On March 28th, the Academy's monthly exam was held. The Academy List was posted on the stone wall outside the Zhizhi Lecture Hall of Qingyun Academy. Jia Huan took the seventh place in the Outer Class A. His eight-legged essay level continued to improve.

Jia Huan asked Yi Junjie, who was "inquiring", to help, and in the evening, he invited several classmates who raised money to treat him last time: Zhu Chen, Zhan Chengji, Du Hong, and Qin Hongtu.

At the small pavilion on the back door of the academy, the golden sunset dyed the trees, flowers and houses in the academy in colorful colors.

Jia Huan ordered a sumptuous dish and put lotus leaves on a stone bench. Each person had a chicken, a tube of rice wine, and some side dishes such as peanuts, meat buns, and chili fried pork. He drank it with four classmates.

The burly Yi Junjie scratched his head and said apologetically: "Student Jia, that boy Zhan Chengji fell to Class B. I'm sorry to come."

Jia Huan felt a little emotional: When the sea of ​​knowledge is endless, there will always be people who will fall behind and leave. He nodded gently and raised the rice wine in the bamboo tube in his hand, "Let's take a sip and wish him a quick exam."

All four of them raised their glasses with a smile. Jia Yuanshou's words were heartwarming.

After joking for a while, Yi Junjie said enviously: "Student Jia, you will set off tomorrow to register for the government examination, but unfortunately we are not qualified to participate in the county examination. Alas..."

Jia Huan smiled and drank rice wine. The academy's approach was right. If a disciple of the academy fails to get into the inner room and goes to the county examination, the probability of passing is too low. He himself is an exception. He passed by the back door.

After pondering for a while, Jia Huan encouraged: "This subject has passed, and several students will definitely be admitted to the inner room the next year. Then the outcome will be. Come, I wish all of us a smooth exam!"

"Well. The examination is going well!" Several people raised their glasses and drank together. Just like high school classmates drinking beer together in a small shop outside the school, saying, "Come on, I wish us a smooth college entrance examination." However, I don't know when it will be! How many more people will be!

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On March 29, 17 students from Wendao Academy who participated in the Shuntian Prefecture Examination met at the entrance of the academy and set off to sign up for the Shuntian Prefecture Office.

After leaving the gate of the academy, you will walk two miles to Dongzhuang Town. Gongsun Liang had already hired three carriages to wait for the entrance of the town.

Take a carriage and walk 10 miles eastward, pass the village under Longquan Town: Liujiawan, and go to the official road to the capital.

On the official road, coal trucks were endless. People, horses, camels, mules, donkeys, etc. There were also nobles, officials, scholars, officials, people who were traveling, or riding horses, taking cars, and walking.

There are three reasons why the official roads are so prosperous.

First, there is a coal tax supervisor in the west mountain of the capital. Second, there are large areas of fertile land in the western suburbs of the capital. They are all manors owned by nobles. In this bright spring season, nobles go out for a trip.

Third, the mountainous area west of Wanping County is connected to Taihang in the west, with peaks and mountains and beautiful scenery. Lingshan, Baihua Mountain and Miaofeng Mountain are the most prosperous. Thousands of rocks compete for beauty and picturesque scenery. There are hot springs, temples, and Taoist temples built in the mountains. Tourists and believers are bustling in the mid-spring.

The carriage was shaking. Jia Huan, Xu Yinglang, Wei Yang and others were crowded in a carriage. He had gone back and forth several times, but he had turned a blind eye to the prosperous scene on the official road.

Xu Yinglang, whose courtesy name is Wenqian, is 19 years old, and has a student in Class A of Nei Sheshe. He has the best relationship with Qiao Rusong. He has a lively personality. He sits in a hug and maintains a cold demeanor. "Why doesn't classmate Wei say a word? Could it be that he was injured by a young lady?"

Several students in the same car laughed. It was understandable that they hurt their hearts and bodies, which made people imagine.

Wei Yang was 13 years old, with red lips and white teeth, handsome face, and a handsome woman. He glanced at Xu Yinglang and said coldly: "Luxurious! Don't be ashamed, but proud."

Xu Yinglang immediately quarreled with Wei Yang. You said, I said, each citing scriptures and sarcastic. Xu Yinglang mocked Wei Yang for being aloof and a lie in Taoism. Wei Yang mocked Xu Yinglang for being lustful and dissatisfied, shameless, a worm in the scholars, and is not a disciple of a saint.

Jia Huan was amused and shook his head in his heart. The scholars of Dazhou taught lewdness and thieves, and they were of the same virtue as the scholars of the Ming Dynasty.

The entire society is extremely polarized: on the one hand, the Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism has severely confinement and restraint on women, and on the other hand, the social atmosphere is extremely open to men. It is tempting to attract people and wives, and they do not have to bear moral or legal responsibilities. They can also brag about it in front of friends with smugness.

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As we walked along the way, we were almost at the capital, we met Liu Yi, the head of the front yard of Wendao Academy, who called friends to go out to the city to play. More than a dozen exquisite carriages were huge in shape.

Liu Yi is the first name of Jia Huan, the former name of Jia Huan of Wendao Academy. Jia Huan had met Liu Guoshan, Qiao Rusong, Xu Yinglang, Chen Jiayun, Ruby Lin, etc. Liu Yi is now studying at Shoushan Academy.

Gongsun Liang greeted the classmates who were willing to meet and greeted Liu Guoshan and others for a while. The scholar and Tong Sheng did not have much common topics. They just had some feelings for classmates from the past. This was the same as in Xianxia: it is impossible for monks in the Foundation Establishment Stage to continue dating with monks in the Qi Training Stage.

After a while of greeting, everyone separated. After the scholars of Wendao Academy successfully signed up at the government office, Jia Huan invited his classmates to drink at the Zuixianlou on Chongwenmen Street.

Jia Huan's Chang followed Qian Huan early in the side hall in the "long" box on the second floor. The location was arranged by him as Jia Huan's instructions. Jia Huan called his classmates into the box and came over to talk to Qian Huan.

In the elegantly arranged small hall, there were screens, seats, calligraphy and paintings. Qian Huai smiled and saluted Jia Huan, "Please pay tribute to the third master."

Jia Huan smiled and pointed Qian Huai, "Give me this one? Tell me if you have something to do!"

Qian Huai's eyes were very clever and reminded: "Third Master, the long-line box should be at least 15 taels of silver. If it is considered a fine wine..."

Including the fine wine, this meal was not worth 30 taels of silver. Jia Huan knew it, waved his hand, stopped Qian Huai and continued, and said with a smile: "It's only this time to show off. You can wait." He turned around and left the box.

Jia Huan's total assets were only about 100 taels of silver. He suddenly spent 30 taels, which increased his economic pressure. But today's wine was actually a connection investment: he couldn't save it, he couldn't save it. After the exam, he really thought about making money.

Jia Huan thought to himself and entered the main hall. Gongsun Liang, Jia Huan, Luo Xiangyang, Liu Yichen, Wei Yang, Xu Yinglang, Zhang Sishui and others had already settled down. The sound of silk and bamboo was pleasant. The two women playing the piano and flute in a remote place in the hall. They are worthy of being a well-known restaurant with a strong cultural atmosphere.

Jia Huan ordered the food and drinks to serve. After a while, there were always exquisite dishes for the waiter. The scholars in the academy were chatting and laughing, and the topic was always about Liu Guoshan and others who met at the city gate.

Zhang Sishui, a scholar in Yongqing County, sighed: "Today, I know the joy of the students. Without the urgency of the test, I call my friends and travel with my beauties, and have fun. Beautiful scenery and wine, a great joy in life!"

Xu Yinglang smiled and said, "The key point of his feelings should be: what happened after traveling with the beauty?"

"Haha!" Everyone burst into laughter.

Zhang Sishui was embarrassed and continued to drink to hide his embarrassment.

Wei Yang had a cold face, picked up the exquisite wine glass, and took a sip of the wine. He felt more and more out of place with these people.

Jia Huan smiled and shook his head. He felt that he was about the same as his college classmates in his previous life. He joked with each other. A graceful lady is a gentleman and a gentleman. He enjoyed his mouth. Nothing else was wrong. He was older, and he was going to tell bad jokes at the table.

Just as we were talking and laughing, a burst of shouts suddenly came from outside the restaurant, and the sound was rumbling. Someone shouted at the top of his lungs, "The country has raised a 150th year of raising a scholar, and the day of justice is today! You guys follow me to question the dog official."

“That’s right, it’s right.”

"Go together! Go together!"

Gongsun Liang, Jia Huan, and Luo Xiangyang looked at each other, not sure what was going on. Then, everyone squeezed to the window of the private room.

At the front of a team of about 20 or 30 people, the capital madman Han Xiucai was raising his arms and shouting. More than a dozen scholars in scholar costumes followed him, and behind him were people watching the fun. The clothes and clothes were different.

"What are you doing?"

"The leader is Han Xiucai, a famous scholar in the capital. He is a tribute student from the Imperial College and a member of the Donglin Party."

"Junior Brother Jia!" Gongsun Liang patted Jia Huan's shoulder with amusement and tears. The two of them were people who knew the inside story. When Jia Huan "instigated" Han Xiucai to imitate Yang Wenxian of the previous Ming Dynasty, he was present. Unexpectedly, Han Xiucai really did it.

Jia Huan shook his head slightly and judged: "Senior Brother Gongsun, Xiucai Han, has not gathered many people. He cannot achieve his goal!"

The scholars of the academy who were discussing all looked at Jia Huan quietly. The fat brother Luo Xiangyang asked Jia Huan curiously, "Brother Jia, what's going on?"

Jia Huan said: "Han Xiucai learned that the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture Lu Xinhan, greedy and embezzled two million taels of anti-defense silver in Yongding River, was running for this matter."

"Ah..." Everyone exclaimed and fell silent.

In spring, some scholars go out to drink and pick up girls, while some scholars run for the country. They are still young people who have not entered society, and they are still somewhat touched. A beautiful lady is a good match for gentlemen. But the saints did not say that they regard this as their ideal and goal in life.

The Master said: I have never seen anyone who loves virtue and lust.

At this time, a burst of laughter suddenly came from the middle of the third floor, "Haha, haha! It's ridiculous, alasm. Just a dozen scholars also used the guise of pleading for the people. Han Xiucai is not worthy of his name. He is a waste!"

Wei Yang, who had been silent all the time, suddenly burst out and shouted in a sharp anger: "Who is upstairs? Let's sign up!"

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