The sky was gray, and the rain had fallen since last night, and at this time it turned sharply, and gradually it was all pouring out.

In the outer building of the heavy building, in the dark corridor, the candlelight illuminated the two figures.

"Xiaohe, how is my father feeling today?" This is Ye Zifan who was summoned by his father.

"Second master, the old lady is in a good mood, and she has little thoughts, it is for the sake of the children of the clan. ”

"That's good, I see......"

As before, Ye Zifan responded with a little bitterness.

This woman's status is a bit detached and she won't reveal too much, but as the head of the second house, she has her own news channels and knows about it.

The three lists of the palace examination, with the Jinshi background, comprehend the metaphysics is only one foot away from the door, and the point of breaking the Dao and the law diaphragm can be truly achieved.

Such an adult is only a thin line away from achieving immortality, although this line is the difference between heaven and earth.

However, according to the habits of the imperial court, the champions of the first list, the eyes of the list, and the tanhua are all personally sealed by the Tao, and they have the opportunity to enter the door of the three Taoist monarchs.

The second list of Jinshi can choose the emperor or other immortals for further study.

Although the three lists basically have no chance of immortality, they are all the backbone of the court officials, and they have a good chance to enter the cabinet in the future.

With such a character, his father used to be a lifter, or he could maintain a little face, but he was just a showman, how could he go against it?

After a lot of hard planning, it will come to naught.

"It's just a poem, I'm really unwilling. Ye Zifan stepped on his feet, thinking in his heart.

Ye Qing returned to his yard, a gust of wind blew on his face, the autumn rain made people cold, squinted and looked, the whole Yezhuang was covered in the autumn rain, hazy, and couldn't help but say: "Good autumn rain!"

I followed the road to the west and then to the north, and passed through the corridor, but there was not much rain coming.

When I arrived at a main hall, I saw that the main hall was quiet, and the window paper in the two rows of side rooms was tightly pasted, and I could hear the sound of human language slightly.

Not far from the corridor, planted is Yiwenlan, this branch is divided into two, stretching out three feet, with buds, autumn fragrance hits, smell the spirit, reach out and caress it, and ponder in my heart.

In ancient times, the imperial examinations of the four books and five classics of Confucianism lasted for thousands of years, and the identities of the scholars were different.

A Jinshi, even if it is a fellow Jinshi, is a talent needed by the Daomen faction, and he is also a pro-people official in charge, even if he is a big family, he must weigh it and will not offend at will.

It's hard work, not as good as a word from others, this kind of taste is not pleasant, I think my uncle also has a deep experience, right?

Thinking of this, Ye Qing pressed the copper cup in his arms to stop the desire to continue making a wish, although he has no Taoism now, he can't see luck, but this time he made a wish, he must have consumed a lot.

And this time, although he was qualified for the boy's exam, he couldn't hide this trick, but he was afraid that he had already hated his uncle and grandfather, so he had to be careful.

"Luck, it's not something I can grasp right now, but I have a clear goal to be a prophet and one day surpass these geniuses. ”

No longer watching, all the way back to his yard, no one stopped him.

In front of the hospital, as usual, the chimney behind the house was emitting smoke, and it was obvious that Qianqian was burning a fire inside.

"Qianqian, I'm back. Ye Qing closed the courtyard door and walked towards the house.

Qianqian was boiling porridge, wanting to bring him some simple food, when she heard his voice, her eyes suddenly turned red, and she ran out in three steps and two steps, and threw herself into Ye Qing's arms.

"Young Master......"

Ye Qing was startled, and there was some embarrassment, the girl's physical development was getting better and better, and the firm feeling was in his arms, which made him feel a little strange.

"Don't get excited!" Ye Qing patted the girl's back and said, in the memory of the two lives, I had never seen her so weak, but then suddenly.

No matter how she grows up, she is now only a sixteen-year-old girl, constrained by age and knowledge.

Under his comfort, Qianqian woke up quickly, but she couldn't take it off, and changed the topic with a red face: "Young master, aren't you going to be grounded for three months?"

"On that day, I wrote a poem in the deserted temple, and it happened that the county Cheng took a fancy to me, admired my talent, and specially summoned me, this is your young master, I am very talented!"

These words were not ashamed, but Qianqian agreed very much, nodded after listening to it, and asked: "What about the grounding order?"

Ye Qing heard this and smiled coldly: "Actually, the lockdown order has not been officially abolished, but no one dares to ban me in the school house anymore, as long as I don't leave the house, there will be nothing." ”

"Oh......" Qianqian was a little dazed, although she was familiar with this Ye Mansion, she rarely went out, and she had no concept of the official position of the county Cheng, she only said that she was a big official, and asked in a low voice: "Then young master, what should you do if you take the child exam?"

"It's okay, with this person talking, who will dare to stop me then?" Ye Qing paused for a moment, and then continued: "But now there are ten days before the children's test, I should rest assured to figure out the scriptures and wait until that day is the best policy!"

Seeing that Ye Qing had a plan, Qianqian put down her mind and quietly lay in his arms.

"Hey, aren't you worried at all?" Ye Qing pretended to be dissatisfied.

"I'm worried, but the young master hasn't disappointed Qianqian yet!"

"That's right. Ye Qing was dumbfounded, looking at the eyes below, revealing a trace of tenderness.

Outside the building

The father and son sat opposite each other, Ye Zifan looked melancholy, looking at the window paper blown by the wind, and after a while, he listened to Ye Mengqiu and asked, "Cheng Yi for this boy's test, are you ready?"

"In this regard, there is a special clan treasury silver, my son only counted it yesterday, and there are 137,851 taels, and the routine expenses are recorded in every pen, even if it is one or two cents outside the account, no one can use it without you!" Ye Zifan replied.

"This silver is in your hands, I'm very relieved!" Ye Mengqiu sighed, he looked at it from afar, and said: "This autumn rain is really cool, after this rain, the weather will warm up for a short time, you send all the fees for the boy's test!"

"Yes!"

"Also, when the weather is cold, the clan must also inspect it, and the poor and poor people in the clan must give clothes to keep out the cold and have some rations. ”

"There are 1,700 people in the clan, and some of them are poor, but they are not enough to be cooked, and they all have rations, and the children of the clan (descendants) are still poor and out of cooking, but I have already drawn an account, and a hundred winter clothes and seven hundred stone rations are prepared. ”

"You did a good job, the clan is important, but the family has children that can't be ignored too much, although there is a clan god suppression, but it is not a matter of damaging yin virtue, the luck of the family is accumulated bit by bit, and it cannot be wasted at will. ”

"Yes!"

There was nothing to say now, there was silence between father and son, seeing this, Ye Mengqiu sighed in his heart, and said: "Your life is not good, so you took Xiucai, you can't continue, you take care of the clan affairs, I see it in my eyes, you are fair and serious, even if you are less partial, it is human nature, your grievances, I see it in my heart." ”

As soon as he said this, although he was dozens of years old, he still felt warm in his heart, Ye Zifan couldn't help it anymore, bent down, and said, "Father...... With your words, my son will have no grievances. ”

After talking about the most lush, his voice was trembling, he paused, and asked again: "Then that's the case?

"It doesn't have to be ...... The adult's words, I can't help but give face, Qing'er wants to take the boy's test, and we can't stop it, so we will report it together. ”

Speaking of this, Ye Mengqiu really smiled coldly: "You have forgotten that this quota is not fixed, the emperor reforms, and the scholars of the world can refer to it, but the luck of each clan is limited, and in order to concentrate on a few children, there is gradually a list within this clan." ”

"And the government has to select according to the actual situation, there is a balance consideration, and it can't just take the children of one family, even if it is excellent, so there is a procedure for accepting this list in advance. ”

Ye Zifan was stunned and had an epiphany.

Taoism manifestation, the purpose of the imperial examination is to select a group of people who have wisdom and temperament and luck to cultivate the Tao, the competition is not only literary talent, but also the number of people's luck and fortune, want to sign up, no one stops you, as long as you pay ten Wen handling fee, this is the will of the Red Emperor.

But whether you take it or not depends on your fate.

It is in this context that the family has to take the elite route and condense the family's limited resources or luck on the best children.

"Fetch me a golden pen and red paper!" Ye Mengqiu waved his hand and said.

"Yes!" Xiaohe had a look in his eyes, and he answered the order outside, and in a moment, a piece of red paper, connected with a golden pen, was respectfully handed over.

Ye Mengqiu paused, stared at the candle light seedlings, fixed his mind, and raised his pen, and in a moment, four names were listed on it, and the last name was Ye Qing.

I drew three circles on the first, second and third names, and on the name of Ye Qing after the most reluctance, I only made one circle, then stopped the pen, looked at it, nodded with satisfaction, and said: "Just follow this and report to the county, do you understand?"

"Understood!" Ye Zifan was busy, holding the red paper, and respectfully retreated.

Out of the building, on the road to the west of their own yard, at this time after the rain and the sunny, a few children standing far away saluting, usually serious and do not return the gift in the past, at this time the mood is good, smile to them and nod, and go inside.

"Husband!" Before entering, I saw Ye Gu stepped forward and asked anxiously, showing that she had also received the news.

"Don't worry, you watch carefully. "It's all old husbands and wives, Ye Zifan didn't hesitate, he showed her this red paper, Ye Gu saw it at a glance, saw his son's name, and immediately sighed: "Immeasurable Dao Venerable!"

After settling down, he continued to look at the list, and then he saw that the fourth one below had Ye Qing's name, and he was stunned for a moment before he asked carefully: "Didn't you say that the Ye clan only has three places?"

"Three is the norm, the county lord opened his mouth, and four is not impossible. Seeing that his wife was still a little worried, Ye Zifan clicked on the paper: "You look carefully." ”

Ye Gu looked carefully, only to see that the circles were different, and he realized: "Could this be ......?"

"Hmph, it's the luck of this distribution in the clan, my father said, the words of that adult, I can't help but give face, Qing'er wants to take the boy's test, we can't stop it, and the luck in this clan can't be given at all, but Ye Qing is forced to take the test, and his self-sustaining talent is high, and the clan will divide one-tenth of it this time, which must be enough. ”

Speaking of this, Ye Zifan sneered.

How unwise this Ye Qing is, this is a bad father!