Gospel of Lazy Cancer

Passing the exam means that Yao Chen is eligible to go to Beijing to take the provincial exam, that is, the scholar who is often said in the scriptures to go to Beijing to catch the exam, and experience the adventures with fox demons and ghosts along the way.

Park Jiayan: Huh?

Yao Chen: Whatever love affair you want, you are enough.

Pu Jiayan found that the boy from the Zheng family came to Yao's house a little too often, and he met him every few times he came here.

Yao Chen smiled and said, "What is this, he proposed marriage to me in private!"

The little wolf dog immediately exploded when he heard the words: Dare to poach his corner? !

"What are you talking about? Scholars don't have a good thing!"

"Who are you scolding?" Yao Chen gave him a look to let him know for himself, "They are looking at my sister."

It's really based on people's eyes.

Park Jia said that he had misunderstood, recently there were too many people wanting to marry Yao Chen, he was a little sensitive.

Without hindering him and the little rabbit, Park Jiayan helped Zheng Hao.

He recalled the lineage of the Zheng family. Duke Huan Zheng of the Zhou Dynasty had the Zheng family surnamed Ji, and the Zheng family in Jinyang was a remote offshoot. The blood left behind was also the last of the family (Zheng Hao: ...), and marriage was not counted. Very strict.

The gentry of the past dynasties have multiplied the genealogy family to respect the lineage and distinguish the high and the low. "Marriage in a family must be based on the lineage." There was "Shiben" in the pre-Qin Dynasty, and the in-law relationship between the aristocratic families is even more complicated now, and the lineage is changed every few decades. It needs to be retaken, genealogy is a compulsory course for the children of aristocratic families, and Park Jiayan has also memorized it.

Think about it, if you don't recite, you might accidentally marry your own grandma, or marry your distant cousin, how terrible it is!

The Zheng family's family is simple. Yao Chen met Zheng Hao's parents and felt that they were kind and reasonable, but he didn't know how to treat his daughter-in-law.There are not many servants in the family, and the female relatives also do work at home, such as embroidery and textiles, to help subsidize the family.It is said that Zheng Hao's mother is the daughter of Juren, and that Juren's family background is also average, and Zheng Hao's grandfather was the matchmaker in the same year.

With Park Jiayan's help to pay attention, Yao Chen has a bottom line and has greater confidence in his heart.

After discussing the matter between Zheng Hao and Yao Man, Park Jiayan and Yao Chen talked about the arrangements for going to Beijing.

The provincial exam was in February of the following year, and foreign students had almost just finished the exam in the autumn, so they had to pack up and go to Beijing to catch up with the exam, and they couldn’t spend the year at home.

The procedure and mode of the provincial test are similar to those of the solution test. For example, the solution test is a preliminary round, the provincial test is a semi-final, and the palace test is an interview.

Therefore, Yao Chen still has two hurdles to pass: the Provincial Examination and the Palace Examination.After the palace examination, you can be directly appointed as an official.

Every step forward in Yao Chen's official career, there will be an extra layer of protection, and that person cannot easily touch him.

Park Jiayan's secretly tense nerves also relaxed a lot.

Finally, he was going to take Yao Chen to the place where he grew up. Pu Jiayan was so excited that he was so busy that he told Yao Chen about everything.

"You don't need to bring too much luggage, just bring the ones you usually use, and you don't need to bring too many thick clothes. Beijing has everything...I got a new good leather there, and I will make you a cloak."

Yao Chen is all right.

When the preparations were almost ready, Yao Chen went to Fang's house to bid farewell to the teacher: "The road citations are all ready, and the luggage is also packed. The lightness is the main thing. I will go to farewell to my grandparents in two days. What do you want to tell the teacher?"

"This is the newly issued "Rhyme" by the court, you can read it." Mr. Fang pointed to the book case with his finger, Yao Chen hurriedly thanked and put the book away.

Mr. Fang pointed out Yao Chen's poems and prose articles again. He felt that Yao Chen's thesis was almost ready, but the poems and prose were slightly insufficient. "In the new rhyme book, some scholars have added notes, read more."

"It's the same for the imperial court. A rhyme book is changed over and over again, and the changes are not big each time, but there must be no mistakes in the exam. They don't care about the difficulties of peasant children in studying." Yao Chen couldn't hold back his complaints, and he continued to correct after the exam.

In fact, Mr. Fang is also somewhat dissatisfied with the current emphasis on poetry and prose in the imperial examination. In previous years, he failed the post scriptures and passed the poems and prose. .

He didn't want his disciples to deviate from subjects and be slack in learning, so he didn't say these things.

Mr. Fang has retired now, and he is at home leisurely. He still communicates frequently with the current emperor. He will greet the body, and sometimes ask the teacher for questions or court policies.Mr. Fang is much more at ease than when he was in court. After all, he just talked and wrote what he thought of. In the letter to today, he pitied the hard work of his disciples and complained that the current imperial examination system is not good.

This made his son Xiaofang miserable. He was on duty today and was invited to have tea by the sage. He showed him a private letter from Mr. Fang and asked if he could stop the imperial examination for poetry and prose.

Xiaofang Xiang felt bitter: dear father, don't bring such a cheating son!This imperial examination system is still in use when you were in office!It's easy to touch your upper lip and lower lip, but I'm the one who is exhausted from running errands!

But since the Holy Majesty has already asked formally, it is probably because of his intention. He can't just say that my father is confused and you just ignore it, so he took it to the court for discussion.

People of insight in the court also agreed: "It is advisable to remove the sound and antithesis first, so that scholars can concentrate on the meaning of the scriptures."

There are also objections, mainly because the spring is coming, and the temporary change of the examination format is unfair to this year's candidates.

There are also people who think that Han Chuang has studied hard for decades, and it is a good thing for most scholars to change and prepare early.

There are also aristocratic families who say: "From the perspective of articles, policy theory is useful, and poetry and prose are useless; from political affairs, then poetry, prose, and policy theory are useless." Come on, let's recommend acquaintances, that's enough!

Poor family: Bah!

There was a burst of wrangling, and it went up for several days.

In the end, it was the Holy Majesty who was determined to reform, and decided that from now on, poetry and prose should be emphasized. As for the specific regulations, the courtiers will discuss them and announce them to the world.

Here, Yao Chen's home is also very lively.

Although it is said that it is easy to travel with a light car, it is not so easy to go out for a trip, the grandmother of the Yao family is very reluctant, because she is afraid that the eldest grandson will disappear as soon as she goes out.

These days, bandits and robbers, tigers, leopards and wolves, as well as natural and man-made disasters, don't be too dangerous.Moreover, the transportation is inconvenient, and a separation may be forever. It is difficult for people who die in foreign lands to collect their bodies, and it is easy for everyone not to go out.

If parents are not traveling far, they must travel well.

"Walk along the official road, and you will travel with experienced servants and guards." Yao Chen repeatedly promised that he would come back with all his tail.

The grandmother of the Yao family also specially took soil from the stove and asked Yao Chen to take it with her. She would eat some when she was sick, saying that it "specializes in the treatment of unacceptable water and soil".

Yao Chen is convinced.

Seeing that his family members were really worried, he might as well find something for them to do, so he said, "I'm going to celebrate the New Year in Beijing, so I won't be able to eat enema at home this year." Enema is sausage, which originated in Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties. Buy pork to make.

"I want to eat too!" Yao Xing joined in the fun and was hit on the back of the head by her grandma.

"When it comes to food, you get excited. Why don't you work hard in your studies?" After scolding, she said to Yao Chen, "The weather is sunny these days, so I made it for you. Eat something from home every day. It’s not easy to acclimate.”

Yao Chen: I'm sure I'll take it!

The grandmother of the Yao family did what she said, and immediately got busy.She first instructed Grandpa to go to the butcher to cut the pork, then washed the casings with her own hands, and soaked them in clean water for a while to let the casings fully soak, so that the meat could be put inside later.

Yao Chen also helped by washing the pork with hot water, peeling the skin, and cutting it into strips, then adding salt, sugar, wine, clear sauce, pepper powder and other seasonings to marinate.There are a lot of spices in the house, and Park Jiayan gave away a lot before, Yao Chen didn't hesitate, put enough, and mixed the meat and seasonings well.

At this time, the sausage casing was soaked, and a knot was tied at one end. Grandma asked Yao Xing to open the casing with a funnel with big eyes, pour all the meat into the casing, leave a gap every two inches, and tie a section of cotton rope at the end. tie.

After these were done, the grandmother of the Yao family used a needle to pierce some small holes on the surface of the sausage to facilitate the escape of the air inside, and dried the sausage in a ventilated place.Autumn is crisp, sunny, and the temperature is not high. It can be dried in three to five days without too much oil and the sausage will not be fragrant.

The grandpa of Yao's family was smoking dry cigarettes, watching the old and the young ones busy there, in his heart he disliked the old wife's meddling, so he just went out and came back after a year or so, worrying so much.

After Yao Chen coaxed his grandmother, he came to look for his grandfather with a well-wrapped small bag.

"Grandpa, do you still have the land that you said you would leave for me?"

"Keep it."

"The Pu family gave me a pack of cold melon seeds." Yao Chen roughly said the precautions.

"Okay, I'll plant it for you when spring begins." The Yao family's grandpa collected the seeds, and silently began to think about planting melons.

Zhou's delivery date is approaching, and she is very reluctant to let her son travel far away, so Yao Chen specially spends more time with her.

"Mother, don't worry, take care of your baby. I will write to you when I arrive in the capital. Yao Xing can read and ask him to read to you. The Pu family will take care of you along the way, and you will live with him when you arrive in the capital. There will be no danger." .”

"Will it be too much trouble for others?"

"I'm the teacher's disciple, and the Pu family will look at the teacher's face."

Mrs. Zhou let go of one thing on her mind, looked at her sensible and capable son, and was filled with pride and reluctance.

"I don't know anything about studying, but my son, you are determined and study hard (Yao Chen: Actually, you didn't work very hard...), we all see it, and don't rush it for a while. How old are you? Then there are still grandfathers among the students who take the test! Regardless of whether you get in or not, I only want you to come back safely."

"Well, I listen to mother."

Yao Chen accompanied him and said, "By the time I come back, my brother will probably be able to call someone, right?"

"How do you know it's my younger brother?" Zhou also changed the subject following him, making the atmosphere of parting fade away. She talked about the parenting scriptures: "Two lifts, four turns, six sittings, seven rolls, eight climbs, nine uprights, one year old I will leave and talk later."

Yao Chen said: "I'm not here, mother, you have to teach your younger brother to call you brother, and when I come back, you can hear him call me."

"Good good."

Yao Chen went back to the village and brought back a lot of luggage, including a lot of sausages and the mutton pancakes that the Yao family drove out early in the morning.

"Cooking cakes won't last long, so eat them as soon as possible."

Yao Erlang took Yao Chen back to the city in an ox cart, where the Pu family's horses and chariots were waiting, and set off when Yao Chen arrived.He has a dull temper and is not good at speaking. Although he has done business and dealt with people a lot in the past two years, he is still taciturn in private.

"Report when you arrive." The peasant man moved his lips and only spit out a few words.

"Yes, Dad."

Yao Chen handed him a booklet, which was a summary of the exams he had written in the past few days. It combined the exam precautions and exam-taking skills shared with him by various parties, and asked his father to pass it on to Zheng Hao.

"Zheng Hao has promised to help write letters for him. If you have something to say, you can pass it on to him. If you encounter urgent matters, you can ask Niu's family or your teacher for help."

Yao Erlang responded one by one, and patted his son on the shoulder: "Let's go, don't make people wait too long."

The journey is dull and boring.

Fortunately, the official road was relatively flat, and the Pu family's carriage was extremely comfortable. Yao Chen felt that it was okay, and closed his eyes in the carriage to rest his mind.

At noon, the convoy stopped at the roadside guest house to rest, drink some hot water and eat some dry food.

The canteen provides a small stove for travelers to heat up food. Yao Chen took a cooker and cooked sliced ​​sausages, salted duck eggs, and millet together, and seasoned with some pepper. It was convenient and delicious.The sausage is rich in flavor and full of fresh fragrance. Because enough spices are put in the production, the aroma wafting out has already made the index finger move and salivate.

When the rice is cooked, Yao Chen will be bored for a while, then turn on the stirring, mix the millet, bacon and seasonings well, he puts less water, the millet grains are distinct, shiny with oil, there are crusts on the bottom of the pot and around it, Burnt and crispy.

The tempting smell of meat and rice was mixed together, and the travelers who were resting together in the dining room suddenly felt that the dry food in their hands was tasteless, and they all probed to look at the Pu family team curiously.

There were enough sausages made at home, and Yao Chen distributed some to everyone in the team. Others followed suit and learned his way of cooking, or simply put them in dry food, which was also delicious.

"Xiao Langjun, can you share some of your sausages with us? I have pickled bamboo shoots here to exchange with you." A merchant with a southern accent came over to strike up a conversation.

Experienced merchants are usually more vigilant, and no one can tell if there are bandits pretending to be spies next to them, but this place is very close to Jinyang City, and the bandits dare not approach, and the merchants in the south have observed that the people in this convoy are all talking The appearance of the son of a vice-family, the other young gentleman is also gentle and gentle, he should be a scholar who is going to Beijing to rush for the exam, so he dared to talk to him.

Yao Chen glanced at Park Jiayan. Although the latter was not very happy, he still nodded in agreement.

Only then did he happily exchange with the other party. In fact, he saw the pickled bamboo shoots just now. He didn't know how they were preserved. They looked very fresh. After a taste, they were really crispy and fresh, very delicious.

He and Pu Jiayan ate rice with preserved meat, and then got into the car after resting for a while. During the day, he had to hurry up.

After getting into the car, Pu Jia said, "When you're in a remote place, don't talk to strangers anymore." Even if you keep following the official path, you have to be careful.

"I can save it." Yao Chen leaned on Pu Jiayan's body.

Park Jiayan kissed him, so good.

Yao Chen said goodbye to his family, the two hadn't seen each other for several days.

"Do you like meat sausage?" Park Jiayan asked in a low voice.

"I like it." The little rabbit blinked and blinked, his ears were pressed against Pu Jiayan's chest, and he could hear the sudden accelerated heartbeat of the little wolf dog.

"Come and eat mine."

Park Jiayan's hand stroked the little rabbit's head, the little rabbit cooperated very well, his consciousness fluctuated, and a comfortable sigh came out of his throat.

"Master, we've arrived at the inn." A servant's voice came from outside the car.

"Go and move the luggage in first, and watch it at a distance, we will go down later." Park Jiayan calmly ordered.

They packed up, opened the car window to diffuse the smell, and then got out of the car to rest.

Pu Jiayan asked someone to prepare hot water and helped Yao Chen wash it carefully.

Yao Chen was a little tired, it was too exciting, there were many guards and servants outside the car, and occasionally there were passers-by, trying to control so as not to leak any suspicious sounds, his lips were almost bitten.

There are still about ten days to go...

Yao Chen hugged the little wolf dog and fell asleep, with a contented smile on his lips.

Yao Chen has always heard people say that Kyoto is prosperous, but he lacks an intuitive impression. When he slowly approached this ancient capital, he realized that there was a lot of traffic and pedestrians. The city gate was only several feet wide. .

Seeing the majestic city wall, the convoy who had been traveling for many days finally showed joy and relaxation. The atmosphere was much more active, and many people met to go to the familiar brothel for a drink.

"The capital city has three walls: the palace, the inner city, and the outer city. It is divided into the imperial city, the inner city and the outer city. It has a population of more than one million, and there are countless tea houses and tiles." Pu Jiayan pointed in the carriage, explaining to Yao Chen, passing a street At the time, he said: "Look at that place, the house is majestic, with a wide frontage. It is Jieshen Lane, where gold, silver and silk are traded. Every transaction is worth tens of millions."

Yao Chen was dumbfounded, and Pu Jiayan smiled and said: "I will settle down today. I bought a small courtyard in the inner city. There are servants to take care of you. You can live in peace of mind. I have to go home tonight. I will look for you tomorrow when it is free. Take a good look around the capital."

Yao Chen trusted Park Jiayan to arrange everything well and agreed to everything.

After arriving at the residence, Park Jiayan did not disappoint Yao Chen. The yard is not big but neat. The environment is quieter than he imagined. It is suitable for studying and preparing for exams. A few steps away from the alley is the main road. There are restaurants and shops next to it. There are all kinds of miscellaneous goods and cloths, which is very convenient.

I have notified in advance that I will be here today, and a family of servants came out to welcome the sound of carriages and horses, and a couple brought a boy in his teens to see the master's house.

Pu Jiayan introduced to Yao Chen one by one: the middle-aged man Li Zhongshun is in charge of the entire yard, his wife is a cook, and the boy can do some errands.

Pu Jiayan instructed a few more words: "Call Uncle Li if you need anything."

Guan Li didn't dare to say anything.

It was the first time Yao Chen heard Pu Jiayan treat his servants so kindly. He had the arrogance of a family member. Although he would not maliciously tease and make things difficult for his servants, he completely ignored him and used his servants as tools.It was later that Yao Chen found out that Li Zhongshun's mother was his mother's wet nurse, and was relatively close to the Li family.

He was curious about the Li family, and Li was also curious about him.

Pu Jiayan has asked about almost all the furniture in this yard. It doesn’t look obvious in the yard, but it’s actually full of good things. Li Guanshi had heard before that the young master had a close friend in Jinyang, and now he finally sees it. It’s really Pianpian Young man, young talent, extraordinary.It's just the first time I've seen her right now, and I can't see any temperament, I just secretly cheer up and serve with my heart.