Chapter Seventy-Three: Early Morning
The morning light was bright, and the entire Huangsha Dao City seemed to wake up in an instant, lazy and sleepy-eyed.
"Sansara, you got up so early?"
Zhang Shuangtong stood on the second floor, his hair scattered, wearing a robe, and shouted lazily.
Xue Qing, who walked to the courtyard, raised his head and held up the paper bag in his hand: "I bought you something to eat." ”
Before Zhang Shuangtong could speak, Pang An probed in the room on the other side: "What? What did you buy?"
Xue Qing smiled: "Let's all come down and eat together." ”
This inn is not only occupied by the candidates from their Chang'an Mansion, but also two state capitals, and at this time, there are seven or eight candidates in the hall who are already sitting and eating breakfast.... Originally, there was no intersection, but after yesterday's exam, Chang'an Mansion passed it with a full face, and when they saw Xue Qing and others walking in, everyone else looked at them, or greeted them with a smile.
Xue Qing and the others also returned the salute with a smile, and ordered breakfast in the inn and put it on the table, Zhang Shuangtong came over with a wide robe and big sleeves, and Pang An Liu Chunyang also came.
"What's good?"
"Why do you wake up so early?"
"It's blood sausage. There's the best one over there in the alley of the old East Gate..."
"Zi'an inquired and said that he couldn't buy it if he was late. ”
"Why don't you call me?"
The teenagers sat down with a smile, and were just about to start eating, when the sound of hula footsteps outside the door, accompanied by the sound of armor colliding, Liu Chunyang was holding a piece of blood sausage and sitting in the position of subconsciously looking up at the door, and was suddenly startled... Soldiers!
Everyone else in the hall looked at it with a look of surprise.
"Official.." The shopkeeper greeted him.
The officer and soldier at the head said: "I was ordered to search... You've seen suspicious people pass by..."
Before his words fell, he heard a snap, and the keen eyes of the officers and soldiers immediately looked over and saw that it was a young man's blood sausage in his chopsticks that fell on the table... The soup is splashing...
"Oops.."
“.. What's going on..."
“.. My clothes..."
There was a commotion among the young men at the table, and the young man was busy looking for something to wipe...
"What suspicious person?" said another round-headed and round-headed teenager, his expression a little uneasy, "Isn't it safe here?
Before he said the word evil spirit, the young man on the side raised his hand to cover his mouth..."Don't talk nonsense. ”
Another young man with a cloak laughed: "Zi'an, you are so timid, you really believe this...."
There was a commotion in the hall, and the officers and soldiers almost forgot what they were going to say, frowning, what a mess..... But he also understood, thinking that these young people also heard the words that the evil spirits of Huangsha Road were guarded here, and they were shocked, the courage of the scholars was so small.... He retracted his gaze and looked at the shopkeeper: "... There were thieves last night. ”
Thieves, the people in the hall breathed a sigh of relief.
“.... Now it's time to search and verify your identity. The officer continued.
Of course, no one dared to stop them, the officers and soldiers dispersed inward, and the shopkeepers followed, and the hall began to check the number plates, and asked everyone if they could go out.
"I was tired from the sacrifice and the exam yesterday..."
"Isn't there a curfew outside?
These examinees replied unceremoniously, and while taking out their number plates, the officers and soldiers checked them one by one.
"Ours didn't bring, in the room. Guo Zi'an said, "I'll go get it." He ran away on his feet, and quickly took his own and Xue Qing's license plates.
The officers and men at the head of the group continued to ask, "Have you gone out?"
"I haven't eaten this early in the morning. Pang An replied, but a voice sounded uneasily.
"We.." Xue Qing pointed at himself and Guo Zi'an, "Go out." ”
The officer and soldier looked over and saw that the young man was thirteen or fourteen years old, thin and weak, with a gentle expression....
"Buy blood sausages. Zhang Shuangtong said, he always sat and ate and drank, and raised the blood sausage in his hand.
The officers and soldiers looked at the blood sausage, no wonder there was a strange smell in the hall.... Glancing at Xue Qing again, this young man can blow a gust of wind... He looked at Guo Zi'an twice, and the officers and soldiers inside had already withdrawn.
"My lord, no. They said, and the inn was noisy with searches, and there was a shouting of inquiries from inside.
The officers and soldiers waved their hands and left with a group of hula lala, and went to the next house.
“... There were thieves. ”
Lin Xiucai and many others also came out, looking displeased.
“.. It's too unsafe here..."
But some people also expressed their understanding: "There are many people who come, and it is inevitable that a gentleman will try such a grand event." ”
The people who were woken up simply came to eat, the shop guys began to get busy, and the noisy and lively hall returned to normal.
Xue Qing, Guo Zi'an and the others also continued to eat, Pang An picked up the chopsticks and glanced at Liu Chunyang again: "Young Master Chunyang, what's wrong with you?" ”
Liu Chunyang picked up his chopsticks and lowered his head: "I was too tired yesterday, and I didn't sleep well at night." ”
Zhang Shuangtong stroked his sleeve and said, "No wonder I can't even hold chopsticks steadily." "Haha, laugh.
Liu Chunyang ignored him and lowered his head and held a bowl of vegetables, and looked at Xue Qing out of the corner of his eye, but saw that Xue Qing was also looking at him... I was even more frightened, and I hurriedly buried my head in the bowl... Eating bite by bite, listening to the teenagers at the table laughing, my heart beat like a drum...... How familiar this scene is.
The dark night, the double garden, the fighting, the small town, the poetry teenagers who gathered, the officers and soldiers who poured in to check, the ink that splashed their bodies.... Wake up so early and buy blood sausage.... What the hell is going on out there? Is there really a thief? What kind of thief will lead the whole city to hunt down.... Sure enough, following him out will not be stable, terrible.
Liu Chunyang raised his head again, and saw Zhang Shuangtong raising his hand on Xue Qing's shoulder and whispering and laughing, Pang An also came over and nodded frequently and was relaxed and happy.... You don't understand anything.
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“... Don't be late, everyone... To rush to the official office in advance .... The lottery of the lot..."
“.... Those who go after the lottery has started will not be eligible to enter..."
The scribes of the state capitals loudly conveyed the reminder outside, and the candidates who had eaten began to prepare to leave, Guo Zi'an and Xue Qing returned to the room, and with a snap, Guo Zi'an closed the door and leaned against the door instantly, as if all his strength had been exhausted.
"You.. Are you alright?" he lowered his voice and looked at the young man in front of him.
Xue Qing turned to look at him, the light in the closed room was a little dim, but it couldn't hide her increasingly pale face... "Not so good. ”
Guo Zi'an didn't move, his hand against the door trembled slightly, not very good... This is the first time she has said this, so it can be seen that it must be very bad.
"That's... What should I do?
Xue Qing said: "You have to go to the exam, otherwise it will be even worse." ”
Guo Zi'an looked at her: "Is it hurt?.. What medicine to take... What do you think of the doctor.... What should I do..."What is the inside of the tight robe? The clothes and shoes are worn in two layers, there is not a trace of blood to be seen, his voice is hoarse, his nose is sour, he will not do anything... Nothing will help..
Xue Qing smiled at him: "I will do these myself, you can help me do one thing." ”