Over the years, the butt of the spring cow is made of white flour, and the dumplings made of steamed and fried sugar sticky grains are stuffed inside, so that when the county lord is beating the cow, the sugar flower dumplings are splashed in all directions, and the children chase all the way down, and the excitement is self-evident. The peasant leaders of the four towns and eight counties invited to visit everyone one by one on the high platform in front of the archway, under the leadership of Ma Ye of Ma Xuncheng, and talked about this year's harvest and next year's hopes. There was babbling on the stage, chattering off the stage, and chattering for nearly half an hour, and Fan Erjiang, the county magistrate, made a small statement, which led to the congratulations of the academy. In the academy, Mr. He asked the children to gather on the high platform to carry the pairs that teach poetry and books and speak freely. Let the people on weekdays not only hear the roosters and geese, but also the sound of children reading. All of this seems to have become the hope of each family and the hope of a county.

As Tao Yuanming said, "Mengxia grass and trees grow, and the trees around the house are sparse." The birds are happy to be trusted, and I also love my house. He has cultivated and planted, and he still reads my books. The poor alleys are deep ruts, quite back to the old people's cars. Drink spring wine and pick vegetables in my garden. A light rain came from the east, and a good wind accompanied it. Look at the biography of King Zhou and watch the mountains and seas. Looking up to the end of the universe, how can I not be happy!"

Seeing this scene, Fan Erjiang was a little excited, and he couldn't control his self-excitement for a while, and suddenly saw him stand out with a "pop!".

"Folks, folks! Our academy has been open for more than half a year, and now I want to ask Mr. He to lead his students to make a poem about praising their hometown and their own courtyard, okay, okay?" This line of proposal came so suddenly, and it really scared He Nai He and the children, Mr. never said how to make poems, just told everyone to memorize more and memorize more. The awkward atmosphere suddenly rose, and everyone looked at each other quietly in private. Even the master, the steward, and the accompanying officials were also taken aback, everyone thought in their hearts, our county master probably loves this mouthful, and the words and orders always make people feel caught off guard and at a loss, and he will be happy when he sees this. After a while, as soon as the grandfather Sun Ren was about to stand up to relieve the atmosphere, Mr. He stood up. Facing the schoolchildren, he said: Who can make such a poem? As soon as the words fell, Fan Erlenzi stood up again and said, "If you do a good job this time, you will be rewarded!"

As soon as they heard that there was a reward, the children below began to come alive, and after a while some people stood up and memorized the poems they had received from the books. But I always feel so unreliable and unexpected.

"Jing Xuan, do you have any good poems? Mr. He asked Xiao Liuzi directly on the stage. At this time, Zhang Bingzhong already had an article in his heart, and he read it unhurriedly: Huang Siniang's house is full of flowers, thousands of flowers and branches are low, and the butterflies often dance, and the warbler is just crying. Master Fan County suppressed his unmoved excitement and hurriedly boasted. Mr. He also twisted his sparse beard and nodded slightly, looking at his student Xiao Jingxuan with a smile. Master Uncle Ren looked at Xiao Liuzi with satisfied eyes on the side, and asked softly without hurrying: Can you still make one or two songs? Xiao Liuzi immediately responded: Okay.

"There are green pines in the high mountains, and the yellow flowers are deep in the valleys, and once the hail falls, the yellow flowers are not as good as the pines. "Wonderful!" said the master. It is rare to combine such feelings and scenes, let alone express them in the form of poetry, which is more and more rare and talented.

In this way, under the praise and reward of the county magistrate, everyone began to bite the spring banquet. Each household brought out their own specialty dishes, and the house in the yamen also showed the skills of the chef, and they were lined up side by side along the center of the market, and everyone in Roshan and the sea of wine was talking and laughing while eating.

Early the next morning, Fan Daxian led everyone to the archway on the official road. Walking on the high platform that had already been cleared, he fixed his body and ironed his throat. "Folks, folks! The annual Wangshan Horse Race has started today. The topic of this will be: everyone ride bravely from the archway of the official road together, and then go to the Wangfeng Pavilion on the Jinji Ridge to retrieve the book "University" I put in it earlier, can be safe and smooth, whoever comes back first, who is the first name, no matter the merits of the way. At the moment, when you hear this year's topic, you all gasp. On the surface, this topic sounds easy, but in fact, there is a mountain stream and waterway like the Gobi Desert between the official road and the mountain road. This Jinji Ridge is a remnant vein on the Daba Mountain Range, adjacent to Xiaoba Mountain, the mountain scenery is very beautiful, neither low and fat nor tall and straight, it is within reach, and the line is rugged. Although there are only two or three hundred miles from the official road archway to Wangfeng Pavilion, if you go back and forth and encounter a mountain road or a ghost forest in the wrong direction, it will be no less than a thousand miles. The horses and horses in this world are all in the military department, and the first-class horses have already been prepared in the hands of the military baggage officer, and the rest are horses below the first class. The horses raised on weekdays, don't say that they are thousands of miles a day, if they can gallop five hundred miles one day, they are all good horses. The post house can only be equipped with one or two horses for the fastest fast hand royal use, and it has been prepared for the use of the army's urgent fire letter. And these two fast horses just happened to be divided between Zhang Liuyi and Chao Dafeng, as soon as these two people heard the topic that Fan Erye had finished speaking, both of them looked at each other and smiled and lifted the reins of the horse's head.

The third master of the patrol horse and Ma took two classes of officials and patrols to maintain order in private, and soon under the instruction of the county master, the third master Ma came to the archway to rectify the riding courage from all sides. Under the shouts of the master of the horse, I saw everyone riding their horses quickly, and after a while, they ran out of the official road. Walking into the trail, Zhang Liuyi and the second brother Chao seemed to have a clear heart, and walked down the other road. Zhang Liuyi looked back, but no one followed. So he said: Second brother, such a long mountain road, if the two of them carry it hard, they will definitely not be able to win the first place. I think it's only possible to have hope with a two-rider. What is called a two-rider? Chao Gale asked puzzled. The so-called one ride is a person riding two horses, a few days ago the second brother was injured because of me, you can first find a secluded mountain forest to rest, the horse can also rest, and so I spend most of the time alone up the mountain to retrieve the book to the second brother, the second brother and then go back to deliver the county order, will be able to get the first name, Zhang Liuyi said sincerely. How can that be done? Won't you let your brother suffer this sin in vain? Hey, hey, your girl still wants to be our daughter-in-law? Let's not talk about these politenesses! Zhang Liuyi said with a smile. Seeing that he couldn't get past it, he had to nod. It didn't take long for the trail to bypass the rocky beach of the mountain stream. Soon walked to the mangrove forest at the foot of the mountain, in this forest, Liuyi found a huge mountain rock, settled the second brother, helped him unsaddle the horse to recuperate, and rode the mountain road alone.

This mountain road is naturally familiar to Zhang Liuyi, and the cooperation between him and the horse has become more and more tacit in recent years. Walking up, more and more smooth, about half an hour to come to the Wangfeng Pavilion on the Jinji Ridge. I got off my horse and walked into the Wangfeng Pavilion to take a look, hey, there was nothing, wouldn't it? Could someone have arrived before me? Liuyi thought in his heart, and a cold sweat overflowed involuntarily. After standing in a daze for a long time, a gust of mountain wind blew, and Liuyi shivered unconsciously. He quickly calmed down, and thought carefully in his heart, since it was a topic that the county lord said himself, and it was a matter of many good players competing for it, it must be difficult, and it was impossible to get it so easily. So, I walked around to take a look, but I still didn't find it, and I couldn't help but gasp. He walked into the pavilion not really, but he just stretched his waist and raised his head very casually. Suddenly, I saw a book inserted in the corner of the pavilion, and I took it down and looked at it separately, and sure enough, it was "University". Quickly put it into his arms and immediately untie the horse and go down the mountain. Because the six arts know the power of the soldiers, if these soldiers are red-eyed under the usual tears, there are people who kill people on the street, not to mention this good thing with a reward. As the saying goes, it's easy to go up the mountain but hard to get down. After walking for more than half an hour, Liuyi came to the mangrove forest at the bottom of the mountain, looked for the second brother, and immediately gave him the books. And said, hurry up, don't delay. Chao Dafeng also knew the current situation, and without saying a word, he hung up the saddle, fastened his belt, turned around and stepped on the horse and left.

After walking for a while, when the crowd and the archway could be vaguely seen in the wind, he immediately took out the book, shook it up and down, and shouted loudly to get it, and got it! After a while, he came to the archway, and presented it respectfully with both hands in front of everyone. Ma Sanye took the book in front of everyone and sent it to the county master, Fan County Master picked up the book seriously, looked carefully at the mark on the book and nodded seriously, yes, it is this book. So it was immediately announced that the post house express post towards the wind was the first place in this Wangshan horse race, and the reward was fifty taels of silver. When everyone heard the news, they cheered and applauded together, and continued their celebratory program, beating drums and gongs, patiently waiting for the riders who came back one after another. Because the second brother Chao is usually hot, the second brother at this time has more respect and heartfelt admiration in the eyes of his peers.