It was already dark after coming out of Shen Mansion. The housekeeper took out something and said to Lin Yanchao: "It's a curfew now. Mr. Lin can leave the city with this token."

Lin Yanchao thanked him for taking it and walked out of the mansion. However, he saw the hired coachman who had not left yet, so he squatted in the carriage and gnawed two pancakes.

Seeing that there was no one around, Lin Yanchao immediately took a pancake from the coachman and started gnawing.

The coachman was stunned when he saw it, and then asked weakly.

"Master Lin, won't the Prime Minister's Mansion give me food?"

After Lin Yanchao took the pie to cushion, he also whispered: "Yes, the Prime Minister's House will not give him food."

The coachman nodded blankly.

Lin Yanchao smiled and said, "Let's go."

Lin Yanchao took a car to leave Shen Mansion and returned to the Fuzhou Guild Hall.

As soon as he arrived at the guild hall, the shopkeeper greeted him and said, "Mr. Lin, you have your post."

Lin Yanchao couldn't help but feel surprised: "I have only been in the capital for only one day, how could anyone send a post?"

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Xie Yuanlang is famous and arrives in the capital..."

Lin Yanchao waved his hand and said, "Shopkeeper, let's forget these flattering words."

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Xie Yuanlang misunderstood. It was not a villain who revealed your whereabouts. It was the monthly meeting of the Huguang Guild Hall. We invited scholars from the Fuzhou Guild Hall, Shaoxing Guild Hall and Wuxi Guild Hall to participate. We have three places at the same time."

Lin Yanchao smiled and said, "So that's it, where is the post?"

The shopkeeper went back and picked up the post. Lin Yanchao opened it and looked at it. He didn't look at anything else, just talking about the words, which was a beautiful style of the Pavilion.

The general meaning of the letter was to invite the scholars from the Fuzhou Guild Hall to the Huguang Guild Hall to attend the meeting.

The signature at the end of the letter is Zhang Jujing, a commoner, and a Jinshi of Ding Chou, Zeng Chaoyue.

Zeng Chaojie Lin Yanchao heard about it. He was a native of Linwu in the fifth year of Wanli.

As for the commoner Zhang Jujing, if someone else sees the word "common", he will think that a commoner dares to be ranked first in front of Hanlin.

But when Lin Yanchao looked at the words Zhang Ju, he knew that 80% of this person had anything to do with Zhang Juzheng. When Lin Yanchao asked, the shopkeeper said, "Xie Yuanlang, this person is Zhang Xiangye's second brother!"

"No wonder." Lin Yanchao nodded.

At this time, Liu Zhen had already walked to the lobby and said, "Brother Lin, you are back. Where have you been today? Why don't you bring me with me?"

Lin Yanchao smiled and said, "Nothing is wrong, just go around and see the scenery of the capital."

Liu Zhen suddenly said, "Brother Lin, have you read the post? This is the shortcut in Zhongnan that I told you before. It is really an opportunity to miss!"

Lin Yanchao touched his nose, smiled and shook his head and said, "Brother Liu, I won't go."

Liu Zhen said in surprise: "Brother Lin, Tang Xianzu and Shen Maoxue are the precedents. Don't you know if you go to the Huguang Guild Hall and open the joints, you can reach the sky in one step? This is a great opportunity to be missed!"

Lin Yanchao glanced at Liu Zhen and thought to himself, Zhongnan shortcut? Well, I didn’t go to Zhang Juzheng to open the joints, but just went to Shen Shixing to visit him privately.

However, after hearing Liu Zhen say this, Lin Yanchao said with a 'righteous spirit': "The court used articles to select scholars, rather than making us scholars keen on pursuing and forgetting the duty of studying. This is really far from the way of sages. I believe that as the prime minister of a country, Zhang Xiangye will be impartial and use his talents to select scholars, and will not let those who crow and robbers live in the temple."

At the end, Lin Yanchao said earnestly to Liu Zhen: "Brother Liu. I have a word to give to you. I will not study for the sake of rice and rice!"

After hearing Lin Yanchao's words, Liu Zhen's face suddenly turned pale, and he was obviously moved by these positive energy words.

Liu Zhen said, "The Master said, if you don't cut it right, you won't eat it; if you don't sit down, you won't sit down. Brother Lin's words awaken the dreamer! A real man would rather take things straight and not seek it in a slight way. I understand, I realized that from now on, I will go back to my room to study hard, and I will never want to do such a thing as a fame."

Speaking of this, Liu Zhen bowed and said, "If I succeed in the future, I will thank Brother Lin for his teachings today." Looking at Liu Zhen's distant figure, Lin Yanchao couldn't help but think that the scholars at this time were really fooling.

Lin Yanchao studied in the guild hall for a few months, and during this period, he only occasionally visited Shen Shixing's mansion twice.

Gradually, time passed, and summer passed and winter came unknowingly.

The capital of the Ming Dynasty ushered in the cold winter, and the climate was much colder than when Lin Yanchao was in Fujian.

The snow was floating all over the sky, covering the house with white.

On this day, Lin Yanchao put on a felt hat and winter clothes, then lit a charcoal basin to drive away the cold. After the house was warm, he started to read a book that recorded the Hanlin articles of the Hanlin Academy.

Suddenly, I heard the noise outside the hall.

At this time, Zhan Ming opened the door and walked in and said, "Master, look at who is coming outside?"

Lin Yanchao smiled and said, "That's right. I guess they must have come to Beijing to take the exam."

Lin Yanchao put on his coat and walked outside the house and heard someone outside the courtyard saying, "The weather in the capital is really cold!"

"Yes, when will it take to see such heavy snow in our Fujian?"

Lin Yanchao heard the voice and smiled and said, "Is it Brother Jinqing?"

Someone outside the yard said, "Isn't this the voice of Brother Zong Hai?"

As he said that, he saw that the gate of the courtyard opened, several people walked in, all of whom were Lin Yanchao’s acquaintances.

Everyone has been away for many years, and they are in a state of great excitement when they meet.

Several people walked to the opposite side, Weng Zhengchun, Lin Cai, Ye Xianggao, and Chen Yinglong bowed to Lin Yanchao and said, "Brother Zonghai!"

Lin Yanchao also felt a little filled with tears. He raised his hands and said, "I'm so good to see you here."

Weng Zhengchun, Lin Cai and Lin Yanchao were both scholars in the fourth year of Wanli, while Ye Xianggao and Chen Yinglong both passed the provincial examination in August this year and came to the capital to take the exam.

"Brother Ye, Brother Chen, you all passed the imperial examination."

Ye Xianggao smiled and said, "How can we let Yan Chao go to the spring exam alone? We must come thousands of miles to accompany you in the exam. We will be divided into the next level!"

Lin Yanchao laughed and said, "It seems that Brother Ye has not forgotten our original agreement on the whip of the ancestors."

Chen Yinglong also smiled and said, "Of course, Brother Zong Hai, with me and Brother Ye here, don't try to easily win Huiyuan."

Everyone laughed when they heard this.

Lin Yanchao asked Weng Zhengchun, Lin Cai asked: "How about Wenlin Club?"

Weng Zhengchun said: "Don't worry, Zonghai, Brother Xu has taken care of Wenlin Club. Now there are more than 200 people in our Wenlin Club. We went to Beijing to take the exam. They asked us to bring a message to Senior Zonghai, saying that we hope you can win three yuan in a row and become famous for our Fujian Middle School students."

Lin Yanchao smiled and said, "It's not easy to win three yuan in a row. But I still have to thank those members."

Lin Cai smiled and said, "By the way, Brother Zong Hai, and your family letter!"

"Family letter!" Lin Yanchao's eyes lit up. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!