Sheng Shian

The Imperial College Examination lasted three days, and Wen Tong rushed back to the mansion on the eve of the closing of the Gongyuan, and had a talk with Ran Niang, and also calmed down some of the excitement and nervousness of being the leader and recruiting students.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the front foot stepped over the threshold, someone knocked on the door and visited the back foot.

It was time for the big exam, Wen Tong was afraid of gossip, so he raised his hand to signal to the boy.

The young man stuck the crack of the door, "Who is outside the door, tell us your name."

"The villain is a handyman in Zuixianlou, and the shopkeeper asked the villain to deliver the food and wine that the adult has set at a certain time."

"Maoshi, whoever orders food and drinks early in the morning, doesn't care if you touch porcelain." The servant laughed, "Your Excellency is not here, you should hurry back."

The boy was still lying on the door and did not leave, when he saw Wen Tong open the door.

He murmured incomprehensibly, "My lord..."

The waiter outside the door smiled and said, "I thought my lord would ask a few more questions."

"What are you doing here?" Wen Tong stared at him, as if his eyes were on fire, Zuixianlou, this person is the handyman who let him deliver medicine to harm Hanlin students in Zuixianlou.

The handyman shook the food storage box of the canary cage in his hand, "My lord, the food and drink are getting cold."

With a sullen face, Wen Tong moved out of the way, led him to the wing, and told him not to be disturbed.

As soon as the handyman entered the wing room, he opened the food box like plum blossoms. There was a compartment of gold, a compartment of silver, a compartment of emerald, a compartment of pearl jade, and a compartment of white paper.

Wen Tong is also a person who has been in the officialdom now, and he acts much more calmly. He was not intimidated by him. He walked slowly to the white paper, picked up one and looked at it. It said a land deed near the palace, and then he Pick up one, it says three rice shops...

Such documents are pressed in the storage box, and there is a thick stack.

That is the wealth and honor that a poor official can't achieve in his life.

The handyman stretched out a roll of list, "The shopkeeper said, after the matter is completed, there will be a big thank you."

Wentong moved the storage box in front of him, and the handyman smiled knowingly.

But I saw him retract one frame, one frame, one frame, and push it back.

"If you are dissatisfied, you can talk about it again."

Wentong shook his head, "No need."

The handyman was stunned, this person was promoted, how can he become noble?Didn't he frighten the crap out of fear after bluffing before, why is he unmoved when he sees so many gold, silver and jewels now?

"The shopkeeper is looking for you to save face, sir, don't make a toast and refuse to eat fine wine!"

Although Fu Liu is married and covers the sky with one hand, but Wen Tong is now the Imperial Academy's sacrificial wine, it is not easy to do it. In addition, he is called brothers and brothers with the officials, and he has a kindness to Fu Shangshu. It is naturally difficult to offend the Liu family, but with his intelligence, there is room for maneuver. .

If it's an ordinary thing, it's fine. Guozijian is his life's work. If he does well, he will be famous in history. If he can't do it well, he will be the same as before. He is not a stinky fish and rotten shrimp who is kicked around after being used by others.

He wanted to be an official in an upright manner and no longer be manipulated by others. Although the position was not very honorable, he believed that after this big exam, there must be good luck.

He also listened to Shen Shi's advice, that human affection is a net of vanity, and the reputation of Guozijian is the cornerstone of his new foundation.

Wen Tongdao: "Half of the children of the family in the Guozijian, Sui Gong and En Gong accounted for the remaining half. There are only dozens of positions, which can be used by people from poor families in the world. The competition is as fierce as the imperial examination. I am an official. I am willing to go through fire and water for the shopkeeper, but I can't cut off the only way of life for scholars."

Wen Tong bowed his head and bowed, "Shopkeeper Chengwang understands."

When the handyman saw his posture, he couldn't find an opportunity to take advantage of it, so he left in a rage and returned to his command.

The handyman returned to Zuixian Tower, and Liu Yuanxuan and Liu Mi enjoyed tea in the elegant room on the top floor.

The handyman said emphatically, "That kid really doesn't know what's good!"

Liu Mi asked: "Have you left the list?"

The handyman replied, "It has been handed over to him."

Liu Mi stopped looking at this side.

Liu Yuanxuan stroked his gray beard, and opened the small iron door of the golden cage with one hand, "Mi'er, do you think he will fly away?"

Liu Mi watched for a while, but didn't make a sound.

I saw a skylark with bright feathers vigilantly sticking its foot out. Although the cage was still being carried, it saw no one was blocking it, so it withdrew its tiny foot and collapsed twice in the cage pretending nothing happened. circle, and then jumped out of the cage.

Liu Mi looked at the direction it was going away, and shook her head, "The Zuixian Tower is so big, where can it fly to?"

After a while, I saw the servants outside the elegant room catching the skylark and returning.

"As long as the wings are hard, who doesn't want to fly freely? Mier, you are too demanding." Liu Yuanxuan did not put the skylark back in the cage, but the skylark could no longer fly, and its wings became only for viewing. accessories.

Liu Yuanxuan threw the saving box into the arms of the attendant, "Let's divide it up."

"Thank you, sir, for your kindness!"

Liu Yuanxuan smiled, and said to Liu Mi: "I used to be controlled by Song Gelao, but I didn't know that the Guozijian was so rich that it was worth half of Meng Yang."

"Although it is so, it is not as easy to use as Meng Yang." Liu Mi sighed, "In the past, these gift-giving tasks did not require us to do it ourselves."

Talking about Meng Yang, Liu Yuanxuan had lingering fears, "Fortunately, the account book was burned..."

……

On the next day of the big exam, the hundred meters outside the Zigong Courtyard in Beijing were guarded by heavy soldiers.

Shen had no choice but to take a long detour to Dali Temple.

Halfway through the journey, he happened to meet Ran Niang.

Although Shen Shi didn't know how to face her, he still put away his folding fan, stepped forward and asked, "Long time no see."

"Hmm..." Ran Niang seemed to be a little distracted, she paused for a while, but suddenly asked, "My lord, Wen Tong read a poem with me the day before yesterday, and he said it was from the "Book of Songs". The kind of grass that grows by the side, but I can’t remember, my lord is very knowledgeable, do you know what it is?”

Is the grass that grows by the riverside reeds?Shen Shi said, "It should be Jian Jia."

"Can my lord read it?"

"Cang Cangcang, Bailu is frost. The so-called Yiren are on the water side."

Ran Niang's eyes turned red, she nodded, "On the side of the water... will there be flowers in the water?"

Shen was in the fog, and said carefully, "Probably there are lotus flowers."

Ran Niang's vision gradually blurred, and a familiar voice seemed to ring in her ears.

At that time, brother Shen had just left the noodle shop, and a copy of "The Book of Songs" was left on the table, and she hurriedly chased after it to return the book.

"Brother Shen, Brother Shen, wait for me, your book has been dropped..."

When Brother Shen saw the book, his face flushed, and he stood there awkwardly.

"Hey, why is there still a piece of paper sandwiched here?"

"What's so green, what's white dew? The so-called Yiren is on the side of the water? Why should the Yiren be in the water? Didn't he drown in the water?" A woman who has no talent is a virtue. A daughter of a poor family, let alone studying, can It is rare to see a few characters like Ran Niang.

Brother Shen nodded quickly, "This poem is very strange...don't...don't read it..."

When Ran Niang heard him say don't read it, she thought he was disgusted with her lack of education, so she opened the book and looked for it, and finally found one that she could read.

She raised her eyebrows and read aloud, "There are cattails and lotuses on the slope of Bize. There is a beautiful person, how can it hurt?"

Not only did Brother Shen's face turn red, but his neck and ears were also red. Ran Niang wondered, "Why are you so red?"

Brother Shen hesitated and said: "This one is more difficult than the one just now, how did you recognize it..."

"Bi Ze Zhi Bei, isn't it the brush shop next door where many scholars go?"

Brother Shen pursed his lips, and said hesitantly, "Don't talk about it in the future."

Ran Niang: "Why?"

"You read it wrong. There are Pu and He, not Fu and He." Brother Shen paused, his eyes turned red, "And this is to show love to... a man..."

Ran Niang's face was also red, and she said softly, "Why... how come you are a man... Isn't it a lotus, isn't it beautiful... And that cattail, what is it?"

Brother Shen seemed to muster up his courage, and said: "This poem, this poem says that beside the pond, there grows cattail grass and lotus, and there is a handsome man who makes me miss him so much..."

Ran Niang was told her mind, she smiled in embarrassment and said: "This poem is quite good... There are flowers, grass and water..."

With trembling hands, Brother Shen pinched the book in her hand, and said in a trembling voice, "West bank of the Jing River...you and I met for the first time..."

Looking at each other, Ran Niang's heartbeat stopped suddenly, please go on, please go on.

Ran Niang didn't dare to blink her eyes.

Looking at him with red eyes.

Brother Shen suddenly turned around, "The grass by that river is cattail grass."

"You!" Ran Niang was already thinking about how to agree in order to be elegant and decent, but she didn't expect a turn of events, which made people's eyes shine. She angrily threw the Book of Songs on Brother Shen's back, "Nerdy! Idiot!"

"What pool and riverside, I see that all the water has entered your mind!"

Ran ran away crying angrily.

Brother Shen gripped the book tightly, he is poor now and still has to live on relief, how could he miss someone else's girl...

……

Ran Niang came back to her senses, a tear fell from the corner of her eye, she covered it with a handkerchief, and said with a smile: "There are flowers, grass, and water..."

"very nice."

Ran Niang's shoulders trembled slightly, she turned her back, her words choked with sobs, "Excuse me, sir, I...I have something to do..."

She pretended to chuckle, but the tears in her eyes rolled more and more, and she ran away directly.

For some reason, Shen suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest.

His five fingers were embedded in the palm of his hand, breathing hard, not only his chest, but also his head almost exploded, what's going on?

Unable to support his figure, he swayed and fell back two steps.

Just right, it fell into someone's arms.

Shen can't see clearly anymore, he feels the pain of his soul being pulled away, but at the same time he is very clear-headed, he hugs the person greedily, dragging him tightly, if it is the last second, there is still a second, he Also won't let go.

"what happened to you?"

Liu Changze had to take a detour here because of the road closure of Gongyuan. He didn't expect to see Shen Shi here, and also saw Shen Shi and Wen Tong's wife sticking together.

He was upset and was about to leave when he saw the woman running away crying...

Oh, interesting.

He was about to step forward to taunt a few words, when he saw Shen Shi running into his arms, before he could speak, he hugged him full, he pulled Shen Shi's back and pulled him away, he saw Shen Shi raised his head, in pain Looking at him, the mist in his eyes was so deep that he was about to drown.

"Speak, what's the matter?"

Shen Shi's legs trembled in pain, and he slid down unsteadily. Liu Changze grabbed his waist, and Shen Shi felt that his consciousness was gradually fading away...

In the blink of an eye, Shen Shi bit Liu Changze's heart fiercely.

Liu Changze: "..."