Rectifying Sun Zhigao didn't take much energy to Wei Chen, and as for helping Sheng Shulan and Sun Zhigao reconcile, it was just a matter of piggybacking.

Of course, after this incident, Sheng Wei, who knew the inside story, was grateful to Wei Chen, and there was no need to express it.

In April, the results of the government examination were released, and Sheng Changfeng's name fell to Sun Shan, after all, he did not have such a demonic talent as Wei Chen, and it was too late to really start studying hard, and it was a fluke to be able to pass the county examination, and it was not surprising that he failed in the government examination this time.

To Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai's relief, after encountering this setback, Sheng Changfeng did not look discouraged at all, but confidently prepared for the next year's re-examination.

In March, the imperial court issued an order to transfer Sheng Hong to Beijing, Sheng Hong packed up his belongings and prepared to move, and sent a letter asking his two sons to take Zhuang Jun and Wei Chen to Yangzhou to meet.

Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai stayed in Youyang for an extra month in order to wait for the results of Sheng Changfeng's mansion test, and the imperial court urged Sheng Hong to urge him tightly, and Sheng Hong went to Beijing with a large army.

Now Sheng Changfeng's first children's test trip has also come to an end, after everything is over, Wei Chen said goodbye to Wei Ruyi's family of three, and then went to the lakeside courtyard to invite Zhuang Jun, and went to Bianjing with the Sheng brothers.

After a long journey of more than a month, in late May of the third year of Tianyou, the group finally arrived outside Bianjing City.

The carriage jolted forward, and a faint noise came from a distance, Wei Chen, who was sitting in the carriage with his eyes closed, felt something, lifted the curtain, and a majestic city appeared in front of him.

The dark blue city wall towers into the sky, the city wall is full of flags, the blue smoke birds and birds in the city wall, and a top corner of the algae roof, arching the golden and brilliant palace.

Wei Chen's heart set off a wave of waves, the prosperity of the world, the famous ministers and virtuous ministers who shine through the ages, and the romantic talents who have left their names in history, are all in that glorious giant city.

There is still some distance from Bianjing City, but except for Zhuang Jun, who has been here several times, Wei Chen and the others can't tell whether this is inside the city or outside the city.

The bustling street market and the rows of houses are all scenery that can only be found in the thoroughfare of a big city.

Sheng Changfeng turned back from time to time, a little doubtful that he had inadvertently passed through the walls of Bianjing City.

However, in fact, the outer city wall is still ahead, and a three-zhang thick city wall cannot divide the prosperous scenery of Bianjing City at all.

Zhuang Jun pointed to the red palace wall in the south of the official road and asked, "Do you know where that is?" ”

"I don't know ......"

Wei Chen and the Sheng family brothers looked at each other from afar, shaking their heads. It was surrounded by a palace wall, and there was no view of the view, only the trees within the wall peeking out.

"Qionglin Yuan."

Zhuang Jun said in a deep voice: "This is one of the royal forbidden gardens, and it will not be open to idlers easily, except for one exception, and that is March of the year of Dabi." ”

"It turns out that this is the legendary Qionglin Garden." Several juniors were stunned when they heard this, and their faces showed yearning.

In the Tang Dynasty, there was a Qujiang banquet, which was specially designed to entertain the scholars of high school, and when it arrived in the Great Zhou, it became a Qionglin banquet, which was set up in Qionglin Garden.

In March of the year of the big competition, the Jinshi list is released, and the new Jinshi will wear hairpins and wear red, cross the horse and parade the streets, from the Xuande Gate all the way to the Qionglin Garden in the west of the city.

On that day, tens of thousands of people in Bianjing would gather on the side of the road to watch and admire. This is the highest honor for the scholars who have just become famous in one fell swoop in the cold window of ten years.

In the north of Qionglin Garden, a lake across the road is the equally famous Jinming Pond, a small hall on the island in the middle of the lake, facing the water and watching the wind, independent of the lake.

"Every year from the first day of March to the eighth day of April, the Longhua Meeting, Jinmingchi will be open to the people to visit."

Zhuang Jun introduced to a few people: "At that time, the Son of Heaven will come, the gentlemen will compete for the bid in the pool, and the east of the pool will set up a colorful shed, and there will be tens of thousands of sergeants and people in the shed, and its scenery will not be under the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month." ”

As we got closer to the city gates, there were more and more pedestrians around, weaving through the crowd as if we were trekking through a swamp.

On the five-mile road in front of the city gate, Wei Chen and his party walked for nearly an hour, and when they finally arrived at the city gate, they were already sweating.

Standing by the moat, looking around, I saw that the wide city was thirty steps wide, and the riverside was green and willowy, with thousands of branches.

On the other side of the moat, the Bianjing City Wall, which is fifty miles long, is not visible at a glance, and the wall is as high as five zhang, which is far more than any city that Wei Chen has seen all the way from Youyang.

Sheng Changfeng opened his mouth, surprised by the majesty of Bianjing, Sheng Changbai raised his eyebrows slightly, and the amazement in his heart could not be concealed.

Zhuang Jun looked at Wei Chen, but saw that Wei Chen was more calm than Sheng Changbai, and there was no surprise on his face.

This time, Zhuang Jun was a little surprised.

Wei Chen saw the teacher's rare look of surprise, and he couldn't help but feel a little funny in his heart.

Although the Bianjing City in front of him is indeed majestic, it is still inferior to those high-rise buildings of hundreds of meters in later generations, not to mention those super projects built with the power of the whole country.

Having seen so many miracles that changed the world, it was almost impossible for this kind of building in Bianjing City, which was famous for its scale, to deter Wei Chen.

Of course, if it is the wild interest of the small bridge and flowing water, or the beauty of the garden pavilion, it will make Wei Chen full of praise.

The group followed the flow of people and stepped on the wide stone bridge across the Hao River, and the Xinzheng Gate, the main gate of the west of Bianjing City, was in front of them.

The inspection at the gate of Bianjing City was much more lenient than Wei Chen imagined, and after paying the tax, Wei Chen and his party were put into the city gate.

After entering the city, Wei Chen met the guide sent by Sheng Hong and led them to Jiying Lane, where Sheng's family was located.

Living in Bianjing is not easy.

As one of the few metropolises in the world today, Bianjing City was designed to have a capacity of 300,000 people at the beginning of its establishment, but now with the floating population, the total population of Bianjing City has reached 1.5 million.

There are many people and little land, and naturally every inch of land is valuable.

Buying a house in Bianjing is a good thing that most people, and even most Beijing officials, can only dream of in their dreams.

Of course, it does not include the rich three generations like Sheng Hong, who has a local tyrant grandfather.

Jiying Lane is a prime location close to the imperial city, dignitaries and dignitaries are gathered, and the old lady Sheng also took advantage of the green smoke from the ancestral tomb when his son was admitted to Tanhua, so he could buy a mansion with five or six entrances here.

Later, he took the opportunity of Sheng Hong's father to marry the daughter of the Hou Mansion, and bought a garden behind the mansion by the way, which became a rare mansion after it was opened.

Before Wei Chen took Zhuang Jun to Bianjing, he asked Sheng Hong to help him see a residence, preferably in Jiying Lane, closer to Sheng's house, and it was also convenient for Zhuang Jun to go to Sheng's house to teach every day.

It was about Mr. Qingteng, who affected his son's future, Sheng Hong naturally took this matter to heart, asked someone to inquire for a long time, and finally found a family in Jiying Lane who was willing to sell the property.

This yard extends in all directions, quiet in the middle of the noisy, small is a little small, but it can be called a sparrow although small, all organs.

There are three main rooms in the front yard, two ear rooms, three left and right wing rooms, and three inverted seats, which can be said to be more than enough for Weichen and his apprentices, as well as Yuan'an Fubo and other entourages.

When Wei Chen entered Beijing, he carried the 20,000 taels of silver tickets given by Wei Ruyi in his arms, and it was not impossible to buy a big house, but he had always liked a warm and quiet living environment, and he never felt that there was anything wrong with living tighter.

On the night of entering Beijing, Wei Chen took Zhuang Jun and moved into a new home that had already been cleaned.