When Li Yuanhao encountered his lifelong rival and attacked Yak City, Fang Zhongyong also ushered in his biggest opponent since his rebirth, Huang Zhen.

Do you still remember Xia Yuhe on the shore of Daming Lake, uh no, is it Sister Huang Zhen in Linjiang Tower? Although Huang Zhen was defeated for a while, as the solution approached, Huang Zhen's spirit seemed to be high again. Well, it's actually the market that is going up.

As mentioned earlier, the Song people are good at gambling. Although it is not like some gamblers in later generations who sit on the side of the road and bet on whether the license plate number of a car is single or double, but bet on which Qinglou has the first card to win the Oiran, bet on the victory or defeat of Song Liao's war, and even bet on whether the son born to the fifteenth concubine of Qian Weiyan is his species.

In short, everything from national affairs to the privacy of literati can become the reason for gambling. For such a big event as the Jiangnan West Road test, it is really "not in line with my country's national conditions" not to gamble.

The highest voice of Xie Yuan this time was not Fang Zhongyong, but Huang Zhen of Fenning County, which is under the jurisdiction of Hongzhou. Kiss or not, hometown people! Of course, this is Fang Zhongyong's sour idea, the fact is that Huang Zhen became famous earlier and became more famous. When Huang Zhen's reputation spread all over Hongzhou, who knew which green onion Fang Zhongyong's peasant baby was? As for Fang Zhongyong's luck to win the first place in the Xiucai test, it was purely a blind cat that ran into a dead mouse and stepped on the dog's excrement.

It's enough to step on it once, but can you step on it twice?

Unlike Fang Zhongyong's low-key study with peace of mind and earning some pocket money by the way, Huang Zhen took the high-level route.

Since Xiucai was pressed by Fang Zhongyong, Huang Zhen learned from the pain, and between the high-ranking officials and dignitaries every day, the true colors of "courtesans" were fully revealed. Today I chanted a poem with Xungui, tomorrow I talked about it with Xuezheng, and the day after tomorrow I went to an entertainment venue to drink a flower wine, and I was very busy.

Anyway, there are no strict evaluation criteria for the level of a talent. As long as the examiner thinks your poetry is good, even if you write a "piece, two, three, or four", you can boast of a flower. If you hurt the examiner, hehe.

If it weren't for the fact that this Jiangnan West Road was different from other places, Hongzhou Zhizhou was not concurrently served by the pacification envoy along the way, and the pacification made Lord Du Yannian old and frail, and he was about to become a scholar, and he was not interested in promoting the backwards, so he could basically announce that the road Xie Yuan was Huang Zhen.

As a result, Huang Zhen's odds for Xie Yuan became one to two, and Fang Zhongyong's odds plummeted to one to seven, ranking fourth below Wang Anshi and another previous talent.

Of course, these are all told to Fang Zhongyong by Yan Juhou, who has an uneven face.

Fang Zhongyong saw that Yan Juhou was still angry, and said happily: "Thank you Demao for your trust in the little brother, there is no need to be angry, right?" But I don't know who Demao bought in the end to win? ”

Yan Juhou said very confidently: "Of course it's to buy - Huang Zhen!" Looking at Fang Zhongyong, who was pointing at him angrily, he smiled and said, "I also bought Wenyuan's." It's a hundred times! Of course, I bought a little more of Huang Zhen, five hundred guan! ”

Fang Zhongyong couldn't cry or laugh: "Even you don't think well of me?" No, I'm going to buy a hundred of them too, and I'll win by myself. Of course, in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, buy another 100 Huang Zhen. ”

Approaching the test, the weather should have been high and crisp in autumn, but God seemed to have eaten a bad stomach, a bubble, uh no, one autumn rain after another kept falling. The so-called autumn rain and a cold, when you only need to wear single clothes, you actually have to wear jackets to not feel cold. There was a famous misunderstanding in later generations, southerners thought that northerners were frost-resistant, and northerners thought that the south was not cold. In fact, it is not cold in the south, if it is a sunny day. When it rains, the cold air seems to come out all at once, burrowing into your bone marrow. One day it's shorts and sandals, and the next day it's probably a windbreaker jacket.

At a time when normal people feel cold and unbearable, it is even more difficult for Huang Zhen's delicate body. Huang Zhen, a suspected asthma patient, did not disappoint Fang Zhongyong to become ill, and according to a large group of people who bought him to win, he seems to be very sick.

Although I don't know how Huang Zhen ran to Hongzhou to take the test in a time and space (Hu Zhen sighed and hurriedly hidden, hiding his merit and fame), but historical records say that Huang Zhen failed to participate in the palace examination due to illness after winning the three yuan of the national eunuch, Kaifeng Mansion and the Ministry of Rites. Emperor Renzong gave medicine to soothe, but the emperor did not have any "viagra", and he couldn't let Huang Zhen regain his strength all of a sudden. In this way, Huang Zhen lived crookedly for five years and hung up.

On the day of the exam, Huang Zhen, who Fang Zhongyong thought would never happen, actually walked into the examination shed with a ruddy face and high morale, which really shocked the jaws of a large number of people, and also rekindled the hope of those who bet on Huang Zhen to win.

Fang Zhongyong was also surprised, this guy still knows the art of war of "virtual is real, real is virtual"? Whatever, didn't Mr. Jin say "he is strong, let him be strong", we are not bad!

Fight, boy!

After searching his intestines and scraping his stomach, pondering and meditating, and with great effort, Fang Zhongyong finally completed a poem and a fu. - Well, that's an exaggeration. Fang Zhongyong just found some words to suit the situation, changed the rhyme, removed the taboo words and sentences, and then modified and polished it. After carefully checking it, I had just seriously transcribed it on the test paper when I heard a commotion in the examination room.

Someone shouted: "Huang Gongzi fainted!" ”

Immediately, the sergeant in charge of patrolling the field stopped the sound of these unriver crabs, and the examiner urgently ordered Huang Gongzi, who had fainted, to be sent to the hospital for treatment.

Although I don't know who Huang Gongzi is, I think that Huang Zhen's chances of winning the lottery are calculated by probability. First, Huang Gongzi is a "sentimental and sick body", and secondly, if he is an ordinary scholar, he is afraid that he will not cause such a big movement. Three, Fang Zhongyong still hopes that Huang Gongzi will win the lottery.

On the third day, after leaving the examination room, Fang Zhongyong got the confirmed news.

Huang Zhen Gongzi did win the lottery, and his already sick body borrowed the medicine of the tiger and wolf to forcibly urge his own potential. As a result, his body was overdrawn, and he had no kidney treasure to eat, and after struggling to write his resignation, Huang Zhen felt that his body was hollowed out, like an inflatable doll, uh no, he fainted.

In this test, the Zeng brothers and the Yan brothers all participated, and they were all tested to be scorched on the outside and tender on the inside, steaming, and soft.

Because the Song Dynasty attached great importance to the examination solution, from the selection of examiners at the beginning, to the identification of candidates, to the locking of the courtyard, sealing the mi, and transcribing, all were extremely strict. Among them, the identity of scholars is particularly strict, and those who are not locals, those who conceal their worries, those who are miscellaneous in business and commerce, those who have been monks, those who have committed criminal responsibilities, and those whose grandfathers have committed crimes of ten or more crimes are not allowed to apply for the examination. To a certain extent, the fairness of the examination is guaranteed, such as the solicitation and fraud during the Xiucai examination, there is no market at all.

Five days later, when the list was announced, Huang Zhen's unexpected defeat did not set off any waves.

Even if someone is found to be ineligible for the exam and is deposed, there will be no one who will not open their eyes to question the fairness of the examiner. In addition to the fact that the person who made the wrong bet to buy Huang Zhen to win was mournful, the whole atmosphere was still very river crab, and even a little cheerful. After all, among the nearly 3,000 candidates, being selected as one of the 50 lucky ones can really be said to be a reflection of luck and strength.

If you can get the understanding yuan, it is simply a green smoke rising from the ancestral tomb. At this time, the entire 27th Road of the Great Song Dynasty tested 27 Xie Yuan, and there were 27 ancestral tombs smoking. Fortunately, the ancestral tomb of Fang Zhongyong's family is also smoking, uh no, Fang Zhongyong High School knows Yuan. Although some people later said far-fetchedly, seeing the green smoke of the Fang clan's ancestral hall, there was a faint tendency to turn into a dragon, it was really not enough to believe.

Fang Zhongyong was in a trance, when he saw Yan Juhou's face striding towards him as if he had been blackened by green smoke for too long, and he kept muttering, "I'm angry."

Fang Zhongyong looked at the list, no problem. Although Yan Chengyu is not famous on the list, Yan Juhou has not fallen behind Sun Shan! (The name falls behind a person named Sun Shan, who was last on the list at the time.) As for Zeng Ye, he fell first, Zeng Gong won more than 40 places, and he passed the test. Wang Anshi's guy was lucky to get the second place in the exam, and the ancestral tomb was also a little puff of smoke.

Fang Zhongyong hurriedly asked the reason, Zeng Ye smiled and quipped: "Why else?" Demao didn't believe in Wenyuan's strength, and placed a heavy bet on Huang Zhen, but the result was naturally lost. Unlike me, I have a lot of confidence in my virtuous brother, and I bet all five hundred on my virtuous brother. Haha, a full profit of 3,000 yuan! Hahahaha! ”

The bear child Yan Chengyu pouted and said, "Didn't you fail the exam either?" What are you proud of? ”

This is very inappropriate, and Yan Juhou is busy apologizing.

Zeng Ye waved his hand and said: "Tong Yan Wuji, how can I be as knowledgeable as him." Besides, what Cheng Yu said is also the truth, I don't know what I am about myself? If it weren't for my father's close care, flying eagles and intoxicated flowers and willows would be my favorite. Besides, although I was disappointed in the examination room, the casino was proud, and it can be regarded as a lost harvest. ”

Fang Zhongyong also persuaded: "Shu Mao is open-minded. The younger brother once heard a monk recite a verse, and he was worried about hurting the Sanskrit line, and he was afraid of not falling into the city when he entered the mountain. The world is safe and perfect, and it lives up to its promise. Gift to Shu Mao today. ”

Yan Juhou laughed and said: "This monk has six impure roots, but I am afraid that he will be disappointed again." It's just that Wen Yuan, you solved the yuan in high school, and made a small amount of money in the casino, but you don't know where to find the method of double perfection? ”

Fang Zhongyong pretended to be mysterious and said: "Little brother really has a secret, are you willing to hear it?" ”

The people were interested, and they listened to it. Fang Zhongyong smiled and said: "Without him, Shuangquan wine ears!" Everyone laughed.

Zeng Gong said: "Wenyuan High School Xie Yuan, I should wait for my congratulations." Big brother, you got so much money, don't be stingy later. ”

Zeng Ye waved his hand: "You still need to say it!" Wenyuan High School Xie Yuan is well deserved, Zigu was lucky, and it also depends on Wenyuan's strength. Nowadays, the autumn crab has been fat, and the above good rice wine is accompanied by it, which is really delicious in the world, and you children will just drink rice wine. As for a few of us, we naturally have to dry a few jars of Shuangquan wine first, so that I can wait for the good students to experience the Shuangquan Wonderful Method. ”

At that time, the autumn crabs were plump, with a lot of crab yellow and crab paste, and then rice wine was used to remove the fishy flesh in the mouth, and a group of people ate it happily.

Fang Zhongyong's white and yellow drank together, and he was a little drunk after a while.

Yan Juhou shouted: "Today's grand event, how can there be no poetry? Wenyuan, but there are good poems, come quickly. ”

Fang Zhongyong said: "What's so difficult? Let's listen to the song "Nanxiangzi".

February is a small spring. Put the plum blossom as the champion. Three days after Chongqing Licheng, he was born virtuous. The first dragon flies by accident.

Persuade the wine to play the strings. More dressed in class clothes and longevity immortals. See that the sea altar sand rises also, next year. This night is off, and I am near. ”

Zeng Gong tasted it and said: "This song is very heroic. It's just that it seems that Wen Yuan has some other ideas? Do you want to come together? ”

Fang Zhongyong saw that Yan Rongyue's face was flushed, and hurriedly rounded the field: "Drunk nonsense, there are many inappropriate, please forgive me!" ”

Yan Juhou saw that Fang Zhongyong was in a dilemma, and there was a posture that was getting darker and darker, and he hurriedly said: "Today is exhausted." There are still big things to do tomorrow, Wen Yuan should not be greedy. ”