Today is the music exam of Qingtian Pavilion, and their group of Liang Guo Caolu disciples also entered Qingtian Pavilion to watch the exam, and they were not hindered in any way. Although the identity of the Caolu disciples was more sensitive in the Song Kingdom, they knew that the Song Kingdom, which came from the state of etiquette, would not move them in the capital, otherwise they would smash the sign that was hanging next to the gate of Qingtian Pavilion 'The one who came is a guest'.

The Leke exam is in the bamboo forest behind Qingtian Pavilion, and the bamboo forest that can accommodate tens of thousands of candidates to take the exam at the same time can be imagined, how big it is. It was not easy for them to find the examination room where the little junior brother was.

The little junior brother was very happy to see them, but at this time he was sitting on the ground, with a guqin in front of him, and the little junior brother didn't dare to greet them, but just raised his eyebrows to see it.

"The Leke exam has officially begun. "The instructor announced the start of the exam.

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There is no fixed tune for the music exam, and students can choose what they are good at according to their own situation. Since each student is not close, as long as they calm down and play their own tunes, they will basically not be affected by the candidates around them.

The little junior brother chose the mountains and rivers that most people would have.

This song is a classic song of the Great Song Dynasty. It is said that after the death of the child, Boya broke the piano and did not play again in his life.

It's just that a hundred years later, someone inadvertently got the score of this mountain and flowing water. Since then, this piece has become a must-know tune for those who love music in the Great Song Dynasty. The mountains and rivers that no one could once appreciate, have now become a famous song that everyone appreciates.

It's just that if you can play, you may not be able to play Shen Yun.

The little junior brother closed his eyes, and the whole person was immersed in it, and in the eyes of the little junior sister Han Ling'er, he was simply an immortal.

"Wow... Little junior brother... How come we have never seen the little junior brother play in our big beam..."

"Your little junior brother goes to the mountains to play in the dead of night, and when he plays, you are sleeping, hey, what do you call it body sleep?" said the second senior brother Feng Xiaoting.

"It was Master who told me to go to bed early at night, and you don't know that Master didn't let me go out at night. The little junior sister was very aggrieved, her eyes were filled with tears, and she didn't know if she was moved by the sound of the little junior brother's piano, or if she was angry with the master.

"Master is for your good, you will get married in the future, let the little junior brother play it to you every day, and I will always hear that you are bored. Feng Xiaoting, the most handsome second senior brother in the grassland, said with a smile.

"Senior brother, what nonsense are you talking about, ignore you. Han Ling'er lowered her head shyly, her face flushed.

The little junior brother in the examination room was the youngest of the younger generation in Caolu, named Yang Yueshan, only sixteen years old, and was known as the most talented person among the young generation. Yang Yueshan was ordered by their master, that is, the first great heavenly master of Caolu, to take the entrance examination of Qingtian Pavilion.

Originally, Yang Yueshan didn't want to come, he felt that being in Caolu in Liang Country was enough for him to practice, but the master had an order, and he had to obey it. I am afraid that he is the only one of all the candidates who did not come to the test voluntarily.

After a stick of incense, Yang Yueshan finished playing, and most of the candidates finished playing. He turned his head to look at the examinee next to him, and said with a smile: "Chen Gongzi won't even be proficient in music dao, right?"

Sitting next to Yang Yueshan was Chen Letian, Chen Letian recognized this candidate, in the previous imperial examination, he looked like a hanger, and the imperial skills were also good, second only to the grandson of the prime minister who was in second place.

Chen Letian arched his hand and said, "I haven't asked the son's name yet." ”

Yang Yueshan said: "Under the surname Yang, the name is Yueshan." ”

Chen Letian said: "Under Chen Letian, Yang Gongzi, don't make fun of me, I can only say that I can play, and I can stumble and play the whole tune." It's Yang Gongzi, I just listened to you play the mountains and flowing water, and I have a lot of charm. ”

"Chen Gongzi has won the prize, I..."

"There are still candidates who have not finished the exam, don't bother. The instructor who was going back and forth in the examination room to score walked between them, frowned.

"Yes. Chen and Yang pursed their lips, exchanged glances, and stopped talking.

"At the end of this exam, you candidates can leave. "About another stick of incense time passed, all the candidates finished the exam, and the grading of the teachers ended.

"Chen Gongzi, I have family members here, I have to accompany them and say goodbye. Yang Yueshan hurriedly stood up, arched his hand, and went towards his senior brothers and sisters.

Yang Yueshan is still very confident in his music, he has practiced every day in the grass house, and he has persisted in this way for nearly ten years. From the age of six to the age of sixteen, coupled with the guidance of countless famous teachers in the grass house, and the fact that his father said that he was 'the first in the grass house with music and talent', it was difficult for him not to get the results.

"Second Senior Brother, Third Senior Brother, Sixth Senior Brother, Eighth Senior Brother, and Little Senior Sister, you are finally here. Yang Yueshan was very happy.

"Little junior sister, let's talk to the two of you alone for half an hour, let's take a look around, this Qingtian Pavilion is built by the mountains and rivers, it's really a good place. The crowd laughed and walked away.

Yang Yueshan said with a smile: "Senior sister, the road is far away, and I have worked hard for you." ”

Han Ling'er shook her head and said: "It's not hard, I have senior brothers to take care of me, I have seen a lot of beautiful scenery along the way, but you, junior brother, came alone, and there was no one to talk to." ”

Yang Yueshan said: "I'm very good, I've made several friends." By the way, are the masters and uncles all well?"

The two of them walked and chatted in Qingtian Pavilion, Yang Yueshan always asked Han Linger about things in the grass house, and Han Linger patiently answered them one by one

At the strong request of the little junior sister Han Ling'er, everyone accompanied her to visit Qiulanfang.

Qiulanfang is located in the north of the inner city of Bianjing, is a place that specializes in selling rouge gouache, in the capital of this inch of land is expensive, Qiulanfang covers an area of dozens of acres, but also shows that Qiulanfang business is really prosperous.

It is next to the largest green building in the Great Song Dynasty, the swallow homing nest. There are many dignitaries and nobles who come to buy rouge for their wives, but in fact, they are swallows returning to the nest. Those ladies are very angry about this, but the rouge of Qiulanfang is indeed unparalleled in the world, and they are reluctant to blow Qiulanfang away. Therefore, the business of Qiulanfang has always been very good.

"Second Senior Brother, you promised me at least two hundred taels of rouge for me. Han Ling'er was in front of the container in Qiulanfang, her eyes shining.

"No problem, just pick it. The second senior brother Feng Xiaoting nodded, as the first handsome man in the grassland, there has never been a shortage of beauties around him, from which beauties, he knows a lot about rouge gouache, Qiulanfang is still what he said to Han Ling'er to know.

Two hours later, except for Han Ling'er, everyone else was already physically and mentally exhausted. The second senior brother, the third senior brother, the sixth senior brother, the eighth senior brother, and the younger junior brother, all agreed that shopping is a hundred times more tiring than practicing. But Han Linger was very happy and bought more than 100 taels of rouge gouache, she said that she didn't have to go shopping for half a year, but everyone knew that if he could not go shopping for half a month, the Yellow River would have to flow backwards.

The little junior brother Yang Yueshan has already rented a house outside the city, the owner of the house is the Song people who do business in Yangzhou all the year round, there are many houses in the capital, and the house in the outer city has been idle and useless, so it is rented out, and after Yang Yueshan came to Bianjing City a few months ago, he rented here.

The house is quite large, with a total of nine rooms in the front and back, which is enough for them to live.

Yang Yueshan found a housekeeper and a cook and other servants, so not long after everyone came here, the food came up.

Second Senior Brother Feng Xiaoting patted Yang Yueshan on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Little junior brother really knows how to enjoy it, he is worthy of being the son of a big family." ”

Yang Yueshan said: "Second Senior Brother, if you mention the past again, I will not be happy." "This Yang Yueshan is the son of the Yang family, the largest family in the capital of Liang State, the Yang family has been in the past two hundred years, has produced three prime ministers and four scholars, and there are countless other officials, which can be described as the hottest family in Liang State at present. Yang Yueshan was originally the first heir of the family, but unfortunately because his political views were different from his father and grandfather, he ran away from home and worshiped in the grass house. Originally, everyone knew that Yang Yueshan was an anti-general, just to prepare for his future succession to the head of the family, but he didn't expect to be seen by his younger brother as an opportunity, I don't know what method he used, he said that his father and grandfather would hand over the position of head of the family to his younger brother, and he also declared that if Yang Yueshan did not admit his mistakes, he would not be forgiven by the Yang family for a day. This is self-defeating, and this has become a piece of Yang Yueshan's heart.

Feng Xiaoting said: "I'm praising you, you see that you are young, you came to this foreign country alone, we all thought that you must not understand anything, but now it seems that you have cooked yourself very well, I think if the master knows, he will be very happy." ”

Han Ling'er continued: "Yes, junior brother, I was still thinking about 'washing your clothes well when I get to where you live in a while', but I didn't expect that you had already arranged a maid for pulp washing, when you were in the grass house before, you didn't care about anything, we all thought that you only knew how to practice." ”

Yang Yueshan scratched his head, and said a little embarrassed: "Don't praise me, let's eat and taste the skills of the chef I hired." ”

Everyone took their seats laughing and taking their seats.

The second senior brother Feng Xiaoting does not drink, the junior sister Han Ling'er, who is only higher than Yang Yueshan, does not drink, the third senior brother is not in good health and cannot drink, and the sixth senior brother and the eighth senior brother are especially good at drinking.

Of course, Yang Yueshan had already taken out the old wine that he had scavenged from Bianjing City with a lot of money, opened the sealing mud, poured it for the sixth and eighth senior brothers, and said, "Two senior brothers, this wine is fifty years old, and I only found it after looking for more than a month." ”

"The little junior brother has a heart, then the two of us are welcome, come, let's do it first as respect. With that, the two senior brothers couldn't hold back and began to drink.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors, the little junior brother Yang Yueshan said: "Don't hide it from you, I have seen the world since I was a child, from the court of Daliang to our grassland, the emperor will be the leader of the rivers and lakes, I have seen it all." I originally thought that the reason why our Great Liang was temporarily inferior to their Song Kingdom was only because we lacked a little luck, but what I saw and heard in Bianjing City in the past few months surprised me greatly. They Song people... It's just horrible..."

"Terrible?" said the second senior brother Feng Xiaoting.

"Yes, it's scary. Yang Yueshan poured wine for the sixth senior brother and the eighth senior brother, and then said: "Let me say one thing, in the capital, the children of rich and noble families have no privileges, at least not on the surface. We all know that in our Liang Guojing City, the children of the chief and deputy officials of the six ministries and nine kings, no matter which yamen they enter, they are basically arranged to be idle and study for a while. But the children of high-ranking officials in the Song State are not, they want to make achievements, and they only have to work harder than ordinary officials. And what makes me feel even more terrible is the consciousness of the children of these high-ranking officials, there are very few idle young people, at least five or six out of ten young people are very enterprising. ”

Feng Xiaoting nodded and said, "Most of the young people are enterprising, and after a few years, they have become the pillars of a country... Little junior brother, are you sure? You must know that the candidates you have contacted are all candidates from Qingtian Pavilion, and the candidates who want to enter Qingtian Pavilion are of course all trying to climb up. ”

Han Ling'er also said: "Yes, if you go to the place where the poor gather, it may be the opposite." ”

Yang Yueshan shook his head and said: "No, that's not just an enterprising climb up for one's own selfish interests, it's a kind of... A sense of responsibility that comes from the heart. I often hear them mention that for the sake of the people of the Great Song Dynasty, for the people of the whole world..."After a pause, Yang Yueshan smiled bitterly: "But in our Liang Kingdom, if you say to young people that you are for the country and the people, it will only make everyone laugh at you!"

"That's right!" The sixth senior brother slapped the table, poured a glass of wine, and said: "What the junior brother said is right, those people only know how to chase fame and fortune, and none of them are really willing to do something real, our Liang Kingdom has been defeated once a hundred years ago, but those people have not learned their lessons, it's a pity, it's a pity!"

There was silence. The second senior brother Feng Xiaoting was also silent, and after a while, he said: "Don't be discouraged, prosperity and decline are common things, today the Song Kingdom is the one who holds the bull's ear in the world, and I will not be able to be the first in the future." At least we, our disciples in Caolu, are working hard, and I believe that our efforts will not be in vain and will be effective. Come on, let's have this toast!"

The second senior brother Feng Xiaoting, the third senior brother Yan Zhen, the sixth senior brother Lu Youtian, the eighth senior brother Su Tingfeng, the junior sister Han Ling'er, and the junior brother Yang Yueshan. They all raised the cups in front of them and drank them all.