Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is the beginning of September, which is already the twilight of autumn.

Jingzhou back mountains with rivers, as the Si Lizhou of Dayu, choke the world's voice and pull its back, 800 years ago Dayu unified the world, is here to set the capital of Chonghua City, is also the center of the world.

Perhaps today's Jingzhou is not as strict as the Northern Qi Sili Prefecture that established the country with military force, nor is it as full of Zen temples and Taoist temples as the Sili Prefecture of Daji and Later Chu, and it is peaceful and peaceful, but it is still the richest and most prosperous place in the world, and the closer it is to the imperial capital Chonghua City, the more prosperous and extravagant.

The autumn breeze is bleak, and the leaves fall on the official road paved with bluestone slabs.

Amid the sound of rolling carriages, a delicate white-canopy double-wheeled carriage swayed from the north of the official road, followed by an ox cart pulling goods.

The groom sat on the carriage board, looked at the people on the official road nearby, and looked at the faintly visible county seat in the distance, and immediately turned his head excitedly to the carriage and said: "Miss, son, it's almost time to Taiping County, after a day of driving, this horse is also a little tired, why don't you rest in Taiping County tonight?" ”

In the spacious and elegant carriage, an eighteen or nineteen-year-old girl dressed in a goose yellow Luo shirt and a woven golden horse face skirt was sitting with a piano in her arms. ”

Sitting opposite, the young man in the jade-crowned white shirt, who was born handsome, looked a little thin, but his body seemed to have no strength, and he sat lazily in the carriage, with two layers of soft cushions behind him, and his legs were also resting on the girl's knees, and his eyes seemed to be asleep.

Hearing the girl's inquiry, he lifted his eyelids slightly and answered lazily:

"Hmm."

The girl didn't care, so she turned her head and said, "Then let's stay in Taiping County for one night." ”

These two people are naturally Lin Lan and Miss Fan's family, Fan Qingyao.

"It's been a day's trip, and you haven't eaten much, Childe." Fan Qingyao looked at Lin Lan and said, "When I get to Taiping County in a while, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat until it's dark, do you want to eat some now?" ”

Lin Lan thought for a moment and said, "Just feed me a hundred grain pills." ”

"Okay." Fan Qingyao immediately put the piano aside, took out a wooden bottle from the small bag he carried, skillfully poured out a pill, picked up the water bladder again, and carefully fed Lin Lan the pill and saliva.

Lin Lan lay motionless and sat down, as if he couldn't move, and let Fan Qingyao serve.

After feeding, he swallowed the pill with water, and then asked lazily, "How much is the Bailiang Pill?" ”

"Not much." Fan Qingyao said: "Son, you have consumed a lot of Bailiang Dan these days, and the rest is only enough for four or five days." ”

Lin Lan sighed and said thoughtfully: "Four or five days, that's almost over." ”

"Childe's cultivation is over so soon?" Fanqing Yao's beautiful eyes lit up.

"It's just the end of the basics." Lin Lan said lightly: "I'm afraid the follow-up consumption will be greater." ”

"The most basic?"

Fan Qingyao didn't ask what stage of cultivation he had reached, but just thought about it and said: "I heard that there are groups of Buddhism in Chonghua City, and there are not a few students in Chonghua, there are a lot of cultivators, you should be able to buy better pills, and when you get to Chonghua, I will ask for you." ”

Lin Lan hummed, and continued to half-close his eyes, returning to his half-asleep state.

After another moment, the movement outside the carriage gradually became lively, and the sound of horses' hooves and conversation could be heard almost through the carriage.

"Childe, can I lift the curtain and take a look?"

Fan Qingyao said with some excitement: "It's the first time I've come to Jingzhou when I'm so old, I heard that although Taiping County is only a county, because it is adjacent to Chonghua City, its prosperity is comparable to many state cities." ”

Lin Lan hummed casually: "Then let's see, I want to see it too." ”

Fan Qingyao immediately lifted the curtain, hung the curtain next to the car window, and looked out of the car window excitedly.

At this time, the carriage had already driven to a fairly wide and flat official road, and the bluestone slabs that had been trampled and run over many times were ground extremely smooth, and the carriage did not have the slightest bump.

On the official road, you can see groups of passers-by, or caravans of merchants hurrying forward, or rich children with fat horses and light furs, or carriages of officials and nobles, and the servants around are also in groups.

After all, Taiping County is ahead, only more than 40 miles away from the imperial capital Chonghua, and it is the intersection of two official roads.

"It's worthy of Jingzhou, this hasn't reached Chonghua yet, there are so many rich people."

Fan Qingyao looked at the passers-by outside the carriage with great interest, "Childe, look at that carriage, it's so beautiful, the satin of the curtain is better than the material used for the clothes on my body, and the green-maned horse doesn't look ordinary, at least two hundred, right?" ”

Lin Lan glanced at it, and naturally didn't react.

How could a modern person be surprised by the extravagance of ancient carriages?

He glanced through the window of a carriage in the distance, and there was a yellow flag on the carriage, on which could be seen the four big words 'Fengzhi will try'.

"That's the bus to Beijing to catch the exam, right?" Lin Lan asked casually, "It's only September, why did someone enter Beijing to take the exam?" ”

It's only early September now, and it stands to reason that it hasn't been long since the autumn season was announced, so why did you enter Beijing to take the entrance examination so early?

"I heard my dad say that." Fan Qingyao glanced at it and explained with a smile: "This should be the person from the local Toad Palace in Jingzhou, after they were lifted and set up a celebration banquet, the first thing they did was naturally to rush to Chonghua City. ”

"Why?" Lin Lan asked.

Fan Qingyao said: "Because the living conditions of the guild hall are good, although Jingzhou is rich, but those counties are far inferior to Chonghua, which is naturally far inferior, I Dayu attaches great importance to students, so the guild hall is built extremely exquisitely, the living environment is excellent, and there are people to serve, and the daily meals are also specially transported over, and most of them can be enjoyed by high-ranking officials and nobles." ”

Speaking of this, she said: "And you can still meet us 'Yuansheng' who went to the Chonghua Academy in the guild hall, maybe you can build a good relationship?" ”

Lin Lan sighed.

These days, he also understands the weight of the Chonghua Academy.

There is no doubt that it is the most important institution of learning in Dayu, and its status is higher than that of the national eunuch, just because of the examination qualifications for participating in the school palace, the screening threshold is higher than that of the Ministry of Rites.

In the nineteen prefectures of Dayu, hundreds of millions of people, there are thousands of people who participate in the examination every year, but there are only a few dozen people who are qualified to participate in the examination of the Chonghua Academy every year.

And even fewer can pass the entrance examination of Chonghua Academy.

If Guozijian is a bureaucratic cultivation center, then Chonghua Xuegong is the cradle of human sect cultivators, and its status is naturally extraordinary.

"Childe, do you think we can be admitted to the Chonghua Academy this time?"

Fan Qingyao cupped her cheeks with some concern and said, "If you can't pass the exam, the recommendation letter of the state pastor will be wasted, and my father doesn't seem to have any other way." ”

This is the rule of the Chonghua Academy.

Generally, it is the talents searched by the state pastors or the three grades of the court, and only after passing the Chonghua preliminary examination can they participate in the entrance examination of the Chonghua Academy.

And the person who passed the Chonghua preliminary examination is also called 'Yuansheng', which means the student of the first national teacher Tang Tianyuan.

Fan Qingyao and Lin Lan are now two Yuansheng.

"What do you have to worry about?"

Lin Lan glanced at Fan Qingyao calmly and said, "Didn't the examiner in charge of the preliminary examination say it?" With your aptitude and talent in music, it is easy to pass the entrance exam, and it is only a matter of time before you even worship the Human Sect, so I should be worried. ”