The two main buildings on Chengxian Street are the famous Guozijian and the Confucian Temple, both of which were built in accordance with the ancient motto "left temple and right learning", which not only has the symbolic meaning of respecting teachers and valuing education, but also shows the absolute dominance of Confucianism at present.

Guozijian, as the highest institution of learning in the Ming Dynasty, is a dream place for students of no math century.

Unlike the Hanlin Academy, which focused on training the six ministers and cabinet ministers for the imperial court, the function of the Guozijian was only focused on education.

In addition to studying the Four Books and Five Classics, the inmates who enter the Guozi Prison also have to study the Law, the Nine Chapters, and the foreign languages, etc., and only after passing the assessment and accumulating enough points can they successfully graduate, and enter the six departments and six departments for internships.

As the name suggests, the prison is the person who will fail the test, and the prison is selected by the local government school to enter the Guozijian.

After becoming a prisoner, it will not affect the imperial examination, and if you have accumulated enough points, those who pass the historical examination can become an official and hold some seemingly insignificant official positions, which can be regarded as drawing a clear line with the ordinary people, and it is a shortcut for scholars to gain fame.

However, it is not an easy thing to enter the Guozijian.

Like Lu Wenjing, he tried to fail the list before, and his father Lu Zhenji wanted to send him to the Guozijian, but because of his identity as the son of Shangjia, he was rejected by the wine lord of the Guozijian, so he could only take the road of the imperial examination with one mind.

In short, the background of the scholars who can enter the Guozijian is by no means simple.

This time.

Lu Wenjing and the four of them walked into Chengxian Street from the east, and several of them were dressed plainly, but they had extraordinary temperament, which attracted the attention of many passers-by.

Most of these passers-by were prisoners from all over the world, some of them were dark-skinned, and their appearance was very different from that of the Ming people, and it was obvious that they were from remote vassal countries.

There are also shadows of women and children on Chengxian Street, presumably the families of those prisoners.

Although the number of shops on the whole street is less than half of that of the old street, and the types of goods sold are only concentrated in the four treasures of the study room and books and toys, they are stained with the light of Guozijian, and the business is not bad.

"Today happens to be the mid-year holiday of Guozijian, no wonder there are so many people." Zhao Qian judo.

The prisoners have one day off for ten days, called the mid-day holiday, and the prisoners go out one after another on this day to buy some living and school supplies, and have some fun by the way.

Lu Wenjing pointed to a shop and said:

"This shop is called 'Shiyuan', it must be selling jade jewelry or something, the lady will go in with me and have a look, right? ”

Zhao Qianrou nodded, "The concubine has never entered this kind of shop, so it just so happens that you can take a good look." ”

Lu Wenjing was a little strange:

"There are no less than twenty jade shops like this, so the lady shouldn't have seen it, right?"

“... My father is very strict with the discipline of concubines, and I usually go out just to enjoy the flowers in the suburbs, and I am not allowed to enter casually after passing through the shops, so..."

Zhao Qianrou was a little embarrassed.

Lan Ying interjected:

"What Miss usually wears, all of them are purchased from outside, and the master said before that he is in business, and he doesn't want Miss to be contaminated with some copper odor."

Lu Wenjing thought it was funny, "The old father-in-law is really interesting, don't you marry my lady to the son of a businessman?" ”

Zhao Qianrou said angrily:

"Listening to Xianggong's meaning, aren't you happy?"

"Of course not..."Lu Wenjing hurriedly denied, "Being able to marry a lady is a blessing that I have cultivated in my previous life, and I have to thank my father-in-law." ”

"The husband is playing poor again..."

A smile appeared on the corner of Zhao Qianrou's mouth, and she lost the restraint when she came, and stepped into the store first.

The first thing that catches your eye is a large wooden frame in the middle of the box, which is divided into lattices of different sizes, in which colorful brocade boxes lie quietly, and some brocade boxes are inlaid with gold and silver wires on the surface, which is extremely luxurious.

There are also cabinets on the left and right to place various ornaments, most of which are jade products, some vulgar and elegant, and the quality is different.

Zhao Qianrou obviously had never seen such a scene, and her curiosity was aroused for a while, looking here and there, her eyes unconsciously radiated.

The lady rarely showed her lively side, Lu Wenjing couldn't bear to disturb, after entering the shop, she found an empty chair in a remote corner and sat down, ready to rest, Liu Si refused to sit down, and stood on one side to wait.

There were a lot of customers in the store, Lan Ying leaned to the side of the young lady, only glanced at it, and then pouted:

"It's just a pile of stones, and it's not gold and silver that can be taken out for food, why does Miss look so hard?"

Zhao Qianrou smiled and shook her head:

"You don't understand, jade has the meaning of a gentleman, do you see that it is white and flawless, not stained with dirt, like a gentleman in the stone?"

Lan Ying picked up a piece of white jade, touched it, and said:

"Cool, no wonder those so-called gentlemen are proud of themselves and cold and annoying."

"To judge whether a person is a gentleman, you can't look at the surface."

"I don't think our young master is a gentleman, he is smooth, a little bastard, not like a scholar at all."

Zhao Qianrou tapped Ying'er's forehead:

"Xianggong, that's called informal, your pattern is small."

"It's not informal, the young lady praises her man, which makes the slave and maid admire it very much."

Zhao Qianrou feigned anger, "No wonder Steward Liu said that you have a knife mouth, even Miss I dare to arrange it..."

Lan Ying hurriedly waved his hand:

"Miss, don't be angry, the slave said casually, don't be serious."

At this time, the shopkeeper of the jade shop happened to explain to a customer, and after seeing Lan Ying waving a piece of fine jade with his hand, he shouted in fright:

"Put it down!"

This sound startled Lan Ying, and the jade immediately took off her hand, and it was about to fall on the stone brick ground and shatter.

In a hurry, Lan Ying gently picked it with her toes, and the jade flew up and landed back in her palm impartially.

The hand that was inadvertently revealed made the customers in the store applaud.

Zhao Qianrou breathed a sigh of relief:

"Fortunately, it didn't break, otherwise, the shopkeeper would definitely not be able to spare you."

"If he hadn't shouted, I wouldn't have gotten out."

The shopkeeper strode over, and after looking at the two of them, he crossed his waist:

"The jade in my shop is very precious, you two broke it, can you afford it?"

Lan Ying saw that he was not good, and just wanted to theorize, but was stopped by Zhao Qianrou.

"The shopkeeper doesn't judge people by their appearance, it's just a piece of jade, at most a few hundred taels of silver, and we can afford to pay it."

The shopkeeper's sneer:

"A few hundred taels, are you kidding? The jade in your sister's hand is priced at 100,000 yuan, if you don't believe it, take a good look at the sign. ”

"One hundred thousand?"

No way...

It's just a piece of jade in good condition, how can it be worth 100,000 taels?

Zhao Qianrou glanced down at the ivory pick on the brocade box, and sure enough, the words "100,000" were written, not only that, but on the front of the brocade box, there was also a big red seal: Sold by the official order.

"It turned out to be a shop run by an official family, no wonder..."

Zhao Qianrou suddenly realized, and on one side, Lan Ying asked in a low voice:

"Miss, is this piece of jade worth 100,000 taels?"

"It's not worth it, but with the words Fengzhi official selling, it is a price tag of one million, and we have nothing to say."

Hearing this, Lan Ying suddenly felt that the jade in her hand had become hot, and hurriedly put it back.

The shopkeeper is very proud:

"Look at your extraordinary manners, and you are dressed in plain clothes, it must be the daughter of a merchant family, this time I will be a large adult, so I will let you go..."

"Shopkeeper, who are you going to let go?"

At this moment, a murderous aura rose behind the shopkeeper, and he was shocked into a cold sweat.

Zhao Qianrou's eyes flashed:

"Xianggong?"