Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 660 Spring breeze is proud of horseshoe disease

The next day is the Ceremony of Chuanlu.

It's nothing to do with Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan.

They only need to lead them to kneel one after another on the left side of the royal road after the emperor has finished worshiping the heaven and the earth and the officials of Honglu Temple announce the system, and then they will act as mascots.On the contrary, No. 4 Chuanlu Jiang Xianggong has a heavy task. He has to roll the names of the Jinshi who are behind him. To hang the gold list outside Dong'anmen.At this time, Du Jinning, the number one scholar, led all Jinshi and others to follow the list.

The gold list was taken back and handed over to the cabinet after three days of hanging.

Coming out of the imperial palace to watch the list in front of Dong'an Gate is the most glorious moment in a scholar's life - straddling a horse and parading through the street.

At this time, Du Jinning held the hand-picked emperor's imperial edict in his hand, straddled the horse with golden saddle and red mane, cheered in front and embraced in the back, the flags and drums opened the way, the cheers were thunderous, the cannons shook the sky, and the streets were decorated with lights and festoons.

People in the capital are very well-informed. During the three-year Spring Festival, they have seen too many Jinshi straddling the streets, but they have never caused madness like this time: Zhuangyuanlang and Tantanhualang are so handsome, so handsome So many girls feel ashamed.Although there are no mobile phones and computers these days, the spread of news is not slow at all. The young girls and daughters-in-law who heard the news and came to see the witty scholars have filled up the taverns and teahouses along the street, and the hairpins, handkerchiefs, and purses in their hands are even more so. When it rains, it usually falls down.

This disturbed Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan.

Fortunately, both of them have kung fu, so Qi Muyuan will not talk about it. The set of kung fu that Du Jinning learned from Liu Gao is for practicing dodge kung fu. She doesn't care about other places. He dodged in a flash.So although there are many hairpins on his body, he still has a calm and calm expression after swimming around the street.

But the old man in second place couldn't bear it.

He is so old, naturally no one throws flowers on him.But Qi Muyuan and Du Jinning are used to being companions. Even though Qi Muyuan would not let his horse surpass the second place in consideration of the face of the second place, the distance between the two is extremely small.Those girls and daughters-in-law were not accurate enough in their throws, and there was still wind blowing from time to time, so the hairpins, handkerchiefs, and purses thrown at Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan would inevitably fall on the second place. happens from time to time.

It would be fine if these hairpins were really thrown at him, even if he was hit, he would be happy.But No. [-] knew that this was an accidental injury, and it was okay to be hit on the face, but the critical blow he received in his heart almost made him fall to the ground.

In a certain teahouse where Du Jinning and Liang Xiankuan collaborated, there was a group of women standing, they were Chen's group.

The reason for talking about a group of people is that there are not only the Chen family, but also Du Jinning's three older sisters.In addition, there are Du Fangfei's mother-in-law Xie Shi, and Du Fanghui's mother-in-law Mrs. Fang.These two are also the mothers of Xu Chengyuan and Fang Shaohua, and their sons are also in the parade.

If Mrs. Xie and Mrs. Fang hadn't invited Mrs. Chen to watch the cross-horse parade, Mrs. Mrs. Chen, who was quiet and calm about her "son" getting the first prize, might not have come to the street to join in the fun.

The two sisters are here, so naturally Du Fangling will also come.Not only her, but also Lu Xiaobei, who was responsible for protecting the safety of the female family members, also came together.Anyway, he used to be a servant of the Du family, and Du Fangfei and Du Fanghui were common, so there was no need to avoid it too much.

Before the parade reached this street, Mrs. Xie, who hadn't seen Lu Xiaobei for a long time, simply pulled him to sit in the teahouse and chatted: "What do you do for a living now?"

Lu Xiaobei himself has a good appearance. When he met Du Jinning when he was growing up, he was able to eat and nourish and followed him. Before he got married, he had grown into a tall and upright appearance. Otherwise, Chen and Du Jinning would not have May fancy him.

Today's Lu Xiaobei is 1.8 meters tall, with sharp brows and starry eyes, and two piercing eyes.His skin is a little dark because of traveling all over the world, but it also makes him look more masculine.

He sat there with a strong sword, and when he heard Mrs. Xie's question, he was not in the slightest embarrassment, and said with a slight smile: "The so-called peddlers are talking about me. I sell good things here in the capital. Go to other places, and then sell things to the capital from other places to make some money."

Of course, he also bought a lot of fields and tea gardens in the capital, and even bought a lot of shops on the street.Even if you don't sell it around, you are still a well-off household if you stay at home.But there is no need to tell Xie Shi about these.

After hearing this, Mrs. Xie couldn't help being a little worried, and persuaded: "Although there are not many robbers blocking the way in the prosperous and peaceful world, there are still some. If you travel around like this, if you encounter robbers, you will be in trouble. Your family is not well-off now. It’s rich, but it’s better to live at home honestly, don’t go out and run away. I really don’t want to make a living, so I can send my stewards, and don’t risk my life.”

As she said that, she turned to Mrs. Chen for approval: "Mother-in-law, do you think so?"

Ordinary old people and women, as long as they have something to eat and a decent life, they don't want their men to go out and take risks.

Originally, Mrs. Chen also persuaded Lu Xiaobei in this way, and she was worried that something would happen to Lu Xiaobei, and Du Fangling's life would be difficult.

It was Du Jinning who persuaded her.

At this time, Mrs. Chen used what Du Jinning had said to persuade her to excuse Lu Xiaobei: "A good man has ambitions everywhere. Xiaobei likes to travel around, so let him go. It's not good for a young man to just stay at home like this." Live on an acre of three-tenths of land, and don't think about making progress. The road is not smooth, so we should bring a few more capable guards, and nothing serious will happen."

Lu Xiaobei is extremely grateful to Mrs. Chen in this respect.

He stood up and bowed deeply to Mrs. Chen: "Thank you, mother, for your understanding. Don't worry, I know that I am not living alone. For the sake of Ling'er and the child, I will not take my life as a joke. I am going to a peaceful place." .I don’t go to places where there are many robbers.”

Everyone's serious mother-in-law said so, even if Mrs. Xie disagreed, she didn't say anything more.

On the contrary, Mrs. Fang came from a noble family, and she and her husband have been officials in other places for many years, so she has different views and agrees with Mrs. Chen's words very much.

She laughed and said: "Which family's future is not made by hard work? Is it peaceful to be an official? Unless you stay in the capital as a small official, as long as you let go of a foreign post, you will inevitably suffer."

As she spoke, she talked about some of the hardships and dangers she experienced when she was released from work.

Fang Shaohua's father was from a poor family. He had been serving as a foreign official for more than 20 years, and he is still serving as the governor of Guizhou Province. Mrs. Fang has the most experience of the hard work of serving as a foreign official.

As a widow, Mrs. Xie raised her son alone, and is still running a business to support her son's education, which is also a resolute personality.

She also knew that her son wanted to let go of his job outside, and she was in favor of it.Now hearing what Mrs. Fang said, she hurriedly asked some details, then nodded and said, "Mrs. Fang, you are right. If you want to have a bright future, you really can't do it without hard work."

She turned her head and said apologetically to Lu Xiaobei: "I was wrong. It's because your mother-in-law and Mrs. Fang are knowledgeable."

(End of this chapter)