[Last night I timed the next day's two chapters, one chapter is seven o'clock in the morning, and one chapter is five o'clock in the afternoon, but somehow, the system sent them out at the same time, Lao Gao didn't find out until eleven o'clock in the evening, and I didn't have time to explain it to you, I'm sorry! 】

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Time flies, nearly three years have passed, and the time has reached the early spring of the fifth year of Huangyou.

At this time, it is the beginning of early spring and February, and in another twenty days it will be the new imperial examination, and the city of Bianliang has been crowded with scholars from all over the world who come to rush for the examination, and the inns of all sizes in the capital are full, and every restaurant and teahouse is full of people.

At noon on this day, the Qingfeng Restaurant near the old Caomen was full of people, the guests were full, most of the guests were young scholars, the scholars were strong-blooded, full of ambition, and it was inevitable that they would speak a little louder.

In the lobby on the second floor, a young scholar wearing a lotus hat and a scholar's robe said loudly in a Bianliang dialect: "Scholars from other places may not know, our Bianliang spread last year, and the imperial court is preparing to establish a horse breeding base overseas, and then our Great Song Dynasty will no longer worry about war horses, and we will not be afraid of a battle with the Liao army at all." ”

Many out-of-town scholars heard about this for the first time, and for a while, everyone was shocked.

Someone asked loudly: "Excuse me, where is the overseas horse breeding base?" ”

"I don't know this for the time being, but it is rumored that it may be in Nanyang!"

There was a sudden uproar in the lobby, and someone frowned and said to himself: "Nanyang is a very hot place, is it suitable for raising horses?" ”

Some people also sneered: "Don't listen to his nonsense, that horse breeding base is just a rumor, it has long been denied by the Privy Council, and most people in the capital know that there is no such thing at all." ”

In front of a wine table by the window sat several young scholars, none other than Fan Ning's five junior disciples, who returned to Pingjiang Mansion last spring, and after half a year of in-depth investigation in the countryside, Dong Kun, Lin Hong, Duan Yu, and Lu Youwei were admitted to the imperial examination in one fell swoop in September last year.

Among them, Dong Kun ranked third in the examination, Lin Hong ranked fifth in the examination, Duan Yu and Lu Youwei were also admitted to the top 20, plus Fan Ning, Su Liang and Li Dazhi who were admitted three years ago, the former county school nine-person party was admitted to seven people, which caused a sensation in the county school and Wu County, and became an interesting story talked about by various schools in Wu County.

The five of them arrived in the capital half a month ago, and they are no longer Taixue audit students, because Fanning's parents are in the capital, the five of them lived in the courtyard of the old Caomen, where Zhu Pei's property does not require them to pay rent, and the life here is convenient, close to the Great Xiangguo Temple, so that they can live very comfortably.

Duan Yu lowered his voice and said: "I have also heard about this matter, some people say it is true, some people say it is false, what is going on?" ”

Everyone looked at Li Dazhi, Li Dazhi and Fanning had the best relationship, maybe Fanning would reveal something to him.

Li Dazhi shook his head, "I asked my senior brother, and he denied it, saying that this statement is ridiculous, let's not believe it." ”

Lu Youwei pondered for a moment and asked, "When did Dazhi ask Senior Brother?" ”

"In the spring of the year before last, around this time, there was a lot of rumors at that time, and then didn't the Privy Council come out to refute the rumors?"

Duan Yu reacted extremely quickly, he felt that Lu Youwei seemed to have something to say, so he smiled and said, "Could it be that Brother Lu also asked Senior Brother?" ”

Lu Youwei nodded, "I also asked Senior Brother, I remember that it was October of the year before last, when the second wave of rumors was about to be extinguished, Senior Brother told me that if this kind of thing reaches the ears of the Khitans, they will definitely sabotage it, let's stop talking about this matter." ”

Lu Youwei's words made everyone's hearts ignite another glimmer of hope, Fan Ning obviously did not deny it, did the Great Song Dynasty really want to establish a horse breeding base overseas?

At this time, Lin Hong smiled and said, "We're almost done, we have to go buy books in the afternoon, let's check out!" ”

Everyone pooled the money, settled the bill with the bartender, and got up and walked towards the staircase.

At this time, two people came up from the staircase, and the person at the head walked very fast, almost colliding with Dong Kun who was walking in front.

"Is that you?"

This young man saw everyone clearly, his face suddenly changed, and everyone also recognized him, it was Liu Ran of Wujiang, Liu Ran was the last Tongzi Kejinshi, who passed the assessment of the Ministry of Officials at the beginning of the year, and was named the Yangzhou Assassin Judge of the Nine Pins, of course, it was only an alternate, this time the forty-nine Tongzi passed thirty-four people, all of them were awarded to the alternate officer, and they will be assessed after four years to be elected as a Beijing official.

Although Liu Ran's father was a high-ranking official in the imperial court, this rule could not be broken.

Everyone recognized Liu Ran and glared at him angrily, in recent years, everyone knows that this Liu Ran is desperately pursuing Zhu Pei, Zhu Pei has never been true to him, but he is so thick-skinned that there is no one before or since, and even the city wall of the capital division is ashamed of himself.

He even persuaded the family to help him, and it was he and the Liu family who intervened, which made the Zhu family extremely conflicted over this matter, and the relationship between Fanning and Zhu Pei has never been explained.

Li Dazhi and the other five people have received a lot of favors from Zhu Pei, they have long regarded Zhu Pei as a senior sister, and they have never had a good face for this Liu Ran.

Several people froze on the stairs, all glaring angrily, not wanting to let each other, at this time, the shopkeeper ran up and said: "Everyone, give me a face!" Don't make trouble in the shop, help. ”

Li Dazhi thought that they still had to participate in the imperial examination, so he said to everyone: "We are in a good mood today, don't be in a bad mood by some people, let's go!" ”

Everyone glared at Liu Ran fiercely, and then hurriedly left.

Looking at the backs of the five people walking away, a companion asked, "Brother Liu Xian, who are they?" ”

Liu Ran snorted coldly, "Someone's just a bunch of dog legs!" ”

"Who is someone?" The companion asked more curiously.

"It's Fanning, does Brother Li know?"

"It turned out to be him!" The companion couldn't help but be stunned.

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Fanning currently lives in his new house, and in addition to him, his mother and sister also came to the capital last autumn to reunite with their son, and also brought a few maids to make the new house no longer deserted, but his father did not come to the capital this time because he couldn't leave.

After the New Year, Fanning was already seventeen years old, his figure had grown a few inches taller, he had become broad-shouldered and strong, the childlike elegance in his appearance was gone, his face was slightly slender, and his skin was much whiter than when he was a teenager.

Fanning's official luck in the past two years is good, the year before the big year he dedicated his god arm crossbow meritorious, the official was promoted to a level, was named from the seventh rank of Chaosanlang, a few months later, because the exploration team found Maoren Island and Sakhalin Island, the Son of Heaven Zhao Zhen was overjoyed, on the meritorious deeds, gave Fanning as the county viscount.

At the beginning of the year, after the Tongzi Kejinshi assessment, Fan Ning was also promoted by one level, promoted to the seventh grade Xuandelang, and reappointed as the Tianzhang Pavilion Chengzhi, the Tianzhang Pavilion Chengzhi is only his official position, but his specific assignment position has not yet been determined, so he is basically idle during this time.

He spent most of his time in the outer study of the mansion, which was on the third floor of Cuiyun Building, where he had a wide view, and through the branches of the large trees that had not yet grown new leaves, he could clearly see the street and the bridge, but once the trees became dense, he could not see anything.

Fan Ning stood in front of the window at this time, looking at the Cuiyun Peak in the courtyard, the treasure of the old man Zhou Scale's town house, and finally moved into Fan Ning's new house after several ups and downs, becoming the treasure of his town house.

When this piece of Taihu Lake stone was transported into Beijing, it attracted countless onlookers from good stones, and Zhao Wenwen, the king of Ruyang, even offered 30,000 yuan to buy it, how could Fan Ning agree, this is Zhu Pei's efforts to persuade his grandfather to give it to him as a gift for the joy of housewarming, this favor, not to mention 30,000 guan, even 100,000 guan can not be sold.

At this time, the stairs sounded softly, Fanning felt something, and when he turned around, a little face was sneakily probing his brain at the door, Fanning smiled: "Don't hide, I saw you a long time ago!" ”

The door opened, and I saw a five or six-year-old lady walking in with a pot of tea and a smile, "Brother, I'm here to bring you tea!" ”

This little lady is Fanning's sister Ado, who is six years old this year, and likes to listen to stories the most, especially listening to Uncle Cao Guo's stories about overseas immortals, and she is fascinated by listening to them every time.

Fanning stepped forward to take the teapot, there was only half a pot of tea in it, and it was estimated that the other half was spilled by her when she went upstairs.

Fanning smiled wryly and filled himself with a cup of tea.

At this time, Addo saw a chart on the table, and immediately shouted happily, "I know, this is Japan, there are two-headed fish monsters in the sea to the west, as well as the shrimp general and the North Sea Dragon King, this is the hairy man island, there are monkey demons and bear monsters on the island, the monkey demons use spears, and the bear monsters make sledgehammers, and it is very dangerous for people to go to the island, and they must ride a flying dragon to get to the island." ”

These are the fairy stories that Uncle Cao told her, and they also use a map, but unlike Fan Ning's map, Uncle Cao's map is a sea map of cultivating immortals.

Fanning's chart, given to him by Zhao Zhen, the Son of Heaven, depicts the results of three expeditions to the sea, including a skirmish with the local natives on Maoren Island, which killed more than a dozen natives, but also killed three crew members.

In the past two years, Zhao Zongshi has been preparing for the official expedition in the Yangtze River estuary, and the preparations have almost been completed, and he will set off for the expedition after the beginning of spring.

"Brother, I want to listen to fairy stories!" Adore took her brother's arm and begged, which was the real reason why she came to her brother.

"Good! Brother will tell you a story about the old god tree. ”

Fanning sat his sister on his lap, pointed to the Ryukyu Islands, and told her the fairy tales he had made.

"There's an island hidden in here, and mortals can't see it!"

"Can the gods see it?" Addo asked.

"Not exactly, mortals can see it as long as they eat a Tianmu fruit of Kunlun Mountain."

Addo blinked his eyes wide and asked, "Is there a god on this one?" ”

"Brother told you, this island is called Shenmu Island, there is a sacred tree on the island, 100,000 years ago, the Queen Mother of the West left a sacred tree species to the world to grow, the trunk of the tree needs 3,000 people to encircle, the tree is 48,000 zhang high, straight to the heavenly ........"

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