On March 28, the college monthly examination. In the afternoon of the same day, the list of the academy was posted on the stone wall outside the lecture hall of Qingyun Academy. Jia Huan took the seventh place in the first class of the outer house. His eight-strand literary level continues to improve.

Jia Huan asked Yi Junjie, who was "inquiring about the bag", to help, and in the evening, he invited back a few classmates who had pooled money to entertain them last time: Zhu Chen, Zhan Chengji, Du Hong, and Qin Hongtu.

A small pavilion on the wall of the courtyard at the back entrance of the college. The golden sunset colors the trees, flowers, and houses in the academy.

Jia Huan asked for a sumptuous dish, and spread the lotus leaves on the stone bench and put them away. Each person has a chicken, a tube of rice wine, and several side dishes such as peanuts, meat buns, and fried meat with chili, and drinks with the four students.

The burly Yi Junjie scratched his head and said apologetically: "Classmate Jia, that kid from Zhanchengji fell into Class B, I'm embarrassed to come." ”

Jia Huan sighed slightly in his heart: In the days of endless hard work in the sea, there will always be people who will fall behind and leave. Nodding slightly, he raised the rice wine in the bamboo tube in his hand, "Let's take a sip and wish him back as soon as possible." ”

All four laughed and toasted. Jia Yuanshou's words are heartwarming.

After laughing for a while, Yi Junjie said enviously: "Classmate Jia, you are going to leave tomorrow to register for the government exam, but unfortunately we are not qualified to participate in the county exam." Alas..."

Jia Huan smiled and drank rice wine. The seowon's approach was right. If the disciples of the academy do not pass the inner hall and go to take the county examination, the probability of passing is too low. He himself is a special case. Walked through the back door.

After pondering for a moment, Jia Huan encouraged: "This course has passed, and several students will definitely be admitted to the inner house the year after tomorrow." Then it will be the end. Come, I wish all of us all the best in the field! ”

"Hmm. The field is going well! Several people raised their glasses and drank together. It's like high school classmates drinking beer together in a small shop outside the school and saying, "Come, I wish us all the best in the college entrance examination." "However, we don't know when we will meet again! A few more!

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On March 29, 17 students from Wendao College who participated in the Shuncheon Mansion Examination gathered at the entrance of the College and set off together to register at the Shuncheon Mansion Office.

Out of the gate of the academy, walk two miles to Dongzhuang Town. Gongsun Liang had already hired three carriages to wait at the entrance of the town.

Take the carriage to the east for 10 miles, pass the village under the jurisdiction of Longquan Town: Liujiawan, and go up to the official road to Jingshi.

On the official road, there is an endless stream of coal trucks. Carried by people, horses, camels, mules, donkeys, etc. There were also nobles, eunuchs, scholars, officials, and people who traveled, or rode horses, cars, and walked.

There are three reasons why official roads are so prosperous,

First, there is a coal tax supervisor in Xishan, Beijing. Second, the western suburbs of the capital have large tracts of fertile land. They are all manors owned by dignitaries. In this bright spring season, dignitaries travel and go out.

Third, the mountainous area in the west of Wanping County, west of Taihang, with peaks and peaks, and beautiful scenery. Lingshan, Baihua Mountain, and Miaofeng Mountain are the most prosperous scenery. Millewigs are beautiful and picturesque. There are hot springs, temples, and Taoist temples in the mountains. Tourists and devotees bustle in the middle of spring.

The carriage swayed. Jia Huan, Xu Yinglang, and Wei Yang were crammed into a carriage. He went back and forth several times to the prosperous scene on the official road, and he had turned a blind eye.

Xu Yinglang, the word Wenqian, is nineteen years old, and he is a student of Class A. I have the best relationship with Qiao Rusong. His personality is lively. Amusing Prodigy Wei, who sat with his knees hugged and maintained a cold demeanor, "Why didn't classmate Wei say a word?" Could it be that she was injured by a little lady? ”

Several classmates in the same car laughed. It's heartbreaking, understandable. hurt the body, this is very reverie.

Wei Yang is 13 years old, with red lips and white teeth, a handsome face, and a bit of a woman's appearance, he glanced at Xu Yinglang and said coldly: "Womanizer!" Not ashamed, but proud. ”

Xu Yinglang immediately quarreled with Wei Yang. One word from you, one word from me. Each quoted scriptures and sneered. Xu Yinglang ridiculed Wei Yang's fake Qinggao and fake Taoism. Wei Yang sarcastically mocked Xu Yinglang: lustful and debauched, shameless, silverfish of Shilin, and a disciple of a non-saint.

Jia Huan listened to it funny and shook his head in his heart. The scholars of the Great Zhou Dynasty taught prostitution and theft, and the scholars of the Ming Dynasty had a virtuous nature.

The whole society is extremely polarized: on the one hand, Cheng Zhu Lixue severely confines and restricts women, and on the other hand, the social atmosphere is extremely open to men. Seducing a wife does not have to bear moral and legal responsibilities. You can also boast in front of your friends.

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All the way forward, when I was about to arrive in the capital, I met Liu Yi, the head of the front yard of Wendao Academy, calling friends to take the beauty out of the city to play. More than a dozen exquisite carriages, the formation is huge.

Liu Yi is the first word of the academy before Jia Huan of Wendao Academy. Jia Huan had met Liu Guoshan, Qiao Rusong, Xu Yinglang, Chen Jiayun, Lin Xinyuan and others in the Zuixian Mansion before. Liu Yi is now studying at Shoushan Academy.

Gongsun Liang beckoned the classmates who were willing to meet to come down and greet Liu Guoshan for a while. Xiucai and Tongsheng really don't have much in common. It's just that there are still some former classmates. This is the same as in Xianxia: it is impossible for a monk in the foundation building period to continue to associate with a monk in the Qi cultivation period.

After greeting each other for a while, they parted. After the scholars of Wendao Academy successfully signed up in the government, Jia Huan invited his classmates to drink at the Zuixian Building on Chongwenmen Street.

Jia Huan's chief and Qian Huai waited early in the side hall of the "long" box on the second floor. The position was set by him according to Jia Huan's instructions. Jia Huan beckoned his classmates into the box and came over to talk to Qian Huai.

In the elegantly furnished small hall, there are screens, chairs, calligraphy and paintings. Qian Huai smiled and saluted Jia Huan, "Say hello to the third master." ”

Jia Huan smiled and nodded with a little money, "Give me this set again?" Speak up! ”

Qian Huai's eyes turned very smartly, and he reminded: "Third master, the long box will cost 15 taels of silver." If it's a fine wine..."

Counting the wine, this meal will not be able to come down without 30 taels of silver. Jia Huan knew it in his heart, waved his hand, stopped Qian Huai from continuing, and said with a smile: "It's just this time." Wait. He turned and walked out of the box.

Jia Huan's total assets are only about 100 taels of silver. The sudden expenditure of 30 taels increased his financial pressure. But today this meal is actually a network investment: it can't be saved, it can't be saved. After the college exam, he really thought about making money.

Jia Huan thought to himself and entered the main hall. Gongsun Liang, Jia Huan, Luo Xiangyang, Liu Yichen, Wei Yang, Xu Yinglang, Zhang Sishui and others have already sat down. The sound of silk and bamboo is pleasant. The two women who played were in a remote part of the hall, playing the piano and playing the flute. It is a well-known restaurant with a strong cultural atmosphere.

Jia Huan ordered the food to be served. After a while, there was a shop with exquisite dishes. The scholars of the academy talked and laughed, and they staggered their plans. The topic is not far from Liu Guoshan and others who met at the city gate.

Zhang Sishui, a scholar from Yongqing County, sighed: "Today, Fang knows the happiness of the students. There is no urgency to take the exam, call friends, travel with beauties, and travel well. Beautiful scenery and fine wine, a great joy in life! ”

Xu Yinglang said with a smile: "The focus of Zhang's emotion should be: what happened after traveling with a beauty, right?" ”

"Haha!" The crowd laughed.

Zhang Sishui was embarrassed to drink to hide his embarrassment.

Wei Yang had a cold face, picked up the exquisite wine glass, and took a sip of wine. I feel more and more out of place with these people.

Jia Huan smiled and shook his head. It feels like eating with classmates from college in my previous life. Under the teasing of each other. My Fair Lady, Gentleman. It's too much of a mouth. Nothing else. When you are older, you will have to talk about yellow jokes at the wine table.

was talking and laughing, at this time, there was a sudden shout outside the restaurant, and the sound was boiling. Someone shouted hoarsely, "One hundred and fifty years of raising soldiers in the country, the festival of righteous death is today!" You will follow me to question the dog officer. ”

"Exactly, exactly."

"Go along! Let's go! ”

Gongsun Liang, Jia Huan, and Luo Xiangyang looked at each other, not knowing what the situation was. Then, everyone crowded to the window of the private room.

I saw the front of a team of about twenty or thirty people, and Han Xiucai, a madman in the capital, was raising his arms and shouting. More than a dozen Xiucai dressed as scholars followed him, followed by people watching the excitement. Clothes and costumes are different.

"What is this going on?"

"The leader is Han Xiucai, a famous man in the capital. He is a tribute student of the country. Donglin Party members. ”

"Senior Brother Jia!" Gongsun Liang patted Jia Huan's shoulder with a smile and laughter. The two of them are people who know the inside story. When Jia Huan "instigated" Han Xiucai to imitate Yang Wenxian's righteous actions in the previous Ming Dynasty, he was present. I didn't expect Han Xiucai to really do it.

Jia Huan shook his head slightly, and judged, "Senior Brother Gongsun." Han Xiucai didn't gather many people. He can't achieve his goal! ”

All the scholars of the academy who were discussing were quietly looking at Jia Huan. Little fat brother Luo Xiangyang asked Jia Huan curiously, "Brother Jia, what's the matter?" ”

Jia Huan said: "Han Xiucai learned that Yin Lu Xinhan of the Shuntian Mansion embezzled two million taels of Yongding River silver for corruption, and he was running for this matter. ”

"Ahh There was silence.

In this bright spring, some Xiucai went out to drink and pick up girls, and some Xiucai went out to run for the country. They are all young people who have not yet entered society, and they are somewhat touched. My Fair Lady, Gentleman. But the sage did not say that he would regard this as an ideal or goal in life.

Zi said: I have not seen a virtuous person like a lustful person.

At this time, there was a burst of laughter from the middle school on the third floor, "Haha, haha!" Ridiculous, lamentable. A dozen or so scholars also asked for their lives for the people. Han Xiucai is not worthy of his name. Waste too! ”

Wei Yang, who had been silent, suddenly broke out, and shouted in a sharp angry voice: "Who is upstairs, report your name!" ”