Chapter 109: The Heroes Building
"The inn is called Qunying Building, and it is a place where all the talented people who come to take the exam want to live." Xiao Sanzi was still a little proud when he talked about this, and he felt honored.
"Oh? What's so special about the inn? Gu Chengyu was interested when he heard this, and asked with interest.
"It's a friend in the text, if you answer the question from the store, then you can give half the cheaper, as for what the question is, then I don't know! Several old men also knew that I was illiterate, and I couldn't enter the inn, and I didn't know anything about the situation inside. Xiao Sanzi touched the back of his head and said with some embarrassment.
"I'll take you there! Qunying Building has to go inside, and it is the closest to the Gongyuan. The little third son walked forward while motioning for Gu Chengyu and them to follow.
Gu Chengyu and the others discussed it, and felt that it was better to go and have a look, after all, it was closer to the Tribute Courtyard, maybe they could answer the questions from the store and pay less for the room! I just don't know how much the house price is, if it's expensive, everyone will turn back and choose a new one.
Gu Chengyu and the others followed the little third son for about half a pillar of incense before they reached their destination.
Gu Chengyu looked up at this inn, the scale of this inn is indeed large, there must be a lot of rooms inside, and the decoration is extremely gorgeous, it can be the first in the capital, I think it should be more luxurious inside.
It's just that at this time, the front of the inn was crowded with people, Gu Chengyu looked at the clothes of these people, and found that they should all be students rushing to take the exam.
"Gentlemen! The inn arrived, and I went back. My dad is still sick, and I'm not worried. When the third son saw Gu Chengyu and them arrive, he asked to leave, and his father didn't know what was going on, he had to rush back to take a look.
Originally, he would have gone late today, and he didn't earn a penny at this time, so he had to go back first.
"Wait!" Gu Chengyu stopped the little third son, and took out a silver ingot of five taels from his arms, "Take it!" ”
Xiao Sanzi was stunned for a moment, then looked at Gu Chengyu, and saw Gu Chengyu smiling at him, he wanted to take it, but finally withdrew his hand.
"Take it! I'll invite you for a few more days, I'm going to walk around the capital these two days, don't go to show others the way these two days. Gu Chengyu thought of his plan and felt that it was good to find a little third son to be a guide, so he just let him take Mingmo and them to find a shop. This silver also solves people's urgent needs, which can be described as the best of both worlds.
"Good! That's not so much needed! "The third son can earn about sixteen yuan a day, this is still the most time, and it is impossible to have a business every day, five taels of silver is really too much. However, he is not hypocritical, his father really needs silver, and he will try to do more to repay it.
Gu Chengyu deduced from the old stubborn words that it should have broken the bones, and it wouldn't cost a lot, just connect it. Of course, fever is a different matter, not to mention the delay of many days.
He gave five taels of silver not because he was pitiful for the third son, but because he was moved by his strong and hard-working spirit. It's not right to lie on the docks, but who hasn't stumbled?
"Chengyu, you are kind, how do you know that what he said is true? Do you give back five taels of silver? Sun Xian hurriedly stopped Gu Chengyu, Gu Chengyu is young and easy to be coaxed, they just came, they are not familiar with life, if they are deceived, there is really nowhere to reason.
"It's okay!" Gu Chengyu believed in his vision, he didn't say that he wanted to give the little third son silver, but the little third son still followed, so the five taels of silver should be used as his character.
Sun Xian saw that Gu Chengyu handed over the silver again, so he had no choice but to stop persuading. This kind of thing is all about eating a trench and growing wise.
"That's what I owe to the master, I'll come over early tomorrow morning, or wait for the master at the door here." The third son was moved by Gu Chengyu to believe him, so he promised that he would definitely come tomorrow, but he couldn't enter the inn, so he could only wait at the door.
At this moment, he was excited, and his father's medicine fee had been settled. He looked around, and saw that no one was paying attention to the situation, so he hurriedly carried the silver in his arms.
Gu Chengyu nodded, and the third son took the silver, turned around and ran quickly.
After the third son left, Gu Chengyu and the others turned their gaze back to the inn.
"Huh? Did the brother in front of him really solve that pair? It's hard to get that pair! A student asked, pulling the student in front of him.
"Didn't you see everyone go in? If you can live in a first-class room, you can get half of the room price free! I'll squeeze in a little bit more to see if there's anything that can match. The candidate in front of him excitedly squeezed forward, gearing up to give it a try.
"That pair is too difficult, I'll go check out the others!" The students in the back shook their heads and walked to the other side of the inn.
Gu Chengyu observed carefully, and the candidates in front of him were mainly divided into three piles, corresponding to the upper, middle, and lower third-class rooms, and the questions in them were also different.
"Huh? There are rules here. Just as one of the students in front of him walked away, the wooden board hanging on the outside wall was exposed, and the rules were written on it.
"Let's go check it out!" Sun Xian also came to be interested, and the literati liked to discuss each other's knowledge, which actually meant a competition.
Gu Chengyu also stepped forward to take a look, and found that it was similar to what he saw, but the introduction inside was more detailed. Half of the fee is waived if one question can be answered in the lower class room, and the first two questions are fully exempted; The middle room is similar to the front, but there is one more sentence below, first come, first served, the lower class room and the middle room are open to ten rooms respectively, until the end of the answer. Gu Chengyu felt that these questions must be difficult, otherwise he would not be so confident, if it was easy, the twenty rooms would have been booked a long time ago.
Will the merchant do a loss-making business? Definitely not, it's a gimmick like this. He earned both silver and fame.
Looking at the final rule, the conditions here are more demanding. There are also ten upper class rooms, but only one is given every day, and after answering the question, the first place will be selected on the same day, and then it will be given to move in, this question is definitely more difficult than the previous one.
But how do you know it's number one? This is interesting, this inn even invited two Confucians to come to the town, who is the first place, the Confucians have their own judgment.
One of the great Confucians here is the chief of the most famous Boshan Academy in the capital, and the other is Master Fang, the attendant of the Hanlin Academy, who is also a five-grade official.
The ranking will be announced at the beginning of the daily application time, and the first place will be selected before you can stay in the room for free. And Gu Chengyu came just in time with them, and today happened to be the first day. But Gu Chengyu doubted that whether this question could be answered or not, it was still a problem!
"Seiyu! You see there are more people on the right, it seems that it should be easier here, let's go over and have a look. Ye Zhiqiu is also in high spirits, it seems that in ancient times, as long as he was a literati, he was very enthusiastic.
Gu Chengyu followed Ye Zhiqiu into the crowd on the right, but he was young and not as tall as the person in front of him, so he couldn't see the hanging title. Stand a little back and only see half of the question.