Chapter 166: The Praying Mantis Catches the Cicada and the Yellow Sparrow is behind
Today is the day of the spring test, but it is raining in the spring, and Qin Chuan, who was about to go out in a spring shirt, found that there was a taste of spring cold. As soon as he left the door of the inn, a cold wind blew him shivering, so he took another cotton jacket from the room and put it on, put the spring shirt inside, and thought about taking off his coat when he arrived at Bailu Academy.
When Qin Chuan locked the door, he found that Shen Lingqiu, who lived next door, had also packed up and prepared for the exam in the company of Aunt Zhi. I saw that she was wearing a fiery red fox fur jacket today, and her skin was extraordinarily fair, and the silk spring shirt from Huzhou was not ordinary at a glance. It's just that as before, the ankle is still exposed, and it seems that he is not afraid of the taste of this cold spring.
Qin Chuan looked at Shen Lingqiu's dress, and he was a little distracted for a while. Qingzhou City has been fierce since ancient times, and even women are riding horses and archery, and they are not inferior to men. Shen Lingqiu, a girl from other states, has a different charm.
Aunt Zhi was holding something like a wooden box in her hand, wrapped in a silk cloth bag on the outside, and she couldn't see what was inside, but Qin Chuan guessed that it was the guqin played that day. It seems that this Shen Lingqiu is very well prepared, and he actually brought the guqin over, so this spring test of Bailu Academy must be a sure victory, after all, the music and rhythm can rely on talent, and it can't be achieved by relying on the efforts of the day after tomorrow. For most people, learning for many years is just a ghost crying wolf and killing a pig in the middle of the night.
Qin Chuan thought about it, turned around and returned to the room, took the suona on the table, and casually found a cloth bag and carried it on his back. When others looked at it, they must not know what was in it, but they just thought that the pen, ink, paper and inkstone used for the exam were just a pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
Shen Lingqiu frowned and looked at Qin Chuan's dress, and suddenly smiled. He was wearing a padded jacket on the outside and a spring shirt on the inside, and he wore it for two seasons a year, and he was covered in tatters, carrying a cloth bag that he didn't know what it was, just like a beggar begging for food on the streets of Qingzhou City. And this childish face has an innocent taste.
"Are you dressed like this, are you going to the White Deer Academy to take the exam, or are you going to the downtown to ask for food? If I am the guard of the White Deer Academy, I will definitely not let you enter that gate, otherwise I will dishonor the reputation of the White Deer Academy. Shen Lingqiu stared at Qin Chuan and smiled.
Qin Chuan retorted disappreciatively: "There are noble and low births, but there is only a distinction between high and low scholars. You rich people, you are not diligent and do not distinguish between grains and grains, how do you know what it is to be poor and happy, you only know that you don't learn and don't know how to be a gentleman. Even if you enter the White Deer Academy, you will definitely not be able to enter the capital. Why don't you go home sooner?"
Aunt Zhi saw that it was not too early, and urged next to Shen Lingqiu: "Miss, don't argue with this lewd thief. We are not very familiar with Bailu Academy, so we have to rush here in advance to prepare thoroughly. Don't forget the purpose of our trip. ”
Shen Lingqiu nodded, thinking that since Qin Chuan was from Qingzhou, he should be very familiar with Bailu Academy, so Shen Lingqiu asked, "Hey, I'm about to go to Bailu Academy, do you have the courage to follow me." ”
Seeing this, Aunt Zhi was a little anxious and said, "Miss, this ......"
Qin Chuan looked like a newborn calf who was not afraid of tigers: "Go and go, what's so terrible about this, can you still eat me?" I'll go and call Guan Lang, he has been in Qingzhou City longer than me, known as Qingzhou Bai Xiaosheng, this anecdote, he knows it in his parents, and it is much more convenient for us to have him to lead. ”
After that, the two went down the stairs and knocked on Guan Lang's room, only to see that Guan Lang's dress was even more ridiculous.
This spring cold was a little sudden, Guan Lang was a little afraid of the cold, so he put a cotton jacket inside, wrapped in a spring shirt outside, and the teenager had a somewhat bulging greasy appearance. Although the body warms up like this, it is really inappropriate to look like this.
Guan Lang looked at Shen Lingqiu behind Qin Chuan, his eyes were about to pop out, he grabbed a handful of lard and wiped it on his hair, and the whole person looked very energetic. Hurriedly took the cloth bag from the table and walked out, stretching out his thumb along the way to praise Qin Chuan: "I didn't expect you to even clean up Shen Lingqiu, I really didn't expect it." Your martial arts are world-beating, and you are invincible at the poker table, except that you are ugly, you really can't find any shortcomings. If I were a girl, I would have chosen you as my husband. ”
Qin Chuan glanced at Guan Lang, he really couldn't imagine Guan Lang being his daughter. simply stopped talking, and walked towards the front alone, not caring whether Shen Lingqiu and Guan Lang could follow or not.
Pingyangfang is not far from Bailu Academy, and the hour to walk forward is half a pillar of incense. If it was still early today, these people were not in a hurry, they found a shop and bought some pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and only after making thorough preparations did they continue to rush towards Bailu Academy. And Shen Lingqiu was afraid of the cold, so he bought a hand pot in a grocery store, which could be heated by burning pear charcoal at the bottom, and filled with warm water, as long as he held it in his hand, he could keep his body warm for a long time. Bailu Academy has to take the exam for two days, and this cold hands and feet can't hold the pen.
Many scholars on the street hurriedly hurried with oil-paper umbrellas, only to see that the oil-paper umbrellas were written with words such as Heavenly Reward for Diligence and Carp Jumping over the Dragon Gate, and some people were even covered with proverbs and blessing bags invited from temples and Taoist gates, and even their movements were a little inconvenient.
Some of the children of rich families were splashing the rain in a carriage and speeding towards the White Deer Academy. All kinds of people along the way, when they passed by Qin Chuan, they would unintentionally glance at Shen Lingqiu a few more times. After all, Shen Lingqiu's long black hair was pulled up high, her fiery red jacket was very conspicuous, and her facial features were handsome like a beauty, and her figure was just right, one more point was fat, and one point less was sickly, so many people slowed down and followed behind Shen Lingqiu, watching her swing her body.
And Shen Lingqiu seemed to be accustomed to this, not caring at all about the obscene gaze of the person behind him, and rushed towards the White Deer Academy step by step. Along the way, the other scholars saw that Qin Chuan Guan Lang and Shen Lingqiu were so close to each other, and they all scolded the lustful person in their hearts for being so bold that they dared to do such a dirty thing in front of Bailu Academy, and on the other hand, they cast envious eyes.
The plaque of Bailu Academy is hung on the gate, and the thick handwriting shows that it is very solemn here. There were four guards standing at the door, both male and female, carefully checking whether the students who came to take the exam were carrying some cheating. There were dozens of hunters standing not far away, as long as the guards of the White Deer Academy found a person with suspicious behaviors, these hunters would not take this person away in a wordy manner.
I saw a man in his twenties being inspected by the guards of Bailu Academy at the moment, with beads of sweat the size of beans on his head for some reason, swallowing saliva from time to time, looking very thirsty and dry, which looked unusual in the cold weather of spring.
The guards of the White Deer Academy thought that the man was nervous, so he searched him a few times and let him out, only to see a catcher suddenly come over and call the man to stop, and took out a stack of paper from the white socks he was wearing, which were densely filled with verses and verses. It turned out that this person put the written paper in his boots, and for some reason he was arrested and found out, only to see him crying and being thrown out of the door directly by the two hunters, and he was not allowed to take another step.
Seeing this, Qin Chuan turned around and asked Guan Lang in a low voice: "How are you prepared?" ”
Guan Lang replied confidently: "Don't worry, everything is ready, just wait for Zhongju to invite you to drink flower wine!"
Shen Lingqiu shook his head in disgust when he heard this, he couldn't imagine that these two teenagers didn't look big, but they were so obscene, and he couldn't help but sweat for Bailu Academy.
At this time, everyone was queuing up to enter, and when they were about to arrive at Qinchuan, they found that a fat man suddenly squeezed in arrogantly, and did not say any hello at all.
Qin Chuan looked at the back very familiarly, because this person almost died in his own hands!