Luoyang in May has gradually entered the hottest time of the year, in addition to the willows on the heavenly street, you can get a little shelter when walking, in those places where there are no trees, only a few dozen steps under the hot sun, it is enough to ⊥ people sweat. However, as hot as the weather is the upcoming examination.

With such a name, not only those famous literati and writers, but also ordinary people who were unheard of in the grass could write and recommend themselves and get the opportunity to take the exam. Therefore, compared with the usual system of subjects with only thirty or fifty candidates, this year's subject has a full 1,200 people taking the examination, among which in addition to the brown-clothed people, white-bodied scholars, there is also no shortage of low-level officials in office. In front of the Dingding Gate in Luoyang on this day, among the few scholars waiting to enter the city, some people discussed the matter indignantly.

"How can this be reasonable, that Xiao Shaofu is already the lieutenant of Lantian County, this is a dignified lieutenant, even if he is a scholar and a first, he may not be able to release this position in one fell swoop, and he still has to compete with us?"

"If you don't say a word, that's a disciple of the Xiao family in Lanling, and it is said to be the nephew of Xiao Dashuai, the current Shuofang Jiedu envoy."

"It's said that the grass is bootstrapping, but how many opportunities are there for us scholars from humble backgrounds?"

Hearing these words, a young man who was in front of him and the city gate guards couldn't help but glance back, and saw that the two scholars who spoke were about thirty years old, and their faces showed indignation. His heart moved, and he didn't speak. When the guards greeted him with a smile after inspecting the place, he quickly returned to the back and presented the group to the office, and after jumping on horseback, he couldn't help but think of Lu Hong's teachings to him when he set off from the cottage to the Eastern Capital.

"Looking at the Tang Dynasty, the scholars stand side by side, but the so-called cold element, even if there is no official eunuch in the previous generation, at least it is a family of scholars, or a fallen well-dressed household, and there are very few people who have not entered the office in the three generations. Coming from a country like yours, every step will be more difficult than the average person. Bao'er, if you want to gain a foothold in the land of the two capitals, you have to work ten times more than those cold elements."

"This is the ...... Luoyang City"

This trip back to the Eastern Capital, Du Shiyi traveled quite quickly along the way, and strictly forbade people around him to inform Du Sanniang or Cui Jianxuan, and even took Wang Rong Chen Baoer to Songshan quietly to see Lu Hong and Lu Wangzhi, although he knew that it was not difficult to meet in the future, but after leaving the cottage, he and Wang Rong lingered in a guest house next to an official road for a night before parting ways. At this moment, after passing the Dingding Gate, Du Shiyi saw Chen Bao'er facing the heavenly street that led directly to Luoyang Palace behind Tianjin Bridge, showing a shocked expression, and he couldn't help but look sideways at his proud disciple with interest.

"Tianjie meteorology, it is really better to be famous than to meet" Chen Bao'er finally recovered from the shock of seeing the capital at first glance, and when he found Du Shiyi looking at himself, he couldn't help but bow his head in shame, "I thought that the one like Suzhou in Yizhou was a big city." ”

"The weather in the eastern capital is naturally extraordinary, but there are advantages and disadvantages, officials everywhere, dignitaries everywhere, and if you are not careful, you will offend people. Therefore, living in the Eastern Capital, the first thing is to be humble and treat others. ”

Du Shiyi mentioned Chen Bao'er with a smile, but a voice suddenly interjected next to her: "This Lang Jun teaches people to be modest, and he is really a person who is humble and open-minded." You must know that there are many people who are flying and domineering in the land of Liangjing, and if they can make a few crooked poems, they think they are the best in the world, and if they can dance with two swords, they think they are General Pei, not to mention those who can only write some big and inappropriate strategies."

Suspiciously, he glanced at the two scholars with the attendants beside him, and found that he didn't know each other, so Du Shiyi smiled in response. And the other party saw that he didn't mean to talk to him, so he just nodded and walked into the city. At this time, Chen Bao'er, who recognized them, hurriedly took a few steps forward and said in a low voice: "Master Du, when I was talking to the guards just now, I heard them complaining about the current science system, saying that the Lantian County Lieutenant was going to participate, and there was no chance to leave it to these scholars from humble backgrounds. ”

"I see, no wonder I was so excited just by hearing my two words."

Du Shiyi knew that this so-called fairness was never absolute, so she didn't take it to heart. This trip said that he had quietly arrived in the Eastern Capital, but when he came back to inspect the station, the city gate guards would definitely report it layer by layer, and everyone who should know it would naturally know it all. So, he whipped his whip and laughed, "It's still early, I'll go see my nephew and niece first." Go to a few people to go back to the private house of Guandefang to clean up first, Bao'er and the rest of the people, follow me to the Cui house of Yongfeng Fang"

The front halberd of the Zhumen copper ring gate in the Aconitum Gate, the real first-class wealthy family in the deep courtyard, Chen Baoer is still the first time to see it, although the face is no longer as shocked as after seeing Luoyang City and Dingdingmen Heavenly Street, but the shock in his heart is naturally not small. He has entered the Yizhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and has also entered the Suzhou Thorn History Bureau, and has lived in the Chengdu County Party for too many hours, but when he stepped into the mansion of the Cui family in Qinghe, he saw the servant hanging his hand and the maid breathing, and the oncoming family weather made him involuntarily breathe, until he saw the two Qianying figures walking briskly surrounded by the maidservants, he couldn't help but raise his eyelids and glance at it quickly.

At this glance, he almost couldn't take his eyes off. The young one was so forgetful that he # entered Du Shiyi's arms, crying and laughing, and the older one was also a pair of eyes that did not leave Du Shiyi's side, with both concern and joy in his eyes, but there were still some indescribable things.

"Brother is really, I won't send anyone to tell you when I come back, I'm going to pick you up, I'm going to ask you when you'll come back every day, and I, who is a sister, can't answer."

It has been nearly three years since I said goodbye, and seeing Du Shisanniang more delicate, although she was thin and shallow and angry at the moment, the comfortable and joyful color between her eyebrows was obvious, and Du Shiyi suddenly smiled back. However, when he turned his head slightly and saw Cui Wuniang, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

More than nine years have passed since the first meeting, and the years are quite generous for Cui Wuniang, leaving only slight traces in the corners of her eyes, as if it was not nine years that have passed, but a year. However, the cunning and strong girl back then has now transformed into more and more round and calm.

"After three years, Du Jiulang looks more generous than before."

"Five ladies have won awards." Du Shiyi hurriedly bowed his hands to each other, and after a few words of greeting, he beckoned Chen Bao'er to come forward. Because he had mentioned this disciple in Shu when he wrote back from writing a letter before, Du Sanniang couldn't help but smile and looked at it for a while, and then exchanged a look with Cui Wuniang.

"No wonder Brother will hit him off at first sight, he looks very much like Brother back then"

Regarding this comment, Du Shiyi is very clear that it is because Chen Baoer will be thirteen years old after the New Year, which reminds Du Shisanniang of the time when he and he were studying in Songshan again. As for Cui Wuniang, she echoed and agreed, seeing that Chen Baoer lowered her head in some trepidation, she couldn't help but think that when Du Shiyi first met, she suddenly exposed Cui Jiuniang's situation of pretending to be Cui Jianxuan.

Du Sanniang just smiled casually, and then she couldn't help but blame Du Shiyi for coming back like this, she even put the meeting gift in the house and forgot to take it out. Chen Bao'er followed everyone to the door of a red and white building in a daze, and saw that the servants and maids let them in, and the moment he crossed the threshold, he found that the furnishings in the room were not as jewelish as he imagined. And on the couch in the center, there was an old woman with frosty white sideburns, about in her early fifties, and when she heard Du Shiyi call Mrs. Zhao Guo, he immediately knew that this was the wife of the late Zhao Guogong Cui Gezhi.

"Bao'er, come here."

Seeing Du Shiyi beckoning a young man to come and salute, Mrs. Zhao Guo didn't wait for her to bow down and ordered her to pick it up, and when Cui Wuniang pushed the person to her with a smile, she looked at it carefully for a moment, and finally nodded happily and said: "The sage ordered to select talents in the grass this time, and now when I see this child, I can't help but believe that there are many talents in the world, and if you put it in the countryside, it will really be buried." I don't have anything else to give you, in the future, you can come to the Cui family's library to have a look at the collection. ”

Chen Bao'er was in the countryside, and a book was almost regarded as a treasure, so when he heard that Mrs. Zhao Guo made such a promise, he only felt grateful, and fell to the ground without thinking: "Thank you, Mrs.

Du Shiyi knew that Mrs. Zhao Guo's move was a great favor to Chen Baoer. It must be known that most of the books he put out in the bookstore, except for those accumulated in the Songshan Thatched Cottage, were copied in the Cui family library. Most of the scholars' collections are kept secret, such as how rare Mrs. Zhao Guo's move is, only the beneficiaries themselves know in their hearts. After Chen Bao'er got up, he sat down next to him at the order of Mrs. Zhao Guo, and said a few anecdotes outside with a smile.

"Okay, you Du Nineteen, you don't bring a letter when you come back secretly, I think you can't cure you, don't you?

With this voice, it was the two people who walked in front of the other and the back, Chen Baoer looked up, and saw that the two were about the same age, both in their early twenties, and the one in front of him had a beautiful face like a woman, but it was this person who was shouting loudly. The one in the back has a somewhat gloomy look, but he is also a handsome and beautiful man. At this time, Du Shiyi also greeted him, and actually hugged and laughed with the young man in front of him who was like a woman.

"I'm not afraid that you Cui Shiyi are now famous, and everyone knows everywhere you go, so I returned to the Eastern Capital in a low-key manner?"

"Ghost Talk"

Cui Jianxuan slapped Du Shiyi on the shoulder twice as if he was angry, and waited until they were separated before pulling Wang Jin forward: "When you left, you didn't have time to drink my brother-in-law's wedding wine, he was going to end in two days, Ying Caoze raised his own science, today you go to restore your life first, and then we will give you the wind and wash the dust, and you, Du Santou, will also give him some immortal energy, so that he can take the same head as you and his brother."