177 The Palace Examination (I)
After a night of indulgence, Zheng Guang returned to the previous days, got up early, practiced martial arts, washed, ate breakfast, read and warmed books, and planned to spend the whole day like this, you know, even in the previous leisure days, although Zheng Guang did not uphold the argument of the ancients that they did not eat at lunch, he would not eat anything more at night, just a very ordinary bowl of rice, a little meat and a little vegetables, not much, just a bowl, after eating, he went to read and practice calligraphy, and read until he rested at night. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
However, the current Zheng Guang is no longer the small person before, as the third place in this examination, the popular candidate to win the Jinshi Sanding Jia, there are not a few people who want to meet him to pull the relationship or book him as a member of the circle of influence in advance, as soon as the morning dawns, I don't know when the leaked home is already crowded, Zheng Jiang opened the door in the morning and was about to go out to buy something, as soon as he opened the door, he was stunned for a moment, and then closed the door again, feeling that he might have a problem with the way he opened it, so he quietly opened it again.
This is not wrong, a group of smiling strangers swarmed up, all kinds of famous invitations and worthless gifts also swarmed up, almost squeezed the small door of Zheng Mansion, Zheng Jiang was overwhelmed by gifts, at a loss, fortunately, these people also know the etiquette and dare not break in, and they dare not enter when they stand outside the door, Zheng Jiang reacted and closed the door in a panic, regardless of the crowd outside, but this voice shocked Zheng Guang, who was practicing boxing.
"Third uncle, what's wrong? Why is it so noisy outside? Zheng Guang stepped forward to ask, Zheng Jiang looked panicked, and hurriedly said: "Guang'er, you and Wen Chang are going out to avoid the limelight, there are all people outside who want to meet you and Wen Chang, and the whole alley is almost full, if you don't want to see them, it's best to find a place to avoid the limelight." ”
Zheng Guang looked surprised, looked outside, and said with annoyance: "Where do I know anyone, even if I go, I can only go to the guild hall, but there are more people in the guild hall, and it is not safe to live, who knows the scholar who has the money to buy real estate in Beijing?" I...... Ay? Third uncle, I don't know, I really know a place......"
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"So, you're coming up to me?" Wang Shizhen laughed, poured a cup of tea for Zheng Guang and Xu Wei, who looked confused, Xu Pang was in a daze when he was asleep, and even rolled up with the quilt and threw it on the carriage, after a bump, he was thrown on a bed, and when he regained consciousness, the expression was really confused and at a loss, Zheng Guang laughed, Wang Shizhen also laughed, and after Xu Pang finally eased up, he knew that this was not the Zheng family.
"What's wrong? How did you get to Yuanmei's house? Xu Pang was extremely dissatisfied: "No matter how anxious you are, don't be like this, is it really so difficult to call me up?" Xu Pang complained while getting dressed, shivering from the cold, Zheng Guang smiled helplessly: "Didn't you see the crowd at the door of our house in the morning, fortunately there is a secret door behind our house that is not known, so we can escape, otherwise, we don't want to live in peace all day, besides, besides, besides, who else has the money to buy real estate in Beijing?" It must be the Taicang Wang's! ”
Wang Shizhen shook his head and smiled bitterly: "This is not the real estate that the family bought for me, but the residence of my father when he was an official in Beijing, and now my father is transferred to other places, I just want to come here to take the exam, so I live here, the children of the Wang family come to Beijing for the exam, and basically live here, but I am the only one here now, and you don't have to be too restrained." ”
For Xu Fat, he didn't know the word restraint at all, so he stood up and stretched his waist and asked Wang Shizhen to eat breakfast, Wang Shizhen didn't care, and ordered the kitchen to prepare breakfast, so he smiled and invited Zheng Guang and Xu Wei to participate in today's Chinese scholar outing party, after all, it is March 3, the weather is not much warm, it is still very cold in the morning and evening, but at noon you can already feel a trace of warmth, and new green shoots have emerged in the grass in the wild, which looks quite charming, These days, I seem a little bored, and I want to indulge myself, and the Chinese jinshi naturally want to go outside to have fun together.
Originally, Wang Shizhen also wanted to invite these two people in person, but it happened that these two people sent them to the door by themselves, so there was no need to bother, Zheng Guang thought about it, rather than staying in Beijing and waiting for others to come to the door, it was better to go out first to avoid the limelight, at this time it was very sensitive, and he couldn't give people a handle, especially if there were some court officials among those who came to visit, Chinese-style jinshi and court officials made friends at this time, but it was very improper behavior.
It's about to be tested, and all practices that are easy to cause others to talk about must be prohibited, and it's not that no one has done this before, Zheng Guang is not worried that others will hate him because of this, so he happily accepted the invitation, and Xu Pang also agreed when he saw that Zheng Guang agreed, and went out on an outing together.
Because Wang Shizhen is a native of Suzhou, so most of the people who accepted his invitation this time are the scholars of Suzhou Mansion or Songjiang Mansion and Yangzhou, all of them are Xinke Chinese-style Jinshi, everyone is proud, get together to talk and laugh, very interesting, Li Chunfang and Ling Yunyi are also in this list, Zhu Ji and Yang Yusun arrived later, Wang Shizhen was talented, and made a song "Water Tune Song Head" to attract everyone's applause, Xu Wei was not convinced, and also made a song "Butterfly Love Flower" to deal with it, and everyone applauded.
Wang Shizhen was not convinced, and continued to write poems to deal with it, Xu Wei was not convinced, and the two fought, from poems and songs to ancient and modern articles, dragons and tigers, wonderful, no one let anyone, Zheng Guang remembered that in the original time and space, the two talented people who were known as the North King and South Xu also found it interesting, and Xu Wei and Wang Shizhen have not been harmonious, and they are not convinced, and they are not convinced, and they got along fairly smoothly before, but when they arrived here, they showed signs of fighting with each other in the following decades.
History is really naughty.
However, whether to say it or not, these two people's talents are of the highest quality, so in the end no one convinces anyone, so it was hastily settled, but the two were obviously not happy, and made an appointment to fight again next time, in the afternoon, everyone dispersed, and each went home to rest, Zheng Guang sent people to the house to see the situation, and learned that almost half of the people at the door of the house had not left, Zheng Jiang bitterly persuaded them to leave, Zheng Guang and Xu Wei were not at home, they just didn't leave, in desperation, Zheng Jiang had to tell Zheng Guang that he would borrow a night in Wang Shizhen's mansion tonight, Don't come back.
Wang Shizhen didn't care, it happened that he and Xu Wei were very interested, so they continued to gamble and fight, and let Zheng Guang be the referee, Wang Shizhen and Xu Wei couldn't write Zheng Guang in eight articles, but the talent of these two people is undoubted, and Zheng Guang can't beat it, but these two people are on a par, and they fought at the dinner table, from poetry and books to university moderation, from official revision of history to wild essays, and finally actually fought on the wine table with a drinking order, no one obeyed anyone, and finally the two got drunk together, Zheng Guang became the biggest loser- The subordinates didn't dare to carry it, so Zheng Guang had to carry the two of them back to the house to rest......
The second day was almost noon, Zheng Guang had been sitting at the table reading for a long time, Xu Wei and Wang Shizhen woke up with a hangover, both of them had a splitting headache, Zheng Guang walked to the dining table and poured them two cups of sobering soup, and helped the two of them to drink......
These two are probably born incompatible.
At noon, the Zheng family said that the people in front of the Zheng Mansion had gone, and they could go home, Zheng Guang thanked Wang Shizhen and planned to leave, Wang Shizhen said with envy: "There can be so many people blocking the door of the house to ask to meet, this is the ability to try the third place, like me, the eighty-two, no one cares, it's really a hot and cold world!" ”
Xu Wei said in a strange manner on the side: "Don't forget that there is also me who is the fifth!" ”
Wang Shizhen glanced at Xu Wei, treated him as air, ignored him, and continued: "Wait for the Pingzhi Palace to get excellent results again, win the three tripods in one fell swoop, and enter the Hanlin Academy to become a Hanlin official, at that time, the family must be crowded by people who come to visit!" ”
Xu Wei's seven orifices were smoking, Zheng Guang waved his hand to calm him down, Xu Wei held back his anger and didn't speak, Zheng Guang smiled helplessly when he saw this: "Why should Yuanmei be like this, this year is a big year, the imperial court hall chooses Jishi, Yuanmei has no chance." ”
When Wang Shizhen heard this, he was a little depressed, and said in a low voice: "After the palace examination, there is also the court examination, plus the examination, and the comprehensive judgment of the results of the three examinations, only to select the best number or more than a dozen people to become the Jishi, at most only more than 30 people, my eighty-two examination results, unless the next two times are in the top ten, I have the opportunity to be selected as a scholar, or, which university scholar to choose from, as a university scholar, it is possible." ”
Zheng Guang didn't speak, Xu Wei didn't say anything, at this time, their third and fifth rankings were originally melon fields and plums, and it was easy to annoy people, so they simply didn't speak, Wang Shizhen didn't say anything, politely bid farewell to the two, and wished the two good results in the palace exam, and naturally didn't forget to make an appointment with Xu Wei, and next time they will win or lose.