Chapter 2: Down-and-out talents

An Xin lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked at the street outside: An Yi tilted her head to the side and closed her eyes.

"Sister, is my father not in the house today, I didn't see him when I came out in the morning." An Yi asked his sister,

An Xin turned around, "Yes, I heard my father say last night that Zhuzhi County invited him to a banquet today." ”

"Since my mother and grandfather passed away, my father has moved his family to Huayang County, and he was originally an idle rich man, but in recent years, he seems to have been moving around with the government very often." An Yi's eyes still didn't open, as if talking to himself. "I know that my father wants to make a name for me for me, but I am this idle character. A few years ago, I was admitted to Xiucai, and I thought I had sent my father away, but I didn't expect my father to become more and more concerned, and my father didn't like to study, but pressed this drudgery on me. An Yi smiled bitterly

"Brother, does this county have such great ability? Can you still interfere with scientific research? An Xin raised her brows, looking very playful,

An Yi opened his eyes, "According to the law of this dynasty, only the most basic college examination for scientific examination is held in the county, and if you are admitted, you will be a showman." ”

"It's the one my brother took the exam the year before last, right?"

"That's right, and then there is the township exam, which will be taken in Chengdu County, Chengdu Prefecture, and the six directors sent by the capital will be invigilated. Comfort Positive Color Road:

"How can that Huayang Zhixian be swayed?" An Xin asked with a puzzled expression,

The corners of An Yi's mouth rose, revealing the dimples on his left face, which were not very deep, and said mysteriously, "Do you know that the uncle of Nazhutori Zhixian is the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Officials, and his father is the political envoy of our Sichuan Chengxuan Political Envoy Division." Chengdu Liu Zhifu is already old, it is possible, next year our Zhuzhi County will become Zhuzhifu. ”

"In our Great Xia Dynasty, Sichuan Chengxuan is the biggest official in the region, right?" The younger sister continued to ask,

"You can't say that." An Yi lifted the curtain and looked outside, then turned back to his sister and said: "The Great Xia Dynasty has three divisions in each province, and the political envoy department of the Cheng Xuan Division, the criminal envoy department and the command envoy department manage the government affairs, prisons, and military affairs of a province respectively. Therefore, it can be regarded as a kind of check and balance to prevent one family from becoming dominant. An Yi looked at her sister who was at a loss.

"I don't understand what you're talking about, I just know: Daddy is a broken heart for you." An Xin held her chin with her hand, held her small mouth and said:

An Yi glanced at her sister who pretended to be an adult, "Then when will you marry yourself to your father?" ”

An Xin turned her head and slammed her small fist on her brother's shoulder, "Oops! You dead girl, even beat me, how did you get married! An Yi covered his beaten arm and grinned, "The fist is not big, and it hurts to beat someone!" ”

My sister's eyes sparkled brightly, and her long curved eyelashes rose slightly, "My sweetheart is a hero riding a white horse, wearing a white robe, holding a white bright silver spear, and leading me to gallop on the grassland....."

"Dressed in white, that's for the family's funeral, right?" An Yi interrupted: Before he finished speaking, in exchange for another raindrop of fists,

"Gotta got, count me too much, so let's do it, anyway, my father is not in the house, why don't we go to Sturgeon River Tower to eat fish?" An Yi protected his hands in front of him, An Xin waved his small fist demonstratively, "Count you as acquaintances!" ”

"Uncle Zhao, let's go to Sturgeon Tower!"

"Gotcha~"

The carriage walked forward slowly, turned the corner, and saw that there were many people on the street in front of him, three floors inside and three layers outside, densely packed, as if they were watching some kind of excitement. The carriage drove in front of the crowd, and it became difficult to move an inch.

"Give way!" Uncle Zhao frowned and raised his throat.

However, there are a lot of people, what are people talking about one by one, Uncle Zhao's voice was quickly drowned in the noise, and the crowd did not move at all.

"Uncle Zhao, let's go over by ourselves, and you can also find a happy place to wait for us." An Yi opened the curtains, took his sister's hand and got out of the car, took out a certain amount of silver from his arms and handed it to Uncle Zhao.

Uncle Zhao took the silver with a smile, "Okay young master!" With that, he turned the carriage around and walked to the corner of the street.

The brother and sister squeezed into the crowd, and saw that there was an open space in the middle of the crowd, and in the middle of the open space was a bookstall, and a man who looked like a down-and-out scholar sat under the stone steps next to the bookstall, his clothes were ragged and his face was haggard. Standing next to him were two officials with knives, and a man in coarse cloth stood in the bookshelf, gesturing with both hands and telling the official,

"Official! It's not a small and impersonal one~ Then I'm also doing a small book business, this master is good...."Saying that, the bookstall owner pointed to the man, "As long as I open a stall and stay here all day to read books, I will say that either you buy him and go home to see enough, like him, can I still do this business?" ”

After listening to the stall owner's complaints, one of the officials walked up to the man and said, "Hey! How come I haven't seen you? You're not from this county, are you? Where are you from? ”

The man didn't answer, but kept his head down.

"Hey! What do you say? Where are you from? The official raised his voice

"I'm afraid it didn't come down from Jiulong Mountain, right?" Another official took out a cross-knife and pointed at the man, and suddenly the official next to the scholar also took a step back vigilantly, and also pulled out a cross-knife and pointed at the man.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense....

An Xin tugged at her brother's cuffs, "Brother, I don't think he looks like a bad person!" ”

"I don't think so!" An Yi looked back at her sister.

"Two officials, this little brother is a distant friend of mine, recently borrowed my house, usually loves to read and doesn't like to take care of himself, he caused trouble for the stall owner, you see how many books he has read you in total, how much silver, I will pay you." An Yi walked out of the crowd and said to the two officials and the stall owner:

"Oops! Young Master An, well, since we are Young Master An's friends, then we won't ask too much. The two officials recognized An Yi, and their originally vicious expressions were immediately filled with smiling faces,

The two officials turned around and waved at the crowd, "It's all scattered!" What's there to see! ”

The crowd gradually dispersed, An Yi stepped forward in two steps, took out two ingots of silver and stuffed them into the two officials, "I'm causing trouble to the two!" The two of them took it to drink, not too little. ”

"Where is it, we still have official business, young master, please take it!" Lian's smile is even brighter,

An Xin walked to the bookshelf, "Uncle, these broken pieces of silver are enough for him to read books, right?" After speaking, he pointed to the man,

"Oh my aunt, I don't need that much!" The bookstall owner carefully took two of them, quickly collected the stall and left.

An Yi came to the man, and before he could speak, the man took the lead in raising his head and looking at An Yi.

"Why help me?"

A pair of clear eyes stood out on his dirty face, and the robe on his upper body was torn, but he could barely see that the material was not bad, but he was still wearing soap boots that had exposed his toes, which looked very incongruous.

"You mean I shouldn't be nosy?" An Yi asked rhetorically:

The man muttered, "The one who should die, there is no need for Childe to do more. ”

"Damn people don't think of actually going to the bookstall to read books, they must not be ordinary people." An Yi looked at the man,

The man was silent,

"Sturgeon Tower! Can Childe enjoy the light? An Yi pointed to the luxurious building in front of him.

"Goo~" The man who wanted to refuse the invitation was interrupted by the monologue of his stomach,

"That's it!" The man laughed and shook his head, stood up and dusted off his body, not knowing what else needed to be dusted off his robe.

An Xin took her brother's arm and walked forward, the man followed, and the three of them walked towards the Sturgeon River Tower.

"Yo! Miss An, the two of you, please! The waiter at the door of the Sturgeon River Building saw the Anyi brothers and sisters coming over, and ran over to greet him from afar, "What a coincidence, Master An, you came!" Today, we have fresh fish that has just landed here, so I'm going to get you a spicy pot for you! ”

The waiter half-hunched over, smiled at the Anyi brothers and sisters, and skillfully reported the dishes that the Anyi brothers and sisters eat most often. As long as you have been here once, the waiter of this Sturgeon River Building can remember every dish you have eaten, how spicy and less spicy, and the taste is clear, and the next time you come again, as long as you say "the same way", you can be greeted with a table of dishes that meet your taste.

"Oops~ You can't go in!" The man was stopped at the door,

"My friend~"

An Yi smiled back at the waiter,

"Yo! Father! Little eye-catching, you upstairs please! The waiter immediately changed his face on a sunny day.

Sit by the window, it is already night outside, the charming night sky is full of stars, illuminating the way home on the bluestone street, and only a restaurant like Sturgeon River Building is not willing to enter the loneliness of the night early.

"Hey~ You haven't told us what your name is." An Xin knocked on the table in front of the man with bamboo chopsticks,

On the side of the railing next to An Xin is the big lantern of the Sturgeon River Tower, and the face seems to be covered with a hazy red veil under the light, and a satin-like three thousand green silk hangs down on the side of the face, and the originally petite and beautiful face looks extremely holy under the embellishment of the starlight. A pair of jewel-like eyes flickered at the man.

"Smack!"

An Yi snapped his fingers and woke up the man who seemed to have been immersed in An Xin's beauty painting,

"Is this how all scholars stare at other people's girls?"

The man smiled embarrassedly, "My name is Jiang Ruyue, and I am from Jiangjia Village outside the city of this county......"

"Poof~" An Xin couldn't cover her mouth with a smile, "What is your big man's name Ruyue." ”

Jiang Ruyue came back to her senses at this time, "Originally, my father was an official eunuch in this county, and his family was well-off, so his life was peaceful. Later, because of the bandits who entered the county to loot, his parents were killed by bandits, and unfortunately ended up here. ”

An Yi sighed after hearing this, "Since Brother Jiang is also an official eunuch, why don't you ask relatives and friends to pay a few taels of silver to make a name for yourself?" ”

"It's a shame to say that Jiang has begged for food all the way, and he is penniless, and he can't even afford a piece of rice paper." Jiang Ruyue sighed: "There is a way to be poor in the downtown and no one asks, and the rich have distant relatives in the mountains, Jiang can be regarded as having a deep understanding, and he does not hide from his son, he has suffered a lot of cold eyes along the way, and he invited me to eat a hot meal, and the son is still the first!" ”

"You don't have to be so pessimistic, life is in this calamity, you should also cheer up, men are ambitious!" An Yi comforted like this: "You can go to my house tonight to live." ”

"How does this make .....?"

An Yi waved his hand and interrupted Jiang Ruyue, "If you don't want to be treated as mountain bandits from Jiulong Mountain by those two officials and put in a prison cell, just listen to me." ”

"That's all it can be~" Jiang Ruyue nodded

"Come on~" The waiter shouted and brought a copper pot as big as a basin to the table, and there was a burning charcoal brazier under the basin, and the basin was tumbling with red peppers, and the snow-white fish pieces were constantly turning up and down. "Qingjiang multi-flavored fish! Three-digit slow use! ”

"Come on~ let's fill our stomachs first!" Saying that, An Yi picked up the chopsticks and greeted his sister and Jiang Ruyue.