Transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty’s Imperial Examination

Towards the end of the year, Liu’s festival gift came from Yulin. It was much richer than what he sent: local specialty millet, jujube, medicinal materials, boxes of leather goods, clothing... and a few pairs of activities. The little deer, golden pheasant, little rabbits and the like told him to keep them for fun.

A pair of small footprints were printed in the letter that came, but it was the cousin of the eldest uncle's family who gave birth to a son. When he will marry a wife in the future, if he can't hold the big fat boy in other people's family, he can also take the footprints to be joyful and win a man.

This family letter, Cui Xie, was ignorant of himself, and did not let the wind speak in front of the old lady and the old lady, lest they remember to say kiss to themselves.

The things that Liu’s family sent, he told them to pull them into the cellar for storage. The living creatures were kept in the courtyard. Sister Yun and Brother were all facing the small things in the courtyard like watching Western sceneries. Reluctant to return to the room. While holding the rabbit, Cui Heng held his chin and boasted that he had seen BMW from the Western Regions, southern peacocks, and lion cats from Linqing. People who had never seen Liu's family liked it.

Cui Xie took the rabbit out of his arms and threw it into Sister Yun's arms, who was looking eagerly. He pressed his shoulder and said, "You have been walking around in the yard for a long time. Have you done your homework today? Going to school, it's time to go back and do the questions."

Cui Heng felt his skin tight when he heard the word "homework", gritted his teeth and went back to the room.

Brother He is now Lu Juren's key education object, and his homework is heavy. Seeing that his second brother told him to go back, he also consciously put down the rabbit and went back to do his homework obediently.

Cui Xie smiled comfortedly: "Brother and brother are also sensible. It's not that you are not allowed to play for your brother, but there are rules for keeping this little thing. This rabbit and golden pheasant are kept by your family. Come out and play with him sooner or later. , Don’t delay reading—Sister Yun can play more, don’t be tired."

Girls don’t need to read books or enter official positions, so it’s okay to play more. They can also exercise when they have time to walk these pets.

Only a pair of deer cannot be kept at home.

The Cui family has many yards and few yards, and it is impossible to set up a single yard to raise deer. Such a enclosure is not good for the growth of deer, and the family cannot provide forage. He simply asked someone to tie the deer neck with a red silk ribbon and sent it to Xie's house as a new year gift.

The Xie family has a mountainous area in the suburbs of Beijing, which happens to raise deer.

After Xie Ying returned home, the old steward Xie Yu told him that Cui Xie had sent the deer to him, and exclaimed with joy: "Why did Mr. Cui give away things? Isn't sending the deer a gift? Your lord only this year. I asked him to try the town caresser, and if he got his pair of deer, I will be able to officially be the town caressing officer of Shang Beisi next year!"

Xie Ying went to the side yard and looked at the pair of deer still tied with red silk. The deer is a sika deer, with colorful fur, big and bright eyes, and a gentle and innocent look.

The two young deer didn’t know how to be afraid of people. They lowered their heads when they saw someone coming and leaned forward. They lowered their heads to hit his waist. Xie Ying touched the deer, squinted and laughed: " Next, let’s raise it at home first, and then send it to Zhuangzi when we are old. Do we still have deerskins at home? Find two to send back."

When someone gives a live deer, let's give a deer skin. Is this a gift or a heartbreak?

The steward and the chief servant who followed him can’t stand it anymore, and persuaded him: “Isn’t it good for an adult not to return his living creature, or to return his painting? Asking the supervisor to watch it, it’s like we’ve taken his deer It's strange to send the skin back."

Xie Ying smiled and said: "It's not his deer skins that are returned. What are you picking up? Find a few good mink and fox skins, and give them a few colors of porcelain, ornaments, shochu, plus some usual gifts. Dry goods are enough. Our two families have different friendships, so we don’t have to give false gifts like others do."

Cui Xie can write dramas and give him a name, but he doesn't have the ability to get him promoted, so he can only give him a pair of Lipi to show his heart.

On the evening of the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, he personally escorted a cart of gifts to Cui's house.

He didn't wear Jinyiwei's official uniform that day, but only wore a set of ordinary red waistcoat and straight body, covered in ivory crane cloak, looking young and handsome. Cui family members have heard the story of "Xie Qianhu" wisely judged the case in such dramas as "Pipa", "Headless Case", and "Wisdom Trial Yuxiu" that he described as romantic and personable, and have long forgotten them. He was in a state of anxiety when he led people to search his home, so he took advantage of the opportunity of sweeping and serving tea to peek at him.

Xie Ying is also very gentle with others, and politely bows to the two elders when he enters the door, without the half-dressed clothes and guards.

Mrs. Cui almost forgot that he had brought people to take away his daughter-in-law and second grandson. She only remembered that Cui Xie said that he was his lifesaver, so he praised him without words. Thank him for giving Cui in Tongzhou. Xie found a good doctor... while talking, he almost took off the jasper bracelet on his wrist and gave it to him.

Cui Xie held his grandmother's hand and said thoughtfully: "It's not early. Grandfather and grandmother should rest. It's better to ask Master Xie to go to the grandson's yard and be accompanied by me."

Xie Ying also said politely: "I also have some academic things and want to ask Cui Jiansheng for advice, so I won't bother the elderly."

The old lady twisted the bracelet and realized that she had almost given it to the wrong person. She smiled and said, "Yes, you men have something outside to talk about. My old lady won't follow suit. Zhang asked someone to prepare something. Eat, don’t ask Master Xie to sit empty."

Mama Zhang went down to prepare, and Cui Xie personally led Xie Ying to her room. The room facing the door is a whole wall of books. On the bookshelves there are not only the Four Books, Five Classics, Tongjian Outline, Daming Laws, etc., but also history books, ancient prose, Yuefu, Tang and Song Yuan poems, Li Dongyang and you Hanlin and Yang She. The collection of people’s poems and essays, as well as the newly published notes from Ju’an Zhai, are packed full of people, and they seem to be like a bibliophile.

Xie Ying looked at the wall of the book and exclaimed a few times, and laughed: "Recently, I became your imperial examination compulsory reading, and I also feel that I have gained some knowledge. Compared with you, a serious scholar, it's not counted—"

He happened to see the wooden planks hanging next to the wall of the book, with big red lacquer letters on the wooden planks, saying that the countdown was several days before the autumn test.

shocking.

He was in awe even when he looked at it, and he didn't dare to laugh.

Cui Xie was tapping the goose feather cushion on the sofa to relax a little and invite him to sit down. Suddenly, seeing that he stopped talking, he raised his head and asked, "Thank you brother?"

Thanks to his call, Xie Ying finally moved her eyes away from the board, and said softly, "I have packed a few gift lists for you. They are in a box of Chersonesus and Cypress. Here is the gift list."

He took out a red gift form from his arms and handed it to Cui Xie.

The handwriting on the gift list was thin and powerful. From top to bottom, it said various skins, toys, food...Although the writing was dense and dazzling, Cui Xie saw "two pieces of deerskin" at a glance.

Also called Lipi.

In the six rituals, things to be given in the gift of accepting Zheng.

Even Lipi was given away, doesn't rounding up mean to propose to him? Or is it equal to getting married?

Cui Xie's gaze was fixed on those words, and while thinking about the post-marital affairs infinitely in his heart, he was a little regretful at the same time-why didn't he think that the deer skin should be given as a gift when he gave the deer? There were also some deer skins in the fur the Liu family gave him. They should have been sent along with the deer at that time!

But it doesn't matter, the deer he gave has skin on it, so it's the six gifts he gave first!

He dropped the gift form and turned and hugged Xie Ying's waist, just wanting to hold him around. It is a pity that Master Xie Zhenfu refused to cooperate. His feet were always unwilling to leave the ground. He only followed him around the room twice, turning his calf and knocking to the side of the sofa. Xie Ying fell into the cushion and stabilized. Sit down firmly.

Cui Xie pressed on him, put one hand on Xie Ying's chest, looked down at him, and asked with bated breath, "Brother Xie came to the marriage today?"

If you say that you are married, it is better to say that you are here to propose. But a statement is not important. Xie Ying took his hand, told him to lie on her chest, and said with a smile: "Xu Ban Xu is also yours. There is no other Cui Xie in the world who can tell me that I can’t pull it out. I can't give up half of the time."

He raised his head and kissed Cui Xie, put his right hand behind his waist, held him in his arms, and whispered, "Brother Xie, you grow up quickly."

Cui Xie threw off his left boot and stepped barefoot on the blue brick floor. He could only feel the heat flowing into the soles of his feet with his blood, and he could not feel the cold. There is a bitter cold wind outside the house, and there may be slight snow, but the kang in the house is burning hot, and there are grass curtains outside the window. For young and strong martial artists like them, it is almost like spring and summer. .

He enjoyed the undisturbed gentleness of this moment, and he stroked Xie Ying's temples and said: "I have grown up, can we not wait for a try, pick a good day during the Chinese New Year and get married?"

Xie Ying Yuguang swept the thick insoles exposed from the boots on the ground, and pursed the corners of her mouth: "Wait for you to get older. I heard people say that the kidneys dominate the bones and produce marrow. I'm afraid you will hurt the kidney qi...

This is superstition, there is no scientific basis for this statement!

Cui Xie wanted to argue with him about physiology, but when he heard the four words "I can't bear", he felt soft in his heart and couldn't bear to force him.

But next year when he holds the national examination, he will also be a master. Is there any master who cannot get married? Nowadays, it is not the modern age that pays attention to late marriage and late childbirth. Eighteen people get married, it is really suitable.

Xie Ying asked him to beg hard, thinking that he could see his future, so he could not be as persistent as before, so he sighed softly, and said: "You have to take the exam after the rural exam. The young people are greedy. It’s easy to get distracted, and that’s not going to happen. I think I’d better wait for you to pass the test-as long as you pass the test, I will promise you if you fail."

Cui Xie almost jumped up from the sofa, sat down on her knees and said, "This is what you said! After I passed the test..."

Xie Ying stroked his forehead and said, "I promise you."

The power of role models is endless.

All three of Cui Xie's brothers spent the year reading. Even Lu Juren took his two sets of notes to recite and do questions over and over again, hoping to pass the annual test. When he went to his teacher's house to pay a New Year's greetings, he still didn't let go of the papers. He called Li Dongyang as an example to teach his children and taught Li Zhaoxian to study well.

Li Dalang is very talented, and he knows ten. He was spoiled by his father and grandfather, so he didn't need to study hard. However, Cui Xie also endorsed the title of a child prodigy, and he is still a book fan who doesn't know how to write a book. He usually endorses the book without writing a topic. Not only does he study by himself, he also compiles and publishes books, forcing others to learn. With this disciple as a control group, Li Dongyang unknowingly had higher requirements for his son. He could no longer allow him to write poems and essays at will. Instead, he added a lot of scripture homework.

Li Zhaoxian now has a headache when he sees Cui Xie, so he privately begged him a few times not to work too hard, and give them a way to survive by the prodigy who can live their lives with their talents.

Cui Xie was walking on the existing avenue, and saw that the younger brother wanted to spend his talents and self-indulge, how could he allow it! He lifted Li Zhaoxian with one hand, carried it into the room, pressed it on the chair, and took out his newly-made exercises to explain to the younger brother.

Li Dongyang saw it from outside, and Xin Wei said, "He Zhong really looks like a brother, Zhao Xian will give it to you, so I can feel at ease for the teacher."

His wife Zhu is pregnant with his second son. In May, he dreamed that someone would give him a boy. He felt a little strange, so he cared more about his wife and relaxed the eldest son. He was afraid of delaying Li Zhaoxian's learning, but now that he sees that his brother Cui Xie is more thorough than him, he is completely relieved and simply entrusts his godson to him.

Originally, Li Zhaoxian pointed to his father to protect him from the hands of his seniors. He threw him out without wanting his father to teach him how to teach and how to force him. A well-rounded and talented seedling who has grown up naturally is about to be turned into an old pedantic.

He couldn't bear it and had to pretend to be sick. Li Dongyang hurriedly called for a doctor to see him, but he was really diagnosed with the disease-although there were no real symptoms, there were really some fetal deficiency and poor physique. The doctor did not say that he pretended to be sick, but only prescribed some tonics for the symptoms and told him to take medicine and rest.

Early June is the expected date of birth for Mrs. Zhu. Li Zhaoxian is also in a state of inability to get up. Li Dongyang is worried about his wife and loves his son. His father guarded his grandson and didn't dare to let go. He changed several doctors to see him, for fear that he would have a serious illness that could not be diagnosed.

When Cui Xie arrived at Deli's house, he saw such a mess. Li Zhaoxian sat weakly on the bed and said, "Brother, my health is not good, so I can't study with you anymore..."

Cui Xie quickly asked him what kind of illness he had. Li Taigong sighed helplessly and said, "There is no real disease. The doctors only said that the child was born with a fetal deficiency and had a weak physique. After studying hard for a while, he became weak... …"

This is not sub-health!

Cui Xie understood his condition at once, asked for Li Zhaoxian’s pulse and the soup and medicine he ate, and said to the grandparents of the Li family, “I know where the brother is sick. Master, don’t worry, I know someone who has been in the palace. The enshrined genius Doctor Liu, I was injured in Tongzhou and was waiting to die. I told him to prescribe a few medicines for treatment, and slowly got up. When I turned back, I asked someone to invite him to have a look."

Li Taigong's heart loosened, showing a little smile, and hurriedly asked people to pay him money instead of asking him to add money to the doctor.

Li Zhaoxian didn't laugh too much. The worried famous doctor came over to see that he was pretending to be sick, and he was even more worried that he would have to ask his senior to force him to study.

He was trying to persuade his grandfather and brother not to bother to ask a doctor. He drank the current medicine and the conditioning was done, but his brother spit out colder words: "I’m afraid this symptom of the brother is not just a matter of drinking medicine, but a normal experience. Too casual, I don’t know how to maintain it. I was seriously injured in the bed at the beginning, and my body was much weaker than he is now. Later, I exercised a good body by doing more activities. I think my junior should follow me to move, so as not to get worse. Snuggle weaker."

No, no, where can the patient move? Isn’t the activity hurtful!

Although Li Shentong and his family came from a military family, since his grandfather's generation, they have been scholars who can't lift their shoulders and hands. They never thought about training. However, what he said is not counted. Li Taigong was moved by his senior brother, stroking his beard and nodding his head: "It is said that children should also be more active. His illness was not caused by studying in adulthood. Huh? When he gets better, I really want you to watch him practice martial arts."