There is a red scene deep in the heart of the cloud

Ruan Hongjing didn't want to go to Zhao Yuyun's house for dinner, but Su Zhaoning grabbed Ruan Hongjing's arm tightly and dragged Ruan Hongjing to the door of Zhao Yuyun's house.

At this time, Zhao Yuyun had just gotten out of a very simple carriage.

Su Zhaoning hurriedly said hello: "Cousin!"

Ruan Hongjing hurriedly bowed to say hello, "Mr. Zhao, hello."

Zhao Yuyun nodded with a smile.

The three of them sat in the living room, and Zhao Yuyun saluted and congratulated: "Congratulations to Xiaojing for being nominated for the Golden List!" Suddenly the subject changed: "Do you still remember our agreement? The peach blossoms in the east of the city are already in full bloom, and it would be a sin to let down the good spring!"

Ruan Hongjing didn't want to accompany Zhao Yuyun to the temple to fulfill his vows, and it was not good to open his eyes and talk nonsense in front of the gods.So, Ruan Hongjing sighed deliberately, "The imperial examination is about to begin..."

Su Zhaoning was in a hurry, put the teacup on the table with a "bang", and said bluntly: "Ruan Hongjing, when did you become so chattering? My cousin invited you to enjoy the flowers with good intentions, but you took the palace exam as a Excuse. No matter how bad the palace exam is, you won't fail, it's just that the rankings are in order, so what is there to worry about?"

Su Zhaoning gave Su Zhaoning a gouged look, wishing he could kick the disruptive Su Zhaoning to death, and cursed Su Zhaoning to death in his heart.

Zhao Yuyun said slowly: "Xiaojing has great ambitions, and he will definitely get good grades in the palace examination."

Ruan Hongjing said casually: "Now I am 230th and [-]th, I just hope that I can take the [-]th place in the exam. If you do well in the exam, you will be too ostentatious, and if you do too badly in the exam, it will be easy to be talked about. The [-]th place just passed the exam it is good."

At this time, the butler of the Zhao family asked for instructions with a low eyebrow: "My lord, dinner is ready, where is it?"

Zhao Yuyun said: "They're all from my own family, so don't worry about it, just stay here."

Ruan Hongjing's eyelids twitched and his heart pounded.

Two days later, the palace examination began.

The three hundred nominees for the gold list lined up according to their ranks to enter the palace, and knelt down on the open space in front of the Golden Luan Hall.

Although hundreds of people knelt down, no one dared to speak because of the authority of the Tian family.Ruan Hongjing winked at Zuo Gaoxu who was next to him, and Zuo Gaoxu winked at Ruan Hongjing.Ruan Hongjing sighed: Fortunately, there was an acquaintance who knelt with him, otherwise he would have been suffocated.

After kneeling for a long time, an official finally announced—the exam began.

Everyone shouted thank you Lord Long En, the palace exam only had one question about government affairs, Ruan Hongjing grabbed the brush and wrote down all the truths he could think of.

The exam was finally over, and as soon as he left the palace gate, Zuo Gaoxu hooked Ruan Hongjing's neck and laughed loudly, "Brother, I'm tired and hungry and my knees still hurt..."

Ruan Hongjing answered, "It's better to eat..."

Zuo Gaoxu continued: "Jiangnan cuisine..."

Ruan Hongjing nodded, Zuo Gaoxu dragged Ruan Hongjing's arm, "Go! Let's eat Jiangnan cuisine!"

The two of them just walked away when a voice from the side called out: "Xiaojing."

Ruan Hongjing stopped and bowed respectfully, "Jinrui!"

Xie Jinrui stepped forward to salute, and asked Zuo Gaoxu, "Brother, what is your name?"

Zuo Gaoxu said: "My surname is Zuo, and my name is Gao Xu. Gao Xu, the rising sun, I don't know how to call my brother?"

Xie Jinrui cupped his hands and said, "My surname is Xie Jinrui. I have admired Mr. Zuo's name for a long time, and Xiao Jing told me about you, Mr. Zuo, it is true that seeing is better than hearing about you. Mr. Zuo has an extraordinary bearing and a Confucian demeanor that envies others."

Zuo Gaoxu was polite and modest: "Don't dare to be! Mr. Xie is No. 2 in the provincial test. Mr. Xie is the one who is extraordinary in appearance, talented, and Confucian demeanor that envies others! Brother, it's getting late, why don't we have dinner together Bar."

Ruan Hongjing looked at the polite Zuo Gaoxu, and murmured in his heart: Zuo Gaoxu, you guys also have serious moments?However, this kid is also a person who can be named on the gold list, and he is also a person with some skills.He is much more talented than someone like me who only relies on luck to mess around in the examination room!

The three sat in a Jiangnan restaurant.The little guy was reporting the name of the dish. When the guy mentioned the Furong chicken slices, Zuo Gaoxu patted the table and scolded: "Furong chicken slices are Jiangnan dishes? Are you a Jiangnan restaurant? Selling dog meat on a trick! Go, get your shopkeeper Call!"

Afterwards, the dishes ordered by the three people came to the table, and the following scene made the shopkeeper swear in his heart that he would never do business with these three people in his life!

Zuo Gaoxu picked up a piece of bamboo shoots, put it in front of Ruan Hongjing, and asked, "These bamboo shoots are not fresh."

Ruan Hongjing sniffed it, "It's been on for a while."

Zuo Gaoxu threw the bamboo shoots on the table, pointed to the steamed duck with dried plums and vegetables, "Xiaojing, look at this duck, it's so fat, the meat must not taste good."

Zuo Gaoxu pointed to the chopped fish ball again, and said, "This fish is not just out of the water!

Xie Jinrui's eyes widened angrily, he slapped his chopsticks on the table, pointed at Cai Xin and yelled, "This Cai Xin is fried with oil that has been fried with deep-fried dough sticks!"

Zuo Gaoxu slapped his chopsticks on the table, and said sadly: "It's gold and jade, but it's ruined. It's just a name! Let's go back and write a few poems to satirize this shop that sells dog meat with sheep's tricks, so that the Juren and Jinshi masters in the capital We know how bad this store is. Shopkeeper, check out!"

The shopkeeper saw that the three of them were all handsome, and two of them were dressed in luxurious clothes. There are many rich and powerful young masters in the capital, so he didn't dare to offend them easily, so he said with a smile: "The three young masters are all experts, look at them." Since it is not easy to manage the small shop, I ask the three masters to bear with me, and I will ask the kitchen staff to re-serve the dishes for the three masters immediately."

Xie Jinrui said relentlessly: "You bully the good and fear the evil, bully the weak and fear the hard, cheat customers, how can you forgive me?"

The shopkeeper had never seen such a difficult customer, and said: "This is a small shop, please forgive me, three gentlemen."

The three laughed with satisfaction!

After leaving the restaurant, Zuo Gaoxu bid farewell to Xie Jinrui and Ruan Hongjing: "Brother Xie, Xiaojing, I have something else to do, let's go ahead!"

Ruan Hongjing and Xie Jinrui walked slowly, Xie Jinrui asked: "Xiaojing, I've wanted to ask you for a long time, how did you know Su Zhaoning?"

Ruan Hongjing asked, "What's wrong?"

Xie Jinrui said: "Su Zhaoning is actually a woman disguised as a man, she seems to have taken a fancy to me."

Ruan Hongjing asked: "Then you are interested in her?"

Xie Jinrui sighed, and said, "Su Zhaoning is such a wonderful woman, I'm almost at the limit of my patience with her. If you don't know her well, I won't be polite."

Ruan Hongjing told the truth: "When I went to Beijing to rush for the exam, I met at her house to shelter from the rain, and then I went to Beijing with me, that's all."

Xie Jinrui nodded and said, "It seems that I'm not being polite to her anymore. Xiaojing, move here and live in the same yard with me, so we can take care of each other better."

Ruan Hongjing said, "Jinrui, to tell you the truth, I brought a box of black taro powder when I came to Beijing, but I didn't sell it. There is a big businessman living in my yard, and I asked her to sell it for me. It hasn't been sold yet. .”

Xie Jinrui chuckled, and said, "Xiaojing, you are rushing to take the business exam!"

Ruan Hongjing said with a smile, "I'm planning to sell some specialties of the capital at home, can I borrow your carriage?"

"No!" Xie Jinrui said solemnly, "Xiao Jing, you have already been named on the gold list, and you will soon enter an official career. In the future, don't mention to others that you sold goods during the exam. I am going to the law. Officials are not allowed to engage in business. , although you just sold some black taro flour, I am afraid that someone with a heart will use this to give you small shoes."

Ruan Hongjing didn't think so in his heart, but his tone was extremely sincere, "Okay, I got it!"