Huaxi Chronicle

The night wind blew gently, blowing the hair of the two of them, and the flying blue hair overlapped and entangled behind them.

Yan Cong'an slowly leaned his head on Xun Feibai's shoulder, Xun Feibai paused slightly, and then continued: "My mother can not only take care of the house, but also can read and write poems. Enlighten me It's not Dad, but A Niang. A Niang also writes excellent poems and articles, but she doesn't like to be an official. After marrying Dad, she will take care of her husband and teach her children at home."

Yan Cong'an felt the warmth from Xun Feibai beside him, and said, "Listen to what Fei Bai said, Fei Bai's aunt is so educated, she must be a lady of everyone."

Xun Feibai shook his head when he heard the words, and said, "Speaking of it, I'm afraid Cong'an doesn't believe it. My aunt is actually my father's child bride. She fled famine when she was a child and fled to Huaxi County. It was A Weng and my father who picked it up on the bank of the river. A Niang, but A Niang forgot the past when she woke up, she only remembered that her name was Xiao Rong and the jade pendant in her arms, on one side of the jade pendant was a pattern of animals, and on the other side was the word Si."

When Yan Cong'an heard Xun Feibai talk about the jade pendant, she thought it should be the one she gave her a few days ago.She only knew that the jade pendant was precious, so she didn't look at it much after receiving it, so she put it away carefully, and brought it with her when she came to Binzhou this time.When Yan Cong'an heard Xun Feibai talk about the jade pendant engraved with the word Si, doubts flashed in her heart. Before she could think deeply, she heard Xun Feibai's soft voice.

Xun Feibai also heard about A Niang when she was a child, and she didn't remember it very clearly. She thought and said, "I heard that A Niang was only four or five years old when she came here, and she looked very cute. But at home Not rich, Ah Weng didn't want to keep her at first, but Father was soft-hearted and felt sorry for her. After begging for a long time, Ah Weng agreed to keep A Niang. Because of that jade pendant, the family called her Si Rong. Although Ah Weng My mother is a child bride, but Ah Weng and my eldest mother are not harsh people. They treat A Niang like their own daughters, and A Niang has not suffered a lot. A Niang is extremely smart. By my side, watching my father write and review books, I learned a lot of stature. My father saw that she was so studious, but the family couldn't afford the two of them, so my father finished reading the books by himself after school every day. , to teach A Niang to read and write. A Niang grew up with his father in this way, and the two developed a friendship, and then got married and had me."

Xun Feibai finished talking about A Niang, and then talked about some interesting things.Her tone was tactful and her voice was soft, like a stream of clear water flowing into Yan Cong'an's heart.Although he was thinking about the jade pendant in his heart, he still couldn't bear the drowsiness and fell asleep leaning on Xun Fei's white shoulders.

Xun Feibai was telling anecdotes about his childhood, and felt that his shoulders were becoming heavier and heavier. He didn't hear Yan Cong'an's response, so he knew that the man had fallen asleep, and sat like this for a while.Seeing that Yan Cong'an was in a deep sleep, she measured her body slightly, and Yan Cong'an slid along her shoulders into her arms. Xun Feibai reached out his hand to borrow it, and gently stretched out his hand around her knee, and hugged him forcefully.Thanks to Yan Cong'an's slender body, if he was heavier, it would be a bit difficult for Xun Feibai to hug him.She carried Yan Cong'an into the house, gently placed him on the bed, and slowly covered her with a brocade quilt.After putting down Yan Cong'an, she glanced at Yan Cong'an's peaceful sleeping face, chuckled lightly, then turned around, blew on the lamp and left.

After Xun Feibai left the house, he closed the door.The person on the bed opened his eyes slightly, with a slight smile on the corner of his mouth, then turned over and fell asleep again.

A night without dreams, very peaceful sleep.

Xun Feibai returned to the house, and only remembered it when she saw the torn clothes. She rummaged through it several times, but she couldn't find the sachet with the amulet in it.She tried her best to think back, thinking that she might have accidentally dropped it when she met the gang of thieves at noon.

Time flies like a white horse, and it is in a blink of an eye.In Binzhou, Xun Feibai didn't need to copy scriptures and paint for his family, and he didn't have to worry about chores.For more than 20 days in a row, she had no other distractions and concentrated on studying.

May sixteenth.

On the front street outside Binzhou City Gongyuan, there was a crowd of people.They stood outside the red fence, some raised their heads to look at the gate of the Gongyuan, and some lowered their heads to talk with the people around them.In addition to the crowd of onlookers, there are also hawkers carrying bamboo baskets filled with various foods. They stop and go, shuttle and sell among the crowd, which is very lively.

At this moment, the little official outside the Gongyuan was engrossed, not paying attention to the noisy crowd in the distance. He was staring at the incense that was about to burn to the end. He raised his hand and knocked on the cowhide drum in front of the gate of the Gongyuan.

Boom, boom, boom.

Accompanied by 99 drumbeats, the gate of the Gongyuan was slowly opened from the inside, and the students in long gowns behind the gate came out one after another.

Ten years of cold windows, countless days and nights, how many students burned the sundial and hung on the beam to study hard.Chunwei is the first hurdle they have to go through before becoming an official. Only after passing this hurdle can they be regarded as half-footed on the road of seeking an official position, and they can be regarded as living up to the hard work and sweat they have put in in the past.But often more students are defeated on this hurdle, and since then they are discouraged and seek another way of life.Although the Chunwei is not as strict as the Qiuwei, and there are very few candidates in the middle school, it is still one in a hundred, and it is very difficult.

I saw those students who walked out of the examination room, some looked relaxed, as if they were winning, some were downcast, as if they had failed, and some frowned, as if they were concerned about gains and losses.They either walked happily to their relatives outside the fence, or walked away talking about half to five percent, or left alone sadly.

After about half a quarter of an hour, the people in the tribute courtyard left in a hurry, and the crowd outside had also dispersed, and there were not many left.

Yuzhu looked anxiously at the entrance of the Gongyuan, and murmured: "This person is almost finished, why is Miss Xun not coming out yet?"

Yan Cong'an, who was behind him, also frowned slightly when he heard the words, but did not speak.Today is the second day of Chun Wei, yesterday the two of them sent Xun Feibai into the gate of the Gong Yuan here.Liang Guo's Chunwei exam takes two days. After entering the Gongyuan, if there is no special situation, even if the students have already finished the exam, they must go out of the Gongyuan gate after the sound of the drum on the second day.

Yuzhu stared closely at the gate of the Gongyuan, and when she saw a familiar figure, she called out, "Come out, come out. Third Lady, Miss Xun has come out."

Yan Cong heard about Anwen's reputation, there were two people standing outside the tribute courtyard, one was Xun Feibai wearing a long gown, although he had been taking the exam for two consecutive days, this person's expression was still normal, and his expression was quite relaxed, it should be the exam handy.At this time, she was talking sideways with the woman beside her, smiling at Yanyan.The woman was dressed in a dark official robe, her hair was combed high, and she was wearing a black black gauze hat. She was in her twenties, and although her appearance was not glamorous, she was full of heroism.

The two were talking, Xun Feibai looked at Yan Cong'an, seemed to have spotted her and Yuzhu, and smiled at them.She turned sideways and said a few words with the woman, and they walked towards Yan Cong'an together.

Xun Feibai bypassed the fence, walked up to Yan Cong'an, and asked softly, "I met my senior sister and came out a bit late, but Cong'an is in a hurry?"

Yan Cong'an looked at her with a faint smile, shook his head slightly, and then looked at the woman behind her with doubts on his face.

Seeing this, Xun Feibai turned to look at the woman in the official robe, with a knowing smile on his face, and introduced to Yan Cong'an: "This is Senior Sister Mu, she is a student of Father. She became an official in the Imperial Academy, and she is one of the invigilators this time in Chunwei. In the past two days, because of the exams, she has not talked, and just after the exams, she chatted a little more."

Yan Cong'an nodded slightly when he heard the words, indicating that he knew.Xun Feibai turned to Mu Hanlin again and said, "Senior sister, she is my fiancée whom I just told you about, Cong'an."

Listening to her introduction, Yan Cong'an felt much relieved. She nodded slightly and greeted Mu Hanlin.

Mu Hanlin was not as indifferent as Yan Cong'an, she frowned slightly and sized up Yan Cong'an, then nodded without saying a word, as a greeting.

After the two greeted each other, Mu Hanlin withdrew his gaze, turned to Xun Feibai and said, "I still have some business to do, so it's inconvenient to talk to you today. I'm going to stay in Binzhou for a while, and if you think about it, you'll have to wait until the list is released before you can return." Home. Find a free time in a few days, let's go have a cup of tea."

Xun Feibai nodded when he heard the words, and said with a smile, "Feibai waits for Mu Hanlin to summon."

Mu Hanlin glanced at her helplessly, reprimanded her, but said helplessly, "For such an old man, he is still as naughty as when he was a child."

After the two said goodbye, Mu Hanlin turned around and went back to the Gongyuan.

Yan Cong'an stood aside, looking at Xun Feibai's charming and playful appearance, feeling a little displeased.Except that day in the temple, Xun Feibai and Cui Jiaze were fighting.This is the second time for Yan Cong'an to see Xun Feibai showing such a childlike appearance in front of people, and she carefully sized up the Hanlin Academy. , Thinking about it, it is not a mediocrity.After thinking about it like this, and coming to a conclusion, I feel even more unhappy.

But even though Yan Cong'an was unhappy in her heart, she didn't show it on her face. She looked at Xun Feibai and asked, "Seeing you like this, I think everything is going well?"

Xun Feibai recalled the scene of answering the questions in the past two days, and said with a smile: "It shouldn't be a big problem, but we won't know until the day when the rankings are released."

The two walked towards the carriage while chatting, and when they sat down in the carriage, Yan Cong'an seemed to inadvertently ask: "Mu Hanlin just now, have you two known each other for a long time?"

Speaking of Mu Hanlin, Xun Feibai recalled the interesting things in his childhood, with a smile on his brows, he said happily: "Well, we have known each other since we were young, Senior Sister Mu is five years older than me, and she has been following my father in Qingshan Academy since she was enlightened. Studying, from An Mo to see her serious appearance now, she was the one who thought the most when she was young. Last time I told you about the bridal chamber, I thought about it later, it was Senior Sister Mu who instigated me, and then I was taken away After she came out, she gave her a handful of red dates and longan. She is very flexible. At that time, she came up with many "bad ideas", and he got the most benefits. In the end, we were the ones who were punished. Pawn'."

Yan Cong'an saw that she was in high spirits and looked 'very angry', and her heart began to turn sour. She said lightly, "So the two of you are childhood sweethearts."