It's getting dark.

When Wu Haogu, Mi Youren and Jin Zhu'er came out of Duanwang's Mansion together, it was close to dusk.

According to the time of the Hereafter, it is almost six o'clock in the evening. If it had been earlier, it would have been completely dark by this time. However, it is early spring now, and the daylight hours are getting longer, so there are some groggy bright colors.

A bright moon has appeared in the sky, curved, hazy, revealing a trace of coldness.

The wind is blowing, but it's still cold, and it's the time of spring.

Wu Haogu tightened his robe, turned over his horse, and headed towards Mi Youren's mansion.

Duanwang's Mansion, Mifu and the new mansion of the Wu family are all in the west wing of Kaifeng Mansion, not far away. The street is very lively at this time, and dusk is actually the beginning of nightlife for Kaifeng Mansion. The mansion area of Kaifeng Mansion in the west of the city, living here is either rich or expensive, busy making money as an official during the day, and at the beginning of the month, it is natural to start enjoying life.

Walking on the street, as far as the eye can see, it is full of prosperity.

Qinglou wine shop, business is booming, cars and pedestrians, endless.

The Jinshui River has thawed, and from time to time there are painting boats passing through, and there are bursts of silk and bamboo singing and dancing from the boat, melodious and tactful, looming.

After parting with Mi Youren outside the Mifu Gate, Wu Haogu continued to ride his horse south, while Jin Bei'er rode a small donkey to follow his master and walk on the street.

For some reason, Wu Haogu suddenly had a feeling of reluctance to leave.

It's already February, and it's very close to the time of departure from Liao.

As soon as the Liao envoy received the edict from Yelu Hongji, the mission should be about to set off.

As for the possibility of a Song-Liao break, it is impossible in Wu Haogu's opinion...... Historically, the two countries have not broken up!

Now you won't cause a Song-Liao war because of your little butterfly effect, right?

If there was no Song-Liao War, then the elderly Liao Emperor could only watch the Great Song Dynasty swallow all the fruits of the victory of the Battle of Hengshan.

In this way, I have to temporarily put aside the career that has just entered the right track and the prosperous Kaifeng Mansion, as well as my fiancée Pan Qiaolian, as well as Mo Niangzi, Du Wenyu, Pan Yinger, etc., and embark on the journey to the north.

Fortunately, there is also Simon with him. And the golden bottle will not follow the north...... Anyway, it's really inconvenient for this little girl to follow her! Not only can he not further contact Ximen Qing, but even the female apprentice Du Wenyu can't be called to the house to serve, the master and apprentice can only meet in Christie's, and they are also under the noses of Pan Qiaolian and Jin Bei'er!

It's really not very convenient to even flirt with eyebrows......

……

When I got home, it was already past the time of the day.

He suddenly found that the old Lin sect leader who lived in the martial arts family was lighting firecrackers together with Wu Haogu's apprentice Zhang Zeduan, and saw Wu Haogu riding a horse, and the old Lin sect leader hurriedly stepped on the fire line, lest the firecrackers surprise Wu Dalang's mount.

"Old Lin Sect Leader," Wu Haogu turned over and dismounted, "What's the matter?" Is there a happy event in the house? ”

Lao Lin Sect Leader was stunned when he heard this, and then laughed and said: "Dong Weng is really a noble person who forgets things, today is the day when the Taixue test list is released!" ”

Oh, what a noble person forgets so much!

Wu Haogu has been so busy these days that he has completely forgotten that there is a nerdy brother at home.

"Hit?"

Wu Haogu asked.

That's not nonsense!

Is it going to be off the list, and you can't do it without a lack of eyes?

"Hit, hit...... Ranked twenty-eighth on the list, it's high school! ”

The head of the old Lin sect reported the good news to Wu Haogu with envy on his face, "Erlangjun is really a great talent, it seems that it is a matter of time before the roll call outside the Donghua Gate is over." ”

"Twenty-eight?" Wu Haogu was slightly surprised.

The Taixue Waisha of the Northern Song Dynasty is held at the end of January and the beginning of February every year, because the enrollment quota is as high as 2,000 people, so the difficulty of the entrance examination is not too high, about two or three people take one person, with the knowledge of Wu Haowen, it is natural to pass the examination. However, it is not easy to rank 28 out of 2,000 people!

Wu Haogu vaguely remembered that Ji Yi had taken the Taixue exam when he entered Taixue, and now Wu Haowen was actually three places higher than him.

Could it be that the samurai family is going to have a two-way scholar (and one is himself)? Wu Hao Gu Tian thought shamelessly: If it is really a two-entry scholar, the martial arts family will really prosper!

"Teacher," Zhang Zeduan, who had also read, said with the same envy, "the Taixue Inner House Examination is 150 out of 2,000 (there are 300 students in the Taixue Inner School, and the school period is two years, so 150 people are enrolled in a year), and the exam will be taken in a year." With Uncle Shi's knowledge, if you pass the test successfully in seven or eight out of ten, it will be much easier for Uncle Shi to become a Jinshi at that time. ”

The duration of the Taixue Inner House is two years, and after two years, they pass the examination, even if they do not get the qualification to be promoted to the upper house, they can be exempted from the Ministry of Etiquette once and directly participate in the court examination. Although the treatment enjoyed by the court examination without the Ministry of Rites and the court examination screened by the Ministry of Rites is different, and it is possible that it will be gloomy, but the proportion of passing the Ministry of Rites is much higher than that of participating in the Ministry of Rites examination. Therefore, entering the Taixue Upper House is equivalent to getting half a Jinshi. However, the Jinshi who was born in Taixue and the Jinshi who came out of the Ministry of Rites Examination - the Court Examination are still different in terms of gold content, they are all given the same Jinshi background, and they are still regarded as Taixue in the officialdom.

Therefore, a student like Ji Yi will choose to be promoted to the upper house, and after obtaining an official position, he will go through the procedures of the lock hall and the Ministry of Rites and the palace examination to obtain the status of Jinshi. In this way, it is Taixue plus Jinshi's background, and the gold content is extremely high, and the future career promotion will be very smooth.

If Wu Haowen is ambitious, most of them will take this route, and it is also possible to take the Rite Exam in February next year - Taixue Wai Wai students are exempt from the qualifications and can directly participate in the Rite Exam, and if they are in high school, they don't have to take the Inner Dormitory Exam again. However, this route is not for every Tai student, and it must be entered in Taixue one year before the Ministry of Rites exam. Otherwise, if you can't wait for the Ministry of Etiquette exam, you will already be admitted to the Taixue School or be eliminated.

In other words, as soon as next year, Wu Haowen may become a good man who sings and sells outside Donghua Gate!

Wu Haogu handed over the reins to Lin Wancheng, and entered the house with the vial. The inside of the house was lit up, and the servants who came in and out were beaming.

The little bottle who followed Wu Haogu also praised Wu Haowen vigorously, "The second brother still has the ability, he is too young to be a student, and he will definitely be able to enter the Jinshi in the future, and he will be able to expand the lintel of the martial arts family." ”

Wu Haogu turned his head and glanced at the vial, this little girl was obsessed, shouldn't she like Wu Haowen's nerd?

"Hmm," Wu Haogu replied and said to Xiao Bottle, "Bottle, how about I give you to the second brother as a concubine?" ”

"Huh?" The little girl was startled, and hurriedly ran to Wu Haogu, looked at Wu Haogu with a small face and said, "Master, the slave is the eighteenth sister's person, and she will follow the eighteenth sister for the rest of her life!" ”

Why are you still Pan Qiaolian's person? Isn't it already given to yourself? Wu Haogu frowned and asked again: "Then the eighteenth sister is going to marry me, what should you do?" ”

"The slaves and maids will follow." The little girl said seriously, "Wherever the eighteenth sister goes, the slaves and maids will follow!" ”

What faithfulness! Is it just that you are still married? Will you also be your own concubine in the future?

Wu Haogu thought to himself: The slaves and maids raised by his own family are different...... This time I went to Liao, I must see if there is a place to buy small slaves, buy hundreds of them for upbringing and training, and in the future, I can turn them into my own Mamluks!

When he thought that he must establish his own "Mamluk", Wu Haogu had already taken the vial to the hall of the main courtyard. A banquet has been set up in the hall, and Wu Chengzhi, Wu Haowen, his distant brother Wu Chengchang and those good brothers of the Luoyang Wu family have all entered the banquet.

Seeing Wu Haogu coming in, Wu Haowen got up from the chair and greeted Wu Haogu, with a gentle smile on his face, "Big brother, you're back." ”

Today, he is the Kaifeng martial artist, no, he should be the proud son of the entire Wu clan! Although his brother Wu Haogu makes money as fast as flowing water, but what can really glorify the lintel of the Wu family is still his Wu Haowen - this matter is also quite strange in the Wu family, the ancestor of the Wu family has produced an empress and many kings and generals, and a broken Jinshi can talk about the glory of the ancestors?

However, the Song people only have the idea of reading and high thinking into the bone marrow, and the values in society are like this.

In addition, the students are barely able to rank among the scholars! Tai students can go to the book, they can participate in the audience with the officials in the grand ceremony, and a small amount of subsidies can be obtained. In Kaifeng Mansion, even the prime minister has a bit of a headache.

In terms of social level, Tai Xue already belongs to the four people of Shinong, Industry and Commerce, and is indeed one level higher than Wu Haogu, the last business of industry and commerce.

"Congratulations to the second brother." Wu Haogu was honest in his heart, and he was a little envious of his nerdy brother...... The Tai student has already arrived, and the Jinshi is about not far away, and it is not from the back door!

It's just that I don't know if he has become an official, will he have a chance to become a celebrity in history - there is still a possibility! His Royal Highness King Duan, at least he knows that there is such a martial arts talent.

If you become an official in the future, you may be promoted well......

"Rejoice, rejoice." Wu Haowen said with a smile, "If there is no eldest brother to support the family, and the younger brother can't study hard, naturally there will be no students today." As he spoke, Wu Haowen bowed, "The younger brother thanked the eldest brother." ”

It's brother and brother! I don't know if I can form a loyal party when I am an official in the same dynasty in the future? It would be nice if we could really be brothers and do our best for the common people in the world together.

Thinking of this, Wu Haogu took his brother's hand and said with a smile as he walked towards the hall: "Taixue is a place where the dragon and the tiger are hidden, you can't just read the books of sages, the necessary communication can't be saved, if you want to use the money, just go to Zhang Tingyang to get it." ”