Chapter 4 The Road to the Imperial Examination, the inertia of the plot

Several times in a row, Lenny asked Zhang Xuan to play with her, and the eager gaze in his eyes made Zhang Xuan feel a little hot. "No wonder many people like to play music, it turns out that it is really the best choice to hook up with little girls!" Zhang Xuan secretly complained in his heart.

It was too close, Lenny's father Ruiman was watching from the side, Zhang Xuan's back felt like a knife was about to stab him, and everyone in the world was the same as a father. After playing the song, Mr. Ryman walked straight up, and this feeling of being on his back hit again.

"What a good play!" Mr. Rieman applauded, "I'm also a person who is used to listening to Chinese music, and this song of yours doesn't seem to be any song that the public plays and sings. As a businessman, Ryman has traveled to most of China's coastal areas, and has heard of silk and bamboo everywhere, but he has never heard this kind of tune.

"Of course Dad!" Lenny laughed, "This is a piece he wrote for me, it's good!" Looking at Zhang Xuan proudly and satisfied, Zhang Xuan returned the salute, "It is a piece I recently composed, based on the friendship of Shelenny teaching German piano." Ruiman patted Zhang Xuan on the shoulder.

"You have the talent to be a great composer, you see, although my pianist is very proficient, but they are all composed by others, you only have to study for a few years to have the inspiration to create, it is really rare! Do you know Mozart? You're like Mozart when he was a kid! ”

Although I don't know what Mozart was like when he was a child, the impostor's work is not very authentic, God knows Zhang Xuanzhi, and this kind of praise makes Zhang Xuan run away. When I returned home, I played a side of Qili incense again, and I was still unsatisfied, and I played it with the flute, which attracted everyone in the family.

"The tune is beautiful, melancholy and confused" Zhang Zheng smiled, "I didn't expect my son to have such skills, it's really rare" The two maids, Yanzi and Xiaoqin, also looked at Zhang Xuan with admiration. After dinner, Zhang Xuan went to his mother's room again and saw his little sister and mother Liu Juan. Of course, it was also her mother Liu Juan who wanted to listen to music.

The list came down in a few days, and Zhang Xuan was on the list and could finally wear a cheongsam! went to worship the teacher and classmates, and went to the main examination to worship the teacher's seat, the name of the 12-year-old prodigy Xiucai spread out, and even the county called this auspicious, Zhang Xuan's ranking is not high, but his reputation is the loudest.

Zhang Zheng held a feast, and the Zhuangzi in the township also opened a flowing water seat. At the banquet, some people wanted to be a matchmaker for Zhang Xuan, but they were all prevaricated by Zhang Zheng, he was still in his prime, and he could still win a jinshi if he couldn't keep it, although he didn't hit it twice, but his son will definitely win! It's too early to get married.

Besides, the doctor said that his son is frail, and he must be raised at least until he is 20 years old before he is fully satisfied, and it is really not advisable to indulge in women. After the wine, Zhang Xuan began to enter the county school church, although it is a county school, but there are not many people, because Xiucai can come in, and he does not take classes seriously, only lectures twice a month, and the rest of the time is to read books separately.

Zhang Xuan followed Zhang Zheng to go in and recognize the way, although they are all scholars, but Xiucai is obviously not as good as lifting people, everyone is very polite. After worshipping the lecturer Master Zhang and Master Tan, he took Zhang Zheng to receive money and food before going home. Later, he took Zhang Xuanbai to meet his teachers, Jinshi and Old Man Dikang.

After a gift, Mr. Kang accepted Zhang Xuan, and gave Zhang Xuan a collection of notes, telling Zhang Xuan that he could come to ask in the middle of the month and the end of the month that he didn't understand, and that he could enter the study at any time. Before the conversation was over, there were a few little girls standing outside, "That's the prodigy Zhang?" A talent under the age of 12? Although it was a whisper, the child's voice was really not small.

After saying goodbye, Zhang Zhengcai said: "The teacher is a jinshi, knowledgeable and makes a lot of friends, classmates are all over the world in the same year, although he is not an official, but he can teach people with peace of mind." You can take the test for Xiucai, and you can teach for Xiucai, but if you take the exam, you have to be taught by Jinshi, and if you want to be admitted to Jinshi, you have to be taught by Jinshi. ”

Zhang Xuan thought about it carefully, it was really like this, he was not in the mood to teach people to take the exam. "In the future, our father and son will be on the same list, and it will also be a beautiful talk!" Zhang Zheng said with a smile. When he returned home, Zhang Xuan looked through the open set of notes, sources, allusions, extensions, and echoes, each sentence was explained in detail, and the words of the sages were explained in simple terms, so that people could understand it at a glance.

It was not until Zhang Xuan in the middle of the moon that he reacted, and the two maids heated the meal again, and after eating, Zhang Xuan played a moonlight song again, and then fell asleep after washing his feet. Zhang Xuan's life has changed its pace again. I read books in the morning, write and practice music in the afternoon, and read and sleep in the evening. I go to the county school twice a month to ask questions, I go to Mr. Kang's house twice to ask questions, and I go to Lenny's house five times to learn German and practice songs.

The days are very fulfilling, and Zhang Xuan is powerless to pay attention to the chaos outside, and it is serious to improve himself. A year passed in a flash, Huo Yuanjia was finally going to get married, invited Zhang Zheng to be a matchmaker, and married the girl home if he pulled the horse away, looking at Huo Yuanjia who was proud of the spring breeze immediately, Zhang Xuan was a little expectant and worried.

In the plot, in a few years, Huo Yuanjia's daughter will be older, and he will die in the whole family, and then run away, and after that, he will realize Jingwu, and finally be beaten to death. However, at present, Huo Yuanjia's martial arts and financial resources are good, although they are a little worse than Qin Wuye, but not much, and Qin Wuye has also dealt with Huo Yuanjia, and he also has business contacts with the Zhang family, so it is estimated that he will not be popular. But the inertia of the plot cannot be maintained.

The days are very fast, Zhang Xuan is very fulfilling, the old man Kang sees Zhang Xuan is more and more liked, and seems to want his granddaughter to marry Zhang Xuan, Zhang Zheng does not object, but just tells Zhang Xuan's physical condition to the old man, and then he still settles on a relationship, just wait for Zhang Xuan to be 20 years old.

Mr. Kang has 2 sons and 2 daughters, and has 4 grandsons and 1 granddaughter, but Zhang Xuan has never seen that girl since he got married, and it seems that he is avoiding danger. Hearing that Zhang Xuan had a fiancΓ©e, Lenny cried very sadly, but after hearing his father Ruiman say that Zhang Xuan still had a maid in the same room, he beat Zhang Xuan to the ground.

After beating Zhang Xuan, Lenny got a little better, and when he heard the Chinese marriage system Lenny scolded, and then Zhang Xuan unconsciously opened the distance between him and Lenny when he came to learn German and piano, and Lenny seemed to be still intimate. When I returned home, I said that I would listen to the two maids, but the two maids had no heart to let Zhang Xuan play the flute.

As soon as 3 years passed, Zhang Xuan began to prepare to participate in the township examination to test people. Lenny also came to say goodbye, and gave him a pocket watch with a photo of Lenny. It is the most difficult to accept the grace of beauty. At the township test venue, talents from all over the country are working hard to write, and Zhang Xuan is also one of them.

For three days in a row, the test was exhausted, and Zhang Xuan fell asleep when he returned to the inn, and he got up at three o'clock in the morning, and he had a rare lazy sleep, and hurried home without waiting for the list to be released, and got a rare rest.

After waiting for a few days, the news came, Zhang Xuanzhong was hit, although it was twenty-seven, but he was hit! There was something at home to set up a banquet to eat and drink, Huo Yuanjia also came to say goodbye, but obviously had something on his mind, Zhang Xuan asked, and learned that Huo Yuanjia's apprentice was beaten by Qin Wuye's men several times, Qin Wuye reasoned with him, the apprentice was at fault first, but let outsiders take care of it, it was really impossible to pull his face, although Qin Wuye still apologized, but he still couldn't get over the face.

"Then if Fifth Master Qin's apprentice insults you to your face, and then is taught a lesson by your apprentice, if you go to discuss the matter again, will you apologize?" Zhang Xuan asked, simple empathy, but Huo Yuanjia was young and vigorous, although others gave face, it was equivalent to pulling his face.

This is what ordinary people call short-sightedness, but this is also the reason why the martial arts hall can be opened, and it is reasonable to be able to fight, but this is completely evil. The battle of will has always been like this, and only if the other side is like this, it will fight.

Zhang Xuan and Huo Yuanjia didn't seem to work well after talking a few times, and Zhang Xuan didn't care too much. After the banquet, Zhang Zheng chose a good day and an auspicious day to go to the Kang family to propose marriage, and after the family affair was decided, Zhang Xuan met Kang Guoer, the girl of the Kang family, again. Soft-spoken, graceful, knowledgeable, and beautiful.

The so-called marrying a wife and marrying a virtuous man, Zhang Xuan is quite satisfied. After deciding on the family affairs, Zhang Xuan came to Kangfu more freely, and the subordinates were more attentive to his uncle's service.

"Show talents, you can talk about singing merits and praise virtues, but you can't take the Jinshi exam, on the one hand, it is picked out to be used as an official, and secondly, the country is at the time of employing people, and the splendid article is not pragmatic." Although Grandpa Kang is not an official, he has seen very different things over the years, from the chief examiner in the past few years to the policy comments of the high school entrance examination, he has explained them one by one.

"Of course, you also need to read some essays to refresh your eyes, and it is also useful to quote scriptures and customs." ”

Master Kang explained until dark, and after arranging the strategy, everyone dispersed, Zhang Xuan stayed for a meal, and played a few flute songs before going home.

"Uncle's brag is so good!" "I also heard that my uncle can play the piano!" "What's the matter with the piano?" "yes, what does a pianist look like?" chatted non-stop, and Kang Guoer also listened attentively.

Back at home, Zhang Zhengzheng sat on the stool angrily, "Why is my father angry? "It's not Huo Yuanjia yet! Don't care about the dart bureau well, you have to open a martial arts hall, what a mess of people to collect! I am so brave and ruthless all day long, and I have to be dragged to find reason after being taught a lesson! Zhang Zheng said and paced back and forth.

"A puppet! Weak is not Wang Wu's face, I would have driven him out of the dart game a long time ago, and do you think I am greedy for a few copper plates in his martial arts hall? I am a lifter, and I have walked through the yamen a few times for the martial arts under him, and I don't know how to converge, and I scolded in front of people, and I deserved to be beaten! ”

Zhang Zheng took a sip of water, "Qin Lao Wu is also considered to be a face-saving person, he Huo Yuanjia is still unrelenting, my face is lost to him today!" ”

Zhang Xuan persuaded his father Zhang Zheng not to be angry, and at the same time thought about when Huo Yuanjia died in the whole family. Just wait to talk to Huo Yuanjia tomorrow. I ate dinner with a heavy heart and waited to go out tomorrow.

When I went out early the next morning, I heard people talking on the road, "It's a miserable death, Qin Ye's family has been killed!" ”

"No, the little girl is only a few years old, and the old mother is also dead, alas."

"Huo Yuanjia's family is also dead."

"What the hell is Huo Yuanjia's martial arts hall, a group of hooligans, he himself fights and kills all day long, and he will be born sooner or later."

"It's hard to say, didn't someone see Huo Yuanjia running away yesterday?"

"It's clean when it's dead."

The Qin family and the Huo family carried out a lot of corpses, and the people in the yamen were still investigating, and when they returned home, Zhang Xuan was restless, feeling sad for these innocent people who died, but he felt powerless, because Huo Yuanjia did not listen to the advice, and there was no one around him.