Wentang

Chapter 532
The fine snow flakes finally turned into a blanket of goose feather snow, like thousands of trees and pear blossoms blooming overnight...

Yue Shan specially invited the nobles from the palace to enjoy the plum blossoms on a snowboard in Sixingping. The eldest grandson Wugou brought Yang Concubine, Zhang Cairen (with forceps and midwifery) and a large group of Yingying and Yanyan over.

Everyone understood Yue Shan's true purpose, and cleverly left enough space for him and Li Lizhi.As for whether Yue Shan will play tricks...

After the new year, Li Lizhi will be 12 years old, which is the age to marry in this age.From their point of view, it doesn't matter whether it is bad or not.

Anyway, the atmosphere in the Tang Dynasty was relatively open, and there was no emphasis on keeping things for wedding nights in the bridal chamber.

But Yue Shan really didn't have any other ideas, he just wanted to spend more time with her and cultivate a relationship.

The two walked side by side on the snowy ground, and walked slowly towards the plum garden.

"Brother, today is the day of the imperial examination, is it alright if you don't go?" Li Lizhi asked worriedly.

"It's okay, Shangshu Doulu and Kong Jijiu are better than me. They also specially recruited [-] famous teachers and scholars to assist in the work. It doesn't matter if I'm here or not." Yue Shan said softly.

"Thirty famous teachers and great scholars, do we need so many people?" Li Lizhi asked in surprise.

"Of course we don't need so many people. Their purpose is to accumulate experience for these [-] people. Next year, these people will go to various provinces to preside over the Taoist examination." Yue Shan explained.

"So that's how it is. They really think long-term." Li Li praised.

"Hehe...you don't have to accommodate me to chat with me about work, today I will accompany you to walk in the snow and enjoy the plum blossoms, and if you want to talk, it's about topics you are interested in." Yue Shan laughed.

"No, I really like to chat with my brother, and I can talk about anything." Li Lizhi said in a low voice, not daring to meet Yue Shan's eyes.

Yue Shan felt a pang in his heart, and joy welled up in his heart.

Today Li Lizhi was wearing a red jacket and skirt, and a red cloak with a red background and white border. Standing delicately on the white snow made her bright and lovely, her fair face seemed to be shining.

Yue Shan couldn't help but took a step forward, and reached out to hold her jade-like little hand.Suddenly, a feeling like an electric shock hit the bottom of his heart, making him shiver.

Li Lizhi also didn't expect that a polite 'good brother' would be so bold to take the initiative to hold his hand, and he was flustered for a while.But at the same time, a sweetness filled my heart.

She blushed, glanced at Yue Shan and quickly lowered her head, but she didn't break free, but let him hold her hand.

At this time, Yue Shan also realized what he had done, and laughed inwardly, he was an old driver after all, but he was seduced by a little girl today, which would damage the reputation of the old driver.

But because he is an old driver, he didn't have any special reaction. He just held hands. Isn't it normal for unmarried couples to hold hands?
Although she was a little young, she would have been sent to prison in her previous life.But who let this be the Tang Dynasty? It is legal and reasonable.As for the alchemist or something... well, let's admit he's sick.

"Is it cold?" Yue Shan naturally changed the subject to relieve her nervousness.

Li Lizhi shook her head first, fearing that he hadn't seen it, she whispered, "It's not cold."

"That's good, I will feel bad if you freeze." Yue Shan teased.

"Look, there is a plum garden in front of you. The plum tree you planted last year is growing very well. The day before yesterday I went to see that it was full of flower buds, and it might bloom today."

"Really? Let's go and have a look." Li Lizhi said happily, her eyes brightened.

At this time, the plum garden is full of vitality, and the yellow flowers are more delicate and beautiful against the backdrop of white snow, forming a sharp contrast with the withered everything around.

The plum garden is on the side of the Weishui Academy, which belongs to the academy's property, and is not in the same place as the area encircled by Yueshan to be used as a family cemetery.

The plum trees in the garden were not planted by Yueshan himself, but the result of the joint efforts of the students of the academy.

Since he started a Thanksgiving tree planting event, more and more people have followed suit.Naturally, the academy is not far behind, and has purchased many saplings for students to plant.

Planting plum trees is Wang Ji's meaning, and he hopes that students will learn the lofty spirit of plum blossoms that are not afraid of severe cold.

As the dean, Yue Shan planted the first tree. Last winter, Li Lizhi was invited to enjoy the plum blossoms, and she also wanted to plant one herself.On Thanksgiving Day, I ran over and planted a tree, and it was planted next to the tree in Yueshan.

When Yue Shan turned into an alchemist and took his fiancée to enjoy the plum blossoms on snow, Chang'an City Tribute Academy was conducting an exam that would determine the fate of hundreds of people.

"Back to the two chief examiners, the time has come, should the examination room be closed?"

"How many people are here?" Kong Yingda asked.

"A total of [-] candidates."

"One thousand and nine, more than five hundred people less than the number of applicants." Dou Lukuan said.

"I probably know what's going on. It doesn't matter. You can come or not. The examination room is closed and no one is allowed to enter or leave for three days." Kong Yingda said.

"Bring over the roster of candidates." Dou Lukuan added.

"Here." The subordinate trotted to the door and yelled loudly: "The chief examiner has ordered you to close the door."

Then the gate of the Gongyuan was closed from both inside and outside at the same time. The inside was presided over by the officials of the Ministry of Rites, and the outside was guarded by the forbidden army.The two sides do not belong to each other and monitor each other.

Hua Shifang took the number plate and compared it with the number on the examination room to find his own room, pushed the door and went in, and suddenly felt a sense of warmth rushing over his face.He first observed the layout of the examination room.

The examination room in the Gongyuan is a separate small wing room, about five square meters, one for each person.

Inside the side room is a single room, and there is a wooden barrel in one corner with the words 'Gong barrel' written on it.Tables and chairs are placed on the outermost side, and there are complete sets of the Four Treasures of the Study on them.

But he also noticed a strange thing, why is it so warm in the wing room?It's snowing in the middle of winter outside, how can it be as warm as spring inside?

With this doubt, he first came to the bed, and then he knew why it was so warm, the bed was hot.

Is this the legendary ground fire dragon that only the first-class powerful families can afford?It seems that the imperial court still attaches great importance to their scholars.

At this moment, the sound of a gong sounded, and Hua Shifang hurried to the door and stood still.After a while, a middle-aged official came over to count the number of people, and then read out the rules.

The rules are very detailed and strict. Once a violation is found, the lightest thing is expulsion from the examination room, and the more serious one is not being allowed to take the test for a few years.

Hua Shifang had Ling Ran in his heart, and originally wanted to take this opportunity to say hello to Qiu Liyue, who was in the same group, but he stopped thinking immediately after hearing the rules.

After that, the test papers are distributed. The first test is to post scriptures, which is similar to filling in the blanks with poems of later generations.

The [-] candidates were divided into [-] groups, and each group had a reserve cadre in charge.So Kong Yingda and Dou Lukuan, the two main examiners, took a break and checked the candidate's information with the roster.

(End of this chapter)