Spring came quickly, Jinling was warm, and in a blink of an eye, the earth recovered.

After Jinling arrived in mid-February, the grass was green, the peach blossoms were in full bloom, and the bustling flow of people came and went, but soon Jinling ushered in a continuous light rain, and the warm weather became cold again.

"Wontons! Wontons with thin skins and big fillings, fresh and hot!" On a street, as soon as the sky was bright, there were old men carrying the burden of wontons and walking through the streets and alleys shouting.

"But what else to eat besides wontons?" At this moment, an ordinary carriage stopped in front of the old man, and the person who was sitting in the car lifted the curtain and poked his head out to ask.

When the old man saw that the business had come to the door, he hurriedly put down the wonton burden lightly and shouted: "This guest officer, the little old man not only has wontons here, but also baked cakes!"

"Wrap five of the pancakes, and eat the wontons here!" the man said, and got out of the car.

All of a sudden, the old man saw it clearly.

The man was about thirty years old and dressed ordinarily.

His wonton skin is thin and the filling is big, and the soup has a recipe handed down from the ancestors, which is indeed fresh and hot, and many people like to eat his wontons, but most of them are ordinary citizens, and a few officials also like it.

Therefore, although there are not many people getting off this kind of carriage, it is not too rare.

Thinking in his heart, the movements of his hands were not slow at all, and on his burden, there were really everything.

Pots, spoons, stoves, firewood, buckets, and a wooden drawer in the middle of which are the wontons that have been wrapped at home, and below which are clean dishes with meat fillings and seasonings.

The small bench was picked up and said, "You sit on this guest officer." ”

With that, he was busy, and a moment later, a bowl of hot wontons was cooked. Looking at the coachman, the guest ordered to cook another bowl, and ate the baked cakes first, and felt that the taste was indeed good, and it could be said to be delicious.

Another bowl of wontons was cooked, and the coachman came over to eat it.

After eating here, he wrapped ten baked cakes and handed them over according to the guest's request, and the guest gave the money and got into the carriage and left.

"Wonton! Large, fresh, hot wonton with thin skin and filling—" After a while, the old man's shouting resounded in the street.

"Adult......" The driver who drove the car stopped talking at this time.

"What do you want to say?"

"My lord, my subordinates are just a ......little surprised," the person in front said stiffly.

"Haha, what happened just now?" these words pleased themselves, and the people in the carriage said with a smile: "Do our business, go south and north, what identity has not been pretended? No matter how young you are, even if you go to the restaurant to be a small servant, I will not show my flaws, you, stay for a while, you will know the mystery!"

“...... My subordinates know!"

The carriage has been marching into the imperial city, because the sky is not yet bright, there are not many pedestrians on the road, after entering the imperial city, except for the patrol soldiers, there are no ordinary passers-by.

After much inspection, they came to a yamen, and stopped in front of the gate.

"Zhang Baihu, I heard that you went out on a long trip, but you just came back?" The two fans standing at the door greeted the people who came down from the carriage.

The hundred households are not big, but the hundreds of households who can work in the Thirteen Divisions of Jinling have some skills.

"Just returned to Jinling!" Zhang Baihu said to the person who was driving the car again: "You have also worked hard this time!"

The coachman is also a fanzi, at this time, he took out the baked cakes that still had residual warmth, handed them to the door fanzi, and said casually: "By the way, let's eat some belly pads first!"

"Yo, you're welcome!" "I'm on duty until now, I was hungry and panicked, and as soon as I smelled the aroma of the baked cakes, the two fans immediately took it.

At this time, Zhang Baihu entered the gate.

When you reach the third door, turn to the right, walk through the hallway, and stop outside the end door.

"Pap" saluted and said, "I want to see my lord." ”

"Come in!" replied inside.

"No. Zhang Baihu agreed, entered the room, and closed the door casually.

The light in the room suddenly dimmed, which made the vision a little obstructed, Zhang Baihu squinted his eyes and saw that there were three people sitting inside, all of whom were officials in charge of the Fa case, at least there were deputy thousand households, and the official position was bigger than himself.

Zhang Baihu stood in front of the three of them, saluted and said, "I have seen three adults in my humble position!"

"It's not in front, it doesn't have to be like this, get up!" said one of the Qianhu, this person is Jiang Xiaofang, who is considered a high authority in the Thirteenth Division.

After Jiang Xiaofang finished speaking, he waved his hand and asked directly about the Fa: "Let me ask you, the remnants of the road that you are responsible for thoroughly investigating have all been cleaned up? Your Majesty is very concerned about this matter, this matter must be done properly, do you understand?"

"The humble duty understands, the humble duty comes back this time, and he will come to report his life to the lord!" Zhang Baihu bowed deeply and said.

After a pause, he reported: "I am in charge of the whole road of Chubei Province, and the political envoy and the adults of the counties and counties are very cooperative, and a lot of officials and commissioners have been mobilized, and all the seven temples have been copied, and the people on the list have been captured, which is specifically reported to the temple property." ”

This is a report on the matter, Jiang Xiaofang was quite satisfied with what Zhang Baihu did this time, he didn't make it too difficult, and after looking at the list, he made him retreat.

Zhang Baihu withdrew, and the three people in the room fell silent.

"Although the remnants of the territory have been cleaned up almost, there are still some fish that have slipped through the net, and this errand is not easy to do!" After a moment of silence, a deputy Qianhu broke the deadlock and said.

"This matter has dragged on for too long, Your Majesty is afraid that he does not want to cause any more trouble, and this matter needs to be concluded as soon as possible. ”

"Send some more men down and take a look. ”

"That's exactly what I mean, but although this matter can't be delayed any longer, it can't be perfunctory. ”

"Of course, how many of our heads dare to bully the king? It's just that it's almost done, and it's normal for some shrimp to slip through the net for a while. ”

Jiang Xiaofang finally summed up and said: "In this way, if there is nothing wrong, the official will report to the emperor." ”

After a pause, he said: "In March, our focus is on supervising the imperial examination, this is the first time in this dynasty, there can be no scandal, keep an eye on me, especially those who use the excuse of enjoying the spring and holding a large banquet, don't really leak the question!"

"Yes!" both deputies responded.

In March, the south is shrouded in spring, a few days ago a spring rain, washed the plain new green, the forest dripping green, the afternoon sun is still the same, ten miles of long river, there are a lot of people who play by boat.

The melodious singing of the song often floats on the surface of the river, of course, on the riverside, under the weeping willows, there are not a few men and women who play in spring.

This is a peaceful scene, although the war in the north continues, in the territory of the Dacheng court, the people are basically stable, and some rich people have their own leisure to enjoy the scenery.

On a stone step on the riverbank, a group of women from a citizen's family are talking and laughing and washing clothes.

How can ordinary people have so many rules, at this time, the folk customs are more open, and there will be no saying that women can't see people.

At this moment, a boat passed by the river.

Listening to the faint laughter on the shore, the group of people who were slowly moving on this river were all smiling.

"Brother Wang, Brother Li, this way, the scenery is pleasant, I don't know how much prosperity there is in Jinling, we will arrive in Jinling City soon, right?"

"Well, in fact, we have arrived in Jinling, just waiting to enter the city, I have long heard that Jinling is full of flowers, and this time we must take a good turn in Jinling!"

"Haha, this is nature, otherwise wouldn't it be a disappointment to this beautiful scenery?" said the man on the boat, laughing, getting closer to the shore and looking at the scenery.

People are looking at the scenery, and the scenery is also looking at people.

"Hey, you see, the people on this ship are watching us!"

"Yo, it's all handsome Lang Jun, look, that person in a green shirt has been looking here, isn't he taking a fancy to you little girl?"

"Ah, what are you talking nonsense!"

"Little Nizi is blushing!"

The girl who was teased blushed with a pretty face, which caused a group of women to laugh at once, and these laundry women laughed, their eyes glancing at the river.

Several people standing at the bow of the boat are wearing green shirts, and their clothes are neat, and what is even more rare is that this boat is special, several people are not very old, with long eyebrows and clear eyes, and there is a bookish atmosphere on their bodies.

Judging from their appearance, they are students who went to Jinling, right?

The people on the shore speculated.

In March, there were many more students on the river, some old and young, and some in their fifties and even rushed over, which opened the eyes of the people on both sides of the river.

Dayan has been suspended for 20 years, and now Dacheng has reopened the imperial examination, which is a big deal.

There is a difference between the family and the Hanmen, and the Hanmen want to enter the court as an official, which is as difficult as the sky, and the children of the family can easily obtain an official position.

This imperial examination is the only way for poor students to lead to official careers.

Passing the imperial examination and selecting talents can only be done by the imperial court that has established a solid foundation.

"Hey, I haven't seen this for 20 years, I remember when I was a child, I saw it once, and now I see it again, maybe the real peace is coming. A middle-aged woman said with emotion.

The imperial examination has been 700 years old, and everyone knows that the imperial examination is important, and this grand occasion of the carp jumping over the dragon gate has not been seen in Jinling for a long time.

Now that it is early March, the Dacheng court has opened Enke again, which naturally makes many people nostalgic.

For the students who may fly to the branches in one fell swoop, the big girls and little daughters-in-law on the riverbank point and point, using their eyes to guess which one can come out on top in this year's examination room!

At this time, there was another boat on the river, the boat was not big, it could accommodate more than a dozen people, a middle-aged literati stood on the deck, this middle-aged man, wearing a square scarf, about forty years old, with clear eyebrows and fine eyes, handsome wind and spirit, big sleeves fluttering, very graceful.

Silently looking at the two sides of the strait and feeling the atmosphere, this person couldn't help sighing: "It's really a bit peaceful." ”

As he spoke, he took out a purple bamboo flute, faced Jinling, and began to play.

The river is bubbling and flowing, the sun is shining, and the flute reverberates on the surface of the river, reminiscing back and forth, which seems to be the memory of the past decades of war, with sentimentality and relief, which attracted the little daughters-in-law and big girls around them, all stopped, did not speak, and listened.

After the song was played, the middle-aged literati was silent for a long time before he let out a sigh.

(To be continued)