At noon, the shopkeeper sent a sumptuous lunch to Yan Lang's room. Seeing the pen, ink, paper and inkstone behind the shopkeeper, Yan Lang didn't say much. After the shopkeeper said the request with a blushing face, Yan Lang wrote a couplet for him.

The shopkeeper Qian En En took the waiter out with gratitude. Xiao Tan sat next to Yan Lang, holding his cheeks and was full of confusion, "Scholar, why did he treat us to dinner?"

Yan Lang smiled and sat back to the Eight Immortals table, helping Xiao Tan arrange the dishes and chopsticks, "It's considered a reward."

Xiao Tan was not sure, but he nodded to show that he understood. After taking the chopsticks, he picked up food for the scholar first.

Yan Lang called Lin Song and asked him to come over for dinner.

Lin Song didn't feel hungry at all, let alone the master's identity is different now, so Lin Song would never agree to have a meal with the master's wife.

After the official report of the good news in the morning, Lin Song rushed back with red face and disheveled clothes. When he knew that the person who reported the good news had arrived, Lin Song began to be so excited that he couldn't stop. Yan Lang's room had been tidied up by Lin Song many times. At this moment, Lin Song was holding a copper pot and carefully ironing Yan Lang's clothes to wear for a while.

This dress was sent by someone from the Imperial College. Only the top three people who can parade in the streets later. They will only wear it once. After that, they will usually be worshipped in their respective ancestral temples and be collected for life. They will be put into the coffin a hundred years later.

Therefore, Lin Song ironed it very carefully, and the green leaves and velvet flowers on the soft-winged Jinshi towel on the clothes hanger were blown and blown again and again, making Yan Lang shake his head helplessly.

Xiao Tan also understood what it was to parade on the streets. His eyes turned from time to time. After eating for a while, Xiao Tan held the chopsticks in his mouth and wanted to speak but stopped.

Yan Lang asked her, and Xiao Tan sighed, "I want to keep watching the scholar dressed so well and traveling all over the capital."

Unfortunately, she could only see a few glances at most. Although she was not unable to keep chasing her with her ability, others would inevitably find something wrong with her when they saw it.

It turned out that she was unhappy because of this. Yan Lang thought about it and suddenly asked, "Xiao Tan, can't you change? You'll become something else."

Don’t all fairies change in many ways?

Xiao Tan thought about it seriously, then shook his head with a slightly red face, and leaned over and said in Yan Lang's ear in a low voice, "I will only make myself smaller, not anything else."

This is something that Xiao Tan would do before when he hid himself in the soil and avoided others, and he would have a trick when he was ignorant.

In the afternoon, the time was almost the same, and someone came to pick up Yan Lang. At this time, Yan Lang had already changed his clothes, wearing a dark blue robe along the edge of Qingluo, soapy official boots, and a black hanging blue lingering Jinshi towel.

There were green leaves and red flowers on the hat, and a silver medal hung on his waist. The silver medal was written on it with the words "Qionglin Banquet". This is the entry and exit certificate for them to enter the palace to enjoy the Enrong Banquet later.

Lin Song rushed to send the master away, then turned around and went back to his room to find his wife. They could still go to Zhuangyuan Street to watch the master parade in a while.

But after Lin Song returned to the room, he looked left and right, but only found an empty flower pot.

"Can't the lady go first after casting the spell?"

Lin Song scratched his chin and had to go to Zhuangyuan Street alone first.

At this time, the little tan that quietly left first had turned into a small ephemeral seedling, hiding in the green leaves among the clusters of green leaves and red flowers on Yan Lang's hat.

Because she became only the size of a little finger, Xiao Tan hid there in her root system without any conspicuousness.

Xiao Tan could still whisper to Yan Lang while watching. Although Yan Lang was not able to respond to her words because there were other people, at least he did not walk alone this way and felt good.

The so-called parade is actually just watching the scenery. Yan Lang was thinking about Xiao Tan and tried hard to avoid the silk, handkerchiefs and other things thrown by others along the way. However, when they passed by Zhuangyuan Street, Yan Lang couldn't hide.

"Oh, scholar, I'm covered again!"

Xiao Tan exclaimed in a low voice, Yan Lang quickly raised his handkerchief from his hat, and the lady who threw the handkerchief upstairs was so surprised that half of her body was poked out.

However, Yan Lang did not put away the handkerchief, but instead dismounted his horse and pretended that the handkerchief fell down like the others.

Seeing this, the second person next to him couldn't help laughing, controlled his horse and fell a little behind, and came over to talk to Yan Lang, "Tanhualang, you will be scolded by the ladies in the capital tomorrow."

The second child was a romantic man in his thirties. As soon as he finished speaking, he saw another exquisite handkerchief floating on Yan Lang's head, so he reached out and grabbed it.

Smelling a scent, the second eye looked upstairs, but saw a few young ladies looking back in disappointment. They were immediately depressed, "Hey, the maid next to the ladies rolled her eyes at me!"

Yan Lang held back and didn't laugh, but Xiao Tan on his hat giggled. Yan Lang raised his hand and touched her, reminding her not to laugh too loudly. While speaking, he covered up Xiao Tan's laughter, "It's better to be scolded by people outside than to be scolded when he goes home."

The second place didn't expect that this young and handsome Tanhua could say such "fearing" words calmly. She was stunned and then laughed a few times, which made the top scholar in front of her slight tilt his head slightly and glanced at the two of them.

The top scholar is a Duanfang gentleman in his twenties. He is pretty and pretty, but he probably doesn't look very close to him with a cold face. On the contrary, Yan Lang's handsome face, always smiling and gentle eyes are favored by handkerchiefs and flowers.

In this way, there were guards in front of him and followed a team of officials behind him. After swimming for half an afternoon, when the golden turtle fell, Yan Lang and his friends entered the palace gate again and enjoyed the Qionglin banquet given by the emperor.

There were naturally some princes at the banquet. During this period, there were several princes that the emperor was most optimistic about. Yan Lang saw the third prince dressed in princely costume for the first time. The two looked at each other. Yan Lang bowed and smiled, and the third prince raised his glass to show his sight.

"Third brother, do you know this year's Tanhua?"

The emperor had a lot of temperament and drank a few drinks. At this time, he seemed to be a little drunk. He looked casual and lazy. He leaned his body and asked the third prince sitting next to him. The questions seemed to be asking casually.

The third prince smiled, raised his hand and silently exchanged a cup of hot tea for the emperor. "Liangjin and I met at Fahua Temple. Didn't I bring books with Zemao? Liangjin came the most diligently. Every time he came, he would bury his head to read books. He would only talk to us when he wanted to ask questions."

After saying that, it seemed as if he had recalled something interesting, the third prince showed a pleasant smile on his face, "Liang Jin has made rapid progress and is a very smart person."

The emperor narrowed his eyes and snorted, "I ask, you can't stop praising your friends."

I don't know what it means.

However, the third prince did not show any caution. Instead, he smiled and glanced at Yan Lang, as if he did not think deeply about whether this sentence had other profound meanings.

"It's not that Erchen praises him, but that Liangjin is indeed excellent. If he hadn't already had a good match, Erchen would have wanted to take action first and give her a look at her sister."

The third prince knew that there was a princess who was suitable for marriage in the harem. The third prince had been inquiring about the past two days. Yan Lang was inevitably targeted by more than one person, and his father's attitude was also ambiguous.

The third prince knew that Yan Lang had a special relationship with his Tan Mei, so he took the opportunity to point out Yan Lang's situation, which could be regarded as repaying Yan Lang's friendship.

The emperor said "hmm" without comment, feeling a little thirsty, so he turned to look for tea, but the temperature was just right.

In the evening, after the banquet, Yan Lang was not in a hurry because he had Xiao Tan around him. He took the Jinshi towel and the silver medal around his waist, and his clothes would not be more conspicuous when walking in the crowd.

On the way, Yan Lang turned into an alley and then came out again. A beautiful girl with a tender yellow dress and a bud head was added beside her.

"Scholar, how long will it take for us to get home?"

Xiao Tan was walking around the street and suddenly turned around and asked Yan Lang.

Yan Lang was stunned, "Why, are you missing home?"

Xiao Tan's so-called home is naturally the dilapidated temple. After Xiao Tan said this, Yan Lang suddenly felt a trace of longing for his family.

After the lively momentum, it is easier to be lonely. Yan Lang raised his eyes and saw Xiao Tan, and his heart moved. Taking advantage of the hanging wide sleeves, Yan Lang held Xiao Tan's hand in the crowded crowd.

Xiao Tan bit the corner of his lips and looked around, and found that no one saw it. Then he red his face slightly and quietly approached Yan Lang. The two of them rubbed their shoulders against their shoulders, slowly walking back and forth.

The two of them didn't say a word, but they felt a sense of mutual understanding. When they returned to the inn, Lin Song saw that they were back shoulder to shoulder, they breathed a sigh of relief and greeted the two masters with a smile.

After the Qionglin banquet, there was a letter of appointment. Yan Lang did not go out for social events, but just waited quietly in the inn. After a few days, Yan Lang received the letter of appointment to enter the Hanlin Academy.

It is normal to arrange this. Generally, the top scorer, Tanhua, and the first place in the second and third places, will be included in the Hanlin Academy as editors, and will accumulate knowledge and understand the rules of the officialdom. Once you have learned it well, you will be transferred wherever you are suitable.

The Hanlin Academy is a must-visit place among the top few previous generations. Even many important officials have been here, so although the Hanlin Academy has little actual power, it is very special.

Yan Lang had a two-month holiday to return home to worship ancestors and visit relatives. After receiving the appointment letter, Yan Lang bid farewell to Mr. Xiang without delay, and then took the official boat to go south.

When he arrived at the county town, Yan Lang met with the prefect of the county town as usual. He set out again after a day, but he did not take a boat, but instead took a carriage and went straight from the county town to Chongyang County.

It was a coincidence that the carriage walked all the way to the top of the last mountain. It was already dark. Yan Lang asked Lin Song to park the carriage outside the dilapidated temple. Tonight the three of them stayed in the dilapidated temple to rest.

Lin Song is from Wuhua County, but he has already returned now and is not in a hurry to go home to visit his family. This time, the most important thing for the master to come back is to worship his ancestors and visit his family.

At that time, I have to work hard inside and outside, so Lin Song is not willing to give up such an important opportunity to show off.

Yan Lang led Xiao Tan back to the ruined temple together, but his mood this time was completely different from the time.

Lin Song placed carriages and horses outside, tied them into bunches of hay and started to clean them briefly. Xiao Tan happily took Yan Lang's hand and ran to the backyard.

"Look, this is where I was originally rooted! But later, in order to drink water, I moved to the water nest. Every time someone came, I would hide in the mud bark, but when you came, I didn't have time to hide."

At that time, Xiao Tan was too curious and focused on the scholar's actions.

It was also a coincidence that when Yan Lang came in, he was chanting poems alone in great interest. Xiao Tan was fascinated by the sound of listening and missed the best time to hide.

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