Lord, don't be afraid, the princess is not angry

Chapter 112
Mr. Zeng is Uncle Zhang's protégé, and one of his daughters will be sent to the Prince's residence next month. The Crown Prince and Uncle Zhang couldn't tell what happened to him.The emperor was furious, even though he didn't believe that the two would do such a thing, he still sent someone to investigate carefully, and ordered someone to organize a re-examination.This time there was still one chief examiner and three deputy chief examiners, and Wang Ping was one of them. Except for him, the others were all new faces. He had to help them familiarize themselves with the affairs and handle the re-examination well.

The day for the re-examination was set for the first day of March. The test questions were brand new, and there were ten copies in total. Yang Chengjian personally picked out one.The people who wrote the questions were guarded by heavy soldiers after they finished the questions, and they were not released until the exam began. This was not the case before.Even after the candidates have finished the exam, the candidates who passed the exam will go to the Jinluan Hall to take the exam again. Yang Chengjian will personally invigilate and mark the exam papers, which is what later generations call the palace exam.

When the examinees heard about this arrangement, their original dissatisfaction disappeared, and they all went back to their rooms to study hard, hoping to pass the exam no matter what.Some of the handsome ones were even teased about whether they would be selected as son-in-law. The emperor's favorite Princess Bin is now 13 years old, which is also the age at which marriage can start.

Just as everyone expected, the first day of March arrived, and the search into the Gongyuan this time was much stricter than before. The person in charge of the search even asked everyone to untie their hair, because last time someone hid the cheat sheet in their hair Bring it in.After all this tossing, the speed of the examination slowed down, but it was still rainy today, and it was extremely cold outside. Many candidates had purple lips after taking off their clothes for examination.

Even after the examination is over, the examinees may not feel very warm when they enter the examination room.Fortunately, everyone learned to bring a heater this time, and some who were afraid of the cold directly brought a brazier, but after all, it was the first time for some people to make a brazier by themselves, so they added too much charcoal, and they still smoked it. Lighted the examination room.Before the outside inspection was over, there was a fire inside. Fortunately, it was discovered in time, and it was raining again. The fire was quickly extinguished, and the examinee suffered minor injuries. Empty exam room.

However, when this matter spread to the outside world, the people onlookers murmured for a while, as expected, something will happen if King Ping takes the exam.

Except for the fire that was not serious at the beginning, there was nothing much to do in this re-examination, but many candidates still fell ill on the way.Frightened by the fire, many candidates dared not use the stove. If it was cold, it would be a big problem if it caught fire.Originally, they did not use a stove in the last exam, and they thought they could pass through it, but Chang'an on a rainy day is much colder than Chang'an on a sunny day.During the second exam, it snowed in the middle of the night, and many candidates fell ill from the cold.

Xu Mu kept using the stove, but he didn't catch a cold.As farmers, it is very simple to upgrade the stove. Besides, the stove and charcoal prepared by the Cheng family are much better than those used by the old family. The charcoal has no smoke when it is lit, and one piece can burn a lot.Using these things, Zhang Liang sighed in his heart. In addition to being grateful to the Cheng family for their help, he also hopes that he can go to high school and let his family live a truly good life.

The snow stopped overnight, and it was sunny after that, but the temperature did not get warmer.The north wind was blowing so loudly that it made people restless and gave them headaches. Candidates didn't know how they persevered and finished the papers.After the exam, someone cried after leaving the exam room, and the examinee next to him also shed tears when he heard that he had never persuaded himself. This exam is really difficult.

In the midst of crying, Xu Mu and Zhang Liang found their own book boy and got on Cheng's carriage and went back.

"It would be great if I can pass this time." On the way, Xu Mu said with lingering fear, the cry of the examinee seemed to be still ringing in his ears.

"Yes." Zhang Liang replied feebly. He is not too young. If he takes the test a few more times, his body may not be able to hold it.

Fearing that something might happen again in this exam, the examinees stayed in their residence obediently after the exam, and only checked their answers with people they knew well.It was not until they were sure that they were going to be out of the rankings that everyone let go of their suspenseful hearts. After a while, their hearts were suspenseful again. Under such circumstances, it was really hard to say whether they could pass the exam.

Xu Mu always thought that he would not pass, but after two exams, many candidates were rejected due to physical reasons, and he had a little hope in his heart.Maybe he hit it?What if he misses?Thinking anxiously, he unknowingly walked out of the courtyard and arrived at the gate of the garden.

"What do you think?"

A voice sounded not far from him, and when he came back to his senses, he found that he had already crossed the garden, and when he looked up, he saw Yinhua standing beside the plum tree with a smile on his face.He froze for a moment, thinking he was dreaming.

"The list will be released tomorrow, are you sure?"

Xu Mu shook his head, with a slightly embarrassed face, and said: "My knowledge is still shallow, and I probably won't get it this time."

"Don't worry, it's already amazing that you are so young and able to win the exam. You still have a long time to come. You will only be in three years, and you haven't even reached the age of 20."

"But I'm afraid it's too late..."

"It's so late. I heard that there are people with gray beards in scientific research."

"You will be nineteen by then..."

"It's none of your business when I'm nineteen!" Yinhua tried her best to finish her words, but her ears couldn't help turning red. In fact, she thought of what he meant when she opened her mouth, but she didn't stop her words.Averting her eyes and looking to the side, she pulled off the veil and said, "I won't listen to your nonsense."

"A Yin..."

Xu Mu anxiously wanted to call her to stop, but he stopped and lost and exited the garden.

From a distance, Zhuhua stood on the edge of the rockery and watched this scene and couldn't help but click her lips.Even though she was thinking that the man should rush up and hold the woman's little hand at this time, she still didn't like this pair.This is of course her subjective likes and dislikes, if Yinhua likes it, she will not object.After thinking about it, she still went to the main courtyard.

"Mom, I have an immature little opinion, do you want to listen to it?"

"No."

Mrs. Sun was changing clothes for the muddy intestines, and taught him a few words by the way, and didn't care about other things at all.Changzi is five years old, and he stays in the mansion every day to play crazy with Zhongqiao Zhongmai.Mrs. Sun beat him several times cruelly, but the child didn't remember the pain, which gave Mrs. Sun a headache.

Zhuhua was stunned for a moment, then asked again: "Don't you think about it?"

"Not consider."

So headstrong, Zhuhua sneered, seeing Changzi snickering beside her, she couldn't help but stare at him with a straight face.

"Did you do bad things again? You are so bad, did you remember the words I taught you yesterday? You know how to play like a monkey all day long. Did I say last time that if you are not good, I will kill you?" Throw away all the toys?"

"No." Chang Zi shook his head, tears rolling in his eye sockets in aggrieved way.

"Then why not be good?"

"Hmm..." He sobbed a few times, and looked at Sun for help, but it was a pity that Sun deliberately didn't look at him with a straight face.

"If you dare to cry, I won't let Diandian play with you in the future."

"Diandian belongs to my family."

"Who said that Diandian belongs to me. In the future, when I belong to someone else's house, it will follow me to someone else's house."

"Third sister is also my family."

"Who said, my younger brother is very good, but not disobedient and crying like you."

"I don't cry." Changzi wiped away his tears, and forcibly stopped the tears that had flowed halfway.

Seeing that he had changed his clothes, Zhuhua pouted at him, "I'm not going to practice calligraphy yet."

"My sister will accompany me."

"I'll tell my mother to get down to business later, and then I'll accompany you."

"Oh, sister, remember~"

"I must remember."

With Zhuhua's guarantee, Changzi went back to practice calligraphy step by step.Seeing his appearance, Mrs. Sun sighed.

"Why does he listen to you?"

"I have mastered all his toys and his favorite bit, of course he will listen to me." Zhuhua said sadly.

Why doesn't it sound like a good person, Sun thought to herself, and glanced at her, "What did you just say? What immature thing? If you want to say something, just say it."

"It's nothing, that's it. I just thought, Xu Mu is here to live in the family. He is one year younger than the second lady. Now he is a Juren. I think he will have a good future in the future."

"You want to marry into the Xu family?" Sun asked seriously.

Zhuhua was stunned, and quickly denied, "No, I don't like literati. It's the second sister... Is it okay... But that's what I asked, I don't like Xu Mu, his grandma, his mother and his sister very much."

After a sigh of relief, Sun could not help but smile and asked: "They all offended you, I remember you loved going to Xu Mu's house with Yinhua when you were young?"

"I went with my second sister to learn Chinese characters. Mother, if one day the Xu family really comes to propose marriage, will you agree?"

"Promise, as long as Yinhua is willing."

"Are you that careless?"

"What's so careless about this? Xu Mu's child is good, and he is a good match for Yinhua. As for the family members, there is nothing to be afraid of. Even if the daughter-in-law cannot beat the mother-in-law, the mother-in-law can come and beat the mother-in-law. And Xu Mu's father and I You know, when I was young, I also made an immature joke with him."

She is quite good at applying what she has learned, Zhuhua thought to herself, and immediately asked curiously: "Is he scared?"

Mrs. Sun nodded slightly, "I heard that I was ill for less than half a month and invited someone to dance to the Great God. My father even went to see it."

Zhuhua silently gave her a thumbs up, and was stared at by Mrs. Sun embarrassedly.

"That's good. If you have a mother, you don't have to be afraid of my sister marrying anyone. Mother, the list will be released tomorrow. Do you want Xu Muzhong?"

"Of course it's good if you can win. It's okay if you can't. He's still young. It depends on your sister's opinion on this matter, or you can go and find out."

"Let me speak out again. Eldest sister was also the one who spoke out that time. Mother, if I talk about kissing in the future, will you still let me talk about it?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Are you crazy about wanting to marry? Mother will naturally ask you when it's time for you. Anyway, you're not shy." Mrs. Sun pinched her face as she spoke. I don't know where this child got his temper, why he dared to say anything, she didn't seem to be so neat back then.

"That's what you said..." Zhuhua sighed and covered her chest, "I'm sad, I'm going to see the intestines and write."

"Don't forget to sniff out the wind." Mrs. Sun instructed lightly.

"Yeah." Zhuhua replied with aggrieved face, and she didn't put on a serious face until she got to Changzi's side.

Since Changzi was three years old, Zhuhua taught him to read and write, and this year he started to teach him to write with a pen.Zhuhua heard that when the child was young, he should not practice calligraphy too often and it would hurt his hands, and she didn't let him practice too much calligraphy, so his intestines still couldn't sit still.When Zhuhua walked to the desk dedicated to intestines, he had already finished writing ten large characters.How long had passed, and the writing was too fast, Zhuhua looked at the few big characters he had scribbled, showing a helpless look.

Changzi smirked a few times, and said triumphantly, "Sister, I've finished writing."

"Yeah. I'll hold your hand, let's write it again." Zhuhua said lightly.

"Ten sheets a day." Gu Gu complained.

"I wrote it with your hand, it's not you who wrote it." Zhuhua said, she stood next to him and held his hand to write. She deliberately wrote very slowly, and her handwriting was faster than the intestines' own writing. Little, more than half an hour has passed by the time she finished writing.

"It looks okay. If your handwriting is still not good, I will hold your hand and write, and keep writing. Even if your butt is rotten, we will continue to write."

"No." Changzi quickly said while clutching his buttocks.

"See if your writing is good enough next time."

"It must be good."

"You have a bad gut, you are good at talking big." Zhuhua pinched his fat face, reached out to hug him and weighed him, "You are fat again, you little fat man."

"The intestines are not fat, the intestines are thin, and I want to eat snacks."

"Yo, now I recognize myself as Changzi again, didn't I say my name was Abao or Changzi yesterday?"

"The intestines are Po, and Po is the intestines."

"You little clever ghost."

Since Changzi was intentionally pinched with a piece of intestines to indicate that it was him, he no longer wants to be called Changzi by his nickname.Some people at home call him Abao, and he insists on calling him that way.Zhuhua liked to quarrel with him, and told him that if he called Abao, he would not recognize him as his younger brother, and she would not have his share in the dim sum she made in the future.He seemed to have hesitated for a long time after hearing this, and finally at the moment when he wanted to eat snacks, he would compromise and let Zhuhua call him intestines, and he refused to admit it after eating.

When it came time to release the rankings, the genius was dim, and the black crows at the gate of the Gongyuan were all human beings.The people sent by the Cheng family to see the list thought they had left early, but when they got there, they couldn't even see the gate of the Gongyuan, so they could only look around in a hurry.When it was almost time to release the list, a team of guards came first to maintain order and clear a way for those who announced the list.After a while, the door of the Gongyuan opened, and several people came out with a roll of red paper.

"The ranking on this list is the ranking of this examination, and the top three still need to pass the palace examination." An official in charge of posting the list said.

The servant of Cheng's mansion stood at the back, and couldn't hear clearly from a distance, so he had to ask the people in front.Everyone was still discussing, the list had already been posted, they couldn't care less about talking, they were busy looking at the names on the list.The names and places of origin of five hundred candidates are written on the long list. Some who know the level of their own candidates either start from the front, from the middle or from the end.

Not long after, someone in the crowd shouted in surprise, "I got it, my young master got it."

Others didn't care to see who it was, they were anxious to see if the name they wanted to see was on the list.The servant of Cheng's mansion anxiously wanted to squeeze forward, but the people on the side thought the same way. After a while, he was still stuck behind the crowd.From time to time, some of the people who read the list in front of them shouted that they won, and some cried loudly.The boy looked at it curiously, but he didn't see who it was. After a while, he heard someone beside him saying that it was an old man who cried just now.It's not easy being a scholar, the servant thought to himself, worrying that Mr. Zhang, who lives in the mansion, also failed the exam, and he is not too young anymore.

After half an hour, he finally squeezed to the front and started looking for the names of Zhang Liang and Xu Mu from the 180th place. After a long time, he finally saw "Zhang Liang" at the 420th place.After all, he was just a guest living in his house temporarily. After he breathed a sigh of relief, he was about to look down, and after a long time, he saw "Xu Mu" at the [-]nd person in [-].

Only then did he feel joy in his heart, and happily trot all the way back to the next street, got into the carriage and returned to the mansion, thinking that the two guests had won the election, so he said that he would get a lot of rewards this time.Unexpectedly, when they reached the gate, they heard the sound of firecrackers. Zhang Liang and Xu Mu were standing happily at the gate of the mansion to accept the congratulations from everyone.

When the young man approached, the guard also left and went to the next house to announce the good news. The young man got a slap from the senior manager, but still bit the bullet and congratulated Zhang Liang and Xu Mu.Zhang Liang remembered that this boy was waiting in his courtyard for the one who went to see the list in the morning, seeing his disheveled clothes, he remembered his hard work, and gave him a red envelope.The boy happily thanked him, and finally he wasted a long time in vain.

Zhang Liang and Xu Mu walked back to the yard as happily as if they were stepping on cotton. Mrs. Sun sent someone to bring a table of wine and food to their yard as a celebration for them.The nephew and uncle drank together all afternoon, and Zhang Liang cried while drinking. He finally felt a sense of elation, thinking about being suppressed by the people in the county and having nowhere to do it, thinking about the old father at home who died with hatred, thinking about the sisters There are complaints when I go home...these suddenly seem like dreams.The country gentry who suppressed him at the beginning began to show affection to him frequently after he was elected, and those classmates who were estranged from him also got in touch with him again. This is the glory that Yichao brought after high school.

Xu Mu was also very happy, he didn't expect that he could hit, he didn't have the process of being overwhelmed like Zhang Liang, but he was still happy to hit him.After drinking a lot of wine and Zhang Liang told many stories about the past, he suddenly mustered up the courage to say to Zhang Liang: "Uncle, do you think I can ask the Cheng family to marry the second lady?"

"Okay, why not." Zhang Liang got a little drunk, patted his nephew on the shoulder vigorously, and said, "You go, young man, don't be afraid."

"Yeah." Xu Mu got the encouragement, and nodded happily, "But I'm a junior, it's not convenient for me to speak, so why don't you help me ask, Uncle?"

"Okay, no problem, leave it to me." Zhang Liang agreed without hesitation.

Xu Mu was even happier, and the two drank again until they were too drunk to wake up before lying down to rest.When Zhang Liang sobered up, he remembered what Xu Mu said, but it would be presumptuous to ask now. Besides, he heard that the second sister wanted to tell Xu Mu about his daughter, so he didn't know if the two had discussed it.

　drinking is risky
　　
　
(End of this chapter)