Chapter 42

42, ink pendant

Miao Fan put away all the books and was about to close the door and lock it, when Qianqian came back.

"Don't turn it off!"

She came sweating profusely, her face shining with joy. She blocked him, pushed the door open again, and pulled him into the study.

Miao Fan saw her run to the desk like a whirlwind, spread out the rice paper, took out the pen and ink inkstone, and then rolled up her sleeves to polish the ink, busy like a small spinning top.

"Little monk, come here." Qianqian shouted at him while grinding ink.

Miao Fan approached puzzled: "What are you doing?" ”

She pulled him to a chair and sat down, bent her eyes and said, "How about I test your knowledge?" She stuffed the pen into his hand, "I make the question, you do the question, you just think you are participating in the autumn festival, take the exam seriously, okay?" ”

He thought that she wanted to pull him to play on a whim, so he agreed good-naturedly: "Okay." ”

Qianqianmei smiled, shook her head and said: "Then you listen well, with the title of 'Looking at Yu Xue in the South', I will write a poem, and the requirement is to write five words, six rhymes and twelve sentences." ”

Miao Fan thought about it for a while, and put pen to paper. Qianqian leaned over to look, only to see that it was: the end of the south of the Yin Ridge show, snow floating in the clouds. The forest shows that the darkness is dark, and the twilight in the city is cold.

She was secretly anxious, "Didn't I ask you to write twelve sentences, why did you only write four sentences!" ”

Miao Fan said calmly: "The intention is exhausted, and writing again is to add to the snake." ”

“……”

Qianqian was angry: "You can keep this and tell the examiner!" You have to write as much as people want you to write, and if you don't answer the questions as required, no matter how good your poems are, you won't be able to win! ”

Miao Fan was not angry when he was scolded, and said with a smile: "Now that you are the examiner, do you think this poem is good?" ”

Qianqian was stunned: "...... Good. Oops, forget it, anyway, you can't make this kind of mistake during exams, you know? Let's move on to the next question. ”

Putting on a new piece of paper, Qianqian asked, "Are you familiar with Liezi?" ”

Miao Fan nodded: "Acceptable." ”

"Then I ask you. Where does the allusion to the fishing of the Chu people Zhan He come from? What are you talking about? ”

Miao Fan replied without hesitation: "From the eighth chapter of Liezi Tang's question." At the beginning, it said: Even, the most rational thing in the world, even in the form. It is said that the principle of balancing force and countering the strong with the weak, if the country is also governed, the world can operate in the palm of your hand. ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Qianqian clapped her hands and touched the top of his head and exclaimed, "I didn't expect you to really have some knowledge, little monk!" ”

Miao Fan lowered his eyes and said softly: "I don't know if I have any knowledge, but these are all taught by the master." ”

"Don't be so modest, husband, you'll definitely be in high school!" Qianqian originally wanted to hug him affectionately, but when she remembered that she still had something to do, she held back and urged him to answer the question quickly.

She was so reserved that he looked sideways, and she received his suspicious eyes, and said angrily: "Look at what! When you finish the exam, I will directly escort you into the cave room, don't think I will let you go! ”

Miao Fan clenched his fists and covered his mouth to hold back the smile, got up and went to his bag and turned out a pendant to put on Qianqian.

"What is this? Why haven't you seen it before? Qianqian touched the black pendant, which was cold to the bone.

Miao Fan knotted the rope at the back of her neck and said lightly: "It's probably a token left by my parents, the master said that he picked me up back then, and this thing was put in swaddling clothes, and I don't know what kind of stone it is." ”

Qianqian picked up the pendant and looked at the light, stroked it again and again, and affirmed: "This is called Mocui, that is, ink-colored jadeite, which is black at first glance, and only shows clear and transparent green under the firelight." The ink cui in the world is extremely rare, and those who can afford it are either rich or expensive. Little monk, maybe your biological parents are big people! ”

"I'm not curious about what kind of people they are, there is a reason for this, they must have had a last resort when they chose to put me in front of the Buddhist temple. If you have a chance to meet naturally, if you don't have a chance to meet, you don't have to regret it. Miao Fan escaped into the empty door since he was a child, and he looked at the matter of kinship very lightly, and his tone was not pitiful, "I used to hear people in the village say that the two families are married, and the man wants to give the woman a dowry, and I have no money, so I give this to you." Although there are few things, but my heart, I hope you don't dislike it. ”

"I like it so much!" Qianqian touched the ink pendant and couldn't put it down, hugged him and kissed him fiercely.

Miao Fan smiled and hugged her, very hard.

On the eighth day of the first month of August, candidates who participated in the autumn festival entered. There is a long queue outside the Jiangzhou Gongyuan, and there is a special person at the door who is responsible for checking and checking the identity documents, which is the first checkpoint, and after entering the door, another officer and soldier are responsible for searching the body, which is the second checkpoint. Candidates should check their food baskets, including clothes, shoes, socks and stationery. In order to prevent entrainment, the soldiers who went in should undress and untie their hair, and the clothes and bedding should also be dismantled, and the pen tube must be hollowed out, the inkstone should not be too thick, and even the pastry buns should be cut, and check whether there is a piece of paper in it.

Qianqian and Xiaohe sent Miao Fan to the Tribute Academy, and as soon as Ah Piao came home early in the morning, he was grabbed by Qianqian's ears and forced to be a scholar who carried things. Ah Piao had to find a flat pole, picked up the heavy two big test baskets, and followed behind a few people angrily.

Miao Fan couldn't bear it when he saw this, and wanted to help Ah Piao share the burden, Ah Piao was about to say okay, when a thousand thousand one-eyed knives flew over, and he was so frightened that he quickly shook his head: "No, no, no!" I've been sick for the past few days, and I'm thinking of finding something to do to move my muscles, you go yours, don't worry about me, I love to carry things! The heavier, the better! ”

Miao Fan frowned and looked at him suspiciously, thinking that Brother Piao's preference was really ...... Particularly.

Qianqian nodded with a dignified smile and praised Ah Piao for being very acquainted.

Ah Piao almost broke the sockets. Qianqian, this devil! Lewd coercion!

The team slowly moved forward, and it was about to arrive at Mifan, and Qianqian could only be sent here. She helped Miao Fan straighten out his clothes, took his hand and reluctantly admonished: "I dreamed of yesterday's question, maybe I will really get the test!" You must remember clearly, take the exam well, and I will wait for you to come out and marry me. ”

Miao Fan held the soft wattle with his backhand, squeezed it tightly, and nodded.

"Then I'll go." Qianqian let go of her hand, tilted her head and smiled: "I'll go buy a dowry, and I'll give you the most beautiful bride when the time comes." ”

The two said goodbye, Miao Fan stepped into the gate of the tribute courtyard, and Qianqian also turned to leave, talking and laughing with Xiaohe and Ah Piao all the way.

In the examination room, the chief examiner, Lord Xu, and several fellow examiners, were about to jointly unpack the sealed test questions, but Zhan Liantai blocked them with a folding fan. Lord Xu was surprised: "What does Lord Zhan mean by this?" ”

Zhan Liantai raised his eyes and smiled: "Wait." Lord Xu, the lower official has a holy secret decree for you. ”

Lord Xu knelt down in fear to accept the decree, and Zhan Liantai asked Ruan Qi to take out the decree and read it to you in public.

This is a decree to reduce crimes, and the saint's tone is stern, and the various crimes of accepting bribes and engaging in favoritism and malpractice in the autumn festival are all unknown, such as the fact that his son Xu Guang did evil in Jiangzhou. The most Hou Sheng sentenced the father and son to death, and escorted them back to Beijing to be beheaded at a later date. The Xu Mansion confiscated the property, and the rest of the clansmen were sent to the Jiangzhou Prison, where they were tried one by one and then sentenced according to their crimes.

After hearing this, Lord Xu sat down on the ground, his face was like ashes, and he received the holy decree tremblingly, and bowed his head in thanksgiving.

Zhan Liantai was still personable, elegant and not at all like the executioner who brought bad news, he bent down and helped him weakly: "Lord Xu, please get up, clean up well, it's time to go on the road." ”

Lord Xu's legs and stomach trembled, and he couldn't stand up, he asked Zhan Liantai in a snort: "I don't know if the Prime Minister knows about it...... "He and the Prime Minister are in-laws, and the Prime Minister is powerful, if his in-laws come forward to intercede at this time, they may be able to save the lives of his family."

Zhan Liantai nodded softly in affirmation, put his palm around his arm, leaned over and whispered in his ear: "This is exactly what the Prime Minister meant, his old man killed his relatives in righteousness, and made another contribution in front of the saint." The Prime Minister said thank you. ”

Lord Xu's face was blue and black, and his eyes were red with anger: "He, he's a despicable villain!" Ungrateful! When did the old man miss his benefits......"

"Huh." Zhan Liantai raised his eyebrows lightly and raised his hand to signal him to silence. The years have smoothed his edges and corners, but they have made him more convincing, and he earnestly advises: "What to say and what not to say, you should have your own measure." Don't forget that Ling Qianjin is still in the Prime Minister's Mansion, if there is no Prime Minister to protect her...... Lord Xu, in fact, the Prime Minister misses the old love very much. ”

Lord Xu consciously shut up, closed his eyes in despair, and looked like he was resigned to his fate, and was beaten out.

Zhan Lian's face did not change, as if the thrilling scene just now had nothing to do with him, he spread his hands politely, and said to everyone: "The Holy Lord asked Yang Pavilion Elder to go out of the mountain to do the main examination of this Autumn Pavilion, so the matter of dismantling the paper will trouble the Pavilion Boss." ”

Everyone present was frightened, especially Zhu Ting, who couldn't stop breaking out in a cold sweat, seeing that Yang Ge Lao had already picked up the scroll, he panicked in his heart, and knelt down with a "poof".

"You can't take this set of questions!" Zhu Ting clenched his fists and almost begged, "The test questions are leaked, and it is a crime to be lowly!" ”

Zhan Liantai looked at him with a slight doubt, and after a moment, he understood in his heart: "Ruan Qi, you take Master Zhu to the next door first." After that, he discussed with Yang Ge Lao, "The criminal official Xu Shi is cheating for personal gain, and the exam questions may have been leaked, Master Ge, let's change another set of exam papers." ”

The time for the paper to be issued was nearly half an hour later than usual, and just when the candidates were fidgeting and wondering if something had gone wrong, the exam paper finally came down. Miao Fan got the test questions and looked at them, and couldn't help but shake his head and smile.

It seems that Qianqian's dreams are inaccurate.

At the beginning of the exam, some scholars scratched their ears and cheeks, and some scholars worked hard to write, but Miao Fan unhurriedly unfolded the roll of paper, slowly falling pen and ink, and did not eat the idle appearance of fireworks in the world.

Qianqian counted how long Miao Fan would have to come out, and the more she waited, the more difficult she felt, so she had itchy hands and wanted to cheat again.

Xiaohe was embroidering her own mandarin duck hijab for herself, and when she heard this, she rolled her eyes and said, "You don't stop a little!" You are going to be an official's wife, why do you still think about cheating, and you are not afraid of embarrassing Tan Gongzi. ”

"Who would be afraid of having a lot of money! Besides, I'm just bored, it's a big deal that this time I cheated the money and donated it to Shantang, and I didn't keep any of it. Qianqian pulled Xiaohe's arm and shook it left and right, "Good sister, you can accompany me out of the city, let's combine our swords and be invincible!" ”

Xiaohe was troubled by her, put down the needle and thread, raised his hand and surrendered: "Okay, okay!" If I'm afraid of you, I'll go shopping with you, but don't deceive people. ”

Thousands of people jumped out of the door to see the dark pressure in the sky, and said: "It looks like it will rain tomorrow, let's go buy a few big carp and come back, and make a 'carp leaping dragon gate', okay?" ”

"Carp jumping over the dragon gate?" Xiaohe didn't know why, "Is it a dish?" ”

Qianqian covered her mouth and smiled: "Then you will know the way." ”

The two walked out of Zhuzhi Alley arm in arm, and a cold-faced man jumped out coldly and blocked in front of them.

"Let's make it." Qianqian pulled Xiaohe to go around, but the man also went over and blocked them again.

Qianqian raised her eyes angrily: "I said you! A good dog doesn't get in the way, and he doesn't know the way! ”

"Ruan Qi."

The voice came from behind the cold-faced man, and the cold-faced man heard it, so he got out of the way. I saw Zhan Liantai pacing slowly, with a smile on the corner of his mouth and leisurely contentment.

When Qianqian saw that it was him, she was a little weak-hearted, so she simply pretended not to know, glared and asked, "Who are you?" Why is it that you don't let us pass? ”

Zhan Liantai raised his eyebrows: "Miss Lin doesn't remember me so soon?" The folding fan in my hand was given back to me by the young lady. ”

Qianqian pretended to be crazy and stupid: "I'm not Miss Lin, my surname is ......"

"Is your surname Liu?" Zhan Liantai preemptively said, "The surname Liu was used when you were in Xuzhou Mansion, or are you still surnamed Huang?" The Li family father and son in Jianing County, you are familiar with it, right? ”

How does this man know her secrets! Qianqian secretly said that it was not good, but the smile on her face was still the same: "What is my surname, what does it matter to you?" You're not me! ”

"Although I'm not you, I do want to know Lu Dao......" Zhan Liantai's eyes suddenly became dark and profound, "What is your real name?" Are you surnamed Yu? ”

"Xiao Yu'er...... Is that you? ”

The author has something to say: "Looking at the Aftersnow in the South" is beautiful in the Yinling Mountains in the south, and the snow is floating in the clouds. The forest shows that the darkness is dark, and the twilight in the city is cold. - The original Zu Yong, the allusion of this poem is also true, Zu Yong relied on these four lines of poetry to get high.

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