Generally speaking, those who have won the examination will be yuan, at least even if they are not in the palace examination, they will be ranked among the first-class champions, list-eyed, and tanhua, and they will also be ranked among the second-class jinshi, and the worst is also the same jinshi, so they will not fall off the list.

Liang Hong and Liang Jin were chatting, each other's joy was written on their faces, and at this moment, a rush of footsteps sounded on the stairs on the second floor, and then I saw a middle-aged man, wearing a staff coat, went up to the second floor, and walked towards Liang Hongliang Jin here.

Liang Hong recognized this person, because when he first entered the restaurant, he could see this middle-aged man reprimanding a runner, thinking that this person was the shopkeeper of the restaurant.

Sure enough, the man walked straight towards Liang Hong, and as soon as he got to the side, he hurriedly bent down and said with a smile: "The little one is the shopkeeper of this Xike Restaurant, may I ask if you are named Liang Hong?" ”

He naturally saw that Liang Jin was not Liang Hong, after all, Liang Jin was too old, generally at this age, he couldn't get in, of course he would be in it, but he couldn't be in Huiyuan, if he had to learn that, wouldn't he have been promoted to be an officer a long time ago?

The so-called stretch out your hand and don't hit the smiling person, besides, today is Liang Hong's happy day, Liang Hong said: "It's Liang Hong below, I don't know what the shopkeeper has to say?" ”

The shopkeeper was a little hesitant at the moment, but he still said: "Uh, I, I want to ask Liang Huiyuan to mention a word to my restaurant, I don't know, uh, I don't know what respect is?" Touching the pen, please rest assured, three hundred taels of silver as the pen fee. ”

As soon as they heard the three hundred taels of silver, Liang Hong and Liang Jin looked at each other and smiled, they didn't take the three hundred taels in their eyes now.

However, Liang Hong still said: "Okay, since I am in your restaurant, I learned that I was admitted to the Huiyuan of the examination, so please me and give you a word." ”

The shopkeeper was immediately overjoyed, and immediately instructed the people below to bring the pen, ink, paper and inkstone that had been prepared long ago, and Liang Hong immediately wrote on the rice paper: "Xi Kelai" three big characters, and signed his name.

Then the shopkeeper delivered three hundred taels of silver, Liang Hong asked Liang Lin to wrap it in a package, and then walked out of the restaurant with Liang Jin.

As soon as he got out of the restaurant, Liang Jin said: "The person who wants to come to the yamen to report the good news has already gone to the house to report the good news to the old sister-in-law!" ”

Liang Jin smiled: "Then let's go home too!" ”

The two got into the carriage, and went straight home, and when they were about to arrive at Liang Hong's house, they heard the sound of firecrackers, and Liang Hong thought: "It should be the good news~"

Sure enough, when I returned home, I saw that my family members, regardless of the servants and the hospital, were all beaming, and then they all reported the good news as soon as they saw Liang Hong, and Liang Hong was naturally not stingy, and took out the money to give everyone a happy money.

Until he saw Liang's mother in the courtyard, Liang Hong hurriedly walked over and bowed to Liang's mother, his voice trembled uncontrollably, and he sobbed:

"Son, he finally lived up to his mother's expectations!"

"My son!" Liang's mother also shed tears, hurriedly pulled Liang Hong up, and said to Liang Hong: "My son, finally the bitterness is over!" ”

Today is a festive day for the Liang family, and Liang Hong's house directly set up a flowing water banquet to entertain the neighbors in Sweet Water Lane.

Just when Liang Hong was entertaining neighbors, relatives and friends, entering and eating, a middle-aged man suddenly came to Liang Hong's house.

This person Liang Hong also knows, it is the housekeeper of Xu Qiushan's family, a scholar of Dongge University, as soon as this middle-aged housekeeper arrived at Liang Hong's house, he said to Liang Hong: "The master has invited Liang Huiyuan to the house to talk." ”

When Liang Hong heard this, he was immediately a little excited, and hurriedly said, "Okay, let's leave now." Immediately, he sent someone to call the seventh uncle Liang Jin and asked Liang Jin to entertain guests on his behalf.

So Liang Hong followed the middle-aged housekeeper and went outside, without Liang Hong taking another carriage, just sitting in the carriage of the Xu Mansion.

When he came to the carriage, the middle-aged housekeeper immediately smiled and said to Liang Hong: "I haven't said hello to Liang Huiyuan yet!" ”

Liang Hong also smiled modestly: "Ashamed~"

The housekeeper quipped: "This is the fish leaping into the dragon gate, I want to congratulate, there is no need to be ashamed." ”

Liang Hong also heard the housekeeper's voice, that is, he said that he was about to be promoted from a civilian to an upper-class official, which is definitely not an exaggeration.

However, there is another layer of meaning, that is, if you have passed the examination and become a huiyuan, it can be said that Liang Hong has fulfilled his promise to Xu Qiushan, a scholar of Dongge University, and since Xu Qiushan's promise has been fulfilled, it is about to marry Xu Qiushan's only daughter - Xu Miaoya!

And once he marries the daughter of the cabinet elder, then Liang Hong's identity is different, even if he is an official in the future, his official position will definitely be low at the beginning, but no one will dare to underestimate him anymore.

"I'm sorry for your words." Liang Hong said politely, the reason why Liang Hong is so polite is that he knows that the middle-aged housekeeper is Xu Qiushan's cronies, and second, he has not yet become Xu Qiushan's son-in-law.

Those subordinates, don't look at the usual low-eyed and pleasing people, but if they are offended at a critical time, they are also very energetic, often two or three sentences, blowing in the ears of the master, maybe what should be done, it may be yellow.

The two got into the carriage and drove to Xu's mansion.

After driving on the road for more than a quarter of an hour, he came to the gate of Xu's mansion, and then the carriage rushed in, and when he entered the door, the middle-aged housekeeper and Liang Hong got off the carriage one by one.

After getting out of the carriage, the middle-aged housekeeper said, "Liang Huiyuan, please come with me." ”

Liang Hong nodded, and followed the middle-aged housekeeper, all the way through a small lake, and through the garden with a rockery garden, although Liang Hong had also been to Jinyuan, where he remembered that it was also very beautiful, but he was not in the mood to take a closer look at it at that time.

At this time, I walked all the way, looked at the past all the way, and only felt that this Xu Mansion was too beautiful, at this time when the grass and trees began to produce teeth in early spring, there were some little greenery, and there were small bridges and flowing water in the meantime, and the water was flowing, which showed that this was living water.

Living water is introduced into the home, which is extremely luxurious, but thinking that this is the mansion of the cabinet elder, Liang Hong also feels that this is natural.

Finally, after walking a path, the middle-aged housekeeper led Liang Hong to the inner courtyard, which is generally only accessible to family members or close guests and friends in each house.

The housekeeper led Liang Hong into the inner courtyard, Liang Hong's heart couldn't help pounding, although he thought that since he was admitted to Huiyuan, it was a matter of course to marry Yaya, but in the face of the reality of really entering the inner courtyard of the Xu Mansion, Liang Hong still felt a huge joy in his heart.

Finally stopped outside the door in front of a hall, and the housekeeper said to Liang Hong: "Please wait a moment for Liang Huiyuan, I will go and report to the master." ”

With that, the butler pushed open the door and walked in.