When Li Hao and the Zeng brothers were still studying hard, the imperial court finally confirmed that this session would be presided over by Ouyang Xiu.

After Yan Fu learned of this, he came to inform Li Hao of the news as soon as possible, and when he entered the Li Mansion, Li Hao saw Yan Fu and first introduced the Zeng brothers to Yan Fu.

After listening to the accurate news from Yan Fu, everyone's mental calculations were put down, although the test papers would be sealed, transcribed, and proofread before reaching the examiner, but they were familiar with Ouyang Xiu's required style, as long as they could ensure that they did not go off topic, the probability of passing was very high, so there was no need to think about cheating.

So the two sides sat down to chat, and Yan Fu said: "Since this matter has been confirmed now, it is better for me to invite everyone to Guangyuntai for a drink tonight and come back, which can be regarded as wishing you the title of the gold list." ”

Li Hao and the Zeng brothers listened, and Li Hao saw that the Zeng brothers didn't speak, so he answered: "It's okay, it's time to take a break after studying hard all day." It's just too easy to break, and you still have to combine work and rest. ”

Yan Fu listened and said: "Yes, that's the truth, and the head of Guangyuntai Wei Xingshou will also come out today, this is very rare, you have to go and see it." ”

As soon as Li Hao heard it, he was in good spirits, and Guangyuntai hadn't heard what the place was. But Wei Xingshou is not the Oiran of the Qinglou Chu Pavilion. In this era, Qinglou can still go legally and openly, unlike the later generations who are easy to be arrested, do you want to see it, think about it, it's a little exciting.

But without waiting for Li Hao to answer, Zeng Gong first said: "If you want to eat, let's change the restaurant, after all, it is close to the meeting, and it is not good to go to Guangyuntai after all." ”

Li Hao thought to himself, seeing that you Zeng Gong is a serious person, it seems that you have also been to the Qinglou. But after thinking about his age, he still can't do anything. And not long before the exam, he took the four brothers of the Zeng family to the Qinglou Chu Pavilion, he was afraid that Ouyang Xiu would not let him go if he knew. So he said: "Guangyuntai is still forgotten, it is indeed not far from the meeting, it is not good to go to that kind of place." Let's go to Fanlou, I've always heard that Fanlou's food is a must, but I haven't been there, let's go to see it today. ”

Then he looked at Zeng Gong, as long as he didn't object, the other three members of the Zeng family had no opinion. Seeing that there was no problem, Yan Fu led everyone to Fan Lou.

When he arrived at Fan Lou, the prosperity made Li Hao a little surprised. It's just because although this building is not as tall as the high-rise buildings in later generations, its wealth is more than 100 times stronger than the hotels that Li Hao has seen in later generations. I saw three floors up and down the Fan Tower, a total of five side by side, between the buildings and the building, the flying bridge railing, light and dark communication. There are all kinds of boxes in the building, all bead curtains are embroidered, at this time, because it is close to dusk, the lights and candles in the building are shining, shining.

Yan Fu and Zeng Gong should have been here before, so they seemed ordinary, but Li Hao and the three brothers of the Zeng family really entered with their mouths wide open and shocked faces.

When he sat down inside, Li Hao looked at the menu and was stunned, just because there were too many dishes, such as the soup before eating, there were no less than twenty or thirty kinds of soup, such as barella soup, head soup, new method quail soup, and three crispy soups. The rest of the main dishes are boiled sheep, stewed sheep, noisy sheep, horn roasted kidney, goose and duck steak steamed, lychee kidney, Huanyuan kidney, etc. There are even a variety of marinated meat, roast poultry sold by foreign parties: roasted chicken, roast duck, lamb's feet, nodding sheep, crispy tendons and so on. In addition, there are all kinds of spicy dishes stored in white magnetic jars, chestnuts, ginkgo, pear strips, rubber dates and other dried fruits, preserved fruits, all kinds of fresh fruits, and all kinds of noodles and snacks, such as pig and sheep purses, and colorful buns.

Li Hao was dazzled, and then asked the Zeng brothers what they wanted to eat, Zeng Gong said that he had not been to Fanlou for many years, and he didn't know what was delicious, as for the other Zeng brothers and Li Hao, they had never come. So he asked Yan Fu to help order food.

Yan Fu summoned the servant, and scattered more than 20 dishes and set a full table. Then Li Hao saw the tableware made of gold and silver in Fanlou that Mrs. Wang said in the play, which was indeed an eye-opener.

Of course, after eating, Li Hao didn't let Yan Fu settle the bill, but went to settle it himself, and ate more than ten taels of silver for one meal, but it was still worth it in Li Hao's heart, because he didn't expect that the ancient food could be so good.

Thinking about the play in which Minglan had never been to Fan Lou before marrying Gu Tingye, I felt that I could bring this cousin over next time to try it.

When everyone left the Fan Tower, it was already time to go to Guangyuntai, Yan Fu still wanted to go to Guangyuntai to sit, but Li Hao and the others refused and went back to their respective homes. Of course, I don't know if Yan Fu really returned home or went to Guangyuntai.

When Li Hao got up again the next day, he saw that Zeng Gong had already taken the four brothers of the Zeng family to study, which Li Hao still admired, at least in terms of attitude, Zeng Gong was much better than himself. After all, after learning that Ouyang Xiu was taking the main exam, he was somewhat relaxed. When he was reflecting on himself, he saw Fu Deng coming over to spread the word, saying that Sheng Fu Sheng Hong and Mrs. Wang were coming over, talking to Wei in the main hall, and asked Li Hao to hurry over.

When going to the main hall, Li Hao roughly figured out the purpose of the two of them. It was nothing more than knowing that Ouyang Xiu was presiding over this scientific expedition, and he had studied there for a period of time, so he came to inquire about the situation from himself.

After entering the main hall, Li Hao had just seen the salute and had not yet spoken. I saw Mrs. Wang coming over enthusiastically and said, "I haven't seen you for a few days, Brother Hao has lost a lot of weight, it seems that he has worked hard to study." Your Uncle Sheng has been talking to you all these days, saying why you haven't visited later, and saying that I'm afraid that I will snub you and give me a good beating. ”

Li Hao hurriedly replied: "What's the matter, the eldest lady takes care of her very thoughtfully, but she has been busy with schoolwork in recent days, so she didn't bother, I want to ask my uncle for forgiveness." ”

Sheng Hong continued: "Also, now that the exam is approaching, it is indeed a little busy, and the same is true for your brother Changbai and Changfeng." By the way, now that the court has arranged for Master Ouyang to preside over this scientific examination, you were originally studying under Master Ouyang, but it was affected. ”

Li Hao replied: "Since Lord Ouyang was appointed as the examiner, in order to avoid suspicion, I have never asked for advice, and Lord Ouyang has always been strict, and it is estimated that this year's candidates will not be allowed to enter the house these days, so I will only wait for the scientific examination to visit." ”

Sheng Hong said: "That being the case, wouldn't you be studying alone at home these days, or you won't go to your uncle's middle school, and you can also exchange experiences with your two brothers and complement each other's strengths." There are also Xiao Grandpa Qi and Gu Jia Erlang, you are all young people, and you can talk if you want to. ”

After hearing this, Li Hao thought to himself, you asked me to help to understand the style of the examiner, as if you were helping me. Then he said: "There is no need to be so troublesome, now the senior brother of the Zeng family lives in my house, he is very knowledgeable, if there is a problem, I can ask him for advice, but there is no need to go to my uncle's house to disturb." ”

Sheng Hong heard the name, thought for a while and said, "Senior brother of the Zeng family, but Zeng Gong and Zeng Zi are solid." ”

"Yes, it's Senior Brother Zeng, my uncle knows." Li Hao replied.

"Zeng Zigu is famous and famous, how can he not know it." Sheng Hong thought about it after speaking, and then said: "Your brother Changbai and Changfeng also admire Zeng Zigu, why don't you let the two of them come to your house one day, or ask Zeng Zigu for advice." ”

Li Hao thought in his heart, if you want to say that Sheng Changbai's temperament can admire Zeng Gong, it is possible, but Sheng Changfeng's temperament that likes to sing the wind and play with the moon is weird to see Zeng Gong. But he still said: "Now that Senior Brother Zeng is studying, I will ask Senior Brother Zeng later, if Senior Brother Zeng has no opinion, then I will send someone to my uncle's house to inform me how it is." ”

Sheng Hong said yes, and then after chatting with Li Hao for a few words, he said that he would not disturb Li Hao's reading, and then said goodbye and left.

When Sheng Hong and Mrs. Wang got into the carriage, Mrs. Wang said to Sheng Hong: "Now Changbai is afraid that there is not enough time to study, so I came here to ask for advice." ”

Sheng Hong said: "That was always Ouyang Xiu's disciple, and he has been studying for I don't know how many years, so let Changbai ask him for advice, naturally it is for Changbai's good, just talk to Changbai about this matter when the time comes, he knows what to do." ”

After saying that, the two had nothing to say, and the carriage fell silent at once.

And Li Hao, who sent the two away, went to find Zeng Gong, and when they were already resting, he went over and said: "Senior Brother Zeng, I have relatives in my family and two children in my family are also this year's reference, I want to come to you to ask for a few days of learning, I don't know if it's good." ”

Zeng Gong said: "That's all there is to do, anyway, you have to read every day and discuss it together." ”

Li Hao listened and replied, "Okay, then I'll go and inform them." He turned his head and thought about it, and then continued: "Come here, these two are brothers, one of them is Sheng Changbai, this person is a good person, and the style of writing is like it." As for the other person, Sheng Changfeng, this person is quite fond of showmanship, and likes to chant poetry, so he may have to take care of his senior brother at that time. There's no need to do anything specifically for them, just do as it is, and if they have a problem, you can explain it, and you don't have to bother to change anything. ”

When Zeng Gong heard this, he heard that there seemed to be something in the words, but he didn't say anything and left with the three brothers.

Li Hao's side sent someone to Sheng Mansion to inform him of the matter, so that Sheng Changbai and Sheng Changfeng could come over at any time.