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"It's another year of peach blossoms blooming." Cui Po wandered in the back garden of the beautiful spring. When he saw the burning peach blossoms, he thought that he had stole other people's works here three years ago and became the name of his own talented man, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

After a brief look at the peach blossoms, a servant came to invite him. When he arrived at the front yard, it was already very noisy. Fortunately, the hall was spacious and did not seem crowded. Because Cui Po's explanation was recommended directly and he did not take the examination in the state middle school, many people in the hall were not familiar with it. Among the clan, except for a few uncles, Cui Ling was also here. The two of them looked at each other and Cui Ling turned his head with a "hum".

Cui Po finished greetings with the person he knew and wanted to sit down, but when he saw Cui Ling beside him, he couldn't help feeling awkward. However, this kind of seating arrangement was all about the result of the generation and the age of the year, so it was very troublesome to change the seat.

When he was in a dilemma, he heard the Liu envoy on the first seat of the hall call, "Nephew Cui, come here to sit." Cui Po felt relieved and walked towards the central government.

Before he got close, he heard Lord Liu say, "I heard that the 11th Lang of the Cui family has been studying in Chongxuanguan for three years and rarely goes down the mountain, so it is rare. Today, it seems that he is becoming more and more heroic. In this scientific examination, my nephew has been sharpening his sword for three years. I think he will become famous in one fell swoop and promote my Dingzhou reputation." His words echoed everyone, and Cui Po could only thank him very much. Later, according to the proposal of Liu Envoy, the students who were attending this year sat on the lower head of the chairman, separated from Cui Ling, which only attracted other students to be envious and jealous. But they are not as good as others, and they can do nothing!

After the Liu Envoy made a speech, the banquet began. The sons were full of confidence and had wonderful singing and dancing to enjoy, so they naturally became more and more excited. The only drawback was that Wu Niang had never appeared, but she did not disturb the wine. When she was drunk, she had to recite poems again. It happened that Liu Zhizhou was in his fifth year. The Ministry of Personnel Examination Department reported the memorial service of "clear, cautious and clear" and was recommended by Mr. Lu, the Shaofu Supervisor, and was able to be moved to Yangzhou. Although they were all governors, they jumped from the fourth rank to the third rank of the breeze-clothed senior official. After crossing a major hurdle in his career as an official, they were able to rank "clear and hope". Yangzhou was the best place in the world, which was really a happy event. Therefore, the theme of this poem today was set, and naturally they could see him off and boast about his achievements.

However, many poems in the table are not very innovative, and the use of allusions is similar. Cui Po has been here for several years. He has also heard that Liu Jun is an honest official and has a good government authority. This has not been disturbed by the people of Hezhou for many years. In this officialdom of the Tang Dynasty, he was really a good official. He was grateful to him for appreciating himself. When he saw a gap, he stood up and held a cup and said, "Since Lord Jun guarding this state, he has been peaceful in all four areas and the people are living in peace. Now, the boy is backward, and he also has a poem to give to him."

Everyone knew his talent, so when this was said, the whole room was silent. He slowly chanted the famous work of Zheng Kui from later generations: "Lying in the yamen, I heard Xiao Xiaozhu, I suspected that it was the suffering of the people. Some officials from Caozhou County are in charge of each branch and leaf."

After reciting the poem, I had already received praise from everyone. Fang Shanren next to me even smiled and said, "What a 'that is the voice of suffering among the people', and the 'one branch and one leaf are all related to the feelings'." These two sentences have fully expressed the voices of the people in Dingzhou. The envoy must drink this cup full, one to comfort Mr. Cui, and the other to comfort the young and talented people of Dingzhou."

Liu Envoy was born in a family of Confucian officials. Since he entered the officialdom, he often praised himself as the four words "not disobeying the family style". It is a joyful thing to be praised by this when he left office and left. It is enough to comfort him. He also knows that although Cui Po was young, his talent was well-known. Even the emperor in the palace knew his name, and he was born in a family and had a romantic figure. In the future, he would be famous all over the world. Today, this poem is wonderful, and the poem is passed down from another person, but he will achieve his own reputation. Why is it not happy? He drank a cup and everyone shouted wonderful.

Liu Envoy put down his cup in his palm and said, "The 11-Lang young man is very filial. After the banquet today, he went to Beijing to dress. The official gave me no other gifts. The day before yesterday, a foreign merchant gave me a 'Lian Qianma'. Today I will give it to my nephew to fill my strength."

Cui Po was quite unaccustomed to this custom of liking to rank the title, but he knew that this was a way to express intimacy. He could not help him. He also heard that the envoy gave him a horse and was really happy. Since the Anshi Rebellion, wars have spread everywhere in the world and the horses are expensive. He could afford it. With this mount, he could walk a lot more easily. He didn't care about it now, and thanked him and then he immediately took it.

Half an hour later, the banquet was coming to an end. A commissioner presented the red silk tray. Liu Zhizhou took out the twenty-fourth part of the draft and the customs clearance documents one by one, which was even more soothing and inspiring, and aroused the hearts of the students who were like a charcoal, and the banquet ended.

Everyone said goodbye to each other, and Liu Envoy asked a family member to take Cui Po to lead the horse. Cui Po followed the family to the stable and saw that the horse with money was eight feet long, with black and shiny mane, and the whole body was knotted and tied into a shape of copper coins, so it was named. Although it was not the "green money" that people liked the most at the time, it was even more majestic. The teeth were only about four years old and had just grown up, and the gods were very good. Cui Po was secretly happy and couldn't help but step forward to take the reins, caressed the horse's head carefully, and knew that he was happy and caring. He also neighed intimately, stretching out his thick and hot tongue to lick his palm.

Cui Po led his horse out of the village gate and was about to go to the market to buy Anzan and other things, but he saw a carriage parked at the door. It was exactly what he was carrying when he came. It turned out that it was Wu Niang who sent him to pick him up. Cui Po tied the reins behind the carriage and then got on the carriage. The coachman Lao Sun shook his long whip and turned the front of the carriage toward Piaoxiangjuchi in the city.

I arrived at Changlefang for a while, which was the place where the official tutors and private prostitutes gathered in Dingzhou City. The first one on the left hand of the Defangmen was Piaoxiangju. The storefront decoration was not grand, and it was not even as good as many private prostitutes.

Cui Po got out of the car, followed the main entrance, and walked around the screen wall. The place where he saw an extremely large patio with peach blossoms planted on both sides. It was the time of day, and the yard was full of fragrance. There were more than ten large flower vats arranged on both sides of the main road. At that time, the lotus flowers had not yet appeared, and there were many small golden carp. The red carp wandered in it. Sometimes, when it jumped, the brilliance of the sun was reflected, which was extremely pleasing to the eye.

At this moment, a figure who looked like a servant came, wearing a flower hat and had an extremely eye-catching rosacea on his face. When he approached, he sang a rosacea first, and then said, "Just just passed by noon, this young man came to search for the fangs. I'm afraid it's a little early. The girls have just taken a nap. Why don't you ask me to go back first? After two hours, it's not too late to see a red lantern hanging at the door."

It turned out that the official tutoring workshop also allowed official prostitutes to pick up customers in order to supplement the cost. Only a very small number of those who are both good-looking and beautiful are not required because they need to keep receiving official guests. Therefore, there will be such words from the servants.

Cui Po was so amused and laughed when he heard this, so he had to say, "Fifth Lady asked me to come here." After a while, the servant had already rushed to answer, "So you are Mr. Cui, the most talented man in Dingzhou! The villain is so blind. The young master is as beautiful as a jade. The old lady has already explained that I don't know it, so I really deserve to beat him..."

Cui Po was stunned when he heard this: "When did I become the first talented man in Dingzhou?" Seeing that some girls around who had never taken a nap were surrounding him. Before he could think about it, he hurriedly took out ten coins from his arms and put them in the hand of the servant and said, "Please take me to see Wu Niang." The servant said thank you, turned around and led the way to the inside.

When you enter the main hall, most of the things in the hall are made of nanmu, which emit a faint fragrance of wood with a rouge smell. There are many calligraphy and paintings hanging on both sides of the walls, but there is no time to tell who has done it. There are large-bellied porcelain bottles pressed with gold wire on the tables between each stool, some with bright peach blossoms; some are peacock feathers from foreign lands. The wide columns in the hall are mostly separated by pink veils, adding a bit of gentle haze.

There was a wooden staircase leading upstairs in the middle of the main hall. Cui Po thought he needed to go upstairs, but he saw the servant walking around the stairs and standing in front of a side door behind the hall and saying to Cui Po: "Fifth lady is inside, so please go by the young master." After saying that, he bowed and turned around and went by himself.
Chapter completed!