Chapter 9: Trials
There are as many trials as there are tribulations in life. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
Scholar Li En was taken by Mr. Gu to stay in Cuiyue Tower, and the top dancer here Bizhu came to accompany him, but he naively refused the other party.
Seeing Bizhu lying on the bed, he had to sit on the desk, thinking about his past, closing his eyes, his mind was blank at first, and then there was a deep mountain, in the meditation room of an ancient temple, he listened to the sound of wooden fish and bowls every day, and studied hard in the cold window, and when he was tired, he followed the monks in the temple to practice a few martial arts.
He dreamed that he had finished learning all the books, and after talking to the abbot of the temple, he packed his bags and went down the mountain to the capital to take the exam, but when he passed by the river outside the city by boat, he encountered a storm, and when he was anchored in a harbor to avoid the wind, a masked swordsman boarded the ship, and after carefully observing all the people in the ship, he suddenly drew his sword and picked him out of the cabin, and while he was struggling, he drove the boat into the wind and rain.
When he desperately climbed to the shore, and before he had time to catch his breath, a group of officials chased after him, not to pursue him, but to take his life, he did not resist, was hit the head, and then threw into the river.
I don't know how long later, he was awakened by a long sword, and it was indeed a long sword in front of him, but this long sword did not stab at him, but was frightened back by him naked, and the instinct to survive made him grab the ankle of the sword maker.
He had amnesia, but he remembered something, and now he was in exile, penniless.
In a trance, he felt a pair of warm and soft hands caressing his hair, slowly sliding to his face.
When he opened his eyes, he smelled the fragrance of gardenias, and in front of him was the Bizhu girl of Cuiyue Tower, her cold skin was close to his face, very cool and comfortable, but his hair immediately stood up, and he pushed the other party away rationally, and said: "Girls can't, saints have training, people must know how to be polite, righteous and honest, and don't covet beauty and do undesirable things!" ”
Bizhu stepped back and said in a delicate voice, "Aren't you impressed?" Are you not married for the rest of your life? ”
Li En got up and tidied up his clothes, and said: "I can only accept the status of husband and wife, I won't act recklessly, and I hope that the girl will be self-respecting!" ”
Bizhu said: "What kind of husband and wife, it's just a formality, am I not as beautiful as the person you like?" As he spoke, he began to untie the strap of his bandeau breast.
Li En hurriedly closed his eyes and said, "I'm only thinking about going to Beijing to take the exam now, and I don't want anything else, although the girl is beautiful, I can't accept it!" ”
Bizhu blew out the oil lamp on the table, then screamed and fell into Li En's arms.
Li En heard the scream, hurriedly opened his eyes, but saw a darkness, a warm fragrant nephrite fell into his arms, he hurriedly pushed it away, and then ran to the door, with the memory of quickly opened the door, the light outside shone in, Bizhu hurriedly hid on the bed, exclaimed: "Close the door!" ”
The door was closed, but Li En was standing outside the door, Cuiyue Building was already sparsely populated, after a few girls sent off the guests, they passed by here, saw him outside the door, and whispered, one of them dressed in a bewitching woman said: "Why did this son come out, was he driven out?" ”
Li En was silent, sat at the door, and the woman said: "Since the son has been kicked out, then go back to the room with the slave and maid to rest, the good night is short!" ”
The other two women laughed in a low voice, and Li En hurriedly said, "No need, I'm used to sleeping alone!" ”
The woman came forward and dragged him, but he pushed him away, and the three women went back to their rooms in a daze.
Behind the crack in the door of the "Bilian" room next door, Yao's mother looked at Li En, and then closed the door.
He sat at the door until dawn, and the man came with washing water, and when he saw this, he couldn't help but be surprised, and asked, "Why did the son sit at the door all night, was he driven out by Miss Bizhu?" ”
Li En hurriedly said: "No, I don't like to sleep with people. ”
The guy knocked on the door, only to see that Bizhu had already dressed and walked out of the room, and when he saw Li En, he said, "Silly melon seeds, I don't understand the amorous feelings!" ”
The man put down the wooden basin and said to Li En: "Son, please wash up first, and breakfast will be delivered later!" ”
Li En nodded in thanks, then washed up, had a simple breakfast, and said boredly: "Why hasn't Mr. Gu come yet?" ”
As soon as the words fell, Mr. Gu floated in and said, "Did Gongzi Li sleep well last night?" ”
Li En said: "It's not good, Miss Bizhu occupied the bed, so I had to sit at the door all night!" ”
Mr. Gu said: "Childe is so determined, please come with the old man!" ”
Li En hurriedly packed up his calligraphy and paintings, and then followed him out of Cuiyue Tower, the beggar at the door was lazily basking in the sun against the wall, heard the footsteps, and habitually stretched out the broken bowl, about to beg, but Mr. Gu said: "Don't pay attention to him!" ”
When Lee En got into the carriage, the carriage began to drive on its own, and asked, "Where is the gentleman going to take me today?" ”
Mr. Gu closed his eyes and said, "You'll know when you get to the place!" ”
Li En muttered: "It's this sentence again, I don't know even when I get to the place!" He lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked out, and saw a bustling crowd of people, and he saw all sorts of people with eagles and dogs.
The carriage soon went out of the city, came to the Xunyang River and stopped, the two got down, they heard the sound of the pipa from the boat, a song "Deep Resentment" echoed in the river, Mr. Gu took him on the boat, and saw that in the cabin, a woman was playing with the pipa.
The boatman shook the oar, and the passenger boat broke through the green waves and sailed into the distance, and Mr. Gu introduced: "This is the Pipa Nuwen girl." ”
There were exquisite wine and food in the cabin, and the two sat down, and Mr. Gu said, "What are Li Gongzi's plans?" ”
Li En said: "If you are late, you will go to the capital to participate in the scientific examination, and if you go late, you will miss it, so you will have to wait for another three years." ”
Mr. Gu drank a glass of wine alone and said, "Are you sure that you will pass the exam?" ”
Lee Eun bowed his head, he didn't have the certainty of high school.
Mr. Gu continued: "Even if you are in high school, you will only be sent by the imperial court to a remote place to be a county commander, if the son can stand the test, the old man can recommend you to join the famous and decent families in the rivers and lakes, with your qualifications, you can be famous in the rivers and lakes in less than ten years." ”
Li En said: "I'm not from the rivers and lakes, and I don't like the things in the rivers and lakes, so it's important to take the exam." ”
Mr. Gu said, "Then what if you fall off the list?" ”
"Then continue to study hard and wait for three years to take the exam!"
"But what if you keep failing? Do you have to take the test for a lifetime? ”
Li En was silent, and Mr. Gu said: "It's already here, let's take the test, even if you don't pass the test, you won't suffer!" ”
"But I am still in a hurry to enter Beijing to take the exam!"
Mr. Gu said: "If you pass the test, then stay, if you don't pass the test, then the old man will send you to entangle, so that you can go to the capital to participate in the scientific expedition!" ”