Although it is an indictment, and the evidence is conclusive, and all the witnesses and suspects are there, Du Shiyi, Pei Ning, Yuan Sheng, and a witness Zhang Feng's joint letter did not use urgency, but was sent to Luoyang, the eastern capital where the Son of Heaven is now lucky, at a speed of 200 miles a day. Therefore, the eastern capital is still a scene of singing and dancing, and all countries are dressed and crowned.

The twelfth day of the first month is the day when the capital of Shangshu Province tries the Ming Sutra, earlier than in previous years. Although the three games of the Ming Jing are not as difficult as the three fields of the Jinshi, and the acceptance rate is much higher than that of the Jinshi Branch, rote memorization is not the ability that everyone can do, not to mention the seven-year election period, which is really difficult for the Hanmen scholars, even if they can be Ming Jing and the first, after a long period of candidates can get the official position, most of them are only a county lieutenant, and then they have to wait for three or five years or even more to wait for the next official selection, so from entering to the exit, many white-clothed scholars are a few happy and a few worried.

And Du Sanniang personally sent Du Anzhi into the field, and on the evening of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, she went to pick up Du Anzhi with Cui Jianxuan, and learned that he was not sure of Shi Ce's questioning, she couldn't help but show a happy smile, and encouraged with a smile: "As long as you do your best, you don't have to worry too much about the result." After three days in the examination room, you must have been physically and mentally exhausted, Cui Lang and I have prepared a banquet for you, relax and relax tonight, and watch the list in a few days."

"Sister xiexie, it's really too xiexie" Du Anzhi said such a sentence incoherently, seeing Cui Jianxuan looking at him with an unkind face, he hurriedly bowed to the other party again, "If my brother-in-law is not generous, I can't live in Yongfeng Cui Mansion for so long." ”

"Then you're welcome" Cui Jianxuan heard this brother-in-law, his heart was much more comfortable, and he decided to generously forgive Du Anzhi for letting Du Sanniang be busy for so long, and when Du Sanniang was put in the carriage, he and Du Anyi got on the same horse, he said in a low voice, "The old uncle of Chang'an Zhupo sent a letter, saying that it was according to Du Nineteen's previous arrangement, after sending the list and the first, you went back to Chang'an directly in peace, and went to Zhupo Mountain to live with the old uncle for a year and wait for a year, and learn the old uncle's way of behaving in the world. Then he went to Jiangnan to serve as an official. No matter what your grandmother says when you go back when the time comes, you will listen to it, and you will know what you want to know. ”

"Yes, brother-in-law Xiexie."

Cui Jianxuan was screamed by this brother-in-law, and he had to mention a few more words about Du Anzhi along the way. Some of them are naturally good experiences, and some of the troublesome things are his own imagination, even if Du Anzhi secretly feels that something is wrong, he can only mutter in his heart, and he will never dare to say it in person.

When this group of people entered Yongfeng Fang and finally stopped in front of the gate of Cui's house, they happened to bump into a group of people coming from the other side. Seeing that the ox cart over there opened the curtain, he immediately shouted, it was Cui Jiuniang, Du Shisanniang was afraid that she was pregnant with Liujia but still reckless, so she hurriedly got out of the car to meet her.

"Really, they all said that your fetus was not stable, why didn't you say a word, and suddenly came?" Du Sanniang glanced at Wang Jin with some anger as she spoke, "Xia Qing is not good at persuading her."

"Where can I persuade Jiu Niang." Wang Jin, who got off the horse, smiled bitterly, but arched his hand to Cui Jianxuan's brother-in-law, and when he saw Du Dian getting off the horse and coming over to say hello, he bowed his head again, and then said helplessly, "This year's system is going to open the grass and the grass self-lifting department, so I plan to give it a try." ”

"You're finally willing to take the test." Cui Jianxuan grinned, and then glanced at Cui Jiuniang, who was muttering and pulling Du Sanniang to speak, and blinked his eyes and said, "I thought that you and Jiuniang were mixing oil in honey, and you even forgot about the exam." However, I have also heard that many products and incumbent officials have taken the exam, which is not so easy. ”

"If I want to compete with real skills, who am I afraid of?"

Wang Jin showed an undisguised arrogance. After staying in Liangjing for so many years, he married the daughter of the Cui family, and traveled through the door of talents in Liangjing, even though he did not come and go to the top magnates like Wang Wei, but he accumulated a profound reputation. Although this year's system is not the most suitable for him like Yali, he is also in no way inferior to others when it comes to policy. At this moment, seeing that Cui Jianxuan really smiled and gave a thumbs up, he took a light breath and said: "Brother has been away from Beijing for a long time, and if you want others not to forget him, only me"

After the two groups of people met, they entered the house, and the biggest event of the day was naturally the Shangyuan Night Banquet, and it was also for Du Anzhi to go out of the examination room to celebrate. When he first entered the examination room, he also experienced such a scene, and today he tasted the stars and the moon again, and Du Anzhi only felt that his mood was extremely agitated. It wasn't until he stayed in Cui's house for one night and returned to his house in Lechengfang that he had an indescribable sense of loss. Whether it is his father, his mother-in-law, his younger brothers and sisters, or even his subordinates, every face is cold, even his house is cold, and there is not the slightest heat.

Knowing that this is his real life, he silently packed the luggage he had taken away with his own hands, and lay in bed that night, but unconsciously insomnia. is accustomed to the days when the warmth makes the whole heart warm, and now he is a little unaccustomed to this kind of cold and biting day, even if he knows that this is his home, and he is just a guest at Cui's house. If Konko didn't play as well as he thought he would, what was he going to do next, living in such a cold-eyed place?

"No...... If I don't make the list, I'll go back to Fanchuan Duqu's old house to study hard behind closed doors."

secretly made up his mind in his heart, and in the next two days, Du Anzhi gradually felt relieved in the cold environment at home. Although the room was cold, Du Sanniang gave him several silk cotton clothes that looked inconspicuous but were actually extremely warm, and they were thickly wrapped around his body, but they could withstand it. In an instant, it was the day of the list, and he didn't expect anyone at home to visit the list, nor did he want to be ridiculed by his mother-in-law when he went out rashly, so he just read quietly in the room.

When he was fascinated by the "Biography of the Zuo Family in the Spring and Autumn Period", which he had flipped through countless times, he suddenly heard a voice from outside: "Nineteen Langjun, Lord Lang called you to the study"

After returning from Cui's house, his father Du Fu nodded lightly when he saw him, and the rest didn't ask anything, and when he heard that his father called him, Du Anzhi couldn't help but shrink his heart suddenly, and he actually gave birth to an indescribable hesitation. He barely calmed down and agreed, closed the scroll and went out, and followed the servant to his father's study, only to see a boy who had seen him almost without greeting him in the past and respectfully raised the curtain to let him in. This subtle change made his heart skip a beat, and he took a deep breath before he lowered his head and crossed the threshold.

Watching the eldest son enter the door, Du Fu's heart was really mixed. From his great-grandfather's Huaizhou Thorn History, to his grandfather's Qingzhou Sima, and then to his father's Yongzhou Jingyang Wei, the official is getting smaller and smaller, so that he can only seek his career by making up for his bed, and his official career has not been smooth, let alone taking care of his nephew.

What's more, Du Shiyi, who has been quite famous since he was a child, made him ashamed of himself after several failures in the science field, and he deliberately didn't want to care about this nephew's affairs, so after the ancestral house fire, Du Shiyi was seriously ill, and he only couldn't take care of it for thousands of miles, so he selectively ignored it. But who would have thought that Du Shiyi, who had not been dusty for a long time, would be able to reach the top three and reach all the way

And now, the eldest son of Shu is the first time to pay tribute to the Ming Scripture, and in the fourth and first provincial examinations, the above results are in one fell swoop

Although there was even a faint kind of indescribable jealousy in his heart, Du Fu knew that Du Anzhi was also his son no matter what, and after he saluted, he said bluntly: "The person who just went to see the list came back to report that you have won the best results in the provincial examination of the Ming Jing this time, and you have achieved success in one fell swoop." ”

Really in time?

Although he had vaguely guessed the reason for the great change in the attitude of his father and the attendants, at this moment, Du Anzhi still almost suspected that he had heard it wrong. It was only when the news was confirmed from Du Fu's expression that he felt a heartfelt ecstasy for a moment, a ecstasy that wanted to shout. It was easy to suppress this emotion, and he bowed his head and said, "Thank you, father." ”

Thank him? The teacher of the son's study was invited by Du Shiyi, and before the son's exam, Yu Crisp was taken to Cui's house by Du Shisanniang to live, just after getting the news, Wei's face was almost as black as the bottom of the pot, and Du Anzhi's thank you was almost like a knife in his heart

Angry in his heart, although he tried his best not to bring it out on his face, the words he said were still rigid: "The Ming Jing and the first are just a background, don't be complacent"

However, whether it was Du Fu's beating or not, Wei planned to take advantage of the fact that the eldest son had just passed the Ming Sutra, and quickly cut through the chaos and quickly set a family affair, but all of them were quickly gone. Just a few days after the Ming Jing was released, Du Siwen sent someone to say that he liked Du Anzhi's honesty and honesty, and since he wanted to keep the election, he didn't have to stay in the Eastern Capital all the time, and he wanted to take him to live with him in Zhupo Mountain. In the face of this news, even though Du Fu, a father, was blocked, he did not dare to disobey the elder of the Jingzhao Du family, and could only watch Du Anzhi leave home and go to Chang'an.

And on this day, I heard a report that my aunt Wei Shi was picked up by Du Siwen because of Du Anzhi, so she lost her temper at home, and Du Sanniang, who had placed people in Du Mansion in Lechengfang for Du Anzhi earlier, couldn't help but smile, and then instructed Zhuying: "Since the dark capital has gone to Chang'an, as long as the old uncle gets along with him for a long time, he will know his generous temperament, and he will naturally not be sent back to let his parents abuse him at that time." Withdraw everyone, that family is mean and unkind, and doing things there is like a year."

Of course, Zhu Ying could understand Du Sanniang's resentment towards Du Fu, and immediately agreed. When she was about to withdraw to deal with the matter, she almost collided with Cui Jianxuan, who came in through the curtain of the door. The latter didn't even bother to look at her, so he strode in front of Du Sanniang, and said angrily: "Something is wrong."

Du Sanniang, the husband of the husband, knew best, and at this moment, he had to follow his tone and ask, "What's the big deal?" ”

"Du Shijiu was assassinated in Suzhou" Seeing that Du Shisanniang's face turned pale in an instant, Cui Jianxuan hurriedly held her hand tightly, "It's okay, the person was not injured, but he was a little frightened, and it was Liu Ximing, the disgusted kid of the Liu family, who sent someone to do it." I didn't make a noise about it, I heard about it from Jiang Du, he knew it from Concubine Hui, you just know it in your heart. ”