Chapter 321: Hangcheng Mansion has arrived
"It's here, it's here!"
"Docked, docked, in front of you is the boundary of Hangcheng Mansion!"
With the sound of the boatman's voice, the boat slowly approached the shore.
Huang Tinghui, Wu Feilian and Gong Zicheng walked down from the boat one after another.
The boat was loaded with a lot of cargo, and the accompanying guests disembarked before they could unload the cargo.
I took a horse-drawn carriage from the pier to Hangzhou, and I don't know how long it took me.
Gong Fatzi lifted the curtain of the carriage and saw the city gate appear in front of him.
"Hangcheng Mansion has arrived!"
When Lu Qiaosi heard this, he immediately poked his head out, "Daddy, Daddy!" ”
"It's time to Hangcheng Mansion!"
Compared to everyone else, Lujos was particularly excited.
After all, the little girl has never been to such a prosperous city.
"Hey, ladies and gentlemen, you should be coming to this Hangcheng Mansion for the first time, right?"
The coachman who was hurrying away smiled and spoke to the crowd.
"When I took the hospital exam before, I came to this Hangzhou Mansion once."
"But at that time, it was to catch the exam, and I came and went in a hurry, but I didn't play this Hangzhou Mansion in detail!"
"After this test, I have a lot of time to stay here!"
"When the time comes, I will have time to stay in this Hangzhou Mansion for a while longer."
The last time I took the provincial exam, the outbreak was too sudden due to the bandit problem in Ruian County.
Therefore, Huang Tinghui didn't have time to stay in Hangcheng Mansion for a while, so he hurried back.
According to the old system, the county examination was held in the county seat, and the government examination was held in the state capital with jurisdiction over the county seat.
As for the college examination, it is an examination conducted by the provincial academic administration, and the academic administration is located in the nearest prefecture or county where the examination is located (generally the provincial capital, there are exceptions, such as the Yanjing academic administration in Tongzhou).
The rest of the prefectures will take the exam in phases.
However, Hangcheng City is the state capital of Ruian County, and it is also a "provincial capital".
Therefore, Huang Tinghui's hospital examination and government examination are all referred to in Hangzhou Prefecture.
If Huang Tinghui passes the hospital examination, the "township examination" will still be held in Hangzhou in the future.
In this way, Huang Tinghui and this Hangzhou Mansion are indissoluble.
"It turns out that the two masters are here to participate in the imperial examination?"
Hearing Huang Tinghui say this, the coachman's tone became respectful.
After all, this is the master who participated in the imperial examination, and in the prosperous country of culture and education, ordinary peddlers and pawns are one level lower in status than scholars.
Therefore, Huang Tinghui revealed his identity as a scholar, and the person's tone involuntarily became extraordinarily respectful.
"Don't be so polite, you can introduce us to what is interesting in this Hangzhou Mansion!"
"If there is nothing to do today, we can add some more silver taels to you, and you can also take us to see this Hangzhou Mansion again."
Huang Tinghui said with a smile and the coachman.
Anyway, there was a nouveau riche next to him, so he would pay for it.
As soon as he heard that there was money to add, the coachman instantly came to his senses.
He drove a carriage around Hangcheng Mansion, and introduced Hangcheng Mansion with Huang Tinghui and Gong Zicheng.
is a little different from the time and space where Huang Tinghui is located, and there are many interesting places that Huang Tinghui has never heard of at all.
However, when passing by a lake, Huang Tinghui smiled.
"Does the lord know about this lake?"
"This lake is Zhaojun Lake, which is the Zhaojun girl who made peace with the grassland barbarian Xiongnu in order to commemorate the Han Dynasty."
"I heard that the Zhaojun girl is extremely beautiful, but she resolutely went to the Xiongnu for the safety of the people in the world, which is even more admirable!"
The coachman said with emotion as he introduced himself to everyone.
"Have you heard the story of Bai Suzhen and Xu Xian?" Huang Tinghui looked at the familiar West Lake, and he said to everyone with a smile.
"The story of Bai Suzhen and Xu Xian?" Hearing Huang Tinghui say this, everyone was stunned, where had they heard the story of Bai Suzhen and Xu Xian, and they shook their heads a little confused.
"This story is called "The Legend of the White Lady", and the tower by the lake is the Leifeng Pagoda, and the White Lady was suppressed by the evil monk Fahai under this Leifeng Pagoda......"
"In the legend, there is a white snake with a kind heart, she has practiced for more than a thousand years, and has the opportunity to become an immortal......"
"When White Snake was young, he was almost killed, but he was rescued by a kind scholar, whose name was Xu Xian, who was a scholar......
"In order to repay the favor, the white snake turned into a humanoid person and came to Xu Xian's side and became Xu Xian's wife......"
"The white snake has monstrous mana, and they are kind from the bottom of their hearts, they opened a pharmacy in this Hangcheng Mansion, hanging pots to help the world, and saved I don't know how many people......"
"But there is an evil monk named Fahai who eats ancient times, and he believes that the white snake is transformed by the snake spirit, so he has been looking for an opportunity to suppress the white snake......"
Huang Tinghui did not make too many changes to the story of "The White Lady", after all, the circulation of a classic story must have factors in line with this era.
Making more changes is not easy for people in this era to accept.
However, for the cowardly and undetermined image of Xu Xian in traditional literature, Huang Tinghui has changed a lot.
In his story, Xu Xian's image is very similar to the image of Xu Xian in a TV series in later generations.
However, only Xu Xian, who is so determined, can make the White Lady make a crazy move to flood Jinshan Temple.
Huang Tinghui didn't think that Xu Xian questioned the White Lady repeatedly, and the hurt White Lady would still be so infatuated with Xu Xian.
The carriage slowly walked along the "Zhaojun Lake" in the direction of the inn, and when the carriage arrived at the location of the inn where the students were, Huang Tinghui's story had just finished.
"The story of the White Lady is really memorable!"
"The master is really a scholar who reads poetry and books, such a wonderful story, the master can tell it so vividly!"
"Such a poignant and wonderful story should be spread all over the world!"
It took a long time for the coachman to recover from the story.
Literature was scarce in this era, and some novels were emerging and popular with the market.
Huang Tinghui's previous novels "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin" have already swept the entire Dasheng country.
Because Huang Tinghui's two books are too popular, it has reached the point where it is difficult to find a copy.
However, because Huang Tinghui used the pen name "Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng", everyone did not know that the author of these two books was the "brazen" copyist Huang Tinghui.
Fortunately, Huang Tinghui's face is also quite thick, although he is a copyist, but he makes money, which is not chilling.
"Dare to ask the master's name!" The coachman was a sincere man, he looked at Huang Tinghui and asked.
"Huang Tinghui, it's okay for my husband to call me Tinghui!" Huang Tinghui didn't know why the coachman asked his name, he asked without thinking.
"This story of the master is so good, I will spread this story for the master in the future, and everyone knows who this story is from!"
As soon as the coachman said this, Huang Tinghui realized that the coachman originally wanted to spread the story, and he was a sincere person, so he asked Huang Tinghui's name.
At this time, Huang Tinghui did not expect that his name began to spread all over the Dasheng Kingdom, which was accompanied by the story of the White Lady.
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