In the cold moonlight, an old man was crying, and another man who was not too young was listening intently.

I only heard Xu Wei say: "The consequences are not true, one month after birth, it will hinder the Son of Heaven, and a hundred days will hinder the father, it is really fatherless and monarchless!" Some pointed and poked behind their backs and said: A person on the earth, a star in the sky, this child is a mourning star! Xu Wei's lips trembled, his fingers dug deep into his hairline, and he recalled with great courage: "When I was ten years old, my biological mother was sold by my mother-in-law who regarded me as her own, and my mother-in-law, who raised me and taught me, died of depression when I was fourteen years old, and I became an orphan......

"Later, under the pull of my two elder brothers, I barely studied, I was able to show off my talents, and I became a relative, although my wife was not educated, but she was very considerate to me." Recalling this, Xu Wei was already in tears: "I originally thought that Jitai was coming, but who knew that the bad luck was far from over, and in the next few years, my science field was unfavorable one after another, and the two brothers died one after another, and the ancestral house was already another surname, and I was completely homeless; I had to borrow a corner of Yue's house in Xicheng, who knew that my beloved wife abandoned the world in the middle of the road, and I had no way out, but the teacher and they pooled money to help me redeem the ancestral house, so that I would not sleep on the street and die of hunger and ......cold."

At first, Xu Wei said that he was the first unlucky person in the world, and he felt that he was exaggerating. But now, just listening to his experience, it is already creepy, and I really can't think of anything worse than him. Ask yourself, if it were him, he might have found a rope to hang himself and end this tragic sound.

Thief God, you open your eyes, why do you have all the suffering inflicted on this one person?!

However, Xu Wei is still tenaciously alive, although he is down, although he is extreme, he has never lost his integrity, and he has never given up his efforts to change all this. By one point alone, he is better than the vast majority of people in this world, including silence.

That night, Xu Wei drank a lot, talked a lot, and chattered and cursed, and vomited the depression he had accumulated since he was a child. When I woke up the next day, I couldn't remember anything, only that I remembered that Shen Mo had been with me all the time and suffered a night of sin.

Turning his head, the silence was gone. Sitting there for a while, Xu Wei saw a cup of strong tea on the table, and while drinking it, he recalled his performance yesterday...... He is not a person who does not know good and bad, and naturally knows that if he hadn't been silent and instructed at the beginning, he would still be in his own trap, and he would definitely fail this township test again, so his gratitude to Shen Mo could not be expressed in words. But yesterday, he was possessed like a demonic barrier, constantly making trouble unreasonably, and insulting Shen Mo several times. Just thinking about it a little, he felt that he was a bastard and three pounds, can he still be regarded as a person?

His brain was buzzing, so he wanted to get up and apologize to Shen Mo. Unexpectedly, the door opened at this time, and Shen Mo appeared in the house again, still carrying a large food box in his hand, and said to him with a smile: "I was about to call you, and I poured it up." ”

Xu Wei whispered: "Humble words, I'm ...... Yesterday's ......"

Shen Mo smiled: "Don't mention the past things anymore, between you and my brothers, don't need mother-in-law and mother-in-law." Wake up the bar, let's go when we're done. As he spoke, he opened the food box, took out a few plates of decanting mussels, and a large crockpot, and when he lifted the lid, a familiar sour smell came to his nose.

Xu Wei's eyes turned red all of a sudden...... When the two were studying together at Qingteng Bookstore, he liked to borrow wine to drown his sorrows because of his good luck and heavy heart, and he was drunk at every turn. Every time I wake up the next day, I will drink a bowl of decanting fish soup made for myself with sour bamboo shoots and live crucian carp.

But at that time, it was two white-clothed scholars, but now they are silent and noble for Xie Yuan, and he ordered the Zhejiang Patrol to supervise the military road, and he finally won the lift, and both of them have undergone earth-shaking changes, but the taste of this bowl of sour bamboo shoots and crucian carp soup has not changed at all.

Xu Wei drank the sobering fish soup silently, never said a word, and after drinking a drop left, he got up and drew a picture of 'Li Guo Tongzhou', with the inscription silent, and his life has remained unchanged since then.

When everyone saw Xu Wei again, they found that the perverse aura that had been entrenched between his eyebrows had melted and the snow had disappeared. In the midst of surprise, he saw Xu Wei, who had never bowed his head, and bowed deeply to them and said, "Yesterday I said that I was too much of a bastard, please brother Haihan." ”

Everyone was naturally very happy, and they all laughed and said: "My own brother, don't you see the outside world if you say this." Tao Yuchen and Sun Ling even said to Xu Wei: "We were not inferior yesterday, but we were too selfish. ”

"Alright, don't hold a review meeting." Shen Mo laughed and scolded: "Otherwise, it will be too late." Everyone laughed and ran out, the turmoil disappeared invisibly, and the feelings were better than before.

The group took two cars and went straight to the governor's yamen to attend the deer banquet presided over by the governor's yamen...... This 'Luming Banquet' is a banquet with a long tradition and high specifications, ranking among the four major banquets of the imperial examination, and there are also three banquets of 'Qionglin', 'Yingyang' and 'Huiwu', of which the latter two are banquets of the martial arts examination, and the degree of attention is far from being comparable with it.

From the Tang Dynasty to the present dynasty, the highest local governor has always set up this banquet in the township test list to entertain examiners, invigilators, and new subjects.

And the reason why it is named 'Luming' is because 'deer' is homophonic with 'Lu'. The new middle school is the beginning of entering the 'Lu', of course, it is a good celebration. But the complex of scholars and doctors who want to be bitches and set up archways is very serious. They don't talk about getting promoted and getting rich, because it's very different from the education they received, so they take the name 'Luming', which sounds poetic, but is actually vulgar.

At the banquet, there will also be a poem by Xie Yuan's song "Deer Song", and the Five Classics Kui Dance Kui Xing Dance, in order to praise the talents, celebrate the imperial examination, and wish the children to be great in the world, dominant, trying to prove that this banquet is for the elegant 'Lu Ming', not the 'Lu Ming' with copper smell.

There will also be a souvenir for you.

Longing for the exquisite souvenir, the carriage stopped in front of the governor's yamen. The seven took out the red invitation, and under the admiring gaze of the guards, they held their heads high and entered the yamen.

When I arrived in the banquet hall, it was no surprise that there were lights everywhere, draped in red and green. The lifters have basically arrived, and several fellow examiners have also arrived, and they are surrounded by a group of candidates.

But when the seven people entered, the room was silent, and both the examiner and the juzi looked at the seven of them—and the silence had already been discussed on the way...... Try to keep a low profile when you come in so as not to attract jealousy. But the fame of Qionglin Society has been thunderous, and some people even predict that these seven people can be on the emperor list together, and it is really impossible to keep a low profile.

The seven people had no choice but to separate, according to what was written on the list, find their respective room masters, and perform the gift of master and apprentice, in order to thank the grace of the recommendation, so that the examiner and the candidate can get to know each other, which is also one of the purposes of this banquet.

Coincidentally, Xu Wei and Shen Mo chose the same scripture, and the same room teacher, so the two of them went over and saluted in a proper manner: "The student meets the teacher." ”

The Fang Master's surname was Ma, and he was born rich, so when he heard the words, he laughed directly, and nodded frequently: "Okay, the two most exciting students are actually ordered by the official." He said to Shen Mo: "You must be clumsy." ”

Shen Mo nodded and said, "It's the student." ”

Ma Fangshi said with a face full of relief: "Your article is really good, as soon as I recommended it, the two examiners said in unison: 'Xie Yuan is here, Xie Yuan is here.' ’”

Shen Mo smiled modestly: "The student is lucky." ”

"No, you don't get lucky, it's him who really gets lucky." Ma Fangshi pointed at Xu Wei and smiled: "I'm not afraid of your jokes, I read your article three times before I can taste the true taste, I feel unique, it's really a rare craftsman!" I recommended it, but the deputy examiner didn't take it; I recommended it again, but he didn't take it, and the sedan chair was generally carried three times in succession, so I had to give up. He said with a smile: "You really have to thank the examiner, if he didn't insist on searching the paper and pulling you up again, but fooling a few at random, there would be absolutely no possibility of you winning this time." ”

Although he is already in high school, Xu Wei still has a cold sweat on his back, he thought that it would be bad for him not to win Xie Yuan, but now he knows that it is already a good luck to be able to lift people this time.

Ma Fangshi said and lowered his voice: "The examiner also said that in fact, your article is the best written, and it stands to reason that you should be selected as the top few." But no matter if you have too many personal opinions in your text, this is actually not in line with the rules of writing. If you get a high ranking, you don't want to make progress when you go back, and it won't be beautiful in the future. ”

Only then did Xu Wei know the twists and turns behind him, and at this time, it was rumored that the adults outside the hall had arrived, so he and Shen Mo returned to their seats and said with a long sigh: "It can be seen that I am finally transferred." ”

Shen Mo smiled and nodded, "No, Jitai is here." But a pair of eyes were fascinated, because the two examiners came with the political envoy, not Hu Zongxian.

Hu Zongxian attaches great importance to Shilin, which can be seen from his repeated recruitment of Xu Wei, so he should not be absent on occasions like this.

Why didn't you come this time?

(To be continued)