"Drive...drive...drive"

On the slippery ice surface of the Bianhe River, three people and three horses galloped regardless of the danger. The horses' hooves tied with straw stepped on the ice, making crisp sounds one after another. Debris flew everywhere, and there was a wave.

Another burst of ice fog.

You must know that it is easy to stumble when galloping on slippery ice, and it is also easy to fall into an ice cave.

But the three of them still ignored the danger and urged their horses to gallop.

"Master, I saw it. There are horse hoof prints in front of me, huh? There are also human footprints." At this time, a thin black man riding on a black horse turned over and dismounted. His movement was extremely agile.

After the thin black man dismounted, he squatted on the ground and looked at the footprints of people and horses on the ground and said.

There was a pile of fresh horse manure on the ice. After the thin black man pushed it away with his riding crop, it was still steaming.

"Well, we must not have gone far. Brother Huang, hurry up and get on the horse. Let's catch up." The woman in yellow lightly tapped the horse's belly with her feet to make the horse move away, and then frowned and said.

The innocent girl riding on a red horse raised her hands and covered her mouth and nose with her sleeves...

Checking through horse feces is a principle that ordinary people understand, but he couldn't bear to push the horse manure around like mud, causing the surroundings to be filled with the stench of horse manure, which was unbearable.

"Yes, Master." The thin black man then jumped on the saddle, and together with the two women, he urged the horse to gallop forward.

But after the three people crossed the river and stood on the river bank, they looked at each other and were immediately dumbfounded.

Although the wind and snow were getting heavier and heavier at this time, we could still see the footprints on the ground clearly, but the footprints were messy and scattered in all directions. Who knows where that person went?

"It's all your fault for being so sleepy." The woman in yellow gave the innocent girl a white look and said.

"Sister, I...I...sat in the living room all night yesterday. I'm so tired." The innocent girl said aggrievedly.

The three of them stayed all night in the lobby of the Zhifu Inn. Only before dawn did someone check out and leave, so the three of them had a room to rest. So the innocent girl fell into a sweet sleep. When she woke up, the man had long since disappeared.

"Let's go." The woman in yellow then stared blankly at the messy footprints on the ground and said after a while.

The woman in yellow then gave the thin black man a complaining look.

The thin black man lowered his head in shame.

Late at night yesterday, the thin black man once braved the heavy snow to peek into that person's room, but he only dared to peek on the roof, and did not dare to enter the room. You must know that the person may be a martial arts master, and at the same time, he was holding a gun in his hand.

They also know that the long sword is extremely sharp, almost instantaneous death if touched, and death if touched.

So the thin black man only heard the man snoring louder and louder, but other than that, there was nothing else to gain.

The thin black man did not dare to move, for fear of disturbing the man. Who knew whether he was really sleeping or pretending to sleep? If he was pretending to sleep, wouldn't it be a big deal? So the thin black man was cold and tired, and at dawn

, actually fell asleep lying on the roof...

........

There was a bookstore called Fuwentang in Kaifeng Prefecture, Tokyo during the Song Dynasty.

There are two types of bookstores in the Song Dynasty. One is a bookstore that sells books and is generally called a "bookstore"; the other is a "bookstore that writes zhuangchao", which has two main functions. First,

This function is a bookstore located in the capital, specially designed to handle the examination procedures for the candidates for the Ministry of Rites examination or the officials who are candidates for the Ministry of Civil Affairs. It also serves the examination room and organizes and transcribes the examination papers.

, roll call, etc. The bookstore is not a yamen, but a private shop, but it looks like a yamen, especially during the tribute period. There will often be court officials coming in and out of the bookstore.

The second role is to be distributed in various prefectures, writing complaints on behalf of people and assisting the government in identifying the authenticity of documents.

Fuwentang is the second type of bookstore, which is a "bookstore that writes zhuangchao".

Generally speaking, "book store owners" who write zhuangchao have more or less relationships with court officials. Otherwise, such a lucrative job would not fall on them. You must know that bookstores will not only receive money allocated from the court.

payments, as well as fees paid by customers.

Especially during the tribute examination period, the bookstore's income will increase dramatically. When the results are released, if someone wins the Jinshi, who will care about giving some money to the bookstore?

The imperial court usually released the list in the Ministry of Rites, but sometimes books were borrowed to release the list and roll call.

"What the hell kind of weather is this? It's so cold that my fingers are almost frozen off." At around nine o'clock, a boy in Fuwentang shrank his neck and breathed hard into his hands that were red from the cold.

Harbin complained.

"It's not like you don't know that the capital is like this at this time." An older man in the Fuwen Hall smiled and handed a thermos to the boy and said: "The hour is coming, and it will be over in another hour.

, I will be able to go home and feel comfortable later. You can warm your hands first. After an hour, you will go home with me. I will treat you to two cups to warm you up."

You feel relieved, the boy thought to himself. There were more people from all walks of life this time than in previous years. Of course, the bookstore also collected a lot of money, but he, a handyman, couldn't share much.

"Old Wangtou, how many candidates are there in this Imperial Etiquette Examination?" The boy held the thermos and felt much better. When he was bored, he asked.

In one hour, Fuwentang will no longer receive late family certificates, and will submit the list of family certificates to the Ministry of Rites, so at this time, there will be almost no family certificates coming to submit the family certificates.

"I don't know the exact number, but according to my estimation, there should be no less than three thousand people." Old Wangtou heard this and replied.

"So many? There weren't so many in previous years." The boy smacked his tongue.

"Isn't that true? In previous years, there were at most two thousand people. I wonder what happened this year? Why are there so many candidates?" Lao Wangtou nodded.

"The allowance given by the imperial court is too much." The shopkeeper of Fu Wentang said: "Ruixue is a good sign, this is the golden year of peace for our kingdom."

"A peaceful year?" Old Wangtou looked around and whispered: "I heard that there are still riots in the south, and there is also a war in the northwest... What is a peaceful year?"

"Haha." Hearing this, the shopkeeper laughed and said, "In which year were there no robbers in our court? They were just roosters and dog robbers. When the imperial army arrived, they would fall apart and kneel down to die."

"Hey, I don't know why they want to rebel? To rebel is to confiscate the family and exterminate the clan. I really don't know what they think?" Lao Wangtou sighed.

"With no food to eat, no clothes to wear, I can't survive anymore, so of course I took the risk." The boy muttered in a low voice after hearing this.

"Be careful what you say, be careful what you say." Hearing this, the shopkeeper of Fu Wentang was so frightened that he quickly looked around and said, "The people in the court heard this. How many heads do you have?"

When the boy heard this, he was frightened and looked around. Fortunately, it was snowing heavily at this time, there were few people on the road, and the court officials did not come to the bookstore. They probably hid in their homes to keep warm.

"Da da da... da da da... da da da!" At this moment, the three of them suddenly heard a sound coming from a distance.

There was a rapid sound of horse hooves, and the sound of horse hooves was getting closer and closer.

"Huh..." After a moment, two knights, one tall and one short, ran to the bookstore and reined in the reins.

The short knight was just fine, wearing a long robe and dressed like a scholar, but the taller one was taller and taller, with a full beard, a wide-brimmed bamboo hat on his head, a raincoat on his body, and a long sword hanging on his waist.

He was dressed as a warrior and walked with a long stride, making him look extremely majestic.

Who is he? Could it be that the southern bandits have made trouble in the capital? Everyone in the bookshop looked at this man in fear.

"Hey, brother John Ren, why are you doing this? If the inspection department gets it, what else should I take for exams?" The short man spoke with a Sichuan accent and walked towards the bookstore with the tall man.

Come on, he complained as he walked.

Horses are not allowed to gallop in the capital city to avoid injuring pedestrians, especially for fear of startling the palace, so the management of horses is extremely strict.

"Otherwise, how can we make it in time? We will miss the time." The tall man strode forward and replied as he walked.

The tall "warrior" is Li Sanjian who returned from Lingnan.

After Li Sanjian and Liu Anjie left the Zhifu Inn, the road became increasingly difficult. Not only was it windy and snowy, but it was also extremely muddy. It took the two of them a whole day's journey to reach the Fuwen Hall in the capital, less than an hour away.

I missed this imperial ceremony examination.

In order to save time, after entering the city, Li Sanjian and Liu Anjie galloped on horseback, because Li Sanjian knew that being caught by the inspection department would result in the impoundment of the horses. At most, a few strokes with the cane would be harmless.

Over the years, Li Sanjian's study of the Song Dynasty Code of Laws has not been in vain.

At the same time, Li Sanjian discovered that fortunately there was no one from the inspection department along the way. It was estimated that he got under the covers because of the cold weather...

It turned out that he was here to deliver a family report. At this time, everyone in the bookstore heard the conversation between the two and understood.

What are you doing with a long sword in your hand? And you are dressed like a warrior? It completely damages the image of a scholar... Everyone in the bookstore felt disdainful.

Li Sanjian and Liu Anjie then submitted their respective family records, official ultimatums, warrants and other documents to the bookstore people.

Jieyuan? Guizhou Jieyuan? Lao Wangtou took the document handed over by Li Sanjian. After looking at it, he was stunned.

It turns out that this rude-looking person in front of me is actually Guizhou Jieyuan? Isn't it? No matter how poor and remote Guizhou is, it can't be like this? Is there really no one in Guizhou? Lao Wangtou and others thought in surprise.

However, Lao Wang and others were surprised for a moment. After a while, Liu Anjie took Li Sanjian's document and did not write down it. His face was expressionless and non-committal.

By the way, you have to pay money to solve the problem, right?

"Old man, what are you doing...?" Li Sanjian asked in confusion upon seeing this.

"Well, it's getting dark soon, uh-huh, uh-huh." Lao Wangtou said with a groan.

"Yeah, it's getting dark soon, hurry up and copy... Oh, by the way." Li Sanjian suddenly remembered the rules of the bookstore, so he bitterly took out the remaining three pieces of money in his arms, and heavily

He slapped it on the wooden table and said: "Hurry up and copy it, don't waste time."

Although Huang Huan prepared a lot of money for Li Sanjian before leaving Guizhou, Li Sanjian basically spent it all along the way, leaving only three guan of money. At this time, it was completely gone, and Li Sanjian didn't even have a penny on him.
Chapter completed!