Although there is still a month before the release of the examination, Anyang County has already seen a unique atmosphere before the imperial examination, and the streets and alleys are full of scholars wearing green robes and scarves. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

All kinds of snacks also have auspicious names, such as the usual brown sugar cake is also temporarily renamed medium cake, and the reverse reading is 'high school', as well as Sanyuan chicken balls, Gongshi mutton balls, Bangyan red bean soup, Tanhua rose sugar, the tavern began to sell Zhuangyuan red, the inn opened a high promotion room, and even the brothel of the Qinglou also used a desperate weapon to seduce the scholars: choosing an oiran.

Anyang County is far more prosperous than Tangyin County, is the second largest city on Hebei West Road, with a large population and prosperous commerce.

Li Yanqing couldn't hinder Tang Huai's kindness, so he booked the inn within a month, and when he entered the city, he directly took Zhang Xian and Qin Liang to the Tang Ji Inn located on Guye Street in the north of the city.

Li Yanqing asked Zhang Xian and Qin Liang to take care of the horses outside the store for the time being, and he walked into the store quickly, the lobby of the inn was very lively, and on the left was the canteen run by the inn itself, and more than a dozen tables were full of guests.

On the right side of the wall is a long counter, which is the registration office of the hotel, and I saw a group of scholars in front of the counter shouting and agitated, and the shopkeeper is trying to persuade them to stay elsewhere.

The time of the Liberation Examination and the Xiangzhou State School Entrance Examination are almost connected, and the difference between the two is only ten days, so not only the scholars who participated in the imperial examination rushed to Xiangzhou, but also a large number of students who came to the State School to take the entrance examination.

Although there are a lot of inns in Anyang County, there are many businessmen who live in the inn, plus more than 2,000 scholars poured into the county, almost all the inns are full, these scholars seem to have found a lot of inns, and they don't want to leave when they arrive at the Tangji Inn, and they must be shopkeepers to find a way to solve their accommodation.

As soon as Li Yanqing walked to the counter, a guy walked out of the counter to greet him, clenched his fists and said apologetically: "Little official, I'm really sorry, the small shop is full, please go to another house to stay!" ”

"I'm from Tangyin County, my surname is Li, and my friend should have been in contact with you beforehand."

"Wait a minute!"

The guy asked the shopkeeper with his throat: "Shopkeeper, Li Shaolang from Tangyin County is here, is there any vacant room?" ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly left a few scholars and came over and asked, "But Brother Qing from Xiaohe Township?" ”

"Exactly, I am Li Yanqing!" Li Yanqing immediately breathed a sigh of relief, Tang Huai really had arrangements in advance.

"You should be three, right?"

Li Yanqing turned his head and pointed to Zhang Xian and Qin Liang who were leading the horses and standing at the door, "There are still two companions at the door." ”

The shopkeeper nodded and smiled: "That's right." ”

He immediately instructed his men, "Take them to the Green Pine Courtyard, where the three empty rooms are reserved for them." ”

As soon as the words fell, several scholars next to him suddenly attacked, "I clearly said that there was no vacancy just now, why is there another now, are you bullying us Linzhang people?" ”

There is a witty saying in Xiangzhou, called 'Anyang officials have two wives, Mrs. Tang, Concubine Zhang, and one room has not yet been married', which actually refers to the status of the four counties in Xiangzhou.

Anyang is the state of Xiangzhou, the economic, cultural, and political center, the head of the family, it is an official, and Tangyin County has a large population, and the grain output is second only to Anyang, so he sits on the seat of his wife.

Linzhang is more embarrassing, the total population is not less than Tangyin, but both the grain output and the number of students are not as good as Tangyin County, so it ranks third and is reduced to the status of a concubine.

There is also a Linshu County, which is close to the Taihang Mountain, which belongs to the mountainous area, and it is really not ranked, so it is called unmarried.

There is a more serious mentality in this, the people of Tangyin County look down on the people of Linzhang County, and the people of Linzhang County do not accept the people of Tangyin County.

This group of Linzhang County scholars ran several inns but did not find a place to stay, Tang Ji Inn was also full, and they were very depressed, but the three Tangyin County scholars arrived one step late but there were still empty rooms, their sensitive and self-respecting hearts were touched, isn't this just looking down on them Linzhang County people?

The five Linzhang scholars were furious and shouted together, and the shopkeeper only felt that his head was big for a while, what is this! He hurriedly explained to a group of scholars, "The people have already paid the deposit, and although the people didn't come, the room has to be left to others." ”

The shopkeeper didn't dare to say that this was ordered by the big proprietor, otherwise this group of scholars who despised the powerful would have to smash their own shop, but even so, a group of Linzhang scholars still did not give up, and insisted that the shopkeeper bullied the people of Linzhang County.

Seeing that things were a bit of a big problem, the shopkeeper had to discuss with Li Yanqing, "Little officials, Linzhang people have always been unreasonable, and I don't want to fight with them, can the little officials give them a room?" ”

"We have no problem giving up a room, but there are five of them, how can we divide it?"

The shopkeeper was a little embarrassed, so he said to several Linzhang County scholars: "This little official is reasonable, let you have a room, don't make any more trouble." ”

"How can the five of us live in one room, at least two of them must be given to us!"

Several Linzhang County scholars saw that the other party was soft, and they became even more arrogant, and another shouted: "Let's come first, the three rooms should be ours, let them go elsewhere!" ”

Li Yanqing was a little angry, this group of Linzhang scholars also kicked their noses in the face, they were kind enough to let them go, they still thought they were afraid of them?

The inn is not good to offend the guests, but Li Yanqing didn't care, he stepped forward and said: "Everyone is a scholar, everything has to be reasonable, we booked a room more than a month ago, and the three rooms should be all ours, I think everyone is a candidate for the exam, let one for you, but you are insatiable, do you think I am a good bully?" Let me tell you, now I won't let you go anywhere! ”

The five Linzhang County scholars were all in their twenties, tall and tall, and when they saw that the other party was just a teenager, they had the intention of bullying in their hearts, and they had the same heart and mind, and quickly surrounded Li Yanqing.

The shopkeeper saw that the situation was not right, and was about to step forward to persuade him, but was pulled aside by Zhang Xian, Zhang Xian said with a smile: "They don't cry when they don't see the coffin, and if they don't teach them a lesson, this matter will be endless." ”

"But the petty officials are young......"

"Huh! The shopkeeper will persuade you later! ”

The shopkeeper was suspicious, stretched his neck and looked at Li Yanqing worriedly, this is the person who was confessed by the big boss, how can he explain to the big boss if something happens?

"Little brother, do you also look down on us Linzhang people?"

The leader of the scholar said in a provocative tone: "We have three monsters in Linzhang County, the red heart radish is not a dish, the cloth shop has no cloth to sell, the scholar is worse than the hooligan, do you want to taste the power of the Linzhang scholar." ”

Li Yanqing laughed dumbly, he had also heard of the three monsters in Linzhang County, radishes were not vegetables, cloth shops did not sell cloth, donkeys ran faster than horses, but the third monster here became a scholar who is worse than a hooligan, is this threatening himself?

Generally speaking, as long as the verbal threat is in place, and a few more pushes, these teenagers will be afraid to give up the room in their hearts, and the matter will not be big, as he spoke, the leader of the soldiers reached out to push Li Yanqing, but Li Yanqing flicked his outstretched wrist with his index finger.

Li Yanqing has been practicing stone-beating skills for five years, and his finger strength is stronger than that of steel claws, but as a scholar, he doesn't want to deal with the ruffians to deal with the scholars, so he flicked his wrist and only gave a slight warning.

Under a flick, the leader of the soldiers shook violently, a kind of heart-piercing pain made him feel as if his bones had become fragments, his face changed in shock, he took a few steps back, his left hand tightly held the wrist of his right hand, and looked at Li Yanqing in fear, and several other scholars felt that something was wrong, and they all took a step back.

At this time, Li Yanqing smiled and said to the five people: "There are still a few words missing in the main hall of the inn, why don't we all offer ugliness and write a few words to the store!" ”

This is the battle of scholars, if you use your fists, don't say that there are five scholars, even if you come to fifty scholars, you are not his opponent, but martial arts are used to 'stop fighting', and it is not a fight, and it is in line with his identity as a scholar with a literary fight.

The leader already knew that the other party was powerful, but he fled in embarrassment, and his face couldn't be hung up, he heard Li Yanqing propose a word comparison, so he immediately agreed.

"Good! According to the suggestion of the younger brother, we write and fight for the house, if we lose, we are willing to leave, and we will never cheat. ”

Zhang Xian saw that Li Yanqing actually proposed Wen Dou, he was a little surprised in his heart, with the hardness of Lao Li's fists, as long as he made a slight move, several people would definitely be beaten and run away, and now he actually had to compare words.

Zhang Xian was puzzled, but he still urged the shopkeeper to hurry up and prepare pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and he stepped forward again and whispered: "Lao Li, they provoked first, why are they so polite?" ”

Li Yanqing smiled slightly, but did not answer, Zhang Xian is also a very smart person, he thought about it, and immediately realized that they were here to participate in the imperial examination, if they used martial arts, and the examiner knew about it, their virtue would be lowered, so it was better not to act rashly.

At this time, the inside and outside of the inn have been surrounded by people who have watched the excitement, everyone heard that the two groups of scholars are more interested in fighting for the room than calligraphy, and for a while, the voices of the people are boiling, and there are many discussions.

The shopkeeper and the man had prepared a pen, ink, paper and inkstone on a square table, and the five Linzhang County scholars discussed it, and the leader said to Li Yanqing: "You are young, we will let you write first." ”

It sounds like humility, but in fact they have found this teenager unfathomable, and they are afraid that they will be embarrassed by their own writing.

The reason why Li Yanqing dared to compare calligraphy with them was because as soon as he entered the door, he found that the names of the five people were attached to their luggage, which of course was written by themselves, and he was confident.

Li Yanqing did not shirk, stepped forward and picked up the pen, dipped it in thick ink, and wrote four big characters in the line of grass 'Tangshui Beihui'.

Tangshui is the mother river of Tangyin County, implying that this shop was opened by people from Tangyin County, and the owner is surnamed Tang, so it is a pun.

Li Yanqing feels that the most mastered is calligraphy, his previous life was the first prize in the calligraphy competition, plus he got the guidance of a famous teacher, and he has a very high talent, after six years of hard practice, his calligraphy and regular script have everyone's style, the pen will be like a dragon out of the water, leaping on the paper.

These four words have both cursive writing over the river and the sea, the atmosphere is majestic, and there is the agility and elegance of the calligraphy, such as the clouds and flowing water, in one go, many scholars around are people who know the goods, they have applauded, and praised wildly.

Even a dozen or so resident scholars who wanted to support the same county saw this calligraphy and retracted their necks, saving them embarrassment.

The faces of the five scholars were blue and white for a while, where could they write such words, the five of them looked at each other, and had to admit defeat, and walked out with their luggage in frustration.

Li Yanqing smiled and said, "Where is there a place to live now?" So be it! We gave up two rooms, and everyone squeezed in, all of them were readers, so we didn't have to embarrass each other. ”

The five Linzhang scholars were stunned, and the leader was both ashamed and moved, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "The junior brother is humble and repays his grievances with virtue, and we are convinced!" ”

Li Yanqing hugged his fists and saluted around, and there was a warm applause around him, cheering for his character, Li Yanqing walked back and smiled at the shopkeeper who was stunned: "Please take them in!" ”

Only then did the shopkeeper react, and he said gratefully: "Thank you for the magnanimity of the little official!" ”

He hurriedly instructed the men to take the luggage of the five Linzhang scholars in, and the five scholars thanked Li Yanqing again, although Zhang Xian and Qin Liang were a little unhappy in their hearts, they couldn't say anything.

Li Yanqing smiled, then beckoned Zhang Xian and Qin Liang, and the three of them also followed the guy to the backyard, and the shopkeeper ordered another guy to lead the three people's horses to the backyard livestock shed.

At this time, there was a middle-aged man in the crowd outside the lobby who did not leave, I saw that he was tall, wearing a purple soap coat, wearing a gauze hat, his face was like a crown of jade, his nose was straight and his mouth was square, and his green beard under his chin was trimmed very neatly.

He saw that Li Yanqing had already entered the inn, so he said a few words to an entourage behind him, and the entourage walked forward quickly, asked the shopkeeper for the four words written by Li Yanqing, and presented them to the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man carefully tasted for a moment, couldn't help but nod, and said to the two entourages around him: "Look at virtue by deeds, look at people by words, although this son is young, but he is gentle and humble, tolerant and tolerant. ”

"Master, according to the regulations, we can't show up on the streets of Anyang!" An attendant whispered.

"I know!"

The middle-aged man immediately got into the carriage, and the carriage drove quickly in the direction of Gongyuan.