Capture the Jade

Tonight, Lin Chengyou wore a golden brocade shirt with a pattern of moon-white flood dragons entering the sea. The sleeves and the front chest were inlaid with dark silver patterns.

He walked through the crowd with such a smile, and even the flowers and trees in front of the court dimmed for a moment.

The passing guests stopped to look back, and the ladies in front of Huayin couldn't help but look at them and said: "Thanks to this boy's good looks, it is rare to see a man can hold such ingenious clothes, and the light blue foundation alone is enough. Enough to pick people up."

"I don't know if it was done by the Weaving and Dyeing Department, or by the embroidery maid of Chengwang's mansion."

Mrs. Du also followed and looked from a distance: "Ayu, aren't you worried about the stitch pattern on your grandpa's clothes? Look, as long as you move the pattern to the sleeves, no matter how complicated it is, you won't be afraid of punching holes."

Teng Yuyi secretly felt reasonable.

At that time, she spent a lot of money to buy a piece of high-quality Buddha's head green material in the west market, and planned to cut a piece of clothes for her grandfather. As soon as she came out of the Dayin Temple a few days ago, she asked her aunt to ask for Gui Er and Gui Er. The needle scorpion is a must-have, but he was unable to make up his mind when choosing patterns.

Looking at Lin Chengyou's clothes tonight, she will have a lot of ingenuity, but grandpa will not wear clothes as fancy as Lin Chengyou, and the dark lines on the robe will be reduced by then.

Mrs. Du said again: "Speaking of which, it should be more lively tonight at the Chengwang Mansion. I heard from the master that the Taoist priest Qingxu is back. Although Chengwang and his wife didn't have time to catch up with their son's birthday, they are still on their way back to Chang'an. already."

Du Tinglan wondered: "Auntie, it's okay to say that Prince Cheng is so young. The princess of Azhi is so young. Why didn't you bring the prince of Azhi with him when he and his wife were traveling abroad?"

The three walked side by side on the bricks. Weeping willows were planted on the side of the road, and the willows brushed against their faces. Mrs. Du brushed them away: "I heard that the Chengwang couple will take the county master on a trip every year. Last year, Xu was the county master. When it was time for enlightenment to study, I was afraid of delaying the children's study, so I left the county master. But no matter what, when the Chengwang couple went out to play, they would always leave a child in Chang'an."

Teng Yuyi thought this was strange, and couldn't help but ask, "Why don't you bring all the children with you."

Mrs. Du shook her head: "It's probably because the children are still young, and they stumble on the road again. I'm afraid that the children will not be able to take care of them on the road."

Teng Yuyi couldn't help thinking of the secret about the saint that Grandpa had mentioned that night.

The sage's strange disease occurs once every three years. When the attack occurs, King Cheng must help him form a battle. The king and his wife leave the capital. Even if the sage and the queen are not suspicious, the ministers who know the secret will have trouble sleeping and sleeping.

Perhaps because of this reason, Cheng Wang and his wife went out and went out, but every time they left a child to accompany the sage queen in the palace. Doing so can calmly dispel all doubts without spoiling the children too much.

Since the Lord of Azhi County goes out to play with his grandfather and mother every year, the one who stayed in Chang'an in previous years was either Lin Chengyou or his second brother. Now Lin Chengyou can support the door alone, so apart from him, he has left another child in Chang'an this year.

Then I heard the elder sister say: "I have heard the name of the Taoist priest Qing Xuzi for a long time. I wonder if I can see his old man tonight."

Mrs. Du: "I'm afraid I won't see you. I heard that the Taoist priest has a lonely temperament. Tonight is so noisy. The old man may not show up because he is too noisy. I said Yu'er, you have been looking around since you came in. What are you busy looking for? "

"Oh, I'm looking for two little priests." Teng Yuyi replied casually.

Du Tinglan was afraid that her sister was in a hurry, so she was busy looking for it with her eyes.

After searching for a while, I couldn't find it, but I met many familiar female relatives along the way. Before the feast was opened, the ladies from various prefectures either wandered in front of the flowers together, or leaned on the lanterns to chat and laugh in a whisper, and I don’t know who mentioned the phrase “Xiangxiang Academy”. , Seeing Mrs. Du, he hurriedly invited her to speak with a smile.

Mrs. Du nodded over there, and said lovingly to the two children beside her before leaving: "Those ladies are the daughters of officials of the Ministry of Rites, so I just went to ask when Xiangxiang Academy will start school, and it will start in a few days. Now, the two of you sisters happened to go to the academy together to study together."

When Du Tinglan heard this, he sighed in his heart.

Although the saints and queens did not limit the grades of students' fathers like the Yunyin Academy did, but because the academy has been relocated and the number of students is limited, those who want to send their daughters to school have been thinking hard recently.

The competition is so fierce, with Grandpa's current official position and Grandpa's bad temper, the first batch of admissions is not her turn. As a result, last time she planned to help Ayu win Yuyandan's "fragrant elephant" The two characters were exactly what the queen liked, and the queen wrote her name first.

The list has not yet been announced, but as long as nothing happens, she and her sister will definitely enter the academy.

When I talked about this on the calf just now, Ayu was even more unhappy than her.

She naturally knew why her sister was reluctant to enter the academy. The saint and the queen would not force the marriage, but as soon as the name appeared on the student list, the marriage would no longer be as casual as before.

But because something like General Duan happened a while ago, Ayu always hoped that the marriage in the future would be entirely up to him.

Everyone knew that my uncle was a powerful clan in the southeast of Megatron, and my sister was my uncle's only daughter. Just because of the military power in my uncle's hand, few people wanted to marry the Teng family.

If the marriage was to be handed over to the imperial court, even if the uncle carefully screened it, it would be difficult to determine whether the other party proposed marriage for the sake of profit, or whether he really liked his sister.

In this world, who would want to mix these things with their marriage.

Fortunately, my younger sister just turned fifteen in the twelfth lunar month, so she may not kiss her right away, but on her side... alas... Du Tinglan was in a mess, she took Teng Yuyi's hand to speak, and someone called out over there, "Miss Teng, Madam Du, hurry up. Come and play here."

It turned out to be a group of ladies such as Wu Qi and Zheng Shuangyin.

The girls sat in the flower pavilion and waved to Teng Yuyi and Du Tinglan with a smile.

As the two walked up the steps to the pavilion, they returned the gift with a smile. The girls' dresses tonight were all splendid and gorgeous, and their faces were full of red makeup.

The girls couldn't help looking at Teng Yuyi's outfit, they were all the same leno, but Teng Yuyi's color scheme was different every time.

The top is wearing a dark green surcoat and half arms, and the bottom is a light jade-colored skirt with flowers and flowers. One is green to the extreme, and the other is green but clear to the heart. The aqua monofilament skirt has large white peonies on the silk.

The dress is already so gorgeous, and there is no more embellishment on the head, only a small jade-bone and dense-toothed comb is inserted on each double bun, and the specially selected clear and water-like jade material contrasts with the dress.

The maids lifted the Persian white glass bottle on the table and poured a cup of sugarcane pulp for Teng Yuyi and Du Tinglan.

Liu Siniang smiled and said, "We just said that the five-colored valerian skirt on Li Sanniang's body is beautiful tonight. When Mrs. Teng came, I couldn't take my eyes off it."

Zheng Shuangyin has been different from Tengdu and Tengdu since he experienced the escape from the peach forest. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "The flowers and trees in the south of the Yangtze River are beautiful, and the embroiderers stay in the picturesque scenery every day. Si, this is not something that can be exchanged just by accumulating money."

Peng Huayue said: "Speaking of this, Mrs. Teng, last time everyone agreed to ask you for flowers. Since everyone is here tonight, why don't you set a noisy day in your house."

Teng Yuyi replied with a smile: "Hey, it's better to hit the sun than to choose a day. Are you free tomorrow?"

The girls laughed: "If you have time or time, hurry up, whoever of you will ask for a pair of pen and paper, don't wait for her to go back on it. Madam Teng, you can write us a post on the case now."

Du Tinglan smiled and asked the servants for pen and ink for her sister, and the servants brought a stack of green and gold paper for fun. Teng Yuyi rolled her sleeves to catch the pen, only to find that Wu Qi, who was opposite, had been stunned.

Wu Qi is the most cheerful and loves to joke. Such silence is rare, which reminds Teng Yuyi of what Cheng Bo said yesterday. Zheng Yanrang, the eldest son of Zheng Pushe, and Wu Zhang, the eldest daughter of Wu Zhongcheng, were originally scheduled to book this month. My dear, for this reason, Uncle Cheng had prepared gifts for the two houses early, how could he know that the gift boxes from the two houses were returned just yesterday.

Cheng Bo was so frightened that people went to inquire about the reason, and only then did they know that the two families were arguing about quitting the relationship. As for why they were quitting the relationship, they only said that it was probably because the first son of Zheng wanted to regret his marriage. He didn't even go to court, and when all the governments heard about this, all of them secretly blamed Young Master Zheng.

Wu Zhang is Wu Qi's eldest sister. Wu Qi must be unhappy when something like this happened at home.

Li Huaigu gently pushed Wu Qi's arm: "Second mother."

Wu Qi came back to her senses and said apologetically to Teng Yuyi, "Ayu, you don't have to post to me, I'm afraid I won't be free tomorrow."

Everyone nodded sympathetically, the Wu family is now jumping, how could Wu Qi have the heart to buy more clothes.

Liu Siniang said, "I heard that the academy is about to start on the 20th. Do you know who are the female masters? How many classes are taught?"

Although the list has not been announced, it has almost been finalized. This is not a secret among the powerful people in Chang'an, so it is very calm when it is mentioned at the table.

Zheng Shuangyin said: "I heard that the homework of Guozijian is the same as that of Guozijian, and it is also divided into major scriptures, middle scriptures, and minor scriptures. (Note 1

Peng Jinxiu showed a headache: "I am most afraid of these scriptures and poems. I have managed to escape at home in the past few years, but when I come to Chang'an, I can't escape—"

Peng Huayue interrupted her sister with a cough, and shook the little fan of Liuying in her hand, and said with a smile, "When we came over just now, it happened that the Princess Azhi was leaving the table, and she heard the Princess said that she was looking for someone, but she didn't know what to do. Who are you looking for?"

Someone answered: "Oh, I'm not looking for everyone here. The county master said that she would find a benefactor for her brother. She said that her brother was eighteen, and I haven't found any news about the benefactor for all these years. The county master said that if If you can find this person without her brother, it will be a birthday gift for brother."

Another person said: "I have heard about this too. I heard that Prince Cheng almost drowned because of his playfulness. Thanks to a little lady who helped him save his life, the Prince Cheng's mansion has not stopped searching for it, secretly or secretly. That person, Prince Cheng is now working in Dali Temple again, it is more convenient to find someone on the basis of theory, haven't we found it yet? It has been so many years, that little benefactor shouldn't..."

"Actually, every year there are little ladies who go to Cheng Wang's mansion to pretend, but what mark should that person have in those days, anyway, Cheng Wang Shizi knew it was wrong at first glance."

Wu Qi listened for a long time, and then she said in a sullen mood: "I don't know what these little ladies are thinking, even if the false confession succeeds, a little lady can't ask for an official title with grace, at most some silver money, it's useful. Do you put so much thought into it?"

"Hey, so you don't know?"

The words aroused curiosity on the seat: "What?"

The man lowered his voice a little bit: "Since Prince Cheng has been riddled with poison since he was a child, he has never had a relationship with any little lady, and the marriage has been dragged on until now. , can you have the opportunity to marry the prince of the prince. Even if the prince of the prince does not marry, he is a savior after all, and he will always look at it differently. The prince of the prince can't stay married all his life. In a few years, Chengwang and his wife might ask their son to ask for marriage. Even if the first son of Chengwang is difficult to be emotional, there is always a life-saving kindness in it, and the young couple will not become resentful after getting married."

Everyone suddenly realized: "That's right, as long as the poison is incomprehensible, Prince Cheng won't like others. No wonder there are always people who are willing to claim their identity. If it's for Prince Cheng, this method does work."

"There is also a saying, how to solve the ruthless Gu, even Daoist Qingxuzi has no idea, maybe it has to be solved by kindness? Maybe the poison will be solved as soon as the person appears, this is all uncertain. What do you think? I think, even the Chengwang couple and Daoist Qingxuzi also helped to find it, and it is estimated that this possibility has been considered for a long time."

Teng Yuyi shook her head secretly, Lin Chengyou's poison is so easy to solve, she had never heard of which little lady he liked in her previous life, no, if her dream is true, then he will be plotted in Kunfang. They are all alone and widows, unless there is an adventure, this abominable poison will surely accompany Lin Chengyou for the rest of his life.

Speaking of which, she actually felt a little sympathetic to Lin Chengyou. It is pitiful to think that a person does not know the taste of love all his life.

Peng Huayue couldn't help but ask: "Azhi County Master has found that person."

Another person shook his head: "It is said that I started working on it a few days ago, but it has never been written down."

Li Huaigu put down the cup and chopstick with a light smile, bowed to the crowd, and left the table with his maid, apparently going to change clothes.

Teng Yuyi lowered her eyes and took a sip of tea. When she raised her eyes, Peng Jinxiu, who was on the opposite side, seemed to have accidentally seen someone, her eyes suddenly lit up, and a red glow quickly appeared on her face.

Hey, you can make Peng Jinxiu feel so embarrassed... As expected, he saw the Prince of Chun'an passing by the garden. He was wearing a jade crown and a crow-blue brocade robe. He was accompanied by a large group of sewing people. The Prince was quiet. , Every time he appears in front of people, he always gives people a sense of alienation, but his demeanor is shrewd and his bearing is really outstanding.

Teng Yuyi looked back at Peng Jinxiu, but unfortunately, before she could take a closer look, Peng Jinxiu was pulled up by Peng Huayue.

Teng Yuyi suddenly felt bored, resting her cheeks with one hand, and playing with the white glazed cup in her hand boredly.

This is the whereabouts of the holy and abandoned wisdom.

Teng Yuyi whispered to Du Tinglan that she wanted to change her clothes, and walked out of the pavilion. When she reached a place where there were few people, she whispered, "How is it? Has the thing been delivered?"

Chunrong wiped his sweat and said, "Duanfu said that the two little Daoists have been accompanying Daoist Qingxuzi in the backyard tonight. Duanfu was afraid of disturbing the Daoist, so he didn't dare to approach him. Later, he heard Qingxuzi say outside. The chief instructed the little Daoist to go to Zhixu Pavilion to fetch things, and hurriedly asked the maid to come back and ask the lady, if the little Daoist went to Zhixu Pavilion later, would you like to stop them."

"Stop, stop," Teng Yuyi said.

She originally wanted to send Ziyuan to Qingyunguan yesterday, but she did not expect Juesheng and Qizhi to come to Chengwangfu yesterday. Later, although she brought them a message in advance, she never had a chance to meet them. Come, she didn't give this thing to the steward of Chengwang's mansion to go to the register, but let Duanfu hold it all the time.

She didn't want such a good thing to fall into ashes in the warehouse of Cheng Wangfu, and she would never be relieved if she didn't hand this treasure saddle into the hands of Juesheng and Qizhi in person.

Besides, what Xiaoya said yesterday made her very uneasy. The formation in which the sage's biological mother Concubine Hui and Concubine Yi exchanged fate was presided over by the Taoist priest Qingxuzi. Since Juesheng and Qizhi are disciples of Qingyunguan, maybe You will know what is going on with the "borrowing your life" technique.

Taking the opportunity to meet the two tonight, she wanted to inquire about it anyway.

Chunrong went to inform Duanfu according to Teng Yuyi's instructions, and Duanfu came over after a while. Teng Yuyi asked Chunrong to go back to explain her whereabouts to her cousin, and she took Duanfu and Biluo to Zhixu Pavilion.

Chengwang's mansion is very large, and the mansion occupies almost half of the square. The garden is divided into East Garden and West Garden. Zhixu Pavilion is located in the northeast of the West Garden.

The East Garden is full of guests, but the West Garden is much more secluded. The further you go, the fewer people there are. You go around the peony bushes, and then turn over a rockery that is more than ten feet high. Finally, you reach the Zhixu Pavilion, but you don’t see the absolute beauty. The shadow of the saint and the renunciation.

Duanfu said: "When the old slave left, the little Taoist priest was busy fetching water and washing his feet for the old Taoist priest. It will take a while to get out."

Teng Yuyi looked at the moonlight in surprise. At the beginning of Xu, the Taoist priest and the old man had rested early enough.

"Then just wait, the little Daoist will stop them as soon as they show up." Teng Yuyi looked at the lotus pond under Zhixu Pavilion, and at Shoujingxuan opposite. Zhixu, Shoujing... The name of this place was probably drawn up by Taoist Master Qingxu. It was so quiet, there was no one around.

After waiting for a while without seeing Juesheng and Jizhi, she simply lowered her head to look at the pool of red lotuses under the moonlight. After a while, she turned her head to look around, and unexpectedly found a few peony plants with many buds planted by the gate of the Moon Cave by the pool. Two-color, more beautiful and seductive than the peony next to it.

Teng Yuyi was in love, so she walked to the door of the Moon Cave and watched it carefully. She bent down and touched one of the flowers when she heard footsteps coming from behind the door of the Moon Cave. The ghost, in an instant, was in front of Teng Yuyi.

When the man came out from behind the Moon Cave, Teng Yuyi's master and servant were all stunned. This man had long eyebrows and a calm demeanor. He was the Prince of Chun'an.

The Prince of Chun'an was waiting for someone. He only came out when he heard footsteps. He was surprised to see Teng Yuyi unexpectedly.

She looked at Teng Yuyi, looked at the servant behind her, slowly suppressed the doubt in her eyes, nodded at Teng Yuyi, and was about to cross Teng Yuyi's side, but she suddenly stopped as if she had hit something under her feet. , looked down at him, and didn't make a sound at first. After walking two steps, he found that Teng Yuyi's master and servant didn't pay attention to his feet, so he had to go back and pick up the thing, hand it to Teng Yuyi, and said warmly, "You dropped something. ."

Teng Yuyi glanced at it and saw that it was actually a small sachet attached to her silk sash. Strange, she would never lose these personal belongings outside. Maybe she was just taking precautions, so she didn't notice it in time.

"Thank you, Your Highness." She bowed and asked Biluo to take it from the Prince of Chun'an.

The Prince of Chun'an looked at Teng Yuyi with a look of doubt, and finally nodded and left with his hands behind his back.

Biluo blushed and patted her chest: "His Royal Highness is so attentive. I was probably trying to avoid suspicion, and I didn't mean to pick it up for us. It wasn't until I saw that we didn't notice that we lost something, so I turned around and picked it up and handed it over."

Teng Yuyi only wondered why Prince Chun'an would appear here alone, but why she was even more sage and Jizhi still didn't show up, even if Qing Xuzi didn't wash his feet for a year, he didn't have to wash his feet for so long, he was thinking, Then I heard footsteps coming from behind, the sound of boots, and it seemed to be a man.

Looking back, Lin Chengyou was behind him.

"Prince?" Teng Yuyi was greatly surprised, she didn't wait for Juesheng and Jizhi, but Lin Chengyou, and immediately thought happily, this is not bad, she can directly give the Ziyu saddle to Lin Chengyou.

Lin Chengyou looked at Teng Yuyi and the quiet surroundings. He still had that cynical look on his face, but he was in a bad mood. Tonight, he was both a birthday star and the master of Chengwang's mansion. Born, if he didn't listen to Kuannu saying that Duanfu was here, he wouldn't try to come out.

It was as she wished to see Teng Yuyi, but she also saw the uncle who was with her by the way. This place is so secluded, and it is not a place to entertain guests tonight. If they didn't want to meet in private, who would make a special trip to this place.

Recalling that yesterday, he stole the brocade box when he left the palace, and compared the two brocade boxes together. Unfortunately, he found that all the details matched one by one.

He could no longer lie to himself that he was not the same brocade box, let alone convince himself that such a coincidence would happen in the world.

Now that it has been confirmed that the box of pear flower cakes was sent by Teng Yuyi, and I bumped into Teng Yuyi and the uncle here tonight, maybe he should just say hello now and leave?

But he didn't believe in evil, and when he moved, he walked towards Teng Yuyi again.

The author has something to say: The Tang Dynasty divided Confucian classics into serious and concurrent.

There are nine classics: "Book of Rites" and "Zuo Zhuan" are the great classics; "Mao Shi", "Zhou Li" and "Yi Li" are the middle classics; "Zhouyi", "Shangshu", "Gongyang", "Gu (gu, three tones," The general term for grain crops) Liang" is the Xiaojing.

The so-called "Jianjing" refers to "The Classic of Filial Piety" and "The Analects of Confucius".

In the Tang Dynasty, there were a variety of ways to take office. Take Ming Jing as an example. During the exam, one of the above major and minor classics will be taken, or two middle classics.

For the above content about the imperial examination, please refer to "The Imperial Examination and Literature in Tang Dynasty" written by Mr. Fu Xuancong.