The daily routine of the ancient imperial examination

The people's welcoming road was lined up to the gate of the imperial palace, and when he reached the top of the street, Emperor Ming turned around to greet the barbarian leaders behind him.

"The three chiefs have come from afar, and it's hard work to eat and sleep in the open."

After all, he didn't greet them, and directly started arranging the accommodation of those barbarians.

"It's been a tiring journey. You must be very tired now. You might as well live in the post house first. After you have recovered your energy, I will specially arrange a welcome ceremony for you."

Um? !Just as the leader of the Sirius Clan was about to raise objections, he realized that Emperor Ming had turned his head and entered the palace. He followed reflexively, but was stopped by the guards on both sides.

"This leader, the palace is not allowed to enter without His Majesty's permission."

"Is this how you Qing Kingdom treats guests from afar?!" The leader of the Sirius clan pointed at the soldiers and cursed.

The male lion clan on the side raised their chins high, watching everything that happened in front of them with contemptuous eyes.

Unexpectedly, the soldiers were unmoved, and did not accept the words of the leader of the Sirius Clan, they just blocked them silently.

The two chiefs tried a few more times unwillingly, then gave up and planned to go back to that inn. When they turned their heads and planned to complain with Murong Yan, they found that the other party was no longer visible.

The leader of the Sirius tribe looked around for a week and found no one: "Leader Lion, where's that boy from the Goutai tribe? Didn't you see it?"

"You asked me how I knew?!" The lion leader was speechless, "We were all here just now, and you didn't find out, so how could I find out?"

After quarreling with the soldiers, the two started arguing with each other, and Murong Yan had already gone to the post station at this time. Taking advantage of the time, he chose a relatively shady place for their tribe.

After the Goudai tribe had settled down, the leaders of the Skywolf tribe and the Xiongshi tribe arrived with their subordinates.

As the sun rose, the air began to gradually become stuffy. The two chiefs looked at the room assigned to them bathed in sunlight, and felt like cursing for a moment.

August is the time when Qiuhuo is at its most powerful. Isn't it purely intentional to let them live in this kind of place?

Without even thinking about it, the two leaders turned around and left to find Emperor Ming to change the house again.

Seeing this, the guards who followed all the way stopped him again.

"Your Majesty rewards the three armies today, and has no time to receive foreign envoys. If you have any questions, you can come to His Majesty tomorrow."

Being stopped by the guards again, the leader of the Sirius clan was furious: "It's so hot, do you want to kill us by living in this kind of house?"

The soldiers glanced at the room of the post house bathed in sunlight, and said, "If it's hot, you can open the window, and it will cool you down if there is wind."

"Anyway, I can't live in this house." The leader of the Sirius Clan folded his hands on his chest and raised his chin at the soldiers: "We are here to present a letter of surrender, not to suffer. Let your Majesty arrange a palace to live in."

Regarding this, the soldier continued to repeat: "Your Majesty rewards the three armies today, and has no time to receive foreign envoys. If you have any questions, you can come to His Majesty tomorrow."

The leader of the Sirius Clan took a deep breath: "Okay, Your Majesty is busy with everything, and tomorrow is tomorrow, so let's go to the head office in the city now, shall we?"

"Of course." The soldier withdrew his weapon and stepped out of the way.

"Brothers, come and go out with the king, and the rest will pack up here!" The Sirius clan gave a simple order, and then turned their heads to go to the market just now to check the situation.

It's just that the other party had just walked a few steps, and then looked back vigilantly: "What are you doing following?!"

These were the words of the soldiers who followed behind.

"The law and order in the capital is not good recently. Your Majesty is worried that the two chiefs will be deceived when they first come to the capital because they don't know the place where they live, so he specially asked us to follow and take care of them." The soldiers said it with a look of reason.

Hearing the soldier's words, the two leaders were speechless for a while.

Worried about being bullied?All of them are tall and big, and they should be worried about the people in the capital when they walk on the road, right? !

"We are not afraid of being deceived, so we don't need you to follow us!" After finishing speaking irritably, the leader of the Sirius tribe continued to move forward.

But the soldiers behind him turned a deaf ear and continued to follow silently.

Now the leader of the Sirius Clan was completely annoyed: "Is it over? This is not okay, that is not okay, now you have to be followed every time you go out, and we are not prisoners. Is this your Qing Dynasty's attitude towards foreign envoys? !"

The soldier wondered, "The two leaders don't want us to follow?"

"You don't need to follow!" The other party replied with gritted teeth.

"Then please go ahead." The soldiers made a gesture of please, and then stood still.

Now the two leaders couldn't figure out what the soldiers meant.

But as long as it doesn't affect the implementation of your plan, it doesn't matter. If those people don't follow, it's just convenient for them to start their actions.

After walking for a certain distance, the leader of the Sirius clan dispersed with his subordinates after he could no longer see the posthouse behind him, and pretended to be wandering around to explore the topography of the city.

On the other side, the general led thousands of soldiers to the outside of the hall.

Because of the large number of people, it was impossible to stand in the hall, so Emperor Ming rewarded the three armies directly outside the hall.

The No. 1 appreciator was Shi Yunqi, General Shi Yunqi, who had no sons in his door. Emperor Ming praised him for his grandfather's spirit. In addition, the other party went straight to the barbarian's lair. This was unprecedented in the history of the Qing Dynasty!

Emperor Ming even surpassed the level of his grandfather at that time, and awarded the general Zhenyuanhou at that time, with ten thousand households in the city.

As soon as the award was issued, the hearts of the officials on both sides suddenly became turbulent. Back then, the grandfather was enshrined as the marquis of the state, and he only enjoyed the food of a thousand households. Unexpectedly, the grandson of the other party surpassed that and his grandfather became a marquis of ten thousand households!

General Shi didn't expect that Emperor Ming gave him such a high reward, so he quickly kowtowed his head to thank him, and then stood on the other side waiting for others.

Although there were many people this time, because the general had already sent the list of meritorious service to Emperor Ming in advance, the other party had already arranged the content of the reward, and now it was just announced by the eunuch on the stage, so at noon, the rewards for the three armies It's almost over.

It was still early, and the soldiers had time to reunite with their families when they were disbanded. Emperor Ming ordered the eunuchs to distribute mooncakes to everyone, and then rushed them back to reunite with their families.

General Shi was originally supposed to go to the main family of the Shi Mansion, but because his father didn't get along well with the family, he basically had no contact with him, and he was not the only one on this trip. His elder brother and the caravan came to Beijing, so the other party was a little hesitant .

Emperor Ming on the stage noticed it, and waved his hand directly, saying that there were too many people in Shifu to live in, and arranged for people to live in Lu Xiuyuan's house.

"Anyway, the two of them can't live in the big house with four entrances. It's just right for you to live in the past."

So, after Lu Xiuyuan came home from get off work, he saw his first uncle and second uncle who were chatting happily with Shi Yunchen in the yard.

"Yo! Our Master Lu is back?" Seeing him coming back, General Shi got up and greeted him with a smile.

The other party looked at Lu Xiuyuan with admiration. It's been almost three years since the young scholar, who was just a baby, would have come to this stage.

"Big Brother, Second Brother, you are here."

He looked at the two people in front of him. General Shi looked darker and more masculine than two years ago, while Big Brother Shi seemed to be the same as when we first met, and he didn't look much changed.

"Have you eaten yet? Are you hungry? Would you like some food from the kitchen?" Lu Xiuyuan asked politely.

Hearing this, Brother Shi waved his hand, "The meal is already ready, and I'm waiting for you to serve it now!"

He glanced at Shi Yunchen next to him, who was also sneaking a glance at him. In front of General Shi and Brother Shi, the two unconsciously went back to the time when they secretly fell in love.

"Okay, don't watch." General Shi slapped Lu Xiuyuan on the shoulder: "We haven't seen each other for so many years, let's have a good drink today."

After finishing speaking, he took Lu Xiuyuan and entered the room.

There was a large table full of steaming meals in the room, and when he entered, Nan Xing was bringing a large plate of steamed crabs to the center of the table.

Seeing him coming back, the other party smiled immediately: "Young master, it's a coincidence that you came back, this crab just came out of the pot."

As the saying goes, when the autumn wind blows, crabs' feet itch. How can you not eat crabs during the Mid-Autumn Festival?

After Nan Xing finished serving the dishes, Lu Xiuyuan snatched the wine jug from the other party's hand, and reached out to Brother Shi to fill up all the wine glasses in front of General Shi.

"This first glass of wine celebrates the victory of the eldest brother and the second brother..."

The moment the wine was in his mouth, he felt something was wrong. He thought it was sake with a low alcohol content, but unexpectedly it turned out to be a grain wine with strong stamina.

Miscellaneous grains are a mixture of various grains. Although the alcohol content is not high, because there are more fusel alcohols in the wine, it has a lot of stamina.

Lu Xiuyuan regretted it a bit. He originally wanted to drink more wine with the two of them, but he didn't expect that the wine was not right!

It's just that it's too late to regret it, the two people on the opposite side have already done it in one go.

He could only bite the bullet and continue: "The second cup celebrates the second brother becoming the Marquis of Wanhu. This is the first Wanhuhou in our Qing Dynasty. Second brother, your name will be recorded in the annals of history."

"Hahaha! Erlang, what you said is too exaggerated!" General Shi laughed and drank the wine in one gulp.

After celebrating the second brother, Lu Xiuyuan took aim at the third brother Shi for the third glass of wine.

"Ah Chen often talks to me about my two elder brothers on weekdays, but it is inconvenient for me to take him away from Beijing due to my duties. Now that you are here, this third glass of wine is to celebrate our Mid-Autumn Festival reunion."

This time the four of them clinked glasses together, Shi Yunchen's first reaction when he tasted the wine was to look at Lu Xiuyuan.

The other party knew that Lu Xiuyuan didn't drink well, so he prepared low-alcohol alcohol in advance, but he didn't expect to change it now?

The eldest brother noticed the young master's expression while standing next to him, and raised the wine glass in his hand.

"I got this from a farmer. It tastes good, so I bought it all for you to taste."

Shi Yunchen was secretly anxious, his family Erlang had just drank three cups in one go, and then he had to be careful not to let him drink any more.

It's just that the young master had just finished thinking about it when General Shi raised his wine glass and touched Lu Xiuyuan.

"Chen'er, Erlang, the second elder brother of your wedding didn't show up before, so I'll apologize to you for having this drink first."

After finishing speaking, General Shi boldly took a sip of the wine.

Shi Yunchen next to him stroked his chest and heaved a sigh of relief. Just now he thought that the second brother was going to drink with Erlang.

It's a pity that he breathed a sigh of relief too early, because the eldest brother raised his glass to Lu Xiuyuan in the next second.

"Erlang, you have been promoted to two ranks within a year, and you have also become a close minister of His Majesty. My eldest brother wishes you to enter the cabinet and take charge of power as soon as possible."

"Don't dare to take it, I should respect you and the second brother." Lu Xiuyuan quickly lowered the wine glass to touch the other party, and then drank the glass of wine.

With this beginning, the next three people would not let the other drink each other, and they couldn't persuade each other, which made Shi Yunchen sitting next to him anxious.

An hour later, the three people's wine competition finally came to an end. To the young master's surprise, it was Lu Xiuyuan who persisted to the end!

Didn't his Erlang pour three cups? !

"Erlang? Are you still awake?" He stretched out his hand and shook it in front of Lu Xiuyuan.

Hearing his call, the other party hissed first, then nodded slowly.

After confirming that Lu Xiuyuan was still slightly conscious, Shi Yunchen hurriedly looked at the two elder brothers lying on the table.

"Big brother? Second brother?" Shaking their shoulders: "Are you drunk?"

Seeing the two lying on the table, Lu Xiuyuan first hissed, and then couldn't help laughing, "Elder brother and second brother don't seem to drink that much either."

General Shi, who was lying on the table, heard the wine, and raised his hand reflexively: "Drink! Erlang, I can still drink!"

Lu Xiuyuan was taken aback by the other party's reaction, he staggered forward and lifted General Shi's eyelids, squinting his eyes for a while.

"It turned out to be talking in sleep, it scared me!"

When standing next to him, Yun Chen couldn't stand it anymore, and hurriedly called the guards to send the two elder brothers down to rest, while he dragged Lu Xiuyuan back to the room.

"Achen, I'm so sleepy, I can hardly open my eyes..." Lu Xiuyuan murmured leaning on the young master.

"Sleep when you're sleepy." Shi Yunchen carried someone to the bed and lay down, ready to fetch water to wipe his face.

"No, I can't sleep, I'm going to drink up my uncle and uncle!" Lu Xiuyuan sat up again in an instant.

Shi Yunchen stretched out his hand and pushed the person back on the bed: "Okay, you've already drunk them down, you should go to sleep."

"Really? Then I'm relieved." Lu Xiuyuan let go of his tightly clenched hands, and his consciousness fell into nothingness in an instant.

Shi Yunchen sighed, got up and fetched hot water to wipe his body.

It's so hot now, and I still smell of alcohol, I'm sure I won't feel well when I wake up.

After helping someone take off the clothes, he took a hot towel and began to wipe from top to bottom, but he didn't expect to see bruises on Lu Xiuyuan's thighs.

When did this hurt?

The young master touched it lightly with a hot towel, and someone lying on the bed who had fallen asleep reflexively hissed.

Hearing this familiar hiss, the other party suddenly remembered that Lu Xiuyuan had been hissing from time to time when he was drinking just now...

Did he pinch himself to keep himself awake in front of his elder brother and second brother?

Shi Yunchen was angry and wanted to laugh in his heart, they are all a family, why are they arguing about this?When Erlang wakes up tomorrow, he must have a good talk about him.

The other party continued to wipe with a towel, and when the cool breeze blew over his body, which was still covered with water, Lu Xiuyuan suddenly shivered and opened his eyes.

"Erlang?" The young master asked doubtfully.

Lu Xiuyuan opened his eyes and looked at his body first, the door was wide open facing a certain young master, he blinked in confusion, and then teased his little brother.

There seemed to be no response, so he rubbed it again, and the little brother was still falling asleep.

"It's over, Ah Chen..." He raised his head and looked at Shi Yunchen opposite him with a sad face.

"What's wrong, Jiro?"

"I drank too much, my little brother can't stand up..."

The author has something to say: Lao Lu cried and warned: Don’t get drunk, it’s easy to have a black history