In the early morning of the third day, Chu Yingying packed her luggage, paid the bill, walked out of the inn, and walked along the long street.

After about a cup of tea, she saw the back of the old man, waiting in front of the counter of the pharmacy.

It was Mr. Fu. He was very happy to see Chu Yingying, and said, "It's just in time for you to come. I was just about to leave, and I was worried that you wouldn't come."

He laughed as he spoke: "If you don't come, I'm afraid I'll be very lonely if I go on the road alone, and I'll just talk when we go together."

Chu Yingying smiled: "Thanks to the old gentleman for not giving up."

Old Doctor Fu took the medicine he had grabbed and walked towards the door of the shop. There was a little girl standing by the wall there.

When she saw the old doctor, her eyes showed joy and attachment, but when she saw Chu Yingying beside him, she hesitated again, stopped in her tracks, and looked over timidly.

Old Doctor Fu beckoned and called her: "Double Happiness, come, take the medicine back. Grandpa will teach you to get through it once, remember?"

The girl named Shuangxi nodded, looked at Chu Yingying again, walked over slowly, took the medicine that Old Doctor Fu handed her, and asked in a low voice, "Grandpa Fu, are you leaving? "

Old Doctor Fu touched the top of her hair kindly, and said with a smile: "Yes, Grandpa Fu is going to treat someone else's illness. You have to take good care of your mother, understand?"

Master Cai nodded, and the concierge led them in. He's mansion is not big. Cui Yunhao looked it up, and it was comparable to Cai's mansion, not even comparable to Su's mansion in Hangzhou.

"Yes," Cai Jinghong pointed to Zeng Jingxian, and replied, "It's quite a thick stack."

As he spoke, he let out a long sigh. Chu Yingying listened carefully, and said softly, "Mr. Fu has a kind heart, and there will be good rewards in the future."

When they arrived at the He Mansion, they saw four huge red lanterns. Master Cai led Cai Jinghong, Cui Yunhao and others forward, and said to the concierge: "I delivered the post yesterday."

Although the topic of the palace examination is unknown, there are still many similarities. The most important point is to let the minister who reads the paper recognize the scholar's handwriting, because although the palace examination is vague, it is not easy to write. In the eyes of the minister who reads the paper, if he wants to be promoted, he will identify it when he reads the paper and recommend this scholar in front of the emperor.

Zeng Jingxian touched his chin and said, "It's not bad to go for a drink."

The concierge naturally recognized him, and said with a quick smile: "So it's Master Cai, please come in quickly, Mr. Ge is waiting for you."

Cui Yunhao said: "Drinking is the second best thing. During the banquet, we have to make a fuss, recite poems and write pairs—"

When we arrived in front of the flower hall, we saw an old man with white hair and beard sitting by the desk from a distance, propping his knees with one hand, and gently tapping the edge of the table with the other. There was another person sitting opposite him, but it was blocked , I can't see the front face, it's vaguely a young man.

"Father." Cai Jinghong stood up.

At this moment, a middle-aged man's voice came from outside the door: "Where are you going?"

Cui Yunhao glanced at him, and said: "Brother, you think too much. They must have written a lot of posts like this. I'm afraid that all the candidates on the apricot list have posted it."

Old Doctor Fu sighed, shook his head, and said, "Let's go, I will trouble you, a young man, to spend time with the old man on the way."

Chu Yingying listened very interestingly, and sometimes the two of them also discussed medical theory, unknowingly, the time passed quickly.

His eyes fell on Zeng Jingxian's hands, Zeng Jingxian couldn't help being a little embarrassed, Cai Jinghong replied: "No, we are chatting."

Chu Yingying couldn't help laughing: "Well, I need to ask Mr. Fu to take care of me."

"Uncle Cai." Cui Yunhao and Zeng Jingxian also stood up.

Isn't it a thick stack?They are all for four people, and there are five or six banquets, which add up to twenty or thirty posts. When Master Cai saw it, he said, "Now that the imperial examination is coming, it's better not to go to these banquets, it won't be of great benefit."

Along the way, Mr. Fu talked with Chu Yingying. He had been to many places and seen many things. He told Chu Yingying about strange customs, people and strange things. It was quite interesting.

When Mr. Cai said this, it was obvious that he already knew who the ministers who read the papers were.

The exam has already been released, some people are happy and some are sad, but they say that Cai Mansion, Cai Jinghong and Cui Yunhao are sitting in the study, Zeng Jingxian is holding a few posts in his hand, and slowly muttering: "The hometown meeting, discuss poetry Yes, the same year meeting... Ah, here is another one, Xiyuan Ya Gathering, tsk tsk, it's all thanks to Yun Hao."

Cai Jinghong said: "What Dad said is true, the few of us also think so."

Cai Jinghong also smiled: "Do you want to go?"

In the evening, when I passed a village, I found someone's house to stay, and set off again the next day.

In the early morning of the second day, two carriages were waiting outside Cai's mansion. After a while, a group of people came out from the gate. The leader was Mr. Cai, who was followed by Cai Jinghong and Cui Yunhao. He said: "This time I took you to the mansion of Mr. He Ge. He is a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy and a member of the cabinet. He is the main examiner of this exam, so he is also your teacher. You If you see him, you must be respectful and careful, and practice discipleship, understand?"

The person who came in was Mr. Cai, he nodded to them and said, "Are you still studying?"

The so-called handing out papers is an unwritten custom among scholars. Every time before the palace examination, the scholars will inquire who the ministers who read the papers are, and then try to write the beginning of a countermeasure. About lines, find a way to show it to the minister, which is called "send the paper head".

April , Beijing Normal University.

Saying goodbye to the girl, Old Doctor Fu took Chu Yingying and left Jixi. While walking on the road, he explained: "The girl just now is the daughter of the patient. There is no one else in the family. The mother and I depend on each other for life. It’s really unbearable to see…”

Master Cai hummed, and asked again: "Someone sent you a post?"

After walking for half a day, the two of them left the range of Jixi.

A group of people got into the carriage respectively and drove towards the He Mansion.

The girl bit her lower lip all of a sudden, tears glistened in her big clear eyes, she pursed her lips, resisting the urge to cry, and nodded: "Well, I will!"

Master Cai has been an official for more than ten years, and he always speaks in a calm and calm manner. Cai Jinghong and the others all nodded and agreed.

It was time for them to deliver the papers, Cai Jinghong and the others looked at each other and responded one after another.

Master Cai thought for a while, and said: "However, the teacher still has to worship. In this way, you first make a countermeasure, just write the beginning, and visit the teacher tomorrow."

"That's all." Before he finished speaking, Zeng Jingxian waved his hands sadly and said, "Now I hear that I have to make a fuss, and I feel a headache, so I don't want to go."

The old man held the white pieces with his fingers, stared at the chessboard and thought about it, at this moment, a servant reported in a low voice: "Master Cai, Master Cai has come to visit."

He Yinguang put the chess pieces into the chess cup, stood up and said, "Please."

As he spoke, he said to the young man opposite: "You are good at chess."

The young man hurriedly stood up and said respectfully: "Thanks to the teacher's praise, the student is really ashamed."

After he finished speaking, he straightened up, and happened to meet with Cui Yunhao and the others, both of them frowned slightly, and that person turned out to be Guan Hanzhen, the Huiyuan of this trial.

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