The imperial examination is like this, the county boy examination in August, the county Xiucai examination in February of the following year, the state examination in August, and the palace examination in the spring and February of the third year.

After this is done, it stops for three years, and the cycle repeats again.

In February, the county exam, the examination room is free in the county, the children of the seven counties in the county are born soon after the New Year, they go to the county, there is a big river in the south of the county, the north is close to the Beishao Mountains, the east is adjacent to the Taiping Lake, the plains, mountains and water are divided into three parts of the world, in general, the south is flat, and the cultivated land and waterways are prosperous.

Pingshou County is in the northeast corner of the county, there are many mountains and few places, only the tributaries flow into the river, promote the trade of mountain goods, the road to the county is not too far, but there is no benefit of the river, although there is an official road, but it takes two days, thinking about rest, and ten days to set off.

The clan sent an introduction, considering the impact of the snow, specially equipped with an ox cart, there was plenty of time, Ye Qing took Qianqian and set off early in the morning.

As soon as the cold wind blows, the coachman shouts, the ox cart moves, the spring is cold in February, there are basically no pedestrians on the road, and there are two people sitting in the tent built on the ox cart, which is not cold, it is very warm.

The ox cart walked leisurely, only listening to the sound of hooves stepping on the road, Ye Qing looked back and saw that there were still people looking at the door in the distance, and the entire Ye Mansion had some white gas, and there was a red light in the core, which was the atmosphere of the red house.

The Ye family is considered a big family in the county, and it was a little famous in the county, but it was not the same as the Jinshi, and the legacy has gradually thinned after two hundred years.

It's already a third-rate gateway in the county, and there isn't much to do with it, so that's all there is to it......

After understanding this, I realized that Ye Zifan was dignified and talented, but he was willing to run the family, although his reputation was good, but the family connotation was fundamental.

Ye Qing thought about this and sighed: "The rest, it's up to me." ”

"What is Childe muttering again?"

"Nothing, girl. ”

In this way, at dusk on the third day, when I entered the county seat, there were still eight days before the spring test.

At this time, the snow stopped, and the ground was white, and the city walls stretched for thirty miles, and when they entered the city, they saw that the main street had been cleared of snow and the gravel road had been restored.

The streets and alleys in the county town are deep, and the houses are scattered with chess, and there are 100,000 households.

As far as the spiritual eye looked, thousands of cooking smoke curled up, and the luck was yellow, and there were several times the red qi below.

This scene in the world is not lost to the Dragon Palace.

"Go to the Yamen!" Ye Qing ordered directly, the coachman answered, and gradually walked in the cold wind, half an hour later, seeing that some scholars were queuing up at the side gate, and there were soldiers guarding them, the ox cart stopped, and the coachman said: "The villain is sent here, Qing Gongzi go and sign up, maybe he can get the exam card before the closing of the ya." ”

Ye Qing got off the ox cart, his eyes glanced at this yamen, and he sighed in his heart, feeling the golden luck constantly swallowing, and the stone lion at the door faintly had a spiritual light, which was different from the county yamen.

Qianqian also jumped out of the car, wrapped in a thick robe, and took out a small package from her arms and handed it over.

Ye Qing took the package containing the necessary documents, nodded slightly to the coachman, and looked at Qianqian, the heavy robe could not be seen, and the hood covered her beautiful eyebrows, so as not to attract attention, but she still ordered her to wait in the car.

didn't let her go to the inn, it was a habitual safety precaution, Ye Qing would rather trouble than abandon this caution.

On the occasion of this literary event, the golden atmosphere of the official office is vast, majestic as a prison, invisibly suppressing the evil, even some outstanding scholars, can only obediently line up in person, this government is currently the safest place in the city, in the bright face even the Taishou can not act rashly.

When I went to line up, I noticed that the armor soldiers at the door were all wearing hard armor, with cold faces and evil spirits, showing that they had seen blood on the battlefield.

Ye Qing retracted his gaze, entered the yamen, and lined up for registration, and it was his turn in a quarter of an hour.

The registration officials are all in dark red robes, they are civil officials of formal rank, and their energy and thinking are all selected, and they handle things very quickly.

The receptionist Ye Qing was a thin middle-aged civil official, and he didn't raise his head on the paper to make a shorthand record: "Name, place of origin, household file, child's seal, letter of recommendation." ”

"Ye Qing, a native of Pingshou County, Nancang County, is here. Ye Qing took out the paperwork and handed it over.

The golden light flashed slightly, and the golden rooster magic weapon was printed with a peck.

The muscles on the face of the middle-aged civil official twitched imperceptibly, and when he raised his head, he felt that the golden gas lingered in front of him, and he fixed his mind, and then he looked at a young man, his face was a little thin, but there was a trace of golden gas.

"It's a child of the Ye clan!" The civil official's face was as plain as water, and he said expressionlessly, but he just registered the family name of the clan and took a pale gold exam card: "It's still the old rule, enter the examination room in the future, use this card as evidence, don't lose your mistakes or omissions." ”

"Thank you!" Ye Qing respectfully accepted it and retreated according to the courtesy.

The middle-aged civil official squinted his eyes, there are less than ten households in the county with this golden gas, and the Ye family has never heard of it, so he can't help but think to himself: "Who is the person who came, and whose favor did he get?"

But now is not the time to think, just say, "Next!"

So one of them continued, and the thought was pressed for the time being.

In the busy, in a blink of an eye, the night is deep and the lights of thousands of homes are bright.

The middle-aged civil official stayed in the palace and finished proofreading the last dossier before he took a long breath and put his pen down under the oil lamp.

A young man in civilian clothes came in from outside the door with a lantern, and smiled when he saw Ha Luha: "Lord Lan is really hardworking, he is still diligent in the king's affairs at such a late hour." ”

Middle-aged civil official Lan Chongwen, the oldest qualified examiner this time, is actually not a superior, he is just a familiar person joking, and responded with a smile: "It's snowing these days, and I'm busy, so it's too late, Lord Zeng came to joke, but this is related to the future pillars of the country, how dare you be sloppy." ”

Zeng Lian heard that he was slightly sad, he was also one of the examiners, they had similar temperaments to each other, although there was an age gap and some different ideas, but they respected each other.

just changed the euphemism and persuaded: "You can't be sloppy in major national affairs, Lord Lan, you also have to pay attention to your body, your home is so far away from the Yamen, and the snow is falling again today, how can you go back?"

"Let's go to your house!" Lan Yunchong didn't care when he heard this, so he said, "Just spend the night for one night." ”

Zeng Lian was dumbfounded when he heard this, but smiled: "Since that's the case, it's not early, come with me." ”

At that moment, the two walked together, carrying lanterns all the way to the house, Zeng Lian's house was not far from the yamen, and the two walked for less than a moment at night and arrived at the door.

When they all entered the house, a young woman saw Zeng Lian coming back, and hurriedly asked the maid to prepare a meal, but Zeng Lian stopped her: "Madam, you get a few dishes, and then warm the wine, and I will sit with Lord Lan." ”

Lan Chongwen looked ashamed: "I'm a drunkard, I'm tired." ”

"Don't say that, my lord. Zeng smiled in response, this is polite, not really participate in the laughter between them.

I turned around and went to the kitchen to warm wine and cook.

In just a moment, a pot of warm wine, meat and vegetarian dishes, and a pot of rice were all brought by her own hands, steaming hot and exuding aroma, which made the two of them move their fingers.

"In winter, there is a shortage of fresh vegetables and ingredients at home, and they use them first, so they tell me that I will ask my maid to buy some. Zeng Shi took off the plain white apron, and there was a slight apology on her pretty face.

Lan Chongwen began to move, but without seeing it, Zeng retreated.

Zeng Lian and Lan Chongwen had drunk three rounds, their eyes were hot, and their conversations were much more open, the two had a deep relationship, otherwise Zeng Lian would not have invited them at night, and they also made their wives meet.

After coming and going, Lan Chongwen said that Ye Qing was this afternoon, and sighed: "This son came to sign up, and took the letter of recommendation given by the Pingshou County Ya below, he is a child, and I still vaguely remember this Ye clan, but it is just a big family in the county, but where did this golden luck come from?"

"And although I looked at it in a hurry, I saw that this son's temperament was a little thin, and I don't know which noble person appreciated it and blessed it so ......"

"Tongsheng, blessed ...... golden energy" Zeng Lian pondered for a moment, his mind was condensed, he thought for a moment, and asked, "What is the name?"

Lan Chongwen thought about it for a while, and his memory came back to him clearly: "Ye Qing." ”

"Yes!" Zeng Lian clapped his hands, and his voice was elongated: "Who do you say he is?"

"You're very well-informed, but you'll only sell off, come on!"

Zeng Lian smiled slightly: "The day before yesterday with you, do you remember the song "Watching the Peace"?"

"Of course, remember that the trip of the sun and the moon, if out of it, if the stars are splendid, if out of it. Fortunately, the song is a song - this poem is noble!" Lan Chongwen nodded, and suddenly woke up: "Could it be that the people of the Dragon Palace, the one who dominates the leader, is this the son?"

"What do you think? This person's family is just mediocre, who else in this county is this handiwork?" Zeng Lian slowly raised his glass and drank, his eyes were contemplative: "This son is a child, blessed by this luck, presumably this show is needless to say, I heard that he is only fifteen years old, this is really ......"

This muttering, but Ye Qing was lucky, remembering himself, Yi Xing Shan raised his wine glass and drank it all in one gulp.

The figure of the curtain moved slightly, and the female voice coughed lightly: "Husband, remember to invigilate the exam tomorrow, don't disturb Lord Lan for a long time." ”

This reminder caused Zeng Lian to pause and have to put down his glass.

Lan Chongwen looked at it and sighed, this person is known to be a literary talent, and he was the best in the county for a while, and was praised by thousands of people, but because of his luck, he repeatedly failed to move, and he was depressed to show off his talents, and he pinned his hopes on Wen Siqinglou Chu Pavilion.

Fortunately, the officialdom was frustrated, and the love scene was proud, so she married a virtuous woman and helped her husband correct some of it.

"The so-called daughter of IKEA and IKEA is nothing more than this. just secretly praised it in his heart, so he diverted the topic: "No wonder I see that this person's life is thin, but he has foreign luck." ”

Speaking of this, Lan Chongwen shook the chopsticks in his hand, and a thunderbolt flashed in his heart: "I was originally from a poor family in Kyoto, although I have a thin talent, it takes too long to accumulate luck, and I have repeatedly missed. ”

"Meng Tong University Scholar was promoted, so he was able to be promoted, and he entered this county as an official, although the official position is ordinary, but it is my mission to secretly make friends and recruit talents to join the camp!"

"Zeng Lian was born in a poor family, suppressed by the local family, had limited luck, and his performance in the imperial examination was mediocre, and his starting position in officialdom was low, but he was still promoted to the eighth rank after many years of official service...... Whether it is the light that is difficult to hide, or the accumulation of thick and thin, or the prosperity of the wife, they all have the comprehensive strength of luck and are worth paying. ”

Now hearing Zeng Lian's words, Lan Chongwen thought: "This Ye Qing can be regarded as a sneaker, can he contact it? Yes, there is one more person in the Hanmen Sect!"

"But there is luck but it is unbearable, which leads to a complete collapse in the examination room, and there are many ...... seen it"

"The Dragon Palace's blessing of golden luck is just a child's personality, can it really be endured?

"I don't know the strength of the examination room, if I don't hand in this exam paper, it's too early to judge it based on luck, and it's not too late to say after the county exam......" settled down, smiled and snatched the wine glass in Zeng Lian's hand: "Don't drink too much, you have a little bit of alcohol, do you want to go to the government tomorrow to run an errand?"

said, got up: "Sleep, I'll go to the West Chamber!"