The red sun was already three zhang high and penetrating, and the golden furnace was adding fragrant beasts next to it.
The sun has just risen above the mountains, under the cover of the bright red sunset, the sunlight shines down from the clouds, like countless dragons spouting golden waterfalls, dyeing the heaven and earth into a golden colour. The Marquis Linhuai residence under the early morning sunlight is even more splendid, hanging lights and colours, screen open luanfeng, bedding hibiscus, burning incense and burning furnace, the sound of government music and silk bamboo from the marquis residence, a prosperous and lively scene.
Marquis Linhuai’s maids of honour packed up early, changed into their latest clothes, put on the hairpin rewarded by the masters, dressed up beautifully, busy.
Today is the 60th birthday of the old lady of the marquis house, the maids of the Linhuai marquis house get up early in the morning to clean up the court, serve the master to wash up, under the command of the steward, clean up the marquis house, and prepare the things that are needed for the birthday.
Zhu Pingan like usual get up and wash properly, will be yesterday’s buns little maid to carry the new clothes to change, ink-coloured robe, white deer boots, head simply pulled up, although the face of the ordinary, but in the clothes under the background, there is also a faint noble atmosphere.
However, compared to that Zheng Gongzi there is not a small gap.
Zheng Gongzi stood with his hands at the entrance of Zhu Pingan’s courtyard, a moon white embroidered gold satin robe, the robe reveals the silver embroidered lotus leaves inlays, the waist tied a jade belt, holding a folding fan made of ivory, just like a piece of flawless jade melted into a fluttering gentleman, even if he stood there silently, it is also a rich and strange, the charm of a unique, giving a sense of nobleness and purity.
“Today the old madam birthday banquet, the noble guests are countless, you can’t write, and no long, can’t lose the face of the marquis house, later go out, I advise you to stay quietly in the corner, save even Shu’er cousin’s face is also no light.”
Standing with his hands behind his back, Duke Zheng stood at the entrance to the small courtyard of Zhu Pingan’s guest room and finished his sentence. Then he left again with his hands behind his back, that solitary back, completely a master of loneliness.
Early in the morning, concave half a day modelling, in the doorway to block me. Just to give me such a sentence, look at that walk shaking legs posture, must be concave so long modelling, cramps it! Well, just for your attitude. I’ll give you 8o points for the way you acted. Zhu Pingan looked at Duke Zheng who was shaking his legs and left, and couldn’t help but smile.
When Zhu Pingan arrived at the front courtyard, he was now left unattended after he was indeed placed in a corner.
Marquis House will be several courtyards picked up, and the front hall hall together as a place of hospitality, birthday banquet set up dozens of Zhuo, Zhu Pingan this table alone in the corner, if you do not look carefully can not see.
Early in the morning, I don’t know what to do outside busy ten days and a half months without home, the second house two masters also with a powder gas. From the outside of the pinch point rushed back to the Linhuai Marquis House. As soon as he entered the door, he went straight to the old lady’s courtyard to greet her.
The room where the old lady is located carries a strong smell of longevity, and on the front wall, there is a picture of the longevity star full of festive and auspicious colours, in which the old life star is smiling, her head is bulging, one hand is on a walking stick, and one hand is holding a peach. Of course, there are also many hanging books in the room have a large “longevity” pattern.
Room laid a red carpet, put a table. In the middle of the table, there is an enlarged incense burner, in which there is a long incense sticking out, and the body of the incense is coiled into a big “longevity” character, and next to the incense burner is a pair of wax skewers. Above inserted up to several kilograms of candles, candles are also painted with golden longevity characters and a variety of coloured auspicious patterns.
The Marquis’ old madam was sitting in her room wearing a large red birthday suit, and was being waited on by a disciplinary maid to comb her hair.
“Son greets mother.”After the second master entered the old madam’s house, he smiled and gave the old madam a bowed knee to kneel down and greet her.
“You sinner, you still know home to come, what kind of peace please. The one who is at peace is also going to be upset by your sinful anger.”When the old madam saw her second son enter the door, she waved her hand for the maid combing behind her to get out of the way, scolded angrily, and held a jade rhinestone in a gesture to smash her second son.
“Mother but wronged son, these days son can be in several temples kneeling chanting sutra it, Zen master said ‘security life extension sutra’ is the most spiritual. This is not the son last night also read a few more times, in order to rush to the mother’s birthday to come, only to live in the mouth, rushed back overnight. If Mother Superior could be relieved of her anger by beating my son, my son would rather be beaten by Mother Superior every day.”
The second master knew that the old madam did not want to really hit, smiled and put his head over, an aggrieved and still willing to be beaten posture.
“How adult, do not mind the shame, if not today there are foreign guests to come, less will not loose your skin.”Seeing her second son like this, the old madam couldn’t help but laugh and scold.
“Which labour mother hands, mother adults a word, son himself hands, guaranteed to make mother satisfied.”The second old master said with a smile.
“Not a proper behaviour, another day to settle accounts with you.”The old madam laughed and scolded.
“Smiling mouth always open heart always cosy, pearl round jade body healthy. My son pays his respects to his mother, wishing the old lady, blessings like the East Sea, the sun and the moon prosper. Pine and crane long spring, spring and autumn do not grow old, longevity than South Mountain, joy far and long.”
The second old master knelt on the ground, took the small silver pot in the hand of the maid on one side, poured a cup of tea, and smiled as he paid his birthday respects to the old madam.
“Okay, okay, go, go to the front yard to help your elder brother, less no proper behaviour.”The old madam took the cup of tea and took a shallow sip.
“Son excuses himself.”The second old master gave a farewell, got up and retreated.
Waiting for the second master to leave soon, the marquis second young lady led Li Shu and other marquis house thousands of gold and Zhou fat boy, bear child little loli holler into, according to the class order, a slither of to the house, giggling and smiling a slither of kneeling down to the old madam to pay birthday call.
When the Marquis House people one by one to the Marquis House old lady kneeling down to pay tribute to the birthday of the time, a white beardless little yellow door in a cadre of jinyiwei escort horse again to the capital southeast of the Shuntian Tribute Court, will be sealed bag of books handed over to the hands of the examiners, such as Xu step.
Waiting for xu step and other people in front of the face of the small yellow door to open the seal intact, the small yellow door only to leave by the brocade guards escorted away.
After Xu step and other examiners opened the seal, now inside is their submitted to the imperial examination of the draft list and the past life copies of the examination paper, in addition to a note.
“Descending talents, appropriate how.”
There are only these six simple words on the note, nothing else, and the draft list does not leave any instructions from Emperor Jiajing, not even a single ink dot.
This is the secret language, but also Jia Jing created mastery, Jia Jing emperor’s political means is very strong, the emperor’s mind play out of the gods, this note secret language mastery is one of the representatives. These notes on the content of a variety of words is extremely irregular, but it carries the political movements of Jiajing. If this you do not understand to read, it is likely to misunderstand the instructions of the leadership, then it is not just do the wrong thing so simple. Can identify and read Jia Jing’s secret language is a mandatory course for officials in the dynasty, Yan Song is to read the secret language masters, but it is said to read the secret language of the most powerful is Yan Song’s son Yan Shifan, it is said that a number of secret language Yan Song can not be read and understood, rely on the Yan Shifan, Yan Song can penetrate the hearts of Jia Jing live in the auxiliary, the advantages of the secret language can not be ignored.
Descending talents, appropriate how. Descend, descend to the meaning of selection, this sentence means, choose a talent, what should be done?
Is not this imperial examination of ours the selection of talents?
Yan Mouqing and others look at this note, repeatedly speculate, at a loss, what does the emperor mean?
Xu step looked at this note, but revealed a smile. Playing secret words, I am not bad.
This six words is not to ask how the selection of talent should be, but to ask the descending talent this paper, how it should be ranked, that is to say, descending talent this paper should be ranked how many? Obviously, the emperor asked this note is the green words with descending talent this test paper, should be ranked how many.
Why ask.
What does the emperor mean, that is not clear at a glance.
