Be a master through ancient times

"Your Excellency, my student Du Jun is Xie Yuanlang of the Jinke Township Examination. I am grateful to all the mentors who have accepted me. I will bring you here to see me in the same year..."

Xie Yuanlang, who took the provincial examination in Nanjiang Province, brought the new imperial examination candidates together to meet the master. They worshiped once outside the threshold, and then came in to worship again.The etiquette was so thoughtful that the deputy chief examiners in several other provinces nodded in satisfaction, but Zhang Songnian turned to look at Chu Ci when they were praying, his eyes were full of ridicule.Chu Ci didn't look sideways, and tried to show a very serious look.

Zhang Songnian smiled, he turned his head and asked, "Why do you have to worship twice?" That's what he asked Chu Ci back then.

Du Jun, who was the leader, was a little dazed, and after reacting, he immediately said: "This move is to express respect to all the mentors. All the adults have come from afar, and we should all be the landlords and express our gratitude."

This rule was told by their husband, saying that the first prostration is to greet the examiner as a commoner, and the second prostration is to thank the teacher as a juror, but anyone who is more particular should salute according to this rule.

Zhang Songnian said with a smile: "So that's the case, I thought there was some reason." After finishing speaking, he turned his head and glanced at Chu Ci again.

At the beginning, it was obvious that someone had touched this kid's bad luck, and this kid saw his tricks, but made that person unable to get down from the stage, and lost a grown-up.The most wonderful thing is that his reasons are so high-sounding that it is impossible to refute them.At that time, he felt that this gentle and handsome boy must not be a good person.It's just that I didn't expect that this matter didn't spread, and this rule became known to everyone.

After paying homage to the teacher, it is time to appreciate the articles of the Five Classics Kui. I have read these few Chuci carefully and found that they are not bad except for their childish thinking when talking about current events.And because they were not sure about Zhang Songnian's style of writing, so this time most of them chose to write what they were good at, and they didn't have to look at the same style of writing. They were so lucky!

After the appreciation, it is the questioning session of the failed candidates.Some candidates who thought they were very knowledgeable couldn't accept the fact that they failed the ranking, so they took the papers and came over to ask the reason for the failure.Some of them were judged by Chu Ci. When the candidates came to question, he told each of them the reasons for their failure, and by the way, he gave them a few words about the exam answers.

Every candidate who came to ask questions came unwillingly and left willingly.

After all the questioners left, Chu Ci drank the tea at the side in one gulp to relieve the thirst in his throat.A few papers that were not judged by him just now came to ask why, Chu Ci had to read their test papers before giving advice, which was delayed for a long time.At this time, the other adults had already finished their work, and they were sitting beside them chatting quietly, and they even had to glance at Chu Ci after a few words.

"Master, my lords have been waiting for a long time. I just watched you lords having fun chatting. I don't know what you are talking about. Can I join one?" Chu Ci felt that they seemed to be talking about something interesting, so he also wanted to hear something. listen.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, several adults laughed tacitly, and Tao Xu said, "Master Chu, Brother Zhang was just telling us the origin of the rules. I didn't expect that Master Chu is also a man of temperament." Ah ha ha."

The others laughed again, and Chu Ci was a little embarrassed, no wonder he was always looking at him, and he was here to share his dark history.

"At that time, I was young and energetic, so I made everyone laugh." Chu Ci cupped his hands, "It's getting late now, if you don't mind, I will be the host later and invite everyone to taste this Nanjiang special food how?"

"Shan, since you have spoken, we will not be disrespectful." Zhang Songnian agreed on behalf of the others, and a few of them went to the post house to change into their regular clothes, then got into the carriage and came to the restaurant that Chu Ci had ordered.

Because there was a deer singing feast at night, Chu Ci only ordered two pots of sake.The few of them got together because of the rural examination, and they got along very well in this short period of more than a month. Now that they are about to separate, it is inevitable that they will feel reluctant to part.At the wine table, everyone raised their glasses and drank freely, saying how much they cherish each other, and if there is a reunion day, they will talk about wine again.

But these words can only be longing, everyone knows that after this farewell, the day of goodbye will be far away...

In the Lu Ming Banquet at night, the protagonists are the chief examiner and the new imperial examination candidates.After Chu Ci said a few words on the scene, he sat on the sidelines and watched the crowd show off their housekeeping skills to compete for splendor.These people are worthy of being Nanjiang talents. No matter poetry, poetry, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, there is nothing they can't do.

Chu Ci looked at it, and thought of the scene when he participated in the Luming Banquet. At that time, he was the focus of this event just like Du Jun.Of course, rather than being the center of attention, Chu Ci would actually rather sit in a corner with his friends and drink some wine.

Among the few of them who played well that year, only he, Zifang and Jiang Huai won the exam, but Wen Hai and Jin Yang fell off the list.Now it was another year of the provincial examination. After reading all the questions, although he felt that it should not be difficult with their strength, he still couldn't help being nervous for the two of them for a while.Although the questions are not particularly biased, but because of this, it is not easy to stand out. The rural examination field is changing rapidly, and an inadvertent paper may be judged as a failure.

Chu Ci sighed, wondering if Wen Hai and Jin Yang passed the exam?I don't know if they are also attending the Luming Banquet like him at this time.

Just like Chu Ci misses his friend, his friend is also missing him at this time.

Yangxin Mansion, Xijiang Province, at the Luming Banquet.

Xinke Xie Yuanlang Fang Jinyang is standing in the center of the crowd like stars and moons. He is writing a poem, and every time he writes a stroke, he can arouse the admiration of the people around him.

Fang Jinyang felt a little uncomfortable. When he was in poor health, he had little contact with others. The only friend he had was Zhang Wenhai.Later, through Wen Hai's introduction, he got to know Chu Ci again—the bosom friend who saved him from the mud.

If it weren't for Chu Ci, he might still be lying sickly in the yard, watching others go to official careers one after another, and he can only be in this cramped small courtyard, full of talent but unable to use it , boring and hopeless to spend this life that can see the end at a glance.Maybe he will marry her as the poisonous woman expected, and dance with wolves all his life without knowing it.

Thinking of this, Fang Jinyang couldn't help but shudder. Fortunately, with the help of Chu Ci, he didn't fall into that unbearable situation.Because of him, I can be like now, shining among the stars, shining the splendor that belongs to him.

Maybe it's because Fang Jinyang experienced such betrayal when he was young, so it's not easy for Fang Jinyang to become friends with others.His indifference is hidden under his gentle and polite appearance, and those who get along with him can only glimpse the tip of the iceberg.In his spare time, Fang Jinyang likes to sit quietly by himself, so he is not used to this kind of occasion, nor does he like to be the focus of everyone.

Zhang Wenhai probably saw Fang Jinyang's inner exhaustion, so he went up to make a rescue.He has always been good at dancing with long sleeves, and he attracted the attention of Fang Jinyang with just a few words, creating a quiet environment for Fang Jinyang.

Yes, Zhang Wenhai also won.His ranking is above 40, although it is not high, but it is considered very good.Mr. Zhang and Mrs. Zhang have been by his side all the time. After the examiner called Zhang Wenhai this morning, the two couples were going crazy with joy.It is not in vain that they spent a lot of money to get a place for the Zhang family in the imperial examination.Now that Zhang Wenhai has officially stepped into his official career, he is no longer a merchant that anyone can belittle.Seeing that the desire to change the family was about to be realized in his son, how could they not be ecstatic about it?

Zhang Wenhai himself is very calm. Although it is not ruled out that he is pretending to be calm, he is indeed not as surprised as everyone imagined, because he feels that it is expected that he can pass the exam.

He has personal tutoring from brother Chu, and he has customized a special review plan for him. Over the past year, Zhang Wenhai has worked as hard as anyone else.He is free and undisciplined by nature, and he can't do his best in his studies, and he is easily influenced by external things.But in order to be able to stand at the same height as his friends, he suppressed his instincts and studied hard day and night, and the sky paid off, and he finally passed the exam!

Zhang Wenhai felt that the person he should be most grateful to was Chu Ci. Without his careful guidance, he would not have been able to pass the exam, let alone a scholar, even if he was a scholar.

It would be great if we could add one more person to the Luming Banquet.Zhang Wenhai and Fang Jinyang looked at each other, and instantly understood that they wanted to go together.After looking at each other for a short time, the two moved their eyes away tacitly, and made a decision in their hearts. Before going to the capital for the exam, they must go to Nanmin Province to have a look at Chuci.

To their surprise, Chu Ci suddenly appeared in front of them a few days later.After asking, I found out that Chu Ci had gone to Nanjiang Province to be the deputy chief examiner. This time, he did not take the original waterway when he returned to Nanjiang Province. Wuchang Mansion went to Zhangzhou Mansion.

Chu Ci came back for two purposes. One was to see if the two of them won the exam. If they won, they would celebrate.Secondly, he wanted to go back to see his mother, brother-in-law, and Shanshan's little niece.

In his vision, the best outcome is that both of them win.But he didn't expect that Fang Jinyang won the first place, which was really a surprise.

After presenting congratulatory gifts to the two of them, and drinking happily all night, Chu Ci stepped into the carriage to go home again.Chu's mother, Chu Guang and others were very happy to see him go back. They put his favorite dishes on a large table and put them into his bowl vigorously.Chu Shanshan grew up a bit, and she was very curious about Chu Ci's uncle in her heart. After Chu Ci teased her for a while, she was willing to get close to Chu Ci. Now she was sitting next to Chu Ci, blinking her big eyes and looking at this young man. A good-looking uncle.

Chu Ci has been lovable by her, is there anything more lovable than a little girl in this world?He piled up the little jewelry he bought in front of Chu Shanshan, and was satisfied to see Chu Shanshan cheered, lying in his arms and calling "Uncle, that's great!"

Chu Ci was very happy, but what made him even more happy was that his sister-in-law was pregnant again.Chu Ci knew that he would never have children in this life, and now that his brother and sister-in-law were willing to have more children, the apology in his heart could be reduced a bit.