Maybe it was because he drank too much tea last night, and before dawn, Fanning was awakened by a soak of urine, and the quilt was very warm, making him reluctant to get up.

In the end, he couldn't hold it anymore, so he had to lift the quilt and walk lightly out of the cabin, for fear of waking up his sleeping grandfather.

As he stepped out of the cabin, a fresh and chilly river breeze blew in his face, making him shiver with cold.

He hurriedly bent down and ran to the side of the boat, poured a soak of urine into the river, turned and ran back to the cabin.

At this moment, Fanning suddenly noticed a few sneaky black shadows on the shore, and he was shocked, there were thieves!

The gentleman did not stand on the dangerous wall, and found the thief, of course he couldn't stand up, Fanning quietly touched the bow of the boat again, and gently pushed the sleeping boatman, "Uncle! ”

The boatman was dreaming of going to the capital to eat braised elbows, and he ate deliciously, but was woken up by Fanning.

"What's the matter?" The boatman asked in a daze.

"It seems that there are a few small thieves on the shore, uncle will go to investigate first, and I will go find the guy who takes advantage of it."

"That's not a thief, it's a few scholars who took the imperial examination, who came to Fan Daguan to ask for teaching, and they came in the middle of the night."

The boatman yawned, rolled over again, and fell asleep in a daze.

It turns out that he is not a little thief, so he is afraid of a fart! Fanning straightened up again, felt a boatman's clothes and put them on, and then swaggered towards the stern.

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When the sky was bright, Fan Zhongyan was awakened by a burst of talking, and when he turned around, he saw Xiaofu curled up in the corner and sleeping sweetly, but Fan Ning didn't know where to go.

Fan Zhongyan was startled, he hurriedly sat up, and then Fan Ning's voice came from outside, "What are you writing, you still want to be admitted to the Juren for an article like this?" ”

Who does he seem to be rebuking? Fan Zhongyan was very curious, he hurriedly gently pushed up the corner of the window, and saw Fan Ning's slightly immature back facing him.

He sat on the side of the boat, draped in a boatman's garment, with an article in his hand.

Looking down again, it turned out that there were five or six young men in green clothes standing on the shore.

These scholars were ashamed and trembling one by one.

The reprimanded scholar argued: "I have also consulted the great Confucianism in my article, and the evaluation is not bad, but the petty officials say that it is not good, at least explain the reasons!" ”

Fanning snorted, "Your article is full of flowery rhetoric from beginning to end, maybe that's what you think is good, but what is its content?" ”

"Nothing!"

Fan Ning waved the manuscript, "The content is empty and pale, the article pays attention to what is said, and the scenery is in love, since you wrote Tiger Hill Sword Pool, the mountains and rocks are strange and so on, the key is what do you realize from the Sword Pool?"

It should be to throw the sword in the pool, stop the martial arts in the world, and seek peace for the people of the world, you should have such an ambition so that you can achieve self-cultivation and level the world, otherwise what's the point of you taking this test? ”

The reprimanded scholar was full of shame, and took the article to give a salute, "Listening to the words of a petty official is better than reading a book for ten years, Zhang Ming is very grateful!" ”

"Go! My grandfather is feeling sick and it is inconvenient to receive you, so let me talk to you casually. ”

Five or six scholars bowed deeply and turned to leave.

Fan Ning's words shocked Fan Zhongyan's heart, he slowly lowered the window of the boat, gently covered his mouth, and almost couldn't help laughing out loud.

The cycle of heavenly dao, which makes up for the deficiency by losing more than it gains, not only allows itself to suffer the most cruel setback in his life in the court, but also loses his life's ambitions and ideals.

But God quietly opened another small window for himself, so that he could find an heir in his hometown.

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The passenger ship went for half a month, and Fan Ning and Xiaofu also quarreled all the way for half a month, which really made Fan Zhongyan physically and mentally happy, he hadn't been so happy for a long time.

In the afternoon of this day, the passenger ship finally arrived in the capital, that is, Bianliang, Tokyo, and Kaifeng today.

From the first house that appeared on the shore, Fanning stood on the bow of the boat and looked at both sides with wide eyes, and he only hated that he had no camera in his hand to record the market on both sides of the river.

Both sides of the Bianhe River are filled with boats, large and small, and the shore is lined with pedestrians and merchants.

Taverns, foot shops, teahouses, snack bars, incense medicine shops, depots, quality stores, cloth shops, medical halls, etc., one by one, the closer to the city, the more prosperous, the flags are displayed, densely populated, and the lively is abnormal.

This is still outside Bianliang City, it is already very prosperous, I really don't know what the city will be like?

At this time, a wooden arch bridge appeared in front of him, and Fanning recognized it at a glance, and he immediately shouted excitedly: "Look, that's Hongqiao!" ”

Xiao Fu pursed his lips in the back, his eyes full of contempt, "It's just a wooden bridge, is it worth making such a fuss?" Or are you a reader, you don't have any self-cultivation at all? ”

"You know! The bridge will be passed down through the ages. ”

Fan Ning looked at the wooden arch bridge crossing overhead, this is the rainbow bridge on the river during the Qingming Festival!

Did the person walk into the painting, or did the painting become reality?

At this time, Fan Zhongyan stepped forward and gently grabbed Fan Ning's immature shoulder, and said with a smile: "This is the capital, in fact, it is similar to our Pingjiang Mansion." ”

Fan Ning grinned, "I don't seem to have even been to Wu County, and I can step into the capital in one step, this leg is long enough." ”

Fan Zhongyan couldn't help but smile when he heard him say something interesting, patted him on the back of the head and asked, "You told me along the way that you wanted to meet celebrities in Beijing, and now that you're in the capital, tell me, who do you want to meet?" ”

Fanning was admiring a graceful donkey-riding beauty on the shore, and blurted out for a while, "Master Li!" ”

Fan Ning said that he missed his mouth, he scratched his head in embarrassment, and quickly explained: "Master Li is my neighbor, and I have been childhood sweethearts since childhood, and her family moved to the capital last year, so I miss her." ”

Forty years later, if the children who are in kindergarten hear Fanning's explanation, I don't know how to feel?

Fan Ning thought that he was making up a drip, but unfortunately all the way north, Fan Zhongyan had already figured out Fan Ning's habits, as long as he scratched his head, the next thing would inevitably be nonsense.

Fan Zhongyan was angry and funny in his heart, and knocked on his head, "Seriously!" ”

"What about Su Dongpo?"

Fan Zhongyan was stunned, "Who is Su Dongpo?" ”

Fan Ning suddenly remembered that Su Dongpo was still digging a bird's nest in the tree!

After two rounds, he smiled and said, "If it's possible, I want to see Wang Anshi." ”

Fan Zhongyan was a little puzzled, Wang Anshi was too young and not a celebrity, and there were more famous people in the capital than him, like Ouyang Xiu, Sima Guang, Feng Jing, Zeng Gong, and so on.

But this kid only wants to see Wang Anshi, which is a bit strange.

Fan Zhongyan didn't ask the reason, he thought for a while and said, "Wang Anshi has been released, but there have been a lot of things in the capital recently, and you should have a chance to meet him." ”

Fan Ning was secretly glad in his heart, fortunately his grandfather didn't ask why he wanted to see Wang Anshi.

It's really hard to answer, he can't say, I went to the capital with your old man, in fact, I just want to meet this Wang Anshi!

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The three of them got off the boat, and Fan Zhongyan didn't stay in the capital for a long time, so he asked the boatman to wait for him in the capital for a few days, and they got on an ox cart and slowly headed towards the city.

The inside of Tokyo is actually similar to the outside of the city, except that the buildings in the city are more neat, the business is more prosperous, there are more pedestrians, and you can see some deep houses.

They didn't go too far, and the ox cart soon came to a halt in front of a very dilapidated old house in the west of the city.

Fanning saw that although the old mansion covered a large area, it was really old, the paint on the gate had fallen off, and the walls against the ground were covered with water stains, presumably if it rained, it would be flooded.

And the surrounding environment is not very good, there are many noisy people, most of them are small houses, and groups of bare-chested children are running on the streets, giving people a slum feeling.

At this time, someone behind him suddenly shouted: "Xiwen, is it you?" ”

Fan Ning turned around and saw two entourages surrounded by a middle-aged man riding a horse, the man's skin was white, his face was square, and his eyes were particularly bright.

He was wearing a winged black gauze hat and a scarlet court robe, obviously an official, he saw Fan Zhongyan from a distance, and waved his hand excitedly and shouted.

Fan Zhongyan laughed and greeted him, the man turned over and dismounted, and hugged Fan Zhongyan tightly, "I thought you really wouldn't go back to Beijing." ”

"This time I went to Beijing to do some private business, but I didn't go to Beijing by order, don't get me wrong."

"I know, you came to visit Shi Lu, his health is very bad, and he has to be demoted to Yunzhou, and I also persuade him to retire."

The two walked while talking, and when they came to the gate, Fan Zhongyan pulled Fan Ning over and introduced with a smile: "This is my clan's Sun Fan Ning, who is also a talented prodigy, and this time I specially brought him to fight with your baby apprentice." ”

Hearing that he was going to fight with his beloved apprentice, the official's eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked Fan Ning up and down, and it happened that Fan Ning was also looking at him, only to see that his eyes were calm and there was no fear at all.

Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers! The official nodded and smiled and asked, "Do you know who I am?" ”

Fanning shook his head gently, in front of strangers, he was always restrained and did not show his edge.

Even for Fan Zhongyan, it wasn't until he got on Fan Zhongyan's boat that Fan Ning gradually revealed his true side.

Fan Zhongyan has long been accustomed to this grandson's little ghost, but as long as he has a good character, he doesn't want to care too much.

Fan Zhongyan smiled: "You want to use your name to scare my grandson, right?" ”

The official smiled, "Where can my name compare to your old man?" You see, Ling Sun didn't pay attention to me at all. ”

"That's because he doesn't know you!"

Fan Zhongyan introduced Fan Ning with a smile, "This middle-aged talent is Ouyang Xiu, you can call him Uncle Ouyang!" ”