Xiao Mo left, the eldest princess of Yong'an got married, and the three people who were like sisters in the past are now only Zhixin alone. This made her feel an unprecedented loneliness, and loneliness is not suitable for women after all? She still goes to the Jade Leaf Pavilion every day to teach the Book of Songs, but the teaching process no longer has the same humorous style and pleasant feeling as before, and has become old-fashioned and monotonous.

What she thought about every day before was the news that Peony brought to her - Shu Jialang was raised as filial piety and would come to Luoyang soon.

Now, filial piety has really come.

The Jiupin Guanren Law is a continuation of the Han Dynasty inspection, and it is a special-shaped and perfect form of inspection, which nominally began in Cao Wei, and the implementation period was actually mainly in the Jin Dynasty. The way out of the Jin Dynasty is roughly divided into two categories: the children of the family do not worry about having no official work only by virtue of their own background. Of course, they are also children of the family, because each person's ability is big or small, and the position he obtains must also be high and low; What really needs to be inspected is the Han Shu Zidi, they do not have the privilege of the scholars, and if they want to get ahead, they must pay equal attention to both ability and political integrity.

And this talent must be very outstanding, because the probation is carried out on a county-by-county basis, and the number of places given is very scarce. Probation is divided into many subjects, and filial piety is the most important of them. For example, the largest county can only nominate one or two people a year, the smaller county only elects one person every two years, and the very sparsely populated county can only nominate one person every three years. Each county has jurisdiction over an average of more than a dozen counties, which is equivalent to ten counties in one or two years before one person can be recommended, and its scarcity can be imagined.

Ruoxin really lived up to expectations and was cited as the filial piety of this year's Ruyin. After the investigation of Ruyin Taishou, he entered Luoyang to test under the unified conscription of the imperial court.

Luoyang City was a first-class metropolis in the world at that time, with a radius of more than ten miles, the inner city and the outer Guo, the gate is listed, the streets are vertical and horizontal, the yafang is all over, and the settled population plus the floating population is enough to have millions.

Ruoxin has never been to Luoyang, and when she saw such a metropolis, she was really a little confused. Fortunately, there is Shu Yan to rely on here, and as soon as he entered the Xuanyang Gate, he directly inquired about the location of the Taifu Temple.

Along the wide Tongluo Street all the way to the north, I found the Taifu Temple, and then I was pointed to the Chefu Bureau.

Shu Yan knew that he was going to travel far away, and he didn't have time to wait for Ruoxin to come to Luo, so he took care of Zhang Chi and Liu Bao in advance before leaving: soon, there will be his brother named Han Ruoxin who will enter Luoce, and don't say anything when he sees him, and take him directly to the Ruan brothers and sisters in Longma Stable.

pounced in the Taifu Temple, did not meet Shu Yan, Ruoxin was very disappointed. He knew the general situation of Shu Yan from Zhang Chi's mouth, and when he wanted to ask for details, Zhang Chi refused to elaborate, and wanted to lead him to the Dragon Stable to meet the Ruan brothers and sisters.

Ruoxin is also a person who has never liked to disturb others casually, not to mention that Ruan Shui is here, so she feels even more uncomfortable, so she declined Zhang Chi and found the cold and summer inn where Shu Yan once lived and lived there.

A few days later, Ruan Shan learned the news of Ruoxin's arrival from Zhang Chi's mouth, and hurriedly went to the cold and summer inn to look for it. He also got Shu Yan's notice in advance, Ruoxin is his future sister-in-law, of course, he has to be careful. When they first met in Ruyin, Ruan Shan was the oldest, only sixteen years old, Ruoxin and Ruan Shui were the youngest, only eleven years old, and they were children at all.

After all these years, although Ruoxin's appearance and figure have changed a lot, Ruan Shan is preconceived and still recognizes Ruoxin at a glance, and Ruoxin immediately recognizes Ruan Shan. When we met, we were very affectionate. Ruan Shan insisted on taking Ruoxin to his house and wanted to treat her well.

Ruan Shui also came out to meet. Ruoxin and Ruan Shui were very close to each other when they first met, of course, they were both ignorant children at that time, and now both of them have grown up, and it is the year of Fanghua, the man has become a talent, and the woman is becoming more and more standard, which has increased the mutual admiration between them.

It's just that the two of them have already made a marriage contract under the auspices of Ruan Shan and Shu Yan. In this case, it is inevitably a little embarrassing to meet. The South Vietnamese people did not care as much about the etiquette of men and women as the people of the Central Plains, but the Ruan brothers and sisters came to the Central Plains for a long time, especially at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and were influenced by the surrounding environment, so they had to pay attention to the etiquette and religion. Ruoxin was a guest from afar, Ruan Shui only met Ruoxin politely, and after fulfilling the friendship of the landlord, he returned to his room, leaving only his brother to accompany him. Ruan Shan was very relieved to see Ruoxin's dignified appearance, extraordinary conversation, and very comfortable demeanor.

Ruoxin was surprised because she didn't see Shu Yan, and after talking a few words, she hurriedly asked Ruan Shandao, "What's going on with my brother?" ”

Shu Yan was worried that what happened to him would affect Ruoxin's confidence in her career, and she had already instructed Ruan Shan, so Ruan Shan could only hide Shu Yan's debasement, and only said: "Brother Shu, he sent Dawan to envoy." ”

"What? Isn't he a Chefu order? Why did you become an envoy to Dawan? ”

"Uh...... Don't you know this? Your brother Shangren is very knowledgeable, and it just so happens that there is no talent in the court for Dawan, so he sent him. ”

Ruoxin thought about it, Brother Yan is extraordinary, although he has only held the two official positions of Shang Shulang and Che Fuling, but he has done a lot of errands such as correcting the scale, presiding over the Yuanzheng Conference, investigating corruption cases and other non-professional errands. Now that he has been sent to Dawan, it is understandable, so I believe it.

Ruan Shan asked about the current situation of Shujiazhuang and the process of capsizing the boat back then, and when Ruoxin talked about the unfortunate fall of her sister Zhixin, she really sighed for the Shu and Han families.

When talking about Dr. Shu, Ruoxin remembered that a Luoyang woman went to Brother Yan's house some time ago. He doubted in his heart whether it was true or false, and he planned to ask Shu Yan first after coming to Luoyang, but he didn't expect that Brother Yan had already gone to Dawan, so he asked Ruan Shan: "Brother Ruan and my brother have been together for a long time, have you heard him mention that the Shu family's grandfather has an old friend in Luoyang?" ”

"Friends? I haven't heard your brother mention it. Where did you start? ”

Ruoxin told the man who claimed to be Peony what he said.

Ruan Shan thought for a while and said, "I've never heard of any old friends in the Shu family. Although Dr. Shu has been an official in Luoyang, he has a long history, and it is already a matter of Cao Wei in the previous dynasty, so there is no hope at all. After Brother Shu came to Luoyang, all his contacts were started by himself. Only your Shi family in Ruyin can be regarded as the only old acquaintance. But a scholar family like the Shi family disdains to associate with a poor village like Brother Shu. So it can only be regarded as an acquaintance in the township, not an old friend. ”

"Of course it's not the Shi family. I know that the Shi family has a rule, which was set by the son of the Shi family: all servants with some status, the name of the male slave has a 'shi' next to it, and the maid's name has a 'female' next to it. That peony can be regarded as a decent subordinate, but his name is prefixed with the word 'grass', and he is obviously not a subordinate of the Shi family. ”

Ruan Shan clapped his hands: "Speaking of the son of the Shi family, he just held a wedding the day before yesterday, and he married the eldest princess today, you came in a good time, did you prepare a congratulatory gift to send over." ”

Ruoxin smiled and asked, "What does his wedding have to do with me?" ”

"Of course, it's to cheer up and tie up the relationship, didn't you go?"

"Since his family looks down on me and waits for a cold family, why do I still have to go to the hot face and stick the cold butt of others?"

"Eh, you can't be too willful in everything. After the Shi family is still the master, the current status can be said to be thriving, and those irrelevant people still want to tie up, not to mention that you are from the same nationality as Ruyin? Benevolence is the righteous ruler of your Ruyin. Now that you have entered the official career, you will not be able to escape his hands every step you take in the future. If you don't scorn him, how can you have your good fruit to eat? ”

Ruoxin smiled when she heard this: "'Wealth can't be lewd', 'Mighty can't bend', how can I grovel for fame and fortune and lose my reputation!" ”

Ruan Shan was pleased with Ruoxin's appearance and conversation just now, but now looking at his arrogance, he can't help but worry that he will end up like Shu Yan in the future. However, my sister Ruan Shui likes this kind of temperament, why should she talk too much?

After resting here for the night, Ruan Shan led Ruoxin to walk around. With a guide like Ruan Shan, Ruoxin was much easier than Shu Yan's first entry into Beijing.

Ruan Shan couldn't guess what the purpose of the person who claimed to be a peony found the Shu family, and only warned Ruoxin: People's hearts are sinister, especially in a metropolis like Luoyang, where everyone has it, but it is not as small as a small place like Ruyin. When you first come to Luoyang, you have to be careful in everything. He originally wanted Ruoxin to live with him temporarily, but Ruoxin didn't agree and insisted on staying at the cold and summer inn.

Within a few days, the imperial court notified Zhu Xiaolian to be tested.

Ruoxin finished participating in the test and waited for news in the inn. On this day, the list was released, so I went to the Ministry of Officials to check. Compared with when Shu Yan first raised filial piety, due to the fact that there has been no war for many years, the population of Dajin has increased a lot now. As the population increases, so does the scale of filial piety.

Most of these filial piety people from all counties and countries in the world have dreams and want to show their ambitions. But dreams return to dreams, and reality to reality. If you want to really enter the career and make a difference, you must go through several tests such as the policy test, the evaluation of the central government, and the awarding of officials. Only this first level of strategy test has eliminated a lot of people.

Ruoxin came late, the list had been released, and there were happy people everywhere in the field, and there was no shortage of sighs.

When I walked to the front of the list, Han Ruoxin's name was impressively listed. Although I don't care about this as much as most people, I am still in a good mood when I successfully passed the test. He planned to go back and tell the Ruan Shan brothers and sisters the good news, but it was still early and he was not in a hurry.

Suddenly, a woman came, and from time to time she asked the people next to her about something, and they all shook their heads. The woman went straight to the front of the list again, scanned the entire list twice, and chattered while looking at it: "Why doesn't Ruyin have this name?" Didn't the doctor say that this person didn't hit? Hey, it doesn't matter if you hit it or not, the key is to find this person! ”

What does this woman do? How do you keep saying that you want to find someone from your hometown. Ruoxin was wondering in her heart, so she heard the woman ask the three or five people gathered around: "Ladies and gentlemen, please inquire, do any of you know a filial piety in Ruyin?" ”

"There is only one filial piety in the whole Ruyin, and that is him." The people pointed to Ruoxin together.

Although Ruan Shan warned Ruoxin that she should be careful in everything in Luoyang, do not talk to strangers, and more is better than less. However, at this moment, Quan Ruyin is alone, how can he turn a deaf ear? So he stepped forward and said to the woman, "Down there is the filial piety of Ruyin County." I don't know who you're looking for, this sister? ”

The woman was very happy when she heard this: "Quan Ruyin is filial piety to you, then that's right, presumably you are the one surnamed Shu." Please come with me. ”

"With you? I don't know each other, where am I going with you? ”

The woman suddenly remembered something, and whispered to Ruoxin: "No wonder Xiaolian is confused, blame me for being too reckless, I want to mention one thing to you, and you will understand." Do you remember a few months ago, a woman from Luoyang once came to your house to look for you......"

Some people died, but not completely......