Chapter Seventy-Six: Fellow Villagers Try to Originate
"Zhaowen Pavilion Straight Bachelor, that's already quite a powerful official position. Nowadays, the university scholars are all concurrently served by the prime minister, and the straight bachelor can be said to be under one person in the museum, and it is also your blessing to be appreciated by such a bachelor. ”
Seeing that Chu Feng was slightly in a daze, Mr. Wen Duan knew what he was thinking, so he added with a smile: "It is also a rare creation to be able to get the identity of a fellow villager in this way. ”
"Sir, you're making fun of me." Chu Feng smiled bitterly when he heard this, shook his head and sighed, "In this world, there are probably not many people in this world who can get the status of the imperial examination just because they have painted a few paintings and written a few words......"
Mr. Wen Duan laughed a few times and patted Chu Feng on the shoulder: "Back then, Captain Gao was appreciated by the officials, just because he was good at kicking and kicking. ”
When Chu Feng heard this, he blushed even more. I was suddenly compared with a traitor like Gao Yu, such a comparison...... Should I be happy or indignant......
"Brother Chu, at this juncture, you are still engraver at home?"
Liu Zhengqing didn't know when he came to the calligraphy and painting shop, and then poked his head out of the door to take a look, and said with a smile: "The rivers and lakes are stormy, and now your affairs have been rumored crazy." I don't know how many people want to pat you on the back, and how many people want to beat you into a disability, but you sit on a high floor and don't move! ”
Chu Feng shook his head with a smile, got up to greet him, and asked, "Is it so exaggerated?" So Brother Liu, are you here to be afraid of my sycophants, or are you here to beat me? ”
"Haha! Even if you want to be a brother, you have to shoot Mr. Wen Duan! You guy who doesn't eat oil and salt, it's pointless for me to shoot it! Liu Zhengqing laughed.
Mr. Wen Duan smiled and asked about the situation outside.
Liu Zhengqing was not polite to them, he took a cup of tea directly from Chu Feng's hand, raised his head and drank it, before he smiled and said: "Mr. Lu, it's not me joking, what Fang just said is true." Since Chu Feng and the others returned home the day before yesterday, the news that Chu Feng was given a test by the examiner to his fellow villagers was immediately spread, and it was even more extensive than who took the top spot in the exam. Now that the outer wall of the examination garden is on the list, more scholars have got the news, I am afraid that it will not be long before your calligraphy and painting shop will be trampled down! Do you want the old gentleman to go out and avoid it first? ”
Mr. Wen Duan shook his head and smiled: "It's just a trivial matter, why not." ”
Chu Feng also sighed a little helplessly: "Lord Liu's decision that day was also a little too hasty. Tomorrow night at the West Lake feast, I want to ask Lord Liu to take back his life. ”
"How's that going to work!" Liu Zhengqing was startled, and his eyes widened, "This is a once-in-a-century good thing, although the examiner has this power, but it is not really used." This is a good story, why should you refuse? ”
Chu Feng smiled bitterly and said: "On that day, Lord Liu punished me for painting seventeen pictures, and he said it at the time, just to offset the crime, who knew that such a thing would happen because of this." My own talents...... I'm clear. I can't memorize the Analects, and it's really a joke to say that my fellow villagers tried to get started. ”
"Yes, what happened that day, I was all hearsay outside, and you can tell your brother about it." Liu Zhengqing said.
"It's not a big deal." Chu Feng shook his head and reluctantly elaborated.
It turned out that when he was picketing the paintings that day, after Liu Qi and Liu said that he had an old relationship with Mr. Cheng Yuan, things became a little ...... It's over.
The person who has a relationship with the examiner has not committed any murder and arson, so it is naturally impossible to pursue anything. Liu Langjun is an understanding person, so he was stunned at the time, his face was gray, and he couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into.
As for Li Langjun, even if he was confused, at this time he understood that his behavior was like an egg hitting a stone, and he would never be able to win. Although he was filled with righteous indignation, he was glared at by Lord Zhizhou a few times, and he didn't dare to shout anymore.
But Lord Liu is also a law-abiding person, so naturally he will not really ignore it. After thinking about it, he asked Chu Feng to paint seventeen paintings and donate them as punishment.
This kind of punishment not only gave Mr. Wen Duan face, but also fulfilled the meaning of Lord Liu.
It's just that the two of them couldn't help but sigh in their hearts, Chu Feng's life is too good, the identities of the two masters are not ordinary, and in Hangzhou City, it is impossible to become famous.
But even these two adults didn't expect that after seeing Chu Feng's seventeen paintings, the chief examiner Lord Liu would speak directly, and use the power in his hand to make Chu Feng the seventeenth place in the township examination, and give him a fellow villager to try out!
This is something that has almost never happened since the descending of the high ancestor, and now such a great good thing has actually fallen on Chu Feng's head. At this point, even the two adults, Zhizhou and Tongju, who were born in the cold window, were envious of Chu Feng.
Lord Liu naturally had good intentions, but from Chu Feng's point of view...... He didn't mean to be born in the Imperial Examination, and now that such things have happened to him, to be honest, there doesn't seem to be any other benefit other than what makes him stand in the crosshairs.
It was precisely because of this that Chu Feng resigned at the moment of Lord Liu's grant, but Lord Liu insisted, and the other two adults continued to persuade him, so Chu Feng had no choice but to agree.
But now, after returning home, the more Chu Feng thought about it, the more he felt that it was not very good. After talking to Mr. Wen Duan, Mr. just laughed it off, feeling that this was what Chu Feng deserved, and there was no need to care.
But Chu Feng himself still wanted to excuse himself.
But the township test has just ended in the past few days, and Lord Liu is busy, and Chu Feng can't see him for a while. After asking others, Chu Feng learned that the custom of Hangzhou City was that on the second day after the release of the list, the officials and the scholars on the list had a banquet on the West Lake. So he secretly made up his mind, and was ready to ask Lord Liu for his life when the time came, so that he could take back his fate.
After saying this way, Liu Zhengqing listened carefully, on the one hand, he sighed that he was making people, and on the other hand, he couldn't help but worry about Chu Feng, and said: "Brother Chu, although Brother Wei is inferior to you in many aspects, but this time, I have to persuade you, don't mention this matter to Lord Liu again." ”
Liu Zhengqing said solemnly: "You are also a reasonable person, think about it, Lord Liu took such a risk and helped you fight for a background." If you resign in front of everyone, it will be a shame for even Lord Liu himself. If he doesn't agree, your argument will be in vain, and it will make Lord Liu unhappy. If he agreed, wouldn't this be a change of order and order? In addition to making jokes, it is also bad for Lord Liu's reputation...... Brother Chu, think about it carefully, is this the truth? ”