The Red House of the Concubine of the Jia Family

The masters come from the folks. Lu Yan walked around the suburbs of Beijing for seven or eight days, chatting with some old farmers who have been around for a long time. Although many old farmers can't tell some big truths, they can sum up some rules based on their own experience. "There are many trees by the river. , the water will be clearer', 'where the terrain is similar, there are many divided waterways, and it seems that floods are less likely to occur', 'the government organizes to clean up the rivers almost every year, and the rivers don't know what's going on, they are blocked every year, There were several torrential rains in the summer, and when the flood came, the water couldn’t drain out, and it would overflow and flood the nearby farmland and cottages...'

After practicing the truth, this wave of visits really taught Lu Yan a lot.

In a blink of an eye, ten days passed quickly, and the palace examination that everyone was looking forward to finally came.

Jiaotai Hall, many people may not be able to come in and take a look in their lifetime, but this day, it was used as the examination room for the palace examination.Under the guidance of the eunuch, Lu Yan followed a group of people and walked in with low eyebrows, not even daring to lift his head during the whole process.Amidst the sound of the whip, Lu Yan, who was kneeling on the ground as he watched a pair of dragon boots come in from the outside, only had time to see a corner of his clothes embroidered with dragon patterns.

When the exam questions came out, Lu Yan spent a lot of effort and made a lot of hints in his heart to calm himself down and start thinking.This time the exam question is very beneficial to him, and the content of the exam question happens to be related to the river course.

After sorting out his thoughts, Lu Yan started to write, and wrote more than 2000 words on the draft paper eloquently, then read it twice carefully, and refined the language again, an article that is more pragmatic and meaningful I got the article, and read it twice to make sure that there were no grammar mistakes or typos in the article, so Lu Yan copied the final result into the answer sheet.After writing the last word, washing the pen, and putting away the pen and ink, it's just in time.

Today they will have a simple lunch in the palace, and then in the afternoon, the specific ranking will be announced, there will be a horse racing parade, and there will be a Qionglin banquet.

In order to watch a new scholar Jinshi parade through the streets with her own eyes, Jia Xuan had asked her to go to a restaurant along the way to reserve a good seat.Even after lunch early, I went there to watch.Of course, there are many people like her. Before noon, the whole street, including the restaurants along the street, is full of girls and daughters-in-law, just to see the elegant demeanor of Xinke champion, Tanhualang and so on.

Besides, going back to the palace, for lunch, although the food in the palace was good, Lu Yan didn't dare to eat too much, for fear that it would be inconvenient if he needed to pay his respects later.After eating, everyone in the side hall either whispered to each other or waited anxiously.

Lu Yan can take it seriously. To be honest this time, he has played to the extreme and almost emptied his stomach. What a pity.

Not long after, news came from the main hall that the ranking had been confirmed.

Entered the main hall in an orderly manner again, knelt down and called the eunuchs.

"The number one scholar in Jiangnan Province is Lin Bo in Yangzhou, the second place is Ji Zichang in Jinan, Shandong Province, and the Gusu Academy of Arts in Jiangnan Province; the second place is Lu Yan in Chongchuan, Jizhou..."

Before the roll call, Lu Yan thought many times in his mind that he should be able to stay in the second class and not fall into the same Jinshi, but he never thought that he could jump from the sixth place in the general examination to the second class The first name was also blinded all at once, and it was reminded by the examinee he knew next to him that he hurriedly stood up and saluted.

The candidates next to him were also very surprised. They had paid attention to it when they looked at the list of the exam. Even if they didn't remember the first few clearly, they still had an impression, but now this No. [-] top name has indeed never heard of it... I don't know what kind of article I wrote, but it suddenly caught the eyes of today.

The emperor who was sitting in the high position, when he said Lu Yan's name, his eyes floated over and took a look at Lu Yan, um, he looks pretty good, he looks like a real person, and the articles he wrote are also meaningful Yes, it can be cultivated.

The eunuch read the long list almost without rest, and it took more than half an hour at once, and it was not the end when Lu Yan and others rode out from the gate of the palace.

Until he got on the horse, Lu Yan still had a feeling of unreality. After studying hard for ten years, and once he won the prize, perhaps only those who passed the imperial examination step by step could understand the sadness and pain during the process. No wonder, When someone rode out of the palace gate, he shed tears.

There were people clearing the road in front, and someone was holding the reins of the horse beside him. Lu Yan was not worried that he would fall, so when he got to the street, he kept looking into the restaurants on the street besides clapping his hands and smiling.Before, Jia Xuan told him that the location had been fixed, and also told him where it was, but now the street was full of people, and there were all kinds of hustle and bustle, and it was too dazzled to see where it was.Lu Yan could only look for them window by window.

"Father...Father...here, here..." There were many voices calling for father and uncle, but Lu Yan immediately recognized Xiao Qi'an's voice among these voices.Following the sound, Xiao Qi'an was hugged by Jia Xuan, and the mother and son were waving at him with excitement.

"Qi An..." Lu Yan also waved his hands again and again, and shouted in a high-pitched voice, but the surrounding noise was too loud to be heard at all.Jia Xuan seemed to have said something, and when Lu Yan just walked downstairs, he saw Jia Xuan holding something in Qi An's small hand and throwing it down. Lu Yan subconsciously reached out to pick it up, and found that it was a The handkerchief embroidered with red pomegranates contained a bright red flower that I don't know what it was.

Lu Yan waved his hand to indicate that he had received it, then folded the handkerchief and stuffed it into his arms, while the flowers were directly pinned to the hat.

Upstairs, Jia Xuan saw that Lu Yan really caught it. The flowers she specially bought from the little flower seller were put on her head, her face flushed with excitement, "An'an, look, your father took it!" Stop, catch our flowers..."

"Father, pick it up again..." Xiao Qi'an stretched out his hand and threw the few remaining flowers on the table next to him out of the window. Unfortunately, this time, Lu Yan had already passed by, but he didn't pick up the flowers. Following the wind, it fell onto the bodies of several Jinshi behind.Everyone didn't take it seriously, and happily picked it up, and put the hairpin on their hats.

In the end, many people couldn't get the hairpins on their heads, so they could only hold them in their hands. There were also many little girls whose handkerchiefs fell from the sky, especially Tanhualang Wenyuan in front. Marrying a daughter-in-law is everyone's first choice.Because Lu Yan was so close, he was also affected, and someone even threw a hairpin down. Lu Yan was almost hit on the head, so he managed to escape...