Chapter 161: Hongmen Banquet

"Congratulations to Master Tang for being cautious, 19 in the high school exam, the top saint of the Jinluan Palace!"

The annunciator shouted in a long voice.

I won it, and it turned out to be less than twenty!

Everyone present stood up excitedly, waved their fists vigorously, and laughed loudly: "Congratulations to Brother Zicheng, congratulations to Brother Zicheng!" ”

Zhao Wen, Pang Yuan, and Jiang Yilin all congratulated each other, and even the scholars at the other tables cast envious glances, and there were four winners at the small table, and three of them were within thirty, so they didn't let people live?

Many people secretly inquired about which kind of immortals these people were.

In front of everyone's eyes, Tang Yi took out ten silver tickets of one hundred taels and sent them to the hands of the people who reported the good news, one for each person.

These people have been running for most of the day, and they have seen those who reward silver, and there are also those who occasionally make a bounty of gold, and they will directly reward the silver ticket, and they will still take a thousand taels, except for the "trench" is the "trench", this time alone is worthy of everyone else!

The person who excitedly announced the good news fell to his knees and kowtowed.

"Congratulations to the old man high school, may the old man Tang Toad Palace win the crown, the descendants of all generations, and the prince of all generations!"

Tang Shen sat there in a daze, his son had told him before, and even Xu Ge Lao had passed on the news, it stands to reason that Tang Shen should have been prepared, but the moment he really came, he still couldn't control his emotions, tears flashed in his eyes, and his shoulders trembled with excitement.

Think about it more than a year ago, the two of them were still crammed into a small bamboo building, enduring the wind and sun, and they didn't even have money to eat steamed buns! And now, he actually ranked 19th in the high school entrance exam, standing at the top of the world's corporals, and he has risen from the eighteenth layer of hell to thirty-three days at once, the difference is so big that it is impossible to calculate!

Even if it's calm. No matter how honest a person is, he will go crazy.

Tang Shen stood up abruptly and shouted excitedly: "Treat, all the banquets of the Nanzhili Guild Hall are under the package!" ”

His voice can startle many people, and the Nanzhili Hall has thousands of students, and ten people at a table. That's a hundred tables, a table of twenty taels, and two thousand taels, which is not a small amount! But if you look at a reward, it's a thousand taels, and it's really rich, so I don't care about this money.

Everyone thanked them one after another, and at this time, Xu San hurriedly ran up with people, everyone was holding the wine jar in their hands, and they hadn't opened the cover yet. The smell of wine wafted out!

The scholars' eyes almost fell out, Fengzhou wine is the most popular, the most expensive wine, known for its mellow and clear, a jar of Fengzhou wine costs ten taels of silver, and it is out of stock every day, and there is no market. Okay, take out hundreds of jars at once. It just made everyone numb. Those high school scholars indulged in binge drinking, venting the joy in their hearts. As for those who knew that they were on the list, they used wine to drown their sorrows, and the wine was full of fragrance for a while.

However, there was a person sitting dumbly, with his hands clenched, sitting in a daze, it was Cao Dazhang. Tang Yi held a wine glass. Smiling and sitting next to him.

"Brother Yicheng, what are you worried about, the more you are happy in the evening, the better, maybe you can still be in high school!"

Cao Dazhang's old face turned red, and he hurriedly said: "Don't make me happy." As long as you can win, you will be a Buddha. ”

This time the waiting time was unusually long, and suddenly someone ran in and panted and said, "Congratulations to Master Cao, the first place in high school Huiyuan!" ”

Huiyuan, what a Huiyuan!

Suddenly, a strong cheer broke out in the Nanzhili Hall, and Cao Dazhang was stunned, stood up suddenly, grabbed the wine jar, and poured it into his mouth.

The hot wine flowed through his throat and flowed to his heart, how many years of hard work finally paid off at this moment, he only had one thought, to get drunk unscrupulously, only the sweet wine could wash away the bitterness in his heart.

Get drunk, get drunk!

From then on, forgetting the hardships of studying and the shame of searching in the field, Cao Dazhang stepped on the stool and chanted loudly: "Dongfeng gets acquainted with the juvenile field, and the road is full of dust." A glass of wine is a chivalrous guest, where is the fireworks not spring? The horseshoe waist is wrapped in bead foil, and the human face is delicate and leaning on the jade bed. can laugh at the merry illness Sima, and the shoulder and cane are busy. ”

After reading a poem, Cao Dazhang fell straight up, but the big guy was frightened, Tang Yi hurriedly ran over, but found Cao Dazhang lying on the ground, snoring loudly, and had fallen asleep.

almost made Tang Yi's nose crooked, so he could only call a few big men to lift Cao Dazhang up. However, Tang Yi's strength came up, he actually took a pen and paper, wrote a few words, snapped, and pasted them on Cao Dazhang's head.

"Huiyuan was originally a drunkard, and the drunkard is still competing for the champion!"

Dahan carried Cao Dazhang around the hall three times, and everyone who saw Cao Dazhang's naΓ―ve attitude and the sticker on the door of his head laughed, and the whole hall was immersed in joy and couldn't extricate himself.

Firecrackers are roaring outside, and there are staggered inside, this time there are as many as forty or fifty Jinshi in Nanzhili, among the provinces, only Zhejiang can be slightly comparable, as for the traditional imperial examination province Jiangxi has appeared to be a little decayed.

In fact, it can also be seen from the distribution of personnel who will take the examination that the economic strength of the Ming Dynasty has grown and declined. With the development of overseas trade, more and more wealth has gathered in the southeast, gentry and businessmen are enthusiastic about investing, and every family has a little strength to send their children to school......

But no matter how big it is, there are still a few people who can pass the threshold of the exam, thinking about Tang Shen's table, all five people are tested, it is simply a miracle of miracles.

Especially if there is a huiyuan, it is even more worth caring about.

A few curious gentlemen came over and wanted to make friends. At this moment, suddenly there was a shout from the footsteps outside, and after a while, several officials rushed up to the hall, followed by a high-ranking official in a red robe, with a smile on his face, gently twisting his beard, and walked up to the second floor three times in one step.

"Where is Brother Zicheng, Brother Zicheng!"

Tang Shen hurriedly looked up, he knew the person who came, it was Zhao Wenhua, the political envoy, as one of the Great Nine Qings, how could he suddenly come here, Tang Shen couldn't react, so he had to hurriedly get up and salute.

"Meet Lord Zhao!"

"No courtesy, no courtesy!" Zhao Wenhua pulled Tang Shen up, and said with a smile: "According to the rules, the palace test is just a ranking, and it will not be dethroned, speaking of which, you are already a jinshi, we are officials in the same dynasty, that is a friend, if you pay attention to hypocrisy, this official will not be happy!" ”

Tang Shen even said that the ceremony could not be abolished, Zhao Wenhua insisted on not letting it, pulled Tang Yi to sit in the middle of the position, looked at the other people present, greeted one by one, asked about the ranking, when he heard that several people were admitted, Zhao Wenhua smiled happily: "Sure enough, they are all talents, as the so-called birds fly far with Luan and Feng, and people are proud of their virtuous and virtuous qualities." Brother Zicheng is a great talent valued by both Shengshang and Yan Ge, both civil and military, and his military exploits are brilliant, and he can be called the pillar of the dynasty. A few days ago, Yan Ge Lao said that the country is like a worm, and there is an urgent need for talents, Brother Zicheng passed the examination, and if he wants to come to the palace examination, he will also be a high school tripod Jia, I congratulate Brother Zicheng in advance! ”

Saying that, Zhao Wenhua picked up the wine glass and drank it all.

What else could Tang Shen say, he could only accompany Zhao Wenhua for a drink.

"Thank you Lord Zhao for your praise, I dare not be ashamed!"

"You deserve it, just ask the Jinshi in the world, which one can get the five-grade loose rank before passing the exam, which one can get the words given by His Majesty himself, and which one can be appreciated by the elder. The foolish brother is not talented, how old is the idiot, and he will have to rely on Brother Zicheng for help in the future. By the way, Yan Ge Lao has already prepared an invitation, tomorrow night I will invite Brother Zi Cheng, by the way, and Ling Lang will go to Yan Mansion for a banquet together, Ge Lao and Xiao Ge Lao have long wanted to see Brother Zi Cheng's demeanor! ”

Zhao Wenhua smiled again: "Brother Zicheng, this official still needs some mundane affairs, and he can't stay longer, let's get drunk tomorrow!" ”

Saying that, Zhao Wenhua took out an invitation, turned around and floated away.

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Zhao Wenhua's appearance surprised everyone present, who didn't know that Zhao Wenhua was Yan Song's godson, a hardcore confidant, he was so enthusiastic, he said how Yan Ge Lao appreciated it, and invited Tang Shen to the banquet, what else did he say about Sanding Jia......

What does this mean, could it be that Tang Shen has long been friends with Yan Song? Could it be that Yan Song helped him pass the imperial examination?

Scholars never lack the ability to think, especially in a sensitive matter like the imperial examination, and in an instant, the big guy's gaze on Tang Shen has an extra layer of suspicion, from the initial envy to envy and hatred!

Of course, there were also people who heard that Tang Shen was given a word by His Majesty, so they didn't dare to come forward to offend, but their hesitant eyes showed the suspicion in their hearts......

"Oh no!" Tang Yi secretly took a breath, Zhao Wenhua's seemingly congratulatory actions were not good at all. Yan Dang's reputation in Shilin is extremely poor, and getting involved with them will cause a lot of trouble, which will inevitably attract suspicion.

Especially what moved Tang Yi to be frightened was the rhetoric of Sanding Jia, Tang Yi had long known that his father's talent could not be admitted to Sanding Jia, Yan Dang deliberately said so, if he didn't pass the test at that time, it would be better to say, if he really gave Sanding Jia, wouldn't it mean that Dad was admitted by Yan Song.

Kill, absolutely kill!

Tang Yi even thought of the champion Tang Ruji, who was very miserable by himself, if his father also became such a person and was labeled as a strict party, the two of them had no other way out than to hug Yan Song's thighs, but once they were classified as Yan Song's party, they might soar for the time being, but in a few years, the Yan Party would fall, and they would be destroyed.

Just thinking about it makes people's scalps tingle and shudder.

But what can they do, as one of the Great Jiuqing, they took the initiative to come to congratulate, and they didn't say anything special, as the saying goes, don't hit the smiling person, what can you do with Zhao Wenhua and Yan Song behind him?

I can't say that the Yan Party is a traitor, I am clean and self-conscious, and I don't go along with the Yan Party!

If you really do things absolutely well, the foundation of the two of them is too shallow, and it will inevitably lead to a pampered and arrogant image. Xu Ge Lao was already wilted because of Yang Jisheng's case, and it was wishful thinking to expect him to resist the Yan Party in a short time. Yan Dang is densely packed in the court, two bad words today, a few recitals tomorrow, sooner or later Jiajing will be bored, then it will be when the two of them are unlucky!

Poison, it's really vicious!

is worthy of the ancestor of the conspiracy, Yan Song's move is so ruthless that you can't resist!

Although Tang Shen's brain was not as fast as his son's, he also felt bad at this time, the two of them hurriedly said goodbye and returned to their residence.

"Yi'er, where is this invitation, it's simply a Hongmen banquet."

Tang Yi gritted his teeth and said hatefully: "The Hongmen banquet may not be, but the entry meal is almost the same." ”

Tang Shen smiled bitterly: "That's not the same, anyway, your father won't be in the same league as the Yan Party!" (To be continued.) )