It was early in the morning and there were not many pedestrians on the streets, so they did not cause any trouble.

Hong Ying pondered as she walked: "You said that Xiangye has his 60th birthday, what kind of congratulatory gift should I give?" ”

"As far as I know, Xiang Ye's favorite tea is Taiping Houkui, his favorite wine is his daughter red, his favorite dried fruit is tiger skin peanuts, and his favorite porcelain style is white ground dyed with flowers and butterflies. Sima Yue thought about it and said.

Hong Ying was a little depressed: "These preferences are not very special, is it possible for me to buy a box of Taiping Monkey Kui to befriend his old man?" ”

"It's a good way to settle for the next best thing." Sima Yueqiao's face was slightly red, because she had done this before.

"Why don't I buy some incense to celebrate his birthday?" Hongying is even more whimsical.

"You can figure it out......"

"What do you think of Gardenia?"

"When I don't say anything." Sima Yue was quite speechless, which bad old man used a gardenia scented clothes?

"It's so annoying, it's better to ask Chu Luo to prepare it for me, anyway, he is the one who knows his grandfather!"

"......" If Chu Luo can be trusted, the sows will go up the tree.

The two were walking, and suddenly found that the crowd in front of them was crowded, bustling and lively.

The Seifu-lou, the second floor of Kyoto, stands proudly in the middle of Seifu-jo, and is lavishly decorated with red lanterns. It's just that there are a few graceful beauties standing in front of the door, and those who don't know think they have arrived at the Qinglou.

Because the imperial examination is approaching, Kyoto is ushering in a peak of people.

As the largest inn restaurant in Kyoto, Qingfeng Lou naturally has to play its own signboard to attract candidates.

Sima Yue was very excited and said with a smile: "I forgot this year's 'Autumn Season', ah, this year happens to be a unitary year." She smiled and counted the years,

Hongying rolled her eyes: "What's so nice about 'Qiuqiu'?" ”

"You don't understand, if the candidate passes the township test, he can be appointed as a county magistrate, a teaching official, and it is to enter the ruling class, there are many Xiaoxiao and beautiful young people who are working hard, in order to compete for this name, they will show their talents!"

"You're not looking for a wishful man, are you?"

Hong Ying glared at her, and Sima Yue was embarrassed, so she had to say: "There are many excellent beautiful young people among these candidates, and it is understandable to pick them up and take them home to be Langjun!" ”

"You and Chu Luo's childhood sweetheart? Don't you like him? ”

"It's probably because we know each other too well, and there's nothing else but brother and sister love."

For some reason, Hong Ying gained an inexplicable sense of security from Sima Yue.

Sima Yue pulled Hongying and squeezed into the front, and saw a couplet hanging horizontally in front of the inn: What is moving, apricot blossoms in February and laurel in August; Someone urged me, three more lights and five more lights.

This couplet Hongying can be regarded as understanding, and only by reading it at night can it be exchanged for the honor of August Gui. It's also inspirational.

"Hahaha......" Out of the crowd came a young man in a green robe with a face like beautiful jade, a proud expression, gently shaking the folding fan, surrounded by many sons and brothers, only to hear him laugh and say: "With the gentleman Mo to ask about the marquis, it will be a success!" ”

Immediately, a little servant greeted him and said respectfully: "Young Master Lin, why are you here?" ”

"Why can't I come?" Lin Qiwen laughed and said, "I heard that your Qingfeng Building has an absolute picture, and the candidates on the right side can have free food and lodging, but is there such a thing?" ”

"That's true, that's what the owner meant." The little guy flattered. Insiders in the owner of Qingfeng Building know that it is Pingnan Wang Jinhuai!

"Take me to see, I want to see if there is a pair in this world that I can't take!" Lin Qiwen raised his fan, taking the lead alone, and the rich boy behind him slapped his horse's beard, and his farts were like clouds.

Sima Yue stomped her feet and snorted: "This forest is big, there are all kinds of birds, this third young master of the Lin family is not inferior, the eldest young master is even more arrogant and domineering than Chu Luo, the Lin family is really over!" ”

Hong Ying didn't care about this, she was a little puzzled: "Why don't you say Chu Luo and them participate in the imperial examination?" ”

"The imperial examination is a means for those civilians to ascend to the official ranks, and powerful families like the Prime Minister's Mansion and the General's Mansion are not worthy of participating in the imperial examination, even if they are imbecile idiots, they can also find an official and a half-job." Sima Yue explained.

"I see."

"Let's go in and see."

Hong Ying followed Sima Yuefu to the door of Qingfeng Building, and a small servant greeted her, and said with a smile: "Today is the first day for the owner of Qingfeng Mansion to meet friends with Wen, and all the guests who go upstairs need to answer the test questions correctly before they can enter." ”

"Let's get the question out." Sima Yue had been here with her two older brothers three years ago, so she knew the rules here.

Maybe he was on duty in Qingfeng Building, and the little guy also had a literati temperament, and said with a smile: "Unkempt children learn to hang up." ”

"Sit on your side, and the berry moss is reflected."

"You can go in."

Hong Ying was still a little confused, but she didn't expect the so-called topic to be so simple.

"We're lucky." Sima Yue answered her doubts, "When we came three years ago, the eldest brother was asked about the title of the three volumes of "Guiguzi", he only knew "The Closing of the Body", "The Quan Chapter" and "The Plot Chapter", but he didn't know anything else, fortunately, Chu Luo was present at the time and answered very fluently, so we just passed. ”

Hong Yingmo, she doesn't think Chu Luo has the quality of a literati.

In the lobby of Qingfeng Building, there are many candidates, and there are also many daughters lying in the attic, looking at the candidates downstairs to answer.

Lin Qiwen was surrounded by a group of rich sons dressed in brocade, and the pomp was extraordinary, so it attracted the attention of many people, and even Hong Ying and Sima Yue walked towards the beam with a huge couplet.

Hanging: East Pawnshop, West Pawnshop, Pawnshop, Pawnshop, Stuff.

I only saw Lin Qiwen's hard work: male candidates, female candidates, male and female candidates, male and female.

Someone in the audience immediately coaxed: "Good union! ”

Even Sima Yue pouted and said, "It's a bit vulgar, but it's also neat, and it's a bit more than I imagined." ”

Hongying thought for a while and said: "Nantong Prefecture is in the north, and the state is in the north, and the state is in the north. ”

Sima Yue stared at her with round eyes, and said, "Your pair is much stronger than the pretentious boy on the stage!" ”

"My second mother once said that her hometown is in Tongzhou, so I was confused." Hongying was telling the truth, she really didn't understand Pingxuan, but Sima Yue thought she was just modest.

"Is that a pair?" Just as the two were discussing, someone took the stage, ripped off Lin Qiwen's pair, and hummed: "It's insulting!" ”

I saw that the young man was in a long figure, wearing a moon-white robe, with a blue belt tied around his waist after the rain, hanging a cui blue jade pendant, his face was like a crown of jade, his eyes were compared to the stars, and he was a rare beautiful man.

Compared with Chu Luo, he has a little more feminine and bookish aura, but he lacks that arrogant domineering.

Sima Yue immediately became interested, and her fingers involuntarily played with the dark blue peiyu on her waist.

Hong Ying was surprised: "Gu Siming! ”

Sima Yue looked at her and asked, "Do you know this beautiful man?" ”

Hongying hung her head: "He's my cousin."

Sima Yue smiled even brighter: Maybe the marriage is predestined. She thought about it, so she just looked at the two people on the stage and was silent. Hong Ying was also choked by Gu Siming's appearance for a while, and she didn't know what to say.

Lin Qiwen's face was pale, but it was not easy to attack in front of so many people, so he suppressed his anger and snorted: "You have the ability, you are also right, I want to see how you can deal with the so-called things that are elegant." ”

Gu Siming stood tall and tall, lifted the brush, and swayed the clouds and water: read history in spring, read history in autumn, read history in spring and autumn, read history in spring and autumn, read history in spring and autumn.

His words are like a breeze, and the shock brought is not less than his literary brilliance.

"Very good!"

"Good match!"

Lin Qiwen was unwilling to admit defeat, so he had an idea and hummed: "The new ghost is annoyed and the old ghost is crying." ”

Gu Siming said without thinking: "He is uncertain about his life, and he will rest in this life." ”

"Isn't this the phrase in "Soldier Chariot Travel" and "Ma Wei"?"

"Seamless, neat and fit!"

"A cup of tea quenches Xie Yuan's thirst." Lin Qiwen had to come up with a killer idea, he was confident that the three words "solution" in this couplet had different sounds, and no one could match them.

But I heard Gu Siming smile and said: "Three-string music, the head of Lele Lefu." ”

Lin Qiwen stumbled and almost fell off the stage, he hurriedly said: "The sea is falling towards the court." ”

Sima Yue gasped and scolded: "This couplet is terrible, the tide of the sea, the tide of the tide, the tide of the tide, the tide of the tide, Ya, Lin Qiwen, is this bastard playing with a smooth mouth?" ”

Compared with Sima Yue, Hong Ying is much calmer: "This difficulty is nothing to my cousin." ”

I only listened to Gu Siming: "The floating clouds are long, long, long. ”

The hall instantly applauded, and the master made a move, which made them even more ashamed.

Sima Yue repeated, chanting: "The floating clouds rise, the long rises, the long rises and disappears." She looked at Gu Siming as she read, and there was a crystal light in her eyes, flickering.

Gu Siming felt this scorching gaze, and hurriedly searched around, but found nothing.

And Lin Qiwen was defeated, stepped back from the stage in embarrassment, and hummed: "Let's go!" ”

When he left, he made way for Hongying.

Hong Ying walked over with a smile, and said as she walked: "Snow reflects plum blossoms and flowers reflect snow." ”

Gu Siming's eyes lit up, he stepped off the stage, and replied: "The warbler should be willow catkins and willow should be warbler." ”

"Cousin."

"Cousin."

"Now, let me introduce you, this is my good friend, Sima Yue, this is my cousin Gu Siming." Hong Ying introduced them to each other, and stuck out her tongue and said, "Are your grandfathers and grandmothers all right?" ”

"Well, it's all okay, although the flood is serious, but because of the high terrain of the county government, it has not been affected." Hongying's cousin Gu Siming is the son of Hongying's rural county, and her mother was also a young lady, but for some reason she was seduced by her father who was farming, and she couldn't stand it and died in three years.

Sima Yue kept looking at this young man, but somehow, his face was slightly red, the pestle was in place, and he didn't know how to speak.

"That'll be fine." Hong Ying breathed a sigh of relief, although her grandmother's family didn't treat her very well, she was also a little related, and blood was thicker than water, which was human nature.

Gu Siming just stared at Hong Ying, and said distressedly: "You have lost weight again!" How are you doing in the Prime Minister's House? ”