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Chapter 97: The Feast

After ten years of hard work, no one asked me about it. He became famous in one fell swoop. When you saw the queen leaving the palace, he rode his horse back all the way. When he arrived in front of Daozhengfang, Tang Li heard that there was a lot of noise in the interior. He didn't want to think too much, so he drove his horse forward.

As soon as he entered the Fangmen, thousands of eyes suddenly came to him. Tang Li was slightly stunned and thought to himself: "Why are these people coming to surround Fang Road?"

"Tang Li, look at him being Tang Li!"

"So young. Judging from his age, he is almost the same as my second boy, right?"

"Looking at her appearance, she is indeed worthy of being the top scholar! She has never seen such a young top scholar before!"

"You know! The little girl who often comes to him, I heard that it is Ye Na, the lady of the Prime Minister! Zhongguan Wu, marrying the Prime Minister's daughter, our Daozhengfang will soon be released again!"

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Tang Li lived in this political hall for half a year and knew everyone in the neighborhood. After just a few steps on his horse, Tang Li saw many people pointing at him among the neighborhoods watching on both sides, commenting endlessly.

The top scholar, the top scholar, is a famous title, marrying a bride; the bride is beautiful, the bride is beautiful, and she will give birth to a fat baby next year!

While walking, I don’t know if it was the naughty child who shouted this song Tong Yao first among the crowd, which caused the viewers on both sides to laugh and stir up the atmosphere. Suddenly, the neighbors who were just talking about themselves turned to Tang Li, who was on the horse, and Lu Zhong was shouting "the top scholar, the top scholar" kept shouting.

In Chang'an City, after the Shangyuan Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, before the outings on the cold food and Qingming Festival in March. The most lively thing in the two months was that the Ministry of Rites released the results. At that time, the glory of the Jinshi was the world. Every year when the new Jinshi first came out, seeing the new Jinshi became a major entertainment event for the people of Chang'an! When the Qujiang Banquet and the Tanhua Envoys elected by the new Jinshi, they visited Chang'an famous garden and were very lively.

Such a young and handsome young master is still in this yard. Because of the people of Daozhengfang who have seen Xinshi Kuajie many times, they are now very enthusiastic about watching it. At first, the sound of calling "Biggical Master" was still small. As the number of people joined, the louder the sound became. Countless people on both sides waved to Tang Li.

Although many later books describe the glory of ancient scholars and post-Jinshi, Tang Li was still shocked when he was immersed in the scene and felt the scene of "those who are pointed by thousands of people" and congratulations.

Tang Li was also very excited when he suddenly encountered this scene that made scholars the most honorable. Hearing these many people looking at him with envious eyes and hearing the many people shouting their names in unison. Even if he had traveled here since later generations, the glory was really hard to calm down.

Let go of the other things in his heart. Tang Li, who turned over and dismounted, gently held the reins of the horse. Although he tried his best to restrain himself, his excited expression still made his face flush slightly.

With a smile on his face, Tang Li bowed to his side and returned the greetings from both sides. In the crowd, many children who love fun ran out one after another. Around the top scholar's horse, surrounded him and walked forward, while constantly shaking the relevant authorities' heads and jumping and clapping their hands and singing: "The top scholar, the top scholar, is the top scholar, and marry the bride; the bride is beautiful, the bride is beautiful, and the bride will give birth to a fat baby next year!"

The onlookers saw that although Tang Li had the highest high school entrance examination, they were not arrogant. They had a lot of impression of him. During this period, some people saw the scene lively. On a whim, they turned back to the house to pick up the firecrackers that had not been set off on the Lantern Festival. The crackling sounded.

It took only a few hundred meters to reach the distance. At this time, the gate of the courtyard where he lived was already wide open. The red cucumbers in his eyes were holding Mrs. Tang, who was crying, looked back at the door. Beside them, Zhai Yan, with a black face and a slight face, was smiling with a slight smile.

After finally reaching the gate of the courtyard, Tang Li was about to greet Zhai Yan and Huaisu when he saw two beautiful servants in green clothes walking out of the door, holding a big basket with their hands together. The red brocade radiates from the basket with golden light. After these two servants, four maids held pens, ink, paper and inkstone in their hands, and the four treasures of the study followed each other.

When I saw the basket full of copper coins, the children who were singing songs were all screaming in surprise, pushing me and rushing forward.

"The neighbors come to congratulate you and want to distribute 'wine-happy money' to the children." Seeing Tang Li looking at the dumpling basket seemingly confused, Zhai Yan came forward and explained in a low voice. Then he turned his head and looked at it, and continued with a smirk: "No one can help with this matter. Seeing that there is no more than ten chunks of money in the dumpling basket, don't shake hands, but be sore, just spread it hard!"

The first handful of shining "Wenxi Money" was scattered, which made the children cheer and scream, and was mixed with the guidance and urging of children's parents. At this time, the front of this once pure courtyard gate was filled with joy and laughter.

He picked up one by one, scattered one by one, from later generations to time traveling through time, Tang Li was really not as generous as ever.

Watching the handfuls of Tongbao being raised into the air by yourself, bringing a golden light to the ground, attracting countless children to come forward to snatch it. Although his hands were sore later, Tang Li felt an indescribable pleasure. Until later, you couldn't help but burst into thoughts and said, "***, rich people are still happy!"

Taking a good even number, the twelve cents of money in the middle made Tang Li sweat. He had just finished the last hand. Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, the four maids holding the four treasures of the study followed.

At this point, the children who were so tired that their faces were red officially retreated, and many scholars wearing group collars came forward.

"Borrow your talent and borrow your talent!" The servants who had just held the basket shouted in unison. The scholars all focused their attention on Tang Li.

This time, Tang Li had already taken the four treasures of the study with red silk and threw them out. However, when he threw the ink ingots and inkstones, he clearly left twelve thoughts, and he was afraid that one of them would be bad and knocked him out.

This snatch of four treasures of the study was clearly another scene. The gentle and gentle scholars in the hall were crowded with people, and they didn't care about their image, but they only watched the audiences next to the subject laughing, and the scene was indescribable.

When the winner of the Four Treasures of the Study House finally settled, Mrs. Tang walked towards her son with the help of Guaigua and bowed to her sleeves. Seeing this, Tang Li hurriedly bowed to the neighbors.

The neighbors gradually dispersed with laughter and quarrels. At some point, the folk "happy" celebration was officially over.

"My mother, this is a good thing. You should be happy, don't cry! Be careful to hurt yourself." Tang Li, who stood up, saw that he looked forward with tears in his face. While smiling and comforting, he reached out to wipe her.

Since coming to Chang'an, Tang Li has been busy every day. He listened to his young master's day and was famous all day long. Guagua clearly felt that the young master was a little unfamiliar. But at this moment, when she saw the scene between mother and son, the familiar feeling came back to her heart in an instant.

"Yeah. Happy, mom!" As he spoke, he gently stroked his son's hair, and Mrs. Tang's tears couldn't help but slip down again. Since her husband died, she was weak and she had to rely on each other with her orphans. During this period, life was so hard that it was even more sad. After eight years of hard work, Tang Li finally made great efforts and became the top scholar in high school. Before he became a member of everyone, he accepted the envious eyes and praise. Mrs. Tang's mood was really mixed with emotion and could not be expressed.

She wept again, but Mrs. Tang pushed her body without waiting for her son to come and wipe it, saying, "Today, He Geduo, just go and take care of it, let the grasshopper help you, mother go to rest, and do not lose etiquette."

"My son knows, but I'll just go and rest!" He ordered Guagua to lead Zhai Yan and the others to sit in the study. He ignored Mrs. Tang's objection and helped her into the room, and then went to the study to entertain guests.

"These people were all sent by the Prime Minister's Office, and the 'Wenxi Money' just now were all brought by them." After the Guagua outside the study explained the matter to Tang Li, she walked inward with him.

"Yeah, I understand!", and Tang Li sighed softly, "It's been too long," but there was no change on his face and went straight into the study.

"Congratulations to the top scholar, congratulations to the top scholar!" As soon as he entered the study, before Tang Li could speak, Zhai Yan stood up and bowed and said.

During this period, I saw that there were not many of these two people. On this special day, it was really happy to see these two friends. When Tang Li saw Zhai Yan teasing him, he stopped talking, but reached out to think about it.

"What are you doing?"

"It's such a big thing, just talk about it alone? The gift is presented first!" After learning the tone of the landlords in later movies, Tang Li's hand became more and more concerned.

While following the Guagua, he didn't know the relationship between the young master and Zhai Yandi. Seeing Tang Li making this move to force the gift in person, he immediately stepped forward and whispered: "Young Master, this guest and master have sent a hundred stale money and a painting as a gift."

He was born in a miserable family since he was a child, but later he went to Tang Li's house and never lived a good life. Guagua had never seen a large amount of money. When he talked about the "hundred-cent" gift, he couldn't help but speak.

Upon hearing this, Tang Li ignored Lao Zhai in front of him and turned to Huaisu and said, "Monk, are you inscribed in this painting?"

"The monk is a poor monk, so he can only write a poem "The Young Master's Poem" as a gift!" When Huaisu didn't drink, he looked so honest.

"Okay! OK! OK!", and said three good words in his mouth. Tang Li turned to the Guagua and said, "Go quickly, put away this scroll first, don't hang it dirty! In addition, I sent someone to dig a few jars of wine under the osmanthus tree in the yard to entertain the two of you in my room."

After giving a sentence, Tang Li turned around and smiled, "There are so many guests today, so I'm afraid I can't stay in the study. Lao Zhai, please accompany the monk to taste the Li wine I brewed."

"By the way, Guaigua, please invite Taoist Master Zhenhua to the other party! Let Ah San change his clothes and come to meet the guests with me." He was waiting a few until outside the door. Tang Li followed him again.

After a while, A San, who had changed into a new outfit, came to the study. Tang Li touched his place casually. Just as he was about to speak, a group of servants from the prime minister's house walked in with a famous sting.

This San usually stays with Taoist Master Zhenhua, and often stays in the room, and doesn't even eat with everyone. Tang Li saw that he was introverted and wanted to take advantage of this opportunity today to let him see more about the world, hoping that it would be beneficial. However, it was not convenient to say more at this time, so he whispered to Asan, "Don't be afraid, just stand behind me!"

At the beginning, Tang Li had no resting place. It was a little better at first. With the brigade's greeting, he couldn't even say a few words to his good-looking son. The newly released top scholar was already prominent, and the top scholar was still the prime minister's beloved son. Not to mention anything else, who should not curry favor with the officials who thought they were sufficient in the three provinces and six ministries? And since they were coming, they all hoped that they could come early to show their sincerity.

But this made Tang Li miserable. He bowed his hands and felt sore too much, and his face was even more laughing. If the Prime Minister hadn't sent someone to help him, he wouldn't have been able to handle it.

"Next One". Tang Li, who had a hoarse voice, repeated this sentence in his mouth and picked up the famous thorn beside him.

This is a place name that is so precious that it is so precious. Tang Li has seen a lot of golden name today, but those are all mud gold, and the one in his hand is a gold bag. With this gold bag cover of famous thorn alone, it is worth at least twenty cents of money on the market.

When he opened the Mingtao, the gift list inside made Tang Li dizzy. What surprised him the most was the signature under Mingtao: "General of the Cavalry, Anlushan, the governor of Pinglu Jielu".

Just as he was holding a name in his hand, he heard a "hehe" footsteps, and then a loud voice said: "I will go to the Pinglu Jiedu account to be the officer Shanhai, and I will congratulate Mr. Tang on behalf of my general for his first prize, and he will be famous all over the world."

When Tang Li looked up, he saw that Guan Shanhai was only thirty years old. Even when he came to congratulate him, he was still dressed in light leather armor. With thick braids and thick beards, he knew that he was not a figure in the Central Plains, but he could not see the boldness and integrity of the Beifan people, but instead he had a hint of coldness.

Although Guan Shanhai was born in the foreign tribe, he was very keen. Before he could even get up to thank him, Tang Li gave up his seat and said a few gossips, saying that when His Majesty's Day this year, the general would come to Beijing to visit him in person. After bowing another time, he turned around and resigned.

I don’t know if it’s true, or it’s just an illusion. Tang Li clearly felt that the eyes of Guan Shanhai looking at A San when he was resigning was really strange.

That night, it was not until Yu Dun Dongsheng that Tang Li finished his visit. He was exhausted and came to the room. After barely having two drinks with Zhai Yan and the other two, he fell asleep on his own.

Following the rules of the Ministry of Rites, Tang Li, who had climbed up, came straight to the imperial city early the next morning. After reuniting with other new Jinshis, he went to the Shangshu Province Capital Hall to visit the prime minister under the leadership of the undergraduate tribute master He and performed the "hand-in-class" ceremony. After listening to some advice, the new Jinshis left, and hurriedly ate a few bites of rice in their respective residences. After changing into white linen shirts and robes, he returned to the imperial city to gather. This time, under the leadership of the top scholar, he went to He Zhizhang's mansion to thank him, and officially decided to have a title of the master and the disciple.

He ran around twice, and when the new Jinshi had a banquet at the teacher's place to go home, it was already dusk. Today there were many people, and Tang Li was not inconvenient to have a private conversation with Li Linfu and He Zhizhang. When he returned home, he didn't care too much. After washing, he fell asleep and accumulated energy to deal with the subsequent Qujiang banquet and Xinglin banquet.

Early the next morning, while Tang Li stood up to the Ministry of Rites, Mrs. Tang and the Grasshoppers also left the city and headed for Qujiang like millions of people in Chang'an.

Leading by He Zhizhang, the new Jinshi were wearing flowers and red, riding famous horses picked out of the Imperial Horse Supervisor all the way out of the city. The new Jinshi made a collective appearance, and the sensation caused in the city was naturally the top scholar of the sixteenth. For a time, many old things were increasingly spread, such as "Autumn Outings", "Tang Poetry Review", etc., even Tang Li could hear these words coming from the crowd.

Qujiang was originally the inner lake of Furong Garden, Chang'an famous garden. It was dredged during the Kaiyuan period and opened yellow canals to attract water. The entire lake covers an area of ​​about four kilometers, and pavilions are everywhere on the lakeside. In this early spring, the willows that have just been drawn out on the small side and the beautiful and elegant hibiscus flowers on the water. The green space is tender and the red red, and the color is clear and clear. The misty lake is really worthy of the name of Chang'an's first-class garden.

After the new Jinshi was released every year, a grand banquet was held in Qujiang to celebrate. At that time, not only would the emperor have a close look at Ziyun Tower, but the families of princes and nobles in the capital were also gathered here. Some unmarried people took this opportunity to secretly choose the son-in-law of the East Sleeping. The general public even rush here like a tide, not only to witness the new Jinshi's style, but also to dissipate while the bustling.

When Tang Li and others arrived, at this time, the Furong Garden had already covered the colorful curtains by the Qujiang Pool, and the newly decorated five-color boats were floating everywhere in the lake, which was really noisy.

As soon as the new Jinshi team appeared, a burst of colorful sounds suddenly burst out from the crowds of people by the Qujiang pool. At this time, He Zhizhang, who was smiling, also retreated. Ren Tangli led the team down to Zilou.

Fortunately, yesterday, the people in the Education Bureau complained and congratulated each other. At this time, Tang Li, who was experienced, did not lose his composure and smiled and bowed to both sides to thank him. The new Jinshi behind him all showed red faces and his eyes were shining. He was so excited that an old Jinshi in his forties fell down immediately because he couldn't bear to eat, causing a lot of panic.

With the cheers along the way, I finally came to Ziyun Tower and under the attention of everyone, the emperor's banquet officially began.

I didn't eat much when I woke up early this morning. At this time, Tang Li seized the opportunity and tried his best to fill all kinds of water and land delicacies into his mouth with as elegant movements as possible.

But this kind of banquet was destined to not let people eat well, so Tang Li barely ate? Five minutes full. As a melodious instrumental music sounded on Ziyun Tower, a high-pitched eunuch shouted: "Please go upstairs!"

Putting down the jade in his hand, and in the envious eyes of the new Jinshi, Tang Li got up and walked towards the Xuantai of Ziyun Tower.

At this time, the sides of Qujiang were silent, and everyone's eyes were focused on Tang Li, who was stepping on the red felt and climbing Ziyun Tower.

The cheerful music was lingering. When Tang Li climbed halfway, a crisp and wonderful singing sounded from the upper floor:

The first immortal among the three hundred people, and when they were just walking up to the blue sky, the green robe suddenly appeared, and the yellow list was fresh ink. The dragon made a horse, the jade made a whip, and the flowers were like silk, willows and cotton. At that time, people did not be surprised that they had passed the imperial examination early, and Chang'e loved his youth.

The song is "The Song of the Shao Zhuang Sui" that everyone is familiar with in Chang'an, but the singer's voice is particularly special, but Tang Li didn't even want to distinguish it at this time.

You will be angry when you are staring at by someone; you will be proud when you are staring at by ten or hundreds of people with envious eyes; but if you are staring at hundreds of thousands of people within a radius of seven or eight miles, you will be like Tang Li at this time, with dizziness in your mind and weak feet.

He lowered his head and glanced at the head that could not see the edge of the corner. Tang Li sighed lightly in his heart, "Damn it, keep it steady!" After talking to himself, he simply stopped looking down and stepped onto Xuantai.

Just waiting for him to step onto the last step, Xuantai's hand curtain lightly opened and a beautiful woman in high-end dress came out. As he walked, the beauty responded to the festival. Mansheng sang the last two lines of "The Poem of the Young Master" "Don't be surprised that people at that time have passed the imperial examination early, but Chang'e loves the young man."

Seeing the beautiful woman in front of him who was so beautiful that she couldn't open her eyes, Tang Li was shocked. He really didn't expect that the person who sang "The Literature of the Young Master" was the imperial concubine himself.

"Today, hundreds of thousands of people in Qujiang are congratulating you, so don't pay tribute." Seeing Tang Li's greeting ceremony, Yang Fei, who approached, smiled slightly.

"The Imperial Concubine is so beautiful!" Tang Li said almost without thinking that Yang Fei smiled, which really made the top scholar see what "a smile is like when you look back and smile". Her charm is already moving, and this kind of charm revealed in this exquisite decoration becomes more and more magnificent.

"I'm not honest at such a young age!" He whispered, and Concubine Yang, who had arrived at Xuantai, took out a famous flower as big as a bowl of bowls from her sleeves. She walked around the air for a while. After all the viewers downstairs saw it clearly, she passed by and gently tied her body between Tang Li's temples.

In the Tang Dynasty, during the banquet, the top scholar general was given to him at the Ziyunlou Xuantai. The empress of the dynasty personally wore a flower to show the deep kindness of the Tian family and the honor of the top scholar. Now the position of the main palace in the palace is empty, and Yang Yuhuan, as a concubine, is the most famous concubine, so she will do the hairpin.

After Yang Fei put the flower hairpin on Tang Li's temples, the silent crowd below suddenly burst into cheers again. The sound was so high that it could shake a hundred miles away.

At this time, the two were very close, smelling the fragrance in their noses, and their white and greasy skin fell on the open collar of Yang Fei's palace. As a normal man, Tang Li's heartbeat became more and more rapid.

After Yang Fei's hairpin, she even used her body to cover her body and gently patted Tang Li's cheek, and she still exhaled as if she was smiling: "What a handsome young top scholar!"

"Your Majesty has an order to have a banquet in Xinglin tomorrow. He will hold Tang Li as the envoy of the flower, and write a poem with this title so that the people in the world can know the position of top scholar and give them the title!" It was the singing of the eunuchs in the curtain that stopped Tang Li's shaking heart.

"I received the order", stood on the side of Xuantai, and took his eyes from the beautiful imperial concubine who was walking away from the beautiful country, and glanced at the countless people looking down at Ziyun Tower. Tang Li, who was full of heroic spirit, opened his mouth and chanted loudly:

The emperor personally ordered the flower envoy and drank several cups of fragrant flowers. Three hundred deep purple and rich fragrance bloomed for me in the Ming Dynasty!

As soon as Tang Li finished chanting, more than a dozen loud and loud eunuchs chanted in unison. These four lines of poetry spread on both sides of Qujiang River.

After a while, after the chanting officials finished reciting poems, Tang Li, who was wearing a hairpin, slowly walked downstairs. Behind him, a yellow-sect eunuch, clearly heard the proclamation of a yellow-sect eunuch, "... Now he was awarded a scholar and was a tribute. He Zhizhang, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites, gave him 100 taels of gold and was promoted to another level. Other relevant officials were promoted to reward according to the rules. After the Xinglin Banquet, Tang Li, the new top scholar, was allowed to leave for one month to prepare for his marriage with Li Tengjiao, and Zheng Lianqing of Xingyang, and a hundred years of friendship..."
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