Please sign for your missing male ticket [Liao Zhai]

28

The wind blows thousands of miles to send autumn geese away, and government officials post the list of laurels.

Me, brother Tang, Liu Ziqian.The three of them squeezed together in front of the Guibang, reading the name written on the Guibang from the beginning to the end, and then from the end to the beginning, but they didn't see the word Mao Ji.

Someone nearby shouted "I hit it", which was especially harsh among a group of frowning people.

Liu Ziqian said that good things never last long, and pushed brother Tang and me out of the crowd.I looked at Brother Tang with a slightly subtle expression, and said with relief: "That Lu Yan also missed, he is more embarrassing than you."

After listening to brother Tang, his expression became a little more subtle.

Liu Ziqian comforted Brother Tang a few more words, that is to say, he was busy with his business.Looking at Liu Ziqian's appearance of rushing towards the avenue of happiness, I can only sigh with emotion, "This kid has changed too much after getting married."

Brother Tang nodded in sympathy and said: "After I got married, I also changed a lot."

...Go away, you are shameless.

After Brother Tang finished driving, the subtle expression disappeared. He took a few steps slowly and asked suddenly: "Are you going to follow Liu Donghua to Mount Tai to sacrifice?"

"And you. Daddy Cheap said, if you fail the provincial test this time, you can go with me." I thought about it, and gave this upcoming trip to Mount Tai a positioning, "Travel with ease. "

29

Liu Donghua is an old friend of Zhang's father. As soon as Zhang's father heard that Liu Donghua was going to sacrifice on Mount Tai under the emperor's order, he sent a letter to Liu Donghua, asking Liu Donghua to take me with him on the sacrifice trip.

In the letter, Father Zhang only wrote that he wanted to increase his son's knowledge, but in fact, he wanted to recommend me to Liu Donghua.

——Father Zhang has obviously cut off the hope of letting me get the fame by myself, and wants to find another way for me to find another way out.

Father Zhang calculated the date and asked Brother Tang and I to go to Jinan Mansion to reunite with Liu Donghua.When I passed by the restaurant that served candidates for the examination with clear soup and little water, I felt itchy and went into that restaurant again.

Before the meal time, on the table in the restaurant, there was only a waiter taking a nap, and the shopkeeper was sitting behind the counter and fiddled with the abacus.The shopkeeper raised his head when he heard the footsteps, and at the same time, the abacus he was fiddled with was also made a crisp sound by the shopkeeper.The waiter who was taking a nap woke up from his dream due to the sudden noise. He wiped his face, but before he was fully awake, he was sent to the back by the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper came over with a jug of wine and three wine glasses. As he walked, he also motioned me and brother Tang to sit casually.Brother Tang and I walked to a table that was quite close to the counter and sat down, and the shopkeeper also put the jug and wine glasses on the table.

The shopkeeper poured three glasses of wine one by one before asking, "Are you two already in high school?"

I shook my head and asked back, "Are any of the talented people who come to your restaurant to eat in high school?"

The shopkeeper sighed and shook his head.He drank the glass of wine he poured for himself with the corners of his mouth drooping, and said with a sad face, "I don't know. You two are the only ones who have come back to me in the past few months." And this is the only one who has come back to him. The people who are here are not here to announce the good news.

The shopkeeper drank another glass of wine with drooping eyebrows. The wine the shopkeeper brought this time was not the water wine mixed with water when he invited someone last time, but serious strong wine. The shopkeeper let out a sigh of relief from the heat. Said: "You say, is the dream I had just an ordinary dream, not some fairy warning?"

The shopkeeper babbled again and again about the dream that the waiter in the shop had told me and Brother Tang. I won’t be in trouble because of this. How could the immortal say that I will have a catastrophe in the future? Could it be that he entrusted a dream to the wrong person?”

Brother Tang and I couldn't answer these questions, and the shopkeeper didn't seem to need me or Brother Tang to answer, he just needed someone to listen to him.

In the end, the shopkeeper, who claimed that he was only a little stingy, shared a glass of wine with brother Tang and me, and drank himself upside down with the flagon in his arms.

Brother Tang looked at each other helplessly, and I called the waiter in the shop to take care of the drunk shopkeeper.

The waiter in the shop saw the shopkeeper who was about to slip on the ground, so he hurried over to support the shopkeeper.With the help of brother Tang, he put the shopkeeper on his body, and said sadly: "It's almost a month, I drink every day, I get drunk every day. A person with one foot in the coffin, how can he live with this drinking method?" .”

After the waiter finished speaking, he thanked Brother Tang and me, and after asking our names, he helped the shopkeeper to the backyard.I looked at the wooden sign that said "Free food and drink for those who take the provincial test" that was still placed beside the counter, and said, "If you didn't win the exam, I would have thought that the person who the immortal said could save the shopkeeper's life was is you."

Brother Tang agreed: "I also thought that person would be me."

... This person really has confidence in himself.

30

Brother Tang and I didn't wait long in Jinan Mansion when Liu Donghua arrived.Liu Donghua is a fat man of about 50 years old, who looks quite kind.If it weren't for a beard blocking his chin, I guess he would have three layers of chin exposed.Liu Donghua is kind and has a good temper, and he doesn't have the slightest airs when talking to Brother Tang and me. If he didn't wear that official uniform, he would be no different from the old man next door.

Liu Donghua sat at the main seat in the main hall of the post station, and brother Tang and I sat at his subordinates.Liu Donghua and I finished chatting about his old affairs with Zhang's father, and then talked about the rural examination with Brother Tang.

Liu Donghua listened to Brother Tang finished his answers in the provincial examination, plucked out a strand of beard and rubbed it, and said: "Being good or not, it's between the two. Let me say, instead of passing the exam this year, it's better to study hard for three more years." In [-], I will definitely be on the list, and the ranking will be mentioned earlier. Not in the list, it’s a good thing.”

As I was talking, a small official came in from outside. The small official seemed to have something to say to Liu Donghua, but he was concerned about the presence of brother Tang and me, so he didn't speak again after saluting.

Liu Donghua waved his hands with a smile, and said, "The two nephews are not outsiders, so just speak up if you have anything to say."

What the little official wants to say is not a big deal.This little official came to persuade Liu Donghua not to live in the post station in Jinan Prefecture.It is said that there are evil spirits making trouble in this inn, if you stay here, you will definitely encounter strange things, and I am afraid that you will surprise the adults.

At this time, the people who came with Liu Donghua have all settled down from the post station, and the sky is getting dark again.Not to mention how troublesome it would be for everyone to find an inn to stay in again, but whether or not this large group of people could be accommodated in the same inn was a problem.

Liu Donghua turned his head to look at brother Tang and me who were sitting next to him, and asked, "Are you afraid?"

I have even been a fox spirit and a wild ghost several times, and there is nothing to make a fuss about, but I am not sure whether this Liu Donghua wants me to say that I am afraid, or wants me to say that I am not afraid.

When I was hesitating, brother Tang replied to Liu Donghua on my behalf. "Not afraid."

Liu Donghua nodded appreciatively, and said to the little official: "The ones to be afraid of are those who have ghosts in their hearts. I don't have ghosts in my heart, but it's just strange things. What is there to be afraid of?"

After hearing such righteous words, the petty official said "yes" very reverently and then bowed and retreated.Liu Donghua let go of the beard that he twisted into a strand, and said: "Since ancient times, evil has prevailed, and you will come and see with me tonight, and what is it that does strange things."

...Liu Donghua is still afraid after living for a long time in vain.

31

The dinner was eaten by Liu Donghua and other officials from Jinan Prefecture. Brother Tang and I were not qualified to attend the dinner.It's also good to have a meal with Brother Tang in the inn, it just gave me and Brother Tang some time to be alone.

It was obviously not a day or two since there were strange things happening in this post station. Although the post station was clean and tidy, there was a dead air everywhere due to no one living there for a long time.

Brother Tang and I didn't eat together with Liu Donghua's entourage of officials. In order to create a world of two people who can talk easily, I specially asked someone to open a small stove.

I stretched out my chopsticks to hold Brother Tang’s chopsticks, and asked, “Why didn’t you tell Liu Donghua the truth when he asked you the answer to the provincial examination?” Lu Yan commented on the top, middle, and bottom third-class policy questions, and Brother Tang combined Lu Yan's middle and bottom two answers with Liu Donghua's.

"I don't need his evaluation of my talent and learning." Brother Tang said as he struggled to get rid of the chopsticks I clamped on his chopsticks, added a piece of hawthorn short ribs and took a bite.

Looking at brother Tang's proud appearance, I felt like a kitten got into my heart, stretching out its paws and scratching my heart.I stared at brother Tang's upper lip with a little bit of soup, and swallowed hopelessly.

"Small ribs, is it delicious?"

"You try it."

Brother Tang said that he wanted me to taste the small ribs, but he moved his head a little closer.His eyelashes drooped slightly, just covering his eyes, making it difficult for people to see the emotion in his eyes.

I can't see clearly, but my heart is like a mirror.

If you think about it with your heels, you know, brother Tang, this is a concave shape waiting for me to be fooled.While I shouted that my kidney was in danger, I couldn't help being tempted and rushed myself to the tiger's mouth. At this critical moment, the door was pushed open from the outside.

When I heard the sound of the door being pushed, I immediately sat back and saved the city that was about to fall.

... It's not that I don't want to drive with Brother Tang because of the dispute between the top and bottom, but Brother Tang is really too smart and good at work, so I really can't help it.I don't want to admit it and tell him that you are too powerful and I can't stand it, so I just... have back pain and kidney deficiency.

And, can anyone recommend Yang-killing medicine and kidney-tonifying medicine?They are all in a hurry.

The person who came was a little girl serving dishes, fifteen or sixteen years old, just a delicate age.

Brother Tang was interrupted by her and didn't say anything, he just looked at me straight, and licked the soup on his lips with his self-sufficient tongue.When the little girl was carrying the dishes and putting them on the table, she happened to observe this scene up close. The little girl's face immediately flushed.

I looked at Brother Tang, who immediately put on a cold look after seeing the change in the little girl, gloated and said, "You have to take responsibility."