"The heroic spirit is still Lingran, splashing ink, a pen in the north and south, and the smoke and clouds on the paper are at your fingertips!" Liu Xingnan's writing, although not as bold as Shanglian, is also graceful and generous, not to mention that it is still written on people's backs.

The lower link is the upper link, neat and interlocking, which is an excellent couplet! The Confucian students, who had looked down on others before, suddenly felt ashamed and embarrassed, and hid their faces into the crowd.

"Shopkeeper, shopkeeper! Yes, yes, yes, yes! Xiao Er, who looked at the archway, ran to the door and shouted.

After a while, the shopkeeper Liu hurriedly walked out, went to the archway to take a look, clapped his hands and praised, and asked Liu Xingnan's name and place of origin.

Liu Xingnan told the truth.

"Oh, no wonder they all say that Jiangnan is a talent, it turns out that you and Wang Gongzi are both from Xuanzhou, this is good, there is another champion candidate in our store." Shopkeeper Liu was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, ordered the man to put away the couplet, and then replaced it with a new pair, and said: "Liu Gongzi, if you want to live in this store for a long time, you might as well leave another couplet to guard, right?" Liu Xingnan didn't think much about it, and wrote down a couplet: "When you go to the green, you have to be idle for a long time, look at the brocade raft, and sweep the sixteen states of Yanyun!" ”

"Wonderful, wonderful!"

"Great talent, great talent!" Anyone who saw this joint clapped their hands and praised it.

"Shopkeeper, I want to bring a few friends to eat together?" Liu Xingnan pointed at Song Che and the others.

Shopkeeper Liu readily agreed and introduced a few people into Suyunzhai. As soon as he stepped into the threshold, Song Che saw that the song "Song of Duck" he had made earlier had been framed and hung on the wall of the guest hall.

"Hey, this poem is a cheerful poem, who wrote it? Why is there no signature? Liu Xingnan pointed to the "Song of Duck" on the wall and asked.

"O man who wrote this poem, that's a terrible thing! He is a good brother of the current emperor, the brother-in-law of the current prime minister, and is known as the first national soldier of the Great Liang that no one can surpass in the next thousand years......" The shopkeeper Liu praised endlessly, and Song Che on the side blushed a little when he heard it.

"Is there such a strange person in the world?" Liu Xingnan didn't believe it much.

"Of course, yes! Look at this table! Shopkeeper Liu pointed to the only empty table in the guest hall, and said proudly: "This table is where the former emperor, the prime minister, the general of Zhenguo, and the big boss of Song sat together!" ”

"You...... Your shop has also received the emperor? Liu Xingnan exclaimed. Shopkeeper Liu seemed to be waiting for this surprised expression,

"That is, the emperor also praised the delicious plate duck in my shop!" He pointed to the table again and made one

"Please" posture, said with a smile: "Liu Gongzi successfully matched the pair, this table where the emperor used to eat is reserved for you, as long as you can keep guarding, from today to the day of the provincial test, you can eat at this table." ”

"Then you're welcome!" Liu Xingnan pulled Song Che to sit down happily, and asked proudly: "Brother Chen, how is it?" The emperor and the prime minister have eaten at this table, I'm afraid you have never been treated like this in your life, right? Song Che smiled: "Thanks to Brother Liu, I have no regrets in my life." ”

"You're polite, you're polite, the shopkeeper, it's free room and board, I'm not reserved, all the good wine and good food are served!" Liu Xingnan beckoned heroically.

"Okay! Guest officer, wait a minute, let's Suyun Zhai, the hottest sale is the 'champion meal', I guarantee you to eat, the title of the gold list! "The imperial examination can not only select talents for the country, but also bring a lot of economic benefits to the people, such as this Suyun Zhai, in addition to the introduction of the pair of lottery heads, what else

"Champion Meal",

"Champion Room",

"Champion Tea",

"Champion wine", the most interesting thing is that block

"Champion Wall" - these shops have already collected the information of candidates from all walks of life, and then hung the candidates with the most promising gold list titles

On the "champion wall", the store is the banker, allowing all diners to bet freely. Since Liu Xingnan became a defender against the pair, his name has also appeared on the champion wall, and there are still many people who buy his high school, and even some diners come forward to set it up: "Liu Gongzi, I spent twenty taels of silver to buy your high school, the provincial exam is coming soon, you must work hard, don't let us down!" "There are even some rich daughters who entrust servants to come and bet, and by the way, see what the future husband looks like, and choose a son-in-law for themselves in advance.

"This black-hearted shopkeeper, I thought he was so good, but I didn't expect to change his way and treat me as a cow and horse to make money." Liu Xingnan was indignant.

Song Che said with a smile: "Some people want to be cattle and horses, but they can't support the wall." "At this time,

"Yo, Prince Wang, are you awake?" Listen to Xiao Er's shouting. Seeing a young man of twenty-five or sixteen, wearing a brocade robe and holding a folding fan, yawning while stretching his waist, he strode downstairs, and said casually: "Today is still the same, the duck should not be roasted too dry, and the roast duck should not be roasted too fat." ”

"Uh...... I'm really sorry Wang Gongzi, your Shanglian was corrected, so from today onwards, your food and lodging store will no longer be arranged. Xiao Erfu said with a smile.

In this way, this young man is Wang Zhipeng of Ning Guofu. When Wang Zhipeng heard this, he suddenly fell asleep and asked, "Who is my next link?" Xiao Er raised his hand and pointed at Liu Xingnan in the guest hall.

"It's her!" Wang Zhipeng took three steps and two steps to the table, and said directly: "Liu Xiaozi, don't you keep filial piety for your mother at home, what are you doing in Jinling?" Liu Xingnan gritted his teeth, got up and confronted Wang Zhipeng, no wonder others called him

"Liu Shorty", shorter than half of people's heads, short, no matter how imposing, can only look up at others, this is a hard injury.

"According to the laws of Daliang, anyone who registers for naturalization and passes the township examination can enter Beijing to participate in the provincial examination! You can come, why can't I come! ”

"Ridiculous...... You deserve to be compared to me? Wang Zhipeng said disdainfully: "Even if I don't take the exam, I can still be accepted by the grace of the shadow." You are different, your identity is here, even if you can pass the provincial examination by luck, it is impossible to participate in the palace examination. Liu Xingnan clenched his fists and squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "If you can win, I can't, it can only mean that this imperial examination has ...... Traitor! ”

"Liu Shorty, this is the capital, beware of the trouble coming out of your mouth." Wang Zhipeng whispered and poked Liu Xingnan's chest with his fingers.

Liu Xingnan was shocked, and immediately slapped Wang Zhipeng in the face, and for a while, the entire Suyunzhai was silent.

"Bastard, you dare to hit me!" Wang Zhipeng raised his hand and was about to fight back, but at the moment when his palm was about to fall, a big hand tightly choked his wrist.

Song Che looked coldly at the arrogant and domineering boy in front of him, and admonished softly: "Now that I can split three bricks with my bare hands, you must not mess around." ”