Shangyuan Festival is the most solemn festival of the Ming Dynasty, as the fifteenth day of the first lunar month approaches, the atmosphere of the festival is getting stronger and stronger, and some first-class traders have been the first to sell the items on the street. The streets and alleys of the capital are full of stalls selling lanterns, colorful flags, ornaments and other items, and this capital of one million people will usher in sleepless carnival nights.

However, there are two other things that people are most concerned about in the circle of people now, the first is that when the son is stranded in Jinling and does not return. Some of the students of Guozijian have taken the lead in protesting at Chengtianmen, and many people who have entered Beijing to take the exam have also responded, after all, the March after the examination is the palace examination, if the Son of Heaven is not in the capital, will this palace examination be held? You can't keep it going, can you?

The second thing is the upcoming Shangyuan Festival Spring Festival Appreciation Meeting. At present, the Wei Guogong Spring Festival has become the highest level of the capital's literary meeting, only the top ten of the most famous candidates are eligible to participate, but all participants, the probability of high school has reached more than seventy percent, so it has received widespread attention from all walks of life.

The list of the ten candidates invited to take the exam this year has been released, and the first place is the controversial Jiangxi Xie Yuan Xu Jin, and the entire literati circle was in an uproar in an instant, and those who shouted unconvinced abounded.

Before Xu Jin took the township test, he even won the third yuan, and the poems he wrote were all masterpieces, and he was overwhelmed by the crowd at the Luming Banquet, and his talent was naturally undoubted. However, as the so-called literati are light, the hand-picked Xie Yuan is naturally difficult to convince everyone, especially those who have not personally contacted Xu Jin. In addition, some time ago, it was rumored that Xu Jin had left the eunuch Zhang Zhong's path, and the scholars who were self-aware and high were naturally even more angry.

Of course, controversy is controversy, but Xu Jin is undoubtedly the most famous of today's imperial examinations, and it is understandable that Wei Guogong put him first on the list of invitees.

In addition, the second place in the invited list is Yang Weicong, the son of Hebei Gu'an, who is full of talent and is the favorite of this year's champion, followed by Lu Li, the son of Yinxian County, Zhejiang, who has performed quite well in various previous literary meetings and was listed as the third in the list of invitations by Wei Guogong.

There were also seven people invited to participate in the Spring Festival Appreciation Meeting, namely: Fei Maozhong, Liao Daonan, Wei Yang, Jiang Rubi, Wang Ji, Zhan Pan, and Zhu Kun. In this list, Xu Jin, Fei Maozhong, and Wei Yang are all from Jiangxi, accounting for 30% of the quota, which also makes other provinces very dissatisfied.

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On the Shangyuan Festival in the fifteenth year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty, the genius Meng Mengliang Xu Jin got up, washed and dressed under the service of his wife and beautiful maid, and after breakfast, he was ready to go out to participate in the Spring Festival of Xu Pengju, the Duke of Wei.

Today's weather is still cold, Xie Xiaowan tied Xu Jin's cloak while telling Xianggong not to drink too much, and to pay attention to safety when the road is slippery.

Xu Jin hugged Xiaowan's slender waist into his arms, kissed the red and lovely lips, and said softly: "Before dark, Xianggong rushed back to accompany his wife to the street to watch the lights." ”

Xie Xiaowan's face was red, she raised her toes, and sweetly returned a fragrant kiss to Xianggong, Xu Jin couldn't help but feel a wave in his heart, and with one hand, he skillfully climbed the high ground on the girl's chest. This girl is getting more and more material, upright, full of elasticity, and people can't put it down.

Xie Xiaowan was rubbed all over her body, her eyes were watery, she blushed and pressed the claws of Xiang Gong's bad claws, and said coquettishly: "Xiang Gong will be late if he doesn't set off again!" ”

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When Xu Jinxing was discharged from the hospital, the carriage sent by the Duke of Wei to pick up people had been waiting outside for a long time, and the person in charge of driving the carriage was a thirty-year-old groom.

"This one has a good skin!" The groom glanced at the handsome young man in front of him, who was born with red lips and white teeth, and said with a smile: "Young Master Xu, please get into the carriage." ”

Xu Jin waved his hand to signal Xiao Wan and Yue'er, who were sent to the door, to go in, and then got into the carriage, while Dabao sat in the passenger seat with his burden on his back.

The place where the Spring Festival will be held is not in the city, but in the western suburbs of the capital in Xiangshan, Wei Guogong Xu Pengju has a courtyard at the foot of Xiangshan, the name is: Xiangshan Courtyard, the Spring Festival will be held there.

Since Xiangshan is a little far away from the city, about thirty or forty miles away, Wei Guogong is very considerate to prepare a carriage for the ten people attending the meeting, and the service can be described as quite thoughtful.

Watching the carriage drive away, Mei Wan Yue'er suddenly said with some embarrassment: "Madam, yesterday the maid went to the market to buy vegetables, and met a few scholars on the way to discuss. The lord went to participate in the Spring Festival today, will he also bring a woman back? ”

Xie Xiaowan said deliciously: "This ...... No way! ”

Yue'er said matter-of-factly: "What won't be, I heard that Shu Fen, the champion of the previous session, won the first place in the Wenhui, and Wei Guogong also gave him a pair of twin sisters. ”

Xie Xiaowan was dumbfounded, and she was extremely conflicted, hoping that her father-in-law would make a name for herself at the meeting, but also worried that her father-in-law would really bring back a woman.

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Xiangshan is more than 500 meters above sea level, there is a huge milk peak stone on the top of the main peak, the shape is like an incense burner, at dawn and dusk, the clouds and mist are swirling, look at it from afar, just like the cigarette smoke in the furnace rises in a curling way, so it is called the incense burner mountain, referred to as Xiangshan.

The carriage left the city from Xizhimen and drove along the official road for nearly two hours, finally arriving at the Xiangshan Palace of Wei Guogong at the foot of Xiangshan.

The north is cold, and the mountains are still lonely in this early spring, but the courtyard of Wei Guogong is full of plum and apricot trees. The apricot blossoms have not yet opened, and the branches are bare, but the plum blossoms are very brilliant, with red plums, white plums, and wax plums...... Competing for beauty, beautiful, wisps of fragrance come to the nose.

Xu Jin got out of the carriage and walked along the Matsuma elegant path covered with fine sand to the gate of the courtyard, and after showing the invitation, his own subordinates brought him in.

The subordinate led Xu Jin to the outside of a living room, and said politely: "The people haven't arrived yet, there is Lao Xu Gongzi to sit in the hall for a while." ”

"It's okay!" Xu Jin smiled and nodded, stepped into the living room, and instantly felt seven or eight eyes looking at him.

"Ziqian!"

"Senior Brother Xu!"

When the two people in the hall saw Xu Jin, they immediately stood up happily and said hello, it was Fei Maozhong and Senior Brother Wei Yang.

Xu Jin's eyes warmed, and he smiled: "It turns out that Minshou and Senior Brother will arrive early. ”

Xu Jin sat down after greeting Wei Yang in Fei Maozhong, and a rather beautiful maid Ying Ying stepped forward to offer fragrant tea, Xu Jin subconsciously tapped the coffee table and said, "Thank you!" ”

The servant girl quickly glanced at Xu Jin, and when she saw the handsome young man in front of her, her face couldn't help but turn red, and she lowered her head and retreated.

At this time, an unfamiliar man in the hall stood up and arched his hand: "This must be Xu Jin Xu Ziqian of Lianzhong Siyuan, Yang Weicong in Xiaguan, and the word Dafu!" ”

Xu Jin's heart moved, Gu'an Yang Weicong naturally heard that it was the favorite of this year's champion, and stood up and returned the salute: "I have admired the name for a long time, and I am fortunate to be happy!" ”

As soon as the words ended, a mocking voice sounded in the hall: "Hehe, even the middle four yuan, but unfortunately this Xie Yuan is hand-picked, and the boy doesn't know if there is any water when he tries the little three yuan." ”

Xu Jin raised his eyebrows, followed the sound and looked, and saw a young scholar about twenty-four or five years old sitting in the upper right corner of the living room, with a flat appearance and a mouth as wide as a crucian carp.

Fei Maozhong introduced: "Ziqian, this person is Lu Jun of Yinxian County, Zhejiang, and he is known as Yinxian Crazy Birth!" ”

Xu Jin said lightly: "Yinxian is crazy? It's crazy enough, and the mouth still stinks, so it's estimated that I've eaten too much dung. ”

Suddenly......

As soon as these words came out, the audience was silent!

Lu Jun was still proud when he introduced him to Fei Maozhong, but at this time, he suddenly changed color, stood up suddenly, and said angrily: "The surname is Xu, who do you scold for having a bad mouth?" ”

"That's you, is there a problem?" Xu Jin said calmly, for this kind of self-proclaimed pretending to be a criminal, Xu Jin naturally didn't bother to be polite to him, not to mention that the other party provoked first.

"You ......" Lu Jun's face turned red with anger, and he was speechless for a while.

Yang Weicong, who was originally standing, sat down quietly, obviously not wanting to get involved, and the others in the living room quietly turned on the theater mode. Lu Yan is arrogant, usually offends many people, and calls few people, hey, today finally met a hard stubble.

Lu Jun opened his mouth and stammered for a few seconds, and then flicked his sleeves and said: "I'm too lazy to quarrel with a flattering villain like you who specializes in evil sects, and I'm insulting my identity." ”

Xu Jin said lightly: "I don't bother to talk to a frog at the bottom of a well like you, who has no talent in his belly and no eyes." ”

Lu Jun laughed angrily: "Xu Ziqian, at the Spring Festival Appreciation Meeting, Lu will let you know what it means to learn." ”

Xu Jin said-for-tat: "Then wait and see!" ”

Xu Jin didn't really want to come to this Spring Festival Appreciation Meeting, but at this time, he was aroused by a strong fighting spirit. At the beginning, he participated in the Luming banquet to correct his Xie Yuan name and shut up those who were not convinced, but today, he wants to make the whole capital shut up.

The ten people who came to participate in the Spring Festival today are all the best among the lifters, and if they can get the leader of the Spring Festival, the beeping goods like Lu Jun will naturally stop. Of course, the best way to shut up the crowd is to try to win Huiyuan, but this is quite difficult, and Xu Jin is not completely sure.

Lu Yan sneered and sat down, Xu Jin didn't bother to bird him anymore, calmly sat down to drink tea, chatting and laughing with Fei Maozhong and Senior Brother, as if nothing had happened just now.

Yang Weicong glanced at Xu Jin, who was calm and calm, and then at Lu Li, who had a cold face and sat without saying a word, and couldn't help but shake his head secretly. It is rumored that Xu Ziqian is young and old, and it seems that it is true. Extraordinary people must have extraordinary characteristics, no wonder this son was able to lead an army against King Ning's thieves at a young age, and finally won the victory. has made such a great contribution, even if the emperor appoints a Jinshi background, it is not too pedantic, and the person who does not let go is too pedantic!