On the day of the roll call, the colorful curtains of the tea shops are hung high, the pavilions facing the street are set by the rich ladies early, the streets and alleys are crowded with people, the large and small military patrols and shops, and even the three marshals guard the infantry, the cavalry is transferred out together, five steps and one post, ten steps and one sentry, pull up the isolation along the street, vacate the central road, and provide the new champion led by the Jinshi to march on horseback.

Yizhi and Xiuying are next to Liu Yisun, surrounded by the patrol division of the left army, waiting at the entrance of the royal street outside the Suzaku Gate, the hearts of the two are very anxious, and they can't rest for a moment, always tiptoe to look into the distance, until a loud gong sounds, startling the birds in the sky to fly, the gong is uneven for a long time, the palace gate of the golden nail and vermilion paint gradually opens, there is a sonorous and powerful sound of horses' hooves, the footsteps echo, not long after, two columns of Jinwu Guard cavalry wearing gold armor walked out of it, each of them looked solemn and solemn, not smiling.

When Jin Wuwei walked in front of him, he saw the father of Liu Yisun's brothers and sisters, General Liu Ping, the commander in front of the palace, and Shi Yuansu, the deputy commander in front of the palace, the two of them came across the horse one after the other, and they led the infantry in front of the palace to hold colorful flags.

Liu Xiuying looked at her father with full eyes, and was rarely silent, Liu Yisun saluted Liu Ping slightly, Yizhi was slightly obedient, and the commander in front of the palace immediately glanced at his pair of children, nodded slightly to Yizhi, and looked ahead.

There was another gong, and after the infantry of the guards in front of the palace, it was the splendid saddle sheath, the new champion Lang who was dressed in red and green, followed by Tanhualang, Tanhua.

People didn't dare to make a noise, this time, saw the champion Lang, suddenly jubilant, the shouts stretched from the street to the end of the street, there were already businessmen hired to sprinkle flowers on the window, the petals were of different colors, green and crisp lingering, red and purple welcome, a moment of splendor, and there were various ladies throwing silk silk on the top of the head, fluttering.

Yi Zhiyuan opened his eyes, looking for familiar faces in the queue, and finally saw Han Yuqi in the second-class jinshi, and exclaimed excitedly. Liu Xiuying saw Shi Jie, and hurriedly pointed it to Yizhi, and when Yizhi saw Su Zimei beside Shi Jie, she was busy pointing it out to Liu Xiuying, and the two couldn't help but shake each other's hands, shouting and jumping happily.

Those few saw the two, waved at them one after another, Yizhi and Xiuying hurriedly raised their handkerchiefs in response, and sounded the gong again, and walked through many faces that they had never seen, she remembered the people she hadn't seen yet, and craned her neck to look up, and when she found Wen Yanbo in the top three jinshi, it was he who saw Yizhi first, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

Yizhi then looked back, looked at it for a while, but there was no gain, and she couldn't help but be a little panicked, until the procession of the new science and technology jinshi came to an end, she looked back at the procession of the march, and looked inside for a while. While she was looking, she asked Liu Xiuying if she saw Ouyang Xu's figure, and Liu Xiuying said: "Don't worry, maybe we just didn't see it." Yizhi went to ask Liu Yisun, Xing'er, and Li Ping, but they were all gone.

Yizhi's heart suddenly cooled half, the hand holding the handkerchief hung down, and the joy of the beginning was also reduced by half. She held Xiuying's hands and said: "Among these brothers, I am most worried about the third brother, although his literary talent is the most top-notch, his father has commented that his career is not beneficial, he is rebellious, and his heart is extremely high. This time, everyone is in the middle, but he is not in the middle, he must be greatly disappointed, I really can't feel at ease, you continue to look at the excitement, I want to go inside to find him. Xiuying held Yizhi's hand and said: "In the team just now, most of the people have seen it, and what flowers can be seen, it is better to accompany you to find the third brother, maybe there will be an adventure." They both laughed together. So he took Li Ping to the Suzaku Gate.

It is said that when Ouyang Xu fell off the list, thousands of pathos condensed in his chest, and he saw that everyone in the same period was proud, ready to fight, but he didn't realize that most of his soul was lost, and he walked all the way, looking up, only to realize that he didn't know when he walked outside the Suzaku Gate. I saw a round of red sun hanging on the water mill wall, the sunlight shining on everything, and the silver light was shining, which was a good scene. Only where you are, blocked by high walls, casting a shadow, is not the right situation today.

Ouyang Xu was out of his mind for a long time, and decided to go to the sun, he came to the bank of the Bianhe River along the Yongdao, only to see a river with sparkling spring water, and new willows and wickers hanging low on both banks. He tried to broaden his mind again, admired the spring scenery, smiled reluctantly, and wanted to compose a song, but with a sentence or two, it was not like singing the praises of spring, but more like regretting self-pity, so he simply erased it in his heart, and walked along the riverbank to the port.

The Bianhe River runs obliquely through Bianjing, connects the Yellow River in the west, connects Huaisi in the east, and leads directly to the Yangtze River in the south, and five or six out of ten of the world's goods come through this road, especially in this spring season, it is the season when the ships and merchant ships are weaving. In the past, the port of the past, the tooth man of the rice line, the vegetable and fruit line, etc., commanded the porter to carry the goods, the scene was prosperous, but this day was empty, Liao was uninhabited, Ouyang Xu thought in his heart, people were about to rush to see the new champion Jinshi, so thinking about it, the mind inevitably fell a little more, so he quickly cheered up, and moved forward again.

Suddenly, I heard someone shouting his name behind him, and when I looked back, I saw that it was Fu Liangbi, and I couldn't help but be stunned, and I waved my hands together, and I met the rich officials in the right way, Fu Liangbi had already walked to him, and said with a thin reproach: "You and my brother, I am just a fluke, and you are just a moment of frustration, so you have to be so unfamiliar?" ”

Ouyang Xu sneered: "Brother Bi doesn't go to the place where the stars hold the moon, but he comes to me, who is depressed and frustrated, is obviously sincere, and he remembers me with all his heart." How do you know that I am so narrow-minded, and I have failed in the end. As he spoke, he felt even more lonely.

Fu Liangbi smiled and said: "You think Han Yu is your teacher, but I have heard you mention it, saying that every time you see a celebrity in your previous life, when you talk about things, you are grateful and do not avoid death, if you really know righteousness; When it comes to the depreciation, the relatives complain, and there is unbearable poverty and sorrow in the form of words, and their hearts are no different from mediocre people, although Han Wengong is not immune to this burden. I thought at the time, you are a person with a heart, why did you fall into it for a while. ”

Ouyang Xu only felt a hot breath rushing to his head from the root of his ears, he was ashamed for a while, remorseful, introspective, laughed for a while, shook his hands, and said: "Ashamed, really ashamed!" Fu Liangbi continued: "Do you remember that Fan Fuzi asked us what we were studying for?" Ouyang Xu didn't know what to do, Fu Liangbi continued: "I have learned in books, read poems, or get out of a few artistic conceptions in exquisite places, and splash ink when I am hearty, intending to relieve this thousand sorrows. Reading history, reading the hook and sinking of the world, there is still a mirror to see the bones, self-reflection and then reason. Reading the scriptures, you can know the way of things, open your mind, and then stand in the world.

I also used to study for the purpose of obtaining merit in the examination, and I knew that the imperial examination was just a threshold, and after crossing, it was another world, and there were things in heaven and earth that you had never heard of, and that you had never seen them, and there were evil demons that corrupted people's hearts, and when the mind was shaken, I sat up and read the text, and it could be corrected. There are many injustices, but they can be suddenly understood in the book, and even if they don't work, they can be relieved. ”

Ouyang Xu frowned tightly, and was about to speak, when he suddenly heard a delicate voice from behind Fu Liangbi, and said, "I also have some opinions, don't vomit or be unhappy." The two looked behind them and saw that it was Yizhi, Fu Liangbi turned around and faced Yizhi, and said with a smile: "I have asked Master Xiao Yan for advice." ”

Yizhi's cheeks flushed slightly, and said: "Brother Liangbi thinks that we study for self-cultivation, and then the Qi family governs the country and calms the world, which I also agree, but I think about it selfishly, and it is not bad to be burdened by fame and fortune, just to entertain ourselves." ”

Ouyang Xu smiled bitterly: "Sister Yizhi, you have a solid family, and you are a woman, so you can naturally study purely." I have the burden of reviving my family, and I have to take this economic career, how can I compare with you. ”

"This is indeed your difficulty, and it can motivate you to work hard. But this time, it is when you are lonely, and it is harmful for you to think about it again. I thought to myself, in life, survival must always be the priority. No matter how wonderful the classics in the book are, it is the treasure that can be used by me, whether it is the way of Confucianism or Taoism, he has his own reason, and he needs to switch applications according to the situation.

Here's why I always advise you to read a lot of books in your spare time. Only by reading and understanding the rules of thumb taught in the book can you be called splendid, and in the face of different situations, you can not panic and deal with it with ease. If one move fails, there is another trick, so if it doesn't work, you can find another way.

You are bent on seeking fame and fortune, and you only read books that are conducive to your career, and your intentions are not pure, and you are eager to do it, but you can't ask for it, and you are hit hard. After Yizhi finished speaking, his eyes lit up, and he asked Fu Liangbi, "Brother Liangbi, what do you think?" ”

Fu Liangbi looked at Yizhi with a smile and said, "Since it's time for you to play, how can I interject." ”

Yizhi wanted to get Fu Liangbi's support, but he didn't think about it, but he ate a closed door, pouted slightly, and then said: "As the saying goes, there are clouds, and each other is born from the heart, if it is always expected Ai Ai, over time, forming a sharp mouth and locked eyebrows, a sad face with a sad face, and exuding a pedantic and erosive atmosphere, how can people not avoid it." If you are in a miserable situation, you get pleasure from books, you get out of the world, and in the long run, you form the blessed appearance of stretching your eyebrows and eyes and smiling sweetly, and then all suffering beings are willing to be close to you, and in this way, it will bring you many opportunities, isn't it wonderful? ”

Ouyang Xu listened to Yizhi's words into his heart, and couldn't help but ponder.

Fu Liangbi paused for a moment, and said with a smile to Ouyang Xu: "I know that you have ambitions in your heart, and it is inevitable to be disappointed, throughout history, Jiang Ziya, Liu Bang, Huang Zhong, Jin Wengong, Chen Qingzhi, Guo Ziyi, and the late bloomer are still famous in history." Not to mention, when the dynasty Lu Gong, Wen Gong, and the year of the establishment of the Jinshi, and then talk about your most admired Fan Gong, not confused in the year before entering the career. On the new Jinshi, Liu Qi, who 'wherever there is well water, can sing willow words', struggled for more than 20 years on the road to the imperial examination, and finally got the beaded robe and brocade belt. Thinking about it this way, it is important to stop losses in time and cheer up quickly.

If you want to cheer up, the fallacy of the sister of the memory is not a feasible method. Remembering displeasure, he muttered in a low voice: "How is it a fallacy." ”

Ouyang Xu was silent for a moment, and then smiled with relief: "Exactly." As he spoke, his eyes were affectionate, looking at Fu Liangbi and Yizhi, he clasped his hands and said: "The deep meaning of the two, Ouyang understands......" was about to say more, but was interrupted by Liu Xiuying's shout, and everyone looked over together, only to see her holding a heavy wooden basin in both hands, running over with a smoke, her eyes were starry, and she said to everyone: "Great joy!" ”

Ouyang Xu saw Liu Xiuying running on the ground with red hair, and laughed and teased: "I am all named Sun Shan, where is the joy." ”

Xiuying nodded to the wooden basin, everyone looked together, only to see a pool of clear river water in the basin, in which a small carp swims, Xiuying hurriedly said: "I just listened to you, I heard in the clouds, simply went to the shore to watch the old man fishing, the old man said that he could buy the next one he caught for ten dollars, I thought it was fun, so I placed a bet, the first time, fishing a broken straw shoes up, you also know my temper, how can I admit defeat, and touched ten dollars to the old man, this second time, I caught such a tail, this is not a good sign, It's not a happy event, but what! As he spoke, he smugly lifted the tub a little higher.

Everyone understood what Xiuying was referring to, laughed together, and praised Yizhi: "It's really a great joy!" Ouyang Xu looked at the carp in the wooden basin, and his complexion was different from Fang Cai.

Yizhi thought for a moment and said, "There is a pond in my backyard, why don't you put it there, what do you think?" Everyone agreed, so they returned to Yan Mansion with a smile, and when they stepped into the threshold, Xing'er hurriedly greeted them and said, "Where are the girls and brothers, Brother Qi and Brother Jie have already returned, and the big officials have also returned, and they are all in the Qingming Courtyard." Seeing Ouyang Xu holding a wooden basin with a small carp in the basin, he frowned and said, "This carp is too small, only enough for a few bites." Yizhi smiled and said, "How do you know how to eat." ”

Ouyang Xu hesitated: "Master, why did those two come back so early?" ”

Fu Liangbi looked at Ouyang Xu with a smile and didn't say a word. Yizhi smiled: "Do you still need to ask?" ”

Ouyang Xu understood a little, smiled abruptly, and the group walked towards the Qingming Courtyard.

Even in the Qingming Courtyard, Yan Shu, Han Yuqi, and Shi Jie were standing under the pear tree, clusters of tender green buds on the branches were beginning to bloom, and the three of them saw that Fu Liangbi Liu Xiuying and Ouyang Xu came together, and their originally uneasy expressions eased slightly. Ouyang Xu only felt a little more ashamed.

Fu Liangbi gave Yi Zhi and Xiu Ying a look, Yi Zhi and Xiu Ying smiled and said hello to Han Yuqi and Shi Jie first, and then, Fu Liangbi and Ouyang Xu and himself said hello to the two, Han Yuqi and Shi Jie shirked for a while, so they had to accept it.

Ouyang Xu said abruptly: "You came back too early. ”

Shi Jie smiled heartily: "What's so fun outside, it's better to go home and celebrate with your family, it's more fun!" Everyone laughed, Ouyang Xu understood Shi Jie and Han Yuqi's intentions, and lowered his head and smiled.

Yizhi said: "There is a wonderful thing to share with you, we just got a small carp by the Bianhe River, and we plan to raise it in the pond in the backyard." ”

Yan Shu looked at Yizhi curiously and asked, "Oh? How did you get it? ”

Yizhi gave Xiuying a look, Xiuying said the origin of the carp again with a ruddy face, and everyone laughed with relief when they saw this. Yan Shu smiled and said, "Good, good, good." ”

Shi Jie saw Ouyang Xu, Yizhi, and Fu Liangbi returning together, he must have been persuaded to do so, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but he was afraid that he might as well speak, and if Ouyang Xu was stimulated again, he would inevitably tremble. But seeing that Xiuying got such a good omen, she was even happier than her high school, so she returned to her old temperament and said: "It's good, it's good, it's just that we have stocked fish, but we want to eat crabs for a while, and in my heart, I can't help but feel sorry for this crab." ”

Yizhi asked, "Where did the crab come from?" ”

"It was sent by the third brother of the Lu family, saying that it was an apology, and he also invited Haihan, the sister of Yizhi. I don't know when he sinned against you. ”

Yizhi was stunned and said with a smile: "I'm just joking, how can he take it seriously." ”

Shi Jie said: "Not only is it serious, but it is also very sincere, every crab is the size of a sea bowl, Uncle Tuesday looked at it and called it rare!" As he spoke, Chong Yizhi raised his eyebrows, as if it meant something else.

Yizhi secretly felt that something was wrong, so he looked at Yan Shu and said, "I can't afford to return such a generous gift, so I have to ask my father to come forward." Yan Shu said with a smile: "It's just a matter of children fighting, and what is the big one, those two brothers who must have a word have some friendship, so let Liangbi come forward for you and invite him back." Fu Liangbi was stunned for a moment, and said yes respectfully. Shi Jie clapped his palms and said, "Hey! This matter is really the most appropriate for Brother Liangbi to come forward. The rest of the people on the side understood the meaning and laughed.

I secretly thought to myself, is this what my father is going to decide? She looked at Fu Liangbi, and a sense of unease suddenly rose in her heart. It just so happened that Fu Liangbi also looked over, and the two looked at each other for a while, each with their own thoughts, and looked away.

After gossiping for a while, everyone was lively and lively, and went to the backyard along the verandah, where Yizhi and Fuliangbi smiled reluctantly and followed behind. Fang entered the courtyard door, through the stone road, through the two walls of bamboo forest, and finally got a pond. Holding the basin by Yan, Ouyang Xu picked up the small carp in his hand and put it in the pool.

After a while, Yan Rong came to invite, the banquet was ready, Yan Shu was the leader, and the group of three went to the dining room side by side. Su Shi was dressed in a gorgeous costume and smiling, and was already waiting in the dining room.

Yi was worried in her heart, and the crabs on the table couldn't tell her to concentrate. Seeing that Yan Shu and everyone were staggered, they were full of interest, so they had to laugh and eat two glasses of wine. After half a day, people came to congratulate one after another, Fan Zhongyan and Wang Zeng, who was also involved in political affairs, arrived first, and then Liu Ping and Liu Yisun, Shi Yuansu came to say goodbye together, Yan Shu hurriedly invited in, everyone said to each other Wanfu, and only sat down for a long time to continue eating, Liu Xiuying chattered non-stop, and when she saw her father, she didn't dare to make a mistake, and there were many fewer words.

Yizhi was tired and lazy, and wanted to get out, so he simply ate two more glasses, and after a few glasses of wine for a long time, the wine came up, and his face was hot, so he excused himself to change his clothes. Yan Shu saw that her little face was flushed, so she let her go down to sober up. Su Shi said a few words of disgust, and told Xing'er to serve well. Yizhi confessed to everyone one by one, and then got out.

Remembering from the apricots, out of the dining room, not walking along the verandah along the wall, but from the platform, through the two walls of the bamboo forest, single to the small pool, memories to see a round of bright moon in the sky, see a round of water in the pool, up and down for glory, the breeze blows, sparkling waves wrinkled, only to feel that the wine has also been blown away.

Xing'er saw Yizhi staring at the bright moon in the water, so she said, "Girl, didn't you say that you want to change your clothes, why are you pestle here." ”

Yizhi came out of his mind for a long time before he said: "I still want to stay for a while, you go and take the paddy field back in my house and put it on me." Xing'er hesitated, refusing to remember one person alone, but she couldn't help it, so she reluctantly gave up, and then left.

Remembering to see the small carp in the pond, sometimes jumping to this place, and sometimes jumping to that place, I can't help but want to tease, raise my eyes to see the moon and spring by the pond fall all over the ground, so I wrapped a bag with an embroidered handkerchief, squatted on the edge of the pool, held a handkerchief with one hand, twisted the petals with the other hand, sprinkled into the pool, the petals fluttered, floating on the surface of the pool, and there was a circle of ripples. The little carp was frightened and jumped, and Yizhi sprinkled a little to its new place, and the little carp jumped again, and after playing like this for a while, he heard Fu Liangbi behind him say: "It's still so small, and it's just here, you torture it, if it's not good, it's a big deal." ”

Remembering it, he was startled, and after calming down, he looked back at Fu Liangbi and said angrily: "Why don't you make a sound at all, scare me this way." ”

Fu Liangbi smiled and picked up Yizhi, and said lightly: "The master asked you to sober up, but you didn't stay in the house, but ran to the pool to do something." ”

Yizhi stood still and asked rhetorically: "I haven't asked you yet, you don't have a good time to entertain the world, and what are you doing here." ”

Fu Liangbi smiled and said: "I have an ear to report to God, saying that you can't untie the knot in your heart, and you have to run to the pool in such a dark night." ”

Yizhi was a little surprised, smiled reluctantly, and said: "Xing'er, this girl, I asked her to take the back, she didn't do serious things, but bothered you to do something."

Fu Liangbi said: "Your business is naturally my business, how can it be regarded as disturbing." ”

Yizhi looked away, and after a long time, he looked at Fu Liangbi again and asked, "Brother Liangbi, do you like me?" She saw that Fu Liangbi's eyes flashed slightly, but it only recovered in a moment, and he smiled and asked, "Do you like me?" ”

Yi Zhizhi smiled and said, "I like it." She went to observe Fu Liangbi's attitude again, and saw that the index finger of his left hand was rubbing back and forth on the pad of his thumb, and was wondering if he was uneasy, when she saw him smile in disguise, and said, "I like it too." ”

Yizhi tugged at the corners of his mouth and looked at the pool in a daze, his little face reflecting the moonlight that was shining upside down in the pool.

Fu Liangbi thought for a moment, and lightly called Yizhi, but did not see Yizhi's answer, and called again, and when he heard the answer, he said: "The master asked me to come to Qingming Courtyard more recently, but when I came, you always said that you were not happy, and avoided it. Yizhi said: "I didn't avoid it, it was really unhappy." ”

Fu Liangbi smiled and said, "I guess, you are not unhappy in your body, but you are unhappy in your heart." ”

Yizhi glanced at Fu Liangbi, Fu Liangbi happened to look at her, the two looked at each other and smiled, and looked into the pool together, and after a long time, Fu Liangbi said: "You and I are so familiar with each other, there will always be no problem." ”

Memories smiled, "Yes." ”

The two of them had their own thoughts, and were silent for a while, Yizhi said that he was tired, and returned to the courtyard alone, Xing'er was playing a swing in the courtyard, and when she saw Yizhi, she was busy smiling and grinning, and made fun of Yizhi and Fu Liangbi, but when she saw that Yiyi didn't say anything, she couldn't help but panic a little, and asked what was wrong.

Yi Yi walked to the house, and said that he was dizzy after eating too much wine, and this time he was really uncomfortable, and he wanted to fall asleep quickly. Xing'er didn't know what to do, so she was busy serving Yizhi and lying down, asking east and west, and asking if she wanted to sober up the soup. Yizhi repeatedly said no, Xing'er had to fold the quilt for her and return to her blue yarn cupboard in a daze.