Master National Teacher is motionless

Chapter 22 Unmoving

Time flies, and it is the beginning of September in a blink of an eye, and it is already late autumn.

Jingzhou is backed by mountains and rivers. As the Sili Prefecture of Dayu, it is the center of the world. Dayu ruled the world 800 years ago, and it was here that the capital was Chonghua City. It is still the center of the world today.

Perhaps today's Jingzhou is not as aggressive as Sili Prefecture in the Northern Qi Dynasty, which was established with military force, nor is it full of Zen temples and Taoist temples like Daji and Sili Prefecture in Later Chu. Anshun is peaceful, but it can still be called a The richest and most prosperous place in the world, the closer it is to Chonghua City, the imperial capital, the more prosperous it will be.

The autumn wind is bleak, and leaves are falling on the official road paved with bluestone slabs.

Amidst the rumbling sound of the carriage, an exquisite white-capped double-shaft carriage swayed from the north of the official road, followed by an ox cart pulling goods.

The groom leaned on the carriage, looked at the people on the nearby official road, and looked at the county town that was faintly visible in the distance, then turned his head excitedly and said to the carriage: "Miss, son, we will soon arrive in Taiping County, hurry up!" After a day's journey, the horse is a little tired, how about resting in Taiping County tonight?"

In the spacious and elegant carriage, a girl of eighteen or nineteen years old was wearing a goose-yellow blouse and a woven gold horse-face skirt, and she was sitting with her piano in her arms. When she heard this, she immediately looked at the young man sitting opposite and asked, "Master, what do you think?" ?”

The young man in Yuguan white shirt sitting opposite had a handsome appearance, looked a little thin, but his body seemed weak, he sat lazily in the carriage, with two layers of soft cushions behind him, his legs were It rests on the girl's lap, eyes narrowed like sleep but not sleep.

Hearing the girl's question, he slightly raised his eyelids, and lazily replied:
"Ah."

The girl didn't care, so she turned her head and said, "Then stay in Taiping County for one night."

These two were naturally Lin Lan and Fan Qingyao, Miss Fan's family.

"It's been a day of driving, son, you haven't eaten much." Fan Qingyao looked at Lin Lan and said, "When I arrive in Taiping County later, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat until it gets dark. Do you want to eat now, son?" Have something to eat first?"

Lin Lan thought for a while and said, "Just feed me a hundred grain pill."

"Okay." Fan Qingyao immediately put the piano aside, took out a wooden bottle from her small bag, skillfully poured out a pill, picked up the water bag, and carefully fed the pill to Lin Lan. He drank again.

Lin Lan lay and sat motionless, as if unable to move, allowing Fan Qingyao to serve her.

After feeding, he swallowed the pill with clear water, and then asked lazily, "How much more Bailiang pill?"

"Not much more." Fan Qingyao said: "Young Master, you have consumed a lot of Hundred Grain Pills these days, and the rest may only be enough for four or five days."

Lin Lan groaned, and said thoughtfully: "Four or five days, it should be done."

"My lord, did you end your training so soon?" Fan Qingyao's beautiful eyes lit up.

"It's just that the most basic thing is over." Lin Lan said lightly: "I'm afraid the follow-up consumption will be even greater."

"the most basic?"

Fan Qingyao didn't ask what stage of cultivation she had reached, she just thought about it and said, "I heard that there are groups of Buddhists and Taoists in Chonghua City, and there are not a few students in Chonghua City. There are so many practitioners, so you should be able to buy better ones. Let’s take the pill, I’ll ask for it for you when we get to Chonghua.”

Lin Lan hummed, then continued to half-close her eyes, returning to the half-asleep and half-awake state.

After a while, the movement outside the carriage gradually became lively. The sound of horseshoes and conversations could be heard almost across the carriage.

"My lord, can I lift the curtain and have a look?"

Fan Qingyao said excitedly: "This is the first time I have come to Jingzhou when I grow up. I heard that although Taiping County is only a county, because it is adjacent to Chonghua City, its prosperity is comparable to that of many prefectural cities."

Lin Lan hummed casually: "Let's watch it, I want to see it too."

Fan Qingyao immediately lifted the curtain, hung the curtain beside the car window, and looked out of the car window with great interest.

At this time, the carriage had arrived on a fairly wide and flat official road, and the bluestone slabs that had been trampled and run over countless times had been ground extremely smooth, and the carriage was not jolted at all.

And on the official road, you can see groups of passers-by, or a business convoy rushing forward, or rich children with fat horses and light fur, or the carriages of officials and dignitaries, and there are also groups of servants around.

After all, Taiping County is ahead, only forty miles away from Chonghua, the capital of the emperor, and it is also the intersection of two official roads, where horses neigh and people speak, which is naturally lively.

"As expected of Jingzhou, there are only so many rich families before Chonghua."

Fan Qingyao looked at the passers-by outside the carriage with great interest, "Young master, look at that carriage, it's so beautiful, the satin of the curtains is better than the material of my clothes, and that green-maned horse looks unusual, at least Get two hundred strings?"

Lin Lan glanced at it, but naturally there was no reaction.

How can a modern person be surprised by the luxury of ancient carriages?
He glanced at a carriage in the distance through the car window, and there was a yellow flag on the carriage, on which could be seen the four characters of "I will try by order".

"Is that the bus to Beijing for the exam?" Lin Lan asked casually, "It's only September, why is someone coming to Beijing for the exam?"

It is only the beginning of September, and it is reasonable to say that it has not been long since Qiu Wei revealed the list, so why did he go to Beijing to take the exam so early?
"I heard from my father." Fan Qingyao glanced at it and explained with a smile: "This should be the successor of the Toad Palace in Jingzhou. Rush to Chonghua City."

"Why?" Lin Lan asked.

Fan Qingyao said: "Because the living conditions in the guild hall are good. Although Jingzhou is rich, those county towns are far inferior compared to Chonghua. I, Dayu, also value students, so the guild hall is built extremely exquisitely, and the living environment Excellent, there are servants to serve, and the daily meals are also specially transported by water, most of them can only be enjoyed by dignitaries."

Speaking of this, she said: "And you can meet us 'Yuansheng' who are going to take the Chonghua Academy in the guild hall, maybe we can make a good relationship?"

Lin Lan snorted.

After these days, he also understood the importance of Chonghua Academy.

It is undoubtedly the most important school in Dayu, with a higher status than Guozijian, and the threshold for taking part in the entrance examination of the school is higher than that of the Ministry of Rites.

There are hundreds of millions of people in the nineteen prefectures of Yu, and there are at least a thousand people who take part in the general examination every year, but there are only a few dozen people who are eligible to participate in the entrance examination of Chonghua Academy every year.

And there are even fewer who can pass the entrance examination of Chonghua Academy.

If the Guozijian is a place where bureaucrats are trained, then the Chonghua Academy is the cradle of Renzong practitioners, and its status is naturally extraordinary.

"My lord, do you think we can be admitted to Chonghua Academy this time?"

Fan Qingyao held her chin in worry, and said, "If you fail the exam, the recommendation letter from Mr. Zhou Mu will be wasted, and my father seems to have no other avenues."

This is the rule of Chonghua Academy.

Generally, they are those who are searched for by state shepherds in various states or third-rank officials in the court. Only after passing the Chonghua Preliminary Examination can they participate in the entrance examination of the Chonghua Academy.

Those who passed the Chonghua Primary Examination were also called 'Yuansheng', which means the students of Tang Tianyuan, the first national teacher.

Fan Qingyao and Lin Lan are now two Yuansheng.

"What do you have to worry about?"

Lin Lan glanced at Fan Qingyao calmly, and said, "Didn't the examiner in charge of the preliminary examination say that? With your talent and musical talent, passing the entrance examination is as easy as pie, and it's only a matter of time before you even join Renzong. It's me who should be worried."

(End of this chapter)