Cheng Yu breathed in and out, and after walking for a week, he closed his eyes and concentrated on himself. According to his own judgment, with the complementation of spiritual energy and Wenzheng energy, it seemed that he was only one step away from the final solidification of the soul. In other words, there is only one opportunity left.
"Hoo!"
He let out a long breath, and Jia Fei next to him also saw the clues, and thought to himself: This foreign great immortal seems to be a big step closer to his complete recovery.
"Congratulations to Brother Cheng, your cultivation has become even deeper."
Cheng Yu smiled slightly when he heard this, and after stabilizing the aura in his soul, he looked at Zhuang Huaijin's wishful energy again.
Hmm?
The air mass has not completely dissipated, and the astringent smell is still there.
This scholar is in trouble...
……
"Father, why is this happening?"
At this time, Qian Ruyu, who was in the inn opposite Gongyuan, was asking Qian Linhong with an expression of disbelief.
"Bang!"
A tea cup was smashed to pieces by Mr. Qian.
"You old thief from Heaven, you have bullied me too much!"
"Could it be that his eyesight is dim and he talks nonsense? My Qian family has been in charge of it for more than ten years..."
"Shut up!"
Qian Linhong suddenly turned around and slapped Qian Ruyu.
At this moment, the deputy examiner hurriedly ran out of the Gongyuan, holding an ink scroll in his hand. After coming to the stage, he and the examiner compared the ink scroll and the ink scroll, and then the two of them sat back slumped.
In the chair.
It was already close to the beginning of noon, and when lunch was approaching, most of the scholars in the field were slumped, shaking their heads and sighing.
And those who still didn’t give up crowded in front of the newly posted list, pointing at the names on the list and looking at them one by one, but in the end they just sighed and left.
The crowd in front of the Gongyuan gradually became thinner, and only one hundred and two scholars were left standing there. Three of them, holding swords at their waists, were from Qingchuan County.
The three of them and one more, Wen Pei, made a total of four people in Qingchuan County successful. Everyone gathered together with joy and bowed to each other to reminisce about the past.
As usual, after the winning candidate is announced, all candidates must have a vegetarian lunch with the examiner, so that everyone becomes familiar with each other and can look after each other in the future.
But this time, the chief examiner and the deputy examiners left the venue first and returned to the Gongyuan. While all the candidates were waiting, a clerk rushed out of the Gongyuan, came to Zhuang Huaijin, and bowed deeply:
"The examiner summoned Zhuang Jieyuan alone and asked Jieyuan to come to the Gongyuan to explain."
The two of them walked one after another to a remote part of Gongyuan. There were several scribes standing at the door. Zhuang Huaijin saluted one by one before entering the courtyard.
I saw the chief examiner, two deputy examiners, and several first-time examiners sitting in the main hall.
At this time, Cheng Yu had flown back to Gongyuan from outside the city. He was standing on the wall of the side courtyard and looked towards the main hall. The scholar did not recognize the people present, but Cheng Yu certainly did.
The few clerks standing at the entrance of the courtyard, as well as the examiners and first reviewers in the main hall, these people are all involved in Qian Ruyu's fraud assembly line, one or more, all gathered together.
When the examiner saw people coming from outside the hall with their heads held high, he stood up involuntarily.
He had just discussed it with the deputy examiner and found out that this matter was really weird. If it was said that the clerk made a mistake when the fraud occurred, there is no reason why the ink scroll and the red scroll were both reversed.
So the two of them summoned Zhuang Huaijin alone for an interview to see if he really had the talent to write an article that would go down in the history of Confucianism.
When Zhuang Huaijin walked into the courtyard, all the officials in the hall stood up involuntarily, as if they were being invisibly urged by someone. They watched the visitor step into the main hall and bowed with their hands in hand.
The officials looked at the poor man in the field, and he was so full of righteousness that it was difficult to look away.
……
Nearly an hour later, the soldiers guarding Lingxing Gate had all taken turns and had lunch. However, no one paid attention to the one hundred and one new imperial examination candidates in the field, and they were all already starving.
Roll, roll, even the excitement of winning the lottery has been completely wiped out.
A hundred or so newly wealthy people from Qianjiang Prefecture hung out in the noon sun with their hungry stomachs. In the end, they all simply squatted in the shadow of the wall, not even interested in talking.
At this time, a scribe hurriedly ran out of the Gongyuan, shouting as he ran:
"Dear candidates for the new imperial examinations, the examiner has given orders. A vegetarian banquet has been set up in front of Kuixing Pavilion. Please come and go."
"Coax!"
All the candidates stood up one after another. Some of the elders who were weak stood up too hard and almost fell to the ground due to dizziness. The hundreds of candidates were divided into small and five groups based on their place of origin, and they all headed towards the Kuixing Pavilion in the Gongyuan.
Go.
At this time, Cheng Yu had flown out of Gongyuan and was hovering in the air.
Seeing the awe-inspiring righteousness in the courtyard, he fluttered his wings and landed on the top of the Lingxing Gate.
Just now, Zhuang Huaijin was in the main hall of the side courtyard, discussing scriptures and Taoism with all the adults. Many old officials present here secretly exclaimed, "This man's mind is limitless, and he will definitely wear a purple robe and a snake belt one day."
The examiner ordered a private banquet in the main hall for Zhuang Huaijin and other officials, but completely forgot about the hundred or so people outside. Even the other officials present only focused on chatting with Zhuang Huaijin, hoping to leave some impression on him.
Okay, I can’t think of anything off-site.
……
At dusk that day, the examiner was able to return to the government office. After staying in the Gongyuan for half a month, he could finally go back to the government office to rest.
After sitting in the madam's room for a while, I changed my clothes and hurried to Aunt Zhao's side courtyard.
Aunt Zhao has lost her cousin Zhong Ling'er in the past few days, and has been uneasy all day long. The master has entered the examination room again and cannot make decisions for her, for fear that the madam will find an excuse to beat her to death.
After spending half a month in fear, her heart dropped to her stomach when she saw the master coming back to her home.
The master hugged his beautiful concubine and comforted him. The two of them entered the inner room hand in hand, only to find that the curtain and the tablet behind the curtain were gone.
When the master asked the reason, Aunt Zhao suddenly felt aggrieved again and curled her lips and said:
"I don't know why that day, the fairy lady of the slave family suddenly left these golden words. Since then, there has been no news. The slave family... From now on, the slave family has only the master as its only support, 嘘嘤嘤..." p>
Aunt Zhao took out the tablet while crying. The magistrate took the tablet and was shocked when he saw the line of small words below.
In the past, I thought that the immortal she offered was just a hollow carrot and would never come true, but it turned out that he actually existed...
Then he thought that it was fortunate that she, the Immortal, was gone. If he still followed her and entered the capital with his promotion in the future...
Alas!
"Don't cry anymore. Even if the immortal aunt has left, I will protect you. No one in the courtyard will dare to embarrass you.
If we move to the capital in the future, and once Fairy Girl is found out by the Jinwu Guards, I’m afraid our family’s heads will no longer be safe.”
"Ah?"
Aunt Zhao, who was chatting, was startled when she heard this, and she couldn't tell what she felt in her heart.
"Replying to the master, the official from the Ministry of Etiquette has sent me a message. I am waiting outside the house now."
When the two were getting tired of each other, a maid outside the courtyard shouted.
The prefect frowned, "Wailang, a member of the Ministry of Etiquette?"
He was stunned for a moment before he realized that it must be Qian Linhong from Qingchuan County.
"Bah! You're just a donating official. How can you put on airs and show off your prestige when you come to my house? Isn't it just fifty thousand taels of silver? I'll give it back to you!"
The magistrate spat, pushed away the whining concubine, changed clothes and went to the front yard.
……
Half an hour later, at the entrance to the backyard of the government office.
"Hahaha, Lin Honggong has a profound understanding of righteousness and extraordinary talents. He should be a role model for us. I admire him endlessly."
"What did the magistrate say? Quanzi can marry the magistrate's daughter. I can't ask for it, hahaha."
The two parties made peace, and the magistrate sent Mr. Qian out of the government office.
Looking at the back of Qian Mansion's carriage, his smile gradually solidified and his brows furrowed tighter.
I originally thought that the person who came here was someone who wanted to punish the enemy, and I had prepared a set of rhetoric, but I was unable to use it at all when faced with the money that was like a spring breeze.
Unexpectedly, the other party did not mention the failure of his beloved son at all, but instead prepared a generous gift and came to the house to get engaged.
The prefect sighed secretly, suddenly remembered something, called the chief master next to him and whispered:
"I'm going to draw up a greeting card and send it to Xinke Jieyuan's residence, saying that I plan to take a trip to Qianyuan Lake the day after tomorrow, and I would like to invite Zhuang Jieyuan to accompany me."
