Heartbroken man
"What does Shiraishi say?"
Gongyanghuai looked at Qi Yan, and seeing that the other party's eyes were clear and not pretending, he took out a jade pendant from his arms: "Why did you return the jade pendant I gave you?"
Qi Yan hooked her lips and replied gently, "Three years ago, I promised to come to Beijing to look for you. It happened that you were not in the mansion that day, so I asked the concierge to hand it over to me. I just wanted to tell Baishi: Qi Yan Yan didn't blunder. I don't want to make you misunderstood, it seems that I didn't think carefully."
A trace of regret flashed on Gongyanghuai's face: "It's all my fault, I shouldn't have gone to the banquet that day. Not only did I miss you, but I also lost the folding fan you gave me..."
"If Baishi likes it, I'll give you a pair after the spring."
Gongyanghuai handed the jade pendant to Qi Yan: "This thing is a testimony of the friendship between you and my classmates, and I also ask Tie Zhu to take it back."
Seeing Qi Yan take it with a smile, Gongyanghuai is very happy: This friend who has met in the folk has not alienated him because of his identity!
Gongyang Huaifu asked again, "Where is Tie Zhu staying in Beijing this time?"
"Rented a small courtyard on the outskirts of the city."
"Then copy the address to me, and I'll find you after the test."
Qi Yan nodded, and Gongyanghuai said with an air of air: "I picked a sub-yuan from the Qiuwei Township test, how about you?"
"I was lucky enough to get the Jizhou Prefecture Jie Yuan."
Gong Yanghuai raised his hand and punched Qi Yan's shoulder, and said happily, "I knew you could do it!" He looked at Qi Yan's amber eyes again and asked softly, "Your eyes are better. Is it?"
Qi Yan shook his head, Gongyang Huai's eyes showed concern: "How can this be good? I heard that the exam questions for the exam are extremely long and require an overnight answer sheet, you..."
Hearing this, Qi Yan said, "Obtaining the mandate of heaven and doing everything, Baishi doesn't need to worry about it."
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After talking for a while, the door of the examination institute opened, and the two entered the examination room side by side.
The general examination in Weiguo lasts for three days. Candidates must take off their shirts before entering the venue and hand over their belongings to the examiner for inspection. After passing the test, you will receive a sign and three candles, and you will be locked immediately after entering the single room, and you will receive the test paper three days later.
It is not uncommon for some students who are not in good health to go out of the examination room and get seriously ill. If Qi Yan did not take the miracle medicine that the masked person gave to suppress the identity of a woman, her identity would definitely not be concealed.
After the roll paper was handed out, Qi Yan reviewed the questions, carefully rolled up the stack of rice paper issued by the examination institute, and put it in the box. She closed her eyes and took the test for an hour before she began to study ink.
Spread out the straw paper, press the wooden pen above it and write.
He filled six pages of paper in one breath, and rubbed his eyebrows wearily.
There were already many candles lit in the trumpets. Qi Yan looked at the sky and carefully rolled up the dry tissue paper and put it in the box. She got up and went to cook.
One after another, all the trumpets lit up with candles, but Qi Yan was the only one who was dark.
The chief examiner Xing Jingfu, who was standing on the high platform, saw it and sent the guards who were patrolling to check the situation.
The guard came and knocked on the door of the trumpet: "Why don't you light the light? But there is something wrong with the candle?"
Qi Yan was about to go to bed when she heard the sound and turned around. She stood blankly for a while before she touched the wall and moved to the trumpet step by step.
The soldier lifted the torch and shook it, Qi Yan raised his sleeve to block it: "Brother official, the student suffered from a serious illness when he was young, and he couldn't see at night or see the strong light. I'm sorry."
Hearing that, the soldier put down the torch, and took advantage of the weak firelight to see Qi Yan's amber eyes, which were filled with helpless emptiness.
The soldier opened his mouth and said in a low voice, "The big test is only three days away. If you can't answer the test, you can't blame others."
Qi Yan bowed her hands in a salute, "Thank you, eldest brother Guancha, for your suggestion." After speaking, she groped against the wall and returned to the bed.
The soldier reported the matter, Xing Jingfu frowned, opened the candidate file and found Qi Yan's name.
When I saw Qi Yan's birthplace, I immediately thought of the plague in the first year of Jingjia, and found that Qi Yan was actually Jieyuan of Jizhou Prefecture, so I couldn't help feeling pity.
He said to the soldier who replied, "Go and wake him up at dawn tomorrow morning. This candidate is a poor student from Jinzhou who suffered, and it is not easy to break into Chunwei."
"Yes."
After three long days and nights, the exam came to an end, and everyone from the chief examiner to the candidates was exhausted.
There were already many family members waiting outside the examination institute, and a row of sedan cars was parked not far away.
Qi Yan squeezed out of the crowd and left alone with a box on her back. Because of the strict examination room, she could not bring any medicine to restrain her nightmares. Although she lay down every day at night, she did not fall asleep.
These three days have really exhausted her.
After resting for a few days, Qi Yan brought the jade pendant to the Gongyang Mansion, and this time received a warm reception. Because Gongyanghuai's father held an important position, he ordered Gongyangbai, the eldest son of Gongyang Mansion, to entertain him.
Gongyangbai was Jingjia's three-year jinshi and the first to hold a bachelor's degree in Hongxueguan. His younger brother Qi Yan is highly respected, and Gong Yangbai has the heart to test Qi Yan's depth.
Unexpectedly, Qi Yan is young but has unique knowledge and talent, and what is even more rare is that he speaks modestly and politely, and moves forward and back in moderation;
That night, Gongyangbai reported to his father: Qi Yan is full of talent, indifferent and far-reaching; he is really a good friend.
Thanks to the complete lifting of Gongyanghuai's foot ban, every day I travel to the capital with Qi Yan to banquet friends, and I am so happy.
In the blink of an eye, a month has passed, and the gates are closed, and in the heavily guarded examination hall: the three chief examiners are arguing over the two exam papers.
Although the candidates' names were obscured, the two deputy examiners recognized Lu Boyan's handwriting and agreed that he should be named Huiyuan.
The chief examiner, Xing Jingfu, was more interested in another candidate, and the three were red-faced.
Xing Jingfu slammed Lu Boyan's paper onto the case, and said indignantly: "Although the paper that the two adults ordered is gorgeous in words, it has nothing to do with its appearance. This son is embarrassed!"
Deng Hongyuan, the official of the Ministry of Personnel, argued: "Master Xing's words are not good. This candidate has a ditch in his chest to stand tall, but he still lacks experience. Master Xing is in a high position, and his vision and mind are naturally incomparable to candidates."
Xing Jingfu snorted a few times, took a scroll and held it up in front of the two of them: "I can't see it! Although the style of this paper is simple, it is persuasive and sincere. . Now that the Four Seas Pingding the imperial court is at the time of hiring people, what is needed is such talents! This official will not regress!"
The two deputy examiners looked at each other a little embarrassedly, and Xing Jingfu's voice came again: "Two adults, don't forget that there is a palace exam after the meeting, and ultimately it depends on the decision of the sage."
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The fifth day of the fifth lunar month is the auspicious day of the zodiac.
As soon as the day dawned, the entrance of the examination institute was opened from the inside.
The four academicians walked out with red paper and paste in their arms.
At the entrance of the examination institute, there were students waiting all night for the opening of the rankings. The names of the 300 students in the middle school were written on six big red papers, and the academicians posted the red papers on the bulletin board in turn.
Another team of yamen held a red booklet and went to notify the top twelve students alone.
In the small courtyard on the outskirts of the city, Qi Yan sat alone at the table.
There were two bowls of hot plain noodles in plain water in front of them, and the white noodles were adorned with a pinch of green chive sauce.
Today is the birthday of Qiyan Nuomin, the second princess of the support plough department. Xiaodie was born in the season when the leek flowers are in full bloom. The leek flower sauce is the favorite seasoning of the grassland people, and it is excellent to eat mutton with it.
Many years ago, on the birthdays of their sisters, Furong would cook a bowl of longevity noodles for her daughter according to the custom of the Wei people.
Qi Yan placed the chopsticks on the bowl opposite, and said in a very soft voice, "Sister, this is the plain noodles that my brother made by himself. Do you have any mother's cooking?"
After speaking, Qi Yan smiled at the empty counterpoint, picked up her bowl and ate it in a big mouth.
"Sister, brother is about to step into the imperial court of the Wei Kingdom, just watch." My sister will definitely subvert the world, paying tribute to our family, Bayin Anda, and the entire grassland with the blood of the royal family of Wei Kingdom.
After Qi Yan finished speaking, she took two big mouthfuls until her cheeks bulged and choked her throat.
She stared at the chive flowers in the bowl of plain noodles opposite her with red eyes, and tears flowed silently.
Master said: If you want revenge, you must have a heart of stone, and she has never been allowed to cry over the years.
Qi Yan clenched a pair of bamboo chopsticks tightly, trembling and forced herself to swallow the plain noodles in her mouth.
Father, mother, sister, Anda...
You, look at it, look at it.
Watching the Wei Kingdom roaring, watching the Nangong family's court shed blood, watching how this bloody feud can be recovered!
The bowl of plain noodles came to an end, but Qi Yan's tears could not stop, and finally fell on the table and sobbed.
The cry was very suppressed, as if he was afraid of being heard by others.
She should have cried like this a long time ago. The prairie prince Qiyan Agula was not strong. If it wasn't for the hatred, she would not even have the courage to live alone to this day.
But Qi Yan must be strong. After passing the palace test and entering the court, she will no longer be allowed to lose her temper like this.
Crying and crying, Qi Yan fell asleep in a daze...
Dream back to the grassland.
Liuhuo mother and daughter were grazing leisurely not far away, and she and her sister, Anda, lay comfortably on the hillside.
Qi Yan knew very well that the two beside her were no longer there, and hot tears overflowed from her tightly closed eyes.
Her heart was tearing apart, but she stubbornly closed her eyes and refused to wake up.
It wasn't until a sound of gongs and drums came from afar that Qi Yan had to interrupt the "dreamland" and sit up straight. The bowl of plain noodles on the opposite side was already cold.
The yamen folded his arms and knocked on the face of the gong heavily, and shouted loudly, "Master Qi from Jinzhou can stay here? The little one came to announce the congratulations~ Congratulations to Master Qi for his high school entrance exam!"
Qi Yan washed her face, pushed the door and walked out. Through the sparse fence, she saw that in addition to the Annunciation Officer, many people were following.
She pushed open the firewood door, and the crowd around the door all gave her friendly smiles.
Qi Yan was in a trance for a while, and the Annunciation Officer smiled and asked, "I dare to ask that the young master is Qi Yan of Jinzhou Prefecture, Master Qi?"
Qi Yan nodded, the good news officer raised his hammer and struck the gong three times, and sang loudly: "Congratulations to Qi Yan, Master Qi of Jinzhou Prefecture, happy to pick Huiyuan!"