Chapter 21 The Imperial Examination
A good table of noodles was eaten cleanly, Cheng Ming and Xue Rong drank tea slowly, the vague voice of the storyteller in their ears, and the smell of wine and coriander in their noses.
Cheng Ming only felt extremely calm in his heart.
It seems that the fatigue of this day has gradually dissipated.
Xue Rong filled Cheng Ming with tea, and suddenly sighed, "Dao Chief, I may have to leave!" ”
"Huh?" Cheng Ming said strangely: "Where are you going?" ”
"This year, the imperial court opened Enke, and I am ready to try it again." Xue Rong shook his coat and said with a wry smile: "Nine years ago, I was lucky to be a showman, at that time I was high-spirited, young and flamboyant, thinking that fame was at my fingertips, and it wouldn't take long to enter the court, and it was not a dream to enter the future in the future." How do you know that Sun Shan has been famous for nine years, and nothing has been accomplished.
During this period, my father passed away, and the burden of the family's business was on my shoulders again, so I had less time to study. In order to provide for my family and honor my mother, I have more and more dealings with account books, and I rarely read the historical records of poetry.
I thought I was disheartened and lived like this for the rest of my life. How do you know that when you hear the news, you will be moved again. ”
Cheng Ming listened quietly, Xue Rong put the teacup aside, took the wine jug and drank it all, wiped his mouth and said, "Actually, I also know that if I don't read books at ordinary times, it's completely useless to hold on to my feet temporarily." But I can't give up, I want to try again one last time, try my luck, if I can't do it again, I will completely die! ”
He took another sip and sighed.
Cheng Ming pulled the wine jug out of his hand, pushed over a cup of tea, and said, "It's not a bad thing to be obsessed with fame." But there's one thing I want to ask first, and you have to answer me honestly. Did you go to the imperial examination to be a scholar, or to become an official? ”
"This ......"
Xue Rong opened his mouth to speak, but when he saw Cheng Ming's serious eyes, he hesitated for a moment, and then he said in a hurry: "After all, the imperial examination is the step of a scholar, I ...... it."
"Alright, I know what you mean!"
Cheng Ming thought about it, snapped his fingers, and the card album appeared on the table out of thin air.
Xue Rong's eyes widened, and his face was full of surprise.
Cheng Ming ignored him, took out a blank card with his backhand, and shook it lightly on the teacup, and the teacup disappeared directly.
This card is then stacked with new blank cards.
After stacking more than a dozen cards in a row, this is the only way to stop.
With a light wipe on the card album with his hand, he grabbed a palm-sized small card album out of thin air, and the page size could only hold one card, which was four times smaller than Cheng Ming's hand.
He inserted a card into the small card album, and gently wiped it on it, and four words appeared on the card album: "Cheng Ji Tea House!" ”
Cheng Ming pushed the small card album over and said, "You take this, there is a card in it that can lead to an independent space." Tomorrow night, all you have to do is take out the card and stick it on your forehead, and it will automatically enter this space. I'll open a tea house in there and visit it from time to time, so we can see each other often! ”
Xue Rong picked up the card album and screamed softly, a small wound on his index finger flashed, and a trace of blood fused into the small card album.
Cheng Ming smiled slightly, very satisfied with his setting.
Although it hurt, Xue Rong didn't care, he grabbed the card album in his hand and looked at it over and over again.
Suddenly, he snapped his fingers on a whim, and the small card album disappeared out of thin air.
Hit another one, and magically appeared in his hands.
Xue Rong tried and tested several times and laughed.
"Good baby, this is a good baby!"
Cheng Ming drank tea calmly, and he went crazy for a while, and then knocked on the table, "Remember what I just said?" ”
"Remember, remember, Cheng Ji Tea House. I don't know how you're going to make the tea house a small card, but it's magical. Can you get in if you put it on your forehead? ”
Cheng Ming nodded.
"Can everyone use it?"
Cheng Ming shook his head.
"So, only I can use it?" Xue Rong said in surprise.
Cheng Ming looked at him like a fool and stopped talking.
Xue Rong scratched his head and said, "In other words, as long as we enter this tea house, we can meet often, no matter where we are, it's as if we didn't leave." Right? ”
"There is no distance limit!" Cheng Ming said lightly: "I haven't built the tea house yet, don't come in before you go out of the city, wait until you get out of the city." I won't send you off then, and it's the same as if I didn't leave anyway! ”
Xue Rong nodded again and again, playing with the card album over and over again, and muttered in his mouth: "It's so amazing, it's so magical!" ”
Cheng Ming shook his head, pointed to the family next to him and said, "Your master is drunk, hurry up and get him back!" ”
After speaking, he got up directly, didn't even say hello, pushed the door and left.
Xue Rong didn't care at all, he was still chattering.
Several family members glanced at each other with a wry smile, and hurriedly stepped forward to persuade each other, pulling hard, coaxing and cheating, and then Xue Rong was brought home.
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The first small card album was given to Xue Rong, and Cheng Ming had his own considerations.
After all, it is a feudal society, and the official standard is deep-rooted, and if a Xiucai becomes a magistrate, at least the sources will help to a certain extent.
Hanshan Gate was not in a hurry, Cheng Ming waited for them to send it to the door again.
The whimsical Cheng Ji Teahouse can also be regarded as another use of card space. As a place of secret communication, such an independent space should be of the highest level.
And the three people in the family have also been in the teahouse business for a few days, and they have more or less experience and can be transplanted directly.
Anbu walked home in a car, and there was no doubt that it was empty.
There seemed to be some noise, it was the direction of the teahouse, Cheng Ming listened attentively, and someone was singing a minor tune, babbling with a lot of taste, and applauding.
However, Cheng Ming had no love for this thing, and after listening to it for a few ears, he went straight back to his room.
Raised his hand and snapped his fingers, threw the prepared card into the air, took a big step forward, and the whole person disappeared in an instant.
In the card space, Cheng Ming appeared suddenly.
I can't see the size here, and there is no front and back up and down, you can walk sideways, and there is no discomfort with your head down, and you are very free.
In the center of the space, a teacup floats quietly, which is the only seal.
After standing quietly for a while, he took out his small pipe with his backhand, and the thoughts of his whole body gradually moved upwards and gathered in the chest cavity.
Cheng Ming took a deep breath of smoke, like a long whale sucking water, and the wind was very amazing.
There was a sudden pause, and a large cloud of white smoke shot out, instantly spreading the entire card space.
The white smoke was tangled and tangled, spreading in all directions, as if it was irregular, but it seemed to be being manipulated.
The white smoke suddenly condensed, the inflated smoke instantly tightened, and a pure white teahouse appeared out of thin air as if by magic.