The Ring of Red Mansions is far from the heart

Until the autumn when Jia Huan was about to leave for scientific research, the battle was not over yet.Originally, as early as half a year ago, the war had already tilted towards the court.

However, in the early spring of this year, Beisha established a stronghold directly in the northernmost part of the Jing Dynasty, the Guna River in the nomadic hunting grounds, and based on this, it often crossed the Guna River to harass the people of the Jing Dynasty .At the same time, it also played a role in containing the Jingchao army.

Today, it is immediately decided to send an army with veteran Zhou Song as the marshal to directly send troops to Guna City.

Fighting on two fronts is still a bit difficult for the Jing Dynasty, which has a vast land and abundant resources.Fortunately, in recent years, because of Jia Huan's fiddle with things, and Lin Hai's shrewdness in charge of the household department, the logistics support has never been broken.Gradually, good news from the battlefield began to spread back to the capital.

And Jia Huan also ushered in the most important exam in his life—Qiu Wei.

12-year-old Jia Huan, with the full blessings of his two masters, his mother-in-law and sisters, went to the "battlefield" - Gongyuan with all his money.

The Gongyuan is the examination room of the ancient examinations, that is, the place where the subjects are opened.Gong means to select talents through examinations and contribute to the emperor or the country.The Gong Yuan first began in the Tang Dynasty.

The Gongyuan in the capital city was built in the 13th year of Yongle. It was originally the former site of the yamen of the Ministry of Rites in the Yuan Dynasty. It faces south from the north and has 5 couplets at the gate.There are two gates and five couplets, Longmen, Mingyuan Building, Zhigong Hall, Neilongmen, Jukui Hall, Huijing Hall, Shibafang, etc. (from Baidu).

The architectural layout of the Gongyuan is rigorous, with towering walls, the court hall and government office are tall and strict, and the examination shed is very simple.The outer wall has three layers, including an outer thorn wall, an inner thorn wall, and a brick wall.There are more than 9000 examination sheds, arranged according to "Thousand Characters".

When Jia Huan came to the street where the Gongyuan was located, he saw the watchtowers extending from the four corners of the Gongyuan, mainly for surveillance, which reminded Jia Huan of those prisons in later generations...

There is a brick door on the east and west brick walls of the Gongyuan. On the east side of the memorial archway is written "Seeking scholars from Mingjing", and on the west side is "Seeking talents for the country".

Looking again, there are so many scholars lined up at the entrance, one by one taking off their clothes one by one in front of the soldiers, and checking them one by one.

Even the food to be brought in was broken into small pieces for inspection to see if there was any cheat sheet or something.When Jia Huan saw this battle, he flinched a little, thinking that when he took the college entrance examination, he was not so strict.

He turned his head and said to the shadow three (one of today's secret guards) who was sent to 'escort' him: "You said that if I say I don't take the exam now, will Master Lin kill me?"

An San looked at him, "Whether Master Lin will kill you, I don't know. But I know, if you dare to pick someone up at this time, the emperor will definitely make you very uncomfortable in the next few years!"

Jia Huan shivered, thinking of that man's method, forget it, he'd better go to the tribute courtyard for nine days, at least it's better than being caught by the pigtails today, so that he has a chance to make him turn around.

When Jia Huan came to the nearest inspection office, the soldiers on duty today were all the top soldiers in the Gyeonggi camp.

In order to ensure that Jia Huan can pass Qiu Wei smoothly, he almost leaked the test paper to him.Each of these soldiers has met Mr. An, and they have also accepted the instructions from their superiors. No matter what this man has brought, he will let him go!

Now seeing this righteous master coming, he immediately smiled, "Master Huan, are you here for the scientific examination today?"

Jia Huan gave him a blank look, "No research, what is Benjue doing here? Feeding mosquitoes?"

"Master Huan was joking. When I saw your basket, it was clean. How could you bring something in there? You don't need to check it." Soldier A accompanied him with a smile.

"How can this be done? If you let me go, there will be so many scholars behind. Do you want to make everyone dissatisfied? All right, don't ink, hurry up."

The two soldiers deliberately searched Jia Huan's body. It seemed that they were more careful than when searching other people, but in fact, their hands didn't even touch the corner of his clothes!

The room assigned to Jia Huan was in an excellent location, far away from the reincarnation of the five grains, and far away from the places where the chief examiners sat. There was nothing more reassuring for Jia Huan than this.As a member who has passed the college entrance examination for later generations, there is always a natural fear of the invigilators.

There are nine days in the autumn, on the [-]th, [-]th, and [-]th of the eighth month of the lunar calendar every year, three games, each for three days.After the nine-day exam, Jia Huan said that he was almost exhausted, is there anything?

Nine days in that small cubicle was really tormenting.

Finally, when the last day was over, Jia Huan walked among the stunned students with a blank face.Out of the gate of the Gongyuan, among the many listless examinees, there was such a refreshing-looking teenager in comparison, as if a little red in the green bushes, easy to recognize.

In the past few days, Mrs. Zhao specially asked the housekeeper in the mansion to book a private room above the teahouse, and worked tirelessly to report every day.

Not to mention Wuming Daoist and Lin Hai, two masters of Jia Huan.There is also Jinjin who comes to visit from time to time, and Jinjin is afraid that Jia Huan will really pick up the pick.

When Jia Huan came out, everyone who followed him saw it.In fact, among the surrounding crowd who were either devastated, crying, or directly forked out by others, Jia Huan with a calm face was really different.

As the highest-ranking candidate in this autumn, it is not a problem for Jia Huan to do well in the exam.In order for him to become an official as soon as possible, he is doing everything he can.

All the examiners this time had his handwriting, and they had to memorize Jia Huan's handwriting, so that they could be merciful when grading papers in the future.

Jia Huan really didn't understand, is he really so anxious to make him an official now?Is it really okay to cheat so blatantly?

However, Jia Huan is quite satisfied with his test results this time, and believes that the current cheating schemes will not be used.

As early as when the gate of the Gongyuan opened, Sun Sheng, the housekeeper of Anguo Mansion, and Liu Ming, the chief official of Prince Zhongrui's mansion, were waiting at the door.Not to mention Jia Huan's two masters.

Mrs. Zhao did not come today, but stayed in the mansion with Lin Daiyu and others to prepare hot water and food for Jia Huan who was about to "leave the customs".Of course, there is no need for a doctor, the Taoist priest is on the scene.

With sharp eyes, Sun Sheng saw Jia Huan who stood out from the crowd all at once.He waved Li Qiu forward, ignored Jia Huan's protest, carried him on his back, and went to Anguo Mansion.

Jia Huan said helplessly, "It's true, you guys come out like this every game. Didn't you see that the master is rotten? You don't think so!"

"Look at what Master Huan said, even if you stay in the tribute courtyard for another nine days, in the eyes of the younger ones, you will still be delicious." This is not Liu Ming's flattery to Jia Huan.

You know, for this autumn, Jia Huan has tossed mint, cool oil and so on. Up to now, Jia Huan still has a very faint mint smell on his body.It smells refreshing.

Jia Huan was speechless, "You are Master Curse, you will not live this autumn! Be careful, I will talk to you about life later!"

For a moment, Liu Ming also remembered his current attitude towards Master Huan this time, and he shrank his neck in fright, "Master Huan, you have a lot of adults, so forgive me?"

Glancing at him, "Okay, let's go."

After struggling through the crowd, he found the car of Anguo Mansion and helped Jia Huan onto it.

In the car, Taoist Wuming and Lin Hai were already waiting.As soon as Jia Huan got into the car, he saluted the two masters: "Master!"

"Sit down, sit down." Lin Hai directly pulled the man to sit beside him.

Wuming Daoist immediately took Jia Huan's hand to feel his pulse.

"..." Jia Huan was speechless, but also very moved.

After a long time, Wuming Daoist just put down his hand, nodded and said: "It's okay, I'm just a little tired, I can go back and rest for two days." Then everyone felt relieved.

The carriage returned to Anguo Mansion as quickly as possible, and the female relatives were all waiting anxiously.As soon as Madam Zhao heard that the man was back, she didn't care about the presence of the outsider, she went up to meet her son, pulled her son over, looked up and down carefully, her eyes were red, "I've lost weight." These days, Afraid of affecting Jia Huan's mood, she could not bear to visit Jia Huan.

"Huan'er is back. The hot water is ready, go wash up." Daiyu saw that Mrs. Zhao had directly switched to the mode of 'distressed son', so she stepped forward to make arrangements.

Wuming Daoist smiled and said to Mrs. Zhao: "Don't worry, Huan'er is in good health, but he hasn't eaten well these days, and he hasn't slept soundly. He looks haggard, hurry up and ask him to wash up and take care of himself." Take a break."

"That's right, my mother and the girls prepared medicinal soup for my son. Wenlan, take Huan'er to the bathroom."

Wen Lan agreed, stepped forward to support Jia Huan and walked to the bathroom.

"I... I'm fine..." Jia Huan, who had black hair, was speechless.

After taking a comfortable hot bath and having a full meal, Jia Huan fell into a deep sleep and did not wake up until three days later.

If it weren't for the repeated assurances of the Wuming Daoist, the female family members of the Anguo Mansion would have gone crazy.

"You're awake. If you don't wake up again, the women in the mansion will die of anxiety." Jia Huan's imperial examination was a big deal in Anguo Mansion, and Yingchun also brought her husband Yan Feng over.Seeing Jia Huan finally willing to wake up, he immediately teased him.

"The emperor is so cruel. I'm only 12 years old, so he let me take the imperial examination. Really, can't I take the exam in three years?" Jia Huan complained helplessly.

"Whether it's early or late, you've finished the exam now, enjoy it. The emperor will give all the exam questions for Chunwei next year to Mr. Lin. Haha."

Jia Huan rolled his eyes towards the roof, "By the way, is it really good for the emperor to cheat like this?"

"He is the emperor." Yan Feng explained everything in one sentence.

Jia Huan lay on the table and sighed, "That's right, he is the emperor, he can be willful!"

"Haha." Seemingly remembering something, Yan Feng mysteriously approached Jia Huan's ear, and whispered, "I'll tell you a secret, that baby in Rongguo Mansion is also admitted this year."

Blinking, "He hasn't even passed the exam for scholar, how can he get in?"

"The former emperor had a sudden whim and asked people to announce to the world that anyone who is capable can donate money to a prison student. The old lady of the Jia family asked people to donate one to Jia Baoyu, and then sent him to the tribute house. .” Yan Feng sneered.

"With that small body, can't you make it through?" Such a pampered master, can he stand the tribute house?And that Jia Baoyu has the appearance of a man but the heart of a daughter.Not to mention food and clothing, even the house must be filled with top-quality spices!With such a product, can you stand it without washing or combing for three days?Just kidding!

"You still know him!" Yan Feng sighed, "On the second day of the second exam, he was forked out. I heard that he fell ill as soon as he left the tribute hospital, and he still can't get up now."

"..." Jia Huan looked at the sky.

"I heard that your sister-in-law also wanted to donate a place for her son to be a prison student. It was not for this autumn, but just thinking about sending your nephew to the Imperial College to study in the future. In the end, the old lady of the Jia family I got my beard cut off. Now it’s fine, but both ends are empty.”

"It's nothing strange. The Jia family didn't have a good brain when they met Jia Baoyu. Now that the two households of the Jia family have separated, the second master of politics is just a fifth-rank Yuanwailang. Before that, there could be Prince Tenghe Concubine Xiande kept up her appearance, and now those two are gone. If the children in their room want to get ahead, they can only get an official through the imperial examination. But the old lady must have forgotten that the imperial examination is not a pie in the sky. It can be done."

"Who said it wasn't? I heard Brother Cong say that Mrs. Jia made a big fuss at Jia Zheng because of Jia Baoyu's being expelled from the tribute court. As a result, when Jia Zheng went to Jia Baoyu's When I was looking at him in the room, I realized that his books containing the Four Books and Five Classics were actually "Jade Zhen Ji" and "The West Chamber". He was lying on the bed half dead, so he picked up a stool at hand and threw it at him..."

"o(╯□╰)o" Jia Huan was stunned. Although he knew that Jia Zheng was strict with Jia Baoyu, he didn't expect it to be such a strict law. It would kill people.

"Brother Cong is growing up too."

Speaking of this concubine's brother-in-law, Yan Feng frowned, "Brother Cong was raised really badly before, I asked your second sister to bring him back to Yan's mansion, and study with my nephews, which has made a lot of progress." , it can be seen that it is not mud."

"That's good. Now that the second elder brother Lian is on the battlefield, he will at least be an earl when he comes back. If brother Cong can pass the imperial examination, then the Jia family can also leave a family of glory." Jia Huan sighed.

"Okay, these are beyond your control. It's hard to pass the autumn, and live a good life for a few days. When the list is released, you will be busy." Yan Feng hit him with a smile.

Jia Huan fell weakly on the table, "Let me die."

"Haha."