaten, it is inevitable that the innocent will be injured, but we can't predict what the result will be, once the barbarians break through the checkpoint in the south, it will be even more difficult to organize them to go south." ”

"If they don't fight, relying on their geographical advantages, let the barbarians expand their territory like this, and it is inevitable that they will go south, it is only a matter of time."

Therefore, to fight or not to fight, there is only one choice, but it is only a matter of time.