"Crackling !!"

Bursts of firecrackers rang out, a group of children giggled and walked the streets, adults also walked on the streets, and hawkers sold goods.

The lanterns on the street illuminated the entire Zetianfu street, and in the dark night, they could already move as if it were daytime.

All of a sudden, Zetianfu was also full of lively atmosphere, and it was August 15, which was the time of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

And it is in this lively street that a group of people carrying sedan chairs is as quiet as stagnant water, passing through the lively crowd.

The place where they passed brought a gloomy wind, and the lanterns hanging on the road were blown by this gloomy wind, and they were also slightly dimmed, and the flames were much smaller, and they returned to normal when the gloomy wind passed.

The pedestrians on the side were blown by the yin wind, and they couldn't help but shiver.

"What a strange wind." A shivering middle-aged man couldn't help but sigh.

"yes, it's weird." The pedestrians on the side also responded.

"Anyway, the last time I saw this kind of strange wind was when I was in Shajun." The middle-aged man looked at the young man who had answered.

Hearing the middle-aged man's words, the young man was immediately pleasantly surprised: "Are you from Shajun?" I'm also from Shashire. ”

"You're from Shajun too?" The middle-aged man looked at him with some surprise.

Then the two began to chat, and the more they talked, the more speculative they became, and they had forgotten all about the weird yin wind before.

Li Si opened the curtain at this time, looked at the lively scene outside, and sighed with a sigh in his eyes: "It's the Mid-Autumn Festival." ”

The last time I had the Mid-Autumn Festival, I was eating a five-kernel mooncake on the street alone, but now I am experiencing the catastrophe of life and death, which makes him feel like he doesn't sigh.

And it was at this time that he suddenly saw a tall mansion on the side of the road, which was crowded with people.

Li Si looked at the plaque of this mansion, his eyes showed a complicated color, and said, "It turned out to be the governor's yamen." ”

At this time, a deer feast was being held in the governor's yamen, so it was normal for there to be a lot of people.

Then, Li Si turned his head and asked the woman who had been following the sedan chair, "How long do we have to arrive?" ”

Listening to Li Si's questioning, the woman turned her head, glanced at him with a gloomy and sympathetic look, stretched out her hand and grabbed the curtain, and pulled it back brutally, without saying a word.

The curtain was closed, and the sedan chair suddenly fell into darkness, Li Si was also slightly stunned, then shook his head, and sighed in his heart.

This woman was burned alive, and it was normal for her anger to be so strong.

Immediately, he didn't open the curtain, closed his eyes and meditated in the sedan chair, nourished his spirit, and prepared for a life and death situation.

Fortunately, this sedan chair is not carried by people, and it is very stable, which can give him a good rest.

At this time, in the governor's yamen, many scholars were singing "Deer Songs", and the high-pitched sound of reading resounded in all directions.

Then, the governor and Wang Qian and other officials encouraged many lifters, and at the same time, after this Luming feast, many lifters either returned to their hometowns or went to Beijing to participate in the examination.

These officials are also giving a lot of money.

After the feast was over, the Luming banquet was coming to an end, and the governor stopped talking to the people in the audience, and began to form a circle with the examiner, and talked happily.

The same is true for the people in the audience, who are in groups of three or five, looking extremely harmonious.

"Brother Qin, come, drink!" Zhang Yuan toasted towards Qin An.

Qin An was already drunk at this time, but when he saw Zhang Yuan toasting, he couldn't refuse, so he picked up the wine jug from the side and poured a glass of wine and touched it with Zhang Yuan, and drank it all.

"Okay, Brother Qin An is really a good amount of wine." Zhang Yuan laughed, and then raised his wine glass, raised his head and drank it all.

After drinking, Qin An looked at Zhang Yuan and sighed: "Brother Qin and I hit it off at first sight, and it is the first time I have met someone like you and me in middle school in the same year. ”

He admired Zhang Yuan very much at this time, and his knowledge impressed him, and he was ashamed of himself in some places.

"Hey, hey......" Zhang Yuan waved his hand, then smiled and pointed to a middle-aged emaciated scholar in the distance, and said: "Then Zhu Jian is the first in the township test, his knowledge must be stronger than you and me, how can you say that you haven't seen it?" ”

When Qin An heard this, he was slightly stunned and said, "But ......"

"But what." Zhang Yuan laughed, interrupted Qin An's words, and said, "It's rude that Lu Mingyan hasn't met this Xie Yuan until now.

Let's go, let's go over and see what kind of person this Xie Yuan is who is above you and me. ”

As he spoke, Zhang Yuan pulled Qin An and walked in the direction of Zhu Jian.

Hearing Zhang Yuan say that Zhu Jian was pressed on top of him, Qin Anxin felt slightly uncomfortable, and turned his head to look at Zhu Jian's eyes with a trace of hostility that he was not aware of.

This Zhu Jian looks to be more than forty years old, although he is in the middle of the solution. But he wasn't convinced, if he was also at this age, then who would be in Xie Yuan might not be able to say.

Seeing the different color on Qin An's face, the corners of Zhang Yuan's mouth were slightly hooked.

Seeing the two of them coming, Zhu Jian stopped chatting with others, and began to receive Qin An and the two, these two were the most influential figures in the township test, and he had to take them seriously.

Later, the others saw that the top three in the township test were here, and they also cared a little more about this place, and some people also came over, wanting to have a good relationship with these three and be familiar.

As a result, this place has become the most lively place in the field.

As soon as Zhang Yuan arrived here, he chatted with Zhu Jian very speculatively, and he could tickle Zhu Jian's itch with every word, and for a while, the two of them were like brothers, but they left Qin An aside.

Seeing that the two of them were chatting hotly and leaving themselves aside, Qin Anxin was extremely uncomfortable, and his face immediately became a little unpleasant.

It's just that he is also a person with a city government, so he didn't have an attack immediately, but said to the many scholars on the side: "Now that there are many people here, why don't I wait to come to the couplet?" ”

After speaking, he looked at Zhu Jian with a hint of provocation in his eyes.

"Good!" The other movers agreed to the order, and they all agreed, with a look of eagerness in their eyes.

They are all the ones who are doing this time, and they are naturally all arrogant people in their hearts, and they also want to compete for the best.

When the other lifters from afar heard this, they also came over curiously, and when they heard the other movers say what they proposed, they also agreed, so they joined in.

When the officials in the high hall saw this, they asked the officials to go over and ask. After knowing that they were going to couplet, they all looked at each other and smiled, not impressed, and everyone had times when they were young and frivolous.

Some officials even asked the officials to move a table over, and also prepared pens, ink, paper, and inkstones.

"Since you proposed it, why don't you just give you a start?" After the pen, ink, paper and inkstone were ready, a lifter said to Qin An with a smile.

When Qin An heard this, he didn't shirk it, and arched his hand around: "Then Qin Mou will be cheeky." ”

Then he thought for a while, then walked to the table and began to write, while chanting: "The green mountains do not ink a thousand autumn paintings." ”

When everyone heard this, they all looked at the rice paper, and then fell into deep thought.

"Flowing water has no strings and ten thousand guqins." A voice came from the crowd, and everyone was stunned, but they didn't expect someone to come out in such a short time.

Immediately, they looked at the person who made the sound, but saw Zhang Yuan standing there with a smile and a groan.

"Good pair!" One of the lifters immediately clapped his hands, and the others also nodded yes, and their eyes looked at Zhang Yuan with admiration, thinking of such a neat lower link in such a short period of time, and it really deserved to be the second place in the township test.

"Then it's time for me to get it right." Zhang Yuan smiled, didn't care, and walked to the table.

Qin An nodded at him, handed him the pen, and said with a smile: "You come out." ”

"Then Qingfeng deliberately makes it difficult for me to stay." Zhang Yuan took the pen, lowered his head and wrote on the rice paper.

Hearing the question, many people also fell into thought, and for a time the field fell into silence.

Seeing that everyone was deep in thought, Qin An glanced at Zhu Jian and saw that he was still meditating, and a trace of disdain gradually appeared in his eyes.

Then he stepped forward and said, "I'm right, Mingyue has no intention of taking care of herself." ”

Qin An's voice was very loud, and it resounded throughout the audience at once.

When the others heard this, they immediately applauded.

Qingfeng to Mingyue, intentional to unintentional, is also an extremely neat pair.

For a while, everyone looked at him with admiration, knowing that the third place in the township test was also an extremely capable person.

Then, everyone continued to play against each other, and the atmosphere in the field suddenly rose.

It's just that in the field, Zhu Jian, who was the top candidate in this township test, didn't answer a pair, which made the eyes of many people looking at him weird.

Being stared at by so many strange eyes, Zhu Jian also felt uncomfortable, and his face was a little red.

"Strive to know the words of the whole world." A middle-aged scholar asked the question, looking at Zhu Jian with a little concern.

Hearing this, Zhu Jian breathed a sigh of relief, there was a warm current in his heart, and his eyes looked at the middle-aged scholar with more gratitude.

This middle-aged scholar is his fellow villager, and he has also been to this couplet before, and this fellow villager is helping him.

Then he laughed and prepared to save face.

"I aspire to read all the books of the world." Suddenly, at this time, a voice sounded coldly beside him.

Hearing this, Zhu Jian's face couldn't help but stiffen, and he turned his head to look, but saw Zhang Yuan looking at him with a smile that seemed to be not a smile.

"He did it on purpose?" The thought flashed through his mind, but he immediately saw Zhang Yuan look away and talk to others.

It was as if Fang was his delusion.

"Hey, what's wrong with you again, but then you really deserve the second place in the township test." On the side, Qin Anfu smiled.

The others also complimented him.

But at this time, Qin An suddenly looked at Zhu Jian and said unhappily: "But what is the meaning of Brother Zhu, now that you have more than 20 pairs, why are you not right, do you look down on me and can't wait?" ”

When Zhu Jian heard this, he had a fever on his face, and he was ready to explain that he was not good at pairs.

However, before he could speak, Qin An continued to add: "I don't believe that you, as Xie Yuan, can't even match one of the more than twenty couplets. ”

When the other scholars heard this, they turned their heads to look at Zhu Jian, and they couldn't help but feel a little more hostile in their eyes.

After all, the second and third places are so right, and it makes no sense that the first place is not right.

Seeing many people looking at him with hostile eyes, Zhu Jian's heart was blocked, and his face flushed a little heavier, he didn't expect this matter to develop to such a point.

He was the first place in the township examination, and he should have been sought after, so why did he suffer such humiliation here.

Then he looked at the high platform, and saw the visiting eyes of many officials, and his heart was even more aggrieved.

"No, you really can't do it, do you?" Seeing his appearance, Qin An sneered.

At this time, when he saw that the first place in the township test was such a straw bag, he naturally wanted to fall into the well.

"I ...... I ......" Zhu Jian gasped when he heard this, and bloodshot eyes came out.

"The governor asked, what's wrong?" It was at this time that a small official came over and asked.

Hearing the words of the little official, Zhu Jian's eyes immediately darkened, if he let the governor know about his affairs, he was afraid that he would leave a bad impression on him, and even affect his career.

Thinking of this, he himself experienced a detailed weakness and his body couldn't resist it, and his chest hurt.

"Poof!" A mouthful of blood mist erupted from Zhu Jian's mouth, and his face turned pale and fell to the ground softly.

Seeing this, many people were shocked and screamed.

There was chaos in the field for a while.

Seeing Zhu Jian fall to the ground, the little official hurriedly walked in front of Zhu Jian, stretched out his hand to his nose, and shouted in disbelief: "It's out of gas." ”

When the officials above heard this, their faces changed greatly, and they all came forward one after another, and they came to Zhu Fitness.

"What the hell is going on!" The governor glanced at the people present and shouted angrily.

When many people heard this, they all lowered their heads.

At this time, the fellow villager of Zhu Jian came out and cried: "Please let Zhu Jian be the master, he was forced to death by Qin An!" ”

Then he told the story as it was.

After hearing this, the governor glanced at Qin An, who was at a loss, angrily, and said coldly: "Good Qin An, I will definitely report this matter to the court truthfully." ”

Then he ordered the little official on the side: "Quickly find me the best Lang Zhong to come over and see if there is a way." ”

After saying that, he took many officials to leave, he was extremely angry at this time, why was he so unlucky this time, and this kind of thing happened at the Luming banquet.

Now it is better to work sooner, otherwise it will become a big stain on his resume.

"How so...... How could this be......" Qin An stayed in place, his face pale.

"Brother Qin, it's no wonder you, it's Zhu Jian's narrow-mindedness." Zhang Yuan walked over and patted Qin An on the shoulder and comforted.

Seeing that everyone else avoided him, Zhang Yuan came over to comfort him, and Qin An showed a touched look on his face.

Zhang Yuan glanced around and said in a low voice: "But Brother Qin, you don't have to be so flustered, this matter may not be a dead end, it is still early now, you can operate overnight."

Let's just say that Zhu Jiande is not worthy, he was stumped by your couplet, and he died in a hurry, you can also use this to make a name for yourself, and then the people's hearts are in you, and this matter can be easily solved. ”

Hearing Zhang Yuan's words, Qin An also calmed down, and then he looked at Zhang Yuan and said gratefully: "Thank you Brother Zhang for giving me advice, if I can escape this catastrophe, he will definitely repay Brother Zhang well in the future." ”

After saying that, he also walked straight out.

Seeing him walk away, Zhang Yuan smiled, and then unfolded the fan in his hand, revealing a half-human, half-demon face.