Chapter Twenty-Three: The Civil and Military Contest (I)

On the May Daughter's Day, tie the Dragon Boat Festival lock, wear mugwort leaves, and five poisonous spirit runes. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info Wan custom from the first day of May to the fifth day of the first month, as a little girl, as a very beautiful state, the married daughter also returned to Ning, because it is called the daughter's day - "Wan Department Miscellaneous"

The Ming Dynasty also called the Dragon Boat Festival the Daughter's Festival.

The origin of the Dragon Boat Festival is very extensive, and the Jingchu generation commemorates Qu Yuan's actions, but in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, it is more inclined to commemorate Wu Zixu.

Jiangsu and Zhejiang have a lot of water, at the end of April and the beginning of May, you can see that dragon boat races have been prevalent in various waters, the most prosperous of which is the Qiantang River, the first to the fourth day of the first day of the new year is full of all kinds of dragon boats.

Dozens of young and strong tide makers are coquettish on the Qiantang, from time to time to attract a cheer from the onlookers, cheers, those young tide makers more and more hard, they are thousands of postures, very good-looking.

Let the tide stand at the head of the tide, and the red flag is not wet. Don't come to the dream to look at it, the dream is still cold!

From the first day to the third day of the Lunar New Year, the Qiantang River, and even the entire Qiantang County, are such a grand occasion, but on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, those tide makers and small pavilion ladies no longer go to fight and play with the Qiantang River.

Street shops, taverns, mansions, gambling houses, the streets and alleys of the entire Qiantang County are the most bets, but don't think that Qiantang people are addicted to gambling, it is really this kind of scene of the first two cases to be seen in a lifetime.

Moreover, the relationship in this is complicated, the people in the streets and alleys are talking about it, and some people on the street even sorted out a picture of the relationship between the Fang family, the Chen family, and the Li family, which is very popular in the streets and alleys, and even sorted out all the possible relationships between Chen Yu, Fang Xiaomei, Fang Xun, Li Ziqi, and Li Wu, and almost did not pick out the eight generations of their ancestors.

Those men basically bet for a little money, while those women are simply for Chen Yu and Fang Xun.

These two young men are very handsome, and they are already the head of the hospital examination at a young age, although Fang Xun did not win the case before the age of three, but they all believe that after three years of precipitation, Fang Xun is not a problem this time.

As for this Chen Yu, it is even more powerful, he won the first place in the first hospital examination, and was favored by the scholars and county lords, and his future prospects are also limitless!

Originally, the two should have won or lost, but since it was rumored that the civil and military questions were all produced by the Fang family, those who were still hesitant to bet on the small guys rushed to give Fang Xun a lot of silver.

On Chen's house, Chen Dafu was anxious, I don't know how many times he greeted Li Bi's old immortal, and now he is still reading in his mouth: "Li Peel, this scoundrel, shameless, what did the ancestors do to give birth to such a virtuous grandson, oh, you are good, pouting out of the shit, pouting a bubble of shit, mother, you are eating, you are afraid of being embarrassed, my Chen family is not afraid of being embarrassed?" It's all cheap, you fucking stupid? ”

"Daddy...... Calm down, calm down! Chen Yu snickered and dissuaded.

"Stinky boy, I'm still in the mood to laugh, I'm going to try it tomorrow, look at your body, you're still competing, a gust of wind can blow you to the capital division!" Chen Dafu said worriedly: "If it's a competition, you will admit defeat directly!" Don't be afraid of being embarrassed, don't hurt yourself, you have to take exams in the future, you can't go wrong! ”

Over there, Zhu Shou listened to Chen Dafu's words, and he also smiled, he gloated: "This body can't blow Jingshi, at most it will blow to Shanxi......"

"You stinky boy, you're also making trouble, when is it?" Chen Dafu glanced at Zhu Shou.

"Don't blame my father for being verbose, you said that you have finally saved up your reputation, if you lose both games tomorrow, then my Chen family will never be able to raise their heads, if they really marry the daughter of the Fang family in the future, I don't know how many grievances I will suffer!" Chen Dafu said.

"Who wants to marry that little plum and big apricot!" Chen Yu muttered.

"Unless his family withdraws from the marriage, you will be married!" Chen Dafu said.

A few years ago, when Shen Can was still Chen Yu, he went to Fangfu and had a relationship with Fang Xiaomei, that woman Bingxue is smart, very handsome, but very powerful, such a woman is not only him Shen Can, even if it is Chen Yu, he will not marry!

"Dad, how do you know I'm going to lose? Maybe he happened to know how to ask questions? You must know that Mr. Tang has taught me a lot of things! Chen Yu said.

But when he said this, he was very empty in his heart, damn, in this world, what topic can't be made? There is no first, there is no second, the initiative is in their hands, it is very difficult to win!

"That's right! I believe Chen Yu, I asked Liu Gong to buy you twenty taels! Zhu Shou said.

Looking at Zhu Shou's blind confidence, Chen Yu was very relieved, at least there was someone to support him!

However, Chen Yu really didn't have so much burden in his heart, and it didn't matter to him Chen Yu if he couldn't win, so Chen Yu slept quite peacefully this night.

In the early morning of the fifth day of the fifth month of May, it was only the fifth watch, and the mandala near the small city god temple in Baoanfang was already crowded with dense people, and a few people who set up stalls shouted: "Come, bet now, buy and leave, and give a front seat to the front row of five taels!" ”

The sun was rising, Fan Dianshi came over with a few small officials, and there were two people in the middle of them, wearing green Luo clothes with soap collars, white yarn with soap collars, red Luo clothes with soap edges, and red Luo covering their knees.

This is the clothing worn by officials in the Ming Dynasty during sacrifices, which is different from the official and regular clothes on weekdays.

The altar wall enshrines a whole suckling pig, rice and other sacrificial utensils, the altar wall is intact all around, Changchuan is clean, just look at it to know that Qiantang County must be sacrificed according to the time, its meaning is the sincerity of the gods!

At this time, the history of the Fan Dian began to sing: "The major events of the country, so pray for the people, now there is Qiantang County to order Master Li to hide the wall, the master of the bookkeeper to worship the shrines of Sheji, mountains and rivers, thunderstorms, and city gods, in order to ask the gods to bless the people of Qiantang with a bumper harvest." ”

If it is said that when people are the most sincere, it is a sacrifice, whether it is the people of the whole city or even the county magistrate and the soap official are very pious when worshipping.

After the sacrifice is completed, there is Fan Dianshi who continues to sing: "The gods are blessed, the Zhejiang consulate is eleven, the state is one, the county is seventy-five, my Qiantang has been prosperous for decades, and now there are two heads, and all the flowers fall in my Qiantang County, which is not magnificent!" ”

"For the pleasure of the fish people, after the appointment of the two heads of the case, there is a unique civil and military competition for entertainment, and now the first talent of the county is invited to be Fang Xun and Chen Yu, the head of the case."

Not far from the periphery of the altar, there is a restaurant called "Staying in the Guest House", in which there is a man and a woman, the man is dressed in white, handsome and handsome, and the woman is wearing goose yellow, with a confident smile on her face.

She said: "Brother, you are going to appear, this martial arts question is my research on the history of the Qiantang River combined with the 12 years of Hongzhi, not to mention Chen Tingyu, even the learned people of the dynasty may not be able to answer, today you will be famous!" ”

"Heh, even if you still have a little conscience, if you help your future husband, I won't say anything!" Fang Xun waved his sleeves and left.

As soon as he went out, Fang Xiaomei's eyes showed a touch of disdain, and she said in a low voice: "Waste! ”

Even for his little sister, Fang Xun has complaints in his heart, why did I suffer so much that month, and why did all the wisdom be added to you? Why!

Out of the restaurant, he changed to a warm smile, looked like a beautiful woman, held a folding fan, and walked calmly towards the altar.

He had a handsome face, and this appearance caused an uproar all around, and a woman shook the husband beside him vigorously, looking very excited, and said: "Why don't you look like the son of the house!" ”

Fang Xun looked around, and when he really saw Ziqi, the daughter of Li County Order, he smiled at him.

Li Ziqi also looked around at the moment, but she never saw Chen Yu, seeing that Fang Xun was smiling at herself, she also smiled politely, and her heart also jumped, this Fang Xun is a handsome son, a few points more handsome than Chen Yu's appearance, a few points higher than Chen Yu, and much more serious than Chen Yu!

"Brother, what did you do? Looking for a Chen Yu for so long! Li Ziqi asked.

"Uh...... I forgot about this stubble, just when I saw someone betting, I put down twenty taels of silver, got two front row positions, let's go, let's go to the play! Li Wu said excitedly.

"Twenty taels? So much? Who did you bet on? Li Ziqi followed Li Wu to the position closest to the altar and sat down.

"Nonsense, naturally it's Chen Yu!" Li Wudao.

Li Ziqi complained: "Why are you betting on that bad guy? ”

In fact, she doesn't care who she bets, she doesn't care how much money she has, anyway, she has an idea of doing it against Chen Yu in her heart, and she doesn't know why!

"Hehe, I'll bet on him to lose!" Li Wu said proudly: "It's just that the odds are a little lower, five out of ten for one, and these twenty taels will earn ten taels at most!" Do you think my brother is very good at making money? ”

Li Ziqi: "You ......"

After a long time, Chen Yu was still missing, and someone in the crowd inevitably said: "Isn't that Chen Yu afraid?" Automatically abstained? ”

Fang Xun on the stage was also very strange, he looked at Fan Xi, which seemed to be asking.

But how did Fan Xi know what was going on? I am also underestimating in my heart, isn't Chen Yu really afraid?

In Chen's mansion, Chen Yu was still sleeping soundly, and after a while, he heard Zhu Shou panting and shouting, "Chen Yu...... Chen Tingyu, huh? Turns out you're still sleeping! ”

Chen Yu squinted, and after seeing Zhu Shou, he asked lazily, "Why are you out of breath?" ”

"What? The whole Qiantang County is waiting for you, your face is so big, I thought you went early, but who knew that I didn't see you in the middle of the ring, but you were in the ...... after running back Are you lacking in eyes? Or did you automatically throw in the towel? Zhu Shou hurriedly said: "You can't admit defeat, I bet on you for twenty taels!" ”

"Ouch, forgot about that!" Chen Yu slapped his forehead.

"Can you forget this?" Zhu Shou was speechless.

Chen Yu hurriedly got up, and just as he was about to wash, he was pulled away by Zhu Shou, and said as he ran: "What else are you washing?" If you don't go to others, you will automatically admit defeat, lose before you fight, the most humiliating thing in the world! ”