bamboo horse prince

The entrance of the examination house was crowded with people, Yang Nian stood outside, thinking how he could break through the encirclement and get inside.Around his neck are layers of large Buddha beads sent by his sister, and around his waist is a lucky purse that has been woven for half a month, and sewn in his underwear are Yao'er and the servants from the mansion who asked for it from the Taoist temple. The talisman, the handkerchief his mother embroidered with the words "Ji Di" for his father in the sleeve, and the spike bracelet made by Liang Guo as a gift from Ren Xiaoxiao, I don't know which one can really bring him this magic weapon. good luck.

There is an old tradition in Yang Nian's family, relatives don't come to give away the son, afraid of stealing luck, Yang Nian shook the Buddhist beads on his chest twice, took a deep breath, finally pulled out a smiling face, and shouted loudly to his son's elder brother The woman said excuse me.The old woman felt itchy ears, thought it was a mosquito, waved her hand, and continued to shout, "Mother forgot to bring you mosquito repellent incense!"

Yang Nian dodged back, but dodged the slap, but he couldn't stand firmly on his back foot, so he folded backwards.

"Be careful." Li Sheng suddenly appeared behind him and helped him up, and said seriously to the crowd, "All relatives stand back, let the younger ones in first!"

The crowd was horrified by the group of guards behind Li Sheng who were holding up their spears, and immediately scattered behind Yang Nian like birds and beasts.There were only a few candidates who were in the same situation as Yang Nian, with their heads lowered in embarrassment, and hurried to the gate of the examination institute.

Yang Nian patted his chest twice, heaved a sigh of relief, and bowed his hands, "Thank you, Vice Commander."

Li Sheng nodded, without making too many expressions, he led the people away.

Yang Nian waited for him to leave before shaking the jade pendant in his hand, which Li Sheng put into his hand just now.Yang Nian smiled, and seeing that it was wrapped with a rope, he hung it around his neck, played with it a few times, and tucked it into his collar again, before entering the door with a smile on his face.

The guard at the door is from Li Sheng's team, and he is very familiar with Yang Nian. He is not as stern as he is to other candidates, but has a very friendly smile, "Master Nian, you are the most knowledgeable among the people I know. Let's win, brothers!"

Yang Nian smiled, although he had never been a guard for a day, he had gained a group of brothers.

Unfolding the test paper, Yang Nian found that the test questions were not difficult. The classics happened to be the part he studied most often, and the theory was related to the few things his father often talked about. I already have a draft in mind.

The examination room is a small cubicle, and the candidates have to eat, drink and sleep in it for the past two days, and they can only go outside for a little while to breathe.In order to prevent cheating, all the food and bedding were provided by the examination institute. Yang Nian looked at the six steamed buns in front of him and the thin quilt that was no thicker than his arm, thinking that if he failed this time, he would be benevolent, but Can't do it a second time.

He first took off the big Buddha beads and the spike bracelet, then untied his purse, took out his handkerchief, put it on the table, and thought, all gods and Buddhas, just look at me and answer.

The scriptures on the first day are Yang Nian's forte. He has a wide range of knowledge and memorizes, and he is familiar with the quotations of the sages. He writes articles clearly and easily.

Yang Nian was somewhat sure about the next day's policy discussion, but halfway through the answer, he found that there was not much left of the stick of incense for timing. Yang Nian felt nervous, and his hands trembled unconsciously. He took out the jade pendant and pondered it repeatedly in the palm of his hand, trying to calm himself down.

The two consecutive days of exams made Yang Nian almost collapsed. Once he entered the house, he never came out again. During the days when he was waiting for the results, he refused to see any visitors. He stayed in the mansion and ate all kinds of fresh fruit puree specially made by Yao'er. .

Yang Nian occupied two stone benches in the garden, one to sit on and the other to put his legs on. He smashed the sour plum with a small spoon, took a sip of the plum juice, and then placed the chess pieces on the chessboard. A black figure turned in from the previous one.

"I said, after all, you are also the deputy commander of the imperial army, why are you still over the wall?"

Li Sheng dusted off the dust from his body, "The grades will be released tomorrow, I'll come and see you."

Yang Nian waved the spoon, "Let's go, let's see a joke."

"You didn't do badly in the exam."

When Yang Nian heard this, his pupils suddenly dilated, he stood up immediately, and rushed towards Li Sheng.Li Sheng was afraid that he would fall, so he hurriedly held his arms to stabilize him.

"I caught it, you are not allowed to escape!" Yang Nian grabbed Li Sheng's sleeve instead, "Do you know the result?"

Li Sheng nodded.

"Wait a minute, wait a minute, don't talk," Yang Nian let go of Li Sheng's clothes, walked quickly around the garden twice, returned to the same place, and continued to hold Li Sheng's sleeve, "Let me guess first."

Li Sheng didn't move, waiting for Yang Nian to speak.

"If I'm right, you'll nod your head, if you don't, you'll shake your head." Yang Nian stared at Li Sheng's eyes, afraid of missing any expression, "The champion?"

Li Sheng pursed his lips and shook his head.

Yang Nian was not very discouraged, he had already guessed the result, and asked again, "Is there always a second class?"

Li Sheng shook his head again.

Yang Nian lowered his head, let go of Li Sheng's clothes, turned around, a sense of astringency welled up his nose, and said in a hoarse voice, "That's not bad."

Li Sheng leaned close to his ear and said with a smile, "Tanhualang is the one in the middle, don't cry."

Yang Nian turned around, smiled through tears, and stretched out his arms to hug Li Sheng when he got excited, "It's finally not in vain, it's not in vain."

Seeing his tears streaming down his face, Li Sheng wiped them away with his hands, "How could it be in vain, you are the smartest person in the world."

"But I didn't get the champion." Yang Nian complained, feeling both happy and aggrieved.

"It's the fortune teller Crow's Mouth. I'll chop him off with a knife later."

Yang Nian nodded heavily, let go of Li Sheng, and asked in confusion, "How do you know the grades?"

"The Forbidden Army is responsible for delivering letters to the homes of the scholars above Jinshi. I secretly took a peek at your imperial decree. After reading this, don't I just run to you to avoid the limelight?"

"Then you are going to stay overnight?"

"Why, I won't be able to rub you with some sour plums." Li Sheng said and sat down on the stone bench.

"No, no," Yang Nian hurriedly protected his small bowl, "This is a tribute from my sister, how could it be wasted on you!"

Li Sheng didn't listen, and scooped up a large spoon, Yang Nian was so angry that he stomped his feet.

Yao'er hid behind the rockery in the courtyard, thinking that she was the first person in her family who knew that the young master had won Tanhua, she couldn't help feeling proud.Seeing these two people scrambling around a small bowl, she hesitated whether she should bring another bowl, but wouldn't this expose Li Sheng's presence in the mansion?

The young master finally got into Tanhua, but she couldn't make any troubles. She bent down and watched the two through the gap, waiting for them to finish their trouble before going to clean up.

The old butler saw Yao'er squatting behind the rockery sneakily, stepped forward and patted the girl on the head, "Aren't you going to work?"

This sound scared Yang Nian and Li Sheng who were grabbing food. Yang Nian hurriedly put down the bowl, pointed to his room, and tried to cover Li Sheng, but Li Sheng had no intention of cooperating at all. Xiao Wan walked into the room in two steps and closed the door.

Before the housekeeper could react, Yao'er had already fled far away.