Song Mingyue

Chapter 39 Thin Chicken Sticker Ink (Please recommend)

The fifth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is an extremely important day for the princes and grandchildren in Jiangning City.

Because today is the first exam for the palace to recruit relatives.

There are three exams a day for the six arts assessment, and the first and second exams are Qixi Festival.The Wang family designated Qixi Festival as the date of engagement, which is considered to be at the right time.

It's just that this day doesn't have much to do with the Zhao family.

For the Xie family and the Zheng family, it is determined to win.For many wealthy sons, although there is little hope, there are also many toads who are motivated and want to eat swan meat. After all, they will have a chance after passing the Six Arts exam. Who can say for sure about fate...

However, there is only one son in the Zhao family, who has no rhythm, does not practice the five rituals, and arithmetic is limited to addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. In front of Mr. Zhao, if he goes there, he can only make fun of himself.

Therefore, Zhao Shiyu and his wife didn't think about it at all, even Xie Yun ran back to her mother's house a few days ago to encourage and give advice to her precious nephew Xie Yu - Zhao Hao felt that this cheap mother was not like a real mother for the first time.

Therefore, on this day, Zhao Hao got up early as usual, had breakfast, bid farewell to his parents, and left the mansion with Zhao Dian and a group of house slaves.

The city street in Jiangning, the sun is shining brightly, and the heat is steaming, but there is a rare cool breeze blowing on the body, which is particularly refreshing.

It is indeed a good day.

"Go to the east of the city." Zhao Hao lifted the curtain of the car and said to Zhao Dian and the handlebar.

Although everyone was puzzled, no one asked anything, so a group of people went to the east of the city in a mighty way.

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Since equestrian skills were to be tested, the examination room for recruiting relatives was not set in the palace in the east of the city, but in Ruihe Garden outside the city.

Ruihe Garden is more than ten miles outside the city, covering an area of ​​[-] mu. Needless to say, there are pavilions, terraces, waterside pavilions, fish ponds and rockeries. A group of cranes were dug in the corner, so it is famous.

It is also adjacent to the Qinhuai River, with magnificent scenery. The princes and daughters of the Wang family often come here to enjoy flowers and cranes, or to ride horses and shoot arrows, or to board the south pier and go boating on the Qinhuai River. It is really a pleasant place.

It's just that Ruihe Garden, which has always been quiet, has become extremely lively today.

Like Xie Yu, Zheng Yu and other sons of the famous and famous families in Jiangning City, they naturally didn't need to go through the joints. The housekeeper of the Wang family had already greeted them at the door and invited them into the mansion in person.Regardless of whether he can become the son-in-law of the Wang family, these etiquette and mutual respect are indispensable.

Of course, it wasn't everyone who refused to come and join the match at will.The housekeepers of the Xie Mansion, the Zheng Mansion, and other prominent families such as Jiang Ning Tongzhi’s son have already communicated with each other, and they have made greetings in advance, confirmed the list, and distributed waist cards in advance to avoid admitting mistakes.

As for those who are not on the list and have no waist card, they must go through the preliminary screening.Naturally, not all cats and dogs can come to the Wang family to invite relatives.

Zhao Shiyu and Xie Yun, in the spirit of self-knowledge that people are valuable, decided early on to ask the housekeeper to inform the palace that their son would not participate in the recruitment, so Zhao Hao was naturally not included in the diamond VIP guest list.

Four or five pergolas were newly erected in front of the gate of Ruihe Garden, and four or five gentlemen who were a bit inkling, but not too well-known, were invited to serve as the examiners of the initial examination and select candidates for the Wang family.

There are four conditions for the Wang family to recruit relatives: first, the age is between 15 and 25 years old, not too big, too young is naturally not suitable; second, not married, including concubines and widowed; Third, it is naturally the screening of family background, traffickers, pawns, weaving mats and shoes, butchering pigs and dogs, blacksmithing and planing wood, tailor fortune-telling, moving bricks, and doing homework... Well, those with average family background and occupation will naturally be eliminated. It is almost impossible for grassroots D to take advantage of this opportunity to counterattack, but there are two kinds of counterattackers who want to marry a wealthy woman, either the wealthy woman has physical or IQ problems, or the wealthy generation has no males. A son-in-law, the daughter of the Wang family has both talents and looks, and is prosperous, so she will not give D silk a chance; Fourth, she must be handsome, with good features, and not too short in stature. Of course, the son-in-law of the Wang family cannot be too ugly.

By the time Zhao Hao arrived in front of Ruihe Garden, the housekeeper of the palace had already introduced the important guests into the garden—even Xie Yu and Zheng Yu didn't dare to ask them to come late, and the others naturally came earlier, so the housekeeper saw the list The staff on the board had already arrived, and they were not interested in the bustling hundreds of test takers outside the gate, and went into the garden to get busy.

The butler of the palace was not at the door, and Zhao Hao had no badge, and he didn't even know that the son of the Zhao household should enjoy the diamond VIP treatment, so he had to hang far away at the end of one of the teams, quietly queuing up.

Zhao Hao has always been a well-behaved person, especially he doesn't like to jump in line.When I was in college in my previous life, I had never been in the queue for four years. Even if enthusiastic female classmates issued outright invitations such as "Zhao Hao, come in front of me" and "Zhao Hao, come in behind me", Zhao Hao would not be able to get in line. If you remain unmoved, you will naturally have to abide by the rules today.

So when Zhao Hao stood in front of that goatee old man, the sun was already high.Three to four hundred people came to take the test, and less than a hundred people passed the test, and most of them were rejected.

An old man with a goatee is a gentleman from the private school of the Wangfu. His surname is also Wang, and his name is Wang Jing.It is said that they can be regarded as distant relatives of the Wang family.He usually teaches dozens of people in the palace, such as the sons and daughters of the princes, the sons and daughters of the princes and daughters of the Wang family, and has been teaching for more than ten years. His knowledge is not bad, but he has a bit of a wealthy family, and he is a bit arrogant in front of ordinary people.

When Zhao Hao lined up in front of Wang Jing, Wang Jing was in a very bad mood.

Because there were quite a lot of people today, many toads who were motivated to eat swan meat came to take the test, which made Wang Jing feel unhappy, and what was even more unpleasant was that Wang Jing met a strange candidate.

"What's wrong with being a tailor? Back then, Emperor Liu Xuande of the Shu Han Dynasty was still a peddler, weaving mats and shoes, and Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty was just a pavilion chief... I don't care about the origin of the heroes, are there any kind of princes and generals?"

Wang Jing, who was so talented in what the examinee said, was speechless, and in the end had no choice but to let the security guards who maintained order... the servants of the palace forcefully blow him away.

In fact, that person was not far in front of Zhao Hao, and Zhao Hao also heard it, and felt that what this person said was very reasonable, so he clapped his hands. The kind of clapping was very loud, which was exactly what Wang Jing saw in his eyes.

Wang Jing's tone was not even yet, seeing Zhao Hao who was clapping and booing just now, he was even more furious, but Zhao Hao still looked calm, saying that he was neither humble nor overbearing, which in Wang Jing's eyes was just arrogant—come here The one who took the exam was not sincere and respectful, even the tailor's son was extremely humble before being rejected.

Therefore, when Wang Jing saw Zhao Hao, she already had luck in her dantian and entered a fighting state.

"Who is coming, sign up to come!"

Wang Jing's tone was not polite at all, rather like an interrogation in court.

Of course, he didn't regard Zhao Hao as a character. Those who were truly considered as characters had already been taken into the garden by the housekeeper himself.Although Zhao Hao is considered to be well-dressed and handsome, but almost all of the candidates who took the test today are well-dressed and handsome, and they are already tired of aesthetics, so they are quite confident.

"Zhao Hao."

That Wang Jing didn't listen carefully at all, and wrote two words on the paper at random - anyway, this person is bound to be eliminated, even if it is written as a cat or a dog.

"How old is it?"

"Twenty-eight."

"Are you married?"

"no."

"What a living at home."

"Mobile phone stickers."

Wang Jing didn't care about the outdated words "mobile phone film" at all. After finishing the routine question, a few words came out of her mouth.

"The conditions are not met, please go back."

Before the words were finished, Liang Lie, the servant next to Zhao Hao, was already furious. Pointing at Wang Jing, he yelled angrily, "What are you talking about, my young master doesn't meet the conditions? Are you old-eyed..."

Wang Jing rolled her eyes strangely, and didn't even look at him, she just yelled: "Come on, blow away!"

Hula la, the house slaves from all around had already swarmed over with sticks, and the Zhao family slaves naturally did not show weakness and blocked Zhao Hao with water and fire sticks.

On the contrary, Zhao Dian and Zhao Hao were generally calm and relaxed, looking like they wanted to watch the show, because they saw the housekeeper of the palace hastily rushed towards this side.

Although Zhao Hao had never been to Wang's house, some of the slaves recognized Zhao Hao, but they didn't dare to make a decision, so they rushed to inform the housekeeper.

"Wait a minute!"

The steward of the palace rushed over and shouted anxiously.

That Wang Jing turned around in astonishment, but saw that the steward had already rushed to Zhao Hao, gave a deep salute, and said respectfully: "I don't know if Mr. Zhao is coming, but I am far away from welcoming you, please follow me into the garden."

"Master Zhao..."

Wang Jing understood in an instant that there was only one Mr. Zhao in Jiangning Mansion, and that was Zhao Hao, the son of the Zhao family in the south of the city. His face turned red and white with embarrassment.

Zhao Hao smiled faintly at Wang Jing and followed the housekeeper.

On the contrary, the fat servant Liang Lie turned his head and shook his fist at Wang Jing fiercely, then snorted heavily, and then followed Zhao Hao away.

That Wang Jing was already ashamed, but seeing Liang Lie's provocative expression, she became more and more embarrassed, and just wanted to get under the table.

It took a long time until the figures of Zhao Hao and his party disappeared within the garden gate, and Wang Jing finally regained his senses.

"The dude of the Zhao family has always had a bad reputation and is mediocre and incompetent. Even if he passed the examination, he would not be able to pass the Six Arts assessment. Even if he passed the assessment, the master's intentions are only between the Xie family and the Zheng family, but it is a waste of effort and self-defeating."

After comforting himself angrily, he suddenly remembered something, and fell into doubt again.

"The Zhao family's business covers a wide range, including silk, satin and silk cloth, rice grains, restaurants, tea, porcelain... What kind of business is the skinny chicken sticking ink? It's the first time I've heard of it."

(End of this chapter)