Chapter 45: The Talent of Understanding Yuan This is just the provincial examination. If it comes to the palace examination, whichever inn is lucky enough to produce the number one scholar, the inn will immediately change its name and surname, and bear the name of the number one scholar building.
For a period of time after that, batches of people reported outside the door, but no one came in. The atmosphere inside the inn gradually became depressing.
"Brother He, aren't you nervous?" Bai Mo joked as he watched Li He silently pick up a cup of tea.
"Don't be nervous." Li He looked calm and said confidently, "I will definitely pass the high school in this provincial examination."
Bai Mo looked at Li He's slightly trembling hands and smiled dumbly, without saying anything.
Xu agreed with Li He's confidence.
Not long after, a crowd of people gathered outside the inn to watch.
Many students in the hall looked at each other, had a premonition in their hearts, and quickly sat up straight.
"Dang! Dang! Dang!"
Perhaps it was an illusion, but Bai Mo felt that the gong was much louder than before.
After several gongs sounded, three people rushed out of the door. Before they could stand still, they shouted, "Congratulations to Mr. Li He from Fuchang County, Hejian Prefecture for graduating from Mr. Li High School!!"
There was a roar in the inn, and the crowd was so loud that it almost opened the inn.
"Brother He, No. 1 in the provincial examination, you won Jieyuan!" Bai Mo looked surprised and shouted back, only to find that Li He looked a little dazed.
After a few breaths, Li He came back to his senses. He straightened his clothes, stood up calmly, and stepped forward briskly.
The yamen officer who made the report looked at each other with a smile on his face. He came forward and said with a smile, "Master Li, please use your seal to verify your identity."
With a calm expression, Li He took out a private seal from his sleeve and handed it over.
The yamen servant took it respectfully and stamped it on the paper. After comparing it carefully, he bowed and congratulated, "Congratulations, Mr. Li, on graduating from high school!"
Li He took the document handed over by the Yamen servant, and after confirming that it was correct, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing this, Bai Mo took out a few taels of silver from his arms and handed them to the Yamen servant.
The yamen servant took it with a smile and shouted, "Thank you Mr. Jieyuan for the reward!!"
"My little shop can actually produce a Jieyuan!" The owner of the inn said with smiles on his face, he kept urging, "Quick, quick, put up another sail at the door! Need a long sail!!"
As soon as the registration officer left, many students in the hall gathered around him, chatted with Li He, and surrounded him.
Li He seemed to be particularly dazzling at this moment, talking to many students calmly.
On the side, Bai Mo smiled and said nothing, watching quietly, "It's interesting that the first and last names are in the same inn."
After a while, the dust gradually settled.
In the upper room sent by the innkeeper, Bai Mo and Li He sat opposite each other, looking through a pile of invitations and cards on the table.
"Wealthy households in the city, sons of officials, talented men of letters." Bai Mo smacked his tongue, "Do you want to go to these banquets for Brother He?"
Li He frowned and picked through the invitations for a while, then shook his head and said, "Don't be busy now. There is a banquet for the same year tonight, and I have to go to thank the examiner tomorrow. I will think about this in two days."
Bai Mo nodded and said with emotion, "Pang-mei scholar feels the beauty of autumn. Who would have thought that dead grass will give birth to splendor. Now I hang my wings and join the underworld, and I will not be ashamed of snakes and become dragons in the future. Brother He really deserves it once he wins Jieyuan." I wrote the poem that day. If my uncle knew about it, he would be happy to think about it." It was night in Jinxiufang, Hejian Mansion.
Qunying Tower is decorated with lights and colorful decorations. The entire Qunying Tower has been booked. The people coming and going in the building are all candidates who passed the exam, also known as the same year. If they enter the court and become officials, they are naturally in the same camp. The so-called officials protect each other. Such is the case outside.
In the building, Li He was chatting happily with everyone. From time to time, someone would tell some secrets about the palace, which made everyone laugh.
Bai Mo was not good at poetry and had no fame, so he enjoyed his leisure time, so he held Xiao Hei by himself and feasted in front of a table. It must be said that the chefs in the Yinglou were so good at their craftsmanship that it was no wonder that they could cook the Yinglou. The restaurant has become the largest restaurant in Hejian Prefecture.
After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, the atmosphere of the banquet became lively.
"What a poem!!" A burst of noise suddenly came from the crowd, "The emperor is shining brightly, and he is in his prime years. At the 72nd hour, the circle will be pushed back, and the ashes of the Heavenly Official Jade Guan will fly away."
"Changji's poems are eclectic, with new ideas but not repetition, beautiful sentences but not obscene, varying lengths, and different syllables. In just a few sentences, the characteristics of different festivals in December and leap months of the year are summarized Point it out, no wonder it can be pointed out as Jieyuan." A student in his late thirties blushed and marveled.
As he said that, he took a wine bottle from a table, poured two glasses, and walked forward, "Brother Changji, come on, come on, I'll toast you!"
Li He took it, drank it all in one gulp, and showed his cup to everyone, which attracted a burst of applause.
"I have heard the name of Brother Chang Ji's poems a long time ago, and today I saw that he is indeed well-deserved." Someone's eyes flickered for a while, and he said with a smile, "I heard that Brother Chang Ji had served his father as a filial piety for three years, and he just got rid of his filial piety not long ago. I admire him."
"Is this happening?" A student on the side agreed, "Brother Changji's filial piety is really heartbreaking."
"That's very true, brother Changji, I'll give you another drink."
Li He was not in a hurry, did not reject anyone who came, and drank as much as he could. Bai Mo shook his head when he saw it. When he looked down, he saw Xiao Hei with the same drunken posture, sleeping soundly in a small bowl. .
Bai Mo couldn't help but laugh.
The night gradually deepened, and a full moon rose in the sky, surprisingly big and dazzlingly bright.
In the Qunying Building, more than half of the people were already drunk, and the rest were staggering and unconscious.
"Look, it's such a big moon."
Someone suddenly screamed by the window, attracting the attention of a few people who were still awake.
When Bai Mo heard the sound and looked around, he was suddenly shocked. He saw the moonlight outside the window was extremely bright, as if the day had reappeared, and it was a bit dazzling.
He walked to the window in a daze, looked up, and saw that the moon above was rapidly growing in size. In just one breath, it became several times larger than before, like a millstone.
The next moment, the moon suddenly shined brightly. The moonlight was like water, sweeping across the sky, and then retracted. Then, countless strands of golden brilliance burst out from the moon, as crystal clear as centuries-old wine. In just the blink of an eye, Just dissipate.
"What? Does the moon also rain?" Bai Mo blinked, a little confused.
In his arms, the little black dog was looking up with its tongue out, its black glass-like pupils reflecting the huge a drop of golden brilliance fell into the mouth, it licked its tongue and let out a strange whine inexplicably.
"It's the moonlight rain." Juren, who was over sixty years old, was filled with emotion and whispered, "On the night of Gengshen, the moon is as bright as a disk, and there is a moonlight falling down. It is shaped like countless olives, and thousands of golden threads, hanging down one after another.
60 years ago, I was an ignorant child and saw it once. I never thought I would be lucky enough to see it again. Unfortunately, things have changed and this is probably the last time. Time is not forgiving."
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