Great Sui Guoshi

"This way is not here for alms, but to see the two people look graceful, talk and behave very well, so I want to play a trick for the two."

The two people at the table looked at each other, clapped their hands and laughed.

"Haha, okay, there are still tricks to watch after dinner, but I just don't know what tricks to do?"

The Taoist's eyes wandered around the dishes on the table, and then looked left and right at the two of them.

"It's a trick, stop Apparating Shadows, please be careful, both of you."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to press the wine glass that the person on the left had just finished drinking, and pressed the other hand to the half-full wine glass on the right.

The Taoist's pointed mouth curled up into a smile: "You two are watching."

These words also made the guests at several tables nearby couldn't help but look over curiously, only to see that the Taoist withdrew both hands at the same time, and the empty wine glass in front of the literati on the left became half full, while the half full wine glass before was empty.

"Oh, this Taoist priest is amazing!"

"...What, what happened just now?"

The two middle-aged scribes were also staring at the wine glasses in front of them in a daze at this time, and they couldn't figure it out. The wine was obviously on the right, and they ran there in a blink of an eye.

"I'm afraid this Taoist has a way..."

When one of them was thinking, suddenly his friend opposite him looked around: "Where is the Taoist?"

On the second floor, everyone suddenly came back to their senses. The Taoist priest who was there just now seemed to have disappeared in the blink of an eye. Everyone was surprised and looked around. The table where the Taoist priest was standing just now suddenly heard a shout .

"Where is my Pear Blossom Stuffed...Where is the Steamed Chicken in Honey Sauce? Why is it missing?!"

The sound drifted away from the guardrail, and the weeping willows on the river bank fluttered lightly. On the top of this restaurant, the missing Taoist priest was lying on the ridge of the roof facing the street.

In the autumn, with the hanging wine jug, the wine draws a sparkling arc against the sun and pours it into the mouth, grabs a plate of sweet and greasy chicken, chews it, swallows it, and makes a satisfied "ah." feel.

Next to it, a toad wearing a gown with Tongbao money hole printed on it, looked at the sky, and stuffed a piece of fat breast meat in its webbed into its mouth.

"It's been such a long time, it's time to come out now."

"It should be soon." This Taoist is Sun Yingxian. He brought Taoist Toad to wait for the three township examinations. Not finished, why not help them share a little...

"Old Toad, if there is a next time, you can go, these two days have been cheated in your own way... Bah, go get it."

Taoist Toad squinted his eyes slightly, looking at the Taoist lying there lazily.

"Think about it again, are you sure to let the old man go?"

The Taoist raised his face, spit out a chicken bone towards the sky, squinted for a moment, then turned his head to look at the academy.

"Forget it, maybe when we meet again, you will already be in the steamer..."

"My mother... what the old man said is that I am not afraid that everyone in the restaurant will die..."

Taoist Toad didn't seem to want to quarrel with him today, he put his fins into his sleeves, turned his short legs to the side, and after a while, a voice from the crowd below shouted: "Come out."

The door of the academy in the distant township examination was opened, and a group of sentient beings came out in a file. Among the crowd, Lu Liangsheng walked out leisurely, carrying a small bag containing pens and ink, and smelled the air outside.

The speed of his feet accelerated, and his figure seemed to be non-existent in the eyes of others. He squeezed out vaguely, and felt the position of Taoist and Master from a distance.

With a leap, he stepped over the eaves of a nearby shop, and his figure flung himself onto the roof of that restaurant. He dropped the book and sat on it.

"It's finally over."

Lu Liangsheng leaned against the ridge of the roof, completely relaxed, and reached out to take a chicken leg handed over by the Taoist.

"Finally the exam is over. Let's go back to Lujia Village after the results are announced."

"Aren't you going to visit the northwest?" Sun Yingxian turned her head in surprise.

Over there, the scholar smiled, watched the bustling crowd below gradually dissipate, sighed, held the pot of pear blossom wine in his hand, and took a sip from the spout.

"Go, but go back and see your parents first. I have never left home. It has been nearly three months since I left, and I am so worried."

Sun Yingxian wished he could slap himself, he had no father or mother, so why did he talk about these things.

"That's fine, I will go back with you."

After eating some wine and meat in his hand, Lu Liangsheng rubbed his fingertips, the oil stains dissipated by themselves, clapped his hands and stood up.

"Let's go, go back to the Zhou mansion, and bid farewell to Mr. Zhou after the rankings are released in two days."

Taoist Toad frowned, "Liangsheng."

The scholar who was about to leave stopped and looked at the expression of the master, hesitant.

"Master, what do you think is wrong?"

Toad pointed to the half-eaten chicken.

"I haven't finished eating yet, let's take it away together."

Lu Liangsheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he picked up the half chicken and wrapped it up. During this period of time, he found that his master liked eating chicken more and more. If it didn't look like a toad, he thought it was a fox.

.......

I found a remote corner and went down the street, and walked all the way back to the Zhou Mansion through the busy city. The old man Zhou Zhen moved a big chair and sat under the eaves in the middle of the front yard. When he saw Lu Liangsheng came back, he had an expression on his face.

"How did you do on the "Strategy" test today?"

Although he has not been teaching the scholar in front of him for a long time, he is still considered a half-scholarly mentor. It is not considered abrupt to ask such a question.

Lu Liangsheng saluted.

"It's still manageable."

The old man knew that this was a modest word, so he laughed out loud. If someone came out of his gate, it would be a matter of honor wherever he was placed, not to mention this young man, no matter his appearance or character, he was very suitable for him.

His wife often blows wind in his ears.

"Rong'er's marriage has been retired, and she has been sad for a few days. The concubine saw that she ran to the side yard from time to time to see Mr. Lu. Could it be that he is interested in him? Anyway, Mr. Lu's character and appearance are all good choices. Although the family I'm poor, but I'm upright, polite, and talented, why don't I pair up with Rong'er..."

With this meaning in mind, Zhou Zhen also liked Lu Liangsheng more and more, and tried his best to teach him academically, but the mysterious technique made him feel tricky, after all, the mind of a practitioner is very difficult to guess.

In case, if you don't like the love between men and women, it would be embarrassing to ask.

Lu Liangsheng was naturally aware of this, so he told Sun Yingxian that after the announcement of the ranking, he quickly left and left. He didn't really hate this young lady of the Zhou Mansion, but the diligentness of the other party coming every day made him feel like a pain in the back.

No, just said goodbye to the old man, went back to the side courtyard, in front of the crescent moon gate, Zhou Rong, who was dressed in a green dress, was slim and graceful, when she saw the scholar coming, she quickly took a bowl of ginseng soup from the maidservant and greeted him.

"Master Lu, did the last match of the day go well?"

Lu Liangsheng took the ginseng soup and said with a smile, "It went well."

After saying something embarrassingly, he suddenly looked at her face and asked quickly, "By the way, you haven't been sleeping well recently?"

Hearing these words, Zhou Rong touched her cheek and lowered her face slightly.

"Let the young master see it... Recently, for some reason, I often have nightmares. I have dreamed of a woman in red and long sleeves singing a song many times. It is very weird. Mr. Lu, did I get something dirty? ?”

Red dress with long sleeves, still singing?

Stay any longer...I'm afraid something will happen.

Lu Liangsheng glanced at the yard subconsciously, and laughed: "There are no unclean things, but this side yard is lingering and cold, and you are weak, so coming here often has some influence."

After talking nonsense for a while, before the other party could react, Lu Liangsheng hurriedly left, and hurried into the Crescent Gate, and the angry woman stomped her feet.

"Just leave, and don't say much to talk to me."

Sun Yingxian, who was following behind, turned her head and looked at Miss Zhou who was thinking.

"Hey... Girl, why don't you think about your own way?"

Zhou Rong glanced at him and snorted: "There are also disciples among monks."

"Hey, since you don't think about it, I'd like to advise Miss Zhou not to think about Lu Liangsheng, and be careful that nightmares come true."

"What nightmare came true? Hey, you should make it clear!"

Zhou Rong yelled at the Taoist who had already left, but the other party ignored her and went straight back into the room, shrugging at the scholar who put the toad on the desk.

"I helped you get rid of her."

"How do you say it?" Lu Liangsheng lit a stick of incense and stuck it in front of the portrait.

Sun Yingxian jumped onto the desk and sat next to Toad, laughing.

"I told her that you are as good as Longyang..."

Lu Liangsheng: "...you!"

Bah!

The stick of incense stuck on the incense burner flew directly over, but fortunately the Taoist reacted quickly, jumped off the table swiftly, and dodged to avoid it.

Seeing Hong Lian poking his head out, he gave him a vicious look.

"Disgusting, don't make jokes about my son."

"Oh, what's yours?"

"Beat!"

There was a burst of laughter in the room.

In the next two days, the servants of the government office to announce the good news came to the Zhou mansion with drums and gongs. Zhou Zhen knew what was going on when he saw the battle, so he distributed the happy money to them, and Zhou Rong followed his father with a happy face. I went to the side yard, but once inside, there was no one there, not even the old donkey in the backyard.

There was only one letter left on the table.

Master Zhou Zhen is here:

When I saw this letter, the student was already on his way home. He had more than two months to study, and he missed his parents very much, so he had to leave without saying goodbye. He will go to Beijing to take the exam next spring, and then come to the house to make amends... and so on.

Ugh…..

Zhou Zhen put away the letter, looked at her daughter again, and sighed regretfully.

Over there, Zhou Rong, who also saw the contents of the letter, twisted the silk handkerchief tightly with her fingers, and lowered her face in silence. As a lady of the family, it is definitely impossible to elope to find the other party, but it is not easy to find a man who looks satisfactory. , but the other party is not interested in him.

Walk out of the crescent door.

She looked at the place where peach trees once appeared, like a dream.

"It's a pity that I will never have the chance to see the peach blossoms in the courtyard again."

.......

As the sky went far to the south, an old donkey ran wildly.

The Taoist leaned against the scholar's back, his ears were filled with the whimpering wind, and his words became blurred in the wind.

"Let's leave like this, isn't it a little thick... thick... Dao... Dao... ah... ah... ah"

Lu Liangsheng turned his face sideways and shouted too.

"Mr. Zhou seems to want a double happiness. If he doesn't leave, why don't he wait for that Miss Zhou family's dead body to die on the bed?"

Hearing these words, Sun Yingxian and Taoist Toad, who was lying on his back with his legs crossed in his cloth pocket, laughed together.

The old donkey neighed, as if laughing.

On the official road, an old donkey carried two people on its back, with two bookshelves hanging on it, and rode away in a single ride.

Chapter 77 Invite the capital to meet again

From Hegu County to Fushui County in the south, official documents were usually conveyed by government servants on fast horses, sometimes alone, sometimes with two horses, escorting relatively important official documents.

At this time, the two officials from the government office went to Fushui County along the official road. The mountains on both sides of the road were yellowish. In the middle, I watched two yamen servants in military uniforms galloping past on horseback.

Such a scene can often be seen, and most of them don't care about it. They just bend down and continue to cut the grain. Far away, at the end of the road, smoke and dust rolls towards them at speed.

I couldn't help but took off the hat on my head and looked: "What is it?"

At this time, above the galloping horses in the official road, two yamen servants were whipping their whips with official letters on their backs.

"drive!"

"I also said that I will reach Fushui County in the afternoon. At this speed, I guess I will go in the evening."

"Brother, we're pretty good. These two horses are the fastest in the government office. Try it with a donkey?!"

Another person laughed out loud: "That's right, if it's a donkey in the country, it might be dawn."

Tread Tread...

Amidst the laughter, suddenly there was a sound of hooves stampeding from behind, and the man who laughed subconsciously turned his face to the side, and his eyes glanced to the back.