Chapter 340: The Opening
The girl who died in the fire with the love for her lover and the hatred of her enemy was actually born on such a festival when lovers meet.
Recently, Zhu Luan has rarely thought of her.
When she just crossed over, she was psychologically forced to replace herself.
That is, in the bottom of her heart, she replaced her identity with Miss Zhu Jiu, and defaulted to Miss Zhu Jiu.
Only in this way, when others call Miss Zhu Jiu, she can react as soon as possible.
In this way, she survived the first temptation of the old white lady.
This is what she learned in her previous life as a sniper in the peacekeeping force. In the war zone, in order to hide their identities, they must disguise themselves as someone else.
At that time of lies and malice, everyone was born an agent, and if they could no longer be psychologically another person, they would be exposed in minutes.
Zhu Luan thought that she had done a good job, but she didn't expect that she had forgotten "her" birthday.
Zhu Luan rubbed her eyes and stood up, the brocade quilt on her body fell to the ground, Zhu Rong walked in front of her and put the longevity noodles in her hand on the desk, "Ninth sister, happy fifteenth birthday." β
Looking at Zhu Luan, who was a little stunned, Zhu Rong laughed, "You won't forget, will you?" β
Fifteen years old, that's really young.
Zhu Luan looked at the steaming longevity noodles in the bowl, and there were two eggs lying in it. I suddenly remembered that in my previous life, every time I took the final exam, I would also eat noodles and add two eggs to ensure that I scored 100 points.
"If you don't say that I really forgot," Zhu Luan smiled a little embarrassedly, "It's hard for you to remember." β
It's quite rare for a brother to remember his sister's birthday.
"Yes, it's all the eldest young master's heart," Mrs. Chen echoed in the back, "This is still made by the eldest young master himself, and I don't want to give my wife any help." β
"I listened to what my grandmother said," Zhu Rong touched his head, and the handsome young man showed a gentle smile, shining in the secret room.
The gloomy boy who had first met her with a sword pointed at her in the secret room seemed to have never existed.
"The ninth sister was born on Qixi Festival, and today is the day when the township test begins, what a coincidence," Zhu Rong said with sparkling eyes.
It's a coincidence. Zhu Luan lowered his head.
"Originally, I was supposed to hold a birthday banquet for you, but I'm going to the exam room later...... Zhu Rong said regretfully.
"That's good," Zhu Luan took a large chopstick noodle and blew it into his mouth, "Let's wait for us to celebrate after high school." β
"That's a good point." The old lady Bai walked up from behind, and her old eyes stared at the young man and girl standing side by side.
"Nine girls, you will be fifteen years old today," the old man looked at her deeply, and the content in his eyes was very rich.
"To be honest, the old man didn't expect you to be able to participate in the township test one day," Old Lady Bai paused, "but since you participated, don't lose the face of our British government." β
The old man's tone was a little stiff, but Zhu Luan smiled.
"Well, I remember."
After eating noodles and cleaning up, Zhu Luan and Zhu Rong carried the examination basket and walked out of the west courtyard of Shou'an Hall.
The streets of the British Mansion were more lively than usual this morning, and there were vendors selling flowers and multicolored silk threads everywhere, and pedestrians stopped and stopped, but at this moment, there was a tooth-squeezing sound, and the pedestrians who were originally walking and shopping were shaken by the sound and looked at themβ
Then they saw that the gate of the British Mansion not far away had been opened for the first time in a long time.
And in the tall doorway, two young boys and girls carrying test baskets walked out.
Pedestrians and hawkers who stopped wide-eyed.
The people who live in this neighborhood haven't seen anything like this for many years.
Zhu Rong and Zhu Luan climbed into the carriage that Wei Yong was driving, Wei Yong raised his whip high and smoked a loud whip, which exploded above everyone's heads like thunder.
"Drive!"
The carriage drove out, and only the old lady Bai standing on crutches was left by the gate, and Mrs. Chen supported her, and a master and a servant stood there like statues until the shadow of the carriage disappeared.
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On the seventh day of July, the township test in Huizhou finally began.
Five songs hidden screen peak.
As soon as Zhu Rong got out of the carriage, he was overwhelmed by the overwhelming momentum.
The boy's eyes widened as he looked at the somewhat familiar rows of giant drums and gilded brass on the high platform. Each drum also has a huge bunting on it, and a musician with wide clothes and sleeves stands on the side of each drum.
Princess Jinyang and Fang Bonian sat on a high platform in court clothes, with two rows of guards standing in front of them, and the guards' spears were tied with bright red ribbons.
Shengqi hunting, majestic.
There was an official who commanded the candidates who arrived at the scene to line up in an orderly manner, and many candidates did not rest well last night, with obvious dark circles on their faces, but they still lined up excitedly.
"It's ......"
"The ritual before the start of the township test," Zhu Luan said, "before the opening of the first day, the sages should be worshiped according to the ancient rites." β
"In this way," Zhu Rong exclaimed, "His Royal Highness Jinyang and Lord Fang are actually here. β
"Regardless of the township test, His Royal Highness Jinyang may have to come this time because he is the deputy examiner," Zhu Luan smiled, "When it comes to the examination, such a ceremony must be attended by the royal family." β
"So formal?" Zhu Rongqi said, "Ninth sister, you know a lot. β
Zhu Luan smiled bitterly. Can she say that the reason why she knows so well is because she was often used as a mascot in the Shendu back then, and was put on the stage on such occasions?
At this time, the auspicious time came, the drums sounded in unison, and Zhu Rong and Zhu Luan hurriedly lowered their heads with everyone.
The shirtless drummer struck the drum with his muscles spurted and slammed the drum to the beat of the ancient drum, causing everyone to fall to the ground.
The drums stopped, the reels sounded, and Zhu Luan's palms clinging to the ground felt the vibration of the ground.
The inner spirit also vibrated with this familiar rhythm.
She tilted her head slightly, and everyone around her bowed down reverently, as if praying to the sages to let them have smooth sailing on the road to fame.
If there really is a sage's soul here, can she hear her true wishes?
And among these students who bowed down, how many of them could really follow the original intention of the establishment of the national examination and become the backbone of the Great Zhou?
Zhu Luan turned his head and bowed down in the same posture as everyone else.
At the end of the ceremony, everyone took their bamboo plaques and went to their respective examination booths. This time, the official just carefully compared the roster with the bamboo card in Zhu Luan's hand and let her in.
There were also many candidates who seemed to be from other counties pointing at Zhu Luan, but it didn't take long for candidates who looked like their own counties to come forward and whisper to them, and those people immediately looked at Zhu Luan with curious eyes.
Zhu Luan ignored these, pulled Zhu Rong into the examination shed, and followed the number plate to find her number room, but as soon as she stood still, a puzzled male voice came from beside her.
"Zhu Ying?"
Zhu Luan heard the prestige, Duan Lizheng held the bamboo card in his hand, and stood next to her in a daze.
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