At this time, Liu Kang ran forward and pulled Fan Ning, "Don't you want to see what our county magistrate looks like?" The one riding in front of you is. ”

"Look at it!"

Fan Ning followed Liu Kang and ran forward, and came to a short distance from the county order.

Fan Ning only knew that the county commander's surname was Li, a native of Kunshan County, and his official reputation was average, and in the local dialect of Wu County, he called big things to make paste, and small things to be clear, so he was highly praised by his boss.

This Li County Commander is about 30 years old, but he is good-looking, with a straight nose and a square mouth, a black beard under his chin, a winged black gauze hat on his head, a dark blue official uniform, and a pair of bright eyes.

Liu Kang said to Fan Ning: "I heard that Li Xianling's father-in-law is a powerful person in the court, and the dowry for his daughter is 3,000 acres of land, 100,000 yuan, and there are hundreds of large boxes of various treasures, which are filled with several ships, and many people are counting them on the shore. ”

The more Liu Kang spoke, the more envious he became, his eyes sparkled, and his parents often used this incident to motivate him to study hard and be admitted to the Jinshi.

Fan Ning listened leisurely and yearning, he looked good, once he was admitted to the Jinshi, the powerful people broke their heads and fought to marry their daughter to themselves.

Fanning imagined the scene of that scene, and suddenly felt that the dry scriptures had become interesting, and for a while, he was full of yearning for the future life, and the ten years of cold windows were worth it.

Li Xianling was accompanied by four archers with water and fire sticks, eight officials in front and behind, and a staff member riding a donkey next to him, but he looked like a thief with a treacherous face.

"County Jun, the opposite side should be Wujiang Zhang County Order, I heard that it is the protégé of Wen Xianggong, do you want to avoid it?"

Li Xianling glared at his staff dissatisfiedly, "Why do you want me to avoid it?" Could it be that Wen Xianggong's protégé can ride on my head? ”

The staff knew that they had said the wrong thing, and the two of them were at odds in the background.

He hurriedly instructed left and right, "Go and see his sign!" ”

A hand force next to him immediately rushed over, and a servant also ran on the opposite side, both of whom came to look at the cards.

Only then did Fan Ning notice the sign of the Li County Order, which was actually the same as the county order in front, and it was also a Jinshi in the second year of Qingli.

After a while, he came back to report, "Qiyu County Jun, the other party is also a Jinshi in the second year of Qingli, and he is the ninety-fourth in the B list." ”

Li Xianling waved his hand, "Then don't let it!" ”

He is the seventh in the second class, and he is born in Jinshi, and the other party is the ninety-fourth in the second list, and he is from the same Jinshi, and he is too far behind himself, so he should let himself.

This is the rule of civil officials, meet on a narrow road, the official who is higher wins, if it is the same rank, it is better than the imperial examination.

On the opposite side, the Wujiang County Commander began to slowly retreat, until he retreated to the small bridge, making way for a road, at this time, the other party's staff ran over, clasped his fists and saluted, "Li County Order, my county Jun Road passes through Gui County, there is something urgent to rush back, come back another day to visit and make amends!" ”

"It doesn't matter! Anyway! Today's Shangyuan Night, this official is on official business, and I will entertain you county monarchs another day. ”

Although the two don't treat each other well, they have to say enough on the scene, they all have their own important things, and they will talk about it later.

Li County ordered a shout, "Continue to patrol!" ”

The officials sounded the gong to open the way, and the two teams staggered past, and the two county commanders smiled and said hello.

"The younger brother wants to patrol the prevention and security, and invite the elder brother to drink another day, he must not get drunk!"

"Official business is important, we will have the opportunity to meet in the future, hehe!"

Li County Ling arched his hand, and then took the official to leave, and when he walked away, the Wujiang County Order who was sitting in a sedan chair returned to the street and continued to move forward.

Fan Ning is really interesting to watch, it turns out that the officials of the Song Dynasty have all kinds of fights, seniority, and fame, if the fame is the same, they have to compare the rankings, and even the fight for the road depends on the fame of the other party before deciding who will give way.

At this time, Zhang Sanniang, who was sitting in the snack shop, was leisurely yearning, when would her son be able to sit in the official sedan chair and walk on the street majestically?

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Although the lanterns of Wu County are not as good as the capital, they are also bright lanterns, Ambilight, coupled with the wealth of the people of Pingjiang Mansion, many large families have set up colorful lanterns to make fun, beauty lanterns, birthday lanterns, lotus lanterns, carp lanterns, dragon lanterns, deer lanterns.....

Among the colorful lanterns is also an ingenious marquee, the shade of which can be rotated, and the horses painted on it seem to be running non-stop.

For a time, large-scale lanterns of various shapes can be seen everywhere, and visitors are fascinated to see it.

But in addition to the protagonist of lanterns, Shangyuan Night also needs a variety of supporting roles to support the scene, and small vendors and small color sheds can be seen everywhere.

The little ladies are in groups of three or five, wearing jackets and skirts, with beautiful eyebrows, one by one dressed up extraordinarily beautifully, they are attracted by the fat powder copper hairpin on the stall from time to time, and gather around the stall to buy jewelry.

The urchins, dressed in new clothes, combed their hair and horns, carried lanterns and ran through the crowd, looking from afar like flocks of fireflies flying on the shore.

Liu Kang's three-year-old sister sat on her father's shoulder, she also held a small fish lamp in her hand, and her little face was smiling.

"Daddy, isn't that the third uncle?" Fanning suddenly saw a familiar back in front of him.

"The third child!" Fan Tiezhou also recognized his brother and waved his hand and shouted.

A stout man turned around, it was Fan Ning's third uncle, Fan Tieniu, who also grinned happily when he saw his brother's family.

Fan Tieniu was wearing a new short coat, his pants were also new, and a cloth belt was tied around his waist, he was carrying his baby daughter on his shoulders, holding his son in his hands, and next to him was his mother-in-law, Lu, who was buying lanterns for his son and daughter in front of the stall.

A family of three also came to the county seat to see the lights.

Fan Tieniu pointed to the lady who was bargaining with the vendor, a little embarrassed.

Fan Tiezhou waved his hand to him and asked them to play by themselves, just say hello.

"The third uncle seems to be doing well!"

Fanning smiled: "The clothes are all new. ”

Fan Tiezhou sighed: "Although their relationship between husband and wife is good, if there was no last confrontation in court, how could he have the opportunity to bring his wife and children to visit the lanterns?" ”

"It seems that the court is quite effective."

"Of course it has an effect, Lu Yuanwai doesn't dare to offend Zhu Daguan."

Speaking of this, Fan Tiezhou remembered one more thing, and smiled at his son: "Your third uncle admires you very much, please give his daughter a name?" ”

Next to her, Zhang Sanniang frowned, and said a little unhappily: "It's not a rich family, what name does the little lady want to take?" I think it's good to be called Fan Xiaoniang. ”

Fan Tiezhou hurriedly laughed and said: "There are already three Fan Xiaoniang in the clan, and the third brother means to give a milk name." ”

Zhang Sanniang was silent, she also had a milk name, called Ah Ge, but she didn't like this milk name very much, so she never mentioned it.

Fanning thought for a while and said, "Let's call it Ah Qiao!" ”

Fan Tiezhou praised repeatedly, "This name is good, I'll tell him when I go back." ”

At this time, Fan Ning saw Liu Kang slamming his eyes at him, he understood in his heart, so he smiled at his mother with a well-behaved face: "Mother, Ah Kang and I will go to the Temple of Literature to have a look, guess a few lantern riddles, and earn a few hundred dollars for my mother to buy vegetables." ”

Zhang Sanniang was happy in her heart, "Look at how filial my son is, then we will say okay, my mother will let you guess the lantern riddle, but the money you earn has to be handed over, and you are not allowed to hide it privately." ”

"My mother has a pair of fiery eyes, can your son's money be hidden?"

"That's the same, go and come back quickly, and give you half an hour."

Fan Ning turned around and ran, Fan Tiezhou hurriedly shouted: "Wait for a meeting at the place where we eat!" ”

"Got it!"

Fan Ning's voice came from afar, and he and Liu Kang had already run away without a trace.

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The Confucian Temple is a place where scholars like to go, usually there are all kinds of bookstores and scholars' shops on both sides of the Confucian Temple, and the Confucian Temple Square in the Shangyuan Festival is even more lively, all kinds of lantern riddles, all kinds of rings, attracting a large number of readers to go.

The Confucian Temple is in the north of Jingxian Bridge, Jingxian Bridge is the main bridge of Wu County, the Yingchun River under the bridge separates Wu County into two, the south is a variety of shops, warehouses, restaurants, inns, tiles, and the north is the location of official offices, schools, temples, Confucian Temples and other institutions.

The Yingchun River is full of big boats of dignitaries, and they enjoy the lanterns on both sides of the river directly on the boat.

Fanning was just about to get off the bridge when he suddenly heard someone call him, "Fanning! Van Dumb! ”

It seems to be Juppe's voice, how could she be here?

Zhu Pei returned to Wujiang after the annual exam last year, and she said in the letter that she would not come back until the end of the month, could it be that she heard it wrong?

"Fanning, I think I heard Juppe calling you." Liu Kang pointed to the bridge road.

That's right, Fanning ran off the bridge and ran east.

On the east side of the bridge, there are three large boats parked in the painting, all of which are also full of colorful lights, which look particularly colorful.

Don't look for it, Fanning saw Zhu Pei at a glance, she was wearing a short fox fur jacket, a gold-threaded black Luo skirt, and her hair was combed in a double-ring bun, this time she resumed the dress of a little lady.

She stood on the side of the boat, jumping and jumping excitedly, waving to Fanning, attracting the attention of many people on the shore, this little lady is so handsome! A lot of people were amazed.

"I'll go and tell my grandfather, you wait for me!"

Juppé shouted, and it rushed into the cabin like a gust of wind.

At this time, a young man walked leisurely on the other side of the big ship, tall and thin, very handsome, wearing a moon-white scholar's robe, wearing a long foot hood, and a leather belt around his waist, looking particularly chic.

Fanning couldn't help but be stunned when he saw him, why was he on the boat?

Liu Kang spoke quickly and asked directly: "Why are you on Zhu Pei's boat?" ”

This young man was Xu Ji, who was the second place in the annual exam, he looked at Liu Kang, with a trace of contempt on his face, and said lightly to Fan Ning: "What a coincidence, I actually met a junior brother." ”

After the annual exam, when the middle school students saw Fan Ning in the school, they either made sarcastic remarks, or they looked at him angrily, and they were very hostile to him, and Fan Ning never gave each other a good face, he and Xu Ji were even strangers, and they would turn a blind eye to each other when they met on the road.

But at this time, Fanning felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, how could Juppé be with him?

At this moment Juppé came out of the cabin, wearing a black gauze hat and a wide scholar's robe, and her face was very handsome, and her beautiful eyes shone like jewels.

She ran to the shore, followed closely by her bodyguard, the Great Sword Woman.

"Xiao Qi Niang, where are you going?" Xu Ji shouted from behind.

Ju Pei ignored him and ran directly to the shore, she smiled and said to Fan Ning: "I was thinking about whether I would meet you just now, and I really did." ”

Fanning smiled and asked, "When did you come back, why didn't you go to school?" ”

"I only came back this morning, and I'm going to go to school after the Shangyuan Festival."

She was in great interest and smiled at Fanning: "Where are you going to play, I'll go with you." ”

Fanning scratched his head and smiled: "We plan to go to the Temple of Literature, you can go, but have you told your grandfather?" ”

"I told my grandfather, and he said it's okay with you, let's go!"

Juppé was suffocated in the boat, and suddenly met Fanning, which made her heart flutter, and she was like a bird that suddenly got free, holding Fanning's hand and running towards the Temple of Literature.

Xu Ji watched Zhu Pei follow Fan Ning away from the boat, and with nowhere to vent his sullenness, he kicked the side of the boat fiercely.

At this time, an old man wearing a crown and a childish face walked out, stood behind Xu Ji, and looked at Zhu Pei who ran away.

"Who is the young man next to Xiao Qi Niang?" The old man asked lightly.

"Back to my grandfather, that's her classmate, and it's also from Yanying Academy."

"Classmates?"

The old man sneered, "You are also her classmate, why doesn't she go with you to see the lights?" ”

Xu Ji didn't say anything, the old man lowered his eyes and looked at his grandson, and asked lightly, "What kind of family background is he?" ”

"His family seems to be in the countryside of Mudu, and his father is a fisherman."

"That's the first place in the exam that year?"

"That's him!"

The old man snorted coldly, "You are very competitive, and you can't even compare to a fisherman's son." ”

The old man glared at his grandson with great dissatisfaction, and turned back to the cabin.

When he walked to the door of the cabin, he lost another sentence: "A country boy, how can you be worthy of Little Lady Zhu?" ”

Xu Ji's eyes lit up, grandfather was hinting at himself!

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"How is that guy with you?" Fanning glanced back at the large ship in the distance.

Zhu Pei pouted, "Don't mention it, their boat is the back one, I happened to meet it today, my grandfather invited them to come over to talk, Xu Ji wants to take me to see the lights, it's annoying, you came just in time." ”

"Are you two world friends?"

"It's a world friend, the two grandfathers knew each other when they were young, his father and my father were classmates in the county school, they were admitted to the Jinshi together, and they both worked as officials in the imperial court, and the relationship between the two families was very good, and there was a little bit of kinship."

"But in the academy, it's like he doesn't know you!" Liu Kang blurted out next to him.

Zhu Pei frowned, "This person is very good at pretending, at a young age, the city government is very deep, I hate this kind of person the most." ”

Fan Ning listened to her old-fashioned speech, and couldn't help but laugh dumbly, she herself is a young age!

The square of the Confucian Temple is very lively, and more than a dozen large color sheds are crowded with readers.

It is quite like the color shed of the Great Xiangguo Temple, but at this time it is night, and the color shed is full of lanterns around it, which is dazzling and more festive and lively.

"Which one to go to first?" Fanning asked with a smile.

Juppe thought for a moment and pointed to the guessing booth in front of him, "I want to guess the riddle first!" ”

The Great Sword Woman opened the way for them in front, her hand was long and strong, and with a slight flick, the readers in front of them were unsteady and jumped away from each other.

Many scholars were annoyed in their hearts, and when they looked up, they saw that it was such a tall woman, and there was a long sword behind their back, and then they looked at their small body, and couldn't help muttering, "Good men don't fight with women!" He walked away.

Fan Ning was afraid that the Great Sword Woman would hear it, so she lowered her voice and asked Zhu Pei, "Where did your family find her?" ”

Zhu Pei was in a very good mood today, and as soon as she rebelled against the unruly normal, she smiled and said: "Sister Jian is actually a female Taoist priest, she has been a monk since she was a child, and her martial arts are very high, and her Zilin Nunnery was donated by my family, and she has been following me for a whole year." ”

Fan Ning suddenly realized that this big sword woman was a female Taoist, so there was no need to consider the problem of marrying.

The three of them walked into the lantern riddle shed, and more than a dozen ropes were hung with riddle notes, which could be torn away if they guessed.

Liu Kang ran over and said excitedly: "I asked, and I guessed a reward of ten cents." ”

Fanning smacked him on the head with a fan and said disdainfully: "Ten cents makes you happy like this?" ”

But he forgot that when he heard in the capital that guessing a lantern riddle can earn five cents, he was much more excited than Liu Kang now.

"Dumb, guess this lantern riddle!" Juppé beckoned and shouted on the other side.

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