Old Shen Mo said to Zhang Juzheng, "To the extreme, keep quiet." All things work together, and I look at it. Regardless of whether Zhang Juzheng listened to it or not, whether it was passed on to Xu Jie, anyway, he was completely calm and empty. ignores the affairs of the court, even if his rewards and appointments have not been given for a long time, he is not in a hurry, he does not urge, and he does not see the people in the official face all day long, so he should give himself a big leave.

Xu Wei likes Shen Mo's current state very much, he feels that Shen Mo in an official robe is too fake and boring, and Shen Mo who does not wear an official robe is also boring, but like a real person.

"It's just that boring middle-aged person." Xu Wei said: "When people reach forty, they are bored, indulge in some strange hobbies all day long, and refuse to contact the outside world. ”

"Is it strange to read a book?" Shen Mo looked up from the book and said.

"It's not uncommon for middle-aged people to read books." Xu Wei opened his teeth and claws: "But you are young in your twenties, and you don't go out at home all day, that's called a strange mile!" As he spoke, he snatched the book from his hand and said, "Today is sunny and warm as spring, I have to take you out to breathe."

"Don't pull it." Silent surrender: "It's okay for me to go out with you?" ”

"It's almost 0," Xu Wei said proudly: "What a blessing you are to have a friend who cares about you like me." He said, "Don't you call Tao Yuchen?" Let them know that something will happen! ”

Shen Mo rolled his eyes and said, "It's sixteen today, and Xi is at work, so we two idlers can wander around." ”

Choke. Xu Wei touched the back of his head and said, "I'm too confused." ”

Just go. The two got dressed and went out.

Shen Mansion is quiet in the middle of noisy, and once out of the long alley, it is the most prosperous chessboard street in the capital. The people on the heavenly street are bustling, shouting the sound of selling dumplings, fear of bluntness, Beijing snacks, roast chicken, scones, and mutton soup. Pulling the tune, the competition sings like one after another; It is also mixed with the sound of falling cannons and the stabbing sound of monkeys from time to time, which are the fireworks saved by children, continuing the happiness of the New Year.

Looking at a group of children chasing and playing, hide and seek, Shen Mo refused to move, his eyes were full of tenderness, he missed his son very much all of a sudden, Aji and Shishi should be literate, right? You should be able to call Dad normally, right? I wonder if he still remembers my father?

Come to think of this. Shen Mo couldn't help but be gloomy for a while, turned his head, and no longer looked at those children, but saw Xu Wei looking at him with a smile on his face. He thought he was seeing through his thoughts. Some were annoyed and said, "What do you think I'm doing?" ”

Knowing that Xu Wei was smiling, it was a different matter, he looked up and down at the silent appearance, and said: "Look at your appearance, how do you look like a dignified four-grade master?" It's like a young man who went to Beijing to take the exam.

Shen Mo looked down at himself, outside the half-worn rat cyan that he wore every day. Wearing a cotton coat and stepping on thick-soled cotton boots; Looking at the navy blue cotton hat on his head, coupled with that young face, it is indeed indistinguishable from the scholars on the street.

"Hehe" silently looked at the scholars everywhere on the street, they were either talking, or bowing their heads to contemplate, in short, in the crowd, except for the eldest girl and the little daughter-in-law, the most eye-catching group of people. Went to the vicinity of Gongwon. How do you know it's near Gongyuan? Because as far as the eye can see, the signboards of the shops on the street are all starting with "Zhuangyuan", "Yijia" and "Dingjia", such as the inn, which is called "Zhuangyuan Ancient Apartment"; The bookstore is called "Dingjia Chengmo."; The hotel is called "Yijialou", and there are many of them. All of them carry the color of the imperial examination, so that the lifters have to donate, even if it is twice as expensive as ordinary shops, they must ask for good luck.

Xu Wei is a good thing, pulled Shen Mo into a guest money, and asked the young man on the counter: "How much is a room for a month?" ”

When the young man saw his shabby appearance, he lowered his eyelids and said, "Six taels is fine, but the restaurant must provide meals." ”

"What? Grab the money! Xu Wei was taken aback and said, "Who can afford to live?!" ”

"Don't get excited, look at the list of open shops! The young man pointed to a series of names on the opposite wall and said: "Since the establishment of the open store, in the past 80 years, there have been fifty-seven Jinshi masters, including one champion, two list eyes, and one Tanhua!" This feng shui charm is absolutely top-notch in Beijing! You inquired around the Gongyuan, which store of the same grade is cheaper than us? ”

"Well, is it worth it?" Shen Mo, who was standing silently behind Xu Wei, couldn't help but sigh. Ten taels of silver. Even in the capital, it is enough for a well-off home to use for two months, why does it cost so much to live in a hotel? Can you really live in the champion?

"Don't lift it!" The young man pouted and said, "I know that Shen Liushou has lived." What is the price of twenty-two a month, and you have to let the store be responsible for the meal! That's it, it's still in short supply, I heard that the last room, let a few, rich candidates, fry to one hundred and twenty-two! ”

Xu is young man talked a little too much, and the shopkeeper inside was unhappy, coughed heavily, and took over the conversation and said, "You can't live it?" But it's the last room, and it won't be there for a while! ”

"I live. I live" Xu Wei stammered suddenly, the young man quickly picked up the key, and proudly glanced at the shopkeeper inside, and said loudly: "This business, no accounts, please pay two months' room in advance!" ”

"I live, I can't afford it." Xu Wei is this

The young man's white face instantly turned the color of pig's liver; The shopkeeper's original face was pork liver, directly with the bottom of the pot,

Shen Mo and Xu Wei hurriedly fled. Shen Mo said: "The food here must be ridiculously expensive, why bother to be slaughtered by that, or go home to eat."

"Come out and play." Xu Wei said indifferently: "The night before yesterday, I killed the Quartet, and won a few of them, but I just lost today, so I don't have to lose again." ”

Shen Mo couldn't help but laugh dumbly, so he entered a three-story hotel with him, only to see that the plaque said "Qionglin Pavilion" must be harmonious "Qionglin Banquet". named.

The two strolled in. I saw that this restaurant may be for the triennial competition. It has been redecorated, the newly installed red pine board has just been beaten with tung oil, the large glass partition is not clean, the shining tile is bright, and the handrail of the staircase is still wrapped in brass, at the window technology and steps. It is even beautifully carved with wood grain.

In addition to this kind of Jiajing period of the general luxury wind, this to lift the scholar as the main patronage of the hotel, but also hung on the wall of the dynasty of the Jinshi poetry inscriptions, in the hall in the eye-catching place, but also set up a large file, the case on the pen, ink, paper and inkstone are complete, for the children to drink hot, poetry when the hair is prosperous, leave Mobao "This is a big profit and not lose money, you must know that the scholars who dare to offer ugliness, generally have some talents, these people are either high school, or become celebrities in the future, this left Mobao can be a treasure immediately.

Although this incident is not yet noon, there are still many people eating and drinking, and it looks like most of them are walking into Beijing to take the exam. Those who guess the fist, those who give orders, and those who recite poetry. It's very noisy.

Silent two greedy for this nostalgic atmosphere, do not go to the private room. Just sit down on the empty table in the corner of the hall, order a few exquisite side dishes, ask for a pot of old wine, and when I saw it, it was really "Zhuangyuanhong" The two couldn't help but laugh, so they listened to those scholars while drinking.

After a while, there seemed to be a battle of wills among the scholars. The cause was that someone said: "Our Huguang has been prosperous since ancient times!" Huguang is indeed a major province in the imperial examination, and I don't know how many scholars have been produced in the past dynasties, and the quality of students ranks among the top three in the country, so it is not bragging. However, since ancient times, there is no first and no second martial arts, and this kind of topic is the most likely to cause controversy, and no one will accept anyone.

Sure enough, there was a move from Jiangxi that was reluctant immediately, and said: "Go back and flip through the list of Jinshi to see which province has the most Jinshi." "Jiangxi has been prosperous since the beginning of the country, especially in the first few decades, almost occupying half of the Hanlin Academy, even if it is a little declining now, but it is just as awesome and coaxing Don't forget. Xia Yan is a native of Jiangxi; Yan Song is also a native of Jiangxi, and Jiangxi people have dominated the Ming Dynasty for more than 30 years. How can Huguang people be mad?

Immediately, Xijiang was unhappy again, and said: "Don't turn over the old yellow calendar, in recent decades, which time is a big comparison." We Xijiang people do not occupy half of the South List; Looking at the Hanlin Academy, how many people are not from Xijiang? Look at the great three yuan that has never been seen before, which province it belongs to; Look at the more powerful big six songs, which province is it? "Shang Qing of Lianzhong Sanyuan is a native of Yanzhou, Xijiang; Even the silence of Zhongliu Yuan is a native of Shaoxing, Xijiang, and has always been the pride of Xijiang people, and he loves to talk about it wherever he goes.

There are also lifters elsewhere in the hall, such as those from the south of Zhili, those from the north of Zhili, those from Shandong, those from Sichuan, and those from Liangguang. Listening to the braggadocio of the three provinces, they are also very unhappy, but they really can't compare with others, "Suzhou in the south of Zhili is still very powerful, but it is helpless and weak, and it can't compare with the quantity and quality of others."

So the hall was full of people. Just listen to the three provinces fighting each other; The moves of these three provinces are also getting more and more excited, blowing and blowing and blowing no one in their eyes, as if this year's imperial list is also covered by them.

Finally annoyed the table near the window, and Huo Ran, a young man, got up and said, "You guys are so powerful in these places." Do you dare to compete with our Fujian lifters? If you lose, stop bragging."

See that there is a lively look. The lifters in the hall coaxed as much as they coaxed, and Xu Wei also shouted: "Compare, compare!" Who's afraid of whom! Otherwise, it's a bear! "The scholars of the three provinces were crazy, and they really caused public resentment.

It was difficult for the scholars of the three provinces to ride a tiger, so they could only fight, so they asked how to compare.

The scholar said: "Each of our four provinces has a representative, and you can write poems and guess riddles, anyway, pick one out and compare." If there are people in other provinces who are willing to participate, they can also join, which province is the first in the end, how?! ”

Looks fair. Everyone could not think of another way, so they all agreed, and each chose a man of wit and erudition. came to the big case in the hall, "The representative from Fujian is not the young man, but a middle-aged scholar." A total of nine provinces of scholars came out to fight, in addition to the four provinces, the north and south Zhili, Sichuan, Guangdong, Shandong also came out. As for the rest of the provinces, if they know that they are invincible, they will not be so ugly.

"Than what?" Because each province has its own way of playing, so how to come up with the question has become a big problem, and finally the decision is discussed, and everyone takes turns to solve the problem, shaking the dice and sitting in the village.

After shaking, it was Huguang Juzi's Zhuang, who already had a draft, and proposed: "Let's fill in a poem of eight sentences, one person grabs a sentence, and fills in the upper and lower ques, and the one who doesn't grab it, go down, such as."

The people below didn't agree: "It's too simple, which of you doesn't know how to fill in the words?" Isn't that faster than anyone's mouth? too

"I'm not done yet." That Huguang said: "There are requirements for filling in this word, and at least one drug name is embedded in each sentence, but the meaning can't be far-fetched, what's the point?" When everyone heard this, it was a little interesting, and they finally agreed.

Someone put the sign holder of the word card on the big case, picked out more than a dozen word cards that met the requirements, and then the lake light raised the lot. Sheng Chazi", then smiled: "I don't take advantage of you when I get out of the question, so in the first sentence, add two flavors of medicinal materials." He cleared his throat and said, "I use" Acacia seeds. and the first sentence of "Fu Guren" "Lovesickness has been deep, and immediately attracted a round of applause, naturally most of them were issued by Huguang Juzi."

Shandong Juzi immediately continued: "It is difficult for me to use Bai Zhi to write a sentence on white paper

Fourth" Juzi continued: "I use bitter ginseng to make three sentences of bitter ginseng. ”

Fujian Juzi also immediately said: "Then I will use wolf poison to make the fourth sentence, so I want Tan Lang to read it." ”

Nan Zhili also said: "I use angelica to clearly remember about angelica." ”

Not to be outdone, Beizhili said: "I use two flavors, Yuanzhi and cherries, as far as the cherries are ripe." ”

And the last two sentences. The scene became tense, and the scholar in Jiangxi hurriedly said: "Chrysanthemum, what is the matter with my chrysanthemum?" ”

Xijiang's move immediately said the last sentence, said. "I haven't returned to my hometown yet! I used Xunxiang

The sentences of the eight people are connected, that is, "The lovesickness is deep, and the blank paper is difficult to read." The words are bitter, so Tan Lang should read them. I clearly remember about angelica, as far as the cherry ripe. What's the chrysanthemum remnant, although the song is not a good lyrics, it is definitely smooth and the content is not far-fetched, which naturally attracted applause.

The Guangdong man had no choice but to go down sullenly. The people of the petty trade. Let's let Xiao Er invite one in at random, and then use one of his professions. The allusion is described. If you can't say it, go down. ”

"What if you say it all? The other seven laughed.

"Then I'll go down." Shandong men are always so bold.

Xiao Er had already been watching the excitement on the side, and ran out when he heard the words, and after a while, he brought back an old man who played cotton.

The topic came out, and it was playing cotton. For the sake of these inseparable lifters. can have an image of understanding, and ask the old man to play cotton on the spot. Although the old man felt that these people were purely fed and supported, for the sake of money, he still happily supported his bow. Stick the cotton by striking the string on the bow with a wooden hammer. With "Dang Dang Dang". The sound of strings on the ground and the cotton wool flew one by one, which looked as beautiful as juggling in the eyes of the lifters.

"There it is!" The Shandong Juzi said: "Mine is, Jiang Taigong Weishui fishing!" "When they saw the old man's great bow, with strings hanging from it, and standing in his bosom, wasn't it like fishing? They applauded.

Xijiang raised his son to accept the teaching this time, and he was the second to say: "Han Suwu Beihai shepherd!" "The bow and the string are not like a free-range whip, and the white cotton is like a flock of sheep, and the crowd applauds.

"Yu Boya's drums and piano are rising!" The Fujian Juzi smiled, which immediately caused a burst of laughter, and obviously everyone felt that this was more appropriate.

"Han Wengong Xue hugs the Blue Pass." Jiangxi Juzi Road; Nan Zhili raised his son and said: "Meng Haoran crossed the donkey to find plums!" "Both of these are very rare in terms of movement and color; But it is not as good as the "Genghis Khan bending the bow and shooting the eagle" of Sichuan Juzi, which can make everyone laugh non-stop.

Finally, the head of the North Zhili. It was already full of cotton wool, and he also held back a sentence: "The seven fairies are scattered all over the ground." Although it was very reluctant, no one could say that it was wrong, so Shandong Juzi had to go down, saying that he knew this earlier. That's a difficult question. Come up with a difficult one. Until he said, "Let's make an order."

"Good!" The six of them laughed and said, "What kind of order?" ”

"Landing silent order." Zhili lifted the sub road.

"What's the matter?" The crowd asked.

"The last sentence requires a silent thing to land, and two related names should run through the middle" At the end, I want a sentence of poetry North Zhili raised his heart and said, this is difficult enough, anyway, I spent a lot of effort to make up the order.

Then he nodded and said: "Everyone, please listen" The snowflakes fell silently, and they looked up to see the white. Bai Qi asked Lian Po: How to love geese? Lian Po said: The white hair floats in the green water, and the red anthurium plucks the clear waves, although everyone listens to him, although it is far-fetched. But the victory was extremely funny, so they all cheered, and the people who gave the order behind had no way to protest, so they had to bite the bullet.

This celebration is coming. The remaining six people pondered one after another, and finally it was the Sichuan Juzi who spoke up first: "The pen flower fell silently." Look up and see Guan Zhong. Guan Zhong asked Uncle Pao: How do you love to grow bamboo? Uncle Pao said: Only two or three rods are needed, and the breeze is naturally enough. Naturally, he was stunned and cheered more violently.

"There it is!" Xijiang's son continued: "The moths fell to the ground silently, and I looked up to see Confucius." Confucius asked Yan Hui: How to love planting plums? Yan Hui said: In the wind and snow in the front village, last night, a branch opened "good" and another round of applause.

"I have it too". The Fujian raised his son and said: "The ceiling fell silently, and I looked up to see the treasure light." Treasure Throat, ask Vimo: How is the monk's approach? Vimo said: The head of the guest is like a turtle, and the fasting item is like a goose! "This is undoubtedly the best order. It's all together, it's not far-fetched at all, it's a cut above those who give orders for the sake of giving orders. It seems that there is really no three, two, three, and I dare not go up to Liangshan!

What's more, he sorted out Qin Sixi's conditioning at once, and the people behind him only need to take the medicine according to the prescription. I only heard Nanguan'er delete the lamp and said: "The tears fell silently, and when I looked up, I saw the same." is like asking Wenjun: It's hard to guess a woman's heart. Wen Jun said: "If you don't have an empty bed, it's hard to keep it alone.!" ”

Listened to Nan Zhili's. Hu Guang raised his son and said with a smile: "The residual red fell silently, looked up and saw Jin Lian, Ah Qing asked Jin Lian." Why do you see the remnant red? Jin Lian said: The birds of the ten mountains are gone, and the traces of people are extinguished. Naturally, there was a burst of laughter, all of which were wonderful.

Everyone turned their eyes to Jiangxi Juzi, he was sweating profusely, and finally held back an order: "The silver needle fell silently, and when I looked up and saw Eminem, Eminem asked Yue Fei: "When will you return?" Yue Fei said: "The blood of the Ma Yan clan, the head of the banner and the sweat of the banner!" ”

"Good! That's great! When this order was issued, everyone was excited, and they didn't know the seriousness of the border trouble until Beijing. The arrogance of my answer, this order was right for everyone's mood, and naturally attracted applause from the audience.

The North Zhili Juzi bowed deeply to the Jiangxi Juzi and said, "Brother Tai said it too well, so I will rush to you for this pride." In the heart of the heart convinced, retreat. Then he went down without any damage. reputation, or to compare.

It was Jiangxi's turn to raise the question, and he said, "Let's play a guessing puzzle this time."

The five of them smiled: "That relationship is good."

"But" Jiangxi Juzi said: "You just guess it, you can't directly say the riddle, you have to imitate the format of my riddle, and then there is a mystery, but the riddle must be the same as mine" is still the old rule, all right. I'll go down. ”

"Huh. Let's go. Zhong Juzi laughed.

"Well, you hear me." Jiangxi raised his son and said: "Tang Yao has Xia Yu; Shang Tang has, Yin Xun does not; There are ancient texts, but there are no modern texts! The people in the hall began to ponder carefully, and Shen Mo and Xu Wei opened their mouths. looked at each other and smiled, they had already guessed, but the two naturally wouldn't mess up this good show, so no one made a sound.

After a while, the Fujian raised his hands and said, "There is!" Listen to me this. Those who listen have, those who see don't; There are those who jump, and those who walk do not; There are tall ones, but there are no short ones! How is it? ”

The Jiangxi examinee thought about it and said with a smile: "Amazing!" ”

It doesn't matter if he is sure, Xijiang's move is also inspired. He said, "I also come to the good and the evil; There are wise people, but there are none; There is one on the mouth, but there is none on the hand! ”

Gradually. The people behind also heard the doorway, and the candidate from Nanzhili smiled: "Mine is."

There is one on the right, none on the left; There is in the back, but there is none in the front; There are cold days, but there are no hot days! ”

"Haha. I get it too. Hu Guang raised his palm and said: "There are dumb people, but there are no deaf people; There are lame, but there are none; There are monks, but there are no Taoist priests! Am I right? ”

"I know that, too." The Sichuan Juzi smiled and said, "There are weepers." Laughter is none; There are those who scold, but there are none;

There are the living, but there are none! ”

"Alas", Jiangxi Juzi went down helplessly. And those who still don't understand, asked him: "You guys are talking about it, it's like a tongue twister, what are you stepping on?" ”

"Tongue twisters." Jiangxi Juzi told him the answer, but the man didn't understand it yet, so he had to say: "I'll explain to you later, they opened again." The man relented.

This time it was Sichuan's turn to raise the son, and when he saw that the first three people who came up with the question were all killed, he was nervous for a while, and he thought for a long time before saying: "Let's change the poem this time." ”

"Yes." The four of them laughed: "But what tricks?" ”

"There is no limit to the rhythm of poetry, but the first poem should be embedded with numbers from one to ten, ten or ten." Sichuan Juzi said: "Let's look at it from me, the second one has arrived, ten to one." ”

"And so on?" Everyone asked with a smile.

It's not that simple, "Four" raised his heart and said, "Then I'm not finished?" , and said: "The third one should be counted randomly; The fourth cannot have numbers, and the fifth has to have all the numbers. ”

"Interesting." Everyone laughed and said, you should start first.

"Then you'll be lazy." Sichuan Juzi said: "One goes to two or three miles, and there are four or five Yan villages." There are six or seven pavilions. Ten flowers. ”

"Then I'm just doing it upside down?" Huguang Shizi said with a smile: "The nineteenth moon is eight minutes round, and seven talented people are six crazy." Five watches, four o'clock, three chickens, three singing, and sleeping in February and one pillow in my arms. "Sure enough, it's not far from the funny nature.

"I'm going to count randomly." Xijiang raised his son and said with a smile: "Then I will sing a song Zhuge Liang to collect two states, line up eight formations, six out of seven captures, five zhang in front of the plain, light forty-nine bright lights, just for!" ”

Fujian's Juzi smiled at the fourth" Juzi: "I know you want to get me down, but now you will be disappointed." Mine is not countable, listen to my hundred Soviet army in the volume of the white master, no one asked, Zhong Ni, King Qin beheaded Marshal Yu, insulted the general, lost his horse and rode me, I don't need to open my mouth today, the Yangtze River is dehydrated, the hairy woman is tortured, the waist is cut off, and the corpse is not allowed to be dismembered, no one points a pill, and the king is finally gone. "One word per sentence, exactly one to ten.

Four" Juzi's face was ugly, and he estimated that he was going down again.

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