Chapter 387: Torment

Sun Dan: "I didn't tell you to feed everyone in this yard." ”

Guan Shanyue slapped himself on the head at this time: "Cough, look at my brain, why can't I turn around, I thought that Mr. asked me to send wine and food to everyone, I am just a small boss, and there are people in charge of it, but I am not so bold." If you only give food to the gentleman, it will be simple. You wait, the little one will arrange it. ”

After speaking, Guan Shanyue called a henchman, muttered a few words in his ear, and the soldier ran away quickly.

Sun Dan said a few more words to Guan Shanyue, and after a while, the soldier came over with a food box.

Sun Dan took it, said thank you, and went back to the house.

is worthy of being a soldier in the army, the food prepared by Guan Shanyue is not very exquisite, only a roast chicken and two braised pig's trotters, and a small pot of rice wine, this thing is hungry after eating.

Sun Dan was happy in his heart, and was about to eat, but when he remembered "Mao" Cheng, he decided to send him some. But after thinking about it, this "Mao" Lord is a pedantic person, if he sends it over, he is afraid that he will be dragged to ask questions about the east and west, and the trouble will rise, but Guan Shanyue will be exposed. Moreover, as a person of "Mao" Cheng, he will definitely distribute this bit of food equally among all the officials of the Ministry of Rites. There are so many people, a roast chicken and two pig's trotters, and in the end, it is estimated that only a piece the size of a fingernail can fall into Sun Dan's hands, and he will starve as a result.

Thinking of this, Sun Dan also dispelled this thought.

After eating half a chicken and drinking a pot of rice wine, Sun Dan sat for a while, his heart was also troubled, looking at the situation in front of him, this "Mao" Shangshu is considered a queen mother, and the two of them can't tell the winner in a few days. Poor Sun Dan might as well participate in the palace examination and be confident that he can win the first place. According to the time calculation, the papers of the temple examination should be completed tonight, and the rankings will be dispatched.

According to the imperial court system, the top ten papers in the palace examination should be sent to the emperor's desk for him to see before tomorrow morning. After reading the scrolls, the emperor circled one, two, and three from these ten scrolls, and released them, and the champions, lists, and tanhuas of this subject were selected. By noon, the top three should ride horses and wear flowers.

Now, it's too late.

Although Sun Dan doesn't like this kind of false name, he is not present on this big day, which is inevitably a little melancholy.

He can only relax his heart now: fame, fortune and gods are all floating clouds, and my Sun Dan doesn't care about these.

This night, Sun Dan was bored, and no one could get it.

His room was right opposite "Mao" Cheng, during which Sun Dan got up a few nights because of drinking cold wine, and saw that "Mao" Shangshu had not slept all the time, just sitting in the middle of the room, holding a book in his hand. His door was wide open, and there was no intention of shutting it. The so-called gentleman must not speak to others, and everything must be shown to others, the old "Mao" is an old-school celebrity and has no habit of closing the door.

This has to be admired.

After a night of nothing, when he got up early in the morning of the second day, Sun Dan saw that the officials of the Ministry of Rites were all pale, obviously hungry.

But there was still no one in the palace to bring breakfast.

Until noon, no one paid any attention.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites were also stubborn, gritted their teeth and insisted, and sat silently in their rooms.

It's a bit like a hunger strike in later generations.

Relying on the food sent by Shangyue yesterday, Sun Dan had another day, and by the evening, the palace examination list should have come out, and the top three street tours were over, at this time, Sun Dan's reading and examination career was finally over, but I don't know how many places he won in the end.

He felt that it was not a way for him and 'Mao' Shangshu to carry it here and here, so he had to find 'Mao' Cheng head-on: "Lord 'Mao', I heard from the soldiers guarding the courtyard just now that the Queen Mother did not forbid us to leave. ”

"Mao" Cheng's face is so white that he is afraid of people, but he is still very energetic when he talks to people, and his eyes are bright and afraid of people. He 'touched' his beard and said lightly: "Does Master Sun mean that we should go back to the capital at this moment, but if you see Your Majesty later, you don't know how to reply?" ”

Sun Dan smiled bitterly: "It's not easy to reply when I see Your Majesty, but we can also leave the palace first, go to Tongzhou City to eat something and come back, everyone is so hungry that they can't stand it!" ”

"Go to Tongzhou and leave the palace, is it to satisfy your appetite?" "Mao" Cheng's eyes were full of dissatisfaction, and he looked at Sun Dan with reproachful eyes.

Sun Dan was a little embarrassed: "Please also ask Master 'Mao' for advice." ”

"You, you, you can ask other people if they would like to go to Tongzhou temporarily." Mao Cheng set his eyes on the few officials in the room.

Several other officials bowed their hands at the same time: "Master Mao, my generation is also virtuous, and I will never bow my head." ”

"Haha, that's right, that's how it should be!" "Mao" Cheng laughed loudly: "If we leave the palace now, just to go to Tongzhou for dinner, won't we let the Queen Mother Xing laugh at them." We are not afraid of power, we are in the right direction, we are holding the ethics program, we have a righteous spirit in our chests, and we must not lose this morale. I don't believe that the Queen Mother Xing dared to starve us all to death. ”

Sun Dan said angrily: "Lord Mao, I won't starve to death, I'm afraid that the Queen Mother will starve us half to death, and then there will be any morale." ”

Before he finished speaking, Mao Cheng closed his eyes.

Sun Dan was also bored, so he had to go back to the room to drink tea. Fortunately, there was still a supply of tea, and the Queen Mother did not cut off the water to the people in the Ministry of Rites.

At noon, Guan Shanyue quietly sent a food box, which was also a big meat thing, and it was so delicious that the corners of Sun Dan's mouth were oily.

In the evening, there was still no dinner delivered, and there were already officials lying in bed hungry. Sun Dan really couldn't stand it, so he ran to 'Mao' Cheng and said: "My lord, it's not a way to go on like this, things should still be faced bravely, otherwise, you and I will go to see the Queen Mother again and fight for it." ”

"Mao" Cheng still has that faint look: "I am an ambassador sent by the imperial court, and if I want to see me, Queen Xing should also see me." ”

Sun Dan was so angry that he paused to his feet: "Come on, adults don't go, I'll go by myself." If we continue like this, we won't be able to survive the Queen Mother! ”

After saying this, Sun Dan walked quickly to the gate of the courtyard and said to Guan Shanyue, who was on duty: "Guan Shanyue, take me to see the Queen Mother, I have something important to say." ”

"Yes, please come with me, sir."

As Guan Shanyue couldn't walk a few steps in the palace, she came to the queen mother's bedroom.

The Queen Mother seemed to have just woken up from a nap and was grooming in front of the mirror.

Sun Dan stood outside the house and said loudly: "Sun Dan, the magistrate of Fangshan County, asks to see the Queen Mother." ”

"Smack!" A small lacquer box was thrown out of the window, and the queen mother's voice was very annoyed: "Yo, it turns out that the magistrate who has won the emperor's power is here, hum, I dare to pretend in front of the palace, someone is here, drag him in for me, and see how I clean up this blind minion!" ”