Jia Lian of the Red Chamber

On this day, Jia Lian's family received warm hospitality from Zhang's uncle and his family, especially the old lady Zhang, who hugged a pair of nephews and grandchildren, choked up tears several times, and was so happy that her poor girl finally got cigarettes!

In the evening of that day, when Sister Jia Lianfeng came home, Mrs. Zhang personally sent them to the Chuihua Gate. She took Sister Feng and told her again and again: "Grandmother is old and can't walk anymore. From now on, whenever I have time, I will take the children to come and have a look." , lest I miss you and not see you!"

Sister Feng coaxed the old lady with a smile: "This is for sure, as long as the old lady is not too annoying, I will bring the children to your house to eat every now and then!"

Not to mention, the old lady was so sweet-mouthed by Sister Feng, she was so coaxed by Sister Feng to smile happily for a while.

Jia Lian said goodbye to Uncle Zhang's cousin, and Uncle Zhang also told Jia Lian: "When you have time, ask your wife to take the children to come and go. The old lady is old and likes to be lively."

The two young masters of the Zhang family, the eldest is married, the daughter of a scholarly family, she is very virtuous and shy, except for basic etiquette, her mouth is like borrowing from others, and she doesn't like to talk easily.Because the second young master is weak and loves to read, he has already promised to get married, and he will marry in the second half of the year.Although the granddaughters are filial, they don't know as much rural slang as Sister Feng, and they have a good sense of humor.

Since seeing Sister Feng today, Mrs. Zhang smiled many times unconsciously, and was noticed by Uncle Zhang's family, so she asked Jia Lian to say something.

Jia Lian will still rely on Zhang's family in the future, and Sister Feng is so happy to get her uncle's favor, so she hastily agreed.

Before getting into the car, Uncle Zhang suddenly said in a low voice: "The concubine in the palace not only depends on the woman's own conditions, but also calculates the woman's fate. If the woman is destined to be short of six blessings, ordinary people are not willing to marry her, let alone an emperor. Home?"

Jia Lian's heart skipped a beat, and suddenly thought of a way to get Jia Yuanchun out of the palace.

However, Jia Lian was a little hesitant: "The eldest sister is born in the first month of the first lunar month. It is said that she will be blessed with six blessings and be rich and powerful. This is why the old lady actively advocates her entering the palace."

Uncle Zhang said: "What if she lacks the six blessings? Why do you think Wang Ziteng must save her sister's life? Of course there is a family relationship, but it is more for the sake of profit!"

Jia Lian bowed and bowed: "Thank you uncle!"

Uncle Zhang smiled: "Go back, think carefully, don't try to get people out of the palace, whether it's sneaky or upright, only the royal family has never wanted it, and no one has ever dared to compete with the emperor!"

Jia Lian went back to De's house and stayed in Shuijingfang for an hour. At that time, Jia Lian went to Rongqing Hall to greet Jia's mother. After that, Jia Lian went home and told Sister Feng: "Uncle has got the exact news. On the ninth, [-]th, and [-]th day of February, there will be three exams in a row, each three days, and there is only one month left."

Jia Lian told Sister Feng that he learned something from Uncle Zhang today, so he will study behind closed doors at Shuijingfang from tonight until the end of the Spring Festival in February. He probably doesn't have time to take care of the family. They take care of the home.

Of course, Sister Feng would not hinder Jia Lian's advancement, and immediately expressed her full support: "Second Master, don't worry, I have everything in the family!"

From then on, apart from being on duty in the palace, Jia Lian spent the rest of his time studying and writing in Shuijingfang, and he plunged into it, not even Fengjie Ping'er, a pair of beauties.

Seeing him like this, everyone in the whole house tensed up following Jia Lian's rhythm.

Needless to say, Sister Feng has three meals a day and is well-fed.

Jia's mother was also very nervous. Every day she offered three plants of fresh incense in front of Guanyin, and three cups of fine wine in front of Jia Daishan's altar, praying for Jia Lian to go to high school.

Jia's mother was secretly happy. If Jia Lian could win the two rankings, as long as the Rongguo Mansion did not rebel, at least four or fifty years of glory and wealth would come.

Jia's mother pinched her fingers and calculated silently. If Jia Lian was in high school and gained a foothold in the imperial court, Yuan Chun's burden would be lightened. If there is nothing he can do, why not...

However, Mother Jia can't even control the Rong Mansion now, except for Yin Zi, she can't help Yuan Chun anymore.

Back then, in order to help the prince, their husband and wife dared to go through water and fire, dealing with high officials and dignitaries all day long. Now, everything is like a passing cloud. She herself is getting old, and her most beloved granddaughter is trapped in the In the palace, there was a dilemma, but she was helpless!

Whenever she thinks of these things, Jia's mother only adds to her sorrow.

Looking back, he said that Jia Lian had been practicing on duty repeatedly for a month. After practicing on duty, not only did he disappear from all the teahouses and restaurants in Kyoto, but even the Rongqing Hall of the East Hospital was convicted. set foot.

Jia Lian wanted to accumulate strength. This time Chunwei was no different than before. The exam time was three times longer, and the number of exams in the competition was twice as long as before. And this time, more than 300 people from Liangjiang alone rushed into the capital.

It is said that this time, 99 of the 900 test booths in the Gongyuan were used up, referring to the [-] candidates, which is really unprecedented.But it is not good news for Jia Lian's moves.

Therefore, Jia Lian thought that his previous examination method, which was not slippery, should be improved, otherwise, he would really fall into the same class as Jinshi.According to the usual practice, the number of Jinshi in the two rankings in previous years was controlled at 120. This year, there are many people, and the maximum number will not exceed 200.

This is not a test for talents, they are all stunned youths, and a large number of them are selected. These people are veterans who have experienced battles, and some even have been tested for ten or eight years.

Therefore, Jia Lian was under a lot of pressure if he wanted to get into the first and second grades.

Jia Lian had to be more cautious.

Time flies, and soon it will be early February.

This time, Jia Lian got half a month to rest and take a bath. He started to take a rest from the sixth day of February to prepare for the exam comprehensively.

In the past three days, Jia Lian basically stopped figuring out the articles, and devoted himself to meditating, improving his cultivation, and striving to increase the coverage of his spiritual consciousness by three feet before entering the arena. , Copying can also copy a Jinshi.

I'm afraid that people outside of Sanzhang's spiritual consciousness don't like to chatter, and they will lose their hearing in vain.

At the beginning of the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, Jia Lian had already lined up respectfully to enter the arena. About three quarters later, Jia Lian finally sat in his examination shed. This time, Jia Lian’s examination number, No. 660, was still next to the big water tank. Unfortunately, this time there were no water lilies, and even a thin layer of ice had formed on the surface of the water tank. The goldfish were not resistant to freezing, so they were probably moved away. Jia Lian observed through his spiritual sense, and there was no one left.

Jia Lian couldn't help sighing, this exam lost a neighbor with whom he could talk.

Before the paper was issued, Jia Lian let go of his consciousness and realized that he could see seven people from front to back. Unfortunately, Jia Lian was on the side and there was no one on the right. From this calculation, Jia Lian could probably suppress it steadily according to the situation. There are more than one hundred people, the ratio of 100 people to 900 people is far from enough. If Jia Lian wants to be a Jinshi this time, he must enter the top [-].The remaining [-] people can only rely on their hearing to try their luck.

By the time all the candidates were seated, half an hour had passed.

On the first day, the poetry test was still underway. Jia Lian slowly unfolded the test paper, and the title of the poem was: "Poetry on Provincial Farming".

Jia Lian was overjoyed when he saw it. Why, he personally guarded the emperor and inspected the farming.

At that time, many civil servants hummed many beautiful poems, which made Emperor Qianyuan laugh out loud.Yes, the essence of saving farming poems is to elevate them on the basis of facts, and then assign all the achievements of farming to the emperor, and then praise them vigorously.

After reviewing the questions, Jia Lian began to meditate and straighten out his thoughts. Then, Jia Lian moved Yuanli to the ear canal, quietly listening to the movement around him, and found that someone had already started nagging.

Jia Lian just listened for a while, tested the coverage area of ​​his hearing, and immediately withdrew his energy. Jia Lian estimated that he could hear about 15 people's chattering voices from the left, right, front, back, left, and right. Can't hear you outside.

If Jia Lian forcibly played his hearing outside, it would consume too much energy, and the body would be overwhelmed, which would damage the foundation and ultimately the longevity.

Jia Lian thought it was not worthwhile to hurt Shouyuan for the imperial examination.

However, Jia Lian quickly let go, opened his eyes in the dark, and had already taken advantage of it. This shows that a person's blessings are really limited, and it is impossible for you to sway freely.

After Jia Lian finished all kinds of experiments, he felt hungry and panicked. Jia Lian saw that it was already noon.In the boudoir of spring in February, the weather was cold, and the examination shed was relatively well prepared, with a charcoal basin and hot water. Jia Lian found out the meat buns prepared at home, took the examination in the charcoal brazier, and made tea powder with hot water. Chew slowly.

Jia Lian had suffered a lot. Although the Roujiamo was a bit hard, he ate it with gusto. While eating, he picked up the food box with his hands and found a box of spicy eight treasures. Jia Lian picked it up and put it in his mouth to chew slowly. , immediately filled his mouth with fragrance, Jia Lian ate and roasted with pickled coriander, and ate two meat buns, then shut up, rinsed his mouth with hot water, washed his hands, and finally leaned against the quilt, laid out five The posture of the heart facing the sky, while closing the eyes and resting the mind, at the same time, it automatically moves to carry the blood.

Half an hour later, Jia Lian was awakened by the rustling sound of ink grinding around him, and Jia Lian himself recovered to his best condition.

Jia Lian found the draft of the test paper and wrote down his ancestral home, age and the names of the three generations of his ancestors meticulously.

Then, Jia Lian began to meditate on the draft, and started nagging involuntarily, and the whole afternoon passed while Jia Lian was nagging repeatedly.

As night fell, some people turned on lights to fight at night, but Jia Lian began to meditate. Tomorrow is the most critical moment, and he needs a lot of energy to cope with tomorrow's exam.

The next day, Jia Lian woke up feeling fine.

Jia Lian turned on the fire and added charcoal, made tea noodles with hot water, and ate a meat bun.After some washing, Jia Lian began to type the final draft.

After he confirmed the final draft, Jia Lian focused all his energy on the ear canal, spread out his hearing, and began to catch the chatter of the disciples, and then marked the repetitions in his poems.After all this eavesdropping, Jia Lian was [-]% sure that he could overwhelm these people.

After eavesdropping, Jia Lian was a little tired, so he closed his eyes and meditated for an hour.Jia Lian opened his eyes again, listened intently, and the surrounding scholars had already begun to lay out paper and write poems.

Jia Lian released his spiritual consciousness again, and slowly scanned the surrounding test booths, and found that the poems of these people were [-]% consistent with the chanting they heard before.

Jia Lian silently reviewed his own manuscript in his mind again, and revised it again, so as to make his article stand alone.With such modifications and changes, the whole morning passed smoothly.

In the afternoon, after Jia Lian finally confirmed that he would no longer revise his poems, he began to write a draft. He wrote very slowly, even if it was a draft, he was unwilling to scribble.

"Provincial Poetry"

The holy master values ​​civil affairs, and the agricultural officials account for the prosperity of the year.

The rain and dew touch the people, and the universe and things grow.

Bing Leitian's family son, Hengjing Jigulang.

In order to pass on the meaning of the Son of Heaven, we express our ambitions.

After Jia Lian finalized the draft, he relaxed his mind, and for a while, only his chest was hungry and his back was pressed against his back.

The consumption of this half day is too great.

Jia Lian was so tired that he didn't really want to eat, so he fell asleep in a posture of inadvertently facing the sky.

This sleep only lasted a whole night, and when Jia Lian got up early the next day, he tried his spiritual consciousness again and found that the range of his spiritual consciousness had shrunk by half, which was due to the excessive consumption of energy in his body.Fortunately, Jia Lian only needs to copy the draft word for word today.

This day is the third day of the first exam, February [-]th.

Throughout the morning, Jia Lian was meditating and recovering. After lunch, Jia Lian began to copy. At the moment of application, Jia Lian had successfully completed the poem.

Then, Jia Lian checked it from beginning to end, and after finally confirming that it was correct, Jia Lian put down his pen and sat quietly, waiting for the invigilator to collect the paper and seal it up.

That night, Jia Lian was extremely tired and slept soundly, without any dreams.

The next day was February [-]th.

The second exam was a Fu, and the title of the Fu was: "Peacebird on a Branch of Ten Thousand Years". Jia Lian passed the second exam smoothly just like the first exam.

After the second exam, the smell in the exam room was already very smoky and unpleasant.

However, for the sake of the future, everyone can only fight.

On this day, when the invigilator collected the test papers, he found that one of the examinees had died for a long time, and his body was cold.

This candidate was ranked at the bottom, far away from Jia Lian. The test booth for this candidate was 850, regardless of Jia Lian's spiritual sense or hearing.They couldn't detect his abnormality.

It is estimated that the sudden death of this exam caused mental stress to everyone. Just after the third exam started, four exams fell down at once. Fortunately, they fell ill during the day and received timely treatment. Although they could not continue the exam, they It is life without worry.

The third exam policy theory, the topic is: "worry about the world's worries first, and enjoy the world's joy later." Jia Lian thought about today's world, foreign thieves are everywhere, and he quickly determined the argument of this article: everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world !

In fact, Jia Lian knew that the world would rise and fall, and ordinary people would not be able to take on this role. However, if you don’t talk about it like this, if you are about to lose the election, you are not willing to share the worries of the king. What use does the king want you for?

Especially Emperor Qianyuan, if you don't give money, he will retaliate against you, not to mention how dare you say that the rise and fall of the world is the matter of the emperor alone?

Since I can't control it, let's go home and let the wife and children heat up the kang.

It is light for Emperor Qianyuan to depose you. If you don't copy your family and exterminate your family, it will be your fate.

At Youzheng on the [-]th, the invigilator finally sealed the test papers, but the candidates in the examination room could not leave immediately, because the dragon gate would not open until Mao the next day.

The next day, Jia Lian woke up early and waited in line for the examiner to issue an order to open the gate.

Bored, Jia Lian looked left and right, each candidate was bearded and pale, looking like a beggar or a sick man.

Following the order of the chief examiner, the gate slowly opened, and the flow of people in front began to commotion, with some cheering and some crying.

Suddenly, a high-pitched yelling voice suppressed all the noise: "I won, I won, I won the number one prize!"

"There is a house of gold in the book!"

"There is Yan Ruyu in the book!"

"There are thousands of bells in the book!"

"Hahaha!"

Jia Lian's eyesight was astonishing, and he was busy looking for the figure of the man, but he turned out to be a man with white beard and hair.

Someone sighed: "Hey, he has taken the exam ten times. For the exam, he bought a daughter, his wife ran away, and now he is crazy, his wife is separated, and his family is ruined!"

"Hey!"

"Why bother!"

Many juren around hurt him: "Yeah, why bother, I'm already a juren, sitting in a hall, being a shogun, I can live no matter what, if I fail this subject, I won't take the exam again!"

Those words were originally good words of encouragement, but now they have become the source of his madness.

Jia Lian shook his head and walked out of the gate.

Zhao'er, Xing'er, Long'er and the three were waiting at the door early, and they were stunned when they saw that Jia Lian was bearded and thinner.

"Second Master, you have suffered!"

Jia Lian has always been like a tree facing the wind, but now it has become like this, Zhao'er thought he was ill.

"Second Lord, are you uncomfortable there? Why don't you go to the medical clinic first?"

Jia Lian did not deal with the beard on purpose, so as not to be too different from others.Hearing this, he cast a disgusted look at Zhao'er: "If you lock you up in a small dark room for nine days and nine nights, you will know that the Lord is already very good."

Xing'er hurriedly offered the food box: "Second Grandma made the bird's nest porridge herself!"

Jia Lian opened the food box, and suddenly the heat hit his face, and a scent of frankincense permeated, but it was milk and bird's nest porridge.At first when he saw the big food box, Jia Lian thought that Sister Feng had sent fresh food, so he was very happy.Although he can taste the sweetness of the cold and hard steamed buns, it doesn't mean that he doesn't miss those delicious hot meals and hot dishes. In the end, he warmed the bird's nest porridge in a big soup pot.

Jia Lian couldn't help laughing, no wonder he used such a big food box.

Jia Lian drank the bird's nest porridge, and Long'er handed over the snack box in his arms, but it was a basket of steamed fresh dumplings. The dumplings were so small that Jia Lian could eat three in one mouthful without squeezing them.

After satisfying his appetite, Jia Lian was so warm that he closed his eyes and rested his mind. Unexpectedly, the carriage gently rocked like a cradle, so comfortable that Jia Lian fell asleep.

Sister Feng was in a hurry in the house, and she sent someone to pick her up early in the morning, and she should be back after two hours after coming and going.I was anxious to send someone out to inquire, but I saw Caiming coming to pass a message: "Reporting to Second Grandma, Uncle Zhao'er asked the younger one to come in and answer. Second Master Lian fell asleep in the car when he came back. They didn't dare to disturb them. Walking, it took half an hour to walk for an hour, and now the carriage has entered the mansion, and they are guarding the second master to sleep!"

Sister Feng didn't feel relieved when she heard the words, and hurriedly ordered Ping'er to tidy up the fur mattress and cotton quilt, the fine carbon hand stove, Tang Pozi, and walked out of the Chuihuamen all the way.

But Zhao'er and Xing'er were guarding the carriage, and Long'er sent people to stand around to prevent cats and dogs from suddenly jumping out and disturbing Jia Lian.

Sister Feng raised her eyebrows and stepped forward to open the car door, only to see Jia Lian hugging the quilt and leaning against the wall of the car, sleeping flushed and snoring like a pig.Sister Feng stretched out her hand to tug at his short beard, but Jia Lian continued to sleep with a grin.Sister Feng simply brushed Jia Lian's nose with the purple smoked sable hair on her cuffs, and this caused trouble. Jia Lian sneezed, and he jumped up, held Sister Feng under him, and gnawed her all over the face with his mouth. flower.

For a moment, Sister Feng's crested hairpin was crooked, and Jia Lian rubbed off the purple sable's Zhaojun suit for her. Jia Lian reached out to touch Sister Feng's little white rabbit, which made Sister Feng softly beg for mercy: "Good man, don't be here. Come on, I won’t be able to see anyone tomorrow!”

Jia Lian hummed: "Let's take a bath together later!"

Sister Feng turned her face away: "No!"

Jia Lian sank and pressed Sister Feng's waist more and more, rubbing her fingers, making a gesture to pull the buckle of the pipa under Sister Feng's waist.

Sister Feng was taken aback, and grabbed Jia Lian's hand with trembling fingers: "Good man, stop making trouble!"

Jia Lian couldn't hold back his hands, and continued to tug at the front of his clothes: "To take a bath together?"

Sister Feng looked ashamed and annoyed, but nodded hurriedly: "Yeah!"

Jia Lian smiled and gnawed on Sister Feng's cherry lips, and then packed her clothes and tiara for Sister Feng.

For a while, the two of them packed up and got out of the car, but they saw the people running far away just now, and each of them wanted to paste it on the wall as a mural.

Sister Feng's face turned hot immediately, these people must have heard something, glared at Jia Lian, put Jia Lian's smoked mink fur cloak on her head, and ran away like a gust of wind.

Jia Lian didn't think it was disobedient, straightened his clothes and laughed and cursed: "Monkey boy, get over here, let's go to Rongqingtang!"

Long'er ran away with a whimper, reporting the letter was his job, so don't try to snatch it from him.Here he was wiping his sweat while running, and his heart was beating wildly: Oh mom, the second master is really provocative, it makes me miss my daughter-in-law!

Zhao'er Xing'er was also teased by Jia Lian so that his two legs were fighting with each other. It was a big winter, otherwise he would have made a big fool of himself.

Jia Lian's own little brother was also very swollen, and the blood flowed silently until it subsided. Jia Lian pursed his lips and swore inwardly that he would settle the score at night.