Yu Jun

Chapter 56
In the early morning of the cold wind, everything is silent, the sky is flowing with pure light, like nectar, the wind tore the leaves off the treetops, rolled up the house, and landed at the feet. Two wild cats on the roof chased and passed without disturbing a single tile.

The oil lamp was lit in Wu Jin's room, and there was a rustling sound, it was Wu Jin who got up to comb her hair and put on her clothes.

"Aniang," he whispered, "help me get the toothbrush and bring in some water."

Mother Wu nodded, walked to the door and opened the door halfway.

Her withered body cast a huge black shadow under the light, spreading from her feet to the door, and then folded out of the corridor, drawing a gap between Mo Lingfeng and Wu Jin.

Bringing tooth wood and water, she returned to the house in a hurry, and handed the soaked willow branches to Wu Jin. Wu Jin bit the branches, rinsed her mouth and teeth, washed her face, and went out.

When he opened the door, the cold autumn wind rushed towards him, picking up his large sleeves and making a rustling sound.

He saw Mo Lingfeng sitting in his own chair, probably uncomfortable, sitting very shallow, holding a tea bowl and blowing and drinking, even so, his mouth was still stained with broken tea leaves, the lantern was placed on the table, The yellow light inside fell on her forehead hair and the fluff on her cheeks, turning her into a fluffy peach.

Wu Jin remembered the nightmare she had two years ago, and stepped forward: "Lingfeng, thank you."

Mo Lingfeng put down the teacup, wiped the broken tea leaves from his mouth, got up and said, "The Gongyuan has opened, when I came, I saw the piles of reeds on both sides shining to the horizon."

Then she lifted the lantern and handed it to Yin Nan: "I'm leaving."

She came suddenly and left quickly. As soon as she left, the small courtyard resumed its busyness after a brief silence.

When Wu's father and mother heard that the reed pile was lit in the Gongyuan, they didn't look at the time, they hurriedly set up a pot to cook, and then called Wu Yi up. The two brothers had eaten, and it was half past the Yin hour.

Wu Jin carried the burden on his back, and Wu Yi carried the examination basket, and went to the Guanxi Bridge Tribute Courtyard together. Before they reached the gate of the Tribute Courtyard, they saw flames rising into the sky. As expected, a high pile of reeds had been erected to illuminate Guanxi Bridge. bright.

The two involuntarily quickened their pace, and when they reached the door, Wu Yi could not go in again, so he could only give the test basket to Wu Jin, who carried the basket through the gate with his straps, searched it once at Yimen, and then again at Longmen.

The external supervisor of Longmen took Wu Jin's floating ticket and looked it over again, but did not let Wu Jin in.

Wu Jin didn't know what went wrong. Seeing the hesitation of the external supervisor, her heart sank suddenly, and a gust of cold air rose from her heels and went straight to the sky. The blood all over her body was almost frozen in the cold wind.

Even the first two soldiers who searched and picked up their luggage tensed up—if there was any negligence, they would punish them together.

Fortunately, although Wu Jin was worried, she was not humble, so she put her hands on her chest, bowed deeply, and said frankly: "Dare to ask the examiner, is the student's floating ticket dirty?"

The external supervisor looked at him again, and saw that although his complexion was uneasy, but his expression was upright, he said, "It's not defaced, it's just that your complexion is white on the floating ticket, but your complexion is dark. It's just after summer, so you must be tanned." .”

He put down the floating ticket and waved to a soldier: "The state school has an order to conduct inspections here, please come and identify one or two."

At this time, it happened that Cheng Zhifu led a group of outer curtain examiners to inspect from the inside to the outside. Seeing Wu Jin standing there, he asked, "Wu Jin, why are you standing here?"

The external supervisor quickly stood up, cupped his hands and explained the reason.

"I'll guarantee him." Cheng Zhifu slapped the external supervisor appreciatively with a slap like a cattail fan, which almost knocked the examiner to the ground.

The external supervisor grinned and accepted the praise, seeing that the magistrate Cheng had secured Wu Jin, he picked a numbered ticket and let Wu Jin in.

Wu Jin took the numbered ticket and passed the Longmen Gate. With a glance, she saw a three-storey Mingyuan building standing in the middle of the dormitory. There was an examiner overlooking the scholars. The dormitory had fifty rooms in a row, and there was a hut at the end. Like a beehive, neat, cramped, dusty and densely packed.

He found the third room in Xuanzi on the ticket, and saw that the walls and tiles in the room were complete, and there was no hut, so he knew that the external supervisor had assigned him a good room for Cheng Zhifu's sake. .

He put down the burden of the test basket, fetched water to wipe the number board, thinking that Mo Lingfeng would remind him of the time today, so that he could arrive early, and the examiner would not be too busy when checking the floating ticket, so he was willing to listen to his explanation, and then got the magistrate Cheng to guarantee , Zhanguang got a good house, and in less than half a day, he had to meet two noble people, which shows that this game must be smooth sailing.

He wiped the number board carefully, and his expression gradually became as solemn as that of the examination room—a young man who worked hard, was not lazy in his work, and showed his ambition to reach the top of the clouds.

Candidates enter the arena, the gate of the Tribute Court is locked, and Kuanzhou City immediately becomes deserted. Countless expectations are suppressed, and they only wait to burst out when the results are released.

Mo Mansion was already silent, but after the test solution began, it became even more lonely.

Mo Lingfeng went all the way back to Changsui Residence, fell asleep again, and when he woke up, it was already daylight.

She ate and drank enough, sat there for a while, bored, took a goose pear from the fruit plate, ate it "click", and went to the study while eating, a grasshopper crawled on the bluestone board, making her step into the brick. in the cracks.

When the pears were finished halfway, she broke off a branch of osmanthus, used the osmanthus branch as a shovel, pouted her buttocks and dug a hole in the chrysanthemum bush, and buried the pear core in it.

There was no sun at all, and the cool wind was blowing on her body. She walked all the way to the study, and before she entered the door, she saw Mo Qianlan and Zhao Shiheng gathered together, chatting endlessly.

Since July, the two have been busy, plotting together every day, the level of plotting can be called rebellion.

As soon as Mo Qianlan saw her sister, she immediately got up, walked out the door, bent down and stroked Mo Lingfeng's hair, and led her into the study.

He let Mo Lingfeng sit in his chair, then turned his head and told Yin Bei to go out to deliver the letter.

As soon as Yin Bei left, their conspiracy ended. Mo Qianlan let Mo Lingfeng eat rice cakes, then reached out to brush off the crumbs of rice cakes on her skirt, and at the same time lowered her head to smell the fragrance in her hair, and said to Zhao Shiheng Start today's solution test.

Mo Lingfeng ate a piece of rice cake and drank a cup of tea from Mo Qianlan's teacup. He didn't want to hear them reminisce about the past, so he ran out.

She walked towards the backyard aimlessly, squinting her eyes as she walked, thoughtful, and after thinking for a while, she went to Jiusixuan for a walk.

The big yellow dog lay lazily outside the door, opened its eyelids and glanced at Mo Lingfeng, then wagged its tail casually, and saw Mo Lingfeng touch Tao Xun again, without saying a word, stood upright on all four legs, spread its hooves and fled go out.

Mo Lingfeng sobbed and blew the xun for a while, and asked someone to take a basket of tangerines to the auntie, she was going to talk to the auntie.

There are six aunts of Mo Qianlan, all of whom have thick waists and big hips. They look like they are good at giving birth.

However, for many years, they never gave birth to a son and a half daughter to Mo Qianlan. If it was placed in someone else's home, it would be unforgivable, but in Mo's house, no one cares about it.

Although they live in the cold palace as widows, they eat delicious food and drink, and occasionally they can go out and go back to their mother's house. They look more like dough, white and fat. If they stand with Mo Qianlan, they will not Know who is taking advantage of whom.

Hearing that Mo Lingfeng wanted to eat tangerines with them, the aunts immediately dressed up, walked over with big arms and round waists, and greeted the little ancestor of the Mo family.

(End of this chapter)